The Ursinus Weekly, November 11, 1976

Ursinus news in brief: U.S.G.A. passes resolution; Sigma Xi to host speakers; Switzer named to federal board • U.C. student\u27s paper honored • Ursinus installs Richter • Gourman Report slated • Academic Council reports • Comment: Congratulations President Richter • Letter to the editor: Response to Trees • Founder\u27s Day: A presidential inauguration • Text of Pres. Richter\u27s inaugural speech • U.C. band advances • Review: Al Stewart • The Wismer approach to gourmet dining • Devils beat Bears • Volleyball season wrap-up • X-country runs eleventh in MAC • Elsewhere in MAChttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1062/thumbnail.jp

Falciform Ligament Abscess after Omphalitis: Report of a Case

A falciform ligament abscess is a rare type of intra-abdominal abscess. A 2-yr-old male, who had omphalitis two months previously, presented with a fever and right upper quadrant abdominal pain. The ultrasound and CT scan showed an abdominal wall abscess located anterior to the liver, which was refractory to conservative management with percutaneous draninage and antibiotics. On the third recurrence, surgical exploration was performed and revealed an abscess arising from the falciform ligament; the falciform ligament was excised. A follow up ultrasound confirmed complete resolution of the abscess with no further recurrence

Remission of hypertension after treatment of giant simple renal cyst: a case report

Renal cysts are common in old patients, and usually remain untreated. Giant renal cysts measuring more than 15 cm in greatest diameter are uncommon and the association with hypertension is very rare. We present a case of a 25-year-old woman with a giant right renal cyst associated with hypertension that was treated by laparoscopic excision, followed by resolution hypertension

Custom mechanisms for tunable material deposition

Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, 2014.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.Includes bibliographical references (pages 94-97).Digital fabrication tools, specifically additive manufacturing systems, have consistently advanced in efficiencies such as print speed, gantry size, material cost and ease of use. However most of these systems remain limited in their ability to enable automated mixing and extrusion of multiple materials with variable properties on large scales. This thesis focuses on the first steps of realizing this enabling technology by operating across two distinct trajectories. The first aims at digitally controlling precision path placement of material with high levels of tunability through analog mixing, while the second explores do-it-yourself tool customization, compactness, portability and the possibility of fabrication node-to-node communication. Inspired by the silkworm's ability to spin highly sophisticated and tunable material architectures, the aim of this thesis is to develop an enabling technology for digital fabrication requiring high levels of material tunability in product and architectural scales. Specifically, I designed, developed, built and evaluated an array of six unique customizable and compact deposition heads for tunable material properties. Amongst those tools is a freeform extrusion head for tunable geometry without the need for auxiliary support structure; a fast thread deposition head and a fiber winding head for tunable compressive and tensile strength respectively; a portable cable-suspended paste droplet extrusion head for tunable drop size of paste material; and a chitosan gel extrusion head for tunable plasticity using biomaterials. Operating across the two trajectories of tunability and portability, this thesis argues that highly tunable, compact and portable extrusion heads developed within a Fab Lab environment can support variable property printing of one or more materials outside of commercial based systems. This capability will in the future enable the digital fabrication of larger-scale prototypes, sustainable products and architectural structures inspired by nature in Fab Lab settings.by Jared Smith Laucks.S.M

Beneficial Bacteria Are Not Confined To Leguminous Plants

Published by the students of the College of Agriculture, University of Arizona.This article is part of the Arizona Agriculturist collections. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University of Arizona Libraries. Permission to use or to order reproductions must be obtained from the University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections. Contact us at [email protected], or (520) 621-6423

Stability characteristics of cylindrical fibres in an electrodynamic balance designed for single particle investigation

Original article can be found at : http://www.sciencedirect.com/ Copyright ElsevierAn electrodynamic balance (EDB) of the double ring double disc type has been designed for studying single microparticles. It allows electrostatic particle injection and recovery as well as alignment of elongated particles. The stability characteristics of cylindrical fibers and their alignment in this EDB are investigated. Angular as well as translational oscillations are observed, each associated with separate but analogous stability criteria.Peer reviewe