This study evaluated whether a brief videotape could motivate pregnant pool owners to be trained in infant/child cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Women were recruited from prenatal classes in South Florida. Eligible volunteers were randomized to view a video or receive standard treatment, after completing a questionnaire. The video explained toddler drowning risk, as well as the value of is...

The factors associated with submersion events among less than 20-year-old persons that occurred in King County from 1974 to 1983 were studied to focus prevention efforts. Near-drowning (n = 103) and drowning (n = 96) victims were identified from medical examiners' reports, paramedics' reports, and hospital discharge registers. Annual incidence was 5.5; the mortality rate was 2.6 per 100,000 chi...

Global Positioning System (GPS)-based virtual fences offer the potential to improve the management of grazing animals. Prototype collar devices utilising patented virtual fencing algorithms were placed on six Angus heifers in a 6.15 hectare paddock. After a "no fence" period, sequential, shifting virtual fences restricted the animals to 40%, 60%, and 80% of the paddock area widthways and 50% le...

Cache coherence protocols using self-invalidation and selfdowngrade have recently seen increased popularity due to their simplicity, potential performance efficiency, and low energy consumption. However, such protocols result in memory instruction reordering, thus causing extra program behaviors that are often not intended by the programmer. We propose a novel formal model that captures the sem...

69 INTRODUCTION It has been estimated that more than 1 million deer-vehicle crashes (DVCs) occur each year in the United States, costing the traveling public more than $1 billion.1 Some of the countermeasures that have been applied to reduce DVCs include deer fencing, wildlife crossing structures, roadside reflectors, vehicle whistles, highway lighting and speed limit reductions.2–4 The install...

Coastal dunes are globally recognized as natural features that can be important adaptation approaches for climate change along urban and shores. We evaluated the recovery of coastal on an intensively groomed beach in southern California over a six-year period after grooming was discontinued. Restoration actions were minimal included installation three sides perimeter sand fencing, cessation mec...