Structure and distribution of antennal sensilla were studied in males 19 species the caddisfly family Hydropsychidae by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Eleven types found: long trichoid, chaetoid, thick curved coronary, basiconic, styloconic four pseudoplacoid (mushroom-like, auricillic, ribbed, T-shaped). Thick ribbed pseudoplacoid, T-shaped found only Macronematinae. The great diver...

This was a prospective study involving 85 patients admitted for induction of labour with unfavourable cervix at Usman Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria. A size 16-20 Foley catheter was passed transcervically into the extra-amniotic space under aseptic technique and the balloon inflated with 30-50 mls sterile water. Each patient was placed on prophylactic antibiotics. The b...

We present the case of a 77-year-old male who was referred for magnetic resonance (MR) enteroclysis because of small bowel subobstruction. To optimise small bowel distention during MR, a nasojejunal balloon catheter was placed to perfuse iso-osmotic water solution into the small bowel. However, after deflation of the balloon, the catheter could not be removed by gentle traction. Subsequently, c...

the thermo-hydraulic behavior of the air flow over a two dimensional ribbed channel wasnumerically investigated in various rib-width ratio configurations (b/h=0.5-1.75) atdifferent reynolds numbers, ranging from 6000 to 18000. the capability of differentturbulence models, including standard k-ε, rng k-ε, standard k-ω, and sst k-ω, inpredicting the heat transfer rate was compared with the experi...

The NOAA frost point hygrometer (FPH) is a balloon-borne instrument flown monthly at three sites to measure water vapor profiles up to 28 km. The FPH record from Boulder, Colorado, is the longest continuous stratospheric water vapor record. The instrument has an uncertainty in the stratosphere that is < 6 % and up to 12 % in the troposphere. A digital microcontroller version of the instrument i...

among the therapeutic options for achalasia are pneumatic dilatation (pd), an appropriate long-term therapy, and botulinum toxin injection (bt) that is a relatively short-term therapy. this study aimed to compare therapeutic effect of repetitive pneumatic dilation with a combined method (botulinum toxin injection and pneumatic dilation) in a group of achalasia patients who are low responder to ...

Direct numerical simulations (DNSs) of spatially developing thermal turbulent boundary layers over angle-ribbed walls were performed. Four rib angles (γ=90°,60°,45° and 30°) examined. It was found that the 45° ribs produced highest drag coefficient, whereas 30° most improved Stanton number. In comparison to transverse case, streamwise velocity dimensionless temperature in V-shaped cases signifi...

The support system is the most important part of foundation pit engineering, which mainly determines safety engineering. Based on characteristics Changsha international financial center, original pile-anchor-beam (PAB) improved into a new form system, pile-anchor-ribbed-beam (PARB) system. This study establishes numerical simulation model to calculate surface settlement and deformation retainin...

PURPOSE To evaluate the dosimetric impact of lung tissue in Ir-192 APBI. MATERIAL AND METHODS In a 40 × 40 × 40 cm(3) water tank, an Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation (APBI) brachytherapy balloon inflated to 4 cm diameter was situated directly below the center of a 30 × 30 × 1 cm(3) solid water slab. Nine cm of solid water was stacked above the 1 cm base. A parallel plate ion chamber was...