We present a double-clad fiber coupler (DCFC) for use in confocal endomicroscopy to reduce speckle contrast, increase signal collection while preserving optical sectioning. The DCFC is made by incorporating a double-clad tapered fiber (DCTF) to a fused-tapered DCFC for achromatic transmission (from 1265 nm to 1325 nm) of > 95% illumination light trough the single mode (SM) core and collection o...

This article explores a narrative of peacebuilding best practice: the national efforts to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1325 in Nepal. We demonstrate how contested realities post-conflict gender politics are skilfully transformed into internationally transferable policy knowledge. argue that order construct practice, entrepreneurs draw on their social capital make claims about as sim...

Carleigh Samson is a research associate and Ph.D. student at the University of Colorado Boulder. As a former secondary mathematics teacher and three-year K-12 engineering teaching fellow holding graduate degrees in both Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder and Secondary Education from The Johns Hopkins University, Carleigh has broad K-12 classroom teaching experience as wel...

We have investigated the incidence of throat complaints 6-24 h after tracheal intubation in 1325 patients. Variables such as anaesthetic drug, intubation time, number of intubation attempts, gastric tube, sex and age were recorded. The incidence of sore throat was considerably lower (14.4%) compared with other reports in the literature and was significantly greater in females (17.0% vs 9.0%) an...

car manufacturing industry accident’s rates from three major companies are analyzed. totally 1325 accidents with 4 cases of fatality were recorded. accident rates per 100 full-time workers have gradually increased from 5.3 to 8.7 during 3 years of study. most of the accidents occurred during the primary hours of the work, strains and sprains represented the most frequently occurring type of inj...