Analysis of the possibilities of individual admission to train work of employees of locomotive crew workers after high-tech medical interventions: on the need to change regulatory legal acts

Introduction. JSC "Russian Railways" monitors morbidity and changes in the health status of employees, including after the use of high-tech assistance methods (radiofrequency ablation, joint replacement, etc.). In some cases, JSC "Russian Railways made decisions on individual admission to training work of persons who have undergone such high-tech interventions, even if there are medical contraindications to work. The study aims to learn the feasibility of individual admission to work of train personnel after high-tech medical care. Furthermore, it makes the professional longevity of railway transport workers. Materials and methods. We analyzed the information for 2015-2020 about the identified medical contraindications in workers directly related to training traffic and shunting work, with rhythm and conduction disorders, surgical diseases, and lesions of large joints, including those aimed at high-tech assistance. In addition, the researchers evaluated the clinical and economic efficiency of their admission to work. Results. More than 70% of employees after radiofrequency ablation and joint replacement can return to train workers, which has brought an indirect economic effect of at least 150 million rubles over six years. It is a prerequisite for the revision of existing regulatory documents. Conclusions: The use of high-tech treatment methods makes it possible to prolong professional longevity through individual admission to train employees of the group of machinists, drivers, and their assistants. The research showed an indirect economic effect for the railway industry for at least 150 million rubles over six years, which is the basis for changing medical expert approaches and medical contraindications to work directly related to training traffic.

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Concorrenza e regolazione nel settore ferroviario: l'importanza del materiale rotabile

Economia e Politica Industriale ◽

10.3280/poli2009-002004 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 47-72

Author(s):

Carlo Cambini

Keyword(s):

Jel Classification ◽

Railway Transport ◽

Transport Regulation ◽

Market Competitiveness ◽

Railway Industry ◽

Pros And Cons ◽

Overall Efficiency ◽

Barrier To Entry ◽

The Uk

- The liberalization process in the railway industry is highly influenced by the availability of rolling stocks. Although these assets are duplicable and cannot therefore be defined as essential facilities, evidence from many countries shows that they represent the most relevant barrier to entry in the market. In this paper, following the UK experience, we analyse the role of the rolling stocks and the hypothesis of a vertical separation of these assets from the present owner, i.e. the incumbent operator Trenitalia SpA. We therefore evaluate the pros and cons of a potential de-integration of the Italian railway industry in order to enhance market competitiveness and the overall efficiency of this industry. . Keywords: railway transport, regulation, competition, essential facilities Parole chiave: trasporto ferroviario, regolazione, concorrenza, asset essenziali . Jel Classification: L43 - L51 - L92

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HYGIENIC INFLUENCE OF PRODUCTION FACTORS ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DERMATOSES IN RAILWAY TRANSPORT WORKERS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

10.31089/978-5-6042929-2-1-2021-1-241-245 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

O.A. Karpova ◽

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V.A. Semenikhin ◽

B.A. Balandovich ◽

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Keyword(s):

Skin Diseases ◽

Working Environment ◽

Labor Process ◽

Diagnosis And Treatment ◽

Railway Transport ◽

Working Population ◽

Study Objective ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Production Factors ◽

Transport Workers

Abstract: Introduction. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is necessary to look for new approaches to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of skin diseases in the working population. Study objective. To study the hygienic influence of harmful and dangerous factors of the working environment and the severity of the labor process on the structure of the general dermatological morbidity in railway transport workers who ensure the safety of train traffic in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and methods. The complex of harmful production factors affecting railway transport workers was studied according to the sanitary and hygienic characteristics of the working conditions of employees of the Altai region of the West Siberian Railway of JSC "Russian Railways". The structure of the general dermatological morbidity was studied according to the statistical coupons of outpatient patients who applied to a dermatovenerologist in the CHUZ " CB "Russian Railways-Medicine" Barnaul for the period 2019-2020. Results. The conducted complex of hygienic, epidemiological and statistical studies showed that the combined impact of chemical, meteorological, physical, biological harmful production factors and the severity of the labor process (class 3.1-3.5) in railway transport workers who ensure the safety of train traffic leads to the development of such production-related skin diseases as contact dermatitis and psoriasis. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, skin infections (62.8%) predominate over non-infectious dermatoses in the structure of the total dermatological morbidity. The share of primary morbidity increased to 90.8%. The first rank is occupied by pyoderma (47.5%), the second – allergodermatoses (20.0%), the third – mycoses (11.6%). Conclusion. The COVID-19 pandemic leads to changes in the epidemiological and clinical features of dermatoses in the working population, which must be taken into account in their prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

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SYSTEM OF INDICATORS FOR ASSESSING INNOVATION ACTIVITY IN HIGH-TECH COMPANIES

EKONOMIKA I UPRAVLENIE: PROBLEMY, RESHENIYA ◽

10.36871/ek.up.p.r.2021.07.02.002 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (7) ◽

pp. 15-23

Author(s):

A. E. SKLYAROV ◽

Keyword(s):

Distinctive Feature ◽

Economic Effect ◽

Innovation Activity ◽

High Tech ◽

Four Blocks ◽

Knowledge Intensive

The article contains proposals for the development of the assessment of innovation activity of a knowledgeintensive organization. They include four blocks of indicators: the portfolio of innovative activities, own work within it, the duration of implementation of innovative projects, the economic effect of their implementation. A distinctive feature of the system is the assessment of indicators of innovation activity within the framework of the execution of profitable contracts of a knowledge-intensive organization.

