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A ventilator for respiratory care, intended for connection to a patient, avoids needless alarms, caused by a patient's attempts to speak and needless suffering because of the patient's inability to trigger an alarm, by having a sound detector arranged to detect and identify sounds made by the patien

A ventilator for respiratory care, intended for connection to a patient, avoids needless alarms, caused by a patient's attempts to speak and needless suffering because of the patient's inability to trigger an alarm, by having a sound detector arranged to detect and identify sounds made by the patient, preferably intentionally. A control unit is operatively connected to the sound detector acts on at least one function in the ventilator on the basis of sounds identified by the sound detector.

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A ventilator for respiratory care, intended for connection to a patient, avoids needless alarms, caused by a patient's attempts to speak and needless suffering because of the patient's inability to trigger an alarm, by having a sound detector arranged to detect and identify sounds made by the patien

A ventilator for respiratory care, intended for connection to a patient, avoids needless alarms, caused by a patient's attempts to speak and needless suffering because of the patient's inability to trigger an alarm, by having a sound detector arranged to detect and identify sounds made by the patient, preferably intentionally. A control unit is operatively connected to the sound detector acts on at least one function in the ventilator on the basis of sounds identified by the sound detector. of claim 13. 15. A method of cultivating kava plants comprising the steps of: providing a mounded row having a height between about 12 and 40 inches and comprising predominantly (a) clay soil which is low in organic content and (b) cinder; the mounded row having a ratio of cinder material to clay with respect to volume of about 80% to 100% cinder at a base portion of the mounded row and a ratio of between about 5% to 15% at a top portion of the mounded row; and planting a plurality of kava seedling in the mounded row. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein the kava seedlings are planted in the mounded row between about 12 to 18 inches apart. 17. The method of claim 15, wherein the cinder comprises porous lava rock having an average diameter between about 0.1 cm and 2.0 cm. 18. The method of claim 15, further comprising the steps of harvesting the kava plants by: lifting each kava plant out of the mounded row; and shaking the plant to remove debris from rootstock and lateral roots of the kava plant. 19. The method of claim 18, wherein the kava plant is lifted using a forklift having a fork with at least three substantially parallel prongs and lacking centrally or forwardly located cross-pieces. 20. A kava plant cultivated according to the method of claim 15. 21. A kava root harvested from the plant of claim 20. 22. A method of cultivating kava plants comprising the steps of: providing a mounded row having a height between about 24 and 36 inches and comprising predominantly soft powdery clay; planting a plurality of kava seedling in the mounded row in spaced about 15 to 30 inches apart. 23. The method of claim 22, further comprising the steps of harvesting the kava plants by: lifting each kava plant out of the mounded row; and shaking the plant to remove debris from rootstock and lateral roots of the kava plant. 24. The method of claim 22, wherein the kava plant is lifted using a forklift having a fork with at least three substantially parallel prongs and lacking centrally or forwardly located cross-pieces. 25. A kava plant cultivated according to the method of claim 25. 26. A kava root harvested from the plant of claim 20. 27. A method of producing kava seedlings from a kava plant having at least one stalk having a plurality of knuckles thereon, the method comprising the steps of: removing a tip from the stalk; waiting for a first period of time during which time buds develop on the stalk; cutting at least one section containing a bud from the stalk, each section having at least one knuckle; potting sections having a bud thereon in soil such that a first end of the stalk and the bud are above the soil and a second end of the stalk is below the soil; waiting for a second period of time to permit leaf shoot development on the seedling. 28. The method of claim 27, wherein the tip is removed at a point at least two knuckles from a top portion of the stalk. 29. The method of claim 27, wherein the first period of time is in the range of about 10 to about 18 days. 30. The method of claim 29, wherein the first period of time is about 14 days. 31. The method of claim 27, wherein the sections are cut diagonally relative to the stalk. 32. The method of claim 27, further comprising the step of sealing cut ends of each section. 33. The method of claim 27, wherein the second period of time is between about 2 weeks to about 5 weeks. 34. The method of claim 33, wherein the second period of time is about 4 weeks. 35. A kava seedling produced according to the method of claim 27. 36. A method of producing kava seedlings from a parent kava plant having at least one stalk having a plurality of knuckles thereon and a root mass, the method comprising the steps of: removing a tip from the stalk; waiting for a first period of time during which time buds develop on the stalk; cutting the stalk from the plant at substantially ground level; preparing seedlings from the cut stalk; waiting a second period of time; and