Meteorological Analysis of Floods in Ghana by S. O. Ansah, M. A. Ahiataku, C. K. Yorke, F. Otu-Larbi, Bashiru Yahaya, P. N. L. Lamptey, M. Tanu

“…We applied the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model to investigate and examine the meteorological dynamics, which resulted in the extreme rainfall and floods that caused 14 deaths, 34076 people being displaced with damaged properties, and economic loss estimated at $168,289 for the two cities according to the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO). The slow-moving thunderstorms lasted for about 8 hours due to the weak African Easterly Wave (AEW) and Tropical Easterly Jet (TEJ). …”
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The impact of an urbanizing tropical watershed to the surface -runoff by B.S. Igulu, E.E. Mshiu

“…Given that most of the rivers in Tanzania are ungauged, the approach applied in this study can be used to enhance decision making on settlement planning, water resource, and disaster management in the currently observed urbanizing areas.…”
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Subsidence Control Design Method and Application to Backfill-Strip Mining Technology by Xiaojun Zhu, Feng Zha, Guangli Guo, Pengfei Zhang, Hua Cheng, Hui Liu, Xiaoyu Yang

“…This study can provide scientific guidance for subsidence disaster control, prevention, and engineering design in backfill-strip mining.…”
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Study on Crack Evolution and Failure Mechanism of Fully Penetrated Fracture Grouting Body by Hanqing Wang, Li Li, Xinwang Li, Lichao Cheng, Pengfei Shen

“…This research work can provide disaster prediction and theoretical guidance for the corresponding engineering construction of crack-grouting sandstone.…”
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Intensive critical care and management of asthmatic and smoker patients in COVID-19 infection by Lu Dongming, Yaqoob Obaid, Kumar Manish, Kushwah Ajay Singh, Sharma Rahul Kumar, Kumar Devinder, Mavai Yogendra, Khan Rukaiya

“…This century’s most serious catastrophe, COVID-19, has been dubbed “the most life-threatening disaster ever”. Asthmatic persons are even more prone to COVID-19’s complex interplay with the underlying inflammatory condition. …”
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Impacts of data consistency levels in cloud-based NoSQL for data-intensive applications by Saulo Ferreira, Júlio Mendonça, Bruno Nogueira, Willy Tiengo, Ermeson Andrade

“…Abstract When using database management systems (DBMSs), it is common to distribute instance replicas across multiple locations for disaster recovery and scaling purposes. To efficiently geo-replicate data, it is crucial to ensure the data and its replicas remain consistent with the same and the most up-to-date data. …”
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Eco-Friendly Adsorbent from Waste of Mint: Application for the Removal of Hexavalent Chromium by Fatima Khammour, Fatouma Mohamed Abdoul-Latif, Ayoub Ainane, Jalludin Mohamed, Tarik Ainane

“…A serious environmental disaster is looming on the horizon due to the indiscriminate release of heavy metals into the soil and wastewater from human industrial practices. …”
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Trend Analysis of Historical Drought During 1929-2016 in Diyarbakır Station with Innovative Şen Method by Veysel Gümüş, Latif Doğan Dinsever, Oğuz Şimşek

“…Drought, a natural disaster, affects various sectors such as water supply, hydropower generation, agriculture, and industry. …”
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Liderança nas situações de desastres: revisão integrativa by Silvana Regina Ampessan Marcon, João Ignacio Pires Lucas, Alexandra Carol Cioato, Éder Leonardo de Vitte Horn

“…Foi realizada uma revisão integrativa de estudos publicados na base de dados da SCOPUS e Web of Science, encontrados com os descritores “disaster and leadership”, de 2020 a 2024. A busca resultou em 198 artigos. …”
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Reflections on the Impact of Extreme Weather on New Power Systems and Countermeasures by Chen CAO, Zengping WANG

“…It explored systemic risk performance in depth in new power systems through case studies and proposed strategies for refined modeling, systemic risk assessment and cross-disciplinary collaboration across disaster scenarios. [Result] The research shows that extreme weather significantly increases the risks of equipment failures and system instability, with high renewable energy penetration amplifying the impact of failure propagation. …”
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GIS based flood susceptibility mapping in the Keleghai river basin, India: a comparative assessment of bivariate statistical models by Kabirul Islam

“…This study develops a scalable model to map flood-prone areas, providing crucial insights for disaster management using bivariate statistical methods (Frequency Ratio, Shannon Entropy, and Information Value), with analyzed eight independent variables: slope, elevation, drainage density, rainfall, topographic wetness index, normalized difference vegetation index, land use, and stream power index. …”
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Safety of electromagnetic factors for the workplace equipped with personal computers in residential premises by Yu. G. Ryabov, N. M. Legkiy, G. V. Lomaev

