scholarly journals Strategies to Locate Lost Persons with Dementia: A Case Study of Ontario First Responders

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
N. A. Neubauer ◽  
A. Miguel-Cruz ◽  
L. Liu
Keyword(s):  
Practice Guideline ◽  
First Responders ◽  
Search And Rescue ◽  
Police Services ◽  
Telephone Interviews ◽  
Missing Persons ◽  
Education And Awareness ◽  
Funding Information

Information on strategies and practices in the search of missing persons with dementia is inconsistent which creates challenges for first responders, such as police, when they choose appropriate search and rescue approaches. The purpose of this study was to describe current strategies among police services in Ontario. Telephone interviews with police were conducted. Questions included what strategies were used for locating missing persons living with dementia, and what gaps exist in search practices. Participants described they used high- and low-tech solutions in search and rescue. They identified gaps in education and awareness, proactive strategies, resources, and funding. Information collected from the interviews was used to develop a practice guideline for police in partnership with the Alzheimer Society of Ontario.

scholarly journals Investigating Methods for Integrating Unmanned Aerial Systems in Search and Rescue Operations

Drones ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
William T. Weldon ◽  
Joseph Hupy
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiments ◽  
First Responders ◽  
Search And Rescue ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Systems ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Traditional Group ◽  
High Data ◽  
Missing Persons ◽  
Aerial Systems

Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) are increasingly being used in search and rescue (SAR) operations to assist in the discovery of missing persons. UAS are useful to first responders in SAR operations due to rapid deployment, high data volume, and high spatial resolution data collection capabilities. Relying on traditional manual interpretation methods to find a missing person in imagery data sets containing several hundred images is both challenging and time consuming. To better find small signs of missing persons in large UAS datasets, computer assisted interpretation methods have been developed. This article presents the results of an initial evaluation of a computer assisted interpretation method tested against manual methods in a simulated SAR operation. The evaluation performed focused on using resources available to first responders performing SAR operations, specifically: RGB data, volunteers, and a commercially available software program. Results from this field test were mixed, as the traditional group discovered more objects but required more time, in man hours, to discover the objects. Further field experiments, based on the capabilities of current first responder groups, should be conducted to determine to what extent computer assisted methods are useful in SAR operations.

scholarly journals Mobile alert app to engage community volunteers to help locate missing persons with dementia

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. e0254952
Author(s):  
Noelannah Neubauer ◽  
Christine Daum ◽  
Antonio Miguel-Cruz ◽  
Lili Liu
Keyword(s):  
Social Service ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Search And Rescue ◽  
Alert System ◽  
Police Services ◽  
Missing Persons ◽  
Care Partners ◽  
Community Volunteers ◽  
Phases Of Development ◽  
Canadian Provinces

The prevalence of persons living with dementia and at risk of going missing is rising. In this study, we engaged persons living with dementia, care partners, police services, search and rescue organizations, and health and social service providers to develop Community ASAP, a mobile alert system that engages community citizens, as volunteers, to look out for persons with dementia reported missing. We completed three phases of development and evaluation of the usability and functionality of the alert system with stakeholders in three Canadian provinces. In this paper we describe features of the Community ASAP and the findings of these evaluation phases.

scholarly journals Search and rescue station location selection and conceptual design: a case study of western region of Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 649 (1) ◽  
pp. 012069
Author(s):  
F Hadi ◽  
H I Nur ◽  
N K P Maharani ◽  
C B S Permana ◽  
I G N S Buana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Design ◽  
Search And Rescue ◽  
Western Region ◽  
Location Selection ◽  
Station Location

scholarly journals Benchmarking user satisfaction in academic libraries - a case study

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (87) ◽  
pp. 29-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Mundt
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Internal Communication ◽  
Library Management ◽  
Telephone Interviews ◽  
Culture Of Assessment ◽  
Survey Results

