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This year, for the first time, I planted sunshine squash - a scarlet kabocha variety from Johnny's seeds. The catalog description is "vigorous short vines" and deep orange color. Well, I have vigorous vines all right but not short! In fact they are sprawling all over the garden and trying to climb the tomatoes. And while I have currently have a lot of baseball sized fruit they are pale yellow with dark green at the base. I think the seed must have been mis-labelled. I am hoping they actually are some variety of winter squash although they look much more like round summer squash at this point. Any one have any ideas what I have? Elaina |
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- Posted by farmerdill (My Page) on Mon, Jul 21, 14 at 16:31
Looks like a Sunshine. Anything less than 10 feet is considered short. The red orange is their ripe color. It is a small squash. |
I have some Sunshines that are further along. They are not small, but about 7 or 8 inches across and orange. |
- Posted by farmerdill (My Page) on Tue, Jul 22, 14 at 8:42
That is about right for a grown Sunshine. 4-6 lbs. which I consider small. 10 -20 lbs is medium. 30- 100 lbs large. |
- Posted by MissRumphius 4b (My Page) on Tue, Jul 22, 14 at 14:57
Thanks for the response. I guess I wait and hope they turn orange. Elaina |
I had kabochas about two years ago. They're my favorite eating squash. Even in AZ, where the summer was much too hot for their liking, my kabocha tried to overtake the garden and yard. I'd say that ten feet for kabocha is pretty "short". |
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mayyami on 2/12/2013 5:34:00 AM more reviews by mayyami
Age: 25-29 Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium Hair: Black Eyes: Black
I like this better than 2000 calorie. Good lengthening mascara, doesn't hold the curl of my asian lashes very well though but still one of the better ones. No smudges or flakes. A very natural look.
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lilangelhana on 1/15/2013 8:42:00 PM more reviews by lilangelhana
Age: 19-24 Skin: Combination, Fair Hair: Brunette Eyes: Green
My all time favourite mascara... And I have tried hundreds!! Good steady brush, thick bristles, creates length and volume and still keeps your lashes separate, I'm always trying different mascaras and never fail to go back to this one.
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*TOP REVIEWER* decoydream on 12/21/2012 9:27:00 PM more reviews by decoydream
Age: 19-24 Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Warm Hair: Black, Relaxed, Medium Eyes: Black
I'm a firm believer in Max Factor mascaras- you really can't go wrong. They all provide the standard of black mascara that doesn't flake or give you raccoon eyes, gives you definition/length/volume and holds a decent curl.
This one, in my experience at least, is particularly good at defining and separating lashes. It's my current go to mascara for daily use. Personally, my favourite out of all the MF I've tried is still probably the false lash effect but this one is pretty fantastic too!
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ellieev on 12/4/2012 9:20:00 AM more reviews by ellieev
Age: 19-24 Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium Hair: Black Eyes: Brown
My favourite mascara ever - and I have tried many. Gives lenght, fullness and separates the lashes beautifully! Definately would buy again..and again..and again.
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Kaleido on 12/1/2012 6:40:00 AM more reviews by Kaleido
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Combination, Olive Hair: Brunette Eyes: Brown
This is a really good product and I like it; it doesn't lump up the lashes and it stays on all day and makes my lashes longer (though I don't have short lashes to begin with). It doesn't really break the lashes and it isn't removed by water alone (which is good).
The packaging is very "Max Factor" with gold and black and I would recommend it.
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jinglingjambo on 11/25/2012 1:08:00 PM more reviews by jinglingjambo
Age: 19-24 Skin: Oily, Fair-Medium, Cool Hair: Blond, Straight, Fine Eyes: Hazel
I love this mascara! Definitely HG, finally!
I have used way too many mascaras over the years and chucked away so much money on pricey ones that I didn't like. My eyelashes are long, which is nice, but poker straight. I use an eyelash curler every day and they still end up straight after a few hours but this mascara does a great job of holding curl and I love that it gives great separation because of the plastic brush. It is quite a wet formula but it sets quickly and doesn't get all over your eyelids in the process. I originally tried the Masterpiece mascara and it was ok, I was fine using it whilst looking for something else but the Masterpiece Max is amazing. I've recommended it to friends who have bought it and it is now their HG too. For £10, it's really worth a shot! If you're thinking of trying the dreadful Benefit They're Real... Please, try this first!
