noise is one of the major hazardous occupational exposures and one of the occupations at risk is the transportation industry. however, few studies have measured and reported the amount of noise exposure in drivers. in this study, we evaluated noise exposure among the public transportation bus drivers of one major iranian city, kerman, southeast iran. eighty public transportation buses in the st...

in bavaria, about 1.7 million children walk, ride a bike or take the bus to school. it is important that they all get to school and back home again safely. in the last few decades, we in bavaria have been able to significantly improve safety on children’s way to school. in the mid 1970s, up to 35 children were killed in accidents every year on their way to school. in the last few years, we have...

In spite of the controversy surrounding the practice of using offensive computer security exercises in information assurance curricula, it holds significant educational value. An exercise and architecture for an asymmetric (offense-only) security project, nicknamed “Blunderdome”, has been deployed twice at the University of Tulsa: once to graduate students in a security engineering course, and ...

The incidence of fatality over the period 2010-2014 from automobile accidents in North Cyprus is 2.75 times greater than the average for the EU. With the prospect of North Cyprus entering the EU, many investments will need to be undertaken to improve road safety in order to reach EU benchmarks. The objective of this study is to provide local estimates of the value of a statistical life and inju...