The worry of relocating to a malaria zone could become a thing of the past if researchers can perfect mosquito birth control. The male malaria mosquito has a unique mating habit of sealing its sperm inside the female with a “plug”. Using this information, researchers are looking for ways to inhibit the formation of the plug.
The anopheles mosquitoes are the carriers of the deadly disease which threatens 3 billion people, has infected more than 215 million and kills 655,000 annually. Scientists reported at the National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, that they are searching for a compound that would inhibit the formation of the plug. They would use the technology to breed sterile males in captivity. These males would then be released to mate with wild females.
“Ideally, it would be a substance that could be fed to males, sterilizing them so that they mate but no offspring result. It’s a well-established biological insect-control technology called the sterile insect technique and has been used for decades,” explained Richard Baxter Ph.D, professor of chemistry at Yale.
The approach is used against tsetse flies in Africa that transmit sleeping sickness and can be effective against mosquitoes, which mate only once or twice in their lifetime. Male mosquitoes would be reared under controlled conditions, fed a transglutaminase inhibitor and released to mate with wild females, reducing the population without the use of insecticides.
As mosquitoes have adapted to more traditional forms of control and environmental concerns are raised about the spraying of insecticides, this method presents a new alternative.
“Mosquitoes are adapting to the traditional control measures,” warns Baxter. “They are becoming resistant to the commonly used insecticides such as DDT and pyrethroids, and they are avoiding bed nets by biting during the day and out-of-doors. The sterile insect technique moves us away from trying to deliver chemicals to female mosquitoes by spreading them around people. Instead, we feed a chemical to the male, and he finds the females for us.”


Portal pressure is the product of portal blood flow and resistance; an increase in either leads to increased portal pressure. Cirrhosis is the underlying cause in most cases, but portal hypertension can develop due to pre-, intra- and post-hepatic obstruction to the flow, secondary to variety of causes. Diagnosis can be established by a combination of non-invasive imaging of portal vasculature and clinical or serological markers for the cause underlying cirrhosis. Development of gastro-oesophageal varices and ascites are the most important clinical manifestation of portal hypertension. Non-selective beta-blockers and endoscopic band ligation are effective in primary and secondary prevention of variceal bleeding. Active variceal haemorrhage is managed using a combination of vasoactive drugs (e.g. terlipressin) and endoscopic band ligation. If these measures fail, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent (TIPS) insertion achieves haemostasis. Diuretic therapy with spironolactone and furosemide are the mainstays of management of ascites. If ascites becomes refractory, repeat large-volume paracentesis and TIPS in selected cases help to control symptoms. Development of ascites is an important landmark in the natural history of cirrhosis and liver transplantation should be considered definitive treatment.


Geneva, 22 June 2017 — The international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today welcomed the addition of snakebite to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) list. Despite the fact that snakebite is estimated to kill over 100,000 people every year — more than any other disease on the list — there are hardly any resources to prevent and treat it, with very limited access to life-saving anti-venom therapy.
“This is an opportunity to finally get serious about tackling snakebite,” said Julien Potet, Policy Advisor on Neglected Tropical Diseases for MSF’s Access Campaign.
The supply of anti-venom treatments continues to be a problem in the most affected countries. In some cases, products that have been found ineffective are still being marketed; in others, effective anti-venoms such as Sanofi’s Fav-Afrique— considered by experts to be a very effective product against many African snake species — are not manufactured anymore (Sanofi decided to abandon production of Fav-Afrique in 2014 and the last batches have now expired). WHO has started evaluating the different existing products in order to help countries select quality anti-venoms that work against bites by local snake species and are safe to administer.
MSF treats more than 2,000 snakebite victims per year around the world in projects in countries such as the Central African Republic, Ethiopia, South Sudan, and in the Middle East. While MSF provides the treatment free of charge in its facilities, the price of a treatment when paid out of pocket can often exceed US$100, making it practically inaccessible in low-resource rural settings where most people at risk live.
On top of the problems surrounding anti-venom supply, tackling snakebite is riddled with additional challenges, including the lack of adequate diagnostic tests for improved snake species identification, the absence of systematic training and clinical guidance for medical staff, and a poor understanding of the actual number and distribution of cases.
“We now hope that donors and governments will take concrete steps to reinforce training and guidance of medical staff on snakebite envenoming, better identify the hot spots with many unmet needs, cover some of the treatment costs, strengthen the capacity of WHO to evaluate antivenom quality, and support the development of new better tools,” said Potet.


History & Description:
Yuca is also known as cassava, manioc, manihot, mandioca, sweet potato tree, and tapioca plant. It is one of the important food crops in the tropics where it is grown for its starchy, tuberous roots. The yuca vegetable or tuber has its roots in the Amazon Basin of tropical Brazil. Its cultivation spread from there to other parts of Latin America thousands of years ago. This crunchy vegetable has a tough brown skin and a crisp, white flesh. Yuca is divided into two categories: bitter & sweet. It is used as a thickener in the making of tapioca.
Eat yuca for healthy skin and muscles. Yuca is high in starch, making it a good energy source, and vitamin C which is important for healthy teeth and gums. The yuca also provides potassium which helps in maintaining a good balance of bodily fluids in the blood. It is also a good source of dietary fibre which helps to promote regularity.
Choosing & Storing:
Choose yuca that is firm and well-formed. Look for tubers that are free of blemishes, with a clean, fresh scent. Store yuca whole in a cool, dark, dry place for up to one week.
Tips for Preparing Yuca:
The skin of the yuca root should be peeled and the fibrous core removed before using. Yuca needs to be boiled before eating. It can be steamed, baked or roasted but boiling and steaming cassava are best. When grated, cassava can be used in puddings or included in meat and vegetable dishes. You can add cut yuca to soups and stews. Boil this tuber, mash it and drizzle with garlic sauce. This makes a great alternative to rice.


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[Music] graphs for kids today we are going to learn all about graphs graphs can show percentages pictures bars or lines graphs summarize important information so that people can quickly learn about a subject learning how to read and create graphs is an important skill to have lets start by looking at a pictograph pictographs are graphs that show pictures this graph shows pictures of smiley faces the title at the top tells us that this graph is about favorite first grade field trips the places the first graders visited are written on the left side of the graph art museum zoo science museum and fire station on the bottom of the graph it tells us that one smiley face equals five votes the number of smiley faces in each row add up to the number of votes each place received can you tell from the graph which field trip the kids liked the most did you say the zoo it has the most smiley faces what was the students least favorite field trip fire station thats right it only has two smiley fa


The harmony of rural life is often romanticized, but differences among neighbors, whether ethnic, religious or political, could often lead to tension, especially as new groups emigrated west. Ezra and Dan Miller were born in a sod house in North Dakota but migrated with a group of Amish Mennonites to Montana. In this 1981 interview, conducted by Laurie Mercier for the Montana Historical Society, they described how local cowboys reacted to the influx of Amish farmers.Listen to Audio:
Dan Miller: But these ranchers never did like the settlers to come in, you know...
Laurie Mercier: In different parts of Montana it seems like some got along OK and others didn’t.
Miller: Yes, yes
Mercier: And I’m interested in finding out the relationship between the early settlers or early farmers and those ranchers.
Miller: Well, one time Dad was just here, getting coal and a cowboy came along and tried to discourage him from farming. And he’s telling him how terrible the wind is here and how, the hardships they have to go through you know. So he told Dad that he remembers when it was so windy that they had a log chain hanging on a nail at the house, it was so windy the log chain was stuck straight out. And then Dad literally say “Well if that would have been in North Dakota, it’d pulled the nail out of the wall, besides” he said. So, they tried tactics, you know, to try and scare out the farmers. They didn’t like the farmers.
Mercier: Other than maybe running cattle into their fields, do you recall any kind of conflicts?
Miller: No, not really. They accepted us. But words maybe, once in a while. All in all I think they got along fairly well. Well, some of these ranchers are real good neighbors too.
Source: Oral history courtesy of Montana Historical Society.
See Also:Dancing after Dark: A Rural Woman Recalls Farm Life in the Early 20th century
Saturday Night on the Range: Rural Life in World War I Era Montana


Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 (Oxford History of the United States)
by David M. Kennedy
Between 1929 and 1945, two great travails were visited upon the American people: the Great Depression and World War II. This book tells the story of how Americans endured, and eventually prevailed, in the face of those unprecedented calamities.
The Depression was both a disaster and an opportunity. As David Kennedy vividly demonstrates, the economic crisis of the 1930s was far more than a simple reaction to the alleged excesses of the 1920s. For more than a century before 1929, America’s unbridled industrial revolution had gyrated through repeated boom and bust cycles, wastefully consuming capital and inflicting untold misery on city and countryside alike. Freedom From Fear explores how the nation agonized over its role in World War II, how it fought the war, why the United States won, and why the consequences of victory were sometimes sweet, sometimes ironic. In a compelling narrative, Kennedy analyzes the determinants of American strategy, the painful choices faced by commanders and statesmen, and the agonies inflicted on the millions of ordinary Americans who were compelled to swallow their fears and face battle as best they could.
Both comprehensive and colorful, this account of the most convulsive period in American history, excepting only the Civil War, reveals a period that formed the crucible in which modern America was formed.
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A study recently published by the American Medical Association (AMA) research team has revealed rising rates of digital health use among physicians since 2016 and offers details on their expectations. Digital health provides a wide range of tools that can enhance medical treatment, facilitate lifestyle changes, and increase operational efficiency and includes technological advancements in mHealth, wearables, monitoring systems, applications, and telemedicine and telehealth.
According to AMA, the survey’s objective was to learn more about physicians’ reasons for adopting digital health technology and their needs for doing so. It included responses from people of various ages and specializations. The researchers discovered a multitude of digital health trends. The first being an increase in the number of physicians who see a definite benefit in digital tools rising from 85 percent in 2016 to 93 percent in 2022, particularly for those aged aboved 51 years old. Physicians claimed improved clinical outcomes and work efficiencies as key factors for this. Other benefits include reduced stress and burnout, electronic health record integrations, and data privacy assurances. The survey also found that the adoption of remote care tools such as tele-visits and remote monitoring had seen the highest increase in use. Since 2019, the use of remote care tools tripled and remote monitoring efficiency almost doubled. In addition, researchers discovered that enthusiasm for virtual visits has increased significantly since 2019, while enthusiasm for most other digital solutions remained largely the same. Researchers noted physicians’ plans for adoption of emerging technologies is high. However, usage is low with nearly 1 in 5 currently using augmented intelligence for practice efficiencies. Despite this, nearly 3 in 5 physicians believe technology can most help key areas such as chronic disease patients and preventative care
The physician adoption rate of digital health tools has accelerated as physicians grow increasingly optimistic about the advantages that properly designed digital health tools can have for patient care if key requirements are met,” said AMA President Jack Resneck Jr., MD. “The AMA survey illustrates the importance physicians place on validated digital health tools that improve health while streamlining the technological and administrative burdens faced each day in medicine. These technologies also must be designed and deployed in ways that advance health equity.


History of any government gives a deep understanding about its origin, development and background. While comparing Ergatocracy vs Chiefdom history, the most relevant points for comparison are its origin, famous leaders that have contributed towards the development of Ergatocracy and Chiefdom as well as their modern day aspects. Now you can easily get to know the gist of History of Ergatocracy vs History of Chiefdom with respect to all the above points!
When we are comparing Ergatocracy vs Chiefdom, history of these government types plays a significant role. You can differentiate Ergatocracy vs Chiefdom history to understand how these forms of government have evolved from their origins to their modern day theories. The factors that set apart Ergatocracy and Chiefdom history are its place of origin and period of origin. People who have developed theories and philosophies and have contributed towards the growth of these types of governments should also be considered. To know how these contributions have fared, you can compare Ergatocracy vs Chiefdom Characteristics!
The roots of any government characterize its history. A fact that one should never miss while studying governments is knowing the founders or advocates of these governments. Many Ergatocracy and Chiefdom famous leaders have a major share in establishing as well as improving them. The theories and practicalities may differ, but the intention of establishing or promoting a specific government has always been betterment of some entity. Ergatocracy famous leaders include Eden Paul. Some of the Chiefdom are Robert L. Carneiro.
Ergatocracy originated in Great Britain around 20th century AD, Not Available. Around 19th century AD Chiefdom was originated in Africa.
After knowing about the origin, we should also get to know the modern day Ergatocracy vs Chiefdom theories and the way in which these governments have evolved. Given below is a summary of modern day Ergatocracy vs Chiefdom ideas:
Early modern period: Ergatocracy- NAChiefdom- Not Present.
18th and 19th centuries:Ergatocracy- NAChiefdom- Late 19th Century:Chiefdom was prevalant in Polynesia and western Africa. 1890's: Chiefdom was applied in Sierra Leone in West Africa..
20th and 21st centuries:Ergatocracy- NAChiefdom- Late 20th century: Chiefdom had been discarded in most of the countries..
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California Current System Could Experience Weak El Niño-Related Impacts, Study Says
A CPO-funded study published in Geophysical Research Letters concluded that although tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures hit a record high during the 2015-2016 El Niño, impacts to marine ecosystems and primary production are likely to be weak in the California Current System. These impacts are expected to be weak because Kelvin waves and weakened upwelling-favorable winds did not accompany the anomalously warm temperatures in 2015-2016.
The study’s findings highlight El Niño’s potential to influence different regions in a number of ways. While the 2015-2016 El Niño is not expected to trigger widespread changes to the north Pacific’s ecosystems, El Niño events of similar magnitudes (1982-1983 and 1997-1998) resulted in significant changes to ecosystems in the North Pacific. Ocean physics, chemistry, and biology can be influenced due to El Niño’s effects on ocean wave propagation, as well as tropical convection and advection.
Analysis for equatorial Pacific temperature anomalies used the Niño 3.4 Index, in situ measurements and satellite observations of surface chlorophyll, and wind data. Researchers also used data from underwater gliders and ocean reanalysis.
The 2015–2016 El Niño is by some measures one of the strongest on record, comparable to the 1982–1983 and 1997–1998 events that triggered widespread ecosystem change in the northeast Pacific. Here we describe impacts of the 2015–2016 El Niño on the California Current System (CCS) and place them in historical context using a regional ocean model and underwater glider observations. Impacts on the physical state of the CCS are weaker than expected based on tropical sea surface temperature anomalies; temperature and density fields reflect persistence of multiyear anomalies more than El Niño. While we anticipate El Niño-related impacts on spring/summer 2016 productivity to be similarly weak, their combination with preexisting anomalous conditions likely means continued low phytoplankton biomass. This study highlights the need for regional metrics of El Niño’s effects and demonstrates the potential to assess these effects before the upwelling season, when altered ecosystem functioning is most apparent.
Read the full report of the study: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016GL069716/abstract


A Beta-Cooperative CBR System for Constructing a Business Management Model
Fecha de publicación
Springer Science + Business Media
Lecture Notes in Computer Science Advances in Data Mining. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Volumen 3275, pp. 42-49.
Knowledge has become the most strategic resource in the new business environment. A case-based reasoning system has been developed for identifying critical situations in business processes. The CBR system can be used to categorize the necessities for the Acquisition, Transfer and Updating of Knowledge of the different departments of a firm. This technique is used as a tool to develop a part of a Global and Integral Model of Business Management, which brings about a global improvement in the firm, adding value, flexibility and competitiveness. From this perspective, the data mining model tries to generalize the hypothesis of organizational survival and competitiveness, so that the organization that is able to identify, strengthen, and use key knowledge will reach a pole position. This case-based reasoning system incorporates a novel artificial neural architecture called Beta-Cooperative Learning in order to categorize the necessities for the Acquisition, Transfer and Updating of Knowledge of the different departments of a firm. This architecture is used to retrieve the most similar cases to a given subject.
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Onsite Dust Hazard Analysis (DHA)
Many industrial facilities handle combustible particulate material which poses fire and explosion hazards. Managing combustible dust hazards is critical to ensure the safety of the plant personnel and operations. In order to effectively manage combustible dust hazards, they must first be identified and understood.
A dust hazards analysis, or DHA, is a systematic review and assessment of a process and/or facility led by someone with knowledge and experience in understanding and identifying combustible dust hazards. A DHA is a tool to help plant managers and operators address and manage hazards that may not have been otherwise obvious. It is also a documented record of awareness that places diligence and duty on the plant manager/owner to address the hazards.
An effective DHA includes information to classify and quantify the material(s) as combustible dust. This is often by reference to material explosibility testing of a representative sample(s) of the dust handled and present in the actual facility and process(es). This may include one or various materials or forms of a single material in a facility. Influential factors can include particle size and moisture content.
The primary value of a DHA comes from the analysis of each area, process operation and equipment where combustible dust is or may be present. The analysis identifies specific combustible dust fire, flash fire and explosion hazards as well as the potential implications of the hazard event. Combustible dust hazards are assessed on the basis of the dust explosion pentagon components: fuel, oxygen, ignition source, fuel dispersion in the air above the minimum explosion concentration and containment. A definitive absence of one component rules out the probability of the dust explosion, however; fire and flash fire can be still highly probable. The hazards are identified under the conditions of both normal operation and abnormal or upset conditions. Existing safeguards and hazard reduction or management methods shall be clearly indicated and documented but also assessed for application suitability, reliability and maintenance.
One of the most important aspects of the DHA is specific recommendations to manage the identified hazards and the residual effects or secondary hazards. Recommendations should be as specific as possible and prioritized according to the severity and probability of the hazard.
Our combustible dust experts can visit your facility to evaluate your receiving, storage, use, processing and disposal of all “powder” materials. We will evaluate existing dust management programs, handling practices, equipment, fire/explosion suppression systems, warning devices and onsite extinguishing capabilities.


