Options for glyphosate-resistant (GR) Palmer amaranth [Amaranthus palmeri (S. Wats)] control are becoming limited. Research was conducted in 2014 and 2015 to evaluate the effectiveness of rescue herbicide applications on glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth. Research was established to evaluate efficacy provided by new and current herbicide programs on GR Palmer amaranth that was larger than recommended at the time of herbicide application. Studies included a postemergence application of different herbicides used singly and in combination at different initial application timings; sequential postemergence application timing evaluating herbicide tank mix combinations at five different time intervals between applications; and postemergence evaluation of herbicide tank mix combinations at multiple application timings.

This thesis evaluates novel electronic physiologic monitor potential in remote and rural search and rescue. Casualties are often located a considerable distance away from definitive care. Their rescue involves a variety of groups, including volunteer rescue teams. Rescuers manage a wide range of medical problems, from minor issues to more serious, life-threatening conditions. However, casualty monitoring is restricted by steep terrain and extreme environmental conditions. Evidence indicated that novel electronic physiologic monitors were in development. Some were lightweight and wireless – it was hypothesised that such technology could facilitate health monitoring, conferring benefits to casualties and their carers. Novel physiologic monitor potential was explored using a multi-method approach, involving four methodologically distinct pieces of research. This included a reverseengineering approach to define the rescue context. A thematic review of remote and rural casualty rescues identified a potential worldwide demand for a novel monitor, although only a small proportion of casualties had severe injury. A longitudinal analysis of UK remote and rural casualties confirmed a consistent mountain rescue casualty demand for monitoring. Injury was more frequent than illness and a majority of injury involved suspected fracture to the lower extremity. A qualitative study identified evidence of support for novel monitors amongst rescuer groups. However, some felt that the environment and the variety of rescuer first-aid and medical training could negate monitor potential. A laboratory-function study evaluated the performance of an example of a novel monitor under simulated rescue conditions. There was little effect of several layers of clothing and a mountain rescue casualty bag on data accuracy. Taking all the evidence gathered into consideration, it was concluded that novel electronic physiologic monitors did have potential in remote and rural search and rescue. A concept design for a rescue-specific physiologic monitor was proposed, including software, hardware and architecture for future use.

For the sake of maintaining people¡¦s safety and property at sea, IMO adopted the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue in 1979 which regulates all Parties shall ensure that necessary arrangements are made for the provision of adequate search and rescue services for persons in distress at sea round their coasts. Furthermore, the 2nd paragraph of Article 98 of United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982, says every coastal State shall promote the establishment, operation and maintenance of an adequate and effective search and rescue service regarding safety on and over the sea and, where circumstances so require, by way of mutual regional arrangements cooperate with neighbouring States for this purpose. Thus, for the humanitarian and live saving at sea as well as complying with the relevant international conventions, prosecution of search and rescue at sea is the privilege for the competent authority and relating originations of our government. Accurate computation of drifting and well-planned search and rescue activity cope with prompt search and rescue prosecution are the key elements for successful rescue at sea. Nowadays, Taiwan government faces some problems. One is no search and rescue information system as US, UK and Canada installed to calculate the drifting of people or ships in distress promptly. Second is lack of thorough ocean data. Even though the SAR information system which was purchasing from other country has been installed, the accuracy will be reduced due to the uncompleted surrounding ocean wind and current data. Therefore, the author study the Search and Rescue Optimal Planning System (SAROPS) of US coast guard in order to provide suggestions for the relevant rescue units in Taiwan when establishing the similar system to promote the Search and Rescue efficiency and adopt scientific planning methodology

