Mechanical ventilation is a life-saving intervention for respiratory failure and thus has become the cornerstone of the practice of critical care medicine. A mechanical ventilation mode describes the predetermined pattern of patient-ventilator interaction. In recent years there has been a dizzying proliferation of mechanical ventilation modes, driven by technological advances and market pressur...

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rice is the world's most important food crop. to decrease the damage of  rice pests, development of insect pest management strategies in rice is necessary. biennial results for determination of a suitable method to control striped stem borer in rice showed that integration of two methods of control (biological and mechanical) is a feasible effort to reduce stem borer infestation. to assure...

evaluation of mechanical and electrical properties of agricultural products plays an important role in equipment design and optimizing post-harvest operations. among the crops, tomato and its products are the major processing industries in the world and its economic importance is increasing. considering the importance of the quality and various post harvesting uses of tomato, the evaluation of ...

G. Paraschiv, Department of Biotechnical Systems, Biotechnical Systems Engineering Faculty, Polytehnic University of Bucharest, Romania D. Dobrotă, Department of Engineering and Management of Technological Systems, Engineering Faculty, University “Constantin Brâncuşi” Târgu-Jiu, Romania Metal structures of the mining equipment are made of a steel with good weldability and mechanical characteris...

From early March 2003 to late May 2003, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was detected in Singapore. The increase in workload and new infection control procedures were thought to affect resuscitation and airway management. Our aim was to study the effects of wearing of personal protective equipment (PPE) and powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR) and the restriction in the number of res...

OBJECTIVE This study sought to assess the effect of the multidimensional approach developed by the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) on the reduction of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) rates in patients hospitalized in an adult intensive care unit (AICU) in an INICC member hospital in Havana, Cuba. METHODS We conducted a prospective surveillance pre-post stud...