Hyderabad‚ India RAILWAY DISASTER PREVENTION SYSTEM USING GIS and GPS Varun Prakash* and Sonali kumari* Email id: vpdreams2002@yahoo.co.in‚ sonali_1z@yahoo.co.in INTRODUCTION Railway industry has a valuable role in economic development of each country . India ’s massive rail network is hit by an average of 300 accidents a year. Accident management in railway decision making has to consider the following two issues to avoid or mitigate the damages: (i) accident prevention and development of an alarming
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A disaster is a natural or man-made (or technological) hazard resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction‚ loss of life‚ or drastic change to the environment. A disaster can be ostensively defined as any tragic event stemming from events such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ catastrophic accidents‚ fires‚ orexplosions. It is a phenomenon that disasters can cause damage to life‚ property and destroy the economic‚ social and cultural life of people. In contemporary
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Triage nursing requires an experienced RN with the ability to act quickly and competently in an emergency situation. There are four criteria that make up triage. A red tag symbolizes a patient with injuries that must be treated immediately in order to survive. A yellow tag is reserved for those with injuries that do require medical treatment‚ but can be postponed. A green tag describes the “walking wounded‚” or a patient with only minor injuries. A black tag is used for those in which death is imminent
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This paperwork of BUS 405 Week 2 Discussion Question 1 Primary And Secondary Markets comprises: Complete Concept Question 1 from Chapter 5: If you were to visit your local Chevrolet retailer‚ there is both a primary and a secondary market in action. Explain. Is the Chevy retailer a dealer or a broker? Remember to complete all parts of the question and support your answers with examples from the text and other resources. Respond to at least two of your classmates Business - General Business
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Tertiary study skills For the newcomers‚ university can be like a foreign country‚ with its own language‚ rules‚ regulations and expectations. The new students don’t know how to study in tertiary. Study in university and high school have different learning methods. Today will talk about what’s he differences and offers a range of suggestions designed for tertiary student to improve study practices. This essay will talk about four important study skills. (Lectures‚ Tutorials‚ Note-talking skills
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Nowadays‚ the tertiary education systems in different countries have been improving to make next generation to be the professionals in every working prospective. Singapore that was chosen to compare with Hong Kong’s tertiary education system is because it has the similar environment with Hong Kong like the buildings and convenience of traffic. Also‚ they are both international finance Centre and well-known city or country. Moreover‚ they are in Asia which can be provided the developed teaching method
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CONTENTS Page No. List of Abbreviations I. Introduction The Importance of Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) The Philippine Disaster Profile and Status of Major Disaster Occurrences Evolution of Disaster Related Statutes and Regulations Current State of Disaster Management System The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan (NDRRMP) Sources of Funds 1 1 2 3 3 7 9 II. An Overview of the Yolanda Disaster and Government Efforts in its Aftermath Before the Storm The Catastrophic
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resources making vulnerable to this hazard. Forms of Biological Hazards: 1. Independent Biological Hazard • Contributes to‚ develop into & exacerbate vulnerability leading to disaster (e.g. HIV-AIDs) 2. Dependent BH e.g. war » famine » malnutrition » diseases » less resistance to diseases » deaths 3. Trigger of disaster e.g. pest infestation-famine (Irish famine 1845-1848) Important factors of vulnerability on biological hazards: 1. Micro-environment; (risk at refugee camps e.g. poor water
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND PRACTICE‚ DISASTER PREPEAREDNESS & DISESTER MITIGATION IN THE HEALTH SECTOR Introduction The attacks of September 11th 2001‚ followed shortly by the anthrax dissemination incident in Florida‚ the National Capital Region‚ and the New York metropolitan area (often referred to as Amerithrax)‚ confirmed that the world faces a true threat of intentional mass casualty incidents caused by terrorism. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)‚ a re-examination of the 1918 Spanish
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Levels of Prevention Promotion of health and disease prevention is an important factor in health care. There are three levels of prevention: primary‚ secondary‚ and tertiary. Primary prevention refers to interventions that promote optimal health and prevent the occurrence of disease‚ injury‚ or disability. Primary prevention advocates health promotion. Primary prevention includes health promotion‚ environmental protection‚ and specific protection against disease or injury. In primary prevention
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