OBJECTIVE Many state trauma registries contain work-related information but are underutilized for occupational injury research/surveillance. We assessed three methods of identifying work-related injuries in the Washington State Trauma Registry (WTR). METHODS State-designated trauma facilities report traumatic injuries meeting specific inclusion criteria to the WTR. The WTR reports from 1998 t...

OBJECTIVES To explore injured patients' experiences of trauma care to identify areas for improvement in service delivery. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Qualitative study using in-depth, semi-structured interviews, conducted from 1 April 2011 to 31 January 2012, with 120 trauma patients registered by the Victorian State Trauma Registry and the Victorian Orthopaedic Trauma Outcomes Registry ...

Managers of the nearly 0.5 million ha of public lands in North and South Dakota, USA rely heavily on manual measurements of canopy height in autumn to ensure conservation of grassland structure for wildlife and forage for livestock. However, more comprehensive assessment of vegetation structure could be achieved for mixed-grass prairie by integrating field survey, topographic position (summit, ...

Highway work zones interrupt regular traffic flows and create safety problems. Improving safety without sacrificing the main function of highways is a challenging task that traffic engineers and researchers have to confront. In this study, the concept of using crash severity index (CSI) for work zone safety evaluation was proposed and a set of CSI models were developed through the modeling of w...

Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Innovazione, Universit a degli Studi di Lecce, Lecce 73100, Italy Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informatica e Sistemistica, Universit a degli Studi della Calabria, Rende (CS) 87030, Italy Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica, Universit a degli Studi della Calabria, Rende (CS) 87030, Italy Dipartimento di Matematica, Universit a degli Studi di Lecce, Lecce 73100, ...

the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of hepatitis b virus (hbv) genotypes in isparta, southwest of turkey, as well as the clinical features and transmission route for patients with hbv infections. methods: patients (n = 135) with hbv infection were included in the study. epidemiological and clinical data were obtained. hbv genotypes were determined with a pres2 epitope elisa ...

Field observations and morphotectonic evaluations on the south of Ulubat Lake Susurluk valley show that dominant active fault pattern consists northeast-southwest east northeast-west southwest right-lateral faults northwestsoutheast normal developing between these strike-slip faults. We redefined in discovered control route River. Based discoveries evaluations, we can claim "bend model" previou...

BACKGROUND Bicycle commuting in an urban environment of high air pollution is known to be a potential health risk, especially for susceptible individuals. While risk management strategies aimed to reduce exposure to motorised traffic emissions have been suggested, only limited studies have assessed the utility of such strategies in real-world circumstances. OBJECTIVES The potential to lower e...