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Seismic Vulnerability and Risk Assessment of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area
This chapter presents an index-based seismic vulnerability assessment methodology, based on the GNDT level II approach, to be used in the seismic...
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Reducing supply risk of critical materials for clean energy via foreign direct investment
Existing research on the security of the supply of critical materials for clean energy generally aggregates information at the country level, a...
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Development and validation of a tobacco smoking-related index for predicting overall survival and immunotherapy response in bladder cancer
Bladder cancer is one of the top five most prevalent cancers in the United States and a major cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Meanwhile,...
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Groundwater vulnerability to fluoride pollution and health risk assessment in the western part of Odisha, India
The fluoride dynamics of the Dharmagarh Block of Kalahandi District, Odisha, India, and associated health risk assessment have been studied. Complex...
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Evaluation of soil pollution by heavy metal using index calculations and multivariate statistical analysis
This study aims to assess the extent of heavy metals (HMs) pollution in soil and identify its potential sources using single and integrated pollution...
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Influence of access to clean fuels and technology, food production index, consumer price index, and income on greenhouse gas emissions from food system: evidence from developed countries
Sustainable development objectives heavily promote the advancement of cleaner production technologies to reduce emissions and conserve the average...
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Appraising growth, daily intake, health risk index, and pollution load of Zn in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grown in soil differentially spiked with zinc
Zinc (Zn) is a vital nutrient element required for plants normal growth and development. It performs imperative functions in numerous metabolic...
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Water Quality Index (WQI) Significance and Efficiency as a Measure of Water Quality
The quality of water is crucial for human health and well-being. The physical, chemical, and microbacterial water quality criteria are included...
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Vegetation drought risk assessment based on the multi-weight methods in Northwest China
Vegetation makes an outstanding contribution to the stability of ecosystems and to a certain extent reflects the state of the terrestrial ecosystem....
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High urban flood risk and no shelter access disproportionally impacts vulnerable communities in the USA
Vulnerable communities are disproportionately placed in low-lying, flood-prone neighborhoods, with deficient infrastructure and limited access to...
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Soil heavy metal pollution and health risk assessment around Wangchun Industrial Park, Ningbo, China
PurposeTo explore the soil heavy metal pollution around Wangchun Industrial Park and its health effects on people of different ages.
Methods ...
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Geochemical, ecological, and health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in the surrounding soil of a cement plant
Cement plants are the major anthropogenic sources of potentially toxic elements (PTEs), which are generated from the processing of raw materials and...
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Application of risk assessment technology to characterize radiation and chemical hazards when drinking spring water
The article presents the results of assessing the radiation and chemical hazards of drinking water from springs in the city using computational...
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Construction of Optimal Portfolio Using Sharp Index Model with Special Reference to Banking, Pharmaceutical and FMCG Sectors
Portfolio creation is the practice of investing money in a variety of securities where the overall risk is low and the return is high. Focuses more...
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Source apportionment and risk assessment of heavy metals in typical greenhouse vegetable soils in Shenyang, China
In this study, the concentrations of Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn, Cd, As, and Hg in the typical greenhouse vegetable soils in Shenyang, Northeast of China,...
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Health risk assessment and potential sources of metals in riparian soils of the Wujiang River, China
In order to understand the pollution status of metals in the riparian soils along the Wujiang River, 26 sampling sites in the mainstream and...
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The dynamic risk spillover effects among carbon, renewable energy, and electricity markets based on the TVP-VAR-DY model
The linkages among carbon, renewable energy, and electricity markets are gradually strengthening. In order to prevent risk transmission among...
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Develo** a novel social–water capital index by gene expression programming
The development of social capital of societies is affected by many factors such as the availability of water resources. The main social capital of a...
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Distribution, risk evaluation, and source allocation of cesium and strontium in surface soil in a mining city
Radioactive nuclides cesium (Cs) and strontium (Sr) possess long half-lives, with 135 Cs at approximately 2.3 million years and 87 Sr at about 49...
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Comparing geographic information systems-based fuzzy-analytic hierarchical process approach and artificial neural network to characterize soil erosion risk indexes
The pressure on the lands has increased with the dramatic increase in the world population in the last century. Erosion which is a natural process...
