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unusual facts about Fatigue



1945 Australian National Airways Stinson crash

In December 1946 the University of Melbourne organised an international symposium titled The Failure of Metals by Fatigue, the first such symposium in an English-speaking country.

The Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr Arthur Drakeford, made a detailed statement to the House of Representatives that an undetected fatigue crack in a welded joint in a boom attachment fitting in the left wing caused the crash.

Battle fatigue

Combat stress reaction, a military term for an acute reaction to the stress of battle commonly involving fatigue, slowed reaction time, indecision, and other symptoms

Battle of Smolenice

The Austrian army moved to Smolenice and camped there on the 26th of May, to recover from fatigue after crossing the Carpathian Mountains.

Bifocals

Computer monitors are generally placed directly in front of users and can lead to muscle fatigue due to the unusual straight and constant movement of the head.

Blue Grassy Knoll

After a 4 month tour across the USA and Canada in 2003 the band were beginning to experience touring fatigue and only performed sparingly over the next 4 years, playing once a year at festivals such as Sydney's Rocks Aroma Coffee Festival in 2004 and 2005 and the Singapore Arts Festival in 2006.

Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Association of America

The Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Association of America is an association dedicated to ending CFIDS, also known as Chronic fatigue syndrome and myalgic encephalomyelitis.

Circasemidian rhythm

These behavioral and physiological observations support the need to consider a 12-hour rhythmicity in the quantification of daily variations in physiological function and some kinds of cognitive performance in fatigue modeling efforts such as the Fatigue Avoidance Scheduling Tool.

Daniel M. Buechlein

On January 18, 2008, Buechlein was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, more commonly known as Hodgkin's disease, having experienced heavy fatigue and a swelling under his right arm and then undergoing medical tests on the previous January 13.

David Bell

David Sheffield Bell, physician, and researcher of chronic fatigue syndrome

English tort law

Similarly, in Page v Smith 1995 AC 155, it was held that Mr Smith was liable for causing Mr Page psychiatric injury (chronic fatigue syndrome) after a car crash, because Mr Smith could have reasonably foreseen that Mr Page would suffer physical injury for the crash.

George Carpenter, 3rd Earl of Tyrconnell

While opposing the French forces of Napoleon he died of disease "from his zeal and excessive fatigue." Upon his death his brother John became the 4th Earl of Tyrconnell.

James Hird

A spate of soft-tissue injuries accompanied the decline, as did noticeable fatigue in other players, leading to criticism of the club's fitness and conditioning coach Dean Robinson and, indirectly, Hird and his assistant Thompson for having overseen Robinson's program.

Lawrence Kolb

During World War II, he went into the Navy and was stationed aboard hospital ships and then put in charge of a clinic for "battle fatigue" in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

LET L-13 Blaník

During the 1970s & 1980s, the Gliding Federation of Australia recognized the potential fatigue-life limitations of the Blaník and in conjunction with the Ansett Airlines NDT laboratory and the Civil Aviation Authority of Australia developed an inspection programme culminating in the issue of GFA AD-369, designed to monitor the condition of the fatigue-critical components.

Major depressive episode

Insomnia or excessive sleeping, aches, pains, or digestive problems that are resistant to treatment; and fatigue, worry, or irritability may also be present.

Malcolm Hooper

In 2002, The Guardian reported on the conflict over the nature of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis, and whether there is an ongoing pathological process in the illness, contrasting advocates of a biological basis, such as Professors Hooper, Kenny de Meirleir and Anthony Komaroff, with advocates of a psychosocial basis, such as Professor Simon Wessely.

Même pas fatigué !!!

"Même pas fatigué !!!" is a 2009 song recorded as duet by Magic System and Khaled.

NEi Software

MCT, PPFA (progressive ply failure analysis), Dynamic Design Analysis Method, optimization, fatigue, CFD and event simulation are just some of the specialized types of analysis supported by the company.

Pancoast tumor

Aside from cancer general symptoms such as malaise, fever, weight loss and fatigue, Pancoast tumour can include a complete Horner's syndrome in severe cases: miosis (constriction of the pupils), anhidrosis (lack of sweating), ptosis (drooping of the eyelid) and enophthalmos (sunken eyeball).

Rintatolimod

In June 2009, The Street alleged Hemispherx was "seeking to divert investors' attention away from the delayed approval of rintatolimod as a treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome" by issuing three press releases in seven days about research from 2007 into possible applications for rintatolimod as a flu vaccine booster.

Spot welding

This reduces the material's fatigue strength, and may stretch the material as well as anneal it.

Synaptic fatigue

Conclusions from this study include synaptic fatigue being primarily a presynaptic phenomenon and not being affected by postsynaptic receptor desensitization, synaptic fatigue is not a result of Ca2+ ions building up in the terminal, and most importantly that synaptic fatigue is an important player and can be studied when researching the causes and effects of some neurodegenerative diseases.

Trudie Chalder

Chalder is president of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) and Director of the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust’s Chronic Fatigue Service.

"The prevalence and morbidity of chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome: a prospective primary care study." American Journal of Public Health 87, no. 9 (1997): 1449–1455.

"Cognitive behavior therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome: a randomized controlled trial." American Journal of Psychiatry 154, no. 3 (1997): 408-414.

Zimb

The zimb was first described in Western literature by James Bruce, who wrote of the creature: As soon as this plague appears, and their buzzing is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out with fatigue, fright, and hunger.


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