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Article: Scan–rescan reproducibility of parallel transmission based amide proton transfer imaging of brain tumors[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: PurposeTo evaluate the reproducibility of amide proton transfer (APT) imaging of brain tumors using a parallel transmission-based technique.Materials and Methods Thirteen patients with brain tumors (four low-grade gliomas, three glioblastoma multiforme, five meningiomas, and one malignant lymphoma) were included in the study. APT imaging was conducted at 3T using a 2-channel parallel transmission scheme with a saturation time of 2 seconds and B1 amplitude of 2 μT. A 2D fast spin-echo sequence with driven-equilibrium refocusing was used for imaging. Z-spectra were obtained at 25 frequency offsets from −6 to +6 ppm (step 0.5 ppm). A point-by-point B0 correction was performed with a B0 map. A scan–rescan reproducibility test was performed in two sessions on separate days for each patient. The interval between the two sessions was 4.8 ± 3.5 days. Regions-of-interest (ROIs) were placed to include the whole tumor for each case. A mean and 90-percentile value of APT signal for the whole tumor histogram was calculated for each session. The between-session and within-session reproducibility was evaluated using linear regression analysis, intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), and a Bland-Altman plot.ResultsThe mean and 90-percentile values of the APT signal for whole tumor ROI showed excellent agreements between the two sessions, with R2 of 0.91 and 0.96 in the linear regression analysis and ICC of 0.95 and 0.97, respectively.Conclusion Parallel transmission-based APT imaging of brain tumors showed good reproducibility. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2015.Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 03/2015; DOI:10.1002/jmri.24895 · 2.79 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The recent development in magnetic resonance(MR)hardware and techniques allows the acquisition of functional information, such as perfusion or metabolism, in addition to conventional anatomical information in of cancers.In this review article, various molecular imaging methods based on MR are introduced and their application and usefulness for diagnosis of cancer are discussed.Diffusion weighted image(DWI)is believed to correlate cell density and reflect malignancy of tumor. DWI has been widely used for the diagnosis and evaluation of responses to cancer treatment.Arterial spin labeling(ASL) allows acquisition of perfusion data without the use of any contrast agent and is expected to be an alternative or complementary method to dynamic contrast enhanced MR imaging.Amide proton transfer(APT)imaging reflects the amount of mobile peptide and proteins in cancer tissue, and could be a useful tool for assessing tumor malignancy or evaluating treatment responses.More specific measurement of cancer metabolites is available at the cost of spatial resolution by MR spectroscopy (MRS).Finally, the positron emission tomography(PET)/MR hybrid system enables simultaneous acquisition of functional/ anatomical information from MR imaging and molecular/metabolic information from PET imaging.Combining various molecular MR imaging methods with PET tracers may have a huge potential for clinical diagnosis of cancer.Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy 03/2015; 42(3):257-260.
Article: 3D MR Sequence Capable of Simultaneous Image Acquisitions with and without Blood Vessel Suppression: Utility in Diagnosing Brain Metastases[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Volume isotropic simultaneous interleaved bright- and black-blood examination (VISIBLE) is a recently developed 3D MR sequence that provides simultaneous acquisitions of images with blood vessel suppression (Black) and images without it (Bright). Our purpose was to evaluate the usefulness of VISIBLE in detecting brain metastases. This prospective study included patients with suspected brain metastasis imaged with both VISIBLE and MPRAGE. From a data set, we compared the number of visualized blood vessels and the lesion-to-normal contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) in 60 patients. We also performed an observer test to compare their diagnostic performance with VISIBLE, MPRAGE and only Black in 34 patients. Diagnostic performance was evaluated using a figure of merit (FOM), sensitivity, false-positive results per case (FPs/case) and reading time. The number of vessels was significantly fewer in Black compared to MPRAGE and Bright (P < 0.0001). CNR was significantly higher with both Black and Bright than with MPRAGE (P < 0.005). In the observer test, significantly higher sensitivity (P < 0.0001) and FOM (P < 0.0001), significantly shorter reading time (P = 0.0001) and similar FPs/case were achieved with VISIBLE compared to MPRAGE. Compared to only Black, VISIBLE resulted in comparable sensitivity, but significantly fewer FPs/case (P = 0.0008). VISIBLE can improve radiologists' diagnostic performance for brain metastasis. • VISIBLE can achieve higher sensitivity and shorter reading time than MPRAGE. • VISIBLE can achieve lower false-positive rates than blood vessel suppressed images. • Compared to MPRAGE, VISIBLE can improve diagnostic performance for brain metastasis.European Radiology 11/2014; 25(4). DOI:10.1007/s00330-014-3496-z · 4.34 Impact Factor
Article: Intravoxel incoherent motion magnetic resonance imaging findings in the acute phase of MELAS: a case report[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Objective We report the clinical application of intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging to diagnose a case of mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) in the acute phase.ResultsOn IVIM MR Images of this patient, higher perfusion (f) and diffusion (D) values in the left occipital and temporal lobes were found compared to the contralateral areas.Conclusion These findings imply a breakdown of autoregulation with hyperperfusion and vasogenic edema during the acute phase of MELAS, as described in previous reports. IVIM imaging is a valuable, noninvasive tool that simultaneously quantifies perfusion and diffusion parameters.11/2014; 4(6). DOI:10.1002/brb3.282
Conference Paper: Distinct Value of Cerebrospinal Fluid Cytokines in Patients with Multiple System Atrophy and Spinocerebellar Degenerations43rd Annual Meeting of the Child-Neurology-Society; 10/2014
Article: Balloon test occlusion of internal carotid artery: Angiographic findings predictive of results.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: To reveal angiographic findings to predict the result of balloon test occlusion (BTO).
