One of the worst-affected hospitals is the southern hemisphere’s largest, the sprawling 2 800-bed Chris Hani Baragwanath in Soweto, where nonpayment shortages range from clean bed linen and food to life-saving surgical equipment. Surgeons reached the end of their tether in March when they were unable to order life-saving CT scans and were also forced to risk potentially life-threatening surgica...

The ‘*O/r60 ratios of cellulose and the D/H ratios of cellulose nitrate were determined for linen, a textile produced from the fibers of the flax plant Linum usitatissimum, and for maize (Zea mays) from a variety of geographic locations in Europe, the Middle East, and North and South America. The regression lines of bD values on 6”O values had slopes of 5.4 and 5.8 for the two species. Statisti...

A medieval artist originally used powdered ochre and applied it on a linen sheet laid over a body using a simple frottage technique. Only the most prominent features (elbows, hands, knees, upper parts of the legs and arms) were rubbed in such a way, otherwise large distortions would have been observed (experimental observation). Therefore the sheet was removed from the body and the image free-h...

A multi-way control system for spun yarn breakage detecting and tow stopping is presented for linen wet spinning frame upgrade in medium-sized businesses of southeastern China. The signals from periodic rotations of spun yarns are picked by piezoelectric sensors. After input protection and multiplexers, the weak voltage signal from gated channel is processed through links including voltage foll...

Capacitive biosensors are an emerging technology revolutionizing wearable sensing systems and personal healthcare devices. They are capable of continuously measuring bioelectrical signals from the human body while utilizing textiles as an insulator. Different textile types have their own unique properties that alter skin-electrode capacitance and the performance of capacitive biosensors. This p...