Induction charging risk assessment: Charged board alike discharges to metal and human body

2009 ◽  
Vol 67 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 263-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Fast ◽  
Jaakko Paasi ◽  
Jeremy Smallwood ◽  
Ingvar Karlson
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Induction Charging

scholarly journals Analysis and Risk Assessment of the Working Conditions of a Steam Turbine Operator

2001 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 520-537
Author(s):  
Irina V. Andrunyak ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Steam Turbine ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Special Assessment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Negative Factors

The article analyzes the negative factors of a steam turbine operator of the 5th category using the example of the Krasnoyarsk CHP. The main factors determining the working conditions are reflected. Based on the results of a special assessment of working conditions classes (subclasses) of conditions for a steam turbine operator have been identified. The definitions and the procedure for assessing occupational risk, taking into account injuriesin hazardous areas, have been formulated, on the basis of which a tree of events of the occurrence of accidents has been built. The calculation of risk assessment of working conditions, where the main harmful factor is the impact of noise on the human body and the resulting hearing loss is proposed

Health Risk Assessment of Wastewater with Carbinol in Gas Field

2012 ◽  
Vol 178-181 ◽  
pp. 424-428
Author(s):  
Peng Kang Jin ◽  
Xing Wang Ning ◽  
Xin Jin ◽  
Xian Bao Wang
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Health Risk Assessment ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Acceptable Risk ◽  
Soil Infiltration ◽  
Gas Field

The carbinol in wastewater from inhalation and direct contact present more risk to human health, as well as cause hazard to ecological environment through waste water emission directly and soil infiltration. In this paper, health risk assessment of wastewater with carbinol in gas field is performed using mathematical models of non-carcinogenic health risk assessment. The results show that the non-carcinogenic health risks caused by wastewater with carbinol are in the range of 6.33×10-5 to 9.20×10-5, which are much higher than the acceptable risk level 7.00×10-5. Through the calculation of the threshold of the carbinol concentration in the wastewater, the carbinol concentration in the wastewater is less than 24500mg/L, not on human body risks. However, the carbinol concentration in the wastewater is much than 24500mg/L, it is a health risk to human body, which provides the scientific basis for the prevention and mitigation of wastewater with carbinol health risks.

scholarly journals A Review on the Effects of Flame Retardant Additives Towards the Environment and Human Health

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 7983-7993
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Flame Retardant ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Consumer Products ◽  
Solid Wastes ◽  
Waste Streams ◽  
Toxicology Assessment

Flame retardant additives (FRAs) are normally the addition of chemicals that function to prevent or slow the spread of fires. These chemicals are used in consumer products and industries and could retain in the environment even after several decades. The toxicity mechanism and risk assessment methods of FRAs are also discussed in this paper. Papers from Scopus, Elsevier, Environmental health perspectives (EHP), Research gate, Semantic scholar, Hindawi, and Pubmed from 2003 to recent years were reviewed to provide some views on the possible risks of FRAs and their pathways into our environment as well as into human body. While FRAs could enter the environment during the manufacturing process and the usage period, consumer items are treated with FRAs, through waste streams, during illegal open burning of solid wastes, from incineration plants from landfill leachate and wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) sludge. FRAs are hazardous to humans and the environment; therefore, toxicology assessment should also be consistently conducted on the latest FRAs to ensure that they would not have adverse effects on humans and the environment.

scholarly journals 3D Motion-based Ergonomic and Body Posture Analysis in Construction

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinming Li ◽  
SangHyeok Han ◽  
Mustafa Gul ◽  
Mohamed Al-Hussein
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Body Movement ◽  
Risk Identification ◽  
Body Posture ◽  
Body Motion ◽  
Body Movements ◽  
Posture Analysis ◽  
Ergonomic Risk

The construction manufacturing industry in North America has a disproportionately high number of lost-time injuries due to the higher physical demand of labour-intensive tasks. It is thus essential to investigate the physical demands of body movement in the workplace in order to identify worker exposure to ergonomic risk. This paper presents a methodology for converting video-captured body movements in an actual manufacturing plant into 3D virtual animations for ergonomic risk analysis. Through 3D virtual animation, dynamic human body data can be obtained (such as joint angles) for body posture risk assessment analysis using existing risk assessment algorithms. The presented framework enables body motion risk identification by detecting awkward body postures, evaluating handled force/load and frequency that cause ergonomic risk during body movements of workers. The capability of the 3D modelling can be extended to support the re-design of the workplace and optimization of human body movement accordingly in order to mitigate ergonomic risk. The methodology is implemented in a case study in order to analyze operational tasks in manufacturing plants. Modified work recommendations are expected as a result of this systematic 3D ergonomic analysis which will further reduce potential injuries and workersäó» compensation insurance costs in the long term.