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Conducting Icos as a Modern Investment Approach for Implementation of Innovations for the Ukrainian Railway Transport

International Journal of Engineering & Technology ◽

10.14419/ijet.v7i4.3.19964 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (4.3) ◽

pp. 597

Author(s):

I Zaitseva ◽

M Ieromina ◽

Y Prudius

Keyword(s):

Road Transport ◽

Innovation Activity ◽

Railway Transport ◽

Decentralized System ◽

Fixed Assets ◽

Railway Industry ◽

Accounting Reports ◽

National Road ◽

Transport Complex ◽

Implementation Of Innovations

The Ukrainian railway transport is the leading branch in the national road transport complex. Until recently, the Ukrainian railways have been satisfying the transportation needs of the economy and the population. Today, the service life of the technical resource of railways is practically expired. Therefore, there is a threat that the railway transport fails to satisfy future transportation needs of the Ukrainian economy.According to the accounting reports of Ukrzaliznytsya PJSC, at the end of 2016, the deterioration level of the fixed assets in the industry was 69.4%. In the context of a constant budget shortfall, the most urgent issue for Ukrainian railways is focusing on activation of innovation activity. We believe that most of the schemes of the traditional economy in the 21st century no longer work; therefore, alternatives should be searched for, the most obvious of which now is the cryptoeconomy with its decentralized system. The development and implementation of innovations in the Ukrainian railway industry requires new approaches to the system of financing innovations in the country; in this respect, ICO is a modern and promising method of attracting investments.

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Digitization in Rail Transport

Problemy Kolejnictwa - Railway Reports ◽

10.36137/1885e ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 64 (188) ◽

pp. 137-148

Author(s):

Janusz Poliński ◽

Krzysztof Ochociński

Keyword(s):

Customer Service ◽

Traffic Management ◽

Transport Infrastructure ◽

Rolling Stock ◽

Railway Transport ◽

Railway Traffic ◽

Railway Industry ◽

Operations And Maintenance ◽

Trained Staff

Digital transformation in the railway industry is an important element in the development of railways and should benefit commuters, railway operators, infrastructure managers and rolling stock manufacturers. The process of digitization applies to two domains, i.e. customer service and railway companies’ operation. This paper aims to present previous eff orts regarding the use of digital technologies in customer relations and in the field of operations and maintenance, which translates into the quality of services provided. This paper highlights important concepts of this domain with respect to passenger and freight transport, infrastructure, railway rolling stock and railway traffic management. It is also argued that the process of digitization needs properly trained staff . Examples of innovative initiatives of Polish and European railway companies are covered. Keywords: railway transport, digitization, digitization of the railways

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Uber, Marshrutkas and socially (dis-)embedded mobilities

The Journal of Transport History ◽

10.1177/0022526618757203 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 39 (1) ◽

pp. 72-91 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Lela Rekhviashvili ◽

Wladimir Sgibnev

Keyword(s):

Labour Force ◽

High Tech ◽

Capital Investments ◽

Negative Externalities ◽

State Regulations ◽

Labour Relations ◽

Safety Risks ◽

Labour Standards ◽

Transport Workers ◽

Global North

This article offers a first comparative discussion about ride-sharing (ride-sourcing) practices and informal transport. It focuses primarily on Uber, and marshrutkas – a socially and economically crucial mobility offer prevailing in many post-Soviet cities. The absence or evasion of state regulations, low labour standards of transport workers, and high safety risks for passengers unite the high-tech globalised corporate ride-sourcing sector and low-tech localised marshrutkas. The digital technological leap has made it infinitely easier to recruit transport workers to de-territorialise coordination activities, to advocate for avoiding regulations and draw significant capital investments. In cities of the Global North this leads to an informalisation of formerly relatively protected labour relations. In cities of the Global South, this can involve the loss of horizontally embedded modes of shared transport, in favour of corporate ride-sourcing: further fragmentation and alienation of the labour force, without solving issues of negative externalities.

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Results of comprehensive studies conducted by the Central Research Institute (VNIIZhT) and construction work of the Ministry of Railways (RZD) to increase the loading gauge of freight and passenger rolling stock on the railways of Russian Federation

Vestnik of the Railway Research Institute ◽

10.21780/2223-9731-2019-78-1-19-26 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 78 (1) ◽

pp. 19-26

Author(s):

Yu. M. Lazarenko ◽

D. N. Arshintsev ◽

O. N. Nazarov ◽

Yu. S. Kireeva

Keyword(s):

