scholarly journals Food Distribution Application for Disaster Response

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 147-151
Author(s):  
Ali Asghar and Dr. Bhoomi Gupta T
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Distribution Networks ◽  
Food Distribution ◽  
Food Items ◽  
Prone Area ◽  
Relief Distribution ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
The Needy ◽  
Contemporary Topic

Food Distribution Application For Disaster Response is one of the innovative and contemporary topic in these days that consider to be esteemed idea. This project is based on the distribution of food items to the needy ones who struck at disaster prone area with the help of drone (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle).This drone is handled by remote control by a human operator. It can be operated remotely in real-time or pre-programmed to fly independently on the pre-defined routes. This drone has Bluetooth in-built through which it can be connected with people who afflicted in a disaster prone area. Drone has camera in-built through which it captures the picture of calamity area. This application has the functionality that it alarms the nearby people or government relief workers so that people may vacate from the catastrophic area. This paper presents a systematic review of contributions on relief distribution networks in response to disaster.

scholarly journals Robust Design of Relief Distribution Networks Considering Uncertainty

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 9281
Author(s):  
Moddassir Khan Nayeem ◽  
Gyu M. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Response ◽  
Transportation Cost ◽  
Distribution Networks ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Distribution Centers ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Relief Distribution ◽  
Secondary Disasters ◽  
Post Disaster

In the post-disaster response phase, an efficient relief distribution strategy plays a vital role in alleviating suffering in disaster-stricken areas, which sometimes becomes challenging in humanitarian logistics. Most governments pre-located the relief goods at the pre-determined warehouses against possible disasters. Those goods must be shipped to the relief distribution centers (RDCs) to be further distributed to the victims in impacted areas upon the disasters. Secondary disasters can occur due to the first disaster and can occur relatively close in time and location, resulting in more suffering and making the relief distribution activities more challenging. The needs of additional RDCs must be determined as well in response to the secondary disasters. A robust optimization model is proposed to hedge against uncertainties in RDCs’ capacity and relief demand. Its objective is to minimize the sum of transportation cost, additional RDC cost, and shortage of commodities. The computational results are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed model. The sensitivity analysis gives an insight to the decision-makers.

scholarly journals Relief distribution networks: a systematic review

2014 ◽  
Vol 223 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Anaya-Arenas ◽  
J. Renaud ◽  
A. Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Distribution Networks ◽  
Relief Distribution

scholarly journals What elements of a systems’ approach to bereavement are most effective in times of mass bereavement? A narrative systematic review with lessons for COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (9) ◽  
pp. 1165-1181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Harrop ◽  
Mala Mann ◽  
Lenira Semedo ◽  
Davina Chao ◽  
Lucy E Selman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
System Level ◽  
Service Improvement ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Care Systems

Background: The global COVID-19 pandemic has left health and social care systems facing the challenge of supporting large numbers of bereaved people in difficult and unprecedented social conditions. Previous reviews have not comprehensively synthesised the evidence on the response of health and social care systems to mass bereavement events. Aim: To synthesise the evidence regarding system-level responses to mass bereavement events, including natural and human-made disasters as well as pandemics, to inform service provision and policy during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Design: A rapid systematic review was conducted, with narrative synthesis. The review protocol was registered prospectively ( www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero , CRD 42020180723). Data sources: MEDLINE, Global Health, PsycINFO and Scopus databases were searched for studies published between 2000 and 2020. Reference lists were screened for further relevant publications, and citation tracking was performed. Results: Six studies were included reporting on system responses to mass bereavement following human-made and natural disasters, involving a range of individual and group-based support initiatives. Positive impacts were reported, but study quality was generally low and reliant on data from retrospective evaluation designs. Key features of service delivery were identified: a proactive outreach approach, centrally organised but locally delivered interventions, event-specific professional competencies and an emphasis on psycho-educational content. Conclusion: Despite the limitations in the quantity and quality of the evidence base, consistent messages are identified for bereavement support provision during the pandemic. High quality primary studies are needed to ensure service improvement in the current crisis and to guide future disaster response efforts.

Is now the time to invest in emergency smart-navigated multiple-response quadcopter fleets?

