Space Glove Waits New Fibers

Saskatchewan's new system tracks surgical waits.

The WPI Space Glove Design Project

-.J WPI was one of four colleges and universities awarded NASA grants for student design and development of an improved glove for space suits. This paper traces the design, development and testi ng of the WPI prototype glove. Test results showed that the glove did not significantly limit hand and finger motion when pressurized at 8 psi, except in the spherical grip mode. This project demonstrat...

Building waits on legislation

Before m m l a lc o h o lic » become w il l in n to u n d e rg o a ny tre a tm e n t, th ry u s u a lly s u f lr r th ro u g h .• very negative expe rience ( i n i , like* a ’ ( ra ih fu l l ig h t o i a severe a n id e m . M ike 1-oonry know s th is an ti w o u ld l ik e to d o so m e th in g a bou t it. The I le a lih C e n tr a ide keeps a t ig h t re in o n l u i fru s tra tio n s how ever,...

Who waits longest for a kidney ? Inequalities

1 King’s College London 2 Kidney Research UK, Peterborough 3 University of Bedfordshire, Luton 4 University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield 5 National Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority Transplant Association Black and Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups are over-represented on active kidney transplantation waiting lists and have relatively long waiting times. This inequality arises from a particularl...

Long waits in NHS casualty departments.

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