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  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,662 Views
16 Pages

16 August 2018

Unintended consequences have long been central for the social sciences. But, the development of risk analysis and the adoption of risk language have substantial implications for how to understand and evaluate unintended consequences. Claims can now b...

  • Conference Report
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,933 Views
9 Pages

The observability of the multiverse is at the very root of its physical significance as a scientific proposal. In this conference we present, within the third quantization formalism, an interacting scheme between the wave functions of different unive...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,417 Views
16 Pages

12 May 2023

Currently, there is a contradiction between the growing number of mobile applications in use and the responsibility that is placed on them, on the one hand, and the imperfection of the methods and tools for ensuring the security of mobile application...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,055 Views
15 Pages

Assessing the Risk of Hazards with Multidimensional Consequences for Industrial Processes

  • Zuzhen Ji,
  • Hongxin Su,
  • Yuchen Wang,
  • Yi Cao and
  • Shuanghua Yang

8 June 2022

Risk assessment plays an important role in process safety. The result of the assessment is used to determine risk priorities and then develop preventions to reduce risks. A hazard may have multidimensional consequences, including loss of health and s...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,472 Views
19 Pages

While many companies take the environmental environment as a fundamental part of their business strategies, managers are facing the challenges to explore the integration of environmental concepts and business operations. Although there are an amount...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
4,645 Views
12 Pages

A Method for Fast Evaluation of Potential Consequences of Dam Breach

  • Wei Ge,
  • Yutie Jiao,
  • Heqiang Sun,
  • Zongkun Li,
  • Hexiang Zhang,
  • Yan Zheng,
  • Xinyan Guo,
  • Zhaosheng Zhang and
  • P.H.A.J.M. van Gelder

25 October 2019

Dam breach has catastrophic consequences for human lives and economy. In previous studies, empirical models are often, to a limited extent, due to the inadequacy of historical dam breach events. Physical models, which focus on simulating human behavi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,922 Views
19 Pages

27 December 2023

This two-part research study presents the development, validation, and assessment of a measurement scale designed to evaluate the positive consequences of pro-environmental behavior. Study 1 successfully constructed a scale with two factors: positive...

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,727 Views
25 Pages

Long-Term Consequences of War Captivity in Military Veterans

  • Melita Jukić,
  • Luka Malenica,
  • Vanja Đuričić,
  • Jasminka Talapko,
  • Jasmina Lukinac,
  • Marko Jukić and
  • Ivana Škrlec

Numerous studies on the health and functioning of veterans and former prisoners of war have shown that the experience of war captivity is one of the most difficult human experiences. Captivity is often characterized by extremely difficult and inhuman...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
8,427 Views
18 Pages

Antecedent and Consequences of Psychological Capital of Entrepreneurs

  • Yong Wang,
  • Cheng-Hung Tsai,
  • Fu-Sheng Tsai,
  • Wenyi Huang and
  • Shareena Malapitan De la Cruz

16 October 2018

Psychological capital is critical for entrepreneurial resilience and sustainability. The purpose of this study is to examine a comprehensive model of the relationships between the antecedents and consequences of the psychological capital of entrepren...

  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
7,611 Views
18 Pages

Consequences of Chromosome Loss: Why Do Cells Need Each Chromosome Twice?

  • Narendra Kumar Chunduri,
  • Karen Barthel and
  • Zuzana Storchova

3 May 2022

Aneuploidy is a cellular state with an unbalanced chromosome number that deviates from the usual euploid status. During evolution, elaborate cellular mechanisms have evolved to maintain the correct chromosome content over generations. The rare errors...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,756 Views
17 Pages

Background: Alcohol-related sexual consequences are common in college students. A newly developed 41-item Alcohol-Related Sexual Consequences Scale has recently been evaluated in at-risk young adults in the U.S. The current study aims to validate the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
9,293 Views
23 Pages

The homeostasis of the skin microbiome can be disrupted by both extrinsic and intrinsic factors, leading to a state of dysbiosis. This imbalance has been observed at the onset of persistent skin diseases that are closely linked to mental health condi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
7,986 Views
10 Pages

8 December 2024

Thyroidectomy has been post-operatively managed by hormone replacement therapy in order to satisfy the reference ranges of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and thyroxine (T4) levels. While medication and standardized reference ranges have proven to...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,540 Views
8 Pages

