Burn injury is a ubiquitous threat in the military environment. The risks during combat are well recognised, but the handling of fuel, oil, munitions and other hot or flammable materials during peacetime deployment and training also imposes an inherent risk of accidental burn injury. Over the last hundred years, the burn threat in combat has ranged from nuclear weapons to small shoulderlaunched...

The American family has, in the past generation or more, been undergoing a profound plocess of change. There has been much difference ot opinion among social scientists, as well as among others concerned, as to th(, interpretation of these changes. Some have cited facts such a~ tht very high rates of divorce, the changes in the older se,x n:oral1ty, and until fairly recently, the decline in bir...

The present work is dedicated to the study of occupational cold environments in food distribution industrial units. Field measurements and a subjective assessment based on an individual questionnaire were considered. The survey was carried out in 5 Portuguese companies. The field measurements include 26 workplaces, while a sample of 160 responses was considered for the subjective assessment. In...

The thermal insulation of clothing is one of the most important parameters used in the thermal comfort model adopted by the International Standards Organisation (ISO) [BS EN ISO 7730, 2005. Ergonomics of the thermal environment. Analytical determination and interpretation of thermal comfort using calculation of the PMV and PPD indices and local thermal comfort criteria. International Standardis...

Burn injury is a ubiquitous threat in the military environment. The risks during combat are well recognised, but the handling of fuel, oil, munitions and other hot or flammable materials during peacetime deployment and training also imposes an inherent risk of accidental burn injury. Over the last hundred years, the burn threat in combat has ranged from nuclear weapons to small shoulderlaunched...

according to the prevailing view in the islamic jurisprudence since breastfeeding is not mother's duty, she is entitled to demand wage from her husband for breastfeeding her child. in this article, the authors intend to prove, through reviewing the evidences of this view and the alternative one, that there is a meaningful relationship between the following phrases: “if they breastfeed for you, ...