Close-arterial infusion of test substances allows one to study the responses of a selected vascular bed without inducing confounding systemic effects. Unfortunately, laminar flow patterns within the artery cause streaming of the injected factor, so that distribution within the target organ is not homogeneous. We describe a reliable method of overcoming these problems. Specifically, we attach a ...

Title of Dissertation: HARMONIC AND RANDOM VIBRATION DURABILITY INVESTIGATION FOR SAC305 (Sn3.0Ag0.5Cu) SOLDER INTERCONNECTS Yuxun Zhou, Doctor of Philosophy, 2008 Dissertation directed by: Professor Abhijit Dasgupta Department of Mechanical Engineering Vibration loading is commonly encountered during the service life of electronic products. However, compared to thermal cycling durability, vibr...

There are different dynamic or static test methodologies for evaluating the shear and torsional moduli of wood. A preferred method is nondestructive, accurate, and standard. However, dynamic methods using conventional devices previously suggested for determining the orthotropic shear moduli of wood are neither accurate nor standard. Thus, a reliable method for evaluating the torsional modulus o...

Mechanical-electrical analogous circuit models are widely used in electromechanical system design as they represent the function of a coupled electrical and mechanical system using an equivalent electrical system. This research uses electrical circuits to establish a discussion of simple active vibration control principles using two scenarios: an active vibration isolation system and an active ...

Although much is known about human body vibration discomfort, there is little research data on the effects of vibration on vehicle occupant drowsiness. A laboratory experimental setup has been developed. Vibration was applied to the volunteers sitting on the vehicle seat mounted on the vibration platform. Seated volunteers were exposed to a Gaussian random vibration, with 1-15 Hz frequency band...

Rat experiments were performed to study variations in serotonin (5-HT) and its metabolite (5-hydroxy indole acetic acid) in different CNS compartments. Control animals were exposed to an acute vibration stress (10 Hz, 1 mm, 2 m/sec2, 15 min) and experimental animals to a prolonged (52-54 days) vibration test. Acute vibration led to 5-HT activation which was most significant in the hippocampus, ...

Vibration testing was conducted by Boeing Research and Technology (Seattle) for the NASA-DoD Lead-Free Electronics Solder Project. This project is a follow-on to the Joint Council on Aging Aircraft/Joint Group on Pollution Prevention (JCAAlJG-PP) Lead-Free Solder Project which was the first group to test the reliability of lead-free solder joints against the requirements of the aerospace/mi Ii ...

BACKGROUND Complementary bedside lung monitoring modalities are often sought in order to assist in the differentiation between several lung opacities in the intensive care unit (ICU). OBJECTIVES To evaluate the use of computerized lung acoustic monitoring as a complementary approach in the differentiation between various chest radiographic densities in critically ill patients. METHODS Lung ...

To investigate the relationships between whole-body vibration and changes in wakefulness, We measured the change of a subjective wakefulness level and electroencephalogram (EEG). Subjects are ten healthy male university students. The subjects were exposed to whole-body vibration with frequency (10 Hz) and acceleration level (0.6 ms(-2) r.m.s.) for 12 min in the seated position. Subjective wakef...