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Showing 1 to 20 of 95 for “"early warning system"”.
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An Early Warning System For Risk Management
… issues) has highlighted the urgent need for an early risk warning system (ERWS) in healthcare. The influences of changing weather conditions demand that diabetic patients and doctors in Saudi Arabia have a continuous check on health conditions. The number of diabetic patients is increasing …
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Evaluation of the Early Warning System at Banner Desert Medical Center
… to the current practices and workflow of the Early Warning System (EWS) currently in use at Banner Health. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional design was used to collect feedback from Registered Nurses. The survey was open between February and March of 2016. Likert style and open-ended …
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Optimization of the seismic early warning system for the Tohoku Shinkansen
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1995.
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NEVER AGAIN; WORKING TOWARD AN EFFECTIVE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR GENOCIDE PREVENTION
… practices, norms and risk assessment/ genocide early warning systems in reducing the occurrence of genocide. To frame the work of this thesis Bruce Cronin‟s theory on International Protection Regimes (IPRs) is used, for its emphasis on the need for international actors to work toward the “common …
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Early warning system guidance to mitigate flash flood impacts in Petra region, Jordan
… controlled easily, the need for more effective early warning systems has become extremely important. United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) and many researchers assumed that if an effective tsunami early warning system had been in place in the Indian Ocean region …
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Fuzzy-Rule-Based Failure Detection and Early Warning System for Lithium-ion Battery
… suffers. In this thesis, a fuzzy-rule-based system is proposed to detect the over-charge and over-discharge failure in early time. The preliminary results for the failure signatures of overcharged and over-discharged lithium-ion are listed based on the experimental results under both room …
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Developing an early warning system for congestive heart failure during a Bayesian reasoning network
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2001.
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Precipitation analysis for a flood early warning system in the Manafwa River Basin, Uganda
… for a precipitation based flood forecasting system for the Manafwa River Basin. The hydrological model relates precipitation with flood risk and flood extent. The main input for the model is the basin precipitation. The rainfall data from satellite precipitation estimates produced by the …
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Implementation of an Innovative Early Warning System: Evidenced-based Strategies for Ensuring System-wide Nursing Adoption
<p>Early deterioration in adult medical-surgical patients is associated with increased intensive care unit and hospital mortality (Goldhill, 2001). Failure to recognize deterioration is a preventable patient safety and quality issue. To address this problem, since 2013, Kaiser Permanente Northern …
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Developing a framework for integrated community-centered early warning system to enhance disaster resilience in UAE
… controlled easily, the need for more effective early warning systems has become highly important. In recent years, existing researches and international organisations such as the United Nations (UN) have identified lack of Early Warning System (EWS) and the lack of integrated approach to …
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The framework for REVIEWS: an exploration into design principles for an electronic medical early warning system observation chart
… relating to the health of a patient. Information Systems (IS) research has demonstrated the positive impact of good interface design on decision making and it is logical that good observation chart design can positively impact healthcare decision making. Despite the potential for good observation …
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Development of a HEC-HMS model to inform river gauge placement for a flood early warning system in Uganda
… partnered with the Red Cross to develop a Flood Early Warning System (FEWS) that will alert downstream communities of imminent flooding. The first step in the development of the FEWS is to determine if the placement of a river gauge upstream from the existing gauge at Busiu Bridge will be capable …
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Determining the optimal river gauge location for a flood early warning system in Uganda using HEC-RAS and AHP
… of Butaleja, and often occurs without advance warning. In 2012, the American Red Cross in Uganda requested MIT to develop a flood early warning system (FEWS) that can be used to expedite disaster response in the event of imminent flooding. A minimum flood warning lead time of 2 hours was …
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An early warning system for the abandonment of housing in the city of Boston: its validity, feasibility and implications,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Thesis. 1971. B.S.
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A framework for an early warning system for the management of the spread of locust invasion based on artificial intelligence technologies.
… a comprehensive framework that enhances early warning and management of locust invasions. The methodologies employed include Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), semi-structured questionnaires, and field experiments using a Deep Learning model embedded in Internet of Things (IoT) devices and …
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Examining the Effectiveness of Early Warning System for Disaster Management in Tanzania: A Case Study of Management of Floods in Kinondoni Municipality
Early warning system, has impact on the community and always been significant aspect of issue and discussion worldwide. With the current climate change scenario and various studies in the past related to climate change has shown that flood frequency has increased leaving people in the flood plains …
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Deriving a policy document towards an early warning system for estuaries in South Africa: case study Great Brak estuary, Eden District, Southern Cape
… PhD thesis is to devise and implement an Estuary Early Warning – Emergency Preparedness and Response Guide for stakeholders and government policymakers. This guide will target South Africa's coastal region by analysing past information on storm surges and estuary flooding, particularly in the …
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Development of an early warning system for predicting rock bursts and rock induced displacements in seismically active mining blocks at Mufulira underground mine (deeps section).
… from the retreating stope face to the east. An early warning monitoring system at Mufulira mine has been developed through modification of the existing micro-seismic monitoring system to allow the quantification of exposure to seismicity and provide a logistical tool to guide the effort into the …
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Characteristics and Patterns of Enrollment and Completion of First-Time Online Students at Midwest Suburban College
… and faculty should work together to develop an early-warning system providing support to targeted online students.
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New Methods for Reliability Evaluation and Enhancement of Power Systems
Modern Power systems are smart, interconnected, interdependent, load sharing and phased mission systems. Reliability of such complex power systems is very important in design, planning, installation and maintenance to provide electrical energy as economical as possible with an acceptable degree of …
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