Heat Convective Effects on Turbulence and Airflow inside an B767 Aircraft Cabin
Thermal plumes generated by human bodies can affect the temperature and humidity of the surrounding environment. An experimental study investigated the effects of thermal plumes formed by aircraft passengers on airflow and turbulence characteristics ...
Maher Shehadi
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An innovative cardiopulmonary resuscitation mannequin for common people
Background: The success of basic life support is determined by the role of the individual(s) who first encountered a patient with a heart attack, and he will be a helper in the situation. Lack of socialization and training for laypeople makes them unable
Runi Pramesti Putri, Endiyono Endiyono
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Design, validation and dissemination of an undergraduate assessment tool using SimMan® in simulated medical emergencies [PDF]
Background: Increasingly, medical students are being taught acute medicine using whole-body simulator manikins. Aim: We aimed to design, validate and make widely available two simple assessment tools to be used with Laerdal SimMan (R) for final year ...
Allen, Maggie E. +5 more
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Prevalence and impact of chronic widespread pain in the Bangladeshi and White populations of Tower Hamlets, East London [PDF]
The prevalence and impact of chronic pain differ between ethnic groups. We report a study of the comparative prevalence and impact of chronic pain in Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi and White British/Irish people.
Ali, Anwara +8 more
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A propos the Puppeteer – Jean Vigo and the Cinema of Automata
This essay focuses on two central elements of the cinema of Jean Vigo that have received little attention to date: Vigo’s use of puppets, manikins, and automata as a central part in his mise-en-scène, and Vigo’s status as a transitional film maker ...
Michael Wutz
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Survival-Day @ Wiesbaden business school - evaluation of a short-term educational intervention to reduce work-associated health risks during nursing internships of students in health care economics [PDF]
Background: In 2013 RheinMain University launched its bachelor's degree program Health Care Economics requiring each student to participate in a mandatory two-month nursing internship.
Pitz, Andreas +3 more
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Patterns in the received facial UV exposure of school children measured at a subtropical latitude [PDF]
Polysulphone dosimeters have been employed to measure the erythemally effective UV exposure to the vertex, nose, cheek, chin and side facial sites of 45 volunteer high school students from Hervey Bay, Australia (25.3oS 152.9oE).
Downs, Nathan, Parisi, Alfio
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Geometrical form assessment of a CFD based breathing thermal manikins, designed by simplified polygonal shapes [PDF]
The presented paper focuses on a CFD based analyses of the complexity in the geometrical shape of the breathing thermal manikins, associated with their main functionalities. Both impacts of the external manikin’s form were studied – over the velocity and
Ivanov Martin, Mijorski Sergey
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Airway management in simulated restricted access to a patient - can manikin-based studies provide relevant data? [PDF]
Background Alternatives to endotracheal intubation (ETI) are required when access to the cranial end of the patient is restricted. In this study, the success rate and time duration of standard intubation techniques were compared with two different ...
Anders R Nakstad, Mårten Sandberg
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Introduction: A point-of-care testing (POCT) certificate was implemented in a required pharmacy skills-based course. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of manikins on student confidence in performing POCT for infectious diseases ...
Ginelle Bryant +4 more
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