A Dramatic Transport Respirator Failure

Cuirass respirator treatment of chronic respiratory failure in scoliotic patients.

The results are reported of domiciliary cuirass respirator treatment, using tailor-made shells, in four patients with severe thoracic scoliosis. Three of the patients had suffered from poliomyelitis. All complained of increasing dyspnoea on exertion, ultimately interfering with almost every activity of daily life; three patients had severe acute respiratory failure necessitating urgent admissio...

The first few hours off a respirator.

The structure and stability of the O:+ dication: a dramatic failure of Marller-Plesset perturbation theory

By comparison with results of full configuration-interaction and large-scale multireference configuration-interaction calculations, it is shown that the widely used RMP2 and RMP4 methods fail to describe even qualitatively the structure and kinetic stability of theO:+ dication, an isoelectronic analogue of molecular nitrogen. A barrier todissociation of more than 200 kJ mol-’ completely disappe...

Dramatic Presence

Let us consider the presentation by computers of rich, highly interactive worlds that are inhabited by dynamic and complex characters, and shaped by aesthetically pleasing stories. We shall call this interactive drama, and we believe that it requires strong characters, aesthetic presentation, and long-term dramatic structure. This paper describes an experiment designed to help us understand how...

The effect of gender and respirator brand on the association of respirator fit with facial dimensions.

This study examined the association of facial dimensions with respirator fit considering the effect of gender and respirator brand. Forty-one subjects (20 white females and 21 white males) participated in the study. Each subject was measured for 12 facial dimensions using anthropometric sliding and spreading calipers and a steel measuring tape. Three quantitative fit tests were conducted with t...