OBJECTIVE To correlate forced expiratory volume in 1 second (VEF(1)) and peak expiratory flow (PEF) with clinical parameters in children with moderate and severe asthma. METHODS This was a non-concurrent cohort study, carried out at a pediatric pneumology clinic, in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, between March and October 2002. The study enrolled children aged 5 to 16 years, with persistent asth...

Apple juice inoculated with Escherichia coli ATCC 23472 was processed continuously using either ultraviolet (UV), high-voltage pulsed electric field (PEF), or a combination of the PEF and UV treatment systems. Apple juice was pumped through either of the systems at 3 flow rates (8, 14, and 20 mL/min). E. coli was reduced by 3.46 log CFU/mL when exposed in a 50 cm length of UV treatment chamber ...

BACKGROUND The diagnosis of occupational asthma requires objective confirmation. Analysis of serial measurements of peak expiratory flow (PEF) is usually the most convenient first step in the diagnostic process. A new method of analysis originally developed to detect late asthmatic reactions following specific inhalation testing is described. This was applied to serial PEF measurements made ove...

Sob a perspectiva da educação inclusiva, Educação Física escolar (EFE) tem procurado assegurar oportunidades de participação efetiva aos estudantes com deficiência (ECD). Todavia, o professor (PEF) ainda encontra muitos desafios, entre os quais destaca-se falta serviços apoio à inclusão em sua área. Surge então interesse investigar coensino como possibilidade serviço ao PEF. Assim, objetivo des...

The spectrum of a prediction-error filter (PEF) tends toward the inverse spectrum of the data from which it is estimated. I compute 2-D PEF’s from known “training images” and use them to synthesize similar-looking textures from random numbers via helix deconvolution. Compared to a similar technique employing Fourier transforms, the PEF-based method is generally more flexible, due to its ability...

Emerging bacterial resistance to multiple drugs is an increasing problem in burn wound management. New non-pharmacologic interventions are needed for burn wound disinfection. Here we report on a novel physical method for disinfection: antiseptic pulsed electric field (PEF) applied externally to the infected burns. In a mice model, we show that PEF can reduce the load of multidrug resistant Acin...

The frequency content of the first second of the maximum forced expiratory manoeuvre (MFEM) was measured to determine if the currently accepted frequency limit of 20 Hz for MFEM is adequate for recording peak expiratory flow (PEF). The frequency response of a Fleisch pneumotachograph (PT) was measured and used to record MFEM from 24 patients attending a lung-function laboratory and 26 normal vo...

The recovery of non-purified bioactive extracts (70% ethanol) from peach pomace (PP) was assisted by conventional thermal treatment (CTT, 50 °C up to 90 min) or pulsed electric fields (PEF, specific energy input, EV, 0.0014–2.88 kJ/kg). maximum concentration biocompounds and antioxidant activity, assessed with spectrophotometric HPLC methods, obtained upon 40 min CTT 0.0014 kJ/kg PEF, which too...

Influence of pulsed electric field (PEF) simultaneous to pressure treatment on moisture expression from fine-cut cellular raw material has been investigated. Dependencies of specific conductivity σ, liquid yield Y , instantaneous flow rate v and qualitative juice characteristics at different modes of PEF treatment are discussed. Three main consolidation phases were observed in a case of mechani...

BACKGROUND The diagnosis of asthma is based on several characteristics including symptoms and suitable tests of airway lability. However, it is neither clear to what degree various tests and symptoms identify the same subjects, nor how these characteristics are best combined to diagnose asthma. The interrelationships between physician-diagnosed asthma, asthma-like symptoms, and abnormal airway ...