A borehole permeameter is well suited for testing saturated hydraulic conductivity (K(sat)) at specific depths in the vadose zone. Most applications of the method involve fine-grained soils that allow hand auguring of test holes and require a small water reservoir to maintain a constant head. In non-cohesive gravels, hand-dug test holes are difficult to excavate, holes are prone to collapse, an...

The frequency and sequelae of head injury in epileptic seizures were assessed. Two hundred and fifty five resident patients with chronic long term epilepsy (165M, 90F) of average age 54 years were studied for a year and 43 patients in a short term assessment unit (22M, 21F) of average age 26 years were studied for a month. A total of 27,934 seizures were recorded, of which 12,626 (45.2%) were a...

errors (SEs), from which one can calculate confidence intervals to reach the conclusions we made – that the social gradient in non-fatal accidents appears not to be increasing and the total rates are falling in men. The data published in the Health Survey for England (HSE) 2001 refer to social class of the head of the household, as is now customary in the HSE, while the rates presented in our p...

Whiplash Associated Disorders (WAD) has been reported as an adult phenomenon. Whiplash injury has classically been described as a cervical soft tissue hyperextension- flexion injury after a trauma such as a rear end impact car crash, contact sport injuries, blows to the head from a falling object or a punch and shaken baby syndrome and is mostly seen in adults . It is important as it may cause ...

The goal of this paper is twofold as it aims (i) to investigate whether female headed households (FHH) can be distinguished by patterns of production and (ii) to look for the underlying causes of productivity differentials between FHH categories. Studies dealing with the question of productivity in FHH and male headed households (MHH) find that FHH are either less, equally, or more productive t...

In this experiment we examine the uncanny valley effect as a guide, albeit incomplete, to designing engaging humanlike interfaces. In this effect falling just short of perfection in creating synthetic humans elicits a pronounced negative reaction and here this is explored with talking head animations focusing on naturalness in speech, appearance and face motion. We implemented a set of techniqu...

objectives: falling is a common problem among the elderly. falling indoors and outdoors is highly prevalent among the iranian elderly. therefore, identification of the contributing factors at home and their modification can reduce falls and subsequent injuries inthe elderly. the goal of this study was to identify the elderly at risk of fall, using the ‘home falls and accident screening tool’ (h...

CLINICAL HISTORY A 43-year-old woman was seen with a 5-month history of a noise in her head. On an almost nightly basis, as she was falling asleep, she would hear a loud noise like “electrical current running” lasting a second. Sometimes her whole body would shake for a second afterwards. Very occasionally, she would have an associated flash of light. Frequently, a second episode of the loud no...

A 61-year-old man with a history of seizures presents for a routine visit. His last seizure was several months ago and occurred the day after falling from a ladder. He does not recall hitting his head during this fall. Otherwise, his seizures have been well controlled. His only complaint is a persistent runny nose. Computed tomography scans reveal opacity with a fluid level in the left sphenoid...