Recent Incidents Research Articles

WS-APP Women's Safety System Based on Android Application

Women ensured stability, progress and the long-term development of nations throughout history. If women are subjected to violence and harassment, they are cannot really be incorporated into society. With increasing heinous incidents involving women and children, advanced the system is needed to serve the purpose of getting help as soon as possible How is it possible. Currently has the use of smart phones grew rapidly, making it possible to use a smartphone effectively for security or other protective purposes. All recent cruel incidents have made us think about where to go security issues. Crimes against women can be minimized with the help of our "WS-APP" app. It's an android app for women safety although men can also use in an emergency. It can be activated by voice command or SOS key. A location alert message will be sent on user-defined numbers every five minutes until the system is off. Many cases remain mysterious because lack of evidence. So we kept the audio recording option preserve evidence. Continuous location tracking, display victim safe zone, offline mode is one of the most useful properties of this system.

Lithium ion battery energy storage systems (BESS) hazards

There has been an increase in the development and deployment of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in recent years. In particular, BESS using lithium-ion batteries have been prevalent, which is mainly due to their power density, performance, and economical aspects. BESS have been increasingly used in residential, commercial, industrial, and utility applications for peak shaving or grid support. As the number of installed systems is increasing, the industry has also been observing more field failures that resulted in fires and explosions. Lithium-ion batteries contain flammable electrolytes, which can create unique hazards when the battery cell becomes compromised and enters thermal runaway. The initiating event is frequently a short circuit which may be a result of overcharging, overheating, or mechanical abuse. During the exothermic reaction process (i.e., thermal runaway), large amounts of flammable and potentially toxic battery gas will be generated. The released gas largely contains hydrogen, which is highly flammable under a wide range of conditions. This may create an explosive atmosphere in the battery room or storage container. As a result, a number of the recent incidents resulted in significant consequences highlighting the difficulties on how to safely deal with the hazard. This paper identifies fire and explosion hazards that exist in commercial/industrial BESS applications and presents mitigation measures. Common threats, barriers, and consequences are conceptually shown and how they would be identified in a hazard mitigation analysis (HMA). Mitigation measures that can be implemented to reduce the risk of a fire or an explosion are discussed. The presented information is intended to provide practical information to professionals and authorities in this fairly new industry to assure that prevention and mitigation strategies can be effectively implemented and that the regulatory requirement of the HMA can be met.

Effects of an active lifestyle on the physical frailty of liver transplant candidates.

Liver transplantation is the most important therapeutic intervention for end-stage liver disease (ELD). The prioritization of these patients is based on the model for end-stage liver disease (MELD), which can successfully predict short-term mortality. However, despite its great validity and value, it cannot fully incor porate several comorbidities of liver disease, such as sarcopenia and physical frailty, variables that can sufficiently influence the survival of such patients. Subsequently, there is growing interest in the importance of physical frailty in regard to mortality in liver transplant candidates and recipients, as well as its role in improving their survival rates. To evaluate the effects of an active lifestyle on physical frailty on liver transplant candidates. An observational study was performed within the facilities of the Department of Transplant Surgery of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Twenty liver tran splant candidate patients from the waiting list of the department were included in the study. Patients that were bedridden, had recent cardiovascular incidents, or had required inpatient treatment for more than 5 d in the last 6 mo were excluded from the study. The following variables were evaluated: Activity level via the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ); functional capacity via the 6-min walking test (6MWT) and cardiopulmonary exercise testing; and physical frailty via the Liver Frailty Index (LFI). According to their responses in the IPAQ, patients were divided into the following two groups based on their activity level: Active group (A, 10 patients); and sedentary group (S, 10 patients). Comparing mean values of the recorded variables showed the following results: MELD (A: 12.05 ± 5.63 vs S: 13.99 ± 3.60; P > 0.05); peak oxygen uptake (A: 29.78 ± 6.07 mL/kg/min vs S: 18.11 ± 3.39 mL/kg/min; P < 0.001); anaerobic threshold (A: 16.71 ± 2.17 mL/kg/min vs S: 13.96 ± 1.45 mL/kg/min; P < 0.01); 6MWT (A: 458.2 ± 57.5 m vs S: 324.7 ± 55.8 m; P < 0.001); and LFI (A: 3.75 ± 0.31 vs S: 4.42 ± 0.32; P < 0.001). An active lifestyle can be associated with better musculoskeletal and functional capacity, while simultaneously preventing the evolution of physical frailty in liver transplant candidates. This effect appears to be independent of the liver disease severity.