Demographic shocks tied to World War I’s high death toll induced many women to enter the labour force in the immediate postwar period. I document a positive impact of these newly employed women on the labour force participation of subsequent generations of women until today. I also find that the war permanently altered attitudes toward the role of women in the labour force. I decompose this impact into three channels of intergenerational transmission: transmission from mothers to daughters, transmission from mothers-in-law to daughters-in-law via their sons, and transmission through local social interactions.
- J16: Economics of Gender • Non-labor Discrimination
- J22: Time Allocation and Labor Supply
- N34: Europe: 1913-
- Z13: Economic Sociology • Economic Anthropology • Social and Economic Stratification
Victor Gay, “The Legacy of the Missing Men: The Long-Run Impact of World War I on Female Labor Force Participation”, IAST Working Paper, n. 21-120, January 2021.
Victor Gay, “The Legacy of the Missing Men: The Long-Run Impact of World War I on Female Labor Force Participation”, TSE Working Paper, n. 21-1173, January 2021.
Victor Gay, “The Intergenerational Transmission of World War I on Female Labour”, The Economic Journal, 2023, forthcoming.
The Economic Journal, 2023, forthcoming


Introduction To Corel Draw: In this article we will be having a detailed discussion on the introduction of Corel Draw. This has been one of the most famous and yet the popular software for the page layout and graphic designing. There have been many people that currently prefer the use of Corel Draw for their computers and laptops. The main motive behind this software is that it allows the students and so as the common and ordinary people to make use of the drawings so easily and that too with less consumption of time. If we look upon the main benefits of the Corel Draw then they are numerous and wide in quantity such as making the presentations, reports on drawings, maps and graphic designing and so many others. Most of the people think that this software has not been switched with much benefits because of the newly introduced system. But all such people are absolutely wrong! This software has been installed with all such applications and features that can help in making the person task much more effortless and quite simple for completion as well. Let’s have a look at some of the main benefits of Coral Draw.
ADVANTAGES OF COREL DRAW:
- It Allows the students to make use of ribbon bar for making the drawings and offered with the multi-page documents.
- If often grants the accessibility of making the projects in the field of graphics and scaling the objects as well
- Coral Draw has been manipulated with such features that the students and users can even fill the objects with the colors and pattern designs as well.
- There is also style format application in Corel Draw that is much convenient for fulfilling the graphic task with complete perfection and that too in finest manner.
- One of the most interesting features in the Corel Draw has been all associated with the usage of color schemes that has all the time fun loving by most of the users. They can often create new colors of their own choices and even palettes as well.
On the whole of this detailed discussion we would say that this article has been just wrapped up for all those people who are not much aware from this Corel Draw application. It has been filled with a lot more advantages and benefits for the graphic designing user. Just make the use of this software now and we are sure that you will feel it as the helping hand for sure.


To provide practice of names of professions in the context of risky business
To provide fluency in the context of jobs
Procedure (40-55 minutes)
First I will check their home task. Later we will play a game like a competition. Students will be divided into two teams, one team will read the riddles, others will try to find what job it is. The team that finds the most correct answers will be the winner.
Students will match the pictures with the appropriate jobs, then we will discuss some questions such as "which job do they like most/least?", "what is their dream job?".
I will give them cards to ask questions to each other starting with "How often?". Then I will write the frequency adverbs on the board drawing a line. They will come to the board and decide which adverbs belong to the which part of the line. "Never" being (0%) and "Always" being (100%).
I will ask them CCQs such as "is it close to "never" or "always"? and "how close is it" making sure that they understand.
They will practice writing different tasks and deciding where to put the frequency adverbs in the sentences.
Students will listen to the audios and complete the tasks.


Institut Curie was born out of the determination of one woman, Marie Curie.
Institut Curie is a leading center in the fight against cancer. Institut Curie combines an internationally renowned research facility with a cutting-edge hospital group, treating all types of cancer, including the rarest forms.
For decades, Institut Curie has served as the reference center for breast cancer, pediatric cancer, eye tumor and sarcomas (tumors that occur in the bones and soft tissues).
On December 12, 1909, the University of Paris and Institut Pasteur decided to build the Institut du Radium for Marie Curie, who won the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics along with her husband Pierre Curie and their colleague Henri Becquerel, for their work on radioactivity. This laboratory was set up just a few streets away from the “hangar” at the school of industrial chemistry and physics, where Pierre and Marie Curie discovered radioactivity along with polonium and radium in 1898.
When Marie Curie discovered radium, she very quickly had the revolutionary idea of applying radioactivity and its properties to medicine. The goal was to study radioactivity and its applications in physics, chemistry, biology and medicine. The set-up was very original for its time: the Institut du Radium featured the Curie laboratory, directed by Marie Curie and entirely devoted to physics and chemistry research, and the Pasteur laboratory, directed by Dr. Claudius Regaud and devoted to studying the biological effects and medical applications of radioactivity.
Once the World War I ended and they settled into their respective laboratories, Curie and Regaud proposed a general development project for the Institut du Radium, where research and therapeutic applications would be closely linked. This well-known research-care continuum, developed by Curie and Regaud, is still the hallmark of Institut Curie a century later. Institut Curie’s innovations are based on this fundamental pillar.
Construction was completed in 1914.
Continuing Marie Curie’s legacy


Hygiene is key with any rotavirus infection. The virus is easily spread through hand-to-mouth contact once an infection is present. Rotavirus is present in an infected person’s stool a few days before they begin to experience common symptoms, and remains for up to ten days after symptoms clear up.
How is rotavirus transmitted?
The virus can spread through anything an infected person touches. Hand-washing, particularly after using the toilet, helping another to use the toilet, or changing a baby’s nappy (diaper) is very important. If hand-washing is insufficient and any contaminated object is touched, and a person then touches their own mouth, the infection is spread. The virus can remain infectious on contaminated surfaces for weeks if not disinfected properly.
It is possible to be infected with rotavirus more than once in your lifetime because there are several types of viruses, even if you have been vaccinated before. Typically, any repeat infections will be less severe.
Symptoms of rotavirus
Common signs and symptoms of an infection are:
- Severe watery diarrhoea
- Abdominal pain and discomfort
- Loss of appetite
- Loss of bodily fluids (dehydration)
Vomiting is often the first symptom, followed by diarrhoea and a fever. The combination of vomiting and diarrhoea is what brings on dehydration in the body.
Signs of dehydration include a decrease in urination, a dry mouth and throat, as well as dizziness (particularly when standing up). A dehydrated child or baby may also cry with few or no tears, and become unusually fussy or even sleepy. Babies and very young children with rotavirus infections do need to be monitored closely. Dehydration can occur quickly and if the body loses more water than is replaced, severe health problems can arise.
Although children can be vaccinated against the virus, they may still become unwell (and more than once too) due to the possibility of different viral strains developing in the future. Thus, current vaccinations may not provide full protection from future infections, but the likelihood of contracting the virus is reduced and any symptoms experienced are milder. Adults infected with rotavirus tend to experience less severe symptoms as well.


Our goal is to educate and support people with OCD, their family members, and their treatment professionals. OCD is a complicated disorder that often co-exists with other anxiety disorders and/or major depression.
The toll that OCD and anxiety disorders take on the lives of individuals all over the world scarcely needs underlining. While societies have made great strides in numerous aspects of public health globally, our progress on mental health lags far behind.
Statistics show that around 2% of adults in Canada and 2.3% of adults in the United States experience symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. And, startlingly, many of those affected do not seek help, with an average of 10 years between the presentation of symptoms and first contact with medical professionals.
Poorly understood by many and still carrying an unwarranted stigma, OCD is not only a health burden but an illness that destroys lives. This leads us to another of our core goals at BeyondOCD.org: let’s open up meaningful and educational discussions about OCD and anxiety disorders.
Open discourse leads to solutions and understanding. Time spent engaging with others can open our eyes, educate us, and bring empathy and comfort to those who need it in difficult times. As a global community, promoting learning and discussion in all aspects of OCD is our goal.
Bringing Attention to OCD
The important responsibility falls on the shoulders of physicians to both recognize OCD symptoms and to recommend suitable specialists, trained in evidence-based treatments such as cognitive behavior therapy. Unfortunately, debilitating symptoms are often dismissed in a primary care environment, leading to unnecessary suffering among those affected. For this reason, it is essential that awareness of the disorder is expanded not just among the general population, but among the medical community too.
This site contains a wealth of useful information about OCD, its symptoms, effects, treatments, and more. For OCD articles visit the site archives.


Need a kindergarten writing lesson or a first grade writing activity with a fun theme? These fairy tale sentence writing practice worksheets are fun no prep activities. They are perfect for writing lessons, writing centers, or writer’s workshop.
There are 35 fun worksheets featuring engaging clip art for students to color after they have written their sentences.
There are 7 different types of sentence writing worksheet. View the preview to see them in closer detail. Each type of worksheet comes in 5 versions (different clip art).
- Fairy Tale Sentences – Read, trace, and write sentences.
- Create a Sentence – Choose a few pictures from the box and color them in. Next, write a sentence to match each picture.
- Write a Fairy Tale Sentence – Look at each picture and write a sentence to match.
- Fairy Tale Picture Match – Read, trace and write sentences. Cut out the pictures and glue them next to the correct sentence.
- Missing Fairy Tale Words – Cut out the words and glue them in the empty boxes next to the correct pictures. Trace and write the sentences.
- Finish the Sentence – Read the sentences, fill in the missing words, and write the sentences.
- Unscramble a Sentence – Look at the words and unscramble them. Write the words into a sentence that makes sense.
These worksheets are designed for kinder and 1st grade. They vary in difficulty, as some worksheets require tracing and copying, whereas others require making up sentences from scratch. This product is therefore great for differentiation!
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Have you ever dreamed of a starry place where booze and sugar flow freely? Rejoice! Your dreams have become a reality.
Yes, Comet Lovejoy is living up to its name and is releasing as much as 500 bottles of wine every second into space, scientists have found. This discovery marks the first time ethyl alcohol, the same type in alcoholic beverages, has been observed in a comet, researchers said.
The discovery gives more substance to the evidence that comets could have been a source of the complex organic molecules necessary for the emergence of life, they said.
“We found that comet Lovejoy was releasing as much alcohol as in at least 500 bottles of wine every second during its peak activity,” said Nicolas Biver of the Paris Observatory, France, lead author of a research paper published in journal Science Advances.
The team found 21 different organic molecules in gas from the comet, including ethyl alcohol and glycolaldehyde, a simple sugar.
Comet Lovejoy (formally catalogued as C/2014 Q2) was one of the brightest and most active comets since comet Hale-Bopp in 1997. On January 30, 2015, Lovejoy passed closest to the Sun, when it was releasing water at the rate of 20 tonnes per second.
It was also observed by the team that the atmosphere of the comet around that time was brightest and most active. They also observed a microwave glow from the comet using the 30-meter diameter radio telescope at Pico Veleta in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of Spain.
Some researchers think that comet impacts on ancient Earth delivered a supply of organic molecules that could have assisted the origin of life and this latest discovery of complex organic molecules in Lovejoy and other comets gives support to this hypothesis.
“The result definitely promotes the idea the comets carry very complex chemistry,” said Stefanie Milam of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Maryland, a co-author on the paper.


