fuzzy logic is one of the concepts that has created different scientific attitudes by entering into various professional fields nowadays and in some cases has made remarkable effects on the results of the practical researches. however, the existence of stochastic and uncertain situations in risk and accident field, affects the possibility of the forecasting and preventing the occurrence of the ...

background: it is believed that improved safety culture/climate is a fundamental element to accident prevention. therefore, development a scale to assess safety climate is a step towards accident control. the purpose of this study was to construct a persian safety climate questionnaire. methods: the study took place in tehran and esfahan oil refineries in iran in 2010. an initial questionnaire ...

myelodysplastic syndromes (mds) are a group of hematological disorders ranging from chronic refractory anemia to leukemia. there are some reports about association of mds with autoimmune disorders and vasculitis. in this study we describe a patient with mds and vasculitis presenting with central nervous system (cns) involvement. a clinical response to immunosuppressive therapy was also observed...

survivors of car accidents not only are physically challenged, but also from psychological trauma, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) also suffers. in recent years, ptsd disorder and other psychological reactions is increased after an accident. ptsd is a disorder with special signs after stressful events such as accidents can be seen psychological. ptsd is common responses that peopl...

This paper addresses future pedestrian accident scenarios involving next decade of small electric vehicles (SEVs) employed primarily in urban areas in 2025. The methodology used to predict the most relevant accident scenarios in 2025, in terms of speeds, impact locations, vehicle designs and inner-city boundaries, includes four main steps and as an example, the first three steps are shown for p...

Having access to the right information before and during an industrial emergency could save organizations and keep them safe and sustainable. Accident databases among other are used to provide such accesses. But, usual accident databases are lacking to provide enough emergency knowledge. This paper tries to improve the current process accident databases information retrieval through developing ...

Big data analytics for traffic accidents is a hot topic and has significant values for a smart and safe traffic in the city. Based on the massive traffic accident data from October 2014 to March 2015 in Xiamen, China, we propose a novel accident occurrences analytics method in both spatial and temporal dimensions to predict when and where an accident with a specific crash type will occur conseq...

In Poland, details about each road accident are recorded by the police in the standard format called Road Accident Card. The Card consists of a number of pieces of information that identify a variety of accident features such as location, kind of accident, number of victims, number and types of vehicles/other road users involved. This information is collected and stored in a computer accident d...

Although fear and travel avoidance among anxious drivers are well documented, relatively little is known about the behavior of anxious individuals who continue to drive. Previous research has identified three broad domains of anxious driving behavior: exaggerated safety/caution behaviors, anxiety-based performance deficits, and hostile/aggressive driving behaviors. In an effort to explicate fac...