17 A number of social-ecological systems exhibit complex behaviour associated with nonlinearities, 18 bifurcations, and interaction with stochastic drivers. These systems are often prone to abrupt 19 and unexpected instabilities and state shifts that emerge as a discontinuous response to gradual 20 changes in environmental drivers. Predicting such behaviours is crucial to the prevention of or 2...

Who Is At Risk Many people think that heart attacks are a “man’s problem,” yet heart disease is actually the number one killer of both men and women in the United States. In men, the risk for heart attack increases significantly after the age of 45. In women, heart attacks are more likely to occur in the years after menopause (usually, after the age of 50). However, younger men and women can al...

HE MASTERY OF RISK DISTINGUISHES modern times from the past: By understanding and measuring risks and their consequences, modern humans no longer perceive the future as a whim of the gods and thereby have been empowered to transform their world (Bernstein, 1996). Strangely, IT project management, despite the fact that it deals with “modern” technologies, is embarrassingly immature in the master...

INTRODUCTION Rapid identification and treatment of ischemic stroke can lead to improved patient outcomes. Public education campaigns in selected communities have helped to increase knowledge about stroke, but most data represent large metropolitan centers working with academic institutions. Much less is known about knowledge of stroke among residents in rural communities. METHODS In 2004, 800...

Two decades into the two thousands, intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke (ICH) continues to reap lives across the globe. In the US, nearly 12,000 people suffer from ICH every year. Half of them survive, but many are left with permanent physical and cognitive disabilities, the severity of which depends on the location and broadness of the brain region affected by the hemorrhage. The ongoing efforts ...

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems are used to increase the security of vehicles. Computer Vision is one of the main technologies used for this aim. Lane marks recognition, pedestrian detection, driver drowsiness or road sign detection and recognition are examples of these systems. The last one is the goal of this paper. A system that can detect and recognize road signs based on color and shape...

1Program for Clinical Research, Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, CA 94143 0808, USA; 2UC Berkeley-UC San Francisco Joint Medical Program, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA; 3Physician Moms Group; 4Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford Medicine, CA, USA; 5Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergen...

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In the southern Bago Yoma mountain range in Myanmar, Asian elephants are being killed at a disturbing rate. This emerging crisis was identified initially through a telemetry study when 7 of 19 of collared elephants were poached within a year of being fitted with a satellite-GPS collar. Subsequent follow up of ground teams confirmed the human caused death or disappearance of at least 19 elephant...