In the early response to large-scale epidemics, it generally leads an imbalance in emergency relief resources among different regions. this sense, these need be wholly reallocated balance supply and demand, which can realized by a collaborative resource reallocation process with maximization of fairness. To address issue, stochastic nonlinear optimization model is proposed formulate problem und...

Since the combined effects of the rapid urban growth and climate change, disasters such as blizzard, hurricane, earthquake and traffic jar occur in nearly every city frequently. Building an urban adaptive emergency evaluation index system is a global topic concerned by experts in recent years. It is also a top priority in current urban planning. This paper makes comprehensive research and analy...

Based on the actual needs of the Chinese national emergency rescue base in mining areas, and in order to effectively carry out emergency rescue in coal mine disasters, this article studies the response process of emergency rescue in coal mines, the analysis and calculation methods required in the relief work for mine disasters, the functional requirements of the integrated command platform and ...

Background Low-dose methoxyflurane and nitrous oxide (N2O; 50:50 with oxygen) are both self-administered, self-titrated, rapid-acting, nonnarcotic, and noninvasive inhalational agents with similar onset times of pain relief. The aim of this review was to compare the clinical efficacy, safety, and tolerability of these analgesics in emergency care. Materials and methods A systematic literature...

BACKGROUND Congestion is a primary driver of symptoms in patients with acute heart failure, and relief of congestion is a critical goal of therapy. Monitoring of response to therapy through the assessment of daily weights and net fluid loss is the current standard of care, yet the relationship between commonly used markers of decongestion and both patient reported symptom relief and clinical ou...

In the last 20 years, Emergency Management has received increasing attention from the scientific community. Meanwhile, the study of relief distribution networks has become one of the most popular topics within the Emergency Management field. In fact, the number and variety of contributions devoted to the design or the management of relief distribution networks has exploded in the recent years, ...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of property rights institutions to disaster relief efforts, with a focus on the US Federal Emergency Management Agency in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana. Design/methodology/approach – The paper utilizes public choice, Austrian, and new institutional analyses of bureaucracy. It discusses private and ...