OBJECTIVES This study investigated the socio-demographic characteristics and medical causes of death among meteorological disaster casualties and compared them with deaths from all causes. METHODS Based on the death data provided by the National Statistical Office from 2000 to 2011, the authors analyzed the gender, age, and region of 709 casualties whose external causes were recorded as natur...

BACKGROUND In 2008, we showed that incomplete or delayed extremity fasciotomies were associated with mortality and muscle necrosis in war casualties with limb injury. Subsequently, we developed an education program focused on surgeon knowledge gaps regarding the diagnosis of compartment syndrome and prophylactic fasciotomy. The program included educational alerts, classroom training, video inst...

Downslope winds and lee gravity waves are common features of mountainous environments. A similar weather type at Mt. Parnassos in Arachova, Greece is known as “Katevatos” has devastating results for the population visitors local touristic resorts. In this study, we analyze three incidents atmospheric pattern scale resolution (1 × 1 km) with WRF model. This first study hazard, following key fact...

The Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center (VMASC) at Old Dominion University is developing an academic battle lab facility. The battle lab is a highly sophisticated computer simulation laboratory that integrates constructive, virtual and live simulations with intelligent decision support and collaboration tools to create an environment in which to evaluate new ideas and concepts. Th...

background: one of the medical team’s responsibilities is to teach the methods of rescue and aid necessary for casualties who have been injured in disasters. they must be taken away of the place of disaster, transferred, categorized and cured. methods: delphi technique was used in this research. firstly, a number of questions were framed and sent to a number of experts of different majors. they...

In this paper we explore whether violence in Iraq is gravitating towards a steady state level of violence observed in other civil wars, such as those in Colombia, Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone, among others. Using data from the Iraq Body Count for 2003-2007, we explore whether civilian casualties follow a power law distribution. We replicate previous analyses of civilian casualties and confirm that c...

Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to mark the 62nd anniversary of the Battle of Crete by introducing this House Resolution which recognizes and appreciates the historical significance of the people of Crete during World War II. This is a historic event with direct significance to the allies’ victory of World War II. On May 20, 1941, thousands of German paratroopers and gliders began landi...

Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to mark the 62nd anniversary of the Battle of Crete by introducing this House Resolution which recognizes and appreciates the historical significance of the people of Crete during World War II. This is a historic event with direct significance to the allies’ victory of World War II. On May 20, 1941, thousands of German paratroopers and gliders began landi...

OBJECTIVES To determine factors affecting the severity of moped and motorcycle injuries in Barcelona--the city with the highest number of motorcycles per inhabitants in Europe--paying special attention to differences across vehicle type and to the role of congestion in a city that has promoted powered two-wheelers (PTWs) to alleviate traffic density. METHOD Drawing on Barcelona's local police...

BACKGROUND Nepal is one of the post-conflict countries affected by violence from explosive devices. We undertook this study to assess the magnitude of injuries due to intentional explosions in Nepal during 2008-2011 and to describe time trends and epidemiologic patterns for these events. METHODS We analyzed surveillance data on fatal and non-fatal injuries due to intentional explosions in Nep...