Safe and just operating spaces(SJOS)are influenced by complex cross-scale interactions and cascading effects spanning global,regional,and local landscape scales.However,existing SJOS research has often focused on sing...Safe and just operating spaces(SJOS)are influenced by complex cross-scale interactions and cascading effects spanning global,regional,and local landscape scales.However,existing SJOS research has often focused on single-scale assessments,overlooking the impacts of multiscale interactions and within-region heterogeneity on urban SJOS.To address this gap,we developed a cross-scale framework for assessing urban SJOS,explicitly incorporating top-down influences from upper-level constraints and bottom-up effects from lower-level heterogeneity.This approach was applied to China's five major metropolises to examine the states and cross-scale dynamics influencing urban SJOS between 1990 and 2020.Our findings reveal that the SJOS of China's metropolises were primarily influenced by factors at national and local landscape scales,with weaker influences from the global and continental scales.A persistent trade-off between social justice and environmental safety was identified across spatiotemporal scales.For instance,Chongqing in southwestern China lagged behind the eastern four metropolises in social performance but exhibited stronger environmental safety due to its extensive natural landscapes,which mitigated the anthropogenic impacts of urban centers.Regional issues,such as the overshoot of PM_(2.5)and ecological footprints(EF),were primarily driven by the bottom-up accumulation of localized pressures,while the overshoot of CO_(2)was attributed to national policy constraints and the universal exceedance of safe thresholds across scales.Addressing urban sustainability requires avoiding adverse cascading effects from other levels by emphasizing landscape heterogeneity within metropolises and fostering coordinated collaboration across scales,particularly at the regional landscape and national levels.展开更多
A Bayesian method is used to evaluate the component safety failure model parameter of the safe arming system of an air faced missile in flight. It was proved that Bayes estimation of the model parameter is coinciden...A Bayesian method is used to evaluate the component safety failure model parameter of the safe arming system of an air faced missile in flight. It was proved that Bayes estimation of the model parameter is coincident with the physical explanation of the prior probability density distribution of the random parameter.展开更多
After summarizing researches on domestic and foreign tourism safety,it was found that there were few research results on mountainous tourism safety,especially tourism safety and tourism safety guarantee system of high...After summarizing researches on domestic and foreign tourism safety,it was found that there were few research results on mountainous tourism safety,especially tourism safety and tourism safety guarantee system of high and higher mountains with high risk.The paper had concluded hidden dangers and sources of safe accidents of mountainous tourism,and studied tourism safety guarantee system of high and higher mountains.Furthermore,it proposed that tourism safety guarantee system was composed of tourism safety policies and regulations,tourism precaution,tourism safety control,tourism safety rescue and tourism insurance;and finally pointed out components of each factor.展开更多
Phosphorus is an essential element in agricultural production and chemical industry. However, since the risk of casualties and economic loss by mining accidents, the application of clean and safe production in phospho...Phosphorus is an essential element in agricultural production and chemical industry. However, since the risk of casualties and economic loss by mining accidents, the application of clean and safe production in phosphorus mines encounters great challenges. For this purpose, a man-machine-environment system composed of evaluation indexes was established, and the grading standards of indexes were defined. Firstly, the measurements of 39 qualitative indexes were obtained through the survey data. According to the measured values of 31 quantitative indexes, the measurements of quantitative indexes were calculated by linear measurement function(LM) and other three functions. Then the singleindex measurement evaluation matrixes were established. Secondly, the entropy weight method was used to determine the weights of each index directly. The analytic hierarchy process(AHP) was also applied to calculate the weights of index and index factor hierarchies after the established hierarchical model. The weights of system hierarchies were given by the grid-based fuzzy Borda method(GFB). The comprehensive weights were determined by the combination method of AHP and GFB(CAG). Furthermore, the multi-index comprehensive measurement evaluation vectors were obtained.Thirdly, the vectors were evaluated by the credible degree recognition(CDR) and the maximum membership(TMM)criteria. Based on the above functions, methods, and criteria, 16 combination evaluation methods were recommended.Finally, the clean and safe production grade of Kaiyang phosphate mine in China was evaluated. The results show that the LM-CAG-CDR is the most reasonable method, which can not only determine the clean and safe production grade of phosphorus mines, but also improve the development level of clean and safe mining of phosphorus mines for guidance.In addition, some beneficial suggestions and measures were also proposed to advance the clean and safe production grade of Kaiyang phosphorus mine.展开更多
Quantitative safety assessment of safety systems plays an important role in decision making at all stages of system lifecycle, i.e., design, deployment and phase out. Most safety assessment methods consider only syste...Quantitative safety assessment of safety systems plays an important role in decision making at all stages of system lifecycle, i.e., design, deployment and phase out. Most safety assessment methods consider only system parameters, such as configuration, hazard rate, coverage, repair rate, etc. along with periodic proof-tests （or inspection）. Not considering demand rate will give a pessimistic safety estimate for an application with low demand rate such as nuclear power plants, chemical plants, etc. In this paper, a basic model of IEC 61508 is used. The basic model is extended to incorporate process demand and behavior of electronic- and/or computer-based system following diagnosis or proof-test. A new safety index, probability of failure on actual demand （PFAD） based on extended model and demand rate is proposed. Periodic proof-test makes the model semi-Markovian, so a piece-wise continuous time Markov chain （CTMC） based method is used to derive mean state probabilities of elementary or aggregated state. Method to determine probability of failure on demand （PFD） （IEC 61508） and PFAD based on these state probabilities are described. In example, safety indices of PFD and PFAD are compared.展开更多
This paper considers the dynamical behavior of a Duffing-Mathieu type system with a cubic single-well potential during the principal parametric resonance. Both the cases of constant and time-dependent excitation ampli...This paper considers the dynamical behavior of a Duffing-Mathieu type system with a cubic single-well potential during the principal parametric resonance. Both the cases of constant and time-dependent excitation amplitude are used to observe the variation of the extent and the rate of the erosion in safe basins. It is evident that the appearance of fractal basin boundaries heralds the onset of the losing of structural integrity. The minimum value of control parameter to prevent the basin from erosion is given along with the excitation amplitude varying. The results show the time-dependence of excitation amplitude can be used to control the extent and the rate of the erosion and delay the first occurrence of heteroclinic tangency.展开更多
