The French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) issued in 2012 a first version of doctrine establishing the principles management post-accidental situation following major nuclear accident. Since this publication, feedback Fukushima-Daiichi accident continued and numerous evolutions occurred, both European regulations international recommendations from IAEA ICRP. This had led to further developments ...

The paper investigates the ability to learn from an aircraft accident as the opportunities for learning diminish with the decline in the accident rate. A safety compromising case is studied as the processes of aircraft accident intervention and recovery can degrade the ability of an aircraft accident investigation process to enhance aviation safety by revealing accident causation. In the case s...

BACKGROUND Motorcycles are the most popular means of transportation in northern Ghana, and their accidents are major causes of out-patient attendance and admissions in the Bolgatanga Municipality. OBJECTIVE This paper estimates the economic burden of motorcycle accidents in the Bolgatanga Municipality in Northern Ghana. DESIGN Retrospective cross-sectional cost study. METHODS Data were co...

PURPOSE Trauma team activation (TTA) has been shown to have fundamental impact on trauma patients' outcomes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the short-term outcomes of use of a new TTA protocol in the management of major trauma patients who underwent exploratory laparotomy. METHODS The medical records of trauma patients who had been treated by the new TTA protocol (NT) over 18 month...

The primary objective of this work is the development of a fuzzy logic based algorithmic procedure for a reactive highway (arterial) monitoring and incident detection. The research study also aim s at developing a methodology for analyzing time-dependent incident data. Five years of records were gathered and analyzed using data cross tabulation and factorial analysis. A Visual Basic Microscopic...

Knowledge about the causation of accidents in agriculture is insufficient to further reduce the risk for accidents. Since in the literature review tractors were identified as a major source of accident risks in agriculture in the developed countries, case studies were focused to them in order to gain sufficient information on accident causation. The focus of the thesis was defining the problem ...

The prevalence of medicines in the driving population and their role in traffic accidents is mostly unknown in the European countries. Larger roadside studies focusing on medicines with detrimental effects on road traffic safety should be organised, so results could be compared to the corresponding compounds detected in samples from accident drivers. In order to perform such studies, equipment ...

Arterial hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease.1 Epidemiological studies have provided unequivocal evidence for the association between arterial hypertension and mortality from ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular accident (CVA), and vascular diseases.2 Additionally, there is a strong association between blood pressure (BP) reduction and prevention of coronary artery...

Patients 193 patients who had their first CABG surgery in the previous 4–5 days; could speak, read, and write English; resided within 90 miles of Cleveland; were cognitively intact; were being discharged home; and had no major complications such as myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolus, haemorrhage, or cerebral vascular accident. 93% of patients (mean age 63 y, 53% men) were included in the ...