where Pabs is the absolute pressure and FtN2 is the fractional concentration of N2. If a diver, breathing 20% oxygen and 80% nitrogen, swims down to 30 MSW the inspired PN2 (PiN2) is calculated from equation 1 as: PiN2 = 4 bars x 0.8 = 3.2 bars. The lung alveolar PN2 (PAN2) will be slightly lower than this, but for the sake of simplicity we will assume that it also is 3.2 bars. The venous blood...

1. We studied how neurons in the middle temporal visual area (MT) of anesthetized macaque monkeys responded to textured and nontextured visual stimuli. Stimuli contained a central rectangular "figure" that was either uniform in luminance or consisted of an array of oriented line segments. The figure moved at constant velocity in one of four orthogonal directions. The region surrounding the figu...

BACKGROUND New Zealand introduced a smokefree bars and restaurants policy in December 2004. We reviewed the data available at December 2005 on the main public health, societal and political impacts and responses within New Zealand to the new law. METHODS Data were collected from publicly available survey reports, and from government departments and interviews. This included data on smoking in...

Compact FoodBars (CFB) are part of the diets that are named according to the purpose of use, Meal Ready-to-Eat (MRE) used during the maneuvers and military operations, Emergency Food Product (EFP) used in emergencies and crises such as natural disasters and warfare leading to the promotion of crisis management, and Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) used for therapeutic purposes in malnourish...

In the article listed above, the bars in Fig. 4B were erroneously labeled. The white bars should have been labeled sedentary mice (SED), and the black bars should have been labeled mice exercised with voluntary wheel running (VWR). The online version has been updated to correct these errors.

The fatigue strength offerritic ductile iron, Grade EN-GJS-400-18U-LT. was determined for large section castings measuring 4 by 24 by 24 inches. Fatigue testing was conducted in bending fatigue in order to determine the influence of surface conditions on fatigue strength. Test specimens with various surface conditions were evaluated, including notched and un-notched specimens, as well as those ...

PURPOSE The Nuss procedure is a minimally invasive method for the correction of pectus excavatum (PE). Pleural effusion complicating following the Nuss procedure was uncommon but may be critical. We evaluated the risk factors of postoperative pleural effusion after Nuss repair. METHODS We included all patients with PE primarily corrected by Nuss procedure from July 2005 to December 2011. The ...