475 research outputs found
Head and facial injuries due to cluster munitions
No full textCluster munitions are weapons that scatter smaller sub-munitions intended to kill or mutilate on impact. They have been used by the Israeli army in the south of Lebanon and are now scattered over wide rural areas affecting its inhabitants. Because of their easily pickable nature, sub-munitions can inflict injuries to the head and face regions. In this study, we aimed to explore the head and face injuries along with their clinical features in a group of Lebanese patients who suffered from such injuries due to a sub-munition's detonation. The study included all the cases reported between 14 August 2006 and 15 February 2013, with head and face injuries related to cluster bombs. Injuries were classified into brain, eye, otologic and auditory impairments, oral and maxillofacial, and skin and soft-tissue injuries. Psychological effects of these patients were also examined as for post-traumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and acute stress syndrome. During the study period, there were 417 casualties as a result of cluster munitions' blasts. Out of the total number of victims, 29 (7 percent) were injured in the head and the face region. The convention on cluster munitions of 2008 should be adhered to, as these inhumane weapons indiscriminately and disproportionately harm innocent civilians, thereby violating the well-established international principles governing conflict and war today. © 2014 Springer-Verlag.American Psychiatric Association, 2013, DIAGN STAT MAN MENT, P271; Bandak FA, 1996, TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJU, P167; Beehner L, 2006, BACKGROUNDER; BRANDVOLD B, 1990, J NEUROSURG, V72, P15, DOI 10.3171-jns.1990.72.1.0015; Bryant K, 2009, B WORLD HEALTH ORGAN, V87, P8; Campbell DG, 2007, J GEN INTERN MED, V22, P711, DOI 10.1007-s11606-006-0101-4; COOPER PR, 1979, NEUROSURGERY, V4, P373; Corbman GR, 1997, ANXIETY DISORDERS CU; Fares Youssef, 2013, J Infect Public Health, V6, P482, DOI 10.1016-j.jiph.2013.05.006; Fares Y, 2013, NEUROL SCI, V34, P2095, DOI 10.1007-s10072-013-1343-7; Fares Y, 2013, NEUROL SCI, V34, P1971, DOI 10.1007-s10072-013-1427-4; Torpy Janet M, 2011, JAMA, V305, P522, DOI 10.1001-jama.305.5.522; GUALTIERI T, 1991, Brain Injury, V5, P219, DOI 10.3109-02699059109008093; Hurley RA, 2004, J NEUROPSYCH CLIN N, V16, P1, DOI 10.1176-appi.neuropsych.16.1.1; KAUFMAN HH, 1986, NEUROSURGERY, V18, P689; Mendez CV, 2005, J NEUROPSYCH CLIN N, V17, P297, DOI 10.1176-appi.neuropsych.17.3.297; Muzaffar W, 2000, BRIT J OPHTHALMOL, V84, P626, DOI 10.1136-bjo.84.6.626; RISH BL, 1983, J NEUROSURG, V59, P775, DOI 10.3171-jns.1983.59.5.0775; Sayer NA, 2008, ARCH PHYS MED REHAB, V89, P163, DOI 10.1016-j.apmr.2007.05.0250
A general Framework for Characterizing the Behavior of Mobile Learners
No full text@inproceedings{CI-Lancieri-2005-4, author = {Benayoune, Fares and Lancieri, Luigi}, title = {A general Framework for Characterizing the Behavior of Mobile Learners}, booktitle = {IADIS International Conference Mobile Learning (ML2005)}, year = {2005}, address = {Qawra, Malta} }International audienc
MoViTo: a Generic Visualization Tool for Mobility Analysis
No full text@inproceedings{CI-Lancieri-2005-3, author = {Benayoune, Fares and Lancieri, Luigi}, title = {MoViTo: a Generic Visualization Tool for Mobility Analysis}, booktitle = {International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS05), IEEE}, year = {2005}, address = {Siena, Italy} }International audienc
Models of Cooperation in Peer-to-Peer Networks
No full text@inproceedings{CI-Lancieri-2004, author = {Benayoune, Fares and Lancieri, Luigi}, title = {Models of Cooperation in Peer-to-Peer Networks}, booktitle = {international conference Conference on Universal Multiservice Networks (ECUMN04), IEEE}, year = {2004}, address = {Porto, Portugal} }International audienc
A study on the customer behaviour towards the level of services generated by Park May Berhad / Rashida Bahmad Fuad
