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Investigating the status of disaster management within a world-wide context: a case study analysis [PDF]

, 2010
Disasters can be described as feats of spontaneous occurrences, in that they can happen at any minute at any time. There are two classifications of disasters, which are, natural disasters that cannot be predicted and continuously occur throughout ...
Alinden, CM, Amaratunga, RDG, Perera, SMVC   +2 more
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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, Chunlong Wang, Xiaohang Sun, Hongwei Guo, Jiayao Ma, Yan Chen   +5 more
wiley   +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
wiley   +1 more source

3D‐Nanoprinted Fluidically Steerable Soft Robotic Microcatheters

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work introduces a ∼3‐French (1 mm‐in‐diameter) soft robotic microcatheter fabricated by means of two‐photon direct laser writing. The 3D‐printed microcatheter enables remote, on‐demand steering via microfluidic actuation for guidewire‐free navigation of vascular networks as well as microcatheter‐mediated delivery of fluidic payloads to target ...
Bailey M. Felix, Molly Carton, Olivia M. Young, Noah Barnes, Jordi T. Andreou, Sarah McHugh, Jack E. McCann, Claudia Davis, Victoria Reddig‐Leiman, Afsah Kamran, Dheeraj Gandhi, Miroslaw Janowski, Jeremy D. Brown, Mark Fuge, Axel Krieger, Clifford R. Weiss, Christopher R. Bailey, Ryan D. Sochol   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ontology-based collaborative framework for disaster recovery scenarios

, 2012
This paper aims at designing of adaptive framework for supporting collaborative work of different actors in public safety and disaster recovery missions. In such scenarios, firemen and robots interact to each other to reach a common goal; firemen team is
Chassot, Christophe, Drira, Khalil, Kamoun, Aymen, Ramanathan, Sakkaravarthi   +3 more
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Microscale Mapping of Fiber Strain and Damage in Composite Wrinkled Laminates Using Computed Tomography Assisted Wide‐Angle X‐Ray Scattering

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study combines full‐field tomography with diffraction mapping to quantify radial (ε002$\varepsilon _{002}$) and axial (ε100$\varepsilon _{100}$) lattice strain in wrinkled carbon‐fiber specimens for the first time. Radial microstrain gradients (−14.5 µεMPa$\varepsilon \mathrm{MPa}$−1) are found to signal damage‐prone zones ahead of failure, which ...
Hoang Minh Luong, James Trevarthen, Igor Dolbnya, Wadwan Singhapong, Nicholas Pilato, Richard Butler, Jiraphant Srisuriyachot, Alexander J. G. Lunt   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exposure Outliers: Children, Mothers, and Cumulative Disaster Exposure in Louisiana [PDF]

, 2019
Only a limited number of studies have explored the effects of cumulative disaster exposure—defined here as multiple, acute onset, large-scale collective events that cause disruption for individuals, families, and entire communities.
Mohammad, Lubna, Peek, Lori
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Breaking the Toughness‐Stretchability Trade‐Off in Hydrogels with Dynamic Hydrogen Bonding

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A novel nanocomposite hydrogel architecture overcomes the inherent conflict between toughness and stretchability by integrating uniformly dispersed aminopropyl‐hybrid‐phyllosilicate nanosheets within a polyacrylamide matrix. This design leverages a dynamic hydrogen‐bonding network to facilitate efficient energy dissipation and self‐recovery.
Yining Gao, Yong Tao, Roland J.‐M. Pellenq, Fazhou Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

All‐in‐One Underwater Quality Evaluation Metamaterial With Mechanical Robustness, Sound Attenuation, and Diffuse Reflection

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
In this work, a bioinspired all‐in‐one underwater quality evaluation metamaterial, combining sound attenuation, diffuse reflection, and mechanical robustness, is proposed based on jumping spider locomotion and human skeletal biomechanics. Meanwhile, a CNN‑driven quality evaluation framework is established for theoretically dimension‐reduced ...
Hongze Li, Zhenyu Li, Jinshui Yang, Jianhao Wu, Yidan Chen, Linzhi Wu, Hong Hu, Penglin Gao, Yegao Qu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Remembering, Forgetting, and Absencing Disasters in the Post-disaster Recovery Process

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2020
Sustainable post-disaster recovery implies learning from past experience in order to prevent recreating forms of vulnerability. Memory construction supports both the healing process and redevelopment plans.
Charlotte Monteil, Jenni Barclay, Anna Hicks   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source