Disclosures: Paul Wicks is just barely a millennial, which he thinks entitles him to make fun of his own generation (and to just be entitled generally). No patients were trolled during the writing of this article. Competing interests: I have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and declare that I have no competing interests. Provenance and peer review: Commissioned; not ex...

Delays in discharging patients can impact hospital and emergency department (ED) throughput. The discharge process is complex and involves setting specific challenges that limit generalizability of solutions. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of using Six Sigma methods to improve the patient discharge process. This is a quantitative pre and post-intervention study. Three hun...

It is well known that the time-varying parametric model based on wavelet neural network has excellent performance on modeling a signal. The spark discharge signal is a typical nonstationary one. The spark discharge has two types in a static dust catcher. one is normal discharge, another is antielectric-corona discharge. A few simulations indicate that the performance of the TVAR model on modeli...

Ambulatory surgery provides quality care that is cost-effective. The use of innovative surgical and anesthetic techniques will allow larger numbers of patients to take advantage of the benefits of undergoing an elective operation on an ambulatory basis. Anesthesiologists will be faced with more complex surgery, which will require careful selection and assessment of patients to ensure continuity...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE A variety of factors, such as pain level at rest and with activity, have been used to assess outcome of the VP procedure. However, few studies have assessed discharge disposition as a reflection of VP efficacy in the inpatient population. The purpose of this study was to compare patient disposition status before and after VP and determine what relationship exists between ...

600 B.C. Thales of Miletus discovers electrostatic attraction. 1600 A.D. William Gilbert proposes the ‘‘electric fluid’’ model. 1620 A.D. Niccolo Cabeo discusses ‘‘attractive’’ and ‘‘repulsive’’ phenomena. 1729 A.D. Stephen Gray demonstrates ‘‘electricity’’ can be transferred by wires. 1733 A.D. Charles Francois du Fay discusses two kinds of electricity—‘‘resinous’’ and ‘‘vitreous.’’ 1749 A.D. ...