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Color Them Hungry
As summer nears its end, the honey bees are hungry.
That's why Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology advocates that we plant flowers for late summer and fall to help the bees. Often we think of spring as the season for planting bee plants, but mid- to late summer and fall is when they really need our help.
Malnutrition is one of the factors suspected in colony collapse disorder (CCD), the mysterious malardy in which adult bees abandon the hive, leaving behind the queen bee, immature brood and food stores. Other factors in the declining bee population include pesticides, pests, diseases and stress.
If you look around, you'll see bees foraging in Northern California on blanket flower (Gaillardia), sedum (family Crassulaceae) and late-blooming towers of jewels (Echium wildpretii).
And the lavenders, salvias (sages) and the mints.
Coming soon: the Neal Williams lab at the University of California, Davis, is compiling a list of bee plants that will be posted on the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility.
Current resources? The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation features plant lists on its site. The UC Berkeley Urban Bee Lab maintains a wealth of information about plants and pollinators on its site. There's even a Bee Smart app, offered free by the Pollinator Partnership, that will enable you to browse through about 1000 native plants.
Some of my favorite honey bee plants: the lavenders, the salvias, sunflowers, catmint, sedum, blanket flowers, oregano, artichoke, zinnias, cosmos, borage, bush germander, buckwheat, basil, ceanothus, coneflowers, seaside daisies, red hot poker, and of course, the tower of jewels, which, in height, towers over them all.
A honey bee foraging on a blanket flower, Gaillardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee on sedum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee on a blanket flower (Gaillardia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee heading toward a tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Congrats to The Bee Team!
Congrats to "The Bee Team" at the University of California, Davis.
The one-of-a-kind team, comprised of five Department of Entomology faculty members, received the coveted team award from the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA), for their collaborative work specializing in honey bees, wild bees and pollination issues through research, education and outreach.
Their service to UC Davis spans 116 years.
The "Bee Team" is comprised of Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen; systematist/hymenopterist Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and professor of entomology who coordinated the development and installation of a landmark bee friendly garden; and native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of entomology; pollination ecologist Neal Williams, assistant professor of entomology who specializes in pollination and bee biology; and biologist/apiculturist Brian Johnson, assistant professor of entomology who specializes in bee communication, bee behavior and bee health.
PBESA represents 11 states, seven U.S. territories, and parts of Canada and Mexico.
Thorp, who retired from the university in 1994, continues to work full-time on behalf of the bees, and has tallied 49 years of service to UC Davis. Mussen, who will retire in June of 2014, has provided 37 years of service; Kimsey, 24; Williams, 4 and Johnson, 2.
"The collaborative team exceptionally serves the university, the state, the nation, and indeed the world, in research, education and public service," wrote nominator Michael Parrella, professor and chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology. "The Bee Team is really the 'A' team; no other university in the country has this one-of-a-kind expertise about managed bees, wild bees, pollination, bee health, bee identification, and bee preservation. Honey bee health is especially crucial. Since 2006 when the colony collapse disorder surfaced, we as a nation have been losing one-third of our bees annually. Some beekeepers are reporting 50 to 100 percent winter losses. The importance of bees cannot be underestimated: one-third of the food we eat is pollinated by bees."
Among those lending support to The Bee Team through letters were the Mary Delany, interim chair of the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; AnnMaria "Ria" de Grassi, director of federal policy, California Farm Bureau Federation; Christi Heintz, executive director of Project Apis m. and the Almond Board of California Task Force Liaison; and Mace Vaughn, pollinator conservation program director of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.
The Bee Team (from left) Eric Mussen, Neal Williams, Robbin Thorp, Lynn Kimsey and Brian Johnson. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Promoting Pollinator Habitat
The seventh annual Bee Symposium, a fundraiser for Partners for Sustainable Pollination, will take place on Saturday, March 9 in Sebastopol.
That's when five speakers will talk about pollinator habitat--what's good to plant and why. The theme is "Pollinator Habitat and Forage."
The event takes place from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Sebastopol Center for the Arts, located in the Veterans' Building at 282 South High St., Sebastopol.
Pollination ecologist Neal Williams, assistant professor of pollination and bee biology, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will be among the speakers at the all-day event.
Williams will discuss "Development of Wildflower Mixes to Promote Native Pollination in Agriculture."
A core faculty member in the UC Davis Agricultural Sustainability Institute, Williams focuses his research on pollination that spans the disciplines of conservation biology, behavioral ecology and evolution. One of his primary research foci is on sustainable pollination strategies for agriculture. This work is critical given ongoing pressures facing managed honey bees and reported declines in important native pollinators such as bumble bees.
He and his colleagues explore the role of wild native bees, honey bees and other managed species as crop pollinators and the effects of landscape composition and local habitat quality on their persistence.
Williams' continuing goal is to provide practical information that can be used to improve the long- term stability of pollination for agriculture in California, as well as promote pollinator conservation and management.
Other speakers at the symposium will include bee industry expert Peter Borst of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University. He will deliver two talks: "A Short History of Pollination" and "Pollinator Panorama." Borst is a regular contributor to the American Bee Journal.
Professor Gordon Frankie of UC Berkeley will discuss "Bees and Flowers: A Selective Love Affair."
Master Gardener Cheryl Verettto will share "Plant 4 Bees: Help The Bees by Planting All 4 Seasons"
Farmer Paul Kaiser of the Singing Frogs Farm will cover "Farming for Pollinators: How Can We Humans Produce Nutrient Dense Food While Improving the health, Vitality and Resiliency of Mother Nature?"
Tickets are $35 pre-sale or $45 at the door. Members receive a $5 discount. For more information or to purchase tickets, access http:// www.pfspbees.org/store or cash tickets may be purchased at Beekind, 921 Gravenstein Highway South., Sebastopol.
For general information, contact Jeanine Robbins at email@example.com or (707) 824-2905.
Blue pollen from a bird's eye blossom covers a honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Landscape Conservation for Rare Insects
"Landscape Conservation for Rare Insects!"
That's the title of a seminar to be hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology on Wednesday, Jan. 23.
