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2. Disaster preparedness and cultural factors: a comparative study in Romania and Malta
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Sandra Appleby-Arnold, Sunčica Zdravković, Ivana Jakovljev, Noellie Brockdorff, and University of St Andrews. University of St Andrews
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Community cohesion ,Paper ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Culture ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,Exploratory research ,Poison control ,Social Sciences(all) ,Earth and Planetary Sciences(all) ,Qualitative property ,Disaster Planning ,02 engineering and technology ,Trust ,01 natural sciences ,Political science ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Citizen Summits ,Humans ,Social media ,community cohesion ,Disaster preparedness ,disaster preparedness ,readiness ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,media_common ,021110 strategic, defence & security studies ,Cultural Characteristics ,Distrust ,business.industry ,Malta ,Romania ,General Social Sciences ,trust ,Public relations ,NIS ,Focus Groups ,Focus group ,culture ,Readiness ,Preparedness ,Papers ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,business - Abstract
The research reported in this paper was carried out as part of the CARISMAND project, which has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (2014–20), Grant Agreement Number 653748. This exploratory study investigates the relationships between the disaster preparedness of citizens and cultural factors in Romania and Malta. With regard to methodology, quantitative and qualitative data were collected during two Citizen Summits, which consisted of a real-time survey and focus group discussions. The results point to two specific cultural factors that may bridge this ‘gap’ and be operationalised to enhance people's readiness for a disaster event. In Malta, the findings reveal how community cohesion is altered from a personal to a cultural value, which has the potential to encourage the transformation of preparedness intentions into actual preparedness behaviour. In Romania, meanwhile, the findings highlight the ambivalent aspects of trusting behaviour as a cultural norm on the one hand, and distrust in authorities based on experience and unmet expectations on the other hand. Social media use may reduce this tension between trust and distrust, and thus foster successful disaster risk-related communication. Publisher PDF
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- 2020
3. Twelve Kisses in One Night
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Smith, Courtney
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night ,kiss ,tear ,air ,paper ,twelve ,crafts ,fold ,cute ,airplane ,aerial ,diy ,culture ,fly ,land ,material ,origami ,plane - Abstract
Jarrett used a piece of 11 x 8.5 graph paper which he ended up cutting to make even weight because the paper had holes and plastic reinforcement on one side. (see attached picture).
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- 2018
4. Installing biosafety level 3 containment laboratories in low- and middle-income countries: challenges and prospects from Mali's experience
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B. Kouriba, F.X. Babin, L. Raskine, A. Toure, B. Traoré, and O. Ouwe Missi Oukem-Boyer
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Paper ,Tuberculosis ,media_common.quotation_subject ,030231 tropical medicine ,Mali ,Microbiology ,LMICs ,lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,Biosafety ,0302 clinical medicine ,Hygiene ,Biosafety level ,Environmental health ,medicine ,DST ,National level ,lcsh:RC109-216 ,030212 general & internal medicine ,media_common ,Capacity building ,biosafety ,medicine.disease ,culture ,BSL3 ,capacity-building ,Infectious Diseases ,Containment ,Low and middle income countries ,Business - Abstract
In Mali, the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is estimated at 56 cases per 100 000 people, with a prevalence of multidrug-resistant TB in new cases of 1.7% (range, 0.3–3.1%) and in retreatment cases of 17% (range, 4.4–30%). Appropriate biosafety conditions for performing routine TB culture and antimicrobial susceptibility testing have been lacking. In 2015, a biosafety level 3 (BSL3) laboratory set up in a shipping container was donated to the Malian Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene to provide capacity for TB testing. This laboratory is now managed by Malian laboratory staff and is processing samples at the national level. We explain the necessary steps for establishing and running a BSL3 laboratory. Despite the acute need for functioning and sustainable BSL3 laboratories, low- and middle-income countries are faced with a complex process and must overcome many challenges. Keywords: biosafety, BSL3, capacity-building, culture, DST, LMICs, Mali, Tuberculosis
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- 2018
5. Sustainable restoration: the contribution of algae
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Luigi Campanella, Alessandra Baiocco, Susanne Heidi Plattner, and F. Grimaldi
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Paper ,biology ,010405 organic chemistry ,Ecology ,Plant Extracts ,Organic Chemistry ,Culture ,Plant Science ,biology.organism_classification ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,0104 chemical sciences ,Analytical Chemistry ,Cultural heritage ,010404 medicinal & biomolecular chemistry ,Algae ,Environmental protection ,Polysaccharides ,Mechanical strength ,Rhodophyta ,Humans ,Environmental Restoration and Remediation ,Mechanical Phenomena - Abstract
The application of algae to the most meaningful fields of our life, such as food, environment and energy, finds a further confirmation in the extension of this application to cultural heritage protection. In this letter, we present the results of a preliminary study testing how a polysaccharide extracted from algal matrix can restore degraded paper giving back it mechanical strength and chemical structure.
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- 2017
6. Word and object.
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J. C.
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ENGLISH language , *BOOK reviewing , *LITERATURE , *CULTURE , *PAPER - Abstract
The article reports that English is a language with a mechanics of clarity refined over centuries. Topics include examines the Guardian Review and the Saturday supplement devoted to literature (primarily) and culture generally existed as an inset in the main paper before being launched as a freestanding weekly with its own identity in July 2002.
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- 2020
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