BACKGROUND This study aimed to assess the relationship between cold temperature and daily mortality in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) and Northern Ireland (NI), and to explore any differences in the population responses between the two jurisdictions. METHODS A time-stratified case-crossover approach was used to examine this relationship in two adult national populations, between 1984 and 2007....

In this article we examine four objections to the genetic modification of human beings: the freedom argument, the giftedness argument, the authenticity argument, and the uniqueness argument. We then demonstrate that each of these arguments against genetic modification assumes a strong version of genetic determinism. Since these strong deterministic assumptions are false, the arguments against g...

Road traffic safety is the result of a complex interaction of factors, and causes behind road vehicle crashes require different measures to reduce their impacts. This study assesses how strongly the variation in daily winter crash rates associates with weather conditions in Finland. This is done by illustrating trends and spatiotemporal variation in the crash rates, by showing how a GIS applica...

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The subject of the article is design and construction a water food dispenser for dogs. Its main goal to present device adapted both requirements owners dogs themselves. goals set this project are ensure its functionality in all weather conditions. configuration methods described guarantee versatility device. Design assumptions, 3D model structure, electronics fragments control program presented...