Skeletal stressing method and apparatus Patent

Method and apparatus for applying compressional forces to skeletal structure of subject to simulate force during ambulatory condition

Weight simulator

Device applies compressive force to bone to minimize loss of bone calcium during weightlessness or bedrest. Force is applied through weights, or hydraulic, pneumatic or electrically actuated devices. Device is lightweight and easy to maintain and operate

Innovation and Organisation in the UK magazine print publishing industry: a survey

This paper examines innovation within the UK magazine publishing industry. We find that publishers are able to engage with niche interest groups in order to supply a high value-added product. The paper attempts define the characteristics of the industry and to examine the drivers of innovation through a survey and an exploratory approach to data analysis. We suggest that the frequently employed simple output measures of innovation do not adequately capture the innovation process in this industry or the range of activities carried out by firms. We find that groups of firms engage different patterns of innovative behaviour depending on the drivers of innovation. Firms that are more responsive to consumer trends are more likely to engage in a wider range of associated activities in order to add value from their consumer knowledge

A control system formulation of the mechanism that controls the secretions of serum group hormone in humans during sleep

Plasma growth hormone concentrations during sleep were determined experimentally. An elevated level of plasma growth hormone was observed during the initial phase of sleep and remained elevated for approximately 3 hr before returning to the steady-state level. Moreover, subsequent to a prolonged interruption of sleep, of the order of 2-3 hr, an elevated level of plasma growth hormone was again observed during the initial phase of resumed sleep. A control system formulation of the mechanism that controls the secretions of serum growth hormone in humans was used to account for the growth hormone responses observed

Programmable physiological infusion

A programmable physiological infusion device and method are provided wherein a program source, such as a paper tape, is used to actuate an infusion pump in accordance with a desired program. The system is particularly applicable for dispensing calcium in a variety of waveforms

Programmed physiological infusion system

Infusion system delivers incremental volumes from a reservoir with a piston pump at a rate that varies in time and follows the envelope of a preprogrammed curve

Broken Images : Eliot, Lorca, Neruda and the discontinuity of Modernism

T. S. Eliot's powerful trope in The Waste Land ("a heap of broken images"), which may derive in part from Tennyson's Idylls of the King, has overflowed into Lorca's Poeta en Nueva York and Neruda's Residencia en la tierra. What these three poets see while "walking around" is the detritus of urban life, broken and abandoned objects. With values fractured and icons turned into shards, Eliot's image relates as well to the discontinuity that underlines many examples of modernism, not only in the arts but also in science.El poderoso tropo de T. S. Eliot en “La tierra baldía” (“un montón de imágenes rotas”), el cual puede derivar en parte de la obra de Tennyson “Idilios del rey”, ha desbordado en Poeta en Nueva York de Lorca y en Residencia en la tierra de Neruda. Lo que estos tres poetas contemplan mientras “pasean” es el detrito de la vida urbana, junto con los objetos rotos y abandonados. Con valores fracturados e iconos destrozados en fragmentos, la imagen de Eliot se relaciona de esta forma a la discontinuidad que subyace en muchos ejemplos del modernismo, no sólo en las artes sino también en la ciencia