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AlvaSofia on 11/25/2012 12:14:00 PM more reviews by AlvaSofia
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Dry, Fair, Neutral Hair: Blond, Wavy, Medium Eyes: Blue
Ok, wow. I've stuck to my Loreal Telescopic for so many years, thinking it was the best for my lashes, well I was wrong. This mascara just makes my lashes super long and separated, it makes putting on mascara a pleasure! It also stays on your lashes the entire day - a huge plus. I love it and it's definitely my new favourite!
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*TOP REVIEWER* Ancatje on 10/27/2012 1:26:00 PM more reviews by Ancatje
Age: 19-24 Skin: Combination, Fair, Warm Hair: Brunette, Relaxed, Fine Eyes: Hazel
I love this mascara!
Great brush, tapered towards the end, with silicone-y bristles that are quite short but not so short that they don't grab your lashes. It's a good medium length and quite slim, so it's easy to work with and get all the lashes. Works well for bottom lashes too.
I find that it both lenghtens and volumises my lashes, holds a curl rather well, doesn't clump or smudge and looks very black (I use the colour Black). Perfect!
I also like the formulation, it's not too wet but not so dry that it makes your lashes hard. It just leaves them still looking natural and supple.
The only downside perhaps is that it's quite stubborn to get off. With this, I aways use one of those dual oil-based makeup removers and hold the cotton pad on my eye for a few seconds first, then it comes off easier.
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marielnoyb on 10/6/2012 3:40:00 PM more reviews by marielnoyb
Age: 25-29 Skin: Normal, Fair, Cool Hair: Other, Straight, Medium Eyes: Green
My favourite affordable mascara. I have naturally long lashes (sorry) so I do not need to lengthen my lashes, I am just looking for more definition. This mascara does a perfect job. It really separates my lashes, makes them look fuller, and gives them the perfect colour (I use blackbrown).
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*TOP REVIEWER* Victoriajane89 on 10/3/2012 7:27:00 AM more reviews by Victoriajane89
Age: 19-24 Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Neutral Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium Eyes: Green
I am still on a search for the mascara that lengthens, volumes and thickens lashes (wishfall thinking i know), however this mascara is quite good. It doesn't give you that dramatic look, but does lengthen and you can build up about 2/3 coats without the lashes clumping. Would buy again!
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I need an input form that displays the existing columns of a table and
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The idea, as you probably know, is to map a couple of tables. My approach
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tables. But this strikes me as pretty wasteful, and something this
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Some studies have implicated several possible metabolic linkages between osteoporosis and vascular calcification, including estrogen deficiency, vitamin D excess, vitamin K deficiency and lipid oxidation products. Nevertheless, it remains unclear whether osteoporosis and atherosclerosis are related to each other or are independent processes, both related to aging. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate the correlation between arterial thickening and bone status in a sample of apparently healthy Moroccan women.
Seventy-two postmenopausal women were studied. All patients were without secondary causes that might affect bone density. Bone status was assessed by bone mineral density (BMD) in lumbar spine and all femoral sites. Arterial wall thickening was assessed by intima-media thickness (IMT) in carotid artery (CA) and femoral artery (FA). Prevalent plaques were categorized into four groups ranging from low echogenicity to high echogenicity.
The mean age was 59.2 ± 8.3 years. 84.7% had at least one plaque. By Spearman Rank correlation, CA IMT was negatively correlated to Femoral total BMD (r = -0.33), Femoral neck BMD (r = -0.23), Ward triangle BMD (r = -0.30) and Trochanter BMD (r = -0.28) while there was no association with lumbar BMD. In multiple regression analysis, CA IMT emerged as an independent factor significantly associated with all femoral sites BMD after adjusting of confounding factors. FA IMT failed to be significantly associated with both Femoral and Lumbar BMD. No significant differences between echogenic, predominantly echogenic, predominantly echolucent and echolucent plaques groups were found concerning lumbar BMD and all femoral sites BMD
Our results demonstrate a negative correlation between bone mineral density (BMD) qnd carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) in postmenopausal women, independently of confounding factors. We suggest that bone status should be evaluated in patients with vascular disease to assess whether preventive or therapeutic intervention is necessarry.
Atherosclerosis and osteoporosis are two of the most common diseases that are correlated with the health of elderly women. Both are often seen in the same individual. These conditions progress silently until a fracture or myocardial infarction occurs [1,2].
