Proactive prevention and fighting fire at industrial facilities, often located in urbanized clusters, should include the use of modern methods for modeling danger zones that appear during the spread of the harmful combustion products of various chemi...
The supratrochlear artery (STA) demonstrates anatomical variability that impacts facial reconstruction with a paramedian forehead flap. STA branching patterns and the distance to the midline have been reported, but the STA pedicle has not been charac...
Expanding traditional time geography, this study examines personal exposure to air pollution and personal pollutant intake, and defines personal health danger zones by accounting for individual level space-time behavior. A 3D personal air pollution a...
This article discusses and compares approaches to the visualization of the danger zone formed as a result of spreading toxic substances during a fire at an industrial enterprise, to create predictive models and scenarios for evacuation and environmen...
Accurate simulation modeling of the danger zone and real-time visualization of the toxic cloud spread during a fire and explosion at an industrial facility in a nearby urban area are in demand by rescue services conducting evacuation. Using a cellula...
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are often deployed in hostile environments, where an adversary can physically capture some of the sensor nodes. The adversary collects all the nodes’ important credentials and subsequently replicate the nodes, wh...
There is a limited understanding of the antecedents and consequences of employee vitality during war zone exposure. The current study is one of the first ones to investigate the direct effects of perceived danger on employee vitality by collecting da...
The Sichuan province is a key area for forest and grassland fire prevention in China. Forest resources contribute significantly not only to the biological gene pool in the mid latitudes but also in reducing the concentration of greenhouse gases and s...
Modeling the effects of leakage in the transport of hazardous liquids is a highly topical issue, not only in the field of environmental engineering. This article’s introduction presents relevant information and statistical sources, analyzes selected...
Background/Objectives: Successful endodontic treatment depends on preserving sufficient radicular dentine to prevent perforations. Mandibular first molars present with complex root morphology and “danger zones,” especially of the mesial r...
Altered organokine expression contributes to increased cardiometabolic risk in obesity. Our aim was to evaluate the associations of serum afamin with glucose homeostasis, atherogenic dyslipidemia, and other adipokines in severe obesity to clarify the...
15 February 2023
During the COVID-19 pandemic, women and girls across the globe faced increased reliance on the digital space to access education, social support, and health and gender-based violence (GBV) services. While research from the last three years has explor...
Background and Objectives: The superficial femoral artery (SFA) can be injured during an intramedullary femoral nailing procedure with proximal and distal cross fixation, performed for proximal femoral fractures and intertrochanteric fractures. The a...
There is no doubt that food safety is important for public health and also no doubt stakeholders from farm to fork, including consumers, need to ensure that food remains safe. In Europe, foodborne outbreaks often occur in consumers’ homes, high...
In order to understand the instability characteristics of surrounding rock during deep roadway excavation, the influence of different section shapes on the stability of surrounding rock was systematically analyzed. Four sections of roadway with circu...
Mathematical modeling and computer visualization of hazardous zones of toxic substance cloud spread that occur during different accidents at industrial enterprises located near residential areas are in high demand to support the operational planning...
Preservation and increase of forest area are necessary conditions for the biosphere functioning. Forest ecosystems in most parts of the world are affected by fires. According to the latest data, the forest fire situation has become complicated in Ukr...
In the presented paper, an approach to assessing the size of the plastic deformation zone around a circular cavity intersecting a crushed disintegrated layer in tectonically stressed massive rock is suggested. Fractured rock zones of different qualit...
Pedestrian safety in urban areas remains a critical concern, especially for vehicles with large blind spots. This study examined associations between surround view monitoring (SVM)-defined risk zones and safety-related indicators using real-world dri...
Background: The region of the tricuspid valve is an important area for various cardiac interventions. In particular, the spatial relationships between the right coronary artery and the annulus of the tricuspid valve should be considered during surgic...
The original rock stress field is mainly divided into the σHZ-dominant stress field, the σZ-dominant stress field, and the σH-dominant stress field. Via theoretical analysis, the plastic zone morphology and the orientation of roadwa...
The regular ore body of the Xianglushan tungsten mine has been completely exploited. The remaining residual ore bodies face numerous hidden dangers, such as large and numerous abandoned mining areas, disorderly and small-scale mining sequences, delay...
Cognitive maps and spatial memory are fundamental paradigms of brain functioning. Here, we present a spiking neural network (SNN) capable of generating an internal representation of the external environment and implementing spatial memory. The SNN in...
13 October 2025
Aim: Older adult pedestrians are at greater risk of severe injuries than younger pedestrians due to gradual physical changes and coexisting medical conditions. This leads to longer hospital stays, increased mortality risk, and higher inpatient costs....
Modern climatic changes have an impact on the bearing capacity of permafrost soils at the base of the foundations of buildings and structures in the urbanized territories of the Arctic and Subarctic. The activation of cryogenic processes leads to the...