1 August 2023

Differentiating guilt from shame expressed by others is important because self-conscious emotions have disparate behavioral consequences. The present study examined whether a future-relevant nature of an event (i.e., future opportunity) and an observ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,091 Views
23 Pages

Sleep Disturbances and Health Consequences Induced by the Specificity of Nurses’ Work

  • Małgorzata Knap,
  • Dorota Maciąg,
  • Edyta Trzeciak-Bereza,
  • Bartosz Knap,
  • Marcin Czop and
  • Sabina Krupa

Introduction: Nursing staff working in a shift or night system are exposed to sleep disorders, which has a direct impact on the emergence of dangerous health consequences for them. Melatonin secretion is abnormal at night and the circadian rhythm is...

  • Review
  • Open Access
611 Citations
46,078 Views
7 Pages

Factors Related to Physician Burnout and Its Consequences: A Review

  • Rikinkumar S. Patel,
  • Ramya Bachu,
  • Archana Adikey,
  • Meryem Malik and
  • Mansi Shah

25 October 2018

Physician burnout is a universal dilemma that is seen in healthcare professionals, particularly physicians, and is characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a feeling of low personal accomplishment. In this review, we discuss the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
7,782 Views
14 Pages

Recent scientific literature has published about the Isolating Gender Violence (IGV), the violence exerted by harassers against those who support their victims. IGV provokes suffering to advocates with health and well-being consequences that have bee...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
2,047 Views
6 Pages

Self-reported consequences and healthcare costs of falls among elderly women

  • Vidmantas Alekna,
  • Rimantas Stukas,
  • Inga Tamulaitytė-Morozovienė,
  • Genė Šurkienė and
  • Marija Tamulaitienė

29 January 2015

Background and objective: Although the falls in elderly people lead to serious health consequences, the economic burden is underestimated. The aim of this study was to calculate the medical costs of fall consequences in elderly women.

Materials and m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
9,333 Views
11 Pages

Estimated Time for Occurrence of Smoking-Related Consequences among Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Women

  • Monica Ortendahl,
  • Alf Uttermalm,
  • Bo Simonsson,
  • Per Näsman and
  • Tuula Wallsten

Objectives: To study time estimates by women smokers for when smoking-related consequences will occur given continuing or quitting smoking. The relationship of these estimates to pregnancy and intent to quit smoking was also investigated. Methods: Ov...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,526 Views
13 Pages

The Psychological Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Adults Treated for Childhood Cancer

  • Asmaa Janah,
  • Nadia Haddy,
  • Charlotte Demoor-Goldschmidt,
  • Nicolas Bougas,
  • Jacqueline Clavel,
  • Claire Poulalhon,
  • Brigitte Lacour,
  • Vincent Souchard,
  • Angela Jackson and
  • Agnes Dumas
  • + 6 authors

6 June 2022

Background: Compared with the general population, childhood cancer survivors (CCS) could be at greater risk of psychological distress following the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Purpose: This cross-sectional study assessed the psychological con...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,166 Views
22 Pages

Personal and Social Consequences of Psychotropic Substance Use: A Population-Based Internet Survey

  • María Luisa Ballestar-Tarín,
  • Vanessa Ibáñez-del-Valle,
  • Omar Cauli and
  • Rut Navarro-Martínez

1 January 2022

Background and objectives: Drug abuse has become a major worldwide health concern among all age groups. The present study analyses substance misuse and its social and personal consequences using a population-based internet survey in Spain. Materials ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
161 Citations
28,782 Views
16 Pages

The incorporation of artificial intelligence (AI) into education has heralded a transformative era in the way students learn and faculties teach. Among the burgeoning array of AI tools, ChatGPT stands out as a versatile and powerful resource. Develop...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,588 Views
19 Pages

17 November 2022

In this empirical article, we argue that while emergency remote teaching (ERT) may have achieved its goal of saving the academic years during the COVID-19 pandemic, it also constructed unintended pedagogical consequences that were possibly overlooked...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1,326 Views
17 Pages

The COVID-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented event in contemporary history, with far-reaching repercussions for the global economy and society. This article examines the economic challenges and consequences of this pandemic for women. It further...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,728 Views
23 Pages

A Framework for Integrating Life-Safety and Environmental Consequences into Conventional Arctic Shipping Risk Models