Nick Haddad, the William Neal Reynolds Professor of Biology at North Carolina State University (NCSU), Raleigh, N.C., will speak from 12:10 to 1 p.m., in Room 1022 of the Life Sciences Addition, corner of Hutchison and Kleiber Hall drives. Pollination ecologist Neal Williams, assistant professor of entomology, will introduce him.
The seminar promises to be riveting.
"I will discuss studies of landscape approaches and how they may be used to conserve rare insects, focusing on rare butterflies," Haddad said. "In one experiment, we are studying how landscape corridors may be used to increase insect dispersal and population viability. In a second experiment, we are asking whether habitat restoration creates population sources, or instead creates unintended population sinks for rare butterflies. These experimental approaches that consider mechanisms of dispersal and demography can be used to inform large scale conservation and restoration in a changing world."
One of his endangered subjects, found only in North Carolina, is a brown butterfly, Saint Francis satyr (Neonympha mitchellii francisci). See the photo below by Melissa McGaw.
Haddad recently launched a new website, Conservation Corridor, aimed at connecting science to conservation.
Haddad received his doctorate in ecology from the University of Georgia in 1997, and his bachelor's degree in biology, with honors, from Stanford University in 1991. He served as a researcher in the Guatemala Program, Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University, from 1990 to 1997, and as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Minnesota from 1997-1999 before joining the the North Carolina State University faculty in 1999.
He advanced from assistant professor of zoology to associate professor of biology to professor of biology. In between, he headed west to UC Davis to become a sabbatical scholar, hosted by Marcel Holyoak, from 2006-2007.
Haddad has published his work in Conservation Biology, Journal of Insect Conservation, Ecology, Ecology Letters,Conservation Genetics, PLoS ONE, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Population Ecology, Science, and Ecography, among others.
Assistant professors Brian Johnson and Joanna Chiu are coordinating the Department of Entomology's winter seminars. All the winter seminars are being video-recorded under the direction of James R. Carey and will be posted at a later date on UCTV.
Meanwhile, there's lots of good information on his Conservation Corridor website. You can also "like" his Conservation Corridor Facebook page.
Nick Haddad (Photo by Melissa McGaw)
Saint Francis satyr (Neonympha mitchellii francisci). (Photo by Melissa McGaw)
Aspiring for Better Pollination
We can expect some exciting research to emerge from the U. S. Department of Agriculture's Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI).
And UC Davis pollination ecologist Neal Williams, an assistant professor in the Department of Entomology, is a part it.
Williams and postdoctoral fellow Claire Brittain of the Williams lab will be participating in the SCRI's annual team and advisory committee meeting, to be held Jan. 17-19 in Gainesville, Fla.
Williams is a co-project director of Aspire Project: Augmenting Specialty Crop Pollination Through Integrated Research and Education for Bees, a coordinated agricultural project funded by SCRI. Williams serves as the project leader for habitat enhancement for bees and a co-leader of a project seeking alternative managed bees for almonds.
The meeting will be the first "all-hands-on-deck" meeting to discuss plans for the first field season; to coordinate collection and curation techniques; and to obtain feedback from the Advisory Committee Tentative Plan, according to Rufus Isaacs, berry crops entomology Extension specialist at Michigan State University, Lansing, Mich.
Isaacs directs the Aspire Project for Bees and is the principal investigator of the $1.6-million SCRI grant. (See news release.)
In addition to Williams, the co-project directors are Theresa Pitts-Singer, research entomologist, USDA-ARS Pollinating Insects Research Unit, Department of Biology. Logan, Utah; Mace Vaughan, pollinator program director, Xerces Society, Portland, Ore; and Mark Lubell, Sociology of Sustainability, UC Davis Department of Environmental Science and Policy.
Project Team members are investigating the performance, economics, and farmer perceptions of different pollination strategies in various fruit and vegetable crops. These include complete reliance on honey bees, farm habitat manipulation to enhance suitability for bees, and use of managed native bees alone or in combination with honey bees. The Project Team has a strong outreach focus, said Isaacs, and will deliver its findings to specialty crop agriculture through various diverse routes of traditional and new media, including the Aspire website.
"Our long-term goal is to develop and deliver context-specific Integrated Crop Pollination (ICP) recommendations on how to most effectively harness the potential of native bees for crop pollination," says Isaacs on the Aspire website. "We define ICP as: the combined use of different pollinator species, habitat augmentation, and crop management practices to provide reliable and economical pollination of crops. This approach is analogous to Integrated Pest Management in that we aim to provide decision-support tools to reduce risk and improve returns through the use of multiple tactics tailored to specific crops and situations. By developing context-specific ICP programs, this project will improve sustainability of U.S. specialty crops and thereby help ensure the continued ability of growers to reap profitable returns from their investments in land, plants, and other production inputs."
The project objectives are five-fold:
- to identify economically valuable pollinators and the factors affecting their abundance.
- to develop habitat management practices to improve crop pollination.
- to determine performance of alternative managed bees as specialty crop pollinators.
- to demonstrate and deliver ICP practices for specialty crops.
- to determine optimal methods for ICP information delivery and measure ICP adoption
Two other UC-affiliated scientists are involved with the Aspire program: Karen Klonsky, Cooperative Extension specialist with the UC Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics; and Claire Kremen, pollination ecologist and professor at UC Berkeley.
All hands on deck!
The blue orchard bee or BOB (Osmia) is being studied as an alternative pollinator. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pollination ecologist Neal Williams working on an Osmia project last summer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)


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North Kiteboarding wins men and womans kite race world championship!
The Formula Kite Race World Championships took place on the Black Sea in Istanbul. Attracting the fastest men and women riders on the planet from over 20 countries, it was an impressive 5 day show of outstanding performance. Amongst our riders the new 2015 North Race Ltd 69 was the optimum weapon of choice, proving itself through its results, finishing consistently within the top 3 ranking.
The first two days of qualifiers saw the arrival of stronger winds, and riders rigging 11 – 15m Kites for a series of races which determined a Gold and Silver Fleet split for the days to follow. The Men's Race discipline was dominated by NKB Team Riders Olly Bridge and Maxim Moocher, with Blasco Ozog showing great form following Appendix surgery a few weeks prior to the event. In the Women's discipline, Steph Bridge showed a return to full power and performance, demonstrating from the get go that she was in it to win it!
