Trial bush cutter blades with a view to prevent stone accidents.

Being shot by a bush cutter.

A VANET Solution to Prevent Car Accidents

Vehicular Ad hoc Networks (VANETs) are regarded as the adequate solution to cooperative driving between communicating cars on the road. There are strong economical interests in this field since vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication allows to improve traffic safety, to improve route planning, or to control traffic congestion. The 802.11p is a draft amendment to the IEEE 802.11 standard for vehi...

A Humanoid Robot to Prevent Children Accidents

We describe in this paper the implementation and experimentation of a humanoid robot system, aimed at the prevention of children accidents in everyday indoor activities. The main focus of this research work is placed on the “on demand” interaction between the robot and the child in the relevant context that the robot is used (preventing child accidents). Different controlling strategies and att...

Silicosis among Stone- Cutter Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study

BACKGROUND Production process of most factory-made products is harmful to our health and environment. Silica is the most important stone used in stone cutting factories. Numerous researches have reported respiratory diseases due to the inhalation of these particles in various occupations. Silicosis is a disease with typical radiographic pattern caused as the result of inhalation of silica parti...

an unusual form of silicosis in a stone-cutter

silicon dioxide or silica is the earth’s most abundant mineral. the primary pulmonary illness attributable to silica exposure is silicosis, which is observed in three forms: classic, accelerated and acute. a case of silicosis is presented in this article who has been working in a stone-cutting plant. he had suffered from symptoms of silicosis one year after employment in this plant (acute form)...