Article: Additional MR contrast dosage for radiologists' diagnostic performance in detecting brain metastases: a systematic observer study at 3 T[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of a double-dose administration of gadolinium for brain metastases at 3 T in a systematic observer test. Postcontrast MR images of 39 patients (total 104 metastases) were obtained by 3D T1-weighted sequences with both standard and cumulative double dose contrast administration. An observer test involving 9 radiologists (5 board-certified radiologists and 4 residents) was performed, and their diagnostic performance with the two doses was compared by means of sensitivity, false-positives, reading time, and a figure-of-merit. Compared to the standard dose, the double dose showed higher sensitivity (P < 0.0001), higher false-positive/case (P < 0.05), longer reading time (P < 0.05), and higher figure-of-merit (P < 0.0001). Particularly in small lesions (< 5 mm), sensitivity with the double dose (61.5 %, P < 0.0001) was approximately twice as high as that with the standard dose (29.5 %). Artifacts and blood vessels were the most common imaging findings resulting in false-positives. The double dose improved detection for metastases smaller than 5 mm at 3 T and thus resulted in better diagnostic performance of radiologists. However, a higher dose might result in prolonged reading time and increased false-positives, presumably due to increased vessel signals and frequency of flow-related artifacts.Japanese journal of radiology 06/2014; 32(9). DOI:10.1007/s11604-014-0342-9 · 0.74 Impact Factor
Article: The radiological diagnosis of fenestral otosclerosis: the utility of histogram analysis using multidetector row CT[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Bone density measurements using high-resolution CT have been reported to be useful to diagnose fenestral otosclerosis. However, small region of interest (ROI) chosen by less-experienced radiologists may result in false-negative findings. Semi-automatic analysis such as CT histogram analysis may offer improved assessment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of CT histogram analysis in diagnosing fenestral otosclerosis. Temporal bone CT of consecutive patients with otosclerosis and normal controls was retrospectively analyzed. The control group consisted of the normal-hearing contralateral ears of patients with otitis media, cholesteatoma, trauma, facial nerve palsy, or tinnitus. All CT images were obtained using a 64-detector-row CT scanner with 0.5-mm collimation. AROI encompassing 10 × 10 pixels was placed in the bony labyrinth located anterior to the oval window. The mean CT value, variance and entropy were compared between otosclerosis patients and normal controls using Student's t test. The number of pixels below mean minus SD in the control (%Lowcont) and total subjects (%Lowtotal) were also compared. In addition, the area under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUC) value for the discrimination between otosclerosis patients and normal controls was calculated. 51 temporal bones of 38 patients with otosclerosis and 30 temporal bones of 30 control subjects were included. The mean CT value was significantly lower in otosclerosis cases than in normal controls (p < 0.01). In addition, variance, entropy, %Lowcont and %Lowtotal were significantly higher in otosclerosis cases than in normal controls (p < 0.01, respectively). The AUC values for the mean CT value, %Lowcont and %Lowtotal were 0.751, 0.760 and 0.765, respectively. In conclusion, our results demonstrated that histogram analysis of CT image may be of clinical value in diagnosing otosclerosis.Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology 02/2014; 271(12). DOI:10.1007/s00405-014-2933-6 · 1.61 Impact Factor
Conference Paper: Diagnosis of Otosclerosis: The Utility of Histogram-based Analysis of Multidetector Row CT Images[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: PURPOSE To evaluate the utility of the histogram-based analysis of multidetector row CT images in diagnosing otosclerosis. METHOD AND MATERIALS Temporal bone CT of consecutive patients with otosclerosis and normal controls were retrospectively analyzed. The diagnosis of otosclerosis was confirmed during surgery in all cases. The control group consisted of the normal-hearing contralateral ears in patients with otitis media, cholesteatoma, trauma, facial nerve paralysis, or tinnitus. All CT images were obtained using a 64-detector-row CT scanner with 0.5-mm collimation, 80 mm FOV, and a 512 × 512 matrix. A region-of- interest (ROI) encompassing 10 × 10 pixels was placed in the bony labyrinth located anterior to oval window. For each ROI, histogram-based metrics including the mean CT value, variance, kurtosis, skewness were measured. In addition, the energy, contrast, and entropy were derived from the texture analysis. Each metric was compared between the otosclerosis and normal controls groups using Student's t-test. In addition, the area under the ROC curves (AUC) value for the discrimination between otosclerosis and normal controls was calculated. RESULTS Fifty one temporal bones of 38 patients with otosclerosis (mean age: 49.0 ± 12.4 years old) and 30 control subjects (mean age: 44.6 ± 17.0 years old) were included. The mean CT value, contrast, and energy were significant lower in otosclerosis cases than normal controls (p<0.01, respectively). In addition, the variance and entropy were significant higher in otosclerosis cases than normal controls (p<0.01, respectively). The AUC values for the mean CT value, variance, energy, contrast, and entropy were 0.754, 0.688, 0.669, 0.745 and 0.664, respectively. CONCLUSION Our results demonstrated that the histogram-based analysis of CT images is useful to diagnose otosclerosis. In particular, the mean CT value and the contrast showed higher diagnostic values. CLINICAL RELEVANCE/APPLICATION The histogram-based analysis of multidetector row CT images can be an effective and operator independent tool for diagnosis of fenestral otosclerosis.Radiological Society of North America 2013 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting; 12/2013
