Rationale for the choice of material for manufacture of adaptive underclothes for disabled children

The article substantiates the choice of materials for designing adaptive underclothes for the most severe group of children with infantile cerebral paralysis – bed patients. As a rule, these are denied children, who, in principle, spend their lives in medical hospitals, require constant care by medical staff. Such children are in sharp need of specialized adaptive underclothes, which could significantly improve the quality of life of such children and facilitate care for them by medical staff. In many respects the quality of similar clothes depends on properly selected materials. Analysis of modern innovative materials that could have been used to create such clothes was conducted. Hygienic, physical and mechanical properties of existing knitted materials were studied according to standard methods for identifying the most suitable for similar clothes

Rationale of the need for adaptive clothes for disabled children

The study conducted among medical personnel identified that children with infantile cerebral paralysisof the V severity level need clothes with improved properties that ensure the patient’s quality of life and the correct conduct of medical and hygienic procedures by medical personnel

Investigation of the dependence of the internal disruptive pressure in a fire hose on geometric densities on the warp and the weft of its woven reinforcing frame

In this article, based on the obtained formula for calculating the strength of a pressure fire hose(PFN) under the action of internal hydraulic pressure, the dependence of the disruptive pressure in alatex pressure fire hose, designed for an operating pressure of 1.6 H, on such parameters as geometric densities on the warp and the weft, is studied. As a result of the studies, the pattern of decreasing the disruptive pressure of a fire hose with an increase in the geometric densities on the warp and the weft of a reinforcing frame of a pressure fire hose was experimentally established. When designing new fire hoses, it is important to take into account the significant dependence of the disruptive pressure on the geometric densities on the warp and the weft of a reinforcing frame. Recommendations are given on choosing the optimal parameters for a woven reinforcing frame of latex pressure fire hoses with a diameter of 77 mm

Development of technological process of cotton cellulose production and evaluation of experimental results

In the course of this study, the technology of bleaching of cotton pulp for various purposes has been improved, which can be used in the production of cotton pulp by "Khlopoprom-Cellulose" LLP and other enterprises to increase the production efficiency and competitiveness of the products obtained. The proposed development makes it possible to obtain cellulose with a high degree of polymerization and whiteness, as well as to solve the problem of stabilization and high decomposition rate of hydrogen peroxide in the technological cycle. The bleached cellulose meets the requirements of GOST (State Standard) 595-79 "Cotton cellulose" and has an average degree of whiteness of 90%, which is 5-6% higher than the samples of cotton cellulose bleached without the use of a hydrogen peroxide stabilizer

Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries

Abstract Background Healthcare cannot achieve net-zero carbon without addressing operating theatres. The aim of this study was to prioritize feasible interventions to reduce the environmental impact of operating theatres. Methods This study adopted a four-phase Delphi consensus co-prioritization methodology. In phase 1, a systematic review of published interventions and global consultation of perioperative healthcare professionals were used to longlist interventions. In phase 2, iterative thematic analysis consolidated comparable interventions into a shortlist. In phase 3, the shortlist was co-prioritized based on patient and clinician views on acceptability, feasibility, and safety. In phase 4, ranked lists of interventions were presented by their relevance to high-income countries and low–middle-income countries. Results In phase 1, 43 interventions were identified, which had low uptake in practice according to 3042 professionals globally. In phase 2, a shortlist of 15 intervention domains was generated. In phase 3, interventions were deemed acceptable for more than 90 per cent of patients except for reducing general anaesthesia (84 per cent) and re-sterilization of ‘single-use’ consumables (86 per cent). In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for high-income countries were: introducing recycling; reducing use of anaesthetic gases; and appropriate clinical waste processing. In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for low–middle-income countries were: introducing reusable surgical devices; reducing use of consumables; and reducing the use of general anaesthesia. Conclusion This is a step toward environmentally sustainable operating environments with actionable interventions applicable to both high– and low–middle–income countries

Study of the Applicability of Magnetic Iron-Containing Nanoparticles in Hyperthermia and Determination of Their Resistance to Degradation Processes

The article presents the results of evaluating the applicability of various types of iron-containing nanoparticles in magnetic hyperthermia, as well as determining the degradation resistance of nanoparticles. The objects of study were iron-containing nanoparticles obtained by chemical precipitation and subsequent modification with gold, gadolinium, and neodymium. The main methods for studying the properties of the synthesized nanoparticles were transmission electron microscopy, X-ray phase analysis, and Mössbauer spectroscopy. Evaluation of the efficiency of the use of the synthesized nanoparticles in magnetic hyperthermia showed that Fe3O4@GdFeO3 nanoparticles, for which the specific absorption rate was more than 120 W/g, have the highest efficiency. An assessment of the resistance of the synthesized nanoparticles to corrosion in water at different temperatures showed that Fe2O3@NdFeO3 and Fe3O4@GdFeO3 nanoparticles have the highest resistance to degradation. It has been established that in the case of the initial Fe3O4 nanoparticles, the degradation processes are accompanied by partial destruction of the particles, followed by amorphization and destruction, while for Fe2O3@NdFeO3 and Fe3O4@GdFeO3 nanoparticles, the degradation processes proceed much more slowly, due to the presence of interfacial boundaries, which slow down the corrosion processes. The obtained results of corrosion tests in aqueous media make it possible to predict the area and time frame of applicability of iron-containing nanoparticles when using them in the biomedical direction, as well as to determine storage conditions