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Enhancing Performance of Engineering Structures under Dynamic Disasters with ECC–FRP Composites: A Review at Material and Member Levels

Buildings, 2023
Dynamic loadings arising from impact, explosive, and seismic disasters impose high requirements on the performance of engineering structures during service periods.
Debo Zhao, Bin Chen, Jingming Sun
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Can audio-visual integration strengthen robustness under multimodal attacks? [PDF]

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2021
In this paper, we propose to make a systematic study on machines’ multisensory perception under attacks. We use the audio-visual event recognition task against multi-modal adversarial attacks as a proxy to investigate the robustness of audio-visual ...
Yapeng Tian, Chenliang Xu
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Deploying Big Data Enablers to Strengthen Supply Chain Resilience to Mitigate Sustainable Risks Based on Integrated HOQ-MCDM Framework

Mathematics, 2022
In the face of global competition, competitive enterprises should pursue sustainable development, and strengthen their supply chain resilience to cope with risks at any time.
Chih-Hung Hsu, Ming Li, Ting-Yi Zhang, An-Yuan Chang, Shumin Shangguan, Wan-Ling Liu   +5 more
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Improving TB case notification in northern Uganda: evidence of a quality improvement-guided active case finding intervention

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background Strategies to identify and treat undiagnosed prevalent cases that have not sought diagnostic services on their own, are necessary to treat TB in patients earlier and interrupt transmission. Late presentation for medical services of symptomatic
Esther Karamagi, Simon Sensalire, Martin Muhire, Herbert Kisamba, John Byabagambi, Mirwais Rahimzai, Frank Mugabe, Upenytho George, Jacqueline Calnan, Dejene Seyoum, Estella Birabwa   +10 more
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Voluntary exercise can strengthen the circadian system in aged mice [PDF]

, 2013
Consistent daily rhythms are important to healthy aging according to studies linking disrupted circadian rhythms with negative health impacts. We studied the effects of age and exercise on baseline circadian rhythms and on the circadian system's ability ...
A Davidson, A Power, A Watanabe, AA Kondratova, AC King, AJ Davidson, AJ Davidson, B Rusak, C Castillo, CJ Guenthner, DE Kolker, DF Swaab, DJ Buysse, DJ Dijk, DJ Foley, DJ Foley, E Satinoff, E. Zimmerman, EK Baehr, F Aujard, G. S. Lall, GJ Tranah, GS Passos, H Albus, H Li, H. Queenan, HT vanderLeest, I. Song, IN Karatsoreos, J Schaap, K Cho, KJ Reid, M Asai, M Harrington, M Münch, M Nagano, M Palomba, M. E. Harrington, MA Grandner, MJ Duncan, MJ Duncan, MU Gillette, MW Greene, MW Marlatt, N Mrosovsky, O Castanon-Cervantes, P. C. Molyneux, PC Yannielli, RD Nebes, S Ancoli-Israel, S Benloucif, S Farajnia, S Kiessling, S Yamazaki, S Yamazaki, S Yamazaki, S. M. Biello, SH Yoo, SJ Aton, SM Biello, T Deboer, T Yoshikawa, T. L. Leise, TA Bedrosian, TA Martino, TA Martino, TJ Nakamura, TL Leise, U Abraham, U Albrecht, VS Valentinuzzi, W Nakamura, Y Tahara, Y Zhang, Y Zhang   +74 more
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Health & Wellness Centers to Strengthen Primary Health Care in India: Concept, Progress and Ways Forward

Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2020
In February 2018, the Indian Government announced Ayushman Bharat Program (ABP) with two components of (a) Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs), to deliver comprehensive primary health care (PHC) services to the entire population and (b) Pradhan Mantri Jan
C. Lahariya
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Growing Biodiverse Urban Futures: Renaturalization and Rewilding as Strategies to Strengthen Urban Resilience

Sustainability, 2021
How are our cities using nature-based solutions to confront the challenges posed by a warming climate, the loss of biodiversity and major resource depletion? This article discusses the opportunities and benefits of applying the concepts of regreening and
Steffen Lehmann
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Quality improvement as a framework for behavior change interventions in HIV-predisposed communities: a case of adolescent girls and young women in northern Uganda

AIDS Research and Therapy, 2018
Background Despite the conventional approaches to HIV prevention being the bedrock for early reductions in HIV infections in Uganda, innovations that demonstrate reduction in risk to infection in vulnerable populations need to be embraced urgently.
Esther Karamagi, Simon Sensalire, Juliana Nabwire, John Byabagambi, Alfred O. Awio, George Aluma, Mirwais Rahimzai, Jacqueline Calnan, Sheila Kyobutungi   +8 more
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Securing guarantees : how nuclear proliferation can strengthen great power commitments [PDF]

, 2018
The number of states with nuclear weapons has grown at a much slower rate than many predicted during the early years of the Cold War. Yet the reasons for this slow rate of proliferation are not well understood.
Phillips, Julianne Nicole
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Age-Friendly Cities and Communities: Research to Strengthen Policy and Practice

Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 2022
Since the early 2000s, a global age-friendly movement has emerged with aspirations to make environments and systems within localities more supportive of long and healthy lives.
E. Greenfield, T. Buffel
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