First scientific study of Myanmar’s worst mining accident reveals that human error contributed to the 2020 disaster killed at least 172 people.

OBJECTIVE Radiation fears following Japan's 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster affected levels of physical activity in local children. We assessed the postdisaster versus predisaster weight status in school children and evaluated to what extent school restrictions on outdoor activities that were intended to reduce radiation exposure risk affected child weight. PARTICIPANTS We considered children...

Borehole pre-drainage is an important technical means to control a coal mine gas disaster. In order determine the optimal parameters of Dashucun mine, damage permeability evolution model was established based on deformation, considering adsorption and desorption Klinkenberg effect, fluid-structure coupling seam containing by combining deformation equation mass conservation equation. COMSOL soft...

The U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has been researching refuge alternatives (RAs) since 2007. RAs typically have built-in pressure relief valves (PRVs) to prevent the unit from reaching unsafe pressures. The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration requires that these valves vent the chamber at a maximum pressure of 1.25 kPa (0.18 psi, 5.0 in. H2O), or as s...

Mine tailings containing trace metals arrived at the Doce River estuary, after world’s largest mine disaster (the Mariana disaster) dumped approximately 50 million m3 of Fe-rich into Basin. The in are concern because they present a bioavailability risk estuary as well chronic exposure hazards. Trace metal immobilization sulfidic minerals, such as, pyrite, plays key role estuarine soils; however...

We report on the design processes of two ongoing soma projects: Pelvic Chair and Breathing Wings. These projects take a first-person, approach, grounded in holistic perspective mind body (the soma). contribute reflective account our that deepens field’s understanding how is achieved through first-person approaches. show we use somas, experiences, to stimulate process, prototype as way critiquin...