BACKGROUND The regulation of alcohol outlet density has been considered as a potential means of reducing alcohol consumption and related harms among underage youth. Whereas prior studies have examined whether alcohol outlet density was associated with an individual's alcohol consumption and related harms, this study examines whether it is related to the co-occurrence, or clustering, of these be...

As it is difficult to control the ore volume concentration of pump-vessel combined transporting equipment for deep-sea mining during pulp conveying process and can’t remain continuous, stable reliable in process, SIMPLE algorithm adopted calculate analyze rules vessel nozzle parameters effects on transportation efficiency based Euler-Euler model Fluent software standard turbulence model, conclu...

BACKGROUND Combined intestinal and biliary stenting is one of the effective palliative methods for patients with malignant gastric outlet and biliary obstruction. This study was to evaluate the effect of combined intestinal and biliary stenting in the palliation of gastric outlet and biliary obstruction. METHODS Thirty-two patients with malignant gastric outlet and biliary obstruction underwe...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the predictive values of the total International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS-T) and voiding to storage subscore ratio (IPSS-V/S) in association with total prostate volume (TPV) and maximum urinary flow rate (Qmax) in the diagnosis of bladder outlet-related lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD) in men with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS)....

Introduction: Open-basin lake outlet valleys are incised when water breaches the basin-confining topography and overflows. Outlet valleys record this flooding event and provide insight into how the lake and surrounding terrain evolved over time [1–5]. Here we present a study of the paleolake outlet Licus Vallis, a >350 km long, >2 km wide, >100 m deep valley that heads at the outlet breach of a...

The purposes of inlet and outlet devices for rotary blood pumps, including inducers and diffusers for axial pumps, inlet and exit volutes for centrifugal pumps, and inlet and outlet cannulas, are to guide the blood into the impeller, where the blood is accelerated, and to convert the high kinetic energy into pressure after the impeller discharge, respectively. The designs of the inlet and outle...

The distance over which the upstream flow conditions in a tube are disturbed by a stenosis downstream, i.e. the outlet length, was investigated for Reynolds numbers in the range 210-2900. Two methods were used, the Navier-Stokes equations were solved with a computer and a physical model was constructed and maximal velocities were measured with an ultrasound Doppler system. The computer model sh...

A case of thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) treated at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Jamaica, is presented. The diagnosis, investigation and management of TOS are discussed.

Diagnosis and treatment of thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) involves neurologists, physiatrists, family physicians, orthopedic surgeons, vascular surgeons, thoracic surgeons, neurosurgeons and sometimes psychiatrists. It is generally accepted that TOS is caused by compression of brachial plexus elements or subclavian vessels in their passage from the cervical area toward the axilla and proximal a...

relatively uncommon. Unintentional ingestions are usually those of meat or fish bones. Concurrent alcohol consumption is often a contributing factor. Intentional ingestions are more common occurrences in those who are intellectually impaired, have psychiatric illness, are prisoners or are edentulous. Previously published guidelines have demonstrated that 80%–90% of foreign bodies reaching the g...