Crepe Paper Research Articles

52-Year-Old Woman With Dysphagia

52-Year-Old Woman With Dysphagia

Temperature distribution in resin impregnated paper insulation for transformer bushings

The overall reliability of a power transformer depends to a great extent on the sound operation of the bushings thereof. Oil impregnated paper (OIP) insulated bushings have been in use for a long time now. In many situations, it becomes necessary to avoid OIP insulation in bushings. In the recent past, a new technological breakthrough has been achieved whereby the OIP is replaced by epoxy resin impregnated crepe paper (RIP) insulation. This new system has several advantages over OIP and has now become the insulation of choice. However, its long time thermal and electrical performance need to be carefully assessed. This paper reports the results of a study of temperature distribution in the body of insulation, based on the ac conductivity of RIP insulation. A method of computing the maximum thermal voltage of this system is also given.

S1876 Feeding Dysfunction in Pediatric Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases

in a scale from 0 (absence of the finding) to 5 (with a strong evidence of the finding): 1) Linear furrows along the organ (corrugated esophagus); 2) fragile mucosal appearance or “crepe paper” mucosa; 3) circular simultaneous contraction rings, and 4) irregular mucosa or “cobble stone-like pattern”. The data were analyzed using linear regression and were expressed as mean±SD, evaluating in parallel recordings obtained after and before indigocarmine staining. Results: 21 adult patients (20 males/1 female) aged between 16 and 56 year-old (mean 35.4) were studied. The marks were obtained from the questionnaire for each of these evaluated findings, before/after of the staining with indigo carmine (expressed as mean±SD): Linear longitudinal forrows: 2±1.4/4.2±1.12 (p<0.001); “crepe paper” mucosa: 1.4±1,4/2.3±1.6 (p<0.001); circular simultaneous contraction rings: 2±1.7/3±1.8 (p<0.001); and “cobble stone-like pattern”: 1.5±1.5/2.6±1.7 (p<0.001). Conclusion: Indigo carmine chromoendoscopy significantly highlights endoscopic mucosal findings in adult EE, by enhancing the mucosal irregularities, which results in an improvement in recognition of typical lesions. Systematic staining of mucosal surface in EE-suspected patients could improve the diagnostic guidance.

S1875 Epidemiologic Implications of Symptom Onset in Adults with Eosinophilic Esophagitis

in a scale from 0 (absence of the finding) to 5 (with a strong evidence of the finding): 1) Linear furrows along the organ (corrugated esophagus); 2) fragile mucosal appearance or “crepe paper” mucosa; 3) circular simultaneous contraction rings, and 4) irregular mucosa or “cobble stone-like pattern”. The data were analyzed using linear regression and were expressed as mean±SD, evaluating in parallel recordings obtained after and before indigocarmine staining. Results: 21 adult patients (20 males/1 female) aged between 16 and 56 year-old (mean 35.4) were studied. The marks were obtained from the questionnaire for each of these evaluated findings, before/after of the staining with indigo carmine (expressed as mean±SD): Linear longitudinal forrows: 2±1.4/4.2±1.12 (p<0.001); “crepe paper” mucosa: 1.4±1,4/2.3±1.6 (p<0.001); circular simultaneous contraction rings: 2±1.7/3±1.8 (p<0.001); and “cobble stone-like pattern”: 1.5±1.5/2.6±1.7 (p<0.001). Conclusion: Indigo carmine chromoendoscopy significantly highlights endoscopic mucosal findings in adult EE, by enhancing the mucosal irregularities, which results in an improvement in recognition of typical lesions. Systematic staining of mucosal surface in EE-suspected patients could improve the diagnostic guidance.

