terms ischemia and infarction. Ischemia- local decrease in blood supply Infarction- death & deterioration of tissue resulting from lack of blood supply. 2. What is a stroke? Name the two main types of strokes and describe the mechanism(s) by which each type occurs. Cerebrovascular Accident- condition in which brain tissue is deprived of blood supply. The most common stroke symptoms are: Numbness or weakness (paresis) of the face‚ arm‚ or leg‚ sometimes only on one side; Confusion‚ trouble speaking
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But if we observe past years’ and recent road accidents statistics/reports‚ we can perceive that the propensity of road accidents in Malaysia is on the rise. Now I think‚ Malaysia really requires an investigation in the geographical distribution and regional variation of accidents rather than looking at the accidents in a national perspective. There may be certain geographical areas where accident proneness may be higher. These variations in accidents can be analyzed by developing a set of geographical
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Air Accident An Air accident is the worst nightmare of every pilot or passenger that has ever ridden in an aircraft. Although air travel is one of the safest forms of transportations‚ accidents do happen with dramatic and terrifying results. The circumstance of Air accidents takes place by four causes: takeoff and landing‚ mechanical failures‚ pilot error‚ and bad weather. One cause of Air accidents take place is during takeoff and landing. Approximately 80 percent of all aviation
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irphouse.com/ijcer.htm Analysis of Road Accidents on National Highway-5: An Indian Scenario N.V. Subba Rao1‚ K. Durga Rani2 and S. Rama Krishna Rao3 2 Regional Transport Authority‚ Hyderabad‚ India Associate Professor‚ Civil Engineering Dept.‚ Andhra University‚ India 3 Professor‚ Civil Engineering Dept.‚ Andhra University‚ India Abstract 1 Road accidents are a serious global problem with more than one life lost every minute. Globally road accidents are one of the leading causes of death
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of Road Accidents The high socio-economic cost of the injuries and fatalities‚ occurring due to road accidents‚ and the need for effective policies for curbing road accidents make it imperative to study the causes of road accidents. The analysis of road accidents in terms of causal factors reveals that drivers’ fault is the single most important factor responsible for accidents‚ fatalities and injuries. Drivers’ fault accounted for 77.5 per cent (3‚85‚806 accidents) of total accidents; 72.0
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1. PROJECT. To Design an Accident Causation Model 2. SCOPE. The Accident Causation Model (or "Swiss Cheese Model") is a theoretical model that illustrates how accidents occur in organisations. The model focuses on both organisational hierarchy and human error. It postulates that the typical accident occurs because several (human) errors have occurred at all levels in the organisational hierarchy in a way that made such accident unavoidable. For example‚ decision makers may have made ill decisions
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Causes of car accidents Car accidents can happen to drivers anytime‚ anywhere. "According to the National Safety Council‚ which stated that more than 2.5 million collisions back every year‚ making it the most common type of car accidents‚ it is also known that the accident rear end as incidents of injury‚ because the nature of the collision leads often in whiplash injury the driver in the car in front and about 20% of people who participated in a rear collision injury symptoms of this kind. "
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Causes Of Road Accident • The first major cause of road accidents in Ghana is poor driving skills. • Drivers talking on mobile phones while driving have caused several road accidents • Gross indiscipline is the cause in most cases amongst Ghanaians. • Most accidents are caused by broken down vehicles on our roads. • It appears in Ghana there is a leeway for drivers to drive on worn/second hand tyres. • The unworthiness of some cars on our roads also invariably leads to road
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Car Accident "A car is not the only thing that can be recalled by its maker." (Unknown) I used to be the kind of person who thought nothing could ever hurt me‚ until a normal morning turned into a disaster‚ which made me realize that life can be taken abruptly. My significant event is my car accident. After waving goodbye to my parents‚ I was off to school on a beautiful spring morning. It was a fifteen minute drive on gravel roads to get to my high school. My high school was a brick red
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Essay on Road Accidents !! Lack of road-sense has further complicated the matters. Driving licenses are given on illegal gratifications to the authorities and traffic rules and regulations are thrown to the winds. Overloading is one of the major factors of road- accidents and deaths. The condition of the vehicles is hardly found road-worthy. The unmanned railway level-crossings further add to the chaos and confusion. The multiplicity of authorities and utter lack of coordination among them is another
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