GUN LAWS IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICA

This article will provide a critical analysis of the causes and impacts of gun violence and the contemporary mass killings in the USA, assessing the effectiveness of federal firearm laws such as stand-your-ground, open carry, and permit laws in tackling the issue. This article places emphasis on the factors responsible for these incidents and how they were shaped, along with their immediate and long-term impacts. The significance of the Second Amendment will also be explored, along with how it is interpreted. Therefore, it will explore whether existing gun laws in the USA make it all the more difficult to bring about a sense of peace and justice in the country. After all, given the current political climate and soaring rates of gun violence in the USA, the impacts of gun laws on crime rates are important to explore. To further the investigation, this statement will be evaluated via the examination of gun laws and recent incidents.

Alternate Analysis of an In Vitro Solubility Study on the Lung Dissolution Rate of 238PuO2 Material Involved in the 2020 Incident at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

This work presents an alternate analysis of an in vitro solubility study on the lung dissolution rate of 238PuO2 material involved in a recent inhalation incident at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The original dataset used in this work was retrieved from a recently published report. The present work shows an analysis of the same dataset by modeling the dissolution in separate time intervals rather than modeling the cumulative dissolution.

The digital blender: conceptualizing the political economic nexus of digital technologies and authoritarian practices

ABSTRACT This article develops the concept of the digital blender to comprehensively address the extent to which digital technologies further authoritarian practices and power beyond the state. By focusing on the primarily commercial nature of digital technologies, and their reciprocal transformational political economic embeddedness, the digital blender allows to highlight the role of private companies in enabling practices that are detrimental to democratic values and processes, irrespective of the formal regime-type context of a given polity, and less confined by national borders. While previous discussions primarily focus on digital technologies as mere tools at the discretion of their master, this relational perspective allows for the incorporation of transnational non-state actors and dynamics in constituting and contesting manifestations of authoritarian power beyond the state. These dynamics will be illustrated and discussed in light of insights into recent incidents involving companies such as Cambridge Analytica, Meta Platforms Inc., and the NSO Group.

76 A Report on 83 Patients with Suspected Methanol Poisoning from Philippine Coconut Wine (Lambanog) Seen at East Avenue Medical Center: A Case Series

Lambanog or Philippine Coconut wine is locally made distilled alcohol made from coconut sap and is well known for its strong alcohol content (40-45%). Severe methanol intoxication from Lambanog wine is rare but frequently lethal. Poor prognosis criteria include coma and seizure and severe metabolic acidosis. We present epidemiological and clinical data from a recent toxicologic mass casual incident involving suspected methanol poisoning. The management of methanol poisoning includes standard supportive care, correction of metabolic acidosis, administration of folinic acid, provision of an antidote to inhibit the metabolism of methanol to formate, and selective hemodialysis to correct severe metabolic abnormalities and enhance methanol and formate elimination.

Media Literacy: Building Critical Media Awareness

The effect of media on society and the world at large is always under constant scrutiny. Researchers across the globe persistently studying the effect of media on the social, political, economic, and cultural discourse of our society. Due to rapid development of Communication Technologies and enhanced access to internet, the challenges posed by media have grown manifolds. To overcome those challenges researchers have been arguing since long about the importance of media literacy. Recent incidents of mob lynching, political turmoil, religion led clashes, etc. are testimonies to the lack of media awareness among the people. It has become crucial than ever for the audience/ consumers of media to understand the media content, its source and know how to utilize the received information. This study aims to discuss the meaning of media literacy in the present context and explore the significance of media literacy. An attempt has been made to highlight the contemporary challenges arising because of the upgradation in communication technologies and demonstrate how media literacy can play an instrumental role in overcoming these challenges.

Deep Learning Techniques for the Effective Prediction of Alzheimer's Disease: A Comprehensive Review.

“Alzheimer’s disease” (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder in which the memory shrinks and neurons die. “Dementia” is described as a gradual decline in mental, psychological, and interpersonal qualities that hinders a person’s ability to function autonomously. AD is the most common degenerative brain disease. Among the first signs of AD are missing recent incidents or conversations. “Deep learning” (DL) is a type of “machine learning” (ML) that allows computers to learn by doing, much like people do. DL techniques can attain cutting-edge precision, beating individuals in certain cases. A large quantity of tagged information with multi-layered “neural network” architectures is used to perform analysis. Because significant advancements in computed tomography have resulted in sizable heterogeneous brain signals, the use of DL for the timely identification as well as automatic classification of AD has piqued attention lately. With these considerations in mind, this paper provides an in-depth examination of the various DL approaches and their implementations for the identification and diagnosis of AD. Diverse research challenges are also explored, as well as current methods in the field.

