This study reviews seismograms from 10 rock-fall events recorded between 1992 and 2001 by the permanent seismological network Sismalp in the French Alps. A new seismic magnitude scale was defined, which allowed us to compare and classify ground-motion vibrations generated by these Alpine rock-falls. Each rock-fall has also been characterized by its ground-motion duration t30 at an epicentral di...

Aim: Neck hanging is one of the most lethal suicide methods. The morbidity and mortality due to hanging is usually associated with neck’s structure injury attached to a fall from height, venous obstruction and cerebral hypoxia time. Mortality is usually caused by respiratory failure in patients who recovered from hanging. In this study, we aimed to investigate effective factors on mortality in ...

OBJECTIVE To assess radiological outcome of management of calcaneal fractures. METHODS The retrospective study was conducted at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, and comprised data of calcaneal fractures managed between February , 2008 and February, 2014 Cases were identified through medical records, and X-rays were reviewed through digital radiology archive. Bohler\'s angle, Gissane\'s ...

BACKGROUND Frailty is associated with adverse outcomes including disability, mortality and risk of falls. Trauma registries capture a broad range of injuries. However, frail patients who fall comprise a large proportion of the injuries occurring in ageing populations and are likely to have different outcomes compared to non-frail injured patients. The effect of frail fallers on mortality is und...

this experiment was conducted, to study the effect of planting time and planting density on savory (satureja sahendica bornm.) in 2012 in alborz research station, research institute of forests and rangelands, karaj, iran. the experiment was carried out in split plot in time in the form of a randomized complete block design with three replicates. the main plots were planting times in two levels ...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the lesions diagnosed in victims of falls, comparing them with those diagnosed in other mechanisms of blunt trauma. METHODS We conducted a retrospective study of trauma protocol charts (prospectively collected) from 2008 to 2010, including victims of trauma over 13 years of age admitted to the emergency room. The severity of injuries was stratified by the Abbreviated Inju...

We examined changes in P wave height in lead 2 of an ECG obtained during progressive exercise in 23 patients with COPD, and measured both P wave changes and pulmonary hemodynamics during exercise at a constant workload corresponding to approximately 50 to 60 percent of VO2 max in nine patients. The P wave response to exercise (delta P/delta VO2, %/ml/min), estimated by the relationship between ...

During 2003-2013, fatality rates for oil and gas extraction workers decreased for all causes of death except those associated with fall events, which increased 2% annually during 2003-2013 (1). To better understand risk factors for these events, CDC examined fatal fall events in the oil and gas extraction industry during 2005-2014 using data from case investigations conducted by the Occupationa...

a 25-year-old afghan male was presented to the emergency department with femoral shaft fracture following fall from the height. the patient was subjected to femoral nerve block and general anesthesia. first try for performing nerve block led to vascular puncture. therefore, the needle was removed and re-inserted 1 cm lateral to first puncture site and dex injected slowly with aspiration check a...