• Potential gaps in environmental satellite data beginning as early as 2014 and lasting as long as 53 months have raised concerns that future weather forecasts and warnings, including those for hurricanes, storm surges, and floods, will be less accurate and timely. (gao.gov)
  • Extensive water damage after major hurricanes and floods increases the likelihood of mold contamination in buildings. (cdc.gov)
  • One of your key responsibilities is securing of property insurance coverage to provide protection against damage caused by "acts of God," such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, etc. (darkessays.com)
  • Extreme weather events, such as coastal floods, hurricanes, and storm surges, can force coastal waters into inland areas, putting people that are exposed to these waters-especially evacuees who are older or have underlying health conditions-at increased risk for Vibrio wound infections. (cdc.gov)
  • Unfortunately, natural disaster events such as hurricanes, cyclones, storms, floods and wildfires are occurring more often and with greater severity. (construction-today.com)
  • The extent and nature of such action is largely dependent on each individual business' appetite for risk - in other words, the extent to which your business is prepared to deal with disruptions caused by storms, hurricanes, wildfires, floods and other extreme events. (construction-today.com)
  • In developing countries, diarrhea is a seasonal scourge usually worsened by natural phenomena, as evidenced by monsoon floods in Bangladesh in 1998, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, or the earthquake in Haiti in 2010. (medscape.com)
  • Last week, President Biden announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will have $2.3 billion for the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program to help communities increase resilience to heat waves, drought, wildfires, flood, hurricanes, and other hazards by preparing before disaster strikes. (breakingnewsusa.com)
  • On August 29 and September 24, 2005, hurricanes Katrina and Rita, respectively, made landfall along the Gulf Coast. (cdc.gov)
  • The duration of flooding, the extent of flooding, and the number of structures flooded in New Orleans as a result of hurricanes Katrina and Rita in August and September 2005 made the likelihood of massive mold contamination a certainty. (cdc.gov)
  • Recent parallels to the kind of flooding observed in New Orleans as a result of hurricanes Katrina and Rita occurred in 1997 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and in 1999 in North Carolina after Hurricane Floyd ( 2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • This is the accessible text file for GAO report number GAO-06-403T entitled 'Expedited Assistance for Victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: FEMA's Control Weaknesses Exposed the Government to Significant Fraud and Abuse' which was released on February 13, 2006. (gao.gov)
  • Hurricanes Katrina and Rita destroyed homes and displaced millions of individuals. (gao.gov)
  • Will climate change increase the exposure to river flooding? (pik-potsdam.de)
  • Data from Climate Model Ensemble Simulations for the Mesozoic Climate Evolution. (pik-potsdam.de)
  • However, with significant exposure growth, the impact of social inflation, and climate change complications, the insurance market could struggle to respond to a repeat of Andrew. (rms.com)
  • WASHINGTON, DC (February 14, 2013) Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States and head of the Government Accountability Office, announced today two areas had been added to the agency s High Risk List: limiting the federal government s fiscal exposure by better managing climate change risks and mitigating gaps in weather satellite data. (gao.gov)
  • Limiting the Federal Government s Fiscal Exposure by Better Managing Climate Change Risks. (gao.gov)
  • GAO added this area because the federal government is not well positioned to address the fiscal exposure presented by climate change and needs a government-wide strategic approach with strong leadership to manage related risks. (gao.gov)
  • Paired with our Physical Climate Risk Metrics and Carbon Emissions Data solutions, our Low Carbon Transition Ratings enable investors to meet most TCFD recommendations. (sustainalytics.com)
  • Insurance is a highly data-driven business and uses some of the most sophisticated climate and risk modeling in the world to forecast future risks, including the likelihood a property will be damaged by wildfire or other natural hazards. (preventionweb.net)
  • This analysis uses a new screening tool to identify "climate equity hotspots," or locations where climate and socioeconomic factors combine to create heightened risks. (ucsusa.org)
  • Exposure to climate risks-from projected sea level rise and tidal flooding-was determined for each area. (ucsusa.org)
  • This means most banks are likely underestimating their exposure to climate-related risks. (deloitte.com)
