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While We're Young searches for the blurry line we all cross once we've entered middle age, finds it and tramples all over it, but it…
While We're Young searches for the blurry line we all cross once we've entered middle age, finds it and tramples all over it, but it…
Imagine an "R" rated "Lassie" by way of "Spartacus." That's Kornél Mundruczó's "White God," a brutal but stirring fantasy about street dogs rising up against…
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
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A preview of Ebertfest 2015.
An encounter with the legendary documentarian Albert Maysles, who recently passed away.
A film teacher looks back on "The Breakfast Club," partly through the eyes of her students.
A preview of Ebertfest 2015.
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A look at recent releases on Netflix and Blu-ray, including "Life Itself," "Annie," "Into the Woods," "The Lady From Shanghai," and more.
Since he started as film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times in 1967, and began covering movies locally and at international film festivals, Roger Ebert has met and interviewed countless movie idols, artists and unknowns -- some of them even before they became famous. There's hardly a major figure in the history of movies, from the last part of the 20th century into the 21st, that he hasn't encountered.
"I love his films. I study his films. I watch his films when I'm looking for inspiration."
So says John Lasseter, director of "Toy Story" and "A Bug's Life," about Hayao Miyazaki. Other animators agree that the quiet man from Japan with the mop of grey hair may be the best animation filmmaker in history. His films are so good they force you to rethink how you approach animation.
Lasseter is one of the most successful animators in Hollywood. That he would take time to personally shepherd Miyazaki's "Spirited Away" into a release by Walt Disney is a tribute to the older craftsman. The movie opens on Friday. Lasseter, who directed the English-language soundtrack for the film, joined Miyazaki at the recent Toronto film festival.
"The very first screening of 'Spirited Away' outside of Japan was at the Pixar animation studios," he said, "and I was stunned at how amazing this film was. North America hasn't had a chance to discover Miyazaki's films. In the animated community he's a hero, like he is to me."
Miyazaki and his partner at Studio Ghibli, Isao Takahata ("Grave of the Fireflies"), have created work of astonishing depth and artistry; his "Princess Mononoke" was one of the best films of 1999. "Spirited Away," which won the Berlin Film Festival, has passed "Titanic" at the Japanese box office and is the first film in history to gross $200 million before even opening in North America.
The new film, which may be his best, tells the story of an 10-year-old girl and her parents who wander into a tunnel in the woods and find what looks like an amusement park. It turns, for the girl, into a "Alice in Wonderland"-type adventure, populated by a sorceress, ghosts, spirits, two-eyed dust balls, a helpful young boy, a boiler-room man with eight limbs, and a fearsome river creature whose body has sopped up decades of pollution.
When I went to talk with Miyazaki, who is 62, I reminded him that in 1999 he said he was going to retire. Now here was another film. "I wanted to retire," he said, "but life isn't that easy. I wanted to make a movie especially for the daughters of my friends. I opened all the drawers in my head they were all empty. So I realized I had to make a movie just for 10 year olds, and 'Spirited Away' is my answer."
Revealing. Many directors pitch their movies at 10-year-olds and then claim they are for the "whole family." Miyazaki makes a film that adults found fascinating at the Berlin, Telluride and Toronto festivals, and claims it is for 10-year-olds.
Speaking through a translator, he said Lasseter "turned into a human bulldozer" to assure the American release: "Without him I don't think we'd be sitting here."
Miyazaki, who is suspicious of computers, personally draws thousands of frames by hand. "We take [handmade] cell animation and digitize it in order to enrich the visual look, but everything starts with the human hand drawing. And the color standard is dictated by the background. We don't make up a color on the computer. Without creating those rigid standards we'll just be caught up In the whirlpool of computerization."
He grinned. "It was an absolute order from the commander." He is the commander.
He defines hand drawing as "2-D" and computer animation as "3-D." "What we call 2-D is what we draw on paper to create movement and space on a piece of paper. The 3-D is when you create that space inside a computer. I don't think the Japanese creative mind is very suited for 3-D."
I told Miyazaki I love the "gratuitous motion" in his films; instead of every movement being dictated by the story, sometimes people will just sit for a moment, or they will sigh, or look in a running stream, or do something extra, not to advance the story but only to give the sense of time and place and who they are.
"We have a word for that in Japanese," he said. "It's called ma. Emptiness. It's there intentionally."
Is that like the "pillow words" that separate phrases in Japanese poetry?
