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Research on Natural Gas Leakage and Explosion Mechanisms in a Container House

open access: yesBuildings
As unconventional building structures, container houses are now widely used in urban tourism to create characteristic buildings. Nowadays, natural gas accidents occur frequently in cities and towns; however, the development of laws and influencing ...
Yonghong Gao   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Climate change impacts and adaptations on health of Internally Displaced People (IDP): An exploratory study on coastal areas of Bangladesh

open access: yesHeliyon, 2020
Every year thousands of people are being displaced in coastal areas of Bangladesh due to natural calamities associated with climate change, known as Internally Displaced Peoples (IDPs). Climate change adaptation measures play a significant role in coping
Md. Arif Chowdhury   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of truancy among school-going adolescents in three South Asian countries: association with potential risk and protective factors

open access: yesInternational Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 2023
We examined the prevalence and evaluated the associated risk and protective factors of adolescent school truancy through sex-stratified models by analysing 7562 adolescent data from the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) of three South ...
Md. Khalid Hasan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Catchment-scale vulnerability assessment of groundwater pollution from diffuse sources using the DRASTIC method : a case study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The catchment-scale groundwater vulnerability assessment that delineates zones representing different levels of groundwater susceptibility to contaminants from diffuse agricultural sources has become an important element in groundwater pollution ...
Blundell, J.R.   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Emergent vulnerability to climate-driven disturbances in European forests

open access: yesNature Communications, 2021
Forest disturbance regimes are expected to intensify as Earth’s climate changes. Quantifying forest vulnerability to disturbances and understanding the underlying mechanisms is crucial to develop mitigation and adaptation strategies.
G. Forzieri   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Predictors of Bangladeshi registered nurses' disaster management knowledge, skills, and preparedness

open access: yesProgress in Disaster Science
As a primary healthcare first respondent during disasters, Bangladeshi registered nurses (RNs) play a critical role in disaster management. This study assessed their knowledge, skills, and preparedness (KSP) for disaster management and examined the ...
Md. Khalid Hasan   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vulnerability of weighted networks [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
In real networks complex topological features are often associated with a diversity of interactions as measured by the weights of the links. Moreover, spatial constraints may as well play an important role, resulting in a complex interplay between ...
Alain Barrat   +10 more
core   +5 more sources

Automated Vulnerability Detection in Source Code Using Deep Representation Learning [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Conference on Machine Learning and Applications, 2018
Increasing numbers of software vulnerabilities are discovered every year whether they are reported publicly or discovered internally in proprietary code.
Rebecca L. Russell   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Indonesia Marine Debris: Banda Aceh Coastal Environment Identification

open access: yesJurnal Kelautan Tropis, 2020
Banda Aceh City, having an area of 61.36 km² with a coastline of 11 km which covers Ulee Lheu Beach to Alue Naga Beach. The research was carried out to determine marine debris statistics (type, amount and mass) which divided into 7 categories; plastic ...
Koko Ondara, Ruzana Dhiauddin
doaj   +1 more source

Economic valuation of the vulnerability of world agriculture confronted with pollinator decline

open access: yes, 2009
There is mounting evidence of pollinator decline all over the world and consequences in many agricultural areas could be significant. We assessed these consequences by measuring 1) the contribution of insect pollination to the world agricultural output ...
Nicola Gallai   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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