distribution of water vapor in the atmosphere of the room poultry houses is usually an effective and economical solution to reduce heat stress of the chickens. experimental studies were conducted in a small saloon located in the farm machinery department of shiraz university. the rotary cup fogging system consisted of a cup which was derived by dc motor. rotational speed of the cup caused the w...

Phagocytosis is a vital first-line host defense mechanism against infection involving the ingestion and digestion of foreign materials such as bacteria by specialized cells, phagocytes. For phagocytes to ingest the foreign materials, they form an actin-based membrane structure called phagocytic cup at the plasma membranes. Formation of the phagocytic cup is impaired in phagocytes from patients ...

APPROACH Our approach is divided into four subtasks: Task 1: Forces and failure modes in suction cup attachments. Define assays to investigate cup failure modes. Task II: Assessing the impact of tags and surface attachments on cetaceans. Using Computational Fluid Dynamics we will assess the drag forces created by various suction cup and tag housing combinations. Task III: Engineered suction cup...

abstract background: premature neonates’ feeding is of great importance due to its effective role in their growth. these neonates should reach an independent oral nutrition stage before being discharged from the neonatal intensive care unit. therefore, the researcher decided to conduct a study on the effect of palady and cup feeding on premature neonates’ weight gain and their reaching full ora...

The vacuum cup grippers operate using Bernoulli Principle for generating high-speed flow between the vacuum cup and product surface thereby creating vacuum which lifted the product. Feasibility observations are studied to demonstrate and obtain an overall understanding on the capability and limitations of the vacuum cup gripper. Most of the robot grippers are not easily applicable due to the fo...

Previous studies have suggested that birds and mammals select materials needed for nest building based on their thermal or structural properties, although the amounts or properties of the materials used have been recorded for only a very small number of species. Some of the behaviours underlying the construction of nests can be indirectly determined by careful deconstruction of the structure an...

BACKGROUND At this time, several antibiotics have been investigated as possibilities for aerosol administration, but local therapy has been found to be more efficient in several diseases. MATERIALS AND METHODS The drugs linezolid (Zyvox), vancomycin (Voncon), and daptomycin (Cubicin) were tested with three jet nebulizers with seven different residual cups and different loadings. Moreover, thr...

Background and purpose - Most registry studies regarding highly crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE) have focused on the overall revision risk. We compared the risk of cup and/or liner revision for specific cup and liner designs made of either XLPE or conventional polyethylene (CPE), regarding revision for any reason and revision due to aseptic loosening and/or osteolysis. Patients and methods - Usi...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to report the long-term outcome and the failure mechanism of cementless total hip arthroplasty (THA) using hydroxyapatite (HA)-coated acetabular cup. MATERIALS AND METHODS From January 1992 to May 1994, a total of 123 consecutive cementless primary THAs were performed using a HA-coated acetabular cup with metal-on-polyethylene articulation. We retrospectively...