• .All thennal methods for the study of the circulation depend upon the induction of a change in the heat content of! the blood stream. As a result of the change, a particular time-dependent spatial distribution of temperature is developed in the blood according to the manner in which the change is brought about and as a function of the prevailing pattern of blood flow. In a general sense, any ...

BACKGROUND Bacterial pericarditis is an important cause of post-surgery mortality and morbidity. This can be a preventable complication and the involved pathogens vary according to the time and location. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the bacteriologic profile in patients with pericardial infections after cardiac surgery in the largest tertiary care center for cardiovascu...

Introduction • The diagnostic use of indicator-dilution technics in the study of congenital heart disease dates, for practical purposes, from 1950 with the nearly simultaneous description of methods for continuous recording of the concentration of Evans blue dye from Johns Hopkins University and from the Mayo Clinic." The diagnostic applications of indicatoi'-dilution technics have been intensi...

Pneumatic circular manipulator is a new experimental facility developed for testing different control methods and energy efficiency of automated systems with compressed air as a working medium. Also, the manipulator has the ability of remote control, via the Internet and thereby it is an important didactic tool for teaching in the field of pneumatic control with multiple actuators. In this pape...

OBJECTIVE To determine the distribution of lesions and extent of tissues infected with Mycobacterium bovis in a captive population of white-tailed deer. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. ANIMALS 116 captive white-tailed deer. PROCEDURE Deer were euthanatized, and postmortem examinations were performed. Tissues with gross lesions suggestive of tuberculosis were collected for microscopic analys...