INTRODUCTION Surge capacity is defined as a healthcare system's ability to rapidly expand beyond normal services to meet the increased demand for appropriate space, qualified personnel, medical care, and public health in the event ofbioterrorism, disaster, or other large-scale, public health emergencies. There are many individuals and agencies, including policy makers, planners, administrators,...

Transient voltage surge suppressors are characterized from the point of view of electric utilities wishing to ofler to their customers a comprehensive surgeprotection plan. This plan involves a surge arrester installed at the service enlrme and one or more plug-in suppressors installed within Me premises, at the point of connection of a surge-sensitive appliance. Complementary tests were conduc...

The national strategy against pandemic influenza essentially consists of 3 prongs: (i) effective surveillance, (ii) mitigation of the pandemic's impact, and (iii) render the population immune through vaccination. When the pandemic hits Singapore, the response plan aims to achieve the following 3 outcomes: (i) maintenance of essential services to limit social and economic disruption, (ii) reduct...

surge and rotating stall phenomena are two dynamic instabilities that occur in both axial and centrifugal compressors. surge is the stream instability phenomenon in compressor that imposes severe damages to the compressors. nowadays, suppressing surge phenomenon is one of the most important issues in oil and gas industries, especially when flow reduction or gas reflux is considered. this resear...

Science for the challenges of society. Preface: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) invited Professor Bar-Yam, president of the New England Complex Systems Institute, to give an executive program to senior management to provide training in complex systems science concepts and their application to areas of interest to the USACE. In preparation for this program, Professor Bar-Yam was provide...

For the coordination and control of robot behavior, behavior decision is the foundation and the determinant of robot intelligence. Based on autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), through the analysis of domestic anti-surge technology research status and inrush current model, a control technology with the use of behavioural decision upper and lower piecewise integration control between PID and FPI...

This report analyses the impact of reverse triage, as described by Kelen, to rapidly assess the need for continuing inpatient care and to expedite patient discharge to create surge capacity for disaster victims. The Royal Darwin Hospital was asked to take up to 30 casualties suffering from blast injuries from a boat carrying asylum seekers that had exploded 840 km west of Darwin. The hospital w...