"I don't think it's like the pillow word." He clapped his hands three or four times. "The time in between my clapping is ma. If you just have non-stop action with no breathing space at all, it's just busyness, But if you take a moment, then the tension building in the film can grow into a wider dimension. If you just have constant tension at 80 degrees all the time you just get numb."
Which helps explain why Miyazaki's films are more absorbing and involving than the frantic cheerful action in a lot of American animation. I asked him to explain that a little more.
"The people who make the movies are scared of silence, so they want to paper and plaster it over," he said. "They're worried that the audience will get bored. They might go up and get some popcorn.
But just because it's 80 percent intense all the time doesn't mean the kids are going to bless you with their concentration. What really matters is the underlying emotions--that you never let go of those.
What my friends and I have been trying to do since the 1970's is to try and quiet things down a little bit; don't just bombard them with noise and distraction. And to follow the path of children's emotions and feelings as we make a film. If you stay true to joy and astonishment and empathy you don't have to have violence and you don't have to have action. They'll follow you. This is our principle."
He has been amused, he said, to see a lot of animation in live-action movies like "Spider-Man."
"In a way now, live action is becoming part of that whole soup called animation. Animation has become a word that encompasses so much, and my animation is just a little tiny dot over in the corner. It's plenty for me."
It's plenty for me, too.
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A couple of weeks ago, it seemed like everybody's heart was a-flutter for Twitter,
the social-networking application that lets you share brief status
report messages with your fellow Twits – stuff like "currently grooming
my nose hair" or "OMG this enchilada has a band-aid in it". Then, last
week, the anti-Twitter backlash set in. Today begins the
anti-anti-Twitter-backlash backlash, because once people find out that
Woot has its very own official Twitter-bot, they won't be able to
resist it.
That's right: you can sign up for a free Twitter account, make Woot
your Twitter friend, and receive automatic updates when we put a new
product up, when the daily product sells out, or when anything else
happens around here. Twitter updates are available through your IM
client or as text messages on your phone, along with the standard
web-based Twitter interface. Unlike other Woot watchers (which we also
love), Twitter is a one-stop way to keep up with us and your "real"
friends at the same time. And unlike our own SMS service through SayNow (again, much love), Twitter will be regularly updated during Woot-Offs.
you should know that Twitter's sudden, unexpected popularity surge has
strained their servers. Hey, we know the feeling. We've been told that
they're working to speed things up, and we can tell: today it's
definitely faster than yesterday. Fortunately for us, the heaviest
loads seem to come mostly during the day, while our most important
messages go out at midnight. So it's not much skin off our collective
We have to thank a loyal and industrious Woot member, Jesse Newland, for starting this Twitter bot all on his own, and then
passing it off to us. Kudos to you and yours, sir! We don't know if any
other online store has been so rash as to leap onto the Twitter
bandwagon just yet. We're not entirely certain that it makes any sense
for us to do it. But let it never be said that Woot passed up any
opportunity to insinuate ourselves deeper and deeper into your life.
Perhaps a bit of foreshadowing for an upcoming woot-off?
awesome tool though, thanks guys
BenrobNU wrote:Perhaps a bit of foreshadowing for an upcoming woot-off?
awesome tool though, thanks guys
I am an idiot.......<- it's already a woot-off!
BenrobNU wrote:Perhaps a bit of foreshadowing for an upcoming woot-off?
Like the current one?
The Woot-off seems to have broken it. There hasn't been a Twitter update since the Polaroid camera (5 hours ago)
The early notifications were murder via SMS though, as it was sending them for launch, sell-out, and various percentages throughout the item. Much better now with just the launch alert. (If they start back up again that is...)
Edit: The current projector (7:07 CDT) showed up. Hopefully that means people are awake now and watching things operate.
me thinks someone is using woot to test their service. It looks like the test didn't go so well....
Y'know, there's a Firefox add-on called WootWatcher...it makes the current Woot item show up in your status bar, and if it's a woot-off it shows you what percentage of the item is remaining. It's nifty and not-broken as long as you have the most current version of Firefox (2.0+). O'course, you still have to look at your computer tho.
And wow, the update is quick, the percentage has changed just since I wrote this quick message.
