5/27/2021· Recreation & Sports
By: Dr. Laura Miele
Sport participation has increased substantially in the last decade, and so has the incidence of sport-related injuries. Today, over six million students are involved in competitive high school sports across the United States. Even more students are involved in organized club sports- baseball, softball, soccer, basketball, football, lacrosse, hockey, cheerleading, volleyball, wrestling and more.
3/23/2021· Fires & Explosions
Plastic Component Performance Role In A Consumer Product Fire
By: Robert C. Hoffman Jr, PE, CFEI
In most US households there are all types of consumer products used every day that add value to the people using them. The product performs a chore or other household task more efficiently, adds entertainment value to their lives, or delivers a basic necessity such as heat, AC, or hot water. Most of these products use some form of energy to produce the desired function.
3/27/2013· Fires & Explosions
Fires: Spontaneous Human Combustion (SHC)
By: Jeffrey Williams
Books (e.g., Spontaneous Human Combustion) and TV shows on SHC have given a couple of new meanings to the term heartburn.
2/21/2013· Fires & Explosions
Fires: Why the Cause May Not Be Electrical
By: Jeffrey Williams
Electrical appliances or wiring are often fire cause scapegoats, simply because they're there. It's unusual to find a burned structure without some electrical wire or device in or near the fire origin.
7/31/2010· Fires & Explosions
Have We Sparked Our Last Home Fire?
By: Gene Haynes
Every year there are thousands of home fires all across the nation due to faulty household electrical wiring. There are an annual average of 110 electrical fires a day as a result of frayed wires, loose electrical connections, broken extension cords, faulty switches and outlets and other common sources.
by Sajid Khan, MD
by James M. Dorsey, PhD
by Jean Seawright
