BACKGROUND In several Iranian provinces, there are large numbers of landmines that threaten the lives of many civilians. Ilam is one of the most polluted areas with 1,086 injuries from landmines between 1989 to 1999, with an overall mortality rate of 36.4%. A remarkable number of deaths occurred before the injured were conveyed to the hospital. In this survey, the effects of on trauma outcome o...

On May 12, 2008, an 8.0-magnitude earthquake occurred in Wenchuan, Sichuan Province. In this disaster, 69,000 people were killed, 18,000 people were reported missing, and 37,000 people were injured, including more than 10,000 who were seriously injured. Trauma was the most commonly observed type of injury, with fractures accounting for 74% of all injury cases. On April 14, 2010, a 7.1-magnitude...

To achieve one-step spinal cord injury (SCI) repairs, in article number 2001896 and Yanyan Chen, Jianwu Dai, co-workers, a scaffold-retained paclitaxel-loaded exosome from mesenchymal stem cells (MExos) is established. Benefiting the synergistic effects of endogenous NSCs recruitment differentiation into neurons induced by MExos paclitaxel respectively injured site, this multifunctional scaffol...

Parkinson's Disease Like stars in a brain that are “wider than the sky”, astrocyte-derived extracellular vesicles illuminate intercellular space, landing on injured neurons to protect their mitochondria. This cover features work by Bianca Marchetti, Nunzio Iraci, and co-workers article 2201203. Mouse regions involved disease (PD, top): Striatum (blue), ventral midbrain (green). Region-specific ...

This study examined occupational safety and health hazards associated with the slaughtering meat processing industry in Gweru City Municipal abattoir Zimbabwe. Qualitative quantitative research designs were employed. The population involved all 23 workers including flayers labourers who are directly processing. Data was collected questionnaire administration, interviews field observations. Safe...

Description: The Economics of Occupational Safety and Health examines occupational risks that influence the safety decisions of a firm including: wage premiums paid to attract workers to risky jobs; insurance payments to injured workers including sick leave and workers' compensation benefits; premiums for workers' compensation insurance; government fines for safety violations and injury-related...

Supervisors Safety Response (SSR) has been closely linked to workplace safety, and, as perceived by workers, it is considered to be one of the most influential issues with regard to employees compliance with safety behaviours. This study defines and tests a bifactorial and a monofactorial model of the SSR. Two facets of the SSR were measured: (a) supervisors response toward workers safe or unsa...