The combination of Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) with nanoclay has wide commercial applications (such as packaging films and cables), which depend on the vinyl acetate contained in the main chain. As the vinyl acetate content increases, the copolymer presents less crystallinity and different mechanical behavior. EVA with 40 wt% vinyl acetate content (EVA40)/ organoclay nanocomposites w...

Hybrid materials using a macroporous sponge and spherical microporous adsorbents have been developed for an effective rapid pretreatment of water samples. Various adsorbents, including methacrylate series, divinylbenzene (DVB), and graphite particles, were utilized for hybridization with a macroporous sponge consisting of polyethylene and polyvinyl acetate, EVA resin. Both the EVA resin and eac...

CONTEXT Enlargement of the vestibular aqueduct (EVA) is a commonly detected inner ear anomaly related to hearing loss and often associated with mutations of SLC26A4 encoding pendrin, a transmembrane exchanger of Cl(-), I(-), and HCO(3)(-). Here we describe the phenotypes of 27 Korean EVA subjects and their SLC26A4 genotypes determined by bidirectional nucleotide sequencing. RESULTS The detect...

To avoid the systemic adverse effects that might occur after oral administration, transdermal delivery of ambroxol was studied as a method for maintaining proper blood levels for an extended period. Release of ambroxol according to concentration and temperature was determined, and permeation of drug through rat skin was studied using two chamber-diffusion cells. The solubility according to PEG ...

With NASA’s resources dedicated to the six-fold increase in extravehicular operations required for the construction of International Space Station, there are few or no opportunities to conduct neutral buoyancy research which requires the use of pressure suits. For this reason, the University of Maryland Space Systems Laboratory has developed a system which replicates some limited aspects of pre...

In his 2005 ASTIN paper (reprinted in the CAS 2006 Fall Forum), Donald Mango's ground-breaking work [1] in developing the concepts of insurance capital as a shared asset and Economic Value Added (EVA) are discussed with special emphasis on the purpose and calculation of the important Capital Call Costs. The EVA approach permits one to charge for risk (capital usage) and measure profitability at...

PURPOSE To compare the vision-screening results of school-aged children tested with EyeSpy software and those of children examined by a pediatric ophthalmologist. We also compared combined results of an electronic visual acuity (EVA) tester and stereopsis testing to the results of a professional eye examination. METHODS In this pilot study, all children were tested with an EyeSpy and ETDRS EV...

RATIONALE Poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) copolymers - usually referred to as EVA - are first class industrial polymers used for applications ranging from padding to photovoltaics as encapsulant for the silicon solar cells. Various techniques have been used for their characterization but the analysis of intact EVA chains using mass spectrometry (MS) has not been reported so far. METHODS Three...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the origin and breakout site of idiopathic ventricular tachycardia (VT) or premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) originating from the myocardium around the ventricular outflow tract. BACKGROUND The myocardial network around the ventricular outflow tract is not well known. METHODS We studied 70 patients with idi...