... representative of the materials being investigated Therefore, sampling must be conducted in as conscientious a manner as possible Incremental sampling should be employed, combining the increments into ... sufficient size, capable of maintaining a uniform temperature of110 5°C NOTE 22—If mechanical washing equipment is used, the charging of water, agitating, and decanting may be a continuous operation ... in Fig 2.9 7.2.2 Cleaning and Care of Base Plates In making the plasticity determinations, much of the success attainable depends upon the condition of the base plates In the case of porcelain...
... reserved Testing of Body Armor Materials: Phase III Clay Conditioning and Handling Interim opportunities for improvements in clay conditioning and handling were recommended in Phase II of the study, ... committee’s findings pertaining to the following issues that are of particular immediate concern to DOT&E including the following: The best methods for obtaining consistency of the clay, andof conditioning ... Current Standard, 44 References, 44 34 CLAY AND BACKING MATERIALS Use of Backing Material as a Recording Medium, 46 Characteristics and Properties of RP #1, 51 Behavior in Testing, 51 Influence of Structure...
... strings Input: Output: string-1 and string-2 offspring-1 and offspring-2 Determine a cut point randomly from all the positions of a string Each string is divided into two parts, the left side and ... accuracy and surface finish The machines used include conventional machines (e.g., horizontal and vertical milling, drilling, and grinding) and CNC machining centers 9.2.2 The Process Planning Problem ... engineering drawing For machining, process planning includes determination of the specific operations required and their sequence, which include tooling, fixturing, and inspection equipment In some cases,...
... reported in Figure Discussion Cellular therapy is an emerging field in medicine; all the stem cell medicinal products must be in compliance with principles and guidelines of good manufacturing practice ... routine processing: the defined process, using the materialsand equipment specified, should be validated in order to produce cells of the required quality For certain ATMP that must be administered ... viability and quality, the availability of rapid testing method for endotoxin and sterility testing is fundamental For the latter, traditional methods, including kinetic chromogenic, kinetic turbidimetric...
... number of people trained in clinical skills, clinical training skills and advanced training skills, as well as the number of trainings each clinical trainer and advanced trainer had conducted since ... to understand the nature and necessity of HIV counseling andtestingand be accountable for supporting newly trained VCT providers were also included Each individual country's ministry of health ... from HIV counseling andtesting (including clients accessing antenatal care or treatment for sexually transmitted infections); and demonstrate interest and professional initiative in this program...
... appeared during these interviews Almost all the lay counsellors we interviewed were interested in future training and continuing in what was considered a professional field, including obtaining advanced ... studies to ensure that trainees understand the concepts and methods of HIV counselling andtestingIn the four-week practicum, each trainee practices counselling andtesting http://www.human-resources-health.com/content/7/1/44 ... conducted in 10 health facilities in two provinces in Zambia A multi-stage purposive samplingprocessof two of the five provinces in which ZPCT operates was selected Luapula Province lies in the...
... requires samplingof the manufactured cement, the provisions given in 4.4 are applicable Not much cement is sold on the basis of such samplingandtesting A useful discussion ofsamplingandtesting ... the costs of sampling, packaging, shipping andtesting the samples NOTE 1—Polyvinyl chloride sample containers, upon occasion, have been found to affect the air-entraining potential of a cement ... sampling, packing, and shipping of samples when it is so specified in the purchase contract 5.4 Package the samples in moisture-proof, airtight containers numbered consecutively in the order in...
... to thank I Olivieri and D H6bert (INRA-Montpellier) for providing the data set and raising the issue of estimation andtesting genetic parameters in experiments of this kind REFERENCES Callanan ... A[’,’] and 0, u[2 t return to (10a!, and o, back into Elt] (e!ei) of !lOc! 0; (5) solve for a, ; and (6) for a second inner cycle yielding À (J!!t,2] and (J;J and continue 2] , [t 2] , t [lOb] and ... i’ and Cov(b2!, bi!!!) for j ! j’ and any i and i’; and e is a residual effect pertaining to the kth individual jk in the subclass ij, assumed normally and independently distributed with mean and...
... lists of the included papers To distinguish and define Page of determinants of success, studies were included if they (a) gave an overview of key elements or components of QICs applied in healthcare ... the instrument content was relevant and thoroughly represented the potential determinants of success in QICs The first step we took to distinguish and define potential determinants of success in ... provided a list of 128 items of expert-opinion-based determinants of success [15] Two reviewers (LS and MH) analysed the list of determinants to identify problems with wording or meaning and redundancy...
... on ED HIV testing [11], it is not clear how to sustain HIV testingin the ED in the absence of external funding and how to determine the optimal level of integration of HIV testing into ED activities ... an increase in feelings of knowledge and confidence to conduct HIV counselling andtesting after a six-month period oftesting [10] Thus, it may make sense for EDs interested in implementing ... staffing challenge of maintaining quality control of the point of care testing system according to laboratory standards Though this program identified the hospital HIV clinic as a key partner in initiating...