Thanks so much for doing this -- I just got roped into Twitter myself. Woot's Twitter feed seems to be out of date; their last update suggests the Samsung UMPC is still up. Gotta keep retrying in the middle of the day while the servers are extremely overloaded!
you guys do realize that the text messages are from a foreign country therefore incurring international fees
it would be a great thing to try but i dont wanna pay the international fees
moorerandall wrote:you guys do realize that the text messages are from a foreign country therefore incurring international fees
it would be a great thing to try but i dont wanna pay the international fees
From Twitter's FAQ:
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We have international numbers for people outside of the US. If you're in the United Kingdom (UK) or most places in and around the European Union (EU) you can use: +44 7781 488126. This is our main international number currently, but if you'd like to see a local number for your area, Write us and let us know!
Text Messages? Sounds expensive. How much will it cost me?
Twitter is free; we don't charge you a dime.
How will Twitter affect my phone bill?
It depends on your phone plan. Some people pay a per-message charge of ten cents or more. Some people have an allotted number of text messages monthly. Some (lucky!) people have unlimited text plans.
Um... the bot's broken.
No updates for a looong time now.
I thought this would be awesome, having an SMS message for each update... so I can actually cook, eat, sleep, (even WORK!), etc. during a woot-off.
Please fix it... this really is a great idea! :^)
You are the reason people make fun of woot forums members.
So, when are you guys going to get back to using the twitter accounts? Did the guy who had the password to the accounts go on vacation or something?
wootlover54321 wrote:So, when are you guys going to get back to using the twitter accounts? Did the guy who had the password to the accounts go on vacation or something?
Thanks for pointing that out, we will fix it today.
KevinatWoot wrote:doh!
Thanks for pointing that out, we will fix it today.
Thanks! I see the Twitter accounts are back to giving updates.
Someone seems to have turned off the twittering again...
Please use a separate Twitter account for kids.woot.com
I was using Twitter to follow the last woot-off, and I had to shut it off because it was such a pain to weed out all the kids.woot deals while both sites were wooting off.
Seriously, I want to follow woot, not kids.woot. I should be able to follow one without having to follow both.
Does anyone else feel that way?
No Twitter updates in a week. What up with that?
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⬅ Return to White House Council Places Women and Girls at Front of Administration's Agenda
Mar 13th, 2009 at 3:26pm
Step by step feminism works to making this a better world.
Mar 18th, 2009 at 9:54am
This story touched me a local women working at a sandwich shop wants to be the voice of the citizens of lincoln Nebraska during these tough economic times Erin Pierson 26yrs old could be the first African American candidate to be elected to city Council of Nebraska that in itself is an inspiration but for her to care so much and take on the local government is empowerment for all women no matter the race.
Mar 28th, 2009 at 4:26pm
Nebraska City Council Candidates Adam Horung and Ken Sovboda are working close but even closer to the point that they managed not to file there contribution disclosure properly with the state of Nebraska and are now being charged by the Democratic Candidates. Corruption seems to repeat itself even before possible elected.
Pete lanser
Mar 28th, 2009 at 4:29pm
Give Hornung a break after all he's just a 30 yr old. Who has been taken under Sovboda's wing. Awe who am I kidding there both corrupt.
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You gotta give him this one. he will take a shot at himself....nice job Mark. I wish you would focus on the local politicians. Their is a huge amount of UN-tapped material here, and you would be doing this community a favor shining your light on it.
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The present invention relates to a radioactive balloon for angioplasty which is combined with a flexible film containing radionuclides and process for preparation thereof. A balloon dilatation catheter system containing the radioactive balloon can be used in transluminal coronary angioplasty, expanding blood vessel and facilitating the blood flow so as to prevent the proliferation of smooth muscle cell and vascular restenosis efficiently.
1. A process for preparation of a radioactive balloon which comprises;
(1) immersing a balloon into a solution containing a Ho(NO3)35H2O radionuclide and a carrier material which is selected from the group consisting of polyurethane, latex and butyl rubber,
(2) removing and maintaining the balloon in a horizontal position, and
(3) drying the balloon to form a film layer thereon having a thickness of between 40-100 microns.
2. The process for preparation of the radioactive balloon according to
This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/131,911, filed Aug. 10, 1998, now abandoned.
The present invention relates to a radioactive balloon for angioplasty which is combined with a flexible film containing radionuclides and process for preparation thereof, which can prevent vascular restenosis efficiently.