Determination of Width of Sectional Coal Pillars in the Working Face of Burst-prone Inclined Thick Coal Seams

In coal mines, a reasonable design of the widths of coal pillars is critically important, particularly for rockburst mines. This is because the frequent occurrence of rock burst in coal mines often arises from the inappropriate widths of the coal pillars. To address this problem, we first review two recent incidents of rockburst occurring and thus present a theoretical calculation of lateral bearing pressure distribution in goaf of inclined thick coal seam to illuminate the occurrence mechanism of rockburst induced by inappropriate width of sectional coal pillars. Based on the mechanism model, we then propose a design criterion for sectional coal pillar widths in inclined thick coal seams that can effectively reduce the risk of the induced rock burst. Our theoretical calculations, field stress monitoring, numerical simulation and field investigation all demonstrate the validity of the proposed design criterion in preventing the induced rock burst and large deformation of surrounding rock. The results from this paper may be used as a theoretical guidance of sectional coal pillar designs in inclined thick coal seams.

Acceptability and feasibility of the World Health Organization's Caregiver Skills Training Programme (WHO CST) delivered via eLearning, videoconferencing, and in-person hybrid modalities in Hong Kong.

BackgroundLocal children with developmental disabilities were deprived of learning opportunities due to recent social and health incidents, resulting in elevating challenging behaviors and familial conflicts. This study explored the acceptability and feasibility of the World Health Organization's Caregiver Skills Training Programme (WHO CST) in alternative delivery modes under new normal and post COVID-19 period.MethodCST was delivered via eLearning (EL), videoconferencing (VC), and in-person hybrid (IP) modes to 34 parent-child dyads, being randomly assigned to modes of asynchronous non-interfering EL (n = 9), synchronous with online coaching VC (n = 7), synchronous with in-person coaching IP (n = 9) and Wait-list Control WLC (n = 9). Data from two standardized scales of General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), and Post-session and Home Visit Feedback Form by Caregivers that included both structured and open-ended questions were collected before and after intervention. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches were used in studying the collected data.ResultsHigh levels of acceptability and feasibility of the training programme were supported by ratings on comprehensiveness and relevance, agreement with their personal values, duration, and usefulness. IP and VC groups yielded more positive changes than EL and WLC groups with 3, 16, 13, and −3% in General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), −13, −15, −6 and 0% in Difficulties-total, and 36.5, 35.5, 5.8 and 2.4% in Prosocial Scale at Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) for EL, VC, IP, and WLC groups respectively from baseline to 12 weeks after intervention. Results from two standardized scales echoed with qualitative observations that the programme helped improve caregivers' well-being, child's communication, and behaviors across intervention groups.ConclusionsCurrent findings revealed that CST delivered in three alternative modes were acceptable and feasible, and yielded positive impacts toward both caregivers and children. In-person coaching, and skill-practicing sessions were effective in mitigating child's challenging behaviors while personal interaction, either face-to-face or virtual, is a significant factor in uplifting caregivers' well-being, whereas the self-learning model was appreciated by the busy caregivers. In clinical practice, needs and goals of families and the constraints of remote interventions at the settings should be balanced.

The Hat-Trick of Racism: Examining BIPOC Hockey Players’ Experiences in Canada’s Game

Recent high-profile incidents involving racism at hockey’s highest levels have cast serious concerns regarding the prevalence of racism in the sport. However, limited scholarly literature has examined the prevalence of racism in Canadian hockey across the lesser-known competitive developmental levels (e.g., junior, collegiate, and minor-professional). Employing a critical race framework, we interviewed Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) regarding their experiences with racism in Canadian hockey. The findings reveal that actions that keep BIPOC players on the outside looking in exist at even the sport’s youngest levels. The findings also indicate that governing bodies often fail to protect BIPOC players when racist incidents occur. Further research regarding racism in hockey is needed to more fully understand the deleterious impact of racist behavior on the sport and those who play it, and to identify strategies that can promote a more egalitarian opportunity structure than currently exists.

Informal Help-Seeking in Moments of Acute Danger: Intimate Partner Violence Survivors' Emergency Outreach Efforts and the Forces That Shape Them.

