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McKee, Laura Suzanne. "Drowning boy." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/2575.
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Thesis (M.F.A.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2005.Thesis research directed by: Creative Writing. Title from t.p. of PDF. Poems. Also available in paper. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Gottstein, Kristen Joyce. "Not Unlike Drowning." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2009. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/english_theses/54.
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This thesis is comprised of a collection of short fiction depicting the childhoods and family lives of characters living in small northeastern towns. These seven stories explore the impact that the adult world has on the children who observe and seek to understand it, as well as how the events of childhood and the past can permeate and shape the lives of teenagers and adults trying to make important human connections in their present lives.
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Stuber, Dorian. "Waving, drowning, trauma, representation, corporeality." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape9/PQDD_0003/MQ42209.pdf.
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Spicer, Alyssa. "How Love is Like Drowning." VCU Scholars Compass, 2011. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/179.
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This thesis contains the first two acts of a novel about a young girl named Isabeau Jones. After the mysterious drowning death of her mother, Isabeau attempts to find her place as a girl, as a student, as a preternaturally gifted baseball player and as an outsider in a rural East Texas community that does not look kindly on difference. Throughout the novel, Isabeau attempts to negotiate what it means to be female, academically ambitious, physically active and independent in a rural life that does not encourage such qualities in girls. While she navigates her tumultuous relationships with the men in her life, Isabeau also learns more and more about her mother and, eventually, she discovers for herself the kind of woman she can and wants to become.
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Mitchell, Kaytlan E. "Learning to Swim by Almost Drowning." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1586801695009931.
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Dandavino, Mylene. "Drowning and near drowning among infants and toddlers in Canada, 1991-1998 : trends, incidence, and risk factors." Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=33744.
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Trends in incidence and risk factors for drowning among infants aged less than 1 and toddlers aged 1 to 4 in Canada from 1991--98 were compared to other injury deaths. Incidence, risk factors and in-hospital mortality of infant and toddler hospitalizations due to near drowning from 1994--98 were compared to other injuries. Drowning rates decreased by 79% among infants, from 1.4 per 100,000 person-years during 1991--94 to 0.3 during 1995--98 (0.001 < p < 0.0025 by chi2) and by 38% among toddlers, from 3.2 to 2.0 (p < 0.0005 by chi2). The rate of near drowning hospitalization among children aged 0--4 decreased by 30% from 1991--92 to 1997--98 (0.01 < p < 0.02 by chi2 for trends). Near drowning was the source of 5% of infant and 28% of toddler in-hospital injury deaths in 1994--98. The case-fatality ratio of near drowning hospitalizations was the highest of all injuries with 7% mortality among infants and 12% among toddlers. The decrease in incidence of drowning among infants and toddlers was not paralleled by a similar dramatic decrease in the incidence of other injury deaths in the same period in Canada, nor of near drowning hospitalization, and could be linked to prevention interventions from the Canadian Red Cross Society.
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Segarra, Malyn Matilde. "In the Drowning City" and Other Stories." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2007. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/2063.
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"In the Drowning City" and Other Stories is a collection of fiction written and revised during Malyn Segarra's graduate studies at the University of Central Florida. Most of the collection examines the transient nature and fragility of identity and shifting roles within the family unit. All focus on a particular span of time, the transition into young adulthood. Each character is faced with an obstacle or event that tests his or her beliefs, integrity and sense of self. As each one struggles to make a unique and permanent impression in the world, he or she must come to terms with the past, in some cases, breaking away from it. Although the characters come from varying backgrounds, the themes that thread the collection are universal. The three stories that serve as the backbone of the collection, "Slashing, Tripping and Other Offensive Plays," "In the Drowning City," and "This Is Just a Modern Love Song" find the protagonists striving to adapt to their newly transformed environments. As the situations they face become more complicated and the resolutions exceedingly compromised, the innocence and certainty associated with childhood is jeopardized.M.F.A.
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Clifford, Robin Kristen. "Fantasy and self-fabrication: drowning in dresses." The Ohio State University, 2000. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1322846801.
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Peabody, A. J. "Diatoms and the diagnosis of death by drowning." Thesis, University of Surrey, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.332756.
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Meadows, Carrie. "Doubter Come Home from a Drowning of Vision." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/77479.
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A poetry collection in two parts. Slingshot Catapult, the first half of the manuscript, explores the lives of two professional wrestlers. While the spectacle of professional wrestling is the backdrop for this series of linked, narrative poems, the relationship between protagonists Tracy and Dodge and who they are as individuals, rather than the caricatures wrestlers often play, are the core concerns of this opening section.
Knotcraft, the second half of the collection, offers a mix of lyric, narrative, and formal poetry. As in Slingshot Catapult, common threads running through and between these poems include family history, romantic relationships, religion, and vision. Readers are invited to draw parallels between themes explored in Knotcraft and Slingshot Catapult.Master of Fine Arts
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Williams, Joan Marie. "Drowning prevention for children in San Bernardino County." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2048.
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Drowning and near drowning is a significant problem nationwide and in San Bernardino County. Drowning in and around the home is the leading cause of accidental death of children under 5 years of age. In the United States, drowning is cited as the second most common cause of death for adolescents. This project was undertaken to help establish a funding source to develop a drowning prevention program in San Bernardino County. A request for assistance was obtained from the California Center for Childhood Injury Prevention and the California Kids' Plates Program.
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Brüning, Caroline. "Ertrinkungsunfälle im Kindes- und Jugendalter." Doctoral thesis, Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2011. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-67908.
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Ertrinken ist bei Kindern nach Autounfällen die zweithäufigste nicht-natürliche Todesursache. Die Zahl der Fälle von Beinahe-Ertrinken wird auf etwa das Vierfache geschätzt. Im Rahmen dieser Promotionsarbeit wurden, an der Universitätsklinik für Kinder und Jugendliche Leipzig behandelte, Ertrinkungsunfälle mittels selbstgestalteten Fragebogen retrospektiv analysiert. Hiermit sollten mögliche Gemeinsamkeiten gefunden werden, um eventuelle Prädiktoren für Behandlung und Outcome zu definieren.
Die Hälfte der Kinder verunglückte an künstlich angelegten Gewässern wie Pools und Gartenteichen. Die mediane Submersionszeit betrug 2 Minuten. Eine Submersionszeit von unter 1 Minute korrelierte mit einem guten und von über 10 Minuten mit einem schlechten Outcome. Eine Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) von 3 (n=15) sowie lichtstarre Pupillen (n=14) waren mit einem letalen Ausgang oder dem Zurückbleiben neurologischer Defizite assoziiert. Eine negative Prognose ergab sich bei schwer azidotischen pH-Werten mit einem niedrigen Base Excess, hohen Glukose- sowie Laktatwerten. 6 Patienten verstarben innerhalb der ersten 24 Stunden, 6 weitere im stationären Verlauf. 5 Kinder behielten neurologische Folgeschäden zurück, 27 konnten gesund entlassen werden. Unsere Ergebnisse konnten andere Studien zum Thema Ertrinkungsunfälle bestätigen, und ergaben das höchste Risiko für Jungen im Alter zwischen 1 und 3 Jahren, die alleine im Garten spielen. Die Prognose ist von den jeweiligen Unfallumständen abhängig, Submersionszeit und initiale Reanimationspflichtigkeit haben jedoch einen besonderen Einfluss. Die Erstversorgung am Unfallort ist ausschlaggebend für den Ausgang der Fälle. Schulungen von Eltern und Betreuern zu Prävention und Erster Hilfe bei Ertrinkungsunfällen könnten dazu beitragen Unfälle zu verhindern.
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Karnehm, Katrina A. "Not drowning but waving : the American Junior Year abroad." Thesis, St Andrews, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/750.
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Coble, Keith. "Drowning in Data, Starving for Knowledge OMEGA Data Environment." International Foundation for Telemetering, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/605343.
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International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 20-23, 2003 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, NevadaThe quantity T&E data has grown in step with the increase in computing power and digital storage. T&E data management and exploitation technologies have not kept pace with this exponential growth. New approaches to the challenges posed by this data explosion must provide for continued growth while providing seamless integration with the existing body of work. Object Oriented Data Management provides the framework to handle the continued rapid growth in computer speed and the amount of data gathered and legacy integration. The OMEGA Data Environment is one of the first commercially available examples of this emerging class of OODM applications.
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Murray, David Williamson. "Drowning under unintended consequences : a specific example of policy mess." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/15940.
