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Impending carotid blowout stabilization using an LT-D tube
Adequate stabilization of a patient presenting with a carotid blowout is one of the most challenging issues an on-call ENT surgeon can be confronted with. Reducing the bleeding and securing the airway are essential before more definitive management. We present the case of a 72-year-old patient with head and neck cancer who arrived at the emergency room with a carotid blowout and who was successfully stabilized using a King LT-D ventilation tube
"Barber pole turbulence" in large aspect ratio Taylor-Couette flow
Investigations of counter-rotating Taylor-Couette flow (TCF) in the narrow
gap limit are conducted in a very large aspect ratio apparatus. The phase
diagram is presented and compared to that obtained by Andereck et al. The
spiral turbulence regime is studied by varying both internal and external
Reynolds numbers. Spiral turbulence is shown to emerge from the fully turbulent
regime via a continuous transition appearing first as a modulated turbulent
state, which eventually relaxes locally to the laminar flow. The connection
with the intermittent regimes of the plane Couette flow (pCf) is discussed
Alien Registration- Gregoire, Pierre A. (Winslow, Kennebec County)
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Spatiotemporal Calibration of Atmospheric Nitrogen Dioxide Concentration Estimates From an Air Quality Model for Connecticut
A spatiotemporal calibration and resolution refinement model was fitted to
calibrate nitrogen dioxide (NO) concentration estimates from the Community
Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model, using two sources of observed data on
NO that differed in their spatial and temporal resolutions. To refine the
spatial resolution of the CMAQ model estimates, we leveraged information using
additional local covariates including total traffic volume within 2 km,
population density, elevation, and land use characteristics. Predictions from
this model greatly improved the bias in the CMAQ estimates, as observed by the
much lower mean squared error (MSE) at the NO monitor sites. The final
model was used to predict the daily concentration of ambient NO over the
entire state of Connecticut on a grid with pixels of size 300 x 300 m. A
comparison of the prediction map with a similar map for the CMAQ estimates
showed marked improvement in the spatial resolution. The effect of local
covariates was evident in the finer spatial resolution map, where the
contribution of traffic on major highways to ambient NO concentration
stands out. An animation was also provided to show the change in the
concentration of ambient NO over space and time for 1994 and 1995.Comment: 23 pages, 8 figures, supplementary materia
On the one-loop Kahler potential in five-dimensional brane-world supergravity
We present an on-shell formulation of 5d gauged supergravity coupled to
chiral matter multiplets localized at the orbifold fixed points. The brane
action is constructed via the Noether method. In such set-up we compute
one-loop corrections to the Kahler potential of the effective 4d supergravity
and compare the result with previous computations based on the off-shell
formalism. The results agree at lowest order in brane sources, however at
higher order there are differences. We explain this discrepancy by an ambiguity
in resolving singularities associated with the presence of infinitely thin
branes.Comment: 20 page
Combinatorial synthesis of oxysulfides in the lanthanum-bismuth-copper system
Establishing synthesis methods for a target material constitutes a grand challenge in materials research, which is compounded with use-inspired specifications on the format of the material. Solar photochemistry using thin film materials is a promising technology for which many complex materials are being proposed, and the present work describes application of combinatorial methods to explore the synthesis of predicted La–Bi–Cu oxysulfide photocathodes, in particular alloys of LaCuOS and BiCuOS. The variation in concentration of three cations and two anions in thin film materials, and crystallization thereof, is achieved by a combination of reactive sputtering and thermal processes including reactive annealing and rapid thermal processing. Composition and structural characterization establish composition-processing-structure relationships that highlight the breadth of processing conditions required for synthesis of LaCuOS and BiCuOS. The relative irreducibility of La oxides and limited diffusion indicate the need for high temperature processing, which conflicts with the temperature limits for mitigating evaporation of Bi and S. Collectively the results indicate that alloys of these phases will require reactive annealing protocols that are uniquely tailored to each composition, motivating advancement of dynamic processing capabilities to further automate discovery of synthesis routes
Parents' Views on Child Welfare's Response to Addiction
This is the publisher's version, also available electronically from http://alliance1.metapress.com/home/main.mpx.The helping system often responds to parents recovering from addiction in a way that reinforces their powerlessness and may perpetuate their addiction. This study identified worker and agency qualities that contribute to parents' recovery and family reunification. The authors conducted a qualitative study of successful clients of the child welfare system who regained their children after recovering from addiction. These parents describe the importance of workers' understanding the context of addiction from the parent's perspective
Discretizing Gravity in Warped Spacetime
We investigate the discretized version of the compact Randall-Sundrum model.
By studying the mass eigenstates of the lattice theory, we demonstrate that for
warped space, unlike for flat space, the strong coupling scale does not depend
on the IR scale and lattice size. However, strong coupling does prevent us from
taking the continuum limit of the lattice theory. Nonetheless, the lattice
theory works in the manifestly holographic regime and successfully reproduces
the most significant features of the warped theory. It is even in some respects
better than the KK theory, which must be carefully regulated to obtain the
correct physical results. Because it is easier to construct lattice theories
than to find exact solutions to GR, we expect lattice gravity to be a useful
tool for exploring field theory in curved space.Comment: 17 pages, 4 figures; references adde
Fusiform Rust Incidence in Loblolly and Slash Pine Plantations in East Texas
A method to predict the incidence of fusiform rust (Cronartium quercuum [Berk.] Miyabe ex Shirai f. sp.
fusiforme) in unthinned loblolly (Pinus taeda L.) and slash pine (Pinus elliotti Englem.) plantations located on non-oldfields in East Texas is presented. In addition, procedures are described to estimate changes in rust incidence over time as: 1. A rust-free tree remains rust free, develops stem or branch galls, or dies. 2. A tree with branch galls remains with branch galls only, develops stem galls, or dies. 3. A tree with stem galls remains with stem galls, or dies. Multinomial logistic regression models utilizing basic plantation parameters as predictors were fit to estimate current rust incidence and, then, the change in rust condition over time. South. J. Appl. For. 15(2):79-84
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