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty has been operated to treat coronary-stenosing diseases such as arteriosclerosis and the like. The angioplasty was first performed in human body by Gruenzig et al. in 1977 and has been firmly established as a curative method for treating coronary diseases. Presently, 500,000 people per year have been reported to be treated with the method worldwidely (Holmes, D. R. et al., Am. J. Cardiol., 53: 77C-81C, 1984). In Korea the angioplasty has also been performed actively, especially at the university hospitals.
Since operational apparatuses for the percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty were developed diversely, the angioplasty has been widely performed so as to be applied to various diseases. Practically, the angioplasty has been operated in single vessel disease and multiple vessel disease, stable angina pectoris and instable angina pectoris, acute myocardial infarction and the like (Nobuyoshi, M. et al., J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., 17: 198B, 1991; Waller, B. F. et al., J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., 17: 58B-70B, 1991).
Although the angioplasty treated by using the balloon dilatation catheter, etc. succeeded clinically at the rate of 95%, but acute closure and restenosis can be induced before and after the operations.
The restenosis described above may be induced by the mechanisms such as the vascular remodeling, the proliferation of the injured smooth muscle cell (SMC), the formation of extracellular matrix and the like (Wither, H. R. et al., Cancer, 34: 39-47, 1974; Thames, H. D. et al., Int. J. Radiat. Onco. Biol. Phys., 7: 1591-1597, 1981). Although the smooth muscle cell within the vessel is not proliferative normally, physical defects and stimuli incites smooth muscle cell to migrate into the inner layer of blood vessel, to multiply or to form a matrix tissue.
In early days of coronary angioplasty, such a restenosis occurred in approximately 30-45% of patients. New methods such as atherectomy, rotabulation, use of transluminal extraction catheter (TEC), excimer laser coronary angioplasty and insertion of stent have been accomplished in order to reduce the restenosis rate.
The above methods were also performed clinically by using anti-thrombocyte agent, anti-coagulant, steroids, calcium channel blocker, colchicine, etc. in order to prevent the restenosis. But effective drugs reducing the restenosis has not yet been discovered. Recently, local drug delivery and gene therapy also are being performed a lot, which shows good effects in in vitro study, but the effects were uncertain in in vivo study. Since blood flows through the blood vessel fast and washes off the above drugs, such a treatment is not effective. Especially, it is more difficult to administer the drugs at the specific sites of the blood vessel.
As described above at the restenosed sites, lesions of the blood vessel also induces neointimal hyperplasia. In this case, local radiation can decrease the number of progenitor cells in regenerating tissues.
It is reported that ionizing radiation inhibits the thymidine uptake and the collagen synthesis in cultured fibroblast and can be used effectively at a low dosage for preventing proliferative lesions or keloids which are formed after the surgical operation. At that time, about 10 Gy (1,000 rad) of radiation may be irradiated for the treatment, which does not affect the general treatment process.
Practically, the insertion of metallic stent is a general method to prevent the restenosis which is induced after operating the transluminal coronary angioplasty in artery-restenosing diseases. In place of the simple metallic stent, radioactive stents coated with radionuclides such as Ir-192, Y-90, P-32 and the like have been developed to inhibit the proliferation of smooth muscle cell fundamentally. Radioactive rays emitted from the stents destruct the multiplying cells, and this is exploited to prevent the restenosis actively.
However, after the insertion of the stent, the amount of radioactivity can not be adjusted according to the change of the patient's state. In order to settle the shortcomings, a minimally invasive medical device for providing the radiation treatment has been designed (U.S. Pat. No. 5,484,384). Precisely, the medical device comprises a outer sheath, a wire coil and a flexible elongated member having distal and proximal portion which can slide through the sheath. The device also contains radioactive isotopes at the elongatable distal portion and can be utilized for the radiation therapy controlling the radioactivity.
In addition, an invasive medical device has been designed, which is combined with a sleeve containing radioactive isotopes which is dispersed and adhered onto the wire coil. In detail, the device comprises an elongatable distal portion, an expandable balloon and a catheter and can irradiate the wall of the blood vessel wall by expanding the wall of the balloon with radioactive liquid instead of gas (Fearnot, U.S. Pat. No. 5,484,384, 1996).
In order to irradiate a lesion site evenly, radioactive material should fill the balloon for expanding. However, when the balloon ruptures during the angioplasty, radioactive material may be absorbed into human body which causes serious danger. When beta-ray emitting nuclides are used, the restenosing site in the blood vessel wall can be irradiated only by radioactive material which is in contact with the surface of the inner space of the balloon since it has a short transmitting distance. Thus other radioactive materials within the inner space of the balloon can not be utilized for the irradiation and are lavished on the expansion only.