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The research focused on public policy implementation, unintended consequences of government action and policy mess, using the particular example of West Lothian College's Private Finance Initiative procured Livingstone campus as a case study. A public policy change led to the college becoming financially insecure, undermined the college's business case and the the college's ability to meet its contractual and financial obligations. If left unresolved, the college would have run out of money, defaulted on the contract and threatened the very existence of the institution. The college estate was taken into public ownership as the result of a negotiated settlement with the private sector owners of the campus. The importance of the research lay in adding to the body of knowledge around public policy implementation theory, which is not well researched or understood in the context of further education. The research design led to an in-depth interpretive, instrumental, single case study that explored, described and explained public policy implementation from the perspective of participants in a public policy network. The techniques of semi-structured interviews and documentary analysis were used. Using a policy networks approach, the research identified: how policy gets modified; how unintended consequences arose; how the unintended consequences resulted in policy mess; what policy learning took place as a result of policy mess; what policy change occurred as a result of policy mess; my role as an interested researcher and agent of change in the situation. In the West Lothian College case it was found that an ensemble of public policy had been at play rather than simply one policy. This ensemble of top-down policies comprised the UK-wide private finance initiative and two Scotland-wide further education funding policies. The research was timely as the literature suggests that policy networks are increasingly identified as an important governance mechanism in the areas of public policy implementation and new public management. The findings show that in respect of the West Lothian College case, networks have reconfigured relationship between government and other actors. They have also linked previously separate central, vertical, policy makers with an array of horizontal policy implementation actors.
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Cregan-Reid, Vybarr. "Drowning and the life of water in nineteenth-century culture." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.400363.
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Claesson, Andreas. "Lifesaving after cardiac arrest due to drowning. Characteristics and outcome." Doctoral thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen för Vårdvetenskap, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-3660.
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Aims The aim of this thesis was to describe out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) due to drowning from the following angles. In Paper I: To describe the characteristics of OHCA due to drowning and evaluate factors of importance for survival. In Paper II: To describe lifesaving skills and CPR competence among surf lifeguards. In Paper III: To describe the characteristics of interventions performed by the Swedish fire and rescue services (SFARS) and evaluate survival with or without rescue diving units. In Paper IV: To describe the prevalence of possible confounders for death due to drowning. In Paper V: To describe changes in characteristics and survival over time and again to evaluate factors of importance for survival Methods Papers I and III-V are based on retrospective register data from the Swedish OHCA Register reported by Emergency Medical Service (EMS) clinicians between 1990-2011. In addition, in Paper III, the data have been analysed and compared with the SFARS database for rescue characteristics. In Paper IV, the data have been compared with those of the National Board of Forensic Medicine (NBFM). Paper II is a descriptive study of 40 surf lifeguards evaluating delay and CPR quality as peformed on a manikin. Results Survival in OHCA due to drowning is about 10% and does not differ significantly from OHCA with a cardiac aetiology. The proportion of witnessed cases was low. Survival appears to increase with a short EMS response time, i.e. early advanced life support. Surf lifeguards perform CPR with sustained high quality, independent of prior physical strain. In half of about 7,000 drowning calls, there was need for a water rescue by the fire and rescue services. Among the OHCA in which CPR was initiated, a majority were found floating on the surface. Rescue diving took place in a small percentage of all cases. Survival when using rescue divers did not differ significantly from drownings where rescue diving units were not used. No survivors were found after >15 minutes of submersion in warm water. After submersion in cold water, survival with a good neurological outcome was extended. Among 2,166 autopsied cases of drowning, more than half were judged as accidents and about one third as intentional suicide cases. Among accidents, 14% were found to have a cardiac aetiology, while the corresponding figure among suicides was 0%. In a 20-year follow-up of OHCA due to drowning in Sweden, both bystander CPR and early survival to hospital admission are increasing. The proportion of cases alive after one month has not changed significantly during the period. Conclusions Survival from OHCA due to drowning is low. A reduction in the EMS response time appears to have high priority, i.e. early ALS is important. The quality of CPR among surf lifeguards appear to be high and not affected by prior physical strain. In all treated OHCA cases, the majority were found at the surface and survival when rescue diving took place did not appear to be poorer than in non-rescue diving cases. In a minor proportion of cases, cardiac disease could be a confounder for death due to drowning. Bystander CPR in OHCA due to drowning has increased over a 20-year period and the proportion of early survivors to hospital admission is increasing. We speculate that our studies were underpowered with regard to the opportunity adequately to assess the effects of bystander CPR on survival to hospital discharge. A uniform Swedish definition of drowning based on the recommended international terms should be implemented throughout Swedish authorities and health care, in order to enhance the quality of data and improve the potential for future research.Disputationen sker Fredagen den 20 September 2013, kl. 13.00 Sahlgrens aula, Blå stråket 5, Sahlgrenska universitetssjukhuset, Göteborg.
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Valentino, Kylie. "Preventing Childhood Drownings in Backyard, Residential Pools: Understanding Stakeholders' Roles in Knowledge Mobilization and the Creation of a 2017 Protable Pool Safety Social Marketing Campaign in Ottawa, ON." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/35850.
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In this first manuscript, the research purpose was to explore stakeholders perceived roles in mobilizing pool safety knowledge and to understand the barriers associated with the uptake of pool safety initiatives. Six water safety experts were interviewed to gain insight into their perceptions and diverse roles. Using grounded
theory, it was determined that stakeholders perceive they have a role in mobilizing pool safety knowledge. Three overarching themes emerged from the data which aligned with a proposed Drowning Prevention Spectrum: pool safety experts perceive their responsibility in mobilizing pool safety knowledge through their role in developing knowledge and skills as a safety educator; developing and promoting campaigns and products through their role as a marketer of behaviour change; and through their role in the development and enforcement of policies and legislation. Interviewees were also asked what they perceived as some of the major barriers to the uptake of pool safety information and initiatives. Interviewed stakeholders revealed that the main social ecological barriers included personal barriers (cost and time), social barriers (policy and awareness), and physical barriers (backyard aesthetics). The results of the first manuscript demonstrates that even though all interviewed stakeholders perceive they have a role in mobilizing pool safety knowledge, there are still barriers in the uptake of pool safety knowledge by citizens and pool owners. The second manuscript focused on using Weinreich’s (2010) process model and semi structured interviews with six pool safety experts as well as marketing experts to create a social marketing campaign to emphasize the risks associated with portable pools. This article goes through the six steps outlined by Weinreich (2010) as well as using theories in the development of the campaign messages. Through interviews, experts gave their opinions and suggestions on most effective
campaign messages, images, target audience, and promotional channels. The mock
campaign ads were then presented to the marketing team in whom they gave their ideas and suggestions on how to hook the target audience in wanting to learn more about portable pool safety. A final campaign was crafted and will be implemented in a future City of Ottawa initiative.
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Andersson, Malin. "Back in the boat : A safer boating experience." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-110713.
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My result address the problem that getting back up in the boat after one have fallen in can be very difficult. My research led me to focus on the very smallest boats, rowing boats and open motorboats under 6 meters in length. My solution to the problem is to provide an easily attached footstep that can be reached and pulled down from water level. The product can be adapted to different boats. For the smallest boats, manually activated flotation units can be integrated to prevent the boat from tipping.
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Ahlm, Kristin. "Traffic and drowning incidents with emphasis on the presence of alcohol and drugs." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Rättsmedicin, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-91526.
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Worldwide, fatal traffic injuries and drowning deaths are important problems. The aim of this thesis was to investigate the cirumstances of fatal and non-fatal traffic injuries and drowning deaths in Sweden including analysis of the presence of alcohol and drugs, which are considered to be major risk factors for these events. Data where obtained from the database of National Board of Forensic Medicine. In the first study, we investigated 420 passenger deaths from 372 crashes during 1993-1996. There were 594 drivers involved. In total, 21% of the drivers at fault were alcohol positive compared to 2% of drivers not at fault (p<0.001) (Paper I). During 2004-2007, crashes involving 56 fatally and 144 non-fatally injured drivers were investigated in a prospective study from Northern Sweden (Paper II). The drivers were alcohol positive in 38% and 21%, respectively. Psychoactive drugs were found in 7% and 13%, respectively. Benzodiazepines, opiates and antidepressants were the most frequent drugs found in drivers. Illict drugs were found 9% and 4% respectively, with tetrahydrocannabinol being the most frequent of these drugs (Paper II). We investigated 5,125 drowning deaths in Sweden during 1992-2009 (Paper III). The incidence decreased on average by about 2% each year (p<0.001). Unintentional drowning was most common (50%). Alcohol was found in 44% of unintentional, 24% of intentional, and 45% of undetermined drowning deaths. Psychoactive substances were detected in 40% and benzodiazepines were the most common substance. Illicit drugs were detected in 10%. Of all drowning deaths, a significantly higher proportion females commited suicide compared with males (55% vs. 21%, p<0.001). Suicidal drowning deaths (n=129) in Northern Sweden were studied further in detail (Paper IV). of these, 53% had been hospitalized due to a psychiatric diagnosis within five years prior to the suicide. Affective and psychotic disorders were the most common psychiatric diagnoses. Almost one third had performed a previous suicide attempt. One fourth had committed suicide after less than one week of discharge from hospital. Alochol was found in 16% and psychoactive drugs in 62% of these cases, respectively. In conclusion, alcohol and psychoactive drugs are commonly detected among injured drivers and drowning victims, and probably play a role in these events. Most of the individuals that tested positive for alcohol and high blood concentrations, indicating alochol dependence or abuse. This association warrants futher attention when planning future prevention.
