BACKGROUND Bar code technology has decreased transcription errors in many healthcare applications. However, we have found that linear bar code identification methods are not failsafe. In this study, we sought to identify the sources of bar code decoding errors that generated incorrect patient identifiers when bar codes were scanned for point-of-care glucose testing and to develop solutions to p...

Holographic methods are utilized to examine deviations from classical elasticity in a cellular solid, polymethacrylamide closed cell foam. A square cross section bar is subjected to static torsional deformation. The warp deformation is observed to be less in a foam bar than in a homogeneous polymeric bar used as a control. The homogeneous bar obeys the predictions of classical elasticity. Behav...

BACKGROUND Inadequate protein intake (PI), containing a sub-optimal source of essential amino acids (EAAs), and reduced appetite are contributing factors to age-related sarcopenia. The satiating effects of dietary protein per se may negatively affect energy intake (EI), thus there is a need to explore alternative strategies to facilitate PI without compromising appetite and subsequent EI. MET...

Critical insights on galaxy evolution stem from studying local and high redshift bars. We present results on bars at z ∼ 0, based on OSUBSGS B and H images of 180 spirals. (1) The deprojected bar fraction is 60% in H and 44% in B, confirming the ubiquity of local bars. The results before and after deprojection are almost identical, which is encouraging for high redshfit studies. (2) Most (∼ 71%...