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Antonella Marsico, Angela Rizzo, Domenico Capolongo, Francesco De Giosa, Antonella Di Leo, Stefania Lisco, Giuseppe Mastronuzzi, Massimo Moretti, Giovanni Scardino and Giovanni Scicchitano
Contaminated marine and coastal sediments represent the main source of secondary pollution for the aquatic environment and marine fauna, affecting, directly and indirectly, ecosystems and human health. The assessment of the distribution of chemical pollu...
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Ahmed Abdelaal, Ahmed I. Abdelkader, Fahad Alshehri, Asmaa Elatiar and Sattam A. Almadani
This study assessed the spatiotemporal variability and pollution grades of heavy metals in water and sediments of Bahr El-Baqar drain, Eastern Nile Delta, Egypt, by integration of geochemical analysis, metal pollution indices, correlation, and multivaria...
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Riyadh F. Halawani, Myra E. Wilson, Kenneth M. Hamilton, Fahed A. Aloufi, Md. Abu Taleb, Aaid G. Al-Zubieri and Andrew N. Quicksall
Red Sea coastal development has rapidly accelerated in recent decades that has led to a rise in the anthropogenic heavy metal levels in sediments. A total of 80 surficial sediment samples were collected from the shallow waters along the eastern Red Sea c...
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Joel Hinaunye Eita and Charles Raoul Tchuinkam Djemo
This paper attempted to apply an EVT-based pairwise copula method for modelling risk interaction between foreign exchange rates and equity indices of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) and to model the dependence structure of the underlying assets wit...
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Antonio Zoratto Sanvicente
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The paper reports the availability of equity market and government bond indices for the 1950-1967 in Brazil, before the introduction of the Bovespa index. Nominal monthly returns are computed, and the historical market risk premium is determined. A 1.86%...
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Wilton Bernardino,Leonardo Brito,Raydonal Ospina,Silvio Melo
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In this paper, we have explored operational risk in Brazil by considering different sectoral indices of the Brazilian economy and the GACH Value-at-Risk (GARCH-VaR) estimation approach. We have carried a statistical evaluation of the eight Brazilian sect...
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Sahar Sahyoun, Hua Ge, Michael A. Lacasse and Maurice Defo
This paper evaluates the reliability of the currently used climate-based indices in selecting a moisture reference year (MRY) for the freeze-thaw (FT) damage risk assessment of internally insulated solid brick walls. The evaluation methodology compares t...
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Wen Tian, Xuefang Zhou, Jianan Yin, Yuchen Li and Yining Zhang
The complex layout of the airport surface, coupled with interrelated vehicle behaviors and densely mixed traffic flows, frequently leads to operational conflict risks. To address this issue, research was conducted on the recognition of characteristics an...
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Die Zhang, Yong Ge, Xilin Wu, Haiyan Liu, Wenbin Zhang and Shengjie Lai
Data-driven approaches predict infectious disease dynamics by considering various factors that influence severity and transmission rates. However, these factors may not fully capture the dynamic nature of disease transmission, limiting prediction accurac...
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Barbora Jáchymová, Josef Krása, Tomá? Dostál and Miroslav Bauer
Accelerated soil erosion by water has many offsite impacts on the municipal infrastructure. This paper discusses how to easily detect potential risk points around municipalities by simple spatial analysis using GIS. In the Czech Republic, the WaTEM/SEDEM...
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Hamid Darabi, Ali Danandeh Mehr, Gülsen Kum, Mehmet Emin Sönmez, Cristina Alina Dumitrache, Khadija Diani, Ahmet Celebi and Ali Torabi Haghighi
This study examined the spatiotemporal climate variability over the Ceyhan River basin in Southern Anatolia, Türkiye using historical rainfall and temperature observations recorded at 15 meteorology stations. Various statistical and geostatistical techni...
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Asima Mughal, Khawar Sultan, Kamran Ashraf, Ayesha Hassan, Qamar uz Zaman, Fasih Ullah Haider and Babar Shahzad
Continuous monitoring of drinking water quality is essential in terms of the levels of heavy metals and toxic substances, especially in developing countries like Pakistan. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate groundwater quality in residential area...
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Pietro Croce, Filippo Landi and Paolo Formichi
The evaluation of seismic performance of existing masonry buildings is a critical issue in assessing the seismic vulnerability of the built environment. With this aim, non-linear static analysis is commonly used, but results are influenced significantly ...
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Munyaradzi Chawana
AbstractA number of researchers have sought to test the theoretical prediction of Modern Portfolio Theory that asserts that Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) under-performs conventional investing. In contrast to the majority of literature, which focus...
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Matthew Kelly, Imogen Schwarz, Mark Ziegelaar, Andrew B. Watkins and Yuriy Kuleshov
Floods are the most common and costliest natural disaster in Australia. Australian flood risk assessments (FRAs) are mostly conducted on relatively small scales using modelling outputs. The aim of this study was to develop a novel approach of index-based...
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Md. Simul Bhuyan, Sayeed Mahmood Belal Haider, Gowhar Meraj, Muhammad Abu Bakar, Md. Tarikul Islam, Mrityunjoy Kunda, Md. Abu Bakar Siddique, Mir Mohammad Ali, Sobnom Mustary, Istiak Ahamed Mojumder and Mohd Aadil Bhat
Heavy metal pollution in marine ecosystems is an escalating environmental concern, largely driven by anthropogenic activities, and poses potential threats to ecological health and human well-being. This study embarked on a comprehensive investigation int...
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?eljana Nikolic, Elena Benvenuti and Luka Runjic
The seismic risk assessment of existing urban areas provides important information for the process of seismic risk reduction in different phases of planning and emergency management. Between different large-scale assessment approaches, a vulnerability in...
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David Ortega-Gaucin, Jesús A. Ceballos-Tavares, Alejandro Ordoñez Sánchez and Heidy V. Castellano-Bahena
Drought is one of the major threats to water and food security in many regions around the world. The present study focuses on the evaluation of agricultural drought risk from an integrated perspective, that is, emphasizing the combined role of hazard, ex...
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Ali H. Saleh, Mohamed Gad, Moataz M. Khalifa, Salah Elsayed, Farahat S. Moghanm, Adel M. Ghoneim, Subhan Danish, Rahul Datta, Moustapha E. Moustapha and Magda M. Abou El-Safa
This research intends to offer a scientific foundation for environmental monitoring and early warning which will aid in the environmental protection management of Qaroun Lake. Qaroun Lake is increasingly influenced by untreated wastewater discharge from ...
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Huijuan Tang, Zhixin Ke, Muting Yan, Wenjing Wang, Huayue Nie, Boxing Li, Jingping Zhang, Xiangrong Xu and Jun Wang
Surface sediment samples were collected from 19 sites throughout Daya Bay, China to study the concentrations, spatial distributions, potential ecological risk, and possible sources of heavy, including metals copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), arsenic (As), cadmium ...
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