Oil and gas production systems have the characteristics of high operation and maintenance risk and great accident influence.With the deep integration of informationization and industrialization,the development directio...Oil and gas production systems have the characteristics of high operation and maintenance risk and great accident influence.With the deep integration of informationization and industrialization,the development direction and necessary choice of the oil and gas industry is to develop the oil and gas production system into the interconnected,multi-domain interactive cyber-physical intelligent system.In order to avoid or reduce the complex,diverse and potentially unknown safety risks in the process of oil and gas production,improve the safety and reliability of oil and gas production system and increase the production efficiency,this paper analyzes the safety problems occurring in the intelligentization process of oil and gas production system and constructs a system from the perspective of operation and maintenance based on key elements of intelligent safe operation and maintenance technology,combined with the typical production scenarios in the oil and gas production industry.And the following research results are obtained.First,the connotation of intelligent safe operation and maintenance technology is clarified,the key elements and existing problems and challenges of intelligent safe operation and maintenance technology are analyzed,and the“1-2-3-4-5-6”intelligent safe operation and maintenance technology system of oil and gas production system is constructed,which empowers six key technologies with key elements of oil and gas production to realize the essential safety of oil and gas production system.Second,the intelligent safe operation and maintenance technology actively promotes the application and implementation of condition monitoring,health management,risk assessment,intelligent early warning technologies in typical production scenarios such as drilling and extraction,storage and transportation,refining and chemical industry in up,middle and down streams of oil and gas production.Third,in view of the characteristics of oil and gas production system under digital transformation,it is proposed to develop the intelligent safe operation and maintenance technology with the functions of intelligent decision-making,active prevention and comprehensive safety in the future to help the safe construction in thefield of oil and gas production and promote the safe and healthy development of the oil and gas industry.In conclusion,the research on intelligent safe operation and maintenance technology system of oil and gas production system is conducive to the safe construction in thefield of oil and gas production,which will not only provide technical support for the realization of trouble-free oil and gas production system,but also provide reference for the intelligent development of the world oil and gas industry.展开更多
Background: The number of older people is increasing. Many of them expect to maintain a rich social life and to continue driving at an older age. Objective: The present study investigates the mechanisms behind self-re...Background: The number of older people is increasing. Many of them expect to maintain a rich social life and to continue driving at an older age. Objective: The present study investigates the mechanisms behind self-regulation and driving cessation in order to suggest development of support systems to prolong older drivers’ safe mobility. Method: Three focus groups were conducted with 19 older active drivers aged 65+ who were divided according to annual mileage driven. Results: A content analysis revealed broad self-regulatory behaviour as already reported in the literature, e.g., avoiding driving at rush hour and at night. The participants also reported difficulty in finding the way to their final destination and an increasing need to plan their travelling. Co-piloting was a behaviour applied by couples to cope with difficulties encountered in traffic. A large part of the discussion was focused on emerging feelings of stress, anxiety and fear when driving in recent years, a feeling induced by external factors e.g., other road users’ behaviour, traffic density or high speed. Apart from health problems, high levels of stress could explain driving cessation, especially for women. An increased feeling of safety and comfort could be achieved by an increased use of support systems specifically designed to respond to older drivers’ needs. Conclusion: Support systems for older drivers should increase comfort and decrease their stress levels. New systems, such as co-pilot function and more developed Global Positioning System (GPS) supporting of the entire travel from door to door, should be developed to respond to the market needs.展开更多
This paper presents a risk-informed data-driven safe control design approach for a class of stochastic uncertain nonlinear discrete-time systems.The nonlinear system is modeled using linear parameter-varying(LPV)syste...This paper presents a risk-informed data-driven safe control design approach for a class of stochastic uncertain nonlinear discrete-time systems.The nonlinear system is modeled using linear parameter-varying(LPV)systems.A model-based probabilistic safe controller is first designed to guarantee probabilisticλ-contractivity(i.e.,stability and invariance)of the LPV system with respect to a given polyhedral safe set.To obviate the requirement of knowing the LPV system model and to bypass identifying its open-loop model,its closed-loop data-based representation is provided in terms of state and scheduling data as well as a decision variable.It is shown that the variance of the closedloop system,as well as the probability of safety satisfaction,depends on the decision variable and the noise covariance.A minimum-variance direct data-driven gain-scheduling safe control design approach is presented next by designing the decision variable such that all possible closed-loop system realizations satisfy safety with the highest confidence level.This minimum-variance approach is a control-oriented learning method since it minimizes the variance of the state of the closed-loop system with respect to the safe set,and thus minimizes the risk of safety violation.Unlike the certainty-equivalent approach that results in a risk-neutral control design,the minimum-variance method leads to a risk-averse control design.It is shown that the presented direct risk-averse learning approach requires weaker data richness conditions than existing indirect learning methods based on system identification and can lead to a lower risk of safety violation.Two simulation examples along with an experimental validation on an autonomous vehicle are provided to show the effectiveness of the presented approach.展开更多
