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INTREPID platform: new technologies at the service of the safety of the first responders in search and rescue operations

Territorium: Revista Portuguesa de riscos, prevenção e segurança
The scenarios that follow a natural or man-made disaster are always chaotic, changing, and, above all, dangerous for first responders, who must deal with complex and hostile areas while searching for and rescuing victims.
Andrés Cabañas Jiménez, Ana María Cintora Sanz, Patricia báñez Sanz, Manuel José González León, Carmen Colmenar García, Natalia Cámara Conde, Mónica Caballero García, Tatiana Vázquez Rodríguez   +7 more
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Retrospective Analysis of Donor Lymphocyte Infusions in Pediatric Patients With Mixed Chimerism After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) is an essential therapy for several malignant and nonmalignant diseases, but relapse and graft loss remain the principal threats to its success. Routine monitoring of chimerism and minimal residual disease (MRD) enables early detection of imminent recurrence and guides ...
Carmen Junk, Sebastian Michaelis, Michaela Döring, Thomas Eichholz, Ursula Holzer, Martin Ebinger, Tim Flaadt, Rupert Handgretinger, Peter Lang, Jan Frederic Weller, Markus Mezger   +10 more
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Integrating Spirituality in Group Psychotherapy with First Responders: Addressing Trauma and Substance Misuse

Religions, 2022
First responders (e.g., fire fighters, law enforcement, paramedics, corrections officers) are at disproportionately high risk of experiencing posttraumatic stress and engaging in substance misuse.
Caroline Cecil Kaufman, David Hillel Rosmarin, Hilary Connery   +2 more
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Pediatric Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease Is Often Severe But Responsive to Siltuximab

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease (iMCD) is a potentially fatal immunologic disorder marked by widespread lymphadenopathy and inflammation. Siltuximab, an interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) inhibitor, is the only FDA‐approved treatment for adult patients with iMCD.
Bridget Austin, Sheila K. Pierson, Kelley C. Dacus, Mateo Sarmiento Bustamante, Saishravan Shyamsundar, Larissa Borys, Kayla McHugh, Abiola Irvine, Yoojin Jo, Adam Bagg, Mary Jo Lechowicz, Daisy Alapat, Amy Chadburn, Megan S. Lim, Gordan Srkalovic, Frits van Rhee, David C. Fajgenbaum, Joshua D. Brandstadter   +17 more
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First Responders and Mental Health [PDF]

, 2023
This research proposal focuses on mental health issues facing first responders due to their line of work. Topics that are addressed in this paper include the awareness of mental health and different programs that have been created to help first ...
Locatelli, Anthony
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Biosignals Monitoring of First Responders for Cognitive Load Estimation in Real-Time Operation

Applied Sciences, 2023
During the last decade, new technological tools have emerged to provide first responders with augmented senses in emergency and disaster situations. Some of these tools focus on providing extra information about their surroundings.
Álvaro Gutiérrez, Patricia Blanco, Verónica Ruiz, Christos Chatzigeorgiou, Xabier Oregui, Marta Álvarez, Sara Navarro, Michalis Feidakis, Izar Azpiroz, Gemma Izquierdo, Blanca Larraga-García, Panagiotis Kasnesis, Igor García Olaizola, Federico Álvarez   +13 more
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First Responders’ Crystal Ball: How to Scry the Emergency from a Remote Vehicle [PDF]

, 2007
Successes and failures during rescue operations after hurricane Katrina and the Twin Towers attack demonstrated the importance of supporting first responders with adequate means to perform their operations in an effective and safe way.
Marco Roccetti, C. E. Palazzi, ROCCETTI, MARCO, Claudio E. Palazzi, G. PAU, Stefano Ferretti, Mario Gerla, Giovanni Pau, FERRETTI, STEFANO, M. GERLA, M. ROCCETTI, PALAZZI, CLAUDIO ENRICO, S. FERRETTI   +12 more
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Venetoclax‐Based Therapy as a Bridge to Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Relapsed or Refractory Pediatric Acute Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Relapsed and/or refractory (R/R) pediatric acute leukemia carries a dismal prognosis, largely driven by chemoresistance to conventional salvage therapy. The BH3‐mimetic venetoclax, combined with chemotherapy or hypomethylating agents, has demonstrated efficacy in small clinical trials.
Katherine S. Colman, Deborah Meyran, Vajiranee Malalasekera, Heather Weerdenburg, Janine Campbell, Rachel Conyers, Stacie Wang, Hannah Walker, Seong Lin Khaw, Diane Hanna   +9 more
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Mindset as a resilience resource and perceived wellness of first responders in a South African context

Jàmbá, 2022
The global increase in frequency and intensity of disasters and emergency situations has a major disruptive effect on societies that is especially visible in Africa, where conflict, poverty, diseases and social unrest are some of the biggest factors ...
John W. O'Neil, Leandri Kruger
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Occupational cooling practices of emergency first responders in the United States: A survey [PDF]

, 2018
This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Temperature on 29/07/2018, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/23328940.2018.1493907 The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published version.©
Maley, MJ, Minett, GM, Bach, AJE, Stewart, IB, Bach, Aaron JE   +4 more
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