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Haemophilia Management in Natural Disasters—From Field to Consensus Report
ABSTRACT Objective The earthquake in Türkiye had a profound impact on both haemophilia patients and healthcare services in the region. This experience highlighted the need for an effective action plan for patients with bleeding disorders in extraordinary situations.
Ahmet Muzaffer Demir +13 more
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A seismic vulnerability analysis procedure for urban loss assessment
The assessment of seismic vulnerability of buildings in seismically active urban areas is of great importance in terms of engineering, economical and social aspects. In this study an analytical procedure has been developed in order to obtain the vulnerability functions of existing buildings.
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Urbanization drives turnover in dragonfly species composition, traits, and habitat conservation value. Natural stream sections have a higher conservation value (higher DBI) due to presence of specialists. Properly managed urban streams can support diverse dragonfly assemblages.
Marina Vilenica +5 more
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Faith in the Marketplace: Christian Legal Narratives and the Refusal to Serve Gay Customers
ABSTRACT In June 2023, the US Supreme Court in 303 Creative v. Elenis held that an anti‐discrimination statute could not force a Christian business owner to provide certain business services to gay people. The decision has created a slew of legal and social uncertainties, which require a deeper investigation of the contemporary conflict between the gay
Mantas Grigorovicius
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Brokerage, bridewealth and benefits on a resource frontier in Papua New Guinea
Abstract In this paper, we examine tensions over intermarriage and resource sharing between two groups on a Papua New Guinean resource frontier. These tensions are mediated by a ‘brokerage fix’ led by Febi clan heads responding to financial demands from their Pangia neighbours and sometime affines.
John Cox, Monica Minnegal
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Abstract Recent efforts to secure development by Febi and Kubo people in Papua New Guinea's Western Province reveal a patterned history of failing brokers, incomplete projects and wasted money. Within this longer trajectory, three overlapping waves of brokerage can be discerned, each emerging in response to the limitations of its predecessors.
Monica Minnegal, John Cox
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War, Trauma and Diasporic Identity in Vyvyane Loh's Breaking the Tongue
ABSTRACT Japan's involvement in the Second World War offers provocative narrative material for authors who write about the cultural politics of race under wartime conditions, such as the internment experience of Japanese Americans in the United States and the mass killings of Chinese (Operation Sook Ching), suspected of anti‐Japanese sentiments in ...
Walter S. H. Lim
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CHARACTERIZATION OF TELUK SEPANG COASTAL LOCAL SEISMIC RESPONSE USING MICROTREMOR HVSR ANALYSIS
The coastal area of Teluk Sepang, Bengkulu City, Sumatra, Indonesia, is dominated by young alluvial and marine sediments that are highly susceptible to seismic wave amplification due to tectonic activity along the Indo-Australian–Eurasian subduction zone.
Gita Panny Nababan +5 more
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ABSTRACT European disaster risk management has converged on a shared resilience vocabulary faster than on a shared account of who is expected to produce resilience. This article codes 2218 passages from 38 strategic documents in 25 EU member states along two dimensions: resilience type (engineering, ecological, transformative) and governance ...
Hüseyin Ugur Sagkal
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Forecasting Cascading and Compounding Flood Risk From Earthquake‐Induced Ground Deformation
ABSTRACT Large earthquakes can disrupt river systems and produce abrupt, unforeseen changes in flood risk. Forward modelling of earthquake‐related surface deformation and its influence on inundation extent, depth, and frequency enables pre‐emptive assessment of exposure to this compound hazard.
Erin McEwan +3 more
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