Results 101 to 110 of about 6,055,547 (381)
Climate change vulnerability and adaptation assessment for Fiji [PDF]
, 2000 All nations, including Fiji, that are signatories to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC) are obliged to provide National Communications to the Conference of Parties (COP) of the UNFCCC. The COP4 stressed the need for parties
Bhusan, Jagat +5 more
core +1 more source
International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2018 Urban flooding has become a regular phenomenon in many towns and cities in the Asia Pacific region over the past years. Professionals associated with disaster management and climate change are at the forefront of addressing urban flooding.
I. Rana, J. K. Routray
semanticscholar +1 more source
Systematic profiling of cancer‐fibroblast interactions reveals drug combinations in ovarian cancer
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Fibroblasts, cells in the tumor environment, support ovarian cancer cell growth and alter morphology and drug response. We used fibroblast and cancer cell co‐culture models to test 528 drugs and discovered new drugs for combination treatment. We showed that adding Vorinostat or Birinapant to standard chemotherapy may improve drug response, suggesting ...
Greta Gudoityte +10 more
wiley +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 +2 more
core
PLoS ONE, 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 ...
L. Parker +3 more
semanticscholar +1 more source
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.The COMBAT classification system, developed through multi‐omics integration, stratifies adult patients with B‐cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia(B‐ALL) into three molecular subtypes with distinct surface antigen patterns, immune landscape, methylation patterns, biological pathways and prognosis.
Yang Song +11 more
wiley +1 more source
Assessment Model of Ecoenvironmental Vulnerability Based on Improved Entropy Weight Method
The Scientific World Journal, 2014 Assessment of ecoenvironmental vulnerability plays an important role in the guidance of regional planning, the construction and protection of ecological environment, which requires comprehensive consideration on regional resources, environment, ecology ...
Xianqi Zhang +3 more
doaj +1 more source
ISPRS Int. J. Geo Inf., 2019 Flash floods are one of the natural disasters that threaten the lives of many people all over the world every year. Flash floods are significantly affected by the intensification of extreme climate events and interactions with exposed and vulnerable ...
J. Xiong +4 more
semanticscholar +1 more source
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Cerebral organoids were employed as a novel model to explore the neurotoxicity of soman. Soman inhibited acetylcholinesterase activity, increased cell apoptosis and upregulated endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress markers glucose‐regulated protein 78 (GRP78), activating transcription factor 6 (ATF6) and C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP).
Yue Wei +7 more
wiley +1 more source
International Journal of Occupational Hygiene, 2021 Introduction: Resilience as a counterpoint to vulnerability can reduce the vulnerability of various natural, man-made and technological threats in complex technical systems.
Esmaeil Shoja +3 more
doaj