New models of safety-critical systems are built here. In these systems, when components fail, different defect states have different effects, hence need different ways to measure. In the models, there are two kinds of...New models of safety-critical systems are built here. In these systems, when components fail, different defect states have different effects, hence need different ways to measure. In the models, there are two kinds of failure modes of the components： one could be called failed-safe, and the other may be named failed- dangerous In practice, the so-called failed-dangerous components may lead a system to peril. However, failed-safe components will not. Reliability and safety issues are analyzed using Ion-Channel modeling theory to get count of repairs and time duration before the system becomes dangerous. In the closing section a numerical example is presented to illustrate the results obtained in the paper.展开更多
Background: Unsafe abortions are one of the leading causes of maternal mortality, especially in developing countries. In Cameroon, the maternal mortality rate remains high, and the scarcity of data on abortions leads ...Background: Unsafe abortions are one of the leading causes of maternal mortality, especially in developing countries. In Cameroon, the maternal mortality rate remains high, and the scarcity of data on abortions leads to a lack of solid evidence to advocate on the extent of the abortions related complications. Our objective was to evaluate the unsafe abortions related complications, and to assess the difficulties of accessing safe abortions in our setting. Methods: We carried out a meta-analytic and systematic review in the biomedical databases MEDLINE (Pubmed), Google Scholar and African Journal Online concerning unsafe abortions and/or difficulties in accessing safe abortions in Cameroon. The keywords used for the search are seen in table I. Selection of studies was simultaneously done by two authors. Data were extracted through a form designed on Google Form. We used a random-effect model for proportion estimation, and The I<sup>2</sup> and Q statistics to assess the extent of heterogeneity. Results: A total of 430 studies were identified, from which 28 were included and analysed. About 5% (95% CI: 3 - 7) of unsafe abortions leads to death. The contribution of unsafe abortions in maternal deaths was 23% (95% CI: 20 - 27). The rate of severe bleeding and/or anemia were 40% (95% CI: 18 - 63) and the rate of infection was 17% (95% CI: 7 - 28), dominated by pelvic infections, pelviperitonitis, severe sepsis, and septic shock. Case reports described uterine perforations, uterine rupture during the following pregnancy. Abortion was performed in the practitioner’s or patient’s home in 41.4% of cases, in a health center in 35.1% of cases, in a private clinic in 21.2% of cases, drugs selling places and in traditional healer clinics. The restriction of abortion laws, the stigma surrounding abortion and its consequences at any level of the society, lead to the underreporting of unsafe abortions and a deep reluctance to advocate for safe abortion services. Conclusion: The strengthening of awareness campaigns for provider behavior change communication, family planning, the de-stigmatization of abortions, the training of health personnel in post-abortion care, a multidisciplinary and multicentric action would contribute to the reduction in morbidity and mortality due to abortions.展开更多
Generating dynamically feasible trajectory for fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles(UAVs)in dense obstacle environments remains computationally intractable.This paper proposes a Safe Flight Corridor constrained Sequent...Generating dynamically feasible trajectory for fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles(UAVs)in dense obstacle environments remains computationally intractable.This paper proposes a Safe Flight Corridor constrained Sequential Convex Programming(SFC-SCP)to improve the computation efficiency and reliability of trajectory generation.SFC-SCP combines the front-end convex polyhedron SFC construction and back-end SCP-based trajectory optimization.A Sparse A^(*)Search(SAS)driven SFC construction method is designed to efficiently generate polyhedron SFC according to the geometric relation among obstacles and collision-free waypoints.Via transforming the nonconvex obstacle-avoidance constraints to linear inequality constraints,SFC can mitigate infeasibility of trajectory planning and reduce computation complexity.Then,SCP casts the nonlinear trajectory optimization subject to SFC into convex programming subproblems to decrease the problem complexity.In addition,a convex optimizer based on interior point method is customized,where the search direction is calculated via successive elimination to further improve efficiency.Simulation experiments on dense obstacle scenarios show that SFC-SCP can generate dynamically feasible safe trajectory rapidly.Comparative studies with state-of-the-art SCP-based methods demonstrate the efficiency and reliability merits of SFC-SCP.Besides,the customized convex optimizer outperforms off-the-shelf optimizers in terms of computation time.展开更多
Due to the influence of karst cave development and route selection,the location relationship between concealed karst cave and tunnel is more random.In order to explore the influence rule of karst cave location on the ...Due to the influence of karst cave development and route selection,the location relationship between concealed karst cave and tunnel is more random.In order to explore the influence rule of karst cave location on the minimum safe thickness of water-proof rock mass,a simplified calculation model of water-proof rock mass thickness when the karst cave is located at any location around the tunnel is established,and the influence of multiple factors on the overall stability of water-proof rock mass is considered.Based on the cusp catastrophe theory,the analytical expressions for the safety thickness of waterproof rock mass are derived.Based on the finite difference principle,the analytical expressions of the safety thickness of water-proof rock mass are verified.In order to improve the application range of the analytical formula derived in this paper,the analytical formula is optimized based on the instability principle differences between the simplified calculation model and the elastic compressive bar.The research results show that the necessary condition solution is more applicable and much safer than the sufficient condition solution.Tectonic stress,rock beam length and karst cave water pressure are significantly positively correlated with the safe thickness of the waterproof rock mass.The calculated results of the semioptimized formula and the unoptimized formula are constant values,independent of the karst cave location.While the calculated results of the fully optimized formula are variable values,correlated with the karst cave location,the thickness of the waterproof rock mass gradually decreases as the karst cave location moves from the top of the tunnel to the bottom of the tunnel.The unoptimized formula does not consider the influence of the lateral force of the rock beam,and is not suitable for the working condition with large lateral force,the calculation results of the semi-optimized formula and the fully optimized formula are not very different and are biased to safety,so it can be given priority.展开更多
The navigation enterprise has no fixed business, no stable customers, even no stable operation team, poor technical strength, poor profitability, poor economic strength, nonstandard management, etc., and there are gre...The navigation enterprise has no fixed business, no stable customers, even no stable operation team, poor technical strength, poor profitability, poor economic strength, nonstandard management, etc., and there are great risks in safe flight operation. For small-scale navigation enterprises, it is very important to ensure the safe and stable operation of aircraft, which is a core asset. How to ensure the safe and healthy operation of the maintenance system of small-scale navigation enterprises by means of management is the main research direction of this paper. Based on the idea of project management, this paper explores the safe and healthy operation of the maintenance system in small-scale navigation enterprises.展开更多
