The effects of pressure applied by cuffs to the abdomen, thighs and legs on resting salivary flow rate and digestive function of saliva were investigated in 9 healthy female students, aged 18 to 33 yrs (Experiment I) in a climatic chamber (Ta: 28 degrees C, RH: 50%). Each participant changed from street clothing into loose-fitting experimental garments so as to avoid any skin pressure on the bo...

Intracuff pressure (c.p.) was measured continuously in 12 patients during prolonged periods of tracheal intubation. High residual volume--low pressure (floppy) and low residual volume--high pressure (conventional) cuffs were studied. The mean baseline c.p. at minimal occluding pressure was significantly smaller in floppy cuffs than in conventional cuffs. With coughing, the peak pressures in bot...

Plasma renin activity (renin) and hemodynamic response to venous pooling of blood in legs were studied in 24 healthy volunteers and four patients who after bilateral nephrectomy received a functioning renal transplant. Blood pressure cuffs were placed around subjects' thighs and inflated at a pressure 5 mm Hg below the individuals' diastolic pressures. 30 min after thigh cuff inflation, renin s...

Background/Aim. Although distal venous patch and cuff techniques are recommended to improve the patency of by-pass in lower extremities, advantage these remains unproven. Autovenous bypass graft method choice, but when there is no possibility using great saphenous vein, may have an advantage. The aim this study was evaluate results femorodistal procedures with a critical extremity ischemia. Met...

OBJECTIVES Tracheal mucosal perfusion is compromised at an endotracheal tube (ETT) cuff pressure of 30 cm H(2)O, and blood flow is obstructed at a pressure of 50 cm H(2)O. METHODS We measured the change in pressure of air-filled cuffs of 6.0 and 7.5 ETTs and a size 4 laryngeal mask airway (LMA) from sea level to 2400 m. The ETTs and LMA cuff measurements were done with the devices uncontained...

Malaysia is known for having a variety of cultural values. The usage "pelamin" decorations well-known in Malay weddings Malaysia. roots design and layout are examined the context culture visual art this study. point that concept originated from royal throne, o which has been embraced to depict "raja sehari" (bridegroom) during wedding ceremonies. In Malaysia, consequence exchange also factor pr...

We introduce the colored version of Jackiw-Teitelboim (JT) gravity which is two-dimensional dilaton model with matrix-valued fields. It straightforwardly formulated in terms BF action $su(N,N)$ gauge algebra so that standard JT embedded as $su(1,1) \subset su(N,N)$ subsector. also elaborate on respective metric formulation shown to involve fields plus $su(N)$ non-Abelian well $su(N)$-matrix val...