RADON CAN DETECT POTENTIAL NATURAL DISASTERS by MPRC, Pusat Media & Perhubungan Awam

“…PENANG, July 2015 Although radon is a radioactive gas which can cause lung cancer in instances of overexposure, it can also foretell the onset of natural disasters. A physicist from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) specialising in radiation, Professor Dr. …”
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Malaysian Youth, Social Media Following, and Natural Disasters: What Matters Most to Them? by Ismail, Nurzali, Ahmad, Jamilah, Noor, Shuhaida Md., Saw, Jayslyn

“…This study attempted to understand youth’s social media following during natural disasters. It investigated Malaysian youth’s perception about the importance of immediacy, trust, and accuracy of social media news and information during natural disasters. …”
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Procedural Effects On Controlling Natural Disasters (Landslides And Flash Floods) Based On Environmental Degradation From Development In Malaysia by Hipeny, Alya Batrisyia

“…In recent years, Malaysia's growing population and accelerating economic conditions have resulted in the construction of high-rise condominiums and the expansion of settlements and lifelines across hilly areas. Natural disasters are always happening in Malaysia, with landslides and flash floods as the main problems and common natural disasters. …”
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Improvement Of Landslide Prediction System Based On Hybrid Neural Networks (Penang Island, Malaysia) by Shabib Hussien Alkhasawneh, Mutasem

“…Landslides are one of the most aggressive natural disasters that cause loss of lives and of billions dollars in damages annually worldwide. …”
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USM PREPARES TO FACE FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR APEX 2020 by MPRC, Pusat Media & Perhubungan Awam

“…PENANG, November 2015 – After achieving many successes throughout 2015 and the previous years, including a handful of academicians acknowledged with various awards such as the National Academic Awards (Anugerah Akademik Negara), Malaysia Rising Star Awards and the Top Research Scientists Malaysia in addition to the impactful expertise of the researchers in the field of archaeology, soil movements, natural disasters, public administration and also in exploring electronic book (ebook) publications at the international level, USM is confident of facing the challenges in the future with greater success.…”
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Development without the tears by Abd Razak, Dzulkifli

“…For someone who is responsible for hundreds of millions vulnerable to disasters, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono himself had been faced natural disasters several times since assuming the presidency not too long ago.…”
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Disaster relief ang preparedness: integrated marketing communication approach and disaster management in Kelantan flood prone area. by Haron, Mahmod Sabri

“…Flood is one of the most common natural disasters across the globe, jeopardising settlements along the floodplains and being considered a continued hazard for humanity. …”

Motivational Aspects Of United Nations Volunteers In Pakistan by Shah, Tariq

“…Their role has become more pivotal in a country like Pakistan, configured with dismal socio-economic development and confronted with many natural disasters like earthquakes, and man-made calamities like conflicts, wars, and law and order situations. …”
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The Relevance Of Gender Studies In Deconstructing And Reconstructing Sustainable Development by Shuib, Rashidah

“…Certain countries and segments of the population are still beset by serious economic, political and social crises such as poverty, limited accessibility to essential medical/health care, high maternal mortality ratio, violence against women and child marriage which are all compounded by the impact of climate change, natural disasters, civil conflicts and wars. Pregnant women in the rural areas are more likely to die at birth compared to those in the urban areas.…”
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Media and the environment in Malaysia: an analysis on news coverage of landslide disaster in Kuala Lumpur by Ahmad, Jamilah, Lateh, Habibah

“…Studies done on media reporting and the environment, particularly on natural disasters area less researched topic in Malaysia. …”
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Production of highly immunogenic/ hydrophilic regions of naiha gene using assembly pcr by Shobana Devi, Murugiah

“…Influenza pandemics resemble major natural disasters. According to the list that has been published by World Health Organization (WHO), the number of total cases of avian influenza is 387cases and 245 of those cases had cause deaths. …”
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A Study On Hospital Disaster Preparedness: A Case Study Of Selected Hospitals Based On The 2014 Flood In Kelantan, Malaysia by Zamree, Norsyazana Ahmad

“…Floods are one of the common natural disasters occurred in most part of the world. In December 2014, the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia was hit by the massive flood ever recorded in history especially Kelantan. …”
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Adaptive Project Management Model For The International Development And Aid Projects by Saleh, Firas Izzat Mahmoud Mahmoud

“…With the increase of natural disasters and man-made crises and the rising levels of poverty and inequality globally, the International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) sector has rapidly grown in response to humanitarian emergencies and the provision of aid to support social and economic development worldwide. …”
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Assessment Of Nonlinear Static (Pushover) Procedures For Seismic Evaluation Of Reinforced Concrete Structures by Taghavipour, Saber

“…In general, earthquake is one of the most serious natural disasters that mankind has ever suffered since the first day of civilization. …”
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Community Resilience Building in the Aftermath of Flood Disaster by Anua, Norsyuhada, Chan, Ngai Weng

“…In the world, natural disasters are unpredictable, but communities can reduce the threat if they are prepared in advance. …”
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Determination of Important Topographic Factors for Landslide Mapping Analysis Using MLP Network by Alkhasawneh, Mutasem Sh., Ngah, Umi Kalthum, Lea, Tien Tay, Mat Isa, Nor Ashidi, Al-batah, Mohammad Subhi

“…Landslide is one of the natural disasters that occur in Malaysia. Topographic factors such as elevation, slope angle, slope aspect, general curvature, plan curvature, and profile curvature are considered as the main causes of landslides. …”
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Study on Economic-Ecological Resilience Measurement and Improvement Strategy of Yunnan Ethnic Regions by Li, Ruiliang, Li, Yan, Shen, Jie, Fu, Chao, Xia, Chunhong, Li, Zhangfeixue

“…Yunnan ethnic minority areas are mostly distributed in ecological fragile areas, facing the threat of natural disasters, such as earthquakes and mudslides, and their economic development is also relatively backward. …”
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The prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder among landslide victims by Lateh, Habibah, Ahmad, Jamilah, Mohamad, Nur Afiqah

“…People exposed to natural disasters have a greater risk of experiencing mental health problems, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). …”
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The Behaviour Of LNAPL In Sand Due To Precipitation by Mah, Chia Ling

“…Any incidents can cause oil spill such as pipeline leakage, transportation accident, natural disasters or exploration of oil tanker. Once the oil spill happened, the remediation work may take long time to clean the contaminated soil completely. …”
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Study of well water quality and heavy metal content in urban and rural area: case study at Kota Bharu and Pasir Puteh, Kelantan by Talib, Norishah Abd

“…Urbanisation, agriculture and industrial are examples of anthropogenic activities while interactions of rocks, soils, natural disasters are natural factors that can influence quality of groundwater. …”
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