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Applying Hierarchical Task Analysis to Depict Human Safety Errors during Pesticide Use in Vineyard Cultivation

open access: yesAgriculture, 2019
The use of pesticides in agriculture is a significant problem at a global level, not only from an environmental perspective but also from the farmers’ health and safety point of view.
Mario Fargnoli   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assignment of the New Type of Ecological Services for Providing Human Safety Under Conditions of Urban Environment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The main aim of the study is to separate a new category of ecological services for providing human and environmental safety under conditions of accelerated urbanization in the system of eco-services.Urbanization decreased the potential of ecological ...
Vasiutynska, K. (Kateryna)
core   +2 more sources

Development of human-friendly robot’s waist and passive collision force suppression mechanism

open access: yesNihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu, 2016
Many conventional robots consisting of rigid frames and active joints have been controlled based on the information regarding collision avoidance in human environments.
Koki MATSUMOTO   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perspectives on safety culture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Overviewing selected elements from the literature, this paper locates the notion of safety culture within its parent concept of organisational culture. A distinction is drawn between functionalist and interpretive perspectives on organisational culture ...
A.I Glendon   +42 more
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Coyote Attacks on Humans, 1970-2015: Implications for Reducing the Risks

open access: yesHuman-Wildlife Interactions, 2017
Beginning with the emerging pattern of urban and suburban coyotes (Canis latrans) attacking humans in southern California in the late 1970s, we analyzed information from reported attacks to better understand the factors contributing to changes in coyote ...
Rex O. Baker, Robert M. Timm
doaj   +1 more source

A Phased Approach to Increase Human Tolerance in Elephant Corridors to Link Protected Areas in Southern Mozambique

open access: yesDiversity, 2023
Pathfinding elephants are moving through human dominated landscapes, often across international boundaries, thereby playing a vital role in connecting protected areas. Their movements are a call to action to not only understand their spatial requirements
Michelle D. Henley   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Human Factor in AI Safety

open access: yesCoRR, 2022
AI-based systems have been used widely across various industries for different decisions ranging from operational decisions to tactical and strategic ones in low- and high-stakes contexts. Gradually the weaknesses and issues of these systems have been publicly reported including, ethical issues, biased decisions, unsafe outcomes, and unfair decisions ...
openaire   +2 more sources

The COVID 19 Pandemic Lessons in the Area of Security, Social Policy and Culture: The Case with Bulgaria

open access: yesJournal of Danubian Studies and Research, 2021
Objectives: The aim of this paper is to discuss from an interdisciplinary perspective some lessons learnt from the global COVID 19 pandemic in the area of security, social policy and culture.
Juliana Popova   +2 more
doaj  

Safety Considerations for Humans and Other Vertebrates Regarding Agricultural Uses of Externally Applied RNA Molecules

open access: yesFrontiers in Plant Science, 2020
The potential of double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) for use as topical biopesticides in agriculture was recently discussed during an OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Conference on RNA interference (RNAi)-based pesticides.
Thais B. Rodrigues, Jay S. Petrick
doaj   +1 more source

Performance Evaluation of a Lane Correction Module Stress Test: A Field Test of Tesla Model 3

open access: yesFuture Internet, 2023
This paper is designed to explicate and analyze data acquired from experimental field tests of a Tesla Model 3 lane correction module within the vehicle’s Autopilot Suite, a component of Tesla OS. The initial problem was discovered during a nominal drive
Jonathan Lancelot   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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