As Racing got underway there were signs of history in the making, with a double victory for both mother (Steph) and son (Olly) looking promising. However, a bad decision on Kite choice cost Olly his World Title on Day 4. The Regatta was now in the hands of Maxime Nocher who progressed into Medal Race day with 14 points, a clear lead ahead of the other top three riders. All of the four Medal Races were won by Olly Bridge bringing him closer to the top three, but it wasn't enough to make up for the damage done the previous day.
It's clear to see that the fastest Team in the world right now is North Kiteboarding and they're unstoppable. Be sure to follow them next week when they head to the Kite Race European Championships in Poland.
Maxime Nocher 1st
Olly Bridge 3rd
Blasco Ozog 4th
Steph Bridge 1st
Silver Fleet
Theo 9th silver fleet
Axel 6th silver fleet
Kitefoil Gold Cup - Silvaplana
The second Kite Foil Gold Cup stop was held on one of the highest mountain lakes in Europe- lake Silvaplana at 1800 mtrs above sea level. Kiters came from all over the world to compete in this growing discipline which has attracted the worlds best kite racers.
The first couple of days saw the normal gradient south wind coming up the valley from the Maloja Pass which bought excitement to the qualifying series with plenty of position changes. North riders from France, Maxime Nocher and Nicolas Parlier proved why they are leading the french foiling stops and gave Mr Johnny Heineken from USA some close racing. Current Formula European champion, Oliver Bridge from the UK made some decent tactical decisions giving him 3 bulletts on the final races and putting him in 2nd place going into the Gold Fleet races. Younger Brother, Guy Bridge - age 14 took top 5 places in all the 9 qualifying races giving him an 8th position going into the Gold Fleet. Meanwhile, Mum - Steph made it the only Woman to get in the Gold fleet.
The final couple of days the wind did not play the right game & did not allow any medal races to be completed. This meant that the overall scores for the 9 races stay as:
Oliver Bridge 2nd
Nicolas Parlier 3rd
Maxime Nocher 4th
Guy Bridge 8th & 1st Youth
Steph Bridge 17th & 1st Woman
The racers now switch discipline and head to Istanbul for the Formula Kite World Championships which start on 18/8.
North Kiteboarding team members Sabrina Lutz (Germany) and Mario Rodwald (Germany) are the 2013 European Freestyle Champions in Kiteboarding.
Stefan Spiessberger (NKB) wins the tour stop. North Kiteboarding domination.
The German front-runners Mario Rodwald (22) and compatriot Sabrina Lutz (24) went into a thrilling competition in Castelldeldefels, Spain. The weather gods gave their support to the 78 riders from ten nations and so the kiteboarders took off to run the single elimination on the stormy mediterranean waters of Castelldefels. In the athletic freestyle competition the riders compete against each other in a knock out system. Judges award points for the most complex tricks and jumps. Everything went well for the two german front runners until some upset was caused in the semi-finals.
Austria's Stefan Spiessberger (24, NKB) who was close on Rodwald's heels in the overall ranking, kept his nerve and won over the German in the semi finals in a very tight match. Rodwald finished third, but Spiessberger continued his winning strike and sent spanish superstar Alex Pastor to the second place. The Austrian's win wasn't enough however to prevent Rodwald from defending his 2012 European Championship title.
In the women's division, Sabrina Lutz faced a similar fate and she too lost and won at the same time. She lost in the semi finals against her nemesis, the reigning european champion Annelou Lammerts (20) and she also managed to finish in third position, but despite her loss against Lammerts, the girl from germany won the title! She had simply already gathered enough points to secure the 2013 title. Danish talent Therese Taabbel (17) secured a second place in Castelldefels.
The winds soon calmed down and the racers were sent out to battle out their tour winner on a course staked out with buoys. Again it was a german who managed to get in front. Florian Gruber won over Julien Kerneur from France and Russia's Ivan Doronin. Then the wind decided that it was time for siesta and returned only on the very last day, when two more races could be run. Florian Gruber won race two and got a second place in the last race, which secured him the event win. However he couldn't get the overall titel due to two missing points that made North Kiteboarding team rider Maxime Nocher from France a very happy tour winner while securing a safe 2nd place in Castelldefels! Well done Maxime!
Congratulations to the whole North Kiteboarding Team, dominating the European Tour!
Freestyle - European Champions 2013
Men's divison
1. Mario Rodwald (Germany, North Kiteboarding)
2. Stefan Spiessberger (Austria, North Kiteboarding)
3. Jerrie van de Kop (Netherlands)
Women's divison:
1. Sabrina Lutz (Germany, North Kiteboarding)
2. Annelous Lammerts (Netherlands)
3. Nanette van der Snoek (Netherlands)
Freestyle - Results for Tour stop Castelldefels
Men's divison
1. Stefan Spiessberger (Austria, North Kiteboarding)
2. Alex Pastor (Spain)
3. Mario Rodwald (Germany, North Kiteboarding)
Women's divison
1. Annelous Lammerts (Netherlands)
2. Therese Taabbel (Denmark)
3. Sabrina Lutz (Germany, North Kiteboarding)
Course Racing - 2013 Tour winners
Men's divison
1. Maxime Nocher (France, North Kiteboarding)
2. Florian Gruber (Germany)
3. Blazej Ozog (Poland, North Kiteboarding)
Women's divison:
1. Katja Roose (Netherlands)
2. Aga Grzymska (Poland)
3. Anastasia Akopova (Russia)
Course Racing - Results for Tour stop Castelldefels
Men's divison
1. Florian Gruber (Germany)
2. Maxime Nocher (France, North Kiteboarding)
3. Julien Kerneur (France)
Women's divison
1. Astrid Berz (Switzerland)
2. Katja Roose (Netherlands)
3. Anastasia Akopova (Russia)
North American Championships - San Francisco
North dominates the first KTE Stop in Almanarre France
Almanarre, the neighborhood of St. Tropez was the perfect start into an exciting season for the NKB team! Let´s get it on! With the two first days of wind, sun, 95 riders from over 14 countries coming to the South of France – Almanarre Kitemasters finished with a full freestyle event and 8 counted course races. The tour started with 46 racers - 39 men and 7 women – as well as 49 freestylers - 37 men and 12 women. The first edition of the European tour stop on the Côte d'Azur was a great event with a parallel execution of the two disciplines. The first day brought strong 30-35 knots. The action was intense right from the beginning and it started early in the morning with both competitions. Freestylers were riding with 7 meters kites and after, to get used to the conditions, the spectators could seen some awesome tricks. North Kiteboarding rider Stefan Spiessberger (Austria), who was unfortunately kicked-off in round 4 in the single elimination, fought his way back straight through the doubles and won unstoppable six heats, until the quarter final, when he was beaten by Liam Whaley (Spain).
