... prone" development ,[a folklore surrounding the notion of groups. ... each A factor contributing to the folklore was that year. ...

... LAB., BERKELEY DISCRIMINATORY ANALYSIS - III - DISCRIMINATORY OF ACCIDENT PRONE INDIVIDUALS HARRY M ...

Mar 16, 2006... performance of the organization, overwhelmed employees, and an environment prone to high absenteeism, accidents, and safety violations. ...

~T~FILE ropy Location of Commercial Aircraft USDepartment Accidents/ incidents Relative to ... 5. Report Dote Location of Aircraft Accidents/Incidents ...

In addition to multi-vehicle accidents, large trucks are also prone to single-vehicle accidents on the mountainous interstate highways due to the complex terrain and fast-changing weather. By integrating both historical data analysis and simulations, a multi-scale approach is developed to evaluate the traffic safety and operational ...

Accidents are unexpected events usually producing injury. Many victims of trauma have a history of recurrent accidents. This study is a preliminary effort to verify the hypothesis that accidents may be considered as a recurrent disease in certain families; these children and families belong to a 'high risk group'. Two-hundred ...

This study attempted to find the association between four measures of laterality (handedness, footedness, eyedness, and earedness) and accident proneness in locomotive drivers. The Sidedness Bias Schedule was administered to a sample of 80 locomotive drivers to ascertain their preferential bias. Their accident records were also ...

The term accident proneness was coined by psychological research workers in 1926. Since then its concept�that certain individuals are always more likely than others to sustain accidents, even though exposed to equal risk�has been questioned but seldom seriously challenged.This article describes much of the work and theory on which ...

... with suitable inner lining/coating. The size of the candle depends upon the calibre of the Ammunition. In order that the Risk ...

... After preparation the animal was located in a prone position on a stereotactic frame that incorporated a heating pad to allow the maintenance of a ...

A safety analysis of a specific location requires a knowledge of 'base accident rates', also known as 'expected values', for identifying abnormal accident patterns at the study location. The base accident rates will allow an agency to objectively determin...

An examination of the complete list of High Accident Locations in Dublin City showed that a number of urban arterial streets had a higher than average accident rate. It was decided to examine accident patterns on these streets with a view to determining t...

The report is a compilation of avalanche accident summaries. The summaries give location, dates, weather factors, accident summary, rescue and comments.

The report is a summary of a highway accident investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board. The accident location and date is Alexandria, Virginia, April 4, 1987.

There were 469 unnatural deaths among the Sheffield child population between 1947 and 1979, 226 of which were caused by traffic accidents. The annual incidence of these fatal traffic accidents has risen steadily since the early 1960s with boys being consistently more vulnerable. Fatal accidents were disproportionately higher among ...

In Belgium, traffic safety is currently one of the govemment's highest priorities. Identifying and profiling black spots and black zones in terms of accident related data and location characteristics must provide new insights into the complexity and causes of road accidents which, in ram, provide valuable input for government actions. ...

... Accession Number : ADA225225. Title : Location of Commercial Aircraft Accidents/Incidents Relative to Runways. Descriptive Note : Final rept. ...

The potential for large scale natural and man-made hazards exists in the form of hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, dams, accidents involving poisonous, explosive or radioactive materials, and severe pollution or waste disposal mishaps. Regions prone to natural hazards and areas located proximally to technological hazards may ...

Maps of the area affected by the proposed oil and gas lease sale (No. 58A) in the western and central Gulf of Mexico included in 122 tracts located on the Outer continental Shelf in federal waters offshore of the States of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama are presented. These proposed tracts comprise approximately 582,529.75 acres ranging from 3 to 165 nautical miles ...

In order to improve the knowledge of road users' perception of the various control techniques in the traffic system and its influence on behavior, driver behavior of passing private cars was studied at seven accident-prone road bends controlled differentl...

This layer displays the location of deer/vehicle accidents on the Savannah River Site (SRS) from 1990-2004. The SRS is located near the city of Aiken, SC. Location information was ... ...

... We advise urgent action on the following issues: Poaching of the tiger and its prey species is ... forest staff, it is important to locate the �poaching-prone� areas and enhance the patrolling and antipoa...

The partially completed plant was inspected following the Chernobyl disaster of 1986, and was found to be located on a site prone to earthquakes. ...