Influência do armazenamento e da embalagem na manutenção da esterilidade do instrumental odontológico

Este estudo teve por objetivo verificar o prazo de validade da esterilização de instrumental embalado e armazenado sob diversas condições. Foram confeccionados 395 corpos de prova metálicos, que após contaminação com Enterococcus faecalis (ATCC 19433, NEWPROV) foram subdivididos em seis grupos, compostos por 65 unidades. Cada grupo foi embalado, respectivamente, com papel Kraft, crepado, grau cirúrgico com filme, papel alumínio, tecido de algodão cru duplo e tecido tipo brim. Depois de submetidos à esterilização, os pacotes foram subdivididos, permanecendo trinta de cada tipo acondicionados em caixa plástica fechada e os demais soltos no interior do mesmo armário fechado. Após períodos de 7, 15, 30, 45, 90 e 148 dias, corpos de prova contidos em cinco pacotes de cada tipo de material de embalagem e armazenamento foram inoculados em meio de cultivo e incubados à 37oC por quarenta e oito horas. Após este tempo a análise microbiológica era realizada para verificar a manutenção da esterilidade dos espécimes. Todos os corpos de prova permaneceram estéreis por até 148 dias nas condições de empacotamento e armazenamento testadas. Contudo, sugere-se que as instituições de saúde realizem investigações para validar o tempo de manutenção da esterilidade dos artigos, de acordo com sua própria rotina.

Caribbean Kinship from Within and Without

An Granny seh don't walk so boasy, mind ah buk up mi toe an fall down an tear up de dress pon rockstone because she going to fold it up an wrap it up back in de crepe paper wid two camphor ball an put it back in de suitcase, dis very evening, as soon as ah tek it aff, put it back in de suitcase dat ah going to carry to Englan. Crass de sea, girl, yuh going crass de sea, an a likkle water fall from Granny eye which mek er cross an she shake me han aff er dress where ah was holding on to make sure dat ah don't fall down for de shoes hard to walk in on rockstone, an she wipe er eye wid er kerchief An ah looking up in Granny face, ah know Granny face good. She say is me mi madda an grampa put all de lines in it, an ah wondering which lines is mine From Jean Binta Breeze ‘The Arrival of Brighteye’.1

Breakdown strength of solid dielectrics in liquid nitrogen

The objective of this research was to determine if a relationship could be found between dielectric strength and other properties of electrical insulating materials in the medium of liquid nitrogen on an empirical basis by using variables predicted by basic theory. A simple equation of the form E=A+Blog (rhov/xir tandelta) to predict the dielectric strength of a solid insulating material in liquid nitrogen medium has been proposed. The equation requires the values of volume resistivity (rhov), relative permittivity (xir) and loss tangent (tandelta) in the medium of liquid nitrogen, which may be obtained easily by low voltage non-destructive measurements. The values of electric strength calculated using this equation for Crepe paper, Kraft paper, varnished paper, pressboard, presspahn, mica, bakelite and asbestos are quite in agreement with the experimentally measured values. It is expected that the equations obtained will help the designers as a handy tool for quick estimation of breakdown strength of solid dielectrics dipped in liquid nitrogen.

Eosinophilic esophagitis: A newly established cause of dysphagia

Eosinophilic esophagitis has rapidly become a recognized entity causing dysphagia in young adults. This review summarizes the current knowledge of eosinophilic esophagitis including the epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic criteria, pathophysiology, treatment, and prognosis. An extensive search of PubMed/Medline (1966-December 2005) for available English literature in humans for eosinophilic esophagitis was completed. Appropriate articles listed in the bibliographies were also attained. The estimated incidence is 43/10(5) in children and 2.5/10(5) in adults. Clinically, patients have a long history of intermittent solid food dysphagia or food impaction. Some have a history of atopy. Subtle endoscopic features may be easily overlooked, including a "feline" or corrugated esophagus with fine rings, a diffusely narrowed esophagus that may have proximal strictures, the presence of linear furrows, adherent white plaques, or a friable (crepe paper) mucosa, prone to tearing with minimal contact. Although no pathologic consensus has been established, a histologic diagnosis is critical. The accepted criteria are a dense eosinophilic infiltrate (>20/high power field) within the superficial esophageal mucosa. In contrast, the esophagitis associated with acid reflux disease can also possess eosinophils but they are fewer in number. Once the diagnosis is established, treatment options may include specific food avoidance, topical corticosteroids, systemic corticosteroids, leukotriene inhibitors, or biologic treatment. The long-term prognosis of EE is uncertain; however available data suggests a benign, albeit inconvenient, course. With increasing recognition, this entity is taking its place as an established cause of solid food dysphagia.

