The military has always been a very heavy user and innovative developer of modeling techniques and technologies. The nature of military missions requires that they rehearse missions in order to better understand their complex interactions and to estimate outcomes. This need has led them to apply modeling and simulation to a number of different activities over the last 300 years. In this chapter...

1 Preclinical Experiment Center, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China 2 Department of Physiology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China 3 Center of clinical aviation medicine, General Hospital of Air Force, Beijing, China 4 Department of Pharmacology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China 5 Department of Radiology, Tangdu Hospital, Fo...

Anecdotally expressed concern over the military/civilian interface regarding infectious disease notification, and the current review of procedures in both civilian and military settings prompted this study. Its aim was to quantify knowledge of doctors involved in the provision of care to Army personnel and their dependants in the United Kingdom regarding infectious disease reporting and make re...

Tibial stress fractures are a common overuse injury among military recruits. The purpose of this study was to determine what, if any, long-term effects that tibial stress fractures have on military personnel with respect to physical activity level, completion of military training, recurrence of symptoms, and active duty service. Twenty-six military recruits included in a previous tibial stress ...

background and objectives: military hospitals play a crucial role in delivery of healthcare services to patients during emergencies. despite that, limited studies have attempted to characterize factors affecting quality of work life in employees of military health settings. to contribute in filling this gap, this study explored employee occupational stress in a military hospital, situated in th...

background and objectives: methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) is a major nosocomial pathogen causing significant morbidity and mortality. the aim of this study was to evaluate in vitro activities of different antibiotics against methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus. materials and method: the study was conducted over a period of one year (january 2009 - december 2009) in t...

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