Conference Paper: High–resolution Three–dimensional Diffusion-weighted MRI/CT Image Data Fusion for Cholesteatoma Surgical Planning: A Feasibility Study[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: PURPOSE To assess the feasibility of high–resolution three dimensional diffusion–weighted images (HR3D–DWI) / multi–detector row CT (MDCT) images data fusion for surgical planning for cholesteatoma. METHOD AND MATERIALS A total of 14 patients (M/F= 7/7, age 11 to 72 years, mean 42.5 years) with acquired cholesteatoma underwent preoperative MRI using a 3.0 T clinical unit and an 8-channel head coil. For each subject, HR3D–DWIs were obtained using a turbo field–echo with diffusion–sensitized driven-equilibrium preparation with following parameters: TR/TE = 6.2/3ms, FA = 10°, ETL = 75, b factor = 800s/mm2, voxel size = 1.5×1.5×1.5mm3, NEX = 2, SENSE factor = 2, and acquisition time = 5min19s. These patients also underwent MDCT with a slice thickness of 0.5mm. Fusion of the HR3D–DWIs and MDCT images was performed using a landmark rigid registration method by a board–certified neuroradiologist on a workstation. The location and extent of cholesteatomas on the fused images was compared with the intraoperative findings. RESULTS On the fused images, the extent of the cholesteatoma, which was depicted as a conspicuous high intensity lesion could be easily evaluated with background bony structures. In all patients, the location and extent of the cholesteatoma on the fused images corresponded well with the intraoperative findings. CONCLUSION Image fusion between HR3D–DWI and MDCT images is feasible, and provides valuable preoperative information for surgical planning to otorhinolaryngologists. CLINICAL RELEVANCE/APPLICATION Our HR 3D–DWI has isotropic voxel dimensions that enables reformation in any arbitrary plane. It makes easier anatomical registration with CT images and leads to advantages of preoperative planning.Radiological Society of North America 2013 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting; 12/2013
Conference Paper: Usefulness of Amide Proton Transfer Imaging in Grading Diffuse Gliomas: Comparison with Contrast-enhanced and Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: PURPOSE Amide proton transfer (APT) imaging is a specific type of endogenous chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) imaging for detection of the amide protons included in mobile proteins and peptides. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of APT imaging in grading diffuse gliomas by comparisons with contrast-enhanced and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI). METHOD AND MATERIALS Consecutive 35 patients with histopathologically proven diffuse glioma (47.7±16.3 year-old, 14 males and 21 females, 6 grade II, 11 grade III and 18 grade IV) were included in the prospective study. MR imaging was conducted on a 3T clinical scanner using an 8-ch head coil for signal reception and 2-channel parallel transmission via the body coil. Saturation pulse: Tsat=2.0s, B1,rms=2.0μT. 2D turbo spin-echo sequences with driven equilibrium refocusing were used for imaging. Other parameters were as follows: TR/TR=5s/6ms, FOV=2302mm2, resolution=1.8×1.8×5mm3, 25 saturation frequency offsets ω=-6..6ppm (step 0.5ppm) and ω = -160ppm, affording 2 minutes scanning time. δB0 maps were acquired separately for a δB0 correction. APT signal intensity (SI) was defined as: MTRasym = (S[-3.5ppm]-S[+3.5ppm])/S0. Regions-of-interest were carefully placed in solid components within brain tumors. In addition, contrast enhancements (CE) in the tumors were visually graded on a 5-point scale, and minimum apparent diffusion coefficients (ADCmin) within the tumors were determined on DWI. RESULTS High-grade gliomas (HGG, grade III or IV) showed significantly stronger contrast enhancement (P<.005), lower ADC (P<.05) and higher APT SI (P<.0001) compared with low-grade gliomas (LGG, grade II). ROC analyses showed that APT imaging provided the best AUC value among these three parameters (CE: 0.88, ADC: 0.81 APT: 0.99) in discriminating HGG from LGG. Excellent sensitivity (97%) and specificity (100%) were achieved by APT imaging, while those of CE were 79% and 83%, and those of ADCmin were 79% and 83%, respectively. CONCLUSION APT imaging can provide better diagnostic performance in differentiating HGG from LGG compared with contrast-enhanced MR imaging and DWI. CLINICAL RELEVANCE/APPLICATION APT imaging can provide better diagnostic performance in discriminating HGG from LGG compared with conventional MR imaging sequences.Radiological Society of North America 2013 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting; 12/2013
Article: Amide proton transfer imaging of adult diffuse gliomas: correlation with histopathological grades.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Background Amide proton transfer (APT) imaging is a novel molecular MRI technique to detect endogenous mobile proteins and peptides through chemical exchange saturation transfer. We prospectively assessed the usefulness of APT imaging in predicting the histological grade of adult diffuse gliomas.Methods Thirty-six consecutive patients with histopathologically proven diffuse glioma (48.1 ± 14.7 y old, 16 males and 20 females) were included in the study. APT MRI was conducted on a 3T clinical scanner and was obtained with 2 s saturation at 25 saturation frequency offsets ω = -6 to +6 ppm (step 0.5 ppm). δB0 maps were acquired separately for a point-by-point δB0 correction. APT signal intensity (SI) was defined as magnetization transfer asymmetry at 3.5 ppm: magnetization transfer ratio (MTR)asym = (S[-3.5 ppm] - S[+3.5 ppm])/S0. Regions of interest were carefully placed by 2 neuroradiologists in solid parts within brain tumors. The APT SI was compared with World Health Organization grade, Ki-67 labeling index (LI), and cell density.ResultsThe mean APT SI values were 2.1 ± 0.4% in grade II gliomas (n = 8), 3.2 ± 0.9% in grade III gliomas (n = 10), and 4.1 ± 1.0% in grade IV gliomas (n = 18). Significant differences in APT intensity were observed between grades II and III (P < .05) and grades III and IV (P < .05), as well as between grades II and IV (P < .001). There were positive correlations between APT SI and Ki-67 LI (P = .01, R = 0.43) and between APT SI and cell density (P < .05, R = 0.38). The gliomas with microscopic necrosis showed higher APT SI than those without necrosis (P < .001).ConclusionsAPT imaging can predict the histopathological grades of adult diffuse gliomas.Neuro-Oncology 12/2013; DOI:10.1093/neuonc/not158 · 5.29 Impact Factor
