Overcoming Chronic and Degenerative Diseases with Energy Medicine 1
Aruna Bakhru in Nutrition and Integrative Medicine, 2018
The first helically organized structure that light must pass through is the corneal stroma (substantia propria) (Figure 27.10a and b). The stroma is about 500 μm thick and forms the bulk of the cornea. It combines optical transparency with mechanical resilience. These properties are possible because of an extracellular matrix containing narrow (36 nm diameter) parallel type I collagen fibrils spaced and organized uniformly into 200–250 sequential lamellae or sheets. Each sheet is arranged orthogonal to its neighbor and to the path of light through the cornea (Figure 27.10b and d) (Trelstad 1982; Holmes et al. 2000; Standring 2009). Strength arises from the plywood-like architecture. The collagen fibrils are much smaller than the wavelength of light, and their spacing is such that light they scatter is eliminated by destructive interference in all directions other than forwards into the retina.
Catalog of Herbs
James A. Duke in Handbook of Medicinal Herbs, 2018
Sap and/or seeds are used to poison fish and undesirable animals. Smoke from the burning wood repels insects.42 With its thorny trunk and a wide folk reputation as a tree that “injects” poison, the sandbox tree is, nonetheless, a commonly cultivated shade tree.42 The soft wood is used in boats, crates, fence posts, firewood, furniture, plywood, and veneer. Strengthening Morton’s criticisms42 of books that don’t cite their sources, I have forgotten where I read that the latex was once used in the U.S. to prepare tear gas, an item I reported without reference in my Isthmian Ethnobotanical Dictionary.60 (Free!) Caveat emptor!
English Handbells in Nursing Homes
Beckie Karras in “You Bring Out the Music in Me”: Music in Nursing Homes, 2012
Tables Any available tables could be used initially with foam for padding.Folding tables approximately 16″ wide and 6′ long (permanently padded) are ideal. (See appendix)Make your own tables by purchasing sturdy steel folding legs. Cut plywood to desired size. Cover and staple padding over the plywood.
Development and testing of a wearable wrist-to-forearm posture measurement system for hand-tool design evaluation
Published in International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 2021
Michail Karakikes, Dimitris Nathanael
The testing followed a within-subject design. Participants, after being briefed on the purpose of the test and signing the consent form, were instructed to perform the screwing trials. Four trials were conducted by each participant in total: two trials with screwdriver S, one in the horizontal plane and one in the vertical plane, plus two trials with screwdriver L, one trial in the horizontal plane and one in the vertical plane. For the horizontal plane task, the plywood sheet was firmly attached to a bench at a height of 740 mm from the floor with the pre-screwed screw head at 770 mm. For the vertical plane task, the plywood sheet was attached to a vertical surface with the pre-screwed screw at 1150 mm, roughly corresponding to the average male elbow height while standing.
Simulated brain strains resulting from falls differ between concussive events of young children and adults
Published in Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 2020
David Koncan, Michael Gilchrist, Michael Vassilyadi, Thomas B. Hoshizaki
A monorail drop rig was used to conduct the reconstructions falls resulting in concussions. The monorail drop rig consisted of a carriage attached to a single rail with two ball bushings. The head form was attached to a neck form, which was then attached to the carriage. Impact velocity was determined using a photoelectric time gate, positioned within 0.02 m of the impacting surface. For each case, the specified impact surface was replicated, or simulated, and attached to the anvil. A 1/2″ MEP anvil was used to simulate impacts to the ground, as well as one case where the patient fell on a boat deck. For impacts to wooden surfaces, a small section of hardwood floor was constructed using standard thickness ¾″ plywood covered by hardwood flooring, supported by wooden joists with a 12″ separation.
Formaldehyde as an alternative to antibiotics for treatment of refractory impetigo and other infectious skin diseases
Published in Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, 2019
Philip Nikolic, Poonam Mudgil, John Whitehall
Formaldehyde is the simplest aldehyde and exists as a colorless gas with a strong odor at room temperature. It was first synthesized in 1855 and is used for a variety of roles. This includes in embalming, the manufacture of particle-board, plywood, and other wooden furniture products and as a preservative in products such as cosmetics and medicinal creams [8]. When used as a preservative it is used as an aqueous solution of 37%-50% formaldehyde called formalin [9]. Formaldehyde is used as a preservative due to its genotoxicity to bacteria and fungi. It is capable of binding to DNA and proteins to cause DNA-DNA cross-links, DNA-protein cross-links, irreversible formaldehyde adducts as well as other forms of DNA and protein damage [10,11]. It is effective against bacteria at very low concentrations with the MIC of formaldehyde against S. aureus being only 156 mg/L or 0.02% [12]. Formaldehyde has also been used to treat bacterial infections in the form of the antibiotic methenamine. Methenamine is an antibiotic that was used to treat urinary tract infections but has since become a ‘forgotten drug’. It exerts its antibacterial activity by releasing formaldehyde in acidic environments and is capable of bactericidal activity at concentrations greater than 25 µg/ml [13].
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