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Assessing the adoption of improved seeds as a coping strategy to climate variability under smallholder farming conditions in South Africa

South African Journal of Science, 2023
This study was undertaken to examine the adoption rate, constraints and factors determining the uptake of improved seed varieties in smallholder farming conditions of South Africa, using a maize crop.
Lindumusa Myeni, Mokhele E. Moeletsi
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Vulnerability assessment method and its application in oil and gas pipeline industry

You-qi chuyun, 2023
The vulnerability assessment method is mainly used to explore the security process of a system, with wide application in the fields of hazard management, ecology and engineering.
YAN Bingchuan, FENG Qingshan, ZHANG Hong, YANG Yue, ZHANG Han, SUN Chao, CHEN Jian, LIU Xiaoben   +7 more
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Spatial prediction of the geological hazard vulnerability of mountain road network using machine learning algorithms

Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk, 2023
The current assessment index of the geological hazard vulnerability assessment for mountain road network is relatively simple, and the assessment methods used are subjective, complex, and inefficient. This study proposes a prediction model for geological
Siyi Huang, Hongqiang Dou, Wenbin Jian, Chaoxu Guo, Yongxin Sun   +4 more
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Current Status and Perspective of Vulnerability Assessment of Cyber-Physical Power Systems Based on Complex Network Theory

Energies, 2023
The increasing factors of uncertainty faced by the system are due to the deep coupling of the electric power cyber network and the physical network. Consequently, ensuring the efficient, secure, and stable operation of the cyber–physical power system ...
Tianlei Zang, Zian Wang, Xiaoguang Wei, Yi Zhou, Jiale Wu, Buxiang Zhou   +5 more
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Electric power cyber-physical systems vulnerability assessment under cyber attack

Frontiers in Energy Research, 2023
Improving the accuracy of the vulnerability assessment of the power cyber-physical system has important practical value for protecting the vulnerable links of the system and preventing large power outages.
Zhengwei Qu, Wenting Sun, Jie Dong, Jianjun Zhao, Yang Li   +4 more
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Status and thinking of vulnerability assessment of oil and gas pipelines in Natech events

You-qi chuyun, 2022
Oil and gas pipelines are often exposed to the natural hazards, and the action of these natural hazards on the oil and gas pipelines may result in a series of technological hazards such as fire and explosion, which are referred to as the Natural Hazards ...
Guohua CHEN, Xia TAO, Kongxing HUANG, Tao ZENG, Jiajun MA   +4 more
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Impact Webs: a novel conceptual modelling approach for characterising and assessing complex risks [PDF]

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Identifying, characterising, and assessing the complex nature of risks are vital to realise the expected outcome of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
E. Sparkes, D. Cotti, A. Valdiviezo Ajila, S. E. Werners, S. E. Werners, M. Hagenlocher   +5 more
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Assessing Dispositions Toward Ridicule and Laughter in the Workplace: Adapting and Validating the PhoPhiKat-9 Questionnaire

Frontiers in Psychology, 2017
The current paper addresses the measurement of three dispositions toward ridicule and laughter; i.e., gelotophobia (the fear of being laughed at), gelotophilia (the joy of being laughed at), and katagelasticism (the joy of laughing at others).
Jennifer Hofmann, Jennifer Hofmann, Willibald Ruch, Willibald Ruch, René T. Proyer, Tracey Platt, Fabian Gander, Fabian Gander   +7 more
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State of the Art of Oil and Gas Pipeline Vulnerability Assessments

Energies, 2023
In recent years, the safety of oil and gas pipelines has become a primary concern for the pipeline industry. This paper presents a comprehensive study of the vulnerability concepts that may be used to measure the safety status of pipeline systems.
Han Zhang, Qingshan Feng, Bingchuan Yan, Xianbin Zheng, Yue Yang, Jian Chen, Hong Zhang, Xiaoben Liu   +7 more
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Analysis methodology and assessment indices of vulnerability for asphalt pavement in cold regions

Journal of Infrastructure Preservation and Resilience, 2021
Asphalt pavement structures in cold regions, which suffer from complicated environmental and geological conditions, such as large temperature difference and frozen soil, are prone to cracking, rutting, and moisture damage.
Tongxu Wang, Xianyong Ma, Huanyu Li, Zejiao Dong   +3 more
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