Risk assessment of buildings against blast effectsThis article is one of a selection of papers published in the Special Issue on Blast Engineering.

2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 1285-1291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Foo ◽  
Bert von Rosen ◽  
Ettore Contestabile
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Security Requirements ◽  
Rapid Screening ◽  
Existing Buildings ◽  
Blast Loads ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Preliminary Assessment ◽  
Blast Effects ◽  
New Buildings ◽  
Selection Of

Because of changes in functional or security requirements, many new or existing buildings are now required to resist blast loads. New buildings can be designed and constructed to resist defined blast loads. Existing buildings, on the other hand, would have to rely on a risk assessment to determine both its vulnerability to blast effects and the necessary measures to mitigate the unacceptable blast effects. A rapid screening methodology has been developed for conducting a preliminary assessment of buildings against external blast effects. The methodology accounts for the threat, the vulnerability of the building, the consequence of an event and the risk, which is the product of the threat and the consequence. The rapid screening methodology has been applied to several buildings and the results are reasonable. This paper presents the rapid screening methodology and its application to two federal buildings in Canada.

scholarly journals Risk-aware decision support with constrained goal models

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 472-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolaos Argyropoulos ◽  
Konstantinos Angelopoulos ◽  
Haralambos Mouratidis ◽  
Andrew Fish
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Automated Reasoning ◽  
Functional System ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Security Requirements ◽  
Government Information ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Additional Value ◽  
Goal Models ◽  
Selection Of

Purpose The selection of security configurations for complex information systems is a cumbersome process. Decision-making regarding the choice of security countermeasures has to take into consideration a multitude of, often conflicting, functional and non-functional system goals. Therefore, a structured method to support crucial security decisions during a system’s design that can take account of risk whilst providing feedback on the optimal decisions within specific scenarios would be valuable. Design/methodology/approach Secure Tropos is a well-established security requirements engineering methodology, but it has no concepts of Risk, whilst Constrained Goal Models are an existing method to support relevant automated reasoning tasks. Hence we bridge these methods, by extending Secure Tropos to incorporate the concept of Risk, so that the elicitation and analysis of security requirements can be complimented by a systematic risk assessment process during a system’s design time and supporting the reasoning regarding the selection of optimal security configurations with respect to multiple system objectives and constraints, via constrained goal models. Findings As a means of conceptual evaluation, to give an idea of the applicability of the approach and to check if alterations may be desirable, a case study of its application to an e-government information system is presented. The proposed approach is able to generate security mechanism configurations for multiple optimisation scenarios that are provided, whilst there are limitations in terms of a natural trade-off of information levels of risk assessment that are required to be elicited. Originality/value The proposed approach adds additional value via its flexibility in permitting the consideration of different optimisation scenarios by prioritising different system goals and the automated reasoning support.

An internal blast analysis of a steel box memberThis article is one of a selection of papers published in the Special Issue on Blast Engineering.

2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 1332-1339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wai Tak Wong
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Response Analysis ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Modeling Methods ◽  
Prediction Tools ◽  
Blast Effects ◽  
Unique Approach ◽  
Computer Codes ◽  
Confined Environment ◽  
Selection Of

This paper presents a unique approach that can be used for the analysis of a blast due to an internal detonation. The information in this paper focuses on understanding the blast effects in a confined environment, blast loads prediction, and response analysis using computer codes and finite element modeling methods. An example is included in which a partial segment of a steel box member is analyzed for its response to an internal blast using blast prediction tools and finite element code.

Introduction: Affixes and bases

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-168
Author(s):  
Stela Manova
Keyword(s):  
Special Issue ◽  
Affix Order ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Affix Ordering

This special issue includes a selection of papers presented at the 2nd Vienna Workshop on Affix Order held in Vienna, Austria on June 4–5, 2009. The workshop was in honor of Wolfgang U. Dressler on the occasion of his 70th birthday. However, this special issue differs from the classical Festschrift dedicated to a renowned scholar and is ‘more special’ in two respects at least: 1) not all authors are Dressler's friends and colleagues, some of them are only indirectly related to him, through his students; and 2) since the papers were presented at a topic-oriented workshop, they are thematically uniform. In other words, this special issue is a kind of scientific genealogy in terms of affix ordering. Thus, the title Affixes and bases should be understood in two ways: literally – affixes and bases as linguistic notions, and metaphorically – affixes and bases as linguists related directly and indirectly to a prominent base: Wolfgang U. Dressler.

