OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of clothes on blood pressure measurement. METHODS One group pretest-posttest design was used in this study. The study consisted of 162 undergraduate students studying nursing and physiotherapy at a university in Ankara, Turkey. Blood pressure was measured over the sleeve and below a rolled-up sleeve with a mercury-filled column sphygmomanometer. All blood pre...

We have investigated spin-wave excitations in rolled-up Permalloy microtubes using microwave absorption spectroscopy. We find a series of quantized azimuthal modes which arise from the constructive interference of Damon-Eshbach-type spin waves propagating around the circumference of the microtubes, forming a spin-wave resonator. The mode spectrum can be tailored by the tube's radius and number ...

Rolled or arpeggiated chords are notated chords performed by playing the notes sequentially, usually from lowest to highest in pitch. Arpeggiation is a characteristic of musical expression, or expressive timing, in piano performance. However, very few studies have investigated rolled chord performance. In this paper, we investigate two expressive timing properties of piano rolled chords: equiva...

Modifying the curvature in magnetic nanostructures is a novel and elegant way toward tailoring physical phenomena at the nanoscale, allowing one to overcome limitations apparent in planar counterparts. Here, we address curvature-driven changes of static magnetic properties in cylindrically curved magnetic segments with different radii of curvature. The curved architectures are prepared by cappi...

Leukocytes roll on selectins at nearly constant velocities over a wide range of wall shear stresses. Ligand-coupled microspheres roll faster on selectins and detach quickly as wall shear stress is increased. To examine whether the superior performance of leukocytes reflects molecular features of native ligands or cellular properties that favor selectin-mediated rolling, we coupled structurally ...

The world of telecommunications continues to provide radical technologies. Offering the benefits of a superior television experience at reduced long-term costs, IPTV is the newest offering. Deployments, however, are slow to be rolled out; the hardware and software support necessary is not uniformly available. This paper examines the challenges in providing IPTV services and the limitations in d...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of cereal type and feed processing on the prevalence of gastric lesions in pars oesophagea, stomach size, stomach content and firmness and performance in growing pigs. Data from 320 pigs were included in a 2 3 2 3 2 factorial experiment. The factors investigated were cereal type (barley or wheat), disintegration method (grinding or rollin...

Over the last decade or so, labour market pressures and changes in the nature of public service provision have generated new issues for policy makers and practitioners related to the way in which public service employees are managed. The recruitment and retention difficulties associated with particular occupational groups have been seen to present a real threat to the level and quality public s...