  • The Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) provides a basis for the structured and coherent framing of the science, data, operations and applications fundamental to transitioning to a climate smart and resilient society. (wmo.int)
  • This research uses attribution science to examine the influence that climate change had on the damage caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017. (fathom.global)
  • Trevor Maynard, head of exposure management and reinsurance at Lloyd's, said: "Climate change is very much here to stay. (truthdig.com)
  • Recent EPA analysis confirms that climate-driven changes in extreme temperatures disproportionately impact groups that are socially vulnerable. (breakingnewsusa.com)
  • Furthermore, as climate change disrupts regional rainfall and temperatures, Leptospirosis should be considered in the setting of potential exposures. (medscape.com)
  • The four major hurricanes that struck Florida during August 13--September 25, 2004, produced electric power outages in several million homes ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • As insurers and reinsurers know, major catastrophic events such as Hurricane Ian put pressure on the business all the way up to the C-Suite. (rms.com)
  • As soon as Tropical Storm Ian was named on September 26, 2022, our clients using the RMS® ExposureIQ ™ application on the RMS Intelligent Risk Platform , have been accessing both our RMS Event Response event footprints and our RMS HWind real-time insights to provide a unique perspective on the progress of the storm. (rms.com)
  • Reinsurers' risk-adjusted property-catastrophe prices rose 33% on average at their June 1, 2023, renewal, after a 25% rise in 2022, according to reinsurance broker Howden Tiger's analysis. (preventionweb.net)
  • This effect was observed in Florida after Hurricane Ian in 2022 [2]. (cdc.gov)
  • Para ello, se llevaron a cabo los Diálogos Territoriales del Futuro en las 16 regiones de noviembre 2021 a enero 2022. (worldbank.org)
  • The Free National Movement (FNM) government, elected in May 2017, has sought to manage an economy dealing with the dual, unprecedented economic crises wrought by the passage of Hurricane Dorian in September 2019 and the effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic, projected to inflict combined losses of $7.5 billion or 60 percent of GDP. (state.gov)
  • In an analysis of 104 countries, Boniol and others (2019) show that women form 67 percent of the health workforce (see the figure below). (cgdev.org)
  • The ninth named tropical storm of the current North Atlantic hurricane season, Major Hurricane Ian made landfall as a Category 4 (Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Windscale) major hurricane near Cayo Costa, Florida at 19:05 UTC (15:05 Eastern Time ET) on Wednesday, September 28. (rms.com)
  • Analyze low carbon transition exposure and management preparedness across a business's value chain for each scope of emissions. (sustainalytics.com)
  • To equip local officials and the public with robust and accessible information, the Administration has launched Heat.gov , a new centralized portal with real-time, interactive data and resources on extreme heat conditions, preparedness, and response. (breakingnewsusa.com)
  • Casualty Supplement was included in the 2003 survey and provided the data for this hospitals regarding their preparedness analysis. (cdc.gov)
  • Information about preparedness for such attacks by asking of 13 4-week reporting periods scattered strengths and limitations of terrorism about the content of emergency response over the entire year. (cdc.gov)
  • The data were preparedness in the Nation's hospitals plans, training for terrorism response, weighted according to the inverse will be crucial for appropriate Federal experiences with internal and external probability of hospital selection and a agencies that are charged with planning disaster drills, and availability of nonresponse adjustment factor. (cdc.gov)
  • The number of annual fatal injuries in the manufacturing sector declined from 420 in 2003, to a low of 303 in 2017, and currently stands at 383 in 2021 (Bureau of Labor Statistics most recent data). (scsengineers.com)
  • However, epidemiologic analyses find that the physical health associations disappear after adjusting for mental health. (cdc.gov)
  • Colleen Reid's research focuses on the interaction of environmental and social exposures on population health with a particular focus on the health impacts of exposures influenced by global climatic changes and society's responses to those changes. (colorado.edu)
  • Our analysis of regional differences highlighted that intentions to mentally prepare on receipt of a warning were significantly higher for Canterbury region participants, most likely related to strong shaking and subsequent impacts experienced during the 2010-11 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence. (frontiersin.org)
