56 CRITICALCARENURSE Vol 28, No. 2, APRIL 2008 http://ccn.aacnjournals.org the work environment, implementation of improvement strategies, and confirmation of the success or failure of the strategies by clinical nurses at the front line. Professional organizations such as the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), Joint Commission for Accreditation of Hospitals, Institute of Medic...

304 The health benefits of life-long physical activity have been well documented and are summarized in the “Healthy Active Living” position statement (pages 339-345) in this issue of Paediatrics & Child Health. Paediatricians can assist parents, schools and communities in encouraging healthy lifestyles for children and youth, and can promote safe participation in sports or individual fitness ac...

This paper examines the dynamic fault behavior of asynchronous sequential machines, specifically identifying the faults which cause critical races and hazards, and presents a state assignment technique leading to a machine that enters one of a small set of error states whenever a fault occurs. Entry into an error state can be checked by very simple check circuits; a self-testing check circuit a...

Over the past seven years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has consistently ranked indoor air pollution among the top five risks to public health. One of the most dangerous indoor air pollutants is carbon monoxide (CO). CO can be lethal, but perhaps more important, many people suffer ill health from chronic, often undetected exposure to low levels of this gas, resulting in fatigue, hea...