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Since 2015, the National Center for Global Health and Medicine in Japan has been conducting a technical assistance project for improving patient safety in Vietnamese hospitals. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the project conducted a patient safety training program utilizing online solutions for participants from Vietnam. This resulted in an increase in the number of participants, and ensured access from remote locations. The convenience of easy access from smartphones encouraged further participation. In addition to online training, the utilization of platforms such as Facebook, a common social networking service in Vietnam, contributed to the dissemination of good practices.
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This paper describes an experimental study of effects of laterally flowing ground induced by liquefaction on in-ground structures. In order to investigate the effects, the authors conducted shaking table tests concerning the mechanical properties of liquefied soil.(AU)
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Soil Mechanics , ResearchABSTRACT
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the fillowing two topics on the case studies on the liquefaction-induced ground displacements during Japanese past four earthquakes namely, the 1923 Kanto, the 1948 Fukui, the 1964 Niigata, the 1983 Nihonkai-Chubu earthquakes. (1) The mechanism of the occurrence of liquefaction-induced ground displacements, (2) Influences of liquefaction-induced ground displacemnets on underground structures. From the present investigation, it is concluded that the ground displacements were caused as a result of flow-type of behavior of the liquefied ground, and the effects of the ground displacements on underground structures such as foundation piles and buried piles and buried pipes could be represented by a drag force the liquefied soil.(AU)
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Earthquakes , Landslides , Research , Japan , Damage AssessmentABSTRACT
The computer program ILAS (Integrated Lifeline Analysis System) is being developed for lifeline engineers. The ILAS is basically a program designed for analyzing earthquake risk in lifeline systems, and it includes many of the methods and algorithms for calculations proposed by researches.(AU)
