Knowledge, attitude and practice towards disaster preparedness among Emergency Department medical personnel in Malaysia by Amran, Dora Natasha

“…Experience and training in disaster response were significant predictors associated with increased level of knowledge and practice. …”
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A literature review of dual disaster challenges for resilient office building toward reducing disaster risks by Zakaria, N. H., Mohd. Tobi, Siti Uzairiah, Othman, N.

“…The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has posed significant challenges for disaster response, calling for the new norms to be quickly established for better disaster risk reduction. …”
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A review on disaster prediction using machine learning by Farghaly, Alaa Taiseer, Ngahzaifa, Ab Ghani, Abbas Saliimi, Lokman

“…A lot of approaches have been taken to address issues related to natural disasters i.e. the development of early warning systems, risk assessment and management, disaster response and recovery, and the modelling of the natural disasters for the purposes of prediction and forecasting. …”
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Mapping Buildings across Heterogeneous Landscapes: Machine Learning and Deep Learning Applied to Multi-Modal Remote Sensing Data by Rachel E. Mason, Nicholas R. Vaughn, Gregory P. Asner

“…This novel integration of deep learning, machine learning, and multi-modal remote sensing data was thus effective in detecting buildings over large scales and diverse landscapes, with potential applications in urban planning, resource management, and disaster response. The adaptable method presented here expands the range of techniques available for object detection in multi-modal remote sensing data and can be tailored to various kinds of input data, landscape types, and mapping goals.…”
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Robust Optimization of the Multi-Objective Multi-Period Location-Routing Problem for Epidemic Logistics System With Uncertain Demand by Shengjie Long, Dezhi Zhang, Yijing Liang, Shuangyan Li, Wanru Chen

“…The effective distribution of relief to an emergency logistics system plays a crucial role during the disaster response phase. Considering stochastic characteristics of relief demand, this study investigates the robust optimization of a multi-objective multi-period location-routing problem for epidemic logistics, a special emergency logistics, with uncertain scenarios. …”
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Investigating the prevention and mitigatory role of risk communication in the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of Bloemfontein, South Africa by Olivia Kunguma, Mosekama O. Mokhele, Mercia Coetzee

“…The South African disaster response activities surpass risk reduction since the implementation of the Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002 (DMA) and the National Disaster Management Framework of 2005 (NDMF). …”
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Emergency Preparedness in Health Institutions in Nigeria: Current Situation and Framework for Action by Adetoun A. Ejimele, Adesegun O. Fatusi

“…The current National Disaster Management Framework provides for a comprehensive multisectoral response and incorporates the health ministry/department at all levels of disaster response; however, it does not appear that the framework is well known or utilized by stakeholders. …”
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Influence of social responsibility and pandemic awareness of nursing students on COVID-19 preventive behaviours: a cross-sectional online survey in South Korea by Minji Kim, Hyeonkyeong Lee

“…The data from 590 participants were analysed by t-test, analysis of variance, Pearson’s correlation and linear multiple regression using SPSS.Results The factors influencing COVID-19 preventive behaviour were identified to be social responsibility (linear regression coefficient 0.354, 95% CI 0.243 to 0.464), pandemic awareness (linear regression coefficient 0.131, 95% CI 0.025 to 0.237), impact of COVID-19 on daily life (linear regression coefficient 0.085, 95% CI 0.019 to 0.152) and living in Daegu/Gyeong-buk area (linear regression coefficient 0.134, 95% CI 0.024 to 0.244).Conclusion Based on the findings that social responsibility and pandemic awareness are key predictors of COVID-19 preventive behaviour, customised educational programmes and additional studies are recommended for raising social responsibility and pandemic awareness among prehealthcare professionals as a part of disaster response.…”
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Korea's Response to COVID-19 According to Set Time Frames, With a Focus on the Network Between the Government and Responding Agencies: Social Network Analysis by Jungyun Cho, Wook Kang, Julak Lee

“…ConclusionsThe incongruency between the findings of this paper and the existing disaster response system gives rise to the corollary that both the essential parties and the adjoining ones need to collaborate for a coordinated crisis response in disaster situations. …”
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Seismic Risk Regularization for Urban Changes Due to Earthquakes: A Case of Study of the 2023 Turkey Earthquake Sequence by Aymar Portillo, Luis Moya

