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Lightning Strike. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Educ Teach Emerg Med, 2022
This scenario was developed to educate emergency medicine residents on the various presentations and management of a patient struck by lightning.Annually, there are approximately 1.4 billon lightning strikes around the world; of these, an estimated 24,000 strikes cause significant injury or death.1 In the United States, there are approximately 400 ...
Powell T, Charnigo A, Yee J.
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Lightning Strike-Induced Myocarditis. [PDF]

open access: yesCureus, 2022
Lightning strikes are frequently encountered and are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. It could impair several organs, but the effects of electric current on the cardiovascular system contribute to the primary cause of cardiorespiratory arrest.
Mahajan OA   +3 more
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Isolated Sensorineural Hearing Loss as a Sequela after Lightning Strike [PDF]

open access: yesCase Reports in Otolaryngology, 2015
In most of the surviving patients after a lightning strike, audiovestibular abnormalities have been reported. The most frequently reported type of abnormalities is a tympanic membrane perforation with hearing loss and external ear canal burn.
Mahfuz Turan   +6 more
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Lightning-induced cataract with concomitant optic nerve damage [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Ophthalmology
Lightning-induced ocular injuries are rare but potentially severe sequelae. This case report describes a 35-year-old male patient who suffered a lightning strike injury 20 years ago, resulting in traumatic cataract and optic nerve damage in his left eye.
Simin Deng   +4 more
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Study on lightning strike risk of ship based on lightning leader fractal model

open access: yesZhongguo Jianchuan Yanjiu, 2023
ObjectiveIn order to set or improve the lightning protection measures of ships, it is necessary to evaluate the strike risk of critical equipment and the protection effect of the lightning rod.MethodsIn this paper, a lightning leader fractal model is ...
Xudong ZHANG   +6 more
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Analysis Duration of Potential Difference Neutralizer for Substation Grounding System

open access: yesJurnal Nasional Teknik Elektro, 2022
The grounding system design of the 150 kV substation have resolve affect in lightning strike area. The purpose of this study is to determine the duration of the potential difference penetration that occurs due to direct or indirect lightning strikes ...
Riza Arif Pratama   +2 more
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Calculation of lightning attachment points on ships based on lightning leader progression model and experimental verification

open access: yesZhongguo Jianchuan Yanjiu, 2023
ObjectiveIn order to improve lightning protection measures for ships, it is vital to evaluate the lightning strike risk and lightning rod protection effect.
Mi ZHOU   +6 more
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Lightning strike probability and current simulation for simple structures and floating roof tank

open access: yesAlexandria Engineering Journal, 2022
Air terminations must be strategically positioned at high-risk points to prevent lightning bypass. The likelihood of a direct lightning strike to points on a building can be evaluated using the dynamic electro-geometrical model (DEGM), which considers ...
Aderibigbe Israel Adekitan, Michael Rock
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Simulation of Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Strikes to Wind Turbines Considering Polarity Effect Based on an Improved Stochastic Lightning Model

open access: yesAtmosphere, 2023
The accurate determination of the annual lightning flash number to a wind turbine is essential for designing proper lightning protection measures. However, the method to assess the lightning risk of wind turbines recommended by the IEC is not associated ...
Xiaoyan Bian   +7 more
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A LIGHTning Strike to the Metastatic Niche [PDF]

open access: yesCell Reports, 2020
Tumor-induced vascular alterations in distant organs have been linked to the spreading of cancer. In this issue of Cell Reports, He et al. (2019) show that targeting the cytokine LIGHT to the pulmonary vasculature prevents the establishment of lung metastasis in mice.
Amaia Martinez-Usatorre   +1 more
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