Urban seismic risk index
Urban seismic risk index for Medellin, Colombia, based on a probabilistic loss and casualties estimation
... intermediate seismic hazard area according to the seismic zonation of Colombia although no destructive earthquakes have occurred having as a consequence low seismic risk awareness among its ...
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A guide to measuring urban risk resilience
... derived Urban Disaster Risk Index (UDRi) (also known in the literature as Urban Seismic Risk Index – USRi when seismic risk is assessed) provides a holistic ...
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New methodology for urban seismic risk assessment from a holistic perspective
... the urban seismic risk has been proposed in this paper, based on the parametric use of variables that reflect different aspects of such ...the seismic scenarios of physical damage (direct ...
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Holistic seismic risk estimation of a metropolitan center
... From a computational viewpoint the Monte Carlo method is highly expensive, so that it is usually used in probabilistic analysis of structures mostly as a brute force technique to test the accuracy of other, less costly ...
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Earthquake vulnerability assessment of buildings for catastrophic risk analysis in urban areas
... catastrophic risk model has been developed to evaluate, building by building, the probabilistic losses and pure premiums of different ...catastrophic risk assessment and an improvement methodological ...
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Bioaccessibility of metals and human health risk assessment in community urban gardens
... For children only playing in urban gardens, the highest level of risk is associated with accidental ingestion of soil particles during games, whereas for adult farmers and children who e[r] ...
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Seismic risk assessment of schools in the Andean Region in South America and Central America
... A similar project was developed in Bucharest by order of the European Bank of Investment, following the Rehabilitation Strategy of Schools. A survey was carried out as well as the evaluation of the mean damage grade of ...
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Implications on seismic hazard and risk assessment of two cities of Colombia as a result of a lithospheric tear proposal in the NW South America
... probabilistic risk assessment was conducted using the different modules that make up the CAPRA 2 ...the seismic hazard assessment, whereas the CAPRA methodology and formats [6] were used for the ...
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Holistic evaluation of risk in the framework of the urban sustainability
... The risk identification, assessment and reduction are indispensable steps on the way of the sustainable development of the ...countries. Risk assessment requires a multidisciplinary approach that takes into ...
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Urban seismic disasters, seismic resistant construction code and insurance: Selected Papers of the UNDRO/MAPFRE International Seminar (1991 Oct 23 25:Santiago de Chile)
... En la nueva serie de mapas de peligrosidad sísmica también se puede aplicar esta fórmula de cálculo de riesgo sísmico de forma que para un período determinado sea 50 años considerado com[r] ...
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El ndice de masa corporal como factor de riesgo para complicaciones posteriores a una derivacin biliodigestiva por lesin benigna de la va biliar
... Preoperative risk factors and surgical complexity are more predictive of costs than postoperative complications: a case study using the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) ...
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Engaging disenfranchised urban youth in science learning
... Science teachers who adopt techniques and strategies that attract students at-risk into science courses often engage those students in class activities leading to increased attendance. Strategies used by those ...
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Innovative tools to address drought risk in grazing lands
... Index insurance has attracted considerable interest from various governments and organizations as a management tool against large covariate risks that tend to affect a geographical area, such as drought ...
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A computer program for bridge retrofitting
... As it is well known retrofitting is conducted as a sequence of steps among which it is possible to identify three main groups: First there is a screening of the whole set in order to eliminate of the study those works ...
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Índice ponderado para evaluar el riesgo en la gestión agrícola orientado a la soberanía alimentaria
... Se identifican por diversas fuentes de información revisadas específicamente las experiencias desarrolladas se encuentra el AGRO ECO-INDEX, dirigido a evaluar las actividades agrícolas mediante once indicadores de ...
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Development of performance models and maintenance standards of urban pavements for network management
... State-of-the-art and the-practice Review: The research began with a review of the state-of- the-art in pavement management systems in general and specifically for urban pavements. The goal was to understand the ...
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Cost Benefit Analysis of Seismic Mitigation Measures for Wine Barrel Stacks
... robust seismic building codes, such as Chile or the United States, the seismic risk assessment for contents and nonstructural components, as well as the evaluation of mitigation measures based on ...
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Vasoespasmo cerebral posterior a hemorragia subaracnoidea aneurismtica: Mtodos diagnsticos y escalas de valoracin
... Vasospasm probability index: a combination of transcranial Doppler velocities, cerebral blood flow, and clinical risk factors to predict cerebral vasospasm after aneurismal subarachnoid [r] ...
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Geochemistry and risk assessment of street dust in Luanda, Angola, a tropical urban environment
... In Luanda, it appears that the exposure pathway which results in the highest levels of risk for children exposed to street dust is ingestion of this material, and that two elements—A[r] ...
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A High Dietary Glycemic Index Increases Total Mortality in a Mediterranean Population at High Cardiovascular Risk
... multicenter, parallel group, single-blinded dietary intervention trial conducted in Spain (Trial Registration: clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: ISRCTN35739639) [20]. The main objective of the trial was to analyze the ...
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