Conference Paper: A Novel 3D MR Sequence Capable of Simultaneous Image Acquisitions with and without Blood Vessel Suppression: Observe Test for Efficacy in Detecting Brain Metastases[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: PURPOSE Post-contrast 3D gradient-echo is the standard for brain metastases, but enhancing blood vessel can be a disturbing factor. Recent studies have shown that blood vessel suppression techniques help detect metastases more efficiently. However, incompletely suppressed vessels may closely mimic metastases, hence can result in false positive results. To solve this issue, we developed a novel 3D sequence named volume isotropic simultaneous interleaved bright- and black-blood examination (VISIBLE), which allows for simultaneous acquisitions of images with blood vessel suppression (Black images) and those without (Bright images) in 5 minutes. Our purpose was to evaluate usefulness of VISIBE through an observer study. METHOD AND MATERIALS In VISIBLE, two sequential phases of TFE acquisition are implemented following a motion-sensitized driven-equilibrium preparation for black-blood imaging. Patients with suspected brain metastasis were prospectively imaged using both VISIBLE and conventional MPRAGE. 34 patients including consecutive 17 patients with 1 to 6 metastases and 17 with no metastasis were selected and used for the observer study. 3 radiologists read VISBLE and MPRAGE of the 34 patients in the first and second reading session. In reading VISIBLE, each observer was instructed to use Black images to pick up high signal intensity areas as candidates for metastases and Bright images as a second opinion to reject false positives such as incompletely suppressed enhancing vessels. The observers' diagnostic performance was evaluated by means of the figure-of-merit (FOM) as an index of diagnostic performance derived from the JAFROC analysis, sensitivity, false-positive per case (FP/case), and reading time. RESULTS Compared to MPRAGE, VISIBLE was associated with significantly higher sensitivity (91.7±4.2% for VISBLE vs. 70.8±11.1% for MPRAGE, P<.05), significantly higher FOM (0.94±0.02 vs. 0.82±0.05, P<.05), and significantly shorter reading time (108.4±57.8 sec vs. 149.5±74.7 sec, P<.05). FP/case was fewer with VISIBLE (0.13±0.12 vs. 0.23±0.22), although it did not reach statistical significance. CONCLUSION VISIBLE can improve radiologists' diagnostic performance in detecting brain metastases. CLINICAL RELEVANCE/APPLICATION VISIBLE is capable of simultaneous acquisitions with and without blood vessel suppression and can improve radiologists' diagnostic performance in detecting brain metastases.Radiological Society of North America 2013 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting; 12/2013
Article: Diffusivity of intraorbital lymphoma vs. IgG4-related DISEASE: 3D turbo field echo with diffusion-sensitised driven-equilibrium preparation technique.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: 3D turbo field echo with diffusion-sensitised driven-equilibrium preparation (DSDE-TFE) is a novel non-echo planar technique for diffusion-weighted (DW) imaging. The purpose of this study was to differentiate intraorbital lymphoma from immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) using the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) derived from DSDE-TFE. Fifteen patients with lymphomas and 8 with IgG4-RDs underwent imaging. ADC and signal intensities compared with normal grey matter on T1-weighted images, fat-suppressed T2-weighted images and fat-suppressed postcontrast T1-weighted images were measured. Statistical analyses were performed using the Mann-Whitney U test and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. Intraorbital lesions were clearly visualised on DSDE-TFE without obvious geometrical distortion. The ADC of lymphoma (1.25 ± 0.50 × 10(-3) mm(2)/s; mean ± standard deviation) was significantly lower than that of IgG4-RD (1.67 ± 0.84 × 10(-3) mm(2)/s; P < 0.05). Conventional sequences could not separate lymphoma from IgG4-RD (0.93 ± 0.18 vs. 0.94 ± 0.21 on T1-weighted images, 0.92 ± 0.17 vs. 0.95 ± 0.14 on T2-weighted images and 2.03 ± 0.35 vs. 2.30 ± 0.58 on postcontrast T1-weighted images, for lymphoma and IgG4-RD, respectively; P > 0.05). ROC analysis showed the best diagnostic performance with ADC. The apparent diffusion coefficient derived from diffusion-sensitised driven-equilibrium preparation techniques may help to differentiate lymphoma from immunoglobulin G4-related disease. • Distinguishing between orbital lymphoma and immunoglobulin G4-related disease can be difficult • Intraorbital lesions were clearly visualised on diffusion-sensitised driven-equilibrium preparation magnetic resonance techniques. • Variations in field homogeneity do not affect DSDE-TFE techniques all that much. • ADCs derived from DSDE-TFE may help differentiate lymphoma from IgG4-RD.European Radiology 11/2013; DOI:10.1007/s00330-013-3058-9 · 4.34 Impact Factor
Article: Minute Subsequent Fracture at Prophylactically Treated Adjacent Vertebra After Percutaneous Vertebroplasty08/2013; 24(4). DOI:10.1007/s00062-013-0254-6
Article: Resolution of epidural hematoma related to osteoporotic fracture after percutaneous vertebroplasty.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: We are the first to report a case that showed spontaneous resolution of epidural hematoma which was related to a steroid-induced osteoporotic compression fracture. The patient had a painful fracture with an intravertebral cleft at L1 accompanying an epidural hematoma posteriorly. Immediate pain relief was achieved after percutaneous vertebroplasty. Complete resolution of hematoma was noted three months after procedure. We theorized that intravertebral stability after treatment might have played a role in this patient.08/2013; 5(8):325-7. DOI:10.4329/wjr.v5.i8.325