The partially completed plant was inspected following the Chernobyl disaster of 1986, and was found to be located on a site prone to earthquakes. ...

This landslide inventory with map folio is intended to identify locations and geologic and geomorphic conditions prone to deep-seated landsliding. Deep- ... ...

... hype and.- Location of -Welded Joint ... electrod~es are considered ansatisfactory because the weld. ... and are prone to develop cracks during welding. ...

... Title : A Study to Monitor Microseismic Activity to Detect Sinkholes. ... microseismic (AE/MS) techniques as a means of locating sinkhole-prone areas ...

This study uses continuously logged driving data from 166 private cars to derive the level of jerks caused by the drivers during everyday driving. The number of critical jerks found in the data is analysed and compared with the self-reported accident involvement of the drivers. The results show that the expected number of accidents for a driver increases ...

The social/physiological/psychological review of an aircraft accident involving input of incorrect controls and low-altitude ejection of a student naval aviator enlightened the investigators as to maybe a not-so-uncommon problem--accident proneness resulting from an obsessive-compulsive nonpsychotic personality. Review of the pilot's ...

There were 469 unnatural deaths among the Sheffield child population between 1947 and 1979, 226 of which were caused by traffic accidents. The annual incidence of these fatal traffic accidents has risen steadily since the early 1960s with boys being consistently more vulnerable. Fatal accidents were disproportionately higher among ...

The tendency for traffic accidents to cluster around particular locations on a highway network is well known. These 'blackspots', as they are termed, are viewed as prime candidates for remedial works by most highway authorities. The relevance and practica...

Investigation of transportation accidents usually involves some measurement of physical evidence at the scene. Accurate accident scene data facilitates reconstruction of the accident events and possible determination of the cause. The Calspan Scene Measurement System combines computer technology with civil engineering to provide a ...

The report is a summary of a hazardous material/railroad accident investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board. The accident location and date is Miamisburg, Ohio, July 8, 1986.

The research documented in the report involved a review of legal and insurance issues relative to off-site accident investigation locations, referred to as Accident Investigation Sites (AISs), through library searches and contact with a limited number of ...

The publication contains a report of a pipeline accident investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board. The accident location and date is Chicago Heights, Illinois, March 13, 1986.

The publication contains a report of a highway accident investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board. The accident location and date is Largo, Maryland, September 6, 1985.

Information on traffic accidents is collected on a systematic basis for the whole National Route system. While it is accepted that human error has the predominant role in the causation of traffic accidents, there is no doubt that road layout is a contribu...

The Severe Accident Risk Reduction Program (SARRP) has completed a revised calculation of the risk to the general public from severe accidents at the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Unit 2. The power plant, located in southeastern Pennsylvania, is oper...

The Severe Accident Risk Reduction Program (SARRP) has completed a revised calculation of the risk to the general public from severe accidents at the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Unit 2. The power plant, located in southeastern Pennsylvania, is oper...

The study was done to determine if median plantings influence the accident rate. The median, cross-median and overturned vehicle accident rates were determined for locations with medians having no barrier and cable barrier with and without plantings. Four...

The liberation of radioactive materials into various containment locations during a severe accident creates a radiation field that may have a significant impact on the accident progression. High radiation may not only impair the functioning of important e...

...ALCOHOL AND DRUG USE Post-Accident Toxicological Testing § 219...of an employee fatality in an accident or incident described...Date and location of the accident or incident; (2) Railroad...required for toxicological analysis in the case of a...

...response to� (1) Aircraft incidents and accidents; (2) Bomb incidents...plan of the location of an aircraft accident, the number of persons involved...practicable, for the rescue of aircraft accident victims from...

, network location, and spacing of debris-flow- prone tributaries #12;Debris Flows: Addressed in terms heterogeneity: number, location, and spacing of debris-flow prone tributaries Effects of vegetation changeGOAL Predict Channel Characteristics in Space and Time � Assess Potential for Fish Use

of happenings such as floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions or tsunamis have occurred in so-called developingMulti-Criteria Location Planning for Public Facilities in Tsunami-Prone Coastal Areas Karl F facilities as schools in areas near to coasts, taking risks of inundation by tsunamis into account

Agriculture is one of the most accident-prone industries in the United States. In 1990, the occupational injury incidence rate per 100 full-time workers in production agriculture was 12.3 on farms employing 11 or more workers, compared with 8.3 for all in...