The final in the doubles featured Mario Rodwald, NKB (Germany) against Whaley. Both of these riders have had an amazing start and demonstrated great progression over the wintertime. That heat was full of power, variety and action for the beach crowd. With a great powerful double S-Bend Pass and a Low Mobe 5, Mario got it and won the first European tour stop. Congratulations!
The final women's heat took place between Sabrina Lutz, NKB (Germany) and title-holder 2012 Annelous Lammerts (Netherlands), when Sabrina crashed her kite and Annelous advanced. A super women final was announced and finally the first women tour stop title goes to Germany and North Kiteboarding as well - Sabrina Lutz (NKB).
Focusing on course racing, the first two competition days were quite eventful. Racers entered the water early, hungry for days full of racing action. With regard to the rough sea, the course provided tactical challenges that made not only spectacular for racing, but excellent spectating as well.
On day one, French rider Maxime Nocher (NKB) won three of four races followed by Julien Kerneur, also from France. British race legend Steph Bridge, also NKB from UK, holds first place positioning, while Dutch rider Katja Roose followed her on second place. The riders were always quite close and handled out arresting battles. The second day was a smoother running. Some kites moved in perfect synchronization alongside one another. With the fleet on bigger kites, Maxime Nocher, Julien Kerneur, Blazej Ozog and Florian Gruber were riding close to each other in rotational positioning. Day three and four, brought a bout of very light, or better, no wind.
The course director adapted due to these light conditions. But unfortunately they realized their wishful thinking did not materialize. The wind didn't pick up the last two last days. In a nutshell, ten races were sailed, with two discards in total. French rider Maxime Nocher (NKB) at first and Blazej Ozog, also NKB on third position. Congratulations!
The women´s fleet, was lead by Steph Bridge (UK). Steph crossed five times the finish line first and dominated the event. Like so many times before.
The end of the first MINI KTE event was marked with the closing ceremony and the distribution of the trophies and prize money. It could not have been a better way to start the season with a grateful event and tough conditions in the beginning.
The next stop of the season is on the German island Sylt. The rough Northern Sea and strong winds will be a perfect spot for the 2nd stop of the year, from 2nd July to 7th July.
Congratulations to all the participating North Kiteboarding riders!!
North Race Results are: North Freestyle Results are:
1st Steph Bridge 1st Sabrina Lutz
4th Arianne Imbert 3rd Nanette van der Snoek
1st Maxime Nocher 1st Mario Rodwald
3rd Blajez Ozog 3rd Stefan Spiessberger
4th Florian Gruber
5th Olly Bridge


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Description: Clinical research in rare diseases presents a number of challenges and unique issues that are not usually considered in the training of clinical investigators through existing training programs. Goals of the conference include: direct instruction of trainees and new investigators in rare disease research methodology; development of a reusable curriculum/syllabus on rare disease research methodology; and stimulation of ideas regarding the unique issues facing investigators engaged in the study of rare diseases. -
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VI International Conference on Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs (ICORD 2010): Global Approach to Accessibility in Rare Diseases, Orphan Drugs and Neglected Diseases , Thursday, March 18, 2010 - Saturday, March 20, 2010
Location: Palais Rouge Convention Center, Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Description: For the first time, the VI International Conference on Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs (ICORD 2010) was convened in the southern hemisphere in agreement with its aim of globalization of rare diseases research and orphan products development activities.
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Bacterial gastroenteritis is inflammation of the stomach and intestines caused by bacteria.
Infectious diarrhea - bacterial gastroenteritis; Acute gastroenteritis; Gastroenteritis - bacterial
Bacterial gastroenteritis can affect one person or a group of people who all ate the same food. It is commonly called food poisoning. It often occurs after eating at picnics, school cafeterias, large social gatherings, or restaurants.
The germs may get into your food (called contamination) in many ways:
Food poisoning often occurs from eating or drinking:
Many different types of bacteria can cause bacterial gastroenteritis, including:
Symptoms depend on the type of bacteria that caused the sickness. All types of food poisoning cause diarrhea . Other symptoms include:
Your health care provider will examine you for signs of food poisoning. These may include pain in the stomach and signs your body does not have as much water and fluids as it should (dehydration).
Lab tests may be done on the food or a stool sample to find out what germ is causing your symptoms. However, these tests do not always show the cause of the diarrhea.
Tests may also be done to look for white blood cells in the stool. This is a sign of infection.
You will usually recover from the most common types of bacterial gastroenteritis in a couple of days. The goal is to make you feel better and avoid dehydration.
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If you take diuretics ("water pills"), talk to your health care provider. You may need to stop taking the diuretic while you have diarrhea. Never stop or change your medicines without first talking to your health care provider.
Antibiotics are not prescribed very often for most common types of bacterial gastroenteritis. If diarrhea is very severe or you have a weakened immune system, antibiotics may be needed.
You can buy medicines at the drugstore that can help stop or slow diarrhea.
Most people get better in a few days without treatment.
Certain rare types of E. coli can cause severe anemia , gastrointestinal bleeding or even kidney failure.
Call your health care provider if you have:
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Take precautions to prevent food poisoning.
Schiller LR, Sellin JH. Diarrhea. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:chap 15.
Sodha SV, Griffin PM, Hughes JM. Foodborne Diseases. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 7th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2009:chap 99.
Craig SA. Gastroenteritis. In: Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, et al, eds. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby Elsevier; 2013:chap 94.
Bhutta ZA. Acute Gastroenteritis in Children. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 332.
