Pseudomonas oryzihabitans is frequently found in various sites within hospital settings, including sink drains and respiratory therapy equipment. Although it rarely causes human infections, P. oryzihabitans has recently been considered a potential nosocomial pathogen, especially in immunocompromised hosts. We report our experience of an outbreak of P. oryzihabitans pseudobacteremia, presumably ...

BACKGROUND Few data exist on compound A during sevoflurane anesthesia when using closed-circuit conditions and sodalime with modern computer-controlled liquid injection. METHODS A PhysioFlex apparatus (Dräger, Lübeck, Germany) was connected to an artificial test lung (inflow approximately 160 ml/min carbon dioxide, outflow approximately 200 ml/min, simulating oxygen consumption). Ventilation ...

This study investigates direct powder forging (DPF) as a new approach for near-net-shape processing of titanium alloys using coarse particle size distribution (PSD) between 90 and 250 μm. route was utilised to takes advantage DPF’s enclosed nature make components with conventional equipment, making it attractive viable even reactive such titanium. In this study, the uncompacted Ti-6Al-4V ELI se...

Abstract. The Swedish KBS-3 design for the disposal of spent fuel is based on its encapsulation cast iron cylinders that have an outer 30 – 50 mm thick shield of copper and deposition in crystalline rock embedded in bentonite at a depth of about 500 m. The KBS-3 system is based on a multi barrier system where the canister is the primary barrier. The cast iron insert gives the canister the neces...

1 Alessandro La Neve, Centro Universitário UNIFEI, Departamento de Eletricidade,Av. H. A. Castelo Branco 3972, S.B. do Campo, CEP: 09850-901, SP, Brazil [email protected] 2 Flávio de Azevedo Corrêa Junior, Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço, Pça. Mal. Eduardo Gomes 50, S.J.dos Campos, CEP:12228-904, SP, Brazil [email protected] Abstract  Microgravity is calling the attention of dedicated inves...

Participants lifted a canister by its handle while balancing a ball on the lid. Experiment 1 allowed object rotation prior to lifting. A lifting comfort zone was measured by the variability in object orientation at lift; its size depended on the object mass and required task precision. The amount of prelift rotation correlated with the resulting change in lifting capability, as measured for dif...

some agent. This agent is usually water, which can transport the radionuclides in dissolved form or in colloids or small particles. We can therefore establish that a basic characteristic of a safe repository is for it be impermeable, that is, water should not be able to penetrate it. At this stage it is appropriate to consider the physical form in which the waste will be taken to the repository...

This paper describes a vacuum-decay based evaporative leak detection procedure for vehicle fuel systems. A physical model for an evaporative system is proposed containing parts for fuel evaporation, leakage flow and canister flow. Two methods for detecting evaporative leakages based on the model is presented. Both methods can detect a 0.5 mm diameter leakage in a laboratory environment.

BACKGROUND Poor coordination of canister actuation and inspiration often prevents adequate metered-dose inhaler (MDI) usage by patients, perhaps especially so among the elderly. Breath-actuated inhalers (BAI) have been developed to prevent this problem. METHODS We compared the adequacy of inhaler technique and patient preferences between MDI and BAI in a group of elderly subjects (mean age, 7...