Preparing our hospitals and other healthcare facilities for disasters is a national security priority. Disasters occur nearly every day in the United States, and the frequency is increasing. This includes such diverse events as storms, droughts, wildfires, floods, earthquakes, chemical and industrial accidents, burns, mass shootings and bombings, and epidemics. All sickened or injured people re...

This paper deals with the analysis of the non-stationary behavior of scatterers in polarimetric SAR imaging . A method based on continuous wavelet and incoherent polarimetric decompositions is proposed to extract the polarimetric timefrequency signatures of scatterers. These signatures characterize scatterers according to their polarimetric /or energetic behavior versus the emitted frequency an...

In this paper, natural and manmade-shared control system examples are presented. Analogies and differences among these systems are discussed. Then, basic requirements for successful cooperation in shared-control systems are identified. Finally, an ambitious general framework for human-machine shared control is proposed. Here, only intelligent machines that would otherwise function autonomously ...

A study of the interferometric characteristics of manmade features is presented. Tests for the assessment of their phase stability are applied for two case studies. The results indicate that small features show spatially homogeneous phase information in a single interferogram and that this information remains stable also in time even at the level of single pixels.

Much has been written by economists about the sources of the productivity slowdown; and self-serving policy recommendations by interest groups abound. Strangely, the two are seldom connected. It is as if, upon seeing a neighbor jog his rounds more slowly than usual, we give him our expert advice without finding out why. But, surely, our advice to our neighbor must depend on the source of his la...

As an example, Dayton (Ohio) MMRS (DMMRS) enhances and coordinates efforts to improve local and regional response capabilities for all forms of disasters: biological, manmade, or naturally occurring. DMMRS, like so many other MMRS cities, has responded to these challenges from its inception, and continues today preparing and implementing new response procedures that change the way responders re...

Recently the World Health Organization (WHO) has highlighted the need to strengthen mental health systems following emergencies, including natural and manmade disasters. Mental health services need to be informed by culturally attuned evidence that is developed through research. Therefore, there is an urgent need to establish rigorous ethical research practice to underpin the evidence-base for ...