BACKGROUND The use of drugs and alcohol in aviation is closely monitored by the FAA Office of Aviation Medicine's (OAM's) Civil Aeromedical Institute (CAMI) through the toxicological analysis of specimens from pilots who have died in aviation accidents. METHOD Frozen specimens received from local pathologists were tested and the results entered into a computer database for future analysis. Th...

Chemical risk appears with chemical substances that are dangerous for human or animal health, or for environment, such as with Bisphenol A and phtalates. Chemical risk causes several severe health disorders and is particularly dangerous for human health. Specific agencies are involved in the verification of the suitability of products and goods to be marketed. For this, a large amount of scient...

The release of dangerous contaminants to the atmosphere due to human activities is an extensively discussed issue (Oelkers & Cole 2008). The economic development often underestimated the consequences of a massive release of substances into the environment. Politic tried to introduce some regulation but in the case of CO2 emissions, the introduction of the “Carbon Tax” and the other attempts wer...

Liver toxicity or otherwise toxic hepatitis occurs when liver develops inflammation because of exposure to a toxic substance. Liver is a vital organ engaged in several vital functions, including removing most drugs and chemicals from the bloodstream, and breaking them down so that they can be quickly eliminated from the body. Breaking down toxins creates byproducts that can be highly damaging t...

drug by a physician. Instead of giving their patients rational treatment, i.e., investigating fully the causes leading to sleeplessness and removing them, medical men often resort to the easier course of giving powerful chemical substances with a soporific action. Again, certain manufacturers of medicinal drugs employ on. their staff medical men and others who carry on an extensive propaganda b...

Phase I. Discovering the new construct’s domain space (i.e., the relevant associated behaviors within the environment encompassed by the proposed construct) (determine the key behaviors that best represent a construct, from the perspective of the theory-based literature, experts, and target participants for whom the construct is being defined) Step 1a. Behavioral elicitation through literature ...

This paper presents the perspective of a range of practising South African artists on the contextual factors influencing the recent surge in artistic creativity and innovation in their country. In particular, the ‘edginess’ of the everyday contexts of artistic endeavour is seen as a source of transformative learning for those having the courage to engage with it. Through such ‘dangerous’ learni...