A thorough assessment of the static magnetic field (SMF) inside a CO2 incubator allowed us to identify non-negligible inhomogeneities close to the floor, ceiling, walls and the door. Given that incubator's shelves are made of a non-magnetic stainless steel alloy, we did not expect any important effect of them on the SMF. Surprisingly, we did find relatively strong distortion of the SMF due to s...

BACKGROUND Ability to maintain a normal body temperature in an open crib is an important physiologic competency generally requested to discharge preterm infants from the hospital. The aim of this study is to assess the feasibility of an early weaning protocol from incubator in preterm newborns in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. METHODS 101 infants with birth weight < 1600 g were included in t...

BACKGROUND Studies suggest that ovarian follicles are cooler than their surrounding tissues. The mechanism of this remarkable phenomenon is unclear. We postulate that endothermic reactions accompany the growth-associated hydration of follicular fluid. METHODS We performed two types of experiment, using human and animal follicular fluids. In the first, saline (50 microl) was injected into foll...

Corporate incubators for technology development are a recent phenomenon whose functioning and implications are not yet well understood. The resource-based view can offer an explanatory model on how corporate incubators function as specialised corporate units that hatch new businesses. While tangible resources, such as the financial, physical and even explicit knowledge flow, are all visible, an...

This study examines the effectiveness of government-supported incubator programmes in China. Findings highlight the importance of private-sector involvement in the incubators’ governing body. Previous literature acknowledges the importance of government intervention in the entrepreneurial incubation process to overcome innovation market failure. However, factors that potentially influence the e...

Imaging of live cells in a region of interest is essential to life science research. Unlike the traditional way that mounts CO2 incubator onto a bulky microscope for observation, here we propose a wireless microscope (termed w-SCOPE) that is based on the "microscope-in-incubator" concept and can be easily housed into a standard CO2 incubator for prolonged on-site observation of the cells. The w...

A method was developed for making viable counts of Campylobacter fetus (Vibrio fetus) in tube cultures using a medium containing alkaline hematin and incubation in a carbon dioxide incubator.