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Amaya Osácar, Juan Bautista Echeverria Trueba and Brian Meacham
There is a trend in Europe towards increasing the quality and performance of regulations. At the same time, regulatory failure has been observed in the area of building fire safety regulation in England and elsewhere. As a result, an analysis of the appr...
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Gang Wu, Jiaoxiu Li, Hao Guo, Xin Wang and Guohe Jiang
The use of alternative fuels in ships faces the dual challenge of emission regulations and cost of use. In this paper, the impact of biodiesel blends from cooking waste as a carbon-neutral fuel for inland waterway vessels was investigated. The software A...
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Zhongzhi Liu, Zhiwei Guo, Yongqing Li, Libao Zhu and Chengqing Yuan
This paper develops an improved failure risk assessment method and discusses the risk control measures for a large luxury cruise ship?s bilge system under fire accident conditions. The proposed method incorporates an expert weight calculation model and a...
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Xochitl Cruz Núñez,Estefanía Bulnes Aquino
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Wildfires impact both ecosystems and human welfare, being carbon monoxide and PM2.5 particles the most critical emissions affecting human health. The impact of a fire in the Tepozteco National Park, in the state of Morelos, Mexico was evaluated on its po...
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Rose Marie Garay, Wladimir Figueroa, Francis Pfenniger, Ricardo Tapia, Jorge Larenas
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In Chile there is a gap that needs to be filled in order to have a positive impact upon emergencies, particularly in emergency houses (EH) In this study were evaluated the properties of a prefabricated prototype based on a "Structural Insulated Panel" 64...
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Xiwei XU, Tim Heath, Qing Xia, Youtian Zhang
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This paper draws upon preliminary research into the insufficiencies of the status quo of the disaster prevention and mitigation in architecture heritage areas in China. It summarizes how the common hazards, which are various threats to the survival and d...
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Kallianiotis Anastasios, Papakonstantinou Despina, Giouzelis Nikolas and Kaliampakos Dimitrios
In order to achieve a comprehensive study regarding evacuation efficiency in underground space, globally accepted regulations and standards include, among other parameters, the maximum unimpeded travel speed of occupants in case of emergency evacuation. ...
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Carlo Costantino, Anna Chiara Benedetti and Riccardo Gulli
The Italian residential building stock consists of 12.2 million buildings, with 7.2 constructed post-World War II during the economic boom. These structures were designed without specific regulations for seismic safety, fire resistance, and energy effici...
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Kuldoshbay Avazov, An Eui Hyun, Alabdulwahab Abrar Sami S, Azizbek Khaitov, Akmalbek Bobomirzaevich Abdusalomov and Young Im Cho
There is a high risk of bushfire in spring and autumn, when the air is dry. Do not bring any flammable substances, such as matches or cigarettes. Cooking or wood fires are permitted only in designated areas. These are some of the regulations that are enf...
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Van Chien Pham, Beom-Seok Rho, Jun-Soo Kim, Won-Ju Lee and Jae-Hyuk Choi
A numerical study was carried out to investigate the effects of methane (CH4), ethane (C2H6), propane (C3H8), butane (C4H10), and dimethyl ether (DME) on the combustion and emission characteristics of a four-stroke gas-diesel dual-fuel (DF) marine engine...
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Nathaniel J. Olsavsky, Victoria M. Kearns, Connor P. Beckman, Pamela L. Sheehan, F. John Burpo, H. Daniel Bahaghighat and Enoch A. Nagelli
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of chemicals used in various commercial industries to include food packaging, non-stick repellent, and waterproof products. International environmental protection agencies are currently looking for w...
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