The main objective of integrating Web GIS in airport emergency response should be to provide the most appropriate geospatial information to all participants. Airport emergency response still needs a model that will explain its complexity: its participants, their tasks and information needs. This paper presents the UML model of airport emergency response. Such a model facilitates a common unders...

Forecasting is never able to correctly predict the future. Its main purpose therefore is to gain some understanding of the future. Hardly anyone these days will make multimillion euros plans and implement them without at least trying to simulate the future and studying some possible scenarios. Decision making is the core management activity. As airport business environments become more and more...

Correspondence: LaraFerrándiz,PhD,DermatologyUnit, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Avenue Dr Fedriani s/n, 41073 Seville, Spain ([email protected]). Author Contributions: Drs Ferrándiz and MorenoRamirez had full access to all the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Acquisition of data: Ferrándiz, Ruizde-Casa...

This paper develops and analyzes a simplified model of the dynamics of delay propagation in air traffic networks. The proposed model considers the redistribution of delays by accounting for aircraft flows between airports, the persistence of delays at an airport, the mitigation of delays due to slacks or buffers in flight schedules, and inputs such as sudden impulsive disruptions or sustained i...

BACKGROUND There is growing concern in communities surrounding airports regarding the contribution of various emission sources (such as aircraft and ground support equipment) to nearby ambient concentrations. We used extensive monitoring of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in neighborhoods surrounding T.F. Green Airport in Warwick, RI, and land-use regression (LUR) modeling techniques to determine the im...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effectiveness of airport screening in New South Wales during pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Analysis of data collected at clinics held at Sydney Airport, and of all notified cases of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09, between 28 April 2009 and 18 June 2009. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Case detection rate per 100,000 passengers screened, sensitivity,...

Massive actuator arrays found their applications in robotics, pharmaceutics, aerospace, etc. Compared with electrically and/or pneumatically powered actuator array, hydraulic actuator has the comprehensive advantages of higher force density (i.e. force / actuation area), better controllability, and simpler remote control accessibility. This paper presents approaches to construct and control a m...