Analytics in support of regional scale risk reduction by Rabonza, Maricar L.

Subjects: “…Social sciences::Geography::Natural disasters…”
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Plasmonic colloidosomes: dynamic three-dimensional platform for biphasic, microfluidic and airborne surface-enhanced raman scattering applications by Phan-Quang, Gia Chuong

“…The sensing of toxic pollutants in solution and hazardous vapors in air is highly important for early recognition and prevention of natural disasters, diseases, and terrorism activities. …”
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Modeling and optimization for resilience enhancement of multi-energy systems by Shi, Zhao

“…Extreme natural disasters in recent years have significantly disrupted energy supplies, leading to enormous economic and social losses. …”
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Essays on culture, institutions and comparative development by Wang, Jun

“…In Chapter 2, we turn to another considerable survival threat for humans, namely natural disasters. We examine the origin of long-term orientation (LTO) by exploiting the variation in historical exposure to significant disasters. …”
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Resilience-oriented power system restoration considering complex load behaviors by Xie, Dunjian

“…Extreme natural disasters have caused significant power outages, resulting in massive economic and social losses. …”
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The effects of perceptions of a malicious intent to harm on victims' prosocial intentions during a crisis by Goh, Pamela

“…Non-agentic threats are those that occurred as a result of other reasons apart from human intentions, e.g., natural disasters and vehicle accidents. Attribution of agency behind a crisis seemingly promotes proself inclinations in people; with reference to various concepts such as anthropomorphism, protection motivation theory, and the use of heuristics to interpret a situation, reasons for this tendency could be on part of the amplification of pain and threat perceptions arising from perceived agency. …”
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