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Lost in the woods: Finding our way back to the scientific method in systematic review by Lynch, Heather N., Mundt, Kenneth A., Pallapies, Dirk, Ricci, Paolo F.

“…Systematic review has become the preferred approach to addressing causality and informing regulatory and other decision-making processes, including chemical…”
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Assessing Catastrophes—Dragon‐Kings, Black, and Gray Swans—for Science‐Policy by Ricci, Paolo F., Sheng, Hua‐Xia

“…The threat of catastrophic incidents—from nonroutine events to extreme ones, such as Dragon‐Kings (DK), Black Swans (BS), and Gray Swans—induces precautionary…”
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Ionizing radiations epidemiology does not support the LNT model by Ricci, Paolo F., Tharmalingam, Sujeenthar

“…Most cancers are multifactorial diseases. Yet, epidemiological modeling of the effect of ionizing radiation (IR) exposures based on the linear no-threshold…”
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Resolving an Open Science-policy question: Should the LNT still be an omnibus regulatory assumption? by Ricci, Paolo F., Calabrese, Edward J.

“…Regulatory analyses, modeling the carcinogenic effect of ionizing radiations (IR) (e.g., alpha and beta particles, x-, and gamma rays, neutrons) and chemicals…”
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Temperature, not Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5), is Causally Associated with Short-Term Acute Daily Mortality Rates: Results from One Hundred United States Cities by Cox, Tony, Popken, Douglas, Ricci, Paolo F

“…Exposures to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in air (C) have been suspected of contributing causally to increased acute (e.g., same-day or next-day) human…”
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Modeling dose-Response at Low dose: A Systems Biology Approach for Ionization Radiation by Zhao, Yuchao, Ricci, Paolo F.

“…For ionization radiation (IR) induced cancer, a linear non-threshold (LNT) model at very low doses is the default used by a number of national and…”
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Systems Cancer Biology and the Controlling Mechanisms for the J-Shaped Cancer dose Response: Towards Relaxing the LNT Hypothesis by Lou, In Chio, Zhao, Yuchao, Wu, Yingjie, Ricci, Paolo F

“…The hormesis phenomena or J-shaped dose response have been accepted as a common phenomenon regardless of the involved biological model, endpoint measured and…”
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Regulatory-Science: Biphasic Cancer Models or The Lnt—Not Just A Matter of Biology by Ricci, Paolo F., Sammis, Ian R.

“…There is no doubt that prudence and risk aversion must guide public decisions when the associated adverse outcomes are either serious or irreversible. With any…”
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Coastal ecological risk assessment in regional scale: Application of the relative risk model to Xiamen Bay, China by Yu, Weiwei, Zhang, Luoping, Ricci, Paolo F., Chen, Bin, Huang, Hao

“…Ecological risk assessment has been regarded as an important tool for environmental management. Ecological risk assessment was conducted using Relative Risk…”
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The Administrative Ordering of Nature and Society – Precaution and Food Safety at the Molecular and Global Levels by Hanekamp, Jaap C., Kwakman, Jan, Pieterman, Roel, Ricci, Paolo F.

“…Responding to public fears and the loss of confidence in the aftermath of several food safety crises in the 1990s and 2000s, more and more regulatory laws have…”
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Endocrine Disruptors: Improving Regulatory Science Policy by Ricci, Paolo F.

“…Law and science combine in the estimation of risks from endocrine disruptors (EDs) and actions for their regulation. For both, dose–response models are the…”
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Quantifying the risk-reduction potential of new Modified Risk Tobacco Products by Martin, Florian, Vuillaume, Gregory, Baker, Gizelle, Sponsiello-Wang, Zheng, Ricci, Paolo F., Lüdicke, Frank, Weitkunat, Rolf

“…Quantitative risk assessment of novel Modified Risk Tobacco Products (MRTP) must rest on indirect measurements that are indicative of disease development prior…”
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Legally binding precautionary and prevention principles: Aspects of epistemic uncertain causation by Sheng, Hua-Xia, Ricci, Paolo F., Fang, Qinhua

“…•Three legal systems (the People's Republic of China, the European Union, and the US) are studied to articulate how uncertainty affects causal analyses that…”
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Water quality and non-point sources of risk: the Jiulong River Watershed, P. R. of China by Zhang, Jingjing, Zhang, Luoping, Ricci, Paolo F

“…Retrospective water quality assessment plays an essential role in identifying trends and causal associations between exposures and risks, thus it can be a…”
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Warmer is healthier: Effects on mortality rates of changes in average fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations and temperatures in 100 U.S. cities by Cox, Louis A., Popken, Douglas A., Ricci, Paolo F.

“…•Used publicly available daily time-series for 100 U.S. cities.•Studied changes in PM2.5, cold temperatures relative to changes in mortality rates.•Tested for…”
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Causal regulations vs. political will: Why human zoonotic infections increase despite precautionary bans on animal antibiotics by Cox, Louis A., Ricci, Paolo F.

“…Using precautionary principles when facing incomplete facts and causal conjectures raises the possibility of a Faustian bargain. This paper applies systems…”
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Precaution, uncertainty and causation in environmental decisions by Ricci, Paolo F, Rice, Dave, Ziagos, John, Cox, Louis A

“…What measures of uncertainty and what causal analysis can improve the management of potentially severe, irreversible or dreaded environmental outcomes?…”
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Evaluation of the sustainability of water withdrawals in the United States, 1995 to 2025 by Roy, S.B, Ricci, P.F, Summers, K.V, Chung, C.F, Goldstein, R.A

“…To evaluate the long term sustainability of water withdrawals in the United States, a county level analysis of the availability of renewable water resources…”
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Precautionary principles: a jurisdiction-free framework for decision-making under risk by Ricci, Paolo F, Cox, Jr, Louis A, MacDonald, Thomas R

“…Fundamental principles of precaution are legal maxims that ask for preventive actions, perhaps as contingent interim measures while relevant information about…”
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EVALUATION OF THE SUSTAINABILITY OF WATER WITHDRAWALS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1995 TO 20251 by Roy, Sujoy B., Ricci, Paolo F., Summers, Karen V., Chung, Chih-Fang, Goldstein, Robert A.

“…To evaluate the long term sustainability of water withdrawals in the United States, a county level analysis of the availability of renewable water resources…”
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