Secure and Prepared Newsletter, May 20, 2010, Vol. 6, no. 10

A bi-weekly newsletter for those involved in the fields of homeland security and/or emergency management

20 años de Doc6 : Entrevista a Adela d'Alòs-Moner.

Doc6 celebra en 2008 su 20 aniversario y veinte años son muchos para una pyme. Bibliotecarios, documentalistas y profesionales de la información la crearon en 1988. En la actualidad tiene oficinas en Barcelona y en Madrid y cuenta con más de 110 empleados, el 85% de los cuales son diplomados o licenciados superiores en documentación o informática. Entre sus más de 900 clientes se encuentran universidades, empresas, laboratorios, hospitales, bufetes de abogados, colegios profesionales, fundaciones y administraciones públicas.

[Lettre autographe signée de Giuseppe Verdi à Escudier, Cauterets, 20 juillet (août) 1866]

Comprend aussi un post-scriptum de Giuseppina Verdi (en français)

Infonet, March 20, 2010, Issue 5

A publication of the Governorʼs DD Council & ID Action. It was first created nearly two decades ago as a print-only publication, sent to a few hundred people. Today we offer our nearly 3,000 direct subscribers and a variety of services.

Infonet, February 20, 2010, Issue 3

A publication of the Governorʼs DD Council & ID Action. It was first created nearly two decades ago as a print-only publication, sent to a few hundred people. Today we offer our nearly 3,000 direct subscribers and a variety of services.

Sensitivity and specificity of NT-proBNP to detect heart failure at post mortem examination.

NT-proBNP, a marker of cardiac failure, has been shown to be stable in post mortem samples. The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of NT-proBNP to detect heart failure in the forensic setting. One hundred sixty-eight consecutive autopsies were included in the study. NT-proBNP blood concentrations were measured using a chemiluminescent immunoassay kit. Cardiac failure was assessed by three independent forensic experts using macro- and microscopic findings complemented by information about the circumstances of body discovery and the known medical story. Area under the receiving operator curve was of 65.4% (CI 95%, from 57.1 to 73.7). Using a standard cut-off value of >220 pg/mL for NT-proBNP blood concentration, heart failure was detected with a sensitivity of 50.7% and a specificity of 72.6%. NT-proBNP vitreous humor values were well correlated to the ones measured in blood (r (2) = 0.658). Our results showed that NT-proBNP can corroborate the pathological findings in cases of natural death related to heart failure, thus, keeping its diagnostic properties passing from the ante mortem to the post mortem setting. Therefore, biologically inactive polypeptides like NT-proBNP seem to be stable enough to be used in forensic medicine as markers of cardiac failure, taking into account the sensitivity and specificity of the test.

Q&A: Furloughs, bumping, and IPERS Benefits 2010-2011, June 20, 2010

An 4 page report about what happens to your IPERS during furloughs.

Q&A: Furloughs, Bumping, and IPERS Benefits 2010-2012, June 20, 2010

The new law makes the following changes: (a) Reduces IPERS benefits not yet earned by regular members and raises contributions for them above the rate set in current law. (b) Raises the limit on how much contributions for regular members can change each year from 0.5 percentage point to 1.0 percentage point. (c) Extends a provision for restoring wage credits for mandatory unpaid time and extends it to union bumping. Other changes are limited in scope and will not affect most members; some changes are merely technical.

Summary of 2010–2012 IPERS changes,June 20, 2010

IPERs has three membership classes. Each class has different contribution rates and benefits. Most IPERS members are in the regular class. Only sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, and those working in protection occupations are not. (Protection occupations include certain employees of the Department of Corrections, state and county conservation peace officers, city police officers, DOT peace officers, airport firefighters, airport safety officers, fire prevention inspector peace officers, regular and volunteer firefighters, air base security officers, county jailers, emergency medical service providers, county attorney investigators, and National Guard installation security officers.)

28-1-20, voyage présidentiel [M. Raymond Poincaré] à Nieuport : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 57780

28-1-20, voyage présidentiel à Nieuport [M. Raymond Poincaré] : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 57788

Report on a review of selected general and application controls over the Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University) Purchase Order/Requisition System for the period of March 20 through April 28, 2009

Report on a review of selected general and application controls over the Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University) Purchase Order/Requisition System for the period of March 20 through April 28, 2009

Motor Vehicle Crash Fatalities for Week Ending, August 20, 2010

Motor Vehicle Crash Fatalities

EPI Update, August 20, 2010

Weekly newsletter for Center For Acute Disease Epidemiology of Iowa Department of Public Health.

Carbono orgânico e Nitrogênio em agregados de um Latossolo Vermelho distrófico sob duas coberturas vegetais

A matéria orgânica do solo apresenta constituição variada, incluindo desde frações ativas a mais estáveis, com diferentes taxas de ciclagem. Práticas de manejo alteram os teores de carbono orgânico e N, a qualidade da matéria orgânica e a agregação dos solos. Este trabalho foi realizado com o objetivo de caracterizar o carbono orgânico e o N em agregados de um Latossolo Vermelho distrófico de Minas Gerais sob vegetação natural de Cerradão e sob cultivo com milho durante 30 anos. Para isso, retiraram-se amostras do solo em quatro pontos diferentes nas profundidades de 5-10 e 15-20 cm, que foram fracionadas, por via seca, nas classes de agregados de: 4,75-2,0; 2,0-1,0; 1,0-0,5; 0,5-0,25; 0,25-0,105; e < 0,105 mm de diâmetro. Nesses materiais, determinaram-se: o carbono orgânico total (COT) e o solúvel em água (COS), o N total (NT) e o mineralizado em condição anaeróbia (NMA). Em média, os agregados do solo sob cultivo convencional apresentaram teores de COT superiores, mas os agregados da camada superficial do solo do Cerradão apresentaram maiores teores de NT. Os teores de COS e de NMA, que caracterizam a fração mais ativa da matéria orgânica, foram significativamente maiores nos agregados do solo do Cerradão. Os agregados de menor tamanho tenderam a apresentar maiores teores de COT, NT e NMA. As relações C/N, COT/COS e NT/NMA nos agregados do solo cultivado com milho foram, em média, maiores. Na profundidade de 15-20 cm, os agregados apresentaram relação NT/NMA consistentemente maior. No entanto, independentemente da camada do solo, a menor relação NT/NMA ocorreu na menor classe de agregados, indicando presença de formas mais lábeis de N. Os resultados mostraram que o tipo de cobertura vegetal e o manejo do solo influenciaram tanto os teores de carbono orgânico e de N como a qualidade da matéria orgânica. Os agregados de menor tamanho, além de serem responsáveis pelo maior estoque de matéria orgânica do solo, representam importantes sítios de N mineralizável. O COS, o NMA e as relações COT/COS e NT/NMA constituem medidas promissoras para detectar mudanças na labilidade da matéria orgânica do solo, em função do manejo