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Ensuring Battery Safety in Electric Vehicles: Challenges, Developments, and Future Perspectives

open access: yesSmall, EarlyView.
This review explores machine learning techniques to predict and mitigate thermal runaway in lithium‐ion batteries. By analyzing failure mechanisms and safety issues, the study develops data‐driven models for early detection. It proposes safety enhancement strategies for battery design and maintenance, offering actionable insights to prevent ...
Oumayma ELJarray   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Performance analysis of a self-protection system for vehicles in case of WUI fire entrapment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Sheltering inside a civilian vehicle has proved to be a high risk strategy in case of wildfire entrapment. Survival is by no means guaranteed, especially in moderate to high-intensity wildfires.
Agueda Costafreda, Alba   +5 more
core  

Privatisation of ambulance, emergency and firefighting services in Europe – a growing threat? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This paper examines the extent of privatisation in the ambulance, emergency and firefighting services in Europe, and the companies ...
Lethbridge, Jane
core  

Understanding Nurses' Needs Regarding Tailored, Evidence‐Based Sleep Education and Training

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim Identify desired training content for shift‐working nurses to improve their sleep and fatigue. Design A descriptive qualitative design. Methods We recruited night shift nurses (N = 23) to provide feedback during virtual focus groups/interviews. Data collection occurred in the U.S. between March and June 2024.
Beverly M. Hittle   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Design and Deployment of an Autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicle for Urban Firefighting Scenarios [PDF]

open access: hybrid, 2021
Kshitij Jindal   +9 more
openalex   +2 more sources

Forest fire resource planning with integer programming: an application in Turkey

open access: yesForest Science and Technology
Forest fires are among the serious disasters that cause disruption of ecological balance, economic losses and threats to life safety. In order to effectively combat such disasters, strategic planning of firefighting equipment is of great importance.
Burcu Tezcan, Tamer Eren
doaj   +1 more source

Spaceflight and sport science: Physiological monitoring and countermeasures for the astronaut–athlete on Mars exploration missions

open access: yesExperimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Long‐duration spaceflight impacts essentially every system in the human body, resulting in multisystem deconditioning that might impair the health and performance of crewmembers, particularly on long‐duration exploration missions to Mars. In this review, we apply the sport science model of athlete monitoring, testing and training to astronauts;
Luke DeVirgiliis   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Water resources management plan

open access: yesBoletim do Observatório Ambiental Alberto Ribeiro Lamego, 2011
Water resources manageWith the mission of providing reliable data for water supply activities in medium and large firefighting operations, the Firefighting Water Supply Tactical Group (GTSAI) represents an important sector of the Rio de Janeiro State ...
Glauco Maia   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Drones and Blockchain Integration to Manage Forest Fires in Remote Regions

open access: yesDrones, 2022
Central management of fire stations and traditional optimization strategies are vulnerable to response time, a single point of failure, workload balancing, and cost problems.
Dena Mahmudnia   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Robot-assisted smart firefighting and interdisciplinary perspectives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Urbanization and changes in modern infrastructure have introduced new challenges to current firefighting practices. The current manual operations and training including fire investigation, hazardous chemicals detection, fire and rescue are insufficient ...
Cang, Shuang   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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