Abstract: Nasal cannula assemblies for providing respiratory therapy to patients are provided. A nasal cannula assembly can include a cannula, an optional manifold which may be removable, a gas supply tube, and a securement mechanism. Securement mechanisms can include headgear straps, cheek pads, or an adhesive nose strip. A nasal cannula assembly can also include a lanyard, lanyard clip, and/or lanyard connector to help support the weight of a main gas delivery conduit.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wood board, comprising: - applying a binder composition, notably in the form of an aqueous solution, to loose wood matter to provide resinated loose wood matter, wherein the binder composition consists of a binder composition prepared by combining reactants comprising at least 50% by dry weight reducing sugar reactant(s) and at least 5% by dry weight nitrogen-containing reactant(s); and—arranging the resinated wood matter as a sheet of loosely arranged resinated wood matter; and—subjecting the sheet of loosely arranged resinated wood matter to heat and pressure to cure the binder composition and to form the wood board from the sheet of loosely arranged resinated wood;—wherein the nitrogen-containing reactant(s) comprise TPTA triprimary triamine(s), notably wherein the nitrogen-containing reactant(s) comprise at least 5% by dry weight of TPTA triprimary triamine(s).

Abstract: A process for removing nitrogen from raw or settled sewage, comprising passing the sewage through a first stage in the form of an anoxic biological denitrification stage, through a second stage in the form of an aerated biological nitrification stage, through a third stage in the form of an anoxic biological denitrification stage, through a fourth stage in the form of an aeration stage to facilitate solids separation, through a solids separation stage to provide a clarified effluent and an active sludge, of recycling mixed liquor from the second stage to the first stage and of recycling at least portion of the active sludge to the first stage. The process adapted for the additional removal of phosphates by regularly wasting sludge, by aerating the fourth stage to maintain a dissolved oxygen concentration of at least 4 mg/l, and by controlling th sludge recycle rate to limit the sludge retention time in the solids separation stage.