Customer satisfaction and service quality have so far been evaluated mostly from a local perspective although the quality element has been firmly established in academic library management for at least a decade. Critics of inter-institutional comparisons often object that different preconditions are not considered adequately. Examples from a joint user satisfaction survey conducted by 15 German university libraries in 2001 suggest that comparative data are a suitable means to identify cases of "best practice" and can effectively initialize processes of customer-focussed improvement. Furthermore, if compared with corresponding statistical data or performance measures, satisfaction ratings can reveal possible structural strengths and deficits relative to other libraries. On the other hand, follow-up telephone interviews with participating libraries showed that the survey results substantially challenged the institutions' internal communication and public relations organisation, and underlined that even in a well-developed culture of assessment the need for professional mediation and coordination of comparative analyses may not be underestimated.

scholarly journals Perception of Environmental Education and Awareness Among Mass People: A Case Study of Tangail District

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
SA Mamun ◽  
A Nessa ◽  
M Aktar ◽  
MR Hossain ◽  
ASM Saifullah
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Ethical Life ◽  
The Status ◽  
Education And Awareness

At present environmental education is emerging across the globe although this is a quite new phenomenon in Bangladesh. The present study was attempted to know about the environmental education and awareness among the mass people of Tangail town. In order to conduct this research, a questionnaire survey was carried out and interview was undertaken among 100 respondents in Tangail District. This paper describes some findings to understand the status of environmental awareness among people of different age groups of Tangail district. Moreover, this paper enables to provide some suggestions to extend environmental education and awareness to make a decent and ethical life as well as to keep the environment sustainable.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jesnr.v5i2.14828 J. Environ. Sci. & Natural Resources, 5(2): 263-266 2012

scholarly journals Developing cybersecurity education and awareness programmes for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 393-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Bada ◽  
Jason R.C. Nurse
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Security Education ◽  
Education And Awareness ◽  
The One ◽  
High Level ◽  
And Training ◽  
Insight Into

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to focus on organisation’s cybersecurity strategy and propose a high-level programme for cybersecurity education and awareness to be used when targeting small- and medium-sized enterprises/businesses (SMEs/SMBs) at a city-level. An essential component of an organisation’s cybersecurity strategy is building awareness and education of online threats and how to protect corporate data and services. This programme is based on existing research and provides a unique insight into an ongoing city-based project with similar aims.Design/methodology/approachTo structure this work, a scoping review was conducted of the literature in cybersecurity education and awareness, particularly for SMEs/SMBs. This theoretical analysis was complemented using a case study and reflecting on an ongoing, innovative programme that seeks to work with these businesses to significantly enhance their security posture. From these analyses, best practices and important lessons/recommendations to produce a high-level programme for cybersecurity education and awareness were recommended.FindingsWhile the literature can be informative at guiding education and awareness programmes, it may not always reach real-world programmes. However, existing programmes, such as the one explored in this study, have great potential, but there can be room for improvement. Knowledge from each of these areas can, and should, be combined to the benefit of the academic and practitioner communities.Originality/valueThe study contributes to current research through the outline of a high-level programme for cybersecurity education and awareness targeting SMEs/SMBs. Through this research, literature in this space was examined and insights into the advances and challenges faced by an on-going programme were presented. These analyses allow us to craft a proposal for a core programme that can assist in improving the security education, awareness and training that targets SMEs/SMBs.

scholarly journals Salivary Cortisol Interactions in Search and Rescue Dogs and Their Handlers

Animals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justyna Wojtaś ◽  
Mirosław Karpiński ◽  
Piotr Czyżowski
Keyword(s):  
Salivary Cortisol ◽  
Biological Material ◽  
Search And Rescue ◽  
Pronounced Effect ◽  
Strong Interactions ◽  
Stress Reactions ◽  
Hormone Concentration ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Missing Persons ◽  
Exam Stress

Search and rescue dogs are an important link in the search for missing persons. The aim of the study was to assess exam stress in search and rescue dogs and their handlers. The study included 41 rescue teams taking exams of field and rubble specialties. The level of cortisol, which is the main glucocorticosteroid modulating stress reactions in humans and dogs, was analyzed. The biological material used to assess the hormone concentration was saliva collected in a non-invasive way. In total, 164 test samples were collected: two from the dog and two from the handler before and immediately after the exam. Rescue exams were shown to significantly increase salivary cortisol in both dogs and their handlers. Strong interactions between cortisol levels in human–dog teams were also found with a more pronounced effect in female dog–female handler dyads.

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