Heightened attention to police brutality has created momentum for alternative, community-based responses to violence, including that inflicted by an intimate partner. But to build effective alternatives, we must know what survivors already do in moments of acute danger when they do not call the police. This study sought to explore these moments from an ecological perspective. Using a qualitative descriptive methodology, we conducted 25 interviews with a diverse sample of intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors. Each described the first, the worst, and the most recent IPV incident, whom they reached out to and why, the outcomes of their help-seeking, and the individual, interpersonal, and psychosocial influences on the process. Even in the face of severe violence, what participants most wanted was someone who would listen without judgment. Direct interpersonal factors that influenced their help-seeking included their partner's controlling behavior, as well as their network members' capacities, perspectives on IPV, and feelings about the survivor. Broader influential factors included the radiating effects of IPV and other forms of trauma in survivors' networks. Participants offered recommendations on how domestic violence (DV) programs could both strengthen survivors' networks and provide them with targeted community support in moments of grave danger. As we continue to develop community-based alternatives to police intervention, DV programs have a critical opportunity to build on survivors' own recommendations. This process must address the ongoing effects of trauma that hamper the ability of so many network members to support survivors in crisis.

Imposter Attacks in Energy Market Operation

The cyber-security of the power grid is of extreme significance due to growing dependency on modern technologies. Several recent real-world incidents reveal the risk associated with false data injection attacks. Besides corrupting the sensor’s data, intruders can also target real-time dispatch signals (DS) sent to generation systems over an unsecured network to launch financially motivated attacks. To conduct the attacks, we construct a novel self-adaptive undetectable attack model, termed Imposter Attacks (IA). The devised IA adjusts its intensity based on system conditions allowing energy providers to unethically raise profit without impacting the grid stability. It is shown that by adopting IA, the infected DS remains undetectable by traditional detectors. Unlike existing attack models, the IA tend to hide the corrupted quantity among the normal system data making them extremely difficult to identify. The feasibility of the IA is studied on the Automatic Generation Control system of the IEEE-39 bus system.

The silent crisis of child abuse in the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review.

Background and AimsThe global outbreak of COVID‐19 has become an international concern. The lives of children are severely affected by COVID‐19 pandemic. There is evidence of a pandemic impact on violence against children. This scoping review study aimed to investigate the effects of the COVID‐19 pandemic on child abuse.MethodsWe searched PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases to retrieve related studies. Regarding the recent incident of COVID‐19, the articles were reviewed from 2019 to June 1, 2021. The terms Child abuse and COVID‐19 were used in the precise search technique of each database. The search techniques were created to work with any scientific database that used the keywords given.ResultsIn the initial search of scientific databases, 568 articles were retrieved. After applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria during the screening process, 16 papers were included in the scoping review. Twelve articles have mentioned the increase of physical, psychological, and neglect types of abuse. However, sexual violence has not been reported in any of the articles. Four articles reported a reduction in the incidence of child abuse.ConclusionDuring the COVID‐19 pandemic, a crisis occurred in the form of an upsurge in violence toward children, since limits made to diminish the virus, in general, increased the danger to children. Numerous factors such as stress, poverty, financial situation, history of violence, school closures, and lack of contact with support organizations contribute to this phenomenon. Social action and support needed is the right of every child in need in this critical situation.

Do Charging Stations Benefit from Cryptojacking? A Novel Framework for Its Financial Impact Analysis on Electric Vehicles

Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming popular due to their efficiency, eco-friendliness, and the increasing cost of fossil fuel. EVs support a variety of apps because they house powerful processors and allow for increased connectivity. This makes them an attractive target of stealthy cryptomining malware. Recent incidents demonstrate that both the EV and its communication model are vulnerable to cryptojacking attacks. The goal of this research is to explore the extent to which cryptojacking impacts EVs in terms of recharging and cost. We assert that while cryptojacking provides a financial advantage to attackers, it can severely degrade efficiency and cause battery loss. In this paper we present a simulation model for connected EVs, the cryptomining software, and the road infrastructure. A novel framework is proposed that incorporates these models and allows an objective quantification of the extent of this economic damage and the advantage to the attacker. Our results indicate that batteries of infected cars drain more quickly than those of normal cars, forcing them to return more frequently to the charging station for a recharge. When just 10% of EVs are infected we observed 70.6% more refueling requests. Moreover, if the hacker infects a charging station then he can make a USD 436.4 profit per day from just 32 infected EVs. Overall, our results demonstrate that cryptojackers injected into EVs indirectly provide a financial advantage to the charging stations at the cost of an increased energy strain on society.

