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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Injury Death"”.
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African American women and HIV prevention
… bear a disproportionate burden of disease, injury, death, and disability. The purpose of this study was to examine African American females and their HIV prevention methods, as well as to identify factors that may lead to the non-use of condoms. Seventy-one participants were recruited from …
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Structural Health Monitoring Using Deep Learning
… can develop to failures potentially resulting in injury, death and huge economic costs. Traditional methods such as visual inspection are subjective, tedious and prone to human error. Recently image-based methods have been employed, typically relying on image processing techniques for damage …
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Coverage of alcoholism and the consequences of alcohol use in lay magazines: A content analysis
… consequences of alcohol consumption such as injury, death, DWI's or health related conditions. People who read lay publications like the ones in this study are being given inaccurate or incomplete information regarding alcohol consumption. A wide discrepancy between the reality and facts of …
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NLRP3 in Renal Injury and Inflammation
Renal cell injury, death and inflammation are hallmarks of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Unresolved inflammation can chronically damage renal tissue resulting in fibrosis and kidney failure. The Nlrp3 inflammasome has been implicated in the innate immune response to cellular injury and represents a …
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A sytemic study of mining accident causality : an analysis of 91 mining accidents from a platinum mine in South Africa
… usually lead to the destruction of property, injury/death of mine workers, and pollution of the environment. Although mining is generally seen as a hazardous operation worldwide, the accident rates in South African mines are still unacceptably high. Another worrying phenomenon is the fact that …
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Measurement of Wood Pallet Performance Subjected to Uniform Loading in Racked, Fork Tine, and Floor Stacked Support Conditions
… forces. Every year product damage and human injury/death result from improperly designed pallets, non-reliable packaging systems, and careless materials handling methods. In use wood pallets are exposed to a variety of loads and support conditions. This research investigates the effect of …
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Investigating Volcanic and Glacial Processes Using Microseismicity
… can erupt suddenly, without warning, causing injury, death and damage to property. Glaciers generally present a hazard over longer timescales, melting or sliding into the oceans and contributing to sea-level rise. The movement of melt at volcanoes, and ice at and near the Earth′s poles, can be …
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The spatial distribution of injury mortality of children in the western geographic service area, City of Cape Town (2011-2015)
Background: Child injury is a major global public health concern with accounting for nearly 300,000 deaths annually and non-fatal injuries resulting in long or short - disabilities. Young children are more likely to be involved in a non-fatal injury than adolescents, who are more likely to be …
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Estimation of the Scale of Injury according to Severity
… of this study is to classify the severity of injury into death, hospitalization, and outpatient department, to grasp the current conditions of injury by estimating and pyramiding intention and the scale of injury mechanisms according to intention, and to find the characteristics of the pyramid …