The aim of the study was to assess the group 24-h pattern of lag time (LT) in response by regular and volunteer firemen (RFM and VFM) to calls for medical help (CFMH), specifically calls for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). LT, duration in min between a CFMH and departure of service vehicle equipped with a semiautomated defibrillator and generally staffed with four well-trained and ready-...

UNLABELLED The study of high frequencies has proven its importance for detecting inner ear damage. In some cases, conventional frequencies are not sensitive enough to pick up early changes to the inner ear. AIM To analyze the results of threshold high frequency analysis of individuals exposed to noise with normal conventional audiometry. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a retrospective cross-...

Wildfire early detection and prevention had become a priority. Detection using Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, however, is expensive in practical situations. The majority present wildfire research focuses on segmentation detection. developed machine learning models deploy appropriate image processing techniques to enhance the outputs. As result, time necessary for data drastically reduced, as...

Lifetime job histories from a population-based, case-control study of gliomas diagnosed among adults in the San Francisco Bay area between August 1991 and April 1994 were evaluated to assess occupational risk factors. Occupational data for 476 cases and 462 controls were analyzed, with adjustment for age, gender, education, and race. Imprecise increased risks were observed for physicians and su...

The main findings reported by recent epidemiological studies on paternal occupations and birth defects are reviewed, and the main limitations associated with these studies discussed. Epidemiological studies on paternal occupations and birth defects were reviewed for the period 1989 to 1999 inclusive. Systematic searches were made with search engines with related keywords. There were several com...

The concept of multi-agent systems (MAS) appeared when computer science researchers had the need to solve problems involving the simulation of real environments with several intervenients (agents). Solving these requires a coordination process between agents and in some cases negotiation. Such is the case of a catastrophe scenario with the need intervention to minimize the consequences, like fo...

Introduction: Training in disaster medicine can be partly theoretical but it must include a large practical part. If part of developed through exercises virtual reality or on computer, the realization life-size bringing together all disciplines is great help this learning. Exercises such magnitude are difficult to carry out civilian life for reasons resources and cost. We therefore wanted devel...

• Lighting is never ideal in a disaster site. In order to simulate realistic lighting, drape the arena in a shade cloth (mounted high enough to block the overhead lighting but out of the way of spectators) then add in emergency lighting throughout the course. This way, the audience can still view the course during competition and competitors get a better feel for the odd lighting encountered du...

Where to put the monitoring points in a system is a very common problem (environment, industry , health, and so on). We show that Archimedes maps, that is, measure preserving transformations , provide the right tool for this problem. Conversely, we insist that random exploration , often preferred because of simplicity and low cost, should definitely be avoided. Many of our contracts, both in in...