The US Army has grounded its fleet of CH-47 Chinook helicopters after finding the helicopter to be at risk of engine fires. The Indian Air Force (IAF) also operates a fleet of Chinook Helicopters. Details about Chinook helicopters Manufactured by Boeing Co, Chinook helicopters are one of ...
Except for the cooperative actions between UAVs that are described in the specific study, a UAS which is equipped with cameras and other sensors is presented to detect and localize fires with computer vision techniques. A bridge inspection system using UAVs is described in Metni and Hamel (2007...
demonstrated that acute exposure to woodsmoke (from forest fires in Canada) was associated with pulmonary and systemic inflammation in firefighters [70]. Wildfire smoke-haze episodes were found to raise levels of circulating neutrophils in the blood of exposed national service men in Singapore [69]...
After the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear accident, the multi-unit risk, i.e., the risk due to multiple nuclear power plants (NPPs) in a site has become a critical issue in several countries such as Korea, Canada, China, etc. since those countries have sites with many NPPs and/or the NPPs...
(Harlan and Ruddell2011; Kan et al.2012), especially in poor communities (Schlosberg and Colins2014; Hallegatte and Rozenberg2017), widespread and/or frequent droughts linked to extensive fires (Amiro et al.2001; Littell et al.2016), diminished resources for drinking water and irrigation (...
(Harlan and Ruddell2011; Kan et al.2012), especially in poor communities (Schlosberg and Colins2014; Hallegatte and Rozenberg2017), widespread and/or frequent droughts linked to extensive fires (Amiro et al.2001; Littell et al.2016), diminished resources for drinking water and irrigation (...
Every Monday morning CBR fires five questions at a C-suite tech industry interviewee - Sonatype's CTO Brian Fox was in the hot seat answering questions about his past, and where he sees the future going. March 10, 2019 - What Makes a DevSecOps Program Elite? What's the difference between...
The wide-scale use of tendu leaves in Bidi industry is mainly based on their wide availability, enormous production, agreeable flavor, flexibility, its resistance to decay, and capacity to retain fires. Off-cuts of leaves are burned and the ash is used in tooth powder.Regulation...
Lightning is the main precursor of natural wildfires in the Continental United States (CONUS), while human-caused fires represent 80% of the total burned area [1]. Lightning dominated as the cause of ignition in Arizona, New Mexico, and Florida (the areas studied in this work) in spring an...
in mainland Portugal. To achieve this objective, six planted stands located in the north and centre of the country were chosen, which were considered representative of the distribution of the species in the country and the most extreme south-western location in Europe. The height and diameter at...