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, 2003 Los tornados son destructivos desastres naturales con efectos devastadores sobre la vida humana. Cada año causan grandes daños a las personas,los bienes y al mundo natural. Explica por qué se producen,los daños que pueden causar y cómo se advierte con antelación a la población en riesgo. Mapas de localización y recuadros de sucesos ayudan a entender lo
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Disasters, Dictators, and Donors: The Impact of Foreign Aid on Economic Activity (Mis)Reporting
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines how governments manipulate economic data to secure more foreign disaster aid. By using nighttime lighting as a reliable measure of economic activity, we make two key findings: (1) foreign disaster aid is positively linked to a country's understatement of its gross domestic product, indicating a deliberate strategy to ...
M. Martin Boyer +2 more
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Political Fictionality: Vladislav Surkov and the Rise of the Authorial State
The Russian Review, EarlyView.Abstract This article introduces the concept of political fictionality as a theoretical framework for analyzing the convergence of literary authorship and political power in Russia during the Putin era, using Vladislav Surkov—a longtime presidential advisor and ideologue as well as fiction writer under the pseudonym Natan Dubovitskii—as its principal ...
Ekaterina Vassilieva
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Unusually devastating tornadoes in the United States: 1995--2016
, 2018 Previous research has identified a number of physical, socioeconomic, and demographic factors related to tornado casualty rates. However, there remains gaps in the understanding of community-level vulnerabilities to tornadoes.
Tyler Fricker, James B. Elsner
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Waterspouts over the North and Baltic Seas: Observations and climatology, prediction and reporting [PDF]
, 2010 Dotzek, Nikolai +3 more
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, 2005 An idea often held in the mainstream society in the United States is a phenomenon of common occurrence between tornadoes and mobile home residences.
Shears, Andrew B.
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Belief in a Just, Unjust, and Random World: Three Different Beliefs
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Belief in a Just World (BJW) reflects assumptions about the predictability and congruence of events. Although extensively studied, little is known about its opposite: whether it is the Belief in an Unjust World (BUW), the Belief in a Random World (BRW), or whether these are independent constructs.
Javier Mayoral‐López +3 more
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In this lesson plan students will learn about how tornadoes are formed and how they are rated according to intensity. They will explore various topics about tornadoes, including where they occur most frequently, what kind of damage they cause, how they ...
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DEN Open, Volume 7, Issue 1, April 2027.ABSTRACT A 72‐year‐old man developed a hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm (HAP) caused by a liver abscess due to acute cholangitis and choledocholithiasis. He was successfully treated by transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) with tornado microcoils. Two years later, he developed severe acute cholangitis caused by a biliary stone formed around a coil ...
Shigetoshi Nishihara +9 more
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Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists, Volume 7, Issue 1, December 2026.Abstract This work addresses the critical issue of science literacy and science communication for scientists, researchers, officials, organizations, and the general public. Effective communication and trust between these groups are essential, particularly as the severity and scope of disasters continue to increase.
J. M. Trivedi +2 more
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