TIGHTLY COUPLED POLICIES AND LOOSELY COUPLED NETWORKS IN THE GOVERNING OF FLOOD RISK MITIGATION IN MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATIONS

Tightly coupled policies and loosely coupled networks in the governing of flood risk mitigation in municipal administrations

Flood risk is a complex and transboundary issue that is expected to escalate with climate change and requires to be governed by collaborative networks of actors.Municipal administrations have been suggested to have a particularly important and challenging role in such governance.Although collaborative governance has attracted intense scientific att

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A proposed molecular mechanism for pathogenesis of severe RNA-viral pulmonary infections [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

Background: Certain riboviruses can cause severe pulmonary complications leading to death in some infected patients.We propose that DNA damage induced-apoptosis accelerates viral release, triggered by depletion of host RNA binding proteins (RBPs) from nuclear RNA bound to replicating viral sequences.Methods: Information theory-based analysis of int

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