A quantitative, reproducible method was developed for the evaluation of the virucidal activity of test gases. Using this method, we determined the virucidal effectiveness of a Steri-Vac ethylene oxide gas sterilizer. Wool gabardine material was exposed to high concentrations of herpes simplex, vaccinia, parainfluenza, or polio viruses and was processed through the sterilizer. Two time-temperatu...

We propose in this chapter a Model-based Security Toolkit (SecKit) and methodology to address the control and protection of user data in the deployment of the Internet of Things (IoT). This toolkit takes a more general approach for security engineering including risk analysis, establishment of aspectspecific trust relationships, and enforceable security policies. We describe the integrated meta...

A 29-year-old woman recently presented to our service, having attempted to remove her contraceptive implant (Implanon). She had a knife wound on her arm near the distal end of the implant and the surrounding skin was inflamed. The patient told us that she had had the implant fitted at the time she underwent termination of pregnancy 6 months ago. Since then she had suffered irregular bleeding, h...

BACKGROUND Traditional facelift techniques have some limitations: superficial musculo-aponeurotic system (SMAS) dissection may be incomplete in the superior medial orbitomalar region, and the centrofacial approach does not incorporate SMAS elevation. OBJECTIVES Orbitomalar suspension (OMS) during high SMAS facelift combines the best of other techniques and may enhance aesthetic results and im...

T h e pe r iap ica l t issue reac t ion to th ree concen t r a t i ons of Escherichia coli e n d o t o x i n solut ions , to th ree de toxi f ied E coli e n d o t o x i n solut ions , and to a steri le saline cont ro l so lu t ion was e x a m i n e d in ten adul t cats. T h e max i l l a ry and m a n d i b u l a r canines were i so la ted wi th a r u b b e r d a m , and the pu lp s we re ext i ...

Presenter: Mridul Pansari MD | Florida Atlantic University Background: Stenting of the pancreatic and biliary anastomoses a Whipple procedure has been shown to lower rate anastomotic leak in several retrospective prospective studies. We describe here combined ductal external drainage catheter we have used successfully our pancreatico-duodenectomy operations. Methods: identified / stent which co...

BACKGROUND This study was designed to evaluate the retentive strength of 7 different luting agents on cement-retained implant abutment/analog assemblies. METHODS Fifty-six Steri-Oss implant abutment/analog assemblies and cast superstructures were randomly divided into 7 groups: definitive cements included zinc phosphate cement, Advance, All-Bond 2, Panavia F, and Durelon, while provisional ce...

Continuous peripheral nerve block catheters provide prolonged analgesia but secondary catheter failure is frequent due to dislocation or withdrawal of the [1]. A healthy volunteer study showed rate perineural was 25% for femoral and 5% interscalene after 6 h physical movements [2]. Dislocation rates are likely higher in patients, affected by design, anatomic site, patient movement method fixati...

The Internet-of-Things (IoT) is promising to inter-connect physical objects and machines in an intelligent network. In this context, scalable and resilient Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication protocols are required, and the new Device-to-Device (D2D) feature of the 4G system constitutes an appealing solution. Standardization activities are still in progress, but the rapid diffusion of both L...