ii These results indicate that short IED bipolar leads provide a signal that is adequate for clinical use. Furthermore, the performance of these leads was shown to be similar or even superior to that of the commonly used standard leads. It can be concluded that when correctly positioned, short IED bipolar leads are useful and can give additional value for clinical diagnostics. These results pro...

This work studied flame spread over polyethylene (PE)-insulated wires at high pressure with an emphasis on the effect of ambient pressure. Laboratory simulated were used as a tested wire, which consisted semi-transparent low-density PE (LDPE) tube insulation and copper (Cu) rod or stainless-steel (SS) core. Increasing produced much soot, leading to intensively yellow luminous flame. Flame rate ...

A new method for the synthesis of an insulated π-conjugated monomer was developed via the sequential self-inclusion followed by the elongation of the π-conjugated unit. The monomer was utilized in the synthesis of stimuli-responsive insulated molecular wires.

The composting of a faeces/ash mixture and food waste in relative proportions of 1:0, 1:1 and 1:3 was studied in three successive experiments conducted in Kampala, Uganda in 216 L reactors insulated with 75 mm styrofoam or not insulated. The faeces/ash mixture alone exceeded 50 degrees C for < or = 12 days in insulated reactors, but did not reach or maintain 50 degrees C in non-insulated reacto...

To minimize the damage caused by key-exposure in ID-based signatures, in ISPEC’06 Zhou et al (2006) proposed an ID-based key-insulated signature (IBKIS) scheme. However, their scheme is not strong key-insulated, i.e, if a user’s helper is compromised, the adversary can derive all of this user’s secret keys for any time period. Moreover, in practice, to alleviate the damage in case of key-exposu...

at the final stages of a coronary artery bypass graft operation on a 64-year-old man, an experienced physician attempted to insert an intra-aortic balloon pump into the femoral artery via the seldinger technique. however, while the balloon pump was being passed over the guide wire, the latter was completely lost. the guide wire should be held at the tip at all times to prevent passage into the ...