Advancing hazardous materials transport safety: Systematic insights on risks, challenges, and research gaps
March 2026
•Comprehensive review of 1779 publications on Hazmat transportation safety.•Identifies critical gaps in resilience engineering, human factors, and security.•Advances understanding of dynamic risks and...
A fuzzy multi-criteria decision framework for community isolation center site selection to enhance public health resilience
March 2026
•Proposes a fuzzy MCDM framework for selecting isolation centers during outbreaks.•Integrates FAHP and FTOPSIS using trapezoidal fuzzy numbers to model uncertainty.•Applies the model to a real-world...
Skeleton-based detection of anomalous personal protective equipment doffing behaviors among healthcare workers
March 2026
Identification of doffing behaviors of personal protective equipment (PPE) plays a crucial role in ensuring the safety of healthcare workers. With the continuous emergence of new infectious diseases,...
Coupled effects of ammonia addition proportions and pipeline diameter on self-ignition in high-pressure hydrogen leakage
March 2026
Hydrogen's intrinsic flammability and explosiveness pose serious safety hazards. This study systematically investigates the coupled effects of pipe diameter and ammonia addition proportions on self-ignition...
Construction and application of knowledge graph for urban agglomeration emergency rescue collaboration in earthquake disasters
March 2026
This study proposes an emergency rescue collaboration knowledge graph construction method for urban agglomeration in earthquake disasters. Based on the collection of 22 earthquake disaster emergency...
Accurate hazardous gas detection under uncertain disturbing environment with multi-fusion model combined with artificial olfactory system
Available online 3 February 2026
•A novel precise hazardous gas detection based on artificial olfactory system (AOS) was proposed.•Deep learning AOS model has better performance for gas quantitate identification under disturbing environment...
Severe Psychological Distress Among Internally Displaced Adults Due to Armed Gang Violence in Haiti: Associations with Community Violence, Social Support, and Resilience
Available online 2 February 2026
•About two thirds of internally displaced adults in Haiti experience severe psychological distress.•Psychological distress is markedly higher among rural residents compared with urban residents.•Women...
Analysing roadwork zone incursions and accidents using a sustainable GenAI system
Available online 30 January 2026
Roadwork zone incursions, which refer to unauthorized or unintended entries into restricted work areas, present significant safety hazards and often lead to road accidents. While these incidents account...
From simulation to safety strategy for unplanned mass gatherings: Agent-based evacuation optimization with lessons from Wuhan’s Mega-Event
Available online 30 January 2026
•Evaluates the effectiveness of three crowd management strategies for unplanned gatherings: no guidance, guidance-only, and a coordinated delay-guidance strategy.•Quantifies the impact and contribution...
Socioeconomic drivers of fire risk: County-level risk disparities across the US (2010–2017)
Available online 29 January 2026
Urban fire has been one of the most significant threats to humans and is not completely avoidable in the modern era. To manage fire risk more effectively, it is critical to identify key factors that...
Social vulnerability and community resilience in Hulu Langat flood-prone area, Selangor
Available online 16 January 2026
The Hulu Langat District, known for its dense network of rivers, is highly susceptible to flooding, which has had significant impacts on its communities. This study explores the relationship between...
Mapping real flight data to weighted directed networks: An investigation on precursor detection for runway excursion incidents (REI)
Available online 13 January 2026
•Quick Access Recorder data from Boeing 737-700 approaches at Dali Fengyi and Tengchong Tuofeng are mapped to a directed and weighted risk network for Runway Excursion Incidents.•Link weights are derived...
The uncertainty in effective reproduction number estimation from heterogeneous case reporting
Available online 10 January 2026
The effective reproduction number (Rt) is a pivotal metric for tracking epidemic dynamics and informing public health interventions. However, its estimation is often compromised by heterogeneous case...
A resilience assessment framework for healthcare systems considering water electricity and transportation system failures
Available online 10 January 2026
The healthcare system is closely related to the health of every resident, constituting a focal concern for most nations and regions. With the development of cities, the interdependencies among various...
A deep learning and edge computing integrated approach for fall behavior detection in buildings
December 2025
This study proposes a model integrating YOLOv11 and STGCN for accurate and real-time detection of fall behaviors within buildings. A specialized video dataset comprising fall behaviors performed by...
A resilience evolution model of urban lifeline systems during operation based on performance state transitions
December 2025
To better understand the resilience evolution dynamics of urban lifeline systems over extended operational periods, this study introduces a model inspired by the susceptible-infected-recovered (SIR)...
The value of structured occupational safety data and cluster analysis: A case study from the Italian National Surveillance System
December 2025
The collection and analysis of accident data are crucial steps towards the application of effective preventive measures in the occupational safety context. The analysis of work-related accidents/injuries...
Studying the dynamics of crowd panic propagation during emergency evacuation
December 2025
•Patterns of panic propagation in emergency evacuation were studied.•The weight of panic influence factors was quantified by statistical means.•System dynamics model and evacuation simulation for panic...
Systematic literature review of Ergonomic evaluation methods in the mining sector (2015-2024)
December 2025
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in the mining sector are frequently associated with exposure to ergonomic risk factors, leading to decreased productivity and increased absenteeism. This study presents...
Development of a framework for safety and resilience in overhead power cables: Use of a fuzzy inference system for risk and reliability analysis
December 2025
Ensuring the safety, resilience, and reliability of overhead low-voltage (LV) and medium-voltage (MV) power cables in aging infrastructure is vital for maintaining essential services and mitigating...
Study on emergency evacuation guidance in the subway station hall
December 2025
In recent years, with continued urbanization, subway stations with complex structures have developed rapidly, posing serious challenges to daily crowd management and emergency evacuation safety. A social...
Resilience assessment of public health system at multi-levels: An emergency management capacity quantification model for pandemic response
December 2025
Facing the global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), countries and regions have implemented different policies and non-pharmacological interventions (NPIs) according to their circumstances....
Extending the STPA to model the control structure with Finite State Machine
December 2025
Cyber–physical systems (CPSs) are becoming increasingly complex, integrating physical entities with diverse computing and communication resources, multiple processors, networks, and devices. One example...
An analysis of relationships between occupational injury, job satisfaction and turnover intention among stone, sand, and gravel mine workers
December 2025
Stone, sand, and gravel mining accounts for 80 % of all mining operations. Maintaining a skilled labor force is essential for this large and growing mining sector. Occupational injuries negatively impact...
Association analysis of causative factors of fall from height accidents
December 2025
Working at height is widespread across various industries, with frequent and hazardous falls occurring regularly. Such tasks are often linked to multifactorial issues, where the interplay of diverse...