  • Dermal methylene chloride exposure may not result in significant systemic effects but can cause significant dermal burns. (medscape.com)
  • Unusual sources include exposure to methylene chloride, which is metabolized to CO and hemolysis, with increased metabolism of hemoglobin. (cdc.gov)
  • Hurricane Andrew's landfall in Florida in 1992 changed the face of property catastrophe insurance and kick-started many new initiatives, including the development of hurricane risk modeling. (rms.com)
  • These dates correspond to landfall of the first hurricane (Charley) and 3 weeks after landfall of the last hurricane (Jeanne), when active surveillance for CO poisoning was discontinued. (cdc.gov)
  • The number of cases and incidents peaked within 3 days after landfall of each hurricane ( Figure 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Conclusions Study findings highlighted a number of concerns that are important to public health workers who provide emergency care after a disaster and, in particular, multiple disasters such as during the 2004 hurricane season. (cdc.gov)
  • Exposure to trauma during disasters and conflict, together with the cascading effects of bereavement, forced displacement, injury and resource loss has the potential to cause long-term psychological distress (1-3). (who.int)
  • Addressing mental health in the aftermath of disasters therefore requires careful long-term planning and substantial knowledge of the pattern of response across affected populations. (who.int)
  • and provides emergency aid in response to natural disasters. (gao.gov)
  • Reinsurance costs have been rising fast in response to expensive disasters around the world in recent years. (preventionweb.net)
  • Third, studies that explored community resilience to seismic disasters have seldom been validated with empirical data (Bruneau et al. (springer.com)
  • Little is known about how stressors associated with exposure to natural disasters impact brain development. (stonybrook.edu)
  • After the first physical, medical and emergency response, identification of psychological distress symptoms is useful in guiding public health efforts in the aftermath of disasters. (bvsalud.org)
  • Along coastlines and kilometres inland, storm surge is one of the biggest threats to lives and property during hurricanes and storms. (wmo.int)
  • Visidyne seeks to improve intensity measurements, and subsequently, path predictions of strong tropical cyclones (also known as hurricanes or typhoons) through improved modeling using a measurement technique from the low Earth orbit vantage point of the ISS. (issnationallab.org)
  • For tropical cyclones of interest, a camera is mounted on a selected Cupola window and programmed to capture high-resolution exposures of the storm. (issnationallab.org)
  • Objective Examinations of the demands on public health workers after disaster exposure have been limited. (cdc.gov)
  • We examined the disaster management experiences of 4323 Florida Department of Health workers 9 months after their response to 4 hurricanes and 1 tropical storm during a 7-week period in August and September of 2004. (cdc.gov)
  • The National Audubon Society has been deeply involved in the Gulf Oil Response since the disaster, and has a dedicated program to co-ordinate resources, liaise with local government, and deploy equipment post-spill. (wikipedia.org)
  • Key risk factors for the cause or maintenance of psychological distress among survivors include severity of trauma exposure, female gender, pre-existing psychological conditions and the presence of ongoing chronic stressors in the post-disaster environment (11, 18). (who.int)
  • Dr. DeYoung's expertise are in hurricane evacuation decision-making, migrant and refugee well-being, pets and disaster evacuation, infant feeding in emergencies, and disaster policy. (researchgate.net)
  • Studying the impact of a hurricane on maternal stress can expand theories of disaster vulnerability. (researchgate.net)
  • We had the rare opportunity to build on a pre-existing study of child development directly affected by Hurricane Sandy, enabling us to examine how natural disaster-related stress impacted the development of brain systems that underlie emotional reactivity," said Kessel. (stonybrook.edu)
  • The residents were directly 'exposed' to the disaster, though with a broad range of possible individual exposures, loss of property and damage to home. (bvsalud.org)
  • Data from the 2003 NHAMCS plans, only 46.1 percent reported written memoranda of understanding with these supplement will serve as a baseline for facilities to accept inpatients during a declared disaster. (cdc.gov)
  • Florida department of health workers' response to 2004 hurricanes: a qualitative analysis. (cdc.gov)
  • The Florida Department of Health and CDC analyzed demographic and CO exposure data from these fatal poisoning cases and from nonfatal poisoning cases among 167 persons treated at 10 hospitals, including two with hyperbaric oxygen (HBO 2 ) chambers. (cdc.gov)
