In the present work an attempt has been made to study the effect of the twisted tapes as bed internals, on the performance of the gas-solid fluidized beds. Experimental investigation has been carried out in cylindrical column with and without twisted tapes. Twelve numbers of twisted tapes of three different widths with four values of the twist ratios for each width were studied at different...

OBJECTIVE To compare patients' goals in aesthetic rhinoplasty with aesthetic ideals by analyzing changes requested through computer imaging during the initial consultation. METHODS The frontal and lateral views of 20 consecutive female rhinoplasty patients were analyzed retrospectively before and after using image manipulation software. Indexes from the frontal view included the ratio of alar...

Normal human observers compared either the width, height or area of two simultaneously-presented shapes (the standard and the test), with a cue to indicate which decision had to be made. On 'area' trials, test width was a random variable, ensuring that neither shape (aspect ratio), width nor height by themselves was a reliable signal. Weber fractions for width and height of both ellipses and re...

a number of 36 varieties of rice were compared for different traits. the correlation coefficient of grain yield with tiller number, harvest index, length of grain, ratio of length to width of grain, amylase content, days to 50 percent flowering and days to full maturity were positive and significant (p

The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic efficiency of red blood cell distribution width (RDW), platelet distribution width (PDW), the neutrophil-lymphocyte count ratio (NLCR), procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) for the prediction of sepsis. A total of 120 consecutive patients who underwent blood culture testing were included. The PCT and CRP levels, and RDW, PDW and N...

IntroductionTissue damage, inflammatory response, and hematologic abnormalities may occur in snakebite envenomation. This study aimed to evaluate the predictive ability of platelet distribution width (PDW) lymphocyte ratio (PDWLR) severity outcome envenomation patients with snakebites emergency department (ED).MethodsAll adult admitted ED after a were retrospectively evaluated. Patients classif...