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-155
Author(s):  
Timotius Kartawijaya ◽  
Edwin Townsend ◽  
Kevin Tully ◽  
Paul Isihara ◽  
Danilo R. Diedrichs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Response ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Fleet Size ◽  
Physical Systems ◽  
Emergency Response System ◽  
Humanitarian Response ◽  
Design Life ◽  
Life Saving ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Vehicle Technology

With increased development of unmanned aerial vehicle technology and its application during humanitarian response to emergencies, the issue of smart navigation as a better alternative to manual operators is becoming increasingly significant. In response to a SmartAmerica initiative to design life-saving cyber-physical systems, a prototype Smart Emergency Response System (SERS) was developed in 2013–2014 to coordinate futuristic disaster response by cyber agents including ground and aerial telerobots and biobots. A more immediate application of the SERS system is simulation of quadcopter response to 911 police and fire requests. Tailoring parameters to specific locations, simulations inform decisions about effective quadcopter fleet size and quantify improved operator cost efficiency of a smart-navigated response.

THE POLITICS OF FOOD DISTRIBUTION DURING THE COVID-19 LOCK DOWN IN UGANDA.

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 221-234
Author(s):  
Madinah Nabukeera
Keyword(s):  
Task Force ◽  
Food Distribution ◽  
Contact Tracing ◽  
Local Elections ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Food Items ◽  
Attempted Murder ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
At Home

In face of the Novel Covid-19 pandemic that has swept the world, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni issued clear rules; stay at home unless it’s an emergency, wash your hands, sanitize, report any related cases for contact tracing and testing. In his directive all passenger services were stopped including private vehicles and imposed a curfew 7 pm until 6:30 a.m., which made stay at home orders mandatory. Majority of Ugandan urban dwellers are hand-to -mouth and live off their capability to move to town centers daily a small interruption in their routine means many went hungry. The government of Uganda broadcasted measures to distribute relief food items to troubled and vulnerable population mainly in the towns since those in the country sides are able to grow food and provide for their families. This article articulates the politics in the food in Wakiso and Kampala districts in Uganda why there was bias. The study used the selected all documents related to food distribution using content analysis and results indicated that anyone found distributing food outside the national covid-19 task force will be charged with attempted murder hence stopped politicians from strategizing ahead of 2021 parliamentary, presidential and local elections which implied that Covid-19 disrupted over 134 districts in the country in line with the preparation of elections and left majority hungry.

scholarly journals A global carbon and nitrogen isotope perspective on modern and ancient human diet

2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (19) ◽  
pp. e2024642118
Author(s):  
Michael I. Bird ◽  
Stefani A. Crabtree ◽  
Jordahna Haig ◽  
Sean Ulm ◽  
Christopher M. Wurster
Keyword(s):  
Food Webs ◽  
Nitrogen Isotope ◽  
Distribution Networks ◽  
Modern Human ◽  
Food Distribution ◽  
Trophic Levels ◽  
Natural Food ◽  
Human Populations ◽  
Carbon And Nitrogen ◽  
Dietary Breadth

Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses are widely used to infer diet and mobility in ancient and modern human populations, potentially providing a means to situate humans in global food webs. We collated 13,666 globally distributed analyses of ancient and modern human collagen and keratin samples. We converted all data to a common “Modern Diet Equivalent” reference frame to enable direct comparison among modern human diets, human diets prior to the advent of industrial agriculture, and the natural environment. This approach reveals a broad diet prior to industrialized agriculture and continued in modern subsistence populations, consistent with the human ability to consume opportunistically as extreme omnivores within complex natural food webs and across multiple trophic levels in every terrestrial and many marine ecosystems on the planet. In stark contrast, isotope dietary breadth across modern nonsubsistence populations has compressed by two-thirds as a result of the rise of industrialized agriculture and animal husbandry practices and the globalization of food distribution networks.

scholarly journals Local Farmer Perspectives on Improving Produce Distribution Networks in Low-Income Urban Settings

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 149-149
Author(s):  
Kelley Koeppen ◽  
Dahiany Zayas-Toro ◽  
Nina Martin ◽  
Lisa Poirier ◽  
Emma Lewis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Fresh Produce ◽  
Distribution Networks ◽  
Food Distribution ◽  
Urban Settings ◽  
Market Expansion ◽  
Corner Store ◽  
Corner Stores ◽  
The City ◽  
Local Farmers

