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Big data provided by social media has been increasingly used in various fields of research including disaster studies and emergency management. Effective data visualization plays a central role in generating meaningful insight...

Geoinformatics Environmental, Agricultural, and Physical Sciences Environmental Science and Technologies

Galveston, Texas is a coastal city in the Southeast United States, situated on the Gulf of Mexico. In 1900, a major hurricane struck the city, resulting in significant property damage and loss of life, destroying much of the...

Civil Engineering

Participatory planning holds important lessons for improving local government capabilities and responsiveness, but overall procedural regulations and statutory frameworks make its relevance for participatory IT development often...

Dr. John Hewson's appointment to Memorial University's Henrietta Harvey Chair in May 1997 marked 37 years of distinguished service as scholar, teacher and administrator. Dr. Hewson, an APLA member since the early days of our...

Ever since Chinese telecommunications magnate, Wang Jing announced in 2013 that construction would be going ahead for an interoceanic canal in Nicaragua, the proposed megaproject has garnered considerable attention and...

Political Economy; Political Science; Nicaragua Critical Political Economy Mega-Projects

In today’s world of business, an increased number of brands are competing in order to gain market share. As a result, companies’ promotion has become more significant in order to reach out to target customers. Effective...

Hurricanes are one of the most disastrous natural phenomena occurring on Earth that cause loss of human lives and immense damage to property as well. For assessment of this damage, windshield survey is commonly used, which is an...

This article applies network and organizational theory to examine the effect of CEO turnover on firm accounting and market performance in both short-term and long-term. In addition, this research investigates the moderating role...

Collective Intelligence Computer Science and Information Technology Artificial Intelligence

OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence of, and risk factors associated with electrode migration (EM) in cochlear implant (CI) recipients. DESIGN: Historical cohort study of all CIs performed between 1 January 2018 and 1 August...

cochlear implants electrode migration Risk Factors

Variable selection is an old topic from regression models. Besides many conventional approaches, some metaheuristic approaches from the realm of optimization such as GA (Genetic Algorithm) or simulated annealing have been...

Algorithms Computer Science and Information Technology Artificial Intelligence

cross-plane conductivity graphene photoluminscence Quantum cascade lasers terahertz thermometer

14 Life Below Water

Background

Despite the introduction of vaccination, there remains a need for pre-exposure prophylactic agents against SARS-CoV-2. Several patient groups are more vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection by virtue of underlying...

Platform trial prophylaxis Niclosamide Ciclesonide covid-19 SARS-CoV-2 Sotrovimab Humans covid-19 SARS-CoV-2

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13 Climate Action

Infectious Diseases 2 Aetiology 2.2 Factors relating to the physical environment Infection

Explosive volcanism is a key contributor to climate variability on interannual to centennial timescales¹. Understanding the far-field societal impacts of eruption-forced climatic changes requires firm event...