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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Towels"”.
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The Hydrogel Reimagined: Gel-Derived Sponges and Sheets as Absorbents for Water, Blood, and Oil
… usable forms similar to everyday absorbents like towels and sponges. The key to making gels as macroscale absorbents is to make the gels porous. In our first study, we devised a way to create porous gels by foam-templating. The approach involves in situ foaming of a monomer solution followed by …
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The Impact of Parlor Equipment and Milking Procedures on Milk Quality in the Southeast US
… disinfectant active ingredient or using paper towels versus cloth towels suggesting that these factors may not be the most influential factors influencing milk quality.
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Essential oil treatments to control Varroa destructor Anderson and Trueman 2000 (formerly Varroa jacobsoni Oudemans 1904) (Mesostigmata: Varroidae)
… with perforated lids. A combination of paper towels and grease patties containing lemongrass and wintergreen were placed into the hives. Treatments were applied for 29 days. ApistanRTM was the best treatment. There were no differences between essential oil treatments and their controls. The …
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Integração dos processos da cadeia de suprimentos da Coteminas S.A.: análise apartir do modelo de configuração.
… the production process for the manufacture of towels, macroprocesses logistical adopted and the interactions of logistics processes along the chain. Business processes chosen for applying the model in the case study were: management of supplier relationship management, manufacturing, and order …
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Sources, pathways and sinks of litter within riverine and marine environments
… most numerous single component being sanitary towels. Whilst sewage-derived material constituted approximately 23% of all items on the River Taff, large quantities of waste, especially plastic sheeting, originated from fly-tipping sites.<br/><br/>Mobility of litter once introduced to the system …
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A study of the transport of solids in hospital above ground drainage systems
… maternity pad either with or without three paper towels. A test rig capable of supporting discharge pipes of various materials, enabling the incorporation of bends and junctions, was employed and an instrumentation method for measuring solid velocity, depth of flow and rate of flow was developed. …
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Deformable Object Manipulation with a Tactile Reactive Gripper
… enabling high-confidence edge grasping on towels. • Chapter 5: Dense Object Correspondence. A confidence-aware dense descriptor representation. Supports correspondence across crumpled and symmetric garments in air and on a table. • Chapter 6: Behavior Architecture and Planning Interfaces. …
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Practical precooling strategies and cycling time trial performance
… which involved the combined application of iced towels and ingestion of an ice-slurry (“slushie”) made from sports drink, was then compared with an established cooling strategy (Study 2). Both the new and established precooling strategies achieved noticeable cooling effects (moderate and very …
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[W]hole: Journey to Fullness
… documents, broom and brush bristle, mop fiber, towels, and audio recordings of oral histories to exhibit invisible scars wrought by racist actions as physical and material manifestations.</p> <p>My practice began after experiencing racial discrimination for the first time on a US work program …
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The Effects of Repeated Ketamine Administration During Adolescence on Anxiety and Depressive-like Behaviors Induced by a Predator Odor
… which was presented via cat collars and hand towels attached to the home cage. All animals were then subjected to the sucrose preference test (SPT) and the elevated zero maze (EZM) in order to measure the presence of depressive and anxiety-like behaviors, respectively. There was a drug x odor …
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Hand hygiene compliance in the intensive care unit of the Onderstepoort Veterinary Hospital, South Africa
… with running water, soap dispensers, and paper towels were available in the ICU. In total, 296 observations consisting of 734 hand hygiene opportunities were recorded. In addition, hand hygiene compliance was also evaluated during invasive (51.4%) and non-invasive (48.6%) procedures. Most HCWs …
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An Evaluation of Tape for the Collection of Ignitable Liquid Residues from Non-Porous and Porous Surfaces
… pads, or everyday absorbers such as paper towels and microfiber cloths. Each of these have had limitations stemming from the ability to penetrate and/or be removed from a porous material as well as in compatibility with the individual components of an IL. In this work, tapes of a variety of …
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A serviceability study of linen, cotton and linen-cotton blended dish toweling used in a school cafeteria
Thesis (M.A.)--Michigan State University of Agriculture and Applied Science. Dept. of Textiles, Clothing, and Related Arts, 1959
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A capability approach to examining the experiences and perceptions of Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) among homeless women in Cape Town
… such as rags, old socks, tissue paper, paper towels, torn pieces of clothing, or diapers to satisfy their menstrual needs (Mason et al., 2013). Often, homeless women go without menstrual protection altogether (Mason et al., 2013). This lack results in period poverty. Period poverty refers to a …
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Methods to reduce rectal temperature decline of newborn piglets and the effect of cross-fostering strategies on piglet pre-weaning growth and mortality
… drying methods (with a desiccant or paper towels). Warming piglets was as effective (P > 0.05) as drying at minimizing postnatal temperature decline, with the combination of these two approaches being the most effective (P ≤ 0.05) method. Treatment effects were greater (P ≤ 0.05) under …
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Monitoring of storm sewer overflows
… were similar with leaf material and sanitary towels consistently being the major items in terms of total mass. The efficiency of the stilling pond and one of the high side weirs in retaining gross solids in the flow to treatment appeared to be explained by the flow split although for 5 of 14 …
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Potential Ignition Sources from Residential Electric Cooktops
… box), a cotton dish towel, a roll of paper towels, a pan of canola oil, a pan of vegetable oil, a nylon short turn spatula (cooking utensil), a kitchen appliance (toaster), a plastic storage container, and a pan of corn oil. </p> <p>Each range was tested in the high, medium, and low …
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Knotless bidirectional barbed versus smooth polypropylene three-loop pulley sutures for repair of canine gastrocnemius tendon
… tendon. Each bone-tendon unit was wrapped in towels moistened with saline (0.9% NaCl) solution and stored at -20⁰C until testing. The units were thawed to room temperature overnight prior to testing. Tensile testing was performed with a servohydraulic testing machine equipped with a 2 kN load …
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Heat management strategies in elite rugby sevens
… ice slurry ingestion and the application of ice towels to the head, neck, and face before and during a repeated high-intensity exercise heat response test within an international elite men’s rugby sevens team. The use of this cooling strategy resulted beneficial physiological changes and …
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Estudio de prefactibilidad para la instalación de una planta de producción de toallas sanitarias biodegradables a base de fibra de corteza de plátano (Musa paradisiaca)
El trabajo de investigación tiene como objetivo general determinar la viabilidad del mercado, técnica, social, ambiental y económica para la instalación de una planta de producción de toallas sanitarias biodegradables a base de fibra de corteza de plátano. Por medio de un estudio de mercado se …