In order to settle the shortcomings, a balloon dilatation catheter system consisting of 2 balloons has been developed. In the catheter system, an inner balloon is used to expand the system and an outer balloon, to fill the radioactive material (such as I-125, P-32), so as to reduce the lavished radioactivity and improve safety problems (Bradshaw, et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,662,580, 1997). In addition, a balloon dilatation catheter system which exploits radioactive capsule or pellet, suspended in liquid for filling the balloon has been established for the radiation therapy (Waksman, et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,683,345, 1997).
However, radioactive balloon dilatation catheter system with 2-layered balloons or the system including radioactive capsule or pellets are both not safe when the outer balloon is disrupted. The disruption releases radioactive material into the body and so it gets irradiated. Furthermore, the process for preparing the catheter system is too difficult and complex to be performed.
Therefore, in order to overcome the above problems of the general radioactive balloon, the present inventors have developed new balloon dilatation catheter system which can prevent the restenosis efficiently after the transluminal coronary angioplasty. To be precise, radioactive balloon used in this catheter system has been prepared by mixing radionuclides with carrier material, immersing the balloon into the mixed solution and drying it so as to produce the balloon surface coated with radioactive film. The balloon dilatation catheter system exploiting the balloon inhibits the restenosis in vascular restenosing diseases effectively.
The object of the present invention is to provide a radioactive balloon of balloon dilatation catheter which is surrounded with a flexible film containing radionuclides for preventing restenosis after the treatment of vascular restenosing diseases.
The present invention provides a radioactive balloon which is surrounded with a flexible film containing radionuclides and used in balloon dilatation catheter.
The present invention provides the radioactive balloon which utilizes Sm-153, Dy-165, Ho-166, Er-169, P-32, Y-90, I-131, Re-186, Re-198, Pd-109 or Au-198 as beta-ray emitting nuclide and Ir-192, Co-57, Co-60, V-48 or I-125 as gamma-ray emitting nuclide.
The object of the present invention is to provide processes for preparing the radioactive balloon.
The present invention provides a process for preparing the radioactive balloon which comprises;
(S1) immersing the balloon of the balloon dilatation catheter in solution containing radionuclide compound, and
(S2) maintaining the above balloon in a horizontal position and drying it to form a film layer.
The present invention provides uses of the balloon dilatation catheter containing the radioactive balloon for treating the angiostenosis found in vascular disease such as arteriosclerosis.
FIG. 1 depicts a portion of a vertical sectional view of the radioactive balloon used in a radioactive dilatation catheter system which is in the expanded state;
FIG. 2 depicts a vertical sectional view of general balloon and its delivery system commercially available;
FIG. 3 depicts a vertical sectional view of the balloon and its delivery system of the present invention.
1 : delivery system; 2 : balloon; 3 : guiding wire; 4 : radioactive balloon; 5 : balloon marker; 6 : air inflow opening; 7 : radioactive film surrounding the balloon; 8 : radioactive nuclides contained in the film
Referring to the drawings, the radioactive balloon for angioplasty will be described detaily as follows.
The radioactive balloon of the present invention is made of radioactive film (7) and attached to end of guiding wire (3) in an ellipsoidal form as described in FIGS. 1 and 3 No. 3. This balloon (4) is formed into a flat film while migrating in the body and expands at the lesion site by enhalating air through air inflow opening (6) as shown in FIG. 1 so as to prevent restenosis.
In this case, the radioactive film (7) surrounding the outer surface of the balloon (4) contains radioactive nuclides (8) which are dispersed within the film evenly, thus gamma- or beta-rays and both the rays emitted from the radionuclides (8) disrupts smooth muscle cells efficiently for preventing cell proliferation and restenosis of the treated lesion site in vascular restenosing diseases.
In this case, Sm-153, Dy-165, Ho-166, Er-169, P-32, Y-90, I-131, Re-186, Re-188, Pd-109 or Au-198 are utilized preferably as beta-ray emitting nuclide. Ir-192, Co-57, Co-60, V-48 or I-125 as gamma-ray emitting nuclide and Pd-103 as both gamma- and beta-ray emitting nuclide can be utilized. In addition, most radionuclides used for therapeutic nuclides can be exploited in preparing the above radioactive balloon for the balloon dilatation catheter of angioplasty.
