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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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Collision‐Resilient Winged Drones Enabled by Tensegrity Structures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Based on structures of birds such as the woodpeck, this article presents the collision‐resilient aerial robot, SWIFT. SWIFT leverages tensegrity structures in the fuselage and wings which allow it to undergo large deformations in a crash, without sustaining damage. Experiments show that SWIFT can reduce impact forces by 70% over conventional structures.
Omar Aloui, Raphael Zufferey, William Stewart, Mohammad Askari, Simon Jeger, Dario Floreano   +5 more
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Formation Control of Multi‐Agent System with Local Interaction and Artificial Potential Field

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This article proposes a local interaction‐based formation control method for Multi‐Agent system, integrating consensus and leader‐follower strategies with a stress response mechanism—artificial potential field to reduce communication overhead and enable obstacle avoidance. Experimental results on triangular, square, and hexagonal formations confirm its
Luoyin Zhao, Zheping Yan, Yuqing Wang, Raye Chen‐Hua Yeow   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Low-Altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Scheduling and Planning Methods in Disaster Scenarios: A Review

Drones
Low-altitude UAV scheduling and planning has become a critical technological pillar in disaster response systems; however, systemic challenges in complex environments and under uncertain risk conditions remain insufficiently understood.
Zhonghe He, Xiyao Su, Li Wang, Kailong Li, Min Li, Xinxin Guo, Ruosi Xu, Zizheng Gan, Shuang Li, Kaixuan Zhai   +9 more
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Nonlocomotory Robotic Strategies for Dynamic Rotation Control in Terrestrial Robots: A Review

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Terrestrial robots increasingly require rapid body rotation to maintain stability and agility in complex environments. This review shows nonlocomotory rotational control strategies that operate without ground contact, including reaction wheels, tails, bars, limbs, and thrusters.
Y. Liang, J. An, X. Zheng, D. Wang, S. Wang, X. Wang, P. Zhu, J. Pei, S. Li, J. Paripurana, Y. Han, Z. Tang, X. Gan, Q. He, X. Ma   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of communities in post-disaster recovery planning: A Diamond Harbour case study [PDF]

, 2013
Though there is strong agreement in the literature that community participation in disaster recovery is crucial, there is a lack of consensus over what might constitute a model of disaster recovery ‘best practice’ of community engagement.
Vallance, Suzanne, Love, Robert, Love, R
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Uncertainties in Earthquake Risk Assessment for Disaster Planning

Doğal Afetler ve Çevre Dergisi, 2015
To obtain the sustainability of social life and to increase resistance to disaster that cause loss of life and properties; it is possible to raise awareness in the community about disaster preparedness and engross to take all the components.
Yasin Fahjan, Ferhat Pakdamar, Yaşasın Eryılmaz , Fatma Kara   +3 more
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Multimodal Locomotion in Insect‐Inspired Microrobots: A Review of Strategies for Aerial, Surface, Aquatic, and Interfacial Motion

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review identifies key design considerations for insect‐inspired microrobots capable of multimodal locomotion. To draw inspiration, biological and robotic strategies for moving in air, on water surfaces, and underwater are examined, along with approaches for crossing the air–water interface.
Mija Jovchevska, Kaushik Jayaram, Nicole Xu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Building Disaster Resilience within the Emirati Energy Sector through a Comprehensive Strategic Mitigation Plan

, 2013
Disasters, both natural and man-made, have been occurring with increasing frequency and effect in recent decades in many countries around the world. Such threats have been shown to result in a loss of life, property and income and all of which have an ...
Khaili, K., Amaratunga, Dilanthi, Pathirage, Chaminda   +2 more
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