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United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)—UNISDR’s Contribution to Science and Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Role of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL)Open image in new window

open access: yes, 2017
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 was agreed at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan in March 2015 and endorsed by the UN General Assembly in June 2015.
C. Wannous, German Velásquez
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Bedtime hypertension treatment improves cardiovascular risk reduction: the Hygia Chronotherapy Trial.

open access: yesEuropean Heart Journal, 2019
AIMS The Hygia Chronotherapy Trial, conducted within the clinical primary care setting, was designed to test whether bedtime in comparison to usual upon awakening hypertension therapy exerts better cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk reduction.
R. Hermida   +15 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pulmonary Fibrosis in COVID-19 Survivors: Predictive Factors and Risk Reduction Strategies

open access: yesPulmonary Medicine, 2020
Although pulmonary fibrosis can occur in the absence of a clear-cut inciting agent, and without a clinically clear initial acute inflammatory phase, it is more commonly associated with severe lung injury.
Ademola S. Ojo   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Behavioral reduction of infection risk [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1999
Evolutionary biologists have long postulated that there should be fitness advantages to animals that are able to recognize and avoid conspecifics infected with contact-transmitted disease. This avoidance hypothesis is in direct conflict with much of epidemiological theory, which is founded on the assumptions that the likelihood of ...
J M, Kiesecker   +3 more
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Estimation of Ascaris infection risks in children under 15 from the consumption of wastewater-irrigated carrots [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Ascaris lumbricoides, the large human roundworm, infects ,1,200 million people, with children under the age of 15 being particularly at risk. Monte Carlo quantitative microbial risk analyses were undertaken to estimate median Ascaris infection risks in
Mara, D.D., Sleigh, A.
core   +1 more source

Nature-based solutions for hydro-meteorological risk reduction: a state-of-the-art review of the research area

open access: yesNatural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2019
. Hydro-meteorological risks due to natural hazards such as severe floods, storm surges, landslides and droughts are causing impacts on different sectors of society.
Laddaporn Ruangpan   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Correlating heatwaves and relative humidity with suicide (fatal intentional self-harm)

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Empirical evidence suggests that the effects of anthropogenic climate change, and heat in particular, could have a significant impact on mental health.
Fernando Florido Ngu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Preliminary evidence supports circulating microRNAs as prognostic biomarkers for type 2 diabetes. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background:Circulating microRNAs are emerging as potential prognostic biomarkers for the development of type 2 diabetes. However, microRNAs are also associated with complications from impaired glucose metabolism (e.g. endothelial cell function).
Allen, IE   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Risk Reduction

open access: yes, 2023
The existing high alluvial risk Basin Lluta “Chile,” due to the presence of large mountains subject to inclement weather, coupled with the growing urban pressure to use sectors downstream increasingly exposed to this type of event, justify studies of the behavior of debris flows and the ability to mitigate its effects by the construction of protection ...
openaire   +1 more source

Systemic risks perspectives of Eyjafjallajökull volcano's 2010 eruption

open access: yesProgress in Disaster Science, 2023
In 2010, southern Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano erupted, releasing ash that spread across Europe. Due to its potential to damage aircraft, much of European airspace was closed for six days.
Ilan Kelman   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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