Special issue on aromatherapy: A low cost, low risk, complementary environmental therapy

Territorial systems are characterized by the relative longevity and stability of interactions between neighbouring individuals. Two abilities of signal receivers that can be seen as adaptations increasing the efficiency of territory defence will be discussed: identifying neighbouring individuals and ranging (i.e. determining the distance to) signallers. The costs involved in such discriminations will also be outlined. Although signalling has been traditionally considered as occurring between two individuals (signaller and receiver), long-range signals will be received by many individuals. In territorial systems a group of neighbours could be considered as a communication network: consisting at its simplest of a signaller and a number of receivers. The scope for low cost, low-risk information gathering in such networks by eavesdropping will be discussed with particular reference to territorial songbirds and electric fish.

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Electrocoagulation with greased lidocaine gel 2% as hemostatic maneuver after minimally invasive partial nephrectomy: Experimental and preliminary clinical results

Archives of Cancer Science and Therapy ◽

10.29328/journal.acst.1001017 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 019-023

Author(s):

Panico Vinicius JA ◽

Simardi Lucila H ◽

Faria Eliney F ◽

Sotelo Rene ◽

Suarez Ruben ◽

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Keyword(s):

Partial Nephrectomy ◽

Low Cost ◽

Good Control ◽

Clinical Results ◽

Low Risk ◽

Experimental Phase ◽

Clinical Phase ◽

Lidocaine Gel ◽

Resection Area ◽

Kidney Resection

Methods: Experimental phase: Performed a partial nephrectomy off clamp in pig model followed by cauterization of lidocaine gel 2% with different power (control, 30W, 50W and 100W) in the kidney resection bed to evaluate efficacy and deep injury extension. Clinical phase: 20 patients submitted to laparoscopic or partial nephrectomy for low risk RENAL score were utilized greased lidocaine gel 2% with 50W in cautery scalpel to hemostasis of renal parenchima to validate efficacy and safety. Results: Experimental study shows that this technique is effective and promote better hemostasis with 50W and 100W, with deep injury of less than 3 mm. Clinical study confirm efficacy, good control of hemorrage, few complications and no transfusion. Minimal changes in hematocrit, haemoglobin and creatinine were observed. Conclusion: In this preliminary experience the use of this new alternative to hemostasis for low risk partial nephrectomy was satisfactory and with good intra and postoperative results. The best advantages were safety in terms of the depth thermal injury, low cost and absence of artifacts over the resection area observed at CT scan postoperatively.

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Should preoperative showering or cleansing with chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) be part of the surgical care bundle to prevent surgical site infection?

Journal of Infection Prevention ◽

10.1177/1757177417714873 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 18 (6) ◽

pp. 311-314 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Charles E Edmiston ◽

David Leaper

Keyword(s):

Surgical Site Infection ◽

Risk Reduction ◽

Low Cost ◽

Surgical Care ◽

Infection Risk ◽

Chlorhexidine Gluconate ◽

Low Risk ◽

Care Bundle ◽

Site Infection ◽

Methodological Issues

Showering preoperatively with chlorhexidine gluconate is an issue that continues to promote debate; however, many studies demonstrate evidence of surgical site infection risk reduction. Methodological issues have been present in many of the studies used to compile guidelines and there has been a lack of standardisation of processes for application of the active agents in papers pre-2009. This review and commentary paper highlights the potential for enhancing compliance with this low-risk and low-cost intervention and provides some guidance for enhancing implementation of preoperative showering with both chlorhexidine in solution and impregnated wipes.

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A flutter prediction method with low cost and low risk from test data

Aerospace Science and Technology ◽

10.1016/j.ast.2019.01.043 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 86 ◽

pp. 542-557 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Weiwei Zhang ◽

Zhen Lv ◽

Qiangqiang Diwu ◽

Huashou Zhong

Keyword(s):

Test Data ◽

Low Cost ◽

Prediction Method ◽

Low Risk

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Internet of Things (IoT) Operating Systems Management: Opportunities, Challenges, and Solution

Sensors ◽

10.3390/s19081793 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (8) ◽

pp. 1793 ◽

Cited By ~ 30

Author(s):

Yousaf Bin Zikria ◽

Sung Won Kim ◽

Oliver Hahm ◽

Muhammad Khalil Afzal ◽

Mohammed Y. Aalsalem

Keyword(s):

Internet Of Things ◽

Low Cost ◽

Future Research ◽

Technological Innovations ◽

Special Issue ◽

Research Directions ◽

Key Factor ◽

Future Research Directions ◽

Standard Set

Internet of Things (IoT) is rapidly growing and contributing drastically to improve the quality of life. Immense technological innovations and growth is a key factor in IoT advancements. Readily available low cost IoT hardware is essential for continuous adaptation of IoT. Advancements in IoT Operating System (OS) to support these newly developed IoT hardware along with the recent standards and techniques for all the communication layers are the way forward. The variety of IoT OS availability demands to support interoperability that requires to follow standard set of rules for development and protocol functionalities to support heterogeneous deployment scenarios. IoT requires to be intelligent to self-adapt according to the network conditions. In this paper, we present brief overview of different IoT OSs, supported hardware, and future research directions. Therein, we provide overview of the accepted papers in our Special Issue on IoT OS management: opportunities, challenges, and solution. Finally, we conclude the manuscript.

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