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Publication date: 1 December 2006

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Yonca Hürol, Robert J. Koester, Robert J. Koester and Bruce Frankel

MANAGING URBAN DISASTERS

Palladio's Children

A SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE WORLD

FRAME & GENERIC SPACE

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MANAGING URBAN DISASTERS

Palladio's Children

A SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE WORLD

FRAME & GENERIC SPACE

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Open House International, vol. 31 no. 4
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/OHI-04-2006-B0014
ISSN: 0168-2601

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Publication date: 12 November 2018

Network analysis for search areas in WiSAR operations

Sebastian Drexel, Susanne Zimmermann-Janschitz and Robert J. Koester

A search and rescue incident is ultimately all about the location of the missing person; hence, geotechnical tools are critical in providing assistance to search planners…

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Purpose

A search and rescue incident is ultimately all about the location of the missing person; hence, geotechnical tools are critical in providing assistance to search planners. One critical role of Geographic Information Systems (GISs) is to define the boundaries that define the search area. The literature mostly focuses on ring- and area-based methods but lacks a linear/network approach. The purpose of this paper is to present a novel network approach that will benefit search planners by saving time, requires less data layers and provides better results.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper compares two existing models (Ring Model, Travel Time Cost Surface Model (TTCSM)) against a new network model (Travel Time Network Model) by using a case study from a mountainous area in Austria. Newest data from the International Search and Rescue Incident Database are used for all three models. Advantages and disadvantages of each model are evaluated.

Findings

Network analyses offer a fruitful alternative to the Ring Model and the TTCSM for estimating search areas, especially for regions with comprehensive trail/road networks. Furthermore, only few basic data are needed for quick calculation.

Practical implications

The paper supports GIS network analyses for wildland search and rescue operations to raise the survival chances of missing persons due to optimizing search area estimation.

Originality/value

The paper demonstrates the value of the novel network approach, which requires fewer GIS layers and less time to generate a solution. Furthermore, the paper provides a comparison between all three potential models.

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International Journal of Emergency Services, vol. 7 no. 3
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJES-02-2017-0005
ISSN: 2047-0894

Keywords

  • GIS
  • Network analysis
  • WiSAR

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Publication date: 1 March 2005

Book Reviews

Robert Brown, Ayona Datta, Germán T. Cruz, Robert J. Koester and George R. Smith

OWNERSHIP, LEADERSHIP AND TRANSFORMATION CAN WE DO BETTER FOR CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT?CHALLENGE OF SLUMS: GLOBAL REPORT ON HUMAN SETTLEMENTS 2003SMALL CHANGE ABOUT THE ART OF…

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OWNERSHIP, LEADERSHIP AND TRANSFORMATION CAN WE DO BETTER FOR CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT?

CHALLENGE OF SLUMS: GLOBAL REPORT ON HUMAN SETTLEMENTS 2003

SMALL CHANGE ABOUT THE ART OF PRACTICE AND THE LIMITS OF PLANNING IN CITIES

THE PHILOSOPHYOF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

THE URBAN HOUSING MANUAL: MAKING REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS WORK FOR THE POOR

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Open House International, vol. 30 no. 1
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/OHI-01-2005-B0013
ISSN: 0168-2601

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Publication date: 1 March 2005

Open Building, Energy and Sustainability: The Import of Leed™ Rating

Robert J. Koester

This paper addresses opportunities available for meeting sustainability objectives in building construction by using the conceptual alignments of Open Building and LEED™…

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This paper addresses opportunities available for meeting sustainability objectives in building construction by using the conceptual alignments of Open Building and LEED™ Rating. These two systems utilize hierarchical, scalar categorizations to structure issues of design as a set of nested constructs and function as methodologies for affecting both problem definition and the management of strategic design process.

Each system addresses the distribution of control in the design decision−making process as a positioning of decisions in space and time. Establishing the correlation of the two systems can facilitate the conversation among all participants involved in the origination, construction, use, and management of buildings−and their systems−as they seek to assure the sustainability of what they design, build, and use.

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Open House International, vol. 30 no. 1
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/OHI-01-2005-B0007
ISSN: 0168-2601

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  • Sustainability
  • LEED™
  • Open Building
  • Decision Levels
  • Energy

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Publication date: 5 August 2019

Rescue responses during a full moon and Friday 13th

Ian Greatbatch, Robert J. Koester and Andrea L. Kleinsmith

It is a well held belief that the full moon period and the date Friday 13th has an impact on the number of emergency call outs for emergency services. The purpose of this…

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Purpose

It is a well held belief that the full moon period and the date Friday 13th has an impact on the number of emergency call outs for emergency services. The purpose of this paper is to critically explore that belief. It also examines the versatility and richness of response records, and demonstrates the effectiveness of combining data sets.