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Rollet, Edouard. "Diving or drowning? immersive images atheir effects on the participant's experience /." [Florida] : Division of Colleges & Universities, Florida Board of Education, 2001. http://etd.fcla.edu/etd/uf/2001/anp1578/Immersiveimages-ERollet.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A.M.C.)--University of Florida, 2001.Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xiii, 188 p.; also contains graphics; RealAudio file, iPIX file, HTML documents linked to PDF file. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-187).
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Jonsson, Emma, and Terese Finnander. "DROWNING PREVENTION AND LIFE SAVING PROGRAM : IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION IN THAILAND." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för hälsa och lärande, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-11454.
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Worldwide, drowning is the third leading cause of death among children. In Asia it is the first leading cause of death and a major public health threat. The objective of this paper was to develop a drowning prevention program including swimming training, CPR and lifesaving methods for children and to evaluate it. This intervention was provided and evaluated in Thailand where drowning is the first leading cause of death among children. The study used observations, quantitative and qualitative methods. In total 20 children in the age of seven to ten, from Nan Province in northern Thailand were participating.The result of this intervention is that the children are highly capable to learn swimming, CPR and lifesaving activities within 10 days. Out of 20 participants all have successfully completed the swimming, CPR and lifesaving programs.The conclusion of this intervention study can be sum up by both the interventions result, the questionnaires and the independent evaluators is that swimming program as this one is highly needed for saving lives. Support from the local as well as the central authority is also needed. Therefore such swimming program shows the importance of swimming knowledge and water security to prevent drowning in near future.
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Cochrane, Brandy Marie. "Drowning In It: State Crime and Refugee Deaths in the Borderlands." PDXScholar, 2012. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/772.
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This paper examines the current state of border hardening against refugees in the European Union and Australia through the lens of state crime. Border hardening strategies are described for both of these areas and a theoretical basis of state crime victimology is used to examine the refugees who encounter this border hardening. The present study analyzes two data sets on border deaths, one for the European Union and one for Australia, to examine the demographics of the refugees who perish while attempting to transgress the border. Results indicated that there remains a significant amount of missing data, suggesting that official methods of record-keeping are necessary to determine the most basic demographics, such as gender and age, so analyses can be run to determine significance in this area. One clear finding was that migrants most frequently die from drowning (EU: 83.6%; AU: 93%) compared to any other cause. Also, there is indication that those from disadvantaged areas of origin (such as the Middle East and Africa) are more likely to die in the borderlands than others in the dataset. Practical implications of the findings are discussed along with suggestions for future research.
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Calverley, Hannah. "Under the influence : identifying determinants of young adults' involvement in alcohol-influenced aquatic activity to improve drowning prevention efforts." Thesis, Federation University Australia, 2020. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/176299.
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BACKGROUND: Young adults are an at-risk group for experiencing an alcohol-related drowning incident. Investigations and drowning prevention efforts have aimed to address young adults’ prevalence in alcohol-related drownings and contribute to understanding their level of risk. Some explanations have concluded young adults’ need for autonomy and independence coincides with their exposure to alcohol and social norm pressures. However, gaps in knowledge remain, specifically young adults’: behaviours, knowledge and attitudes towards alcohol-influenced aquatic activity and the associated risks; and, their awareness and perceptions of alcohol-themed drowning prevention campaigns. METHODS: This PhD, completed with publications, aimed to address these gaps through four interlinked projects: (i) a systematic review of alcohol education programs to determine evidence-based quality criteria necessary for inclusion in programs to successfully change young adults’ alcohol-related behaviours, knowledge and attitudes; (ii) a program audit of alcohol-themed drowning prevention campaigns to establish current prevention efforts in high-income countries and areas for improvement; (iii) a survey among young adults from Australia and the United Kingdom to establish their knowledge, attitudes and predictors of intentions and involvement in alcohol-influenced aquatic activities; and, (iv) interviews to deepen understanding of young adults’ knowledge, attitudes and behaviours relating to alcohol-influenced aquatic activity, their awareness of alcohol-themed drowning prevention campaigns and their suggestions for improvement. Six publications resulted from this research. RESULTS: Friends influenced frequency of young adults’ involvement in alcohol-influenced aquatic activity, but involvement was dependent on the characteristics of the peer group, self-confidence and risk disassociation. Attitudes were neutral towards alcohol-influenced aquatic activity, but when participants perceived personal control over the risks it was deemed more acceptable. Alcohol-related safety strategies from other contexts (e.g., driving) were applied to aquatic settings, but specific water safety knowledge/education was low. Stronger swimmers, Australian young adults and those who had received alcohol-specific water safety education displayed more knowledge of alcohol and its effects in aquatic contexts. Participants lacked awareness of alcohol-themed drowning prevention campaigns, and used campaign logos and names to interpret key messages. Little information was available on the alcohol-themed drowning prevention campaigns identified in the program audit and only two had evidence of evaluation, limiting progress of future prevention efforts. Ten quality criteria identified from evidence-based literature were considered to be necessary for inclusion in alcohol education programs. Programs included in the systematic review which incorporated these criteria were more likely to report success in influencing behaviour changes among the participants. CONCLUSIONS: To decrease the incidence of alcohol-related drowning among young adults, the findings of the projects included within this thesis result in the following recommendations. For enhanced likelihood of successful outcomes, alcohol-themed drowning prevention campaigns should align campaign design, implementation and evaluation with best-practice literature. The identified influencers on young adults’ involvement in alcohol-influenced aquatic activity, such as their peers, should be incorporated into prevention efforts and appropriate information provided to encourage informed decision making. Alcohol education programs (e.g., drink driving education) should include information about alcohol use in aquatic settings to clarify the risks associated with transferring safety strategies between drinking contexts, and appropriate information should be provided about alcohol consumption in aquatic settings.Doctor of Philosophy
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Morfee, Adrian. "Waving not drowning : Antonin Artaud and the search for plenitude (1923-1948)." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.297538.
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Rollet, Edouard. "Diving or drowning? immersive images and their effects on the participant's experience /." [Florida] : State University System of Florida, 2001. http://etd.fcla.edu/etd/uf/2001/anp1578/Immersiveimages-ERollet.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A.M.C.)--University of Florida, 2001.Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xiii, 188 p.; also contains graphics; RealAudio file, iPIX file, HTML documents linked to PDF file. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-187).
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Martin, Malea C. "Burning, Drowning, Shining, Blooming: The Shapes of Aging in W.B. Yeats’ Poetry." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2019. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/2273.
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Love and growing old are thematically inseparable in W.B. Yeats' poetry, yet it is the former with which this great Irish poet is often associated. The poet's attitudes toward aging are made clear through his symbolism, complicated Irish allusions, and a sometimes jarring treatment of women. As it turns out, these devices have as much to do with Yeats' concern over aging as they have to do with the infamous Maud Gonne. This thesis attempts to not only expose and analyze these intricacies, but also challenge the way the literary canon typically isolates Yeats’ more famous poems without the context of his other work.
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Avramidis, Efstathios. "The 4W model of drowning for lifesaving of non-aquatic and swimming activities." Thesis, Leeds Beckett University, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.497771.
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Reinhardt, Natasia L. "Drowning Demons That Swim: A Reclamation of Victim Through the Eyes of Ophelia." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1501230434176939.
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Larsson, Jonas, and Johan Carlén. "Wristband Design for Pool Safety System : Redesign of Multifunctional Wearables for Drowning Detection." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-63456.
