BACKGROUND Endotracheal Tubes (ETTs) are commonly secured using adhesive tape, cloth tape, or commercial devices. The objectives of the study were (1) To compare degrees of movement of ETTs secured with 6 different commercial devices and (2) To compare movement of ETTs secured with cloth tape tied with 3 different knots (hitches). METHODS A 17 cm diameter PVC tube with 14 mm "mouth" hole in t...

Flight control in the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster is achieved by minute sets of muscles on either side of the thorax. Control responses of wings and muscles were elicited during fixed flight by moving a striped pattern in front of the eyes. For example, pattern motion from the lower right to the upper left signals to the test fly a rotatory course deviation to the right and simultaneously ...

If 2 alternating half-hitches are required to back up the SPK, it is more time-consuming to tie than the SMC and Revo knots and potentially stacks higher, thus eliminating 2 of its most attractive features. Ultimately, our goal was to test the SPK in a manner that could be safely translated into our clinical practice. In our study we determined that the SPK tied with a single backup half-hitch ...

In WMN, handoff is a significant parameter of research. Whenever a mesh client leaves the range of serving mesh router and searches for accessing a new router based on good SNR (signal to Noise) ratio, a handoff procedure takes place. During mobility, packet transmission may enhance the number of security threats and network performance degradation issues which needs a secure routing protocol t...

plus end–binding protein CLASP. Mitochondrial aggregation could not be recapitulated by mutants of either the motor protein dynein or other plus end–binding proteins. The Peg1 mutation did not affect the cytoskeleton, and the changes were independent of the cell cycle, suggesting the aggregation was not due to other changes in microtubules. Peg1 was found to be a mitochondrial peripheral membra...