Audit report on the Pocahontas County Solid Waste Commission for the year ended June 30, 2007

Audit report on the Pocahontas County Solid Waste Commission for the year ended June 30, 2007

Audit report on the Delaware County Solid Waste Disposal Commission for the year ended June 30, 2007

Audit report on the Delaware County Solid Waste Disposal Commission for the year ended June 30, 2007

Audit report on the Crawford County Area Solid Waste Agency Commission for the year ended June 30, 2007

Audit report on the Crawford County Area Solid Waste Agency Commission for the year ended June 30, 2007

Treatment of cytomegalovirus infection or disease in solid organ transplant recipients with valganciclovir.

Valganciclovir (VGC) has proved efficacious and safe for the prophylaxis against cytomegalovirus (CMV) in high-risk transplant recipients and for the treatment of CMV retinitis in AIDS patients. We used VGC for the treatment of CMV infection (viremia without symptoms) or disease (CMV syndrome or tissue-invasive disease) in kidney, heart, and lung transplant recipients. Fourteen transplant recipients were treated: five for asymptomatic CMV infection and nine for CMV disease. VGC was administered in doses adjusted to renal function for 4 to 12 weeks (induction and maintenance therapy). Clinically, all nine patients with CMV disease responded to treatment. Microbiologically, treatment with VGC turned blood culture negative for CMV within 2 weeks in all patients and was associated with a > or =2 log decrease in blood CMV DNA within 3 weeks in 8 of 8 tested patients. With a follow-up of 6 months (n = 12 patients), asymptomatic recurrent CMV viremia was noted in five cases, and CMV syndrome noted in one case (all cases in the first 2 months after the end of treatment). VGC was clinically well tolerated in all patients; however, laboratory abnormalities occurred in three cases (mild increase in transaminases, thrombocytopenia, and pancytopenia). This preliminary experience strongly suggests that therapy with VGC is effective against CMV in organ transplant recipients; however, the exact duration of therapy remains to be determined: a longer course may be necessary to prevent early recurrence.

Material estadístico sobre la industria peruana de harina de pescado

Cuadros estadísticos de aspectos cualitativos y cuantitativos ligados a la industria peruana de reducción, que se presenta desde el momento de la pesca de materia prima hasta la venta del producto final y su exportación.

Audit report on the Hardin County Sanitary Solid Waste Disposal Commission for the year ended June 30, 2007

Audit report on the Hardin County Sanitary Solid Waste Disposal Commission for the year ended June 30, 2007

Report on the Shelby County Area Solid Waste Agency for the year ended June 30, 2008

Report on the Shelby County Area Solid Waste Agency for the year ended June 30, 2008

Audit report on the Butler County Solid Waste Commission for the year ended June 30, 2008

Audit report on the Butler County Solid Waste Commission for the year ended June 30, 2008

Insects associated with the composting process of solid urban waste separated at the source

Sarcosaprophagous macroinvertebrates (earthworms, termites and a number of Diptera larvae) enhance changes in the physical and chemical properties of organic matter during degradation and stabilization processes in composting, causing a decrease in the molecular weights of compounds. This activity makes these organisms excellent recyclers of organic matter. This article evaluates the succession of insects associated with the decomposition of solid urban waste separated at the source. The study was carried out in the city of Medellin, Colombia. A total of 11,732 individuals were determined, belonging to the classes Insecta and Arachnida. Species of three orders of Insecta were identified, Diptera, Coleoptera and Hymenoptera. Diptera corresponding to 98.5% of the total, was the most abundant and diverse group, with 16 families (Calliphoridae, Drosophilidae, Psychodidae, Fanniidae, Muscidae, Milichiidae, Ulidiidae, Scatopsidae, Sepsidae, Sphaeroceridae, Heleomyzidae, Stratiomyidae, Syrphidae, Phoridae, Tephritidae and Curtonotidae) followed by Coleoptera with five families (Carabidae, Staphylinidae, Ptiliidae, Hydrophilidae and Phalacaridae). Three stages were observed during the composting process, allowing species associated with each stage to be identified. Other species were also present throughout the whole process. In terms of number of species, Diptera was the most important group observed, particularly Ornidia obesa, considered a highly invasive species, and Hermetia illuscens, both reported as beneficial for decomposition of organic matter.

Audit report on the Hardin County Sanitary Solid Waste Disposal Commission for the year ended June 30, 2008

Audit report on the Hardin County Sanitary Solid Waste Disposal Commission for the year ended June 30, 2008

Fick's law adapted to cationic diffusion in a semi-infinite solid: application to spinel megacrystals

In alkaline lavas, the chemical zoning of megacrystals of spinel is due to the cationic exchange between the latter and the host lava. The application of Fick's law to cationic diffusion profiles allows to calculate the time these crystals have stayed in the lava. Those which are in a chemical equilibrium were in contact with the lava during 20 to 30 days, whereas megacrystals lacking this equilibrium were in contact only for 3 or 4 days. The duration of the rise of an ultrabasic nodule in the volcanic chimney was calculated by applying Stokes' law.

