The radial flex (R-flex) circuit (previously part no. 18596-60038) has been redesigned and is now available as part no. 18596-60915. This new circuit requires a modified turret (still part no. 18596-60515). “B” trays (18596B) with serial numbers greater than 3032A22099 have the modified turret; therefore, when replacing R-flex circuits on trays with serial numbers below this, check the turret a...

BACKGROUND Flexible sigmoidoscopy is a technical skill that has been successfully performed by suitably trained colorectal nurse practitioners in the USA. However, no recognised training course exists for nurse practitioners in the UK. AIMS To design and evaluate a training programme for nurse endoscopists. METHODS A multidisciplinary committee of nurses and clinicians developed a structure...

BACKGROUND Colorectal screening by Flexible Sigmoidoscopy (FS) is under evaluation in the UK. Evidence from existing cancer screening programmes indicates lower participation among minority ethnic groups than the white-British population. To ensure equality of access, it is important to understand attitudes towards screening in all ethnic groups so that barriers to screening acceptance can be a...

scheduling of production in flexible manufacturing systems (fmss) has been extensively investigated over the past years and it continues to attract the interest of both academic researchers and practitioners. the generation of new and modified production schedules is becoming a necessity in today’s complex manufacturing environment. genetic algorithms are used in this paper to obtain an initial...

Like other large software systems, software visualisation systems are hard to design. We have developed a model of program visualisation and an abstract program visualisation system in tandem, via a series of evolutionary cycles. Each cycle used experience gained in the previous one to identify problems to address and improvements to make. The resulting program visualisation system, Tarraingı́m,...

In this two-part paper, a topological analysis of powertrains for refuse-collecting vehicles (RCVs) based on simulation of different architectures (internal combustion engine, hybrid electric, and hybrid hydraulic) on real routes is proposed. In this second part, three different hybrid electric powertrain architectures are proposed and modeled. These architectures are based on the use of fuel c...

This paper seeks to explore the intentional creation of social capital by two communities of entrepreneurs, with the aim of shedding light over the nature of trust and cooperation between competing economic agents. In doing so, this investigation will compare the institutions created in late Victorian England and Postbellum America to offer a reinterpretation of small scale producer capitalism ...

Recent changes to the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards in the United States mandate substantial improvement in automobile fuel economy over the next fifteen years. One of the ways that manufacturers improve fuel economy is to lower vehicle weights, which has impacts on safety. The innovation of this project is a novel maximum likelihood model that avoids issues of driver selectio...