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GIS and Optimisation: Potential Benefits for Emergency Facility Location in Humanitarian Logistics
Geosciences, 2016 Floods are one of the most dangerous and common disasters worldwide, and these disasters are closely linked to the geography of the affected area. As a result, several papers in the academic field of humanitarian logistics have incorporated the use of ...
Oscar Rodríguez-Espíndola +2 more
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IET Cyber-systems and Robotics, 2021 Flood prevention and disaster mitigation have a great impact on people's lives and properties, and so it is urgent to realise high‐accuracy inflow predictions for flood early warning.
Wei Zhang +5 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Electrochemical CO2RR is a key technology for converting CO2 into chemicals, but there remains a gap between “laboratory science” and “engineering practice” in current research. This review establishes a multi‐scale research framework, encompassing atomic‐level characterization, microenvironment regulation, external field‐assisted optimization, and AI ...
Ping Hong +3 more
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Basic swimming competence of police officers of the Ministry of Interior of Serbia as a basic motor skill required in flood protection and rescue operations [PDF]
NBP: Nauka, bezbednost, policija, 2016 In the course of May 2014 the Republic of Serbia was struck by floods. Police officers of various lines of work make one of the important subjects within the protection and rescue system when we talk about defence from floods. After the detailed analysis
Mitrović Bojan, Vučković Goran
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Reliability and failure resistance of the stone bridge structure of Charles bridge during floods
Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 2007 The most frequent damage and collapse of some of the spans of Charles Bridge during floods occurred namely in its central part which was exposed to an intense flow of backwater and erosion of the bridge pier footing bottom, which the originally ...
Jiri Witzany, Tomas Cejka
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The challenge of predicting flash floods from thunderstorm rainfall. [PDF]
, 2002 A major characteristic of the hydrometeorology of semi-arid regions is the occurrence of intense thunderstorms that develop very rapidly and cause severe flooding.
Bastidas, Luis +7 more
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Oxygen Evolution Reaction Catalysts for Acidic‐Media CO2 Electrolyzers
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Acidic‐media CO2 electroreduction (CO2R) could decarbonize chemical production, despite relying on rare‐earth elements for anodic oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Transferring the learnings from mature sister technologies (water electrolysis) could accelerate technological development.
Mingcheng Huang, Adnan Ozden
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HygieneBackground: In September 2023, Storm Daniel triggered catastrophic flooding across Thessaly, in central Greece, leading to the deaths of approximately 483,476 animals and heightening concerns about zoonotic diseases, particularly Q fever caused by ...
Magdalini Christodoulou +5 more
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Future heat-waves, droughts and floods in 571 European cities
Environmental Research Letters, 2018 Cities are particularly vulnerable to climate risks due to their agglomeration of people, buildings and infrastructure. Differences in methodology, hazards considered, and climate models used limit the utility and comparability of climate studies on ...
Selma B Guerreiro +4 more
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Assessment of Forest Damage in Croatia using Landsat-8 OLI Images
South-East European Forestry, 2015 Background and Purpose: Rapid assessments of forest damage caused by natural disasters such as ice-break, wind, flooding, hurricane, or forest fires are necessary for mitigation and forest management.
Anita Simic Milas +3 more
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