The radioactive balloon (4) of the present invention is made of elastic and expandable polymer. The above balloon can be prepared as various forms according to size and shape and can be used widely for preventing the restenosis in vascular restenosing diseases such as arteriosclerosis and inhibiting cell propagation.
The present invention provides processes for preparing the radioactive balloon of the balloon dilatation catheter system.
The radioactive balloon (4) is prepared by the process which comprises;
(S1) immersing the balloon of the balloon dilatation catheter in a solution containing a radionuclide compound, and
(S2) maintaining the above balloon in a horizontal position and drying it to form a film layer.
In step (S1) a radionuclide compound emitting radioactive rays is utilized in order to prepare the radioactive balloon for the angioplasty. Particularly, the radionuclides is mixed well with the above carrier material and dried so as to be dispersed evenly and fixed within the carrier polymer to prevent them from flowing outwardly. Since the above radioactive balloon prepared are combined with the film tightly, an adhesive agent for preventing separation is not needed.
The process of this invention will be described detaily as follows.
In detail, a radioactive nuclide compound and carrier material are dissolved in the mixed solvent of dimethylformamide (DMF) and tetrahydrofurane (THF) and the balloon of the balloon dilatation catheter is immersed into the above solution directly, dried to form the radioactive film attached onto the balloon. As a result, the balloon coated with radioactive film is produced.
In the above process it is preferable that polyurethane, latex or butyl rubber polymer be utilized as a carrier material. And it is appropriate for the film's thickness to be 40-100 μm. Besides, acryl series, chloroprene series, PVA series, nylon series or the like can be utilized.
The radioactive balloon of the present invention also can be prepared by the process which comprises;
(S1) preparing the film by mixing a radionuclide compound with carrier material,
(S2) surrounding a non-radioactive balloon with the above film, and
(S3) adhering the film onto the above balloon.
At that time it is preferable that epoxy adhesive agent is utilized.
A radioactive balloon dilatation catheter system is prepared by assembling the above radioactive balloon.
The above balloon dilatation catheter can be used in transluminal coronary angioplasty so as to expand blood vessel for facilitating the blood flow and so as to prevent the proliferation of smooth muscle cell and vascular restenosis efficiently.
Practical and presently preferred embodiment of the present invention are illustrated as shown in the following Examples.
However, it will be appreciated that those skilled in the art, on consideration of this disclosure, may make modification and improvements within the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Preparation of the radioactive balloon containing Ho-166
In order to prepare the radioactive balloon for the angioplasty containing radionuclides, 165Ho(NO3)3.5H2O was irradiated with neutrons in the nuclear reactor and converted to 166Ho(NO3)3.5H2O.
2.4 g of Ho(NO3)3.5H2O and 2.4 g of polyurethane(PU) were completely dissolved in mixed solvent of 4 ml of dimethylformamide (DMF) and 40 ml of tetrahydrofurane (THF) at room temperature. A balloon was immersed in the solution containing PU and taken out. After 3 hours the THF solvent which is highly volatile was evaporated and then the film layer containing radionuclides was produced.
The radioactive balloon prepared as above was connected to the balloon dilatation catheter in order to produce the radioactive balloon dilatation catheter.
As described above, the radioactive balloon dilatation catheter system of the present invention is combined with the radioactive balloon coated with elastic and flexible film containing radioactive material. Therefore the catheter system prevents the inflow of radioactive material into the body and body irradiation fundamentally. And unnecessary radiation to the patient or workers can be reduced since a minimal amount of radioactivity is coated onto the balloon. Besides, in case of using beta-ray emitting nuclides having shorter transmitting distance rather than gamma-ray emitting nuclides the treatment results is efficient since lesion sites can be irradiated directly and at the closest position.
In addition, the process for preparing the radioactive balloon is much easier than that of a general balloon which exploits radioactive liquid material, capsule or the like so that the efficiency of producing the balloon is highly increased.
Therefore, the radioactive balloon of the balloon dilatation catheter system can be used in the transluminal coronary angioplasty, expanding blood vessel and facilitating the blood flow and preventing the proliferation of smooth muscle cell and vascular restenosis efficiently.
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Using Dropbox would be an option and it would definitely be kind of easy.
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An easy way would be to use Dropbox - http://www.dropbox.com/. It will automatically sync files between various computers.
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Hi, I'm looking to build a pool in the next few months and I got 2 bidders so far with two different options. Both gave me good reasons so I don't know what option I should go. Please advise.