No full textThe purpose of this Graduation Exercise is to identify the problems faced by Park May Berhad with special reference towards the Plusliner Express Department services. At present, Express Department is underway to improve, develop and upgrade its operation towards efficiency of level of service. Therefore, a closer look into the current system is essential in improving the quality of the service. The rationale of the study will covers the determinant of consumer behaviour towards the level of service that may facilitate the producer by making them easier to make a decision in producing the service. Thus, the Bukit Kayu Hitam to Kuala Lumpur route as a profitable route had being taken as a model to improve the other non profitable routes. The problems identified are with specific aimed to know the relationship between level of service offered and fares charged, the consumers' willingness to pay in terms of fares charged, lack of information on overall service, the need to improve the marketing strategies and lack of information on the purpose of making the journey
Cabdrivers and Their Fares: Temporal Structures of a Linking Ecology
No full textThe author argues that behind the apparent randomness of interactions between cabdrivers and their fares in Warsaw is a temporal structure. To capture this temporal structure, the author introduces the notion of a linking ecology. He argues that the Warsaw taxi market is a linking ecology, which is structured by religious time, state time, and family time. The author then focuses on waiting time, arguing that it too structures the interactions between cabdrivers and their fares. The author makes a processual argument that waiting time has been restructured by the postsocialist transformation, but only because this transformation has been continually encoded through the defensive and adaptive strategies of cabdrivers responding to the repetitive and unique events located across the social space. The author concludes with the claim that linking ecologies are a recurring structure of the social process and that they form the backbone of globalization, financialization, and mediatization.Abstract Principles of Human Ecology Some Properties of Linking Ecologies Data and Methods The Genesis and Structure of Cab Ecologies A Linking Ecology and the Temporal Architecture of Warsaw The Temporal Structures of Religious Time and State Time The Temporal Structure of Family Time The Temporal Structure of Waiting Time Fishing for Customers: Uncertainty and Waiting Time The Market Process and the Eventfulness of Demand Defensive Strategies: Coping With Uncertainty Through Routines Adaptive Strategies: Coping With Uncertainty Through Observation Conclusions Acknowledgements Notes Reference
Anatomical and neuropsychological effects of cluster munitions
No full textThe aim of this article is to investigate the effects of cluster munitions on the different environmental, anatomical and neuropsychological levels. We conducted a study to explore the effects of sub-munitions on Lebanese victims. The study included a total of 407 cases that have been subjected to the detonation of unexploded sub-munitions in Lebanon, between 2006 and 2011. In our series, 356 casualties were injured and 51 were dead. 382 were males and 25 were females. We recorded 83 cases of amputations, and injuries involving cranio-facial regions, thorax, abdomen, and upper and lower extremities. These injuries lead to loss of function, body disfiguration, and chronic pain caused by the injuries or the amputations, as well as post-traumatic stress disorder. The peripheral nervous system was mostly affected and patients suffered from significant psychosocial tribulations. Cluster munitions harm human beings and decrease biodiversity. Survivors suffer from physical and psychological impairments. Laws should be passed and enforced to ban the use of these detrimental weapons that have negative effects on ecosystem and societal levels. © 2013 Springer-Verlag Italia.American Psychiatric Association, 1994, DIAGN STAT MAN MENT; [Anonymous], 1982, NY TIMES; [Anonymous], 2008, REM LEB 13 AUG STOP; ASCHERIO A, 1995, LANCET, V346, P721, DOI 10.1016-S0140-6736(95)91501-X; Beehner L, 2006, BACKGROUNDER; Berhe AA, 2007, LAND DEGRAD DEV, V18, P1, DOI 10.1002-ldr.754; Blaikie P., 1987, LAND DEGRADATION SOC; Cameron AM, 1998, WALK FEAR GLOBAL MOV; Dahlberg A, 1994, 6 NORD