Polylactide (PLA) and poly[(butylene succinate)-co-adipate] (PBSA) were reacted by being blended in a batch mixer in the presence of a chain extender, triphenyl phosphite (TPP), and two different types of organically modified clays—a montmorillonite clay (C20A) and a synthetic mica (MEE)—to enhance the thermal stability, impact toughness, and barrier properties of the PLA. An accelerated increa...

PCR was used to detect Haemophilus influenzae in samples of nasopharyngeal secretion and middle ear effusion (MEE). Nasopharyngeal secretions were collected from 102 patients with otitis media with effusion and from 111 healthy subjects. Eighty samples of MEE were collected from patients with otitis media with effusion. A pair of primers was designed to amplify a DNA segment of the gene encodin...

Between February 1991 and April 1992, eight undergraduates at a US residential university and one at a nearby 2-year college contracted serogroup C meningococcal disease. A case-control investigation with 20 controls per case, oropharyngeal carriage surveys, and multilocus enzyme electrophoresis (MEE) of serogroup C isolates were used to identify factors contributing to the outbreak. All eight ...

This article deals with the analysis of active constrained layer damping (ACLD) of smart multiferroic or magnetoelectro-elastic doubly curved shells. The kinematics of deformations of the multiferroic doubly curved shell is described by a layer-wise shear deformation theory. A three-dimensional finite element model of multiferroic shells has been developed taking into account the electro-elasti...

BACKGROUND Middle ear effusion (MEE) is rare among adults, but has a higher incidence among ICU patients. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of nasogastric tube (NGT) on MEE and to assess other predisposing factors. METHODS Prospective observational study, carrying out an otoscopic examination and tympanometry in 100 mechanically ventilated patients. Immittance testing was carrie...

The satellite-based estimation of the dust mass concentration (DMC) is essential for accurately evaluating global biogeochemical cycle aerosols. As uncertainties in estimating DMC caused by mixing and pollutants assuming a fixed value extinction efficiency (MEE), classic lidar-photometer method employed to identify separate from pollutants, obtain MEE, evaluate effect above uncertainties, durin...

Abstract Background Sphenochoanal is a rare benign sinu-nasal lesion. It arises from the sphenoid sinus and passes to choana then nasopharynx. usually presents with nasal obstruction, discharge, snoring, headache. has been reported—only once in English literature—to cause Eustachian tube dysfunction middle ear effusion (MEE) an adult male. In this report, we described 8-year-old child sphenocho...