conclusions the adoption of 85 dba as the permissible exposure limit has preserved hearing threshold level among participants at 3000 hz compared to those who embraced 90 dba. patients and methods this is an intervention study done on two automobile factories. there were 203 employees exposed to noise levels beyond the action level. hearing protection devices were distributed to reduce noise le...

A "credible" computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model has the potential to provide a meaningful evaluation of safety in medical devices. One major challenge in establishing "model credibility" is to determine the required degree of similarity between the model and experimental results for the model to be considered sufficiently validated. This study proposes a "threshold-based" validation appro...

The frequency-dependent response of a one-dimensional fermion system is investigated using Current Density Functional Theory (CDFT) within the local approximation (LDA). DFT-LDA, and in particular CDFT-LDA, reproduces very well the dispersion of the collective excitations. Unsurprisingly, however, the approximation fails for details of the dynamic response for large wavevectors. In particular, ...

Neuromuscular incapacitation (NMI) devices discharge a pulsed dose of electrical energy to cause muscle contraction and pain. Field data suggest electrical NMI devices present an extremely low risk of injury. One risk of delivering electricity to a human is the induction of ventricular fibrillation (VF). We hypothesized that inducing VF would require a significantly greater NMI discharge than a...

The recognition of high risk groups in the setting of occupational standards in the United States really appears to date from the establishment of OSHA of 1970 and the concomitant mandate for the development of criteria for Federal occupational exposure standards. Although the ACGIH recommended threshold limit values (TLV's) had been available as guidelines in increasing numbers since shortly a...

Safety thresholds for chemical impurities and leachables in consumer products such as foods and drugs have helped to ensure public health while establishing scientifically sound limits for identification and risk assessment of these compounds. The Product Quality Research Institute (PQRI) Leachables and Extractables Working Group, a collaboration of chemists and toxicologists from the U.S. Food...

In this paper, the author studies about the traffic safety technology of highway tunnel group. In this study measured traffic safety technology in the access zone of tunnels including tunnel luminance under diverse climate conditions were measured and luminance of the threshold zone were estimated. Then operating traffic safety technology of tunnel in China was compared and analyzed and, based ...

Abstract—Analysis of the uncertainty quantification related to nuclear safety margins applied to the nuclear reactor is an important concept to prevent future radioactive accidents. The nuclear fuel performance code may involve the tolerance level determined by traditional deterministic models producing acceptable results at burn cycles under 62 GWd/MTU. The behavior of nuclear fuel can simulat...

AIM To determine the safe dose of intravitreal clonidine (IVC), a potential drug for neuroprotection and angiogenesis inhibition in rabbits. METHODS A total of 28 rabbits were divided into four groups. Three groups received IVC with concentrations of 15 (Group A), 25 (Group B), and 50 (Group C) µg/0.1 mL and the control group (Group D) received 0.1 mL balanced salt solution (BSS). To investig...