SEISMIC RISK ASSESSMENT AND REDUCTION IN ITALY

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (Special Issue on First SACEE'19) ◽  
pp. 55-75
Author(s):  
Fabio Sabetta
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Seismic Risk ◽  
Safety Assessment ◽  
Public Funding ◽  
Tax Incentives ◽  
Technical Training ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
Existing Buildings ◽  
Seismic Risk Assessment ◽  
Post Disaster

In this paper, the main features of the policies adopted in Italy for seismic risk reduction are discussed. Particular attention is given to the Pre-disaster prevention activities such as the implementation of the building code, the seismic risk assessment for a priority scale of intervention, tax incentives and public funding for the vulnerability reduction of the existing buildings, information to population and school education, technical training of experts. The phases of response and post-disaster activities, including emergency management, search and rescue, loss scenarios, and safety assessment of buildings, are also discussed taking example from the most recent devastating earthquakes in Italy (L.Aquila 2009, Amatrice 2016).

tti2002: Introduction and Conference Overview

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. H. Robson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
International Convention ◽  
International Conference ◽  
Introductory Paper ◽  
Personal Reflections ◽  
Selection Of

This special issue of Industry and Higher Education is devoted to a selection of papers and reports from tti2002, an international conference on technology transfer and innovation held at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham, UK in July 2002. In this introductory paper, the author provides the context of the conference, summarizes the presentations given by invited speakers and offers personal reflections on the event.

scholarly journals Recent Advances in Kinase Drug Discovery Part I: The Editors’ Take

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (14) ◽  
pp. 7560
Author(s):  
Julie A. Tucker ◽  
Mathew P. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Drug Discovery ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Enzyme Family ◽  
Selection Of

This special issue on Advances in Kinase Drug Discovery provides a selection of research articles and topical reviews covering all aspects of drug discovery targeting the phosphotransferase enzyme family [...]

scholarly journals Exposure and Health Impacts Related to Outdoor and Indoor Air Pollutants

Atmosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Haider A. Khwaja
Keyword(s):  
Indoor Air ◽  
Air Pollutants ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Indoor Air Pollutants ◽  
Selection Of

The five papers included in this Special Issue represent a diverse selection of contributions [...]

Romance and Latin approaches to word structure features

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Gibert-Sotelo ◽  
Isabel Pujol Payet
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Valuable Contribution ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Word Structure ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Special Collection ◽  
Introductory Paper ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract The interest in morphology and its interaction with the other grammatical components has increased in the last twenty years, with new approaches coming into stage so as to get more accurate analyses of the processes involved in morphological construal. This special issue is a valuable contribution to this field of study. It gathers a selection of five papers from the Morphology and Syntax workshop (University of Girona, July 2017) which, on the basis of Romance and Latin phenomena, discuss word structure and its decomposition into hierarchies of features. Even though the papers share a compositional view of lexical items, they adopt different formal theoretical approaches to the lexicon-syntax interface, thus showing the benefit of bearing in mind the possibilities that each framework provides. This introductory paper serves as a guide for the readers of this special collection and offers an overview of the topics dealt in each contribution.

A risk assessment and prioritisation approach to the selection of indicator species for the assessment of multi-species, multi-gear, multi-sector fishery resources

Marine Policy ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 88 ◽  
pp. 11-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen J. Newman ◽  
Joshua I. Brown ◽  
David V. Fairclough ◽  
Brent S. Wise ◽  
Lynda M. Bellchambers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Indicator Species ◽  
Fishery Resources ◽  
Selection Of
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