Volcanic Unrest Simulation Exercises: Checklists and Guidance Notes

Fires are among the most frequently recurring hazards affecting museums and cultural heritage sites. The fires of the National Museum of Brazil in 2018 and of Notre Dame de Paris in 2019 showed that the consequences of such events can be heavy and lead to irreversible heritage losses. In Kosovo, few studies were made about the risks that can affect cultural heritage sites. A project led by the NGO Kosovo Foundation for Cultural Heritage without Borders (CHwB Kosova) in 2018 explored the most prevalent risks for the cultural heritage sites of the country and highlighted fire as a predominant risk in Kosovo. In order to better understand it, vulnerability assessments were conducted in several museums in Kosovo. Data were collected through field visits in the different museums, in which interviews with staff members as well as observations were conducted. The aim of this paper is to present the main results of the fire vulnerability assessments conducted in Kosovo’s museums in 2018. An important aspect of this project is the approach to collect information in data-scarce environments. It is believed that the questionnaires used to lead interviews with museums’ staff members could help other practitioners to collect data in such contexts and evaluate more easily the risk of fire for the museums and their collections. In the context of Kosovo, one of the main findings is the identification and prioritisation of measures to ensure better protection of Kosovar museums. Structural mitigation measures such as alarm and fire suppression systems are not the only elements necessary to improve the resilience of Kosovar museums to fire. Indeed, the promotion of risk awareness, the training of staff members and the realisation of crisis simulation exercises are just as important in order to prevent and detect a fire, and above all, to respond quickly and accurately if a fire occurs.

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Increasing revenue and attendance in Canadian Baptist churches

International Journal of Social Economics ◽

10.1108/ijse-02-2014-0030 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 42 (12) ◽

pp. 1071-1089

Author(s):

Alan Chan ◽

Bruce G. Fawcett ◽

Shu-Kam Lee

Keyword(s):

Church Health ◽

Eastern Canada ◽

Data Set ◽

Content Type ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Scarce Resources ◽

Baptist Churches ◽

And Performance ◽

The Impact ◽

Simulation Exercises

Purpose – Church giving and attendance are two important indicators of church health and performance. In the literature, they are usually understood to be simultaneously determined. The purpose of this paper is to estimate if there a sustainable church congregation size using Wintrobe’s (1998) dictatorship model. The authors want to examine the impact of youth and adult ministry as well. Design/methodology/approach – Using the data collected from among Canadian Baptist churches in Eastern Canada, this study investigates the factors affecting the level of the two indicators by the panel-instrumental variable technique. Applying Wintrobe’s (1998) political economy model on dictatorship, the equilibrium level of worship attendance and giving is predicted. Findings – Through various simulation exercises, the actual church congregation sizes is approximately 50 percent of the predicted value, implying inefficiency and misallocation of church resources. The paper concludes with insights on effective ways church leaders can allocate scarce resources to promote growth within churches. Originality/value – The authors are the only researchers getting the permission from the Atlantic Canada Baptist Convention to use their mega data set on church giving and congregation sizes as per the authors’ knowledge. The authors are also applying a theoretical model on dictatorship to religious/not for profits organizations.

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Reliability and Validity of a Simulation-based Acute Care Skills Assessment for Medical Students and Residents

Anesthesiology ◽

10.1097/00000542-200312000-00007 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 99 (6) ◽

pp. 1270-1280 ◽

Cited By ~ 124

Author(s):

John R. Boulet ◽

David Murray ◽

Joe Kras ◽

Julie Woodhouse ◽

John McAllister ◽

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Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Acute Care ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Faculty Members ◽