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On June 20 the 214th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA), meeting in Columbus, Ohio, passed the following resolution:
"The 214th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) "1. Reaffirms that God is Creator, in accordance with the witness of Scripture and the Reformed Confessions. "2. Reaffirms that there is no contradiction between an evolutionary theory of human origins and the doctrine of God as Creator. School District Rejects Books Which Discuss EvolutionOn June 17 the Board of the Annville-Cleona School District voted to reject proposed 7th and 8th grade reading course textbooks. According to news reports in the Lebanon Daily News and Harrisburg Patriot-News board members objected to some of the topics presented, including evolution and "radical environmentalism". One board member was quoted as opposing one book "because it does include evolution stated as fact... Board of Education Requires Evolution for AccreditationOn June 7, 2002 the Nebraska Board of Education voted 5-2 to add the state's existing science standards, including coverage of evolution, to the official requirements for school accreditation. According to a report in the Omaha World-Herald, supporters of "intelligent design" had asked the Board to delay this step, hoping that the standards could be changed. The Board refused to do so. School District Supports "Intelligent Design"
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Amebic liver abscess is a collection of pus in the liver in response to an intestinal parasite.
Hepatic amebiasis; Extraintestinal amebiasis; Abscess - amebic liver
Amebic liver abscess is caused by Entamoeba histolytica. This is the same parasite that causes amebiasis , an intestinal infection that is also called amebic dysentery. After an infection has occurred, the parasite may be carried by the blood from the intestines to the liver.
The disease spreads from eating food or water that has been contaminated with feces (sometimes due to the use of human waste as fertilizer). It is also spread through person-to-person contact.
The infection occurs worldwide, but is most common in tropical areas where crowded living conditions and poor sanitation exist. Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, and India have significant health problems from this disease.
Risk factors for amebic liver abscess include:
There are usually no symptoms of intestinal infection. But persons with amebic liver abscess do have symptoms, including:
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Antibiotics such as metronidazole (Flagyl) or tinidazole (Tindamax) are the usual treatment for liver abscess. A medication such as paromomycin or diloxanide must also be taken to get rid of all the amoebas in the intestine and to prevent the disease from coming back. This treatment can usually be delayed until after the abscess has been treated.
In rare cases, the abscess may need to be drained to relieve some of the abdominal pain.
Without treatment, the abscess may break open (rupture) and spread into other organs, leading to death. People who are treated have a very high chance of a complete cure or only minor complications.
The abscess may rupture into the abdominal cavity, the lining of the lungs, the lungs, or the sac around the heart. The infection can also spread to the brain.
Call your health care provider if you develop symptoms of this disease, especially if you have recently traveled to an area where the disease is known to occur.
When traveling in tropical countries with poor sanitation, drink purified water and do not eat uncooked vegetables or unpeeled fruit.
Donnelly JP, Blijlevens NMA, DePauw BE. Entamoeba species including amebiasis. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Disease. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Elsevier Saunders; 2009:chap 273.
Reddy KR. Bacterial, parasitic, fungal, and granulomatous liver disease. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 154.
Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc., Editorial Team: David Zieve, MD, MHA, Bethanne Black, Stephanie Slon, and Nissi Wang.
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Arson attack is a terrible form of violence gifted to us by the politicians. A few days ago their agents torched a bus at Shahbag and in a few minutes, 19 lives were changed forever. They were ordinary people who probably were returning home after a hard day's work. When we are used as mere cannon fodder to achieve political agenda, where is democracy?
In all circumstances, it is the commoners who are the expendables, who will die and be burnt. It is our lives which are being sacrificed and used, while these politicians go on surviving and holding us hostages. It is an obvious truth that the political parties of Bangladesh do not think of our well-being. They have their personal and political agenda to fulfil and we are used as pawns.
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Development Studies
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The golden boy of the show, Gosselaar, now 38, had trouble saying goodbye to his character, prankster Zack Morris. He reprised his role for the college years spin-off, which lasted only one season, and the series' made-for-TV movies, including "Wedding in Las Vegas," in which Zach and Kelly (Thiessen) culminate their on-again-off-again romance in marriage. Gosselaar returned to the spotlight in 1998's "Dead Man on Campus" but failed to gain momentum in Hollywood. After the short-lived TV series "Hyperion Bay," Gosselaar finally moved beyond Zack when he took on the role of Detective John Clark on "NYPD Blue" from 2001 to 2005. "Blue" creator Steven Bocho cast him in his 2008 legal drama "Raising the Bar" on TNT, but the show lasted only one season. Currently, he's the star of the TNT series "Franklin & Bash." In 2011, he divorced former model Lisa Ann Russell, with whom he has two children, Michael Charles and Ava Lorenn, and married advertising executive Catriona McGinn in July 2012 after a yearlong engagement. As for Zach, there may be hope with Kelly -- if Jimmy Fallon has his way. The late-night host has been trying to organize a "class reunion" since 2009. So far Gosselaar, Voorhies, Berkley, Lopez and Haskins have signed on. Tiffani Thiessen posted a parody video on the website Funny or Die, claiming she was too busy to participate.


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Teach your family to solder! Take a few pictures tagged as "MAKEcation" and put them in the MAKE Flickr pool by September 9th to enter to win a $100 Maker Shed gift certifiate!
If you are looking to introduce soldering to your classes this school year, you should consider having students use a soldering vise or other holder to secure the circuit board. Keeping the components in place will help students get the hang of soldering quicker than if the board and parts are loose on the table or held by hand. I've been messing with this idea more since using the PanaVise my brother employed to solder the boards for his HeathKit amateur radio back in the day. While super nice to use, a well-made vise like this is too expensive and too easily broken for classroom use. This design can be easily made from readily available supplies from the supply cabinet and a few pieces from either maintenance or home.
My first iteration of the design was pretty simple, a scrap of 1″x3″ strapping placed onto a scrap of 3/4″ plywood. On the strapping, I screwed down a binder clip with a washer to help the sheet rock screw hold down the handle of the clip. I had some ideas of using water bottles from the recycling bin to hold parts, but plastic near hot iron is a bad combination. There were a few problems with the design, so I made another run at it. The idea behind this project is to create a functional tool, which should be something that kids could make themselves for use at home, or a teacher could bang out a bunch of them pretty quickly and inexpensively to set up several soldering stations.
