Disasters occur when hazards and vulnerability meet. Out of 100 disasters reported worldwide, only 20 occur in Africa, but Africa suffers 60% of all disaster-related deaths. This is probably due to the type of hazards that affect this continent, to under-reporting, and to the fact that under the circumstances prevailing in Africa, it is easy for any disaster to escalate and multiply its impact....

today many cities around the world are subject to the risks and damages caused by the natural disasters. every now and then, the world witnesses natural disasters at various degrees of severity, leading not only to human casualties and destruction of homes, but also to displacement of many people.  on average, three million people are driven out of their homes every year due to natural disaster...

BACKGROUND Historically, merchant seafaring was the most hazardous occupation in Britain. However, fatal accident rates have fallen sharply in the last 30 years. AIMS To establish the causes of all fatal accidents and their trends among seafarers who were employed in UK merchant shipping from 1919 to 2005 and to compare with those in the general workforce and in other industries. METHODS A ...

Stature is the height of person in upright posture. It one most important elements identification an individual. In recent times, due to natural disasters like tsunamis, earthquakes, floods, cyclones, and man-made bomb blasts, terror attacks, wars, plane crashes, mass accidents other accidents, need establishing identity has become necessity for both legal humanitarian reasons. Many a only skul...

DSM-III, in 1980, is the first edition of DSM that incorporated Post-traumatic (spelled with a hyphen) Stress Disorder (APA, 1980). The definition and description is short and essential (p. 236). Psychic trauma is defined as “a psychologically traumatic event that is generally outside the range of usual human experience”. “The characteristic symptoms involve reexperiencing the traumatic event; ...