BACKGROUND A screening of ulnar collateral ligament insufficiency is required for overhead throwers, since secondary pathologic changes result from an increased elbow valgus laxity. We developed a new manual method for assessing elbow valgus laxity and investigated the reliability of this method and its correlation with ultrasonographic assessment. METHODS We defined elbow valgus laxity as th...

BACKGROUND Washbasin U-bends are reservoirs of microbial contamination in healthcare environments. U-Bends are constantly full of water and harbour microbial biofilm. AIM To develop an effective automated cleaning and disinfection system for U-bends using two solutions generated by electrochemical activation of brine including the disinfectant anolyte (predominantly hypochlorous acid) and cat...

This paper reports the outcome of applying two di erent low-Reynolds-number eddy-viscosity models to resolve the complex three-dimensional motion that arises in turbulent ows in ducts with 90◦ bends. For the modelling of turbulence, the Launder and Sharma low-Re k– model and a recently produced variant of the cubic non-linear low-Re k– model have been employed. In this paper, developing turbule...

The gas pipelines usually undergo complicated and changeable regional environment. As the level of the potential difference or pipeline’s route changes in the space and therefore elastic bending cannot meet the needs when pipe changes its direction, we generally use pipe bend to connect two pipelines with different spatial extend direction during the pipe laying period, and it can reduce the te...

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