Hidatidosis y hantavirus: impacto social y económico

Realizando una reseña histórica de las actividades de control de la Hidatidosis llevadas a cabo en la Provincia de Río Negro, lucha iniciada al influjo del por entonces reconocido Programa de Estudio y Lucha contra la Hidatidosis de la Provincia de Neuquén, se relata el impacto social y económico de esta enfermedad.Trabajo galardonado con el Premio Bayer en Ciencias veterinarias, versión 1999.Academia Nacional de Agronomía y Veterinari

Affiche basque de la période révolutionnaire

Cartel escrito en euskera por J.B.B. Monestier en Ustaritz, pueblo cercano a Bayonne, durante el período revolucionarioThis poster was written in Basque language by J.B.B. Monestier in Ustaritz, a little village close to Bayonne, during the revolution perio

Hidatidosis y hantavirus: impacto social y económico

Realizando una reseña histórica de las actividades de control de la Hidatidosis llevadas a cabo en la Provincia de Río Negro, lucha iniciada al influjo del por entonces reconocido Programa de Estudio y Lucha contra la Hidatidosis de la Provincia de Neuquén, se relata el impacto social y económico de esta enfermedad.Trabajo galardonado con el Premio Bayer en Ciencias veterinarias, versión 1999.Academia Nacional de Agronomía y Veterinari

A feasibility randomised controlled trial of the New Orleans intervention of infant mental health: a study protocol

Child maltreatment is associated with life-long social, physical, and mental health problems. Intervening early to provide maltreated children with safe, nurturing care can improve outcomes. The need for prompt decisions about permanent placement (i.e., regarding adoption or return home) is internationally recognised. However, a recent Glasgow audit showed that many maltreated children “revolve” between birth families and foster carers. This paper describes the protocol of the first exploratory randomised controlled trial of a mental health intervention aimed at improving placement permanency decisions for maltreated children. This trial compares an infant's mental health intervention with the new enhanced service as usual for maltreated children entering care in Glasgow. As both are new services, the trial is being conducted from a position of equipoise. The outcome assessment covers various fields of a child’s neurodevelopment to identify problems in any ESSENCE domain. The feasibility, reliability, and developmental appropriateness of all outcome measures are examined. Additionally, the potential for linkage with routinely collected data on health and social care and, in the future, education is explored. The results will inform a definitive randomised controlled trial that could potentially lead to long lasting benefits for the Scottish population and which may be applicable to other areas of the world

HIGH-LEVEL APPLICATION FRAMEWORK FOR LCLS*

each other easily. Also, many components such as Help, A framework for high level accelerator application Search, Cut, Copy and Paste are seamlessly integrated software is being developed for the Linac Coherent Light through the Eclipse framework. Source (LCLS). The framework is based on plug-in technology developed by an open source project, Eclipse. Many existing functionalities provided by Eclipse are available to high-level applications written within this framework. The framework also contains static data storage configuration and dynamic data connectivity. Because the framework is Eclipse-based, it is highly compatible with any other Eclipse plug-ins. The entire infrastructure of the software framework will be presented. Planned applications and plug-ins based on the framework are also presented

Early Diagnosis, Treatment and Follow-Up of Cystic Echinococcosis in Remote Rural Areas in Patagonia: Impact of Ultrasound Training of Non-Specialists

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is an important and widespread disease that affects sheep, cattle, and humans living in areas where sheep and cattle are raised. CE is highly endemic in rural sections of Rio Negro, Argentina, where our group is based. However, it requires continuous monitoring of both populations with human disease best assessed by means of ultrasound (US) screening. This is challenging in remote rural areas due to the shortage of imaging specialists. To overcome this hurdle, we set up a two-day training program of Focused Assessment with Sonography for Echinococcosis (FASE) on CE for family medicine practitioners with no previous experience in US. After the course, they were equipped with portable US scanners and dispatched to remote rural areas in Rio Negro where they screened patients, located and staged the cysts and decided on the treatment with the help of surgeons and radiologists in local tertiary care centers

SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE PLANNING AT JEFFERSON LAB*

Abstract Time for maintenance, repair and testing is a precious commodity. A queue of pre-planned work is critical to taking advantage of unplanned repair downtime to squeeze in extra work. Jefferson Lab has a web-based tool called ATLis (Accelerator Task List) that collects work plans and routes them for review

Modelling the probability of microhabitat formation on trees using cross-sectional data

The rate of TreM formation per unit diameter growth was modelled as a function of tree diameter at breast height (DBH), and the model was calibrated considering cross-sectional observations TreMs on trees of different sizes. The model predicted realistic TreM formation rates at the tree and stand levels in forests dominated by Abies alba and Fagus sylvatica. This approach opens new perspectives to the analysis of forest biodiversity conservation strategies

Schottky barrier lowering with the formation of crystalline Er silicide on n-Si upon thermal annealing

The evolution of the Schottky barrier height (SBH) of Er silicide contacts to n-Si is investigated as a function of the annealing temperature. The SBH is found to drop substantially from 0.43 eV for the as-deposited sample to reach 0.28 eV, its lowest value, at 450 C. By x-ray diffraction, high resolution transmission electron microscopy, and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the decrease in the SBH is shown to be associated with the progressive formation of crystalline ErSi2-x