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R.I.P. Resilience

Fennia: International Journal of Geography, 2019
Resilience was set to rest on 30 June 2016 in Trondheim, Norway. After a two-year quest for meaning, the concept now lies with its neoliberal supporters. Resilience and I first crossed paths at the beginning of my PhD journey in Geography.
Silje Aurora Andresen
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“Things Can Be Done Here That Cannot So Easily Be Done Elsewhere”: Jane Calvert Talks with Arie Rip

Engaging Science, Technology, and Society, 2018
In this interview, Arie Rip talks to Jane Calvert about his life in STS and the history and future of the field. He begins in the late 1960s, when he started teaching a course in “chemistry and society.” He then gives a first-hand account of the ...
Jane Calvert, Arie Rip
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Surveying rip current survivors: preliminary insights into the experiences of being caught in rip currents [PDF]

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2012
This paper begins a process of addressing a significant gap in knowledge about people's responses to being caught in rip currents. While rip currents are the primary hazard facing recreational ocean swimmers in Australia, debate exists about the best ...
D. Drozdzewski, W. Shaw, D. Dominey-Howes, R. Brander, T. Walton, A. Gero, S. Sherker, J. Goff, B. Edwick   +8 more
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A note on the term 'lithic'

Journal of Lithic Studies, 2014
The term ‘lithic’ is derived from the ancient Greek word for ‘rock’ (lithos), used in the late fourth century BCE by the scholar Theophrastus. The term ‘lithic’ in the way we use it today, meaning small rock artifact, most often chipped or ground stone ...
George (Rip) Rapp
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Repeat-induced point mutation in Neurospora crassa causes the highest known mutation rate and mutational burden of any cellular life

Genome Biology, 2020
Background Repeat-induced point (RIP) mutation in Neurospora crassa degrades transposable elements by targeting repeats with C→T mutations. Whether RIP affects core genomic sequence in important ways is unknown.
Long Wang, Yingying Sun, Xiaoguang Sun, Luyao Yu, Lan Xue, Zhen He, Ju Huang, Dacheng Tian, Laurence D. Hurst, Sihai Yang   +9 more
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Flow Characteristics of the Rip Current System near a Shore-Normal Structure with Regular Waves

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023
Rip currents are the strong narrow seaward current produced by waves breaking on the coast. Of the many types of rip currents, the present study investigates, experimentally and numerically, the rip current system produced by the wave reflection on a ...
Jie Xu, Sheng Yan, Zhili Zou, Chengshu Chang, Kezhao Fang, Yan Wang   +5 more
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Study on the Formation Characteristics and Disaster Mitigation Mechanisms of Rip Currents on Arc-Shaped Beach

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023
Rip currents are fast offshore currents generated during the breaking process of waves propagating nearshore, posing a potential life safety threat to coastal bathers.
Xinran Ji, Chuanle Xu, Zhiyuan Ren, Sheng Yan, Daoru Wang, Zongbing Yu   +5 more
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Exploring the role of neurogenic pathway-linked cholecystokinin release in remote preconditioning-induced cardioprotection [PDF]

Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira, 2020
Purpose: The current study explored the involvement of neurogenic pathway-linked cholecystokinin (CCK) release in RIP-induced cardioprotection in rats.
Huilian Li, Cuilan An
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Evaluación de un algoritmo de control para video adaptativo empleando enrutamiento tradicional y SDN

Revista Tecnológica
Actualmente, según el Cisco Annual Internet Report, entre el 80% y el 85% del tráfico de datos en Internet es generado por contenido en video. Esto hace imperativo desarrollar métodos o algoritmos que permitan una transmisión eficiente de contenido ...
Marlon Gomezcoello Rodríguez, Justin Picón Barros, Santiago González Martínez   +2 more
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Establishing an Apheresis Medicine Program in a Resource‐Constrained Setting: A 5‐Year Experience From Lagos, Nigeria

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Establishing a comprehensive apheresis medicine program in a resource‐constrained setting presents significant structural, financial, and logistical challenges. Despite the growing clinical importance of apheresis services globally, published experience from sub‐Saharan Africa remains sparse.
Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola, Shakirat Gold‐Olufadi, Olufunto Olufela Kalejaiye, Abdullateef Ogala, Rasheed A. Balogun   +4 more
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