Previous studies have shown an association between osteoporosis and aortic [3-5] and carotid atherosclerosis [6], cardiovascular mortality [7,8], stroke [7] and all-cause mortality [9] in women and men. Both osteoporosis and vascular calcification have largely been attributed to the aging process. Recent studies have shown, however, that arterial calcification is a highly regulated process, with intriguing similarities to bone turnover [10,11] that may be age-independent. The nature of the relationship between osteoporosis and atherosclerosis remains unclear. Some studies have implicated several metabolic linkages between osteoporosis and vascular calcification. These include estrogen deficiency [12], vitamin D excess [13], vitamin K deficiency [14], and lipid oxidation products [15].
Measurement of the far-wall intima-media thickness (IMT) of the common carotid artery (CA) and femoral artery (FA) by high-resolution ultrasonography has been established as a clinically useful index for identifying early-stage general and local atherosclerosis in lower extremities, because CA IMT is correlated strongly with the presence of coronary artery disease [16-18] and FA IMT with local atherosclerosis [19].
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate the correlation between bone mineral density and artery IMT, a measure of preclinical atherosclerosis, in a sample of apparently healthy postmenopausal Moroccan women.
The study involved 72 consecutive, ambulatory, Moroccan, postmenopausal women living in urban centre of Morocco who were sent to our outpatient Bone Densitometry Center. Recruitment was based on voluntary enrolment. All subjects were referred to this center for osteoporosis risk factors, including menopause. Osteoporosis was assessed by BMD and defined according to the world Health Organization (WHO) (<2,5 standard deviation of normal values for young people). Study inclusion criteria were: (1) postmenopausal status (at least 1 year of menopause). Exclusion criteria included having a history of: (1) taking drugs known to influence bone metabolism in the past 2 years, such as vitamin D, calcium, corticosteroids, bisphosphonates and hormone replacement therapy; (2) musculoskeletal, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, hepatic, or renal disease; (3) malignancy,(4) hysterectomy; and (5) history of atherosclerotic heart disease or stroke. The study was approved by ethical committee of University-hospital Mohamed V Souissi and all participants provided written consent.
Data collection and measurements
Each patient completed a questionnaire on sociodemographic parameters, atherosclerosis and osteoporosis risk factors. The age of menopause, the time since menopause, the personal history of cigarette smoking or alcohol intake and the number of pregnancies were recorded.
For the evaluation of physical activity, we used the short form of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) [20]. The items of IPAQ were structured to provide separate scores on walking, moderate-intensity and vigorous-intensity activity. Computation of the total score requires summation of the duration (in minutes) and frequency (days) of walking, moderate-intensity and vigorous-intensity activities [21].
Anthropometric data
Weight and height were measured without clothes or shoes at the time of bone densitometry measurements. The Body mass index (BMI) was calculated as body weight/height2 (kg/m2). The inter-assay CV of QC pools was 3%.
Biochemical measurements
Morning fasting samples of venous blood were taken. Serum total cholesterol (CT, enzymatic colorimetric methods; reference value (RV) 1.4-2.4 g/l), serum high-density lipoprotein (HDL, enzymatic colorimetric methods; RV,0.50-0.75 g/l), low-density lipoprotein (LDL, enzymatic colorimetric methods; RV 0.65-1.75 g/l), triglycerides (TG, enzymatic colorimetric methods; RV 0.22-2.00 g/l) were measured. Serum Calcium (Ca, kinetic colorimetric assay, RV, 84-97 mg/l); Phosphorus (P, kinetic colorimetric assay, RV, 27-45 mg/l) and serum creatinine(Cr, kinetic colorimetric assay, RV,5.1-9.5 mg/l) were also measured. Osteocalcin (OC; ECLIA (electrochimiluminescence); RV, 15-46 ng/ml; Elecsys N-Mid Osteocalcin), fasting urine cross-linked carboxy-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen corrected by urinary creatinine (CTX, ECLIA (electrochimiluminescence); RV, 1.008 ng/ml; Elecsys bCross laps) were determined as bone turnover markers. All theses measurements have been made using Intégra 400 (Roche diagnostics; Mannheim, Germany). Moreover, Serum 25 (OH)VitD (25-hydroxyvitamin D; chimiluminescence; (RV) 20-60 μg/ml; Liaison, Diasorin) and intact PTH (PTH; ECLIA (electrochimiluminescence); RV, 15-65 pg/ml; Elecsys Intact PTH) were assayed.