Article: Evaluation of Diffusivity in the Anterior Lobe of the Pituitary Gland: 3D Turbo Field Echo with Diffusion-Sensitized Driven- Equilibrium Preparation[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:3D turbo field echo with diffusion-sensitized driven-equilibrium preparation is a non-echo-planar technique for DWI, which enables high-resolution DWI without field inhomogeneity-related image distortion. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of diffusion-sensitized driven-equilibrium turbo field echo in evaluating diffusivity in the normal pituitary gland.MATERIALS AND METHODS:First, validation of diffusion-sensitized driven-equilibrium turbo field echo was attempted by comparing it with echo-planar DWI. Five healthy volunteers were imaged by using diffusion-sensitized driven-equilibrium turbo field echo and echo-planar DWI. The imaging voxel size was 1.5 × 1.5 × 1.5 mm(3) for diffusion-sensitized driven-equilibrium turbo field echo and 1.5 × 1.9 × 3.0 mm(3) for echo-planar DWI. ADCs measured by the 2 methods in 15 regions of interests (6 in gray matter and 9 in white matter) were compared by using the Pearson correlation coefficient. The ADC in the pituitary anterior lobe was then measured in 10 volunteers by using diffusion-sensitized driven-equilibrium turbo field echo, and the results were compared with those in the pons and vermis by using a paired t test.RESULTS:The ADCs from the 2 methods showed a strong correlation (r = 0.79; P < .0001), confirming the accuracy of the ADC measurement with the diffusion-sensitized driven-equilibrium sequence. The ADCs in the normal pituitary gland were 1.37 ± 0.13 ×10(-3) mm(2)/s, which were significantly higher than those in the pons (1.01 ± 0.24 ×10(-3) mm(2)/s) and the vermis (0.89 ± 0.25 ×10(-3) mm(2)/s, P < .01).CONCLUSIONS:We demonstrated that diffusion-sensitized driven-equilibrium turbo field echo is feasible in assessing ADC in the pituitary gland.American Journal of Neuroradiology 07/2013; 35(1). DOI:10.3174/ajnr.A3620 · 3.68 Impact Factor
Article: High-resolution three-dimensional diffusion-weighted imaging of middle ear cholesteatoma at 3.0 T MRI: Usefulness of 3D turbo field-echo with diffusion-sensitized driven-equilibrium preparation (TFE-DSDE) compared to single-shot echo-planar imaging[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE: To prospectively evaluate the usefulness of a newly developed high-resolution three-dimensional diffusion-weighted imaging method, turbo field-echo with diffusion-sensitized driven-equilibrium (TFE-DSDE) in diagnosing middle-ear cholesteatoma by comparing it to conventional single-shot echo-planar diffusion-weighted imaging (SS-EP DWI). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Institutional review board approval and informed consent from all participants were obtained. We studied 30 patients with preoperatively suspected acquired cholesteatoma. Each patient underwent an MR examination including both SS-EP DWI and DSDE-TFE using a 3.0T MR scanner. Images of the 30 patients (60 temporal bones including 30 with and 30 without cholesteatoma) were reviewed by two independent neuroradiologists. The confidence level for the presence of cholesteatoma was graded on a scale of 0-2 (0=definite absence, 1=equivocal, 2=definite presence). Interobserver agreement as well as sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy for detection were assessed for the two reviewers. RESULTS: Excellent interobserver agreement was shown for TFE-DSDE (κ=0.821) whereas fair agreement was obtained for SS-EP DWI (κ=0.416). TFE-DSDE was associated with significantly higher sensitivity (83.3%) and accuracy (90.0%) compared to SS-EP DWI (sensitivity=35.0%, accuracy=66.7%; p<0.05). No significant difference was found in specificity (96.7% for TFE-DSDE, 98.3% for SS-EP DWI) CONCLUSION: With increased spatial resolution and reduced susceptibility artifacts, TFE-DSDE improves the accuracy in diagnosing acquired middle ear cholesteatomas compared to SS-EP DWI.European journal of radiology 05/2013; 82(9). DOI:10.1016/j.ejrad.2013.04.018 · 2.16 Impact Factor
Article: Usefulness of three-dimensional T1-weighted spoiled gradient-recalled echo and three-dimensional heavily T2-weighted images in preoperative evaluation of spinal dysraphism.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of three-dimensional T1-weighted spoiled gradient-recalled echo (3D T1-GRE) images for the preoperative anatomical evaluation of lumbosacral lipoma, thick filum terminale, and myelomeningocele as a means of compensating for the drawbacks of 3D heavily T2-weighted (3D hT2-W) images. METHODS: Nine patients with lumbosacral lipomas, one patient with tight filum terminale, and five patients with myelomeningoceles were included in this study. 3D T1-GRE images were compared with 3D hT2-W images or conventional magnetic resonance images in terms of delineation of lipomas and other structures in the patients with lipomas and tight filum terminale. For patients with myelomeningoceles, 3D T1-GRE images were compared with 3D hT2-W images in terms of artifacts in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) space. RESULTS: The 3D T1-GRE images demonstrated lipomas with good contrast to the spinal cord and CSF space and more clearly delineated the anatomical relationship between lipomas and these structures than did the 3D hT2-W images. The 3D T1-GRE images delineated dural defects through which extradural lipomas penetrated into the intradural space. The 3D T1-GRE images also demonstrated the presence or absence of lipomas in the filum terminale and the absence of artifact in the myelomeningoceles. Furthermore, they were useful for differentiating artifacts observed on the 3D hT2-W images from nerve elements. CONCLUSIONS: The complementary use of 3D T1-GRE and 3D hT2-W images may compensate for the drawbacks of 3D hT2-W images and may eventually improve lesion visualization and surgical decision making.Child s Nervous System 05/2013; DOI:10.1007/s00381-013-2140-6 · 1.16 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Cognitive impairment is a frequent complication of moyamoya disease (MMD) in adults. Chronic hypoperfusion in frontal lobes can lead to subtle brain injury, resulting in cognitive dysfunctions. Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in normal-appearing white matter on conventional magnetic resonance imaging correlates with cerebral hemodynamics in the frontal lobe. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of ADC with executive function in patients with MMD. METHODS: Thirty-one patients (25 women and 6 men; mean age, 32.6 ± 10.4 years) were included in this study. Executive function was evaluated by the Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB) at 21.5 ± 7.5 years after disease onset. ADC was measured in the normal-appearing frontal white matter. RESULTS: ADC was statistically related to the occurrence of executive dysfunction in multivariate analysis (P = .0179). Total FAB score and ADC were negatively correlated (r(2) = .22; P = .0072; Spearman correlation coefficient, -.41; P = .024). Elevated ADC predicted executive dysfunction (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, .73; 95% confidence interval, .55-.91; P = .029). CONCLUSIONS: The association of ADC with executive function might suggest that ADC is useful in screening for executive dysfunction during follow-up in the outpatient setting.Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases: the official journal of National Stroke Association 04/2013; 23(3). DOI:10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2013.03.022 · 1.99 Impact Factor
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Hukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
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Rochester, New York, United States
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University Center Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
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- • Department of Radiology
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I went here with a group and had a great time. The food was good and the service was near amazing. They waited on us hand and foot, and made sure we had a good time. They took a while for the food though. The atmosphere is very nice, a small quaint restaurant, but the 2nd floor was very small, our group of 12 could fit though. The food was very good, but not excellent. They also overcharged for their service, they charge about 22% for tip, which I thought was far too much. The waiters are very nice though and its an awesome place. I would recommend this place to anyone, especially groups, you might have to call to make a reservation ahead of time though.
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I found this restaurant on MenuPages, and I am so pleased. I had a long day, got back to the hotel, and ordered a wonderful lamb dish! The Ezme is perfect! And it all arrived in just 20 minutes. I cannot wait to come back to the city next month just to order from Antalia.
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I had dinner last night with my friends at the antalia restaurant. The place was amazing and atmosphere was so great. we are from europe and we tasted turkish food in our country but this one was best.This restaurant was cheap restaurant which has high quality in midtown rest. Server guys was so funny and they were cool :)

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In The Rubber Room, a feature-length movie, follows six New York City educators waiting in "teacher's jail" to learn if they'll be allowed to teach again.
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Ed classes are too easy
Students train to be P.E. teachers at Westminster College in Missouri.
Education Majors Are Too Easy, writes Cristina Duncan Evans, who teaches social studies at a Baltimore high school, in Education Week Teacher.
After graduating from an Ivy League college, Evans entered teaching through alternate certification. She earned a master's degree in teaching and takes education courses to maintain her certification.
Her education coursework has been short on rigor and problem solving, she writes. Instructors often use exercises that treat teachers as though they were children.
"Too frequently instructors simply show teachers an instructional practice, have them play the roles of students, then move on to the next portion of the session," Evans complains. There's no debrief on what worked and why.
Too often I've come to the end of an education class and had practical questions about how the theory I learned was supposed to guide day-to-day interactions with my students. I took the state's required literacy courses, but I didn't know how to assign texts in a way that built both literacy skills and content knowledge until I began reading professional texts independently.
Teacher education programs' low entrance requirements and unchallenging coursework are a turn off for high-achieving students, writes Evans. "When people who love learning don't find it remotely appealing to study education, something's wrong."
Prospective teachers are misled about their preparation for the classroom by Easy A's, concludes a report by the National Council on Teacher Quality.
Videos improve teacher observation
Classroom observations can be stressful to teachers and burdensome to supervisors. Teachers often think they've been caught in their worst teaching moments, not their best.
The Best Foot Forward project at Harvard's Center for Education Policy Research analyzed the use of digital video to let teachers record lessons and choose their best to submit for their classroom observations.
Observers provided time-stamped feedback aligned to specific moments in the videos. That facilitated discussions with the teacher on his or her teaching.
Compared to a control group, the digital videos "boosted teachers' perception of fairness of classroom observations, reduced teacher defensiveness during post-observation conferences, led to greater self- perception of the need for behavior change and allowed administrators to time-shift observation duties to quieter times of the day or week."