  • NCCOS scientists employ molecular technologies (genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics) to assess changes at the molecular level (gene, protein, and metabolite, respectively) in response to coastal pollution. (noaa.gov)
  • Our scientists use state of the art instrumentation, such as MiSeq (which performs clonal amplification and DNA sequencing) and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance followed by high power computer applications to conduct bioinformatics, a process of analyzing the molecular data and determining relationships between environmental pollution stressors and molecular changes. (noaa.gov)
  • Hurricane Andrew's unprecedented US$16 billion in insured losses across Florida in 1992 set off alarm bells. (preventionweb.net)
  • Hurricane Andrew's unprecedented $16 billion in insured losses across Florida in 1992 set off alarm bells. (theinvadingsea.com)
  • Exposure to trauma has potential to induce a range of psychological and neuropsychiatric disorders. (who.int)
  • One reason is that both conditions arose from the horrific environmental and psychological exposures at the WTC site. (cdc.gov)
  • Additionally, statistical software packages with spatial analysis capabilities exist. (cdc.gov)
  • Their analysis shows that each of the three different FIM frameworks provided not only different levels of accuracy, but also produced different exposure and consequence estimations due to spatial differences. (fathom.global)
  • Specifically, spatial clustering analysis was used to quantitatively characterize the spatial distributions of cooling centers in San Antonio, Houston, and Dallas, while spatial lag regression was conducted to evaluate the relationships between indicators of socioeconomic vulnerability and proximity to cooling centers. (ametsoc.org)
  • The absorption of health resources by emergency response may also lead to disruptions in access to reproductive health services. (cgdev.org)
  • Six weeks after the hurricane, mothers completed a questionnaire about the degree to which children were exposed to Hurricane Sandy-related stressors. (stonybrook.edu)
  • The study found that exposure to Hurricane Sandy-related stressors altered neural reactivity to negative emotional information. (stonybrook.edu)
  • Data on one group, "Pre-EQ" (N=297), was collected four years before the beginning of the earthquakes on children born 2001-2002. (plos.org)
  • Data on the second group, "Post-EQ" (N=212), was collected approximately three to four years after the beginning of the earthquakes on children born 2007-2009 and living in heavily damaged neighborhoods. (plos.org)
  • We undertook a survey of people's previous experiences of earthquakes, their perceptions of the usefulness of a hypothetical EEW system, and their intended responses to a potential warning (for example, Drop, Cover, Hold (DCH), staying still, performing safety actions). (frontiersin.org)
  • Many structures remained flooded for weeks after the hurricane and became saturated with water. (cdc.gov)
  • It's a trend Florida and other hurricane- and flood-prone states know well. (preventionweb.net)
  • New research from Gutenson, J. L. and others, including Fathom's Chief Research Officer Dr Oliver Wing , compares the estimated impact and exposure to flooding generated by different event-based flood inundation maps. (fathom.global)
  • In response to this need the Integrated Water Resources Science and Services (IWRSS) consortium has set out operational plans for coordinating FIM production through the Integrated Flood Inundation Mapping (iFIM) effort (Mason et al. (fathom.global)
  • This makes them especially susceptible to hurricane and flood risks. (construction-today.com)
  • To address this challenge, the ADDIE model (analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation) of instructional design was used by a cross-functional team to guide completion of a standard curriculum based on 15 competencies. (who.int)
  • The research, "Hurricane Sandy Exposure Alters the Development of Neural Reactivity to Negative Stimuli in Children," is published in the March/April 2018 issue of Child Development . (stonybrook.edu)
  • Such a surveillance program will help CDC and state and local public health officials refine the guidelines for exposure avoidance, personal protection, and clean-up and assist health departments to identify unrecognized hazards. (cdc.gov)
  • Public health practitioners should recognize that post-hurricane environments present challenges to the safe operation of portable generators and should educate the public on the hazards of CO poisoning in these settings. (cdc.gov)
  • NCCOS research supports restoration and remediation actions, such as the replanting of marsh plants in areas impacted by oil-spills, genetic analyses that identify species and ecosystems that could be impacted, and as a resource for managers to establish restoration targets. (noaa.gov)
