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Franz Kafka, frustrated with his living quarters and day job, wrote in a letter to Felice Bauer in 1912, "time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror, the apartment is noisy, and if a pleasant, straightforward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle maneuvers." Kafka is one of 161 inspired--and inspiring--minds, among them, novelists, poets, playwrights, painters, philosophers, scientists, and mathematicians, who describe how they subtly maneuver the many (self-inflicted) obstacles and (self-imposed) daily rituals to get done the work they love to do, whether by waking early or staying up late; whether by self-medicating with doughnuts or bathing, drinking vast quantities of coffee, or taking long daily walks. Thomas Wolfe wrote standing up in the kitchen, the top of the refrigerator as his desk, dreamily fondling his "male configurations." . . Jean-Paul Sartre chewed on Corydrane tablets (a mix of amphetamine and aspirin), ingesting ten times the recommended dose each day . . . Descartes liked to linger in bed, his mind wandering in sleep through woods, gardens, and enchanted palaces where he experienced "every pleasure imaginable." Here are: Anthony Trollope, who demanded of himself that each morning he write three thousand words (250 words every fifteen minutes for three hours) before going off to his job at the postal service, which he kept for thirty-three years during the writing of more than two dozen books . . . Karl Marx . . . Woody Allen . . . Agatha Christie . . . George Balanchine, who did most of his work while ironing . . . Leo Tolstoy . . . Charles Dickens . . . Pablo Picasso . . . George Gershwin, who, said his brother Ira, worked for twelve hours a day from late morning to midnight, composing at the piano in pajamas, bathrobe, and slippers . . . Here also are the daily rituals of Charles Darwin, Andy Warhol, John Updike, Twyla Tharp, Benjamin Franklin, William Faulkner, Jane Austen, Anne Rice, and Igor Stravinsky (he was never able to compose unless he was sure no one could hear him and, when blocked, stood on his head to "clear the brain"). Brilliantly compiled and edited, and filled with detail and anecdote, "Daily Rituals "is irresistible, addictive, magically inspiring.
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A jury at Dungannon Crown Court on Thursday accepted arguments by Hackett's lawyers that he was mentally ill at the time of the killing.
They decided he wasn't guilty of murder on grounds of diminished responsibility.
The 19-year-old is the former captain of Tyrone GAA's minor football team. He led Tyrone to an Ulster minor title in 2012. But after breaking up with his girlfriend he began to experience emotional and mental health difficulties.
As his depression worsened he formed the idea of killing one of his parents, believing they would watch over him from heaven.
In October 2012 he tried to strangle his mother, but she struggled free. Three months later, however, his killing plan would be carried out.
On 4 January 2013, Sean Hackett's father Aloysius returned home from a night-time meeting at St Macartan's GAA Club in Augher.
But Sean Hackett was lying in wait at the rear of the family home on Aghindarragh Road.
As his 60-year-old father got out of his car, Hackett opened fire with a .22 hunting rifle. The victim was shot twice in the head and died at the scene.
As his father lay dying in a pool of blood, Hackett did not call an ambulance. Instead he picked up spent cartridge shells, hid the rifle in the boot of a car and drove away.
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Management of postoperative ileus: focus on alvimopan
Authors Eric L Marderstein, Conor P Delaney
Published Date August 2008 Volume 2008:4(5) Pages 965—973
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/TCRM.S3147
Published 18 August 2008
Eric L Marderstein, Conor P Delaney
Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western, Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Abstract: Postoperative ileus (POI) is a transient loss of coordinated peristalsis precipitated by surgery and exacerbated by opioid pain medication. Ileus causes a variety of symptoms including bloating, pain, nausea, and vomiting, but particularly delays tolerance of oral diet and liquids. Thus POI is a primary determinant of hospital stay after surgery. 'Fast-track' recovery protocols, opioid sparing analgesia, and laparoscopic surgery reduce but do not eliminate postoperative ileus. Alvimopan is a mu opioid receptor antagonist that blocks the effects of opioids on the intestine, while not interfering with their centrally mediated analgesic effect. Several large randomized clinical trials have demonstrated that alvimopan accelerates the return of gastrointestinal function after surgery and subsequent hospital discharge by approximately 20 hours after elective open segmental colectomy. However, it has not been tested in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery and is less effective in patients receiving nonsteroidal antiinflammatory agents in a narcotic sparing postoperative pain control regimen. Safety concerns seen with chronic low dose administration of alvimopan for opioid bowel dysfunction have not been noted with its acute use for POI.
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Maureen B. Pfeifer of Mineola passed away on April 1. Beloved wife of the late Robert. Devoted mother of Janet Ronan (Chris), James (Cara), Kathy (Merri), Ellen Hughes (Keith), Kevin (Maria) and Colleen Conway (Gerard). Loving grandmother of 19. Predeceased by her loving sisters and brother Ailis McEnery, Aine Cooney, Helen Pfeifer and Michael McAdam. Survived by many wonderful and loving family and friends. Memorials to Corpus Christi Parish Outreach 155 Garfield Ave., Mineola.
