* The first time a newspaper called the Academy Award an âOscarâ was in 1934, when Sidney Skolsky, a famous columnist used the word in his column on Katharine Hepburnâs first Best Actress win. * By 1939, the name âOscar,â stuck to the statuette. * The statuette weighs 8.5 lbs. and the height is 13.5 inches.
A strain gage rosette is, by definition, an arrangement of two or more closely positioned gage grids, separately oriented to measure the normal strains along different directions in the underlying surface of the test part. Rosettes are designed to perform a very practical and important function in experimental stress analysis. It can
A methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) screen is a test that looks solely for the presence of MRSA and no other pathogens. It is primarily used to identify the presence of MRSA in a colonized person.ome hospitals have instituted measures to control the spread of MRSA by screening those patients they feel are at risk of being colonized with these resistant bacteria (a carrier) or all new admissions to the hospital.