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A novel quantitative ecological and microbial risk assessment methodology: theory and practice
(Taylor and Francis Inc., 2020)
© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.The environment is a complex system where humans, materials (e.g. pollutants), and ecological (e.g. plants, animals, microbes) and meteorological conditions interact with each ...
Polygenic risk prediction and SNCA haplotype analysis in a Latino Parkinson's disease cohort
(Elsevier, 2022)
Background: Large-scale Parkinson's disease (PD) genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have, until recently, only been conducted on subjects with European-ancestry. Consequently, polygenic risk scores (PRS) constructed ...
Distribution of Short-Term and Lifetime Predicted Risks of Cardiovascular Diseases in Peruvian Adults
(Wiley, 2015)
BACKGROUND: Short-term risk assessment tools for prediction of cardiovascular disease events are widely recommended in clinical practice and are used largely for single time-point estimations; however, persons with low ...
Risk perceptions and management strategies in a post-disaster landscape of Guatemala: Social conflict as an opportunity to understand disaster
(Elsevier, 2021-04)
This work analyses a post-disaster case study in Guatemala where a large landslide named “Los Chorros” affected several communities and one of the country´s main highways. Risk managers, starting from their own assessment, ...
A stochastic methodology for risk assessment of a large earthquake when,a long time has elapsed.
We propose a stochastic methodology for risk assessment of a large earthquake when a long time has elapsed from the last large seismic event. We state an approximate probability distribution for the occurrence time of the ...
Risk externalities
(2018-09-26)
Current analysis of macro-prudential policy has largely focused on excessive leverage and fire sales, while abstracting from firm-level risk and portfolio decisions. We show that these matter for the design of optimal ...
Globalization and global risk: How risk analysis needs to be enhanced to be effective in confronting current threats
In the last 20-30 years, technological innovation has enabled the advancement
of industry at a global scale, giving rise to a truly global society, resting on an
interdependent web of transnational technical, economic ...
Airport risk of importation and exportation of the COVID-19 pandemic
On March 11, 2020, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) characterized the spread of
the coronavirus disease, COVID-19, as a pandemic on the basis of “alarming levels of spread and severity, and ...
Use of bone grafts or modified bilateral sagittal split osteotomy technique in large mandibular advancements reduces the risk of persisting mandibular inferior border defects
(Elsevier, 2017)
PURPOSE: Healing of the inferior border of the mandible can be compromised in large
advancements, leaving an unesthetic defect at the inferior border. The objective of this study was
to compare different bilateral sagittal ...