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Agricultural Science, 2020 The disaster in Karo District due to the eruption of Mount Sinabung on September 15, 2013 has claimed lives, damage to homes, agricultural land and property.
Sari Anggarawati +2 more
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Response effectiveness: views of the affected population [PDF]
Forced Migration Review, 2005 While relief organisations are now reviewing their post-tsunami operations, few evaluations include multiple organisations. Rarer still is an assessment of the views of those at the receiving end of rescue and relief services – the ‘beneficiaries’.
Anisya Thomas, Vimala Ramalingam
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Automated poultry processing lines still rely on humans to lift slippery, easily bruised carcasses onto a shackle conveyor. Deformability, anatomical variance, and hygiene rules make conventional suction and scripted motions unreliable. We present ChicGrasp, an end‐to‐end hardware‐software co‐designed imitation learning framework, to offer a ...
Amirreza Davar +8 more
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An Assessment on Temporary Post-Disaster Shelters
Journal of Architectural Sciences and ApplicationsConsidering the destructive effects of disasters on cities and societies, the stages of disaster prevention and mitigation are gaining prominence. Temporary shelters are a basic requirement of disaster and emergency planning.
Zeynep Yeşim İlerisoy +1 more
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IDPs confined to barracks in Aceh [PDF]
Forced Migration Review, 2005 The opening up of Aceh to the international community in the aftermath of the tsunami offered a glimmer of hope to the Acehnese. However, as rehabilitation and reconstruction plans start to be implemented, hopes for peace and development are being dashed
Lukman Age
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Origami‐Inspired Structural Design for Aquatic‐Terrestrial Amphibious Robots
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This work presents a lightweight amphibious origami robot actuated by a single shape memory alloy wire. A rigid foldable origami structure with displacement amplification enables efficient terrestrial crawling and aquatic swimming. The addition of fan‐shaped units allows controllable turning in both environments.
Weiqi Liu +5 more
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Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2021
Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR), 2021 semanticscholar +1 more source
From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
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Political allocation of U.S. agriculture disaster payments in the 1990s [PDF]
Legislation passed during the 1990s attempted to move U.S. agriculture disaster relief to a more market oriented process. The failure of this legislation has been attributed to the political system behind agricultural disaster relief. This paper explores
Maria I. Marshall +2 more
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Disaster Guard for Disaster Management
International Journal For Multidisciplinary ResearchThe "Disaster Guard" project presents a comprehensive disaster management mobile app designed to empower individuals and communities in navigating the challenges of disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. With a focus on fostering resilience, the app integrates cutting-edge features, including real-time disaster alerts, location-based services ...
Mohammed Fouzan - +3 more
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