| Home dialysis machine revitalizes patient's life
SAIA FASSISILA, pastor of the United Methodist Church in San Mateo, dreaded his options when his kidneys failed two years ago. Either he stayed hooked up three times a week, four hours a session to a large machine that cleaned his blood, or he'd die. Although he'd taken medication for years to control his high blood pressure, in his case that wasn't enough to stop the condition from damaging his kidneys. "I had no choice," Fassisila said. When doctors sent him from his bed at Stanford Hospital directly to a dialysis clinic to clear his blood of the accumulated metabolic byproducts, excess nutrients and water were close to killing him, since his kidneys could no longer eliminate them. "I was given a second chance in life with dialysis," said Fassisila, 48, who was born and raised in Tonga.
Comparison of linear actuators with pneumatics and hydraulics
Over the past few years the development of electric linear actuators has led to their increasing use in linear motion systems that would formerly have used hydraulics. When deciding whether to use hydraulic or electro-mechanical actuators in a particular application the sole deciding factor is: which best meets the technical and economic demands of the application. Although the features of each application need to be examined individually, the table provided with this article makes clear the several variables that will influence the basic decision and need to be considered when designing a linear motion system. A system for a fully electric powered fork-lift truck is taken as an example. In a growing number of instances, the basic question to be answered when designing a linear motion system is whether to use electro-mechanical actuators or hydraulic.
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Bowden: Up to 25 players to miss bowl
Although the exact penalty is believed to have not yet been determined by NCAA, the penalty will carry into next season.
FSU President T.K. Wetherell and Bobby Bowden confirmed last week that players would not participate in the bowl. Wetherell is on vacation.
Lee Hinkle, vice president for University relations, said FSU will not identify the players because of federal student privacy laws.
She added that not all players who will miss the game because of rule violations are tied to the case. Hinkle said the universitys final report into academic misconduct will be completed by the first of the year.
In other FSU news, offensive line coach Rick Trickett was not at practice. He is expected to be interviewing for the West Virginia head coaching vacancy.
Bars kicking off Super Bowl parties with contests, bargain eats and ...
On Sunday at 6:18 p.m., the kickoff of Super Bowl XLII will take place on a field in Phoenix, Ariz. Two teams, the N.Y. Giants and the New England Patriots, will play a game that surely will go down in the annals of football history." target="newplace"> .
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