Background: Contamination of work surfaces by used laryngoscopes after endotracheal intubation is a serious infection control concern but no strategies are available to address it. We assessed if contamination the would be reduced when providers dedicated, self-erected, disposable plastic sleeve (BladePouch) store laryngoscope as compared using single gloves or double and sheathing with outer g...

This letter presents a systematic approach to estimate the annual energy production (AEP) of variable-speed wind turbines erected at high-altitude sites. Compared with existing empirical-model based approaches, proposed models influence air density on power while employing theoretical curve. Consequently, provides precise estimation AEP, which can serve as foundation optimum turbine-site matchi...

Abstract One of the most influential rulers sixteenth century, Sultan Suleyman I, passed away and was buried temporarily near fortress Szigetvár in SW Hungary 1566. Later, a memorial place erected on site second half century. The complex surrounded by palisade system moat its northern side. fully destroyed 1692, exact location vanished with time. Recent investigations historical sources complem...

12 species of amphipod in 5 families, collected from shallow reefs in Palau by S. DeGrave during 2002, are reported here. Of these, five species are new to science and Microdeutopus tridens Schellenberg (1938) is redescribed and transferred to the genus Bemlos Shoemaker (1925). The collection included several additional species in the genera Amphilochus Bate, 1862, Ampithoe Leach (1814), Bemlos...

This paper explores five topics where Georg Simmel’s Philosophy of Money poses challenges for contemporary monetary scholarship. First, any microfoundations for macroeconomics would be erected upon catallactical and not choice-theoretic foundations. Second, money is a tool of thought and not just a veil. Third, Simmel points to a way to make sense of a claim that goes back at least to Richard C...

A new genus, Auritibicen gen. nov., is erected for the former members of Lyristes Horváth, 1926 (= Tibicen Latreille, 1825) from eastern Asia, designating Tibicen intermedia Mori, 1931 as the type species. Morphological comparisons are made among Auritibicen, Lyristes, and the American Tibicen species. Auritibicen pekinensis (Haupt, 1924) comb. nov. and Auritibicen slocumi (Chen, 1943) comb. no...

External prestressing has become a primary method for strengthening existing concrete beam and has been increasingly used in the construction of newly erected ones, particularly railroad bridges in recent years. In order to evaluate the effect of this method, the static and dynamic behavior of a T-frame beam reinforced by external prestressed strengthened concrete beam was analyzed by 3D finite...