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Winthrop University Hospital employee Jeffrey Brenner, a hyperbaric technician with the Life Support Technologies group in Mineola, recently received the American Heart Association's prestigious Louis J. Acampora Heart Saver Award at a dinner at the Crest Hollow Country Club. The award is named for a Long Island teenager who succumbed to a sporting injury that is understood to have been preventable if a cardiac medical device had been immediately on-scene and applied.
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Google's (GOOG) Android operating system continues to dominate the smartphone market, but much of its growth is coming from modified, or "forked," versions of the free-to-use, open-source software.
The trend is significant for Google because those forked versions of Android do not offer Google's services, which impacts Google's ability to monetize the Android ecosystem, says ABI Research analyst Nick Spencer.
In a report Wednesday, ABI said Android was used in 77% of smartphones shipped worldwide in the fourth quarter. But of those 221.5 million Android handsets, 32% used forked versions. A year earlier, forked Android, also called Android Open Source Project (AOSP), versions made up 20% of the total. In Q3, AOSP accounted for 27% of Android handsets shipped.
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AOSP handset shipments rose 137% in Q4 2013 vs. Q4 2012, compared with 29% growth for Android, ABI reported. In its report, ABI suggests Google could be losing control of the Android ecosystem.
Much of the growth in forked Android phones is coming from China, India and adjacent markets, ABI said.
Apple (AAPL) is a distant No. 2 in smartphone market share, garnering 18% in Q4. That's up from 15% in Q3, thanks to the release of the iPhone 5S, ABI says. But its share is down from 23% in Q4 2012, as growth has shifted to emerging markets.
"Apple continues to avoid a low-cost smartphone product to target these markets, focusing instead on its traditional premium segment, where growth is harder to achieve due to fast-approaching market saturation," Spencer said.
Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows Phone operating system was No. 3 in Q4 with 4% market share, unchanged from the year-earlier quarter.
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Everything still ducky for freedom of speech
OK, as free-speech advocates, we need to declare our position on Duck Dynasty, the reality TV show about some down-home bearded good old boys and the, um, not very progressive views on homosexuality one of them espoused.
Phil Robertson, 67, made some dumb ass comments about gay people in an interview with GQ, perhaps not exactly the best venue for such remarks. In any event, the progressive wing rose up almost as one to deplore his comments. The network that airs the show, A&E, suspended good ol' Phil as a result.
The conservative wing then rose up as one and asked what about freedom of speech. There was no freedom of speech issue here. A&E ain't no government. (Excuse us. We got carried away.) Phil had freedom of speech; now he faces the consequences.
Our position is well, for crying out loud, it's Duck Dynasty, not a documentary showing where the U.S. hides the plutonium. Let Phil have his say. His views are vile, yes, but he is entitled to them. And we and others are entitled to watch something else. That may drive home the point better than shouting.
Laser light danger for planes, pilots
By the grace of God, they have not yet been known to have brought down an aircraft by temporarily blinding or disorienting a pilot. But unless people everywhere smarten up soon, it will happen somewhere. It could even happen in Fort Wayne.
As staff writer Jeff Wiehe reported, a green laser was aimed at three planes landing at Fort Wayne International Airport Wednesday night.
Two pilots reported the laser was aimed at their aircrafts; a police officer observed a laser beam being aimed at a third plane.
The first pilot reported that the laser came from an area two miles northeast of the airport. The officer who was responding to that report believed the laser he saw may have originated in the 8000 block of Kinnerk Road, though he was not able to catch anyone there.
A lucky break for the moron who was targeting that aircraft; it could mean five years in prison and an $11,000 fine. And, more important, it could have meant lost lives of crew and passengers.
The perpetrator might not have been just an incredibly stupid adult. It could have been a child who had no concept that he was putting real crews and passengers in danger. And police have to respond with the idea that it could even have been a terrorist.
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Pence gives children the focus they deserve
Gov. Mike Pence visited the city's Boys & Girls Club Thursday to outline his agenda for the coming year.
We don't agree with him point-by-point on his approach to the state's problems. But his tone was conciliatory, always a plus in this era of confrontational politics, and his emphasis on children and families was appropriate to the setting as well as the season.
Pence's plan includes one idea that everyone should be able to get behind: adjusting state personal and dependent-child deductions for inflation. As he noted, those deductions have not been changed in decades. If the personal exemption had been indexed when it last was increased – in 1963 – it would be $7,600, instead of $1,000. Hard to argue with fixing that.
Pence mentioned his support for the marriage amendment but noted that many disagree with him and avoided centerpiecing or rhetoricizing the issue. Maybe he's at least realizing what a distracting and destructive fight it could portend.
Pence called again for a tax credit for families who adopt children. And he used appropriately evocative language to call for action to lower Indiana's infant-mortality rate, which one of the highest in the nation.
We're not talking about numbers, he said. We're talking about heartbreak. We must make it our aim to stand for the most vulnerable among us.
Pence also called strongly for efforts to encourage kids to stay in school and to encourage married, two-parent households. That sometimes can be a code for dehumanizing those who don't have traditional families, but Pence talked compassionately about the state's need to support single parents.
