scholarly journals A propulsion injury following a spontaneous electronic cigarette explosion: A case report

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cherrie Chan Yiru ◽  
Devanathan Ilenghoven ◽  
Shah Jumaat Mohd. Yussof ◽  
Salina Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Electronic Cigarettes ◽  
Electronic Cigarette ◽  
The Public ◽  
Safety Risks ◽  
Nicotine Consumption

<p>Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) have become increasingly popular at an alarming rate. This coincides with the public perception that they are a safer mean of nicotine consumption. Unregulated devices carry unrecognized safety risks that have led to numerous cases of burns, associating with spontaneous combustions of e-cigarettes. </p><p> </p>

scholarly journals Electronic Cigarette Burns: A Case Report and Review of Current Literature

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Michael ◽  
Nabil Ebraheim ◽  
Jacob Maier ◽  
Mina Tanios ◽  
Anthony Kouri
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Current Literature ◽  
Patient Population ◽  
Electronic Cigarettes ◽  
Electronic Cigarette ◽  
Patient Case

Due to the development of electronic cigarettes and their use in our patient population, this article seeks to evaluate the safety and associated morbidity that may result from their use. This article also presents a patient case regarding an explosion of an electronic cigarette battery and the resultant injury and deformity that occurred.

scholarly journals Presence of nicotine in marketed nicotine-free e-liquids for electronic cigarettes

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Wu ◽  
BCIT School of Health Sciences, Environmental Health ◽  
Helen Heacock ◽  
Maria Tirado ◽  
Fred Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Public Perception ◽  
Electronic Cigarettes ◽  
Electronic Cigarette ◽  
Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Nicotine Content ◽  
Active Chemical ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Degree Of Confidence ◽  
Susceptible Populations ◽  
High Degree

  Background and Purpose: Ever since the electronic cigarette made its debut in the market, it has been garnering great popularity due to public perception of it being a safer alternative to conventional cigarette. As a result, aside from being utilized in tobacco cessation programs, susceptible populations such as teenagers are slowly adopting this new trend of recreational E-cigarette smoking or “vaping”. The literature review conducted suggests that not only do different E-cigarette models exhibit different delivery efficiencies regarding percentage nicotine vapourization, there are discrepancies between what is labelled by the manufacturer and the actual nicotine content in the electronic cigarette liquids. This has serious public health implications because nicotine is the active chemical component in inducing addiction in cigarettes. As a result, recreational electronic cigarette users such as teenagers, may unknowingly become exposed to improper levels of nicotine, leading to a higher probability of nicotine dependence or switching to conventional smoking. The purpose of this study was to determine whether presence of nicotine can be detected in marketed nicotine-free electronic cigarette liquids. Methods: The nicotine content in electronic cigarette liquids was isolated and determined using Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry. Descriptive and inferential statistics was conducted using NCSS11 to see if there was a statistically significant difference between the labelled concentration of 0 mg in marketed “nicotine-free” electronic cigarettes from two popular brands, VapeWild and Mt Baker Vapour, to determine whether one brand has better quality control for nicotine content in nicotine-free E-liquids compared to the other brand. Results: Based on the analyzed E-liquid samples from the two brands, no nicotine was detected. Conclusion: E-cigarettes can be putatively considered as a safer alternative to conventional cigarettes because nicotine levels can be pre-determined and limited with a high degree of confidence.  

Public Administration at the Movies

Public Voices ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyn Holley ◽  
Rebecca K Lutte
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Public Employees ◽  
Paper Briefly ◽  
Negative Image ◽  
The Public ◽  
Popular Films ◽  
Positive Message ◽  
American Society

This paper briefly summarizes evidence for the influence of popular films on public perception of government and on public policy.  Two films examined through the lens of public administration, and the lessons they teach about public administration, are exposed.  One film, Ghostbusters conveys a strongly negative image, and the other, A Thousand Heroes a strongly positive message.  Only Ghostbusters was and remains popular and profitable.  Public information efforts by government and the public administration community have been limited or reactive.  The authors argue for the increased support for public information initiatives such as those of the Public Employees Roundtable (PER) and  the American Society of Public Administration (ASPA).