Abstract Objectives The Baltimore food system includes small hyper-local urban farms within city limits, larger local farms surrounding the city, and ubiquitous corner stores particularly in low-income neighborhoods of the city. In this system, farmers mainly reach consumers through farmer's markets that are only open for a limited number of hours per week, seasonally, and may not be adequate for meeting the needs of low-income households with low access to fresh produce. To address this gap, our team is working to develop a mobile application (app), called the Baltimore Urban food Distribution (BUD) app, that will provide a platform for farmers to sell their produce directly to corner stores for resale. Our present aims were to: (1) understand farmer's current interactions with corner stores; (2) explore perceived challenges that the BUD app may pose to farmers; and (3) pinpoint how the BUD app can sustainably expand farmers’ market base to include corner stores. Methods After designing a BUD app prototype based on formative research, 1-hour in-depth interviews were conducted with hyper-local and local farmers. Farmers were asked about their current distribution practices within Baltimore and perceived challenges in adopting the app. Farmers were then shown the prototype and asked to provide input on user-friendliness, and interest level in future use of the app. Results Local farmers currently have little to no interaction with corner stores. Interviews revealed that local farmers did not want the responsibility of delivering produce to corner stores due to long travel times. Choosing a central location for pickup by corner store owners, such as a farmer's market, could address this. Farmers liked app features such as product info pages and alerts for deals to support market expansion to corner stores. Social networking opportunities within the app can help foster sustainable relationships among local farmers and corner store owners. Conclusions A stronger distribution network is needed to facilitate increased access to fresh produce in low-income urban settings and strengthen connections between local farmers, corner stores, and consumers. Mobile technology offers a promising approach to improve food distribution between local farmers and corner stores and should be further explored. Funding Sources NHLBI, NIH, award number R34HL145368.

scholarly journals Pendampingan Sekolah Siaga Bencana Sebagai Upaya Mitigasi Bencana di SMK Kehutanan Qomarul Huda Lombok Barat

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lily Maysari Angraini ◽  
Syamsuddin Syamsuddin ◽  
Rahadi Wirawan ◽  
Nurul Qomariyah ◽  
Bakti Sukrisna
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Disaster Mitigation ◽  
Early Prevention ◽  
Learning Modules ◽  
School Programs ◽  
Prone Area ◽  
Evacuation Route

Based on its geographical location, West Nusa Tenggara Province is located in a disaster-prone area. Because generally disaster hazards can occur anywhere with little or no warning, it is very important to be prepared for disaster hazards to reduce the risk of their impacts. One of the most strategic efforts is through learning or training to improve the ability of the community to respond to disasters by creating a Disaster Preparedness School. The purpose of this activity is to realize the implementation of disaster management activities in schools / madrasas. The method used is (a) direct instruction to improve partner understanding related to disaster and disaster mitigation materials, (b) Group Discussion Forum to develop disaster learning modules and (c) simulations to improve disaster response partner skills. This activity will be held in the Qomarul Huda Narmada Forest High School in West Lombok-NTB. The output target of this activity is the formation of an evacuation route map as well as an explanation and the establishment of a disaster learning module that can be used in the learning process. It is hoped that by developing disaster preparedness school programs will contribute effectively to early prevention of disaster hazards.Keywords: Disaster Preparedness School, disaster mitigation, earthquake.

scholarly journals Optimizing Dietary Plan to Develop Brain Functions

2020 ◽  
pp. 380-384
Author(s):  
Mi Cho Cho ◽  
Khaing Khaing Win ◽  
Htay Htay Win
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Child Nutrition ◽  
Programming Model ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Brain Functions ◽  
Food Items ◽  
Lp Model ◽  
Excel Solver ◽  
Dietary Plan

The purpose of this paper is to show how linear programming model can help to design dietary plan in developing brain functions for the children undertaken by dietician in health care. For the development of the whole body and mental development, child nutrition is very important. In this paper, the constraints of problem, specified objective, structured mathematical model are detailed. The required data are sought and systematic review was done by searching engine with words like nutrition, food, diet, etc. In this paper, food items such as fish, egg, tomato, orange, peanut and oats corresponding to the nutrients are considered and calculated. Excel Solver is used to solve the LP model. From these results, the children can achieve by following the dietary plan.

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