  • Pre-and Postnatal Lead Exposure and Behavior Problems in School-Aged Children. (cdc.gov)
  • The study objective is to test mechanisms thought to be responsible for the comorbidity between psychiatric and medical sequelae of World Trade Center (WTC) exposures. (cdc.gov)
  • For example, incorporating such sociodemographic characteristic data as population counts, age, sex, race/ethnicity, sensitive populations, language/translation needs, and measures of poverty by specific state, county, or other census boundaries is possible by using US Census data ( Figure 17.2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • In response, the state enhanced mosquito man- emergency aerial spray seemed to effectively reduce both agement programs to reduce vector populations and virus mosquito populations ( 5 ) and human WNV cases ( 6 ). (cdc.gov)
  • A cool environment is critical for protecting vulnerable populations from the adverse health effects associated with exposure to extreme heat. (ametsoc.org)
  • Therefore, a higher degree of intentionality that explicitly considers cooling center proximity to the vulnerable populations they aim to serve might be beneficial as planners and emergency managers determine cooling center locations in response to extreme heat. (ametsoc.org)
  • Using Hurricane Harvey as an example event , the research focused on a small coastal watershed in Texas. (fathom.global)
  • ATSDR's Geospatial Research, Analysis & Services Program (GRASP) maintains the CDC/ATSDR SVI to help public health officials and local planners better prepare for and respond to emergency events like hurricanes, disease outbreaks, or exposure to dangerous chemicals. (cdc.gov)
  • Health resources normally dedicated to reproductive health go towards emergency response. (cgdev.org)
  • Department of Defense had not allocated any funding for hospitals, although it funded emergency response agencies (3). (cdc.gov)
  • After the hurricanes, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) investigated six deaths in Florida attributed to carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning (CPSC, unpublished data, 2004). (cdc.gov)
  • Cases of carbon monoxide poisoning may also be ascertained by the secondary analysis of administrative data or through syndromic surveillance algorithms where individual information is available for follow-up case investigation. (cdc.gov)
  • Tier 2 surveillance for carbon monoxide poisoning is based upon secondary analysis of administrative data without access to personal identifiers. (cdc.gov)
  • Diversity of television exposure and its association with the cultivation of concern for environmental risks. (lu.se)
  • Critical analysis of the Oppenheimer movie and the nuclear weapons issues it examines. (ucsusa.org)
  • Cigarette smoke is a significant source of CO. Natural gas contains no CO, but improperly vented gas water heaters, kerosene space heaters, charcoal grills, hibachis, and Sterno stoves all emit CO. Other sources of CO exposure include propane-fueled forklifts, gas-powered concrete saws, inhaling spray paint, indoor tractor pulls, and swimming behind a motorboat. (medscape.com)
  • Another reason, as our work suggests, is that these exposures led to basic biological changes that impact both mental and physical health. (cdc.gov)
  • The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service has developed a guide for communities and is helping to fund urban tree and greening projects to reduce extreme temperatures and heat exposure. (breakingnewsusa.com)
  • The notion of volunteered, user-generated, citizen data is the guiding mantra for such projects, and the cornerstone of any wider attempts to lobby national governments, engage with local community groups, and generate scientific research. (wikipedia.org)
  • Drawing upon decades of experience, RAND provides research services, systematic analysis, and innovative thinking to a global clientele that includes government agencies, foundations, and private-sector firms. (rand.org)
  • This ground project aims to analyze, normalize, and consolidate bone data from rodent research experiments in space for open source distribution as standardized control data to aid future researchers working on novel musculoskeletal disease treatments for humans. (issnationallab.org)
  • The purpose of this research was to understand the ways in which ownership of companion animals influences evacuation decision-making, using Hurricane Matthew of 2016 as a case study. (researchgate.net)
  • Using stated-choice surveys, this research identifies behavioral decisions made during and after the evacuations associated with the hurricane, and details how decisi. (researchgate.net)
  • In other research, data from 1,000+ patients in China show that "41.9% of the patients were female. (cgdev.org)
