This study investigated the effects of disinfection of agar-alginate combined impressions on the surface properties of the resulting stone casts. Two brands of cartridge-form agar impression material and one alginate impression material were used. Agar-alginate combined impressions of smooth glass plates were prepared. The impressions were immersed in 0.55% ortho-phthalaldehyde solution or 0.5%...

Fumigation is the most effective method of rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) control available in the United Kingdom. Use of current methods, involving formulations that generate hydrogen cyanide (HCN) or phosphine (PH3) on exposure to moisture, is limited by weather conditions. A carbon monoxide producing cartridge has been developed which can be used independent of weather conditions. The cartri...

BACKGROUND The Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) assay offers rapid and accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) but still suffers from imperfect sensitivity. The newer Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra cartridge has shown improved sensitivity in recent field trials, but at the expense of reduced specificity. The clinical implications of switching from the existing Xpert cartridge to the Xpert Ultra cartridge in differen...

On the market several systems exist for collecting spent ammunition data for forensic investigation. These databases store images of cartridge cases and the marks on them. Image matching is used to create hit lists that show which marks on a cartridge case are most similar to another cartridge case. The research in this paper is focused on the different methods of feature selection and pattern ...

of the Dissertation Device Engineering for Infectious Disease Diagnosis using Isothermal DNA Amplification and Lateral Flow Detection By Kristina Roskos Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences: 2013 Technologies that enable infectious diseases diagnosis in low-resource settings could greatly facilitate effective treatment and containment of such diseases. Nucleic acid amplification tes...

BACKGROUND Adrenaline autoinjectors (AAIs) are prescribed to facilitate the intramuscular administration of adrenaline in patients diagnosed with life-threatening anaphylaxis. This pilot study investigated the injection and functional properties of two AAIs (deploying different delivery systems) under standard conditions, after dynamic and mechanical stresses, and in the presence of denim. ME...

Diabetes treatment is associated with different costs depending upon the type of curative approach used. Most of the time, insulin is administered by two main techniques: cartridges and vials. Insulin pens have emerged as alternative devices for insulin administration. In 2009, the consumption of insulin through insulin pens/cartridges in high-income countries is about 90% while in low-income c...

The spencerlab DIGITAL COLOR LABORATORY has conducted cartridge reliability comparison testing of original HP Inc. [HP] inkjet cartridges, four (4) non-HP brands of Remanufactured ink cartridges, and four (4) non-HP brands of Refill retailers/Refill ink kits sold as substitutes in North America (NA). The study included testing of HP #61XL, #62XL, #63XL, #564XL, #950XL, #951XL, #970XL, and #971X...

[1] We disagree that the comparison of the smallvolume MnO2 coprecipitation method and the MnO2 cartridge method of Hung et al. [2008] is adequate. This is because at least some of the small-volume Th data used for their comparison relied on an early protocol of the smallvolume method that did not include a recovery correction. Thus results are potentially biased. New data from the South China ...