Skills in this project (you can pick which ones you want to focus on):
- Measuring for a cut
- Cutting with a handsaw
- Cutting with a power saw like a miter box
- Designing with CAD (extrusions, assembly, or if you want to get hard core, you can even design the screws with a revolve and put threads on them too)
- Making and following drawings for manufacturing
- Manufacturing processes
- Mass production of a single design
Materials you will need:
- 2 Binder clips
- 6″ Scrap of 2″x4″
- 6″x9″ Plywood, 1/2″ or 3/4″
- 5 Sheetrock screws 1 1/4″ or longer
- 2 Washers to fit the screws
- Ruler or tape measure
- Pencil to mark your cuts
- Saw (hand or power)
- Screwdriver or screw gun
- Safety goggles/glasses
Start with a scrap of plywood. 6 inches by 9 inches should be plenty, but you can make it bigger.
Measure for your cuts and mark them on the wood in pencil.
Cut the 2″x4″ to fit the short dimension of the plywood.
Align the 2″x4″ so that it is about 2 1/2″ from one end and mark the plywood. This will allow you to attach a holder such as a mint tin for solder and other supplies later.
Flip the plywood over, ideally, put the 2″x4″ in a vise to keep it secure and screw the plywood to the 2″x4″ with three screws.
Flip it over and place the two binder clips on the 2″x4″ so that they are evenly spaced.
Place the washers on the screws and secure the binder clips in place.
Your soldering stand is ready for action!
You may want to screw a mint tin or two on the board. This will allow you to hold things like short lengths of desoldering braid, solder, LEDs, switches, resistors etc. You will need screws that are at least 1/8″ shorter than the thickness of the wood you are screwing into.
Soldering iron holder
You could make an iron holder with a 3/4″ screw eye on the side of the upright. Making sure the heat from the business end of the iron is shielded should be part of your design, this could probably be done with a soda can, which can be cut with scissors and held with a short screw or two.
Soldering iron cleaner
Brass or copper pot scrubbers make good tip cleaners. Use a short screw with a wide fender washer (small hole, wide disk) to secure it to the plywood. Steel wool should not be used for a couple of reasons, apparently it scratches up the tip of the iron, and sooner or later, kids will discover that it is flammable, which could invite a visit from the local fire department or its' representatives.
Computer Aided Design
You can introduce students to the powerful ideas around CAD by having them make a virtual model of the stand either before or after building.
For well under $5, you can have a soldering station for your students to hold their work. If they use this as a way to also learn about manufacturing and computer aided design, you can wake up some other useful interests as they get ready to explore electronics.
- MAKEcations: deadline extended!
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SEATTLE, March 27, 2012 – Colorectal cancer doesn't broadcast its presence until it's too late. Swedish Health Services hopes to change that by getting the word out about safe and effective prevention options.
On Wednesday, March 28, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. (PST), Swedish physicians and staff will host its first-ever online chat and video stream of a colonoscopy procedure. The stream will be made available online at www.swedish.org/colonlive.
In the United States today, colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths for both men and women. It is estimated that 51,000 people will die of the disease this year and 143,000 new cases will be diagnosed.


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Please note that as of October 24, 2014, the Nokia Developer Wiki will no longer be accepting user contributions, including new entries, edits and comments, as we begin transitioning to our new home, in the Windows Phone Development Wiki. We plan to move over the majority of the existing entries. Thanks for all your past and future contributions.
Photomosaic App with Qt
This article explains how to create an app that will take a photo, upload it to a server, wait for a response image, and display it on the phone. This application uses Nokia N9 (MeeGo Harmattan), is written in Qt and QML, and uses MeeGo Touch Framework. The image created on the server is a photomosaic, and there are many other features to the application: uploading photos from galleries, viewing the photomosaic with pinch zooming, uploading the result to Facebook, and more. The server setup is explained as well.
Note: This is an entry in the PureView Imaging Competition 2012Q2
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The app described in this article uses a database of 100000 open source photos from the Internet to convert any picture to a photomosaic. The images below show a photo taken using a mobile device and the resulting photomosaic.
The following sections describe the code for the application and the server.
Server setup
Since the photomosaic requires a large number of images and a lot of processing power, it cannot be run on the phone directly. In this section we describe how to set-up a Linux server with Apache and PHP that will accept requests from the phone, create the photomosaic using metapixel, and send back the image.
Image database with Metapixel
The image tiles on our test server are created from public images downloaded from Flickr® via the Flickr® API. For example, use the following script with the Ruby flickraw API:
require 'rubygems'
require 'flickraw'
require 'active_support'
require 'open-uri'
for j in 1..200 #number of pages of images to get
photos = flickr.photos.getRecent :per_page => 500, :page => j #get another 500 images (500 is the maximum allowed number of images per page)
photos.each { |x| f.puts "id:#{x.id} \"title:#{x.title}\" (#{x.latitude},#{x.longitude},#{x.accuracy}) - #{x.tags}"
File.open("images/" + x.id + ".jpg",'w') do |i| #save each image in the images folder
open("http://farm#{x.farm}.staticflickr.com/#{x.server}/#{x.id}_#{x.secret}_z.jpg") { |wimage| i.puts wimage.read }
Once you have a large collection of images, use the metapixel bash script to create a database of tiles for photomosaics. First, install metapixel and imagemagick
sudo yum install metapixel imagemagick
and then run metapixel-prepare to prepare the tiles (This will take a while)
metapixel-prepare -r /home/bob/Documents/images/ /home/bob/Documents/metapixel_tiles/ --width=50 --height=50
LAMP setup
This is explained in various tutorials over the net. Depending on your server architecture, use one of the following:
LAMP on Ubuntu
LAMP of Fedora
LAMP on Arch
LAMP on CentOS
Make sure that uploading is enabled!