scholarly journals ‘Ruined’ lives: Mediated white male victimhood

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-80
Author(s):  
Sarah Banet-Weiser
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
White Male ◽  
The Public ◽  
Multi Media ◽  
Patriarchal Power ◽  
Almost All ◽  
False Accusations

When the hashtag #metoo began to circulate in digital and social media, it challenged a familiar interpretation of those who are raped or sexually harassed as victims, positioning women as embodied agents. Yet, almost exactly a year after the #metoo movement shot to visible prominence, a different, though eerily similar, story began to circulate on the same multi-media platforms as #metoo: a story about white male victimhood. Powerful men in positions of privilege (almost always white) began to take up the mantle of victimhood as their own, often claiming to be victims of false accusations of sexual harassment and assault by women. Through the analysis of five public statements by highly visible, powerful men who have been accused of sexual violence, I argue that the discourse of victimhood is appropriated not by those who have historically suffered but by those in positions of patriarchal power. Almost all of the statements contain some sentiment about how the accusation (occasionally acknowledging the actual violence) ‘ruined their life’, and all of the statements analyzed here center the author, the accused white man, as the key subject in peril and the authors position themselves as truth-tellers about the incidents. These statements underscore certain shifts in the public perception of sexual violence; the very success of the #metoo movement in shifting the narrative has meant that men have had to defend themselves more explicitly in public. In order to wrestle back a hegemonic gender stability, these men take on the mantle of victimhood themselves.

Marginalia as narratives of ordinary lives: Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall’s Down to This

2021 ◽  
pp. 002198942098111
Author(s):  
Silvia Julia Caporale-Bizzini
Keyword(s):  
Public Perception ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
Human Condition ◽  
The Other ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Personal Journey ◽  
The Public ◽  
Big City ◽  
The Human Condition

This article examines Canadian author Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall’s 2004 memoir Down to This: Squalor and Splendour in a Big-City Shantytown through the notions of marginalia and the ordinary in order to question dichotomic representations of homelessness. It explores how the author moves beyond binaries, interrogating the dichotomy ordinary/out of the ordinary lives by narrating his ethical encounter with the other (Butler, 2004). The text is written as a journal where Bishop-Stall describes his personal journey through homelessness; and more importantly, it gives a voice to the other down-and-out people in notorious Toronto’s Tent City. The characters’ unreliable and fragmented storytelling uncovers the lives of the faceless others. I contend that in Down to This individuals’ life stories are connected to realities which question binaries through the re/mapping of ordinary experiences and affects; they disintegrate the opposition materiality vs abstraction, or as I argue, exclusion vs inclusion (out of the ordinary/ordinary). Down to These bridges the private details of the residents’ life stories, and the public perception of the problem of homelessness, illustrating how everyday moments of precarity intersect with wider political issues. In the process, the narrative also questions the binary attitudes of exclusion (disfranchisement) and inclusion (privilege). This literary strategy gives the constellation of stories a profound illuminating vision of the human condition. I show my point by drawing on the of marginalia (Kistner 2014), and by analysing the characters’ narratives of precariousness through the notions of editing and affective assemblage (Gerlach, 2015; Hamilakis, 2017).

scholarly journals Plaque erosion causing ST-elevation myocardial infarction after consumption of cannabis and N2O in a 27-year old man: a case report

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Bär ◽  
Fabien Praz ◽  
Lorenz Räber
Keyword(s):  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Cardiovascular Effects ◽  
Drug Eluting Stent ◽  
Culprit Lesion ◽  
Vascular Events ◽  
The Public ◽  
Plaque Erosion ◽  
First Case

Abstract Background The recreational drugs cannabis and nitrous oxide (N2O) are known for pro-atherogenic effects and are associated with an elevated risk of myocardial infarction. These cardiovascular effects might be underestimated by the public. Culprit-lesion composition of myocardial infarctions associated with cannabis and N2O has been unknown so far. This case report aims to raise the awareness of the adverse cardiovascular effects of cannabis and N2O and reports, for the first time, optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings of the culprit lesion. Case presentation This is a case report of a 27-year old man with anterior ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) after intoxication with cannabis and N2O. Coronary angiography and OCT revealed plaque erosion with subsequent subtotal thrombotic occlusion of the left anterior descending artery that was successfully treated with 1 drug-eluting stent. The patient was symptom free at 6 months follow-up and had been able to abstain from drug consumption. Conclusions This is the first case to demonstrate the association between cannabis and N2O abuse and plaque erosion on OCT in a young man with STEMI. In contrast to smoking, whose adverse effects are well-known, the cardiovascular effects of cannabis and N2O might be underestimated. These adverse effects should gain more awareness in the public to prevent early vascular events in young adults.

