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Special Protection From: He made the winds to blow and he calmed them, and for this reason he was invoked in periods of storm or of prolonged calm. He divided the year into seasons, invented the calendar and named the mountains, lakes, capes, bays, rivers and other prominent features of nature. He was the special patron of feather work, painting and sculpture, and all buried treasure; demented people and travelers were under his special protection. In some of the legends he is represented as the creator of the first man. All these attributes caused him to be looked upon as the special bestower of happiness.
Although the mother has given the neonate an immunity to many diseases that lasts for several months, he needs special protection from colds and from digestive and skin; infections. During the first four weeks, the mortality of boys exceeds that of girls by 40 per cent among full-term babies and by 50 per cent among prematures (32, 1958).
Instruments for Personnel Protection.—In order to provide maximum protection to personnel from the hazards of excessive nuclear radiation, three types of monitoring procedures are used in regions where exposure is likely; these include area monitoring, survey monitoring, and personnel monitoring.
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