Youth engagement in flood disaster management in Malaysia by Mohd Rozaimy, Ridzuan, Jamal Rizal, Razali, Noor Amira Syazwani, Abd Rahman, Ju, Soon Yew

“…Some youths, however, fail to make use of their unique position to get involved in flood disaster response efforts. Research on youth's abilities and contributions as change agents in their communities has been scant, despite the benefits of their involvement in disaster risk reduction (DRR). …”
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Smart Folding and Floating Shelter Design for Disaster Mitigation with Natural Ventilation and UVC System by Ndaru Nuridho Alfian, Damara Kartikasari, Nur Setyo Adi Widodo, Dwi Joko Suroso

“…Therefore, this study discusses the design innovation of disaster response shelters in the form of smart folding and floating shelters designed for a shelter with a capacity of one family (4-5 people). …”
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VisionICE: Air–Ground Integrated Intelligent Cognition Visual Enhancement System Based on a UAV by Qingge Li, Xiaogang Yang, Ruitao Lu, Jiwei Fan, Siyu Wang, Zhen Qin

“…Post-disaster search and rescue is critical to disaster response and recovery efforts and is often conducted in hazardous and challenging environments. …”
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A study of protector for high-pressure hydrogen tank used for drones flying by fuel cells (A study of shock absorbing carbon fiber protector for high-pressure hydrogen tank) by Yasufumi SEKINE, Katsumi UENO, Hayato HAMAGUCHI

“…From the previous time, unmanned aircrafts (drones) are being used in fields such as agriculture, logistics, and disaster response. Therefore, it is expected as a machine that creates new technologies and services in the 4th Industrial Revolution. …”
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Sparse Representation-Based Inundation Depth Estimation Using SAR Data and Digital Elevation Model by Luis Moya, Erick Mas, Shunichi Koshimura

“…Floods increase every year worldwide, and prompt information about the affected areas is essential for early disaster response. There has been extensive development in applying remote sensing data to identify floods. …”
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The Internet of Cooperative Agents Architecture (X-IoCA) for Robots, Hybrid Sensor Networks, and MEC Centers in Complex Environments: A Search and Rescue Case Study by Juan Bravo-Arrabal, Manuel Toscano-Moreno, J. J. Fernandez-Lozano, Anthony Mandow, Jose Antonio Gomez-Ruiz, Alfonso García-Cerezo

“…Cloud robotics and advanced communications can foster a step-change in cooperative robots and hybrid wireless sensor networks (H-WSN) for demanding environments (e.g., disaster response, mining, demolition, and nuclear sites) by enabling the timely sharing of data and computational resources between robot and human teams. …”
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Gender Perspective of Flood Early Warning Systems: People-Centered Approach by Ashfaq Ahmad Shah, Ayat Ullah, Nasir Abbas Khan, Indrajit Pal, Bader Alhafi Alotaibi, Abou Traore

“…Women were still reluctant to participate in the planning process for disaster response and capacity building because of societal norms and impediments. …”
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Climate Risk Assessment and Adaptation Considerations for Municipal Governance by Mary-Ellen Tyler

“…Alberta has a diverse range of climate risks, and risk assessment, adaptation and disaster response needs to reflect this diversity. Surveys done in 2019 and 2021 identified common barriers affecting municipal effectiveness in managing and adapting to climate risk which include: available staff time; access to climate risk and adaptation expertise; access to financial resources; and access to locally relevant and credible climate information and data. …”
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Evaluation of Disaster Medicine Knowledge Level and Educational Approaches of Future Health Professionals by Nurcan BIÇAKÇI, Sercan BIÇAKÇI, Murat ÇETİN

“…Aim:This study aimed to determine the disaster medicine knowledge levels and educational approaches on disaster medicine of prospective healthcare students who are important factors of disaster response.Materials and Methods:This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted with final year students from the nursing department, the Emergency Aid and Disaster Management (EADM) Department, and the Medical Faculty at Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University in Tekirdağ, Turkey. …”
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Enhancing public health resilience in urban disaster settings: A study protocol on civil-military coordination in Malaysia by Aida Jaffar, Ambigga Krishnapillai, Badrul Hisham Abd Samad, Wan Farizatul Shima Fakuradzi, Nurhan Norris Ma, Halyna Lugova

