The primary objective of the Orbital Recovery System (ORS) is to provide low-cost lifetime extension for nearly fueldepleted operational geostationary telecommunication satellites. The concept is to have the ORS approach the client satellite in GEO, dock with it and provide attitude and orbit control services over a period of several year. The development of ORS is carried out as a public-priva...

Growing evidence suggests that thrombophilia is associated with venous thromboembolism (VTE) and adverse pregnancy outcomes. However, methodological limitations have made it difficult to obtain a clear overview of the overall risks. We conducted a systematic review to determine the risk of VTE and adverse pregnancy outcomes associated with thrombophilia in pregnancy. The effectiveness of prophy...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Overall ratings (ORs) of competence, given by expert physicians, are increasingly used in clinical skills assessments. Nevertheless, the influence of specific components of competence on ORs is incompletely understood. The aim here was to investigate whether ORs for medical student history-taking competence are influenced by performance relating to communication skills, co...

CONTEXT A top-down evaluation of the costs of operating rooms (ORs) is not commonly done because it is relevant mostly in a publicly funded system. OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to determine the costs and utilization of ORs in a public hospital in Trinidad, West Indies, for two one-year periods using a top-down model. DESIGN Quantitative observational study.Main Outcome Measures: A "co...

Abstract Noses are extremely sophisticated chemical detectors allowing animals to use scents interpret and navigate their environments. Odor detection starts with the activation of odorant receptors (ORs), expressed in mature olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) populating mucosa. Different odorants, or different concentrations same odorant, activate unique ensembles ORs. This mechanism combinatori...

At present, laminar airflow (LAF) systems and mixing ventilation (MV) are two commonly used solutions for operating rooms (ORs) to ensure the required indoor air quality. However, recent studies have shown that there is little difference in prevalence of surgical site infection (SSI) LAF MV systems. The objective this study was compare performance an system with ORs at St. Olavs hospital, Norwa...

In this paper we are proposing a general framework for the analysis of the complete set of log Odds Ratios (ORs) generated by a two-way contingency table. Starting from the RC (M) association model and hypothesizing a Poisson distribution for the counts of the two-way contingency table we are obtaining the weighted Log Ratio Analysis that we are extending to the study of log ORs. Particularly w...

The addition of different organic substrates to standard glucose oral rehydration solution (G-ORS) has been shown to improve the intestinal absorption of sodium and water, and thereby decrease stool losses. Therefore, we evaluated, in infants with acute diarrhoea, the safety and efficacy of three oral rehydration solutions (ORS) which had the same concentrations of electrolytes (with sodium 60 ...

HYPOTHESIS Three parallel processing operating rooms (ORs) (concurrent induction and turnover) with a dedicated 3-bed mini-recovery room (mini-postanesthesia care unit [PACU]) will optimize patient throughput and main PACU workload when compared with 4 traditional ORs or 4 parallel processing ORs. DESIGN Statistical and mathematical models projected the impact of parallel processing on case t...

Objective: To assess knowledge, attitude and practices of mothers on the use of ORS in diarrhoea in children Method: This cross-sectional KAP study was conducted in the Department of Paediatrics, Dar-ulSehat hospital, Karachi from February 2015 to 30 April 2015. Sampling type was non-probability convenience and the sample size was 200. Mothers who were local residents, opted for participation i...