Survival time was 16 hrs in a peaceful, quiet atmosphere without distress, a light sedative state with diminished communication skills, oral fluid intake and support by the presence of her husband.
With his densely imagined world full of big-hearted Wookies, damsels in distress and buzzing light sabers, Mr. Lucas returned science fiction to its adolescent state -- to the science fiction of comic strips, pulp magazines and Flash Gordon serials.
If you are in distress, point your light toward the boat or shore and wave it back and forth over your head.
In a study of 617 New Zealand workers in three occupational groups with claims for work-related back injuries, radiating leg pain, a high body mass index, moderate to high physical disability, psychological distress, and unavailability of light duty work predicted disability compensation status at three months [ 21].
The Californian — a modest steamer with a small smokestack — knew the luxury liner was nearby but wrote off sightings of its lights and distress rockets.
The reports also underscored Treasury's lackluster efforts to help distressed homeowners and shed light on bailout specifics that the government did not seem eager to publicize.
Another idea that U.S. authorities are considering in the region is the erection of perhaps half a dozen 30-foot-tall "rescue towers," with strobe lights and distress buttons.
We found no changes in the duration, IPI, or IPI variance in response to any predictor variables (lights, fabrics, distress calls, date, time, and passes or collisions).
We examined the effects and interactions of lights, fabrics, distress calls, date, time (minutes after sunset), and passes or collision on the duration, duration variance, IPI, and IPI variance using ANCOVA SPSSS version 17.0, SPSS Inc).
She drew animals to the camera with a spinning dial of LED lights resembling the distress call of a species of bioluminescent jellyfish, Atolla wyvillei, that appears to use light as a kind of burglar alarm, luring predators to go after whatever is attacking it.