First Year ◽

Clinical Experiences ◽

Critical Events ◽

Simulation Based ◽

Broad Domain ◽

Simulation Exercises

Background Medical students and residents are expected to be able to manage a variety of critical events after training, but many of these individuals have limited clinical experiences in the diagnosis and treatment of these conditions. Life-sized mannequins that model critical events can be used to evaluate the skills required to manage and treat acute medical conditions. The purpose of this study was to develop and test simulation exercises and associated scoring methods that could be used to evaluate the acute care skills of final-year medical students and first-year residents. Methods The authors developed and tested 10 simulated acute care situations that clinical faculty at a major medical school expects graduating physicians to be able to recognize and treat at the conclusion of training. Forty medical students and residents participated in the evaluation of the exercises. Four faculty members scored the students/residents. Results The reliability of the simulation scores was moderate and was most strongly influenced by the choice and number of simulated encounters. The validity of the simulation scores was supported through comparisons of students'/residents' performances in relation to their clinical backgrounds and experience. Conclusion Acute care skills can be validly and reliably measured using a simulation technology. However, multiple simulated encounters, covering a broad domain, are needed to effectively and accurately estimate student/resident abilities in acute care settings.

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Improving simulation exercises in Korea for disaster preparedness

Disaster Prevention and Management An International Journal ◽

10.1108/09653561311301961 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 38-47 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Hakkyong Kim

Keyword(s):

Disaster Preparedness ◽

Simulation Exercises

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Structural controls on the 1998 volcanic unrest at Iwate volcano: Relationship between a shallow, electrically resistive body and the possible ascent route of magmatic fluid

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research ◽

10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.08.009 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 187 (1-2) ◽

pp. 131-139 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Koki Aizawa ◽

Yasuo Ogawa ◽

Masaaki Mishina ◽

Kosuke Takahashi ◽

Shintaro Nagaoka ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Magmatic Fluid ◽

Volcanic Unrest ◽

Structural Controls

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Improving Health Disaster Risk Management with Indigenous Peoples: Methodology for Simulation Exercises using Parallel Perspectives

10.37774/9789275120828 ◽

2019 ◽

Keyword(s):

Risk Management ◽

Health Outcomes ◽

Indigenous Peoples ◽

Indigenous Communities ◽

Disaster Risk ◽

Disaster Risk Management ◽

Simulation Exercise ◽

Health Practitioners ◽

Emergency Interventions ◽

Simulation Exercises

The use of scenarios with parallel perspectives in a simulated health emergency helps participants to see that the exercise is appropriately realistic for all participants involved—both health practitioners and members of indigenous communities... The objective of this document is to adapt the rationale and the methodology for conducting a simulation exercise so that the discussion leads to improved disaster risk management, post-emergency interventions, and health outcomes for indigenous peoples. To achieve this objective, hypothetical scenarios are developed in which the same facts and occurrences are presented, both from a traditional perspective as well as from a perspective that reflects an indigenous cosmovision.

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Chapter 7.1 Deception Island

Geological Society London Memoirs ◽

10.1144/m55-2018-56 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. M55-2018-56

Author(s):

A. Geyer ◽

D. Pedrazzi ◽

J. Almendros ◽

M. Berrocoso ◽

J. López-Martínez ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Ground Deformation ◽

South Shetland Islands ◽

Deception Island ◽

Research Activity ◽

Proper Understanding ◽

Volcanic Unrest ◽

Origin And Evolution ◽

Shetland Islands ◽

The Past ◽

Scientific Disciplines

AbstractDeception Island (South Shetland Islands) is one of the most active volcanoes in Antarctica, with more than 15 explosive eruptive events registered over the past two centuries. Recent eruptions (1967, 1969 and 1970) and volcanic unrest episodes in 1992, 1999 and 2014–15 demonstrate that the occurrence of future volcanic activity is a valid and pressing concern for scientists, logistic personnel and tourists that are visiting or are working on or near the island. Over the last few decades, intense research activity has been carried out on Deception Island to decipher the origin and evolution of this very complex volcano. To that end, a solid integration of related scientific disciplines, such as tectonics, petrology, geochemistry, geophysics, geomorphology, remote sensing, glaciology, is required. A proper understanding of the island's evolution in the past, and its present state, is essential for improving the efficiency in interpreting monitoring data recorded during volcanic unrest periods and, hence, for future eruption forecasting. In this chapter, we briefly present Deception Island's most relevant tectonic, geomorphological, volcanological and magmatic features, as well as the results obtained from decades of monitoring the island's seismic activity and ground deformation.

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