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A system and method for simultaneous, bilateral, segmental blood pressure measurement are disclosed. In one illustrative embodiment of the invention, two Doppler modules are configured to operate at nominally the same Doppler carrier frequency so that they probe for substantially the same range of physiological information. However, the Doppler carrier frequencies for the Doppler modules are also sufficiently different to substantially avoid interference between the two modules. A phase-locked loop (PLL) used to demodulate the velocity signals in each Doppler module efficiently blocks interference signals because they have frequencies that are the difference in the Doppler carrier frequencies and that are outside the locking range of the PLL. Broad-band RF amplifiers and Doppler transducers are used to ensure that the frequency responses of the Doppler modules are substantially the same.
1. A system for simultaneously measuring blood pressures at least two locations on a body, the system comprising:
(a) a first Doppler module tuned to a first Doppler carrier frequency and configured to obtain a first signal from one of the two locations, the first signal being indicative of a parameter of blood flow at the first location; and
(b) a second Doppler module tuned to a second Doppler carrier frequency, which is higher than the first Doppler carrier frequency by at least about 25 kHz and configured to obtain a second signal from the other one of the two locations, the second signal being indicative of a parameter of blood flow at the second location, the two Doppler modules being configured to obtain the respective signals substantially simultaneously.
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14. A system for simultaneously measuring blood pressures at least two locations on a body, the system comprising:
(a) a first Doppler module tuned to a first Doppler carrier frequency and configured to obtain a first signal from one of the two locations, the first signal being indicative of a parameter of blood flow at the first location; and
(b) a second Doppler module tuned to a second Doppler carrier frequency, which is higher than the first Doppler carrier frequency by at least the greater of the maximum frequency of human hearing and a maximum Doppler frequency expected due to hemodynamic flow, and configured to obtain a second signal from the other one of the two locations, the second signal being indicative of a parameter of blood flow at the second location, the two Doppler modules being configured to obtain the respective signals substantially simultaneously.
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17. A method of measuring blood pressure in a body, the method comprising:
(a) launching a first ultrasonic signal of a first Doppler carrier frequency into a first location of the body;
(b) receiving a first response signal from the first location, the first response signal being indicative of a parameter of blood flow at the first location;
(c) substantially simultaneously with step (a), launching a second ultrasonic signal of a second Doppler carrier frequency into a second location of the body, the second Doppler carrier frequency being higher than the first Doppler carrier frequency by at least about 25 kHz; and
(d) receiving a second response signal from the second location, the second signal being indicative of a parameter of blood flow at the second location.
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(e) applying a sufficient first pressure at the first location to stop blood flow in a blood vessel in the first location;
(f) applying a sufficient second pressure at the second location to stop blood flow in a blood vessel in the second location;
(g) after steps (e) and (f), reducing while monitoring the first and second pressures until the blood flows in both blood vessels are restored; and
(h) repeating steps (a) through (d) throughout step (g); and
(i) determining, from the signals received in steps (b) and (d), the levels of the first and second pressures at which the blood flows in the blood vessels in the first and second locations, respectively, are restored.
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(e) generating a first output signal derived from the first ultrasonic signal and the first respond signal; and
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The present application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/317,282, entitled �BILATERAL SIMULTANEOUS DOPPLER MEASUREMENT OF SEGMENTED SPHYGMOMANOMETRY� and filed Sep. 5, 2001. Said Provisional Application is incorporated herein by reference.
The invention relates generally to blood pressure measurement. More particularly, the invention relates to a method and system for simultaneous, bilateral, segmental measurement of blood pressure using Doppler techniques.
Segmental blood pressure is one of the most important parameters to measure in understanding and diagnosing vascular diseases. Blood pressure measurement (sphygmomanometry) for segmental systolic pressures using Doppler techniques has gained wide acceptance, and is the modality of choice in many incidences. This is in large part because of Doppler's greater sensitivity and accuracy when compared with photoplethysmographic and oscillometric methods and the Doppler method's lesser sensitivity to temperature fluctuations. The Doppler-based systems also have the desirable characteristic of being vessel-specific.
One application of Doppler sphygmomanometry is in segmental blood pressure measurements, i.e., tracking blood pressures at different parts of the body. For example, because of its vessel-specificity, Doppler sphygmomanometry can be used to trace blood pressures along an artery in limbs for diagnosis of peripheral arterial disease (PAD).
In performing segmented blood pressure measurements, it is often desirable to conduct bilateral measurements, i.e., measurements at symmetrically paired locations, such as left and right feet, and left and right forearms. The comparison between blood pressures at symmetrical locations may yield clues to the condition of blood vessels on either side. The ideal time for making such comparisons would be when the blood pressures at both locations are measured for the same heartbeat so that any differences between the measurements are not attributable to the difference in the different heartbeats.
However, simultaneous bilateral Doppler measurements have not been successfully used in conventional systems and techniques. One conventional approach is to employ two separate Doppler circuits operating at nominally the same frequency, e.g., 8 MHz. Such approach suffers from at least two drawbacks. First, it is difficult to maintain an exact frequency match between the two circuits; second, as schematically illustrated in FIG. 9, even if the drivers 910, 920 of the two Doppler circuits could be matched exactly, or even if the two drivers were in fact a common driver, the signals in both circuits are like to cross-couple (930) with each other, both electronically and acoustically due to the nearly-identical frequencies of the signals. The magnitude of the error signals resulting from such interference is in the same bandwidth, and can be on the same order of magnitude or even greater than, the useful signals. Driving two transducers from a common signal driver to eliminate frequency drift does not solve the cross coupling problem as the return Doppler signals can cross couple in the same way as heretofore described.