Gully seeder for reseeding rangeland and riparian areas

Abstract Traditional methods of reseeding degraded arid and semi-arid rangeland are expensive and frequently unsuccessful due to high rates of seed predation and seedling mortality. A runoff-based method is described that protects seeds from predation and degradation until soil moisture is available, then deposits them in favorable microsites for germination and establishment. Seeds are placed in three, 2 cm-diameter × 8 cm PVC tubes. The small tubes are capped with crepe paper and glued inside of a 7.5 cm-diameter × 15 cm-long tube which is capped with hardware cloth. The tubes are placed in small rills, gullies, arroyos or riparian areas and the seeds are released sequentially from the 3 tubes as flow depth increases. Seeds are deposited beneath piles of litter where soil moisture and temperature are more favorable for seedling establishment.

Gully seeder for reseeding rangeland and riparian areas

Traditional methods of reseeding degraded arid and semi-arid rangeland are expensive and frequently unsuccessful due to high rates of seed predation and seedling mortality. A runoff-based method is described that protects seeds from predation and degradation until soil moisture is available, then deposits them in favorable microsites for germination and establishment. Seeds are placed in three, 2 cm-diameter × 8 cm PVC tubes. The small tubes are capped with crepe paper and glued inside of a 7.5 cm-diameter × 15 cm-long tube which is capped with hardware cloth. The tubes are placed in small rills, gullies, arroyos or riparian areas and the seeds are released sequentially from the 3 tubes as flow depth increases. Seeds are deposited beneath piles of litter where soil moisture and temperature are more favorable for seedling establishment.

Validation of the sterilization procedure of medical and hospital devices according to different packaging types

Safety in the processing of medical and hospital devices in healthcare organizations is an important measure of nosocomial infection control. This investigation aimed at establishing the period during which it is safe to use medical and hospital articles processed through sterilization by saturated steam under pressure using different types of packaging at a private hospital. The methodological procedure consisted of four phases: preparation of articles, evaluation of autoclave functioning, sterilization cycle and microbiological tests. Results showed bacterial growth on articles packed in surgical grade paper with and without film on the 21st day, in crepe paper on the 90th day and absence of growth when raw cotton packaging was used. In face of the results, a 21-day period was established for the use of articles after sterilization by saturated steam under pressure regardless of the type of packaging utilized, considering that storage conditions were also evaluated.

