Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing, 2008 The purpose of this research was to analyze the effects of an eye protective device and ear protective device application on sleep disorder with coronary disease patients in CCU.The research design was set up as a nonequivalent control group non-synchronized design. The subjects were coronary disease patients in the CCU of a tertiary hospital.
Yoon Jung, Koo, Hyo Jung, Koh
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Evaluation of Operator and Patient Doses after Irradiation with Handheld X-ray Devices
Applied Sciences, 2023 This study aimed to evaluate radiation doses from handheld X-ray devices, specifically NOMAD Pro 2TM (DvcN), Rextar X (DvcRX), and Diox 602 (DvcD), targeting operator and patient’s critical organs and tissues.
Ali Altındağ +3 more
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Increasing Eye Injuries Following Exposure to Laser Beams, the Silent Epidemic [PDF]
Taṣvīr-i salāmat, 2023 While light is a visible and narrow range of the electromagnetic spectrum that is responsible for vision, Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (laser) is a monochromatic and polarized beam with a specific frequency and minimum ...
Masood Bagheri
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Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2020 Objective: to compare the mean development time of the techniques of direct laryngoscopy and insertion of supraglottic devices; and to evaluate the success rate in the first attempt of these techniques, considering health professionals wearing specific ...
Israel Baptista de Souza Borges +3 more
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Implantable micromechanical parylene-based pressure sensors for unpowered intraocular pressure sensing [PDF]
, 2007 This paper presents the first implantable, unpowered, parylene-based microelectromechanical system (MEMS) pressure sensor for intraocular pressure (IOP) sensing.
Agrawal, Rajat +7 more
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Eye protection practices and symptoms among welders in the Limpopo Province of South Africa+
African Vision and Eye Health, 2009 Welding is associated with several ocular and systemic hazards especially where adequate protective measures are not taken. The purpose of this project was to study the eye protection practices and symptoms among welders in the Capricorn District of ...
H. L. Sithole +2 more
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Implantable Unpowered Parylene MEMS Intraocular Pressure Sensor [PDF]
, 2006 This paper presents the first implantable, unpowered, parylene-based micro-electro-mechanical-systems (MEMS) pressure sensor for intraocular pressure (IOP) sensing.
Chen, Po-Jui +4 more
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Estimated Risk of HIV Acquisition and Practice for Preventing Occupational Exposure: A Study of Healthcare Workers at Tumbi and Dodoma Hospitals, Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2013 Health care workers (HCWs) are at risk of acquiring human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV) and other infections via exposure to infectious patients' blood and body fluids.
A Kilale +25 more
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Years of sunlight exposure and cataract: a case-control study in a Mediterranean population. [PDF]
, 2007 BACKGROUND: We aimed to investigate the relation between sunlight exposure and risk of cataract. METHODS: We carried out a frequency-matched case-control study of 343 cases and 334 controls attending an ophthalmology outpatient clinic at a primary health-
Chaqués-Alepúz, Vicente +3 more
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Wearing a bike helmet leads to less cognitive control, revealed by lower frontal midline theta power and risk indifference [PDF]
, 2019 A recent study claims that participants wearing a bike helmet behave riskier in a computer-based risk task compared to control participants without a bike helmet.
Holroyd, Clay +3 more
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