burn

Examples of burn in the following topics:

• Burns

  • In the latter system, burns are classified as first, second, third, or fourth degree burns based on the depth of injury to the dermis.
  • First degree burns are limited to the epidermis.
  • Second degree burns extend into the superficial papillary dermis.
  • Third degree burns extend through the entire dermis.
  • Infection is a major complication of burns.

• Charles Finney and the Burned-Over District

  • The "Burned-Over District" in central and western New York was so named due to the rampant religious revivals of the nineteenth century.
  • The "Burned-Over District" refers to the religious scene in early nineteenth-century western and central New York, where religious revivals and Pentecostal movements of the Second Great Awakening took place.
  • The term was coined in 1876 by Charles Grandison Finney, who argued that the area had been so heavily evangelized as to have no "fuel" (unconverted population) left over to "burn" (convert).
  • The "Burned-Over District" of upstate New York, covering an area from approximately Buffalo to the eastern shores of Lake Erie.

• Properties of Sulfur

  • Sulfur burns with blue flame, is insoluble in water, and forms polyatomic allotropes.
  • Sulfur burns with a blue flame, concomitant with formation of sulfur dioxide, notable for its peculiar suffocating odor.
  • Sulfur burns with blue flames and forms blood-red liquid when it melts.

• Blister

  • Moisturizing and after-sun or calamine lotions can help to ease discomfort in the case of burns.
  • The time of blistering is one of the tools used to determine the degree of burns sustained.
  • First and second degree burns may result in blistered skin; however, it is characteristic of second degree burns to blister immediately, whereas first degree burns can have blisters after a couple of days.

• The War in the Chesapeake

  • Launched in April of 1814, the squadron was quickly cornered in the Patuxent River; while successful in harassing the Royal Navy, the squadron was powerless to stop the British campaign that ultimately led to the burning of Washington.
  • Governor-in-Chief of British North America Sir George Prevost had written to the admirals in Bermuda, calling for retaliation for destructive American raids into Canada, most notably the Americans' burning of York in 1813.
  • Upon arriving, the British commanders ate the supper that had been prepared for the president before they burned the presidential mansion.
  • This drawing shows the capture and burning of Washington, D.C. by the British in 1814. 1876 publication.
  • Describe the burning of Washington, D.C. and the subsequent battles of Baltimore and Fort McHenry

• Sun Damage, Sunscreen, and Sunblock

  • A sunburn is a burn to living tissue (skin), which is produced by overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation, commonly from the sun's rays.
  • A sunburn is a burn to living tissue such as skin which is produced by overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation, commonly from the sun's rays.

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• Research Examples

  • Berk (1974) uses game theory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/game_Theory) to suggest that even a panic in a burning theater can reflect rational calculation: If members of the audience decide that it is more rational to run to the exits than to walk, the result may look like an animal-like stampede without in fact being irrational.

• Problems

  • Let us assume that the helium layer has a mass, $dM$, and that the energy generation rate for helium burning is given by
  • If the surface luminosity increases faster with temperature than the helium burning rate, then the layer is stable.

• Dolley Madison and Washington City

  • The soldiers burned the president's house, and fuel was added to the fires that night to ensure they would continue burning into the next day.
  • The United States Capitol after the burning of Washington, D.C. in the War of 1812.