Search results for "rescue"

An agent-based system for maritime search and rescue operations

2010

Maritime search and rescue operations are critical missions involving personnel, boats, helicopter, aircrafts in a struggle against time often worsened by adversary sea and weather conditions. In such a context, telecommunication and in- formation systems may play a crucial role sometimes concurring to successfully accomplish the mission. In this paper we present an application able to localize the vessel who has launched a rescue request and to plan the most effective path for rescue assets. The application has been realised as a distributed and open multi-agent system deployed on rescue vehicles as well as on a land maritime stations of the Italian Coast Guard. The system is going to be t…

Optimization of Data Harvesters Deployment in an Urban Areas for an Emergency Scenario

2013

International audience; Since its appearance in the VANETs research community, data collection where vehicles have to explore an area and collect various local data, brings various issues and challenges. Some architectures were proposed to meet data collection requirements. They can be classified into two categories: Decentralized and Centralized self-organizing where different components and techniques are used depending on the application type. In this paper, we treat time-constrained applications in the context of search and rescue missions. For this reason, we propose a centralized architecture where a central unit plans and manages a set of vehicles namely harvesters to get a clear ove…

Analysis of Rescue Medication Use over 1 Year in Patients Receiving LAMA, LABA, or Combination Maintenance Treatment for COPD in the TONADO Studies

2017

Il Patto sulle migrazioni e l’asilo della Commissione europea del 23 settembre 2020 e il dovere di soccorso in mare

2021

The pact on asylum and migration, presented by the European Commission on 23 September 2020, addresses some of the problems related to search and rescue operations and the following disembarkations. The present paper is skeptical about the real capacity of the pact to reduce the existing tensions among Member States in this field; it also underlines the ambiguities of the pact concerning Member States’ cooperation with NGOs engaged in SAR activities

Introduction: Mediterranean Movements and the Reconfiguration of the Military-Humanitarian Border in 2015

2018

This article deals with the transformations occurred in the government of refugees in the Mediterranean since 2013, when the military-humanitarian operation Mare Nostrum was launched by the European Union. The paper analyses how military and humanitarian practices are entangled in governing refugees and develops the notion of military-humanitarianism. The Mediterranean borderzone has undergone radical reconfigurations over the last few years. Particularly, new technologies of control for strengthening the role of the Mediterranean Sea as a pre-frontier of Europe have been put in place. The production and the declaration of a "refugee crisis" in Europe has contributed to producing important …

Introduzione. Quel che accade nel Mediterraneo centrale come emblema del lato oscuro del diritto

2021

Il contributo introduce lo special Issue "Il lato oscuro del diritto nella criminalizzazione del soccorso in mare" sottolineando come le ricostruzioni e le riflessioni poste in essere in questa raccolta di contributi possano almeno contribuire a descrivere le dinamiche e a porre in evidenza i pericoli intrinseci nello spazio di arbitrio che il lato oscuro del diritto schiude. Argomenta inoltre perché ciò sia possibile proprio a partire dal contesto tanto specifico quanto urgente preso in considerazione, poiché nel Mediterraneo centrale la lotta per il diritto, spesso giocata proprio a partire dai chiaroscuri delle norme, si traduce ogni giorno in vite perdute o vite salvate.

Disobbedienza civile o lotta per il diritto? Un bilancio di cinque anni di criminalizzazione del soccorso in mare

2022

this contribution traces the main stages of the process of criminalization of non-governmental organizations' search and rescue activities in the Central Mediterranea Sea, to light the paradoxes and the shadows. The theoretical framework is that of the civil disobedience and its counterpart, the obligation to obey the law. This perspective, emblematic for investigating complexity, limits and potential of the law itself, has been used because it can bring out the specificity of the positions assumed by the main players involved in the events, as well as the legal and socio-cultural consequences of their actions, by interrogating the dimensions of legality and justice.

Cronaca di una morte misteriosa. Variazioni sul mito di Ifigenia

2014

The paper analyses two different mythical traditions related to the final moment of the sacrifice of Iphigenia, i.e. the death of the girl or her rescue by Artemis. The aim is to enquire wich of the two versions Euripides has chosen for the final of his drama Iphigenia in Aulis. The exodus of the tragedy when Iphigenia is substituted by a deer, has been considered spurious. For that reason, many scholars concluded that the drama ended with the death of the protagonist. However, the analysis of the mythic-ritual context and the dramatic plot can suggest that the safety of Iphigenia was the true conclusion.

Migrantenschmuggel im Mittelmeer: Der Fall Italien

2019

Although in the public debate immigration is considered as an emergency, this paper begins taking into account the real data of such a phenomenon, strongly decreased in the past 18 months. It is then examined the issue of the illegal immigrant in Italy from a criminal law standpoint, in order to overcome the idea of reducing it to trafficking, focusing rather on the human nature of each individual, always involved in the crime of aiding and abetting illegal immigration, not being the perpetrator of the said offence. In light of the above the rights in the crucial phase of immigrants' reception can be better assessed, focusing then on administrative and criminal policies. In conclusion the p…

Qualitative and Quantitative Study on Videotaped Data for Fire Emergency Response

2016

During search and rescue (SAR) operations, information plays a significant role in empowering the emergency response personnel at various levels. But, understanding the information which is being shared between/among emergency personnel is necessary to improve current coordination systems. However, such systems can help the first responders to gain/increase their situational awareness and coordination. Moreover, there is still the lack of automatic and intelligent tools that can contribute to structure, categorize, and visualize the communicated content that occur during SAR operations. Therefore, in this paper, we present the concept of such analysis by using the qualitative methodology an…