Jury M. Marc BOURREAU, Professeur, SES, Paris Telecom Paristech Rapporteur M. Eric BROUSSEAU, Professeur, Economix, Université de Paris X Examinateur M. Eric STROBL, Professeur, CECO, Ecole Polytechnique Examinateur M. Mikko VALIMAKI, Professeur, Helsinki University of Technology Rapporteur M. François LEVEQUE, Professeur, CERNA, Ecole des Mines Paristech Directeur de thèse MINES ParisTech CERN...

ICx Technologies is currently fielding a real-time, wearable elemental carbon monitor designed to determine real-time diesel particulate levels in mines. Diesel particulates are composed primarily of elemental and organic carbon and have been found to present a health hazard. Diesel particulate levels can be particularly high in underground mines. The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA...

Applications This study has been carried out on behalf of the BMBF. The BMBF has not influenced the results of the study; the party entrusted with the study bears the responsibility alone. U M M Y This study on the state of knowledge for the localisation and identification of land mines is the result of a study contract commissioned to JRC by BMBF. The commitment to perform this study traces ba...

A monitoring method for diesel particulate matter was published as Method 5040 by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Organic and elemental carbon are determined by the method, but elemental carbon (EC) is a better exposure measure. The US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) proposed use of NIOSH 5040 for compliance determinations in metal and nonmetal mi...

to legislative requirements, being merely governed by insufficient environmental regulations under the Mines and Works Act 27 (MWA) (Swart, 2003). In 1981 the Chamber of Mines (COM) published a document titled ‘The rehabilitation of land disturbed by surface coal mining’, which constituted the first notable contribution to environmental protection. This guideline was later referenced in the Min...

Recently, the mining industry has introduced renewable energy technologies to resolve power supply problems at mines operating in polar regions or other remote areas, and to foster substitute industries, able to benefit from abandoned sites of exhausted mines. However, little attention has been paid to the potential placement of floating photovoltaic (PV) systems operated on mine pit lakes beca...

introduction development of natural resources and mining activities are prerequisite for economic and industrial growth in many countries. in many cases, such mining areas lie within residential or agricultural lands or natural habitats intensifying the contradiction between land use and environmental protection. different components of mining activities including exploration, extraction and pr...

In a previous study, the efficacy of commercial and prototype impactors for sampling diesel particulate matter (DPM) in coal mines was investigated. Laboratory and field samples were collected on quartz-fiber filters and analyzed for organic and elemental carbon. Coal dust contributed a minimal amount of elemental carbon when commercial cascade impactors and prototype impactors, designed by the...

BACKGROUND Miners in southern Africa experience incident rates of tuberculosis up to ten times greater than the general population. Migration to and from mines may be amplifying tuberculosis epidemics in the general population. DISCUSSION Migration to and from mineral mines contributes to HIV risks and associated tuberculosis incidence. Health and safety conditions within mines also promote t...

OBJECTIVE To examine the link between different weapons used in modern wars and their potential to injury civilians. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data about hospital admissions. SETTING Hospitals of the International Committee of the Red Cross. SUBJECTS 18 877 people wounded by bullets, fragmentation munitions, or mines. Of these, 2012 had been admitted to the ...