Economic Effect ◽

Central Research Institute ◽

Rolling Stock ◽

Central Research ◽

Railway Transport ◽

Passenger Cars ◽

Railway Network ◽

Industrial Enterprises ◽

Railway Rolling Stock ◽

Research Institute

The article presents the content and results of a set of studies on the scientific and methodological support for the modernization of structures and devices built according to the old loading gauge standards or its expired durability, the entire 1520 (1524) mm gauge railway network under the loading gauge standard T for rolling stock, allowing to increase axle and running loads of cars and due to this — the mass of trains, as well as solve the global problem that arose in the middle of the last century to increase the efficiency of the most important branch of Russia — railway transport. Variants of increased loading gauges were developed (Тпр for any rolling stock, Тц for tanks, Та — for electric rolling stock, Тб — for passenger cars), which were included in the GOST 9238 – 83 “Loading gauges of railway rolling stock and structure clearance” and Ministry of railways instructions (no. TsP/4425 — for clearance of structures; no. TsV/4422 — for loading gauge of the rolling stock and no. TsD/4172 — for transportation of oversized and heavy (nonstandard) freights), as well as zonal and flatcars loading gauges. Scientific and methodological studies carried out by the institute during the half-century period (mid-XX — early XXI) identified structures and devices that limit the use of rolling stock of loading standard T, its elimination during 1982 – 2005, as well as transition of industrial enterprises to the production of new freight and passenger cars of increased loading standards Тпр and Та, developed by the Institute. This identification was made on the basis of the overall classification of all railway infrastructure and access railroads of the former USSR. New regulatory framework for railway rolling stock loading gauges and structure clearance (GOST 9238 – 2013) was developed based on a global survey of actual dimensions of all structures and infrastructure devices of the 1520 (1524) mm gauge railways (area 1520). Railway Research Institute of the Ministry of Railway Transport (currently, JSC “VNIIZhT”) made scientific and methodological support for the modernization of infrastructure objects, exhausted its life span for the 100-year period of operation. Scientific and methodological support carried out by the Institute allowed the creation and operation of rolling stock with an increased loading gauge standard Тпр: for freight traffic — with increased running loads by 2 ton/m or more compared to European railways; for passenger traffic — more comfortable and 39 % more spacious double-deck compartment cars. Increasing the loading gauge of the rolling stock provides increased efficiency of rail transport by increasing productivity, reducing the required fleet of cars for the transportation of equal volumes as well as operating costs. At the same time achieved annual total economic effect amounts to 2,205 billion rubles. Introduction of the flatcar loading gauge contributes to the organization of transportation of heavy trucks by rail and, therefore, improve the environmental situation.

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On the creation of the Intelligent multimodal transport system of Russia and the project “Intelligent container chain“

Vestnik of the Railway Research Institute ◽

10.21780/2223-9731-2020-79-5-276-281 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 79 (5) ◽

pp. 276-281

Author(s):

B. M. Lapidus

Keyword(s):

Transport System ◽

High Speed ◽

Road Transport ◽

Unmanned Vehicles ◽

High Tech ◽

Railway Transport ◽

Russian Science ◽

Multimodal Transport ◽

The Creation ◽

Transport Complex

In the article, the ideas for the development of unmanned freight vehicles and the construction of high-speed railways are transformed into an innovative resource-efficient and high-tech solution — the creation of an Intelligent Multimodal Transport System of Russia, and the development of projects and structures for unmanned vehicle freight traffic — into the “Intelligent Container Chain” project. The proposals put forward are based on an analysis of the potential of the Russian railways and its implications for the spatial development of the Russian Federation. The trends in the development of unmanned vehicles are analyzed and it is concluded that its implementation in Russia will require the construction of specialized road, energy and digital infrastructure with the appropriate allocation of land allocation and supply of energy, communications and other technological communications. The need to search for new scientific, technological and organizational solutions is shown to achieve synergy between the demand for container road transport and the infrastructural and technological capabilities available in the railway transport system. As such a decision, the expediency of developing a new Intelligent Multimodal Transport System under the auspices of the Russian Railways was substantiated. Priority directions for the development of this system, as well as technical and investment solutions and scientific and technological tasks necessary for its implementation, have been determined. At the same time, questions have been formulated that require scientific study. The advantages of the proposed system for increasing the efficiency of using the transport space and developing a breakthrough competitive infrastructure business of the Russian Railways are disclosed. The prospect of the formation on this basis of unique high-tech groundwork is shown, which makes it possible to realize the potential of Russian science and the transport complex and has a high export potential.

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Healthy Birth Practice #1: Let Labor Begin on Its Own

The Journal of Perinatal Education ◽

10.1891/1058-1243.28.2.68 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 28 (2) ◽

pp. 68-80 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Debby Amis

Keyword(s):

Obstetric Care ◽

Labor Induction ◽

Low Risk ◽

Professional Organizations ◽

Current Evidence ◽

High Tech ◽

Care Providers ◽

Medical Interventions ◽

Nulliparous Women ◽

Obstetric Care Providers

Current evidence and professional organizations identify letting labor begin on its own as one of the most important strategies for promoting normal, physiologic birth. It also prevents iatrogenic prematurity and the need for high-tech medical interventions required for labor induction. Because the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) now states that it is reasonable for obstetric care providers to offer induction at 39 weeks to low-risk nulliparous women, it is more important than ever for childbirth educators to be familiar with best evidence on letting labor begin on its own.

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