Women, the Parliament and Political Participation in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cholpon Turdalieva ◽  
Medet Tiulegenov
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Professional Status ◽  
Gender Quotas ◽  
Parliamentary Elections ◽  
Party Leaders ◽  
The Public ◽  
Women's Participation

This paper explores women’s participation in parliamentary elections in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan. Using various methods, it offers an interdisciplinary perspective on factors that affect the likelihood of women participating successfully in parliamentary elections. This study supports the general literature on the effects of gender quotas and proportional representation, but its results on other factors are mixed. The factor of financial resources is significant, though its impact has been reduced with the introduction of gender quotas, while other factors—such as social status—may not be particularly important. The public perception of a woman in politics is not the greatest obstacle to women’s representation, and a female candidate’s professional status may often be attractive to party leaders.

79 Electronic Cigarette-Related Injuries Presenting to Five Large Burn Centers, 2015–2019

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S54-S55
Author(s):  
Carmen E Flores ◽  
Paul J Chestovich ◽  
Syed F Saquib ◽  
Joseph T Carroll ◽  
Mariam Al-Hamad Daubs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Injury ◽  
Spontaneous Combustion ◽  
Electronic Cigarettes ◽  
Total Body Surface Area ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Electronic Cigarette ◽  
Outpatient Basis ◽  
Burn Centers ◽  
Split Thickness Skin Grafting ◽  
Inpatient Basis

Abstract Introduction Electronic cigarettes are advertised as safer alternatives to smoking cigarettes yet can cause serious injury. As consumer use of electronic cigarettes has increased, burn centers have witnessed a rise in both inpatient and outpatient visits to treat thermal and blast injuries related to their use. Methods A multicenter retrospective chart review of ABA burn registry data from 5 large burn centers was performed from January 2015 to July 2019 to identify patients who sustained Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS)-related injuries. Results A total of 127 patients with electronic cigarette-related injuries were identified, of which 113 were male (89%) and 14 were female (11%). Mean age was 34.0 years (SD 13.5%, range 1–75 years). The majority of patients (n=92, 72%) were treated on an inpatient basis, and average length of stay was 6.7 days. Most patients sustained less than 10% total body surface area burns (mean 3.8%, SD 2.6%, range 0.1% to 16.5%). 66% (n=85) sustained 2nd degree burns, and 36% (n=46) sustained 3rd degree burns. Most patients were injured while using the ENDS (n=100, 78%), while 18% (n=24) of patients reported spontaneous combustion. 2 patients (1.5%) were injured while changing their device battery, and 2 patients (1.5%) were injured while modifying the device. 3% (n=4) were injured by second-hand mechanism. Burn injury was the most common injury pattern (100%), followed by blast injury (n=81, 63%). Flame burns were the most common (n=89, 70%) type of thermal injury, followed by contact burns (n= 70, 55%), flash burns (n=47, 37%), chemical burns (n=2, 1.5%), and electrical burns (n=1, 0.7%). The most commonly injured body region was the extremities. There were no ENDS-related deaths. Silvadene was the most common topical agent used in the initial management of thermal injuries, followed by Bacitracin and Xeroform. 63% (n=80) of patients did not require surgery, while 36% (n=46) required surgical excision, and 15% (n=20) required split-thickness skin grafting. Multiple surgeries were uncommon. 22% of patients required one operation, 12% required two operations, and 2% required 3 operations. Conclusions Our data recognizes use of ENDS as a growing public health problem with potential to cause thermal injury and secondary trauma. Most injuries occur during use, however many result from spontaneous combustion while the device is not being used. Treatment of ENDS-related injuries is institution-dependent. Most patients are treated on an inpatient basis however the majority of patients treated on outpatient basis have good outcomes.

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