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Work schedule and seasonal influences on sleep and fatigue in helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft operations in extreme environments

Scientific Reports, 2022
Sleep and fatigue were investigated in aviation search and rescue, firefighting, emergency medical services and offshore transfer operations in 210 participants, for 21 days each, across 17 datasets in seven countries.
Adam Fletcher, Simon Stewart, Karen Heathcote, Peter Page, Jillian Dorrian   +4 more
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Cornucopia and the Grapes of Wrath: A SocialPhilosophical Perspective on the Regulation of Risks and Side-Effects of Food and Drink

Utrecht Law Review, 2019
Based on a taxonomy of inherent risks and side effects of foodstuffs and beverage, this article analyses, from a social and philosophical perspective the limits of regulation of and responsibility for these risks and side-effects.
Ubaldus de Vries
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Advanced nuclear technologies in modern energy systems: A comparative risk assessment in Japan

Energy Strategy Reviews
In response to global challenges posed by climate change and the urgent need to transition toward sustainable energy sources, this study aims to understand societal risk perceptions associated with both established and emerging energy systems.
Bonjun Koo, Kazuhiko Noguchi, Fumitaka Watanabe, Kotaro Kubo, Tadahiro Shibutani   +4 more
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Perspectives on ‘the lens of risk’ interview series: interviews with Tom Horlick-Jones, Paul Slovic and Andy Alaszewski [PDF]

, 2013
This article is the fourth and final of an interview series with a selection of significant contributors to the social science of risk. It provides quasi-verbatim interviews with Tom Horlick-Jones, Paul Slovic and Andy Alaszewski.
Heyman, Bob, Heyman, B., Brown, P.; id_orcid, Brown, Patrick   +3 more
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Risk management in the digital constellation - a constitutional perspective (part I)

IDP, 2018
The digital revolution is creating new risks, together with multiple opportunities for communication, commerce and political participation. What Ulrich Beck described as the world risk society and – from another perspective – Jürgen Habermas calls the ...
Ingolf Pernice
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Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster Risk Management: State of Play in North Macedonia [PDF]

This paper explores the state of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and disaster risk management (DRM) in North Macedonia, highlighting their theoretical, normative, and institutional aspects.
Ivanov, Aleksandar
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Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld, Scott H. Maurer, Michelle D. Watkinson, John Nury, Elise Barberis, Molly C. Mack   +5 more
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The variability atlas: how internal climate variability affects the estimation of climate extreme indices

Environmental Research Letters
Robustly quantifying climate extremes is crucial for understanding their occurrence, reliable impact assessments, and efficient adaptation planning. To allow objective and comparable assessments of various climate extremes across regions, time periods ...
Lukas Brunner, Vidur Mithal, Leonard F Borchert, Jana Sillmann, Benjamin Poschlod   +4 more
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Fighting the Hydra

Journal of Dynamic Decision Making
Crises today occur in manifold variants. Cyberattacks, floods, wars, pandemics – the list of cases is ongoing. Academic literature recognizes them as “transboundary crises” (Ansell et al.
Tjorven Harmsen, Ina Hennen, Marie Kaltenbach   +2 more
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Comparative Drug Response Profiling in Neuroblastoma Cell Lines and Patient‐Derived Tumor Organoids

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT High‐risk neuroblastoma remains a leading cause of pediatric cancer mortality, and improved preclinical models are needed to guide therapeutic developments. We screened seven high‐risk neuroblastoma cell lines and three patient‐derived tumor organoids with 528 compounds alongside bone marrow controls, and compared them with external datasets ...
Krzysztof Wierbiłowicz, Se Whee Sammy Park, Aironas Los, Ernest Liu, Nona Struyf, Tom Erkers, Sören Lehmann, Jan J. Molenaar, Jakob Stenman, Olli Kallioniemi, Päivi Östling, Brinton Seashore‐Ludlow, Kasper Karlsson   +12 more
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