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Every year, people are injured or even drowns in pools all over the world. Even in pools with monitoring lifeguards, accidents happen. One reason for submerge injuries or drownings is that they often are silent, which make incidents hard to detect. Lately, more reliable systems for pool surveillance have entered the market: Technology ranging from camera monitoring systems to wearables that detects if a person lying lifeless in the pool. This to, ensure good safety for bathing visitors around the world and make the work of the lifeguards easier. This master thesis project regards the development of a new wristband for a Pool Safety and Drowning Detection System. This involved studying the system, investigate the involved stakeholders, gather information about the current wristband and analyse the current situation. However, the primary focus for this master thesis project has been to create and design a; “One-size fit all” wristband, based on human measures, a more robust design, and with a higher resistance against wear. The master thesis project is done with Sentag AB as clients together with third party developers. Sentag´s system includes three sizes of wristband, sensors in the water to pick up signals, and a central unit from where the system is operated. When the alarm is triggered the wristband sends a signal in the water which the sensors pick up, and pass the information to the central unit, which notifies the lifeguards. Also, the wristbands contain a RFID tag which allows the user to use the wristband as a key card which can be used for lockers, make payments, and passing gates. Sentag aims to be a leader in high quality drowning detection technology on an international market. They want to improve their product to reach a broader market and prevent accidents. The project has followed a human-centred design process to understand the perspective of the lifeguards who operate the system, and also to better understand the users wearing the wristband. The project was performed in five phases, starting with a Project Plan and Research, followed by Context Immersion, Ideation, and Implementation. The work is based on demands form Sentag and third party consultants and findings from the Context Immersion phase where the team interviewed and observed stakeholders, analysed the system, and investigated materials. The team worked iterative within each phase, meaning the methods were repeated if necessary. In the Ideation phase the creative work was performed, and in Implementation phase were prototypes and evaluations performed to find a final solution. The project resulted in a “one-size fit all” wristband concept, which can be worn by people from three years upwards. The new design consists of several parts, most of which is a soft wristband casing, which protects the technology unit against wear and scratches. It is now possible to replace the bracelet without tools, which previously required and exposed electronics. The work presented in 3D visualizations and 3D printed prototype.Varje år skadas eller till och med drunknar människor i pooler världen över. Även i poolområden med övervakning händer olyckor. En orsak till detta är att drunkning ofta sker helt ljudlöst, vilket gör att incidenter är mycket svåra att upptäcka. På senare tid har mer tillförlitliga system för poolövervakning kommit in på marknaden. Allt från kameraövervakningssystem och personliga larm som upptäcker om en person ligger livlös i poolen. Detta för att säkerställa en god säkerhet för besökare och göra arbetet som badvakt lättare. Detta examensarbete handlar om utveckling av ett nytt armband för ett säkerhetssystem i poolmiljöer. I arbetet studerades nuvarande poolbevakningssystem, intressenter, information om de aktuella armbanden och arbetet omfattade analysering av nuläget. Huvudfokus under detta projekt har varit att skapa och designa ett armband som passar alla och som baseras på människors kroppsmått. Det nya armbandet skulle vara mer motståndskraftig mot slitage. Detta examensarbete utförs med Sentag AB som klienter tillsammans med tredjepartsutvecklare. I Sentags system ingår tre storlekar av armband, sensorer i vattnet för att plocka upp signaler, och en central enhet där systemet styrs ifrån. När larmet utlöses sänder armbandet en signal i vattnet, som sensorerna plockar upp, sensorerna vidarebefordrar informationen till centralenheten, som meddelar badvakterna. Armbanden innehåller också en RFID-tagg som tillåter användaren att använda armbandet som ett passerkort, nyckel till skåp, göra betalningar, och passera grindar. Sentag strävar efter att vara ledande i högkvalitativa drunkningslarm på en internationell marknad. Nu vill de förbättra sin produkt för att nå en större marknad och förebygga olyckor. Projektet har följt en designprocess som är centrerad kring människan för att förstå badvakternas perspektiv som använder systemet, och även för att bättre förstå användarna som bär armbandet. Projektet genomfördes i flera faser där processen började med en projektplan och litteraturstudie, följt av informationsinsamling, Idégenerering och Implementation. Arbetet bygger på önskningar från Sentag och tredjepartskonsulter och den information som framkom under informationsinsamlingen, där gruppen intervjuade och observerade intressenter, analyserade systemet och sökte efter lämpliga material. Processen var iterativ, vilket innebär att metoder som användes inom faserna repeterades efter behov. I idégenereringsfasen skedde det kreativa arbetet och i implementeringsfasen gjordes prototyper, 3D modeller och utvärderingar för att finna en slutgiltig lösning. Projektet resulterade i ett armband med en storlek som kan bäras av alla. Det kan bäras av personer från tre år och uppåt. Den nya designen består av flera delar, varav huvuddelen är ett mjukt armbandshölje, som skyddar teknikenheten mot slitage och repor. Det är nu möjligt att byta ut armbandet utan verktyg vilket tidigare krävdes samt exponerade elektroniken. Arbetet presenterades i 3D visualiseringar och en 3D printad prototyp.
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Fair, Hannah. "'Not drowning but fighting' : faith, activism, and climate change narratives in the Pacific Islands." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2018. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10052483/.
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Climate change is a critical issue for the Pacific Islands, in terms of its current and future impacts. However, many journalistic and academic accounts reiterate an ‘inevitable inundation discourse’: a narrative that represents Pacific Islanders as hopeless and helpless victims of climate change and their homelands as already lost to rising seas. To further critique this inaccurate and disempowering discourse, this research explores counter-narratives that can be offered in its place. Emphasising the status of those affected by climate change as political actors, and recognising the shortage of research into civil society responses, I concentrate on the understandings and practices of Pacific Islander climate activists. Ethnographic research and interviews were conducted with a Pan-Pacific network of Islander climate activists – Pacific Climate Warriors – who had converged in Australia to campaign against coal. Analysed using Hau’ofa’s ‘Sea of Islands’ vision, these Warriors embodied forms of Oceanic regionalism through the forging of kin-like connection and expressions of composite Pan-Pacific identities and enacted forms of world enlargement, countering the belittlement of the Pacific perpetuated by the inevitable inundation discourse. Their manifestation of regionalism was predicated upon difference rather than homogeneity, in terms of their ‘relative altitudinal privilege’, complicating representations of them as equally on the front lines of climate change. Further research was conducted in Vanuatu, with a particular focus on priests. Reductive analyses that present religion as a barrier to climate change adaptation are challenged. Instead, the complexity and heterogeneity of religious responses to climate change are demonstrated through the identification of multiple articulations of the Noah story and their corresponding ethical and political imaginaries. All these retellings in their own ways foreground Islander agency, providing locally meaningful and morally compelling counter-narratives of climate change in the Pacific Island region.
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Winterbottom, Charlotte Frances. "Criteria for interpreting carbonate platform drowning histories and resultant diagenetic fabrics : insights from Hawaii." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2014. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/criteria-for-interpreting-carbonate-platform-drowning-histories-and-resultant-diagenetic-fabrics-insights-from-hawaii(8aceb87a-a9a2-4133-99cc-19ddd9761502).html.
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Large-scale patterns of carbonate platform development are strongly influenced by the interplay between eustatic sea-level change and basinal subsidence or uplift. Improving understanding of the subsidence regime and drowning history of carbonate platforms is important for hydrocarbon exploration as drowning surfaces are known to form diagenetic seals on top of; or permeability barriers within platform reservoirs. In this context, taphonomic and diagenetic signatures may be useful as they have the potential to preserve evidence of the different stages of platform evolution, from platform growth through submergence to post- platform demise. The taphonomic and diagenetic processes operating within shallow reef/platform environments (< - 30 m) are relatively well understood in comparison to those that modify platform depositional fabrics in deeper water environments (> - 30 m). The aim of this study is to document and develop diagnostic models for the evolution of taphonomic alteration and marine diagenesis during progressive platform drowning. The potential of utilising the taphonomic and diagenetic criteria for the interpretation of platform drowning surfaces in the geological record is also discussed. The study is based upon petrographical, mineralogical and trace element analysis of 120 samples from a unique series of 7 successively drowned reefs offshore the Big Island of Hawaii. This exceptional dataset ranges across water depths of 150 – 1500 m and encompasses platform zones over 500 ka. New data from the palaeo-bathymetric interpretation of coralgal and encruster sequences, macro- and micro-boring analyses and analyses of marine diagenesis (cementation and dissolution), provide evidence to show that the platform drowning surfaces in Hawaii are characterised by a unique sequence of taphonomic and diagenetic changes with increased water depth. Six facies are defined and are interpreted as corresponding to four stages of platform growth, followed by a progressive drowning sequence and culminating in complete platform turn-off. The facies distribution and stages of taphonomic and diagenetic alteration with increased water depth during progressive platform drowning are illustrated in three schematic models. The characteristic taphonomic and diagenetic features of each stage of the models and their palaeo-environmental significance are the focus of this study. Although each sequence is not always observed in order or as complete, the schematic models presented provide a framework for documenting the taphonomic and diagenetic alteration of the platform drowning surface that occurs with increased water depth during progressive platform drowning. Many new interesting observations have been made from a much deeper drowned platform surface than has been described and analysed previously and a major advancement has been made in the understanding of the variability and distribution of taphonomic and diagenetic alteration of the platform drowning surface.
