The aim of the paper was to examine the influence of repair welded joints on the service life of steam pipelines for over 220 000 hours of service in creep conditions. The research included the study of the microstructure using scanning microscopy, the tests on mechanical properties at room and elevated temperature, determining the nil ductility transition temperature, and short-time creep test...

Effective pain therapy after shoulder surgery is the main prerequisite for safe management in an ambulatory setting. We evaluated adverse events and hospital re-admission using a database of 509 interscalene catheters inserted during ambulatory shoulder surgery. Adverse events were recorded for 34 (6.7%) patients (9 (1.8%) catheter dislocations diagnosed in the recovery room, 9 (1.8%) catheter ...

 Purchase sandbags labeled with either the MR Safe or MR Conditional icon to indicate they’re safe for use in the MRI room.1 See Coming to terms for MRI safety for more information.  If your facility also uses ferromagnetic sandbags, be certain they’re labeled as MR Unsafe so they won’t be used in the MRI environment.  Don’t take unlabeled sandbags into the MRI environment; assume that sandb...

University of North Carolina CB# 7431, McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Room 4114a Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7431 Phone: 919-966-7303; Mobile: 919-906-2740; FAX: 919-966-4711 Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Introduction Water is not only a basic need for life but also a human right according to the UN. Consumption of unsafe water causes gastrointestinal illnesses that kills more than 2 m...

We conducted a cross-sectional study in 40 schools in Karkala Taluk, Karnataka to evaluate whether they met the 10 criteria of Child Friendly School Initiative as recommended by Indian Academy of Pediatrics. Data were collected using a predesigned proforma by talking to the headmaster and school teachers and inspection of the premises for various facilities. We found that none of the schools me...

Nitrous oxide was an anaesthetic gas that was used for many years. There were many anaesthetic drugs in operations  with many side effects. Nitrous oxide had some side effects too. But it was a safe gas in many times. In hospital personnel who worked in operating rooms exposure to this gas was important. The objective of this study was the introduction of nitrous oxide and neurologic side ...

OBJECTIVE This study was done to compare costs, operating and recovery times, safety, and patient acceptance between (a) minimally invasive laparoscopic tubal ligation under sedation and local anesthesia and (b) conventional laparoscopic operating-room-based tubal ligations under general anesthesia. METHODS Fourteen women desiring sterilization were randomized between tubal ligation under sed...

some amide derivatives have been synthesized by the reaction of corresponding nitriles with potassium tert-butoxide as a nucleophilic oxygen source under ultrasonic irradiation. this new methodology provides good to excellent yields in short reaction times (15-90 min) at room temperature.