The CobraPLATM is an alternative device for airway management. We report a case of airway obstruction caused by incarceration of the epiglottis in the epiglottic bars of the CobraPLATM during general anesthesia. Although the CobraPLATM was placed without difficulty on the first attempt, signs of airway obstruction were noted 2 h after insertion of the CobraPLATM. Using fiberoptic bronchoscopy, ...

Neutron scattering measurements of the fundamental excitations of liquid 4He confined in 44 A pore diameter gelsil glass at pressures up to 40 bars in the wave vector range 0.4<Q<2.3 A(-1) are reported. Above 25.3 bars and at low temperature (T=0.4 K) the characteristic phonon-roton mode of superfluid 4He is no longer observed as a well-defined mode in the phonon-maxon region (0.4<Q<1.6 A(-1))....

Simulations and observations of galactic bars suggest they do not commonly evolve into bulges, although it is possible that the earliest bars formed bulges long ago, when galaxies were smaller, denser, and had more gas. The most highly evolved of today’s bars may become lenses over a Hubble time. Most galaxies in the early Universe are extremely clumpy, with ∼ 10 −10 M⊙ blue clumps that resembl...

The use of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) bars in reinforced concrete members enhances corrosion resistance when compared to traditional steel reinforcing bars. Although there is ample research available on the behavior of FRP bars and concrete members reinforced with FRP bars under elevated temperatures (due to fire), there is little published information available on their post-fire residual ...

The use of prefabricated bridge columns in seismic regions is challenging since performance data on precast column connections limited. A handful accelerated construction (ABC) details to connect adjoining members have been experimentally investigated, and some were found viable for applications field deployment. connection consisting ducts filled with conventional grout the focus present study...

Two new Lipogramma basslets are described, L. barrettorum and L. schrieri, captured during submersible diving to 300 m depth off Curaçao, southern Caribbean. Superficially resembling L. robinsi in having 11-12 bars of pigment on the trunk, L. barrettorum is distinct from L. robinsi in having a stripe of blue-white pigment along the dorsal midline of the head (vs. a cap of yellow pigment), in pa...

Chocolate bars and chocolate cookies are foodstuffs highly appreciated by children. The possibility of having fluorine (F) among their components, associated with an excessive consumption, may make them decisive contributors to the total daily F intake. Thus, they could participate in the establishment of dental fluorosis. The aim of this study was to analyze the fluorine concentration [F] of t...

Composite action of any reinforced concrete member is only possible if sufficient bond strength exists between steel reinforcing bars and concrete, which can adequately transfer shear stress between them. Bond strength is a function of compressive strength of concrete and hence high strength concrete has higher bond strength [1-2]. Therefore required development length can be reduced. In order ...

THE BINDING PROBLEM IS A LONGSTANDING ISSUE IN VISION SCIENCE i.e., how are humans able to maintain a relatively stable representation of objects and features even though the visual system processes many aspects of the world separately and in parallel? We previously investigated this issue with a variant of the bounce-pass paradigm, which consists of two rectangular bars moving in opposite dire...

Critical insights on galaxy evolution stem from studying local and high redshift bars. We present results on bars at z ∼ 0, based on OSUBSGS B and H images of 180 spirals. (1) The deprojected bar fraction is 60% in H and 44% in B, confirming the ubiquity of local bars. The results before and after deprojection are almost identical, which is encouraging for high redshfit studies. (2) Most (∼ 71%...