Division of Pediatric Surgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois and Department of Surgery, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois Address correspondence to David H. Rothstein, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, 225 E Chicago Ave, Box 63, Chicago, IL 60611. E-mail: drothstein@luriechildr...

Action on disaster risk reduction can support sustainable development under climate change. 2.1 Increasing weather related losses According to data collected by Munich Re, global costs (inflation adjusted, 2006 dollars) of weather-related disasters have increased from an annual average US$8.9 billion (1977-1986) to US$45.1 billion (1997-2006). Munich Re’s data comes from their NatCatSERVICE dat...

this paper presents the analysis of the onset and withdrawal dates and the duration of summer monsoon over nepal for last 63 years (1951-2013). the trend analysis revealed that both the onset and withdrawal of summer monsoon are delayed in recent years. the statistical analysis using cumulative deviation and worsley likelihood tests showed a step jump in mean withdrawal date after the year 1997...

There has been relatively little research on the economic impacts of natural disasters to date. This paper reports findings of a sUidy of the Philippines which is intended as a contribution in filling that gap. Findings include the following: • The Philippines experiences all major types of naUiral hazard and is widely acknowledged as one of the most hazard-prone countries in the world. Moreove...

The challenges facing poor and marginalised communities in today’s society are multiple and complex; from economic crises, to natural disasters, to environmental degradation and conflict, all of which are increasing poor people’s vulnerability and posing significant challenges to securing their livelihoods. Climate change threatens to exacerbate the problem further by creating an additional lay...

This paper gives an initial evaluation of approaches to chance discovery and management, a new research field invented by Yukio Ohsawa. Our aims in this preliminary report are very modest. First, we briefly describe research work done with the intent to detect chances (i.e., opportunities and risks) in various application areas such as the web, natural disasters, or histories of bankruptcy. Sec...

background and objective: neonatal sepsis is defined as presence of clinical signs accompanied by positive blood culture in newborns less than one month of age. sepsis is a common cause of hospital admission in neonates, and it is known as one of the main causes of mortality among them, not only in developed countries but in developing ones. delay in diagnosis and appropriate antibiotic therapy...