In current sport equipment evaluation and optimization, most studies consider the body and an equipment together as one system. This is partially because equipment optimization is mainly done through modification of mechanical designs, thus equipment evaluation is conducted through statistical comparisons of how different mechanical designs perform under human usage. However, it is known that a...

According to WHO, at any one time, around 50 per cent of medical equipment in lowand middle-income countries cannot be used because of lack of maintenance or spare parts.1 We have found that unwillingness or inability to repair equipment and put it back in use is also a major cause. New equipment is made available by different international non-government organisations (INGOs) competing with on...

OBJECTIVE All emergency departments (EDs) should be adequately equipped and prepared to deal with unexpected neonatal deliveries and resuscitation. A study was undertaken to determine what neonatal resuscitation equipment is available in EDs in the UK and to formulate recommendations for improvement. METHODS A prospective telephone survey of all UK EDs was conducted between November 2008 and ...

In some short circuit studies, the X/R ratio is ignored when comparing the short circuit rating of the equipment to the available fault current at the equipment. What is not always realized is that when lowvoltage gear is tested, it is tested at a certain X/R ratio. The X/R ratio is important because it determines the peak asymmetrical fault current. The asymmetrical fault current can be much l...

The importance of Equipment Maintenance and Replacement strategies addressing system reliability issues in North American power grids is growing. The reliability of these grids typically comprises lightning and weather induced outages, trees, animals and equipment deterioration. Vegetation management, automation (especially in distribution), insulation coordination and system hardening are comm...

On the cover: An up-to-date view of instruments in the NCNR cold neutron guide hall. DISCLAIMER Certain commercial entities, equipment, or materials may be identified in this document in order to describe an experimental procedure or concept adequately. Such identification is not intended to imply recommendation or endorsement by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, nor is it int...

The principles of Ultrasonic Computed Tomography (UCT) are reviewed in this paper. The UCT is a powerful nondestructive technique in medicine and recently in industry to reveal an image of a slice of an object or body. The advantage of UCT over other conventional techniques in imaging is that a computed tomogram yields quantitative information about the section of interest. Experimental works o...

Properly functioning equipment is critical during direct laryngoscopy for endotracheal intubation. When the light source on a laryngoscope fails, proper visualization of the glottic opening is then extremely difficult in the then dark vault of the oropharynx, and alternative endotracheal intubation techniques must often be employed in a time sensitive manor. Laryngoscopic light source failure m...

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