A Realistic Model to Support Rescue Operations After an Earthquake via UAVs
IEEE Access, 2022 In this paper, we consider the problem of completely flying over an area just hit by an earthquake with a fleet of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to opportunely direct rescue teams.
T. Calamoneri +2 more
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Real-Time Human Detection and Gesture Recognition for On-Board UAV Rescue
Italian National Conference on Sensors, 2021 Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) play an important role in numerous technical and scientific fields, especially in wilderness rescue. This paper carries out work on real-time UAV human detection and recognition of body and hand rescue gestures.
Chang Liu, T. Szirányi
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Journal of Client-centered Nursing Care, 2021 Background: Organizational characteristics are the main concerns of nursing practice in acute care settings. The present study aimed to assess the organizational factors associated with nurses’ competence in averting Failure to Rescue (FTR) in acute care
Asonye Christian Chinedu Chichi
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Analysis on life rescue capability of Yangbi M6.4 earthquake in Yunnan Province
地震科学进展, 2022 The first priority of earthquake relief is to save lives and minimize casualties caused by the earthquake. From the perspective of life rescue in post-earthquake, this paper analyzes the disaster response speed and rescue capability of Yunnan Fire Corps,
Na Gao +5 more
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Economic Load Dispatch Problem Based on Search and Rescue Optimization Algorithm
IEEE Access, 2022 The Search and Rescue optimization algorithm (SAR) is a recent metaheuristic inspired by the exploration’s behaviour for humans throughout search and rescue processes.
Mokhtar Said +4 more
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Rescue blankets hamper thermal imaging in search and rescue missions
SN Applied Sciences, 2020 Thermal imaging for unmanned aerial vehicles is used to search for victims in poor visibility conditions. We used a gimbal-mounted camera for thermo-radiation measurements of body temperature from persons covered with rescue blankets in the hibernal ...
Markus Isser +5 more
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Emergency Preparedness and Role Clarity among Rescue Workers during the Terror Attacks in Norway July 22, 2011. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 BACKGROUND:Few studies address preparedness and role clarity in rescue workers after a disaster. On July 22, 2011, Norway was struck by two terror attacks; 77 people were killed and many injured.
May Janne Botha Pedersen +4 more
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The Grapevine Microbiome to the Rescue: Implications for the Biocontrol of Trunk Diseases
Plants, 2022 Grapevine trunk diseases (GTDs) are one of the most devastating pathologies that threaten the survival and profitability of vineyards around the world. Progressive banning of chemical pesticides and their withdrawal from the market has increased interest
R. Cobos +5 more
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The Effects of Injury and Accidents on Self-rated Depression in Male Municipal Firefighters
Safety and Health at Work, 2011 Objectives: The present study aims to determine the causal relationship between self-rated depression and experiences of injury and accidents in municipal firefighters.
Yun Kyung Chung, Chung Yill Park
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ANALYSIS OF SURVEY RESULTS IN TERMS OF SELECTION OF CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MINING RESCUER TO THE RANKS OF RAPID RESPONSE [PDF]
Management Systems in Production Engineering, 2016 The authors of the current study undertook the subject of the analysis features of the mining rescuer as a member of the ranks of the rescue, with particular emphasis on the following parameters: heart rate, body weight, height, BMI, age and seniority in
Aneta GRODZICKA, Jan SZLĄZAK
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