occurrence of natural disaster inflicts irreparable injuries and symptoms on humans. in such conditions, affected people are waiting for medical services and relief commodities. thus, quick reaction of medical services and relief commodities supply play important roles in improving natural disaster management. in this paper, a multi-objective non-linear credibility-based fuzzy mathematical prog...

This paper presents a review of methodology for semi-supervised modeling with kernel methods, when the manifold assumption is guaranteed to be satisfied. It concerns environmental data modeling on natural manifolds, such as complex topographies of the mountainous regions, where environmental processes are highly influenced by the relief. These relations, possibly regionalized and nonlinear, can...

This article examines the frequently cited argument that coordination issues in humanitarian relief can be addressed more effectively with greater centralized authority and argues for a new conceptualization of aid delivery. The former position suggests a hierarchical, top-down view of the humanitarian relief theater, while this analysis contends that the relief implementation structure may be ...

Welcome, dear readers, to the third issue of the current 22nd volume of our journal. As I write, the heat and humidity of summer are slowly giving way the cooler nights which presage the first welcome days of autumn. The Japanese semi (cicadas) are singing away during their short but frenetic 72 hours of life above the ground, but the droning “meeee-meeee” semi of high summer is giving way to t...

Title. The legitimacy of rest: conditions for the relief of burden in advanced dementia care-giving. Aim. This paper is a report of a study conducted to identify the conditions that favour the relief of the burden of female caregivers of relatives with advanced dementia. Background. Respite services are a response to caregivers’ needs for rest. Although they are wanted and needed services, care...

Cancer pain relief has been defined as a worldwide public health challenge in the last decades and has recently been included in public debates as a human rights issue. However, barriers to the provision of adequate pain management continue to exist. This article analyzes the cancer pain treatment provided in a palliative care setting in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, focusing on how prof...

The frequency and severity of disaster occurrence emergency situations, the importance risk communication relief organizations to increase readiness societies in case are increasing around world. This study aimed identify organizations' strategies improve Iran. qualitative was conducted with participation 25 managers, workers, people who had experiences response one disasters. data were collect...

background acupuncture has recently received considerable attention around the world due to its cost-effectiveness, few side effects, and well-established analgesic properties. objectives the present study aimed to identify the factors that might lead to using acupuncture for pain relief. patients and methods this qualitative study was conducted using conventional content analysis method. the s...

Badlands are specific landforms characterized by intense denudation processes. Their occurrence is mainly associated with clay-like materials and semi-arid Mediterranean climates. This study presents the badland inventory for Paleogene Pazin Basin located on Istrian peninsula in Croatia. A total of 5,381 polygons, a area 10.25 km2, were manually outlined, based visual interpretation orthophotos...