Numerical simulations of the leakage and diffusion behavior of liquid CO2 vessels and security analyses were conducted in this paper, based on a CO2 compression energy storage system. With isentropic choking model, the leakage of vessels under specif...
In order to reduce the accident risk in road construction and maintenance, this paper proposes a novel solution for road-worker safety based on an untethered real-time locating system (RTLS). This system tracks the location of workers in real time us...
Aiming at the limitation of the traditional four-dimensional (4-D) trajectory-prediction model of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), a 4-D trajectory combined prediction model based on a genetic algorithm is proposed. Based on historical flight data and...
To improve the global optimization ability and convergence speed of the swarm intelligence algorithm, we proposed a new swarm intelligence optimization algorithm, namely the Oryctolagus cuniculus algorithm. This includes five mechanisms: the determin...
To evaluate the dynamic stability of dangerous rock masses under seismic excitation more reasonably, a mass viscoelasticity model was adopted to simulate the two main controlling surfaces of a toppling dangerous rock mass. Based on the principles of...
Addressing fatalities on road is a major concern in most countries in the world. South-East Asian countries are no exception. In Indonesia, three persons die on road every hour. Understanding where and how road traffic crashes happen is imperative be...
Methods and technology have been developed to solve a wide range of problems in the dynamics of sea currents and to assess their “impact” on objects in the marine environment. Technology can be used for monitoring and forecasting sea currents, for so...
Underground coal gasification (UCG) is an industrial process that converts coal into product gas (syngas). This technology makes it possible to obtain energy without mining coal and post-processing. The UCG process is considered a safe technology wit...
Taking the 14,030 panel of Zhaogu No. 2 coal mine as its research object, this paper studies the evolution characteristics of the developing height, propagation track and caving arch shape of water-flowing fractures under the influence of thick alluv...
Connected vehicle data have the potential to warn motorists of impending slowdowns and congestion in real time. Multiple data providers have recently begun providing in-cab alerts to commercial vehicle drivers. This study reports on one such deployme...
Worldwide tourist beaches have been an ideal destination for people searching for a recreational place to visit; however, several conditions could generate risks for these visitors. At present, the main efforts to assess these risks and prevent peopl...
This paper focuses on the characterization approach to evaluate the decay state of Pietra Serena of historic buildings in Florence (Italy). Pietra Serena is a Florentine sandstone largely used in the city especially during the Renaissance; it is a sy...
Safety zones protect firefighters from bodily injury and death caused by exposure to dangerous heat levels. These zones are defined by maintaining a safe distance from combustible fuels, a safe separation distance (SSD) derived from flame height. Thi...
The classical cumulative damage method based on the S-N curve or crack growth model is unrealistic for predicting the lifetime of fishing nets under actual service conditions. In this paper, a novel and practical method based on the wave return perio...
Paper discusses a device belonging into an interesting and yet little-known family of no-moving-part active fluidic rectifiers. The generated steady component of flow and pressure are driven by input alternating flow from an external source. The abse...
This study aims to compare the shaping efficiency of the nickel–titanium instrument systems, One Reci and ProTaper Ultimate, using micro-CT (micro-computed tomography) in traditional and conservative endodontic access cavities. The experimental...
The quick drop of the water level in the Dead Sea has expedited the formation process of dissolution depression (DDs) along the southeastern coast, which brings about serious dangers with it. The objective of this research is to create a model that w...
The Caspian Sea is a region of active hydrocarbon production, where apart from conventional accumulations, gas hydrates (GH) are known to exist. GH are a potential future source of energy, however, currently they pose danger for development of conven...
This manuscript describes a method that is based on the implementation and setup of a mechatronic system that can recognize and detect, through thermal analysis, the zones where heap leaching piles may become locally saturated. Such a condition could...
The article presents a comprehensive methodology for optimizing ground impact zones of spent rocket stages based on the integration of geoinformation analysis, remote sensing of Earth, ballistic modeling, and ecosystem sustainability assessment. An i...
A hazard zoning map is the most essential tool during the crisis management cycle’s prevention and risk reduction phase. In this study, a geographic information system (GIS) is applied to the crisis management of ports through the preparation o...
26 August 2022
Road project sites are dangerous and crash-prone, with many hazards that can cause injuries and can result in the deaths of road users or site-workers. Work zones for road construction or maintenance can potentially contribute to increasing these cra...
Fire occurrence and behaviour in Mediterranean-type ecosystems strongly depend on the air temperature and wind conditions, the amount of fuel load and the drought conditions that drastically increase flammability, particularly during the summer perio...
The nature of carbonate deposition can cause the development of unique geological features such as cavities and vugs called karsts. Encountering karsts while drilling can lead to serious consequences. To improve drilling safety in intervals of karsti...
In contemporary sports science, the integration of wearable inertial measurement units (IMUs) has revolutionized athlete performance monitoring, offering insights into training load management and injury risk mitigation. The acute:chronic workload ra...
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