“…Thus, legislative transition to installing IT (TT) systems in residential buildings, replacement of existing TN power supply systems with IT (TT) system, and legislative strengthening of requirements for household protection and commutation devices, may also be required to reduce man-made disaster risks in residential buildings.…”
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A Hierarchical Graph-Enhanced Transformer Network for Remote Sensing Scene Classification by Ziwei Li, Weiming Xu, Shiyu Yang, Juan Wang, Hua Su, Zhanchao Huang, Sheng Wu

“…Remote sensing scene classification (RSSC) is essential in Earth observation, with applications in land use, environmental status, urban development, and disaster risk assessment. However, redundant background interference, varying feature scales, and high interclass similarity in remote sensing images present significant challenges for RSSC. …”
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Consistency Regularization for Semi-Supervised Semantic Segmentation of Flood Regions From SAR Images by G. Savitha, S. Girisha, Pundarika Sughosh, Dasharathraj K. Shetty, Jayaraj Mymbilly Balakrishnan, Rahul Paul, Nithesh Naik

“…As a result, it becomes essential to continuously monitor these areas of vulnerability in order to support effective disaster response and mitigation efforts. Accurately defining the extent of floods is a problem for traditional flood mapping approaches, which emphasizes the vital need for modern technologies such as Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging. …”
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Extracting Regular Building Footprints Using Projection Histogram Method from UAV-Based 3D Models by Yaoyao Ren, Xing Li, Fangyuqing Jin, Chunmei Li, Wei Liu, Erzhu Li, Lianpeng Zhang

“…This work represents a significant advancement in automating the extraction of building footprints from complex 3D scenes, with potential applications in urban planning, disaster response, and environmental monitoring.…”
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A Method for Predicting the Timing of Mine Earthquakes Based on Deformation Localization States by Chenli Zhu, Linlin Ding, Yimin Song, Yuda Li

“…The deformation localization method effectively predicts the instability of disaster rocks, yet the timing of mine earthquakes remains understudied. …”
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The Optimization of UAV-Assisted Downlink Transmission Based on RSMA by Lin Huang, Daiming Qu, Jianguo Zhou, Jialin Zhang

“…Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) provide exceptional flexibility, making them ideal for mitigating communication disruptions in disaster-affected or high-demand areas. When functioning as communication base stations, UAVs can adopt either orthogonal or non-orthogonal multiple access schemes. …”
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Welfare of horses during killing for purposes other than slaughter by EFSA AHAW Panel (EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare), Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Julio Alvarez, Anette Boklund, Sabine Dippel, Fernanda Dorea, Jordi Figuerola, Mette Herskin, Miguel Angel Miranda Chueca, Eleonora Nannoni, Romolo Nonno, Anja Riber, Karl Stahl, Jan Arend Stegeman, Hans‐Hermann Thulke, Frank Tuyttens, Christoph Winckler, Mohan Raj, Antonio Velarde, Denise Candiani, Yves Van der Stede, Virginie Michel

“…Abstract Horses of different ages may have to be killed on‐farm for purposes other than slaughter (where slaughter is defined as killing for human consumption) either individually (i.e. on‐farm killing of unproductive, injured or terminally ill animals) or on a large‐scale (i.e. depopulation for disease control purposes and other situations, such as environmental contamination, disaster management, etc.). The purpose of this opinion is to assess the hazards and welfare consequences associated with the on‐farm killing of horses. …”
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Development of organizational healing scale: validity and reliability study by İsmail Karsantık, Semih Çayak

“…Recent advances have highlighted the topic of organizational healing, particularly in relation to how organizations can recover from significant traumatic events and return to their pre-disaster state. This study aimed to develop the Organizational Healing Scale by verifying its reliability and validity.MethodsThe item pool for the organizational healing scale was developed with the objective of ensuring its applicability for researchers and participants by adhering to the principles of scientific rigor and practicality. …”
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Construction Risk Assessment of Tunnel Crossing Goaf Based on Analytic Hierarchy Process‐Extension Theory Model by Chao Yuan, Lian‐xin Li, Xiao‐wei Su, Rong‐jie Du

“…These factors undoubtedly increase the occurrence of geological disaster risk accidents such as gas combustion and explosion, resulting in tunnel excavation shutdown, plan delay and even a large number of casualties. …”
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