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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"emergency relief"”.
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Disaster emergency relief shelter.
Thesis: M. Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 1973
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"TO GIVE OR NOT TO GIVE:" INTERACTIONS BETWEEN RURAL RELIEF CLIENTS AND SOCIAL WORKERS DURING THE EMERGENCY RELIEF PERIOD OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION, 1933 TO 1935
… more difficult to address with government-run relief efforts. Because traditional methods of relief from poverty were embedded in the socioeconomic culture of rural America, it was not always possible to apply the same federal relief methods in the countryside as in the urban areas of the …
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The Pine Mountain Valley Rural Community Project 1934-1946
… workers permanently. To get these people off relief, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration established about 100 rural industrial communities across America. By providing the opportunity to develop rural communities based upon modern farming and agriculturally-related industries, …
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Running on Fumes: Preventable Public Health Failures and Mishaps Post-Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico
Emergency preparedness programs that were in place for Puerto Rico when Hurricane Maria struck were disconcerting on a local and national level. After highlighting some of the hurricane’s physical and financial effects on Puerto Rico, I describe the emergency response survivors received in Puerto …
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Ultra-Fast, Autonomous, Reconfigurable Communication System
… efficient communication network for emergency relief purposes. In this research, a fully autonomous system to deploy Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) as the first phase disaster recovery communication network for wide-area relief is presented. As part of this system, an automation …
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Calculating humanitarian response capacity
… stocked with over 1,000 types of humanitarian relief items. In the event of an emergency, the UNHRDs deploy the pre-positioned stocks to meet the initial demand of those people affected. Our thesis evaluates the response capacity of the UNHRDs to a single potential disaster: what percentage of …
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Reimagining Castañeda to Analyze How Districts Use ESSER Funds to Support Latinx Spanish-Speaking Multilinguals: A Multiple Case Study
… districts used Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds to support Latinx Spanish-speaking multilingual learners (MLs) during the pandemic. The research design for this study was a qualitative multiple-case study (n=6) using multiple data sources, including semi structured …
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A Solar-Powered and Multi-Tiered Mesh Node for a Portable In Situ Emergency Response System
… to survivors. Current state-of-the-art emergency response systems rely on satellite radio-enabled devices, but survivors, unlike first responders, do not have access to such devices. To mitigate this problem, we present PERPETUU a solar-powered portable GIS microserver. The microserver …
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Open Source Hardware for Human Development
… but most people are familiar with the terms “emergency relief” and “humanitarian intervention”. Emergency relief focuses on providing assistance to save lives, alleviate suffering, or protect populations; while human development uses various societal levers to improve living conditions. The …
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Optimization of Point-of-Use Water Treatment Device for Disaster Relief
… method of providing drinking water in disaster relief situations when critical water infrastructure is damaged. In these cases, POU treatment devices can be used to treat local water until relief organizations set up more permanent water provision methods. One such POU technology is …
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Modelling of Level Swell in a Pressurized Vessel During Venting
… (1976), Bhopal (1984), and Vishakapatnam (2020). Emergency relief systems act as a mitigative layer of protection by removing the vessel's contents and relieving its pressure. Thus, it is imperative for the safe operation of chemical processes to adequately size the ERS. Current ERS sizing methods …
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Evaluation of the complementary use of the ceramic (Kosim) filter and Aquatabs in Northern Region, Ghana
… however, they have predominantly been applied in emergency relief situations and have never, apart from one research study conducted by the Center for Disease Control, previously been applied in Ghana. In this study, 59 rural households (24 in a lower-class community and 35 in a lower middle-class …
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Requisitioned: American War Art of the Second World War
… crises of the 1930s that brought about American emergency relief initiatives for artists under the direction of Holger Cahill and, by extension, Edward Bruce. For the first time in history, the American public engaged with state-sponsored art. Due to a symbiotic relationship that formed between …
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An assessment of the effects of the shortage of water supply in Vhembe District
… measures include water trucking to provide emergency relief to affected communities until more sustainable solutions are implemented. Public awareness campaigns should be conducted to promote water conservation and responsible water usage among residents. The government should collaborate …
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A history of FERA and WPA workers' education, the Indiana experience 1933-1943
… from the workers' perspective. When the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) created its adult education program in 1933, workers' education classes were included. Between 1933 and 1943 thirty-six states participated in the federal experiment in workers' education. Seventeen of these …
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A Tale of Two Influences: An Exploration of Downward Accountability in World Vision International
… social accountability, humanitarian relief, development. The second phase comprised analysis of an internal dataset summarizing annual reports from 64 country offices; and review of documents including annual reports spanning 18 years.</p> <p>Using a within-case comparison, the study …
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Expression and Purification of the C-Terminal Domain of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDV) S1 Protein
… control the outbreak, the USDA had approved two emergency-relief vaccines, but both have proved to be ineffective at preventing disease or reducing fecal shedding. These vaccines are still available today. As such, it is necessary to develop a vaccine that will be effective at preventing illness …
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The changing face of food poverty with special reference to Wales
… of current austerity policies, the growth of the emergency food aid landscape has become recognisable through the ‘food bank’. These places of charitable food-redistribution have seen their presence increase within an evolving social policy context. Understanding food bank use as two modes of …
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E-migrant women entrepreneurs: mobile money apps, transnational communication and the maintenance of social practices
… theme is the use of mobile money apps to solicit emergency funds and financial support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings indicate that mobile money apps have reshaped communication practices of migrant women entrepreneurs by enhancing interpersonal communication and facilitating social …
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