The World Summit of Harmonization on Traditional, Alternative and Complementary Medicine (TACM) in Lima, Peru

The World Summit of Harmonization on Traditional, Alternative and Complementary Medicine (TACM) was held in Lima, Peru, November 7–11, 2007, with almost 600 worldwide participants. This meeting was organized by Peruvian Medical College, the institution that affiliates and authorizes all physicians to practice medicine in Peru. The meeting included seven sections starting with an overview on the current status of the TACM. The second section included experiences from different countries on regulations and quality control in products and services used in the TACM. The worldwide experience of education and training in TACM was a very important part of the meeting in which speakers from Spain, Germany, Argentina, Italy, Brazil, Cuba and Peru shared their experience. The meeting included topics on homeopathy, acupuncture, mind–body medicine, neural therapy, chiropraxis, among others. Two final sessions were related to the ways of linking Traditional medicine to the national Health Systems in the Latin America countries and also the association between bio-commerce and TACM including intellectual properties and bio-piracy

Verformungseigenschaften, Werkstoffversagen und Gefuege der Nickelbasis-Gusslegierung IN 100 unter Kriechbedingungen

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SOFT MAGNETIC METAL-GLASS COMPOSITE MATERIAL WITH LOW EDDY CURRENT LOSSES

On montre qu'une nouvelle méthode de métallurgie des poudres permet d'obtenir des matériaux composites magnétiques doux avec une haute induction à saturation et faible perte par courant de Foucault. A partir d'une poudre de métal magnétique doux, les particules sont enrobées d'une petite quantité de verre par un procédé sol-gel. Après compactage à température élevée, les particules métalliques sont séparées et isolées électriquement par un film mince de verre.A new powder metallurgical method is demonstrated which produces magnetic composite materials with high saturation induction and low eddy current losses. Starting with a soft magnetic metal powder the particles are coated at room temperature with a small amount of glass by a sol-gel process. After compacting at elevated temperature, the metallic particles are separated and electrically insulated by a thin glass film. The resulting properties are described and discussed