American Chronicle: J. C. Leyendecker's Icons of Time

As Christmas approached, the San was transformed. The halls were decked with ground pine and holly, a twentyfoot tree appeared in the lobby, everywhere you turned there was a spangle of tinsel, crepe paper and mistletoe. Dr. Kellogg had always made good and provident use of the holidays, from Groundhog Day to the Fourth of July, doing his utmost to co-opt the spirit of the day and turn it into a triumph of health advocacy, but at Christmas he outdid himself....It was all part and parcel of the Battle Creek experience. (Boyle 167) T. Coraghessan Boyle's fiction, The Road to Wellville, captures a sense of time in the first decade of the twentieth century. As always, we seek calibration and registration of time's passing, an acknowledgment that one day is different from the preceding and the next. The holy calendar long provided such a chronicle, identifying the passage of time by holidays of special importance as well as by specific association. We observe in most parts of the world seasonal change, but we also need the inflection of times that stand out and serve as benchmarks, references and remembrances to the past both personal and collective. Early twentieth-century America observed the accelerated pace of social change and modern life from the vantage of an old calendar and one that remembered with a poignancy and keen sense of the bygone and of the present that we may have lost. Such a chronicle was provided by the mass-circulation periodicals that celebrated holidays with a fervor like that of Dr. Kellogg. Not only the covers and editorial content of many of the magazines such as Collier's or The Saturday Evening Post marked the rhythm of time, but even the advertising, then frequently synchronized to the schedule of holidays. Time's passing was not a dour calibration. Rather, it was a celebration, allowing for a joyful differentiation of the days even as life was becoming more modern-and, perhaps, more quotidian. Among all the tokens of early twentieth-century time, one of the most compelling and one of the most cheerful is J.C. Leyendecker's suite of images of the round of the year as magazine covers for Collier's, The Saturday Evening Post, and the Hearst Sunday newspaper supplement, The American Weekly, in a span from 1906 to 1950, years in which Leyendecker not only kept tempo with America, but also allowed for a cycle of remembrance, celebration, predictability, and renewal. This American artist knew how to treasure time in its transience and to give time a distinction even for a secular and modern world in which community might be established by an exultant sense of sharing occasions and concepts in the common place of time. Leyendecker created both distinct icons and winsome narratives for the many occasions that he celebrated. His most famous is the convention he established for the new year. In fact, Leyendecker did not invent the imagery of a Baby New Year and Father Time, but he became the preeminent artist of the image for The Saturday Evening Post covers for nearly forty years. Beginning with the December 29, 1906, cover, Leyendecker poses a Baby New Year, first anatomically uncertain and awkward on the orb of the world, writing out resolutions. This first child has wings as does her successor, the Baby New Year of December 28, 1907, accompanied by the stork. On the December 31, 1910, cover, Leyendecker records the new year-in this instance, with the Baby New Year in a kind of internal rhyme as a delivery boy for The Saturday Evening Post. Leyendecker's simplifying and icon-making glee eliminates Father Time thereafter, except for the return of this same image swiped from this image for the Post's in-house journal for its paper boys in 1913. The modification of the initial image refers both to the incorrigible Leyendecker choice for perceiving the positive, but image, even a traditional one. The unfailing adaptability of Leyendecker's image-and his personal propensity toward only the most optimistic in the icon-testifies to the artist's resourcefulness. …

Crepe Paper Colorimetry

The paper describes a simple experiment to introduce students to the basics of colorimetry, including spectral characteristics, Beer's Law, and simultaneous colorimetry. Typical student results are presented. The experiments described avoid the use of hazardous chemicals, making it suitable for all age levels and minimizing clean-up and disposal.

