In this study, the mixing phenomena and fluid dynamics in a copper converter have been experimentally investigated using a physical model. The physical model is a 1:5 horizontal tank made of Plexiglas. The mixing phenomena have been characterized by experimentally measuring the mixing time using a tracer dispersion technique. Moreover, the effects of the air flow rate and lance submergence on t...

The aim of this study was to develop a new pain management method called facilitated tucking by parents (FTP) to alleviate procedural pain in preterm infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). In two randomized controlled crossover trials, the effectiveness of FTP was compared to a non-pharmacological evidence-based practice (oral glucose), a pharmacological method (intravenous oxycodo...

This paper presents time-series information on the diet composition and breeding performance of rhinoceros auklet Cerorhinca monocerata at Triangle Island, British Columbia, Canada, during 15 breeding seasons between 1976 and 2001. Three shifts in ocean climate occurred within British Columbia during this period (1976–77, 1989–90, 1998–99), allowing us to evaluate associations between marine en...

My commentary addresses Lance’s recommendation to reorient assessment center (AC) practice away from dimensions toward exercise-based assessment. As exercisebased assessment is dealt with only in general terms in Lance’s article, I aim to delineate what exercise-based assessment really means. Two points are made. First, I argue that taking dimensions away from ACs does not mean that assessee be...

OBJECTIVE It has been reported in medical literature that health care professionals have difficulty distinguishing a newborn's facial expressions of pain from facial reactions to other stimuli. Although a number of pain instruments have been developed to assist health professionals, studies demonstrate that health professionals are not entirely impartial in their assessment of pain and fail to ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate 2 heel lancet devices in terms of pain response and success of the procedure in neonates undergoing the newborn screening test. DESIGN Randomized trial. SETTING Tenth level, mother-and-baby unit of a university-affiliated hospital. Patients Eighty term neonates. INTERVENTIONS Heel lance using either the BD Safety-Flow lancet (SF) or the BD QuikHeel lancet (QH). MAI...