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Policy-relevant Assessment Method of Socio-Economic Impacts of Floods: an Italian Case Study [PDF]
, 2012 This paper estimates the direct and indirect socio-economic impacts of the 2000 flood that took place in the Po river basin (Italy) using a combination of Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model and Spatial and Multi-Criteria Analysis.
Carrera, Lorenzo +5 more
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The Cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme: Australia's Print‐Media Discourse
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the way that Australian newspapers have framed the cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Introduced in 2013, the NDIS represented a major change in Australia's disability support policy, moving for the first time to a nationwide universal insurance model.
Meera Chinnappa +2 more
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Vulnerabilidade Socioambiental do Baixo Curso da Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Cocó, Fortaleza-CE / Vulnerability Socioenvironmental of Down Progress of Cocó River’s Watershed, Fortaleza-CE (Brazil) [PDF]
Sociedade & Natureza, 2013 The following study is about the vulnerability environmental, social and socio environmental of downprogress of Coco river’s watershed, at Fortaleza-CE.
Maria Elisa Zanella +3 more
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Aid and Growth Revisited: Policy, Economic Vulnerability and Political Instability [PDF]
This paper revisits the relationship between aid and growth, adding new assumptions to the standard Burnside-Dollar model, where aid effectiveness depends only on policy: 1) policy itself depends on aid, which involves a dynamic formulation of the ...
Lisa CHAUVET, Patrick GUILLAUMONT
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The 2023 Australian Voice to Parliament Referendum presented a pivotal moment in the nation's democratic landscape. Despite support for Indigenous well‐being, the referendum did not secure the necessary approval, prompting extensive analysis of its outcome.
Scott Baum, William Mitchell
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VULNERABILITY TO STI/AIDS AMONG ARMY SHOOTERS: A SOCIO-BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS
Cogitare Enfermagem, 2006 This study aimed to examine and understand aspects of vulnerability to STI/Aids among shooters in obligatory military service, as well as to characterize the population regarding socio-economic conditions, sexual practices, occurrence of STI and ...
José Fernando Petrilli Filho +1 more
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Indicator Based Vulnerability Assessment of Chhayanath-Rara Municipality, Western Nepal
Environment and Natural Resources Journal, 2020 The dense settlements at the eastern hills of Rara Lake are at higher risk of existing landslides. Seepage of water from the lake has increased erosion rates, exaggerating the threats to villages.
Padam Bahadur Budha +2 more
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Economic Vulnerability and Severity of Debt Problems: An Analysis of the Irish EU-SILC 2008 [PDF]
In this paper, using Ireland, where debt issues are of particular salience as a test case, we seek to understand the extent to which the measures currently employed as national indicators of poverty and social exclusion succeed in capturing over ...
Bertrand Maître +2 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The human mandibular symphysis concentrates multiaxial loads during function and remodels throughout growth, but the precise mechanisms underlying cortical bone shape during growth remain relatively unexplored. Approaches based solely on thickness or external cortical contours provide only partial insights and do not capture the functional ...
Ana Ribeiro +3 more
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Heat Stress in Quail: Impacts on Health and Productivity, and Mitigation Strategies
Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.Heat stress disrupts physiological homeostasis in quail, inducing oxidative stress, immune dysregulation, and metabolic imbalance, which impair growth, reproduction, product quality, and welfare. Integrating nutritional, environmental, and genetic–epigenetic strategies enhances thermotolerance, sustains productivity, and supports climate‐smart quail ...
T. A. Eletu +6 more
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