Are Shocks Actually On The Rise

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Are Shocks Actually On The Rise

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Author : Zseleczky, Laura
language : en
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Release Date : 2014-05-04

Are Shocks Actually On The Rise written by Zseleczky, Laura and has been published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-04 with Social Science categories.

Policymakers, practitioners, and researchers frequently cite an increase in shocks around the world as a reason for focusing on resilience. But have shocks actually increased or become more severe and far-reaching? What does the landscape of shocks look like? Shocks are external, short-term deviations from long-term trends—deviations that have substantial negative effects (which may be short-lived or long lasting) on people’s state of well-being, level of assets, livelihoods, safety, and ability to withstand future shocks. Many shocks are unexpected, but in some cases, such as drought or conflict, the shock may be expected year after year although the individual, community, or system lacks the resilience to prepare for or mitigate it. In other cases, such as climate change, the general shock could be expected but the effect on a particular individual, community, or area could be unexpected. This brief examines five types of shocks—conflicts, natural disasters, climate change, food price volatility, and health crises—as they relate to food safety and agriculture. It assesses their frequency, severity, or both during the past few decades as part of a selective, nonsystematic review.

Are Shocks Really Increasing

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Author : Zseleczky, Laura
language : en
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Release Date : 2014-04-30

Are Shocks Really Increasing written by Zseleczky, Laura and has been published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-30 with Social Science categories.

Recent policy statements refer to increasingly frequent and intense shocks as one of the main reasons for focusing attention and investments on building resilience for food and nutrition security. This paper investigates whether shocks have actually increased in frequency, severity, scope, and impact by looking at historical 25-year trends for five different types of shocks: conflicts, natural disasters, climate change, food price volatility, and health crises related to food safety and agriculture. Through its limited review, the paper finds that while some shocks have not increased, others have become more severe or intense and are projected to continue in the same direction in the near future, posing risks to the food and nutrition security of poor and vulnerable people around the world.

The Shock Doctrine

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Author : Naomi Klein
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2014-10-02

The Shock Doctrine written by Naomi Klein and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-02 with Business & Economics categories.

'Impassioned, hugely informative, wonderfully controversial, and scary as hell' John le Carré Around the world in Britain, the United States, Asia and the Middle East, there are people with power who are cashing in on chaos; exploiting bloodshed and catastrophe to brutally remake our world in their image. They are the shock doctors. Exposing these global profiteers, Naomi Klein discovered information and connections that shocked even her about how comprehensively the shock doctors' beliefs now dominate our world - and how this domination has been achieved. Raking in billions out of the tsunami, plundering Russia, exploiting Iraq - this is the chilling tale of how a few are making a killing while more are getting killed. 'Packed with thinking dynamite ... a book to be read everywhere' John Berger 'If you only read one non-fiction book this year, make it this one' Metro Books of the Year 'There are a few books that really help us understand the present. The Shock Doctrine is one of those books' John Gray, Guardian 'A brilliant book written with a perfectly distilled anger, channelled through hard fact. She has indeed surpassed No Logo' Independent

Pressure Rise Associated With Shock Induced Boundary Layer Separation

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Author : Eugene S. Love
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1955

Pressure Rise Associated With Shock Induced Boundary Layer Separation written by Eugene S. Love and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1955 with Aerodynamic load categories.

Some recent contributions to the problem of shock-induced separation of the boundary layer are examined, and additional analytical and experimental results are presented. The probable ranges of pressure rises and flow deflections associated with separation are indicated. Consideration is given to the effects of Mach number, adverse pressure gradient, and Reynolds number for laminar boundary layers and to the effects of Mach number, Reynolds number, and ratio of sepcific heats for turbulent boundary layers.

Red Dragon Rising Shock Of War

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Author : Larry Bond
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2012-01-03

Red Dragon Rising Shock Of War written by Larry Bond and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-03 with Fiction categories.

