Many unreinforced masonry structures were vulnerable in the past earthquakes and required retrofitting. The vulnerability of could solve by providing numerous retrofitting approaches. However, lack appropriate methods, which provide a solution for historical with lesser effects on their façade, is demanding. In this study, two one-third scale wall specimens made clay bricks tested under constan...

The risk of occupational death is disproportionately high for emergency medical services (EMS) personnel, largely as a consequence of the high incidence of transportation-related fatalities. The purpose of this narrative review is twofold: to raise awareness in the EMS community by examining the various factors that contribute to vehicular EMS injuries and fatalities and to outline practical st...

In order to deal with the huge threat and loss caused by the earthquake, established the evaluation system and model, and the risk zoning map is drawn according to the study of the vulnerability of Xicheng District's streets. According to the spatial coupling relationship between social vulnerability and physical vulnerability, drawn the comprehensive risk zoning map of Shichahai street as a ty...

This article reports on the implementation of published guidelines for retrofitting tractors with safe access platforms, which were developed to reduce the risk of serious injuries and deaths associated with mounting and dismounting. Farmer interviews and engineering-based inspections of ten retrofitted tractors were conducted to gather information regarding benefits and disadvantages of the re...

This paper suggests a SOA-based system impact management for information assurance vulnerability in E-Government. Once an information assurance vulnerability notice is given for a system, it is important for reducing massive system engineering efforts for system impact management. When multiple systems are updated by security patches for mitigating system vulnerability, system impact management...

Mitigating disaster impact requires identifying risk factors. The increased vulnerability of the physically fragile is easily understood. Less obvious are the socio-economic risk factors, especially within relatively affluent societies. Hurricane Katrina demonstrated many of these risks within the United States. These factors include poverty, home ownership, poor English language proficiency, e...