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Study of Marine Search and Rescue Mechanism in the Taiwan Strait - Case Study of Kinmen and Xiamen AreaLiao, Min-I 04 August 2011 (has links)
Abstract
Taiwan is surrounded by an ocean with abundant marine resources. It is a typical island-nation with an excellent geological location. Taiwan¡¦s trade, traffic, and fishing industries rely heavily on the ocean their main natural mediation channel. Thus, the marine policy has always been the government¡¦s main administrative focus. Apart from continuing to protect marine ecological resources and promote the policy of marine environment sustainability, the government of Taiwan also actively promotes marine-related projects related to technological research and development, reuse of resources, and industrial development.
Since 2008 and after four signed agreements of cross-strait marine transport, the cross-strait bilateral relation has moved toward a stable development, and the policy of cross-strait exchange has been loosened. This has enabled the maritime transport between Mainland China and Taiwan to increase enormously into large-scale bilateral marine transport. The geological position of the Taiwan Strait- long with the safety of maritime navigation in the area- is now far more important as the number of marine transport, fishing vessels, and shipwrecks has increased rapidly. These have all significantly highlighted the issue of marine search and rescue.
Marine search and rescue is a humanitarian act. It is an obligatory duty of those involved in marine search and rescue operations to rescue those facing danger during maritime activities. Therefore, under the principle of highly valuing issues related to both bilateral parties across the Taiwan Strait, this thesis analyzes the procedures and practices of mutual marine search and rescue based on cross-strait marine search and rescue mechanisms. This thesis proposes, a systematic model of cooperation with a precondition of not endangering bilateral sovereignty. The example of the Kinmen and Xiamen areas as the shortest distance between Mainland China and Taiwan is the focus of analysis. The discussion emphasizes how to establish the fastest and most efficient joint search and rescue mechanisms within the shortest distance so that the model can be adopted in other areas of the Taiwan Strait and even beyond to create a safer global marine environment.
Key words: marine search and rescue, marine salvage, regional cooperation, joint search and rescue mechanisms, Kinmen, Xiamen
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EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS IN SEARCH AND RESCUE.pdfWilliam Theodore Weldon (15331264) 20 April 2023 (has links)
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<p>A search and rescue (SAR) operation requires a rapid, accurate, and effective response to provide the missing person the best chance of being rescued. Personnel from the local area are likely to be closest to the location of the missing person, be familiar with the area, but they may not be adequately trained, experienced, or equipped with the best tools to effectively locate, identify, and retrieve the missing person. Thus, most SAR operations rely on a mix of trained personnel and volunteers. Among the trained personnel, there is a wide variance in proficiency, experience, and access to technology, leading to some emergency response agencies being better prepared than others. Volunteers, on the other hand, could be very helpful, but are largely untrained and inexperienced, reducing their inherent likelihood of success. The primary challenge to successful SAR operations is the lack of consistently trained, adequately equipped, and diversely experienced personnel. Despite the lack of desired resources, SAR operations must be completed rapidly and emergency responders often turn to volunteers. In response to this challenge, the use of unmanned aerial systems, UAS, in small volunteer teams was proposed. Available, off-the-shelf UAS technology can be used to simplify training with the help of affordable advanced technology, and thereby enable rapid, accurate, and effective SAR operations. </p>
<p>The following research was executed in the form of three independent, but related, studies. The first study focused on the efficiency of a UAS-equipped SAR operation; the second study focused on the accuracy of a UAS and image analysis software-enabled SAR operation; and the third study tested the ability of novice volunteers to learn and apply the new technologies (UAS plus image analysis) efficiently and effectively. The goal of these studies was to determine whether affordable commercial, off-the-shelf technologies could be used to enhance the efficiency and effectivity of SAR operations. The experimental methodology used specifically designed simulations of SAR operational scenarios. Two operational tactics were tested: (a) Equip the SAR team with UAS and (b) equip the SAR team with UAS and image analysis software. The specific scenarios selected were similar in complexity, but different enough to minimize the transfer of learning from the first study to the second study. Finally, the reference times for manual SAR operations were compared against UAS and computerized image analysis software-assisted methods. The results of the proposed studies determined whether off-the-shelf UAS and image analysis technologies could be used to enable rapid, accurate, and effective SAR operations. </p>
