Effect of directional distribution on stairway capacity at a suburban railway station - Jiten S, Gaurang J, Purnima P, Shriniwas A.
Flow condition on undivided stairways becomes more acute during heavy inflow of pedestrian under restricted space. The study of pedestrian movement under such conditions is inevitable for understanding overall operation at a railway station. Limited studie...
Source: SafetyLit - May 14, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Egress, Escape, Evacuation, Crowds Source Type: news

A real-time posture monitoring method for rail vehicle bodies based on machine vision - Liu D, Lu Z, Cao T, Li T.
Monitoring vehicle operation conditions has become significantly important in modern high-speed railway systems. However, the operational impact of monitoring the roll angle of vehicle bodies has principally been limited to tilting trains, while few studie...
Source: SafetyLit - January 23, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

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Got a burning passion for health? Ready to make a difference? We ’ve got you covered.JoinCochrane Crowd, our partner platformsMark2Cure andStall Catchers and our collective global volunteer network for the CitSciMed Blitz. Together we can speed up medical research and make a difference.Cochrane Crowd is Cochrane ’s new citizen science platform. Our main focus is identifying studies that provide the best possible evidence of the effectiveness of a health treatment. Once identified by the Crowd the studies go into a central register where health researchers and practitioners can access them. The more studie s identified ...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - January 15, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news

Emergency department staff beliefs about self-harm: a thematic framework analysis - Koning KL, McNaught A, Tuffin K.
To explore the beliefs and attitudes of emergency department staff about self-harm behaviour. Existing studies looking at views regarding self-harm rely solely on the information provided by medical and nursing staff using a questionnaire format. No studie...
Source: SafetyLit - November 8, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Cost-effectiveness analysis of a multifactorial fall prevention intervention in older home care clients at risk for falling - Isaranuwatchai W, Perdrizet J, Markle-Reid M, Hoch JS.
BACKGROUND: Falls among older adults can cause serious morbidity and pose economic burdens on society. Older age is a known risk factor for falls and age has been shown to influence the effectiveness of fall prevention programs. To our knowledge, no studie...
Source: SafetyLit - September 8, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

Longitudinal impact of Hurricane Sandy exposure on mental health symptoms - Schwartz RM, Gillezeau CN, Liu B, Lieberman-Cribbin W, Taioli E.
Hurricane Sandy hit the eastern coast of the United States in October 2012, causing billions of dollars in damage and acute physical and mental health problems. The long-term mental health consequences of the storm and their predictors have not been studie...
Source: SafetyLit - August 28, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news

Toward establishing a standard symptom set for assessing sluggish cognitive tempo in children: evidence from teacher ratings in a community sample - Becker SP, Burns GL, Schmitt AP, Epstein JN, Tamm L.
Despite increasing interest in sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) in children, the field is stymied by the lack of a standard symptom set that can be used across studies. Without a standard symptom set, it is difficult to determine if differences across studie...
Source: SafetyLit - June 28, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

Is the association between hip fractures and seasonality modified by influenza vaccination? An ecological study - Fraenkel M, Yitshak-Sade M, Beacher L, Carmeli M, Mandelboim M, Siris E, Novack V.
Osteoporotic hip fractures in 4344 patients were more common during winter. Lower temperatures were associated with higher rates of fracture only in those not vaccinated for influenza. Influenza outbreaks increased the risk of hip fractures. Further studie...
Source: SafetyLit - May 29, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news

Effects of acute alcohol on excitability in the CNS - Harrison NL, Skelly MJ, Grosserode EP, Lowes DC, Zeric T, Phister S, Salling MC.
Alcohol has many effects on brain function and hence on human behavior, ranging from anxiolytic and mild disinhibitory effects, sedation and motor incoordination, amnesia, emesis, hypnosis and eventually unconsciousness. In recent years a variety of studie...
Source: SafetyLit - May 12, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

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Updated Date: Mar 30, 2017 EST
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates - March 30, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: alerts

A new concept of organization and scope of neurosurgical care in the US army during armed conflicts in the early 2000s - Khrapov YV, Alekseev DE, Svistov DV.
Military operations in various parts of the world in the early 2000s are becoming more regionalized; new warfare tactics emerge, which makes it necessary to review and modify the neurosurgical care system. The article reviews the results of original studie...
Source: SafetyLit - March 17, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Commentary Source Type: news

Systematic review of neuropsychological rehabilitation for prospective memory deficits as a consequence of acquired brain injury - Mahan S, Rous R, Adlam A.
OBJECTIVES: Prospective memory (PM) impairments are common following acquired brain injury (ABI). PM is the ability to keep a goal in mind for future action and interventions have the potential to increase independence. This review aimed to evaluate studie...
Source: SafetyLit - January 21, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Benefits of game-based leisure activities in normal aging and dementia - Narme P.
Given the increasing prevalence of dementia and the limited efficacy of pharmacological treatments, it is crucial to improve the knowledge of the factors that might delay the onset of dementia for developing non-pharmacological interventions. Recent studie...
Source: SafetyLit - December 20, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

Analysis of falls in patients with epilepsy enrolled in the perampanel phase III randomized double-blind studies - Leppik IE, Yang H, Williams B, Zhou S, Fain R, Patten A, Bibbiani F, Laurenza A.
OBJECTIVE: To analyze occurrence of falls among patients with partial seizures, with/without secondarily generalized seizures (SGS), and primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures (PGTCS) in the perampanel phase III clinical studies. METHODS: Studie...
Source: SafetyLit - November 25, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Traumatic brain injury as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease: current knowledge and future directions - Dams-O'connor K, Guetta G, Hahn-Ketter AE, Fedor A.
There is growing concern about the late effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI). This scoping review summarizes clinical research from the past 10 years that evaluates the relationship between TBI and Alzheimer's disease. This review identified five studie...
Source: SafetyLit - September 9, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

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