99 seconds to Midnight: A Case for Institutionalizing Nuclear Risk Reduction Measures in South Asia

South Asian nuclear tests in summer of 1998, heralded a new chapter in the pervasive &amp; deeply rooted sub-continental cold war, bringing forth the sobering realization that given geographical proximity and an inherent risk of tension escalation, there is a need to implement safeguards against incidental or accidental nuclear weapons usage, as well as avoidance of brinksmanship. Resultantly, Lahore MoU of 1999, and later the comprehensive dialogue process (2004), were positive steps initiated to institutionalize nuclear restraint measures. However, given the checkered history of bilateral relations, after making initial progression, this critical track like all other tracks of dialogue also faced a setback. Further exacerbated by populist ultra nationalist rhetoric and anti-Pakistan hate mongering of the Saffron regime in India under Narendra Modi. The recent Indian missile incident, trivialized as a mere accident is latest in the series of such episodes, that breaches mutual nuclear restraint protocols, as such actions carry the risk of inadvertent war under the nuclear shadow. Given the nature of relations between the two neighbours, these “accidents” can very well be misperceived or considered an intentional and deliberate misadventure, which can lead not only to tension escalation, but a nuclear crisis with grim consequences. This paper would appraise the often overlooked yet established nuclear restraint protocols between the two countries, seeking the fundamental question, whether after quarter of century, the South Asia neighbours fully understand the consequence of using nuclear weapons as elements of political currency. Can this incident be used as a positive turning point in helping usher a viable risk reduction regime between the two adversaries or the region is destined to gradually slide up the escalation ladder to an eventual catastrophe.

Advances in Electrochemical Aptamer Biosensors for the Detection of Food‐borne Pathogenic Bacteria

AbstractThe detection of harmful components in food is of paramount importance in the light of recent food safety incidents caused by foodborne pathogenic bacteria. Aptamer electrochemical biosensors are novel biosensors that use electrode modifications to immobilise aptamers, the biological recognition elements, and then use electrochemical techniques to detect the generated electrical signals. Compared with traditional detection methods, electrochemical aptamer sensors have the advantages of high specificity, high sensitivity, and low cost and have been widely used to detect hazardous components in food. This review summarises these sensors′ current research status and problems in detecting common foodborne pathogenic bacteria and provides an outlook on their development trends.

Influence of Coastal Geomorphology on Prediction of Weaker Strategical Locations in Coastal India to Curb Maritime Terrorist Intrusion

Abstract: In recent years, sea-borne terrorism has emerged as a significant security threat in coastal India. This paper evaluates the possibility of increased maritime terrorist violence in India by recounting and analysing some of the most recent past incidents in these waters. The weak strategic geographical locations always played a crucial role for the terrorist to entering the mainland. The features like Mangrove Forest, Salt Pan, Shallow Continental Shelf, and Backwaters can be the weakest strategical locations that are not properly safeguarded. The 1991 Rajiv Gandhi Assignation by LTTE and the 26/11 Mumbai Attack in 2008 are one of the significant Maritime Terrorism that happened in coastal India. India’s coastal and marine ecosystems include a wide range of mangroves, coral reefs, seagrasses, salt marshes, mud flats, estuaries, and lagoons which should be safeguarded appropriately for future consideration. The article explains how crime takes place in this isolated topography which has very low surveillance support and discusses how this topography can be safeguarded for futuristic purposes.

Incidence and Clearance of Anal Human Papillomavirus Infection in 16 164 Individuals, According to Human Immunodeficiency Virus Status, Sex, and Male Sexuality: An International Pooled Analysis of 34 Longitudinal Studies.

Understanding the natural history of anal high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) infection is key for designing anal cancer prevention programs but has not been systematically characterized. We reanalyzed data from 34 studies including 16 164 individuals in 6 risk groups defined by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status, sex, and male sexuality: men who have sex with men (MSM) and people with HIV (MSMWH), HIV-negative MSM, women with HIV (WWH), HIV-negative women, men who have sex with women (MSW) with HIV (MSWWH), and HIV-negative MSW. We used Markov models to estimate incidence and clearance of 13 hrHPV types and their determinants. Human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 had the highest incidence-clearance ratio of the hrHPV types. MSMWH had the highest hrHPV incidence (eg, 15.5% newly HPV-16 infected within 2 years), followed by HIV-negative MSM (7.5%), WWH (6.6%), HIV-negative women (2.9%), MSWWH (1.7%), and HIV-negative MSW (0.7%). Determinants of HPV-16 incidence included HIV status and number of sexual partners for MSM, women, and MSW, and anal sex behavior for MSM only. HPV-16 clearance was lower for people with HIV (PWH) and lower for prevalent than incident infection. Among MSM, increasing age was associated with lower clearance of prevalent, but not incident, HPV-16 infection. This robust and unifying analysis of anal hrHPV natural history is essential to designing and predicting the impact of HPV vaccination and HPV-based screening programs on anal cancer prevention, particularly in MSM and PWH. Importantly, it demonstrates the higher carcinogenic potential of longstanding anal prevalent hrHPV infection than more recent incident infection.