Bone mineral density (BMD)
Lumbar spine, trochanter, femoral neck and total hip BMD were measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry with a Lunar prodigy densitometer. Daily quality control was carried out by measurement of a Lunar phantom. At the time of the study, phantom measurements showed stable results. The phantom precision expressed as the CV(%) was 0.08. Both T and Z scores were obtained. In the T-score calculations, the manufacturer's ranges for European population reference were used because of the absence of a Moroccan data base.
Ultrasonography of the carotid artery (CA) and femoral artery (FA)
Ultrasonographic examination of the CA and FA was performed in the supine position by the use of high-resolution B-mode ultrasonography performed with an ultrasonography scanner (Xp10 128 ART-upgraded; Acuson, Mountain View, CA), as previously described [22]. To avoid inter-observer variability, all measurements were performed by the same examiner who was unaware of subject characteristics. We recorded atherosclerotic plaques from six sites of the carotid artery: The near and far walls of both internal carotid arteries, the bifurcation segment of the common carotid artery, and the common carotid artery from the bifurcation segment to as far downstream of the supraclavicular region as technically possible; if more than one plaque was present at one of the six sites, the thickest plaque was chosen for analysis. Moreover ultrasound (US) imaging of the femoral arteries was carried out at the level of the bifurcation on both the right and left sides. Atherosclerotic plaque was defined as localized protrusion of the internal part of the vessel wall into the lumen. Plaque morphology in terms of echogenicity, defined as reflectance of the emitted ultrasound signal, was assessed by the use of a visual analogue technique along a gray scale [22]. Plaques that appeared black or almost black (like fluent blood inside the vessel) were described as grade 1 (echolucent, low echogenic), whereas plaques that appeared white or close to white (echogenic), similar to the bright echo zone produced by the media-adventitia interface in the far wall of the carotid artery, were classified as grade 4. Grade 2 and grade 3 plaques were interpolated between grades 1 and 4 along the black-white scale, the grade 2 plaques consisting of more echolucent than echogenic materials and the grade 3 plaques vice versa. If one single plaque was present and the echogenicity inside this plaque was heterogeneous, the dominant echogenicity determined the grading. When more than one plaque was present, the echogenicity was graded considering the overall plaque area [22]. The mean coefficient of variation [23] for the difference between IMT measurement obtained in repeated examinations performed by the same examiner was 3.2%.
Statistical analysis
Statistical analysis was performed with the Windows 13.0 version of SPSS software (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Values are expressed mean ± S.D or percentages. Normality of the data was tested with a one-sample Kolmogorov Smirnov test to indicate the appropriateness of parametric testing. The correlation coefficients were calculated by Pearson Rank correlation analyses due to normal distribution of various clinical variables. Multiple regression analysis was performed to assess independent association with lumbar spine BMD and femoral BMD. For the relation between plaque echogenicity and BMD, the comparison between groups was made using analysis of covariance (ANOVA). P-values of < 0.05 were considered as statistically significant.
Clinical variables, intima-media thickness and bone density of patients
Characteristics of participants enrolled in this cross sectional study are shown in table 1. The mean age and BMI was 59.2 ± 8.3 years and 27.7 ± 4.5 kg/m2 respectively. Of the 72 persons included in the study, 55.6% were osteoporotic and 84.7% had at least one plaque. The means of triglycerides, serum total Cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein and low-density lipoprotein were within normal limits for reference laboratory. The means of CA and FA IMT were to 0.8 ± 0.4 mm and 0.8 ± 0.3 mm respectively. 36.1% of Patients had femoral plaque and 59.7% had carotid artery plaque. Plaques were distributed, according to the echogenity, as follows: 31.9% Type I echolucent, 16.7% Type II predominantly echolucent, 9.7% type III predominantly echogenic and 26.4% type IV echogenic.
Table 1. Characteristics of study participants
The means of serum Calcium, Phosphorus, 25OH D3, intact PTH, CTX and osteocalcin were within normal limits for reference laboratory (results not shown in table 1).