The Mandolin Player

FICTION The Mandolin Player Victor M. Depta We were in the truck headed down Winchester toward Greenup. "You didn't have to go to so much trouble, son," Mom said. "Renting a hall and everything." "No trouble," I said. "It's not every day you have a birthday." What was in my mind, though, was that she might not have many birthdays left, not that she was ancient, but she was getting older. And I would be leaving soon. My year in Huntington was about up. Of course my sister Nancy was griping about the trouble we went through, renting the VFW hall. She complained about the fee, which came out of my pocket, anyway, and bitched about the band not showing. "Best Bluegrass in Eastern Kentucky," she said. "But at least Earl's coming." "Earl?" "Plays mandolin like an angel," said Nancy. "Guitar, too." "I got the stereo in the back," I said. "Good speakers." "I hope you left your music at home," she said. "What's wrong with Dylan? Or Baez, for that matter?" "Shit, Keith," she said, "that stuff went out in the sixties." "And I guess you brought Conway Twitty." "Amongst others." "You all hush," said Mom. "Jesus. A couple of sore-tail toms." "I got the flu," I said. "You look like death warmed over," said Nancy. "You ought to be in bed." "We already planned this," I said. "I'll be all right with a couple of Irishes. You bring the coffee pot, Mom?" "Yes," she said. "It's in a box." I turned down Greenup to the VFW Hall, a rectangular, yellow brick building that looked vaguely like a church, which it used to be, Mom Victor M. Depta was born in the coalfields of West Virginia. He received a Ph.D. from Ohio University and is currently a professor of English at the University of Tennessee at Martin. 37 told me, Presbyterian, before the VFW took over about fifteen years ago. It sat isolated on a wedge-shaped half block, Greenup Avenue having been made one-way, and the block shaved so that the avenue could merge with Winchester. Sort of desolate looking, with the floodwall out behind it, and the new bridge across the Ohio soaring like a levitated freeway over to our left. The evening didn't help much, either, gloomy and windy, as if one of those sleety rains were about to set in. I parked the truck and we carried the stereo and the boxes in. The hall was to the left, and not that big, actually, since the building had been divided into halves, with a corridor down the middle. "That's for bingo," said Mom. "Not that I ever won a plug nickel." The manager, or Grand Veteran or whatever he was, met us in the corridor. He was one ofthose portly men, his jowly face reddened by drink, a man who I imagined belonged in a smoky back room at a ward meeting, the kind who buffets and blusters about with shifty eyes. He pointed us to a closet of stacked folding chairs and tables, showed us where the bathrooms were, and vanished. We carried the chairs and tables in and began setting them up. "Hey, Keith! Come help!" That was Iris at the front door. She and I had ordered a cake from Belfont's and had spent half the day running from K-Marts to Murphy Marts to Hecks, trying to find HAPPY BIRTHDAY in great big lettering, along with crepe paper streamers, balloons, birthday napkins and paper plates. I helped her carry the cake in, and went back to her car for the decorations. Nancy quarreled about the cake, saying that the drunks wouldn't be eating sweets. Mom told her to shut up. We could carry the cake home to the children. Iris took Mom by the hands and held them out. "You look so pretty," she said. "Your pearl earrings are so nice, and so is your necklace." Mom did look good. Black slacks, a white silk blouse, black jacket. "That's Keith's doing," said Nancy. "He took her to Sears." "Charge card," I said. Nancy, thank God for...

Capacitive coupling through the shields of medium‐voltage cables

AbstractThe shield ofmedium‐voltage‐XLPE cables is in general not a metal tube, but consists of several copper wires lying on the outer crepe paper above the insulation. This configuration allows a capacitive coupling between the cable conductor and external conductive objects. In this paper a theoretical consideration of the capacitive coupling using an analytical solution is described and the validity of the results is proofed with numerical methods. For several arrangements the quantity of the capacitive coupling is determined.

Chemical peeling of eyelids and periorbital area.

Chemical peeling promotes formation of new epidermis and new dermal collagen, resulting in skin shrinkage, reduction of wrinkling and crepe paper skin, softening of crow's feet, and, when desired, lightened eyelid color. Chemical peeling may be performed as the only eyelid procedure, simultaneously with CO2 laser surgical blepharoplasty, after healing of cold-steel-scalpel or CO2-laser blepharoplasty, and as a repeated procedure to achieve maximal results.