  • 48 hours will generally support visible and extensive mold growth and should be remediated, and excessive exposure to mold-contaminated materials can cause adverse health effects in susceptible persons regardless of the type of mold or the extent of contamination. (cdc.gov)
  • Justify the use of the concept of conditional probability in the context of your task-more specifically, discuss how you would use conditional probability in your exposure due diligence efforts. (darkessays.com)
  • Specifically, they found that from pre- to post-Hurricane Sandy, children with high-stress exposure failed to show the same decrease in brain reactivity to negative emotional images compared to those with low stress exposure. (stonybrook.edu)
  • Hierarchical logistic regression analyses examined the relative contribution of current DSM-IV WTC- PTSD and LRS to impairments, adjusting for demographic, exposure, and health risk factors. (cdc.gov)
  • PTSD) can emerge following exposure to Exposure to violence in the United States a traumatic event. (who.int)
  • The defin- an area of bombardment showed that 54% ing characteristic of a traumatic event is its suffered severe, 34% moderate and 11% capacity to provoke fear, helplessness or mild and doubtful levels of PTSD, with girls horror in response to the threat of injury or more vulnerable [ 8 ]. (who.int)
  • 2016. Lead service line analysis examines scope of challenge. (cdc.gov)
  • The RIM model uses cluster analysis to classify counties into four resilience levels according to the exposure, damage, and recovery conditions. (springer.com)
  • The model then applies discriminant analysis to quantify the influence of socioeconomic characteristics on the county's resilience. (springer.com)
  • Analysis results show that counties located at the epicenter had the lowest resilience, but counties immediately adjacent to the epicenter had the highest resilience capacities. (springer.com)
  • Your first step is to conduct an exploratory baseline analysis, the goal of which is to describe the buyer base and estimate basic statistical descriptors of the buyer base. (darkessays.com)
  • Our scientists use collaborative databases, and statistical and geospatial analysis programs to synthesize and map the data. (noaa.gov)
  • In my hometown of New Orleans, if a Category 5 hurricane rolls through and destroys every home, that's a several-billion-dollar loss that cannot be absorbed by any one carrier. (ajg.com)
  • In the US, Hurricane Ida brought back painful memories to the people of New Orleans, a city which is still rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina caused 1800 deaths and $125 billion of damage back in 2005. (construction-today.com)
  • In the CDC/ATSDR SVI Interactive Map, we classify data using quartiles (0 to .2500, .2501 to .5000, .5001 to .7500, .7501 to 1.0) and indicate that the classification goes from least vulnerable to most vulnerable. (cdc.gov)
  • assessing the locational accuracy for each FIM and a comparison of exposure and consequence estimates from each FIM. (fathom.global)
  • Evidence is included about assessing exposure, clean-up and prevention, personal protective equipment, health effects, and public health strategies and recommendations. (cdc.gov)
  • Public communication and interventions for EEW could take into consideration different levels and types of experiences of the audience for greater success in response. (frontiersin.org)
  • NLC Mutual uses Domo to give each state and their municipalities the data they need to identify trends and manage risk so that they can reduce their premiums and provide citizens with better service. (domo.com)
  • to provide insight and analysis to help insurance and risk professionals innovate, adapt, and deliver. (rms.com)
  • The wide-ranging impact of Hurricane Andrew on the Florida insurance market is a familiar story within the risk management world. (rms.com)
  • State Farm cited "catastrophe exposure" as a reason for ending new high-risk personal and commercial property and casualty policies in California . (preventionweb.net)
  • Industrial workers at pulp mills, steel foundries, and plants producing formaldehyde or coke are at risk for exposure, as are personnel at fire scenes and individuals working indoors with combustion engines or combustible gases. (medscape.com)
  • The percentages of those poisoned who were Hispanic and black were approximately twice the percentages of Hispanics (14.7%) and blacks (9.1%) reported residing in the hurricane-affected counties by the Florida 2004 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey. (cdc.gov)
  • Kelman and Glantz (2014) summarize these aspects as risk knowledge, monitoring and warning, dissemination and communication and response capability. (frontiersin.org)
  • Increasingly, adventurous travel and "mud run" sports or races involving fresh water or soil exposure put humans at risk. (medscape.com)
  • In recent years it has played an integral role in participatory, collaborative and open data philosophies. (wikipedia.org)
