Wapello County, Township 73 North Range 15 West

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Troponine : les faux positifs

Introduction: La troponine est un marqueur biologique bien reconnupour sa cardiospécificité et la détection précoce de la nécrosemyocardique. Le dosage de la troponine fait partie de la stratificationdu syndrome coronarien aigu (SCA) et est fréquemment utilisé dans lebilan initial lors de douleurs thoraciques. Cependant, d'autrespathologies sont également associées à une élévation de la troponine.Le but de ce travail est de décrire les diagnostics retenus chez despatients admis aux urgences avec une douleur thoracique et uneélévation de la troponine.Méthode: Durant une période de 18 mois (de novembre 2008 à mai2010), 1242 patients admis aux urgences avec une douleur thoraciqueont eu un dosage de la troponine positive (>= 0,1 microg/l). Undiagnostic de SCA a été posé chez 709 patients (57%). Chez les533 autres patients (43%) un autre diagnostic a été retenu.Résultats: Les 533 patients (295 hommes, âge moyen 71 ± 19 anset 238 femmes, 77 ±16 ans) présentaient une valeur de troponinemoyenne (TM) à 1,12 ± 4 microg/l. Parmi ce collectif, 192 patients(36%) avaient un diagnostic d'insuffisance cardiaque (TM 1,18microg/l), 118 patients (22%) un diagnostic autre (anémie, AVC, chutesans traumatisme) (TM 1,65 microg/l), 46 patients (8%) présentaientune pneumonie (TM 0,95 microg /l), 45 patients (8%) une arythmiecardiaque sans signes de décompensation cardiaque (TM 0,42 microg/l), 35 patients (6,5%) un traumatisme (TM 0,52 microg /l), 25 patients(4,7%) une insuffisance rénale sévère (TM 0,74 microg /l), 23 patients(4%) une insuffisance respiratoire (BPCO, fibrose pulmonaire, autrespneumopathies) (TM 1,63 microg /l), 23 patients (4,3%) un contexteinfectieux (choc septique, bactériémie) (TM 0,96 microg /l), 18 patients(3%) une embolie pulmonaire (TM 0,30 microg /l) et 8 patients (1,5%)un Takotsubo ou angor de prinzmétal (TM 1,73 microg /l).A signaler que la TM pour les 709 patients présentant un diagnostic deSCA était de 3,61 microg /l.Conclusion: Ce travail montre que près de 50% des patients arrivantaux urgences avec une douleur thoracique et une troponine positive ontun diagnostic autre qu'un SCA.

Methods to Increase Durability of Reactive ("D" Cracking) Coarse Aggregate in Portland Cement Concrete, MLR-73-01, 1973

The coarse aggregates used for Portland Cement concrete in southwest Iowa have exhibited a poor serviceability. This early failure is attributed to a characteristic commonly referred as "D" cracking. "D" line cracking is a discolored area of concrete caused by many fine, parallel hairline cracks. "D" line cracking is primarily caused by the movement of water in and through coarse aggregate with a unique pore structure. The presence of the water in the aggregates at the time of freezing causes the "D" cracking to occur and early failure. By making the pore structure less permeable to moisture, it is thought the durability factor of the concrete should increase. By drying the aggregate before mixing and then mixing with the cement, the particles of cement should enter the outer pore structure, and upon hydration make the pore structure less permeable to moisture.

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Improvement of rehabilitation possibilities with the MotionMaker (TM)

"MotionMaker (TM)" is a stationary programmable test and training system for the lower limbs developed at the 'Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne' with the 'Fondation Suisse pour les Cybertheses'.. The system is composed of two robotic orthoses comprising motors and sensors, and a control unit managing the trans-cutaneous electrical muscle stimulation with real-time regulation. The control of the Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) induced muscle force necessary to mimic natural exercise is ensured by the control unit which receives a continuous input from the position and force sensors mounted on the robot. First results with control subjects showed the feasibility of creating movements by such closed-loop controlled FES induced muscle contractions. To make exercising with the MotionMaker (TM) safe for clinical trials with Spinal Cord Injured (SCI) volunteers, several original safety features have been introduced. The MotionMaker (TM) is able to identify and manage the occurrence of spasms. Fatigue can also be detected and overfatigue during exercise prevented.

Landsat TM imagery and high altitude aerial photographs in estimation of forest characteristics

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Predicting soil erosion using Rusle and NDVI time series from TM Landsat 5

The objective of this work was to evaluate the seasonal variation of soil cover and rainfall erosivity, and their influences on the revised universal soil loss equation (Rusle), in order to estimate watershed soil losses in a temporal scale. Twenty-two TM Landsat 5 images from 1986 to 2009 were used to estimate soil use and management factor (C factor). A corresponding rainfall erosivity factor (R factor) was considered for each image, and the other factors were obtained using the standard Rusle method. Estimated soil losses were grouped into classes and ranged from 0.13 Mg ha-1 on May 24, 2009 (dry season) to 62.0 Mg ha-1 on March 11, 2007 (rainy season). In these dates, maximum losses in the watershed were 2.2 and 781.5 Mg ha-1 , respectively. Mean annual soil loss in the watershed was 109.5 Mg ha-1 , but the central area, with a loss of nearly 300.0 Mg ha-1 , was characterized as a site of high water-erosion risk. The use of C factor obtained from remote sensing data, associated to corresponding R factor, was fundamental to evaluate the soil erosion estimated by the Rusle in different seasons, unlike of other studies which keep these factors constant throughout time.

Relações empíricas entre características dendrométricas da Caatinga brasileira e dados TM Landsat 5

O objetivo deste trabalho foi ajustar modelos para estimar características dendrométricas da Caatinga brasileira a partir de dados do sensor TM do Landsat 5. Medidas de diâmetro e altura das árvores foram obtidas de 60 parcelas de inventário (400 m2), em dois municípios do Estado de Sergipe. A área basal e o volume de madeira foram estimados com uso de equação alométrica e de fator de forma (f = 0,9). As variáveis explicativas foram obtidas do sensor TM, após correção radiométrica e geométrica, tendo-se considerado, na análise, seis bandas espectrais, com resolução espacial de 30 m, além dos índices de razão simples (SR), de vegetação por diferença normalizada (NDVI) e de vegetação ajustado ao solo (Savi). Na escolha das melhores variáveis explicativas, foram considerados coeficiente de determinação (R2), raiz do erro quadrático médio (RMSE) e critério bayesiano de informação (CBI). A área basal por hectare não apresentou correlação significativa com nenhuma das variáveis explicativas utilizadas. Os melhores modelos foram ajustados à altura média das árvores por parcela (R2 = 0,4; RMSE = 13%) e ao volume de madeira por hectare (R2 = 0,6; RMSE = 42%). As métricas derivadas do sensor TM do Landsat 5 têm grande potencial para explicar variações de altura média das árvores e do volume de madeira por hectare, em remanescentes de Caatinga situados no Nordeste brasileiro.