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Showing 1 to 20 of 108 for “"Casualty"”.
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An Autonomous Casualty Status Communication Tool
… communicated so closely to the reception of the casualty that it does not yield any benefit in preparation. This project assess the feasibility, and proposes a design for a novel machine learning-enabled tool to autonomously detect and communicate casualty status information as a redundancy …
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Risk management for property casualty insurance companies
… of capital is a result of dysfunctional property/casualty risk classification and capital accumulation practices in the insurance industry. We reclassify risk based on both peril and financial functional features, in order to capture all the facets of risk affecting a firm and ultimately to …
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A revolutionary approach to improving combat casualty care
… that describe the changes in modern combat casualty care. These are clustered into conceptual (doctrine) innovation; changes to organisational structure and operational processes; and advances in technology. These are analysed against Lambeth’s (1997) criteria for a Revolution in Military …
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Predicting earthquake casualty rates accounting for community vulnerability
… severe results of earthquakes. Prediction of casualty rates due to earthquakes plays an important role in seismic risk management. A predicted casualty rate reflects the vulnerability of a community of interest. An accurate prediction of earthquake casualty rates may facilitate the response …
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Decision Support for Casualty Triage in Emergency Response
Mass-casualty incidents (MCI) cause a sudden increase in demand of medical resources in a region. The most important and challenging task in addressing an MCI is managing overwhelmed resources with the goal of increasing total number of survivors. Currently, most of the decisions following an MCI …
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Assessment of factors influencing nurses and the casualty department's preparedness for incidents of mass casualty at Nyangabwe referal hospital in Francistown, Botswana.
… study assessed emergency preparedness for mass casualty incidents among nurses and the casualty department at Nyangabwe Referral Hospital in Francistown. A quantitative descriptive cross-sectional study adapted the World Health Organization(WHO) hospital emergency response checklist and the tool …
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Assessment of factors influencing nurses and the casualty department's preparedness for incidents of mass casualty at Nyangabwe referal hospital in Francistown, Botswana.
… study assessed emergency preparedness for mass casualty incidents among nurses and the casualty department at Nyangabwe Referral Hospital in Francistown. A quantitative descriptive cross-sectional study adapted the World Health Organization(WHO) hospital emergency response checklist and the tool …
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Property-casualty insurance cycles, capacity constraints, and empirical results
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1990.
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Prehospital pain management in mass casualty scenarios: a scoping review
Background: Effective pain management in mass casualty scenarios (MCS) is critical due to the high prevalence of severe pain and its association with increased morbidity. MCS, defined as incidents where patient care needs exceed available resources, pose unique challenges for prehospital care …
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Foreign perceptions of American casualty sensitivity : is your reputation worth fighting for?
… (i.e., foreign perceptions of American casualty sensitivity) in order to test and shed light on the larger "reputation" hypothesis. For the purposes of this paper, the reputation hypothesis posits that foreign perceptions of American casualty tolerance are based on past American actions. …
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Optimization Models Addressing Emergency Management Decisions During a Mass Casualty Incident Response
… our operational research knowledge to model mass casualty incidents, we seek to provide solutions and insights for the emergency managers. This dissertation proposes a novel deterministic model to optimize the casualty transportation and treatment decisions in response to a MCI. This deterministic …
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How Transnational Advocacy Networks Emerge: An Empirical Investigation of a Casualty Recording Network
… due to a gap in institutional approaches to casualty recording in conflict and why actors join TANs. This TAN is particularly worthy of investigation because casualty records measure the scope of violence in a conflict and are often highly politicized and contested. Existing explanations of …
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Human Factors Design and Evaluation of Augmented Reality for Mass Casualty Incident Triage
… in high-risk environments such as mass casualty incident (MCI) tri-age. However, developing practical and effective AR tools for this purpose necessitates a meticulous user-centered design (UCD) process, thoughtfully crafted and validated through iterative testing with first responders …
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"Casualty of Progress": The Ward One Community and Urban Renewal, Columbia, South Carolina, 1964-1974
<p><em>Casualty of Progress </em> will examine the role of the City of Columbia, the Columbia Housing Authority, and the University of South Carolina played in the Urban Renewal Projects in Columbia, South Carolina between 1964 and 1974 that led to the displacement of a predominantly …
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Deterministic casualty analysis of the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor for use with risk-based safety regulation
… be a beyond design basis earthquake. The first casualty is steam blanketing of the reactor vessel due to a rupture in the Reactor Cavity Cooling System (RCCS). This casualty is shown to have little effect on the safety of the plant. The second casualty was failure of the RCCS due to operator …
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Factors influencing the importance of incorporating competencies regarding mass casualty incidents into baccalaureate-degree nursing programs as perceived by currently employed faculty
… agencies can’t handle all aspects of mass casualty events. Healthcare professionals, such as nurses, who are knowledgeable and trained in mass casualty incidents (MCIs) are needed to provide competent care to the victims. Although others expect a knowledgeable nursing response, the majority …
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