The process of recovering solvent vapors in successive layers of granular or fibrous carbon adsorbence

Conclusions -- Results have been given of a study of the process of recovery of acetone and toluene vapor by a fibrous-granular carbon tower consisting of activated carbon fibre of the Aktilen^R type and granular activated carbon.-- It has been found that such a tower permits one to increase the degree of utilization of the adsorptive capacity of the adsorbents with respect to the less well sorbed component (acetone) in the investigated mixture of organic solvents, and to increase the duration of protective action. This facilitates processes of separating the recovered mixture of volatile solvents.Translated from Khimicheskie Volokna, No. 4, pp. 40–42, July–August, 1990.     

Is it more than "dodging lions and wastin' time?" Adequacy of counsel, questions of competence, and the justice process in individual right to refuse treatment cases.

This article argues that, if the MacArthur Treatment Competence Study (e.g., P. S. Appelbaum and T. Grisso, Grisso et al, and Grisso and Appelbaum; see records 82:39258, 82:35494, and 82:37814, respectively) is to be meaningfully operationalized, it is necessary to consider the ways that counsel is provided in individual cases to institutionalized individuals wishing to assert the right to refuse antipsychotic drug treatment. It looks at the role of counsel in individual right to refuse cases, examines the ways that counsel is assigned in 3 states, and considers the underlying questions through the filters of "sanism" and "pretextuality." It concludes that the issues of the availability and competence of counsel must be addressed by policy makers if the goals of the MacArthur study are to be met. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Therapeutic jurisprudence and the civil rights of institutionalized mentally disabled persons: Hopeless oxymoron or path to redemption?

Examines, from a therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ) perspective, the rights of institutionalized mentally disabled persons to determine whether TJ is compatible with positions advancing civil rights and liberties, and whether lawyers for such individuals should look more closely to TJ as a source of rights. It concludes (1) that despite harsh criticisms of mental disability law reform, most of the important decisions in the areas of involuntary civil commitment, right to treatment, and right to refuse treatment law have a strong TJ component and (2) that TJ analyses may be the appropriate tool to reinvigorate this area of mental disability law. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Influence of certain media on properties of polycaprolactam

The kinetics of absorption of working media (water, benzene, kerosene) and the variation in the elasticity modulus in relation to the degree of absorption and degree of crystallinity of polycaprolactam were studied. It was shown that water produces a considerable reduction in the elasticity modulus of caprone, the effect becoming more pronounced with decreasing degree of crystallinity. In time the elasticity modulus becomes stable even though water continues to be absorbed. Benzine and kerosene appear to be inert with respect to caprone.