Videotaping and teacher evaluation don't mix, writes Anthony Cody. Teachers don't trust promises they'll control who sees the tapes.
MOOCs, which work best for educated people, could help teachers learn new skills, writes Derek Newton in The Atlantic.
A MOOC approach to professional development—having teachers watch and learn from other successful educators who are actually teaching—could help move these offerings past the status quo.
. . . "Being able to actually see teaching practices modeled—as opposed to just being lectured to on the concepts—is a game changer in professional development," said Alvin Crawford, the CEO of Knowledge Delivery Systems(KDS), which provides interactive professional-development programming for teachers.
It should be much easier to watch good teachers teaching — perhaps to watch three good teachers try different approaches to the same subject.
Is your school's namesake worthy?
Florida has more schools named for manatees than for George Washington.
Some want to rename the nearly 200 K-12 schools named for Confederate leaders, writes Robert Pondiscio. As a teacher of civics and history, he sees a teachable moment.
So here's a challenge for every school in this country named after a president, military figure, athlete, civic leader or any prominent person: Commit the coming school year to a close examination of the life and work of your school's namesake.
. . . Let (students) debate, defend or challenge the merits of their namesake – but from a position of deep, informed conviction.
. . . Agree that the current name must stand until or unless an alternative person – not a street, natural feature or other bland, inoffensive name like Valley View High – is chosen if the current honoree fails to pass muster.
It's increasingly rare for public schools to be named for people, according to a 2007 paper by Jay Greene and colleagues. It's easier and safer to choose a name from nature. That's why Florida has 11 schools named for manatees and only five for George Washington. Arizona has as many public schools are named for the roadrunner as for Thomas Jefferson.
"Unfortunately, such caution betrays public education's civic mission," Greene and his colleagues wrote. "To teach civics effectively, we have to affirm that democracy and liberty are superior to other systems of government and that the history of democratic societies – shaped by the leadership of people whose names we should know – reinforces this point.
Is there anyone we can agree to honor?
Proficient — or just pretending
Why Proficiency Matters, a new site created by the Foundation for Excellence in Education, shows the gap between reading and math proficiency levels reported by each state and scores reported by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
The gap is 30 percentage points in many states. In Alabama and Idaho, the gap is nearly 60 points.
Enter your state to see how well its proficiency cut scores align with NAEP.
"When the proficiency cut score is too low, it conveys a false sense of student achievement to parents, teachers and educators," warns the foundation. "This false sense of achievement damages students' long–term chance for success in college or the workforce."
First-year college students spend $7 billion a year to learn what they should have mastered in high school, according to a 2012 study.
Common Core standards may be pushing states to raise proficiency standards in reading and math, writes Paul Peterson in Education Next.
Asking an Asian for math help is racist
Saying that "America is a melting post" or that "everyone can succeed" can be a "racial microaggression" at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, reports Social Memo.
New faculty are expected to read the list of microaggressions.
Urging a Latino or Asian person to "speak up more" makes the list. So does "asking an Asian person to help with a Math or Science problem."
SF plans computer science for all
Volunteer Aimee Menne helps teach computer science at San Francisco's Mission High. Photo: Andra Cernavskis
San Francisco's public schools plan to expose every child to computer science from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, writes Andra Cernavskis on the Hechinger Report. What does that mean? The district is trying to figure that out.
"We are not trying to produce an army of software engineers," said Bryan Twarek, SFUSD's computer science coordinator. "We want to open all doors to this industry, and right now those doors aren't open to everyone."
In fact, only 10 of San Francisco's 18 high schools offer any kind of computer science class, with just 5 percent of all high school students enrolled in classes at any level, from introductory to Advanced Placement. Most of the students in that 5 percent are white or Asian males. Of the few hundred students who took the Advanced Placement exam in computer science in 2014, only 22 percent were female, and only 3 percent identified as African American, Latino, or Native American.
For the younger grades, educators want to design a program that isn't just about bringing gadgets and technology into the classroom, writes Cernavskis. Computer programming is a form of problem solving, said Julie Flapan, the executive director of Alliance for California Computing Education for Students and Schools (ACCESS).
3rd graders spend 75% of day on iPads
In Glued to the screen, Hechinger's Gail Robinson looks at third-graders who spend three-quarters of the day on IPads. The affluent New York suburb of Mineola has supplied tablets to all students.
In Morgan Mercaldi's class, many students use eSpark, which creates a "playlist" of education apps geared to each student's needs, reports Robinson. After researching online and in books, students organize a first-person narrative about frogs on their iPads, then write it up on paper. The teacher pairs each student with a partner to revise their writing.
"Working with eSpark, Mineola selected apps, readings and videos" geared to Common Core standards, writes Robinson.
Third-graders began with the variety of apps available on eSpark and then added MobyMax, which provides electronic curricula, mostly for math. Teachers began using Edmodo to allow students to submit their work electronically for quick review.
Mercaldi teaches a short math less on multiplying to determine the area of rectangles. Students use their iPads to answer questions she's posted on Edmodo. The software makes it easy to see where a student may need extra help.
Later the class will divide into four groups working at different levels. While one group reads with the teacher, the others will do lessons on eSpark, Edmodo or MobyMax.
Mineola also is working with School4One to "compile digital portfolios that will track student progress in meeting individual Common Core standards."
In Pixar's world, Joy needs Sadness
Go see Pixar's Inside Out, writes Greg Forster. In the movie's portrayal of a child's emotions, "Joy is life. Sadness is wisdom."
Dan Kois, Slate's culture editor, has rethought how he talks to his children about emotions since seeing Inside Out.