The invention disclosed herein is aimed at providing a system and method for simultaneous, bilateral measurement of segmental blood pressures substantially without the drawbacks of the conventional approaches.
Generally, the invention provides a system and method whereby two Doppler measurements of blood flow at two different locations on a body are carried out substantially simultaneously, i.e., within the same heartbeat with minimum interference from each other.
In one illustrative embodiment of the invention, two Doppler modules are configured to operate at nominally the same Doppler carrier frequency so that they probe for substantially the same range of physiological information. However, the Doppler carrier frequencies for the Doppler modules are also sufficiently different to substantially avoid interference between the two modules. A phase-locked loop (PLL) used to demodulate the velocity signals in each Doppler module efficiently blocks interference signals because they have frequencies that are the difference in the Doppler carrier frequencies and that are outside the locking range of the PLL. Broad-band RF amplifiers and Doppler transducers are used to ensure that the frequency responses of the Doppler modules are substantially the same.
Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent upon reading the following detailed description and upon reference to the drawings in which:
FIG. 1 schematically shows an over-all system for simultaneous segmental sphygmomanometry in one embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2(a) schematically shows a double-tuned RF amplifier used in a Doppler module in an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2(b) schematically shows the frequency response characteristics of the amplifier shown in FIG. 2(a);
FIG. 3 schematically shows various aspects of a Doppler transducer module in an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 4 shows in block-diagram form the structure of a Doppler Module in an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 5 schematically shows the forms of a Doppler velocity signal and Demodulated Doppler audio signal output from a Doppler module in an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 6 schematically shows an arrangement for simultaneous segmental sphygmomanometry in one embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 7 schematically shows a sample result of simultaneous segmental sphygmomanometry accompanied by the result of PVR measurements in one embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 8 schematically shows a phase-locked loop used in a Doppler module in an embodiment of the invention; and
FIG. 9 schematically shows a convention arrangement for simultaneous blood flow measurement.
While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof have been shown by way of example in the drawings and are herein described in detail. It should be understood, however, that the description herein of specific embodiments is not intended to limit the invention to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
Generally according to the invention, a system and method for simultaneous (i.e., within the same heartbeat) blood flow measurements at two or more locations on a patient's body are provided. The system in one embodiment includes one Doppler module for taking measurements from each location. All Doppler modules are tuned to nominally the same frequency (e.g., 8 MHz) but each is tuned to a slightly different Doppler carrier frequency (e.g., 7.8 MHz) from the others. The difference is sufficiently large so that the interference between the modules is sufficiently small in the output frequency range of interest.
An over-all system 100 embodying the invention is schematically illustrated in FIG. 1. Two Doppler modules are used. The left Doppler module 110 is configured to launch ultrasonic signals into one side of a patient's body and generate from the ultrasonic signals received back from the body two signals: (1) a left Doppler velocity signal, VL(t), which is indicative of the speed of blood flow; and (2) a left Doppler audio signal, SL(t), the frequency of which is the difference in frequency between the ultrasonic signal launched into the patient and the response signal received by the module 110. The right Doppler module 120 is identically constructed as the left Doppler module 110 but is intended to be place on the other side of the patient's body to generate a right Doppler velocity signal, VR(t) and a right Doppler audio signal, SR(t). Although velocity and audio signals are used in this illustrative embodiment to enhance the reliability and ease of use of the system, it is not necessary to have both types of signals. However, typically audio signals are used at least to aid the location of blood vessels. The two modules 110, 120 are tuned to different Doppler carrier frequencies, as described in more detailed below.
The Doppler modules 110 and 120 are tuned nominally at the same carrier frequencies. For example, for shallow vessel studies, the modules can be tuned to around 8 MHz. However, they are deliberately tuned to carrier frequencies that differ from each other by an amount that results in minimized interference in the desired signals produced by the modules 110, 120. The carrier frequency difference is typically at least the greatest of (a) the maximum frequency of human hearing, if audio signals are used, (b) the maximum Doppler difference frequency expected to be found due to hemodynamic flow, and (c) the bandwidth of the demodulator (such as the lock range of the PLL; see below) in the Doppler module. Thus, for example, for a maximum human hearing range of 25 kHz, maximum expected Doppler shift of 15 kHz and PLL lock range of 10 kHz, the carrier frequency difference should typically be at least 25 kHz. A safer choice would be to have a carrier frequency difference of at least the sum of the three factors above. For the above numerical example, the difference would be about 50 kHz. Further enhancement of signal quality can be achieved by choosing an even greater frequency difference, such as 100 kHz or 200 kHz.
For example, one of the modules can be tuned to 8 MHz and the other 8.2 MHz. For the same blood flow conditions, the two modules do not produce perceptibly different Doppler audio or velocity signals. But the 200 kHz frequency difference ensures that any interference between the two modules will have a frequency of 200 kHz, which is sufficiently distant from all frequencies of the desired signals and thus easily filtered. The 200 kHz frequency is also outside the lock range of the phase-locked loop 492 (see below) and audio range. The interference noise is therefore minimized.