  • This project seeks to demonstrate the technical and commercial feasibility of in-orbit manufacturing of optical fibers for data transmission. (issnationallab.org)
  • The analyses also demonstrate that neighborhood quality-influenced by accessibility to highways, education facilities, the city center, water bodies, and green spaces, respectively-is the most influential factor in peoples' decisions on where to locate. (nature.com)
  • In 2012, Superstorm Sandy caused $35bn of insured losses, making it the most expensive hurricane in US history after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. (truthdig.com)
  • A new study led by Ellen Kessel , a doctoral candidate in the Department of Psychology at Stony Brook University, suggests that high levels of stress associated with Hurricane Sandy may have left a lasting impact on children's brain development. (stonybrook.edu)
  • Approximately eight months prior to Hurricane Sandy, a study was done that measured children's brain activity in response to negative and positive emotional images using electroencephalogram (EEG), which measures the brain's cortical electrical activity. (stonybrook.edu)
  • Nine months after Hurricane Sandy, 77 children experiencing the highest and lowest levels of hurricane-related stress exposure returned to the lab and again viewed negative and positive emotional images while EEG was recorded. (stonybrook.edu)
  • Our results suggest that Hurricane Sandy-related stress disrupted neurodevelopment in a manner that maintains relatively heightened levels of vigilance to threat," Kessel explained. (stonybrook.edu)
  • In addition, investigations into six deaths from five exposure incidents were reviewed for basic demographic information and details about generator location. (cdc.gov)
  • Our Low Carbon Transition Ratings are underpinned by a transparent methodology, multiple levels of data and clear indicator guidance, which allows for validation and customization of the weighted data points to generate unique insights that align to investors' objectives. (sustainalytics.com)
  • The CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index (CDC/ATSDR SVI) is a tool that uses U.S. Census data to determine the social vulnerability of every census tract. (cdc.gov)
  • The CDC/ATSDR SVI is updated every two years based on U.S. Census Bureau data releases. (cdc.gov)
  • The Census usually releases American Community Survey data in December of the year following the Survey. (cdc.gov)
  • In addition, Census data used in the CDC/ATSDR SVI are readily available at census tract and county levels, not at the ZIP code level. (cdc.gov)
  • In addition, starting with the 2014 version of CDC/ATSDR SVI, we provide CDC/ATSDR SVI data for tribal census tracts. (cdc.gov)
  • The US Census Bureau makes these data available with a unique geographic identifier, thereby enabling easy association between the population data and the location data in GIS ( 6 ). (cdc.gov)
  • In domestic situations, current and historic data from the US Census Bureau and satellite imagery may be readily available. (cdc.gov)
  • In response to WNV surveillance indicat- ney et al. (cdc.gov)
  • Depending on the study area's location (i.e., domestic vs. international), different levels of data might be available. (cdc.gov)
  • These boundary files can then be used to evaluate variables of interest (e.g., estimating the number of persons residing within a particular area or examining the extent of contamination from a harmful exposure) ( Figure 17.1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • 2005. Lead Exposure in Children: Prevention, Detection, and Management. (cdc.gov)
  • Low Level Lead Exposure Harms Children: A Renewed Call for Primary Prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • We are also working with coastal resource managers to deliver data on new and emerging chemicals of concern such as per- and poly-fluorinated substances (PFAS). (noaa.gov)
  • Methods Participants completed a self-report questionnaire focused on work performance, mental and physical health, daily functioning, sleep disturbance, physiological arousal, and injury and work demand at the time of the hurricanes, and answered open-ended questions that described their experiences in more detail. (cdc.gov)
  • Cost Analysis of WNV Outbreak health department, and vector control. (cdc.gov)
  • This report provides information on how to limit exposure to mold and how to identify and prevent mold-related health effects. (cdc.gov)
  • A cost-benefi t analysis females in the treated areas, compared with 6.7/1,000 in the indicated that only 15 cases of West Nile neuroinvasive dis- untreated areas ( 5 ). (cdc.gov)
  • This provides the baseline data requested by natural resource managers, helps managers understand the primary drivers of pollution, and helps identify future projects to reduce land-based sources of pollution and restore and conserve critical habitats. (noaa.gov)