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Esterhuysen, Marie. "Die drenkeling in die werk van D.J. Opperman, met spesiale verwysing na Joernaal van Jorik." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22009.
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Bibliography: pages 154-155.In discussing the drowning figure in the work of DJ Opperman, it is assumed that the themes of decline and resurgence are central to the work of the author. With respect to these dual motifs the following became apparent: (a) that the decline inevitably leads to new life, and of necessity, must precede it. (b) This universal paradox of decline and resurgance is characterised by an endless repetition in time. (c) Man as an individual is inextricably caught between the dichotomous forces of birth and death. The individual is recognisable throughout Opperman's work. Through man's intimate connection with water as a medium of birth and death, the individual or "enkeling" is also seen as the drowned figure or "drenkelingfiguur". Reference to this drowned figure carries the joint connotations of drowning or submergence and decline. The condition of decline indicates the disappearance of the drowning figure below the water-line or surface. Such alienation can also be brought about by means of other elements which can become the metaphorical equivalent of water as the medium of submergence.
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Spiegel, Rachel Hannah. "Drowning in Rising Seas: Navigating Multiple Knowledge Systems and Responding to Climate Change in the Maldives." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2017. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/pitzer_theses/76.
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The threat of global climate change increasingly influences the actions of human society. As world leaders have negotiated adaptation strategies over the past couple of decades, a certain discourse has emerged that privileges Western conceptions of environmental degradation. I argue that this framing of climate change inhibits the successful implementation of adaptation strategies. This thesis focuses on a case study of the Maldives, an island nation deemed one of the most vulnerable locations to the impacts of rising sea levels. I apply a postcolonial theoretical framework to examine how differing knowledge systems can both complement and contradict one another. By analyzing government-enforced relocation policies in the Maldives, I find that points of contradiction between Western and indigenous environmental epistemologies can create opportunities to bridge the gap between isolated viewpoints and serve as moments to resist the dominant climate change discourse.
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Coffelt, J. Roberta. "She "Too much of water hast": Drownings and Near-Drownings in Twentieth-Century American Literature by Women." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2001. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3059/.
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Drowning is a frequent mode of death for female literary characters because of the strong symbolic relationship between female sexuality and water. Drowning has long been a punishment for sexually transgressive women in literature. In the introduction, Chapter 1, I describe the drowning paradigm and analyze drowning scenes in several pre-twentieth century works to establish the tradition which twentieth-century women writers begin to transcend. In Chapter 2, I discuss three of Kate Chopin's works which include drownings, demonstrating her transition from traditional drowning themes in At Fault and “Desiree's Baby” to the drowning in The Awakening, which prefigures the survival of protagonists in later works. I discuss one of these in Chapter 3: Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God. Although Janie must rely on her husband to save her from the flood, she survives, though her husband does not. In Chapter 4, I discuss two stories by Eudora Welty, “Moon Lake” and “The Wide Net.” In “Moon Lake,” Easter nearly drowns as a corollary to her adolescent sexual awakening. Although her resuscitation is a brutal simulation of a rape, Easter survives. “The Wide Net” is a comic story that winks at the drowning woman tradition, showing a young bride who pretends to drown in order to recapture the affections of her husband. Chapter 5 analyzes a set of works by Margaret Atwood. Lady Oracle includes another faked drowning, while “The Whirlpool Rapids” and “Walking on Water” feature a protagonist who feels invulnerable after her near-drowning. The Blind Assassin includes substantial drowning imagery. Chapter 6 discusses current trends in near-drowning fiction, focusing on the river rafting adventure stories of Pam Houston.
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Holmbäck, Xiomara. "Drowning-out crystallisation of benzoic acid : Influence of processing conditions and solvent composition on crystal size and shape." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Chemical Engineering and Technology, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-3448.
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The aim of the present investigation is to increase theunderstanding of the role played by the solvent in inhibitingor enhancing crystal growth. Drowning-out crystallizationexperiments has been performed by the controlled addition ofwater or ethanol water mixtures to a saturated solution ofbenzoic acid in ethanol-water mixtures. Crystal habitcontrolling factors have been identified.Seededcrystallization experiments have been carried out to evaluatethe effect of solvent composition on crystal habit at constantsupersaturation. The solubility of benzoic acid inethanol-water mixtures at the working temperatures has beendetermined.
Electro-zone sensing determinations and microscopicmeasurements are used to characterize the final crystallineproduct. It has been found that the shape of the benzoic acidcrystals grown from ethanol-water solutions ranges from needlesto platelets. Platy particles possess a predominant basal plane(001), bound by (010) and (100) faces, while needles aredeveloped along the b-axis. Long needle-shaped particles havebeen produced at low initial bulk concentration and highethanol concentration in the feed. Small platelets are obtainedat high initial bulk concentrations and high waterconcentration in the feed.
The effect of solvent composition on the growth rate hasbeen evaluated at constant supersaturation. Seed crystals arecharacterized by image analysis measurement both before andafter each experiment. Length and width dimensions have beenmeasured on the particle silhouette. The growth rate, thesolid-liquid interfacial energy and the surface entropy factorfor the (010) faces (length dimension) and (100) faces (widthdimension) have been estimated. The interfacial energy andsurface entropy factor decreases in the direction of increasingethanol concentration due to increasing solubility.
The results suggest that at low ethanol concentration(xEtOH<60%) growth proceeds by screw dislocation mechanism,and adsorption of ethanol molecules may reduce the growth rate.As the ethanol concentration increases above a critical value(xEtOH ≥60%), the growth mechanism shifts to surfacenucleation and the growth rate increases with increasingethanol concentration. It has been suggested that the observedeffect of the solvent composition on crystal habit is theresult of two conflicting effects here referred as the kineticand interfacial energy effects. High interactions of the pairethanol-benzoic acid seem to be responsible of the growthretardation (kinetic effect) exerted by the solvent. On theother hand, increased ethanol concentration leads to reduceinterfacial energy and increasing surface nucleation whichmight contribute to enhance growth kinetics.
Keywords:drowning-out crystallisation, solventcomposition, benzoic acid, solubility, crystal growth,interfacial energy, surface entropy factor, growth mechanism,crystal shape distribution.
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Petrilli, Monica. "Drowning in rational discourse strategies of survival in Margaret Atwood's Surfacing, Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping, and Louise Erdrich's Tracks /." Click here for download, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1425290741&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=3260&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Araujo, Rodrigo Thadeu de. "Aspectos médico-legais e preventivos dos casos de afogamentos na região de Ribeirão Preto." Universidade de São Paulo, 2007. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/17/17143/tde-05122007-103925/.
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Esta é a primeira descrição específica de casos de afogamento, em uma área nãolitorânea no Brasil, realizada na região de Ribeirão Preto, Estado de São Paulo. É uma região cujos padrões sociais são comparáveis aos de países desenvolvidos. Um total de 89 casos foi analisado. Esses casos ocorreram entre 2001 e 2004, com coeficiente de mortalidade de 2,44 casos por 100.000 habitantes por ano. Foi delineado o padrão de afogamentos fatais avaliando-se os parâmetros de idade, sexo e sazonalidade. O perfil predominantemente observado foi o de homens brancos, em idade economicamente produtiva (15 a 59 anos), acidentalmente afogados em rios e represas de áreas rurais, de ocorrência durante o verão e o outono. O estudo dessas fatalidades pode permitir o desenvolvimento de programas de prevenção de afogamento em áreas não-litorâneas e não-turísticas no Brasil e em outros lugares do mundo.This is the first specific description of drowning cases in a non-coastal area of Brazil, in the locality of Ribeirão Preto, State of São Pauloa region with standards of living comparable to those in developed countries. A total of 89 cases were analyzed. These cases occurred between 2001 and 2004, at a rate of 2.44 cases per 100,000 habitants per year. The pattern of drowning fatalities in relation to parameters of age, sex, seazonality is discussed. The predominant profile observed was that of the Caucasian male of economically productive age (15 to 59 years), accidentally drowned in rivers and dams in rural areas during the summer and autumn. Observation of the pattern of fatalities may permit the development of a program of prevention of drowning in non-coastal, non-tourist areas in Brazil and elsewhere.
