BACKGROUND In automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) one of the most important factors that influence the efficiency of the treatment is the total volume of dialysate infused per session and the dwell time. This study is aimed at examining the relationships between i.p. pressure (IPP), dialysate flow characteristics, and different dialysate fill volumes in order to optimize APD. METHODS We studi...

PURPOSE Prosthetic-based breast reconstruction is performed with increasing frequency in the United States. Major mastectomy skin flap necrosis is a significant complication with outcomes ranging from poor aesthetic appearance to reconstructive failure. The present study aimed to explore the interactions between intraoperative fill and other risk factors on the incidence of flap necrosis in pat...

Direct composites in posterior teeth are a part of the standard therapy spectrum in modern dentistry. The excellent performance of this form of restoration in the masticatory load-bearing posterior region has now been demonstrated in numerous clinical studies. The procedure is usually carried out in an elaborate layering technique. Aside from the possibilities that highly aesthetic composites o...

A ring-gate design of 1T (single-transistor) chargemodulation pixel structure is proposed. It obviates the need to employ STI (shallow trench isolation) for avoiding crosstalk. This enables achievements of smaller pixel size and/or higher fill factor. It also reduces dark current by limiting peripheral leakage current contribution and minimizing band-to-band tunneling effect. A test chip integr...

We compare the deformation patterns produced by sand and a sand mica mixture (14:1 ratio of sand to mica by weight) while simulating basin fill in extension and inversion models to analyze the potential of the sand mica mixture for applications that require a strong elasto-frictional plastic analogue material in physical models. Sand and the sand mica mixture have nearly equal angles of interna...

Competitive random sequential adsorption on a line from a binary mix of incident particles is studied using both an analytic recursive approach and Monte Carlo simulations. We find a strong correlation between the small and the large particle distributions so that while both partial contributions to the fill factor fluctuate widely, the variance of the total fill factor remains relatively small...

This paper presents a measurement of the ratio of photon to electron production and the scintillation spectrum in a popular gas for time projection chambers, carbon tetrafluoride (CF4), over the range of 200 to 800 nm; the ratio is measured to be 0.34±0.04. This result is of particular importance for a new generation of dark matter time projection chambers with directional sensitivity which use...

The cost of this wall of codes is clear for managers: They must fill out endless forms—repeatedly explaining their safety procedures, overtime rules, and so forth. In addition, they must host endless visits from compliance auditors. Less obviously, the wall of codes is costly for consumers and other stakeholders who care about the social performance of businesses. Not only must they pay the (pa...

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