Collection of Advances in Climate Change Research
Chinas low-carbon transition for addressing climate change
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This study discusses high-carbon characteristics, the unsustainability of Chinas development, and the fact that China needs to transform its development mode. Chinas low-carbon transition must include industry structure adjustment, energy saving and efficiency increases, energy structure [...]
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Revista Internacional de Métodos Numéricos para Cálculo y Diseño en Ingeniería
A new strategy for thevulnerability study of buildings exposed to open-airexplosions
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In this paper, a new methodology is described to evaluate the effect of open air explosions on equivalent structures to the facades of buildings. The structural damage is defined by vulnerability surfaces that are a function of the explosion magnitude, the distance to the structure [...]
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Collection of Sociological Proceeding
The concept of risk in the theories of Ulrich Beck and Niklas Luhmann
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Undoubtedly, the concept of risk is one of the main theoretical tools available to contemporary sociology to account for the dynamics of modern society. Among the authors devoted to think of risk from a theoretical point of view, Ulrich Beck and Niklas Luhmann stand out. This paper [...]- 23
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In recent decades, after several crises, the communication of risk has acquired special importance for those responsible for food safety. Public distrust has led the EU to base their communications strategy on scientific information. In spite of the institutionalization and professionalization [...]- 8
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Project risk evaluation complexity demands modern information systems that increase objectivity and are more visual, intuitive, and flexible. Thousands of construction projects have been analyzed to define a risk system that fulfills these requirements and uses a new kind of risk [...]- 4
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El profesional de la información
What we learned from AIDS and electro-sensitivity: Vulnerable communities and their empowerment
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21st century science has recruited amateurs and aficionados as a workforce to undertake large projects. Citizen science shows a large variety of models that can produce knowledge. Citizen science supposedly represents a democratic shift and as a result experts and expertise have been [...]- 2
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Enfoque UTE - Scientific Engineering Journal
ECU@Risk, a methodology for risk management applied to MSMEs
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Information is the most valuable element for any organization or person in this new century, which, for many companies, is a competitive advantage asset (Vásquez & Gabalán, 2015). However, despite the lack of knowledge about how to protect it properly or the complexity of international [...]- 0
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Collection of open chapters of books in transport research
An assessment approach of maritime supply chain of energy vulnerability to piracy risk by simulation of spatial behavior
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International audience; Nowadays, oil tankers represent 25% of the targets of maritime piracy attacks. The main goal of this paper is to propose an approach to evaluate the vulnerability of the maritime supply chain to piracy risk. This approach, based on spatial reasoning and modelling [...]- 0
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Collection of open reports in transport research
Risk Management in the Pharmaceutical Industry in Slovenian Companies
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itle"Abstract"/jats:title" "jats:p" The pharmaceutical industry is one of the most competitive businesses in the world. Supply chain in this industry has been directed towards the production of large batches to avoid lack of supplies, and the achievement of regulatory requirements, [...]- 3
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