Pathomorphological Markers of the Explosive Wave Action on Human Brain

Introduction. The increased attention of researchers to an explosive trauma around the world is associated with a constant renewal of military weapons and a significant increase in terrorist activities using explosive devices. Explosive wave is a well known damaging factor of explosion. The most sensitive to the action of explosive wave in the human body are the head brain, lungs, intestines, urine bladder. The severity of damage to these organs depends on the distance from the explosion epicenter to the object, the power of the explosion, presence of barriers, parameters of the body position, and the presence of protective clothing. One of the places where a shock wave acts, in human tissues and organs, is the vascular endothelial barrier, which suffers the greatest damage in the head brain and lungs. The objective of the study was to determine the pathomorphological changes of the head brain followed the action of explosive wav

Pengaruh Bahan Mineral Dan Air Laut Terhadap Sifat Fisika – Kimia Tanah Dan Pertumbuhan Padi Di Lahan Gambut Dataran Tinggi

Objective of this research is studied of mineral substances and sea water effect on physico-chemicalproperties of highland peat. It was conducted at highland peat in Hutabagasan, Dolok SanggulSub – district Humbang Hasundutan Regency, North Sumatera. This research used non – factorialrandomized block design with four treatments those are G0 (Control), G1 (5kgs Volcanic sand), G2(5kgs Volcanic sand + 2,5L Sea water), G3 (5kgs Volcanic sand + 1kg Zeolite + 2,5L Sea water)and 3 replicants. The results showed that application of Volcanic sand (G1) significantly increasingon soil base saturation. Addition of sea water with volcanic sand and volcanic sand + zeolite (G2dan G3) significantly increasing on soil electric conductivity, exchangeable sodium, exchangeablemagnesium but decrease exchangeable calsium, and base saturation. Zeolite has a role as buffer ofsoil pH, soil electric conductivity and bulk dencity. The Application of all ameliorants have notpositive influence on the growth of rice plant and even decrease number of vegetative tillers

Hubungan Karakteristik Dan Perilaku Masyarakat Dengan Kejadian Malaria Di Rumah Sakit Sinar Kasih Tentena Kabupaten Poso Provinsi Sulawesi Tengah

:Malaria is disease causedby protozoan parasites of genus plasmodium. That are transmitted through the bite of the Anopheles and still a community health problem in Indonesia.The objective of this study was to know the relationship characteristics between and behavior of society with the incidence of malaria in Sinar Kasih Tentena Hospital. This research using by cross sectional method.Collecting of Data by using observation and questionnaire as the respondent houses. The sampling method is purposive sampling.Total of sample 62 respondents consists of malaria Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax. Univariate analysis using by SPSS and bivariate analysis were processed by chi-square test for probability of 95% (α=0,05). The result showed people's characteristics: age (p=0.349), education (p=0.840), occupation (p=0.145) and social behavior: costum activity outside the home at the night (p=0.003), use mosquito nets habits(p=0.000), use of anti mosquito (p=0.007). Conclusions: there was no relationship between the characteristics of people with incidence of malaria, and there was a relationship between the behavior of people with malaria incidence. Suggestion: Medical worker be expected for more active in counseling to society around district, then the society itself for more motivated to using mosquito nets habits and protective clothing like jacket or using anti mosquito that used on skin. They have to use it before leaving their home at night. Then, one more important thing is awareness to terminate the mosquitos nests (place to live and multiply)

Partitioning of trace elements in a entrained flow IGCC plant: Influence of selected operational conditions

The partitioning of trace elements and the influence of the feed conditions (50:50 coal/pet-coke feed blend and limestone addition) was investigated in this study. To this end feed fuel, fly ash and slag samples were collected under different operational conditions at the 335 MW Puertollano IGCC power plant (Spain) and subsequently analysed. The partitioning of elements in this IGCC plant may be summarised as follows: (a) high volatile elements (70–>99% in gas phase): Hg, Br, I, Cl and S; (b) moderately volatile elements (up to 40% in gas phase and 60% in fly ash): As, Sb, Se, B, F, Cd, Tl, Zn and Sn; (c) elements with high condensation potential: (>90% in fly ash): Pb, Ge, Ga and Bi; (d) elements enriched similarly in fly ash and slag 30–60% in fly ash: Cu, W, (P), Mo, Ni and Na; and (e) low volatile elements (>70% in slag): Cs, Rb, Co, K, Cr, V, Nb, Be, Hf, Ta, Fe, U, Ti, Al, Si, Y, Sr, Th, Zr, Mg, Ba, Mn, REEs, Ca and Li. The volatility of As, Sb, and Tl and the slagging of S, B, Cl, Cd and low volatile elements are highly influenced by the fuel geochemistry and limestone dosages, respectively

