In a cardiac procedure room, ventilated by a ventilation and air-conditioning system with turbulent mixed airflow, a protection zone in the operating area could be defined through visualization of airflows. Within this protection zone, no turbulence was detectable in the room air.Under the given conditions, disinfection of all surfaces including all furniture and equipment after the last operat...

We investigate the manufacturing strategy of 72 Chinese furniture companies based on a nationwide survey conducted in mid-2001, just prior to WTO accession. We provide an overview of the industry and its context before reporting on the operations objectives of the firms — focusing on their relationship to financial performance and technology. We report on the current status of, and future plans...

This paper reports on the Furniture Design Critic. We propose a computational model of design critiquing using the program, which as a research tool helps us explain how to select critiquing methods in the consideration of critiquing conditions. Surveying the literature of architectural education, we have identified two dimensions from critiquing comments: (1) delivery types (interpretation, in...

As energy costs continue to rise, industrial plants (even those of energy nonintensive industries such as furniture industry) need effective way to reduce the amount of energy they consume. Besides, there are a number of economic and environmental reasons why a company should consider environmental management initiatives. This paper provides a detailed guideline for implementing joint energy an...

This study involves quality of interaction between Day Centre staff and Service-Users with Learning Disabilities in two Day Centres (Dc1 n=50, Dc2 n=247). The Quality of Interactions Schedule (QUIS) was applied within an eight month prospective design, involving 32 visits which constructed a ‘typical day’ composed of 20-30 minute observational sessions within each Day Centre. The largest propor...

This article describes an evidence-based method for measurement of body temperature consistent with The Principles of Clinical Examination [1]. Temperature measurement at oral, aural, rectal and axillary sites is addressed, and measurement technique, accuracy and precision, and the normal ranges are discussed. We recommend a method for the measurement of body temperature based on the best evide...

A left ventricular thrombus can occur in a variety of clinical settings and, when small, may be difficult to document. Understanding the clinical scenarios of when these thrombi form and how to optimise echocardiographic scanning techniques will increase the sensitivity and specificity of the examination (tables 1 and 2).

an Red-wood" in English, and as " Rohun" in the Vernacular. It is common in Central India. The wood is of a red colour, strong, heavy and durable and well adapted for building purposes and for making articles of furniture ; it is not readily attacked by white ants. The bark, according to Ainslie, is "of a dingy red colour, and has a pleasant bitter taste, with a slight degree of austerity." (A ...

Several industrial problems involve placing objects into a container without overlap, with the goal of minimizing a certain objective function. This problems arise in many industrial fields such as apparel manufacturing, sheet metal layout, shoe manufacturing, VLSI layout, furniture layout, etc., and are known by a variety of names: layout, packing, nesting, loading, placement, marker making, e...

Background and Purpose: Inhalation of hardwood dust may produce a range of adverse health effects in the upper and lower respiratory system, including asthma, along with Sino-nasal cancer and nasopharyngeal cancer. This study was carried out to evaluate personal exposure to wood dust among workers in chipboard and furniture production saloons in Neka Choob factory, Iran. Materials a...