Advancing Sustainable Development: Emerging Factors and Futures for the Engineering Field by Burleson, Grace, Lajoie, Jason, Mabey, Christopher, Sours, Patrick, Ventrella, Jennifer, Peiffer, Erin, Stine, Emma, Stettler Kleine, Marie, MacDonald, Laura, Austin-Breneman, Jesse, Javernick-Will, Amy, Winter, Amos, Lucena, Juan, Knight, David, Daniel, Scott, Thomas, Evan, Mattson, Christopher, Aranda, Iana

“…This manuscript synthesizes emerging trends and proposes recommendations for engineering, particularly in the specific focus area of engineering for sustainable development (e.g., ‘humanitarian engineering’, ‘global engineering’). …”
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Pelagic by Gazdus, Hannah

“…Now that the death of a god has released magic back into the world, the characters must debate what purpose that magic should be used for; could there be a balance among Aeolia’s use to accrue capital, to provide humanitarian relief, and/or to create? In particular, the author’s background as a mechanical engineer and artist has inspired her to explore the ways elemental magic can influence architecture, construction, and art.…”
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Costs of multiplicity in public health supply chains in Burundi by Shah, Jeet N. (Jeet Nipoon), Thomas, Trevor N

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Leveraging the Internet as a global buyer : a framework for the World Food Programme, UN by Arriaga de Oliveira, Rafaela Gonçalves da, 1972-

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Risk analysis to support early action protocols (EAPs) for tropical cyclones by Chng, Gabriel Jie Kai

“…Reliable forecasts and predictions of the impact of tropical cyclones (TCs) are crucial to support humanitarian action and for triggering early action. …”
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DOKTRIN POLITIK SYI'AH IMAMIYAH DALAM DIMENSI FILSAFAT HUMANISME PRAGMATIS WILLIAM JAMES by , Eva Linta Cahyani, , Prof. Dr. Syamsul Hadi, SU., MA.

“…This observation departs from the background of the symptoms of dehumanization as a form of humanitarian crisis raises issues that need to be outlined. …”

PARADOKS DIALOG LINTAS IMAN (PARADOX OF INTERFAITH DIALOGUE) by , VICKY DIAN PRATAMASARI, , Prof. Dr. Sunyoto Usman

“…Implementation in the form of real action is the only way that afford to cross the formal boundaries with humanitarian principles as its starting point which is often not able to be achieved by dialogue in the form of forums discussion.…”

Dampak Sosial Program Integrated Community Based Risk Reduction (ICBRR) terhadap Masyarakat Korban Gempa & Tsunami (Studi Program ICBRR-PMI di Gampong Lambaro Skep Kecamatan Syiah... by , Akmal Saputra, S.Sos I, , Prof. Dr. Heru Nugroho

“…In December 26, 2004 Aceh Province suffered from disaster that resulted in powerless society due to physical and non physical paralysis. It encouraged humanitarian workers from various countries to participate in recovering Aceh Province. …”

British civil defence policy in response to the threat of nuclear attack 1972-1986 by Arnold, Jacquelyn

“…By extrapolating and further analysing the idea of policy development as a direct result of certain key factors, this thesis charts the conceptualisation and evolution of civil defence through its fluctuating humanitarian, political, insurance and deterrent functions by which such policy may be explained and understood. …”
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Challenges in the relationship between the protection of internally displaced persons and international refugee law by Ní Ghráinne, B

“…This includes the conclusion of two regional treaties on the protection of IDPs, the development of relevant soft law instruments, and the reformed 'Cluster Approach' of humanitarian response. Although the increased focus on IDP protection is a welcome development, the UNHCR has expressed the fear that 'activities for the internally displaced may be (mis)interpreted as obviating the need for international protection and asylum.'…”

AMR in low-resource settings: Médecins Sans Frontières bridges surveillance gaps by developing a turnkey solution, the Mini-Lab by Ronat, J-B, Natale, A, Kesteman, T, Andremont, A, Elamin, W, Hardy, L, Kanapathipillai, R, Michel, J, Langendorf, C, Vandenberg, O, Naas, T, Kouassi, F

“…<strong>Background<br></strong> In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), data related to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) are often inconsistently collected. Humanitarian, private and non-governmental medical organizations (NGOs), working with or in parallel to public medical systems, are sometimes present in these contexts. …”

A systematic review of substandard, falsified, unlicensed and unregistered medicine sampling studies: a focus on context, prevalence, and quality by McManus, D, Naughton, B

“…Substandard and falsified (SF) medicines are a global issue contributing to antimicrobial resistance and causing economic and humanitarian harm. To direct law enforcement efficiently, halt the spread of SF medicines and antimicrobial resistance, academics, NGOs and government organisations use medicine quality sampling studies to estimate the prevalence of the problem. …”

The White Russian army in exile, 1920-1941 by Robinson, P

“…Its leaders found work for thousands of troops in the early 1920s, and later continued to provide humanitarian aid. ROVS viewed itself as an "order of knights", a concept which boosted the self-worth of members who had few other sources of moral support, and which reflected the prevailing values of White officers. …”

War and associative duties by Lazar, S

“…Our general duties to protect sometimes override our general duties not to harm, in particular, in cases of justified humanitarian intervention. Our associative duties to protect, however, are stronger than our general duties to protect. …”

Spaces of trust and mistrust : Congolese refugees, institutions and protection in Kampala, Uganda by Lyytinen, E, Lyytinen Eveliina

“…<p>The spatiality of refugee protection has been a key issue for humanitarian practitioners and policy-makers, and it has become of increasing concern in academic studies. …”

Forming future citizens: emotion and the republic's colonias for evacuee children during the Spanish civil war (1936–1939) by Sheridan Breakwell, S

“…It contributes to our knowledge of state and rearguard civil institutions—unions, proletarian movements, revolutionary committees, and humanitarian organizations—which set up <em>colonias</em> and of the experience of parents, children, and teachers as they interacted with these authorities. …”

A multi-depot dynamic vehicle routing problem with stochastic road capacity: an MDP model and dynamic policy for post-decision state rollout algorithm in reinforcement learning by Anuar, Wadi Khalid, Lee, Lai Soon, Seow, Hsin-Vonn, Pickl, Stefan

“…This is a challenge for humanitarian operations in the context of delivering critical medical supplies. …”

Consolidation of human capital values through finishing school approach. by Abdul Ghani, Che An, Md. Sabran, Shattar

“…The country needs to be in the forefront in various science and technology disciplines and in humanitarian causes. We want to produce a well-rounded citizens who are intelligent, positive, creative and sensitive. …”
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Manifestasi perjuangan dalam pidato Yasser Arafat dari sudut analisis wacana kritis by Hj Azizan, Mohamad Rushdan

“…From the analysis of the two dimensions, humanitarian and pro diplomatic oriented ideology could be seen through process dimension or social practice. …”
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Health and safety: the use of pct-based techiques to determine molecular characteristic changes in the enteric pathogens for effective post-flood infection control strategies by Azian, Harun

“…Given the magnitude of the 2014 flood in Kelantan, a great deal of changes are expected namely in the rates and severity of microbial contamination, microbiological profiles of the water sources, and consequently the incidence of infectious diseases associated with contaminated food and water. Immediate humanitarian aids to the flood victims have been widely supplied induding shelter, food, dothing and medications induding oral antibiotics. …”
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