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Glass, Catherine. "Examining and Addressing Men's Boating Safety Behaviours in Inuvik, Northwest Territories." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/35262.
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Injuries are one of the leading causes of death for individuals in Canada. Most injuries are predictable and preventable events that may be reduced by health promotion and injury prevention strategies. In particular, boating fatalities are a leading cause of injury death for men, particularly Aboriginal men, in northern Canada. Despite decades of water safety campaigns, Aboriginal men remain overrepresented in boating fatality statistics. Elevated rates of boating fatalities for Aboriginal men in northern Canada indicate that current water safety messages and initiatives may not be reaching those most vulnerable to boating incidents. My thesis, which is written in the publishable paper format and is comprised of two papers, investigates Aboriginal men’s boating incidents in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada. In paper one, I use a community-based participatory research methodology informed by postcolonial feminist theory to investigate the risk factors that Aboriginal male residents identified as contributing to boating incidents in Inuvik, Northwest Territories. Together, we found that sex and gender, age, place, and lack of boating safety education are the most prominent risk factors for boating incidents. In paper two, I argue that community members are key holders of local knowledge and their expertise should thus be drawn upon by academic researchers and health programmers for the co-creation of injury prevention programs. In it, I provide an overview of the process that led to the co-creation of a boating education poster campaign in Inuvik. Together, the two papers in this thesis demonstrate that community-based strategies should be employed to address health inequities in boating incidents faced by Aboriginal men in the Northwest Territories.
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Sylvan, Elin. "CT-based measurement of lung volume and attenuation of deceased." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-4417.
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Because of the difficulties in concluding whether a person has drowned or not, information that could be relevant for postmortal diagnosis of drowning was studied. With postmortal CT images lung volume, mean attenuation, anterior-posterior difference, lung density profile and amount of water within the lungs were investigated.
The report also evaluates three examples of software that calculates lung volume from postmortal CT images: Siemens’ Syngo Pulmo CT, Siemens‘ Volume Evaluation and GE Medical Systems’ Volume Viewer. The method used at autopsy was also studied. The repeatability and validity were tested and sources of errors identified.
Repeatability and validity for the three tested types of software were acceptable, while the method used at autopsy had to be improved. The study also showed that lung volume related to length, anterior-posterior difference and lung density profile seemed to vary between drowned and other deceased. These measures might conclude whether a person has drowned.
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Musse, Jamilly de Oliveira. "\"A influência do meio aquático nos processos de identificação humana : estudo epidemiológico e laboratorial (recuperação do DNA )\"." Universidade de São Paulo, 2007. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/23/23148/tde-16052007-120412/.
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Os recursos empregados para identificação humana variam desde antropologia física até o estudo dos ácidos nucléicos. Exemplos recentes como o Tsunami, na Tailândia e o Katrina, em Nova Orleans reforçam a necessidade de domínio de técnicas de extração do DNA no processo de identificação de corpos esqueletizados ou em estado de decomposição avançado que estiveram sob influência de ambiente aquoso. Neste sentido, o objetivo deste trabalho foi conhecer a casuística de situações que envolvam casos de afogamento, através dos registros do Instituto Médico-Legal Nina Rodrigues na cidade de Salvador - Bahia, além de, verificar o potencial de recuperação do DNA obtido de dentes humanos, imersos na água doce e salgada, por 1 mês. Foram utilizados 40 dentes sendo o DNA extraído pelo método orgânico e amplificado por PCR utilizando a amelogenina como iniciador. A eletroforese ocorreu inicialmente em gel de agarose e posteriormente em gel de poliacrilamida. Em seguida, foram selecionadas 10 amostras para amplificação através do sistema Powerplex® 16 System, sendo a eletroforese realizada em seqüenciador automático. No levantamento, observou-se 346 óbitos por afogamento, a maioria destes na água salgada (51,73%), predominando vítimas do sexo masculino (86,13%), na faixa etária de 18-35 anos (37,94%). Os cirurgiõesdentistas atuaram na identificação de 14,74% das vítimas. A recuperação do DNA foi possível em 37,5% das amostras (45% provenientes de dentes imersos em água doce e 30% em água salgada). A análise em gel de poliacrilamida de 27 amostras (15 dentes e 12 de células da mucosa oral) provenientes de 12 participantes, que tiveram amplificação positiva no gel de agarose, possibilitou a identificação correta do sexo em 83,3% dos casos (10 indivíduos). Entretanto, foi visualizada a perda de alelos em amostras de dois participantes, prejudicando a determinação do sexo. No Powerplex® foi possível a obtenção de pelo menos uma região do DNA em todas as amostras, mesmo naquelas que tiveram amplificação negativa no gel de agarose. Desta forma, a exposição dos dentes à água interferiu diretamente na recuperação do DNA. A investigação do sexo pela amelogenina mostrou-se efetiva, mas como toda técnica necessita de uma interpretação criteriosa dos resultados. Além disso, o sistema multiplex permitiu a obtenção de resultados mais fidedignos em função do seu alto poder discriminativo. O presente estudo proporcionou a obtenção de conhecimentos técnicos e científicos sobre o emprego da biologia molecular na investigação do sexo, demonstrando que apesar de ser uma técnica extremamente sensível às condições ambientais e outros fatores, trata-se de um método eficiente nos processos de identificação humana. Entretanto, a análise de DNA, mesmo sendo uma poderosa ferramenta, não é condição sine qua non em estudos forenses, devendo ser considerada dentro de um conjunto de variadas evidências.The resources used for human identification vary since physical anthropology until nucleic acid study. Recent examples as the Tsunami, in Thailand and the Katrina, in New Orleans strengthen the necessity of domain of DNA extraction techniques in the skeleton bodies identification process in advanced decomposition state that had been under watery environment influence. In this direction, the objective of this work was to know the casuistry of situations that involve drowning cases, through the registers of Nina Rodrigues Forensic Medicine Institute in Salvador city - Bahia, beyond, to verify the recovery potential of DNA in human teeth immersed in the water for 1 month. 40 teeth had been used, being the DNA extracted for the organic method and amplified by PCR using the amelogenin as initiator. The electrophoresis occurred initially in agarose gel and later in polyacrylamide gel. After that, 10 samples was select for amplification through the Powerplex® 16 System, being the electrophoresis carried in the automated sequence data. In the survey, was observed 346 deaths for drowning, the majority of these in the saline water (51,73%), predominating victims of the masculine sex (86,13%), with age between 18-35 years (37,94%). The surgeon-dentists had acted in the identification of 14,74% of the victims. The DNA recovery was possible in 37,5% of the samples (45% comimg teeth immersed in fresh water and 30% in saline water). The analysis in polyacrylamide gel of 27 samples (15 teeth and 12 of oral mucous cells) proceeding from 12 participants, who had positive amplification in the agarose gel, made possible the correct sex identification in 83,3% of the cases (10 individuals). However, the allelic loss in samples of two participants was visualized, harming the sex determination. In the Powerplex® it was possible obtaining at least one region of the DNA in all the samples, exactly in that they had negative amplification in the agarose gel. Of this form, the exposition of teeth to the water intervened directly with the DNA recuperation. The sex identification by amelogenin revealed effective, but as all technique needs one sensible interpretation of the results. Moreover, the multiplex system allowed the obtaining of trustworther results in function of your high discriminate power. The present study provided the obtaining of technician and scientific knowledge about use of molecular biology in the sex investigation, demonstrating that although to be one extremely sensible technique to the ambient conditions and other factors, is one efficient method in the human identification processes. However, the DNA analysis, exactly being one powerful tool, is not indispensable condition in forensic studies, having to be considered inside of one set of varied evidences.
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Bush, T. N. "Writing not drowning : an examination of the issues discussed in the novel Summer of Love, and of the creative and contextual research supporting its creation." Thesis, Bath Spa University, 2016. http://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/7762/.