With the development of social economy and the acceleration of people's work and life rhythm, the rapid development of China's aviation industry has been strongly promoted. Air travel has become a convenient w...With the development of social economy and the acceleration of people's work and life rhythm, the rapid development of China's aviation industry has been strongly promoted. Air travel has become a convenient way for ordinary citizens to travel. In this case, people pay more attention to the safety of flight. As an important part of an airplane, the aviation electrical system carries many key missions in the flight and plays a very important role in the safe flight of the airplane. The management of the aviation electrical system is an important part of the aviation safety management. Aviation safety is related to the safety of people's lives and property, as well as the development of the aviation industry. Based on this, starting from the basic concept of aviation safe flight, this paper gives an overview of aviation power system, analyzes the factors affecting the safety of aviation power system, and expounds the importance of aviation electrical system to safe flight, hoping to provide effective reference for relevant personnel, so as to better promote the development of China's aviation industry.展开更多
Colleges and universities play an important role in society, and the premise of building a safe society is to build a safe campus. If we want to further strengthen the construction of a safe campus, we must build an a...Colleges and universities play an important role in society, and the premise of building a safe society is to build a safe campus. If we want to further strengthen the construction of a safe campus, we must build an all-round security system. This paper focuses on the impact of the changing internal and external environment of colleges and universities and the complex forms of public security around them on the campus safety management. Based on the premise of "overall national security concept" and according to the specific conditions of the campus, it further explores how to build an all-round safety management system, and the ways to solve the security problems of colleges and universities, so as to build a safe campus.展开更多
Grasping is one of the most fundamental operations in modern robotics applications.While deep rein-forcement learning(DRL)has demonstrated strong potential in robotics,there is too much emphasis on maximizing the cumu...Grasping is one of the most fundamental operations in modern robotics applications.While deep rein-forcement learning(DRL)has demonstrated strong potential in robotics,there is too much emphasis on maximizing the cumulative reward in executing tasks,and the potential safety risks are often ignored.In this paper,an optimization method based on safe reinforcement learning(Safe RL)is proposed to address the robotic grasping problem under safety constraints.Specifically,considering the obstacle avoidance constraints of the system,the grasping problem of the manipulator is modeled as a Constrained Markov Decision Process(CMDP).The Lagrange multiplier and a dynamic weighted mechanism are introduced into the Proximal Policy Optimization(PPO)framework,leading to the development of the dynamic weighted Lagrange PPO(DWL-PPO)algorithm.The behavior of violating safety constraints is punished while the policy is optimized in this proposed method.In addition,the orientation control of the end-effector is included in the reward function,and a compound reward function adapted to changes in pose is designed.Ultimately,the efficacy and advantages of the suggested method are proved by extensive training and testing in the Pybullet simulator.The results of grasping experiments reveal that the recommended approach provides superior safety and efficiency compared with other advanced RL methods and achieves a good trade-off between model learning and risk aversion.展开更多
Objective:Nurses must follow safe injection practices to prevent healthcare-associated infections(HAIs).This study aimed to identify the risk factors for safe injection practice among nurses in general hospitals.Metho...Objective:Nurses must follow safe injection practices to prevent healthcare-associated infections(HAIs).This study aimed to identify the risk factors for safe injection practice among nurses in general hospitals.Methods:This cross-sectional study included 215 nurses employed in Korean general hospitals.Data were collected from September 22 to October 9,2023.Multiple linear regression analysis was performed using SPSS Statistics 27.0.Results:The regression analysis revealed that a higher level of patient safety priority in the patient safety culture perception,increased knowledge of safe injection practices,and fewer working hours per week were associated with improved performance of safe injection practices among general hospital nurses.Conclusions:To enhance the performance of general hospital nurses in safe injection practice,it is necessary to establish a patient safety culture so that nurses recognize patient safety as a top priority.Additionally,an effective educational program is needed to increase the practical knowledge of safe injection practices,along with a supportive working environment that ensures appropriate working hours to prevent patient safety incidents.展开更多
Investing in cryptocurrencies is progressively becoming a norm;however,these assets are excessively volatile and often decrease or increase in value instantly.Thus,rational investors holding cryptocurrencies for exten...Investing in cryptocurrencies is progressively becoming a norm;however,these assets are excessively volatile and often decrease or increase in value instantly.Thus,rational investors holding cryptocurrencies for extended periods firmly search for assets that can diversify their risk,preferably with assets other than cryptocurrencies.In this study,we consider the two most studied cryptocurrencies with the highest capitalization and trading volume/value,namely Bitcoin and Ethereum.Specifically,we examine whether high-performing leading US tech stocks(Facebook,Amazon,Apple,Netflix,Google[FAANG])can provide any diversification benefits to cryptocurrency investors.To do so,we employ dynamic conditional correlation(DCC),asymmetric DCC,time-varying parameter vector autoregression-based connectedness measures,dynamic correlation-based hedge and safe-haven regression analyses,portfolio optimization and hedging strategies,time-and frequency-based wavelet coherence,and high-frequency 10-min intraday data from January 1,2018 to January 31,2023.We find that FAANG stocks can be considered(at least weak)safe havens for Bitcoin and Ethereum during the sample period.Our subperiod analyses reveal that the safehaven role of FAANG stocks,specifically for Bitcoin,has noticeably increased.While the safe-haven property of Facebook is the most promising,for Netflix it is blurred between a weak–safe-haven and a hedge.Our findings may help investors,policymakers,and academicians to invest in cryptocurrencies,formulate relevant investment guidelines,and extend the literature on cryptocurrencies,respectively.展开更多
