Exposure to metalworking fluids has been linked to modest cross-shift reductions in FEV1 and occupational asthma. To identify responsible agents, we measured personal exposures to thoracic particulate (TP), viable plus nonviable thoracic bacteria (BAC), and vapor phase nicotine (VPN) (as a surrogate for tobacco particulate) among 83 machinists exposed to soluble oils and 46 dry assemblers worki...

Hyponatremia is the most common electrolyte disorder that requires careful management. Water intoxication with hyponatremia is rare condition that originated from overhydration. Water intoxication, also known as dilutional hyponatremia, develops only because the intake of water exceeds the kidney's ability to eliminate water. Causes of this water intoxication include psychiatric disorder, force...

This review paper aims to present an updated review of papers, conference papers, books, dissertations dealing with nonlinear vibrations of circular cylindrical thin shells. This paper surveyed mathematically, experimentally, analytically, numerically analyzed vibrations of cylindrical shells. This includes shells of open type, closed type, with and without fluid interactions; shells subjected ...

BACKGROUND Bacterial infection of the lower respiratory tract is believed to play a major role in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD). This study investigates the potential relationship between AECOPD and the load of six common bacterial pathogens in the lower respiratory tract using real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) in CO...

Perioperative fluid therapy should be considered as a medical prescription of which both the volume and the composition should be adapted to the patient status, the type of operation and the expected events in the postoperative period. Perioperative fluid therapy is aimed at providing maintenance fluid requirements, at correcting fluid deficit and at providing the volume of fluid needed to main...

Presented in this paper is an analytic approximation to the thermal-fluid problem involving mixed and forced convective heat transfer from a rotating isothermal cylinder placed in a non-uniform stream shear-flow. The approximation is obtained using a series expansion of the scaled boundary layer equations in terms of a boundary layer variable which is directly proportional to the time variable ...

To those of us who share the Adlerian heritage, the concept of the fam£ly constellat£on as a cornerstone and key to human growth and development is basic. However, frequently such basic insights must be rediscovered in a new context to grant us a full realization of their depth and significance. Group psychotherapy affords us a special opportunity to observe the significance and validity of the...

INTRODUCTION Animals presenting with either acute or chronic disease can exhibit a wide variety of fluid imbalances. The cat that has been chronically vomiting may be dehydrated but have normal perfusion. The dog that has been hit by a car may require intravascular volume replacement to treat hemorrhagic shock but will have normal hydration. The puppy with parvoviral enteritis and severe diarrh...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the predictive value of an intravenous fluid bolus during tilt table testing on clinical outcome and to evaluate of oral therapy is an effective treatment for patients with vasodepressor syncope. DESIGN Retrospective cohort. SETTING Regional pediatric cardiology outpatient clinic. PATIENTS Patients (N = 58) with a positive baseline tilt table testing result who we...