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Multi-organ involvement caused by Scedosporium apiospermum infection after near drowning: a case report and literature review - Yao Y, Xu Q, Liang W, Ji S, Kosari M, Xu S, Zhu Z, Mao Z.
BACKGROUND: Scedosporium apiospermum (S. apiospermum) is a rare fungal pathogen that causes disseminated infections. It rarely affects immunocompetent individuals and has a poor prognosis. CASE PRESENTATION: A 37-year-old woman presented with multiple lesi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Drowning, Suffocation Source Type: news

Development of a brief bedside tool to screen women sexual assault survivors for risk of persistent posttraumatic stress six months after sexual assault - Walsh K, Short N, Ji YY, An XM, Witkemper KD, Lechner M, Bell K, Black J, Buchanan J, Ho J, Reed G, Platt M, Riviello R, Martin SL, Liberzon I, Rauch SAM, Bollen K, McLean SA.
This study aims to develop and validate a brief bedside tool to screen women survivors presenting for emergency care following sexual assault for risk of persistent elevated posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) six months after assault. Participants were 5... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Dissociative symptoms in women with histories of intimate partner victimization: a focus on coercive control - Newton TL, Cerrillos AM, Phares AM.
Identifying and contrasting different patterns of intimate partner violence (IPV) (e.g. situational couple violence, coercive controlling violence) is useful for understanding IPV and its connections with health. Applying this approach to dissociation may ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Functional testing following isolated meniscus repair may help to identify patients who need additional physical therapy prior to a return to activity - Gronbeck KR, Tompkins MA.
OBJECTIVES: Functional testing (FT) commonly used to evaluate dynamic knee function and provide objective information about how well a patient has progressed in rehabilitation following an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. The purpose of the... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

How does leader emotional labor influence employee voice: the mediating roles of psychological safety and perceived voice efficacy - Li J, Xia Y, Ji C, Li H.
This study aims to explore the impact of leader emotional labor on employee voice. According to the emotion as information theory and the voice as a deliberate decision-making process framework, this study develops and tests a model that examines t... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

The use of vision system to determine lateral deviation from landing trajectory - Rogalski T, Rzucid ło P, Noga S, Nowak D.
This study presents an image processing algorithm capable of calculating selected flight parameters requested by flight control systems to guide aircraft along the horizontal projection of the landing trajectory. The parameters identified based on ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news

Comprehensive assessment of artificial intelligence tools for driver monitoring and analyzing safety critical events in vehicles - Yang G, Ridgeway C, Miller A, Sarkar A.
Human factors are a primary cause of vehicle accidents. Driver monitoring systems, utilizing a range of sensors and techniques, offer an effective method to monitor and alert drivers to minimize driver error and reduce risky driving behaviors, thus helping... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news

Neuronal dynamics direct cerebrospinal fluid perfusion and brain clearance - Jiang-Xie LF, Drieu A, Bhasiin K, Quintero D, Smirnov I, Kipnis J.
The accumulation of metabolic waste is a leading cause of numerous neurological disorders, yet we still have only limited knowledge of how the brain performs self-cleansing. Here we demonstrate that neural networks synchronize individual action potentials ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news

Impact of burns and eye injuries on patients' quality of life (review article) - Bilalov EN, Нарзикулова, Mirrakhimova SS, Oralov BA, Sobirova RU.
Burns and injuries to the eye are one of the most serious medical and social problems affecting patients' quality of life. Modern research shows that the consequences of such injuries can range from mild temporary visual impairment to severe ones, leading ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Research on static fault tree analysis method for inerting system safety based on random number generation - Zhang R, Geng L, Liu W.
PURPOSE To reduce the flammability exposure assessment time and meet the requirements of airworthiness regulations of transport aircraft, inerting system has become the standard configuration of modern civil aircraft. Therefore, airworthiness regulations p... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Timepoint for return to occupations post-burn injury using the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) - Kittrick AM, Jones A, Morgan LT.
INTRODUCTION: The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) was implemented at a state-wide burns service to ensure compliance with current best evidence as outlined by the Australian and New Zealand Burns Association 'burn trauma rehabilitation: al... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Design and aerodynamic characteristics analysis of propellers for a novel rescue unmanned aerial vehicle - Guan YJ, Li YP.
PURPOSE To solve the shortcomings of existed search and rescue drones, search and rescue the trapped people trapped in earthquake ruins, underwater and avalanches quickly and accurately, this paper aims to propose a four-axis eight-rotor rescue unmanned ae... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news

Forest fire detection in aerial vehicle videos using a deep ensemble neural network model - Sarikaya Basturk N.
PURPOSE The purpose of this paper is to present a deep ensemble neural network model for the detection of forest fires in aerial vehicle videos. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH Presented deep ensemble models include four convolutional neural networks (... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Analysis of influencing factors of aircraft fuel tank flammability - Geng L, Zhang R, Liu W.
PURPOSE It is an indispensable part of airworthiness certification to evaluate the fuel tank flammability exposure time for transport aircraft. There are many factors and complex coupling relationships affecting the fuel tank flammability exposure time. Th... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Biomarker profiling in plants to distinguish between exposure to chlorine gas and bleach using LC-HRMS/MS and chemometrics - de Bruin-Hoeg ée M, van der Schans MJ, Langenberg JP, van Asten AC.
Since its first employment in World War I, chlorine gas has often been used as chemical warfare agent. Unfortunately, after suspected release, it is difficult to prove the use of chlorine as a chemical weapon and unambiguous verification is still challengi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news