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Late complications of the djumbodis system in patients with type a acute aortic dissection
No full textThe Djumbodis system is a metallic stent designed to prevent false lumen dilatation after repair of acute aortic dissection. Although the exact number of Djumbodis stents inserted worldwide could not be ascertained from a review of the literature, available data indicate 9 specific device-related complications from 4 patient series and 3 case reports: stent deformity or fracture (4), progressive enlargement of the distal false lumen (3) and distal pseudoaneurysm (1); a further patient with pseudoaneurysm of the distal suture line is added from personal observation. The present review confirms the inability of the Djumbodis stent to provide reduction and/or elimination of the false lumen after repair of type A dissection, highlighting peculiar device-related complications. Current survivors with a Djumbodis stent should undergo close follow-up to prevent possible catastrophic events due to device failure
Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
A New Approach for Preventive Maintenance Prioritization of Medical Equipment
No full textEfficient maintenance of medical equipment is crucial phase in medical equipment management. Preventive maintenance is a core function of clinical engineering and it is essential to guarantee the correct functioning of the equipment.
The aim of this paper is to develop a new model for preventive maintenance priority of medical equipment using
the quality function deployment (QFD) as a new concept in
maintenance of medical equipment. We developed a 3 domain framework consisting of requirements, function, and concepts.
The requirements domain is the house of quality matrix
(HOQ) or planning matrix. The second domain is the design
matrix. Finally, the concept domain contains the critical criteria for preventive maintenance prioritization with its weights.
According to the final scores of the criteria, the prioritization
of medical equipment is performed. The data set includes 200 medical equipment belonging to 17 different departments of 2 hospitals in Piemonte; Italy. It includes 70 different types of equipment. Our model proposes 5 levels of priority for preventive maintenance. The results show a high correlation between risk - based criteria and prioritization
"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States" By M. Carey.
No full text"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states.
By M. Carey, member of the American philosophical, and of the American Antiquarian Society, and author of The Olive Branch, Cindiciae Hibernicae, essays on banking, on political economy, and on internal improvement.
To which are now added the English editor's comments on the subject; together with Important Advice to Emigrants, and Cautions Against Impositions Practiced in the Outports
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Dr. Glendon Swarthout
No full textHosted by Roger M. Busfield, MSU Assistant Professor of Speech and Theater, Meet the Author is designed to introduce a general audience to a contemporary author and their work through in-depth interviews. This episode features a conversation between Dr. Glendon Swarthout, prolific author and English professor at MSU, and assistant professors Sam S. Baskett and Theodore B. Strandness
Current status of the Drosophila suzukii control in Europe
No full textThe invasive spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii Matsumura (Diptera: Drosophilidae), is a polyphagous pest originating from Southeast Asia that breeds in most wild and cultivated soft-skinned fruits. The economic impacts of this pest on the susceptible crops are staggering and sustainable management is challenging. Since its first detection in the western countries, many efforts have been made to develop non-toxic effective management strategies, nonetheless chemical control remains the principal tool used by farmers to reduce the pest population. There is a number of drawbacks associated with the massive use of pesticides, including increased risk of residues on fruit, worker safety reduction and ecological imbalances resulting in secondary pest outbreaks. Moreover, the use of broad-spectrum chemistries jeopardizes the results obtained with IPM on soft fruits. In this context, the development of alternative control methods appears urgent to ensure an economic future for the concerned fruit industry. Possible solutions would only arise from a coordinated and international network of diverse expertise, from molecular biology and neurophysiology to pest management techniques, aiming at understanding the fundamental aspects of the ecology of this pest and paving the way for implementing effective and sustainable control strategies. This paper will review the current information first about the biology of D. suzukii, its reproductive behavior and dispersal ability and then on how it would be possible to combine and optimize pesticide use with biological, physical and agronomical control tools
Preventive Maintenance Prioritization Index of Medical Equipment Using Quality Function Deployment
No full textPreventive maintenance is a core function of clinical engineering and it is essential to guarantee the correct functioning of the equipment. The management and control of maintenance activities are equally important to perform maintenance. As the variety of medical equipment increases, accordingly the size of maintenance activities increases, the need for better management and control become essential. This article aims to develop a new model for preventive maintenance priority of medical equipment using quality function deployment (QFD) as a new concept in maintenance of medical equipment. We developed a 3 domain framework model consisting of requirement, function, and concept. The requirement domain is the house of quality matrix (HOQ). The second domain is the design matrix. Finally, the concept domain generates a prioritization index for preventive maintenance considering the weights of critical criteria. According to the final scores of those criteria, the prioritization action of medical equipment is carried out. Our model proposes 5 levels of priority for preventive maintenance. The model was tested on 200 pieces of medical equipment belonging to 17 different departments of 2 hospitals in Piedmont province, Italy. The data set includes 70 different types of equipment. The results show a high correlation between risk - based criteria and the prioritization list
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