The understanding of the incidence, epidemiology, etiology, and pathophysiology of pediatric cardiac arrest has evolved greatly in the past two decades. This includes recognition that cardiopulmonary resuscitation delays in cardiac arrest are especially injurious, ventricular arrhythmias are not as uncommon in children as previously believed, and four distinct phases of cardiac arrest can be de...

Resource gathering is depending on leaner crude ores. Iron ore mining typifies this trend. To make lean taconite iron ores useful required a technologic breakthrough-pelletization. The shift to iron ore pellets has the advantage that they require less energy and labor per ton of molten iron than high-grade naturally concentrated ores. Increased reliance on pellets causes a geographic shift of s...

In this paper we present an automatic system developed for the Lisbon’s Technologic Nuclear Institute to control the operation of their particle accelerator. It is an accelerator based on a Van de Graaff machine. The system uses a personal computer running LabVIEW software which implements the procedures to automatically increase the terminal voltage, light-up the ion source and focus the parti...

With the technologic advancements in image guidance and dose delivery, stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is being widely used for cancer treatment in various anatomical locations as a noninvasive alternative to surgery. To deliver ablative doses to tumors with limited normal tissue toxicity, SBRT requires high accuracy in treatment setup which requires taking tumor motion into account. Tech...

While Saphenous stripping became the gold standard technique for varicose veins treatment in second part of last century, soon, leaving stem place surgical simplification and, successively, arterial bypass use a subject research, showing uncertain responses. Ultrasound facilities allowed better hemodynamic knowledge; new approach (CHIVA) appeared that limited venous ablation and redirected bloo...

Despite advancements in genetics, chemistry, and protein engineering, recent years have seen fewer approvals of new drugs, increases in development costs, and high-profile drug withdrawals. This article focuses on technologic methods for improving drug development efficiency. These technologies include high-content cell screening, expression profiling, mass spectroscopy, mouse models of disease...

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) remains highly challenging. CDH is complex and often results in multi-system morbidity among survivors. In the past decade, significant technologic and medical advancements have enhanced the care of critically ill infants, including those born with CDH. Such advancements have led to improved survival rates among CDH infants at certain high-volume centres, b...

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a methodology focused on the centralization and sharing of project information among all experts involved. The use BIM platforms allows professionals to improve coordination, collaboration, integration along with development disciplines tasks required in complete building project. Currently, construction industry has witnessed growing adoption BIM, mainly...