BOARDMAN, H. A.; - [President Millard C. FILLMORE]
The New Doctrine of Intervention, tried by the Teachings of Washington: An Address Delivered in the Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia
Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo and Co., 1852. 8vo. (9 x 5 7/8 inches). 63pp., plus 24pp. of ads in the rear and 4pp. of ads tipped in at the front.
Original printed wrappers.
Provenance: President Millard C. Fillmore (presentation inscription on the upper wrapper, "President Fillmore, with respects of the Author")
Second edition, inscribed to President Millard Fillmore.
This address given by Henry Augustus Boardman, pastor of the Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia and prolific author, denounces the policy of political intervention proposed by deposed Hungarian leader Lajos Kossuth in his speech before Congress. Kossuth, who was briefly President-Regent of Hungary, fled the country in 1851 after the collapse of his power-base. Considered a revolutionary, he was feted across England and America and addressed the Congress, exhorting them to intervene in the quarrels of foreign countries to support democracy and freedom. Boardman is highly critical of this idea. This copy is inscribed on the front wrapper "President Fillmore- With Respects of the Author-" At the time of the address Fillmore was President of the United States, although he failed to win renomination later in the year. By the time Fillmore received this pamphlet, he probably shared Boardman's views. Kossuth, who was a flamboyant figure, was invited to the White House at the time of his address to Congress, and used the opportunity to call for American intervention. Fillmore mildly rebuked him, making it clear that intervention in the affairs of Europe was not American policy. Kossuth was so angry at this that he behaved very badly for the rest of the evening. Millard Fillmore, one of the most literate of Presidents, had one of the most extensive libraries of any President.


Life has become like a bad episode of The Twilight Zone. COVID-19 has turned the world on its head, leaving us all wondering “will things ever return to normal?” It’s easy to lose sight of simple pleasures (like nature) when you’re stuck inside, day in, day out, watching bad television, and eating boxes of mac & cheese. We are here to remind you– GLACIERS MATTER! The snow is almost gone, temperatures are staying in the high 40’s, the river is breaking apart, and buds are on the trees; the only thing missing is you!
April is “mud season” on the Matanuska Glacier. As we get closer to peak melt (mid-June to mid-July), more and more water will be discharged from the glacier and will make a real mess with the silt (and other material) that covers the moraine. The glacier erodes 720 tons of material sub glacially each day–that is equivalent to 350 Ford-150 trucks! This material is what we call TILL– poorly sorted, unstructured deposit composed of boulders, clay, gravel, sand, and silt. Till is transported and deposited by glacial ice. It is a messy, disorganized, mass of stuff that’s contained beneath and on top of the glacier.
Even with the mud and April showers, the glacier is a beautiful place to spend the afternoon. On a guided tour you will receive a wealth of information including how glaciers are formed, how they move, and how they incredibly shape the landscape around them. Get out here and see us, and more importantly see why GLACIERS MATTER!


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OSA can range from very mild to very severe. The severity is often established using the apnoea/hypopnoea index (AHI), which is the number of apnoeas plus the number of hypopnoeas per hour of sleep - (hypopnoea being reduction in airflow). An AHI of less than 10 is not likely to be associated with clinical problems. To determine whether you are suffering from sleep apnoea you must first undergo a specialist 'sleep study'. This will usually involve a night in hospital where equipment will be used to monitor the quality of your sleep. The results will enable a specialist to decide on your best course of treatment. The ultimate investigation is polysomnography, which will include:
This is a very expensive investigation, with few centres able to offer it routinely for all suspected sleep apnoea patients. A 'mini' sleep study is more usual, consisting of pulse oximetry and nursing observation. Home sleep study is becoming more popular.
There are several forms of treatment for sleep apnoea. In mild and moderate cases weight loss and the use of mandibular advancement devices can be wholly successful. In moderate and severe cases mandibular advancement device or nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) are normally prescribed. CPAP is the gold standard treatment for OSA.
OSA is the commonest form of sleep apnoea, (about 4% of men and 2% of women) but there is also a condition called Central Sleep Apnoea (CSA). This is a condition when the brain does not send the right signals to tell you to breathe when you are asleep. In other words the brain 'forgets' to make you breathe. It can also be associated with weakness of the breathing muscles. The assessment for CSA is often more complicated than for OSA and the treatment has to be carefully matched to the patient's requirements. There is also a condition called Mixed Sleep Apnoea that is a combination of both obstructive and central sleep apnoea.


Socialist minister Francis J. Bellamy wrote the Pledge of Allegiance in the 1890s in an effort to paper over the post-Civil War divisions; to accompany it, he devised the "Bellamy Salute": "raise your right hand, flip your palm down, point it toward the flag in a salute and recite the words."
Fifty years later, Americans switched to holding their hands over their hearts, a gesture that was formally legislated in the US Flag Code in 1942, as Americans were struck with the hipster's horror of having their OG style ripped off by crass newcomers (Hitler, Mussolini, et al).
"At a signal from the Principal," Bellamy wrote, "the pupils, in ordered ranks, hands to the side, face the Flag. Another signal is given; every pupil gives the flag the military salute—right hand lifted, palm downward, to a line with the forehead and close to it. Standing thus, all repeat together, slowly, 'I pledge allegiance to my Flag…'" (The words of the Pledge itself have a long and contentious history of their own, as Amy Crawford wrote for Smithsonian magazine last year.)
The Rules About How to Address the U.S. Flag Came About Because No One Wanted to Look Like a Nazi
(via Super Punch)


Landing on Mars is hard. Gravity barely a third that of Earth's helps, but without oceans to splash down in or much in the way of an atmosphere to slow a spacecraft things get tough. As a result, engineers have spent a lot of time trying to come up with designs that will allow missions to touch down gently.
The best way to test these is to take the vehicles to heights where the atmosphere is as thin as that on the red planet. Footage from the latest effort is pretty awesome.
While the parachute's performance was disappointing, the results for the craft itself were more encouraging. "Our test vehicle performed as advertised," said NASA's Ian Clark. "The SIAD [Supersoinic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerators] and ballute, which extracted the parachute, also performed beyond expectations. We also got significant insight into the fundamental physics of parachute inflation. We are literally rewriting the books on high-speed parachute operations, and we are doing it a year ahead of schedule."
"There's a lot of physics to this problem that we're now gaining new insights into that we've never had before, and we're learning more about what it takes to build parachutes this size that can be safely deployed at these conditions," Clark said. "We're going to take all of that knowledge and feed it back to our flights for next year."
The Moon landings had to be done without an atmosphere at all, which meant using a lot of fuel, even with the light lunar gravity. Carrying that much fuel to Mars would be hugely expensive. Since the Viking Program NASA has been using parachutes to slow landers down. As they note, this has been used successfully as recently as 2012 with Curiosity. Nevertheless, as projects get more complex, and therefore heavier, it becomes harder and harder for parachutes to do what is needed on their own. If the craft is carrying people, the scale of the problem grows dramatically.
Currently under development are two types of SIAD that aim to slow the craft from Mach 3.5 to less than Mach 2 and a parachute that will reduce the speed to subsonic levels. If successful these will allow NASA to double the payload it can deliver to Mars from the current 1.5 tonnes.


Students can learn the torsion testing of various material test specimens to failure using the benchtop instructional equipment. Rods of various lengths, diameters, and materials are utilised as specimens. On software, test torque, twist angle, and stiffness modulus are all measured. The measurement jig can be moved along the frame to adjust varied length specimens. Manual torque application uses a worm gear and hand wheel. The apparatus is used to fracture various materials under torsional stress. Measurements are made of test torque and twist angle. Rods of various lengths, diameters, and materials are utilised as specimens. The dolly may slide to adjust to different length rods. The test rod holder is a commercially available socket. Square portions are used to support the base plate against twisting. A mechanism with a reduction gearing is used to apply the torque. The torque is provided as an electrical signal by a strain gauge that measures shaft twist, and the angle of twist is captured by an incremental encoder. The digital displays show both values. The housing provides adequate security for the microprocessor-based measuring method. The software and the microprocessor provide all the benefits of experiments and evaluations backed by software. A USB connection is used to connect to a PC (optional).
- Torsional testing of different materials up to specimen fracture.
- Recording the torque-angle of twist curve.
- Determination of the elastic range.
- Determination of modulus of rigidity.
- Experimental unit for motorised torsion testing of different materials to fracture.
- Ploting the live graph on HMI (Optional).
- Worm drive operated with motor.
- Test rod material: mildgear steel, aluminium, brass.
- Test rod holder: 19mm AF hex socket.
- Test torque measurement using strain gauge measuring shaft.
- Angle of twist measured by incremental encoder.