PHP script
Once you have the metapixel image tiles and the server running, use a script as follows to receive a POST request, use exec to run the bash command, and keep the file available in the mosaics folder. This ensures that if the images are sent or linked from Facebook (for example), they will stay available.
if ((($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/gif")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/jpeg")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/pjpeg")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/png"))
&& ($_FILES["file"]["size"] < 2000000)) { //file is an image, and has at most 2 Mb
if ($_FILES["file"]["error"] > 0) { //the file could not be uploaded
echo "Return Code: " . $_FILES["file"]["error"] . "<br />";
} else {
if (file_exists("upload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"])) {
echo $_FILES["file"]["name"] . " already exists. ";
} else {
move_uploaded_file($_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"], "/var/www/upload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"]); //move the uploaded file
exec ("./make_photomosaic.sh ". escapeshellarg($_FILES["file"]["name"]), &$output); //run the script that creates the photomosaic, and wait for its output. This is in /var/www
echo "http://yourserver.com/mosaics/".$output[0].".jpg"; //the mosaic is now in mosaics for later use, with a random name
} else {
echo "Invalid file";
This script requires the bash script make_photomosaic.sh:
rand=$RANDOM$RANDOM$RANDOM$RANDOM #generate a random and unique name
convert -resize 640x640 upload/$1 image_${rand}.jpg #make the image to a standard format
#generate the photomosaic
metapixel --metapixel /var/www/upload/image_${rand}.jpg /var/www/upload/tmp_${rand}.jpg --library /home/bob/Documents/metapixel_tiles/ --scale=3 --distance=50
convert -resize 80% tmp_${rand}.jpg mosaics/${rand}.jpg #make the photomosaic smaller and move it to the mosaics folder
mv upload/$1 mosaics/original_${rand}.jpg #move the original image to mosaics (not necessary)
rm image_${rand}.jpg tmp_${rand}.jpg #delete temporary files
Smartphone setup
This section describes how to implement the key features of the Qt application on the Smartphone. Basic knowledge of QML and Qt programming is expected. For an introduction to these, look here for QML, and here for Qt.
QML Camera
This example uses the QML Camera Element to obtain the image from the camera. At time of writing this only supports still photos using the rear camera - however that is all that is needed for this app. Its captureImage() method is used to capture the image - implement the callback onImageCaptured() and set the Image displayed to take the value of the preview variable. We also implement the callback to onImageSaved() to save the image to a file whose location is set by capturedImagePath. The preview is available before the image is saved, so it is useful to display it to the user instead of waiting for the saved image. Naturally, the saved image is in higher quality, so the preview image is not ideal for all applications. For more information, look at the documentation for these: [1]
import QtMultimediaKit 1.1
Page {
orientationLock: PageOrientation.LockLandscape ;
Camera {
anchors.fill: parent;
captureResolution: "1152x648" /* 16:9 resolution suitable for n9 full screen */
onImageCaptured: { /* "preview" of captured image is available */
previewImage.source = preview
onImageSaved: { /* capturedImage is available */
uploader.attachment = capturedImagePath;
Image {
id: previewImage
anchors.fill: parent;
visible: !rearcam.visible
Button {
width : 100; height : 100;
anchors.right : parent.right;
anchors.verticalCenter : parent.verticalCenter
iconSource : "image://theme/icon-l-camera-standby"
onClicked: {
In order to upload the image via HTTP to the server, the image data are sent in binary format using HTTP POST. The response from the server is sent back to the mobile device. The image is rescaled to a smaller resolution, so that the uploaded size is ~25Kb.
The uploader code is written using Qt C++ and exposed to QML as the "Uploader" type. The connection between QML and Qt is implemented in C++ using:
qmlRegisterType<Uploader>("cz.vutbr.fit.pcmlich", 1, 0, "Uploader");
where <Uploader> is the class name, "cz.vutbr.fit.pcmlich" is the namespace, followed by the version, and "Uploader" is the class name.
This is then used in QML as shown:
import cz.vutbr.fit.pcmlich 1.0
Uploader {
Saving the image and sharing on Facebook is done similarly. (see source: Media:PhotoMosaicSource.tar.gz)
#ifndef UPLOADER_H
#define UPLOADER_H
#include <QtNetwork>
#include <QObject>
#include <QImage>
class Uploader : public QObject
QString m_attachment;
QImage m_image;
QString m_response;
QNetworkAccessManager *manager;
QNetworkReply* mainReply;
explicit Uploader(QObject *parent = 0);
Q_INVOKABLE void send();
Q_PROPERTY(QString attachment READ getAttachment WRITE setAttachment) // local name of uploaded file e.g. "/home/user/MyDocs/DCIM/Image0001.jpeg"
Q_PROPERTY(QString response READ getResponse WRITE setResponse NOTIFY uploadFinished) // the http response
// methods required by Q_PROPERTYs
QString getResponse() { return m_response; }
void setResponse(QString _response) { m_response = _response; }
QString getAttachment() { return m_attachment; }
void setAttachment(QString _attachment) { m_attachment = _attachment; }
public slots:
void finished(QNetworkReply *reply);
void uploadFinished(); // signal for busyIndicator
void uploadStarted(); // signal for busyIndicator
#endif // UPLOADER_H
#include <QDebug>
#include <QtNetwork>
#include <QtGui>
#include <QtDeclarative>
#include "uploader.h"
Uploader::Uploader(QObject *parent) :
manager = new QNetworkAccessManager;
connect(manager, SIGNAL(finished(QNetworkReply*)), this, SLOT(finished(QNetworkReply*)));
* The method which handles server http responses
void Uploader::finished(QNetworkReply *reply) {
if (reply->error() != QNetworkReply::NoError) {
qDebug() << reply->errorString();
emit uploadFinished();
// qDebug() << reply->readAll();
* method which sends the data to server
* it is necessary to set ".attachment" property before.
void Uploader::send() {
if (mainReply)
char boundary[] = "AyV04a234DsHeKHcvNds"; //random unique divider
// loads image from file
if (m_image.isNull()) {
emit uploadStarted();
QImage tmpImage = m_image.scaled ( QSize(640, 480),Qt::KeepAspectRatio, Qt::FastTransformation );
// save image into the buffer
QByteArray body;
QBuffer buffer(&body);
tmpImage.save(&buffer, "JPG");
qDebug() << "image size" << tmpImage.size();
QByteArray b;
b.append("Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"camera.jpeg\"\r\n");
b.append("Content-Type: image/jpeg\r\n");
QNetworkRequest req = QNetworkRequest(QUrl("http://yourserver.com/upload_file.php"));
req.setHeader(QNetworkRequest::ContentTypeHeader, QVariant(QString("multipart/form-data; boundary=")+boundary));
req.setHeader(QNetworkRequest::ContentLengthHeader, QString::number(b.size()));
req.setRawHeader("Connection", "Close");
req.setRawHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache");
req.setRawHeader("Keep-Alive", "1");
manager->post(req, b); //POST
QML ZoomableImage
The returned image has ~250KB and is much larger than the smartphone display. In order to display the it effectively, use the ZoomableImage component from the project QuickFlickr. This component displays the image and allows zooming and scrolling using Pinch and Pan gestures.
