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Discussing the Need to Manage Uncertainty Relating to Users in Road Tunnel Fire Risk Assessment

Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response (JRACR), 2020
Although tunnels provide roads with numerous advantages, they also include significant risks. Especially, fire accidents are the biggest threats. Nowadays, risk assessment has the predominant role for managing tunnel fire safety and users are in the ...
Panagiotis Ntzeremes, Konstantinos Kirytopoulos, Vrassidas Leopoulos   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Forecasting the Dialysis Burden in Japan: Validation‐Based Projections of Prevalence and Incidence Through 2050

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Japan has one of the highest dialysis prevalence rates worldwide and a shrinking, aging population. Whether dialysis burden has entered a sustained post‐peak phase or whether recent declines partly reflect pandemic‐related disruptions remains uncertain.
Hatice Şahin, Berrak Itır Aylı, Nüket Paksoy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The power of people who use drugs as mass media influencers in changing public opinion during the global overdose epidemic

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Background Thousands of people have lost their lives due to overdose-related fatalities linked to the potent synthetic opioid epidemic, as mortalities increase annually.
Ehsan Jozaghi, Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users is a consortium/not-for-profit)   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Territorialities in social housing. An approach through the users’ perception

ARQUISUR Revista, 2019
In social interest housing, expressions of deterritorialization can be manifested through modifications made by users in their housing units. Such modifications may occur based on users' cultural and subjective values.
Mg. Arq. Deyvid Aléx Bitencourt Monteiro, Dra. Arq. Luciana Inês Gomes Miron, Mg.. Socióloga Michelle Nascimento da Silva   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

INNOVATION AND DIGITALIZATION IN TOURISM - RESTRICTION OR DEVELOPMENT FOR BUSINESS IN BULGARIA [PDF]

Trakia Journal of Sciences, 2019
The purpose of this publication is to explore the opportunities that innovation and digitization provide in tourism. Although digitization is not a new direction in tourism, its understanding and use in a number of cases is hampered by the lack of ...
E. Velikova
doaj   +1 more source

The Importance of User Involvement: A Systematic Review of Involving Older Users in Technology Design

The gerontologist, 2019
Background and Objectives There is a lack of understanding of how older adults’ involvement and participation matters in actual design practice. This systematic literature review investigates existing empirical studies involving older users during the ...
Björn Fischer, A. Peine, B. Östlund
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Association Between Individualized Education for Kidney Replacement Therapy Modality Selection and Peritoneal Dialysis Initiation: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an established home‐based kidney replacement therapy (KRT), but its uptake remains low in Japan. We evaluated whether individualized education in a dedicated outpatient clinic was associated with the initiation of PD.
Yasuko Ito, Ryuichi Yoshimura, Takaki Yamauchi, Yuta Funakoshi, Hirotaka Sonoda, Seiji Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Terawaki, Takafumi Ito   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Comprehensive Exploration of Fidelity Quantification in Computer-Generated Images

Sensors
Generating realistic road scenes is crucial for advanced driving systems, particularly for training deep learning methods and validation. Numerous efforts aim to create larger and more realistic synthetic datasets using graphics engines or synthetic-to ...
Alexandra Duminil, Sio-Song Ieng, Dominique Gruyer   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Enteropathogenic E. coli shows delayed attachment and host response in human jejunum organoid‐derived monolayers compared to HeLa cells

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) infects the human intestinal epithelium, resulting in severe illness and diarrhoea. In this study, we compared the infection of cancer‐derived cell lines with human organoid‐derived models of the small intestine. We observed a delayed in attachment, inflammation and cell death on primary cells, indicating that host ...
Mastura Neyazi, Pilar Samperio Ventayol, Natalie Burkard, Nicolas Schlegel, Carmen Aguilar, Sina Bartfeld   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

User Interaction with User-Adaptive Information Filters [PDF]

, 2007
User-adaptive information filters can be a tool to achieve timely delivery of the right information to the right person, a feat critical in crisis management. This paper explores interaction issues that need to be taken into account when designing a user-adaptive information filter. Two case studies are used to illustrate which factors affect trust and
H. Cramer, V. Evers (Vanessa), M. van Someren, B. Wielinga, S. Besselink, L. Rutledge (Lloyd), N. Stash, L. Aroyo (Lora)   +7 more
openaire   +5 more sources