I began to research the different ways these axes were made after I decided I wanted to have one custom made to my specifications. There are two styles of sockets: blind and through. The blind socket is mostly seen on hewing axes (single and double bevel) as well as other small axes. The through socket is mostly used on larger axes, such as the felling axe. There are some smaller axes and side axes that also utilize the through socket, but these are quite rare.
As you might imagine, these tools are hard to make. They involve multiple forge welds, some involving thin metal stock. You might wonder why this design was produced at all – there are simpler ways to make an axe. I wanted to find out what made the socket axe special.
Until the last few years, I had only used a “Picardie”-style axe, a large double-bevel finishing axe from its namesake region in France. The edge of the Picardie is in the same plane as the handle, and shares similarities with medieval finishing axes. But I soon discovered the value and versatility of smaller socket axe and hatchet patterns.
–Gustave Rémon, excerpt from “Understanding the Medieval Socket Axe,” from Issue Eleven


Organic fertilizers are produced by chemical reactions. Under high-intensity air, they must be rapidly reacted to produce the corresponding raw materials for further production until organic fertilizers are produced.
The air compressor used to compress the air oil content must not exceed 7ppm, oil and water separation cooling the compressed air, so that the separation of the oil be excluded.
Require air compressors to focus on energy saving and emission reduction
Typical uses of compressed air in the Extractive industry include:
. Separating equipment— High-purity separation and purification of compressed air oil
. Gas supply equipment —Ability to rapidly provide a large amount of high-purity air to react chemicals to increase production efficiency
. Material handling — Fluid pumping systems are operated by compressed air in volatile environments without the risk of explosion
. Nitrogen generation — air is filtered via a membrane to produce nitrogen
. Cooling & heating— air is used in a vortex tube to create high volumes of hot and cold air for industrial heating and cooling processes
. Cleaning — air is used for cleaning processes in manufacturing facilities
In addition to the requirement for high quality oil-free air, manufacturers need to reduce their cost of operations and increase efficiency in order to improve their bottom line.


Ayurveda is the name of the traditional medicine of India. It is considered one of the oldest healing therapies (5000 years) and aims to maintain and preserve health (both physical and mental) through natural products and healthy lifestyles.
Ayurveda classifies individuals into three large groups according to the dosha majority that each one possesses: Vata, Pitta and Kapha.
People with a rating Prakriti (body-mind) Vata (space and air) are constantly changing. They have an energetic and creative mind. Whenever your dosha is in balance with your body and mind, they are enthusiastic people with a lot of desire to live. Otherwise, they will feel out of control (trouble sleeping, poor appetite…) and will need to take time to relax and regain balance.
Individuals Pitta (fire and water) are assertive and have great determination. In case of imbalance between the mind and the body, they can trigger pathologies, present anger and irritability due to an excess accumulation of their fire element.
People whose dosha predominant is Kapha (land and water) are stable and calm. Imbalances between the body and the mind are responsible for resistance to changes, weight gains, fluid retention and allergies.
There are various studies that relate the classification Prakriti with various specific genes for each dosha. Likewise, a novel genetic study associates genetic variants (SNPs) with doshas predominant of each person. This study included those people whose typology coincided with the classification made by Ayurvedic medical experts and with that provided by software developed from classical Ayurvedic literature (greater rigor) (262 men). Subsequently, a principal component analysis (PCA) was performed using these SNPs as variables to classify said individuals in their respective groups (Vata, Pitta, Kapha). These findings were then validated with 297 additional samples (study replication) noting that the gene PGM1 correlates with Pitta phenotype as described in the ancient text of Caraka samhita, suggesting that the phenotypic classification of traditional Indian medicine has a genetic basis and that traditional Indian medicine resonates with personalized medicine.
Find out which one is your dosha in the labs section of ADNTRO!
If you want to know more about Ayurveda, click here (Ayurveda part 1).


Theosophical center Visingsö. Katherine Tingley is born in Newbury, Massachusetts, USA. While working as a social worker in New York in the 1890s, she comes into contact with Theosophy, a spiritual, philosophical movement. Not long after, Katherine becomes the leader of the Theosophical Society in the United States.
Katherine travels a lot in her life, and when she for the first time visits Sweden she falls in love with Visingsö. Here she arranges an international theosophical peace congress. She also wants to start at so called Raja-Yoga school, but encounters big opposition, in particular from the Swedish Church. A protest meeting in Gränna gathers large crowds. In 1924 the school is inaugurated, in Stigby.
Only a few years later Katherine is in a car crash in Germany. She is taken to Jönköping Hospital, but demands to be taken to Visingsö where she is cared for during her final days. Her estate donates a large sum of money as a foundation plate for Visingsö’s electrification, which is carried out at the end of 1930.
Listen to the text in Swedish:
Follow in Katherine’s footsteps;


Family Matters in Indian Buddhist Monacticisms
Scholarly and popular consensus has painted a picture of Indian Buddhist monasticism in which monks and nuns severed all ties with their families when they left home for the religious life. In this view, monks and nuns remained celibate, and those who faltered in their ?vows? of monastic celibacy were immediately and irrevocably expelled from the Buddhist Order. This romanticized image is based largely on the ascetic rhetoric of texts such as the Rhinoceros Horn Sutra. Through a study of Indian Buddhist law codes(vinaya), Shayne Clarke dehorns the rhinoceros, revealing that in their own legal narratives, far from renouncing familial ties, Indian Buddhist writers take for granted the fact that monks and nuns would remain in contact with their families. The vision of the monastic life that emerges from Clarke's close reading of monastic law codes challenges some of our most basic scholarly notions of what it meant to be a Buddhist monk or nun in India around the turn of the Common Era. Not only do we see thick narratives depicting monks and nuns continuing to interact and associate with their families, but some are described as leaving home for the religious life with their children, and some as married monastic couples. Clarke argues that renunciation with or as a family is tightly woven into the very fabric of Indian Buddhist renunciation and monasticisms.


How to Teach Genres to Third Graders
A genre is a specific type of literature that fits the tropes and norms of certain specifications. Horror, fantasy, action, drama; all of these are genres appear in literature, television, film, even poetry. This being the case, teaching children what genres are and how they affect literary works of all kinds of media can be instrumental in the educational process. Teaching 3rd-graders what genres are might seem difficult, but it can be done easily by following a few key guidelines.
Teach the students the difference between comedy and tragedy. These are the most basic genres of literature of all kinds. Every type of literature will loosely fall into one of these two categories. Teach the student that these two basic genres can either make them laugh or cry respectively. As long as they understand comedies and tragedies, the other genres will be much simpler.
Plan lessons where the students read short stories or excerpts of stories and then label whether it is a comedy or a tragedy. This will help them differentiate the two while also teaching them how to differentiate genres in general.
Teach the students the base sub-genres; fantasy (science fiction), adventure, historical, horror, western and suspense. Though these are not all of the possible sub-genres, they are the most common and easiest to teach younger children. Teach each one individually, offering examples of some easy to understand excerpts from novels or stories of each individual genre.
Assign the students to write a short story of their own in one of the genres. Alternatively, you could provide a compilation of short stories or excerpts of each genre and have the students label what each genre is.


3.4 Movement by Line Number
A file contains sequentially numbered lines, and you can move through a file by specifying line numbers.
Line numbers are useful for identifying the beginning and end of large blocks of text you want to edit. Line numbers are also useful for programmers, since compiler error messages refer to line numbers. Line numbers are also used by ex commands, which you will learn in the next chapters.
If you are going to move by line numbers, you must
have a way to identify them.
Line numbers can be displayed on
the screen using the
The command [CTRL-G] causes the following to be displayed at the bottom of your screen: the current line number, the total number of lines in the file, and what percentage of the total the present line number represents. For example, for the file practice , [CTRL-G] might display:
"practice" line 3 of 6 --50%--
[CTRL-G] is useful either for displaying the line number to use in a command or for orienting yourself if you have been distracted from your editing session.
3.4.1 The G (Go To) Command if
You can use line numbers to move the cursor through a file.
Typing two backquotes (` `) returns you to your
original position (the position where you issued the last
The total number of lines shown with [CTRL-G] can be used to give yourself a rough idea of how many lines to move. If you are on line 10 of a 1,000 line file:
"practice" line 10 of 1000 --1%--
and know that you want to begin editing near the end of that file, you could give an approximation of your destination with:
Movement by line number is a tool that can move you quickly from place to place through a large file.


Paediatricians spend a considerable proportion of their time performing follow-up visits for children with chronic conditions, but they rarely receive specific training on how best to perform such consultations. The traditional method of running a follow-up consultation is based on the doctor's agenda, and is problem-oriented. Patients and parents, however, prefer a patient-centered, and solution-focused approach. Although many physicians now recognize the importance of addressing the patient's perspective in a follow-up consultation, a number of barriers hamper its implementation in practice, including time constraints, lack of appropriate training, and a strong tradition of the biomedical, doctor-centered approach. Addressing the patient's perspective successfully can be achieved through shared decision making, clinicians and patients making decisions together based on the best clinical evidence. Research shows that shared decision making not only increases patient, parent, and physician satisfaction with the consultation, but also may improve health outcomes. Shared decision making involves building a physician-patient-parent partnership, agreeing on the problem at hand, laying out the available options with their benefits and risks, eliciting the patient's views and preferences on these options, and agreeing on a course of action. Shared decision making requires specific communication skills, which can be learned, and should be mastered through deliberate practice.
Keywords: Communication; Follow-up consultations; Patient-centered care; Shared decision making.
Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.


