car manufacturing industry accident’s rates from three major companies are analyzed. totally 1325 accidents with 4 cases of fatality were recorded. accident rates per 100 full-time workers have gradually increased from 5.3 to 8.7 during 3 years of study. most of the accidents occurred during the primary hours of the work, strains and sprains represented the most frequently occurring type of inj...

background because of occupational accidents, permanent disabilities and deaths occur and economic and workday losses emerge. objectives the purpose of the present study was to investigate the factors responsible for occupational accidents occurred in iran. patients and methods the current study analyzed 1464 occupational accidents recorded by the ministry of labor and social affairs’ offices i...

Nuclear power production is a safety-critical process where ultimate decisions lie with the operators. During postulated incidents and accidents, operators rely on emergency operational procedures (EOPs), which are the most used decision support tool. In this research we present a method to develop a computerized tool, based on the ACT-R cognitive architecture, to evaluate the logical task flow...

The occurrences of accidents on the railways are inevitable in today’s world and the factors which may cause it, except the atmospheric and accidental ones, are identified and preventable as well. Therefore, these factors can be investigated and useful actions can be performed in order to reduce these accidents. The main impetus of the present research is the statistical analysis of the causes ...

OBJECTIVE Self-expanding stents are increasingly used for the treatment of complex intracranial aneurysms. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness and safety of a self-expanding nitinol stent (Enterprise) in the treatment of wide-necked intracranial aneurysms. METHODS This was a retrospective study of 39 patients with 40 wide-necked intracranial aneurysms who were enrolled in...

OBJECTIVE To identify rapidly modifiable risk factors that would improve surgical outcomes in elderly patients undergoing emergent colorectal procedures who are at high risk for morbidity and mortality. DESIGN Retrospective review. Patients were identified on the basis of Current Procedural Terminology codes and admission through the emergency department. Medical records were reviewed and dat...

Predictive analytics are data-driven software tools that draw on confirmed relationships between variables to predict future outcomes. Hence they may provide government with new analytical capabilities for enhancing policy decision-making effectiveness in turbulent environments. However, predictive analytics system use research is still lacking. Therefore, this study adapts the existing model o...

During the 5 year period to May 1988, 137 consecutive patients (age range, 65-102 years; median 84 years) with a diagnosis of choledocholithiasis, were referred to The Middlesex Hospital Geriatric Department. Endoscopic sphincterotomy was successful in 96.2% of cases and immediate biliary drainage was achieved in all but one ofthese patients. Stones were cleared endoscopically in 73.3% and surg...

Issues related to the plaintiff’s win rate in litigated cases have been discussed, and contested, for more than 30 years. In a seminal paper, Priest and Klein (1984) pointed out that it’s not an accident that some cases are litigated while others aren’t. Consider a simple litigation system that has essentially no procedural law. When disputes materialize, the parties may take them to court for ...