A Scalable Middleware Solution for Advanced Wide Area Web Services

To alleviate scalability problems in the Web, many researchers concentrate on how to incorporate advanced caching and replication techniques. Many solutions incorporate object-based techniques. In particular, Web resources are considered as distributed objects offering a well-defined interface. We argue that most proposals ignore two important aspects. First, there is little discussion on what kind of coherence should be provided. Proposing specific caching or replication solutions makes sense only if we know what coherence model they should implement. Second, most proposals treat all Web resources alike. Such a one-size-fits-all approach will never work in a wide-area system. We propose a solution in which Web resources are encapsulated in physically distributed shared objects. Each object should encapsulate not only state and operations, but also the policy by which its state is distributed, cached, replicated, migrated, etc

What Google Maps can do for biomedical data dissemination: examples and a design study

BACKGROUND: Biologists often need to assess whether unfamiliar datasets warrant the time investment required for more detailed exploration. Basing such assessments on brief descriptions provided by data publishers is unwieldy for large datasets that contain insights dependent on specific scientific questions. Alternatively, using complex software systems for a preliminary analysis may be deemed as too time consuming in itself, especially for unfamiliar data types and formats. This may lead to wasted analysis time and discarding of potentially useful data. RESULTS: We present an exploration of design opportunities that the Google Maps interface offers to biomedical data visualization. In particular, we focus on synergies between visualization techniques and Google Maps that facilitate the development of biological visualizations which have both low-overhead and sufficient expressivity to support the exploration of data at multiple scales. The methods we explore rely on displaying pre-rendered visualizations of biological data in browsers, with sparse yet powerful interactions, by using the Google Maps API. We structure our discussion around five visualizations: a gene co-regulation visualization, a heatmap viewer, a genome browser, a protein interaction network, and a planar visualization of white matter in the brain. Feedback from collaborative work with domain experts suggests that our Google Maps visualizations offer multiple, scale-dependent perspectives and can be particularly helpful for unfamiliar datasets due to their accessibility. We also find that users, particularly those less experienced with computer use, are attracted by the familiarity of the Google Maps API. Our five implementations introduce design elements that can benefit visualization developers. CONCLUSIONS: We describe a low-overhead approach that lets biologists access readily analyzed views of unfamiliar scientific datasets. We rely on pre-computed visualizations prepared by data experts, accompanied by sparse and intuitive interactions, and distributed via the familiar Google Maps framework. Our contributions are an evaluation demonstrating the validity and opportunities of this approach, a set of design guidelines benefiting those wanting to create such visualizations, and five concrete example visualizations

Vulnerable people, vulnerable resources? Exploring the relationship between people's vulnerability and the sustainability of community-managed natural resources

Participatory approaches to the management of common-pool resources (CPRs) are built on the premise that resource-users are dependent on the productivity of the resource and therefore have the incentive to act as resource stewards if empowered to do so. Yet many CPR users have only temporary interest in using the resources. Moreover, they are vulnerable to a range of stressors and risks unrelated to resource access and sustainability concerns. Both of these may undermine such incentives. Furthermore, discounting theory posits that high vulnerability shortens time horizons so that vulnerable CPR users might be expected to heavily discount future benefits from resource conservation. We present an ethnographic study carried out in two communities on Lake Victoria, Uganda, where fisher folk face a range of elevated risks to health and security. These immediate risks undermine participatory fishery management but this does not necessarily indicate inherently short time-horizons; for many, fishing and fish-trading are not perceived as a life-long occupation but as a means to generate capital for investment in other businesses. Thus, whether they are vulnerable or not, it cannot simply be assumed that current CPR users will have a long-term interest in participating in resource management. Incentivizing participation in CPR management for long-term sustainability may have to address both people’s wider vulnerabilities and aspirations

Computational shelf-life dating : complex systems approaches to food quality and safety

Shelf-life is defined as the time that a product is acceptable and meets the consumers expectations regarding food quality. It is the result of the conjunction of all services in production, distribution, and consumption. Shelf-life dating is one of the most difficult tasks in food engineering. Market pressure has lead to the implementation of shelf-life by sensory analyses, which may not reflect the full quality spectra. Moreover, traditional methods for shelf-life dating and small-scale distribution chain tests cannot reproduce in a laboratory the real conditions of storage, distribution, and consumption on food quality. Today, food engineers are facing the challenges to monitor, diagnose, and control the quality and safety of food products. The advent of nanotechnology, multivariate sensors, information systems, and complex systems will revolutionize the way we manage, distribute, and consume foods. The informed consumer demands foods, under the legal standards, at low cost, high standards of nutritional, sensory, and health benefits. To accommodate the new paradigms, we herein present a critical review of shelf-life dating approaches with special emphasis in computational systems and future trends on complex systems methodologies applied to the prediction of food quality and safety.Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER) - Programa POS-ConhecimentoFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) - SFRH/BPD/26133/2005, SFRH/ BPD/20735/200