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• Existing School Buildings: Incremental Seismic Retrofit Opportunties.
  National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., July 1995, 65 p.
  Keywords: Emergency plans; Seismic design; Standards; Retrofitting; Facility management; School buildings; Inspection; Evaluation methods; Prevention; Earthquakes

• Hamburger, R. O.; Krawinkler, H.; Malley, J. O.; Adan, S. M.
  Seismic Design of Steel Special Moment Frames; A Guide for Practicing Engineers. NEHRP Seismic Design Technical Brief No. 2.
  June 2009, 37 p.
  Identifying Number(s): NIST GCR 09-917-3
  Keywords: ; Seismic design; Guide; Practicing engineers; Moment-resisting frames; Buildings; Special Moment Frames; Structural steel; Earthquakes

• Earle, P. S.; Wald, D. J.; Jaiswal, K. S.; Allen, T. I.; Hearne, M. G.
  Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER): A System for Rapidly Determining the Impact of Earthquakes Worldwide.
  January 2009, 18 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-2009-1131
  Keywords: Global impact; Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER); US Geological Survey (USGS); Earthquake analysis tools; Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS); Assessment tools; Regional networks; Earthquakes; Potential societal impact

• Jaiswal, K.; Wald, D. J.; Hearne, M.
  Estimating Casualties for Large Earthquakes Worldwide Using an Empirical Approach.
  January 2009, 84 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-2009-1136
  Keywords: Earthquake vulnerability model; Worldwide; Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER); Estimating casualties; US Geological Survey (USGS); Empirical approach; Earthquakes

• Bonneau, A. L.; O'Rourke, T. D.
  Water Supply Performance During Earthquakes and Extreme Events.
  National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA. Earthquake Engineering Research Centers Program., February 16, 2009, 256 p.
  Identifying Number(s): MCEER-09-0007
  Keywords: Lost water service; Hydraulic network model; Decision Support System; Flow measurements; Proposed methodology; Water distribution system; Earthquakes; Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP)

• Karadeniz, D.; Rogers, J. D.; Williams, R. A.; Cramer, C. H.; Bauer, R. A.
  St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project--A Progress Report-November 2008.
  January 2009, 17 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-2009-1059
  Keywords: St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project (SLAEHMP); Emergency response; Internet accessible database; Linear response analysis; Forecasting; Foundations (Structures); Seismic monitoring; Liquefaction; United States Geological Survey (USGS); Hazard maps; Computer codes; Maps; Earthquakes

• Altevogt, B. M.; Stroud, C.; Hanson, S. L.; Hanfling, D.; Gostin, L. O.
  Guidance for Establishing Crisis Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations: A Letter Report.
  cJanuary 2009, 160 p.
  Keywords: Standards; Disasters; Health care requirements; Health care servies; Education; Crisis standards; Methods; Policies; State government; Protocols; 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic; Development; Legal issues; Emergencies; Communication; Public health; Disaster assistance; Operational implementation; Earthquakes

• Gusella, L.; Huyck, C. K.; Adams, B. J.
  Remote Sensing for Resilient Multi-Hazard Disaster Response. Volume II: Counting the Number of Collapsed Buildings Using an Object-Oriented Analysis: Case Study of the 2003 Bam Earthquake.
  Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC.; National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA. Earthquake Engineering Research Centers Program., November 17, 2008, 86 p.
  Identifying Number(s): MCEER-08-0021
  Keywords: Collapsed buildings; Object-oriented analyses; Middle East; Remote sensing; Iran; Damage assessments; Image processing techniques; Building inventory development; 2003 Bam Earthquake; Foreign countries; Earthquakes

• Allen, T. I.; Wald, D. J.
  Evaluation of Ground-Motion Modeling Techniques for Use in Global ShakeMap--A Critique of Instrumental Ground-Motion Prediction Equations, Peak Ground Motion to Macroseismic Intensity Conversions, and Macroseismic Intensity Predictions in Different Tectonic Settings.
  January 2009, 122 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-2009-1047
  Keywords: Ground-motion modeling; Mapping; Instruments; Ground-Motion Datasets; Qualitative uncertainty assignments; ShakeMaps; Figures; Instrumental Ground-Motion Predictions; Evauations; Peak Ground-Motion-to-Intensity Relations; Ground motion estimation; Macroseismic intensity prediction equations; Tectonic settings; Earthquake Source Parameters and Distance Metrics; Shallow crusts; Subduction zones; Earthquakes

• Hutt, C. R.; Nigbor, R. L.; Evans, J. R.
  Proceedings of the Guidelines for Seismometer Testing Workshop, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 9-10 May 2005 (GST2).
  January 2005, 51 p.
  Keywords: Long term viability; Seismometers; Objectives; Seismic detection; Testing; Wrokshops; Purpose; Characterizing; Monitoring; Earthquakes; Meetings; Guidelines; Inertial sensors; Recommendations; Working groups