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This PhD submission consists of a novel, 'The Summer of Love', and a supporting thesis. Together, novel and thesis comprise and address the research inquiry underpinning the novel's creation, namely: how is it possible to write fiction exploring political issues, the UK Government's treatment of disabled people and the associated stigmatisation of welfare dependents, without flattening the story or appearing partisan or divisive? Is it possible for this novelist to capture difficult truths from the political and social landscape in prose that combines humour with insight? 'The Summer of Love' is a darkly satirical novel in which Alex, a disabled journalist fallen on hard times, uncovers a story that could link the govenment to a euthanasia programme targeting disabled, elderly and vulnerable people. During her investigation, she inadvertently becomes part of the Ladies' Defective Agency, a group of disabled women running a phone sex company which, in turn, may or may not be fronting for the underground activist gang, BOUDICCA. Alex and her guide dog, Chris, must negotiate a world where anyone reliant on any form of welfare is pilloried, scapegoated and a potential target of hate crime, in order to bring the uncomfortable truth to an oblivious society. The novel intends to bring forward challenging ideas about compassion, human rights and equality, about disability and normalcy, reflecting my/our worst nightmares about the current welfare changes and their impact on disabled and vulnerable people. Following extensive research and experiment, several key creative techniques are specified and applied including: 1) Immersion in historical texts in order to write scenarios and characters that would create a resonance with the T4Aktion plans for Nazi Germany 2) Conscientious development of a fully rounded, three dimensional disabled protagonist, in order to reflect our shared human experience and not just a 'disabled' experience 3) The use of satire and humour to create further narrative empathy through a shared, cathartic response of laughter followed by understanding and 4) Employment of the notion of 'protective fictionality', allowing the reader to escape into a slightly more fantastical 'Other England', where they can imaginatively inhabit the minds of animals as well as people. This was done in the hope that a more relaxed reader would be a more amenable, empathic and absorbed one. By applying these creative tactics, I hope, 'The Summer of Love' creates strong narrative empathic connections with its readers that may lead to a greater understanding of the current climate of hostility and shame faced by vulnerable and disabled people in the UK today, whilst at the same time providing an entertaining and exhilarating read.
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Hudson, Diana Stark. "Immersion- and recreationalboating related injuries in Alaska /." Stockholm, 2005. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2005/91-7140-454-6/.
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Schinda, Antonio. "Epidemiologia de afogamento: Estado e políticas públicas no Paraná." Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Parana, 2013. http://tede.unioeste.br:8080/tede/handle/tede/870.
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Previous issue date: 2013-12-16Drowning is a difficult problem to solve. Every year there are many deaths in the state of Paraná, the majority in isolated places. How can we reduce the number of drownings in the state of Parana? Where and how are the deaths by drowning occurring? What are the preventive measures that could be used as public policies for prevention? The main objective of the research was to analyze the drowning epidemiology in Paraná State to improve the understanding on this subject and also classify the problem of drowning deaths in liquid environment as one of the part of the social problem; it was also considered that social policies are actions from the State. Accordingly, therefore, the drowning epidemiology was treated and understood as a matter of public policy. As primary source, the occurrence records system from the Fire Department of Paraná (SISBM) was used to analyze the incidents of aquatic search, along with the analysis of the database about drowning used in the Unified Health System (SUS) called (DATASUS) in the period of 2008-2012, supplemented with official documents and reports, research reports, articles, books and the annals of the events. The research was divided as follows: in Section I a brief introduction was made on the origin of the subject of the research that was reported and the research problem; Section II approached the social and environmental characteristics of the drowning epidemiology and discussed some of the State and public policies; in Section III, the diagnoses was presented, social and environmental characteristics of the drowning epidemiology in Paraná using reports from DATASUL and SISBM; Section IV brought the data analysis, discussions, and final closing remarks
O afogamento é um problema de difícil solução. Todos os anos ocorrem muitas mortes no estado do Paraná, sendo a maioria em locais isolados. Como podemos reduzir o número de afogamentos da localidade? Onde e como estão ocorrendo as mortes por afogamento? Quais as medidas preventivas que poderiam ser usadas como políticas públicas de prevenção? O objetivo principal do trabalho é analisar a epidemiologia do afogamento no estado do Paraná para melhorar a compreensão deste tema. Também vamos classificar a questão de mortes por afogamento em meio líquido como uma das partes do problema social, considerando que as políticas sociais são ações do Estado. Deste modo, portanto, a epidemiologia do afogamento é tratada e compreendida como uma questão de políticas públicas. Utiliza-se como fonte primária o sistema de registros de ocorrências do Corpo de Bombeiros do Paraná (SISBM), por meio da análise das ocorrências de busca aquática, bem com da análise do banco de dados sobre afogamento utilizado no Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS), denominado DATASUS, no período de 2008 2012, complementados com os documentos e relatórios oficiais, relatos de pesquisa, artigos, livros e anais de eventos. O trabalho está dividido da seguinte forma: no capítulo I foi feita uma rápida introdução da pesquisa onde foi relatado sobre a origem da temática de estudo e a problemática; o capítulo II trata das características sociais e ambientais da epidemiologia do afogamento, bem como discute um pouco o Estado e políticas públicas; no capítulo III foram apresentados o diagnóstico, as características sociais e ambientais da epidemiologia do afogamento no estado do Paraná utilizando os relatórios do DATASUS e do SISBM; o capítulo IV trouxe a análise dos dados, discussão e as considerações finais
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Милка, Ю. С. "Статистичні дані та основні причини утоплення в Україні та Сумській області за 2015-2016 роки." Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2017. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/54787.
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Актуальність. За даними наведеними експертами ВООЗ - утоплення є третьою причиною смерті в світі від ненавмисних травм. Кожну годину в світі в наслідок утоплення гине близько 40 людей. В Україні смертність від утоплення або занурення під воду коливається від 5,9% до 7,5%, по Сумській області – 3-4%. Метою нашого дослідження є вивчення статистичних даних та основних причин утоплення в Україні та Сумській області у 2015-2016 роках.
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Tucker, Marilyse. "Teaching Water Safety Skills to Children with Autism Using Behavioral Skills Training." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2016. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc955103/.
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Behavioral skills training (BST) and in situ training (IST) have been evaluated as methods to teach different safety skills to individuals with developmental disabilities. Research on BST has examined topics such as gun safety, abduction prevention, poison avoidance, and sexual abuse prevention. A large safety issue that is missing from the literature is drowning prevention and water safety skills. Drowning is one of the most prevalent issues facing facing children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), particularly those who elope from their homes or caregivers. The current study aimed the effectiveness of using BST+IST to teach three water safety skills to three children with ASD. The intial form of intervention was BST with total task presentation of the skill, using verbal instruction, modeling, rehearsal, and feedback. If this intervention did not result in an increase in performance, the skill was broken down into individual component presentation, in which each component of the skill was taught using the same procedures. Results from the current study showed that BST+IST was effective in teaching all skills to all participants.
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Leatherman, Stephen B. "Rip Current Generation, Flow Characteristics and Implications for Beach Safety in South Florida." FIU Digital Commons, 2018. https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3884.
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Rip currents are the most dangerous hazard at surf beaches. Rip currents in South Florida have previously not been studied. Beach profiles for three Florida beaches (Miami Beach, Lido Beach, Sarasota, and Pensacola Beach) and one Georgia beach (South Cumberland Island) were chosen for surveying because of their variable sand bar heights. Rip current hazard at each beach was assessed by lifeguard rip rescue and drowning statistics. A relationship was found between sand bar height, beach slope and rip current hazard.
Rip current measurements in South Florida, which involved utilizing GPS drifters, laser rangefinder and drone-imaged fluorescent tracer dye, showed that the speed ranged from 0.1-0.5 m/s, which is fairly slow compared to such measurements undertaken in California and Australia. The effect of rip currents on swimmers was analyzed based on the drag force acting on swimmers and the power they generate to overcome the currents when swimming against them. The drag force and power increase quadratically and cubically, respectively, with the increase of rip current and swimming speeds. Hence, even rip currents of low velocity can be dangerous and swimming against the current should be avoided if possible.
Strong rips in California have been shown to exhibit a circulatory pattern, which could bring a floater back to the safety of a shallow sand bar. Field measurements of rip currents in South Florida clearly defined the flow characteristics of a nearly straight-line current, sometimes deflected to the east-southeast. Therefore, the traditional approach of swimming left or right, parallel to the shore is the best escape strategy, but not against the longshore current if present. A logistic regression analysis was conducted to predict the occurrence of rip currents based on beach conditions. The logistic model showed that wave height, wave period and wind speed were statistically significant factors in rip generation. Rips were found to be most commonly generated by relatively small, non-threatening waves (e.g., 0.6 to 0.9m in height). These physical factors, along with social and safety considerations, pose a significant problem for coastal management.
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Tellier, Eric. "Noyades et traumatismes liés aux vagues et marées sur le littoral océanique girondin : épidémiologie, modélisation et prévention." Thesis, Bordeaux, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019BORD0225.
