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Empowering local governments to make a disaster resilient built environment within Sri Lankan Cities [PDF]
, 2013 Urban areas are growing very rapidly all over the world, particularly in developing countries. As a result of rapid urbanisation, the world’s population is increasingly concentrated in large cities leading to unplanned urban development with ...
Amaratunga, Dilanthi +2 more
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Fengjing YuanlinObjectiveUrban areas are increasingly vulnerable to compound rainstorm and heatwave (CRH) disaster risks. Existing research primarily treats rainstorms and heatwaves as isolated risks, resulting in a limited understanding of CRH dynamics and insufficient
Mingyang BO, Daixin DAI, Wandi LIAO
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Breaking the Surface: Buoyant Metal–Polymer Open–Cell Hybrid Lattice Metamaterials
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Open‐cell metal–polymer lattice metamaterials that defy sinking. (a) Injection process of the polyurethane (PU) foam into the titanium (Ti‐6Al‐4V) hollow‐strut lattice creating the open‐cell Ti‐6Al‐4V+PU hybrid lattice, (b) flotation test of a hybrid lattice specimen, and (c) a digital representation and experimental validation of a marine buoy ...
Jordan Noronha +7 more
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Fengjing YuanlinObjectiveAgainst the backdrop of intensifying global climate change, interlaced disaster risks, and ongoing urbanization, county-level units have gradually emerged as a key platform for new urbanization.
Xiaotong REN, Peng ZENG
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Controlled Growth of Boron Nitride in Various Phases
Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.Phase‐selective boron nitride growth is presented as a unified materials‐design problem across hexagonal, rhombohedral, cubic, and amorphous phases. By linking synthesis routes to thermodynamic stability, kinetic accessibility, surface diffusion, interfacial templating, and energetic activation, this review clarifies how bonding and stacking are ...
Pan Wu +6 more
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An event logic graph for geographic environment observation planning in disaster chain monitoring
International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and GeoinformationEffective geographic environment observation planning is the key to obtain disaster monitoring and warning information. The previous researches can only make observation plans for a single disaster at some specific stages.
Yunbo Zhang +7 more
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Disaster Planning: Are Hospitals Prepared?
Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2013 NA
Dr.J.G. Dickinson
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Reforming the Incident Management System in the Health System: A Perspective Article [PDF]
Health in Emergencies & Disasters Quarterly, 2023 Background: A coordinated disaster response needs a well-organized structure and a locally adapted framework. In light of this, the COVID-19 pandemic offered an opportunity to renovate the response structure, which exhibited deficiencies during the ...
Ali Mohajervatan, Fatemeh Rezaei
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Evolution of OLED Lamination Technology With Development of Display Form Factors
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This review evaluates the evolution of organic light‐emitting diode (OLED) lamination technologies alongside advancing display form factors. It contrasts optically clear adhesives and resins, highlighting uniformity control for rigid screens, bubble‐free optimization for bended architectures, and visible‐light curing for foldable layers.
Kwan‐Young Han, Ji‐Hoon Park
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Spheroid‐On‐A‐Drop: A Modular Droplet Microfluidics Platform
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.The proposed Spheroid‐on‐a‐Drop platform represents a reproducible and tunable platform for the fabrication of biocompatible GelMA‐based microgels, able to support controlled 3D tumor spheroid culture. Its precise control over droplet dynamics and cell distribution paves the way for advanced applications in tissue modeling, drug screening, and ...
A. Fergola +8 more
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