and the army of past and present students who worked on parts of this project over the years for their support and for helpful comments during the course of this work. All conclusions, recommendations, and remaining errors are the sole responsibility of the authors.

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention to reduce bicycle injuries among rural middle school students in China. A one-year cluster-randomized controlled trial was conducted with seventh grade students from six middle schools in two towns in rural Chaoshan, China. The two towns were randomly assigned to either the intervention or control group. Road safety education mat...

The aim of the work was estimation of copper intake with the daily food rations used for alimentation of students of military high schools and soldiers doing compulsory military service in the Polish Army. An average planned copper content in daily food rations used for alimentation of students and soldiers amounted to 2.49±0.35 mg, and 2.44±0.25 mg respectively. The copper content in the daily...

One’s identity is often closely tied to one’s profession. It is one of the first questions typically asked when meeting someone new. It is often how we introduce ourselves and often included in introductory-type information when asked. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the professional identity of civilian (non-enlisted) U.S. Army trainers. Professional identity is a dynamic ...

The article assesses organizational changes in the process of higher pre-conscription military training civilian educational institutions USSR second half 1930s. This system was most important element Red Army reserve personnel for upcoming Great Patriotic War. It created 1930 during forced industrialization when specialists were urgent demand national economy. Thus, Soviet leadership faced tas...

OBJECTIVE To observe students' perception of gross anatomy dissection. METHODS The qualitative study comprised second year medical students of Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, and was conducted in July, 2013. Data was collected over three weeks through quota sampling. Focus group discussions were held with four groups having 15 students each.The sessions were audio-recorded which were transc...

Although military men have heavier drinking patterns, military women experience equal or higher rates of dependence symptoms and similar rates of alcohol-related problems as men at lower levels of consumption. Thus, gender may be important for understanding substance use treatment (SUT) utilization before deployment. Military health system data were analyzed to examine gender differences in bot...

At the University of Missouri-Rolla, a novel product architecture design method was utilized to create new designs and prototypes of an intelligent battlefield hazard marking system for the United States Army. This design project was initiated by the Army to improve the current marking system in use worldwide. Designs and prototypes were submitted by three independent interdisciplinary teams of...

Yes, there are games that are suspect in what they allow people to experience in a virtual world, but as in books, video, film, and dinner conversations at family reunions, games offer a wide variety of subject matter and ways of interpreting it. There are games produced by high school students, artists, white extremists, church groups, and the US Army. Games have much to offer in teaching us n...

He was colonel in Indian Army that served on East Africa front in First World War and in Afghan war of 1919. In 1921, Chopra was appointed as first professor of Pharmacology at newly established Calcutta School Of Tropical Medicine while simultaneously heading department of Pharmacology at Calcutta Medical College. During his tenure at these institutes he nurtured a pool of talented pharmacolog...