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The body after death
Published in Peter Hutton, Ravi Mahajan, Allan Kellehear, Death, Religion and Law, 2019
Peter Hutton, Ravi Mahajan, Allan Kellehear
The management of bodies containing other hazardous substances is a specialist area. An example of such an instance is a death from radiation poisoning. The most famous of these in recent history is that of Alexander Litvinenko who died on 22 November 2006. He was a Russian granted asylum in the UK who was the first confirmed victim of lethal polonium 210-induced acute radiation syndrome.6 His autopsy was done by a pathologist in radiation-proof clothing and he was buried in a lead-lined coffin.
Illness and Illusion
Published in Marc D. Feldman, Gregory P. Yates, Dying to be Ill, 2018
Marc D. Feldman, Gregory P. Yates
Something did clearly “shift” in Naomi. Her initial disease portrayal was not convincing, but it was consistent with a recognized medical diagnosis: multiple sclerosis. The same cannot be said for her later illness, which revolved around a vague and irrational fear of “radiation poisoning” occurring in the household. However, all of Naomi’s claims about her health were shaped by a need for attention and recognition from her family. Sadly, this need kept her and her relationships much more constricted than they needed to be. We don’t know what led her to this way of life from which she and those around her both suffered.
Outdoor Emissions
Published in William J. Rea, Kalpana D. Patel, Reversibility of Chronic Disease and Hypersensitivity, Volume 4, 2017
William J. Rea, Kalpana D. Patel
During spaceflight, particularly flights beyond low Earth orbit, astronauts are exposed to both galactic cosmic radiation (GCR) and solar particle event (SPE) radiation. Evidence indicates past SPE radiation levels which would have been lethal for unprotected astronauts.482 GCR levels which might lead to acute radiation poisoning are less well understood.483
Cytogenetic and epigenetic aberrations in peripheral lymphocytes of northwest Arkansas Marshallese
Published in International Journal of Radiation Biology, 2023
Laura E. Ewing, Rupak Pathak, Reid D. Landes, Charles M. Skinner, Regina Binz, Sean G. Young, Sheldon Riklon, Shelbie Stahr, Joseph Su, Marjan Boerma, Pearl A. McElfish, Martin Hauer-Jensen, Igor Koturbash
Because categorizing study participants into the self-reported or without self-reported groups was not substantiated by documentation, some errors could occur [i.e., one study participant could not re-collect with certainty whether the symptoms he was experiencing were considered by a physician as symptoms of radiation sickness or not (please, see Table 1)]. On the other hand, given the underestimated energy yields of some nuclear tests (i.e. Castle Bravo) and mistakes in calculation of the directions of the radioactive plume migration, we hypothesized that not everyone who was exposed was diagnosed with radiation sickness, were identified as having been exposed to IR, or received treatment against radiation poisoning. Therefore, using a detailed residential history that was available to us for every study participant, we attempted the analysis of chromosomal aberrations based on the proximity to the nuclear tests. First, we divided the Marshall Islands into northern atolls (Ujae, Lae Kwajalein, Erikub, Wotje, Mejit, and all others located north of these) and southern atolls (Lib, Namu, Maloelap, and all those located south of these) (Figure 3). Subsequently, based on the residential histories, we dichotomized participants into those who had spent at least 6 months in the northern atolls before 1980, and those who had not. Of the 25 participants without self-reported exposure, only 8 (32%) had spent at least 6 months in the northern atolls before 1980; and among the 12 participants self-reported as exposed, 9 (75%) were in the northern atolls group.
Do Psychoanalysts Dream of Polymorphous Sleep?: Clinical Desiring With Transgender Subjects
Published in Studies in Gender and Sexuality, 2022
Human concerns that a robot might evolve to the point of producing autonomous wants and needs permeate much of the anthropomorphism in Dick’s original book and both cinematic adaptations.4This analysis focuses primarily on the book. While much of the storyline is altered in the films, the central themes persist. After World War Terminus, a scant few humans remain on Earth’s interminably eroding surface. Most animals are endangered or extinct from radiation poisoning. Off-world colonies have been established through the well-marketed incentive of high-tech personalized artificial intelligence (AI). The android, matched perfectly to each person’s individual needs, flaunts the seamless evolution of capitalism, perhaps the only system unscathed by nuclear fallout.
Facts and ideas from anywhere
Published in Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, 2020
Mikhail Gorbachev, the leader of the Soviet Union, broke his silence on May 14, 18 days after the disaster. He provided the most accurate figures at the time on the number of people directly affected by the accident: 299 men and women diagnosed with radiation sickness, with the death toll rising from two to seven. But that was only 18 days after the explosion. Gorbachev’s figures provided on May 14 were corrected at a press conference a day later. Nine people had died up to that point, and 299 were currently hospitalized with various degrees of radiation sickness. Thirty-five people were in critical condition, and 19 had been operated on. The American doctor, Robert Peter Gale, and his team had predicted that the number of those affected by radiation poisoning might reach 50,000 to 60,000. He appealed for more drugs and equipment on top of what had already been brought to Moscow by the USA.