This paper describes the PID control of a batch polymerization reactor concluding after comparison of two different mode of control. The main objective of any control system is to attain target value within minimum time. To achieve this goal we compared split range control with controller using heat load as manipulative variable. Both provide good control but after study of performance index we...

Surgical treatment options for patients with colonic inertia are costly and do not always relieve the pain associated with the condition. The author describes a case of a 41-year-old woman with colonic inertia who received osteopathic manipulative treatment targeted at the neuromusculoskeletal and gastrointestinal systems. The patient reported temporary improvement in pain and bowel function wi...

Banister, P. A., and Smith, F. V. (1972). Brit. J. industr. Med., 29, 264-267. Vibration-induced white fingers and manipulative dexterity. Previous work has shown that Raynaud's phenomenon or vibration-induced white fingers are associated with consistent use of vibrating tools. The present study indicates that significant losses in manipulative skill are also associated with the use of power-dr...

The thoracic pump and the abdominal pump are osteopathic manipulative (OM) lymphatic pump techniques frequently used by osteopathic physicians to treat patients with infections (eg, pneumonia, otitis media). Although there is a widely accepted belief among the osteopathic medical profession that increasing lymphatic flow is beneficial, no measurements of lymph flow during osteopathic manipulati...

We reviewed the long-term results of the treatment of slipped upper femoral epiphysis (SUFE) using realignment procedures in 36 patients (37 hips) at an average follow-up of 33.8 years (26 to 42). There were serious short-term complications in seven of the 22 hips treated by subcapital osteotomy, three of the 11 hips treated by intertrochanteric osteotomy and three of the four hips treated by m...

OBJECTIVE To detail the progress of a patient with TMJ dysfunction and headaches due to swimming, who underwent a conservative treatment plan featuring soft tissue therapy, spinal manipulative therapy, and rehabilitation. CLINICAL FEATURES The most important features were initial bilateral temporal headaches and persistent left sided TMJ pain brought about by bilateral breathing while swimmin...

A systematic approach to the static analysis of deformation of linear objects such as cords and ropes is presented. There exists many manipulative operations that deal with deformable objects in environments that robots are expected to take active parts, while rigid object manipulation has been a main interest in most of the task planning researches. Manipulative operations that deal with defor...

Twenty-one 15- to 17-year-olds attempted to purchase cigarettes in 232 stores in the manner that confederates typically do in access studies, as well as in the manipulative ways (e.g., lying about their ages) that youth smokers do, thereby modeling youth access to tobacco within versus outside of studies, respectively. Youth typical-research versus manipulative behavior was contrasted with cler...