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On the systemic nature of weather risk [PDF]

Agricultural Finance Review, 2010
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to assess the losses of weather‐related insurance at different regional levels. The possibility of spatial diversification of insurance is explored by estimating the joint occurrence on unfavorable weather conditions in different locations, looking particularly at the tail behavior of the loss distribution.Design ...
Xu, Wei, Filler, Gunther, Odening, Martin, Okhrin, Ostap   +3 more
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An Ultrafast Self‐Gelling Versatile Hydrogel for Rapid Infected Burn Wound Repair in Military Medicine

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A self‐gelling PG@PAC (POD/Gel‐CDH@PA/CHX) powder is developed for infected burn care in austere settings. Upon contact with wound exudate, it instantly forms an adhesive hydrogel, providing simultaneous hemostasis, broad‐spectrum antibacterial activity, reactive oxygen species scavenging, and immunomodulation. In a murine model of S.
Liping Zhang, Zhangrui Wu, Xiansheng Zhao, Geng Wang, Quyang Yang, Minxia zhang, Xiaowei Wang, Xiujun Cheng, Changyue Wu, Dan Wu, Yutian Yang, Canbin Dong, Tao Zhang, Weiqiang Tan, Ningwen Zhu   +14 more
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Effectiveness of Weather Derivatives as a Risk Management Tool in Food Retail: The Case of Croatia

International Journal of Financial Studies, 2017
Non-catastrophic weather risk is gaining importance as climate change becomes more pronounced and economic crisis forces companies to strengthen their cost control. Recent literature proposes weather derivatives as flexible weather risk mitigating tools.
Ivana Štulec
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Bio‐Inspired Molecular Events in Poly(Ionic Liquids)

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Originating from dipolar and polar inter‐ and intra‐chain interactions of the building blocks, the topologies and morphologies of poly(ionic liquids) (PIL) govern their nano‐ and micro‐processibility. Modulating the interactions of cation‐anion pairs with aliphatic dipolar components enables the tunability of properties, facilitated by “bottom‐up ...
Jiahui Liu, Marek W. Urban
wiley   +1 more source

Burden of infant mortality associated with flood in 37 African countries

Nature Communications
Floods are becoming more frequent and severe in the context of climate change, with major impacts on human health. However, their effect on infant mortality remains unknown, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. We conducted a sibling-matched
Yixiang Zhu, Cheng He, Jovine Bachwenkizi, Zafar Fatmi, Lu Zhou, Jian Lei, Cong Liu, Haidong Kan, Renjie Chen   +8 more
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Unveiling Multidimensional Physicochemical Design Principles for Tissue Processing Hydrogels

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study establishes a materials‐based design framework for polymer hydrogels in tissue clearing, linking physicochemical properties to performance in tissue processing, labeling, and imaging. By analyzing rheology, swelling, porosity, antibody diffusion, mechanical performance, and thermochemical stability across platforms, this work provides a ...
Sangjae Kim, Siheon Lee, Jinsoo Na, James Sangmin Choo, Inho Kim, Junsang Doh, Jeong‐Yun Sun, Chang Yeol Lee, Juhyuk Park   +8 more
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Flood exposure and pregnancy loss in 33 developing countries

Nature Communications
Floods have affected billions worldwide. Yet, the indirect health impacts of floods on vulnerable groups, particularly women in the developing world, remain underexplored. Here, we evaluated the risk of pregnancy loss for women exposed to floods.
Cheng He, Yixiang Zhu, Lu Zhou, Jovine Bachwenkizi, Alexandra Schneider, Renjie Chen, Haidong Kan   +6 more
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Gold Nanoclusters as Dual Agents for Engineering Tumor Vascular Leakiness and Performing Photothermal Therapy

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Many cancer nanotherapeutics, while potent, suffer from the inability to escape from the tumor vasculature, especially in the absence of endothelial permeability. In this work, ultrasmall gold nanoclusters could engineer nanomaterials induced endothelial leakiness (NanoEL) and harness strong NIR induced photothermal characteristics to suppress tumor ...
Nengyi Ni, Kuoran Xing, Bihan Zhang, Baoteng Wang, Yinglu Chen, Jianping Xie, Xiao Sun, Jinping Wang, David Tai Leong   +8 more
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From Clinic to Computation: Multiscale Bioengineering Strategies for Durable Biological Aortic Valve Replacements

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Bioprosthetic aortic valves have revolutionized the treatment of aortic stenosis, but their durability is limited by structural valve deterioration (SVD). This review focuses on the pericardial tissue at the heart of these valves, examining how its mechanical properties and calcification drive fatigue and failure.
Gabriele Greco, Pierfrancesco Gaziano, Serena Anglese, Simone Morganti, Carlo de Vincentiis, Ferdinando Auricchio, Michele Marino, Michele Conti   +7 more
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Recent Intensification of the Pacific Meridional Mode's Influence on the Frequency of Late‐Season Western North Pacific Tropical Cyclones

Geophysical Research Letters
This study examines inter‐decadal changes in the relationship between western North Pacific (WNP) tropical cyclone (TC) activity during the late season (October–December) and the simultaneous Pacific Meridional Mode (PMM).
Jinjie Song, Philip J. Klotzbach, Nannan Qin, Yihong Duan   +3 more
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