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Fatal penetrating injuries of the chest
… descriptive study of all cases with fatal penetrating chest injuries admitted to the Salt River Medicolegal Laboratory in Cape Town during 1990 was undertaken. In 1990, a total of 5 758 cases was admitted to the Salt River Medicolegal Laboratory of which 1834 cases (39%) were the …
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Fatal and Non-Fatal Police Shootings in the United States, 2015: An Examination of Open-Source Data
… fact raises a question of what distinguishes fatal and non-fatal police shootings (FNFPS). However, no existing database is available to address how often and under what circumstances civilians have died from or survived police shootings in the United States. To fill the gaps, this …
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Spatial Analysis of Fatal Automobile Crashes in Kentucky
<p>Fatal automobile crashes have claimed the lives of over 33,000 people each year in the United States since 1995. As in any point event, fatal crash events do not occur randomly in time or space. The objectives of this study were to identify spatial patterns and hot spots in FARS (Fatal Analysis …
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An American Dream: The Fatal Gambit For Sutpen And Gatsby
… as men of distinctive American character in fatal pursuit of the American dream. The attainment of that dream, defined as an individual goal of personal success, which is sought in a state of unlimited possibility, which is ultimately expressed in socially acceptable terms, and which can be …
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Spatial Analysis of Fatal Automobile Crashes in Nashville, TN, 2001-2011
… body of literature pertaining to time-related fatal crashes, most of which focuses on non-spatial factors such as a driver’s visibility at night, drinking and drug use, and road conditions. These studies provide a theoretical basis for understanding the causes of crashes from a non-spatial …
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SURVIVING THEIR GRIP: EXAMINING MEDICAL FORENSIC CASES OF NON-FATAL STRANGULATION
Non-fatal strangulation (NFS) is a serious and increasingly recognized form of violence with significant clinical, legal, and public health implications. This dissertation utilizes a three-manuscript format to advance the understanding of NFS prevalence, risk factors, and assessment across …
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Investigating Medical Examiners' Practices: Genetic Evaluation For Fatal Acute Aortic Dissection
… premature death from dissection. Due to its high fatality rate, medical examiners and coroners (ME/Cs) may be the first to identify TAD cases and initiate genetic testing for the decedent and at-risk relatives. ME/Cs were surveyed using three clinical vignettes detailing two cases of early-onset …
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Conflicting goals in product development : learning from the fatal Firestone flaw
The human-centered design approach is a powerful methodology for developing products that are considerate of humanity. Yet, in spite of the proven success of empathetic design, we still see products that fail, amplify negative social behaviors, or take advantage of human tendencies for the sake of …
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Serious and Fatal Injury Risk in Road Departure Crashes with Guardrail
… stability control (ESC) reduces odds of fatal crashes with roadside barriers by about 50 % For LTVs, ESC reduces barrier fatality odds by about 40 %. Based on the effectiveness levels observed in this research, it is estimated that ESC could prevent about 410 out of 1180 possible …
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Ehrlichiosis: Understanding immune mechanisms that lead to the development of fatal disease
… Ehrlichia (IOE) results in CD8+ T cell-mediated fatal toxic shock-like syndrome marked by apoptosis of CD4+ T cells, a weak CD4 Th1 response, and overproduction of TNF-alpha and IL-10. C57BL/6 mice were inoculated intradermally or intraperitoneally with IOE, models that closely reproduce the …
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Reactions to a Near Fatal Accident: An Investigation of Emotion and Coping Responses
… of an intercollegiate athletic team to a near fatal bus incident. PANAS-X and the Brief COPE, administered on five occasions, indicated NA declined over time. Most coping strategies showed significant changes in trajectory. Acceptance and Positive Reframing were high across waves.</p> <p>In …
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Toxicological Findings in Fatal Road Traffic Accidents in Cape Town: A Pilot Study
… burden. Toxicological analyses in cases of RTA fatalities are not performed routinely in SA (apart from alcohol analysis), thus understanding the burden of other drug impairment on road traffic deaths is limited. Aim: A prospective toxicological analysis was performed in a cohort of road traffic …
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Analysis Of Fatal And Nonfatal Accidents Involving Earthmoving Equipment Operators And On-Foot Workers
… indicating the severity of accident outcome (fatal vs. nonfatal) was selected as the dependent variable, and a variety of factors potentially affecting the outcome comprised the independent variables. Cross tabulation results enabled the understanding and evaluation of associations between the …
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Standardisation of Serious and Fatal Fire Learning Reviews in Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service
… Learning lessons from individual serious and fatal fires is also very valuable, as well as collaboration and data sharing with partner agencies. One way of achieving this is via multi-agency reviews following serious and fatal fires.<br/><br/>A review of current practice with regards to these …
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Where Gunshots Turn Fatal: A Geographic Examination of the Spatial Patterning of Gun Violence
… degree to which separate shooting typologies (fatal and non-fatal) concentrate in micro-places, 2) whether they co-locate at micro-places, and 3) the likely community characteristics and place-based dynamics that explain these observed patterns. Importantly, the role of place-based dynamics …
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Chaos and Cossacks, two fatal vendettas : the invasions of Russia in 1708 and 1812
Introduction: There were two invasions of Russia by foreign powers in the early eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Charles XII of Sweden entered Russia in 1708 and was destroyed in battle outside Poltava in 1709. Napoleon invaded in 1812 and was back in France before the end of that year, having …
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Analysis of Fatal General Aviation Accidents Occurring from Loss of Control on Approach and Landing
<p>According to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), loss of control in-flight is the greatest cause of general aviation accidents. The purpose of this study was to determine the most frequently occurring probable causes and contributing factors from loss of control in-flight. This …
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Development, characterization and transcriptional profiling of a mouse model of fatal infectious diarrhea and colitis
Citrobacter rodentium is a naturally occurring murine bacterial pathogen which is used to model human diarrheagenic E. coli (EPEC and EHEC) infections in mice. C. rodentium causes colonic hyperplasia and a variable degree of colitis and mortality in the majority of inbred and outbred lines of mice. …
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A safety analysis of industrial accidents. Accident records of major coal producing countries are analysed to obtain fatal and non-fatal accident rates. Significant factors influencing these rates are identified with efficacy of preventive measures.
… examined. The study analyses in paricular the fatal accident rate, and major and minor rate. The Major health hazards associated with coal mining are described in detail and discusses together with the Measurement of safety performance and its application in the Safety field. The study also …
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Fatal Restrictions: Exploring State-Level Abortion Laws, Sociodemographic Contexts, and Maternal Mortality in the United States
The United States reports one of the highest maternal mortality rates (MMR) among high-income nations, reflecting a persistent public health crisis. Pregnancy-related deaths disproportionately affect individuals across racial and socioeconomic lines, illustrating long-standing systems of …
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