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Les côtes girondines, dans le Sud-Ouest de la France, sont façonnées par les conditions océaniques. Les plages de sables y présentent des dangers tels que les courants d'arrachement et les vagues de bord. Ces phénomènes sont la cause de noyades et de traumatismes potentiellement graves, nécessitant des dispositifs de surveillance et de secours.Les objectifs de cette thèse étaient d'enrichir les connaissances utiles à l'intervention sur les noyades et traumatismes liés aux vagues selon plusieurs axes : en décrivant la population des victimes, en modélisant les risques et en déterminant les actions nécessaires à leur prévention.Dans un premier temps, les caractéristiques démographiques et la gravité des noyades et des traumatismes ont été décrites. En analysant les appels au Service d'Aide Médicale d'Urgence de la Gironde, 652 noyades et 814 traumatismes ont été recensés. À partir de ces données et en intégrant les observations météorologiques, un modèle de prévision du risque de noyade sur le littoral océanique girondin a été créé. Il a été ensuite validé, sur les données météorologiques prévisionnelles. Le risque de noyade liée aux courants d'arrachement peut ainsi être anticipé trois jours à l'avance. Les risques de traumatismes liés aux vagues de bord ont également fait l'objet de modélisation.Un cadre théorique de modélisation de l'histoire naturelle de la noyade à l'aide d'un processus de Markov à temps continu a été proposé. Il a permis, entre autre, de quantifier l'impact théorique d'une réduction du délai des secours sur la gravité des noyades. Une réduction du délai de médian des secours de 15 à 10 minutes permettrait une diminution de moitié des cas de noyade graves.Enfin, l'utilisation des prévisions du risque dans une action de prévention a été discuté à partir de concepts issus d'une revue de la littérature. Ces travaux permettront de mettre en place et d'évaluer une action de prévention de la traumatologie océane en GirondeThe Gironde coasts in southwestern France are shaped by ocean conditions. Sandy beaches are exposed to high-energy waves which create hazardous conditions with shore-break waves and rip currents. These phenomena cause drownings and potentially serious injuries, requiring patrolling and rescue means.The aims of this work were to study wave-related drownings and injuries (i.e. surf zone injuries, SZI) in several ways: by describing the population of victims, modelling the risks and identifying the actions needed to prevent them.First, the demographic characteristics and severity of SZI were described. By analysing calls to the Gironde Emergency Medical Aid Service, 652 drownings and 814 traumas were recorded. From these data and using meteorological data, a model was created to predict the risk of drowning on the Gironde surf coast. It was then validated, based on the weather forecasts. The risk of drowning due to rip-currents can thus be anticipated three days in advance. The risks factors of shorebreak related injury were also studied.A theoretical framework to describe the timeline of drowning, using a continuous Markov process, was proposed. It allowed, among other things, to simulate the theoretical impact of a reduction in rescue time on the severity of drownings. Shortening the median rescue time from 15 to 10 minutes would reduce severe drowning cases by half.Finally, the use of risk predictions in prevention action was discussed on the basis of concepts from a literature review. This work will make it possible to set up and evaluate an action to prevent SZI in Gironde
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Burnay, Rodrigues de Morais Carolina. "Infants’ relationship with drop-offs and water environments." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2020. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2346.
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Underpinned by the ecological approach to perceptual-motor development, this Thesis aims to contribute to the understanding of the organization of infants’ behaviour during encounters with drop-offs and water environments. Previous studies have linked locomotor experience to infants’ avoidance of falling from heights. Using the Real Cliff / Water Cliff apparatus, Burnay and Cordovil (2016) confirmed the effect of locomotor experience on crawlers’ avoidance of drop-offs and linked locomotor experience to infants’ avoidance of falling into the water for the first time. However, the effect of other specific locomotor experiences on infants’ approach to aquatic environments has not been addressed. This Thesis investigated the effect of specific locomotor experiences and the transition from skilled crawling to novice walking on infants’ behaviour when they encounter real cliffs and two different ways to access the water: a cliff and a slope.
Using a cross-sectional design, Study One examined the effect of specific locomotor experiences on 102 infants’ (58 crawlers, 44 walkers) avoidance of falling from a real and a water cliff (tank of water attached to the edge of a drop-off). Crawling and total self-produced locomotor experiences were associated with crawling and walking infants’ behaviour. No association between walking experience and walking infants’ avoidance behaviour was found. Study Two examined 25 infants’ behaviour on the real and the water cliff in a longitudinal design. Infants were tested as experienced crawlers, new walkers and again as experienced walkers. The majority of infants avoided equally or more consistently when tested as new walkers than as experienced crawlers and even more consistently when tested as experienced walkers. Combining results from Study One and Two indicates that some degree of what infants learn through crawling experience about navigating drop-offs transfers to a new walking locomotor pattern. For new walkers, adaptive behaviour requires a recalibration process, and a longer duration of crawling experience facilitates this process.
To investigate if perceptual-motor development influences infants’ avoidance of submersion when a sloped entrance to the water is offered in the same way it does when a drop-off is presented, Study Three examined 77 infants’ (43 crawlers, 34 walkers) avoidance of submersion on a 10⁰ sloped surface leading to deep water. No association between infants’ avoidance of submersion and locomotor experiences was found. Comparison with the results of Study One revealed that the proportion of infants that reached submersion on the slope was greater than the proportion of infants that fell into the water cliff. With self-produced locomotor experience, infants become attuned to relevant perceptual information about threats posed by cliffs (filled with water or not) but locomotor experience does not teach them to perceive water as unsafe when it can be approached via a sloped pathway.
Outcomes of this Thesis can be applied to educate caregivers about sensitive periodswhen infants are more susceptible to engage in behaviour that heightens drowning risk and to inform them about the potential increased drowning risk posed by swimming pools with sloping access.
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Laturnus, Jan Moritz. "Zur Bedeutung des Sehrtschen Magentodes beim Ertrinken." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Medizinische Fakultät - Universitätsklinikum Charité, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/15061.
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METHODE: Aus den Protokollen von Ertrunkenen des Sektionsgutes der Jahre 1991-2000 der Rechtsmedizinischen Institute der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (n=129) und der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität Greifswald (n=209) wurde versucht die Häufigkeit und Bedeutung von Mageninhalt in den Luftwegen zu beurteilen. In diesem Zusammenhang sollte auch die Herkunft und Verwendung des Begriffs des "Sehrtschen Magentodes" durch eine Literaturrecherche ergründet werden. Der "Sehrtsche Magentod" ist per definitionem ein Erstickungstod durch Aspirieren von erbrochenem Mageninhalt beim Ertrinken. RESULTS: Von den 129 Ertrunkenen in Berlin fanden sich 8, unter den 209 Ertrunkenen in Greifswald fanden sich 12 mit Mageninhalt in Kehlkopf, Trachea oder Bronchien. Es konnte ein Hinweis auf ein mögliches häufigeres Auftreten von Mageninhalt in den Luftwegen bei Ertrunkenen mit einer Mageninhaltsmenge > 500ml gefunden werden. Es fanden sich keine Hinweise dafür, daß es häufiger zum Auffinden von Mageninhalt in den Luftwegen bei Ertrinken in kaltem Wasser, in Salzwasser oder bei starker Alkoholisierung kommt. Des weiteren wurden bei den Fällen mit Mageninhalt in den Luftwegen der Lungenbefund auf die Frage einer vitalen Aspiration kasuistisch-deskriptiv untersucht und diskutiert. Unterschiede zwischen Berlin und Greifswald hinsichtlich der statistischen Verteilung von Alter, Geschlecht, Art, Ort und Zeitpunkt des Ertrinkens, Liegezeit im Wasser, toxikologischen Befunden, Lungenbefund und Magenbefund wurden herausgearbeitet.The coronial files of drownings from the period 1991-2000 in Berlin (n=129) and Greifswald (n=209) were analysed to assess the frequency and significance of the occurrence of gastric content in the air passages of the deceased. In this context the origin and use of the term "Sehrtscher Magentod" was also clarified by means of a literature review. The "Sehrtscher Magentod" per definition occurs through asphyxiation as vomited stomach content is aspirated during the drowning. RESULTS: From 129 drownings in Berlin, 8 showed signs of gastric content in the air passages (larynx, trachea, bronchis), whilst in Greifswald this figure amounted to 12 out of 209. The study revealed a possible higher occurrence of gastric content in air passages where the deceased were found to have a gastric content quantity exceeding 500ml. Drownings in cold or salt water, or with a high blood alcohol concentration, did not show signs of a possible higher occurrence of gastric content in the air passages. Furthermore, the lung content of those cases showing gastric content in the air passages was examined and discussed regarding the question of a vital aspiration talking in a casuistic descriptual approach. Differences between the two cities with regards to the statistical distribution of age, gender, nature, location and time of drowning, toxicological findings, and lung and gastric features are also included in the study.