The signals produced by the Doppler modules 110, 120 are sent to a Multiplexing analog-to-digital (A/D) converter 130 to be digitized for later computer processing. The precise method and order of multiplexing and conversion is not critical to the invention. Any number of alternative devices and methods can be used in place of the converter 130. For example, the signals need not be multiplexed, but instead sent in parallel for subsequent computer processing. A computer interface (140), such as a digital I/O board receives the digitized signals and transfer them to a computer 150, which in the illustrative embodiment is a personal computer (PC) but can be any suitable computer or processor. The computer 150 is programmed to perform from the basic functions such as calculating and displaying blood pressures from the various signals to automating signal detection, as described later.
Each of the Doppler modules 110, 120, as schematically shown in FIG. 4 (labeled 400) includes a probe or transducer module 210, which is driven by an oscillator driver 420, the frequency of which is in turn controlled by a frequency selector 410. The transducer module 210 can launch ultrasonic signals into a patient body and receive echoes back. The echoes, which are ultrasonic signals, are converted into radio-frequency (RF) signals by the transducer module 210, which then sends the RF signals to an RF amplifier 220. The amplifier 220 can be any suitable amplifier for the signals, but in the illustrative embodiment of the invention is a �double-tuned� RF amplifier, as schematically shown in FIG. 2(a). Signals from the transducer module 210 is fed to the amplifier 220, which includes an RF transistor 240 and two inductor-capacitor pairs L1 (222)-C1 (224) and L2 (226)-C2 (228). Each pair results in a resonance frequency in the amplifier's frequency response. Thus the amplifier is tuned to two frequencies (channels) by adjusting the values of the appropriate inductors or capacitors. In the illustrative embodiment, the amplifier is tuned to 8 MHz and 5 MHz, respectively. The former Doppler frequency is better suited for studying shallow vessels while the latter more suited for deep vessels. Again, the bandwidth of each channel is narrow enough to reject unwanted interference but large enough (e.g., about 200 kHz) to be suitable for a range of Doppler carrier frequencies
The transducers module 210 used are wide-band ultrasonic transducers to ensure that the frequency response is substantially the same no matter what carrier frequency a Doppler module is tuned to with in the specified range. For example, the bandwidth in an illustrative embodiment is chosen to be large enough to encompass the carrier frequencies for both shallow and deep vessels and the range of possible frequency settings for each nominal frequency, as discussed above. Thus, for the example above of the RF amplifier tuned to 8 and 5 MHz, the transducers have bandwidths of about 3 MHz or larger, for example 4 MHz.
The transducer modules can also be physically configured for convenient application and minimizing motion artifact. In one embodiment of the invention, as shown in FIGS. 3(a) and 3(b), a transducer module 300 includes leads 320, housing 340 and transducer 330 connected to the leads and situated within the housing. The transducer 330 is typically positioned inside the housing 340 in such a way that when the housing is attached to a patient in the intended manner, the transducer is oriented with a component of the orientation vector parallel to the blood flow in the target blood vessel. The housing 340 is a slanted section of a circular cylinder, with the plane defined by a patient-contacting end 310 not being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder. The transducer 330, in contrast, is positioned perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder. Thus, when the transducer module 300 is properly positioned on a patient with the patient-contacting end in contact with a portion of the patient's skin, the transducer is at an angle from, and not parallel or perpendicular to the portion of the skin. For example, an angle of 40 to 60 degrees. A similar arrangement is show in FIGS. 3(c) and 3(d), where the housing 340 is shown as a right circular cylinder but with the transducer 330 positioned at an angle from the longitudinal axis of the cylinder.
In both examples, the transducer modules are �flat�, i.e., the height of the modules 330 (the dimension perpendicular to the patient-contacting end) is smaller or at least not substantially larger than the dimensions of the patient-contacting end. This configuration allows the transducer modules to be easily and securely fastened to a patient, as shown in FIG. 6. Motion artifacts are therefore greatly reduced.
Referring again to FIG. 4, the amplified RF signal from the transducer module 210 is mixed by mixer 470 with the original signal from the oscillator driver 420 through a phase shifter 430 but without any phase shift. The result of the mixing is an audio signal S(t), with a frequency of the difference between the inputs to the mixer 470. The amplified signal is also mixed by mixer 450 with a 90-degree-shifted oscillator driver signal. The resultant signal is mixed by mixer 460 with a signal generated by a quadrature pilot oscillator 440, which is an oscillator having two outputs that are of the same frequency but shifted 90� from each other. The frequency of the oscillator 440 can be chosen at any value that is at least the maximum Doppler shift in magnitude away from the baseband. For blood pressure measurements, it is typically at least 100 kHz and well away from the Doppler carrier frequencies. The audio signal S(t) is mixed by mixer 480 with a 90-degree-shifted signal generated by the quadrature pilot oscillator 440. The outputs of mixers 460 and 480 are combined by a summer 490 to produce an intermediate-frequency signal, which is in turn demodulated by a phase-locked loop (PLL) 492 to produce a Doppler velocity signal, V(t), which has an amplitude that is proportional to the speed of the detected blood flow, as shown in FIG. 5 (404).