Design/methodology/approach

The work takes four varied data sets, from four rescue agencies along with the International Search and Rescue Database and compared the average number of calls on a full moon night, non-full moon and full moon period (the full moon night, the day before and day after). The average number of incidents on Friday 13th was also investigated. It uses a statistical approach to test the difference between “normal” dates and those dates traditionally believed to be busier.

Findings

Although there were differences between Friday 13th, full moon nights, full moon periods and “normal” days, the differences were in general extremely small, not significantly significant and in most cases actually dropped during the supposedly unlucky period. The exception to this is a very small increase in the average number of responses during full moons for most data sets, although this was not statistically significant. This paper concludes that there is no evidence in the data for any impact of the full moon upon rescue teams’ activities.

Research limitations/implications

This research deals with a small set of responses, from the UK only, and addresses an issue that is clearly not the most pressing. However, it does demonstrate evidenced-based management in practice, in that resources have incorrectly been assigned in the past to these dates.

Practical implications

This work shows that preconceptions exist within the emergency services and that, without evidence-led management, resources can be allocated on hearsay. This shows that widely available software and techniques can be applied to organisational data and used to make management decisions more appropriate.

Social implications

Rescue organisations are almost exclusively charity or public sector organisations, meaning that their budgets are sourced from donations or the tax-payer. Putting to bed misconceptions over resources for certain dates will ultimately benefit society in those terms.

Originality/value

There has been very little work on this phenomenon, although some works on A&E department admissions have taken place. This is the only work to date to combine data in this way for this purpose.

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International Journal of Emergency Services, vol. 8 no. 2
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJES-12-2017-0066
ISSN: 2047-0894

Keywords

  • Superstition
  • Data
  • Evidence
  • Rescue

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Publication date: 1 June 2002

Guest editorial

Professor Robert J. Koester

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International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, vol. 3 no. 2
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/ijshe.2002.24903baa.001
ISSN: 1467-6370

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Publication date: 1 April 1973

New and forthcoming reference books from Gale Research company

Current issues of Publishers' Weekly are reporting serious shortages of paper, binders board, cloth, and other essential book manufacturing materials. Let us assure you…

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Current issues of Publishers' Weekly are reporting serious shortages of paper, binders board, cloth, and other essential book manufacturing materials. Let us assure you these shortages are very real and quite severe.

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Reference Services Review, vol. 1 no. 4
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/eb048498
ISSN: 0090-7324

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Publication date: 20 October 2015

The Effect of Detection Risk on Uncertain Tax Position Reporting: Experimental Evidence

Robert Lee and Anthony P. Curatola

To better detect potential audit issues, since 2010, the Internal Revenue Service has required firms to file a separate schedule individually disclosing each of their…

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To better detect potential audit issues, since 2010, the Internal Revenue Service has required firms to file a separate schedule individually disclosing each of their uncertain tax positions (UTPs). This study uses an experiment to examine how this increase in detection risk from the newly created IRS schedule influences both a firm’s tax reporting and financial reporting concurrently. We find that corporate tax professionals were more likely to recommend an UTP when their firm had a strong UTP reporting quality, regardless of the detection risk level of the reporting environment. However, we find an interaction effect for the recording of the tax reserve. In a low detection risk environment, corporate tax professionals recorded a higher (lower) tax reserve when their firm had a weak (strong) UTP reporting quality. However, in a high detection risk environment, corporate tax professionals recorded a lower (higher) tax reserve when their firm had a weak (strong) UTP reporting quality. Overall, the results provide insight into the dual nature of UTP reporting and the determinants that influence each reporting behavior.

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Advances in Taxation
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1058-749720150000022005
ISBN: 978-1-78560-277-1

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  • Uncertain tax positions
  • detection risk
  • tax reserves
  • tax decision making

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Publication date: 9 October 2020

Corporate Culture and Fraud

Ellie Chapple, Kathleen Walsh and Yun Shen

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Corporate Fraud Exposed
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78973-417-120201006
ISBN: 978-1-78973-418-8

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Publication date: 1 December 1964

The Library World Volume 66 Issue 7

THE re‐organisation of local government in Greater London and the resultant amalgamation of library authorities is viewed by many with considerable misgivings. The…

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THE re‐organisation of local government in Greater London and the resultant amalgamation of library authorities is viewed by many with considerable misgivings. The upheaval of staff, the loss of status for some senior officers, the general uncertainty for the future—these are very real consequences of the Act and they cannot be ignored. Many chief librarians will see the work of a lifetime, perhaps spent in building up a comprehensive and unified system, made virtually meaningless overnight.

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New Library World, vol. 66 no. 7
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/eb038016
ISSN: 0307-4803

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