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The methods proposed to meet the 1975 Standards of the Clean Air Act for mobile sources are alternative antiknocks, exhaust emission control devices, and alternative engine designs. Technology surveillance analysis applied to this situation is an attempt to anticipate potential public and environmental health problems from these methods, before they happen. Components of this analysis are exhau...

Many research work focused on modeling relational database management systems (DBMS) that support multilevel security (MLS) policies. One issue in this context is the inference problem which occurs when it is possible to derive higher classified data from lower classified ones. This corresponds to situations where data is inconsistently classified. Research work that address the inconsistent cl...

AIM To investigate the effects of students' usual levels of alcohol consumption on aspects of mood and anxiety the following morning. METHODS Students were recruited who consumed their usual quantity of any type of alcoholic beverage in their chosen company and then completed assessments of the effects the following day. The timing of drinking was restricted to the period between 22:00 and 02...

Sauna has become a popular club house facility where the dweller enjoys relaxation. Some exercise groups like yoga and Qigong practitioners, are making use of the heated environment to achieve quicker and better results of trainings. Sauna therapy is producing a thermal stress through hyperthermia. The cardiovascular system readily responds by increasing the heart rate which can become double t...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the nursing staff opinion about the continuous quality improvement program at a University Hospital. METHODS A descriptive study designed as a case study, analyzing the quality program at a University Hospital, with the opinion of a sample stratified by nursing team category through a self-administered questionnaire, from May to July 2012. The answers were submitted to fa...

Occasionally brain-dead organ donors go into cardiac arrest before reaching the operating theater. In such cases, the needed resuscitation of the potential donor stimulates a range of concerns among the responsible staff. If the intensive care unit staff are going to carry out the organ retrieval, they must rush in with demanding treatment measures such as defibrillation shock and cardiac massa...

In changing and uncertain times, humanity looks toward spirituality for tranquility and peace. Historically angels have been at the forefront of bringing comfort and understanding from God. The Greek word angelos means messenger and is the origin of the modern English word angel. In monotheist–the worship of one Godreligions, angels are often mentioned in stories as being intermediaries between...

At present no war is being fought in SEE. However this outward tranquility was imposedfrom outside through energetic military interventions by the West, the establishment of international military and security protectorates over parts of the region, as well as by stationing peace-keeping troops, international police, armed and unarmed foreign observers at the hottest trouble spots in SEE. The s...

Continuous availability of services and low degree of disruption are two inherent necessities for mission-critical software systems. These systems could not be stopped to perform updates because disruption in their services consequent irretrievable losses. Additionally, compared to offline update, the changes should preserve the correct completion of ongoing activities. In order to place the af...