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, 2010 Immediately following a disaster-producing event, attention appropriately is focused on relief efforts to save lives, manage the acute needs of the victims, and prevent further injury and damage.
FitzGerald, Gerald J. +2 more
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Edible robotics is an emerging field that leverages edible materials to construct robotic systems. This study presents a method to create thin, lightweight, yet powerful edible soft actuators, namely edible pouch motors. The successful operation of these edible actuators and grippers renders their potential to advance future developments in edible ...
Keigo Takahashi +3 more
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The relationship between earthquake knowledge and earthquake attitudes of disaster relief staffs
, 2011 This study examined the levels of earthquake knowledge and attitudes toward earthquakes of disaster relief staff with respect to various variables. The study was conducted on 112 participants attending the in-service Disaster Education course conducted ...
Öcal, Adem
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Impacts of Gorkha Earthquakes: A Comprehensive Study
Spektra: Jurnal Fisika dan AplikasinyaNepal is highly vulnerable to seismic activity. This review seeks to explore the impact of earthquakes on human populations in terms of casualties and injuries, as well as to pinpoint the risk factors associated with these outcomes.
Pitri Adhikari +2 more
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Disaster Risk Reduction for Sustainable Development Goals [PDF]
European Project Management Journal, 2017 Our civilization is witnessing the devastating power of natural disasters all over the world. Unfortunately, it is evident that the number and intensity of disasters increased over time. Consequently, grate number of victims and material damage force the
Nataša Petrović +2 more
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Continual Learning for Multimodal Data Fusion of a Soft Gripper
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Models trained on a single data modality often struggle to generalize when exposed to a different modality. This work introduces a continual learning algorithm capable of incrementally learning different data modalities by leveraging both class‐incremental and domain‐incremental learning scenarios in an artificial environment where labeled data is ...
Nilay Kushawaha, Egidio Falotico
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Information Management and Disaster Archives
, 2008 Information management is a discipline which gives opportunity the collection of every kind of explicit or tacit information reresource appearing in the result of past activities and experience, sharing it by passing through suitable processes and ...
Odabaş, Z.Yonca +2 more
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Doğal Afetler ve Çevre DergisiTemporary shelter units should not only provide a temporary living space for disaster victims, but also support their health and well-being. These structures should provide the necessary facilities for the reintegration of disaster victims into social ...
İldem Aytar Sever +1 more
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The education cluster in Pakistan [PDF]
Forced Migration Review, 2007 The 2005 Pakistan earthquake had devastating effectsacross all sectors, including education. Recent floods havepresented additional challenges for the education clusterwhich has coordinated the response and recovery activities ofmost education-focused ...
Brenda Haiplik
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Permanent magnet putty (PMP) integrates high‐coercivity NdFeB particles with a dynamic polyborosiloxane–Ecoflex matrix, achieving rapid self‐healing (90% mechanical recovery in 10 s) and magnetic recovery within 20 min. With twice the sensitivity of commercial putties, PMP enables precise 5–30 N force detection and discrimination between pressing and ...
Ruotong Zhao +5 more
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