BackgroundMedia reporting on communicable diseases has been demonstrated to affect the perception of the public.Communicable disease reporting related to foreign-born persons has not yet been evaluated.ObjectiveExamine how political leaning in the media affects reporting on tuberculosis (TB) in foreign-born persons.MethodsHealthMap, a digital surve
Friction stir blind riveting (FSBR) is a new joining method which eliminates the need to predrill a hole for rivet insertion.A new one-sided mechanical joining process, friction stir blind riveting (FSBR) was developed to form lap-shear joints for similar and dissimilar alloy sheets in different combinations.The similar and dissimilar joints are ma
Introduction: Traditionally, ventilatory mechanics has been delivered in controlled modes through the use of inappropriate approaches for spontaneous ventilation.Objective: To measure the changes of ventilatory mechanics caused by PEEP and pressure support (PS) variations in non-invasive mechanical ventilation.Materials and methods: The ventilatory