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Reported learning curves of colonoscopy vary from 94 to 275 cases and focus on one-person colonoscopy. Our aim was to evaluate the learning curve of two-person non-sedation colonoscopy for trainees in a single tertiary care hospital.
We conducted a retrospective study in 1264 patients who underwent diagnostic or screening colonoscopies in a single institution from August 2012 to January 2013. Most of the patients (1174/1264) did not receive sedation during the procedure. All procedures were performed under two-person control. Two third-year residents who received previous colonoscopic training via a plastic model were the trainees.
In comparison to the performance of 5 staff members, the colonoscopic outcomes showed no significant differences in the completion rates (77.2% vs. find more 79.8%,
= .382), average polyp numbers (.9 ± 1.7 vs. 1.0 ± 1.8,
= .453), polyp detection rates (43.5% vs. 46.3%,
= .434), or intubation lengths (96.4 ± 29.3 vs. 96.3 ± 26.7cm,
= .939). The total procedure times for the 2 groups were 17.2 ± 10.6minutes (trainees) and 12.9 ± 7.8minutes (staff) (
< .001).
Trainees achieved acceptable outcomes over an 81-97 case learning curve under a two-person non-sedation colonoscopy technique, an approach with potential as a transition to single-operator colonoscopy.
Trainees achieved acceptable outcomes over an 81-97 case learning curve under a two-person non-sedation colonoscopy technique, an approach with potential as a transition to single-operator colonoscopy.The evolution of thin-liquid films in a microchannel is one of the most critical and intricate phenomena to understand two-phase movement, evaporation, micromixing, heat transfer, chemical synthesis, biological processes, and efficient energy devices. In this paper, we demonstrate experimentally the effect of a liquid film on the removal of an initially dry and lodged bubble in laser-etched poly(methyl methacrylate) microfluidic networks and discuss the evolution of the liquid film in accordance with the bubble superficial velocity and the effect of liquid properties and branch angle on the evolution of the liquid film and the pressure drop. During the removal of a dry bubble, four stages have been observed in the bubble velocity profile and they directly relate to the evolution of the liquid film. The correlation of maximum bubble velocity has been derived as a function of bubble length, fluid viscosity, surface tension, geometry of the cross-sectional area, and dimensions of the microchannel and agrees with the experimental results. The bubble moving distance required for the full deposition of a continuous and stable thin-liquid film is affected by the liquid viscosity and network branch angle. The liquid with a higher viscosity will increase the pressure drop for removing dry bubbles from microfluidic networks, while this effect will be hampered by increasing the microfluidic network complexity. The deposition of the thin-liquid film surrounding bubbles significantly decreases the pressure drop required to remove bubbles from microfluidics. Compared with deionized water, the glycerol solution is prone to acting as the lubricating liquid due to its strong H-bond interaction with the channel wall and the reduction in interfacial energy of the gas-water interface.The global COVID-19 pandemic has changed many aspects of daily lives. Wearing personal protective equipment, especially respirators (face masks), has become common for both the public and medical professionals, proving to be effective in preventing spread of the virus. Nevertheless, a detailed understanding of respirator filtration-layer internal structures and their physical configurations is lacking. Here, we report three-dimensional (3D) internal analysis of N95 filtration layers via X-ray tomography. Using deep learning methods, we uncover how the distribution and diameters of fibers within these layers directly affect contaminant particle filtration. The average porosity of the filter layers is found to be 89.1%. Contaminants are more efficiently captured by denser fiber regions, with fibers less then 1.8 μm in diameter being particularly effective, presumably because of the stronger electric field gradient on smaller diameter fibers. This study provides critical information for further development of N95-type respirators that combine high efficiency with good breathability.Silicone adhesives are widely used in many important applications in aviation, automotive, construction, and electronics industries. The mixture of (3-glycidoxypropyl)trimethoxysilane (γ-GPS) and hydroxy-terminated dimethyl methylvinyl co-siloxanol (DMMVS) has been widely used as an adhesion promoter in silicone elastomers to enhance the adhesion between silicone and other materials including polymers. The interfacial molecular structures of silicone elastomers and the adhesion promotion mechanisms of a γ-GPS-DMMVS mixture in silicone without a filler or an adhesion catalyst (AC) have been extensively investigated using sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy previously. In this research, SFG was applied to study interfacial structures of silicone elastomeric adhesives in the presence of a silica filler and/or a zirconium(IV) acetylacetonate adhesion catalyst at the silicone/polyethylene terephthalate (PET) interface in situ nondestructively to understand their individual and synergy effects. The interfacial structures obtained from the SFG study were correlated to the adhesion behavior to PET. The interfacial reactions of methoxy and epoxy groups of the adhesion promoter were found to play significant roles in enhancing the interfacial adhesion of the buried interface. This research provides an in-depth molecular-level understanding on the effects of a filler and an adhesion catalyst on the interfacial behavior of the adhesion promotion system for silicone elastomers as well as the related impact on adhesion.The photochemistry of bilirubin has been extensively studied due to its importance in the phototherapy of hyperbilirubinemia. In the present work, we investigated the ultrafast photodynamics of a bilirubin dipyrrinone subunit, vinylneoxanthobilirubic acid methyl ester. The photoisomerization and photocyclization reactions of its (E) and (Z) isomers were studied using femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy and by multireference electronic structure theory, where the nonadiabatic dynamics was modeled with a Landau-Zener surface hopping technique. The following picture has emerged from the combined theoretical and experimental approach. Upon excitation, dipyrrinone undergoes a very fast vibrational relaxation, followed by an internal conversion on a picosecond time scale. The internal conversion leads either to photoisomerization or regeneration of the starting material. Further relaxation dynamics on the order of tens of picoseconds was observed in the ground state. The nonadiabatic simulations revealed a strong conformational control of the photodynamics.
