EVACUATION DECISIONS DURING THE GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE

Evacuation Decisions during the Great East Japan Earthquake

We analyse evacuation decisions with data from a survey among 10,384 survivers of the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake.The decisions of individuals and families to evacuate or stay are influenced by the Tsunami warning system as well as the behaviour of the surrounding population which is modelled as the percentage of persons Accessories evacuating

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Innovative Feature Extraction and Machine Learning Joint Approaches for Automated Detection of Focal Cortical Dysplasia Type II

Focal cortical dysplasia type II (FCD II) is an epileptogenic lesion often associated with pharmacoresistant epilepsy.Yet, owing to their subtle appearance, identifying these lesions via 3D Magnetic Resonance Image (MRI) remains a complex challenge, rendering them susceptible to evasion by conventional visual analysis.In this study, we consider adv

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Acceptability of emergency contraception in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico: 1 - Perceptions of emergency oral contraceptives

This article presents the results of a study on the acceptability of emergency contraception (EC) in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico.Opinions of potential users and possible providers were obtained through discussion groups and those of authorities and policy-makers through semi-structured NEUROMED KIDS interviews.Most participants had a positive opinion

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Spermatic cord tuberculosis: The great masquerader

Tuberculosis (TB) is a great mimicker of innumerable diseases and is often overlooked causing diagnostic dilemmas, especially when it occurs at extrapulmonary sites.Spermatic cord TB is a very rare form of Socket Pendant genital TB with only a handful of cases documented in the world literature.Here, in this report, an unsuspected case of a spermat

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