This empirical analysis examines the use of the live-streaming application Periscope in three crises that occurred in 2015. Qualitative and quantitative analyses of tweets relating to the Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia, Baltimore protests after Freddie Grey’s death, and Hurricane Joaquin flooding in South Carolina reveal that this recently deployed application is being used by both citizens ...

Optimal routing is an important part of the methanol road transportation research. Optimal routing of methanol is different from those general optimal routing processes. Methanol optimal routing need to take into account the risk of path, the possible consequences of the accident and emergency response capabilities around the path and other factors This paper includes two aspects of research, o...

Author details Intensive Care Unit, Level 4, Emergency Services Building, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace, Adelaide 5000, South Australia, Australia. Discipline of Acute Care Medicine, University of Adelaide, Level 5, Eleanor Harrald Building, Frome Road, Adelaide 5000, South Australia, Australia. Clinical Evaluation Research Unit, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston K7L 2 V7, Ontario, C...

A method of improving information about injuries sustained in road traffic accidents is described. It was achieved by combining data from the police with that from the accident and emergency department in such a way that patient confidentiality was preserved. This improved data base shows that present estimates of the number of injuries sustained on the road are too low and that assessments of ...

BACKGROUND Non-traumatic cardiac arrest is a fatal emergency condition. Its survival rate and outcomes may be better with quick and effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Telemedicine such as telephone or real time video has been shown to improve chest compression procedures. There are limited data on the effects of telemedicine in cardiac arrest situations in the literature particularl...

concentration of heavy metals in aquatic ecosystems is considered as an important environmantal issue. in this study, the namrood river located in firoozkooh (tehran province, iran) was assessed for the existence of heavy metals. the namrood river is situated by the main road being by pollutants from tourism and recreational centers, gas stations, sewage of villages, agricultural wastewater and...

This project studies the effects of vehicle routing on pollution levels. We aim to develop queueing theory based mathematical models to analyse highway traffic flows and focus on focus on the capacity drop and shockwaves. Then we intend to use emission models and plume model to predict air pollution in a wider region. These predictions will be tested using remote sensing data and data from meas...

Both governments and car manufacturers have recently made huge investments in electric vehicles (EVs) to turn them into a viable solution to cope with problems such as pollution due to internal combustion engines and increasing gas prices. For instance, the Renault-Nissan Alliance has invested 4 billion in EVs since 2010. In particular, they signed a partnership with Better Place, a company tha...