Characteristics and Emerging Trends in International City Negotiations by M. I. Kolykhalov

“…The main topics of today’s multilateral negotiations between cities include combating climate change, ensuring protection from natural disasters, promoting the rights of migrants and other displaced people, and fostering innovation in urban environment and governance. …”
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Frictional Characteristics of Granite Fault under Imposed Dynamic Normal Disturbance Loads by Guojian Cui, Chuanqing Zhang, Qiming Xie

“…Fault activation induced by dynamic normal disturbance loads resulting from activities such as blasting, excavation, and earthquakes has the potential to trigger significant geological disasters, such as rock bursts, posing a threat to the stability and safety of rock engineering projects. …”
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Identification of Influencing Variables on Improving Resilience of High-Speed Railway System by Xicheng Zhang, Na Zhang, Chao Zhao, Haizhe Yu, Xiaopeng Deng

“…In recent years, frequent natural disasters have brought great challenges to the stable operation of the high-speed railway (HSR). …”
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The Relationship between Records Management and Service Delivery in Research: Acase Study of Kabwohe Joint Research Centre. by Edrida, Beinomugisha

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Mapping the association between mental health and people's perceived and actual ability to practice hygiene-related behaviours in humanitarian and pandemic crises: A scoping review... by Emily Yasmin Ghassemi, Astrid Hasund Thorseth, Karine Le Roch, Thomas Heath, Sian White

“…Humanitarian crises such as disease outbreaks, conflict and displacement and natural disasters affect millions of people primarily in low- and middle-income countries. …”
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Effect of Confining Pressure on Mechanical and Energy Conversion Properties of Gas-Containing Coal under Loads by Zhizhen Zhang, Yixin Niu, Xiaoji Shang, Rui Zhou, Xingguang Liu, Feng Gao

“…Confining pressure is closely related to the deformation and failure characteristics of gas-containing coal and is one of the key factors for gas outburst-rockburst coupled dynamic disaster. Firstly, this paper briefly summarized the triaxial compression test results of gas-containing coal under different confining pressures, including deformation and stiffness and failure and strength. …”
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Mandibular Canine Dimorphism in Establishing Sex Identity in the Lebanese Population by Fouad Ayoub, Loubna Shamseddine, Mohamad Rifai, Antoine Cassia, Randa Diab, Ibrahim Zaarour, Maria Saadeh, Georges Rouhana

“…In forensic investigations, mandibular canines provide excellent materials to identify gender since they are more likely to survive disasters. The objective of this study was to investigate gender dimorphism by comparing the mesiodistal width of mandibular permanent canines and intercanine distance in a group of Lebanese population. …”
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Investigation on the Fracturing Permeability Characteristics of Cracked Specimens and the Formation Mechanism of Inrush Channel from Floor by Jianning Wang, Weitao Liu, Jianjun Shen

“…The research result provides an improved understanding for predicting and preventing water inrush disasters.…”
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Research on Acoustic Emission and Electromagnetic Emission Characteristics of Rock Fragmentation at Different Loading Rates by Fujun Zhao, Yu Li, Zhouyuan Ye, Yong Fan, Siping Zhang, Haifan Wang, Yonghong Liu

“…The proposed studies can lead to an in-depth understanding of the rock fragmentation mechanism and help to prevent rock dynamic disasters.…”
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THE ROLE OF DIGITAL MEDIA IN DEVELOPING AN ONLINE ANATOMY COURSE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PRE-SERVICE SCIENCE TEACHERS' HEALTH LITERACY by Handan Ürek

“…Besides, online learning can also be an effective way to carry out education after natural disasters such as earthquakes. This study aimed to detect the effectiveness of an online anatomy course enriched with digital media news on pre-service science teachers’ course attitudes and health literacy after two major earthquakes hit the east and southeast of Turkey in 2023. …”
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Stakeholder Driven Sensor Deployments to Characterize Chronic Coastal Flooding in Key West Florida by K. L. O’Donnell, T. Tomiczek, A. Higgins, S. Munoz, S. Scyphers

“…Large‐scale flooding and acute disasters have been extensively studied through historic and current data. …”
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Development and Application of Urban Landslide Vulnerability Assessment Methodology Reflecting Social and Economic Variables by Yoonkyung Park, Ananta Man Singh Pradhan, Ungtae Kim, Yun-Tae Kim, Sangdan Kim

“…An index-based model is developed to evaluate the life and indirect damage under landslide as well as the resilience ability against disasters. To illustrate the validity of the proposed methodology, physical and socioeconomic vulnerability levels are analyzed for Seoul, Korea, using the suggested approach. …”
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Mechanism of Support Optimization and Confined Blasting of Thick and Hard Rock with a Wedge-Structure Immediate Roof: A Case Study by Tong Zhao, Peilin Gong, Kaan Yetilmezsoy, Majid Bahramian, Changyou Liu, Xiaofei Gong

“…This study proposed a coordinated control strategy of using confined blasting in water-filled deep holes, and reasonable support optimization, which could effectively reduce the roof fracture size, increases the supporting intensity and eliminate roof-control disasters. The length of confined blasting blocks and supporting intensity were calculated using a mechanical model for roof control in the strong strata behavior zone and less-strong strata behavior zone. …”
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Experimental Verification of Applying Active Control Method as Virtual Support for Relief Bridge by Ming-Hsiang Shih, Wen-Pei Sung

“…When natural disasters cause bridges to collapse, the delivery of rescue equipment and supplies to remote disaster areas is impeded and disaster relief efforts are thus delayed. …”
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The Impact of Peatland Damage and Its Influence on Food Security Policy in Sungai Apit Sub-District in 2023 by Albintani Muchid, Susanto Agus, Zebua Ben Hansel Notatema, Wasillah Asiah, Harirah Zulfa

“…The findings of this study indicate that the degradation of peatlands in Sungai Apit District has a detrimental impact on agricultural productivity, the incidence of environmental disasters, the quality of water sources, soil degradation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and socio-economic consequences. …”
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Physical Modeling and Numerical Simulation of the Seismic Responses of Metro Tunnel near Active Ground Fissures by Nina Liu, Quanzhong Lu, Jun Li, Jianbing Peng, Wen Fan, Weiliang Liu

“…In underground railways, which are near ground fissures, the potential for disasters is even higher since tunnels face threats from fissure activities. …”
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Analysis of landslide risk in south OKU Regency, Indonesia by Hafiza Ellin, Utomo Budi, Seftinar Helfa

“…The risk of landslides in South OKU Regency is in the medium disaster risk class. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen community capacity and increase preparedness in facing landslide disasters to minimize the risks posed.…”
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Pattern of the impact of social capital on crisis management performance by khadije khatiri, iran ghazi, nemat hasani

“…Natural disasters cause severe financial and human damage. …”
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The Arab world on the verge of the energy transition: Challenges, ambitions, and limits to growth by A. O. Filonik, V. N. Baturina

“…The natural conditions of the region and its vulnerability to natural disasters prioritize the issues of environmental security and transition to renewable energy sources. …”
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Determination of Flood Inuandation Areas in the City of Bingöl (Turkey) Using Geographic Information Systems and HEC-RAS by Murat Celiker, NILÜFER KOÇER, OSMAN YILDIZ

“…Flood is among the most common natural disasters in Turkey. For this reason, it is very important to determine the flood spreading areas in advance, to reduce the flood risk and to ensure the safety of life and property accordingly. …”
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