May Measurement Month 2017: analysis of the blood pressure screening results in Argentina-Americas

Hypertension is a growing concern worldwide, causing over 10 million deaths each year. The prevalence of high blood pressure (BP) in Argentina is 36.3% and 38% of these are unaware of their disease. Half of the hypertensive patients are on pharmacological treatment and only a quarter of them are controlled. The International Society of Hypertension initiated the May Measurement Month (MMM) as a global campaign to raise awareness on high BP that may also serve as a temporary solution to the lack of global screening programs worldwide. A volunteer cross-sectional survey was carried out in May 2017 across 56 health centres. Blood pressure measurement, definition of hypertension and statistical analysis followed the MMM protocol. For this awareness campaign, the Argentine Society of Hypertension coined the slogan: 'Know and control your blood pressure'. A total of 32 346 individuals aged at least 18 years were screened during MMM17. After imputation, 16 263 (50.4%) were hypertensive. Of the 12 156 receiving antihypertensive medication 5400 (44.4%) still had uncontrolled BP. MMM17, called in our country 'Know and control your blood pressure', was the largest BP screening campaign done in Argentina. Almost 6 out of 10 hypertensive patients were either not on treatment or were not controlled to the BP goal. These results suggest that appropriate screening can help to identify a significant number of people with high BP

Flow And Compaction During The Vacuum

The flow of an epoxy resin and compaction behavior of carbon fiber preform during vacuumassisted resin transfer molding (VARTM) infiltration was measured using an instrumented tool. Composite panels were fabricated by the VARTM process using SAERTEX 2 multi-axial noncrimp carbon fiber fabric and the A.T.A.R.D. SI-ZG-5A epoxy resin. Resin pressure and preform thickness variation was measured during infiltration. The effects of the resin on the compaction behavior of the preform were measured. The local preform compaction during the infiltration is a combination of wetting and spring-back deformations. Flow front position computed by the 3DINFIL model was compared with the experimental data. KEY WORDS: Composites, VARTM, Process Modeling 1.

Security framework for distributed data processinge

The growth of importance of distributed data processing services highlights the importance of building security solutions that address the needs of these systems. In this context, this work proposes an innovative approach for implementing a flexible security framework for data processing services in distributed environment. The key features of the proposed framework are the support of the large-scale, medium-sized and small and medium-sized corporate data analytic services. The cryptographic core of the proposed framework is based on the digital signature and a hybrid encryption system using a modified attribute-based encryption. The paper outlines the conceptual architecture of the framework and presents performance testing results