The PLL, an example of which is shown in FIG. 8, is a device well known in the art and provides several advantages over other alternative devices and methods for demodulation. First, it allows for small amplitude frequency components to contribute to the time domain output. Second, it can selectively sense small signals over noise. Third, it generally rejects small amplitude, out-of-band signals that might typically trigger other types of demodulators, such as a zero crossing detector. Fourth, it rejects signals with frequencies beyond the lock range, thus ensuring that a Doppler module does not interfere with another Doppler module on the contra-lateral side.
A further illustrative embodiment of the invention is schematically shown in FIG. 6. Pairs of inflatable cuffs 610 are wrapped around a patient (600)'s respective legs and feet. Each cuff 610 is equipped with a calibrated pressure sensor (not shown) for measuring the air pressure in the cuff 610). A disk-shaped Doppler sensor 300 is secured against the patient's skin and oriented to measure blood pressures from a set of predetermined arteries. A pen-style Doppler transducer 620 is readily accessible to the physician or technologist 660 carrying out the measurements. Each transducer 300, 620 is attached to its corresponding Doppler module. Alternatively, the pairs of transducers 300 at different segments (feet, ankles, calves, etc.) are connected time-wise sequentially to the same pair of Doppler modules through a set of switches, which can be manually or electronically operated. The Doppler modules 300, 620 can be controlled by a computer, such as a PC 630, which also includes a display 640 for monitoring (650) the measurements. The inflation and deflation of the cuffs and cuff pressure monitoring can also be computer controlled.
In operation, each pair of Doppler modules 300 operate at slightly different frequencies from each other as described above. For measurements in each section, the corresponding cuffs 610 securing the transducers 300 in the section are first inflated until the blood flow through the arteries in the section is stopped. At this point, because there is no blood speed in the section, both the Doppler velocity signal and Doppler audio signal are zero. As the cuff pressure is gradually decreased, at some cuff pressure, blood flow resumes, and Doppler audio and velocity signals are again detected, as schematically shown in FIG. 5. The cuff pressure measured at the onset of resumption of the Doppler signals is the systolic blood pressure. If the blood flow resumes sooner on one side than it does on the other, the patient has different segmental blood pressure on different sides. Drastically asymmetrical segmental blood pressures, as in the example shown in FIG. 7 (740-790), may indicate vascular ailment. The segmental pressure results can further be compared with results from using other techniques, such as pulse volume recording (PVR) for the same regions to gain further insight, as shown in FIG. 7, which shows markedly blunted PVR wave forms for the right leg in the same regions where the Doppler segmental pressures are asymmetrical.
According to another aspect of the invention, the computer 150, which in an illustrative embodiment is a PC, can be programmed to increase the efficiency and reliability of blood pressure measurements. For example, an algorithm is utilized to enhance signal discrimination in the following illustrative way.
Both the Doppler audio signals and Doppler velocity signals are sampled during the cuff inflation and deflation processes and temporarily stored in memory. The computer 150 continuously examines the signals to see if a particular threshold amplitude for each type of signals is exceeded. If both types of signals have exceeded their respective thresholds a set number of (e.g., three) consecutive times in the same time frame, then the first detected signals that exceeded their respective thresholds are deemed valid.
As another example, the PC 150 can be programmed to automatically determine if a signal has reached a threshold level. For example, a threshold level can be set at a predetermined gradation (e.g., first gradation) on the graphic display 640. Increasing the gain of displayed signal (�zooming in�) therefore has the effect of lowering the threshold, and decreasing the gain has the opposite effect. Thus, a user can adjust the threshold to a level most suitable for his or her particular application.
Thus, the invention enables simultaneous, bilateral segmental blood pressure measurement using the ultrasonic Doppler method, which is the method of choice for studying vascular diseases. Unlike other techniques, the invention provides both waveforms as output (velocity signals) as well as audio signals. Photoplethymography, for example, only provides waveforms outputs. In addition, simultaneous bilateral testing significantly reduces testing time while maintaining, or enhancing the quality of testing.
The particular embodiments disclosed above are illustrative only, as the invention may be modified and practiced in different but equivalent manners apparent to those skilled in the art having the benefit of the teachings herein. Furthermore, no limitations are intended to the details of construction or design herein shown, other than as described in the claims below. It is therefore evident that the particular embodiments disclosed above may be altered or modified and all such variations are considered within the scope and spirit of the invention. Accordingly, the protection sought herein is as set forth in the claims below.
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December 12 - December 21, 2014
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Directed by JUDY FITZGERALD, Music Direction by BRENT E MARTY
Dates: December 13 - December 21, 2014
They're back! After a long hibernation, Arnold Lobel's well loved characters have returned to hop from the page to the stage in Actors Theatre of Indiana's charming holiday musical production of "A Year With Frog and Toad". Conceived by Adrianne Lobel, A Year With Frog And Toad remains true to the spirit of the original stories as it follows two great friends, the cheerful and popular Frog and the rather grumpy Toad through four fun-filled seasons. Along the way, they learn an important lesson about friendship and rejoicing in the attributes that make each of us different and special.
