Because of the availability of high-resolution satellite imagery, remote sensing data has become an attractive source of data for identifying post-earthquake damage. Recently, several semiautomated methods for earthquake damage detection have been developed. These methodologies fall into two general categories: change detection and thematic classification. In change detection, both preand post-...

In order to better research the role helicopter played in the earthquake rescue, a helicopter earthquake rescue mission modeling method based on multi-agent was proposed. The elements of the earthquake environment modeling were described. Typical helicopter rescue missions in earthquake relief were divided into three basic types, and the mission flow was carded. The division and function of age...

The development of seismic vulnerability evaluation standards for reinforced concrete buildings in Japan is briefly reviewed. Damage statistics are shown to indicate that severe damage was observed in a relatively small percentage of existing buildings even after damaging earthquakes in the world. Therefore, a simple screening procedure is necessary to identify such vulnerable buildings out of ...

The physics motivations for a fine grain 1st level electron/photon trigger which exploits the properties of the CMS crystal calorimeter are briefly introduced. An implementation architecture that extends the present design of the CMS calorimeter trigger is described. We then discuss the characteristics and the requirements of the electronic circuits needed to implement the fine grained trigger ...

Department of Experimental Medicine, Nephrology and Critical Care, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary-University of London, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ, UK Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy Department of Pathology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of...

Since the 1980s biotechnology has been promoted as a symbol of European progress. As a clean technology, agbiotech was meant to enhance efficient agri-production and thus fulfil the beneficent promise of a European Biosociety, like its counterpart of the Information Society. By the early 1990s biotech symbolised the ‘knowledge-based society’ and eventually the Lisbon agenda. At the 2000 Lisbon ...

Centro de Quı́mica Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal, Universidade Aberta, R. da Escola Politécnica, 147, 1269-001 Lisbon, Portugal, Lehrstuhl für Technische Thermodynamik (LTT), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Am Weichselgarten 8, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany, School of Physical, Environmental and ...

Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (stationed at NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC/La Jolla, CA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Miami, FL, USA, Department of Biological Sciences and Northern Gulf Institute, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA, Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Faculty of Sciences, Un...

1. The multidimensional character of seismicity: time, space, and earthquake focal mechanism need to be modeled. The latter is a symmetric second-rank tensor of a special kind. 2. The intrinsic randomness of earthquake occurrence, necessitating the use of stochastic point processes and appropriate complex statistical techniques. 3. The scale-invariant or fractal properties of earthquake process...