Growing concern over traffic safety as well as rising congestion costs have been recently redirecting research effort from the traditional crash detection and clearance reactive traffic management towards online, proactive crash prevention solutions. In t...

An investigation of a traffic accident involving a tractor-trailer and a passenger car that were traveling at high speed is presented. The cause was the fracture of a trailer axle. The investigation showed that the fracture was because of the fatigue failure. In addition, cracks were found in the remaining three trailer wheels. Hardness measurements showed that, because of ...

safety analyses [1]. Another evaluates the use of R2 to evaluate goodness of fit of accident predictionGIS-BASED ACCIDENT LOCATION AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM (GIS-ALAS) PROJECT REPORT: PHASE 1 Principal: ArcView-ALAS Developer's Guide Appendix D: A Record (Accident Information) Database Documentation

The New York City plan for handling radiation accidents relies in the main on control at the accident scene by the Police Department, hazard evaluation by the Health Department and Atomic Energy Commission radiation specialists, a communication plan using telephone and Civil Defense two-way radio, and advance information on storage ...

Behavior models have provided an accident proneness concept based on life change unit (LCU) factors. This paper describes the development of a Korean Life Change Unit (KLCU) model for workers and managers in fatal accident areas, as well as an evaluation of its application. Results suggest that death of parents is the highest ...

exact occupant locations were not known for this accident due to the large number of occupants on the bus and the large loss of life. Therefore, a simulated occupant, representing...

... In the PEPCON accident, the nearest residences to the plant were located at distances much greater than the IBD. However ...

The biology of colorectal cancer differs according to its location within the large intestine. A report published in a previous issue of World Journal of Gastroenterology (November 2010) evaluated the importance of tumor location as a risk factor for lymph node metastasis in colorectal cancer, and showed that rectal cancer is prone to ...

be considered to be the location of the accident, allowing drivers to avoid the effects of an accident even exchanged over the network. This is accomplished through the application of 1) accident alert messages sent from the site of an accident or other obstruction in the road and 2) ...

...2009-07-01 2009-07-01 false Accident prevention signs and tags. 1926...Signals, and Barricades § 1926.200 Accident prevention signs and tags. (a...regulations/ibr_locations.html. (h) Accident prevention tags. (1)...

The purpose of the work described in this paper was to evaluate the adequacy of criticality accident alarm system (CAAS) coverage of several buildings at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PORTS) located in Piketon, Ohio. An analysis was performed in which the General Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport Code (MCNP) was used to model several of the ...

Oklahoma City (OKC), by virtue of its large areal extent and location near the heart of 'tornado alley,' has earned a reputation over the years as one of the tornado-prone cities in the United States. Each of the 93 tornado listings presented in this repo...

The results of a research program undertaken at Capital City Airport, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania to evaluate the feasibility of using seismic and acoustic emission/microseismic (AE/MS) techniques as a means of locating sinkhole-prone areas and monitorin...

A research program was undertaken to evaluate the feasibility of using seismic and acoustic emission/microseismic (AE/MS) techniques as a means of locating sinkhole-prone areas and monitoring current sinkhole stability. The report includes: a review of th...

The investigations were performed in two areas where mapping techniques are needed for locating abandoned coal mines and subsidence-prone areas. Microwave surveys were conducted specifically to map the overburden moisture distribution resulting from the s...

Bolts and rivets provide a means of load transfer in the construction of aircraft. However, they give rise to stress concentrations and are often the source and location of static and fatigue failures. Furthermore, fastener holes are prone to cracks durin...

The southeastern Kentucky community of Harlan is located in a flood prone area near the confluence of three major forks of the Cumberland River. The project consists of four parallel tunnels which divert Clover Fork through Ivy Hill and away from the Harl...

Whenever possible, residential structures should not be located in flood-prone areas. Flooding in these areas is virtually assured at some point in the future, bringing with it the potential for property damage-no matter how well a structure is designed-a...

The preliminary report of nuclear accident at Chernobyl, in URSS is presented. The Chernobyl site is located geographically and the RBMK type reactors - initials of Russian words which mean high power pressure tube reactors are described. The conditions o...

