Vehicle Fires: Significant Fire Hazard in Transportation Infrastructure
Fire and Materials, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Vehicle flammability poses a critical threat to transportation infrastructure, with recent fires in depots, tunnels, and car parks highlighting systemic vulnerabilities. These incidents often result in the total loss of vehicles and buildings, revealing the inadequacy of current fire safety standards for vehicle materials.
Anja Hofmann‐Böllinghaus +2 more
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Soil Microbiomes Across Depth and Ecosystems in Dubai, UAE: Potential Environmental Signatures for Forensic Geolocation. [PDF]
Environ Microbiol RepAlbastaki A, Naji M, Moussa M, Smith J.
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Study of Damage to Shutters Exposed to a Vegetation Fire: Definition of Vulnerability Thresholds
Fire and Materials, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the fire behavior of wooden, PVC, and aluminum shutters through laboratory and large‐scale experiments. Laboratory tests were conducted using a cone calorimeter to assess the ignitability of the PVC and wooden shutters, focusing on the critical heat flux of ignition, ignition time and critical Flux Time Product (FTP ...
C. Luciani +5 more
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Cognitive recovery after left globus pallidus infarction and its implications for competency to stand trial: A case report. [PDF]
Indian J PsychiatryHuang TY, Hsieh WC, Chan CH.
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Fire and Materials, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Association rule mining was used to identify patterns in accidental dwelling fire incidents attended by Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service over the period 2013/14 to 2023/24. The association rule mining process identified relationships between cooking fire incidence, distraction, living alone, deprivation, and fire injury.
M. Taylor +5 more
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Help v. harm: How a "lookup table" for evaluating DNA evidence given activity-level propositions could lead to wrongful convictions. [PDF]
J Forensic SciSchmid JD, Hughes C, Baumgartner C.
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Fire and Materials, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The growing demand for flame retardant (FR) polymeric materials has highlighted the need to improve the combustion behaviour of highly flammable polymers such as polyethylene (PE). This study investigates the use of eco‐sustainable mineral FRs as a strategy to reduce heat release and smoke production during combustion, while improving the ...
Linda Vitaloni +3 more
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Design Approaches for Oxygen Reduction Systems for Warehouse Storage Applications
Fire and Materials, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Oxygen reduction systems (ORS) are protection systems, with a design protection objective to limit fire spread beyond the point of ignition. Research has shown that the prescriptive design methods, in VdS 3527, EN 16750, and ISO 20338, are not appropriate as prescriptive design methods as they result in insufficient protection levels.
Martin Nilsson +3 more
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Fatal Self-Inflicted Chop Wound by a Supari Cutter (Sudi): A Rare Case With Forensic Analysis of Wound Patterns and Weapon Biomechanics. [PDF]
CureusG VK, Modi AM.
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