There were no significant differences among the groups osteoporotic versus no osteoporotic in age, age of menopause, BMI, Physical activity score. Serum Calcium, Phosphorus, 25 OH D3, total Cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, low-density lipoprotein, Triglycerides, Intact PTH, Osteocalcine, Cross laps and Creatinine were not different and except for 25OH D3, were within normal limits for reference laboratory. On the basis of vascular ultrasound examination, the prevalence of artery plaques for any of the sites examined was not significantly different in patients with or without osteoporosis (p = 0.393). No significant association was observed concerning the plaque morphologic echography (p = 0.241). Results were shown table 2.
Table 2. Characteristics of study participants after splitting them in osteoporotic and no osteoporotic
Correlations between CA IMT, FA IMT and clinical variables and BMD
Table 3 shows the summary of correlations of IMT with clinical variables including BMD by Pearson Rank correlation. Only Age was positively correlated with both CA and FA IMT. CA IMT was negatively correlated to Trochanter BMD, Femoral neck BMD, Ward triangle BMD and Femoral total BMD (figure 1) while there was no association with lumbar BMD. FA IMT failed to be significantly associated with both Femoral and Lumbar BMD.
Table 3. Correlations of IMT in each segment with clinical characteristics and BMD
Figure 1. Correlation of Carotid artery intima-media thickness (CA IMT) with femoral total BMD. A significant negative correlation was found between Femoral total BMD and CA IMT (r = -0.237, p = 0.006) by Pearson analysis.
Multiple regression analysis of factors independently associated with BMD
In multiple regression analysis, CA IMT was an independent factor significantly associated with Trochanter BMD, Ward triangle BMD, Femoral Neck BMD, femoral total BMD but not lumbar spine BMD after adjusting of age, age of menopause, serum LDL cholesterol, systolic blood pressure and physical activity. Serum LDL cholesterol emerged as an independent factor significantly associated with femoral BMD (table 4).
Table 4. Stepwise regression analysis of factors independently associated with BMD included CA IMT.
BMD and plaques echogenicity
No significant differences between echogenic, predominantly echogenic, predominantly echolucent and echolucent plaques groups were found concerning lumbar BMD and all femoral sites BMD (data not shown).
The most important finding in the present study is that CA IMT emerged as an independent factor that is associated significantly with Trochanter BMD, Femoral neck BMD, Ward triangle BMD and Femoral total BMD, but not with lumbar spine BMD. The association between trabecular or cortical osteoporosis and calcification in different vascular beds may vary, and should be considered when comparing the reported findings. In many studies evaluating the association between low bone mass and vascular calcification, there was an independent association between BMD at cortical sites, as represented by low hip BMD and vascular calcification [6,12,24]. However, studies measuring BMD at predominantly trabecular sites, namely spinal sites, failed to demonstrate this association [4,6,24,25]. In the past, this lack of association had been attributed to methodological pitfalls related to Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) measurements. In fact, DXA measurements of the spine are confounded by the presence of calcified plaques in adjacent vessels and osteophytes [26]. Nevertheless, the lack of an association at trabecular sites was confirmed by the Sinnot study [27] that used highly sensitive and specific quantitative computerized tomography (QCT) measures of exclusively trabecular bone of the vertebrae. By contrast, previous studies have shown a negative association between lumbar BMD and IMT, but this lack of association has also been described in hemodialysis patients [28].
Our results indicate that FA IMT is not associated significantly with BMD. Our data seem to be in contrast to the earlier findings [5-8] that found a significant association between FA IMT and bone status. It is also conceivable that atherosclerotic distribution within the vascular tree may vary considerably between vascular beds, and this may explain some of the apparently conflicting findings in the literature [24,29,30].
Another finding in the present study was that CA IMT is associated significantly with all femoral site BMD independently of age. Indeed, both osteoporosis and atherosclerosis increase with age, but the relationship between them has remained unclear [31,32]. In some studies, the apparent association between BMD and vascular calcification disappeared after adjusting for age [25,31-33], while in others, the association was independent of age [3,14,33].
The biological explanation for the possible relationship between atherosclerosis and osteoporosis is unclear at present, but several hypotheses have been proposed. Oxidized lipids [15], impaired vitamin K status [14], homocysteine, and high levels of osteoprotegerin [10,11] are among the factors that may contribute to the association between atherosclerosis and osteoporosis. Hamerman [34] reviewed several possibilities, and pointed out that inflammation is likely to be one of the processes that influence atherogenesis and bone loss. Many of the inflammatory mediators driving atherogenesis in the arterial wall are known to be in the circulation as markers of cardiovascular risk. These could gain access to bone, where, together with local cytokines, they could enhance the release of osteoblastic factors, that in turn promote osteoclastogenesis.