Audit report on the Crawford County Area Solid Waste Agency Commission for the year ended June 30, 2008

Audit report on the Crawford County Area Solid Waste Agency Commission for the year ended June 30, 2008

Imaging spectrum of the solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas : P42

Solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas (SPPP) is a very rare pancreatic tumor with low malignancy potential, occurring mostly in adolescent females and often not considered in the differential diagnosis of pancreas tumors in children. Patients with SPPP usually present with non specific abdominal symptoms and normal clinical laboratory tests. Between 2005 and 2007, 3 cases of SPPP were evaluated in our institution. The purpose of this communication is to describe the typical imaging findings of the SPPP tumor at US, CT and MRI and to correlate the images with the macro- and microscopic features of the lesion.

Construção e utilização de Bibliotecas Digitais:Contextos de acesso deficitário a material impresso e a Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação

Os países mais pobres enfrentam grandes dificuldades no acesso a publicações impressas. Entretanto, o surgimento das Bibliotecas Digitais aparece como uma grande alternativa, exactamente por permitirem o acesso a uma grande quantidade de materiais bibliográficos teoricamente a qualquer hora e a partir de qualquer lugar, desde que por exemplo se tenha acesso a um computador com ligação à Internet. Apresentam portanto um potencial muito grande para combater o fosso entre países ricos e pobres no acesso a recursos bibliográficos, e desempenham um papel educativo muito importante. Entretanto, esses países enfrentam grandes dificuldades na construção e utilização dessas Bibliotecas Digitais, como falta de técnicos qualificados, analfabetismo digital, dificuldade no acesso a computador, acesso deficitário à Internet e outros recursos das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação, etc. Enfrentam igualmente outros problemas de resolução prioritária como abastecimento de água, saneamento básico, entre outros. Perante essas dificuldades, torna-se necessário encontrar mecanismos de construção e utilização de Bibliotecas Digitais que por um lado contribuam para melhorar o acesso a materiais bibliográficos nos países mais pobres, e por outro, não requeiram elevados investimentos. Portanto, torna-se necessário estudar e prover mecanismos de construção e utilização de Bibliotecas Digitais que melhor se adeqúem à realidade dos países menos avançados, caracterizada pela falta de recursos, bem como pelo acesso deficitário a material impresso e a Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação. Torna-se igualmente necessário compreender a forma como essas bibliotecas são utilizadas nesses contextos. Assim, ao longo desta tese são analisados as potencialidades das bibliotecas digitais para os países mais pobres, os desafios existentes à sua construção e utilização bem como as alternativas existentes. Portanto, são estudados os pontos fortes, pontos fracos, vulnerabilidades e ameaças ao processo de construção e utilização de bibliotecas digitais nos países mais pobres; as dificuldades existentes e as diversas possibilidades de construção e utilização de bibliotecas digitais nessas regiões, sem que para o efeito haja necessidade de avultados investimentos. É demonstrado que apesar dos desafios, é possível construir e utilizar bibliotecas digitais nos países em desenvolvimento sem necessidade de muitos recursos. É analisado o caso concreto da construção e utilização da Biblioteca Digital da Universidade Jean Piaget de Cabo Verde, criada no âmbito deste estudo e enquadrada num contexto de acesso deficitário a material impresso e a Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação. Essa construção é efectuada levando em consideração as especificidades locais, os inputs dos potenciais utilizadores e utilizando mecanismos que minimizem os seus custos, como o uso do software livre, trabalho voluntário, entre outros. O presente estudo mostra que não obstante esse contexto, a utilização da Biblioteca Digital da Universidade Jean Piaget de Cabo Verde, pelos membros da comunidade académica da Universidade é exponencialmente superior ao uso da biblioteca tradicional da Universidade, contendo os mesmos recursos bibliográficos.

A very rare cancer in Down syndrome: medulloblastoma. Epidemiological data from 13 countries.

Persons with Down syndrome (DS) uniquely have an increased frequency of leukemias but a decreased total frequency of solid tumors. The distribution and frequency of specific types of brain tumors have never been studied in DS. We evaluated the frequency of primary neural cell embryonal tumors and gliomas in a large international data set. The observed number of children with DS having a medulloblastoma, central nervous system primitive neuroectodermal tumor (CNS-PNET) or glial tumor was compared to the expected number. Data were collected from cancer registries or brain tumor registries in 13 countries of Europe, America, Asia and Oceania. The number of DS children with each category of tumor was treated as a Poisson variable with mean equal to 0.000884 times the total number of registrations in that category. Among 8,043 neural cell embryonal tumors (6,882 medulloblastomas and 1,161 CNS-PNETs), only one patient with medulloblastoma had DS, while 7.11 children in total and 6.08 with medulloblastoma were expected to have DS. (p 0.016 and 0.0066 respectively). Among 13,797 children with glioma, 10 had DS, whereas 12.2 were expected. Children with DS appear to be specifically protected against primary neural cell embryonal tumors of the CNS, whereas gliomas occur at the same frequency as in the general population. A similar protection against neuroblastoma, the principal extracranial neural cell embryonal tumor, has been observed in children with DS. Additional genetic material on the supernumerary chromosome 21 may protect against embryonal neural cell tumor development.