Accident Prevention as the "New Frontier"

Metaorganisms as the new frontier.

Because it appears that almost all organisms are part of an interdependent metaorganism, an understanding of the underlying host-microbe species associations, and of evolution and molecular underpinnings, has become the new frontier in zoology. The availability of novel high-throughput sequencing methods, together with the conceptual understanding that advances mostly originate at the intersect...

JIVR: a new frontier for global injury and violence prevention

elcome to the JIVR! On behalf of Editorial Team/Board, we are delighted to inform you that after three years of preparation and hard work the journal entitled "Journal of Injury and Violence Research" (JIVR) is established. The driving force behind the inception and evolution of JIVR has been to provide an interdisciplinary forum for publishing definitive peer reviewed articles devoted to the c...

Accident prevention in the cowshed.

Work accidents were studied at two agricultural settlements in the Haifa area. Most of the accidents were caused by farm animals, particularly by cattle, a fact which is in agreement with a general statistical survey conducted by the Department for Occupational Health of the General Federation of Labour in Israel. However, in the present investigation it was found that the accident rate in cows...

Accident Prevention Program

While general aviation flying is a safe mode of transportation, accident statistics indicate that the vast majority of accidents involve pilot error. In fact, most pilots who enjoy the adventure of flying recognize that certain risks are involved. Airmen who are either unaware of the potential hazards or who actually relish the opportunity to take unnecessary risks are those likely to be involv...

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