During laparoscopic surgeries, changing forceps is a relatively simple procedure that requires a nurse or another surgeon; however, most hospitals lack a scrub nurse in the operating room. Therefore, we have developed an assisting robot for laparoscopic surgery that is able to pass or receive forceps under the voice control of the surgeon. This robot system consists of a magazine that holds all...

The heart of the semantic integration problem is how to tell when two statements are about the same subject. In some circles, this is known as the " co-referencing problem ". It is problem familiar to those who sift and scrub intelligence gathered from diverse sources, and it is known to be hard. One of the reasons that it's hard is that some statements define (or contribute to the definition o...

Abstract Aim Surgical scrub is a vital step in infection control prior to operating. Hospitals typically opt for traditional tap or sensor-operated their water source. This project compared the usage and efficiency per surgical two different taps. Method Theatre system was reviewed determine total number of staff members who scrubbed each operation, over one-month period within one health board...

The development of amine scrubbing processes for coal and natural gas-fired power plants is essential to reduce CO2 emissions. The design of tailor-made dynamic models to predict CO2 capture in amine scrubbing processes is fundamental for optimal control operations. This paper presents the use of SIMPCA, a subspace system identification technique used to develop a dynamic empirical model for an...

Biogas production is rising in the context of fossil fuel decline and future circular economy, yet raw biogas requires purification steps before use. Here, we review upgrading using physical, chemical biological methods such as water scrubbing, physical absorption, pressure swing adsorption, cryogenic separation, membrane chemoautotrophic methods, photosynthetic desorption. We also discuss thei...

The role of prospective cognition in food caching and recovery by western scrub-jays (Aphelocoma californica) is reviewed. These birds anticipate the short-term consequences of searching for cached food at recovery by reducing their searches for devalued food items. Two further lines of evidence suggest that the jays are also capable of more long-term prospection. First, the caching of food ite...

The roll center is one of the key parameters for designing a suspension. Several driving characteristics are affected significantly by the migration of the roll center during the suspension’s motion. The strut/SLA (strut/short-long-arm) suspension, which is widely used in production cars, combines the space-saving characteristics of a MacPherson strut suspension with some of the preferred handl...