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The U.S. expansion has been driven to an unusual extent by falling personal saving and rising borrowing by the private sector. If this process goes into reverse, as has happened under comparable circumstances in other countries, there will be a severe ...
Wynne Godley
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Accidental immersion and unintentional drowning of rural children: An investigation for the Child Accident Prevention Foundation of New Zealand [PDF]
, 2002 In New Zealand drowning amongst preschoolers is one of the leading causes of death. The monetary and emotional costs to society are devastating and cannot be underestimated .
Mahony, Lisa +2 more
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Pediatrics, 2019 Drowning is a leading cause of injury-related death in children. In 2017, drowning claimed the lives of almost 1000 US children younger than 20 years. A number of strategies are available to prevent these tragedies.
Sarah A. Denny +7 more
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Responsive Materials, EarlyView.We systematically summarize how each scale dictates fundamental choices in design feature, manufacturing technology, driving mechanism, and control strategy, which are inherently governed by scale‐dominated physical principles. Furthermore, the application of scale‐determined operation modes of microrobots across different stages of medical ...
Hang Yin +3 more
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Drowning and the influence of hot weather.
PLoS ONE, 2013 BackgroundDrowning deaths are devastating and preventable. Public perception does not regard hot weather as a common scenario for drowning deaths. The objective of our study was to test the association between hot weather and drowning risk.Materials and ...
Michael Fralick +2 more
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Proceedings of the Lifesaving Foundation’s 2010 Research Conference & Ireland Medal Ceremony [PDF]
, 2010 The Lifesaving Foundation Ltd (2010) These Proceedings are freely available in the public domain for distribution to anyone involved and interested in decreasing drowning deaths around the world.
Avramidis, S, Stallman, RK
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Mapping River Bed Topography in Whitewater Rapids Using Bathymetric LiDAR
River Research and Applications, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Bathymetric LiDAR captures river topography efficiently for clear and shallow water, but for mountain rivers, whitewater rapids still pose challenges. This study proposes a novel method to enable the extraction of bottom returns specifically in turbulent whitewater sections.
Jan Rhomberg‐Kauert +5 more
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The development of an intervention package to prevent children under five years old drowning in rural Bangladesh [PDF]
, 2016 Aim: There are an estimated 372 000 worldwide deaths by drowning every year, and it has been described as a secret epidemic in Bangladesh. The aim of this study was to develop an intervention package to prevent children under the age of five from ...
Hossain, Mosharaf +3 more
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Long‐Term Morphodynamic Responses to Flood Diversion in the Lower Kano River, Japan
River Research and Applications, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Fluvial morphodynamics—the interaction between water flow, sediment transport, and channel morphology—is a central concern in sustainable river management. However, the long‐term effects of flood diversion remain underexplored. This study investigated the decadal‐scale morphodynamic responses of the lower Kano River in Japan following the ...
Yuta Itsumi +4 more
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Zhongguo gonggong weishengObjectiveTo investigate the epidemiological characteristics and related influencing factors of fatal drowning in children and adolescents aged 0–17 years in Chongqing, thus providing evidence for the prevention and control of fatal drowning in this ...
Rongkun WU +4 more
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