Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in New Zealand has been serving the society since the first ambulance in 1892. Since then it has developed rapidly following national health system reforms and changes in lifestyle that increase demands and expectations from local communities. Today, the system provides high-quality pre-hospital emergency care. This article will briefly introduce some of the iss...

An approach to the control of a VTOL vehicle equipped with complementary thrusttilting capabilities that nominally yield full actuation of the vehicle’s position and attitude is developed. The particularity and difficulty of the control problem are epitomized by the existence of a maximum tilting angle which forbids complete and decoupled control of the vehicle’s position and attitude in all si...

Modeling the specific motivations and influences related to an individual‘s decision to become involved in insurgent warfare presents its own collection of unique challenges. The difficulty of the problem often necessitates simplifications that, while making the task more manageable, may inadvertently ̳smooth away‘ critical aspects of the problem. Augmenting the challenge is that research into t...

By hybrid aircraft, we mean a UAV that can vertically take-off, land and hover like a helicopter, and meanwhile can be converted to a fixed wing airplane to achieve high forward speed and long endurance than normal helicopters. This paper presents our recent work on control of a novel small scale hybrid aircraft. The proposed aircraft should follow a specific trend of trajectory to be able to c...

36 Software Considerations in Mass Storage Systems Bernard T. O'Lear and Joseph H. Choy Because they represent a large investment, mass storage systems must be designed to increase software longevity and minimize user changes. This generic MSS model maintains most implementations. 45 Experiments with Automatic File Migration D. H. Lawrie, J. M. Randal, and R. R. Barton Virtual memory techniques...

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One of the most important QC tests of whole-cell pertussis vaccine (WCPV) is potency test. In this regard, mouse protection test (MPT) is the current potency method, which is associated with severe animal distress and large variability in results. The purpose of this study was to assess Pertussis Serological Potency Test (PSPT) as a serological alternative method to intracerebral challenge in M...

the aim of the study was to assess the safety of nasal allergen challenge, and the use of certain parameters applied in assessing the condition of the respiratory system. we enrolled 30 patients diagnosed with allergy to common environmental allergens and 30 healthy controls. the safety of nasal challenge tests with an allergen was assessed by measuring the concentration of exhaled nitric oxide...