The events of the past week have surprised Taylor and, in the case of burns victim Diane Hill, left him aghast.
As authors of this paper, we come from two different backgrounds—systems engineering in the case of Burns, and engineering psychology in the case of Sanderson and over the decades of our respective research programs, we have both performed many empirical investigations: field investigations, simulation studies, and behavioural laboratory experiments.
Instantaneous death in case of burns is due to neurogenic shock.
The molecular and cellular machinery, which is switched on in response to destructive stimuli, is very similar in case of burn, cutaneous wounds, myocardial infarction, spinal-cord damage, and visceral injuries [1].
The majority of studies have analyzed tissues obtained months or years after injury or onset, long after early signaling has ceased, and in the case of burns, with no control of depth of injury, i.e. superficial or deep partial-thickness.
In case of burn scars over or surrounding a specific joint, this joint will be measured at both sides of the body to enable comparison.
In the case of burns treated with the apitherapeutic agent, AgSD, and apitherapeutic agent vehicle, the wound beds were covered with 55 75 mm layer of used experimental agents.
In case of burn scars over or close to a joint, the involved muscle groups will be tested at both sides of the body, so that scores of the burned and non-burned side can be compared.
