Agreed-upon procedures report on the City of Bedford, Iowa for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015

Agreed-upon procedures report on the City of Bedford, Iowa for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015

Agreed-upon procedures report on the City of Manly, Iowa for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015

Agreed-upon procedures report on the City of Manly, Iowa for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015

Practical Data Collection: Establishing Methods and Procedures for Measuring Water Clarity and Turbidity of Storm Water Run-Off from Active Major Highway Construction Sites, 2014

In anticipation of regulation involving numeric turbidity limit at highway construction sites, research was done into the most appropriate, affordable methods for surface water monitoring. Measuring sediment concentration in streams may be conducted a number of ways. As part of a project funded by the Iowa Department of Transportation, several testing methods were explored to determine the most affordable, appropriate methods for data collection both in the field and in the lab. The primary purpose of the research was to determine the exchangeability of the acrylic transparency tube for water clarity analysis as compared to the turbidimeter.

Investigation of Rapid Thermal Analysis Procedures for Prediction of the Service Life of PCCP Carbonate Coarse Aggregate: Phase I, Progress Report, HR-337, 1992

The major objective of this research project is to utilize thermal analysis techniques in conjunction with x-ray analysis methods to identify and explain chemical reactions that promote aggregate related deterioration in Portland cement concrete. The first year of this project has been spent obtaining and analyzing limestone and dolomite samples that exhibit a wide range of field service performance. Most of the samples chosen for the study also had laboratory durability test information (ASTM C 666, method B) that was readily available. Preliminary test results indicate that a strong relationship exists between the average crystallite size of the limestone (calcite) specimens and their apparent decomposition temperatures as measured by thermogravimetric analysis. Also, premature weight loss in the thermogravimetric analysis tests appeared to be related to the apparent decomposition temperature of the various calcite test specimens.

Agreed-upon procedures report on the City of Riverdale, Iowa for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015

Agreed-upon procedures report on the City of Riverdale, Iowa for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015

Agreed-upon procedures report on the City of Joice, Iowa for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015

Agreed-upon procedures report on the City of Joice, Iowa for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015

Agreed-upon procedures report on the City of Martensdale, Iowa for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015

Agreed-upon procedures report on the City of Martensdale, Iowa for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015

Agreed-upon procedures report on the City of Lansing, Iowa for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015

Agreed-upon procedures report on the City of Lansing, Iowa for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015

Agreed-upon procedures report on the City of Monroe, Iowa for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015

Agreed-upon procedures report on the City of Monroe, Iowa for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015

Agreed-upon procedures report on the City of Princeton, Iowa for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015

Agreed-upon procedures report on the City of Princeton, Iowa for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015

Agreed-upon procedures report on the City of Moravia, Iowa for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015

Agreed-upon procedures report on the City of Moravia, Iowa for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015

Interventions hybrides et malformations cardiaques congénitales [Hybrid procedures in congenital heart disease]

La complexité croissante de la prise en charge des malformations cardiaques congénitales impose des interventions chirurgicales et des cathétérismes cardiaques interventionnels fréquents. Chacune de ces techniques a ces limitations propres. Les interventions hybrides associent les avantages de la chirurgie cardiaque et du cathétérisme interventionnel. Dans notre expérience, les thérapies hybrides permettent de diminuer le temps de circulation extracorporelle, de diminuer la morbidité des interventions chirurgicales, de raccourcir le séjour du patient aux soins intensifs. Pour certaines malformations cardiaques congénitales complexes pour lesquelles il n'existe pas de chirurgie ou de thérapie interventionnelle idéale, les interventions hybrides sont en train de s'imposer comme la prise en charge incontournable. Increasing complexity in management of congenital heart disease imposes more frequent surgeries and interventions. Each technique has its own limitations, which could impair the anticipated result. Hybrid procedures join the advantages of cardiac surgery and interventions, creating a synergy in the management of these patients with cardiac anomalies. In our experience, hybrid procedures shorten cardiopulmonary bypass, reduce morbidity of surgery and reduce duration of stay in the intensive care unit. For some complex congenital heart diseases for which there are no ideal surgical or interventional options, hybrid procedures are becoming increasingly important in their management. Finally hybrid procedures allow surgeons and cardiologist to achieve complex procedures that could not be possible in another way

Palliative surgical procedures to restore shoulder function in obstetric brachial palsy. Critical analysis of Narakas' series.

Dr. Narakas intended to study a series of 61 cases of shoulder sequelae of obstetric palsy. His vast experience would have enriched our clinical knowledge of this ailment. The authors carry on with that study to clarify his therapeutic approach and share the benefit of his experience.

Heuristic procedures for solving the General Assembly Line Balancing Problem with Setups (GALBPS)

The General Assembly Line Balancing Problem with Setups (GALBPS) was recently defined in the literature. It adds sequence-dependent setup time considerations to the classical Simple Assembly Line Balancing Problem (SALBP) as follows: whenever a task is assigned next to another at the same workstation, a setup time must be added to compute the global workstation time, thereby providing the task sequence inside each workstation. This paper proposes over 50 priority-rule-based heuristic procedures to solve GALBPS, many of which are an improvement upon heuristic procedures published to date.

Accurate and early diagnosis of orthopedic device-related infection by microbial heat production and sonication.

Proper and rapid diagnosis of orthopedic device-related infection is important for successful treatment. Sonication has been shown to improve the diagnostic performance. We hypothesized that the combination of sonication with a novel method called microcalorimetry will further improve and accelerate the diagnosis of implant infection. We prospectively included 39 consecutive patients (mean age 59 years, 62% males) at our institution from whom 29 orthopedic prostheses and 10 osteosynthesis material were explanted. The explanted device was sonicated. The resulting sonication fluid was analyzed using microcalorimetry. Using standardized criteria to define orthopedic device-related infection, 12 cases (31%) were defined as infected. In all, positive periprosthetic tissue cultures were found. The sensitivity and specificity of microcalorimetry of sonication fluid were 100% and 97%, respectively. Mean time to detection, defined as time to reach a rising heat flow signal of 20 µW measured after equilibiration needed to get accurate measurement, was 10.9 h. In summary, microcalorimetry of sonication fluid is a reliable and a fast method in detecting the presence of microorganisms in orthopedic device-related infection. © 2013 Orthopaedic Research Society. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Orthop Res 31:1700-1703, 2013.