As the size of human populations increases, so does the severity of the impacts of natural disasters.This is partly because more people are now occupying areas which are susceptible to hazardous natural events, hence, evacuation is needed when such events occur.Evacuation can be the most important action to minimise the impact of any disaster, but
Zeleke Abebaw Mekonnen,1,2 Kassahun Alemu Gelaye,3 Martin C Were,4 Binyam Tilahun1 1Department of Health Informatics, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia; 2Health System Directorate, Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 3Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistic
Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) is an instrumental institution used for specific purposes by firms.The SPV is useful for tax planning, risk management, project financing and company restructuring.SPVs have benefits for economy and business, and involve usually large size of projects that vary from about US$100 to US$500 million per project.However, S
The surface quality of pavement has a significant influence on the driving comfort and the skid resistance performance of roads.The 3D pavement texture measurement provides the basis for engineers to calculate the pavement performance index, such as the international roughness index (IRI), the texture depth (TD), and the rutting depth index (RDI),