With the increasingly turbulent political situation and the outbreak of public health events without warning,it will not only affect people’s physical health,but also affect the global financial market,causing the ma...With the increasingly turbulent political situation and the outbreak of public health events without warning,it will not only affect people’s physical health,but also affect the global financial market,causing the market to fall into a huge crisis,thus leading to a continued decline in the worldwide economy.During periods of financial market turmoil,many investors fall into panic and urgently need a“haven”to protect their assets.With the rise of the digital economy,gold no longer seems to be the only safe-haven option.Bitcoin has gradually entered the investors’field of vision.Some investors believe that Bitcoin can become an emerging safe-haven asset that is as important as or surpasses gold.Based on an analysis of the safe-haven properties of Bitcoin and gold during major political and historical events and public health events,this article will clarify which of the two is more suitable as a reliable contemporary safe-haven asset and provide advice to investors.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.42101296)the Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing(Grant No.CSTB2023NSCQ-MSX0041)Chongqing Municipal Training Program of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project(Grants No.S202410635155 and X202410635116)。
文摘Safe and just operating spaces(SJOS)are influenced by complex cross-scale interactions and cascading effects spanning global,regional,and local landscape scales.However,existing SJOS research has often focused on single-scale assessments,overlooking the impacts of multiscale interactions and within-region heterogeneity on urban SJOS.To address this gap,we developed a cross-scale framework for assessing urban SJOS,explicitly incorporating top-down influences from upper-level constraints and bottom-up effects from lower-level heterogeneity.This approach was applied to China's five major metropolises to examine the states and cross-scale dynamics influencing urban SJOS between 1990 and 2020.Our findings reveal that the SJOS of China's metropolises were primarily influenced by factors at national and local landscape scales,with weaker influences from the global and continental scales.A persistent trade-off between social justice and environmental safety was identified across spatiotemporal scales.For instance,Chongqing in southwestern China lagged behind the eastern four metropolises in social performance but exhibited stronger environmental safety due to its extensive natural landscapes,which mitigated the anthropogenic impacts of urban centers.Regional issues,such as the overshoot of PM_(2.5)and ecological footprints(EF),were primarily driven by the bottom-up accumulation of localized pressures,while the overshoot of CO_(2)was attributed to national policy constraints and the universal exceedance of safe thresholds across scales.Addressing urban sustainability requires avoiding adverse cascading effects from other levels by emphasizing landscape heterogeneity within metropolises and fostering coordinated collaboration across scales,particularly at the regional landscape and national levels.
文摘A Bayesian method is used to evaluate the component safety failure model parameter of the safe arming system of an air faced missile in flight. It was proved that Bayes estimation of the model parameter is coincident with the physical explanation of the prior probability density distribution of the random parameter.
基金Supported by Science and Technology Support Project of Sichuan Province(2009SZ0067)Key Research Subject of Soft Science Research Project of Sichuan Province(2009ZR0103)~~
文摘After summarizing researches on domestic and foreign tourism safety,it was found that there were few research results on mountainous tourism safety,especially tourism safety and tourism safety guarantee system of high and higher mountains with high risk.The paper had concluded hidden dangers and sources of safe accidents of mountainous tourism,and studied tourism safety guarantee system of high and higher mountains.Furthermore,it proposed that tourism safety guarantee system was composed of tourism safety policies and regulations,tourism precaution,tourism safety control,tourism safety rescue and tourism insurance;and finally pointed out components of each factor.
基金Project(51974362) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(2282020cxqd055) supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,ChinaProject(2021-QYC-10050-25631) supported by the Department of Emergency Management of Hunan Province,China。
文摘Phosphorus is an essential element in agricultural production and chemical industry. However, since the risk of casualties and economic loss by mining accidents, the application of clean and safe production in phosphorus mines encounters great challenges. For this purpose, a man-machine-environment system composed of evaluation indexes was established, and the grading standards of indexes were defined. Firstly, the measurements of 39 qualitative indexes were obtained through the survey data. According to the measured values of 31 quantitative indexes, the measurements of quantitative indexes were calculated by linear measurement function(LM) and other three functions. Then the singleindex measurement evaluation matrixes were established. Secondly, the entropy weight method was used to determine the weights of each index directly. The analytic hierarchy process(AHP) was also applied to calculate the weights of index and index factor hierarchies after the established hierarchical model. The weights of system hierarchies were given by the grid-based fuzzy Borda method(GFB). The comprehensive weights were determined by the combination method of AHP and GFB(CAG). Furthermore, the multi-index comprehensive measurement evaluation vectors were obtained.Thirdly, the vectors were evaluated by the credible degree recognition(CDR) and the maximum membership(TMM)criteria. Based on the above functions, methods, and criteria, 16 combination evaluation methods were recommended.Finally, the clean and safe production grade of Kaiyang phosphate mine in China was evaluated. The results show that the LM-CAG-CDR is the most reasonable method, which can not only determine the clean and safe production grade of phosphorus mines, but also improve the development level of clean and safe mining of phosphorus mines for guidance.In addition, some beneficial suggestions and measures were also proposed to advance the clean and safe production grade of Kaiyang phosphorus mine.
文摘Quantitative safety assessment of safety systems plays an important role in decision making at all stages of system lifecycle, i.e., design, deployment and phase out. Most safety assessment methods consider only system parameters, such as configuration, hazard rate, coverage, repair rate, etc. along with periodic proof-tests （or inspection）. Not considering demand rate will give a pessimistic safety estimate for an application with low demand rate such as nuclear power plants, chemical plants, etc. In this paper, a basic model of IEC 61508 is used. The basic model is extended to incorporate process demand and behavior of electronic- and/or computer-based system following diagnosis or proof-test. A new safety index, probability of failure on actual demand （PFAD） based on extended model and demand rate is proposed. Periodic proof-test makes the model semi-Markovian, so a piece-wise continuous time Markov chain （CTMC） based method is used to derive mean state probabilities of elementary or aggregated state. Method to determine probability of failure on demand （PFD） （IEC 61508） and PFAD based on these state probabilities are described. In example, safety indices of PFD and PFAD are compared.
