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This review presents an up-to-date account of research in multi-hazard assessment and vibration control of engineering structures. A general discussion of the importance of multi-hazard consideration in structural engineering, as well as recent advan...

Air traffic control (ATC) hazard feature extraction is a key information retrieval task for air traffic hazard records. While text-based feature extraction ranks term importance based solely on statistical results, we aim to use external knowledge to...

The safe and effective operation of labs is essential for the sustainable development of universities and academies. However, due to the need for more experience in lab management to eliminate safety risks, it is primarily necessary to solve the prob...

The increasing complexity of multi-hazard disasters poses significant challenges to sustainable disaster risk governance. However, prevention and control measures are often scattered across heterogeneous and unstructured sources, limiting their syste...

In traditional structural disaster prevention design, the effects of various disasters on structures are usually considered separately, and the effects of multi-type hazards are rarely considered. The traditional Tuned Mass Damper (TMD) and Active Ma...

This study focused on the significance of underground mining in Pakistan, resulting in the employment of operational staff to undertake the primary tasks of this sector, such as explosions, rock excavation, mineral research, mining-supporting walls,...

The problem of heat hazard in tunnel engineering has seriously affected the normal work of personnel and machinery. After combining the heat hazard control method of controlling the energy source and blocking the energy transfer, a technical scheme o...

Battery electric vehicle (BEV) fires in road tunnels can intensify thermal, smoke transport, visibility, and CO exposure hazards under confined ventilation. This study evaluated the combined mitigation performance of water mist and semi-transverse me...

The construction of oil, gas and petrochemical mega-projects in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states combines high-hazard simultaneous operations with wet-bulb globe temperatures (WBGTs) that exceed occupational limits well before the statutory...

A drinking water supply system is an extraordinarily complex system—consisting of kilometers of pipes and various tanks, valves, pumps, and other equipment. This complexity makes it extremely vulnerable to physical, chemical, and/or biological...

Mountainous areas have become among the most developed areas of geological hazards due to special geological environmental conditions and intensive human engineering activities. Geological hazards are a main threat to urbanization, rural revitalizati...

With the rapid expansion of global trade, the complexity and diversification of supply chains have become increasingly significant. In particular, the supply chain for hazardous materials, involving chemicals and explosives, requires stringent regula...

The application-specific instruction set processor (ASIP) has been gradually accepted in AI, communication, media, game and industry control. The digital signal processor (DSP) is a typical ASIP, whose benefits include high performance in specific do...

The goal of this study was to evaluate the hazardous chemical exposure control system in a semiconductor manufacturing company and recommend an appropriate exposure surveillance system for hazardous agents. We reviewed compliance-based chemical expos...

In recent years, hazy weather (hazy weather (HW) has frequently invaded peoples’ lives in China, resulting in the disturbance of social operation, so it is urgent to resolve the haze pollution (HP) problem. A comprehensive understanding of HP i...

Power systems and their primary components, mostly the transmission and distribution of overhead lines, substations, and other power facilities, are distributed in space and are exposed to various atmospheric and meteorological conditions. These cond...

Animal slaughter plans and related activities must not increase the number of hazards in meat. In their nature, these processes must reduce possible hazards to minimum or acceptable levels. This is a generally accepted concept worldwide; hence, autho...

To evaluate the containment of antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) Salmonella contaminations of a HACCP slaughterhouse (HACCP SH) and a non-HACCP slaughterhouse (non-HACCPSH), 360 paired pig rectal (representing the farm pig status) and carcass samples (re...

Based on wind velocity and wind direction data monitored by Qiemo and Ruoqiang Meteorological Stations, a systematic elaboration on the wind-sand hazards threatening railways in the study area is given. The results indicate that the study area had an...

This study aims to evaluate the association between patient falls and relevant factors and to quantify their effect on fall risk. This is a retrospective case–control study using the secondary data collected from a tertiary general hospital. St...

(1) Background: The safe execution of heavy machinery operations and high-risk construction tasks requires operators to manage multiple tasks, with a constant awareness of coworkers and hazards. With high demands on visual and auditory resources, vib...

Hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) is a hazardous, colorless, flammable gas with a distinct rotten-egg smell at low concentration. Exposure to a concentration greater than 500 ppm of H₂S can result in irreversible health problems and death within minutes. Becaus...

In this study, to address drinking water supply problems, a new drinking water supply system that combines the aquifer storage transfer and recovery (ASTR) technique and hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) was introduced. ASTR, a type...

The study designs a comprehensive evaluation system for the prevention and control of occupational hazards, calculates its weight coefficient, and provides a potential strategic and effective tool for the scientific evaluation of occupational hazards...

Power transmission tower-line systems are exposed to various dynamic hazards, including wind and earthquakes, among others. Despite the multitude of dampers proposed to mitigate vibrations, the dual control effect on both seismic and wind-induced vib...

