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Risk-informed representative earthquake scenarios for Valparaíso and Viña del Mar, Chile [PDF]

open access: yesNatural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Different risk management activities, such as land-use planning, preparedness, and emergency response, utilize scenarios of earthquake events. A systematic selection of such scenarios should aim at finding those that are representative of a certain ...
H. Rosero-Velásquez   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identifying Patterns of Hospitalizations Among Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Population‐Based Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) experience more hospitalizations than the general population. We aimed to identify distinct hospitalization patterns among Queensland CCSs and the associated characteristics. Methods Cases (aged ≤14 years) diagnosed between 1995 and 2019 while residents of Queensland were identified through the ...
Hai Pham   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implicit and explicit risk perception, affect, and trust : an investigation of food "traffic lights" [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Obesity is a health problem in many developed countries and is a growing problem worldwide. In an effort to improve food choices the "traffic lights" nutritional labelling system has been developed.
Burns, Calvin   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Neurocognitive, School‐Based, and Quality of Life Outcomes for Youth With Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemia: A Scoping Review

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The medical burdens of sickle cell disease (SCD) and transfusion‐dependent β‐thalassemia (TDT) are chronic and cumulative, even in children. Yet the effects expand beyond medications and healthcare visits due to their impacts on school attendance, academic performance, and peer engagement.
Mary Ann Etling   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Application of Reinforcement Learning to Pumps—A Systematic Literature Review

open access: yesMachines
Reinforcement learning, a subset of machine learning in the field of engineering informatics, has revolutionized the decision-making and control of industrial pumping systems. A set of 100 peer-reviewed papers on the application of reinforcement learning
Adetoye Ayokunle Aribisala   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Experience With Performing Rheocarna Therapy via the Single‐Needle Method for Treatment of Chronic Limb‐Threatening Ischemia

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction This study investigated the safety and efficacy of single‐needle Rheocarna therapy for chronic limb‐threatening ischemia (CLTI) with wounds. Methods Six patients with CLTI involving ulcers unresponsive to revascularization underwent single‐needle Rheocarna treatment.
Yasutaka Yamauchi   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evolution of Rockfall Based on Structure from Motion Reconstruction of Street View Imagery and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Data: Case Study from Koto Panjang, Indonesia

open access: yesRemote Sensing
This study explores the growing application of 3D remote sensing in geohazard studies, particularly for rock slope monitoring. It highlights the use of cost-effective Street View Imagery (SVI) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) through Structure-from ...
Tiggi Choanji   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Establishing an Apheresis Medicine Program in a Resource‐Constrained Setting: A 5‐Year Experience From Lagos, Nigeria

open access: yesTherapeutic 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   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Work-related road safety: An analysis based on U.K. bus driver performance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The effects of age and experience on accident involvement for bus drivers were investigated, with special emphasis upon the first years of being an operator, using two methods.
af Wåhlberg, Anders,   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Phenomenological Nondimensional Parameter Decomposition to Enhance the Use of Simulation Modeling in Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Nuclear Power Plants

open access: yesJournal of Nuclear Engineering
Simulation modeling is crucial in support of probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) for nuclear power plants (NPPs). There is a challenge, however, associated with simulation modeling that relates to the time and resources required for collecting data to ...
Sari Alkhatib   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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