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Seismic vulnerability assessment of the old city centre of Seixal, Portugal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The seismic vulnerability assessment of old traditional masonry building stocks, in a seismic risk mitigation perspective, is truly essential not only for buildings with recognized historical and patrimonial value, but also, in relation to regular ...
Costa, A.   +4 more
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Analytical study on the network of transmission lines vulnerability in Khorasan Razavi province against earthquake [PDF]

open access: diamond, 2019
Mohammad Javanbakht   +3 more
openalex   +1 more source

Incremental Risk Vulnerability [PDF]

open access: yes
We present a necessary and sufficient condition on an agent’s utility function for a simple mean preserving spread in an independent background risk to increase the agent’s risk aversion (incremental risk vulnerability).
Günter Franke   +2 more
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A naturalistic virtual reality task reveals difficulties in time-based prospective memory and strategic time-monitoring in children with ADHD

open access: yesScientific Reports
Time-based prospective memory (TBPM), which supports executing everyday actions at appropriate times, is a key cognitive skill generally weaker in individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Erik Seesjärvi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vulnerability in Developing Countries [PDF]

open access: yes
The first Millennium Development Goal aims to halve the number of people in the world living in extreme poverty. In this Research Brief, emanating from the UNU-WIDER project on .Fragility and Development., the premise is that we should also be concerned ...
McGillivray, Mark   +2 more
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Vulnerability assessments of pesticide leaching to groundwater [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Pesticides may have adverse environmental effects if they are transported to groundwater and surface waters. The vulnerability of water resources to contamination of pesticides must therefore be evaluated.
Stenemo, Fredrik
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Vulnerability to Poverty: A Microeconometric Approach and Application to the Republic of Haiti [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper investigates vulnerability to poverty in Haiti. Research in vulnerability in developing countries has been scarce due to the high data requirements of vulnerability studies (e.g. panel or long series of cross-sections). The methodology adopted
Evans Jadotte
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Mapping Mediterranean bentho‐demersal communities to better inform marine conservation

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice
Marine conservation and spatial planning are seeing increasing interest by stakeholders at the local, regional and international levels to balance biodiversity protection, sustaining fisheries and accommodating new uses of the marine environment.
Miguel López   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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