  • Thomas Browne,
  • Rocky Taylor,
  • Brian Veitch,
  • Pentti Kujala,
  • Faisal Khan and
  • Doug Smith

23 April 2020

The International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code) was adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and entered into force on 1 January 2017. It provides a comprehensive treatment of topics relevant to ships operating...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
6,229 Views
14 Pages

The Antecedents and Consequences of Health Literacy in an Ecological Perspective: Results from an Experimental Analysis

  • Chiara Lorini,
  • Francesca Ierardi,
  • Letizia Bachini,
  • Martina Donzellini,
  • Fabrizio Gemmi and
  • Guglielmo Bonaccorsi

This study analyses the relationship between the antecedents and consequences of health literacy (HL) at the ecological level among the nations involved in the European Health Literacy Survey (HLS-EU). The antecedents and consequences were investigat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,884 Views
14 Pages

This study examines Korean college students’ rates and the severity of various negative consequences resulting from the frequency and quantity of alcohol consumption and the unique factors that are affecting this problem in the Korean context i...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
83 Citations
22,032 Views
15 Pages

Companies and countries have needed to adapt their activities to the consequences of the Russian war in Ukraine. The analysis in this article shows that both the Russian war in Ukraine and the subsequent trade restrictions have become a powerful trig...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
8,513 Views
18 Pages

Doping Sanctions in Sport: Knowledge and Perception of (Legal) Consequences of Doping—An Explorative Study in Austria

  • Cornelia Blank,
  • Magdalena Flatscher-Thöni,
  • Katharina Gatterer,
  • Elisabeth Happ,
  • Wolfgang Schobersberger and
  • Verena Stühlinger

Anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs) can lead to sports-related and legal sanctions, thus, being knowledgeable is important. Research into this knowledge and how athletes and their support personnel (ASP) perceive the control mechanisms and the approp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
6,202 Views
13 Pages

The important, frontline role of teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic has often gone unrecognized, and attention to their mental health and well-being is often only the focus of scholarly research. The unprecedented challenges that teachers faced du...

  • Review
  • Open Access
24 Citations
8,058 Views
40 Pages

Unintended Consequences of COVID-19 Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) for Population Health and Health Inequalities

  • Coilín ÓhAiseadha,
  • Gerry A. Quinn,
  • Ronan Connolly,
  • Awwad Wilson,
  • Michael Connolly,
  • Willie Soon and
  • Paul Hynds

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, governments around the world have adopted an array of measures intended to control the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, using both pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,912 Views
15 Pages

Are School Substance Use Policy Violation Disciplinary Consequences Associated with Student Engagement in Cannabis?

  • Megan Magier,
  • Karen A. Patte,
  • Katelyn Battista,
  • Adam G. Cole and
  • Scott T. Leatherdale

Schools are increasingly concerned about student cannabis use with the recent legalization in Canada; however, little is known about how to effectively intervene when students violate school substance use policies. The purpose of this study is to ass...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,230 Views
9 Pages

A template for visually representing factors affecting and affected by the occurrence of sport injury is presented. The visualization template is designed to facilitate comparison among graphic depictions of models and data pertaining to the antecede...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,120 Views
19 Pages

With global aging trends and prosperity in the medicine market, the number of unused or expired household unused or expired medicines is increasing. Medicines which are discarded improperly result in serious pollution. From the perspective of behavio...

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,863 Views
19 Pages

Consequences of COVID-19 on Health, Economy, and Tourism in Asia: A Systematic Review

  • Kumpol Saengtabtim,
  • Natt Leelawat,
  • Jing Tang,
  • Anawat Suppasri and
  • Fumihiko Imamura

12 April 2022

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 situation, academic and disaster-related organizations have focused on the severity of COVID-19 and how to prevent the infection. The side effects of COVID-19 also created serious impacts on human lives from multip...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
5,909 Views
16 Pages

Straining at Work and Its Relationship with Personality Profiles and Individual Consequences in Healthcare Workers (HCWs)

  • Tiziana Ramaci,
  • Massimiliano Barattucci,
  • Francesca Vella,
  • Paola Senia,
  • Emanuele Cannizzaro,
  • Alessandro Scorciapino,
  • Caterina Ledda,
  • Andrea De Giorgio and
  • Venerando Rapisarda

