Since 2009, disasters have displaced each year at least 15 million people worldwide. Immediately post-disaster, emergency shelters serve those displaced. The sheltering system often consists of formal (managed by the government) and spontaneous volunteers). These two types may offer different resources with atmospheres that can vary widely. Displaced persons select between based on their person...

Abstract Foreigners tend to be vulnerable disasters due religious and cultural differences. In Japan, Muslim foreign residents, who are minorities, likely face difficulties in terms of food practices evacuation shelters. this study, we propose the use mosques as voluntary shelters for foreigners Japan evaluate their potential function Mosques expected have a large space, including prayer store ...

Upgrading the Syrian refugee shelter design serves humanitarian needs, especially since currently used T-shelters have a life span of 2–4 years, and there are no clear signs an imminent return refugees to their country, even after end civil war. The use 3D concrete printing can provide promising method construct new durable shelters with long better protection against extreme change in desert c...

Groups of starved, virgin adult male or female bed bugs were stimulated to search for a host by the presence of a heated artificial feeder. Some of the bed bug groups were allowed to obtain a blood meal and some were not. After the removal of the feeder, bed bugs were observed throughout the scotophase to record their searching and aggregation behavior. Groups of male and female bed bugs that w...

This paper presents the work in progress of a mobile-based distributed system which aims to minimize the social impact of abandoned or lost animals. System is based on the use of smart mobile devices to provide message warnings of animals localized. Messages are stored in a database to be processed. In order to enter data such as photography, audio and artificial images, system uses different m...