A laboratory benchtop flameless catalytic infrared emitter was evaluated against all life stages of the rice weevil, Sitophilus oryzae (L.), an insect species associated with stored wheat. The emitted infrared radiation was in the 3e7 mm range. A non-contact infrared thermometer measured grain temperatures continuously during exposures of infested wheat. Insect mortality was a function of the f...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have not used neurophysiological methodology to explore the damping effects on induced soft-tissue vibrations and muscle responses. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate the changes in activation of the musculoskeletal system in response to soft-tissue vibrations with different applied compression conditions in a drop-jump landing task. METHODS Twelve trained...

We present a 55-year-old male with severe mitral regurgitation who underwent cardiology investigation for palpitations and worsening dyspnea (NYHA functional class II) and subsequently a minimally invasive mitral valve (MIMV) repair through right minithoracotomy (RT). The patient’s height was 175 cm tall and weighed 76 kg. The patient’s cardiovascular risk factors were hypertension and history ...

there are varying patterns for growing different varieties of branched or non-branched sesame. this experiment was conducted during a two-year period (2000-2001) to identify the optimal practice for cultivation of the uni-branched sesame in the safi-abad agricultural research center, khuzestan province. the statistical design was set up as strip-plot in a randomized complete block with four rep...

abstract in order to study the effects of cultivation method and water quantities in drip irrigation on yield of potato, an experiment was carried out using a split plot based on randomized complete block design with 4 replications in torogh agricultural research station (mashhad, iran) for tow years (2001 and 2002). the main-plots were divided into 3 levels of irrigation: i1= 100, i2= 80 and i...

background: one of the main causes of induction of secondary cancer in radiation therapy is neutron contamination received by patients during treatment. objective: in the present study the impact of wedge and block on neutron contamination production is investigated. the evaluations are conducted for a 15 mv siemens primus linear accelerator.  methods: simulations were performed using mcnpx mon...

We report the first (to our knowledge) field demonstration of simultaneous wind and temperature measurements with a Na double-edge magneto-optic filter implemented in the receiver of a three-frequency Na Doppler lidar. Reliable winds and temperatures were obtained in the altitude range of 10-45 km with 1 km resolution and 60 min integration under the conditions of 0.4 W lidar power and 75 cm te...

Trivalent and hexavalent chromium continuous biosorption was studied using residual brewer Saccharomyces cerevisiae immobilized in volcanic rock. The columns used in the process had a diameter of 4.5 cm and a length of 140 cm, working at an inlet flow rate of 15 mL/min. Breakthrough curves were used to study the yeast biosorption behavior in the process. The saturation time (ts) was 21 and 45 h...

Radial artery access has rare but significant vascular complications that can occur even in high volume centers. We present a case of a 60-year-old man with perforation of a high takeoff radial artery due to catheter manipulation. A combination of manual external pressure of the axillary artery combined with internal tamponade effect from a 45 cm hydrophilic sheath was used with no immediate or...

We have carried out a paper feasibility study of the implementation of most common packet switching cores (crossbar, Batcher-banyan, time-division shared bus, and token ring) using the superconductor Rapid Single Flux Quantum (RSFQ) digital technology. According to our estimates, the best performance-to-complexity ratio may be obtained for the Batcher-banyan network. For example, a 128 128 swit...