Several researchers have suggested a role for hyperlipidemia and lipid oxidation [15] and inflammation [34]. In vitro studies have shown that oxidized lipids promote osteoblastic differentiation of vascular cells and inhibit such differentiation in bone cells [35]. One possible mechanism by which this may occur is through accumulation of oxidized lipids in tissue so as to mimic chronic infection, thereby stimulating an immune response that promotes the hardening of soft tissue (to wall off infectious agents) and the softening of hard tissue (to dissolve a substrate for growth of infectious agents). In our study, serum LDL cholesterol emerged as an independent factor that is associated significantly with femoral BMD, after adjusting for age and CA IMT.
Although several studies have shown that increasing BMD is related to a decreasing prevalence of echogenic plaque [36,37], our results found no significant differences between the four groups according to the plaque echogenicity in lumbar and femoral BMD.
There are several potential limitations to this cross-sectional study. First, the subjects were not recruited from the community at large, but were selected from patients who underwent bone density determinations. This selection bias may explain the relatively high prevalence of osteoporosis in the subjects studied. In fact, we have already shown that 31 to 39% of post-menopausal women had osteoporosis [38-40]. Another bias is related to the classification of plaques. Despite the fact that the reproducibility of plaque echogenicity was good, some misclassification may have occurred. Lastly, we have no direct histopathological demonstration that increased IMT is due to atherosclerosis. The arterial thickening might have been due to another, non-atherosclerotic arteriopathy. However, IMT measurements are still useful in that IMT is strongly correlated with the presence of coronary artery diseases.
In brief, our results showed that decreased BMD is correlated with increased CA IMT in postmenopausal women, independently of confounding factors. We suggest that bone status should be evaluated in patients with vascular disease to assess whether preventive or therapeutic intervention is necessary.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
FA and NHH conceived the study and supervised its design, execution, and analysis and participated in the drafting and critical review of the manuscript. IH, FA and RA did data management and statistical analyses. All other authors enrolled patients, participated in data acquisition and critical revision of the manuscript. IH wrote the paper with input from all investigators. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
This study has been supported by the Universite Mohammed V Souissi, Rabat, Morocco.
The Laboratory of Royal Gendarmerie supported the Biochemical measures. We wish to express special thanks to its director, Dr Saâd El Kabbaj.
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A sanity check and a thorough review of the vendors quotation is a must! - The product only satisfies the basic feature set - Bad Software Design - Software developed is functional but it often lack on principles of good software design like Scalability, Performance, Testing, Quality, Internationalization, Security Engineering and Documentation.
These solutions cannot be expanded or developed upon in the future. The disadvantage is that the customer wastes money and time again in the redesign and re-implementation of the same solution as per their changing needs and demands. - Lack of software program management - The business needs of the client are converted into a technical solution as per the wants and desires of the vendor to create a unfavorable quotation. The vendors charge for program manager's involvement but this service is never provided. This leads to unnecessary project delays and diversions from the main functionality.
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- Lack of Software Delivery Management - Lack of Product Follow-Up - Clients have to constantly followup with the vendor on milestones like demos, project checkpoints, final deployment and product support there-on. This is again very time and resource intensive. The vendors provide no tools and resources for project lifecycle management, tracking changes, maintaining tickets and managing bugs.
