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Vulnerability, Vulnerable Populations, and Policy [PDF]

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, 2004
[ 411 ] Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal Vol. 14, No. 4, 411–425 © 2004 by the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature Produced at the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Box 571212, Washington, DC 20057-1212. The Center operates on a contract with the National Library of
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Adaptation, adaptive capacity and vulnerability

, 2006
This paper reviews the concept of adaptation of human communities to global changes, especially climate change, in the context of adaptive capacity and vulnerability.
B. Smit, J. Wandel
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Physical and Chemical Conditions of Bayur Bay Waters On the East and West Season

Ilmu Kelautan, 2017
Physical construction of Bayur bay coastal area as a port was followed by a variety of environmental issues, both physical degradation of the natural environment, biology reduction and an increase in social problems, directly affect to water quality ...
Ulung Jantama Wisha, Try Al Tanto, Ilham Ilham   +2 more
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Factors Associated with Mental Health Outcomes and the Level of Work Engagement Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Tunisia

European Psychiatry, 2022
Introduction Heath workers especiallyin the emergency rooms and emergency medical services are exposed to sustained stress which had increased due to the Pandemic situation Objectives To search for factors associated with mental disorders among health ...
I. Betbout, B. Amemou, A. Ben Haouala, Y. Touati, M. Benzarti, F. Zaafrane, A. Mhalla, L. Gaha   +7 more
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Smart Contract Vulnerability Detection using Graph Neural Network

International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2020
The security problems of smart contracts have drawn extensive attention due to the enormous financial losses caused by vulnerabilities. Existing methods on smart contract vulnerability detection heavily rely on fixed expert rules, leading to low ...
Yuan Zhuang, Zhenguang Liu, Peng Qian, Qi Liu, Xiang Wang, Qinming He   +5 more
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Tidal Ellipses Analysis Based on Flow Model Hydrodynamic Data Acquisition in Mandeh Bay, West Sumatera

JGEET: Journal of Geoscience, Engineering, Environment and Technology, 2019
Mandeh Bay is threatened by sedimentation issue caused by the rapid development of marine tourism area which strongly impacts to the environmental degradation.
Ulung Jantama Wisha, Ruzana Dhiauddin, Wisnu Arya Gemilang   +2 more
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The well-being of newly regularized migrant workers: Determinants of their satisfaction with life as compared to undocumented migrant workers and regular local residents

Comparative Migration Studies, 2021
Subjective assessments of well-being are becoming routine indicators, considering that material resources are insufficient to capture people’s satisfaction with life.
Claudine Burton-Jeangros, Aline Duvoisin, Liala Consoli, Julien Fakhoury, Yves Jackson   +4 more
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Aging in COVID-19: Vulnerability, immunity and intervention

Ageing Research Reviews, 2020
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic was first reported in Wuhan, China in December 2019, moved across the globe at an unprecedented speed, and is having a profound and yet still unfolding health and socioeconomic ...
Yiyin Chen, S. Klein, B. Garibaldi, Huifen Li, Cun-jin Wu, Nicole M. Osevala, Taisheng Li, J. Margolick, G. Pawelec, S. Leng   +9 more
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In Older Adults, Perceived Stress and Self-Efficacy Are Associated with Verbal Fluency, Reasoning, and Prospective Memory (Moderated by Socioeconomic Position)

Brain Sciences, 2022
Despite evidence that stress relates negatively to cognitive functioning in older adults, little is known how appraisal of stress and socioeconomic meso-level factors influence different types of cognitive functions in older adults.
Ulrike Rimmele, Nicola Ballhausen, Andreas Ihle, Matthias Kliegel   +3 more
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Dairy farmers’ knowledge and perception of climate change in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa [PDF]

International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, 2022
Purpose – This study aims to evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of dairy farmers about climate change in dairy farms in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
Yanga Simamkele Diniso, Leocadia Zhou, Ishmael Festus Jaja   +2 more
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