This work focuses on the possibilities of generating synthetic data for machine learning in hazard prediction in area-based speed monitoring systems. The purpose of the research conducted was to develop a methodology for generating realistic syntheti...

The education and training program for inspectors of Major Accident Hazard Establishments, specifically the EC Seveso III directive implicated Dutch chemical companies, changed considerably over a fifteen year period. This longitudinal, time-series c...

Karst mining regions frequently encounter ecological and geological challenges during extraction, especially the increased water inflow into mine pits, water contamination, and karst collapse due to dewatering activities. These challenges not only th...

Exposure to hazardous concentrations of volatile organic compounds indoors in small workshops could affect the health of workers, resulting in respirative diseases, severe intoxication or even cancer. Controlling the concentration of volatile organic...

The ecological conditions during the ripening of dry-cured ham favour the development of moulds on its surface, being frequently the presence of Penicillium nordicum, a producer of ochratoxin A (OTA). Biocontrol using moulds and yeasts usually found...

Biological hazards in products of animal origin pose a significant threat to human health. In Cambodia, there are few comprehensive data and information on the causes of foodborne diseases or risks. To date, there has been no known published study si...

Since the early ages of human existence on Earth, humans have fought against natural hazards for survival. Over time, the most dangerous hazards humanity has faced are earthquakes and strong winds. Since then and till nowadays, the challenges are ong...

Due to the complex mechanical structure and control process of escalator emergency braking systems (EEBS), traditional hazard analysis based on the event chain model have limitations in exploring component interaction failure in such a complex social...

Cultural heritage sites in arid regions are often underestimated in terms of flood risk; however, the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme precipitation events under climate change have significantly amplified threats to these fragile enviro...

CNC (computer numerically controlled) machine tools are highly advanced technological systems, used to machine parts by means of metal cutting processes. Their structure and kinematics are very complex, involving accurate coordinated motions on three...

Safety hazards in coal mines are characterized by significant spatiotemporal heterogeneity, dynamic evolution, and multi-actor coupling. Traditional safety management models, which center on periodic inspections and accident rectification, struggle t...

We study the optimal extraction of a non-renewable resource under an endogenous risk of irreversible degradation. The extractor faces a stochastic switching time at which extraction costs permanently increase, with the hazard rate of this transition...

Geological disasters refer to adverse geological phenomena that occur under the influence of natural or human factors and cause damage to human life and property. Establishing prevention and control zones based on geological disaster risk assessment...

Wind and/or earthquake-imposed loadings on two dynamically similar adjacent buildings cause vigorous shaking that can be mitigated using energy dissipating devices. Here, the vibration response control in such adjacent structures interconnected with...

This study utilized single-channel seismic, multi-channel seismic, and multibeam bathymetric data to examine the distribution and geomorphological background of geological hazards in the Zhongsha Islands region of the South China Sea. We elucidate th...

The roof fall hazard is more likely to take place within chamber with ultra-large section, which would not only damage mechanical equipment, but also cause casualties. In this paper, the strap joint chamber of the Tashan coal mine is studied, and fin...

To elucidate the influence of operational conditions on the seismic responses of offshore wind turbines (OWTs) and the vibration mitigation efficacy of tuned mass dampers (TMDs) under multi-hazard scenarios, time-domain dynamic analyses are performed...

In deepwater-drilling engineering, it is necessary to disconnect the bottom equipment of the lower marine-riser package from the blowout preventer when encountering multi-hazard environmental factors. In order to reduce the impact of recoil on the dr...

The subject of this review paper is to evaluate the underestimated hazard of multiple mycotoxin exposure of animals/humans for the appearance of foodborne ailments and diseases. The significance of joint mycotoxin interaction in the development of fo...

Ship damage control (DC) is pivotal to platform survivability in the face of battle damage and severe accidents. The DC context features multi-hazard coupling among flooding, fire, and smoke, as well as fast system dynamics and intensive human–...

Background: This study investigates the survival outcomes of individuals with HIV receiving different treatment regimens compared to a control group. Utilizing a cohort dataset with demographic and clinical information, this research aims to assess t...

This paper presents a relatively simple method to analyze potential methane hazard and preventive methods based on a computer simulation of the airflow and methane emission on the longwall face and in the goaf. The presented approach considers the op...

Many chemicals used in the industrial field present risks, which differ depending on their chemical properties. Additionally, their various physicochemical properties change considerably with concentration. Many chemicals are used in customized proce...

Across the global construction industry, fatalities continue to occur from high-risk activities, where the risk controls have been defined; however, these were unreliable. In the mining industry, Critical Control Risk Management has provided positive...

As shallow coal resources become increasingly depleted, coal mining is extending to greater depths, making mine thermal hazards an increasingly prominent issue. This paper proposes a novel system for synergistic geothermal energy extraction from deep...