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NAPA Career Profiles: John P. Mason
John P. Mason, a former president of the Washington Association of Professional Anthropologists (WAPA), has crossed the many borders that define professional anthropology, including university teaching, an international organization, and NGO and for-profit private sector international development. He has traversed these borders, back and forth between academia and applied international work.
One of the major attractions of the profession for John was the freedom of choice, especially in selecting where to do fieldwork. The model posed by pastoral nomads, especially the Tuareg Berbers of North Africa and a romanticized sense of Lawrence of Arabia fed his appetite for getting to… Continue reading
AnthroCurrents – July 11, 2014
A biweekly look at recent stories on anthropology and practicing anthropologists in the popular media
- Pacific Standard published an in-depth article on Nancy Scheper-Hughes and her research into the global organ transplant trade. The article is informative and balanced, no matter which side of the Scheper-Hughes fence you come down on.
- Adam Taylor of the Washington Post writes about the Western preoccupation with saving Africa. Within the article is a preview of the documentary Framed by Kathryn Mathers (anthropologist) and Cassandra Herrman. It's definitely worth your time: "Africa does not need a savior. America needs a savior."… Continue reading
NAPA Career Profiles: Jen Cardew Kersey
Jen Cardew Kersey is a former graduate of the University of North Texas, where she received her MA in Applied Anthropology. A member of the first class to enter UNT's online Maters Program, Jen did her research comparing the experiences of online, and on-campus graduate experiences.
"I was lucky enough to go through two applied departments that focused on training for practitioners, so I left school very ready to handle clients, scope realistic research, work with others and have a small knowledge of business skills."
After graduating, Jen began working as a research consultant. Starting in a small… Continue reading
AnthroCurrents – June 27, 2014
A biweekly look at recent stories on anthropology and practicing anthropologists in the popular media
We're #2!
Anthropology is ranked near the top of the Irish Independent's list of the top 50 jobs of the future. As you read down the list, try not to feel too smug. We've all learned to take articles like this one with a grain of salt. (Bookmark it anyway.)
For the Children
- Originally published in The Atlantic, this article from Business Insider delves into American attitudes toward potty training from the 1940s to present. Anthropologists don't look so good here, but parents will… Continue reading
NAPA Career Profiles: Jenny Masur
Jenny Masur has dedicated over two decades of service to the National Park Service (NPS), a career trajectory she did not anticipate while in the academy. As a graduate student at the University of Chicago, Masur co-edited a book of oral histories of Jewish women immigrants and completed her dissertation, "Work, Leisure and Obligation in an Andalusian Town." Following her PhD, she worked on a postdoc examining city migrants in Madrid and later taught anthropology in Argentina through the Fulbright Program.
"I have worked for the last 16 years for a program of the NPS called the National Underground Railroad… Continue reading
AnthroCurrents – June 13, 2014
A biweekly look at recent stories on anthropology and practicing anthropologists in the popular media
- OK to wear Native American-inspired fashions to that music festival? LA Weekly talks about how the Lightning in a Bottle event handles the issue on their website. Which reminds me… Morgan Moses—who studied anthropology at UVA—was just drafted by the Washington Redskins. Maybe he can explain why a name change would be a good move.
- Wired Magazine very rightly recognizes the value that social scientists of all stripes (including anthropologists, of course) bring to the table when we look at patterns… Continue reading
NAPA Career Profiles-Bryan Dennis
Bryan Dennis doesn't consider himself to have had a "career', but rather a professional journey that wasn't exactly planned, and which he still continues to travel. That journey started with his graduate work at UCLA in Anthropology, where his academic focus took a very traditional approach.
"I was trained as a Mesoamericanist with dollops of archaeology, socio-cultural, physical, and zooarchaeology in the mix. I also actively pursued input from professors in Art History and History due to my interest in iconography and written texts. My research focused on the Mixtec peoples and specifically their socio-political organization as reflected in… Continue reading
AnthroCurrents – May 30, 2014
A biweekly look at recent stories on anthropology and practicing anthropologists in the popular media
Summer Books
- Nicholas Wade's new book A Troublesome Inheritance has been in the news for a few weeks now, but criticisms of his ideas linking genetics to social behaviors continue to mount. You can't swing a fossilized Australopithecus without hitting a negative review. If you want to be prepared at the water cooler, you should read something about it. I liked these pieces from New Republic, Huffington Post, and the Boas Network.
- The novel Euphoria by Lily King fictionalizes the adventures of… Continue reading
NAPA Career Profiles: Karen Greenough
Karen Greenough is a Junior Researcher working in Burkina Faso at the West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL). Her career trajectory stemmed from her earlier work in Niger, where she was posted as a Peace Corps Volunteer and returned afterwards to live and learn about the region.
Greenough returned to the U.S. in 2001 to pursue a PhD in cultural anthropology with an emphasis on development at the University of Kentucky.
I focused on mobile Fulɓe pastoralists in Niger for both my thesis and my dissertation. After looking at several different… Continue reading
NAPA Career Profiles: Tim De Waal Malefyt
Timothy de Waal Malefyt has been a leading strategist in brand development for 15 years, working with companies like BBDO Worldwide and D'Arcy in New York and Benton & Bowles in Detroit.
