Alarm bells ring: suicide among Chinese physicians

Foot and mouth alarm bells

Acoustical properties of ancient Chinese musical bells

Ancient Chinese music bells can be traced back to the Shang dynasty (1600–1100 B.C.). In addition to their significance in history and metallurgy, they provide much insight into the design of musical instruments in the early years and continue to make important contribution to acoustics due to their unique acoustical properties and rich physical mechanisms. These music bells differ from carillo...

How did the Suicide Act and Speak Differently Online? Behavioral and Linguistic Features of China's Suicide Microblog Users

Background: Suicide issue is of great concern in China. Social media provides an active approach to understanding suicide individuals in terms of their behavior and language use. Aims: This study investigates how suicide Microblog users in China act and speak differently on social media from others. Methods: Hypothesis testing in behavioral and linguistic features was performed between a target...

Raising the alarm: patient care at risk from too many... bells, beeps & buzzers independent study.

Ask a group of nurses if they’ve ever heard of alarm fatigue and you’ll receive a few puzzled looks. Ask the same group of nurses if they’ve ever heard IV pump beeps and bed alarms in their sleep and everyone starts nodding their head. “We've all had the alarms invade our sleep!,” said Nicole Jaskot, RN, a SE Michigan float nurse. “What nurse hasn't vividly dreamt about work all night only to w...

Fears grow for amphibians

Alarm bells have been ringing around the world about the decline in number of many amphibian populations and a new global study deepens concerns about the future of many species. Nigel Williams reports.