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Staring at the Sun during Wildfire Season: Knowledge, Uncertainty, and Front-Line Resistance in Disaster Preparation. [PDF]
Qual Sociol, 2021 Cordner A.
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Visual teach‐and‐repeat (VTR) navigation allows robots to learn and follow routes without building a full metric map. We show that navigation accuracy for VTR can be improved by integrating a topological map with error‐drift correction based on stereo vision.
Fuhai Ling, Ze Huang, Tony J. Prescott
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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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Disaster Preparedness and Responsibility Perception In Disaster Situations in Rural Madagascar
Journal of Rural and Community DevelopmentThis research highlights the needs of rural communities and enhances disaster communication effectiveness. Using qualitative secondary data from tropical storm Filipo’s impact on two communes in Madagascar in March 2024, we discovered the community was ...
Samantha Davis, Joel Raveloharimisy
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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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Rapid development of interprofessional in situ simulation-based training in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in a tertiary-level hospital in Ireland: initial response and lessons for future disaster preparation. [PDF]
BMJ Simul Technol Enhanc Learn, 2021 Contreras M +9 more
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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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Public Health Disasters: Be Prepared
American Journal of Public Health, 2017 An introduction is presented in which the author discusses the articles in a special public health preparedness supplement of the journal, and it mentions topics such as the funding of public health and emergency management preparedness programs, as well as investments in the U.S.
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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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Designing and delivering effective simulation-based education for global nursing emergency disaster preparedness and humanitarian practice [PDF]
In 2024, the University of Derby in the United Kingdom hosted an international simulation challenge aimed at preparing students for the complexities of global public health emergencies.
Collins, G., Ekumah, D.
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