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Exploratory spatial data analysis to support maritime search and rescue planningMarven, Cynthia Anne. 10 April 2008 (has links)
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I'm not buying it : a rhetorical study of mediation during Hurricane Katrina /Lewis, Christopher D. January 2006 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves: 66-66)
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A Novel 3D Sensory System for Robotic Urban Search and Rescue MissionsMobedi, Babak 12 January 2011 (has links)
Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) is the emergency response function that deals with the collapse of man-made structures. USAR environments contain concrete rubble, dust and debris, and provide poor lighting conditions. Due to the dangers that USAR rescue workers and their canines face, robots have become of interest in aiding rescue workers in searching. Experiences with robots in USAR missions have shown that a compact 3D sensor for 3D mapping of the environment is beneficial in providing the robot and identified victims’ locations within the structurally unstable environment. This thesis presents the developments of a novel 3D sensory system that provides both 3D and 2D texture information for mapping of cluttered unknown USAR environments. The sensor has been integrated into a robot platform, and experiments conducted to validate its usability in such applications. The experimental results show the potential for using this sensor in USAR robot mission.
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A Novel 3D Sensory System for Robotic Urban Search and Rescue MissionsMobedi, Babak 12 January 2011 (has links)
Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) is the emergency response function that deals with the collapse of man-made structures. USAR environments contain concrete rubble, dust and debris, and provide poor lighting conditions. Due to the dangers that USAR rescue workers and their canines face, robots have become of interest in aiding rescue workers in searching. Experiences with robots in USAR missions have shown that a compact 3D sensor for 3D mapping of the environment is beneficial in providing the robot and identified victims’ locations within the structurally unstable environment. This thesis presents the developments of a novel 3D sensory system that provides both 3D and 2D texture information for mapping of cluttered unknown USAR environments. The sensor has been integrated into a robot platform, and experiments conducted to validate its usability in such applications. The experimental results show the potential for using this sensor in USAR robot mission.
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Headquarters for government flying services /Choi, Chi-fung, Nelson. January 1996 (has links)
Thesis (M. Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes special report study entitled: Skin and skeleton of a hangar. Includes bibliographical references.
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Indoor robot localization and collaborationZaharans, Eriks January 2013 (has links)
The purpose of this thesis is to create an indoor rescue scenario with multiple self-localizing robots that are able to collaborate for a victim search. Victims are represented by RFID tags and detecting them combined with an accurate enough location data is considered as a successful finding. This setup is created for use in a laboratory assignment at Linköping University. We consider the indoor localization problem by trying to use as few sensors as possible and implement three indoor localization methods - odometry based, passive RFID based, and our approach by fusing both sensor data with particle filter.The Results show that particle filter based localization performs the best in comparison to the two other implemented methods and satisfies the accuracy requirements stated for the scenario. The victim search problem is solved by an ant mobility (pheromone-based) approach which integrates our localization method and provides a collaborative navigation through the rescue area. The purpose of the pheromone mobility approach is to achieve a high coverage with an acceptable resource consumption.Experiments show that area is covered with approximately 30-40% overhead in traveled distance comparing to an optimal path.
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Extreme occasions as organizational context a contingency perspective on FEMA's "fit" during the response to Katrina /Trainor, Joseph E. January 2009 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Delaware, 2008. / Principal faculty advisor: Benigno E. Aguirre, Dept. of Sociology & Criminal Justice. Includes bibliographical references.
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Under new management : will America's dedicated CSAR Forces finally thrive in AFSOC? /Cline, John D. January 2004 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, Dec. 2004. / Thesis Advisor(s): Erik Jansen. Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-93). Also available online.
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