Ideas: Making Masks for Role-Playing

To conform to the current emphasis on communication activities, include role-playing situations in your lessons frequently. A good solution for overcoming some students' reluctance to speak is to let them hide behind a mask. The voice is not muffled when the mask is held two or three inches in front of the face, rather than covering the face closely, as most masks do. The materials for making the disguises cost virtually nothing, and take very little time and artistic ability to create. They can be made at home or in school by the students, and since they are flat, take up very little storage space. The teacher might suggest the characters, so that they can be used for specific lessons. They then serve to spark a review of vocabulary and structures learned. Another use is for generating extemporaneous conversation: hand out masks to two or more students and ask them to assume the roles of the characters suggested. This can also be a paired or group activity, once you collect enough masks simple if you have each student make oneso that all get the opportunity to speak. These disguises offer a way of presenting career activities in an interesting fashion. After teaching the necessary vocabulary, outline a scenario that your students can act out, using masks depicting the various characters. Some situations allowing for many roles are: * a hospital emergency room, where patients are arriving with a variety of ailments and being sent for x-rays, electrocardiograms, blood tests, etc. to departments of radiology, orthopedics, cardiology, and gastroenterology. * a hotel with guests registering, asking for sightseeing information, changing travelers' checks, registering various complaints, inquiring about hotel facilities such as swimming pool, restaurant, and shops. * a mock trial of an alleged murder, with judge, jury, prosecuting attorney, defense counsel, court clerk, witnesses and unruly spectators. Below are the basic directions for creating the role-playing masks. 1. Pull an ordinary wire hanger into an oval shape, leaving the hook at the bottom to serve as a handle. For a plump character, round out the lower half of the oval. 2. Stretch a sheer stocking or one leg of a pair of pantyhose over the hanger. Different shades of hose will give you a variety of skin tones. Fasten at the top by tying a knot below the foot of the stocking, cut off most of the foot, and fasten the cut end to the back of the soon-to-be mask, either with glue or a few stitches. Secure the bottom of the stocking at the neck (just above the handle) with a rubber band, and later cover the rubber band with a ribbon, scarf, necklace, bow tie, four in hand tie or just the knot of a tie to suit the character. These may be real or made of crepe paper, aluminum foil, or construction paper. 3. Draw features with felt pens in appropriate colors. 4. Cut out hair, beard, and/or mustache from construction paper, crepe paper or aluminum foil. The Christmas season is a good time to find the latter in gold and red to simulate hair in those colors. Shape, fringe, crush or curl whichever you choose, to simulate the type of hair you want, and then paste it onto the rim of the mask.

Update on the Development of Reduced Wall 138kV HPOF Cables and Joints for Re-Conductoring of Existing 69kV Lines on the Florida Power &amp; Light Company System

A reduced wall 138kV HPOF pipe-type cable having a 700 kcmil (355 mm2) compact round copper conductor and 348 mils (8.8 mm) of insulation and two types of joints have been developed for re-conductoring existing 69kV HPOF feeders utilizing 5 inch (127 mm) outside diameter pipes on the Florida Power & Light Company (FP& L) system. Laboratory test results on the cable and two joints, one employing hard paper and the other high density crepe paper tapes, are reported. The commercial cable installation is described. Test results are also given on an improved design reduced wall 138kV HPOF pipe-type cable having a 2000 kcmil (1015 mm2) compact segmental copper conductor and 379 mils (9.6 mm) of insulation and a high density crepe paper joint intended for re-conductoring a 69kV HPOF pipe-type feeder using the existing 6-5/8 inch (168 mm) outside diameter pipes. The cable and joint satisfactorily passed all requirements of AEIC CS2-82 (4th Edition) [4].

Axillary hyperhidrosis: A simple surgical procedure.

A simple method for surgical treatment of excessive sweating of the axilla is presented. The procedure, which is performed under local anesthesia on an outpatient basis, is described in detail. After mapping the sweat gland bearing area with crepe paper, the hyperhidrotic area was excised using a bat-shaped excision. The skin was closed without undermining. This method has been used in 14 consecutive patients (28 axillae) resistant to topical administration of aluminum chloride hexahydrate in ethanol. The postoperative results were excellent in 12 patients and were good in 2. There were three minor wound infections and one case of postoperative bleeding. This procedure is suitable for all patients who need surgical treatment for axillary hyperhidrosis and requires no training in plastic surgery.

Microbial penetration through three types of double wrappers for sterile packs.

Microbial penetration of sterile packs was studied by using double-wrap (two layers each) muslin, single-wrap (two layers) muslin inner covering with single-wrap (one layer) two-way crepe paper outer covering, and single-wrap (two layers) muslin inner covering with single-layer BAR-BAC wrappers to wrap 20 gauze sponges (2 by 2 in.). These packs were stored on open shelves of a central sterile supply department of a hospital and processed for sterility at weekly intervals. Microorganisms penetrated the double-wrap muslin as early as 28 days, the single-wrap muslin and single-wrap two-way crepe paper combination in 77 days, and the single-wrap muslin and single-layer BAR-BAC combination in 63 days.