基金the National Science Foundation of ChinaPSF of China
文摘This paper considers the dynamical behavior of a Duffing-Mathieu type system with a cubic single-well potential during the principal parametric resonance. Both the cases of constant and time-dependent excitation amplitude are used to observe the variation of the extent and the rate of the erosion in safe basins. It is evident that the appearance of fractal basin boundaries heralds the onset of the losing of structural integrity. The minimum value of control parameter to prevent the basin from erosion is given along with the excitation amplitude varying. The results show the time-dependence of excitation amplitude can be used to control the extent and the rate of the erosion and delay the first occurrence of heteroclinic tangency.
基金supported by the Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China“Research on risk formation mechanism and control method of oil&gas storage and transportation system from the perspective of cyber-physics”(No:52234007).
文摘Oil and gas production systems have the characteristics of high operation and maintenance risk and great accident influence.With the deep integration of informationization and industrialization,the development direction and necessary choice of the oil and gas industry is to develop the oil and gas production system into the interconnected,multi-domain interactive cyber-physical intelligent system.In order to avoid or reduce the complex,diverse and potentially unknown safety risks in the process of oil and gas production,improve the safety and reliability of oil and gas production system and increase the production efficiency,this paper analyzes the safety problems occurring in the intelligentization process of oil and gas production system and constructs a system from the perspective of operation and maintenance based on key elements of intelligent safe operation and maintenance technology,combined with the typical production scenarios in the oil and gas production industry.And the following research results are obtained.First,the connotation of intelligent safe operation and maintenance technology is clarified,the key elements and existing problems and challenges of intelligent safe operation and maintenance technology are analyzed,and the“1-2-3-4-5-6”intelligent safe operation and maintenance technology system of oil and gas production system is constructed,which empowers six key technologies with key elements of oil and gas production to realize the essential safety of oil and gas production system.Second,the intelligent safe operation and maintenance technology actively promotes the application and implementation of condition monitoring,health management,risk assessment,intelligent early warning technologies in typical production scenarios such as drilling and extraction,storage and transportation,refining and chemical industry in up,middle and down streams of oil and gas production.Third,in view of the characteristics of oil and gas production system under digital transformation,it is proposed to develop the intelligent safe operation and maintenance technology with the functions of intelligent decision-making,active prevention and comprehensive safety in the future to help the safe construction in thefield of oil and gas production and promote the safe and healthy development of the oil and gas industry.In conclusion,the research on intelligent safe operation and maintenance technology system of oil and gas production system is conducive to the safe construction in thefield of oil and gas production,which will not only provide technical support for the realization of trouble-free oil and gas production system,but also provide reference for the intelligent development of the world oil and gas industry.
基金We acknowledge SAFER,Vehicle and Traffic Safety Centre at Chalmers,Gothenburg,Sweden,for funding this researchthe participants from the pensioner or-ganisations PRO and SPF in Jönköping,Sweden.
文摘Background: The number of older people is increasing. Many of them expect to maintain a rich social life and to continue driving at an older age. Objective: The present study investigates the mechanisms behind self-regulation and driving cessation in order to suggest development of support systems to prolong older drivers’ safe mobility. Method: Three focus groups were conducted with 19 older active drivers aged 65+ who were divided according to annual mileage driven. Results: A content analysis revealed broad self-regulatory behaviour as already reported in the literature, e.g., avoiding driving at rush hour and at night. The participants also reported difficulty in finding the way to their final destination and an increasing need to plan their travelling. Co-piloting was a behaviour applied by couples to cope with difficulties encountered in traffic. A large part of the discussion was focused on emerging feelings of stress, anxiety and fear when driving in recent years, a feeling induced by external factors e.g., other road users’ behaviour, traffic density or high speed. Apart from health problems, high levels of stress could explain driving cessation, especially for women. An increased feeling of safety and comfort could be achieved by an increased use of support systems specifically designed to respond to older drivers’ needs. Conclusion: Support systems for older drivers should increase comfort and decrease their stress levels. New systems, such as co-pilot function and more developed Global Positioning System (GPS) supporting of the entire travel from door to door, should be developed to respond to the market needs.
基金supported in part by the Department of Navy award (N00014-22-1-2159)the National Science Foundation under award (ECCS-2227311)。
文摘This paper presents a risk-informed data-driven safe control design approach for a class of stochastic uncertain nonlinear discrete-time systems.The nonlinear system is modeled using linear parameter-varying(LPV)systems.A model-based probabilistic safe controller is first designed to guarantee probabilisticλ-contractivity(i.e.,stability and invariance)of the LPV system with respect to a given polyhedral safe set.To obviate the requirement of knowing the LPV system model and to bypass identifying its open-loop model,its closed-loop data-based representation is provided in terms of state and scheduling data as well as a decision variable.It is shown that the variance of the closedloop system,as well as the probability of safety satisfaction,depends on the decision variable and the noise covariance.A minimum-variance direct data-driven gain-scheduling safe control design approach is presented next by designing the decision variable such that all possible closed-loop system realizations satisfy safety with the highest confidence level.This minimum-variance approach is a control-oriented learning method since it minimizes the variance of the state of the closed-loop system with respect to the safe set,and thus minimizes the risk of safety violation.Unlike the certainty-equivalent approach that results in a risk-neutral control design,the minimum-variance method leads to a risk-averse control design.It is shown that the presented direct risk-averse learning approach requires weaker data richness conditions than existing indirect learning methods based on system identification and can lead to a lower risk of safety violation.Two simulation examples along with an experimental validation on an autonomous vehicle are provided to show the effectiveness of the presented approach.
