This medical study features a photo that either clarifies matters or confuses them: “A novel method to decrease mattress compression during CPR using a mattress compression cover and a vacuum pump,” Jaehoon Oh, Youngjoon Chee, Yeongtak Song, Taeho Lim, Hyunggoo Kang, Youngsuk Cho, Resuscitation, epub 2012. The authors, at Hanyang University in Seoul and at […]
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The Difficulty of Squeezing Beans
A study of pressing interest to anyone who squeezes beans or wonders about anyone who squeezes beans: “Resistance of Edible Beans to Compression,” Paulo Cesar Corrêa, Osvaldo Resende, Deise Menezes Ribeiro, Carmen Jarén, and Silvia Arazuri, Journal of Food Engineering, vol. 86, no. 2, May 2008, pp. 172–7. [AIR 15:5] The authors are variously at […]