This is where the solar panels are “strung” together by connectors & cables, leading to a central inverter, usually situated in a garage or other safe place. Some inverters can be secured on outside cladding or other area close to house. Be aware though, they should not be placed on a northerly aspect, as they don’t like too much heat.
these are small inverters that are placed on the back of panels. They convert the DC power created by the panels to AC directly at the source (the panel). Then linked to a smaller “brain” that replaces the central inverter.
Both have their place in a PV solar power system. A string inverter system is generally less expensive than a micro system, but have limitations. You can have a maximum of 2 different arrays (East/West e.g.) & if shading is a problem, the panels can be less effective.
With micros, you can have panels on 3 or more arrays, so Nth, East,West (even South for that matter), shading is not an issue as the panels convert to AC individually. Also, micros have better performance reporting capabilities.
Posted: Friday 1 May 2020


West Virginia residents may be surprised to learn that more than just extreme head injuries can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder. A recent study of civilian emergency services providers showed that patients who had experienced mild traumatic brain injuries also had an increased risk for PTSD.
The study, which appeared in Journal of Neurotrauma, showed that approximately 27 percent of mTBI patients produced positive results for PTSD. Researchers evaluated the civilians for physical functioning, psychiatric history, mental flexibility, education and the circumstances of their accidents. Their screening for the disorder took place six months after their injuries.
The findings could help physicians treating brain injury patients to improve their diagnostic processes. Because of the relationship between the two problems, physicians could more closely monitor patients with head trauma for signs of post-trauma symptoms. The editor-in-chief of the Journal of Neurotrauma said that examinations for PTSD should become routine for civilian victims of head injuries.
The disabling effects of brain injuries sometimes take weeks or months to become apparent in an accident victim. When delayed brain damage begins to manifest, particularly after a car accident, the person might have trouble going to work or maintaining a quality of life. To pursue financial damages, the victim could consult an attorney. If a negligent person or organization caused the accident, then an attorney might prepare a lawsuit. After filing papers with the court that detail the evidence, the lawyer might be able to secure a financial settlement. When necessary, the matter could be taken to trial, where the attorney would present the evidence to a jury.


Based on NDIR gas sensor technology, the OptoScannar™ relies upon wavelengths in the visible spectrum. This technology has been recently employed for sensing glucose in interstitial fluid for improved diabetes management.
With non-dispersive infrared spectroscopy, an infrared beam passes through a sampling chamber and each gas component in the sample absorbs some particular frequency. By measuring the amount of absorbed infrared at the necessary frequency, the concentration of the gas component can be determined. It is called non-dispersive because the wavelength which passes through the sampling chamber is not pre-filtered, and instead the optical filter is in front of the detector to eliminate all light except the wavelength which the selected gas molecules can absorb.
Until recently, this sensing technique has been used sporadically for detecting concentration of molecules in the liquid phase and without much success. In the gaseous phase, molecules are very well separated in space detecting them optically is relatively free from deleterious scattering related noises.
When this optical sensing technique is used with liquids such as blood or interstitial space in the human body, the molecular density is many fold greater. This density drives noise from the greater scattering of the source radiation away from the detector. Heretofore, near IR detection of compounds in skin has been unsuccessful.
OptoScannar’s parent company, Airware, has recently introduced a new measurement technique to can control this deleterious scattering noise.


Scientists urge farmers to grow wood substitute
Researchers at the University of Illinois are urging local farmers to grow a wood replacement crop on small portions of land in order to experiment with the substance and broaden understanding of how it can be used.
The fibres of kenaf, a plant native to east-central Africa, can be used to replace those of wood, with the intention of reducing the demand for fibres harvested from trees. However, says Professor Poo Chow, a wood engineer at the university, what is needed now is demand from industry for the product, though that could soon change in a country were each inhabitant uses 700 pounds of paper a year, and where the paper industry produces more than 200,000 tonnes of paper and paperboard per day.
Chow is currently researching the viability of using varying blends of both virgin and recycled plastic, combined with kenaf, cornstalks or corncobs, and of just using kenaf on its own. Though corn is a primary crop in Illinois, and would have further value added to it with this new use, the virtues of kenaf are as yet virtually unknown.
“Growing kenaf lets you produce a fibre similar to that made from wood, but you can do it in 150 days,” said Professor Poo Chow, of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. “Compare that with the time it takes to plant and grow a tree to maturity. We know how to grow kenaf in Illinois. You don’t have to buy new equipment, just modify existing machinery.”
Kenaf grows up to 10-15 feet high, into a forest of narrow poles and leaf-coloured branches, says Chow, with yields per acre on a test plot in Southern Illinois as high as seven tonnes of dry fibre.
Chow has used an injection-moulding process with a blend of 40% cornstalk and 60% polypropylene plastic, which produced a wood-like product of a quality similar to pile and demolition wood.
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Carbon prices are mainly driven by supply and demand in the carbon markets. As such, they only cover a small proportion of the societal costs of emissions. Hence, there is a significant divergence between the price of carbon across different markets and the price that experts say is necessary to reach the temperature goals set by the Paris Agreement. In their paper ‘The Social Cost of Carbon, Risk, Distribution, Market Failures: An Alternative Approach’ Nicholas Stern and Joseph E. Stiglitz argue that the social cost is close to $100 per tonne – this compares with high quality carbon credits currently priced around the $7-17 per tonne.
Clearly, a gap needs to be bridged. Charging $100 / tonne today would cause social and economic upheaval: given the limited range of cost-effective alternative technologies, simply driving up the price of carbon would not immediately reduce emissions. Many businesses wouldn’t be able to afford the price and, facing a lack of alternatives, wouldn’t be able to easily switch (or even stay in business). Nor would they be able to fully decarbonise their operations.
Yet other factors also put upward pressure to prices. Typically, nature-based projects don’t start to deliver credits until year 3 or 4 of operation. Tech-based carbon credits tend to start at a high price, which will start moving lower as investments bring efficiencies. But innovation takes time. And with demand on the rise, we can expect the demand/supply imbalance to persist for a while.
But in the long run, platforms that increase the frequency of carbon credit trading, broaden the types of organisations participating in carbon markets, and enhance market transparency will bring much needed liquidity and hopefully a stable price.
Follow our Carbonomics 101 series to stay informed on the development of the carbon markets and learn about the role they could play in your sustainability strategy. Access forthcoming articles in this series the moment they’re published by following us on social media, and visit our ESG Hub for essential tools & insights to help you on your sustainability journey.


USAF Seeking Wearable Tech to Detect Soldier Fatigue, Stress
The US Air Force is asking technology and defense companies to research and develop wearable tech that can detect and counter fatigue and stress among soldiers.
The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) issued a solicitation last week for a state-of-the-art fatigue detector as part of the Real-Time Assessment and Augmentation of Cognitive Performance in Extreme Environments project.
The wearable system must be capable of continuously monitoring the biometrics of fatigue and stress using electrophysiological sensors and biomarkers.
Mental and physical fatigue are problems that continue to affect the performance of military personnel, particularly those deployed on long, strenuous missions.
In addition to detecting stress levels, the platform must be able to counter fatigue and stress while considering and addressing severe environmental challenges.
“The potential solutions developed in this effort should be low power, flexible, affordable, and manufacturable at scale,” the solicitation reads. “Technology developers should take appropriate measures and make relevant improvements to address potential austere environmental challenges.”
The AFRL also specified that technology firms include sensors for other stress metrics such as heart rate, heart rate variability, respiration, core body temperature, blood pressure, and facial feature analysis.
The laboratory said including such metrics would enhance accuracy and precision in determining fatigue and stress among troopers.
Additionally, the technology should be integrated with other advanced technologies to counter environmental stressors. These include noninvasive vagal nerve stimulation, transcranial direct current stimulation, and appropriate chemical stimulants.
Other Wearable Military Tech
Last year, US Army researchers began studying an adaptive exoskeleton boot that can optimize soldier performance during missions.
The “Dephy ExoBoot” supports users’ ankles when they perform challenging physical tasks. It includes an internal computer that adapts to a soldier’s physical stresses and provides increased assistance.
The service also collaborated with the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies to develop a programmable fiber capable of transmitting data when worn in soldiers’ uniforms.
The smart fiber reportedly allows for the sensing, storage, and data analysis of troop movements and monitors soldiers’ vital signs and exposure to toxins.
In October, researchers from various American universities were tapped to design and develop a new device that can optimize the flow of brain and spinal cord fluid, improving soldiers’ sleep.