In Larry Bond's Red Dragon Rising: Shock of War, New York Times bestselling authors Larry Bond and Jim DeFelice imagine a horrifying near-future immersed in global war. Under secret orders from the President, U.S. Army Major Zeus Murphy sabotages a Chinese invasion fleet on the eve of its assault against Vietnam. But after Murphy and fellow officer Win Christian are trapped behind enemy lines, Christian's erratic behavior gives them away. The pair shoot their way out of a Chinese airport terminal, hijack a bus, then barely escape two truckloads of soldiers before disappearing into the night. Thus starts Zeus Murphy's personal odyssey in the latest installment of the Red Dragon Rising series. Back in America, President Chester Greene fails to convince Congress that the Chinese invasion of Vietnam is the first step in a plan to rule Asia—and eventually go to war with the U.S. Not even the Pentagon will support the President; top-ranking officers do everything they can to sabotage his orders. After Zeus and Christian dodge a Chinese armored division and return to Vietnam, Zeus proposes a plan to blunt the tank attack. His commanding officer orders him to stand down. Zeus disobeys in an effort to help the Vietnamese woman he's fallen in love with. Win Christian goes with him to prove he's not a coward...within hours, both men are alone with a company of Vietnamese soldiers on the border, staring down the barrels of Chinese main battle tanks as they drive on Haiphong, starting a countdown to all-out war with the West. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Shock Tube Studies Of The Effects Of Sharp Rising Long Duration Overpressures On Biological Systems

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Author : V. C. Goldizen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1959

Shock Tube Studies Of The Effects Of Sharp Rising Long Duration Overpressures On Biological Systems written by V. C. Goldizen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with Nuclear warfare categories.

Shock tubes have been used successfully by a number of investigators to study the biological effects of variations in environmental pressures (1,2,3). Recently an unusually versatile laboratory pressurization source became available with the capability of consistently reproducing a wide variety of pressure-time phenomena of durations equal to and well beyond those associated with the detonation of nuclear devices (4). Thus it became possible to supplement costly full-scale field research in blast biology carried out at the Nevada Test Site (5,6) by using an economical yet realistic laboratory tool. In one exploratory study employing pressure pulses of 5 to 10 sec duration wherein the times to max overpressure and the magnitudes of the overpressures were varied, a relatively high tolerance of biological media to pressures well over 150 psi was demonstrated (7). In contrast, the present paper will describe the relatively high biological susceptibility to long duration overpressures in which the pressure rises occurred in single and double fast-rising steps.

The Effects Of Shock Tube Generated Step Rising Overpressures On Guinea Pigs Located In Shallow Chambers Oriented Side On And End On To The Incident Shock

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Author : Victor R. Clare
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962

The Effects Of Shock Tube Generated Step Rising Overpressures On Guinea Pigs Located In Shallow Chambers Oriented Side On And End On To The Incident Shock written by Victor R. Clare and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Blast effect categories.

A total of 308 guinea pigs were exposed to air blast in 4 close-fitting, shallow, rectangular chambers mounted on the top, bottom and sides of an air-driven shock tube. With a reflecting plate at the downstream edge of the chambers, the animals were exposed to long-duration shock overpressures that initially rose in a single step. The LD50-24-hr reflected pressure calculated from grouping all positions was 36.2! 0.8 psi. By moving the reflecting plate to various distances downstream of the chambers, shock overpressures that initially rose in two steps were applied. The results were that the animals' tolerances to overpressure rose as the time between pressure steps was increased. Comparison of the LD50's obtained with animals in each chamber revealed that there was not a significant statistical difference in their tolerances, whether they were loaded initially with the single-step pulse from their right, left, dorsal or ventral surfaces. (Author).

Study Of The Pressure Rise Across Shock Waves Required To Separate Laminar And Turbulent Boundary Layers

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Author : Coleman duP. Donaldson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1952

Study Of The Pressure Rise Across Shock Waves Required To Separate Laminar And Turbulent Boundary Layers written by Coleman duP. Donaldson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1952 with Aerodynamics, Supersonic categories.

An Experimental Study Of The Rise Time Of Shock Waves Propagating In The Atmosphere

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Author : Bruce Allen Layton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985

An Experimental Study Of The Rise Time Of Shock Waves Propagating In The Atmosphere written by Bruce Allen Layton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Atmospheric turbulence categories.

Shock Waves

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Author : Kazuyoshi Takayama
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06

Shock Waves written by Kazuyoshi Takayama and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Science categories.

Shock wave research covers important inderdisciplinary areas which range from basic topics on gasdynamics, combustion and detonation, physico-chemistry of high temperature gases, plasma physics, astro and geophysics, materials science, astronautics and space technology to medical and industrial applications. This book includes 202 papers presented at the 18th the International Symposium on Shock Waves which describe the research frontier of shock wave phenopmena and 14 plenary lectures which show the state of the art of various fields of shock wave research. This proceedings is a unique collection of most important and updated shock wave research.