A status of early series production of the barrel hybrids and modules of the ATLAS Semiconductor Tracker (SCT) is reported. 120 hybrids (with ASIC’s) and 98 modules were fabricated in Japan by the mid. August 2002 and gone through extensive quality assurance tests. Defective channels were found much less than 1% in hybrids and still less than 1% in modules. No increase of defective channels was...

This study evaluated the regional burn health care system of the Commonwealth of Virginia using the criteria for optimal care of the burn patient designated by the American Burn Association. The data base for this evaluation was hospital records of seven hospitals in Virginia. The major shortcoming of the designated criteria was the grading system for the severity of burn injury. Using the crit...

A regional burn disaster plan for 24 burn centers located in 11 states comprising the Southern Region of the American Burn Association was developed using online and in-person collaboration between burn center directors during a 2-year period. The capabilities and preferences of burn centers in the Southern Region were queried. A website with disaster information, including a map of regional bu...

A significant proportion of the mortality and morbidity of severe burns is attributable to the ensuing hypermetabolic response. This response can last for as long as 1 year after injury and is associated with impaired wound healing, increased infection risks, erosion of lean body mass, hampered rehabilitation, and delayed reintegration of burn survivors into society. Pharmacologic and nonpharma...

The performance of organic solar cells is determined by the delicate, meticulously optimized bulk-heterojunction microstructure, which consists of finely mixed and relatively separated donor/acceptor regions. Here we demonstrate an abnormal strong burn-in degradation in highly efficient polymer solar cells caused by spinodal demixing of the donor and acceptor phases, which dramatically reduces ...

We have studied the ignition of fuel sprays and simulated solid rocket fuels (SRF) by the photoignition of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with an ordinary camera flash. Our investigation includes the effect of solid additives such as aluminum nano-particles and solid oxidizers such as ammonium perchlorate (AP) on the photoignition characteristics. We have shown that by mixing CNT with ot...

We have studied the ignition of liquid fuel and certain solid fuels by the photoignition of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). Our investigation includes the effect of solid additives such as aluminum nano-particles and solid oxidizers such as ammonium perchlorate (AP) on the photoignition characteristics. We have shown that by mixing CNT with other nanoparticles and powdered material, the ...

ECRI Institute now recommends that temperature settings on blanket warming cabinets be limited to 130 degrees F (54 degrees C). We had previously recommended a limit of 110 degrees F (43 degrees C) because solutions were often being warmed in the same cabinets as blankets, and the lower temperature eliminated the serious burn risk presented by excessively heated solutions. With increasing recog...

A series of activated carbons were prepared by physical steam gasification under identical experimental conditions to compare the pore development from almond tree pruning chars and walnut shell activated carbons. The results obtained showed that steam gasification yields microporous carbons in both cases, and the rise in temperature causes an increase of the pore volumes of the activated carbo...

Staged excision and grafting remains the mainstay of the surgical treatment of large burn injuries since Jackson and colleagues demonstrated a decreased mortality with excisions of 20% or less in 1960 [1]. The major factors limiting these excisions are blood loss and hypothermia. Despite these known limitations, little progress had been made in combating the hypothermia that comes with a large ...