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Managing disaster preparedness for institution of higher learning: A study in Perlis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Unprecedented floods disaster that hit Johore, Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan was due to abnormal weather conditions. Heavy rain which fall continuously non stop for between 3 to 4 days has raised the water level in some areas to a height of 15 feet ...
Bahari, Azuddin   +2 more
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Toward a dynamic balanced scorecard model for humanitarian relief organizations’ performance management

open access: yes, 2017
Purpose In recent years, the balanced scorecard (BSC) has received considerable interest among practitioners for managing their organization’s performance.
Ali Anjomshoae   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Handbook of Establishing and Maintaining Oxygen‐Free Atmospheres

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a practical framework for creating oxygen‐free atmospheres at ambient pressure using silane‐doped inert gases. The results show that ultra‐low oxygen levels and strongly reduced water content can be achieved through controlled silane dosing, drying systems, and sensor monitoring.
Sascha Jan Zimmermann   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rebuilding an Impoverished Region [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
When Mujib Kamawal’s family fled to Pakistan from their native Afghanistan, they left a lush, vibrant region. When they returned for a visit years later, the Kama district was a wasteland.
Thompson, Beth Rogers
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Air‐Pressure–Actuated Vibroacoustic Metamaterial With Tunable Bandgap: Design, Modeling, and Characterization

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This article presents the design, modeling, and characterization of air‐pressure–actuated programmable vibroacoustic metamaterials (PVAMM). The study focuses on leveraging air pressure to dynamically tune resonance frequencies for effective noise attenuation.
William Kaal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disaster Management in Indonesia: Logistical Coordination and Cooperation to Create Effective Relief Operations

open access: yesJurnal Teknik Industri, 2010
Indonesia has in the past often been struck by natural disasters. After these disasters, the disaster relief operations turned out to be ineffective in most cases.
Joost van Rossum, René Krukkert
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Seeding Seed Releaf

open access: yesInterdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies, 2021
How does a grassroots Covid-19 relief effort help to promote partnership culture? This article offers a first-person account of partnership values at work in Seed Releaf, a community-based organization co-founded by the author in response to local food ...
Kris Malone Grossman
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Christianity, Calamity, and Culture: The Involvement of Christian Churches in the 1998 Aitape Tsunami Disaster Relief [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This paper considers the links between religion and disaster relief through a detailed case study of the activities of Christian churches following the Aitape tsunami of 1998 in northwest Papua New Guinea.
Fountain, Philip M.   +2 more
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Pyramidal Structures on Yttria‐Stabilized Zirconia after High Temperature Exposure at 1500°C: New Features on an Old Material

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
New features on yttria‐stabilized zirconia after exposure at 1500°C: Newly discovered pyramidal structures on an old material. After exposure at 1550°C on the cross section of YSZ new features, namely pyramidal structures are discovered. These structures grow with time, increase in numbers, appear as singularities, are often arranged in strings, and ...
Doris Sebold   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Nonprofit Research Collaborative: November 2010 Fundraising Survey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In this ninth annual survey of nonprofit organizations (charities and foundations), respondents answered questions comparing their organizations' total contributions in the first nine months of 2010 compared with the same period in 2009.

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