In pavement design, the CBR and direct shear tests are two very common laboratory investigations for predicting the strength of a subgrade layer. The relationship between the CBR and water content has been commonly presented in analyses, with the result of the direct shear being expressed from the aspect of effective cohesion and the internal friction angle. Even though most natural soil is in...

BACKGROUND During orthopedic operations, such as total hip replacement or total knee replacement, there is a lot of bone debris from bone cutting and reaming that commonly causes surgical suction devices to occlude many times, which can prolong the operative time and increase the amount of bleeding for the patient. MATERIALS AND METHODS We developed a surgical filter suction system that we ca...

We previously developed an in vivo tissue suction-mediated transfection method (denoted as the tissue suction method) for naked nucleic acids, such as plasmid DNA (pDNA) and small interfering RNA (siRNA), in mice. However, it remains unclear whether the suction pressure conditions affect the results of this method. Therefore, in the present study, we assembled a computer system to control the s...

The equations of motion of plate type suction and discharge valves mounted on reciprocating pistons are given. Their solutions by modal series expansion are discussed and finally given in a form that conforms to the notation and approach used in previous work. Using the definition of an equivalent pressure, it is shown that both types of valves are assisted in closing, which may result in prema...

evaluating the application of safe suction criteria by nurses working in intensive care unit in urmia     amirzade n [1] *, baghaei r [2] , feizi a [3] , khorsandi f [4]     received: 19 jan , 2013 accepted: 12 mar , 2013   abstract   background & aims : suction is considered as an essential process to keep the trache tube open for patients under mecanical ventilation.howevereit has detrimental...

A numerical solution for heave prediction is developed within the context theories for both saturated and unsaturated soil behaviors. Basically, lowering the potential level of compressing on a saturated layer will cause heaving due to water absorption. This water absorption is in an opposite way, similar to water dissipation as what happens during unloading in consolidation process. However, i...

Results of high-order direct numerical simulations are summarized for the evolution of crossflow disturbances in incompressible wing-generic boundary-layers with suction at the wall. The concept of smart suction, an adapted combination of the upstream-flow-deformation (UFD) technique and suction, is presented for laminar flow control. In the UFD technique, relatively tightly spaced, useful cros...

INTRODUCTION We compared the efficacy of Karl Storz CMAC Tip™ with inline suction to CMAC with traditional suction device in cadaveric models simulating difficult airways, using media mimicking pulmonary edema and vomit. METHODS This was a prospective, cohort study in which we invited emergency medicine faculty and residents to participate. Each participant intubated 2 cadavers (one with simu...