Direct support and general support maintenance manual (including repair parts and special tools list) : converters, telegraph-telephone signal CV-425/U, (part of terminal telegraph-telephone AN/TCC-29).

Includes index.

Direct support and general support maintenance repair parts and special tools list (including depot maintenance repair parts and special tools) for converter, telegraph-telephone signal CV-425/U, (NSN 5805-00-985-9088).

"26 October 1981."

Organizational and direct support maintenance repair parts and special tools list for converters telephone signal, CV-1918A(V)1/G, (NSN 5895-00-504-9103), CV-1918A(V)2/G, (NSN 5805-00-504-9107) and CV-1918A(V)3/G, (NSN 5805-00-137-7674).

Includes index.

Direct support and general support maintenance manual including repair parts and special tools list (including depot maintenance repair parts and special tools) for converter, telephone signal CV-1919A/G, (FSN 5805-229-5417).

Includes index.

Operator's, organizational, and direct support maintenance manual : converter, telephone signal CV-1918A(V)1/G (NSN 5805-00-504-9103), CV-1918A(V)2/G (NSN 5805-00-504-9107), CV-1918A(V)3/G (NSN 5805-00-137-7674).

"5 March 1984."

Operator's and organizational maintenance manual including repair parts and special tools lists for converter, telephone signal CV-1919A/G (FSN 5805-229-5417).

"November 1974."

Direct support and general support maintenance manual : translator, signal data CV-3098/G (NSN 5895-00-237-2472) for satellite communication terminal AN/FSC-78(V).

"June 1978."

Direct support and general support maintenance manual : converter, telephone signal CV-3478/TTC.

"18 April 1983."

Direct and general support and depot maintenance manual : converter, radio-magnetic indicator CV-1275/ARN.

"14 August 1964."

Direct support and general support maintenance repair parts and special tools lists (including depot maintenance repair parts and special tools) for converters, frequency, electronic, CV-3084/MSC-46(V) (NSN 5895-00-100-4314) and CV-3084A/MSC-46(V) (NSN 5895-00-614-9593).

Includes index.

Effect of modified atmosphere packaging on the quality of minimally processed pineapple cv.'Smooth Cayenne' fruit

The effects of modified atmosphere (MA) conditions on the quality of minimally processed pineapple slices were determined. Commercial pineapple slice packs sealed with 40 pm thick polyester film were kept at 4.5 degrees C for 14 d. The oxygen transmission rate of the film was 23 ml m(-2) day(-1) atm(-1) (at 25 degrees C, 75% RH). In-built atmospheres and the quality of the products were determined. O-2 concentrations within the packs stabilised at 2%, while CO2 concentrations increased to 70% by day 14. The high CO2 level suggested an inappropriate lidding film permeability for the product, and hence affected its quality. Three batches of pineapple slices were packed in the laboratory using lidding films with oxygen transmission rate of 75, 2790 or 5000 ml m(-2) day(-1) atm(-1) (at 23 degrees C, 0% RH). Headspace atmospheres from laboratory-packed pineapple slices suggested an optimum equilibrium modified atmosphere of ca. 2% O-2 and 15% CO2. Respiration data from the laboratory-prepared packs were pooled together and used to develop a correlation model relating respiration rates to O-2 and CO2 concentrations. The model showed a decrease in respiration rate with decreasing O-2 and increasing CO2 concentrations. Respiration rate stabilised at 2% 02 and 10% CO2. The high concentrations of CO2 observed in the commercial packs did not fit the range in the respiration model. The model could aid in selection of MA conditions for minimally processed pineapple fruit.

Validity of verbal autopsy procedures for determining cause of death in Tanzania

Objectives: To validate verbal autopsy (VA) procedures for use in sample vital registration. Verbal autopsy is an important method for deriving cause-specific mortality estimates where disease burdens are greatest and routine cause-specific mortality data do not exist. Methods: Verbal autopsies and medical records (MR) were collected for 3123 deaths in the perinatal/neonatal period, post-neonatal < 5 age group, and for ages of 5 years and over in Tanzania. Causes of death were assigned by physician panels using the International Classification of Disease, revision 10. Validity was measured by: cause-specific mortality fractions (CSMF); sensitivity; specificity and positive predictive value. Medical record diagnoses were scored for degree of uncertainty, and sensitivity and specificity adjusted. Criteria for evaluating VA performance in generating true proportional mortality were applied. Results: Verbal autopsy produced accurate CSMFs for nine causes in different age groups: birth asphyxia; intrauterine complications; pneumonia; HIV/AIDS; malaria (adults); tuberculosis; cerebrovascular diseases; injuries and direct maternal causes. Results for 20 other causes approached the threshold for good performance. Conclusions: Verbal autopsy reliably estimated CSMFs for diseases of public health importance in all age groups. Further validation is needed to assess reasons for lack of positive results for some conditions.

Estimating cause-specfic mortality from community- and facility-based data sources in the United Republic of Tanzania: options and implications for mortality burden estimates

Objective To compare mortality burden estimates based on direct measurement of levels and causes in communities with indirect estimates based on combining health facility cause-specific mortality structures with community measurement of mortality levels. Methods. Data from sentinel vital registration (SVR) with verbal autopsy (VA) were used to determine the cause-specific mortality burden at the community level in two areas of the United Republic of Tanzania. Proportional cause-specific mortality structures from health facilities were applied to counts of deaths obtained by SVR to produce modelled estimates. The burden was expressed in years of life lost. Findings. A total of 2884 deaths were recorded from health facilities and 2167 recorded from SVR/VAs. In the perinatal and neonatal age group cause-specific mortality rates were dominated by perinatal conditions and stillbirths in both the community and the facility data. The modelled estimates for chronic causes were very similar to those from SVR/VA. Acute febrile illnesses were coded more specifically in the facility data than in the VA. Injuries were more prevalent in the SVR/VA data than in that from the facilities. Conclusion. In this setting, improved International classification of diseases and health related problems, tenth revision (ICD-10) coding practices and applying facility-based cause structures to counts of deaths from communities, derived from SVR, appears to produce reasonable estimates of the cause-specific mortality burden in those aged 5 years and older determined directly from VA. For the perinatal and neonatal age group, VA appears to be required. Use of this approach in a nationally representative sample of facilities may produce reliable national estimates of the cause-specific mortality burden for leading causes of death in adults.