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (May 25, 2006) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Le Syndrome de Down ou trisomie 21 est une maladie congénitale complexe qui affecte le développement du système nerveux ainsi que de nombreuses autres fonctions. Ce syndrome résulte de la présence en trois copies de tout ou partie du chromosome 21. Plusieurs modèles murins existent et ont été largement étudiés, mais tous ne reproduisent pas la totalité du phénotype observé chez l’homme. Au sein de notre laboratoire, nous avons créé un modèle qui porte la délétion et la duplication de la région télomérique du HS2A21, localisée sur le MMU10. Avec le modèle comprenant la délétion nous avons réalisé une expérience de sauvetage de phénotype visant à réduire le nombre de copie fonctionnelle des gènes de cette région (Prmt2-Cstb) dans le modèle trans-chromosomique Tc1 (O’Doherty et al. 2005). La lignée Tc1 est un modèle de souris trisomiques pour l’ensemble des gènes homologues du chromosome 21. Elle présente un ensemble d’altérations morphologiques, comportementales et physiologiques similaires aux défauts observés chez les patients. Les résultats que nous avons obtenus montrent la robustesse du modèle TC1, puisque les phénotypes caractérisés ont été retrouvés dans nos expériences, malgré l’utilisation d’un fond génétique différent de celui d’origine. Cependant, nous n’avons pas obtenus de sauvetage de phénotypes dans les tests que nous avons réalisés en réduisant le nombre de copie de la région Cstb-Prmt2 dans ce modèle trisomique. Ces résultats tendent à montrer que cette région ne jouerait pas de rôle majeur dans les phénotypes du Syndrome de Down et permet de réduire les régions et gènes incriminés dans cette pathologie. / The Down syndrome or trisomy 21 is a complexe congenital disease, neuro-degenerative, which affects the embryonic development. It’s the most frequent human aneuploïdy and the leading cause of backwardness. This syndrome results from the presence in three copies of whole or part of chromosome 21. Within our laboratory, we created a model which carries the deletion and duplication of the telomeric part of the HS2A21, located on the MMU10. With this model, we carried out an experiment of phenotype rescue, by reducing the number of functional copy of genes in this region (Prmt2-Cstb) in the trans-chromosomal model Tc1 (O' Doherty et al. 2005). The Tc1 line is a model of trisomic mice for the whole of chromosome 21 genes. It presents a set of morphological, behavioral and physiological alterations similar to the defects observed among patients. To isolate the possible specific gene-phenotypes relations, the Tc1 line was examined in the Tc1- Ms4Yah context, in a phenotypical screening composed of learning, cognitive and motor tests. The results obtained do not show phenotypes rescue in the tests which we carried out by reducing the number of copy of the Cstb-Prmt2 region in this trisomic model. These results tend to show that this region would not play of important role in the Down syndrome phenotypes and makes it possible to reduce the genes implicated in this pathology.

Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) involves having to enter and explore partially collapsed buildings in search for victims trapped by the collapse. There are many hazards in doing this, because of the possibility of additional collapses, explosions, fires, or flooding of the area being searched. The use of robots for USAR would increase the safety of the operation for the humans involved, and make the operation faster, because the robots could penetrate areas inaccessible to human beings. Teleoperated robots have been deployed in USAR situations to explore confined spaces in the collapsed buildings and send back images of the interior to rescuers. These deployments have resulted in the identification of several problems found during the operation of these robots. This thesis addresses a problem that has been encountered repeatedly in these robots: the determination of the scale of unrecognizable objects in the camera views from the robot. A procedure that would allow the extraction of size using a laser pointer mounted on the robot's camera is described, and an experimental setup and results that verify this procedure have been shown. Finally, ways to extend the procedure have been explored

In cases involving the rescue of people in need of immediate medical care, it is often thought that the responsibility to save the lives of the imperilled falls to advanced professionals, such as paramedics, doctors, nurses, etc. This tells only part of the story, however, as in many cases the first point of contact for a person under duress is non-professional bystanders – average people with often little to no training in first aid or medicine. If the first point of contact is the bystander, do these bystanders have an obligation to help? Even if we assume that it is good to help people in need, the answer is not immediately obvious. Matters become more complicated when the bystander does have training that would make their intervention efficacious in helping the victim. Are they expected to help because they are trained and could presumably help more? This thesis seeks to examine this question and argue the following two conclusions: first, in terms of rescue cases, trained bystanders, whom I call informed rescuers, are morally required to act because of their training; and second, given the special role of knowledge in rescue, those who do not possess training in first aid can be held morally blameworthy for failing to know how to act in rescue cases. Because of this, everyone ought to learn basic first aid.

In 1991, a lot of fire occurred in public place, and caused many persons dead and injured. For example, the fire happened in Kaohsiung Citi hotel at the midnight on Oct.24, 1992, the death-toll of accident was 18 lodgers dead, and the fire happened in Taichung welcome Restaurant at 19:20 on Feb.15,1995, the death-toll of the accident was 64 persons dead. To strengthen protecting up on protect people¡¦s life and property,enforceing the prevention of disaster, central government established National Fire Agency on Mar.1, 1995. National Fire Agency is subordinated to the minister of Interior, they started to study the statute of fire and pursue 12 projects related to the prevention and rescue of disaster. They reorganized the fire department, up the level from subject to police department to subject to municipal government. The earthquake happened on Sept. 21, 1999, gave a trial on the prevention of disaster system and the ability for cope with exigency. The minister of Interior discussed the disaster actual situation,and referred to the legislation of developed countries (USA, Japan), and draft the new ¡§prevention of disaster¡¨ plan. The minister of Interior set up a prevention of disaster committee that belongs to central government. City, prefecture and province set up the prevention of disaster proceeding, all the fire departments will be the business general staff units of City, prefecture and province, and will be the main disaster salvage unit. Due to the environment of disaster prevention change and reorganization, the research is trying to see if fire department could take the responsibility for the disaster salvage in the whole disaster prevention system through documents and how to cooperate with each level of government to consolidate the rescue resource, heighten the disaster prevention efficacy and to lower the loss of people¡¦s life and property. Under the mentioned subject, the research analyses the possible influence factors that fire fighter might face with. (e.g. the equipments, facilities, management, backup support, expense and personnel etc¡K)