Every year millions of people around the world die from vaccine preventable diseases. Why?
Well, researchers at the University of Bath, led by Dr Asel Sartbaeva found that keeping vaccines cold was the one of the biggest challenges in transporting these vital medicines around the world.
If the proteins in vaccines reach a temperature above 8ºC they can become ineffective and unusable – and in some cases, even toxic.
As a result, vaccination levels are 16% lower in low-income countries compared to the developed world, in part, because they do not have the electricity, infrastructure or equipment to store and transport these vital medicines.
To help tackle this challenge, Asel and her team have developed a method called ‘ensilication’ which involves encasing vaccines in silica to protect the proteins, and eliminate the need for refrigeration.
The technology has been several years in development, and as well as helping millions of people around the world, it is also highly sustainable. The material is non-toxic and biocompatible, and the elimination of refrigeration ultimately reduces the environmental burden of generating power to run medical fridges.
As Asel says: “It’s very important because today we don’t deliver vaccines to millions of people. In fact, statistically more than 7 million people die around the world from vaccine-preventable diseases.”
This amazing project won an IChemE Global Award in November 2017, under the category ‘Biotechnology’. Asel collected the Award from Peter Farrelly, Managing Director of PM Group – category sponsor.
Watch her reaction and find out more about the project in our short video:
What’s more, just one week after getting her IChemE gong, Dr Asel Sartbaeva was awarded the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) World Award for her vaccinations project. Congratulations Asel!
Come back tomorrow when we’ll be shining the spotlight on another 2017 IChemE Global Award winner.
Are you feeling inspired to apply for the IChemE Global Awards 2018? Whether you would like to enter your own project, sponsor a category, or just attend to support your fellow professionals – register your interest here.
The IChemE Global Awards 2017 were held in Birmingham, UK on Thursday 2 November, held in partnership with Johnson Matthey and Wood.


So, what do the 5 Ws mean? The five w questions are essential questions that are asked to learn about a person, event, or text. For example:
- Who is your hero?
- If you could live anywhere, where would it be?
- What’s your favorite food?
- What genre of films do you like?
- If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
- What’s your most minor famous school subject?
- Do you play a musical instrument?
These questions can help you collect crucial information about events and are essential for children to learn. Check out the simple example questions to see how the five w questions work.
- What is it about?
- What happened?
- When did it take place?
- Where did it take place?
- Why did it happen?
Examples of the5 w questions
|When||When is dinner?||When did they arrive?||Where did she leave her shoes?|
|Where||Where did they go on holiday?||Where was the fire?||Where was the play?|
|What||What did he say?||What time is it?||What happened yesterday?|
|Why||Why did the tree fall||Why was Sarah mad at Sam?||Why are the chairs missing?|
|Who||Who was at the door?||Who was at the play||Who stole the car?|


A connection is an association or link between two or more things. Examples of connections include peanut butter and jelly, mom and kids, or the location of pipes that join the water heater. Another example is plugging a clock into the wall. The definition of a “connection” varies from context to context, but these examples illustrate the meaning behind the term. If you’re wondering what a connection is, consider the relationship between mom and kids, a pair of sneakers, or a pair of jeans.
The word connection is a noun that describes a connection between a plug and a port. Computer peripherals, including monitors and printers, must all connect to the computer to function. A connection can be made between two objects by different colors or shapes. You can find more details about the different types of connectors and how to use them on the next page. Once you’ve defined your connection, you’ll need to add data from it to your page or workbook.
Persistent and temporary
A connection can be persistent and temporary. The connection can be opened and closed at will and properties can be specified. A session is a logical set-up that lasts for a certain amount of time. Once it has finished, it’s discarded or maintained with the expectation of another session later. In general, a connection can only be re-used once. You should never try to use a connection that’s already closed.
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In the business of selling words, sounds were the first to be sold. The ancient sophists sold sounds for orators to persuade, for politicians to collect votes. Before the rulebooks were written, professional wordsmiths had invented the game of speechifying the social and political landscape. It only worked in a democratic, or at least superficially democratic bubble, so ancient Greece won the palm for getting there first.
The sophists took payment for education and rhetorical skills and targeted the wealthiest rungs of society. They provided Europe’s earliest masterclasses.
The selling of words continued after the ancient period and become remonetised as prayers for donors in this life with a view towards investment in the next. Monks prayed for families and individuals who provided for the monastic institutions. Donations and endowments were converted into sounds lifted up to heaven.
By the time Tetzel and his holy salesmen were driving Martin Luther up the (cathedral) wall, sounds and words had been sold in various ways.
We keep selling words for promise, profit or comfort. And we keep buying, creating ever more demand for them.
Not sure Ancient Greece got there first, nor within the context of a democratic bubble (a form of democracy which excluded women and slaves as we all know). How about the Ancient Egyptian tradition of Book of the Dead, which goes back to 2000 BC or earlier? And what about cuneiform, which preceded that?
Thank you for the interesting comment, Niki. To speak of ancient Greek democracy is always an exercise in disclaimers, but my argument that the political and social environment created by the Athenian democratic project were the first to encourage a type of persuasion-directed discourse may still have value. I’m not sure, however, what you mean by the Book of the Dead and cuneiform script. They preceded Greek script, of course, but my point was about using competitive speech to sell ideas and establish powerbases.


Gasoil is a group of petroleum distillation products having boiling points between kerosene and lubricating oil. The term originally referred to the product of gasoil works that was added to the product of coal gas works to produce improved illuminating gas.
Historically (c.1924) 40% of traditionally distilled crude oil would be gasoil —”being too heavy to burn in wick fed lamps and not heavy enough to make lubricating oils.
In the commercial and agricultural sector gas oil is used for equipment such as cranes, bulldozers, generators, bobcats, tractors and combine harvesters.
Gas oil is also often used by travelling fairs and carnivals to power their generators, and it’s also sometimes used in the aviation industry to power jet engines, but normally the aviation industry uses a form of kerosene.
Gas Oil offers a cost effective alternative to other fuels and it doesn’t carry the same levies on tax as white diesel. However, don’t be mistaken into believing that you can use gas oil in your normal on-the-road vehicle. If you are caught doing this, then you could face a heavy fine. Because it is subject to much lower taxes, it is only meant for specific agricultural and construction vehicles and machinery.
If you are unsure about what types of vehicles you can use gas oil in then, please get in touch. We would be happy to advise you on how you can use this fuel legally and save money on your fuel costs.
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Namibia has the climate of a typical semi-desert terrain – hot, dry days followed by cold nights. However, the coastal regions of the country are given more pleasant temperatures by the cold Benguela Current. The Central Plateau also has more manageable temperatures due to its altitude.
Namibia has an annual average of 300 days of sunshine. Rain occurs generally in the form of thunderstorms, mostly between the months of November and February.
Namibia’s summer season is from October to April, where average daily temperatures are between 20 and 34 °C (68 and 93.2 °F). Day temperatures can go as high as 40 °C (104 °F), but the temperature plummets once night time rolls in.
Namibia’s winter season, on the other hand, is from May to September, when temperatures for both day and night are considerably cooler.
To fully explore what Namibia has to offer, it is best to visit the country during the end of the summer season until the start of the winter season. By doing so, you could avoid the thunderstorms that could rain you in during summer, and at the same time experience a much cooler climate to make your travels around the country more manageable and enjoyable.
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I recently read through the book of Judges for fun. While it is one of the most uncomfortable books with regard to its blood, gore, and violence, it is a fascinating composition. And although many have already noted what I am about to write about, I will write anyway because discovery is new with every man.
Within Judges, there were three things that stood out to me which may help in the broad scope of biblical studies.
- The role of women has been noted by many. Unlike many biblical narratives and theological-histories, women play significant roles which affect the direction of the various legends, for better or for worse. It would be interesting to examine how their roles relate to roles of other women and men across the Hebrew Bible. Furthermore, after establishing a date of composition for Judges, it would be interesting to explore how roles of women are used in later composed books of the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Period literature. To expand horizons, such a study should also explore how women are represented in the ancient Near East.
- The dynamics between the tribes of Jacob stand out. Any quick reading of Judges can be confusing because the conflict is so rooted in a time of geographical and political upheaval. Thus the complex dynamics and interactions between the various tribes is fascinating in how it relates tribes.
- Although Samson is an important character and is included in the longest narrative, it would interesting to analyze reception of the Samson narrative. As I read Judges, something was wrong with Samson and his actions. I am not sure if it is my own morality creating a layer of film over the text, or if the text is actually indicating the sense I am receiving. Regardless, an in depth study of, first, the Samson narrative and, second, reception of the Samson narrative through Church history and Jewish tradition would be fascinating.


Subglacial hydrological control on flow of an Antarctic Peninsula palaeo-ice stream
Basal hydrological systems play an important role in controlling the dynamic behaviour of ice streams. Data showing their morphology and relationship to geological substrates beneath modern ice streams are, however, sparse and difficult to collect. We present new multibeam bathymetry data that make the Anvers-Hugo Trough west of the Antarctic Peninsula the most completely surveyed palaeo-ice stream pathway in Antarctica. The data reveal a diverse range of landforms, including streamlined features where there was fast flow in the palaeo-ice stream, channels eroded by flow of subglacial water, and compelling evidence of palaeo-ice stream shear margin locations. We interpret landforms as indicating that subglacial water availability played an important role in facilitating ice stream flow and controlling shear margin positions. Water was likely supplied to the ice stream bed episodically as a result of outbursts from a subglacial lake located in the Palmer Deep basin on the inner continental shelf. These interpretations have implications for controls on the onset of fast ice flow, the dynamic behaviour of palaeo-ice streams on the Antarctic continental shelf, and potentially also for behaviour of modern ice streams.
Authors: Larter, Robert D. ORCID record for Robert D. Larter, Hogan, Kelly A. ORCID record for Kelly A. Hogan, Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter ORCID record for Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand, Smith, James A. ORCID record for James A. Smith, Batchelor, Christine L., Cartigny, Matthieu, Tate, Alex J. ORCID record for Alex J. Tate, Kirkham, James D. ORCID record for James D. Kirkham, Roseby, Zoë A. ORCID record for Zoë A. Roseby, Kuhn, Gerhard, Graham, Alastair G.C., Dowdeswell, Julian A


A Dynasty is Founded
On 8 February 1644, Li Zicheng, a rebel warlord, proclaimed the foundation of his own Shun dynasty.
Zhu Youjian, the Chongzhen Emperor, was the last of the Ming dynasty to rule China. He came to the imperial throne in 1627 aged 16, but his reign was plagued with threats: famines, rebellions and invasions by the Manchu.
On 8 February 1644, Li Zicheng, a rebel warlord, proclaimed the foundation of his own Shun dynasty. He set out with an army for Beijing. Two days later, on 10 February, Chongzhen was advised to flee. After two months he decided against it. By 24 April, the rebel army were at the gates. That night the emperor drank heavily, rampaging through the palace with a sword, killing his favourite concubine and one of his daughters. He severed the arm of another daughter, but failed to kill her.
Chongzhen then tried to escape dressed as a commoner; he was driven back to the palace by his own soldiers, mistaken for a spy. ‘My ministers have failed me’, he said. ‘An empire [that has] lasted 277 years; lost in one day.’
After dawn he left the palace and climbed the summit of a nearby hill. There he strangled himself with a sash. Two characters, written in his hand, were found beside his body: ‘tian zi’, ‘son of heaven’.
Li Zicheng entered the city later that day. His empire would last six weeks.


