Traumatic experiences - such as combat, living in a conflict country or war-torn nation, or experiencing a violent crime or natural disaster - change social relationships and may also influence a life-time of consumer relationships with brands and shopping. Our focus on this previously overlooked area is centered on an analysis of the long-term shopping habits of 355 combat veterans. We show th...

The increasing number of natural disasters in the last decade necessitates the increase in capacity and agility while delivering humanitarian relief. A common logistics strategy used by humanitarian organizations to respond this need is the establishment of pre-positioning warehouse networks. In the pre-positioning strategy, critical relief inventories are located near the regions at which they...

After the January 12, 2010, earthquake in Haiti, Project Medishare and the University of Miami organized, built, and staffed a 200-bed field hospital (the University of Miami Hospital in Haiti [UMHH]) on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince. We describe the operational challenges of providing a safe environment at the UMHH. Furthermore, we compared how these issues were addressed at this ad hoc hosp...

As the total mileage of natural gas pipeline network continues to increase, topological structure will become more and complex. The complicated is likely cause inherent structural defects, which have serious impacts on safe operation network. At present, related researches mainly focused reliable network, has a research hotspot, but few them considered complexity its potential impacts. In order...

The present article integrates findings from diverse studies on the generalized role of perceived coping self-efficacy in recovery from different types of traumatic experiences. They include natural disasters, technological catastrophes, terrorist attacks, military combat, and sexual and criminal assaults. The various studies apply multiple controls for diverse sets of potential contributors to...

While natural disasters are generally unavoidable and largely unpredictable, the scientific community can make use of science and technology in order to help the public be as prepared as possible. They can take preventative measures, they can assess and minimize damage and they can record data for future reference. Scientific and technological advancements enable us to deal better with emergenc...

This paper presents a new application of double-layer dynamics theory (DLD) in modelling dynamics of human migration problems reformulated as transportation networks problems. Recent results in DLD allow for generalizing existing migration models by accounting for sudden (discontinuous) changes in migration flows as a consequence of, for example, natural disasters or catastrophic events.

Sociologists have long recognized that historical events, such as wars, depressions, and natural disasters, can affect the trajectories of people’s lives and can, more broadly, alter social structure. The following paper examines the effect of a particular type of event, war, on a particular facet of people’s lives, their ability to work. The paper uses longitudinal data from the Panel Study of...