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Case report: Rapid-onset Parkinsonism after a hornet sting - Tomic S, Zjalic M, Popovi ć Z, Krivdic Dupan Z, Heffer M, Snajder Mujkic D, Mandic D, Guljas S, Petrovic IN.
We present a patient with acute parkinsonism non-responsive to levodopa, who developed striatal lesions after a hornet s... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Characteristics of rodeo injuries and suggestions for injury prevention: a systematic review - Box MKW, Wilson F, Pasque CB, Smith CD.
BACKGROUND: Rodeo is a globally popular sport, with its athletes prone to various types of injuries. There is no systematic review discussing rodeo injuries across all age groups. PURPOSE: To (1) review the published literature on incidence, types ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Genetic variation in male aggression is influenced by genotype of prior social partners in drosophila melanogaster - Hutchins M, Douglas T, Pollack L, Saltz JB.
Social behaviors can be influenced by the genotypes of interacting individuals through indirect genetic effects (IGEs) and can also display developmental plasticity. We investigated how developmental IGEs, which describe the effects of a prior social partn... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Perturbations in risk/reward decision making and frontal cortical catecholamine regulation induced by mild traumatic brain injury - Knapp CP, Papadopoulos E, Loweth JA, Raghupathi R, Floresco SB, Waterhouse BD, Navarra RL.
Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) disrupts cognitive processes that influence risk taking behavior. Little is known regarding the effects of repetitive mild injury (rmTBI) or whether these outcomes are sex specific. Risk/reward decision making is mediated... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Pole balancing on the fingertip: model-motivated machine learning forecasting of falls - Debnath M, Chang J, Bhandari K, Nagy DJ, Insperger T, Milton JG, Ngu AHH.
INTRODUCTION: There is increasing interest in developing mathematical and computational models to forecast adverse events in physiological systems. Examples include falls, the onset of fatal cardiac arrhythmias, and adverse surgical outcomes. However, the ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Tackle risk factors for head injury assessments (HIAs) in sub-elite rugby league and recommendations for prevention: head contacts from upright tackles increase the HIA risk to both ball carrier and tackler - Lang MA, Tucker R, Edwards S, Iverson GL, Gardner AJ.
This study aims to replicate the work conducted in professional rugby league and rugby union by examining Head Inj... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

The utility of the irritability scale in Huntington's disease patients with evidence of irritability or aggression - En-Hua Wang J, Simon NG, Brownstein MJ, Maibach HT, Maibach J, Anderson KE.
INTRODUCTION: Irritability, a common neuropsychiatric symptom in Huntington's disease (HD), lacks a standardized measurement. The Irritability Scale (IS), tailored for HD, has patient and informant versions, but variable interrater agreement has been repor... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Unveiling an asymptomatic cardiac air-gunshot injury - Bardeesi ASA, Koussa M, Vincentelli A, Coisne A, Montaigne D, Pontana F, Juthier F.
Interventricular septum pellet retention after air-gunshot injury in a persistently asymptomatic patient is a rare, clinically significant occurrence. Management involved monitoring, echocardiography, and computed tomography scans. After risk-benefit analy... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

A firearm is a device that fires one or more projectiles at high velocities - Franjic S.
Firearm is the name given to any device that fires one or more projectiles at high velocities using gases developed by the combustion of explosives. Firearms can be intended for self-defense, hunting and sports. Language: en... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news

Smoothing regression and impact measures for accidents of traffic flows - Yu Z, Yang J, Huang HH.
Traffic pattern identification and accident evaluation are essential for improving traffic planning, road safety, and traffic management. In this paper, we establish classification and regression models to characterize the relationship between traffic flow... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

Temperature and humidity prediction of mountain highway tunnel entrance road surface based on improved Bi-LSTM neural network - Tao R, Peng R, Wang H, Wang J, Qiao J.
As the temperature of mountain roads is low and the temperature difference between day and night is large, the change of road surface temperature and humidity will affect the road conditions. For example, cold and wet roads are prone to ice condensation, w... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

Heat literacy and adaptation among semi-rural community in Malaysia - Nellis S, Thu M, Ismail MR, Barteit S, Gouwanda D, B ärnighausen T, Su TT.
This study aimed to examine community perceptions of heat as a potential health hazard and ascertain the current heat protec... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news

License plate recognition using neural architecture search for edge devices - Shashirangana J, Padmasiri H, Meedeniya D, Perera C, Nayak SR, Nayak J, Vimal S, Kadry S.
The mutually beneficial blend of artificial intelligence with internet of things has been enabling many industries to develop smart information processing solutions. The implementation of technology enhanced industrial intelligence systems is challenging w... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

Phase-wise injury integrated severity modeling of road accidents: a two-stage hybrid multi-criteria decision-making model - Trivedi P, Shah J, Eszterg ár-Kiss D, Duleba S.
The road accident severity analysis of any geographic area is usually based on the total number of accidents, while the significance of minor and grievous injuries is often ignored. Furthermore, most research works on road accident severity applies statist... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

Evaluation of eye-catching effect in highway tunnel entrance area based on saccade behavior - Han L, Du Z.
This study aimed to investigate the effects of visual attraction in the entrance areas of highway tunnels on drivers' saccade behavior and driving safety, with the objective of providing insights for tunnel entrance design and driver education. ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news