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PB A claims that separate pumps would save you electricity.
PB B, on the other hand, claims the VS pump is energy efficient vs the traditional pumps. It's a waste of $ to put in another pump for spa.
Any suggestions here as which one is right. I'm more confused than ever.
PS. Also, which one would you prefer? Pentair or Hayward? Sales people would tell me that they are the same. But I heard some other pool owners would say Pentair is top of the line and Hayward comes second.
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Some of the answer depends on your electric rate. If you go to the Pentair website, they have a pump calculator that will compare cost to run single speed vs. VS pumps.
I like the idea of a VS pump on the pool and spa with a separate fountain feature pump. Pentair makes a great controller to go with their VS pump. I have never been a big Hayward fan.
Most manufacturers offer 3 year warranties.
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Thanks for your response. The Pentair website indeed shows that I can save a lot of $$$ with VS than single pump. However, I still don't fully understand how VS (2 speeds pump to be exact) works for both pool and spa. Can just one VS pump handle both spa and pool?
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A VS pump is not a 2-speed pump!
A VS pump can run from 400 rpm to 3450 rpm. you can dial in the flow you need. Example: you can set the pool at 1500 rpm and then when you use the spa you run the pump at 3450 rpm which should easily run 6-8 or more.
The important factor is to size the plumbing for the max flow of about 160 gpm for the spa.
The controller does the work after the set up. push the pool button and get the lower flow rate. Then hit the spa button and the controller tells the pump to move to 3450 rpm or whatever you have set.
Pool Newbie...the way the VS (variable speed) pump works for both the pool and the spa is that you cannot have both circulating at the same time. When the spa is on, the pool water is not circulating through the returns. No big deal. The spa is usually only on a small percentage of the time.


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Hi im Natalie from New Zealand winter is just starting here, i have 2 young plants and 4 seedlings grown this summer i was wondering if the seedlings will survive the winter, should i water them over the winter?any info will be great thanks
i have no experience with seedlings yet, mine have just germinated so Ill be interested to see what advice you get. I would say that it probably depends on how old and how big they are when it comes time to overwinter as to what you would need to do.
Hi Natalie,
I have seedlings that I have over wintered for 2 years now. I put mine in a cool basement window and I didn't water at all. The largest seedling is about a foot tall.
I would be carefull with watering over the winter. Unless you have the heat and sun light that they need to grow, you may lose those seedlings to rot.
Good luck,
I've also had luck with putting seedlings in a window, I have several that are three years old now. Each winter I've brought them inside near a sunny window, they've gone dormant and haven't needed water pretty much all winter. Hope yours do good too.
Hi Natalie and welcome to the forum! Seedlings shouldn't go dormant that first winter. I've always kept mine in a sunny window or under grow lights. The first winter none went dormant and the second winter about a third dropped their leaves while the others kept going, especially those under lights. Just cut back on the watering depending on how active the plants seem to be.
Young rooted cuttings need much less water over winter, again the amount will depend on whether you're keeping them in some light or not.
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I would cut way back on the water, but even in the winter...they need some moisture (sparingly). I would keep them dry when you bring them in and keep them from getting to wet. Misting is a great way to add moisture to seedlings... But even when they are dormant, they still need some water ( just a little to keep them alive) Little containers need little water . Like Jen said, if they decide to stay active, then they need to be watered..again, sparingly... In my large continers, i water just a little once a month. This is during a four month time period inside at lower temps in the house. Some that are in the greenhouse need more water because the temps are higher and or the ones under lights need water because they stay active all winter. Just my 2 cents worth!!!
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The centennial of the national anthem "Jana Gana Mana" is being celebrated in different ways all over the country. City-based goldsmith Sk. Musaveer has hit upon a novel idea and he has given a golden touch to the celebrated anthem.
Musaveer's passion led him to carve out 139 words of the anthem in gold in a frame. The miniature work has won him appreciation from everyone.
Mr. Musaveer has been nursing this dream about his novel miniature work and the occasion of the centenary was an ideal time.
When his fellow countrymen were showing their patriotic fervour on this momentous event in various ways, Musaveer chose his own method, which was in a way linked to his profession to express his feelings.
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Mr. Musaveer said that the weight of the miniature golden anthem was nearly 1.2 gram with height and width being 11 mm and 6 mm. He also came out with a miniature National Flag with its weight being 0.80 mg.
