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Gendered Spatial Vulnerability to Food Insecurity in Nigeria: Developing and Applying a Food Security Vulnerability Index

African Journal of Governance and Development
This study develops a Food Security Vulnerability Index (FSV) to examine regional disparities in women's vulnerability to food insecurity in Nigeria. Using the 2018/2019 Nigeria General Household Survey (GHS) data, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was ...
Stanley Egenti, Prof. Mulugeta F. Dinbabo   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

EVI and its Use. Design of an Economic Vulnerability Index and its Use for International Development Policy [PDF]

As an answer to a need expressed by the UN General Assembly an Economic Vulnerability Index (EVI) has been defined by the Committee for Development Policy.
Patrick GUILLAUMONT
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Structure–Function Decoupling of the Sensorimotor and Default Mode Networks in Black Americans With MS

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Multiple sclerosis (MS) exhibits racially disparate rates of disease progression. Black people with MS (B‐PwMS) experience a more severe disease course than non‐Hispanic White people with MS (NHW‐PwMS). Here we investigated structural and functional connectivity as well as structure–function decoupling in the ...
Emilio Cipriano, Giacomo Boffa, Maria Petracca, Marta Ponzano, Nicole Graziano, Claire Wigley, Claire Riley, Jonathan Howard, Pietro Bontempi, Sylvia Klineova, Fred Lublin, Matilde Inglese   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping of Basin Substrate and Vulnerability Index of Shallow Waters of Combol and Citlim Island, Moro District, Karimun Regency, Riau Islands Province, Indonesia

JGEET: Journal of Geoscience, Engineering, Environment and Technology
Mapping basin substrates and vulnerability indexes in shallow waters are crucial for understanding the ecological health and resilience of marine ecosystems.
Aunurrahman, Irfan Hanifa, Setiyaningsih
doaj   +1 more source

Creating the Comprehensive Community Vulnerability Index

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review
AbstractThis study quantified the relative vulnerability of 3,141 counties in the United States. We built a comprehensive community vulnerability index (CCVI) that considers household, business, and public levels. Eighteen variables related to household socioeconomic characteristics, business size and diversity, local government economic size, social ...
Euijun Kim, J. Matthew Fannin
openaire   +2 more sources

Baseline Regional Cholinergic Denervation Predicts Cognitive Trajectories in Moderate Parkinson Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Cognitive decline is a disabling and variable feature of Parkinson disease (PD). While cholinergic system degeneration is linked to cognitive impairments in PD, most prior research reported cross‐sectional associations. We aimed to fill this gap by investigating whether baseline regional cerebral vesicular acetylcholine transporter ...
Taylor Brown, Giulia Carli, Prabesh Kanel, Stiven Roytman, Jaimie Barr, Nicolaas I. Bohnen, Roger L. Albin   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seismic Damage Assessment of SRC Frame-RC Core Tube High-Rise Structure Under Long-Period Ground Motions

Buildings
To accurately assess the seismic damage of high-rise structures under long-period ground motions (LPGMs), a 36-story SRC frame-RC core tube high-rise structure was designed.
Lianjie Jiang, Guoliang Bai, Lu Guo, Fumin Li   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

On The Economic Vulnerability Of Low Income Countries révisé, cf 2000.16 [PDF]

This paper examines the relevance of the economic vulnerability concept for low income countries, a topic of recent concern in several international bodies.
Patrick GUILLAUMONT
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Location‐Specific Hematoma Volume Predicts Early Neurological Deterioration in Supratentorial ICH

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Early neurological deterioration (END) adversely affects outcomes in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). This study aimed to determine the location‐specific hematoma volumes for END in supratentorial ICH patients. Methods We retrospectively analyzed supratentorial ICH patients presenting from two prospective cohorts.
Zuoqiao Li, Guilin Meng, Zijie Wang, Xiao Hu, Jing Cheng, Chu Chen, Tiannan Yang, Jiaxin Luo, Zizhen Meng, Xueyun Liu, Qi Li   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

VULNERABILITY OF URBAN INFORMAL SECTOR: STREET VENDORS IN YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA [PDF]

This study has been focusing on the vulnerability of street vendors in Java since the time when Java was hit severely by the economic crisis in 1997/1998, which also had reversed the trend of economic formalization in Indonesia.
Aloysius Gunadi BRATA
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