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Travel Behaviour and Community Needs for Resilience Hubs

open access: yesSustainability Analytics and Modeling
Communities continue to experience significant and damaging disasters, which has prompted governments to devise solutions to protect lives and reduce overall impacts.
Thayanne G.M. Ciriaco, Stephen D. Wong
doaj   +1 more source

Fire Evacuation of Elderly in High-Rise Residential Buildings in India

open access: yesCivil and Environmental Engineering, 2022
The move towards high-rise buildings in metro cities to accommodate an increasing population has various cons. In high-rise buildings, fire is a huge disaster.
Kumar Ankit   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Emergency Planning for UAV-Controlled Crowd Evacuations

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2021
One of the most challenging problems during disasters involving crowds is pedestrian evacuation. It is very important in such situations to improve survival rates by getting all or most of the people out in the shortest possible time.
Afnan Alhindi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of communication and utility-based decision making in a simple model of evacuation

open access: yes, 2012
We present a simple cellular automaton based model of decision making during evacuation. Evacuees have to choose between two different exit routes, resulting in a strategic decision making problem.
C. Burstedde   +23 more
core   +1 more source

Modeling an ontology on accessible evacuation routes for emergencies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Providing alert communication in emergency situations is vital to reduce the number of victims. However, this is a challenging goal for researchers and professionals due to the diverse pool of prospective users, e.g.
A. Malizia   +19 more
core   +2 more sources

Building Fire Evacuation: An IoT-Aided Perspective in the 5G Era

open access: yesBuildings, 2021
Complex and tall buildings have been constructed in many cities recently. Fire safety should be a major concern of building designers, engineers, and governments.
Hongqiang Fang, S. Lo, J. T. Lo
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mapping the evolution of mitochondrial complex I through structural variation

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Respiratory complex I (CI) is crucial for bioenergetic metabolism in many prokaryotes and eukaryotes. It is composed of a conserved set of core subunits and additional accessory subunits that vary depending on the organism. Here, we categorize CI subunits from available structures to map the evolution of CI across eukaryotes. Respiratory complex I (CI)
Dong‐Woo Shin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Simulation Analysis of Passenger Evacuation and Rescue in Straddle Monorail Transit Intervals

open access: yesChengshi guidao jiaotong yanjiu
Objective Due to the unique characteristics of straddle monorail transit system, evacuation and rescue forms on its elevated lines differ from conventional urban rail transit.
CHEN Baikun
doaj   +1 more source

A Review of the Evolution and Trends in Research on the Emergency Evacuation of Urban Underground Spaces

open access: yesBuildings, 2023
In recent decades, there has been a significant proliferation of literature pertaining to the evacuation of urban underground spaces. However, few studies have focused on scientometric reviews that identify research topics, evolution patterns, and trends
Caiyun Cui   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inventory of the State Archive of the Kemerovo Region as a Source of Information on Evacuated Enterprises and Equipment in Kemerovo During the Great Patriotic War [PDF]

open access: yesГуманитарный вектор, 2020
The article analyzes the inventory of the State Archive of the Kemerovo region as an initial source for identifying information about evacuated enterprises and equipment in Kemerovo during the Great Patriotic War. Thirteen funds were identified for which
Alexey V. Blinov, Ivan V. Kokorev
doaj   +1 more source

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