The Scottish referendum of 2014 encouraged massive public debate, including on Scotland’s scientific performance and its ability to harness innovation and increase global competitivens. The science base in Scotland has traditionally been strong with world leading universities driving development of science. However, the science base has not translated well into innovation. This paper uses stati...

1. Aims of the collaborative project We aim to establish collaborations between the Complex Fluids Group at Princeton and the Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (OCIAM) in the broad spectrum of overlapping research interests in complex fluid flows. This initiative will involve exchange of personnel, as well as organizing and running problem-solving workshops which will unite r...

1 ara ai?^ well-integrated pro> for the mrVe industrial opportunities spends su?normal in any society dec^echnni?n^eve^ economic and "itieeds t?81'cal development. There 'for S(Ji 0 ?e enough social organisation ^the Cnnorrna! People to be accepted in )jdustrv I^rnunitYPlacement into inPerati1S t^len ^ast staSe in the Pis alfl ? coherent programme, "early ?.0u^ involve such things as ^urserva8n...

The recycling and separation of waste from the source could reduce the amount of unusable waste. Workers in this sector are exposed to severe health complications. The present study aimed to assess the health status of waste recycling workshops in Jouybar and Ghaemshahr, Iran in 2018. In this descriptive, cross-sectional study, data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire, the reli...

The high incidence of accidents in H.M. Dockyard, Singapore, during 1954 led to a more detailed recording and analysis in 1955-56. The departmental accident rates per 1,000 workers were recorded, together with the circumstances of all injuries resulting in the loss of more than one shift (two per working day, lasting four and a half hours in the mornings and three and threequarter hours in the ...

Many people believe that we are now in a period of business changes as significant as those in the industrial revolution. This presentation suggested some provocative ideas about what some of these changes will be. For example, the talk described the possibilities of an “e-lance economy” where electronically connected free-lancers, joining together in temporary teams, will perform many of the t...

background and objectives: painting workshops are part of the woodwork (carpentry) industry in which despite advances in technology, the work force fulfills most of the roles in the production process. since such manual activities are often performed with awkward postures due to lack of workers’ awareness and inappropriate design of tools and working conditions, ergonomic assessment of work env...