Impact database application for natural and technological risk management

Properties of natural organisms and its use in technological architecture

This research aimed at identifying natural organisms and their properties in the technological samples of contemporary architecture. The main questionswere: "Which properties of natural organisms are effective on the technological works of contemporary architecture?" and "How much do they affect?"This descriptive-analytic research was conducted using archival method to access the theoretical...

Natural hazards and technological risk in Russia: the relation assessment

Almost every natural disaster is accompanied by some sort of technological one. A number of studies also show a correlation between technological disasters and various global processes such as solar disturbances, geophysical field variation etc. In this study we attempted to ascertain and codify the relationship between different types of technological disasters and natural hazards. Two types o...

The Technological Management of Childbirth: Risk, Empowerment and Professional Accountability

RESEARCH TEAM Professor DJ Mason, Nottingham Trent University Professor EM Ettorre, University of Plymouth Dr GJ Lankshear, University of Plymouth Professor KR Greene, Plymouth Postgraduate Medical Centre The research set out to study the clinical implementation of a computerised decision support tool for managing fetal well-being in labour. It aimed to assess how the system impacted upon a ran...

Towards Creating Application-Specific Database Management Systems

Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management Standards for Hospitals

Background and Objective: Hospitals play an important role in protecting the health and survival of people during disasters. Despite the development of risk management programs worldwide in recent years, hospital preparedness in disasters is low and one reason for that is the lack of hospital standards for disaster preparedness. This study aims to develop hospital accreditation standards for ho...