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  2. Suspension trauma - Wikipedia

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    Suspension trauma, also known as orthostatic shock while suspended, harness hang syndrome (HHS), suspension syndrome, or orthostatic intolerance, is an effect which occurs when the human body is held upright without any movement for a period of time.

  3. Respiratory droplet - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] As these droplets are suspended in air, they are all by definition aerosols. However, large droplets (larger than about 100 μm, but depending on conditions) rapidly fall to the ground or another surface and so are only briefly suspended, while droplets much smaller than 100 μm (which is most of them) fall only slowly and so form ...

  4. Airborne transmission - Wikipedia

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    A layered approach can include interventions by individuals (e.g. mask wearing, hand hygiene), institutions (e.g. surface disinfection, ventilation, and air filtration measures to control the indoor environment), the medical system (e.g. vaccination) and public health at the population level (e.g. testing, quarantine, and contact tracing).

  5. Stroboscopic effect - Wikipedia

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    When viewed under normal light, this is a normal water fountain. When viewed under a strobe light with its frequency tuned to the rate at which the droplets fall, the droplets appear to be suspended in mid-air. Adjusting the strobe frequency can make the droplets seemingly move slowly up or down.

  6. Hyoid suspension - Wikipedia

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    Hyoid suspension, also known as hyoid myotomy and suspension or hyoid advancement, is a surgical procedure or sleep surgery in which the hyoid bone and its muscle attachments to the tongue and airway are pulled forward with the aim of increasing airway size and improving airway stability in the retrolingual and hypopharyngeal airway (airway behind and below the base of tongue).

  7. Riders suspended mid-air as California amusement park ... - AOL

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    Thrill-seekers were suspended mid-air on a spinning ride at a California amusement park on Monday, 18 November. More than 20 riders were stuck in the air for at least two hours on the Sol Spin ...

  8. Chris Brown gets stuck midair during New Jersey concert - AOL

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    After being suspended for some time, Brown seemingly shouts at the tour workers off-mic to help get him down. The “No Guidance” singer, 35, continues to sing throughout the entire ordeal ...

  9. Passenger lands single-engine plane after pilot suffers fatal ...

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    A Duke University professor has died after he had a midair medical crisis while piloting an airplane in North Carolina on Sunday. A passenger was able to take control of the single-engine plane, ...