基金Sponsored by 211 Project of Minzu University of China(021211030312)
文摘New models of safety-critical systems are built here. In these systems, when components fail, different defect states have different effects, hence need different ways to measure. In the models, there are two kinds of failure modes of the components： one could be called failed-safe, and the other may be named failed- dangerous In practice, the so-called failed-dangerous components may lead a system to peril. However, failed-safe components will not. Reliability and safety issues are analyzed using Ion-Channel modeling theory to get count of repairs and time duration before the system becomes dangerous. In the closing section a numerical example is presented to illustrate the results obtained in the paper.
文摘Background: Unsafe abortions are one of the leading causes of maternal mortality, especially in developing countries. In Cameroon, the maternal mortality rate remains high, and the scarcity of data on abortions leads to a lack of solid evidence to advocate on the extent of the abortions related complications. Our objective was to evaluate the unsafe abortions related complications, and to assess the difficulties of accessing safe abortions in our setting. Methods: We carried out a meta-analytic and systematic review in the biomedical databases MEDLINE (Pubmed), Google Scholar and African Journal Online concerning unsafe abortions and/or difficulties in accessing safe abortions in Cameroon. The keywords used for the search are seen in table I. Selection of studies was simultaneously done by two authors. Data were extracted through a form designed on Google Form. We used a random-effect model for proportion estimation, and The I<sup>2</sup> and Q statistics to assess the extent of heterogeneity. Results: A total of 430 studies were identified, from which 28 were included and analysed. About 5% (95% CI: 3 - 7) of unsafe abortions leads to death. The contribution of unsafe abortions in maternal deaths was 23% (95% CI: 20 - 27). The rate of severe bleeding and/or anemia were 40% (95% CI: 18 - 63) and the rate of infection was 17% (95% CI: 7 - 28), dominated by pelvic infections, pelviperitonitis, severe sepsis, and septic shock. Case reports described uterine perforations, uterine rupture during the following pregnancy. Abortion was performed in the practitioner’s or patient’s home in 41.4% of cases, in a health center in 35.1% of cases, in a private clinic in 21.2% of cases, drugs selling places and in traditional healer clinics. The restriction of abortion laws, the stigma surrounding abortion and its consequences at any level of the society, lead to the underreporting of unsafe abortions and a deep reluctance to advocate for safe abortion services. Conclusion: The strengthening of awareness campaigns for provider behavior change communication, family planning, the de-stigmatization of abortions, the training of health personnel in post-abortion care, a multidisciplinary and multicentric action would contribute to the reduction in morbidity and mortality due to abortions.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.62203256)。
文摘Generating dynamically feasible trajectory for fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles(UAVs)in dense obstacle environments remains computationally intractable.This paper proposes a Safe Flight Corridor constrained Sequential Convex Programming(SFC-SCP)to improve the computation efficiency and reliability of trajectory generation.SFC-SCP combines the front-end convex polyhedron SFC construction and back-end SCP-based trajectory optimization.A Sparse A^(*)Search(SAS)driven SFC construction method is designed to efficiently generate polyhedron SFC according to the geometric relation among obstacles and collision-free waypoints.Via transforming the nonconvex obstacle-avoidance constraints to linear inequality constraints,SFC can mitigate infeasibility of trajectory planning and reduce computation complexity.Then,SCP casts the nonlinear trajectory optimization subject to SFC into convex programming subproblems to decrease the problem complexity.In addition,a convex optimizer based on interior point method is customized,where the search direction is calculated via successive elimination to further improve efficiency.Simulation experiments on dense obstacle scenarios show that SFC-SCP can generate dynamically feasible safe trajectory rapidly.Comparative studies with state-of-the-art SCP-based methods demonstrate the efficiency and reliability merits of SFC-SCP.Besides,the customized convex optimizer outperforms off-the-shelf optimizers in terms of computation time.
基金jointly funded by the guangxi Science and Technology Base and Talent Project(AD23026104)the Key Research and Development Program Project in Guangxi(AB23026121)。
文摘Due to the influence of karst cave development and route selection,the location relationship between concealed karst cave and tunnel is more random.In order to explore the influence rule of karst cave location on the minimum safe thickness of water-proof rock mass,a simplified calculation model of water-proof rock mass thickness when the karst cave is located at any location around the tunnel is established,and the influence of multiple factors on the overall stability of water-proof rock mass is considered.Based on the cusp catastrophe theory,the analytical expressions for the safety thickness of waterproof rock mass are derived.Based on the finite difference principle,the analytical expressions of the safety thickness of water-proof rock mass are verified.In order to improve the application range of the analytical formula derived in this paper,the analytical formula is optimized based on the instability principle differences between the simplified calculation model and the elastic compressive bar.The research results show that the necessary condition solution is more applicable and much safer than the sufficient condition solution.Tectonic stress,rock beam length and karst cave water pressure are significantly positively correlated with the safe thickness of the waterproof rock mass.The calculated results of the semioptimized formula and the unoptimized formula are constant values,independent of the karst cave location.While the calculated results of the fully optimized formula are variable values,correlated with the karst cave location,the thickness of the waterproof rock mass gradually decreases as the karst cave location moves from the top of the tunnel to the bottom of the tunnel.The unoptimized formula does not consider the influence of the lateral force of the rock beam,and is not suitable for the working condition with large lateral force,the calculation results of the semi-optimized formula and the fully optimized formula are not very different and are biased to safety,so it can be given priority.