Exposure of nano- and ultrafine Ni particles to synthetic biological solutions: predicting fate-related dissolution and accumulation

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Abzhanova ◽  
Anna Godymchuk ◽  
Alexander Gusev ◽  
Denis Kuznetsov
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Experimental Approach ◽  
Rapid Determination ◽  
The Body ◽  
Nickel Compounds ◽  
Nickel Accumulation ◽  
Biological Solutions

AbstractThe growing production and use of nickel (Ni) nanopowders with low biopersistence makes dissolution and accumulation degree in a body an important parameters needed for the risk assessment of nanoparticles. We propose an experimental approach for rapid determination of the dissolution degree of nanoscale (77 nm) and ultrafine (275 nm) Ni particles in synthetic biological solutions. It has been shown that after 2 h of exposure to simulating saliva and lysosomal liquid the dissolution degree of nanoparticles can reach 30 and 60 wt.%, respectively. With decreasing of the particle’s size, they are characterized by increased solubility in saliva and the pulmonary tract; and the particles completely dissolve in 24 h. There was an attempt to predict the potential extent of accumulation of nickel compounds in the human body with particles entering the body by saliva or with breathing: with 3.8 times size decrease the probability of nickel accumulation in a body can rise in 3.5 times.

scholarly journals BIOMONITORING OF INFLUENCE OF HARMFUL CHEMICALS ON THE BASIS OF THE MODERN BIOMARKERS. LITERATURE REVIEW

2019 ◽  
Vol 98 (6) ◽  
pp. 591-596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktor V. Shilov ◽  
O. L. Markova ◽  
A. V. Kuznetsov
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Human Biomonitoring ◽  
The United States ◽  
Environmental Chemicals ◽  
Laboratory Research ◽  
Industrial Workers ◽  
Exposure Limits ◽  
Foreign Experience

Health risk assessment for the general population and industrial workers is most commonly based on analysis related to the determination of harmful chemicals in environmental objects (air, water, soil, food). An increasing number of experts have recently been inclined to believe an approach to give no an idea of the total amount of chemical pollutants actually entering the human body, and another approach based on the biomonitoring procedure has been suggested. The aim of the work was to systematize current concepts about the classification of biomarkers, their toxicological and hygienic characteristics and the prospects for the practical use of laboratory research results in prevention of chemical etiology of diseases. Analytical review of national and foreign literature information concerning current terminology and classification of biological markers used in biomonitoring process to assess human body exposure degree to harmful environmental chemicals is submitted. The development and improvement of biomonitoring strategies, the range of studied specific biomarkers were revealed to be being widened, enhance the objectivity of risk assessment of the development of chemical etiology diseases caused by environmental pollution. At the present stage, the classification of biomarkers is represented by four types: exposure, effect, sensitivity, and “omics” for scientific research. According to chemical structure exposure biomarkers are divided into two groups: organic compounds and metals. It is suggested to use in Russia foreign experience in developing a biomonitoring system by the example of European Union countries and the United States, where there are national biomonitoring programs in which each country determines its priorities for choosing biomarkers based on assessment of public health risks, exposure levels in a particular region, toxicological characteristics, interpretability of findings, analytical feasibility, possibility of reducing exposure. Each biomarker is ranked according to its total weight score. Biological exposure limits developed by the Human Biomonitoring Commission of German Environment Agency are most often used in literature for assessment of biomonitoring findings. Taking into account foreign experience, introduction of biomonitoring strategies in Russia appears to be most reasonable as based on current social and hygienic monitoring system in Rospotrebnadzor (Federal Service for Surveillance over Consumers’ Rights Protection) institutions in cooperation with health care institutions of RF Health Ministry).

scholarly journals Human Biomonitoring – An overview on biomarkers and their application in Occupational and Environmental Health

Biomonitoring ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carina Ladeira ◽  
Susana Viegas
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Human Biomonitoring ◽  
Data Interpretation ◽  
Human Tissues ◽  
Pharmacokinetic Modelling ◽  
Synthetic Compounds ◽  
Environmental And Occupational Health

Abstract Human biomonitoring (HBM) is a scientificallydeveloped approach for assessing human exposures to natural and synthetic compounds from environment, occupation, and lifestyle. It relies on the measurement of particular substances or biological breakdown products, known as metabolites, in human tissues and/or fluids, and also includes the study of their effects and the possible influence of individual susceptibility as response modulators. HBM is a growing area of knowledge used for exposure and risk assessment in environmental and occupational health, and its importance has been increasing as a result of advancements in the ability to measure greater numbers of chemicals in the human body and tissues. In order to achieve this purpose, HBM focuses on the use of biomarkers as measurable indicators of early changes in biological systems. However, because data interpretation requires caution, it is strongly recommended that the interpretation of HBM results be combined with air monitoring data or pharmacokinetic modelling in order to better understand exposure sources and the metabolism of chemicals.

Microstructural comparison of synthetic bioceramics with natural bioceramics

1991 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 38-39
Author(s):  
Shulin Wen ◽  
Jingwei Feng ◽  
A. Krajewski ◽  
A. Ravaglioli
Keyword(s):  
Recent Work ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Human Tissues ◽  
Main Constituent ◽  
Laboratory Furnace ◽  
Chinese Adult ◽  
Human Enamel ◽  
Biological Compatibility ◽  
Synthetic Hydroxyapatite ◽  
Synthetic Work

Hydroxyapatite bioceramics has attracted many material scientists as it is the main constituent of the bone and the teeth in human body. The synthesis of the bioceramics has been performed for years. Nowadays, the synthetic work is not only focused on the hydroapatite but also on the fluorapatite and chlorapatite bioceramics since later materials have also biological compatibility with human tissues; and they may also be very promising for clinic purpose. However, in comparison of the synthetic bioceramics with natural one on microstructure, a great differences were observed according to our previous results. We have investigated these differences further in this work since they are very important to appraise the synthetic bioceramics for their clinic application.The synthetic hydroxyapatite and chlorapatite were prepared according to A. Krajewski and A. Ravaglioli and their recent work. The briquettes from different hydroxyapatite or chlorapatite powders were fired in a laboratory furnace at the temperature of 900-1300°C. The samples of human enamel selected for the comparison with synthetic bioceramics were from Chinese adult teeth.

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