The Water Department will open fire hydrants to flush out sediment that has collected in the water mains during the past year. This flushing program is a standard operating procedure for water departments. Flushing the mains may cause some slight but temporary reduction in water pressure and possible water discoloration. However, your water remains safe for drinking. We suggest you refrain from...

BACKGROUND Auriculotemporal nerve syndrome is characterised by recurrent episodes of facial gustatory flushing and/or sweating along the cutaneous distribution of the auriculotemporal nerve. The condition is rare in children and is normally a sequel of perinatal birth trauma. We report a case of a sixteen-month-old boy referred by paediatric oncology with recurrent, unilateral facial flushing o...

Peripheral venous catheters (PVCs) are the simplest and most frequently used method for drug, fluid, and blood product administration in the hospital setting. It is estimated that up to 90% of patients in acute care hospitals require a PVC; however, PVCs are associated with inherent complications, which can be mechanical or infectious. There have been a range of strategies to prevent or reduce ...

Pyke DA, Leslie RDG. Chlorpropamide-alcohol flushing: a definition of its relation to non-insulin-dependent diabetes. Br Med J 1978;ii: 1521-2. 2 Barnett AH, Pyke DA. Chlorpropamide-alcohol flushing and large-vessel disease in non-insulin-dependent diabetes. Br MedJ7 1980;281:261-2. 3 Jerntorp P, Almer L-O. Chlorpropamide-alcohol flushing in relation to macroangiopathy and peripheral neuropathy...

UNLABELLED Aloe barbadensis Miller (Aloe vera) is a herbal remedy widely used for a variety of illnesses; A. vera leaf extracts have been promoted for detoxification, cure constipation, help flush out toxins and wastes from the body, promote digestion and are used in the treatment of peptic ulcer for cytoprotective action. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial activity of A. v...

334. Emergence of OXA-23-possessing Acinetobacter baumannii in Hospitals in New York City Marie Abdallah, MD; Olawole Olafisoye, MD; Christopher Cortes, MD; Carl Urban, PhD; Clayton Charles, MD; David Landman, MD; John Quale, MD; Infectious Diseases, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; Infectious Diseases, New York Hospital Queens, Flushing, NY; Infectious Disease, New York Hospital Qu...

Minerals and vitamins play an important role in animal nutrition with beneficial effects on animal reproductive performance. To investigate this issue, 44 Ghezel ewes weighing 55±  2 kg (Mean±SD) and 2-3 years old were randomly divided into groups (n=11), to investigate the effect of the selenium and vitamin E supplementation on blood hormones and metabolites and possible reproductive performan...

In this study, the interfacial properties of biosurfactant rhamnolipid were investigated and were applied to remove adsorbed heavy metal ions from sand surfaces with flushing operations. The surface tension-lowering activity, micelle charge characteristic, and foaming ability of rhamnolipid were identified first. For rhamnolipid in water, the negatively charged characteristic of micelles or agg...

Marine fish farming is an important commercial practice in Hong Kong. Marine fish farms located in eutrophic coastal waters often face the threat of severe dissolved oxygen depletion associated with algal blooms and red tides. On the other hand, mariculture activities also contribute to pollution. The sustainable management of mariculture requires proper siting of the fish farms and stocking de...