The endocrine, metabolic and inflammatory responses to injury and infection are composed of a variety of physiological changes often grouped together and called the surgical stress response. Over the past few decades, detailed knowledge has accumulated on this response and has allowed consideration and development of therapeutic manoeuvres designed to assist or manipulate the patient's response...

Australia experiences frequent heat waves and generally high average temperatures throughout the continent with substantial impacts on human health and the economy. People adapt to heat by adopting various relief measures in their daily lives including changing their behaviour. Many labour intensive outdoor industries implement standards for heat stress management for their workforce. However, ...

Abstract We have developed a new technique for diagnostics in connection with vibration stress relief. The measurement images by us unique acoustic spectrum recording are not only suitable determining the natural frequencies of metal castings, but can also be deduced from them dislocation crystal structure and residual stress, which cause deformation later. From changes between images, effect d...

et al. Imaginal exposure alone and imaginal exposure with cognitive restructuring in treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. Q For people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), does cognitive restructuring with prolonged imaginal exposure lead to greater symptom relief than imaginal exposure alone? METHODS Design: Randomised controlled trial.

OBJECTIVE The objectives of this study were to examine changes in stress among parents of children with special needs in a respite service and consider parental experience of the service. METHODS Families who were enrolled in a ten-month centre-based respite program were invited to participate in the evaluation. Change in parent stress, indexed by the Parent Stress Index-Short Form (PSI-SF), ...