SYSTEM CRITICALITY OF ROAD NETWORK AREAS FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES—SPATIAL ASSESSMENT USING A TESSELLATION APPROACH

System Criticality of Road Network Areas for Emergency Management Services—Spatial Assessment Using a Tessellation Approach

Emergency management Specialty Pipes services, such as firefighting, rescue teams and ambulances, are all heavily reliant on road networks.However, even for highly industrialised countries such as Germany, and even for large cities, spatial planning tools are lacking for road network interruptions of emergency services.Moreover, dependencies of eme

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Technique to reduce the minimum toe clearance of young adults during walking to simulate the risk of tripping of the elderly.

The elderly gait encompasses several disorders, including a lower minimum toe clearance (MTC) to Bong Bowls the ground, which is a potential cause of tripping and falling while walking.Devices that assist in the MTC could reduce such risks.However, the development of effective assistive methods and their evaluation in the elderly might jeopardize t

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Seroprevalence of meningococcal serogroup C bactericidal antibodies in the Portuguese population, a decade after vaccine introduction in the National Immunisation Programme.

BackgroundThe incidence of invasive meningococcal disease due to serogroup C (MenC) decreased in Portugal since the introduction of the conjugate vaccine (MCC) in the free market in 2001 and in the National Immunisation Plan in 2006.Considering the potential waning of the antibody response reported in the literature, the different vaccination schem

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