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Evaluating the effectiveness of an improved active dynamic signage system using full scale evacuation trials by Galea, Edwin R., Xie, Hui, Deere, Steven, Cooney, David, Filippidis, Lazaros

“…The need for exit signs that attract attention when they need to be conspicuous, to redirect people to not just an exit route, but a viable and if possible an…”
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Experimental analysis of the effectiveness of emergency signage and its implementation in evacuation simulation by Xie, Hui, Filippidis, Lazaros, Galea, Edwin R, Blackshields, Darren, Lawrence, Peter J

“…SUMMARY Signage systems play an important role in aiding occupants during both circulation and evacuation. Despite the fact that signage systems are an…”
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Perceptions of autonomous vehicles: Relationships with road users, risk, gender and age by Hulse, Lynn M., Xie, Hui, Galea, Edwin R.

“…•Autonomous cars were perceived as a “somewhat low risk” form of transport.•Attitudes towards these cars revealed little opposition but several concerns.•Road…”
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Source terms for benchmarking models of SARS-CoV-2 transmission via aerosols and droplets by Stettler, Marc E J, Nishida, Robert T, de Oliveira, Pedro M, Mesquita, Léo C C, Johnson, Tyler J, Galea, Edwin R, Grandison, Angus, Ewer, John, Carruthers, David, Sykes, David, Kumar, Prashant, Avital, Eldad, Obeysekara, Asiri I B, Doorly, Denis, Hardalupas, Yannis, Green, David C, Coldrick, Simon, Parker, Simon, Boies, Adam M

“…There is ongoing and rapid advancement in approaches to modelling the fate of exhaled particles in different environments relevant to disease transmission. It…”
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A coupled Computational Fluid Dynamics and Wells-Riley model to predict COVID-19 infection probability for passengers on long-distance trains by Wang, Zhaozhi, Galea, Edwin R., Grandison, Angus, Ewer, John, Jia, Fuchen

“…•Coupled CFD and Wells-Riley models to predict infection probability for COVID19.•Model validated using COVID19 infection data from Chinese long-distance…”
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A survey‐based study concerning public comprehension of two‐component EXIT/NO‐EXIT signage concepts by Xie, Hui, Galea, Edwin R.

“…Summary Emergency signage conveys exit route information enabling occupants to identify and utilise emergency exits during evacuation. However, it has been…”
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Inflight transmission of COVID-19 based on experimental aerosol dispersion data by Wang, Zhaozhi, Galea, Edwin R, Grandison, Angus, Ewer, John, Jia, Fuchen

“…Abstract Background An issue of concern to the travelling public is the possibility of in-flight transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during…”
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Cross-cultural comparison of behavioural itinerary actions and times in wildfire evacuations by Vaiciulyte, Sandra, Hulse, Lynn M., Veeraswamy, Anand, Galea, Edwin R.

“…•Actions undertaken by people and time committed to them in a wildfire are revealed.•Similarities are found across hypothetical and actual wildfire experience…”
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Exploring the potential effectiveness of dynamic and static emergency exit signage in complex spaces through simulation by Filippidis, Lazaros, Xie, Hui, Galea, Edwin R., Lawrence, Peter J.

“…Emergency exit signs used in buildings aid occupant wayfinding during an emergency. However, research suggests that conventional signs lack the ability to…”
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Fire safety in construction: Site evacuation and self-reported worker behaviour by Hulse, Lynn M., Deere, Steven, Galea, Edwin R.

“…•First study to conduct and document unannounced evacuations of construction sites.•Workers’ self-reports suggest good emergency knowledge and reception of…”
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Perception and recollection of fire hazards in dwelling fires by Hulse, Lynn M., Galea, Edwin R., Thompson, Owain F., Wales, David

“…•Flame height and smoke volume poorly recollected under free recall conditions.•Recollection of hazard size improved by use of layperson-friendly…”
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An evacuation model validation data-set for high-rise construction sites by Deere, Steven, Xie, Hui, Galea, Edwin R., Cooney, David, Lawrence, Peter J.

“…Evacuation of high-rise construction sites is one of the most challenging evacuation scenarios conceivable. Over the past 50 years, very little evacuation…”
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An experimental analysis of the impact of thermal protective immersion suit and angle of heel on individual walking speeds by Azizpour, Hooshyar, Galea, Edwin R., Erland, Sveinung, Batalden, Bjørn-Morten, Deere, Steven, Oltedal, Helle

“…•Reductions in walking speed quantified for two types of survival suit.•Walking speeds severely impacted by nature of survival suit.•Angle of vessel heel…”
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Factors influencing the time required to don thermal protective immersion suits correctly by Azizpour, Hooshyar, Galea, Edwin R., Erland, Sveinung, Batalden, Bjørn-Morten, Deere, Steven, Oltedal, Helle

“…•The donning time and correctness of donning is quantified for a polar survival suit.•Age, gender, instruction method and experience significantly impacted…”
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Large crowd modelling: an analysis of the Duisburg Love Parade disaster by Pretorius, Maria, Gwynne, Steven, Galea, Edwin R.

“…Summary Given the amount of data publically available relating to the incident at the Duisburg Love Parade of 2010, this event is a valuable case study for the…”
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New approaches to evacuation modelling for fire safety engineering applications by Ronchi, Enrico, Corbetta, Alessandro, Galea, Edwin R., Kinateder, Max, Kuligowski, Erica, McGrath, Denise, Pel, Adam, Shiban, Youssef, Thompson, Peter, Toschi, Federico

“…This paper presents the findings of the workshop “New approaches to evacuation modelling”, which took place on the 11th of June 2017 in Lund (Sweden) within…”
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The simulation of urban-scale evacuation scenarios with application to the Swinley forest fire by Veeraswamy, Anand, Galea, Edwin R., Filippidis, Lazaros, Lawrence, Peter J., Haasanen, Simo, Gazzard, Robert J., Smith, Thomas E.L.

“…•Development of a proto-type urban-scale pedestrian evacuation simulation tool.•Has application to planning and live incident management.•Loosely coupled to a…”
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IAFSS agenda 2030 for a fire safe world by McNamee, Margaret, Meacham, Brian, van Hees, Patrick, Bisby, Luke, Chow, W.K., Coppalle, Alexis, Dobashi, Ritsu, Dlugogorski, Bogdan, Fahy, Rita, Fleischmann, Charles, Floyd, Jason, Galea, Edwin R, Gollner, Michael, Hakkarainen, Tuula, Hamins, Anthony, Hu, Longhua, Johnson, Peter, Karlsson, Björn, Merci, Bart, Ohmiya, Yoshifuni, Rein, Guillermo, Trouvé, Arnaud, Wang, Yi, Weckman, Beth

“…The International Association of Fire Safety Science (IAFSS) is comprised of members from some 40 countries. This paper presents the Association's thinking,…”
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Hospital Evacuation Planning Tool for Assistance Devices (HEPTAD) by Joyce, Michael S., Lawrence, Peter J., Galea, Edwin R.

“…Summary A new software tool, called HEPTAD (Hospital Evacuation Planning Tool for Assistance Devices), designed to aid evacuation planning in hospitals is…”
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An analysis and numerical simulation of the performance of trained hospital staff using movement assist devices to evacuate people with reduced mobility by Hunt, Aoife, Galea, Edwin R., Lawrence, Peter J.

“…Summary This paper describes work undertaken to quantify the performance of trained hospital staff in evacuating people with reduced mobility. Data were…”
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