Motorcycle safety among motorcycle taxi drivers and nonoccupational motorcyclists in developing countries: A case study of Maoming,South China

Objective: An increasing number of motorcycle taxis have been involved in traffic crashes in many developing countries. This study examines the characteristics of both motorcycle taxi drivers and nonoccupational motorcyclists, investigates the risks they pose to road safety, and provides recommendations to minimize their risks.

Methods: Based on the data collected from a questionnaire survey of 867 motorcycle taxi drivers and 2,029 nonoccupational motorcyclists in Maoming, South China, comparisons were made to analyze differences of personal attributes, attitudes toward road safety, and self-reported behavior of the 2 groups.

Results: Results of the chi-square tests show that not only motorcycle taxi drivers but also nonoccupational motorcyclists in Maoming held poor attitudes toward road safety and both groups reported unsafe driving behavior. There is much room for improving local road safety education among all motorcyclists in Maoming. Yet, motorcycle taxi drivers were more likely to pose road safety risks than nonoccupational motorcyclists under some circumstances, such as speeding late at night or early in the morning, not requiring passengers to wear helmets, and running a red light. The results of the binary logistic regression model show that possessing a vehicle license for a motorcycle or not was the common significant predictor for unsafe driving behavior of motorcycle taxi drivers and nonoccupational motorcyclists. Therefore, enforcement against all motorcyclists not showing vehicle licenses for their motorcycles should be stepped up.

Conclusion: Motorcycle safety is largely poor in Maoming. Therefore, efforts to improve motorcycle safety should be strengthened by targeting not only motorcycle taxi drivers but also nonoccupational motorcyclists.     

滨海石化项目环境综合风险评估方法研究

研究针对国内目前的研究现状,运用环境风险评价指数法建立滨海石化项目环境风险评估体系,采用层次分析法和熵权法结合的组合赋权法,结合专家咨询法进行指标的修改与完善,运用线性加权组合法对评估体系中指标权重的赋值,并计算滨海石化项目的环境风险等级,确定项目的风险强弱.实例分析表明环境风险管理在环境风险的产生和预防占有十分重要的地位,通过加强和完善环境风险的管理体系,结合环境因素的敏感程度及风险源的产生和影响,能降低环境风险及事故的影响程度.     

Advanced treatment of wet-spun acrylic fiber manufacturing wastewater using three-dimensional electrochemical oxidation

A three-dimensional electrochemical oxidation(3D-EC) reactor with introduction of activated carbon(AC) as particle micro-electrodes was applied for the advanced treatment of secondary wastewater effluent of a wet-spun acrylic fiber manufacturing plant. Under the optimized conditions(current density of 500 A/m~2, circulation rate of 5 mL/min, AC dosage of 50 g, and chloride concentration of 1.0 g/L), the average removal efficiencies of chemical oxygen demand(COD_(cr)), NH3–N, total organic carbon(TOC), and ultraviolet absorption at 254 nm(UV_(254)) of the 3D-EC reactor were 64.5%, 60.8%, 46.4%, and 64.8%, respectively; while the corresponding effluent concentrations of COD_(cr), NH_3–N, TOC, and UV_(254) were 76.6, 20.1, and42.5 mg/L, and 0.08 Abs/cm, respectively. The effluent concentration of COD_(cr) was less than 100 mg/L, which showed that the treated wastewater satisfied the demand of the integrated wastewater discharge standard(GB 8978-1996). The 3D-EC process remarkably improved the treatment efficiencies with synergistic effects for COD_(cr), NH_3–N, TOC, and UV_(254) during the stable stage of 44.5%, 38.8%, 27.2%, and 10.9%, respectively, as compared with the sum of the efficiencies of a two-dimensional electrochemical oxidation(2D-EC) reactor and an AC adsorption process, which was ascribed to the numerous micro-electrodes of AC in the 3D-EC reactor. Gas chromatography mass spectrometry(GC–MS) analysis revealed that electrochemical treatment did not generate more toxic organics, and it was proved that the increase in acute biotoxicity was caused primarily by the production of free chlorine.     

厦门海域海漂垃圾对海洋生态系统潜在生态风险研究

海洋垃圾漂浮于海面将影响海洋生物的光合作用和呼吸作用,对海洋生态系统的平衡与健康将产生潜在的风险。本文通过收集2009年厦门海域海漂垃圾清理与清运资料,系统地分析厦门岛海漂垃圾的来源和分布,以期揭示海漂垃圾对海洋生态环境的生态风险,提出切实合理的整治意见,为海洋管理和决策部门提供科学依据。     

KS-2000宽频带地震计作为综合观测仪器的可行性探讨

取用安徽省数字地震台网金寨地震台KS-2000宽频带地震计记录到的资料,采用matlab的低通滤波功能对地震计垂直向和水平向记录到的资料进行处理,并利用matlab分别画出其频谱图,发现KS-2000宽频带地震计的垂直向能较为清晰的记录到固体潮汐。     

串联组合离子选择电极的研究——利用Ag2S电极测定废水中S2-离子含量

本文依据电池串联原理将多组电极串联组合,减少了因电动势测量误差而造成的测定浓度的相对误差,明显地提高了测定的精密度和准确度.对工业废水中S~(2-)离子含量的测定结果令人满意.其相对偏差低于2.5％,方法回收率为97.5—101.7％,明显优于现有离子选择电极测定方法.与比色法进行比较,测得结果基本一致.     

城市污水回用系统研究的整数规划模型

本文介绍研究工作中建立的城市污水回用系统规划的0—1整数规划数学模型、重点探讨了在规划的污水收集系统、污水处理厂位置、处理等级已确定的条件下,如何选择再生水回用对象、回用规模,追加的深度处理规模等经济合理、技术可行的再生水分配系统。通过某地区城市污水土地处理回用系统的实例研究,验证了所建模型的合理性与实用性。     

华北地区兼性塘中试研究

研究了华北地区一个串联塘系统中的一个兼性塘。该塘系统由两个厌氧塘,一个兼性塘和一个好氧塘蛆成,处理河北省沧州市的城市污水。该污水中工业污水的比例约为70%。对运行数据的分析表明,该兼性塘在去除BOD₅方面起到了应有的作用,并且有较强的分解难降解有机物的能力,但对氨氯及SS的去除贡献甚微。示踪试验的结果表明,该兼性塘的结构设计、进水配水及出水集水装置的布量合理,可以推荐使用。在运行和研究结果基础上,本文提出了几种方法和参数,作为有关兼性塘设计使用。      

衣康酸/苯乙烯磺酸共聚物的合成及其阻垢性能研究

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