This paper presents the details of an overall simulation model that predicts the performance of an automobile air conditioning scroll compressor. Using the overall model, the compressor performance and discharge temperature can be predicted at specific operating conditions. The model will be used in the future to optimize the design of automobile air conditioning scroll compressors. The model w...

A low-leakage 2×VDD-tolerant power-rail electrostatic discharge (ESD) clamp circuit composed of the siliconcontrolled rectifier (SCR) device and new ESD detection circuit, realized with only thin-oxide 1× VDD devices, has been proposed with consideration of gate leakage current. By reducing the voltage across the gate oxides of the devices in the ESD detection circuit, the whole power-rail ESD ...

OBJECTIVE To study whether the use of ultrasonically activated shears (UAS) would improve the safety of pancreatojejunal anastomosis after pancreaticoduodenectomy. DESIGN Retrospective analysis. SETTING University teaching hospital. PATIENTS Seventy patients underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy between April 1997 and May 2001. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Leakage of pancreatojejunal anastomosis a...

iii Acknowledgements iv Abstract CMOS technology scaling in recent decades has enabled a phenomenal performance improvement in microprocessors by allowing designers to increase the level of integration at higher clock frequencies. Unfortunately, technology scaling has also created unprecedented design challenges, including, but not limited to, the devices' leakage current, the interconnect dela...

INTRODUCTION The management of posttraumatic cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhoea remains a clinical challenge. Cerebrospinal fistula is a dural defect responsible for possible CSF leakage into the contiguous air-filled cavities located at the skull base. The risk of central nervous system infection in these conditions is severe and can be life threatening. Consequently, a specific CSF biomark...

The aim of this paper is numerical and experimental study of the effects of flow hydraulics, pipe structure (particularly elastic behaviour) and submerged jet on leak behaviour. In this regard, experimental tests were performed on a high-pressure circulation set up. Experiments were performed on an old steel pipe and a High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) pipe discharged to the atmosphere in a wide...

Diffuse groundwater discharge (also known as vertical leakage) forms an important and poorly constrained component of the water balance of the Great Artesian Basin (GAB), Australia’s largest groundwater resource. Around the south-western margin of the GAB, the diffuse leakage from the artesian aquifer discharges into the unconfined water table and subsequently into the atmosphere via evapotrans...

© 2009 Kwangsoo Kim et al. 725 In this paper, electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuits with an advanced substrate-triggered NMOS and a gate-substrate-triggered NMOS are proposed to provide low trigger voltage, low leakage current, and fast turn-on speed. The proposed ESD protection devices are designed using 0.13 μm CMOS technology. The experimental results show that the proposed subst...

The objective of this study was to evaluate postoperative outcome and efficacy of a hydrogel tissue sealant for prevention of alveolar leakage after open lung resections. 20 consecutive patients were enrolled in the PleuraSeal sealant group (PSG) and case matched with 20 retrospective controls (CG) with standard treatment. Assessment of postoperative air leakage was performed until chest tube r...