characteristics of civil defense search and rescue units, turkey, 2008-2009

Characteristics of Civil Defense Search and Rescue Units, Turkey, 2008-2009

BACKGROUND Search and rescue (SAR) is a component of emergency and disaster response. SAR teams are limited in number; thus, collecting information on their characteristics may facilitate the establishment of mutual agreement protocols between countries. The objective of this study was to evaluate the characteristics of the Turkish Civil Defense SAR Units. METHODS This descriptive study was c...

Epidemiology of tuberculosis in Lorestan, 2008-2009

Background : Tuberculosis is known as one of the main causes of mortality worldwide. 1.7 milliard people worldwide are infected with TB germs, there are 8 million new cases of TB annually, and three million deaths occur due to the disease in developing countries. Materials and Methods: This study included all the cases who had referred to all the health centers of Lorestan province with posi...

Clinical characteristics and 30-day outcomes for influenza A 2009 (H1N1), 2008-2009 (H1N1), and 2007-2008 (H3N2) infections.

CONTEXT The clinical characteristics of pandemic 2009 influenza A(H1N1) infections have not been compared directly with illnesses caused by other influenza A strains. OBJECTIVE To compare clinical features and outcomes for 2009 H1N1, seasonal H1N1, and H3N2 influenza in a population-based cohort. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Active surveillance with 30-day follow-up for influenza cases...

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Nuclear attack and civil defense : a review

Subsequent events seem to indicate that, when President Kennedy, in July of 1961, made his appeal for family fallout shelters, he was not doing so because he thought the shelters would protect a large part of the public from a likely nuclear attack. Rather, it seems, his intent in the shelter program, as in the call-up of reserves that took place at about the same time, was to enhance the credi...

Search-and-Rescue Rendezvous

We consider a new type of asymmetric rendezvous search problem in which Agent II needs to give Agent I a ‘gift’ which can be in the form of information or material. The gift can either be transfered upon meeting, as in traditional rendezvous, or it can be dropped off by II at a location he passes, in the hope it will be found by I. The gift might be a water bottle for a traveller lost in the de...