OBJECTIVE To review the characteristics of unintentional injuries and their impact on children and adolescents. SOURCES OF DATA Articles published between 2000 and 2005 in the MEDLINE, EBSCO, Proquest, SciELO, BVS and Google Scholar databases were selected. The authors used the keywords unintentional injuries, injuries, safe home, burns, falls, drowning, scorpions, snakes, poisoning, child, a...

INTRODUCTION Unintentional injuries (injuries for which there is no evidence of a predetermined intent) are one of the leading causes of death worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Although evidence demonstrates unintentional injuries are preventable it is a public health challenge for many LMICs such as the Solomon Islands. Occupational therapists are well placed...

OBJECTIVE To examine emergency department (ED) data sharing via a local injury surveillance system and assess its contribution to the prevention of violence and alcohol-related harms. METHODS 6-year (2004-2010) exploratory study analysing injury attendances to one ED in the North West of England using descriptive and trend analyses. RESULTS Over the 6-year period, there were 242,796 ED inju...

In his paper, “Actions, Reasons, and Causes,” Donald Davidson discusses what makes an action intentional. According to Davidson, an agent acts intentionally if the agent acts for a reason. He defines reason as “a belief and desire” (5). This means that the agent desires to perform an action of a certain type and believes that the action she chooses is of that type. This explanation is very plau...

Unintentional attacks on watermarking schemes lead to degrade the watermarking channel, while intentional attacks try to access the watermarking channel. Therefore, watermarking schemes should be robust and secure against unintentional and intentional attacks respectively. Usual security attack on watermarking schemes is the Known Message Attack (KMA). Most popular watermarking scheme with stru...

Objectives: Globally, child mortality from external causes is in decline, but it still among the leading of deaths. The aim this first national study was to determine trends rates children aged 1-14 years Serbia. Methods: Mortality data were collected database Statistical Office Joinpoint analysis used assess average annual percentage change (APC) and corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI) ...

BACKGROUND The relationship between body mass index (BMI), weight loss, and mortality in older adults is not entirely clear. The purpose of this article is to evaluate the associations between BMI, weight loss (either intentional or unintentional), and 3-year mortality in a cohort of older adults participating in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Study of Aging. METHODS This artic...