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Insurance and the “Irrationalization” of Disaster Policy: A Political Crisis Theory for an Age of Climate Risk

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the last several years, disaster insurance programs around the world have experienced disruptions that many observers interpret to be a primary symptom of “climate crisis” (Bittle 2024). Governments have responded to these disruptions through disjointed and at times contradictory measures: they treat disasters, alternately, as “Acts of God”
Stephen J. Collier
wiley   +1 more source

Can Southeast Asia's Tigers Break Free? The Connectivity, Constraints, and Recovery of the Region's Remaining Tiger Populations

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
We assess tiger (Panthera tigris) population connectivity potential in 11 Southeast Asian landscapes in relation to landscape configuration, broad‐scale recovery potential, vulnerabilities in habitat structure, and management priorities. Broad‐scale connectivity potential in the region was represented by only four contiguous core habitat patches within
Eric Ash, Samuel A. Cushman, Żaneta Kaszta, Tim Redford, David W. Macdonald   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

COST Action TU 1406 quality specifications for roadway bridges (BridgeSpec) [PDF]

, 2016
Roadway bridges, being one of the most critical road infrastructures components, require regular maintenance actions. Therefore, it becomes important to define strategies to maximize societal benefits, derived from the investment made in these assets ...
Casas, J. R., Fernandes, S., Matos, José C.   +2 more
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Burrow Persistence and Spatial Distribution of Federally and State‐Protected Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) Populations in Southwest Alabama

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus), a keystone species and ecosystem engineer, has declined by ~80% over the past century due to primarily habitat loss. In a 28‐year resurvey of federally protected Mobile County and state‐protected Baldwin County, we found tortoise populations persisted at ~59% and ~31% of sites, respectively, with significant ...
Robin B. Lloyd Jr., Jeremiah A. Henning, Steven R. Schultze, David H. Nelson, Adam D. Chupp   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Surrounding rock control technology of crossing abandoned roadway intersection of compound mining area

Meikuang Anquan
Taking the surrounding rock control of the abandoned roadway under the geological conditions of the compound area of Yuchang Coal Mine as the engineering background, aiming at the problem of difficulty in breaking and supporting the surrounding rock in ...
Jianguang LYU, Huiyou ZHANG, Wei GU, Dalong XU   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Campus Update: November 1991 v. 3, no. 10 [PDF]

, 1991
Monthly newsletter of the BU Medical ...
Boston University Medical Center
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Exposures in Indoor Air Affecting Health

Allergy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Indoor air quality (IAQ) is influenced by a wide range of chemical, biological and physical agents that can negatively impact physical, immunological and mental health. Adverse health effects depend on the type and concentration of pollutants, duration of exposure, and individual susceptibility.
Maria Hartiala, Varpu Elenius, Alicia Aguado Pesquera, Silas Androulakis, Isabella Annesi‐Maesano, Artur Badyda, Sicco Brandsma, Ioanna Chatziprodromidou, Goran Gajski, Judith Garcia‐Aymerich, Chiara Giorio, Timo Hugg, Jouni J. K. Jaakkola, Sarah Koch, Pim E. G. Leonards, Angeliki Matrali, Lisa Melymuk, Natalie Mueller, Adam Muszyński, Jet Opbroek, Inês Paciência, Spyros N. Pandis, Sofya Pozdniakova, Aino K. Rantala, Sandra Rodríguez Sufuentes, Linda Schenk, Eva Sugeng, Adrià Sunyer‐Caldú, Apostolos Vantarakis, Alexander Zherebker, Ernesto Alfaro‐Moreno, Pernilla Bohlin Nizzetto, José Fermoso Dominguez, Stylianos Karatzas, Francesco Mureddu, Heidi Salonen, Nikolaos Papadopoulos, Tuomas Jartti, the IDEAL Consortium   +38 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Volatility in Driving Regimes Extracted from Basic Safety Messages Transmitted Between Connected Vehicles

, 2017
Driving volatility captures the extent of speed variations when a vehicle is being driven. Extreme longitudinal variations signify hard acceleration or braking. Warnings and alerts given to drivers can reduce such volatility potentially improving safety,
Khattak, Asad, Wali, Behram
core   +1 more source

Common milkweed gardens increase occupancy by monarch butterflies and other specialist herbivores towards an urban centre

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
We surveyed 119 stands of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) across an urbanisation gradient to investigate how restored garden habitat might ameliorate the negative effects of urbanisation on specialist herbivores. Surprisingly, we found most herbivores (including the monarch butterfly) had greater occupancy on common milkweed towards an urban centre.
Graydon J. Gillies, Rishona Vemulapalli, Christopher G. Eckert   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Research on supporting technology of roadway passing goaf

Meikuang Anquan, 2021
In order to study the deformation control of the surrounding rock under the broken surrounding rock in the mined-out area, a semicircular arch support technology of “U-shaped shed + grouting” was proposed. Based on the basic mechanical properties of the arch, a mechanical model of the bearing capacity of the semicircular arch roadway was constructed to
ZHOU Bo, XU Mengtang, YIN Lei, LI Xin, ZHANG Wang   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source