NaeJoung Kwak¹, DongJu Kim^2,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.75, No.1, pp. 1671-1686, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.035762 - 06 February 2023

Abstract This paper proposes a method for detecting a helmet for the safety of workers from risk factors and a mask worn indoors and verifying a worker’s identity while wearing a helmet and mask for security. The proposed method consists of a part for detecting the worker’s helmet and mask and a part for verifying the worker’s identity. An algorithm for helmet and mask detection is generated by transfer learning of Yolov5’s s-model and m-model. Both models are trained by changing the learning rate, batch size, and epoch. The model with the best performance is selected… More >

Ernesto Lee¹, Furqan Rustam², Hina Fatima Shahzad², Patrick Bernard Washington³, Abid Ishaq³, Imran Ashraf^4,*

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.45, No.3, pp. 3053-3077, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.029059 - 21 December 2022

Abstract With the increasing usage of drugs to remedy different diseases, drug safety has become crucial over the past few years. Often medicine from several companies is offered for a single disease that involves the same/similar substances with slightly different formulae. Such diversification is both helpful and dangerous as such medicine proves to be more effective or shows side effects to different patients. Despite clinical trials, side effects are reported when the medicine is used by the mass public, of which several such experiences are shared on social media platforms. A system capable of analyzing such… More >

Said Benkirane¹, Azidine Guezzaz¹, Mourade Azrour¹, Akber Abid Gardezi², Shafiq Ahmad³, Abdelaty Edrees Sayed³, Salman Naseer⁴, Muhammad Shafiq^5,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.2, pp. 3781-3794, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.033119 - 31 October 2022

Abstract Today, road safety remains a serious concern for governments around the world. In fact, approximately 1.35 million people die and 2–50 million are injured on public roads worldwide each year. Straight bends in road traffic are the main cause of many road accidents, and excessive and inappropriate speed in this very critical area can cause drivers to lose their vehicle stability. For these reasons, new solutions must be considered to stop this disaster and save lives. Therefore, it is necessary to study this topic very carefully and use new technologies such as Vehicle Ad Hoc… More >

Kisaezehra¹, Muhammad Umer Farooq^1,*, Muhammad Aslam Bhutto², Abdul Karim Kazi¹

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.36, No.1, pp. 911-927, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.031359 - 29 September 2022

Abstract The construction industry has always remained the economic and social backbone of any country in the world where occupational health and safety (OHS) is of prime importance. Like in other developing countries, this industry pays very little, rather negligible attention to OHS practices in Pakistan, resulting in the occurrence of a wide variety of accidents, mishaps, and near-misses every year. One of the major causes of such mishaps is the non-wearing of safety helmets (hard hats) at construction sites where falling objects from a height are unavoidable. In most cases, this leads to serious brain… More >

Hanhan Zhang¹, Zhihui Xu², Hong Qian¹, Xiaoyan Su^1,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.134, No.2, pp. 1005-1019, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.021898 - 31 August 2022

Abstract Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) is a widely used safety assessment method in many fields. Z-number was previously applied in FMEA since it can take both possibility and reliability of information into consideration. However, the use of fuzzy weighted mean to integrate Z-valuations may have some drawbacks and is not suitable for some situations. In this paper, an improved method is proposed based on Z-numbers and the graded mean integration representation (GMIR) to deal with the uncertain information in FMEA. First, Z-numbers are constructed based on the evaluations of risk factors O, S, D for each More >

Zhengshu Zhou^*, Yutaka Matsubara, Hiroaki Takada

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.45, No.1, pp. 35-50, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.030848 - 16 August 2022

Abstract Since entering the era of Industry 4.0, the concept of Healthcare 4.0 has also been put forward and explored by researchers. How to use Information Technology (IT) to better serve people’s healthcare is one of the most featured emerging directions in the academic circle. An important field of Healthcare 4.0 research is the reliability engineering of healthcare service. Because healthcare systems often affect the health and even life of their users, developers must be very cautious in the design, development, and operation of these healthcare systems and services. The problems to be solved include the More >

Dean S. Elterman¹, Kevin C. Zorn², Naeem Bhojani², Bilal Chughtai³

Canadian Journal of Urology, Vol.29, No.6, pp. 11355-11360, 2022

Abstract Introduction: The safety and efficacy of low dose methoxyflurane disposable inhaler (Penthrox) was assessed in this study of men undergoing Rezum water vapor thermal therapy (WVTT).
Material and methods: An open-labeled, single-center study was conducted to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of using methoxyflurane inhaler during a Rezum procedure. Patients assessed current pain intensity using a 10-point Visual Analog Scale (VAS) of Pain at 4 timepoints including (1) before any medication, (2) initially after insertion of the rigid cystoscope and before any Rezum treatment, (3) immediately after final injection of Rezum treatment and (4) at discharge. Patients… More >

Pedro Montenegro^1,*, Raphael Heleno², Hermes Carvalho², Diogo Ribeiro³, Rui Calçada¹, Chris Baker⁴

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.24, No.1, pp. 1-2, 2022, DOI:10.32604/icces.2022.08678

Abstract This work consists of evaluating the impact of the most relevant characteristics of railway vehicles, namely geometric, mechanical and aerodynamic properties, in their runnability in the presence of strong winds, more precisely in the risk of derailment. Such objective is achieved by performing several dynamic with a non-linear vehicle-structure interaction model developed by the authors [1,2] and used in other works in this field [3,4], which allows the evaluation of the wheel-rail contact forces and, consequently, the unloading index, as suggested by the European Norm EN 14067-6 [5]. The calculations are carried out for several… More >

Christopher C. Rosser, Wilbur L. Walters, Abdulghani M. Abdulghani, Mokhles M. Abdulghani, Khalid H. Abed^*

Journal on Artificial Intelligence, Vol.4, No.4, pp. 261-277, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jai.2022.039703 - 25 May 2023

Abstract Intrinsic motivation helps autonomous exploring agents traverse a larger portion of their environments. However, simulations of different learning environments in previous research show that after millions of timesteps of successful training, an intrinsically motivated agent may learn to act in ways unintended by the designer. This potential for unintended actions of autonomous exploring agents poses threats to the environment and humans if operated in the real world. We investigated this topic by using Unity’s Machine Learning Agent Toolkit (ML-Agents) implementation of the Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) algorithm with the Intrinsic Curiosity Module (ICM) to train autonomous exploring… More >

Fereydoon Laal^1,2, Amir Hossein Khoshakhlagh³, Esmaeil Zarei^4,5, Rohollah Fallah Madvari⁶, Somayeh Farhang Dehghan^7,*

Sound & Vibration, Vol.56, No.4, pp. 297-306, 2022, DOI:10.32604/sv.2022.028255 - 03 March 2023

Abstract After controls, including engineering and management, the final way to control noise is to use hearing protection devices. Due to the lack of a standardized questionnaire regarding investigating workers’ use of hearing protection devices on the basis of the BASNEF behavioral model, the present study was conducted to investigate the effect of health education based on the BASNEF model on the use of hearing protection devices in workers of an automobile manufacturing plant in Iran. This quasi-experimental and prospective intervention study was performed on 80 workers at an automobile manufacturing plant who are exposed to… More >