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I was wondering does clomid and metformin really work or can you just take clomid or metformin by it self I did it 5 years ago when i concieved my cson please let me know what questions i should ask my OB when I go in
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I got pregnant after the 1st round of clomid. I don't know what melformin is???? First, I took prometrium to get a period and then I took clomid on days 5-9 to ovulate. Now, I'm 11 weeks along. :) I also got an HSG x-ray to check my tubes and clear them out if anything was blocking the swimmers. My doc said a lot of women get pregnant right after that x-ray.posted 06/23/2010 by mrschappy16
I am taking Metformin (1500 mg daily) and took 1 month of Femara, its a drug similar to Clomid. I DID NOT ovulate with Clomid but went to the dr last Wednesday and sure enough I did ovulate with the help of Femara. WE are just playing the waiting game now to see if it worked! Metformin sure does "even" you out but if I were you I would take both. If it doesnt work talk to you dr about Femara, he told me it was for women who didnt ovulate w/clomid. Good luck to youposted 06/21/2010 by WILLIAMANNA
this is my 4th IUI with femara and 4 utrogestan a day - tomorrow is D day and I finally test . Becomes very disappointing every month getting the BFN hopefully this month or tomorrow is the day. anyone been on femara and utrogestan and has had a BFPposted 06/30/2010 by Nnaidoo
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Okay, after mulling it over and doing extensive research, I finally pulled the trigger and purchased 10 Fargesia Robusta Pingwu plants for my privacy screen. I hope I made the right choice! Now I have a new decision to make. I want to plant something staggered in front of the bamboo to fill in the gaps at bottom since clumpers grow in a V shape. I'm planting the bamboo in part shade so the companion will need to be able to thrive in part shade and in zone 7. Does anyone have an opinion on what would look good? |
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I think robusta is fairly upright, so not as V-shaped as other Fargesias. It's not as cold-hardy as listed though (depending on what part of the country you're in), as I know several people who have tried to grow it in z6 and had it top-kill. I hope you have better success with it than we did. It really is beautiful and I wish I could grow it here! Although I don't have a specific companion plant recommendation, I'd say look for something large-leaved and relatively low-growing. Large leaf for contrast with the bamboo leaves, and lower-growing (a couple of feet) so it doesn't compete visually with the height of the bamboo. Maybe some of the larger hostas? I don't know if you have deer problems there or not, so hosta may not be the right choice, but they like the same conditions as the robusta. |
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Hydrangea might work for you. The mop heads and lacecaps would give you good contrast. The oakleaf Hydrangea would probably work as well,you may have to do some pruning on it if starts to get tall though. |
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I have been wanting try a mesh false bottom or something of the sort for a while. The bag can sit on top of it and when I get ready to chill it will keep the chiller off the heating element. I happened to acquire some heavy 1/2" stainless mesh from work and I was considering making a mesh basket. After thinking it over I decided to make a mesh false bottom. Knowing the mesh alone wouldn't be strong enough by itself I had a 1/2" wide flange cut from 1/16" thick stainless steel. The flange covers the ends of the mesh so the bag won't get snagged. The two flat areas on the flange are due to the steamer basket lip on the Bayou Classic pot. I took a section of the mesh and laid it over the flange to mark my cutting points and began cutting the shape I wanted with my snips. A Marks a Lot works well here. Mesh cut to shape. A little bit of clean up trim to make sure there aren't any over hanging wires to snag the bag. Used an old snare drum rim to give me a working fab frame and hold the hot metal off my wooden work bench. Vise grips to clamp the mesh to the flange. I used a die grinder with a scotch brite pad to smooth and prep the surface of the flange for soldering. I used Stay Brite flux and Oatey lead-free solder to attach the mesh to the flange. After rinsing the flux off with water here is the finished soldering job. What it looks like from the top after hitting it with the scotch brite again. I used 5/16" x 3" stainless carriage bolts as my standoffs. I used two 3/8" stainless washers to keep the 5/16" nut off the square on the carriage bolt head. Four standoffs out near the flange to transfer strength. Two in the center opposite the heating element will keep the center from sagging if there is any. Bottom side. The flats on the flange slip right past the steamer basket lip. Fits and sits perfectly in the kettle. By tipping the false bottom to one side I can easily grab and remove it. I think this will work fine with the bag. I will find out for sure because I am brewing tomorrow.
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Thanks Martin30R, I will be brewing one that will take my system to the limit of capacity today, Scotch Ale.
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I think it might be a little wide?
I tried it out today but there was no noticeable improvement in circulation. I still had to use the valve to choke off the flow during recirculation. Good news is I can still use the steamer basket and I don't have to build another basket. I am still going to use the false bottom because it worked great to rest the wort chiller on.
The holes in that mesh are far too big which is why you had no improvement. Notice that the holes on my false bottoms you can purchase for homebrewing are pretty small and numerous. They are only big enough to let liquid flow and hopefully keep grain out. In your bottom your grain bed will just go right through.
ahhh after reading twice I understand. Great Idea!!!
I think a lot of people are missing that this isn't a traditional false bottom in that it is not intended to come in to contact with the grain. It is in fact intended to be used in conjunction with a mesh bag that will be filtering the grain. Now back on topic. I would guess that problems in flow are coming from your basket because i know that many people have posted before that modifying there baskets have helped salve this problem. Can you post some picture of the basket so that we have more info?