... such as improved staff training in pre- and post -testing screening, introduction of streamlined counseling, and substitution of telephonic post-test counseling in place of a required return visit ... determine if they were at increased risk for HIV Data regarding non-VA HIV testing, refusal of HIV testing, and incompetence for HIV testing were extracted from the standardized VA clinical reminder ... monthly rates of HIV testing (as opposed to other means of resolving the HIV Testing Clinical Reminder) increased 3–5 fold In contrast, no change in HIV testing rates was seen in the control...
... such as improved staff training in pre- and post -testing screening, introduction of streamlined counseling, and substitution of telephonic post-test counseling in place of a required return visit ... determine if they were at increased risk for HIV Data regarding non-VA HIV testing, refusal of HIV testing, and incompetence for HIV testing were extracted from the standardized VA clinical reminder ... monthly rates of HIV testing (as opposed to other means of resolving the HIV Testing Clinical Reminder) increased 3–5 fold In contrast, no change in HIV testing rates was seen in the control...
... detection using recombinant proteins in recently described immunoassays (Figure 1b) [16] All PCR and WB testing at the CDC were performed blinded to diagnosis Using this comprehensive testing strategy ... further investigate an association of XMRV and MuLV in persons with CFS, including carefully defined case control studies in which specimens are collected and processed the same, followed by coded and ... consisting of 101 and 103 copies of XMRV VP62 plasmid DNA diluted in a background of μg of human PBMC DNA, respectively Figure Absence of XMRV/MuLV sequences by real-time PCR in PBMC DNA of persons...
... feed intake and the variability of these two traits Indeed, since fish are generally reared in large groups in tanks, it is difficult to obtain accurate measurements of the individual intake and ... estimated In a recent study involving six different strains of rainbow trout reared in individual aquaria, voluntary intake was measured by accurate visual observation of the pellets ingested ... version of this manuscript Authors are also grateful to Laurent Espinat and Nicolas Collanges for the daily care of the fish and sampling, Marc Vandeputte for his great help in data analyses, Sandrine...
... Materials Research Vol 937 371 372 Material Science and Environmental Engineering Advanced Materials Research Vol 937 373 374 Material Science and Environmental Engineering Material Science and ... Material Science and Environmental Engineering 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.937 Research on Operation Mechanism and Application in Engineering of UNITANK Process 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.937.370 ... UNITANK Process 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.937.370 DOI References [2] Henze M, Gujer W, Mino T et al., in: Water Sci Technol, Issue1, Vol 39 (1999), pp.165-182 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0273-1223(98)00829-4...
... trade-off has become the major road-block for the continuous scaling of CMOS into deep-submicron regimes In order to squeeze the maximum performance gain from the continuous scaling while maintaining ... There are two groups of technologies to introduce strain into the channel of MOSFET One is the local strain or called process induced strain technologies, including the strain from shallow trench ... NUS I am extremely grateful to Prof Chan not only for his patience and painstaking efforts in helping me in my research but also for his kindness and understanding personally, which has accompanied...
... ELID-grinding wheels are discussed in the Chapter The characters of the ELID-grinding wheels, the wear of wheels during pre-dressing and during in- process dressing have been explained in detail ... Electrode-less In- process dressing (ELID– III) Grinding ofmaterials such as steel increases the wheel loading and clogging due to the embedding of swarf on the grinding wheel surface and reduces ... mounting on the machine spindle, which reduces the mounting errors and increases better truing accuracy The grinding wheel profile obtained after truing using onmachine truing shows an accuracy of...
... chances of reducing the planning times associated to machining of the product by considering the flexibilities in manufacturing environment Scheduling andprocess planning are two of the main planning ... value T0 Initial temperature value {SS}w Sequenced set of jobs in ascending order of processing time {SS}e Sequenced set of jobs in descending order of processing time ix List of figures LIST OF FIGURES ... one of the commonly used materialsin injection moulding The schematic view of the injection moulding machine is given in Figure 1.2 Figure 1.2 Injection moulding machine While moulding process, ...
... scaling fouling mechanisms, which are the main factors of fouling in District Heating networks and cooling water circuits of industrial enterprises We have analyzed experience of monitoring and ... used In the three of presented in Fig cases (#6, #7 and #8) the constraints on fouling thermal resistance (case #6) and heat load margin are introduced These additional constraints lead to increase ... conditions of case study considered, the solution with MQ ¼ (case #1 in Table 4) as optimal In other cases of application at the industry, the fouling tendencies ofprocess stream and quality of cooling...
... measures of lamivudine resistance including determination of ALT values, and especially HBV DNA (viral load) assays are routinely used in the clinic A comparison of these methods is presented in Table ... it is increasingly apparent that clinically relevant prediction and monitoring of viral resistance may not only require the use of existing tools such as drug resistance and viral load testing, ... profile and initial efficacy, lamivudineinduced decreases in viral load are difficult to sustain over time due to the occurrence of viral drug resistance Thus, the antiviral effects of the drug...