"As a corporate anthropologist in the field of practice, I've worked in consumer marketing and advertising for several large firms. I am curious about how advertising messages can be meaningful to people, how products and brands engage people in ways that express who they are, what's important to them."
According to Tim, "Old School" advertising can turn people off as the typical 'push' approach can feel annoying to… Continue reading


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Pop Levi's new single, Strawberry Shake is out now via Counter Records, with the album Medicine following 12 November. Keep up with the latest Pop Levi news on his website.
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It is not treason
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Wiener Dogs Wearing People Bikinis at a Pool Party [VIDEO]
This is hands down the best video with dachshunds wearing bikinis at a pool party that you're going to see all day.
This is hands down the best video with dachshunds wearing bikinis at a pool party that you're going to see all day.
The only thing that makes flying jet skis better is flying one in a thong. I have a rule where I like to ride anything and everything while wearing my favorite thong bikini. Lucky for us so do the ladies in brazil.
There's not much that about this video that doesn't say Q103. Guitars and hot girls is pretty much what make this world turn.
USA Olympian Misty May-Treanor told the NY Post, that despite new rules that will allow women's volleyball team's to wear shorts and t-shirts, the US team will continue to wear skimpy bikini's during competition. Thank god, because if they didn't I think I would have boycotted watching the games over the next 16 days.
The title says it all - This is probably the hottest video you will watch all day. Three hot girls knocking down waves in Mexico while enjoying Cinco de Mayo. On a rainy day like today, enjoy the sun, the surf and the bikini's. You can thank us later.
Back in the day, it was best to just put up a few fliers and maybe an ad in the paper if your dog went missing, but times have changed. People figured better ways of getting their cries of "lost dog" heard.
Bikini's were out in full force this past 4th of July weekend, but don't put them away yet. Today is National Bikini Day to honor Louis Reard who invented the bikini in 1946. For your viewing pleasure, we created a gallery of bikini's some old and new styles
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Rock River Valley Rotary Club hosts Murder Mystery Dinner Theater
April 25, 2012
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BYRON, Ill. — The Rock River Valley Rotary Club will host a Murder Mystery Dinner Theater fund-raiser at 6 p.m., Saturday, April 28, at the Byron Forest Preserve, 7993 N. River Road.
Guests are invited to the most anticipated luau of the year, hosted by "Maui Joe." Attendees will enjoy a buffet dinner and be held responsible for solving a crime. Come for a wild and fun evening that spikes up a murder.
Tickets for $35 can be purchased at Doug Floski's office at 131 W. Second St., Byron, the Byron Chamber of Commerce or Rotary Club members. Seating is limited, so tickets need to be purchased prior to the event.
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Average block cheese prices dropped two cents last week on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to $2.11. The previous week's average was $2.13.
Cheese prices closed at $2.12 Tuesday and dropped to $2.11 Wednesday, staying there through Friday.
Wheat prices have finally come up after steadily dropping the past several weeks. Last week's average on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange was $8.54, a 20-cent increase from the previous week's $8.34. It was $9.37 two weeks ago.
Wheat closed at $8.69 Tuesday, $8.63 Wednesday, $8.53 Thursday and $8.31 Friday.
Gasoline and diesel fuel
Monday's nationwide average for regular unleaded gasoline was $3.63, a 7-cent increase over last week's $3.56, according to AAA and the Oil Price Information Service.
Prices are also down from $3.71 a month ago, but remain a dollar higher than last year, when consumers were paying $2.71 at the pump.
Mid-range unleaded is $3.76, a 6-cent increase from last week's price, while today's premium unleaded price is $3.86, a 3-cent increase over last week.
The nationwide average for diesel fuel is $3.91, slightly higher than last week's price of $3.90. Although Diesel prices are down from $3.98 a month ago, they remain up from $2.95 a year ago.
Natural Gas
Nearly all pricing points were down overall for the week, some by more than 10 cents per million Btu (MMBtu). The Henry Hub price decreased 6 cents per MMBtu over the week (1.4 percent) to close at $4.34 per MMBtu on July 6.
Pizza company stocks
Pizza Hut parent Yum! Brands Inc dropped to $55.85 after hitting a 52-week high last week when shares were $56.72. Yum! traded at a 52-week low of $38.53 in July 2010.
Domino's hit a 52-week high for third week in a row as it finished at $26.07, up from last week's $25.64. Shares are also substantially higher over this time last year when the company traded as low as $12.21 in July 2010.
Papa John's dropped again this week coming in at $31.91, down from last week's $32.37. The company hit its 52-week high five weeks ago at $34.12. Papa John's traded at a 52-week low of $22.78 in July 2010.
Shares in CEC Entertainment Inc., parent company of Chuck E. Cheese restaurants, is down nearly a dollar from last week's 52-high of $42.18. It closed Friday at $41.46. CEC traded as low as $30.44 in August 2010.
California Pizza Kitchen closed at $18.51 Friday, up four cents from the previous week. CPKI traded as high as $20.79 in May 2010 and as low as $13.19 in July 2010.
Pizza Inn jumped to $3.26 hitting a new 52-week high for fourth week in a row. It finished at $3.08 last week, $2.82 and $2.50 the previous weeks, respectively. It traded as low as $1.77 in May 2010.
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