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An improved estimation of distribution algorithm for rescue task emergency scheduling considering stochastic deterioration of the injured

Complex & Intelligent Systems, 2023
Efficient allocating and scheduling emergency rescue tasks are a primary issue for emergency management. This paper considers emergency scheduling of rescue tasks under stochastic deterioration of the injured.
Ying Xu, Xiaobo Li, Qian Li, Weipeng Zhang   +3 more
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The impact of mass casualty incidents on intensive care units

, 2020
Objectives: Mass casualty incidents occur worldwide and have the capacity to overwhelm local healthcare facilities. There has been much research into how these events are managed in the prehospital environment and in the emergency department.
Ranse, J, Sellers, D
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Pre-Event Estimation of County-Level Human Casualty Projections in Southwestern China Based on the Spatial Aggregation of Village-Scale Lethality Data

Applied Sciences
An earthquake lethality model was employed to assess the casualty distribution in Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan provinces, taking into account the ground motion acceleration with different 50-year exceedance probabilities.
Nan Zhang, Xiwei Fan, Chaoxu Xia, Nan Xi, Jing Wang, Gaozhong Nie   +5 more
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A Review of Socio-Economic Consequences, Losses and Human Casualties of the 1977 Vrancea, Romania Earthquake [PDF]

Constructii: Journal of Civil Engineering Research, 2011
Although its socio-economic disaster pattern was obvious, the March 4, 1977 Vrancea, Romania earthquake was studied mainly in seismological and earthquake engineering terms.
Emil-Sever GEORGESCU, Antonios POMONIS, Emil-Sever GEORGESCU, Antonios POMONIS   +3 more
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Checkerboard copula defined by sums of random variables

Dependence Modeling, 2020
We consider the problem of finding checkerboard copulas for modeling multivariate distributions. A checkerboard copula is a distribution with a corresponding density defined almost everywhere by a step function on an m-uniform subdivision of the unit ...
Kuzmenko Viktor, Salam Romel, Uryasev Stan   +2 more
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Re-enacting a fatal accident for the Casualty Insurance Company in Paterson New Jersey

, 1927
This photograph was shot for the Casualty Insurance Company and it re-enacted a fatal accident at 170 Spring Street. An 8 year old child, Violet Zolenski was struck by Leo H. Bergen of 24 Elizabeth Street.

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Tactical combat casualty and critical care-An evolving concept in casualty management in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Journal of Marine Medical Society, 2017
Introduction: The Indian Army has been in engaged in wars, counter terrorism operations and relief work during natural or manmade disasters for a long time.
Vivek Kumar Singh, Nitu Singh, Parvesh Malik   +2 more
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Emergency shelter allocation planning technology for large-scale evacuation based on quantum genetic algorithm

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionShelter allocation is one of the most important measures in urban disaster prevention and mitigation planning. Meanwhile, it is essentially a comprehensive planning problem combining resource allocation and traffic routing.
Yang Yin, Xiangcheng Zhao, Xiangcheng Zhao, Wei Lv   +3 more
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Anti-ceramide single-chain variable fragment mitigates radiation GI syndrome mortality independent of DNA repair

JCI Insight, 2021
After 9/11, threat of nuclear attack on American urban centers prompted government agencies to develop medical radiation countermeasures to mitigate hematopoietic acute radiation syndrome (H-ARS) and higher-dose gastrointestinal acute radiation syndrome (
Jimmy A. Rotolo, Chii Shyang Fong, Sahra Bodo, Prashanth K.B. Nagesh, John Fuller, Thivashnee Sharma, Alessandra Piersigilli, Zhigang Zhang, Zvi Fuks, Vijay K. Singh, Richard Kolesnick   +10 more
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Burns Mass Casualty Incident

, 2018
Burns and thermal injuries are common in sudden mass casualty incidents (SMCIs) associated with explosions and fires (Figs. 6.1 and 6.2) and may present in the form of radiation, chemical, or flame burns. In addition, all types of burns may be associated
Mauricio Lynn, Lynn, Mauricio, Nicholas Namias, Namias, Nicholas   +3 more
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