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Vulnerability of the agricultural sector to climate change: The development of a pantropical Climate Risk Vulnerability Assessment to inform sub-national decision making [PDF]

, 2019
As climate change continues to exert increasing pressure upon the livelihoods and agricultural sector of many developing and developed nations, a need exists to understand and prioritise at the sub national scale which areas and communities are most ...
Bourgoin, Clément, Läderach, Peter, Martinez-Valle, Armando, Parker, Louis   +3 more
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Developmental Disorders in Children Recently Diagnosed With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Neurocognitive deficits in adult survivors of childhood cancer are well established, but less is known about developmental disorders (DD) arising shortly after cancer diagnosis. Using 2016–2019 linked Ohio cancer registry and Medicaid data, we compared DD among 324 children with cancer and 606,913 cancer‐free controls.
Jamie Shoag, Long Vu, Ritika Miryala, Jeffrey M. Albert, Molly McVoy, Siran M. Koroukian   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Communally established cattle feedlots as a sustainable livelihood option for climate change resilience and food security in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Climate change poses a significant threat to agriculture and livestock production in sub-Saharan Africa, a region heavily reliant on livestock for smallholder farmers’ livelihoods.
Mhlangabezi Slayi, Leocadia Zhou, Patrick Nyambo, Ishmael Festus Jaja, Shadreck Muchaku   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characterizing Parental Concerns About Lasting Impacts of Treatment in Children With B‐Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background B‐acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B‐ALL) is the most common pediatric cancer, and while most children in high‐resource settings are cured, therapy carries risks for long‐term toxicities. Understanding parents’ concerns about these late effects is essential to guide anticipatory support and inform evolving therapeutic approaches ...
Kellee N. Parker, Sarah W. Alexander, Lisa M. Jacola, Kimberly A. Buff, Kyobin Hwang, Elham Hashemi, Gregory Stoddard, Lindsay A. Jibb   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association Between Residence Status Regularization and Access to Healthcare for Undocumented Migrants in Switzerland: A Panel Study

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundSwitzerland has a universal healthcare system. Yet, undocumented migrants face barriers at different levels that hinder their access to healthcare services.
Julien Fakhoury, Julien Fakhoury, Claudine Burton-Jeangros, Claudine Burton-Jeangros, Liala Consoli, Liala Consoli, Aline Duvoisin, Aline Duvoisin, Yves Jackson   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Physical vulnerability to dynamic flooding: Vulnerability curves and vulnerability indices

Journal of Hydrology, 2022
Vulnerability analysis is crucial to assess natural hazard risk. Methods for vulnerability assessment include indices as well as vulnerability curves. Vulnerability curves make use of empirical data to show the relationship between the process intensity and the resulting degree of loss on each affected building whereas vulnerability indices are based ...
Maria Papathoma-Köhle, Matthias Schlögl, Lea Dosser, Florian Roesch, Marco Borga, Marcel Erlicher, Margreth Keiler, Sven Fuchs   +7 more
openaire   +1 more source

Vulnerability assessment using remote sensing: The earthquake prone megacity Istanbul, Turkey [PDF]

, 2007
Hazards like earthquakes are natural, disasters are not. Disasters result from the impact of a hazard on a vulnerable system or society at a specific location.
Dech, Stefan, Roth, Achim, Taubenböck, Hannes   +2 more
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Organoids in pediatric cancer research

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Organoid technology has revolutionized cancer research, yet its application in pediatric oncology remains limited. Recent advances have enabled the development of pediatric tumor organoids, offering new insights into disease biology, treatment response, and interactions with the tumor microenvironment.
Carla Ríos Arceo, Jarno Drost
wiley   +1 more source

Smallholder farmers’ adoption and perception of communally established cattle feedlots for climate change resilience in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
IntroductionThis study aimed to assess the willingness and awareness of cattle farmers in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, to participate in communally established feedlots as a climate change adaptation strategy.
Mhlangabezi Slayi, Leocadia Zhou, Ishmael Festus Jaja   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spatially explicit groundwater vulnerability assessment to support the implementation of the Water Framework Directive – a practical approach with stakeholders [PDF]

, 2008
The main objective of the study presented in this paper was to develop an evaluation scheme which is suitable for spatially explicit groundwater vulnerability assessment according to the Water Framework Directive (WFD).
Berkhoff, Karin
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