this study was conducted to determine the causes and outcomes of burn in patients referred to shahid mohammadi hospital in bandar abbass, southern iran, in which 212 burned patients were assessed from march 2007 to march 2008 .mean age of patients was 22.14 yr. heat contact was the main cause of burn with 92.5%. 49.1% of total burns occurred among less than 20 yr old people. mortality rate was ...

background and objectives: the burn injuries are one of the serious public health problems which impose a high economic burden on patients and their family, health sector and community in general. this study aimed to explore epidemiological data of burn patients and factors influencing costs of hospitalization due to burn injuries in kermanshah province situated in western iran.   methods: the ...

Mercury (Hg) stored in vegetation and soils is known to be released to the atmosphere during wildfires, increasing atmospheric stores and altering terrestrial budgets. Increased erosion and transport of sediments is well-documented in burned watersheds, both immediately post-fire and as the watershed recovers; however, understanding post-fire mobilization of soil Hg within burned watersheds rem...

We describe the in situ production of a burn wound dressing applied to eschar that completely isolates burned tissue from contamination with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Anesthetized, adult rats were subjected to a scald burn over 10% of their body surfaces. One-half hour later a test dressing presumed to be a barrier to bacterial contamination of the wound was applied to the burned surface. Tannic ...

[1] A synthesis was carried out to analyze information available to quantify fire activity and burned area across North America, including a comparison of different data sources and an assessment of how variations in burned area estimate impact carbon emissions from fires. Data sets maintained by fire management agencies provide the longest record of burned area information. Canada and Alaska h...

Several studies have clearly demonstrated the capability of suitable algorithms based on satellite images to detect fires scars by using optical and radar data. In the near infrared region (0.7-1.3 micron) green vegetation shows high reflectance values compared to the most other natural surfaces. In general this region of the spectrum contains the most useful information on burned surface detec...

This Letter presents field-based evidence of the perturbing effects of surface anisotropy on the remote sensing of burned savannah. The analysis is based on bidirectional spectral reflectance data collected at different solar illumination angles and convolved to Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) reflective bands. Results from a grass savannah site show that burning reduces t...

We estimate future area burned in the Alaskan and Canadian forest by the mid-century (2046–2065) based on the simulated meteorology from 13 climate models under the A1B scenario. We develop ecoregion-dependent regressions using observed relationships between annual total area burned and a suite of meteorological variables and fire weather indices, and apply these regressions to the simulated me...