Browsing by Author "Thomas, Charles Lawrence Paul"

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      Dynamic vapor generator that simulates transient odor emissions of victims entrapped in the voids of collapsed buildings 

      Statheropoulos, Miltiades K.; Pallis, George C.; Mikedi, Katerina; Giannoukos, S.; Agapiou, Agapios; Pappa, Athina A.; Cole, A.; Vautz, W.; Thomas, Charles Lawrence Paul (2014)
      The design, development, and validation of a dynamic vapor generator are presented. The generator simulates human scent (odor) emissions from trapped victims in the voids of collapsed buildings. The validation of the device ...
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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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      Trace detection of endogenous human volatile organic compounds for search, rescue and emergency applications 

      Agapiou, Agapios; Amann, Anton; Mochalski, Paweł; Statheropoulos, Miltiades K.; Thomas, Charles Lawrence Paul (2015)
      Since Pauling's paper in the 1970s, interest has increased in volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released from different bio-fluids, such as blood and urine. A number of VOCs reflect internal biochemical pathways occurring ...
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      The trapped human experiment 

      Huo, R.; Agapiou, Agapios; Bocos-Bintintan, V.; Brown, L. J.; Burns, C.; Creaser, C. S.; Devenport, N. A.; Gao-Lau, B.; Guallar-Hoyas, C.; Hildebrand, L.; Malkar, A.; Martin, H. J.; Moll, V. H.; Patel, P.; Ratiu, A.; Reynolds, J. C.; Sielemann, S.; Slodzynski, R.; Statheropoulos, Miltiades K.; Turner, M. A.; Vautz, W.; Wright, V. E.; Thomas, Charles Lawrence Paul (2011)
      This experiment observed the evolution of metabolite plumes from a human trapped in a simulation of a collapsed building. Ten participants took it in turns over five days to lie in a simulation of a collapsed building and ...