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Understanding probable losses and reconstruction costs due to earthquakes creates powerful incentives for countries to develop planning options and tools to cope with risk, including allocating the sustained budgetary resources necessary to reduce those potential damages and safeguard [...]

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Globally, an estimated 24 percent of the disease burden (healthy life years lost) and an estimated 23 percent of all deaths (premature mortality) are attributable to environmental risks (World Health Organization, or WHO 2006). The burden [...]

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Internet traffic from mobile users has been growing sharply. To meet the needs of those"br"users, it is important to expand capacity of networks that provide Internet access in cost effective"br"ways. This capacity has traditionally been provided by cellular networks. However,"br"expanding [...]