Data-driven insights into urban intersections: visual analytics of high-value scene - Yang B, Tang H, Wang X, Liang X, Qin H, Hu H.
In this paper, we propose TraVis, an interactive system that allows users to explore and analyze complex traffic trajectory data at urban intersections. Trajectory data contains a large amount of spatio-temporal information, and while previous studies have... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Purposeful sampling: advantages and pitfalls - Stratton SJ.
This editorial monograph explores the advances and pitfalls of the common forms of purposeful sampling. PURPOSEful sampling is a common research design in qualitative research.
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Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
Letter: importance of neurosurgeons at earthquake-prone countries-learning after earthquakes at Syria and Turkey and correspondence on urgent call for actions - Pahari S, Banerjee S, Kumar H, Mukherjee D.
I am writing to emphasize the critical importance of addressing the shortage of neurosurgeons in Turkey and Syria, particularly in the current earthquake situation. There has been a sequence of immense earthquakes that took place on February 6, 2023, in th... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
Ethics in disaster, mass casualty care, and critical care - Egodage T, Doucet J, Patel PP, Martin MJ.
The primary ethical principle guiding general medical practice is autonomy. However, in mass casualty (MASCAL) or disaster scenarios, the principles of beneficence and justice become of foremost concern. Despite multiple reviews, publications, and training... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
Animal health emergencies: a gender-based analysis for planning and policy - Carlin E, Standley CE, Hardy E, Donachie D, Brand T, Greve L, Fevre S, Wenham C.
There has been increasing recognition of gender-based inequity as a barrier to successful policy implementation. This consensus, coupled with an increasing frequency of emergencies in human and animal populations, including infectious disease events, has p... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
Simulation of dispersion and explosion characteristics of LiFePO(4) lithium-ion battery thermal runaway gases - Zhang M, Yang K, Zhang Q, Chen H, Fan M, Geng M, Wei B, Xie B.
In recent years, as the installed scale of battery energy storage systems (BESS) continues to expand, energy storage system safety incidents have been a fast-growing trend, sparking widespread concern from all walks of life. During the thermal runaway (TR)... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Metabolic demands of a simulated smoke-diving drill - S äynäjäkangas P, Halonen J, Lusa S, Borgenström J, Kukonlehto T, Tuomi P, Kotamäki A, Pietila T, Mänttäri A, Punakallio A.
The main goal of this study was to update the Finnish smoke-diving drill (FSDD) and to measure the physical strain of and recovery from the drill. Furthermore, the aim was to compare the physical strain of contract and professional firefighters and effect ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Impact of repeated blast exposure on active-duty United States Special Operations Forces - Gilmore N, Tseng CEJ, Maffei C, Tromly SL, Deary KB, McKinney IR, Kelemen JN, Healy BC, Hu CG, Ramos-Llord én G, Masood M, Cali RJ, Guo J, Belanger HG, Yao EF, Baxter T, Fischl B, Foulkes AS, Polimeni JR, Rosen BR, Perl DP, Hooker JM, Zürcher NR, Huang SY, Kimberly WT, Greve DN, Mac Donald CL, Dams-O'connor K, Bodien YG, Edlow BL.
United States (US) Special Operations Forces (SOF) are frequently exposed to explosive blasts in training and combat, but the effects of repeated blast exposure (RBE) on SOF brain health are incompletely understood. Furthermore, there is no diagnostic test... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Extracorporeal life support use in mixed distributive-obstructive shock following an electrical injury: a case report - Blake E, Maqsood HA, Dougherty JM, Vercruysse G, Wang SC, Hemmila MR, Sangji NF.
We present a patient who suffered from electrical shock, requiring bilateral above knee amputations, right trans-radial amputation, renal replacement therapy, and ven... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Reasons for not entering opioid agonist treatment: a survey among high-risk opioid users in Finland - Prami T, P ölkki M, Ruotsalainen J, Nordbeck EB, Meyner S, Kaski A.
Aims: To characterise and understand the untreated high-risk opioid user population in Finland, and to determine the reasons why these people do not enter treatment. METHODS: The study setting was a half-year cross-sectional survey in Finland durin... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Preliminary efficacy of a web-based alcohol and emotion regulation intervention on sexual risk behaviors among college women - Hammett JF, Stappenbeck CA.
OBJECTIVE: Using substances before sex may impact sexual decision-making among young women and increase their risk for a variety of negative consequences, including sexual victimization, sexually transmitted infections, and unwanted pregnancies. A brief, w... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Delays in blood collection and drug toxicology results among crash-involved drivers arrested for impaired driving - Price JM, Smith RC, Miles AK, Kayagil TA.
OBJECTIVE: The concentration of drugs in a driver's system can change between an impaired driving arrest or crash and the collection of a biological specimen for drug testing. Accordingly, delays in specimen collection can result in the loss of critical in... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
An urgent call for studies that address the cardiovascular consequences of legalization of marijuana - Rezkalla SH, Kloner RA.
In about a decade, half of the United States has legalized marijuana for recreational use. The drug has been associated with acute myocardial infarction, acute stroke, congestive heart failure, and various cardiac arrythmias. Data have shown that legalizat... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Alcohol effects on drivers' speed management: the influence of visual performance and road complexity - Casares-L ópez M, Castro-Torres JJ, Ortiz-Peregrina S, Martino F, Granados-Delgado P, Del Barco LJ.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this work is to assess how drivers adapt their driving speed as a self-regulation mechanism when driving under the influence of alcohol (DUIA), and the influence of alcohol consumption, visual performance, road complexity, and persona... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
A two-year review of cocaine findings in impaired driving investigations in Ontario, Canada - Currie Z, Lamparter C, Gosselin S, Watterson J.
Drug impaired driving is an increasing public safety concern across Canada, particularly due to the demonstrated increase in use of recreational drugs such as cocaine. Cocaine is a central nervous system stimulant drug; however, it can impair an individual... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
