Caudascopic experiences and a new patho-anatomic concept for treatment of sciatica

Osteotomy has been used in treatment of unstable intertrochanteric hip fractures in an attempt to increase the stability of the fracture fragments. We have assessed this stability in a randomised prospective study on 138 patients, all having been fixed by dynamic hip screen, comparing anatomical reduction with medialisation osteotomy. The groups were similar in terms of age, gender and fracture configuration. There was no difference in final results in both groups except that operation time was longer in osteotomy group and the blood loss was more. We found no clear benefit from osteotomy and therefore recommend anatomical reduction and fixation by a sliding hip screw in most cases. Rarely, a fracture configuration which does not allow anatomical reduction may benefit from an osteotomy.     

Prediction of fire classification for wood based products. A multivariate statistical approach based on the cone calorimeter

Wood has long traditions as a building material, and is often used in construction elements, and as interior and exterior surfaces in the Nordic countries. In most applications, there are reaction to fire requirements to products used as surfaces, e.g. in escape routes and larger public spaces. Most wood products will therefore have to be treated with fire retardant (FR) agents to fulfil the strict requirements to properties connected to heat release and flame spread. Unfortunately, FR agents usually also increase the smoke production, as they cause a more incomplete combustion of the wood. The wood product manufacturers seek to find the optimal amount of FR additives where both heat release and smoke production in the classifying test are within the requirements given in the building regulations. This paper describes models for prediction of the European reaction to fire classes of wood products. The models are based on multivariate statistical analysis, and use test results from the cone calorimeter test as input. The presented models are, with very good precision, able to predict which Euroclass and additional smoke class a wood based product would obtain if it were to be tested in the single burning item test. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

解放前我国学者对新疆石油地质的调查和研究

20世纪初，随着近代地质学在中国的形成和发展，一些学者开始了对新疆石油地质的调查和研究，30年代末以前，翁文灏，章鸿钊等学者利用文献和间接获得的资料，对新疆石油资源进行了宏观考察和若干重要油苗的地质研究；40年代开始，黄汲清等地质家在新疆进行实地考察，对独山子油田进行了详细研究，并在南北疆部分地区进行了路线性石油地质调查。     

Coulter counting and light diffraction analysis applied to characterisation of oil-water emulsions

Coulter counting and light diffraction techniques were successfully applied to the characterisation of the droplet concentration and size distribution in camphene-water and cyclohexane-water emulsions. Both of these techniques required a dilution of the emulsion prior to analysis, and it was found that the destabilizing effect on the droplets of such dilution could be overcome by performing the analyses at temperatures below the melting point of the oil phase. The storage stability of the camphene-water samples at 60 degrees C was reasonably good with a 5-20% change in the investigated parameters over a 24 h period. At room temperature camphene-water samples left to stand undisturbed were unaffected after 24 h, while continuous mixing of the emulsion on a roller board brought about a rapid amalgamation of the particles into larger aggregates. This fusion process was fully described only with the light diffraction analysis due to the broader measuring range of this technique. However, analysing emulsions with a droplet size range covered by both techniques gave identical results.