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Photogrammetrically UAV based terrain data generation and automatic extraction of torrential properties [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2023
Debris flows are a severe hazard in mountainous regions. However, cost-effective long-term studies of debris flows are seldom, which leads to substantial uncertainties in hazard mitigation methods.
Schmucki Gregor Rafael, Bartelt Perry, Bühler Yves, Caviezel Andrin, Graf Christoph, Marty Mauro, Stoffel Andreas, Huggel Christian   +7 more
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Designing supply chains to meet the growing need of vaccines: evidence from four countries

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2021
Background Immunization supply chains (iSCs) move vaccines from manufacturer to point of use with the added complexities of requiring cold chain and an increasing need for agility and efficiency to ensure vaccine quality and availability. Underperforming
Wendy Prosser, Cary Spisak, Benjamin Hatch, Joseph McCord, Marie Tien, Greg Roche   +5 more
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Acceptability and use of the electronic community health information system and its determinants among health extension workers in Ethiopia: a retrospective cross-sectional observational study

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2023
Background The electronic community health information system has been increasingly developed and deployed to quantify and support quality health service delivery by community health workers in Ethiopia. However, the success and failure of the electronic
Tariku Nigatu Bogale, Herman Willems, Loko Abraham Bongassie, Yemariam Eyob, Chaluma Kumela Mengesha, Bantalem Yeshanew Yihun, Mesud Mohammed, Naod Wendrad, Gemechis Melkamu, Dawit Wolde Daka, Selamawit Meressa, Tadesse Alemu Bekele   +11 more
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Association between multi-component initiatives and physical activity-related behaviors: interim findings from the Healthy Schools Healthy Communities initiative

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Although successful, assessment of multi-component initiatives (MCIs) prove to be very challenging. Further, rigorous evaluations may not be viable, especially when assessing the impact of MCIs on long-term population-level behavior change (e ...
Tamara Vehige Calise, Natalie Spitzer, Laura Ruggiero, Amanda Ryder, Chloe Wingerter, Ashley Hatcher   +5 more
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Introducing CRYOWRF v1.0: multiscale atmospheric flow simulations with advanced snow cover modelling [PDF]

Geoscientific Model Development, 2023
Accurately simulating snow cover dynamics and the snow–atmosphere coupling is of major importance for topics as wide-ranging as water resources, natural hazards, and climate change impacts with consequences for sea level rise.
V. Sharma, V. Sharma, V. Sharma, F. Gerber, F. Gerber, M. Lehning, M. Lehning   +6 more
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Critical factors in the successful expansion of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in India during the COVID-19 pandemic

Vaccine: X, 2023
India had decided to roll out PCV in India in 2015, but successful implementation of any new vaccine introduction mandates an enormous effort. PCV was scaled up during the COVID-19 pandemic, which posed new, unprecedented challenges in the vaccine ...
Seema Singh Koshal, Arindam Ray, Rhythm Hora, Amanjot Kaur, Syed F Quadri, Rashmi Mehra, Amrita Kumari, Pradeep Haldar, Arup Deb Roy   +8 more
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Enablers and Barriers to the Scaling Up of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in India During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study

Health Services Insights, 2023
Background: Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of death in under-5 children in India. This led the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) in India to decide for the nationwide roll-out of the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV).
Rhythm Hora, Arindam Ray, Rashmi Mehra, Tanwi Priya, Seema Singh Koshal, Pankaj Agrawal, Amanjot Kaur, Syed F Quadri, Arup Deb Roy   +8 more
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Dominance of grain size impacts on seasonal snow albedo at deforested sites in New Hampshire [PDF]

, 2017
Snow cover serves as a major control on the surface energy budget in temperate regions due to its high reflectivity compared to underlying surfaces.
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The effects of variation in snow properties on passive microwave snow mass estimation [PDF]

, 2012
Estimating snow mass at continental scales is difficult, but important for understanding land-atmosphere interactions, biogeochemical cycles and the hydrology of the Northern latitudes.
Davenport, Ian, Gurney, Robert, Sandells, Mel   +2 more
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Linking snow depth to avalanche release area size: measurements from the Vallée de la Sionne field site [PDF]

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2016
One of the major challenges in avalanche hazard assessment is the correct estimation of avalanche release area size, which is of crucial importance to evaluate the potential danger that avalanches pose to roads, railways or infrastructure.
J. Veitinger, B. Sovilla
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