Background: Physical distancing measures aim to reduce person-to-person contact, a key
driver of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission. In …

Background: Transmission of respiratory pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2 depends on
patterns of contact and mixing across populations. Understanding this is crucial to predict …

Israel was one of the first countries to administer mass vaccination against severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Consequently, it was among the first countries to …

This study explores the potential use of low-cost natural fiber reinforced rope polymers
(FRRP) to improve the compressive behavior of circular, square, and rectangular reinforced …

Abstract Background The outbreak of Coronavirus disease, which originated in Wuhan,
China in 2019, has affected the lives of billions of people globally. Throughout 2020, the …

Catastrophe insurance can play an important role in compensating disaster losses and
mitigating catastrophe risk, but interest in participating is usually mismatched between …

Earthquake catastrophe bond pricing models (ECBPMs) employ extreme value theory (EVT)
to predict severe losses, although studies on EVT's use in ECBPMs are still rare. Therefore …

Background: The US Food and Drug Administration has proposed administering annual
SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of an annual SARS-CoV-2 …

Earthquake contingency costs in traditional insurance cannot provide sufficient earthquake
funding for a country because they often differ significantly from actual losses. Over the last …

Traditional insurance's earthquake contingency costs are insufficient for earthquake funding
due to extreme differences from actual losses. The earthquake bond (EB) links insurance to …