Dementia Is a Terminal Illness, But Palliative Care Often Poor. October 16, 2009 â A new study looking at the natural history of dementia into its end stages finds high rates of complications, high 6-month mortality rates, and a high number of distressing symptoms and aggressive interventions of questionable benefit.
Measuring Earthquakes. The vibrations produced by earthquakes are detected, recorded, and measured by instruments call seismographs. The zig-zag line made by a seismograph, called a seismogram, reflects the changing intensity of the vibrations by responding to the motion of the ground surface beneath the instrument.
Seismometers are instruments that measure motion of the ground, including those of seismic waves generated by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and other seismic sources.Records of seismic waves allow seismologists to map the interior of the Earth, and locate and measure the size of these different sources.t is often used to mean seismometer, though it is more applicable to the older instruments in which the measuring and recording of ground motion were combined than to modern systems, in which these functions are separated.