Une vulnérabilité délibérément acceptée par les pouvoirs publics ? Extraction du charbon et inondations dans la vallée de la Haine, 1880-1940 by Kevin Troch

“…Yet, collieries were not involved in rivers landscaping projects. The Belgian State accepted even to carry on the burden of rivers landscaping works and the management of collapsed areas without involving the collieries at all. …”
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Threat Life Cycle and Its Dynamics by Rudolf Urban, Šárka Hošková-Mayerová

“…Subsequently, a verification of these considerations is conducted on the example of the development of specific threats - floods on two rivers.…”
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Hydropower Sector of Kyrgyzstan in the Context of Solving the Water– Energy Problems in the Central Asia by B. N. Mubarakshin

“…In spite of an enormous hydropower potential of the republic’s rivers the national energy sector strongly depends on the Toktogul dam’s functioning, which is also important to maintain water–energy balance in the Central Asia. …”
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Enhancing Safety in Nigeria's Oil and Gas Sector: A Fault Tree Analysis Approach by Mgbowaji Zacchaeus, John Nwenearizi Ugbebor, Ikechukwu Ozoemenam Agbagwa, Ochuko Felix Orikpete

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Health risk assessment and microplastic pollution in streams through accumulation and interaction by heavy metals by A.M. Sabilillah, F.R. Palupi, B.K. Adji, A.P. Nugroho

“…The Code and Gajahwong streams have suffered from plastic and heavy metal pollution as the major rivers in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. However, little is known about the cumulative danger caused by the association of the microplastic and heavy metals. …”
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Cytokines and Chemokines at the Crossroads of Neuroinflammation, Neurodegeneration, and Neuropathic Pain by Geeta Ramesh, Andrew G. MacLean, Mario T. Philipp

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An accurate approximate analysis of the large-amplitude asymmetric vibrations of a dielectric elastomer balloon by Akuro Big-Alabo, Chukwuebuka Francis Abah, Tobinson Alaso Briggs

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Climate Change Impact on the Trigger of Natural Disasters over South-Eastern Himalayas Foothill Region of Myanmar: Extreme Rainfall Analysis by Kyaw Than Oo, Chen Haishan, Kazora Jonah

“…Northern Myanmar floods occur mainly during the monsoon season from June to October and can be classified into widespread floods along major rivers like Ayeyarwady, Thanlwin, Chindwin, and Sittoung and flash floods in small streams and rivers. …”
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‘Heavy Waters’ of Punjab: A Hydro-critical Analysis of Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice-Candy Man by Muhammad Ali

“…The latter’s idea of water carrying both physical and metaphysical waste seems to materialize in Sidhwa’s novel, who places her story in the context of the partitioned Punjab of 1947, when a desire for ‘territorialism’ over water resulted in countless human beings turning into ‘national refuse’, or people killed in the name of nationality, whose dead bodies floating in the rivers of the Punjab turned the rivers into both a haunting site and a site foreboding an environmental crisis sooner or later. …”
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Water Quality Credit Trading: General Principles by Tara Wade, Tatiana Borisova

“…Pollution of surface water (e.g., lakes, rivers, and streams) can be linked to fish kills, changes in the color and aesthetic appeal of the resource, changes in the quality of habitat for aquatic plant and animal life (leading to changes in the plant and animal communities), and to human health issues. …”
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Imperial Eagle in the Republic of Tatarstan – Continuation of Research by Rinur H. Bekmansurov, Nadezhda V. Bekmansurova, Gennady N. Isakov

“…In general, this is the area around the confluence of two largest rivers of the Eastern Europe, the Volga and Kama, and a number of their tributaries, and also belongs to the northern part of EIE breeding range in the Volga region. …”
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Substance Abuse Behaviour Among Youths: The Predictive Effects of Social Media and Peer Pressure by Enyelunekpo Roberts, Constance Odumodu N., Uye Emmanuel E

“…Studies linking social media and peer pressure to substance abuse behaviour among youths in Rivers State are scarce. Therefore, this study investigated social media and peer pressure as predictors of substance abuse behavour among youths in Ahoada-East and Port Harcourt metropolis. …”
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Why Shouldn't We Feed Water Birds? by Mark E. Hostetler, Martin B. Main, Maena Voigt

“… "Water birds" are birds that live in or near aquatic environments such as the ocean, lakes, marshes, swamps, and rivers. This includes pelicans, ducks, geese, herons, egrets, gulls, terns, cormorants, etc. …”
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Changement climatique et atrophie des masses glaciaires : quelles mutations pour les paysages islandais ? by Marie Chenet, Erwan Roussel

“…Important processes of rockslides and rockfalls occur on slopes, whereas proglacial rivers undergo phenomena of incision and abandon of minor channels.…”
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Why Shouldn't We Feed Water Birds? by Mark E. Hostetler, Martin B. Main, Maena Voigt

“… "Water birds" are birds that live in or near aquatic environments such as the ocean, lakes, marshes, swamps, and rivers. This includes pelicans, ducks, geese, herons, egrets, gulls, terns, cormorants, etc. …”
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Rare Presentation of Gerbode Defect in a 4-Month-Old Nigerian and a Review of the Literature by Barbara E. Otaigbe, Douye Orubide

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Application of low-cost hydrokinetic technology for accelerating electricity access to rural areas in developing economies: field experiment in Kenya by Willis Awandu, Jens-Uwe Wiesemann, Boris Lehmann

“…The aim of this study is to investigate the performance of the turbine when subjected to field conditions in low flow velocity rivers. The research and development (R&D) involve the use of e-waste boat motor and locally available materials to develop a modular hydrokinetic turbine for generation of electricity using kinetic energy of rivers. …”
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A self-sensing high strength grout used in prefabricated construction: The hybrid effects of carbon black and micro steel fiber by Yubo Li, Dingchao Hu, Xingyang He, Ying Su, Wuyi Lei, Yingbin Wang, Jin Yang, Yuxue Zhu

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Transformation of the spring highwater and flood runoff in the Upper Volga basin under the climate change impact by Artem V. Gorbarenko, Nataliya A. Varentsova, Maria B. Kireeva

“…Observed transformations in the types of feeding and water regime of the rivers of the basin.…”

Overview of the pond slider Trachemys scripta (Thunberg in Schoepff, 1792) (Testudines: Emydidae) records in Montenegro by Vuk Iković, Jelena Popović, Slađana Gvozdenović-Nikolić

“…Records are from different aquatic ecosystems, including lakes, ponds, rivers and streams. Locality Mrke-Blizna is identified as a potential breeding site, as numerous specimens are present here including hatchlings. …”
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