Digital Development of Slovenian Wood Industry

Developing Digital Competence in Slovenian Education

The initial one-year education was extended gradually to present compulsory nine-year basic education. Children start schooling at the age of six with basic education (single structure of primary and lower secondary education). This is followed by two-, threeor fouryear middle (upper secondary) vocational, technical or general education. Then there are three universities for graduate and postgr...

Wood dust exposure in wood industry and forestry.

The aim of the study was to determine occupational exposure in Croatian wood processing industry and forest workers to harmful effects of wood dust on the risk of nose, nasal cavity and lung carcinoma. Mass concentrations of respirable particles and total wood dust were measured at two wood processing plants, three woodwork shops, and one lumbering site, where 225 total wood dust samples and 22...

Development of Slovenian Broadcast News Speech Database

The paper reviews the development of a new Slovenian broadcast news speech database. The database consists of audio, video and annotation transcripts of about 34 hours of television daily news program captured from the public TV station RTVSLO. The paper addresses issues concerning transcription and annotation of the collected data, provides information on content analysis and basic statistics ...

Integration of the Wood Products Industry

Noise control in the wood processing industry

In general, noise levels were in the 90-100 dB range, regarded as very noisy. Few workplaces in New Zealand have such consistently high levels. Although the problem might seem insoluble, simple solutions at each stage could be identified. At the source of the noise, new designs of both band and circular saws can reduce the noise by up to 6 dB (a quarter of the noise). During sawmilling operatio...