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Showing 1 to 20 of 423 for “"Burned"”.
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Geology of the burned mountain area, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-96).
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Multitemporal mapping of burned areas in mixed landscapes in eastern Zambia
… in eastern Zambia. A new approach for mapping burned areas uses multitemporal image analysis with a fuzzy clustering algorithm to automatically select spectral-temporal signatures that are then used to classify the images to produce the desired spatio-temporal burned area information. Testing …
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BURNED OUT FROM HEALING THE BROKEN HEARTED: THE EXPERIENCES OF CARDIAC NURSES
… Southern Illinois University Carbondale. TITLE: BURNED OUT FROM HEALING THE BROKEN HEARTED: THE EXPERIENCES OF CARDIAC NURSES MAJOR PROFESSOR: Kathleen Chwalisz, Ph.D. It has been well documented that prevalence of cardiovascular disease has become a major global healthcare problem. In the United …
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The acute effects of propranolol on metabolic dysfunction in severely burned pediatric patients
… shown benefit of propranolol use in pediatric burned patients, but much is still unknown about the acute metabolic changes related to propranolol and burn injury. In this study we used stable isotope infusion techniques to analyze acute metabolism in the first few weeks after severe burn …
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While Rome Burned: Fire, Leadership, and Urban Disaster in the Roman Cultural Imagination
Images of urban conflagration had a powerful hold on the ancient Roman literary imagination. This phenomenon represents a unique confluence between literary tradition and urban reality: Greco-Roman literature offers a wide array of poetic, philosophical and historiographic reflections of cities …
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Burned out cognition and cortisol? Burnout in relation to cognitive performance and cortisol levels
Contains fulltext : 160912.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Investigation of Surface Instability Processes in Burned Areas through Remote Sensing and Field Surveys
Wildfires strongly impact rocky, forested landscapes, driving erosion, debris production, and changes in sediment connectivity. This study combines field surveys, remote sensing, and experimental analyses in the 2021 Montiferru-Planargia Fire and 2022 Los Guajares Fire burnt areas to investigate …
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Factors Affecting the Regrowth of <i>Ilex glabra</i> in a Routinely Burned Longleaf Forest
… regeneration of <em>I. glabra</em>. Frequently burned areas had a significantly higher (F<sub>1,67</sub>= 22.95, p< 9.6e-06, R<sup>2</sup>= 0.255) <em>I. glabra</em> stem density. Maximum soil surface temperature during the fire had a negative correlation (F<sub>1,34</sub>= 10.76, p= 0.002, …
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Habitat selection of three rodents in a frequently burned boreal environment : productivity and habitat diversity
… the summers of 1973 and 197^. One had been unburned for 120 years, the other was part of a fire which burned in the spring of 1969. Grids of 15m x 15m were established in each plot and meter square quadrats taken at each of the 250 grid intersections in order to determine plant composition and …
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Social reform in the burned-over district: Rochester, New York as a test case, 1830-1854
… enthusiasm earned it both the unique title of “Burned-over District" and a prominent place in historians’ accounts of antebellum reform. While some scholars have remained content to describe the activities and ideas of the reformers, others have probed the social foundations of the movements in …
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The use of histological methods to distinguish between burned remains of human and non-human bone
… is complicated when bone is highly fragmented or burned. Previous research has established the ability to differentiate human from non-human bone histologically, however, further research is necessary to determine if this is still applicable in the case of burned remains. In South Africa, …
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The effect of early versus late enteral feeding on the hypermetabolic response of the paediatric burned patient
… However, research addressing these issues in the burned child (birth to 13 years old), are limited. Aim: To compare EEF, to delayed or late enteral feeding (LEF), and to evaluate whether the practice is beneficial in paediatric burned patients. Criteria: The criteria for the patients were (a) a …
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Snowmelt and rainfall runoff in burned and unburned catchments at the intermittent-persistent snow transition, Colorado Front Range
… in and near the High Park Fire area, two burned and two unburned, at the intermittent-persistent snow transition. Catchments were instrumented to monitor snow accumulation and ablation, rainfall, soil moisture, soil and air temperature, and streamflow response throughout water year 2015. …
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The importance of a protocol in the recovery and handling of burned human remains in a forensic context
Fire-related fatalities pose many investigative challenges, in part due to their fragility. This can be managed with the creation of protocols, specific to the environment in which they are implemented. Currently, no protocol for the recovery and handling of fire-related fatalities exists in Cape …
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The burned child : scarred for life? : a study of the long-term psychosocial adjustment of paediatric burn survivors
… disfigurement on the social relationships of the burned child. The participants' use of coping strategies and social support in mediating against the negative effect of strained social interactions was also considered. The interviews concluded with an investigation of the future prospects of the …
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Aetiology and outcome of patients burned from 2003 to 2008 at the Tygerberg Hospital burns unit, Western Cape, SA
Rural to urban migration to major cities in South Africa continues to lead to the proliferation of informal settlements. There is little recent published data on the epidemiology of adult burns in the Western Cape, South Africa. The prediction of outcome in severe burns is important to aid in …
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Reviving His Work: Social Isolation, Religious Fervor and Reform in the Burned Over District of Western New York, 1790-1860
This thesis examines revivalism and reform movements in rural areas of western New York. The bulk of literature on this region in the Second Great Awakening concentrates on middle class, urban people. This thesis argues that revivalism and evangelical fervor was carried to rural portions of the …
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The interaction between glucose and fat metabolism and insulin resistance in severely burned children and the metabolic effects of fenofibrate
Insulin resistance occurs in conjunction with disturbances in fat and glucose metabolism and mitochondrial dysfunction. Four human studies were conducted to better understand this relationship in the settings of aging and burn trauma. \r\nThe first two studies focused on aging. Insulin resistance …
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