Browsing by Author "Karma, Sofia"
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Chemical, acoustic and optical response profiling for analysing burning patterns
Mikedi, Katerina; Stavrakakis, P.; Agapiou, Agapios; Moirogiorgou, K.; Karma, Sofia; Pallis, George C.; Pappa, Athina A.; Statheropoulos, Miltiades K.; Zervakis, M. (2013)Improved data processing algorithms along with modelling techniques were employed in order to profile the responses and to assess the analytical capabilities of a system consisting of a mass spectrometer, a camera and a ...
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Combined chemical and optical methods for monitoring the early decay stages of surrogate human models
Statheropoulos, Miltiades K.; Agapiou, Agapios; Zorba, Eleni; Mikedi, Katerina; Karma, Sofia; Pallis, George C.; Eliopoulos, C.; Spiliopoulou, C. (2011)As the body decays shortly after death, a variety of gases and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) constantly emanate. Ethical and practical reasons limit the use of human corpses in controlled, time-dependent, intervening ...
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Discriminant Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds data related to a new location method of entrapped people in collapsed buildings of an earthquake
Statheropoulos, Miltiades K.; Mikedi, Katerina; Agapiou, Agapios; Georgiadou, A.; Karma, Sofia (2006)Discriminant Analysis is used as a part of a research, which aims at using expired air analysis for the early location of entrapped people under the ruins of collapsed buildings in an earthquake. This work focuses on the ...
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Factors that affect rescue time in urban search and rescue (USAR) operations
Statheropoulos, Miltiades K.; Agapiou, Agapios; Pallis, George C.; Mikedi, Katerina; Karma, Sofia; Vamvakari, Julia P.; Dandoulaki, Miranda; Andritsos, Fivos; Thomas, Charles Lawrence Paul (2015)Recent structural collapses were studied in order to identify gaps in technology and to propose priorities in enhancing urban search and rescue (USAR) tools. The timelines of the events were examined with the scope of ...
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Physiology and biochemistry of human subjects during entrapment
Agapiou, Agapios; Mikedi, Katerina; Karma, Sofia; Giotaki, Zoe K.; Kolostoumbis, D.; Papageorgiou, Charalambos Ch; Zorba, Eleni; Spiliopoulou, C.; Amann, Anton; Statheropoulos, Miltiades K. (2013)A classification of various categories of entrapped people under the ruins of collapsed buildings after earthquakes, technical failures or explosions is proposed. Type and degree of injury at the moment of building collapse ...
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A preliminary study of combining mass spectrometric data with audio and video signals for real-time monitoring of controlled lab-scale fires
Statheropoulos, Miltiades K.; Mikedi, Katerina; Stavrakakis, P.; Agapiou, Agapios; Karma, Sofia; Pallis, George C.; Pappa, Athina A. (2011)The different aspects of sensors integration, and specifically that of a Mass Spectrometer (MS) with audio and video signals, are investigated for detecting and monitoring indoor fire events. The present study focuses on ...
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A scale-up field experiment for the monitoring of a burning process using chemical, audio, and video sensors
Stavrakakis, P.; Agapiou, Agapios; Mikedi, Katerina; Karma, Sofia; Statheropoulos, Miltiades K.; Pallis, George C.; Pappa, Athina A. (2014)Fires are becoming more violent and frequent resulting in major economic losses and long-lasting effects on communities and ecosystems
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TG-MS analysis of nitrile butadiene rubber blends (NBR/PVC)
Pappa, Athina A.; Mikedi, Katerina; Agapiou, Agapios; Karma, Sofia; Pallis, George C.; Statheropoulos, Miltiades K.; Burke, M. (2011)Blends of nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) with polyvinyl chloride (PVC) are widely used in products such as hoses and seals. As part of a project that uses NBR/PVC blends for manufacturing forest fire hoses, blends of NBR/PVC ...