Straining is an attenuated form of mobbing, in which the continuity of vexatious actions is not driven by a discriminatory intent. With the objective of testing the possible moderating role of personality in the relationship between perceptions about...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,282 Views
17 Pages

Female Genital Mutilation Consequences and Healthcare Received among Migrant Women: A Phenomenological Qualitative Study

  • Alba González-Timoneda,
  • Marta González-Timoneda,
  • Antonio Cano Sánchez and
  • Vicente Ruiz Ros

European healthcare systems are increasingly being challenged to respond to female genital mutilation (FGM). This study explores the FGM experiences of migrant women coming from FGM-practicing countries residing in a European host country. A qualitat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
7,480 Views
18 Pages

Impact of Filling Stations: Assessing the Risks and Consequences of the Release of Hazardous Substances

  • Katarína Mäkká,
  • Anton Šiser,
  • Ladislav Mariš and
  • Katarína Kampová

19 December 2023

In today’s world, where environmental protection and sustainability are increasingly important, it is essential to pay attention to the environmental impact of different industries. One of these industries with a potentially significant impact...

  • Review
  • Open Access
31 Citations
6,378 Views
21 Pages

Causes and Consequences of HPV Integration in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas: State of the Art

  • Harini Balaji,
  • Imke Demers,
  • Nora Wuerdemann,
  • Julia Schrijnder,
  • Bernd Kremer,
  • Jens Peter Klussmann,
  • Christian Ulrich Huebbers and
  • Ernst-Jan Maria Speel

13 August 2021

A constantly increasing incidence in high-risk Human Papillomaviruses (HPV)s driven head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC)s, especially of oropharyngeal origin, is being observed. During persistent infections, viral DNA integration into the h...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
521 Views
9 Pages

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed profound social–psychological vulnerabilities and strengths across societies worldwide. Beyond its immediate health implications, the pandemic has triggered a wave of mental health issues, disrupted social coh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,657 Views
13 Pages

12 June 2019

This study introduces an approach using Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) to consider hydraulic resilience and economic consequence resilience of a water distribution system (WDS) to identify critical assets. ECLIPS (Economic Consequence Linked to Interr...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
73 Citations
7,019 Views
16 Pages

We aimed to review the data available to evaluate the long-term consequences of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) at 6 months and above. We searched relevant observational cohort studies up to 9 February 2022 in Pubmed, Embase, and Web of Science....

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,026 Views
20 Pages

Research has been conducted on the prevalence of health consequences of falls among older adults (aged ≥60 years) in India, and our systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to synthe-size the existing evidence on this topic. The JBI guideline was...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,999 Views
9 Pages

15 October 2020

Owing to its potentially far-reaching impact on a large population, an educational policy may lead to unintended consequences beyond the educational area. The High School Equalization Policy (HSEP), introduced into South Korea in the mid-1970s, is re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
11,450 Views
14 Pages

This paper uses the method of theory synthesis, primarily from our own previous studies and psychoneuroimmunology research, with the aim of exploring and better understanding the consequences of sexual violence for women and their search for inner he...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,749 Views
12 Pages

Consumption of alcohol mixed with energy drinks (AmED) has been associated with various alcohol-related consequences among college students. However, more information is required to assess how this relationship is affected by sociodemographic and env...

  • Review
  • Open Access
163 Citations
17,833 Views
24 Pages

9 September 2019

Background: Weight management and obesity prevention is a basic aim of health organizations in order to decrease the prevalence of various metabolic disorders. The aim of the present review article was the evaluation of the possible role of functiona...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,541 Views
11 Pages

9 October 2018

Currently, thermal power is the largest source of power in the world. Although the impacts of climate change on cooling water sufficiency in thermal power plants have been extensively assessed globally and regionally, their economic consequences have...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,768 Views
16 Pages

Experiences, Emotions, and Health Consequences among COVID-19 Survivors after Intensive Care Unit Hospitalization

  • Ilenia Piras,
  • Maria Francesca Piazza,
  • Cristina Piccolo,
  • Antonio Azara,
  • Andrea Piana,
  • Gabriele Finco and
  • Maura Galletta

Literature suggested that COVID-19 patients experienced hospitalization as a physically and psychologically stressful event, with the risk to develop post-traumatic stress symptoms. The study aimed to understand psychological experiences of COVID-19...

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