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Evaluation of possibilities of differentiating the causes of fatal falls from a height using the Berghaus scale

open access: yesArchives of Forensic Medicine and Criminology, 2017
Aim of the study : In Poland, approximately several hundred of individuals die due to falls from a height annually; in some cases, it is difficult to determine explicitly whether the fall was caused by an accident or suicidal attempt.
Grzegorz Teresiński   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A scientometric analysis and review of fall from height research in construction

open access: yesConstruction Economics and Building, 2020
Fall from height (FFH) in the construction industry has earned much attention among researchers in recent years. The present review-based study introduced a science mapping approach to evaluate the FFH studies related to the construction industry.
Vigneshkumar C, Urmi Ravindra Salve
doaj   +1 more source

A Motion Similarity Measurement Method of Two Mobile Devices for Safety Hook Fastening State Recognition

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2022
Fall from height (FFH) is an accident that leads to fatalities in construction workers, and a major cause of FFH is due to the improper fastening of a safety hook of a safety harness to a temporary structure.
Kyu-Seob Song   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fall from Heights – Pattern of Injuries

open access: yesInternational Journal of Biomedical Research, 2015
Deaths due to fall from heights are common in the State of Kerala. Majority of the cases are falls from tall trees and buildings. The present study was conducted in the Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical College, Trivandrum. The objective was to find out the nature and pattern of injuries sustained to the victims of fall from heights.
V, Prathapan, B, Umadethan
openaire   +3 more sources

Verification of usefulness of the method for determining the height of fatal falls proposed by Lau et al.

open access: yesArchives of Forensic Medicine and Criminology, 2020
The present report is a follow-up to our previous studies on the determination of the height of fatal falls, and it is focused on the verification of the method developed by Lau et al.
Anna Milaszkiewicz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Suicides in the Bernese mountains

open access: yesSports Psychiatry
: Introduction: Jumping/falling from high structures is a common form of suicide. Mostly, these suicides occur on artificial structures. However, there are also natural formations which are used for committing suicide.
Elena Schoch   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Virtual Assessment of a Representative Torso Airbag under the Fall from Height Impact Conditions

open access: yesSafety, 2023
A fall from height is the main cause of serious injuries and fatalities in occupational and work-related accidents, especially construction. Falls from scaffolds, ladders, or roofs are very frequent accident scenarios.
Raúl Aranda-Marco, Steffen Peldschus
doaj   +1 more source

Falls from height: orthopaedic and psychiatric evaluation.

open access: yesActa bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis, 2020
Fall from a height is one of the major causes of significant trauma with high morbidity and mortality rates. Traumatological damage control is often the primary treatment both for suicide attempt survivors and for accidental fall victims, but management of the hospitalization of psychiatric patients requires more resources than other patients ...
Faggiani, Marianna   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources

An epithelial GPR35 isoform supports tumor‐associated transcriptional and metabolic phenotypes

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
GPR35 generates two functionally distinct isoforms with previously unresolved roles. GPR35‐short mediates immune‐cell chemotaxis, while GPR35‐long is enriched in colorectal cancer epithelium, where it supports increased metabolism, proliferation, and tumor‐associated transcriptional programs.
Jørgen D. Rønneberg   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

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