AFR; De Smet J, 2000, INT SOC STUDY PAIN, V11, P1; Dougherty PJ, 2001, J BONE JOINT SURG AM, V83A, P383; Eliasson J, 1995, CLEARING FIELDS SOLU, P308; Foell J, 2012, HDB PAIN PALLIATIVE; Gunaratnam Hentry Roche, 2003, Med Confl Surviv, V19, P223, DOI 10.1080-13623690308409693; Handicap International and Lao Youth Union, 2004, LIF BOMB PSYCH STUD, P12; Human Rights Watch, 2004, CLUST MUN INT HUM LA; Johnston DL, 1995, LAND DEGRADATION CRE, DOI Blackwell; Leaning J, 2000, CMAJ, V163, P9; Patton G, 1975, WAR I KNEW IT; Ramachandran VS, 1998, BRAIN, V121, P1603, DOI 10.1093-brain-121.9.1603; Somasundaram D J, 1998, Med Confl Surviv, V14, P219, DOI 10.1080-13623699808409394; Strada G, 1996, SCI AM, V274, P26; Troll K, 2000, IMPACT ANTIPERSONNEL31
P2PEACE: a P2P-based simulation Environment for Autonomic Content Exchange Networks
No full text@inproceedings{CI-Lancieri-2006, author = {Benayoune, Fares and Lancieri, Luigi and Ag Rhissa, Anasser}, title = {P2PEACE: a P2P-based simulation Environment for Autonomic Content Exchange Networks}, booktitle = {International Conference on Autonomic and Autonomous Systems ICAS'06, IEEE}, year = {2006}, address = {Silicon Valley, USA} }International audienc
Pain and neurological sequelae of cluster munitions on children and adolescents in South Lebanon
No full textThis paper aims at evaluating the neurological repercussions arising from injuries sustained due to cluster munitions in children up to 18 years in South Lebanon following the 2006 conflict. Data on neurological and pain symptoms suffered during and after treatment because of sub-munitions in South Lebanon from August 2006 till late 2011 were prospectively recorded. Patients were divided into subcategories; children aged 12 and under and adolescents aged between 13 and 18. During the study period, there were 407 casualties, 122 (30 percent) of which were aged 18 years or younger. There were 116 (95 percent) males and six (5 percent) females. Average age was 14 years. 10 (8.2 percent), all males, died as a result of their injuries. 42 (34.4 percent) were children and 80 (65.6 percent) were adolescents. 112 had surgical treatments for their injuries. 83 out of 112 patients (74 percent) with non-lethal injuries had amputations, 67 percent children and 78 percent adolescents. Among those who had amputations, 31 (37.4 percent) suffered from phantom limb pain and 71 percent suffered from stump-residual limb pain. 88 percent of patients were diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (44 percent children and 77 percent adolescents) and 41 percent were diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome. Four patients (3.6 percent) suffered from traumatic brain injuries, both penetrating and closed. Pain syndromes were found in all patients who had amputation. The injury related comorbidities together with many post-concussion syndrome cases, and fewer traumatic brain injuries lead into a high level of physical, psychosocial and economic burdens on the community. © 2013 Springer-Verlag Italia.American Psychiatric Association, 1994, DIAGN STAT MAN MENT; [Anonymous], 2011, CHILDR LANDM DEADL L; [Anonymous], 2010, INT CAMP BAN LANDM; Bandak FA, 1996, TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJU, P167; Beehner L, 2006, CAMPAIGN BAN CLUSTER; Bendinelli C, 2009, WORLD J SURG, V33, P1070, DOI 10.1007-s00268-009-9978-5; Borrie J, 2006, CLUST MUNITIONS, V4, P5; Bouhassira D, 2005, PAIN, V114, P29, DOI 10.1016-j.pain.2004.12.010; Fares Y, 2013, NEUROL SCI, DOI [10.1007-s10072-013-1343-7, DOI 10.1007-S10072-013-1343-7]; Flor H, 1998, EXP BRAIN RES, V119, P205, DOI 10.1007-s002210050334; Jaber H, 2009, CLUSTER BOMBS LEAVE; Kalauokalani DAK, 1999, EPIDEMIOLOGY PAIN, P143; Kooijman CM, 2000, PAIN, V87, P33, DOI 10.1016-S0304-3959(00)00264-5; Ling G, 2009, J NEUROTRAUM, V26, P815, DOI 10.1089-neu.2007.0484; Nixon R, 2007, CULT CRIT, P160; Roth W, 2011, GLOBALIZATIONS; SHERMAN RA, 1980, PAIN, V8, P85, DOI 10.1016-0304-3959(80)90092-5; Walsh NE, 2003, B WORLD HEALTH ORGAN, V81, P665; Watts Hugh G, 2009, J Pediatr Rehabil Med, V2, P217, DOI 10.3233-PRM-2009-0083; Williamson B, 2011, J ERW MINE ACTION, V15, P2921
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