Small municipalities struggle to support water supplies in rural areas; they are simply too small to provide technical services. The mancomunidad model offers a solution.
Published on: 27/05/2022
Many small municipalities in Honduras struggle to support water supplies in rural areas; they are simply too small to afford having capacity in place to provide technical services.
To overcome this limitation, Water For People and IRC have been piloting what is referred to as the ‘mancomunidad’ model in three areas of the La Paz department. Under this model, mancomunidades – associations of municipalities – jointly establish a dedicated unit that carries out, amongst others, functions such as monitoring and technical support to water committees.
As a result, a person like Sarahi Morales, who is a water and sanitation technician in La Paz, has been able to provide technical support to at least 117 water committees, improved water quality management in 38 rural supply systems, and worked on the review of tariffs of 17 water committees.
We consider that this is first evidence that the mancomunidad model is effective in improving services and overcoming scale limitations of municipalities in Honduras. Nevertheless, also this model has some inherent challenges. For example, having the shared human resources still comes at a cost to the member municipalities. And it requires a lot of convincing to municipalities to share those costs.


Wi-Fi signals exist. We use them. We associate our smart devices and they warn us whenever some signals are available.
Talking about wi-fi, the popular technology that allows devices to exchange data wirelessly and follow the IEEE 802.11 standards, of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Alliance which was set up in order to follow this single template.
Where are they, though? We see the router, we see that our devices are connected, but what about their signals? How would the world be if we could see them?
The Wi-Fi is energy fields which are transmitted as waves.
These waves have a specific height, distance between them and travel with a certain speed. The Wi-Fi waves have a shorter distance between them by radio waves and greater than microwaves and this fact make them remain unaffected by any other waves.
The Wi-Fi repeaters are essentially antennas that are equipped with a transmission protocol that divides the frequency range into areas called channels. The data is transmitted via any channel. The area of each Wi-Fi field, depending on the type of equipment you use, may reach 20-30 meters and the fields are either spherical or oval.
Of course, various objects in outer space, such as trees, are blocking the signals of Wi-Fi. A router or a broadcast antenna placed outdoors can transmit the signal of up to 100 meters away from the point that it is placed.
Imagine how LSD would be the way we see the world if we could actually see the Wi-Fi in cities that we live. And also consider what crosses through us, when we are in a square as this Syntagma in Athens, or the Trafalgar in London, where there are multiple Wi–Fi signals, cellular antennas, and other electromagnetic fields.
If we could see Wi-Fi signals, we doubt if we could see the buildings that exist around us. Amazing work!
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The tradition dates back as far as the 17th century, when the Servites established a special feast in September.
Over the centuries, there grew a custom of devoting certain months of the year to specific spiritual themes. September became known as the month of “Our Lady of Sorrows.”
Initially this might seem like a strange designation, as Our Lady of Sorrows is usually connected to Jesus’ crucifixion, which in the Church’s liturgical year is celebrated in March or April.
However, early on there developed a feast on September 14 named “The Exaltation of the Holy Cross.” The Saint Andrew Daily Missal explains, “Originally this feast celebrated the finding of the Holy Cross by St. Helena and the consecration, on September 14, 335, of the basilicas built by Constantine on the sites of the Holy Sepulchre and Calvary at Jerusalem.”
This brought into September a particular meditation on the cross of Jesus Christ, and by the 17th century there developed a complementary Marian feast on September 15.
In the 17th century the Servites celebrated a solemn feast of the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady, which in 1817 was extended to the whole Church by Pius VII as a memorial of his sufferings in exile and captivity and of his deliverance through the Blessed Virgin’s intercession.
Furthermore, “Pope St Pius X transferred this feast from the third Sunday of September to this octave-day of Our Lady’s Nativity (September 8th), in 1912.”
Originally this feast was more concerned with Mary’s sufferings throughout her early life, excluding the Passion of Jesus, her Son, but over time it has come to represent all of Mary’s suffering.
On account of these two central feasts September has become known as a month dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows.


Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition
Acacia solenota Pedley
Pedley, L. (1999) Austrobaileya 5(2): 319. Type: Queensland, on the track to McIvor River mouth, 14 Aug. 1984, J. R. Clarkson 5475; holo: BRI; iso: MBA, CANB, DNA, K, MEL, MO, NSW, PERTH, QRS.
Flowers and fruits as a shrub 1-5 m tall.
Leaves phyllodineous. Leaf blades about 7.5-11 x 1.5-2.5 cm, petioles about 0.7-1 cm long. Venation longitudinal with about 3-5 veins more prominent than the rest.
Inflorescence about 1-3 mm diam. Flowers creamy white, sessile. Calyx 5-lobed, about 1 mm long, hairy on the outer surface. Petals elliptic to obovate, about 1.8 x 0.6 mm, glabrous. Stamens numerous, about 25-30 per flower. Anthers globose, less than 0.5 mm diam., filaments about 1.2 mm long, glandular. Style about 2 mm long, glabrous. Stigma terminal.
Features not available.
Endemic to NEQ, known only from collections made in coastal dune vegetation between Cooktown and Cape Flattery. Altitudinal range very small, collected in areas slightly above sea level. Grows in closed forest communities or heathy vegetation on old sand dunes.


Many immigrants in Kentucky come to our nation with dreams of a better life for them and their families. Once here, they may be anxious to start the process of becoming citizens of the United States. Therefore, it is important for them to understand both the rights and the responsibilities that come with U.S. citizenship.
Citizens of the United States enjoy many rights. They have freedom of expression and freedom of religion. If accused of a crime, they have the right to a prompt trial in front of an impartial jury. They enjoy the right to vote. They have the right to apply for jobs in the federal government, where being a U.S. citizen is required. Finally, they have the basic freedom enjoyed by all citizens of the United States to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
However, citizens of the United States also have certain responsibilities. They need to support the U.S. Constitution, and defend it when necessary. They need to keep abreast of issues that have an impact on their community. They need to participate in the political process and participate in their community happenings. They must obey all laws. They also need to respect the rights and beliefs of others, even if they differ from their own. They must pay all applicable taxes on time and in full. They may need to serve jury duty. Finally, they need to be prepared to defend the U.S. if necessary.
As this shows, U.S. citizens enjoy many rights, but they also have many responsibilities. Immigrants who want to become U.S. citizens or who have other questions about U.S. permanent residency may want to discuss their situation with an experienced immigration law attorney.
Source: uscis.gov, “Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities,” accessed Dec. 31, 2017


Joint Replacement Surgery
Hip joint and knee joint replacements are helping people of all ages live pain- free, active lives.
Joints are formed by the ends of two or more bones connected by tissue called cartilage. Healthy cartilage serves as a protective cushion, allowing smooth and low-friction movement of the joint. If the cartilage becomes damaged by disease or injury, the tissues around the joint become inflamed, causing pain. With time, the cartilage wears away, allowing the rough edges of bone to rub against each other, causing more pain.
When only some of the joint is damaged, a surgeon may be able to repair or replace just the damaged parts. When the entire joint is damaged, a total joint replacement is done. To replace a total hip or knee joint, a surgeon removes the diseased or damaged parts and inserts artificial parts, called prostheses or implants.
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Minimally Invasive Joint Replacement
Total Hip Replacement (THR) and Total Knee Replacement (TKR) are very successful surgical treatment for arthritis of the hip and knee respectively. Over the last several years hip and knee replacement surgery has evolved to a Minimally Invasive technique.
Computer Assisted Hip and Knee Joint Replacement
Computer Assisted Surgery (CAS) technology allows the surgeon to simultaneously visualize two- or three-dimensional views of the patient's anatomy on a monitor, and provides real-time, intra-operative views of surgical instruments and the relative digital positioning of implantable devices.
Total Hip Replacement (THR)
Hip replacement has become necessary for your arthritic hip: this is one of the most effective operations known and should give you many years of freedom from pain. Once you have arthritis which has not responded to conservative treatment, you may well be a candidate for total hip replacement surgery.
Revision Hip Replacement (RHR)
This means that part or all of your previous hip replacement needs to be revised. This operation varies from very minor adjustments to massive operations replacing significant amounts of bone and hence is difficult to describe in full.