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As at Macondo, the rig's crew had already run a negative-pressure test on the lone physical barrier between the pay zone and the rig, and had declared the test a success.
Oil spill: What we have here is a failure of communication Joel Achenbach 2011
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But those issues were for the most part not communicated to the rig crew that conducted the negative-pressure test and monitored the well....
Oil spill: What we have here is a failure of communication Joel Achenbach 2011
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In another ten to the negative thirty two seconds, the negative-pressure from vacuum-energy density will produce a thermodynamic phase transition resulting in a cosmic inflation.
Rome Ants In The Sky J. Mykell Collinz 2012
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Kinetic is by far the dominant player in the negative-pressure wound therapy market, with a market share of about 90%.
Judge Rules Kinetic Concepts' Patents Invalid Jennifer Cummings 2010
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Similarly, it appears at this time that the BP Well Site Leaders did not consult anyone on shore about the anomalous data observed during the negative-pressure test.
Oil spill: What we have here is a failure of communication Joel Achenbach 2011
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Kinetic's patents relate to so-called negative-pressure wound therapy, a market the company developed.
Judge Rules Kinetic Concepts' Patents Invalid Jennifer Cummings 2010
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The report said the presence of the spacer across the inlet to a pipe called the kill line "could have complicated the interpretation of the negative-pressure test."
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The report said the presence of the spacer across the inlet to a pipe called the kill line "could have complicated the interpretation of the negative-pressure test."
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Committed to being a made-in-the-USA Green company, Sheppard and Teter built a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in an old Ford auto plant that utilizes daylight, recycles the water they use, and has a negative-pressure dust booth to minimize air pollution in the plant.
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The hot cell was equipped with the most extreme contamination control systems, 'including an inert atmosphere, and even the surrounding areas were fed by negative-pressure ventilation units in order to confine the highly toxic particles of plutonium and 114m from migrating out of the primary confinement zone.
Floating City Lustbader, Eric 1990
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