Learning from the UK Disaster Management and Risk Assessment Systems

2017 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 9-32
Author(s):  
Hak-Kyong Kim ◽  
◽  
Wook Kang
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Assessment Systems ◽  
The Uk

scholarly journals Unmanned Aircraft Systems Risk Assessment Based on SORA for First Responders and Disaster Management

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 5364
Author(s):  
Paweł Janik ◽  
Maciej Zawistowski ◽  
Radosław Fellner ◽  
Grzegorz Zawistowski
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
First Responders ◽  
Unmanned Aircraft ◽  
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ◽  
Aircraft Systems ◽  
The One ◽  
Risk Assessment Methodology ◽  
Assistance Project

Worldwide, there is a significant increase in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by emergency services. They offer a lot of possibilities during rescue operations. Such a wide application for various purposes and environments causes many threats related to their use. To minimize the risks associated with conducting air operations with UAVs, the application of the SORA (Specific Operations Risk Assessment) methodology will be important. Due to its level of detail, it is a methodology adapted to civilian use. In this article, the authors’ team will try to develop guidelines and directions for adapting SORA to the requirements of the operational work of emergency services. Thus, the following article aims to present the most important risks related to conducting operations with the use of UAVs by first responders (FRs), and to show the sample risk analysis performed for this type of operation on the example of the ASSISTANCE project. The paper describes, on the one hand, possibilities offered by UAVs in crisis or disaster management and step-by-step Specific Operations Risk Assessment (SORA), and on the other hand, presents possible threats, consequences and methods of their mitigation during FR missions.

Milk Alternatives. What Advice should Dental Professionals be Giving?

Dental Update ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 359-366
Author(s):  
Imran Thalukder ◽  
Halima Torofdar ◽  
Mechelle Collard
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Clinical Relevance ◽  
Sugar Content ◽  
Caries Risk ◽  
Regular Consumption ◽  
Increasing Trend ◽  
Form Part ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Drinking Milk ◽  
Dental Professionals

Drinking milk-like fluids made from plant-based materials, such as soya, nuts and peas, is an increasing trend within the population, and regular consumption of these non-dairy alternatives may increase the risk of developing caries. This article focuses on current research relating to caries risk and consumption of milk-like products, and also investigates the sugar content of milk alternatives available in the UK. CPD/Clinical Relevance: Frequent sugar attacks causes caries. Dentists need to be aware of milk and milk alternatives for some may contribute to the development of caries, and this should form part of their caries risk assessment.

scholarly journals Country-of-Origin Labelling, Food Traceability Drivers and Food Fraud: Lessons from Consumers’ Preferences and Perceptions

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 541-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michail BITZIOS ◽  
Lisa JACK ◽  
Sally-Ann KRZYZANIAK ◽  
Mark XU
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
Product Labelling ◽  
Purchasing Decisions ◽  
Food Fraud ◽  
Food Traceability ◽  
Systems Implementation ◽  
Assessment Systems ◽  
Primary Means ◽  
Consumer Perspective

AbstractMany factors influence consumers’ perceptions and purchasing decisions, with product labelling forming the primary means of communication. The extent to which labels should contain information about traceability is debated. Whilst traceability is an important tool used by food business organisations and regulators in assuring food safety, other drivers for information about traceability are less well understood. This paper reviews the issues related to drivers for traceability from a consumer perspective, and evaluates country-of-origin labelling (COOL), enabling technologies and food fraud as potentially significant drivers in consumer requirements for information. The implications for risk assessment, systems implementation and communications about traceability are also considered.

scholarly journals Risk assessment of the cities of Estonia and the UK: comparative study

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Tammepuu ◽  
K. Sepp ◽  
R. Paasoja ◽  
V. Kuusemets
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
The Uk

Risk Reduction in Natural Disaster Management through Information Systems

2015 ◽  
pp. 79-107
Author(s):  
Guido Schryen ◽  
Felix Wex
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Information Systems Research ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Natural Disaster Management

Natural disasters, including earthquakes, Tsunamis, floods, hurricanes, and volcanic eruptions, have caused tremendous harm and continue to threaten millions of humans and various infrastructure capabilities each year. In their efforts to take countermeasures against the threats posed by future natural disasters, the United Nations formulated the “Hyogo Framework for Action”, which aims at assessing and reducing risk. This framework and a global review of disaster reduction initiatives of the United Nations acknowledge the need for information systems research contributions in addressing major challenges of natural disaster management. In this paper, the authors provide a review of the literature with regard to how information systems research has addressed risk assessment and reduction in natural disaster management. Based on the review the authors identify research gaps that are centered around the need for acquiring general knowledge on how to design IS artifacts for risk assessment and reduction. In order to close these gaps in further research, the authors develop a research agenda that follows the IS design science paradigm.

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