Identifying Collapsed Buildings Using Post-Earthquake Satellite Imagery and Convolutional Neural Networks: A Case Study of the 2010 Haiti Earthquake

Earthquake is one of the most devastating natural disasters that threaten human life.It is vital to retrieve the building damage status for planning rescue and reconstruction after an earthquake.In cases when the number of completely collapsed buildings is far less than intact or less-affected buildings (e.g., the 2010 Haiti earthquake), it is diff

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Access to health insurance amongst people with disabilities and its association with healthcare use, health status and financial protection in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

Abstract Background People with disabilities often incur higher costs for healthcare, due to higher needs, greater indirect costs, and the need for services not offered by the public system.Yet, people with disabilities are more likely to experience poverty and so have reduced capacity to pay.Health insurance is an important social protection strat

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Rural infrastructure development in the context of seasonal employment in agriculture of the Russian Federation

The article examines the little-studied issue of seasonal employment in the agricultural economy as a vector of the employment category, the importance of which increases every year.In this regard, the purpose of the study is to develop proposals for improving state regulation of social protection issues for seasonal workers in agriculture.The long

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