“…Thematic analysis will be used to systematize and verify the collected data, providing comprehensive insights into the current state of civil-military coordination in disaster response and management from stakeholders' perspectives. …”
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Climate Risk Assessment and Adaptation Considerations for Municipal Governance by Mary-Ellen Tyler

“…Alberta has a diverse range of climate risks, and risk assessment, adaptation and disaster response needs to reflect this diversity. Surveys done in 2019 and 2021 identified common barriers affecting municipal effectiveness in managing and adapting to climate risk which include: available staff time; access to climate risk and adaptation expertise; access to financial resources; and access to locally relevant and credible climate information and data. …”
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Changes in the incidence and prevalence of ischemic stroke and associations with natural disasters: an ecological study in 193 countries by Kai-Sen Huang, Ding-Xiu He, Qianlan Tao, Yan-Yan Wang, Yong-Qiang Yang, Biao Zhang, Gang Mai, Debarati Guha-Sapir

“…This evidence supports policy making and resource allocation for disaster response and disease burden reduction.…”
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How COVID-19 altered perceived household resource consumption in the United States: Results from a survey by Ranjitha Shivaram, Inês M L Azevedo

“…These findings provide useful empirical evidence for perceived changes in household resource consumption during the pandemic, suggest that we need to better protect low-income and Black households from the effects of large-scale disruptions, and can inform more effective and equitable disaster response policies.…”
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Toward equitable coastal community resilience: Incorporating principles of equity and justice in coastal hazard adaptation by Natasha Fox, Jenna H. Tilt, Peter Ruggiero, Katie Stanton, John Bolte

“…The first vignette focuses on disaster response and takes place in the Tohoku region of Japan, with diverse gender and sexual minority community members’ experiences of, and responses to, the 2011 Tohoku disasters. …”
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Studying how state health services delivery policies can mitigate the effects of disasters on drug addiction treatment and overdose: Protocol for a mixed-methods study. by Matthew D Eisenberg, Alexander McCourt, Elizabeth A Stuart, Lainie Rutkow, Kayla N Tormohlen, Michael I Fingerhood, Luis Quintero, Sarah A White, Emma Elizabeth McGinty

“…<h4>Discussion</h4>Triangulation of results across methods will yield robust understanding of whether and how state disaster-response policies influenced drug addiction treatment and overdose during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Tropical cyclone intensity estimation through convolutional neural network transfer learning using two geostationary satellite datasets by Hyeyoon Jung, You-Hyun Baek, Il-Ju Moon, Juhyun Lee, Eun-Ha Sohn

“…Accurate prediction and monitoring of tropical cyclone (TC) intensity are crucial for saving lives, mitigating damages, and improving disaster response measures. In this study, we used a convolutional neural network (CNN) model to estimate TC intensity in the western North Pacific using Geo-KOMPSAT-2A (GK2A) satellite data. …”
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Low Frequency Multi-Robot Networking by Brian M. Sadler, Fikadu T. Dagefu, Jeffrey N. Twigg, Gunjan Verma, Predrag Spasojevic, Richard J. Kozick, Justin Kong

“…Co-designed intelligent wireless networks are needed for these autonomous mobile agents for applications including disaster response, logistics and transportation, supplementing cellular networks, and agricultural and environmental monitoring. …”
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Structure similarity virtual map generation network for optical and SAR image matching by Shiwei Chen, Liye Mei, Liye Mei

“…It is crucial for various applications such as disaster response, environmental monitoring, and urban planning, as it enables comprehensive and accurate analysis by combining the visual information of optical images with the penetrating capability of SAR images. …”
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Climate Risk Assessment and Adaptation Considerations for Municipal Governance by Mary-Ellen Tyler

“…Alberta has a diverse range of climate risks, and risk assessment, adaptation and disaster response needs to reflect this diversity. Surveys done in 2019 and 2021 identified common barriers affecting municipal effectiveness in managing and adapting to climate risk which include: available staff time; access to climate risk and adaptation expertise; access to financial resources; and access to locally relevant and credible climate information and data. …”
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Mindset as a resilience resource and perceived wellness of first responders in a South African context by John W. O'Neil, Leandri Kruger

“…The results indicate a statistically significant relationship between mindset and perceived wellness, with all the wellness factors indicating that the mindset of first responders plays a crucial role in their resilience and perception of wellness, necessitating additional research in this specialised field of disaster response.…”
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