Little originality is claimed for this paper, which reports some of the cases treated at the Londoii Hospital during the last year. There are nearly 24,000 attendances in the Orthopaedic and ACcident Department each year, of which about 6,000 are accident cases. Since no l)eds can he reserved for these patients the vast majority have to be treated as out-patients afl(l ( ) )erate(1 011 under lo...

1. Introduction Increasingly, members of the public are exposed to human-machine systems that are many times more complex in functionality and interactivity than previous systems (Weir, 1991). Often, these systems are domestic appliances, such as digital video cameras or recordable DVD players, and the end-users take the role of operators, seeking to assimilate, command and control their newly ...

Every year in the UK more than 4000 people die in accidents in and around the home and nearly three million turn up at accident and emergency departments seeking treatment. Intrinsic in this number are many incidents of injury or death directly attributable to poor product design or manufacture of domestic products. In and around the home, commodities that dominate so much of every-day life are...

Domestic violence has emerged as one of the world’s most pressing problems. The United Nations estimates that between 20% to 50% of all women worldwide have experienced physical violence at the hands of an intimate partner or family member. In the United States, more than one million cases of “intimate partner violence” are reported each year, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (Goldbe...

Introduction . In the construction industry, there has recently been a positive trend towards decrease in injury rates. The authors have identified specific conditions of work as source occurrence prerequisites for accidents. paper provides analysis statistical sample data on accidents and occupational injuries which shows that sources vast majority cases industrial are avoidable factors. Probl...

There is a growing realisation that the present economic and technological tendencies are unsustainable, in this respect the transport sector came to crossroads, due to its increasing conflicts with the living and built environment, the degradation, loading, pollution impacts. This study surveys the impact and conflict elements between transport and environment, referring to the main three geog...

Abstract A security risk analysis was conducted to identify possible cyberattacks against a future transport system consisting of autonomous and connected vehicles. Six scenarios were developed: joyriding, kidnapping, domestic abuse, autopilot manipulation, large accident, paralysis the system. Even if it increase difficulty conducting such cyberattacks, might be impossible eliminate attacks en...

The purpose of the study is to use example Arkhangelsk region identify conditions affecting organization medical care for victims road accidents on federal highway in a with low population density, and determine main directions its improvement. Materials research methods. Using method comparative analysis, following review was carried out: authors’ studies, subject which features traffic injuri...

introduction: traffic accidents are the 8 th cause of mortality in different countries and are expected to rise to the 3 rd rank by 2020. based on the haddon matrix numerous factors such as environment, host, and agent can affect the severity of traffic-related traumas. therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate the effective factors in severity of these traumas based on haddon matrix. meth...

We evaluated the road traffic accidents and drinking habits in all 47 prefectures of Japan by ecological study. Data on traffic accidents were obtained from Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan. Drinking habits were also obtained from Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare and The General Insurance Association of Japan. The effect of drinking on road traffic accidents was evalu...