A disaster has been defined as a disruption of human ecology that exceeds the capacity of the community to function normally. Little is known about the adverse effects of natural disasters on reproductive outcomes. Important lessons can be derived from several disasters caused by human factors, such as the Minamata Bay disaster. Adverse reproductive outcomes include infertility, early pregnancy...

BACKGROUND Chrysotile from the mine in Balangero, Italy is considered to be free of tremolite. In a cohort study of miners and millers only two pleural cancers were reported, a finding considered to indicate that chrysotile has a low potency for inducing mesothelioma. However, follow-up ended in 1987 and white-collar workers and the employees of subcontractors were not studied. METHODS To com...

The planting of trees on mine wastelands is an effective, long-term technique for phytoremediation of heavy metal-contaminated wastes. In this study, a pot experiment with seedlings of Koelreuteria paniculata under six treatments of local mine wastes was designed to determine the major constraints on tree establishment and to evaluate the feasibility of planting K. paniculata on manganese mine ...

In recent, the placement of backfill in underground mines has emerged as a new paradigm in research as it not only improves safety but also allows disposal of byproducts including coal ash. In this regards, this paper addresses the backfilling challenges in limestone mine to prevent sinkhole and subsidence. Limestone mines, generally regarded as being safer than coal and metal mines, have been ...

ABStrAct Background: An estimated 1.7 bil­ lion people worldwide are affected by obesity­related comorbidities such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Bariatric surgery is recog­ nized as an effective treatment for morbid obesity. A study of patients at a Bc clinic was undertaken to deter­ mine if combining bariatric surgery with comprehensive care provided by a multidisciplinary team impr...

The subject of large-scale disasters is broadly introduced in this article. Both the art and science of predicting, preventing and mitigating natural and manmade disasters are discussed. A universal, quantitative metric that puts all natural and manmade disasters on a common scale is proposed. Issues of prediction, control and mitigation of catastrophes are presented. The laws of nature govern ...

We consider a continuous review (s, S) model with lost sales in the presence of unexpected events. Such unexpected events include external disasters (e.g. theft or earthquakes) and internal disasters (e.g. malfunctioning of a storage equipment or fire). Once a disaster occurs the inventory drops instantaneously to zero. The total cost includes the cost of: ordering, unsatisfied demand, units de...

The soils affected by the spill of a pyrite mine were analysed in 100 sampling points at three depths (0-10, 10-30, and 30-50 cm) in 1998 (after the tailings were removed), 1999 (after the cleaning of the highly contaminated areas), and 2004 (after the tilling of the upper 20-25 cm). The comparative study reveals that the removal of the tailings left a heterogeneous distribution pattern of the ...

Flood disasters and snow disasters are frequent disasters in China, causing considerable economic loss and serious damage to towns and farms. The problems of how these two disaster types distribute and what disaster-forming environments are important to their occurrence are the most pressing problems in disaster risk assessment and salvage material arrangement. The present study aims to establi...

Current literature on disaster response argues that societies providing greater local participation in decision-making and which have more community coordination and governance organizations are more resilient to climate-related disasters. In contrast, recent research in psychology has argued that societies with tighter social norms and greater enforcement of those norms are more resilient. Thi...