The thermometer code-to-binary code encoder has become the bottleneck of the ultra-high speed flash ADCs. In this paper, the authors presented the fat tree thermometer codeto-binary code encoder that is highly suitable for the ultrahigh speed flash ADCs. The simulation and the implementation results show that the fat tree encoder outperforms the commonly used ROM encoder in terms of speed and p...

Ingestion of foreign bodies consist a quite common problem in the pediatric age group. Usually most of them traverse the gastrointestinal tract without complications and only in rare cases they get trapped within the appendix. This case report describes the ingestion of the tip of a mercury thermometer by a six-year-old girl. An elective appendicectomy was performed in order to avoid further co...

[Purpose] This study investigated intra-rater reliability when using a tympanic thermometer under different self-measurement conditions. [Subjects and Methods] Ten males participated. Intra-rater reliability was assessed by comparing the values under three conditions of measurement using a tympanic thermometer. Intraclass correlation coefficients were used to assess intra-rater reliability. [Re...

r '-' A 400 Hz bridge des igned spec ifically fo r measurin g the res istances of platinum the rmometers is desc ribed. Wh en used in conjunction with a co nvent ional 25 ohm thermometer, the instrument ca n resolve a resistance change of 2 micro-ohm s or less, or about 20 microdegrees. It is believed to be in error by no more tha n 3 micro-ohms throughout the useful temperature ra nge of a con...

I.1. Physical motivation. From [St]: consider a function T (x) as representing the value of a physical variable at a particular point x in space. Is this a realistic thing to do? What can you measure? Suppose T (x) represents temperature at a point x in a room. You can measure the temperature with a thermometer, placing the bulb at the point x. Unlike the point, the bulb has nonzero size, so wh...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the agreement between temperature measured at the axilla and rectum in children and young people. DESIGN A systematic review of studies comparing temperature measured at the axilla (test site) with temperature measured at the rectum (reference site) using the same type of measuring device at both sites in each patient. Devices were mercury or electronic thermometers or i...