During the twelve months ending October 31, 1965, there were 122 fatal general aviation accidents in the Western Region in which the Regional Flight Surgeon's office was notified and the wreckage was located within one week. Autopsies were obtained in 86 ...

This program reenacts actual fuel fire accidents at three different refueling locations involving aircraft, fuel trucks, and fuel storage areas. It also enacts another possible accident involving aircraft in hot refueling which may occur in the future.

A revised calculation of the risk to the general public from severe accidents at the Zion Power Station, Unit 1 has been completed. The power plant, located on the western shore of Lake Michigan on the outskirts of Zion, is operated by the Commonwealth Ed...

A revised calculation of the risk to the general public from severe accidents at the Zion Power Station, Unit 1 has been completed. The power plant, located on the western shore of Lake Michigan on the outskirts of Zion, is operated by the Commonwealth Ed...

A revised calculation of the risk to the general public from severe accidents at the Zion Power Station, Unit 1 has been completed. The power plant, located on the western shore of Lake Michigan on the outskirts of Zion, is operated by the Commonwealth Ed...

A prototype kit developed for medical teams engaged in aircraft accident investigation provides all essential items needed: to collect biological samples; to obtain photographic evidence; to record the relative locations of victims and their life support ...

Investigations Accident Date Location 6/24/2011 Miriam, NV Collision between Amtrak train and truck 6/13/2011 Oswego, IL Crash of vintage B-17 5/31/2011 Doswell, VA Sky Express...

Geographical Information System (GIS) technology has been a popular tool for visualization of accident data and analysis of hot spots in highways. Many traffic agencies have been using GIS for accident analysis. Accident analysis studies aim at the identification of high rate accident locations ...

... The vulnerability of a prone protected man is less than that of a prone man but greater than that of a man crouching in a foxhole. ...

Sponsored by Greenpeace, this web page briefly discusses the history of accidents related to nuclear weapons. An introduction gives statistics about accidents in the former Soviet Union and the United States between 1950 and 1993. The web page presents a list of 23 accidents involving Soviet Union and United States nuclear armed ships, ...

A computer modeling code, CRIT8, was written to allow prediction of the radiological doses to workers and members of the public resulting from these postulated maximum-effect accidents. The code accounts for the relationships of the initial parent radionuclide inventory at the time of the accident to the growth of radioactive daughter products, and ...

In order to estimate the potential risks due to carbon fibers (CF) released from aircraft accidents, it was necessary to quantify the probability of an accident or incident at a major hub airport. This probability was contingent upon various conditions surrounding the incident including the phase of operation, aircraft type, and the weather conditions. The ...

Operating environments, such as road type, road location, and time of day, play an important role in the observed accident rates of heavy trucks used in general commerce. These same factors influence the accident rate of the Armored Tractor/Safe Secure Trailer (AT/SST) used by the Department of Energy to transport hazardous cargos ...

This paper reports findings from a qualitative study examining young people's perceived motivations for "binge drinking", and the associated harmful outcomes. Sixty-four, in-depth, one-to-one interviews were carried out with 14 to 17 year olds in southern England who had experience of binge drinking. Given the underage sample, most of this drinking occurred in unsupervised, outdoor ...

Introduction: Prone positioning has been suggested as an alternative to the conventional supine position for patients receiving breast radiotherapy, but few data exist on how this may alter heart location. We herein quantitatively compare the intrathoracic location of the heart in the prone and supine positions in ...

Accidents in the chemical industry can have serious consequences for workers, communities, and the environment and are thus highly relevant to public health. This article is the result of an occupational surveillance project involving several public institutions. We analyze 800 work-related accidents that resulted in injuries, environmental damage, or loss ...

The MELCOR severe accident code version 1.8.4QK has been employed to calculate the timing of events and source terms released into the environment for several hypothetical severe accidents as Unit 1 of the Juragua VVER 440-213 plant, located near Cienfuegos, Cuba. Different severe accidents were simulated, and ...

The evaluation of the dose that a person received in a criticality accident can be difficult. Most accidents have occurred when the person was not wearing nuclear accident dosimetry and since the NRC no longer requires these dosimeters, future dose evaluations may have to be based on body activations and gamma-to-neutron dose ratios. ...

... When it arrives at the accident location, the tele-ECG system is placed on the victim at the same minute the paramedic, via radio, asks for ...

