These days, huge amounts of data are created by not only humans but also the Internet of Things (IoT). As databases increase in size, their buffer pool is becoming more crucial to the overall performance. Buffer flushing, i.e., writing dirty pages, is a key factor in buffer pool management. Tuning the buffer-flushing activity in a real system is often difficult because it depends on the workloa...

Maintenance of catheter lumen patency is an ongoing challenge. Catheter flushing is the primary nursing intervention used to prevent lumen occlusion from thrombotic and precipitate causes. The catheter and all devices attached to it must be regarded as a system in which each component directly affects the others. The technology of catheter flushing includes the flush solution itself, the source...

OBJECTIVE Flushing can be defined as a sensation of warmth accompanied by erythema that most commonly is seen on the face and which occurs in episodic attacks. Such a problem can be clinically problematic, since many conditions and drugs can be related to flushing, and while often there appears to be no underlying organic disease, it is important to exclude disorders since they may be life-thre...