Decisions in the current and future mining environment are increasingly tied to reducing operating costs. Improving performance, productivity and profitability is crucial. Production, ancillary, plant and shipping equipment need to be monitored and controlled by online systems delivering production statistics and real-time information. Traditional systems currently in use today, operate in an i...

INTRODUCTION Helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) aim to bring highly specialised crews to the major incident for triage, treatment and transport. When the site is difficult to access, HEMS may be the only mode of transportation of both personnel and patients. This systematic review will identify, describe and appraise literature regarding the role of HEMS in medical response to major i...

Radio Frequency Identification technology was originally invented for military uses. From the 80’s, commercial RFID product started to be obtainable and that they were chiefly applied in areas of chains of offer, transportation, manufacturing sector, personnel access, animal tagging, toll tax collection, especially in associate degree indoor atmosphere. The development and implementation of RFI...

Understanding the performance of disaster monitoring systems is a key to understanding their success, therefore; various qualitative and quantitative measures and metrics can be applied in the characterization and analysis of such systems. Through evaluation studies, problems that impede a disaster monitoring system performance can be identified. The results can be used for system control, desi...

Prehospital care is defined as the phase of patient care from the point of injury or illness to the place of definitive treatment. As such, it is imperative that the right patient is transported to the right place of care within the right time frame via the right mode of transportation by the right personnel. In this article, the authors explore seven components that are essential in the initia...

Noise in an underground coal mine has dominant components generated mainly from 3 sources: (a) continuous mining machines, (b) roof bolters, and (c) cars/vehicles used to transport personnel and/or coal. Each of these 3 noise sources also has a number of well-defined sub-sources with their own noise characteristics. Sound level meters were used to collect noise data in the form of instantaneous...

Product value chain is the full range of activities including production, processing, marketing and distribution a product takes until it gets to the consumer. In the dairy world, milk is a very vital food commodity for the growth and development of individuals; it’s a good source of calcium, vitamin B2, vitamin C and D and amino acids. Milk however, goes through a number of very important step...

The use of dried whole blood spot samples provides medical anthropological researchers-especially those working in remote, isolated communities-with several advantages over traditional methods. Anthropological research utilizing venous-drawn blood samples can create challenges in terms of phlebotomy training, personnel needs, storage and transportation requirements, and participant discomfort. ...

INTRODUCTION Local military conflicts continue in many areas of the world. These conflicts produce multiple casualties to military personnel and civilians. This paper describes one aspect of the medical care required for victims of the civil conflict in the Republic of Georgia. METHODS Interviews with patients and their accompanying persons and abstraction of medical records. RESULTS Data w...

In the late 1960s the US Air Force Logistics Command (AFLC) engaged in an unparalleled, real-time computer networking project to manage all its logistics (location, inventory, maintenance, and transportation of personnel, aircraft, weapons, components, spare parts, etc.), the Advanced Logistics System (ALS). The $250 million ALS project was substantially larger in size and cost than earlier rea...