Metallized plastic sheeting (m.p.s.) was used in 14 neurosurgical patients and changes in body heat content during surgery compared with those of 14 control patients. All patients, except three in the study group and one in the control group, lost heat by the end of the operation. There was, however, a statistically significant reduction in heat loss in the patients wrapped in m.p.s. Measuremen...

Most currently used e-Learning Systems do not often offer search functionality. Even if methods are provided to search for Learning Objects (LOs), they don’t usually utilize information about users’ interests stored in their profiles. Moreover, most of the search engines are only use query conformity to order the result list. User profiling methods are usually absent, as behaviour analysis meth...

Keloids and hypertrophic scars represent an exuberant healing response that poses a challenge for physicians. Patients at high risk of keloids are usually younger than 30 years and have darker skin. Sternal skin, shoulders and upper arms, earlobes, and cheeks are most susceptible to developing keloids and hypertrophic scars. High-risk trauma includes burns, ear piercing, and any factor that pro...

A study was carried out at the University of Liverpool on the response of a panel/connection of a 1/4 scale stainless steel blast wall under pulse pressure loading. The aim of the work was to investigate the influence of the connection detail on the overall performance of the panel/connection system under pulse pressure loading and to develop appropriate analytical and numerical model of the bl...