Mr. Musaveer pointed out that the anthem was first sung at the Kolkata session of the Indian National Congress on December 27, 1911.
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Maybe it was this company in Ohio. Ohio, Kentucky, they are next to each other. But the place I remember had facegrain walnut. Maybe I can find somebody locally, too.
Here is a link that might be useful: Walnut at Hardwood Lumber
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Hello, we are in the final design phase with our architect on a home that we are building in a 120 MPH wind zone in Southern Rhode Island.
Here is the issue, our architect initially wanted to use roof trusses for the whole house but our framer wanted to stick build the roofs. After going over it with the architect she was OK with stick built roof over everything except the open ceilinged great room/kitchen. She wants to talk to our framer about it but he doesn't see the need and just said have her draw the plans as stick built.
I've attached a jpeg of the first draft of the first floor. The footprint of the house is 56'x26', we added 2' to the plans that I've attached to this post so they're not completely accurate.
This is our first build and we are somewhat ignorant on the matter. We would like to build in the most cost effective way but not sacrifice strength as we are in a high wind zone.
Since the great room/kitchen is open and there will be no second floor over it the trusses seem to make sense to us but again, we are not experienced.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
In my neck of the woods framers get a higher rate for stick built roofs. There is an art to it, so make sure your framer has the necessary experience. Also in high wind areas there is more attention to detail since a stick built roof will need additional bracing.
As for trusses they are built in a controlled environment on a jig and shipped to the build site. Computerized engineering goes into their design to ensure the structural stability. Using trusses will also allow the house to be dried in faster as long as the order is scheduled properly. Depending on design they can however eat up storage space in the attic.
Hello Bronco, thanks for the reply. The framer has decades of experience. We completely trust his building expertize.
The open ceiling over the kitchen/family room will never be used for anything else, no attic or additions so the trusses seemed like a fine idea to us but every framer we've talked to doesn't like them.
The framers and builders we've talked to about them have given a myriad of reasons.
They can stick build a better roof than any off site company can.
The trusses lose structural rigidity during transport.
The wood used is inferior.
The crane issue is more trouble than just building them on site.
And on and on and on.
Our architect just says she's surprised that the people we've talked to don't like them. She says most builders/framers are using roof trusses now.
I don't really buy any of the excuses that the framer is trying to sell you on. Trusses are transported on special trailers. Most truss builders use machine graded lumber rather than visual graded. A crane with a experienced operator and a knowledgeable crew on the ground can have the roof on in a day, two max while the framer will more than likely take a week or better (depending on weather) to stick build.
Will the walls be 2x4 on 16" centers or 2x6 on 16" or 24" centers? If the walls are on 16" centers I would have it stick built with the rafters lined up with the studs. If 24", then I would go trusses and have them lined up with the studs. Keeping them lined up will provide better structural integrity.


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I'm thinking of beers to brew for spring/summer (my favorite seasons!) and Aprihop seems like it would be a good one (and as I understand it, it is a spring seasonal). I've tasted it a couple times, but unfortunately Dogfish isn't distributed anywhere near Kansas, so I can't buy it.
Anyway, I'd like to brew some up with the apricots my mom gave me.
Anyone have a clone?
I've poked around for this recipe elsewhere in the past without finding one that seemed like it would turn out all that well. Looking forward to the results of this thread.
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I found this one over on Beer Advocate. I'm a rookie to homebrewing, but in running it through BeerSmith, the profile looks right.
i just tried this beer last night. it was delicious.
anybody know how to make a clone from extract?
It has been some time since I've been able to drink an Aprihop (not sold in my area) but I brewed that clone posted and it tastes pretty close to what I remember.
I would have preferred a little more hops, but I don't recall Aprihop being too hoppy so I suppose it was probably about right.
I was considering brewing this, when it says "rehydrate 4-6 lbs. of dehydrated unsulphored apricots" did you do anything other than just dump them in the secondary? Or did you use apricot extract?
I used canned apricots. I couldn't find any fresh ones at the time, so canned was all I could find. I just drained them and mushed them into the fermenter. Actually, I think I pulled a little of the beer out, and combined it with the apricots in a blender and chopped it up and dumped the whole mess back into the fermenter for two or three weeks.
Does anyone have a recipe to post for this? AG or Extract would both be fine.
I was thinking about a normal IPA and adding apricots to secondary, but would prefer a validated recipe.