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Global Health Data Sharing: The Case of China and the Two Coronavirus Pandemics

The Rand Blog

Although tensions over the coronavirus seem to be prompting China to isolate itself in terms of data sharing, the first coronavirus pandemic in 2003 actually helped open China to health collaborations with other countries.

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Maui Wildfire Disaster Recovery

Disaster Zone Podcast

It was in the weeks and months following these events that he watched many survivors evolve into disaster victims as they didn't know what to do or where to turn for help. It was in the weeks and months following these events that he watched many survivors evolve into disaster victims as they didn't know what to do or where to turn for help.

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Disaster Risk Reduction is not a Paradigm

Emergency Planning

The 1970s were a period in which Kuhn's ideas were vigorously debated by people who were much more knowledgeable in the philosophy of science than I will ever be (Meiland 1974, Nickles 2003, Scheffler 1972). In fact, 'paradigm' is one of the most misused words in the scientific lexicon. first edition 1962). Meiland, J.W. Nickles, T. (ed.)

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Covid-19: Elements of a Scenario

Emergency Planning

When it came, in 2009, it was less deadly than expected, but that does not negate the possibility of a highly contagious disease with a case fatality rate equivalent to that of SARS in 2003, namely 10%. Major epidemics and pandemics (what is the difference?) They also involve very high degrees of uncertainty.

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Reflections on the Turkish-Syrian Earthquakes of 6th February 2023: Building Collapse and its Consequences

Emergency Planning

Mosalam 2003. A view on how to mitigate earthquake damages in Turkey from a civil engineering perspective. Research on Engineering Structures and Materials 7(1): 1-11. Whittaker, K.J. Elwood and K.M. Engineering Structures 25(1): 103-114. [1] 1] [link] [2] [link]

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5 reasons to upgrade to the new LTSR today

Citrix

The latest Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2203 Long Term Service Release (LTSR) rolls up over two years of features and functionality updates from eight releases — Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2003 to 2112 — since the last 1912 … The post 5 reasons to upgrade to the new LTSR today first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Emergency Planning

The scenario for this pandemic (excluding the recovery) was fully formulated over the period 2003-2009. If the last of these is excessive - as it has been for the last half a year - this amounts to negligence, understood as failure to foresee and prepare for the foreseeable. I have taught it every year since then.