Abstract As a result of the current COVID-19 pandemic, the use of facemasks has become commonplace.The performance of medical facemasks is assessed using Bacterial Filtration Efficiency (BFE) tests.However, as BFE tests, require specific expertise and equipment and are time-consuming, the performance of non-medical facemasks is assessed with non-bi
BackgroundNeisseria meningitidis serogroup B remains a prominent cause of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in Brazil.Because two novel protein-based vaccines against serogroup B are available, the main purpose of this study was to provide data on the diversity and distribution of meningococcal vaccine antigen types circulating in Brazil.Methodo
The investigation of the existence of a tempera-ture change with pressure inside the pneumatic cylinder chambers during the charging and dis-charging strokes in the pneumatic cylinder is ex-perimentally demonstrated.Three Toy different varia-bles (pressure, piston displacement and tempera-ture) were measured in this work while operating with a serv
Ankit M Shah,1 Anat Galor1,2 1Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA; 2Surgical Services, Miami Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, Miami, FL, USACorrespondence: Anat GalorBascom Palmer Eye Institute, 900 NW 17th St, Miami, FL, 33136, USAEmail [email protected]: Infrared (IR) thermographic assessment of ocular