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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Asphyxiation"”.
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Zooplankton Dynamics in Wastewater Treatment High Rate Algal Ponds and development of effective control methods
… field experiment; 3) assessed chemical CO₂ asphyxiation, biological control of rotifers using competitor species, mechanical disruption of zooplankton using hydrodynamic shear stress, and the mechanical removal of zooplankton using filtration, using controlled laboratory conditions; 4) …
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Exploring the cause of injury or death in grain entrapment, engulfment and extrication
… grain entrapment. The most important factor was asphyxiation (which includes aspiration, crush asphyxiation and postural asphyxiation). In 33 cases where the cause of death was medically reported, 63% cited asphyxiation. Another factor of notable importance is psychological, where it was found …
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Someplace Else
… spaces begging for examination—places of asphyxiation, of undiscussed power structures and violence—that do nothing to prepare those living within them to be their examiners. Through the lens of Lumi—a small-town Wisconsin adolescent on the verge of womanhood—the novel examines how …
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Neuropsychological Outcome following Perinatal HIE: Utility of MR Spectroscopy
… a neurodegenerative process caused by prolonged asphyxiation during birth, can vary between minimal impairment and cerebral palsy, mental retardation, or death (30%) (McCulloch, Taylor, & Whyte, 1991). Prognosis after HIE is often difficult to establish because traditional predictors, such as …
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Opportunistic infrastructure : the Trans-Manhattan Expressway
… This hybridization can alleviate the current asphyxiation associated with urban infrastructure, while transforming infrastructure to serve as a catalyst for urban life. This thesis seeks to readapt the Trans-Manhattan Expressway for public use through two strategic interventions. The first …
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Angioedema Ereditario: aspetti neurobiologici e strategie di coping
… transit is blocked, but also to put at risk, by asphyxiation the life of the patient, when it affects the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract such as the glottis. All this implies for the subject who is the carrier of this pathology, a quality of life dominated by uncertainty, anxiety …
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Violence against women : an analysis of the epidemiology and patterns of injury in rape homicide in Cape Town and in rape in Johannesburg
… Most rape homicides have evidence of mechanical asphyxiation included in the mechanism of death. 10. The body areas most targeted by perpetrators in sexual assault are the head, neck and upper limbs. 11. The majority of the minor genital injuries comprise abrasions and lacerations to the …
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Heroes of Peace:The Royal Humane Society and the Award of Medals in Britain,1774-1914
… individuals who saved others from drowning or asphyxiation. The Society and its work were widely admired and imitated both within the United Kingdom and overseas, whilst the medal which it established in 1775 to reward such deeds became the first British bravery medal to be widely distributed …
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Investigation of Quad Bike Rollovers in the Workplace Farm Environment
… environments, which can lead to the crushing and asphyxiation of the rider. A cross sectional survey identified that the quad bike rolling over the rider compared to not rolling over the rider is the risk factor associated the highest odds of serious injury in rollover and lateral rollover …
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Reducing the Risk of Suicide on an Inpatient Acute Behavioral Health Unit
… successfully committed suicide in the form of asphyxiation inside locked facilities are more than likely due to patient bathroom doors. The current unit consists of 30 inpatient medical-psychiatric beds serving the adult and geriatric populations. The goal is to ensure patient safety by …
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Physiological Parameters During Perfusion Fixation of the Rat Central Nervous System for Electron Microscopy
… of this investigation dealt with the problem of asphyxiation of tissues during fixation. A substituted blood containing fluorocarbon which was oxygenated served as the means to study this problem. The last portion of this investigation dealt with buffers and molecular size in relationship to the …
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Autoradiographische Untersuchungen zur Toxikokinetik von Myosmin in Ratten
… One rat each was sacrificed by CO2 asphyxiation six and 15 minutes as well as 1, 4 and 24 hours after intravenous injection Zusammenfassung / Summary 91 of myosmine (5-3H: 1.4 µg/kg; 8.49 MBq/kg or 2’-14C: 0.27 mg/kg; 3.74 MBq/kg). Sagittal sections of 40 µm thickness obtained after …
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Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Summer Habitat Use in Lake Spokane, Washington
… this could not occur because it is the level of asphyxiation. In addition to improving the predictive power of the range bagging model and changing tracking methods, a diet and growth study could be conducted to understand Rainbow Trout health. Although Rainbow Trout in this study were shown to …