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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Fluid management"”.
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A framework for developing, manufacturing, and sourcing trucks & equipment in a global fluid management industry
… in a highly volatile global industry such as Fluid Management. At Fluid Management Corporation (FMC), Trucks and Equipment (T&E) that are used to deliver services both onshore and offshore currently follow a single product development model: In-house design; Outsourced prototyping, testing, …
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Development of graphical user interface tools for optimal fluid management in shale oil and gas operations
… water into horizontal wells. The high pressure fluid generates cracks in the shale formation that release the gas, oil, and other constituents into the fluid. The fluid that returns to the surface is characterized as flowback or produced water. Flowback is defined as the water that returns to …
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Chemical Management Services from a Product Service System perspective: Experiences of fluid management services from Volvo Group metalworking plants
This thesis analyses fluid management services (FMS) in metalworking industry and determines environmental and economic outcomes of FMS as compared to traditional, in-house, fluid management. Fluid management services, or as it is often called chemical management services (CMS), mean that the …
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Spray Cooling For Land, Sea, Air And Space Based Applications, A Fluid Managment System For Multiple Nozzle Spray Cooling And A Guide To High Heat Flux Heater Design
… presents an experimental investigation of a fluid management system for a large area multiple nozzle spray cooler. A fluid management or suction system was used to control the liquid film layer thickness needed for effective heat transfer. An array of sixteen pressure atomized spray nozzles …
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Configuration Validation of a Novel In-Space Propellant Storage and Transfer System
… the advantage of rotational settling to a simple fluid management (FM) system. Specifically, enabling settled fluid transfer and settled pressure control between two tanks. This thesis work focuses on configuration and validation of static and dynamic stability, mass gauging and CFD analysis of …
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Peri-operative use of synthetic intravenous fluid by peri-operative physicians in South Africa
… physicians increasingly acknowledge that fluid management influences patient outcome. Studies have attempted to understand the changes in practice following recently published evidence, although none have included significant contributions from South Africa. Methods An observational cohort …
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Design and development of a smart, self-contained, portable negative pressure wound therapy device
… barriers were designed to allow for fluid management at the wound site. The designed bandage was able to maintain negative pressure even at worst-case scenario leak rates (6.7 x 102 mL/s) and an exudate rate of 5.6 x 10-5 mL/s. The contributions from this thesis are a novel, …
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The impact of point-of-care transthoracic echocardiography on management of patients presenting for emergency surgery in a resource-limited setting
… transthoracic echocardiography on perioperative management. Design: A prospective before- and after-study of adult patients presenting for emergency, non-cardiac, non-obstetric surgery. Setting: The study was performed at an academic hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. Participants: Consenting …
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An Investigation to Advance the Technology Readiness Level of the Centaur Derived On-orbit Propellant Storage and Transfer System
… advantage of rotational settling to simplify Fluid Management (FM), specifically enabling settled fluid transfer between two tanks and settled pressure control. This research consists of two specific objectives: (1) technique and process validation and (2) computational model development. In …
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Improving the peri-operative management of patients undergoing free tissue transfer for head and neck malignancy
… co-morbidity and peri-operative factors such as fluid balance, nutrition, coagulation and blood pressure support, the complications of complex surgery are reduced. The collective objectives of this thesis were to determine methods, by both routine and novel approaches, to enhance patient care …
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Haemodynamic consequences of Spinal Anaesthesia for non-emergency Caesarean section
… The central themes explored in this thesis were fluid management during spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section in healthy parturients, the haemodynamic effects of the vasoactive agents ephedrine, phenylephrine and oxytocin during spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section in healthy patients and …
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Sleep Disturbances, Fatigue, and Physical Activity in Thai Older Adults Receiving Hemodialysis
… findings highlight the importance of tailoring fluid management strategies and developing interventions that mitigate fatigue and sleep disruption to improve daily PA in this population.
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Self-efficacy in patients undergoing home dialysis: An integrative review
… associated with adherence to dialysis regimes, fluid management, dietary restrictions and medications. Effective self-care strategies involve lifelong behavioural changes and adherence with treatment regimens that can create challenges and a sense of burden among patients, their families or …
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The effect of intravenous fluids and other factors on patient recovery following elective abdominal surgery
… work of this thesis is the role of intravenous fluids in the perioperative management of patients undergoing abdominal surgery. We found that restriction of intravenous fluid in the postoperative period does not significantly improve recovery in terms of gastrointestinal function (4.2 (3.2-6.9) …
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Does structured patient education increase knowledge in end stage renal disease and improve compliance with treatment regimens?
… primary measure of compliance was interdialytic fluid gain; the data was collected from the patients‟ dialysis records on a monthly basis. Prior to the education program a Kidney Disease Questionnaire (KDQ) was administered to assess baseline knowledge. The percentage change in knowledge score …