... Abstract : The nuclear accident at Three Mile Island (TMI) on March 28, 1979 ... group subjects were from Frederick, MD located over eighty miles away ...

... In other cases, the poor location of bleed valves has almost resulted in accidents when dis- ... operating them. They especially should avoid ...

ELT Failures from NTSB Factual Report Accident/Incident ...... climate is unforgiving to those who encounter its harshness in a survival situation ...

Other tests and analyses are ongoing at other locations. The Columbia accident has renewed interest in an early Langley on-orbit tile repair concept. ...

Air transportation systems are designed to ensure that aircraft accidents are rare events. To minimize these accidents, factors causing or contributing to accidents must be understood and prevented. Despite many efforts by the aviation safety community to reduce the accidents, accident rates ...

Three studies on childhood accidents are presented. The aim was to study the importance of different factors regarding the accidents in question. The following factors have then been taken into consideration: the enviromental hazard, the accident proneness, the supervision and the education. Methodologically the ...

Psychosocial and occupational stressors among 194 male employees on drilling rig and production platform installations in the United Kingdom and Dutch sectors of the North Sea were studied. Mental well-being and job satisfaction were also assessed, with attention to the incidence of accidents offshore. This occupational group were found to be much less satisfied with their ...

Analysis of 150 years of accident news writing in the Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald is presented, with the aim of uncovering the genesis of the "hard" news story and locating the practice of news writing in a historical context. Parallels are suggested between the nature of accident stories and the role and concerns of print media ...

of Accident: December 13, 2001 Time: 5:46 a.m. central standard time Railroad: Union Pacific Railroad Company Washington, D.C. 20594 Railroad Accident Brief Accident No.: DCA-02-FR-002 Location: Pacific, Missouri Date, 2001, three Union Pacific (UP) freight trains were involved in a collision and derailment

The publication contains a listing of all U.S. civil aviation accidents/incidents occurring in calendar year 1975, sorted by aircraft make and model. Included are the file number, aircraft registration number, date and location of the accident, aircraft m...

The publication contains a listing of all U.S. civil aviation accidents/incidents occurring in calendar year 1974, sorted by aircraft make and model. Included are the file number, aircraft registration number, date and location of the accident, aircraft m...

This article reviews the April 26, 1986 nuclear disaster at Chernobyl. The information presented was gathered through talks between the author and scientists, citizens, and hospital workers in Belarus and Ukraine, as well as from library research. What is currently believed to have occurred at the time of the accident is related. The short and long term health effects of the ...

Fully 0.5 percent of the accidents on government-owned roads reported to the police occur at places where road work is being done, while the corresponding figure for Stockholm is nearly 2 percent, statistics show. On the other hand, accidents at road-work...

The report is a summary of an aircraft accident investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board. The accident location and date is Travis Air Force Base, California, April 8, 1987.

Accidents reported on the 22 1/2 mile stretch of the M4 motorway between Chiswick and Maidenhead Thicket have been analysed for the period from its completion in March 1965 to the end of 1967. Particular attention has been paid to the location of accident...

This study presents a comparative assessment of severe accident risks in the energy sector, based on the historical experience of fossil (coal, oil, natural gas, and LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas)) and hydro chains contained in the comprehensive Energy-related Severe Accident Database (ENSAD), as well as Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) for the nuclear ...

This report is a compilation of all accidents world-wide involving aircraft in commercial service which resulted in the loss of the airframe or one or more fatality, or both. This information has been gathered in order to present a complete inventory of commercial aircraft accidents. Events involving military action, sabotage, terrorist bombings, ...

A development program was developed to design and improve the Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) transmitter and to improve the installation in the aircraft and its activation subsystem. There were 1135 general aviation fixed wing aircraft accident files...

As part of an emphasis on improving road safety, the Minnesota Department of Transportation seeks to identify the locations where older drivers were over-represented in accident records. This research project reports on the use of three methods to help im...

A letter to the editor and reply from the author are presented dealing with a radiology case-of-the-month. The superficial location of the clavicle makes it more prone to radiation effects only if low-energy roentgen rays or an electron beam is used. Since the case history does not describe the equipment used. The letter writer was not certain if the ...

