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Flood events, fatalities and damages in India from 1978 to 2006
Singh, Omvir; Kumar, Manish - In: Natural Hazards 69 (2013) 3, pp. 1815-1834
High temporal and spatial variability of rainfall qualifies India to be highly vulnerable to floods. Recurring floods of various magnitudes play havoc with the lives and property of the people, leading to unplanned development and unchecked environmental degradation, thwarting and retarding the...
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Estimation of Soil Erosion and Sediment Yield During Individual Rainstorms at Catchment Scale
Wang, Guoqiang; Hapuarachchi, Prasantha; Ishidaira, Hiroshi - In: Water Resources Management 23 (2009) 8, pp. 1447-1465
Lushi basin, named after the Lushi County, is one of the sub-basins of the Yellow River basin in China. The basin is suffering from severe soil erosion problems, especially during the “wet” season. In order to identify the proper soil management approaches for the basin, an erosion model is...
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Socio-Cultural Impacts of Major Event: Evidence From the 2008 European Capital of Culture, Liverpool
Liu, Yi-De - In: Social Indicators Research 115 (2014) 3, pp. 983-998
distinct neighbourhoods, which help to give a comparison of how major event influence a wide cross-section of the population … were conducted. The research findings point to three dimensions of socio-cultural impacts of the event which could … inclusion effect of cultural event, and social outcomes in terms of the enhancement of sense of place and local identity …
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Risk Management and Its Economic-Financial Importance
BRADUTAN, Svetlana - In: Romanian Statistical Review Supplement 61 (2013) 2, pp. 167-170
Risk management refers to balancing risk and earnings, generally those who run businesses naturally assume the risk because they get in that position as a result of past successes. The challenge for managers is the intelligent risk-taking. Running a successful business means taking advantage of...
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Risk Communication and Market Effects during Foodborne Illnesses: A Comparative Case Study of Bacterial Outbreaks in the U.S. and in Germany
Bitsch, Vera; Koković, Nevena; Rombach, Meike - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 17 (2014) 3
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Events and Macros in Microsoft Access 2013
Emil, Cosma - In: Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series XIII (2013) 1, pp. 455-460
With interface macros you can perform actions such as opening another view, applying a filter, or creating a new record. There are two kinds: “embedded” UI macros, which attach directly to user interface objects such as command buttons, combo boxes, or the Action Bar button object, and...
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МЕТОДОЛОГИЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЙ СИСТЕМЫ УПРАВЛЕНИЯ УСЛУГАМИ В РАМКАХ КУЛЬТУРНЫХ СОБЫТИЙ
АЛЕКСАНДРОВНА, ДЕДОВА МАРИЯ - In: ИЗВЕСТИЯ … (2013) 3, pp. 104-106
В статье рассматриваются современные подходы к изучению роли и значения культурных событий для социально-экономического развития территории. Предлагается...
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The Development and the Evaluation of a System for Extracting Events from Web Pages
AVORNICULUI, Mihai-Constantin; POPA, Silviu Claudiu; … - In: Informatica Economica 14 (2010) 4, pp. 114-123
The centralization of a particular event is primarily useful for running news services. These services should provide … updated information, if possible even in real time, on a specific type of event. These events and their extraction involved …
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Creating Loyalty in CoLLective Hedonic Services: The RoLe of Satisfaction and Psychological Sense of Community
Drengner, Jan; Jahn, Steffen; Gaus, Hansjörg - In: Schmalenbach Business Review (sbr) 64 (2012) 1, pp. 59-76
Generally, researchers consider that customer satisfaction is the core driver of loyalty. However, in the case of collective hedonic services, feelings of connectedness among service users might also play an important role in forming brand loyalty. A study among visitors of a music festival...
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CHARACTERISTICS OF LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT SPELLS IN ROMANIA
Danacica, Daniela-Emanuela; Mazilescu, Raluca - In: Annals - Economy Series 4II (2012) December, pp. 122-129
The aim of this paper is to analyze characteristics of long-term unemployment spells in Romania and to estimate the effect of factors influencing long-term unemployment spells. The study period is in between January 1st 2008 and December 31st 2010. 468159 long-term spells registered in the...
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