“…Damage identification soon after a large-magnitude earthquake is a major problem for early disaster response activities. The faster the damaged areas are identified, the higher the survival chances of inhabitants. …”
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Localization of Biobotic Insects Using Low-Cost Inertial Measurement Units by Jeremy Cole, Alper Bozkurt, Edgar Lobaton

“…Disaster robotics is a growing field that is concerned with the design and development of robots for disaster response and disaster recovery. These robots assist first responders by performing tasks that are impractical or impossible for humans. …”
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Research on Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Ducted Propeller Hovering near the Water Surface Based on a Lattice Boltzmann Method by Yifeng Zhao, Lingbo Geng, Yi Yang, Zhiqiang Hu

“…Water–air cross-domain vehicles (CDVs) are capable of both flight and underwater navigation, showing broad prospects in marine science, such as underwater observation, disaster response, and rescue operations. It is crucial to investigate the dynamic performance of CDVs hovering above water surfaces to enhance safety and stability. …”
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Automated Seeded Latent Dirichlet Allocation for Social Media Based Event Detection and Mapping by Cornelia Ferner, Clemens Havas, Elisabeth Birnbacher, Stefan Wegenkittl, Bernd Resch

“…However, the results of topic models are difficult to interpret and require manual identification of one or more “disaster topics”. Immediate disaster response would benefit from a fully automated process for interpreting the modeled topics and extracting disaster relevant information. …”
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Physics-based model and data dual-driven approaches for predictive evacuation by Yuxin Zhang, Zhiguo Yan, Hehua Zhu, Pingbo Tang

“…The authors synthesize a roadmap highlighting bottlenecks and potential research directions for achieving such a combined approach, calling for attention and collaboration in predictive evacuation for disaster response.…”
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Exploring Simulation-Based Virtual Reality as a Mock-Up Tool to Support the Design of First Responders Training by Filippo Gabriele Pratticò, Federico De Lorenzis, Davide Calandra, Alberto Cannavò, Fabrizio Lamberti

“…Intervention by First Responders (FRs) is essential in disaster response, and their preparation greatly benefits from continuous updates. …”
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Marked decline of sudden mass fatality events in New Zealand 1900 to 2015: the basic epidemiology by Nick Wilson, Adrienne Morales, Nicola Guy, George Thomson

“…Implications for public health: There remains large scope for addressing the knowledge gaps in the basic epidemiology and societal responses to these events to guide primary prevention and appropriate disaster response.…”
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Community participation and citizen strategies for Disaster Risk Management. Local experiences for sustainability in Pandora Oeste, El Valle La Estrella, Limon, Costa Rica by Wainer Coto-Cedeño, Jacqueline Centeno-Morales, Yolanda Zúñiga-Arias

“…The third investigates the function of (historical) knowledge for planning and the development of future strategies in local in local projects for prevention, mitigation, and disaster response. Methodologically, the investigation used bibliographic analysis with sources coming from libraries as the Centro Regional de Información sobre Desastres para América Latina y el Caribe and the Red Latinoamericana de Centros de Información en Gestión de Desastres. …”
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Target Localization for Autonomous Landing Site Detection: A Review and Preliminary Result with Static Image Photogrammetry by Jayasurya Arasur Subramanian, Vijanth Sagayan Asirvadam, Saiful Azrin B. M. Zulkifli, Narinderjit Singh Sawaran Singh, N. Shanthi, Ravi Kumar Lagisetty

“…While UAVs were initially utilized only for the military, rescue, and disaster response, they are now being utilized for domestic and civilian purposes as well. …”
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A Novel Digital Twin Architecture with Similarity-Based Hybrid Modeling for Supporting Dependable Disaster Management Systems by Seong-Jin Yun, Jin-Woo Kwon, Won-Tae Kim

“…This causes disaster management systems to inappropriately use disaster response resources, including medical personnel, rescue equipment and relief supplies, to ensure that it may increase the damages from the natural disasters. …”
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Mobile Robot for Security Applications in Remotely Operated Advanced Reactors by Ujwal Sharma, Uma Shankar Medasetti, Taher Deemyad, Mustafa Mashal, Vaibhav Yadav

“…Additionally, this paper surveys research on the capabilities of mobile robots, exploring their applications in various industries, including disaster response, exploration, surveillance, and environmental conservation. …”
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