Preview optimization for learning locomotion policies on rough terrain by Mastalli, C, Havoutis, I, Radulescu, A, Focchi, M, Caldwell, D, Semini, C

“…Legged robots promise a clear advantage in unstructured and challenging terrain, scenarios such as disaster relief, search and rescue, forestry and construction site. …”

The formalisation of social engagement in the medical relief NGO: The evidence of MERCY Malaysia by Abdul Aziz, Norazita Marina

“…The empirical contribution focuses on case study for MERCY, an international disaster relief NGO that highlightan understanding of social engagement through the power of negotiation.Besides, the social “closeness” within the community can be seen from the moral values imperatives that had driven by the trustworthiness and willingness of the people in the community to engage in the volunteering work.…”
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Mobile phone as a tool in the areas of health protection by Andrej Štern, Andrej Kos

“…Our Laboratory for Telecommunications is actively involved into research and development progress activities since the year 2000 with the results described in the following sections and integrated in several existing solutions under the Administration of the Republic of Slovenia for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief and Institute for Rehabilitation. Th e applications availability conforming to the »anytime anywhere« principle is enabled by mobile operators\' networks global coverage. …”
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Citizen Participation in Responding to Natural Disasters Through Twitter Messages by Rizky Pamuji, Ismiarta Aknuranda, Fatwa Ramdani

“…The information also may assist local communities in obtaining up-to-date information, providing assistance according to needs of the populace and use to manage and plan disaster relief both during and after the event. …”
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Homelessness within the COVID-19 Pandemic in Two Nova Scotian Communities by Kaitrin Doll, Jeff Karabanow, Jean Huges, Catherine Leviten-Reid, Haorui Wu

“…The data will inform relevant emergency crises and disaster relief responses for those experiencing homelessness and those who are marginalized, vulnerable, and living on the fringes of society. …”
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The many obstacles to effective giving by Lucius Caviola, Stefan Schubert, Jason Nemirow

“…Among lay donors, we observed multiple misconceptions—regarding disaster relief, overhead costs, donation splitting, and the relative effectiveness of local and foreign charities—that reduced the effectiveness of their giving. …”
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Vision-Based Autonomous Landing for the UAV: A Review by Long Xin, Zimu Tang, Weiqi Gai, Haobo Liu

“…With the rapid development of the UAV, it is widely used in rescue and disaster relief, where autonomous landing is the key technology. …”
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Harmonizing the Assessment of the Impacts of Natural Disasters to Florida Agriculture by Christa Dean Court, Alan W Hodges, Matthew Lollar

“…Timely provision of credible estimates of agricultural losses after a disaster is critical to an official disaster declaration and to timely provision of disaster relief and recovery, but collecting data on agricultural losses can present challenges. …”
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A self-adaptive deployment model of UAV cluster for emergency communication network by Ying Fang, Bin Cheng, KunPeng Kang, Hai Tan

“…Equipped with micro wireless sensor nodes, a unmanned aerial vehicle) cluster can form an emergency communication network, which can have several applications such as environmental monitoring, disaster relief, military operations and so on. However, situations where there is excessive aggregation and small amount of dispersion of the unmanned aerial vehicle cluster may occur when the network is formed. …”
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On Line Disaster Response Community: People as Sensors of High Magnitude Disasters Using Internet GIS by Kris Kodrich, Melinda Laituri

“…A critical and novel occurrence is the development of “people as sensors†- networks of government, NGOs, private companies, and the public - to build rapid response databases of the disaster area for various aspects of disaster relief and response using geospatial technologies. …”
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Remote supply revisited: The jeep problem with costly transfer points by Jay Simon

“…This challenge arises frequently in multimodal supply chains, particularly for military operations, resource extraction, and humanitarian aid and disaster relief. It was analyzed in the mid-20th century via a classical model known as the jeep problem, and the solution involves nodes that are increasingly farther apart as they get closer to the destination. …”
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Experimental Study on the Changing Rules of Coal Fire Indictor Gases of the Whole Combustion Phases in Confined Space by Baiwei Lei, Bing Wu, Xuyang Wang

“…In the end of this paper, the conclusions are verified by a real coal mine fire disaster relief case, and the practical results are in agreement with the experimental analysis.…”
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The many obstacles to effective giving by Lucius Caviola, Stefan Schubert, Jason Nemirow

“…People have multiple misconceptions that affect the effectiveness of their giving, including about disaster relief, overhead costs, donation splitting, and the relative effectiveness of local and foreign charities. …”
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A Review of Vision-Based Autonomous UAV Landing Research by Zhong Chunlai, Yang Yang, Cao Lijia, Wang Zhe

“…UAVs are widely used in rescue and disaster relief, and autonomous landing is one of the key technologies in the application of UAVs. …”
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A Rule-Based Predictive Model for Estimating Human Impact Data in Natural Onset Disasters—The Case of a PRED Model by Sara Rye, Emel Aktas

“…<i>Conclusions:</i> comparison with the real data shows that the platform can predict the human impact of a disaster (fatality, injured, homeless) with up to 3% error; thus, it is able to inform the selection of disaster relief partners for various disaster scenarios.…”
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The Story of a Towel: A Comprehensive Approach to Disaster Preparedness: Enhancing Inclusivity and Sustainability in Chile's Emergency Disaster Kits by Letelier, Ana A.

“…This thesis explores the redesign of disaster relief kits in Chile using a methodology known as the Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation (CITE). …”
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Humanitarian logistics : performance measurement and the role of shipping (Part I) by Tan, Jovia Zining.

“…A relief organisation’s performance is highly dependent on how well their logistics functions, as a significant portion of a disaster relief operation is about logistics. Together with the increasing focus on transparency and accountability to donors and various stakeholders, performance measurement plays growing importance to the sector. …”
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Optimal cross-tier power allocation for D2D multi-cell networks by Coon, J, Tang, J, Chen, G

“…Thus, the proposed technique is well suited to 5G public safety and disaster relief communication modes where enhanced connectivity is the top priority.…”

Route selection based on connectivity-delay-trust in public safety networks by Tang, J, Chen, G, Coon, J

“…The results provide a useful insight into designing the MCPTT system for 5G public safety and disaster relief networks.…”

Wilderness Mass Casualty Incident (MCI): Rescue chain after avalanche at Everest Base Camp (EBC) in 2015 by Zafren, K, Brants, A, Tabner, K, Nyberg, A, Pun, M, Basnyat, B, Brodmann Maeder, M

“…Most of the authors of this article helped to provide primary disaster relief at EBC, Pheriche, or Lukla immediately after the earthquake. …”