Technical Education for Fishermen

Technical education.

Technical Education

Technical Framework for Robot Platforms in Education

Robotics is an interdisciplinary area involving many disciplines taught at higher education institutions. Therefore, robots offer an excellent tool for innovative teaching of a number of different engineering subjects. To apply robots in such a variety of subjects and different scenarios, the employed platforms have to meet a number of technical as well as educational requirements such as flexi...

Safer work clothing for fishermen.

The fisherman's work environment consists of many potential risks. A study of occupational accidents in the Norwegian fishing industry in the nine-year period from 1998 to 2006 shows that more than 3/4 of the deaths were caused by loss of fishing vessel or man-overboard accidents. Furthermore, the greatest risk of drowning is found in the smallest fleet. The aim of our project was to develop sa...

Education, reading, and familial tendency as risk factors for myopia in Hong Kong fishermen.

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim was to assess the influence of childhood reading on the development of myopia after allowance for familial differences in susceptibility. DESIGN The study was a cross sectional survey. SETTING Four fishing harbours in Hong Kong in 1989. SUBJECTS Participants were 408 men and women aged 15-39 years old from 159 families. MAIN RESULTS Histories of school attendance...