Using the QML element Image you can view the image from its source, but there is no direct interface to the image itself. Saving the image locally, or accessing it pixel-by-pixel is therefore difficult. The following code show typical usage of the Image object.
Image {
source: "http://yourdomain.com/mosaics/image.jpg"
In order to access the image directly, the Image can be extended by the ImageSaver [2] wrapper, which copies the image to the QImage structure.
id: saver
Image {
id: photo
source: "http://yourdomain.com/mosaics/image.jpg"
onStatusChanged: {
if (status == Image.Ready) {
To share the photomosaic in a social network (including Facebook, Twitter, DropBox, and all others compatible with the Sharing API), use the ShareHelper wrapper around the MDataUri class. ShareHelper provides a QML API for this.
CONFIG += meegotouch
CONFIG += shareuiinterface-maemo-meegotouch mdatauri
The code below is based on Butaca.zip. In order to see the full c++ code in context, the rest of the interface can be found in the source: Media:PhotoMosaicSource.tar.gz
#include <QDeclarativeContext>
#ifndef QT_SIMULATOR
#include <maemo-meegotouch-interfaces/shareuiinterface.h>
#include <MDataUri>
ShareHelper::ShareHelper(QObject *parent) :
QObject(parent) {
void ShareHelper::share(QString title, QString url) {
#ifndef QT_SIMULATOR
/* First, the data as a title, description, url i.e. "content", and its mime type are setted */
MDataUri dataUri;
dataUri.setAttribute("title", title);
dataUri.setAttribute("description", tr("Photo Mosaic"));
QStringList items;
items << dataUri.toString();
/* ShareUIInterface is using N9 accounts to share data to internet */
ShareUiInterface shareIf("com.nokia.ShareUi");
if (shareIf.isValid()) {
} else {
qCritical() << "Invalid interface";
The following code uses the same method as the similar code it the Upload section.
qmlRegisterType<ShareHelper>("cz.vutbr.fit.pcmlich", 1, 0, "ShareHelper");
import cz.vutbr.fit.pcmlich 1.0
ShareHelper {
id: shareHelper
onClicked: {
shareHelper.share("Photo Mosaic", result)
This tutorial demonstrates how simple it is to make an application that uploads an image to a server and displays the response. Many interesting features can be implemented with this, such as image search by similarity, object recognition, face recognition, an many others. It demonstrates some of the many features of the QML and Qt Mobility framework, such as social sharing, multi-touch picture browsing, and communication with a server.
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Anemia is a condition in which the body does not have enough healthy red blood cells. Red blood cells provide oxygen to body tissues.
Other types of anemia include:
Although many parts of the body help make red blood cells, most of the work is done in the bone marrow. Bone marrow is the soft tissue in the center of bones that helps form all blood cells.
Most often, healthy red blood cells last between 90 and 120 days. Parts of your body then remove old blood cells. A hormone called erythropoietin (epo) made in your kidneys signals your bone marrow to make more red blood cells.
Hemoglobin is the oxygen-carrying protein inside red blood cells. It gives red blood cells their red color. People with anemia do not have enough hemoglobin.
The body needs certain vitamins, minerals, and nutrients to make enough red blood cells. Iron, vitamin B12, and folic acid are three of the most important ones. The body may not have enough of these nutrients because:
Possible causes of anemia include:
You may have no symptoms if the anemia is mild. If the problem develops slowly, symptoms that may occur first include:
If the anemia gets worse, symptoms may include:
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The doctor will perform a physical examination, and may find:
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Blood tests used to diagnose some common types of anemia may include:
Other tests may be done to find medical problems that can cause anemia.
Treatment should be directed at the cause of the anemia, and may include:
Severe anemia can cause low oxygen levels in vital organs such as the heart, and can lead to a heart attack .
Call your health care provider if you have any symptoms of anemia, or any unusual bleeding.
Marks PW. Approach to anemia in the adult and child. In: Hoffman R, Benz EJ Jr, Silberstein LE, et al., eds. Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice. 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 32.
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How do you attach table skirting?
Worried about table skirts falling off and revealing folding table legs during an event? We offer two attachment options, both of which are secure and reliable. Table skirts can be fastened around your tables using a table skirting clips or velcro which will keep it firmly in place for the duration of an evening.
At Hertz Furniture, we know how big of a difference the little touches of elegance can make when planning an event. Our table skirts provide you with budget-friendly delicacy that will help you create a unique style at every banquet and celebration. Whether your prefer classic rectangle or round table skirts, we can accommodate your needs. To ensure that you are measuring accurately and ordering the right amount of table skirting, contact the Hertz Design Center for free project-planning advice.
Tables are one of the fundamental units of office furniture. Round tables, adjustable height tables, foldable tables, and portable folding tables are just a few examples of the many varieties of tables you could use for your office.
How to select the right table? Well, start by deciding what your needs are. Will this table be for a school, institution, or small office? Round tables help people interact with one another while rectangular tables provide more privacy. Adjustable height tables are ideal for classrooms where different age children will need to sue the table. Foldable tables and Portable Folding Tables give you the added flexibility of tables that are easy to move and store.


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Author Event: "The World's Richest Busboy"
Saturday, April 27 @ 2pm
Join local author and world traveler J. J. Brito for a fun and informative discussion of how a 17 year-old with passion and a lot of odd jobs became "The World's Richest Busboy."
Discover how searching for perfect waves took Brito around the world, and how he found the time to write a book. Through his diverse experiences he learned about the overwhelming beauty of nature, the generosity of the human spirit, and the unpredictability of life on the road.
An adventure in every sense of the word!