Accuracy of the Violence Proneness Scale (VPS) of the Drug Use Screening Inventory (DUSI-R) was evaluated in 328 boys for predicting use of illegal drugs, DUI, selling drugs, sexually transmitted disease, car accident while under acute effects of drugs/alcohol, trading drugs for sex, injuries from a fight, and traumatic head injury. Boys were prospectively ...

Accuracy of the Violence Proneness Scale (VPS) of the Drug Use Screening Inventory (DUSI-R)1 was evaluated in 328 boys for predicting use of illegal drugs, DUI, selling drugs, sexually transmitted disease, car accident while under acute effects of drugs/alcohol, trading drugs for sex, injuries from a fight, and traumatic head injury. Boys were ...

High volume instrumentation (HVI), utilized in the cotton industry to determine the qualities and classifications of cotton fibers, is time consuming, and prone to day-to-day and location-to-location variations. UV / visible / NIR spectroscopy, a rapid and easy sampling technique, was investigated a...

We document the severe burns sustained by three patients with epilepsy who suffered seizures while showering. On the basis of the circumstances of these accidents, we suggest preventative measures to help other patients with epilepsy avoid similar burn injuries. Patient data collected from January 1987 to May 2004 by the Burn Unit of the Department of Plastic Surgery, ...

Various radiochemical methods are discussed for detecting and measuring contamination released from nuclear accidents. The methods can identify radioisotopes in the contamination spread to nearby areas and can estimate fluxes at various locations in the accident area. The data obtained help in evaluating the severity of the ...

This paper addresses the issue of inhalation exposure immediately afterward and for a long time following a nuclear accident. For the cases where either a nuclear weapon burns or explodes prior to nuclear fission, or at locations close to a nuclear reactor accident containing fission products, a major concern is the inhalation of ...

Criticality Accident Alarm System (CAAS) detectors on the cell floor of the X-326 process building at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PORTS) are located at a height of 5 m above the cell floor. It has been suggested that this height be lowered to ...

Pipeline Accident Number: DCA-00-MP-005 Type of System: Hazardous liquid Accident Type: Pipe failure the pipe was not visually examined at this location before the failure. Postaccident Examination to 20 percent below the calculated failure pressure of the pipe at the rupture location, set a refilling

A previous analysis of the X-700 Building Criticality Accident Alarm System (CAAS) showed that some of the building may not adequately be covered by the one building CAAS detector in its current location. This report compares the results of that analysis ...

The U.S. Bureau of Mines has compiled data on the major causes of fatal and nonfatal electrical accidents relating to mining, and their associated costs, for the 1980-85 period. Specific electrical problem areas were identified, allowing future research to be focused on reducing the number of electrical accidents and injuries are provided. The four mining ...

Using a comprehensive database of police-reported accidents in Hawaii, we describe the nature of pedestrian accidents over the period 2002-2005. Approximately 36% of the accidents occur in residential areas, while another 34% occur in business areas. Only 41.7% of the pedestrian accidents occur at intersections. ...

The effect of body posture on regional ventilation during bronchoconstriction is unknown. In five subjects with asthma, we measured spirometry, low-frequency (0.15-Hz) lung elastance, and resistance and regional ventilation by intravenous ¹³NN-saline positron emission tomography before and after nebulized methacholine. The subjects were imaged prone on 1 ...

Wild pig (Sus scrofa) collisions with vehicles are known to occur in the United States, but only minimal information describing these accidents has been reported. In an effort to better characterize these accidents, data were collected from 179 wild pig-vehicle collisions from a location in west central South Carolina. Data included ...

This report is a compilation of all accidents world-wide involving aircraft in commercial service which resulted in the loss of the airframe or one or more fatality, or both. This information has been gathered in order to present a complete inventory of commercial aircraft accidents. Events involving military action, sabotage, terrorist bombings, ...

This report is a compilation of all accidents world-wide involving aircraft in commercial service which resulted in the loss of the airframe or one or more fatality, or both. This information has been gathered in order to present a complete inventory of commercial aircraft accidents. Events involving military action, sabotage, terrorist bombings, ...

A new method for treating early stage breast cancer, called accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI), is described. This method is mostly being accomplished through the use of brachytherapy, whether it be interstitial or using the Mammosite(c) devise. APBI has proven to be effective but costly in a fiscal and physical sense. APBI is more time intensive for the staff and requires an extra ...