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How Mobile Devices are Transforming Disaster Relief and Public Safety [PDF]
, 2013 With its growing usage, mobile technology is greatly improving disaster relief and public safety efforts. Countries around the world face threats from natural disasters, climate change, civil unrest, terrorist attacks, and criminal activities, among ...
Darrell M. West, Elizabeth Valentini
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Ionic Conductive Textiles for Wearable Technology
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Recent advances in ionic conductive textiles for wearable technology are summarized, with a focus on soft ionic conductors that exhibit skin‐like flexibility and tissue‐like ion dynamics. Their structures, key characteristics, manufacturing methods, and diverse applications are reviewed.
Lingtao Fang, Yunlu Zhou, Qiyao Huang
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Comprehensive planning and the role of SDSS in flood disaster management in Malaysia [PDF]
, 2006 Purpose – To present a comprehensive flood management plan for Malaysia, the various planning stages and the proponents of the plan. It is also to expound and highlight the importance of spatial information technology in the strategy and to outline the ...
Billa, Lawal +3 more
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Bioprinted Constructs in the Regulatory Landscape: Current State and Future Perspectives
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Bioprinting has rapidly emerged as a transformative technology in biomedical research, offering unprecedented potential to replicate complex tissues. Despite its promise, clinical translation remains limited due to regulatory hurdles. This review explores global regulatory frameworks, comparing approaches in the EU, U.S., China, and Australia, and ...
Francesca Perin +6 more
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The CDR Nexus: Convergence of Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Land Restoration in Kajiado, Kitui, and Makueni Counties, Kenya [PDF]
, 2020 Experts have been calling for the integration of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction into local administrative units for decades. With the emergence of an international land restoration agenda, a growing interest exists to understand ...
Nijbroek, Ravic +2 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Biological and biologically‐inspired functional nanostructures with structural, thermal, optical, and sensing applications are reviewed. The role of nanoscale features in biological materials on performance is described, and their blueprints are used for bio‐inspired nanomaterials, synthesized using advanced techniques (i.e., photolithography, bio ...
Chao Hsuan (Joseph) Sung +15 more
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Multi-hazard risk assessment analysis in La Palma: an approach for risk mitigation
Geoenvironmental DisastersBackground La Palma, like many regions of the world, may be affected by various hazards, with different levels of susceptibility, which have a greater or lesser impact on society.
Nerea Martín-Raya +2 more
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Review article: Current approaches and critical issues in multi-risk recovery planning of urban areas exposed to natural hazards [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System SciencesPost-disaster recovery has been addressed in the literature by different sectoral perspectives and scientific communities. Nevertheless, studies providing holistic approaches to recovery, integrating reconstruction procedures and socio-economic impacts ...
S. Mohammadi +4 more
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The Role of Transportation in Campus Emergency Planning, MTI Report 08-06 [PDF]
, 2009 In 2005, Hurricane Katrina created the greatest natural disaster in American history. The states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama sustained significant damage, including 31 colleges and universities.
Edwards, Frances, Goodrich, Daniel C.
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Adaptive Twisting Metamaterials
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This work introduces torque‐controlled twisting metamaterials as a transformative platform for adaptive crashworthiness. By combining multiscale predictive modeling with experimental validation on additively manufactured gyroids, it demonstrates tunable stiffness, collapse stress, and energy absorption.
Mattia Utzeri +6 more
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