文摘The navigation enterprise has no fixed business, no stable customers, even no stable operation team, poor technical strength, poor profitability, poor economic strength, nonstandard management, etc., and there are great risks in safe flight operation. For small-scale navigation enterprises, it is very important to ensure the safe and stable operation of aircraft, which is a core asset. How to ensure the safe and healthy operation of the maintenance system of small-scale navigation enterprises by means of management is the main research direction of this paper. Based on the idea of project management, this paper explores the safe and healthy operation of the maintenance system in small-scale navigation enterprises.
文摘With the development of social economy and the acceleration of people's work and life rhythm, the rapid development of China's aviation industry has been strongly promoted. Air travel has become a convenient way for ordinary citizens to travel. In this case, people pay more attention to the safety of flight. As an important part of an airplane, the aviation electrical system carries many key missions in the flight and plays a very important role in the safe flight of the airplane. The management of the aviation electrical system is an important part of the aviation safety management. Aviation safety is related to the safety of people's lives and property, as well as the development of the aviation industry. Based on this, starting from the basic concept of aviation safe flight, this paper gives an overview of aviation power system, analyzes the factors affecting the safety of aviation power system, and expounds the importance of aviation electrical system to safe flight, hoping to provide effective reference for relevant personnel, so as to better promote the development of China's aviation industry.
文摘Colleges and universities play an important role in society, and the premise of building a safe society is to build a safe campus. If we want to further strengthen the construction of a safe campus, we must build an all-round security system. This paper focuses on the impact of the changing internal and external environment of colleges and universities and the complex forms of public security around them on the campus safety management. Based on the premise of "overall national security concept" and according to the specific conditions of the campus, it further explores how to build an all-round safety management system, and the ways to solve the security problems of colleges and universities, so as to build a safe campus.
文摘Grasping is one of the most fundamental operations in modern robotics applications.While deep rein-forcement learning(DRL)has demonstrated strong potential in robotics,there is too much emphasis on maximizing the cumulative reward in executing tasks,and the potential safety risks are often ignored.In this paper,an optimization method based on safe reinforcement learning(Safe RL)is proposed to address the robotic grasping problem under safety constraints.Specifically,considering the obstacle avoidance constraints of the system,the grasping problem of the manipulator is modeled as a Constrained Markov Decision Process(CMDP).The Lagrange multiplier and a dynamic weighted mechanism are introduced into the Proximal Policy Optimization(PPO)framework,leading to the development of the dynamic weighted Lagrange PPO(DWL-PPO)algorithm.The behavior of violating safety constraints is punished while the policy is optimized in this proposed method.In addition,the orientation control of the end-effector is included in the reward function,and a compound reward function adapted to changes in pose is designed.Ultimately,the efficacy and advantages of the suggested method are proved by extensive training and testing in the Pybullet simulator.The results of grasping experiments reveal that the recommended approach provides superior safety and efficiency compared with other advanced RL methods and achieves a good trade-off between model learning and risk aversion.
文摘Objective:Nurses must follow safe injection practices to prevent healthcare-associated infections(HAIs).This study aimed to identify the risk factors for safe injection practice among nurses in general hospitals.Methods:This cross-sectional study included 215 nurses employed in Korean general hospitals.Data were collected from September 22 to October 9,2023.Multiple linear regression analysis was performed using SPSS Statistics 27.0.Results:The regression analysis revealed that a higher level of patient safety priority in the patient safety culture perception,increased knowledge of safe injection practices,and fewer working hours per week were associated with improved performance of safe injection practices among general hospital nurses.Conclusions:To enhance the performance of general hospital nurses in safe injection practice,it is necessary to establish a patient safety culture so that nurses recognize patient safety as a top priority.Additionally,an effective educational program is needed to increase the practical knowledge of safe injection practices,along with a supportive working environment that ensures appropriate working hours to prevent patient safety incidents.
文摘Investing in cryptocurrencies is progressively becoming a norm;however,these assets are excessively volatile and often decrease or increase in value instantly.Thus,rational investors holding cryptocurrencies for extended periods firmly search for assets that can diversify their risk,preferably with assets other than cryptocurrencies.In this study,we consider the two most studied cryptocurrencies with the highest capitalization and trading volume/value,namely Bitcoin and Ethereum.Specifically,we examine whether high-performing leading US tech stocks(Facebook,Amazon,Apple,Netflix,Google[FAANG])can provide any diversification benefits to cryptocurrency investors.To do so,we employ dynamic conditional correlation(DCC),asymmetric DCC,time-varying parameter vector autoregression-based connectedness measures,dynamic correlation-based hedge and safe-haven regression analyses,portfolio optimization and hedging strategies,time-and frequency-based wavelet coherence,and high-frequency 10-min intraday data from January 1,2018 to January 31,2023.We find that FAANG stocks can be considered(at least weak)safe havens for Bitcoin and Ethereum during the sample period.Our subperiod analyses reveal that the safehaven role of FAANG stocks,specifically for Bitcoin,has noticeably increased.While the safe-haven property of Facebook is the most promising,for Netflix it is blurred between a weak–safe-haven and a hedge.Our findings may help investors,policymakers,and academicians to invest in cryptocurrencies,formulate relevant investment guidelines,and extend the literature on cryptocurrencies,respectively.
文摘With the increasingly turbulent political situation and the outbreak of public health events without warning,it will not only affect people’s physical health,but also affect the global financial market,causing the market to fall into a huge crisis,thus leading to a continued decline in the worldwide economy.During periods of financial market turmoil,many investors fall into panic and urgently need a“haven”to protect their assets.With the rise of the digital economy,gold no longer seems to be the only safe-haven option.Bitcoin has gradually entered the investors’field of vision.Some investors believe that Bitcoin can become an emerging safe-haven asset that is as important as or surpasses gold.Based on an analysis of the safe-haven properties of Bitcoin and gold during major political and historical events and public health events,this article will clarify which of the two is more suitable as a reliable contemporary safe-haven asset and provide advice to investors.