"Aren't you a little bundle of joy?" Riley's dad asks his infant daughter in her first moments of life. Indeed, for the first years of her life, Riley's defining characteristic is joyfulness, as depicted in the movie by Joy (Amy Poehler)—the wide-eyed, blue-haired chief of headquarters, where the five anthropomorphized emotions work together to manage Riley's feelings from minute to minute. The other emotions, Anger, Fear, Disgust, and Sadness (Lewis Black, Bill Hader, Mindy Kaling, and Phyllis Smith), look to Joy for leadership, because there's no situation so scary or upsetting that Joy can't find a way to turn it around and find the happy.
But Sadness has a critical role to play. Relentless positivity isn't everything, writes Kois.
In the U.S. children are expected to be happy, says Berkeley psychology professor Dacher Keltner,who consulted on the film. "That makes it harder to grapple with sadness."
The movie's view of childhood is narrow and trivialized, writes Richard Brody in The New Yorker. He wants more going on in Riley's head. Where's her Bullshit Detector? he asks.


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Grid Computing and Resource Management Mumtaz Siddiqui (email@example.com) Institute for Computer Science, University of Innsbruck June, 2004 1 Overview • Introduction to Grid Computing • Attributes of grid computing • Architecture of the Grid Computing • Service orientation • Grid resource management 2 Grid Computing: Introduction • The Grid Computing is about resource sharing and coordinated problem solving in dynamic, multi-institutional virtual organizations. • The hype: Computing islands within organizations make very inefficient use of resources. – Systems are slow to change and expensive to maintain. – Grid computing addresses this problem by providing an adaptive software infrastructure • The essence of Grid Computing is federation, processing acceleration and virtualization of computing resources. 3 Grid computing: Introduction (2) • Vision: The central idea is that computing should be as reliable, pervasive and transparent as a utility – Information or computation power should be delivered on demand. (Apart from type and location) • Origin: Conceived by academic and research communities. – Internet computing grew from communication needs and GC originated from the needs of the scientific community. – Create a dynamic computing environment for sharing resources and results – Scale to accommodate petabytes of data, and teraflops of computing power, and keep costs down 4 Grid computing: Introduction (3) • What's New: It removes fixed connections among components, and treats them as virtualized services. – Resource utilization and responsiveness is optimized. Resource availability, scalability, performance and low-cost is achieved. – Capacity can be added/removed in small increments • New trends in Hardware and software – Processors, blade servers, networked storage and network interconnects provides enhanced capabilities – The power of grid computing comes from the software 5 Grid computing: Attributes • Virtualization: Abstracting grid entity into service – It enables grid components to integrate tightly without creating rigidity and brittleness in the system. – Components quickly react to change, and adapt failures without compromising performance and reliability. • Dynamic Provisioning: – It simply means distributing supplies where they are needed. Supplies mean request, data, computation – A grid service broker links grid elements together automatically and dynamically, based on the knowledge about their requirements and attributes. and adjust the association according to the change and failures 6 Grid computing: Attributes (2) • Resource Pooling: contributes to lower cost – Consolidation and pooling is used for better utilization. – Provide flexibility to optimize the association • Self-Adaptive Software: – Everyday task of administrator are automated and simplified. The bulk of maintenance and tuning is automated to reduce IT staff cost. • Unified Management: – Self-adaptive software does not eliminate human interaction. Unified management is provided to simplify the management process. – Single tool can be used to provision, monitor, administer 7 Grid computing: Components • Computation: – Computing cycles provided by processors of grid machines. Simple, parallel, iterative uses of computing elements • Networked Storage: – Integrated view of data storage (Datagrid). Local disk, secondary storage, mountable, Unified name space • Network interconnects: – Fast interconnection technologies. Redundant and external Internet connections makes parallel processing faster, and management better. • Software and licenses – Expensive software, Sharing Expensive licenses, Limited use of multiple installation 8 Overview • Introduction to Grid Computing • Attributes of grid computing • Architecture of the Grid Computing • Service orientation • Grid resource management 9 Grid Architecture • Identifies system components, specifies purpose and function, indicates interaction – Effective VO operation require sharing relationships • Interoperability is the core issue – In networked environment it means common protocols – Assure general purpose mechanism for interaction • Grid Arch is a protocol Architecture – Negotiation, establish, manage sharing relationship • Standard protocol ~Standard services – Service defined by protocol it speak and behaviour it impl. 10 11 12 13 Overview • Introduction to Grid Computing • Attributes of grid computing • Architecture of the Grid Computing • Service orientation • Grid resource management 14 Resource Management • What needs to be managed: Resources – Physical resources (computer, disks, databases, networks, scientific instruments). – Logical resources (jobs, executing applications, complex workflows etc.). • What is the Goal – Resources must be available and meet performance criteria. • What is Management: – The process of locating various types of capability, arranging for their use, utilizing them and monitoring their state. • Manatenance of resources and environment • Monitoring their state and performance • Reacting to internal and external changes in resource or its env • Initiating routine operations: initialization, start/stop and tuning 15 Manageability • The ability of a resource to be managed • Manageability interfaces support common operations (control and monitor) • Manageability standards specify standard interfaces • Problem: – Existing interfaces are generally resource-specific – Almost impossible to add standard interfaces to legacy resources – New standards may require additional interfaces • Solution: – Common standards – Based on Service orientation, integration and virtualization. 16 Service orientation • Software services – A service provides some capability to its clients through message exchanges – represent the physical manageable entities – understand the unique interfaces for the entities they represent – implement applicable standard interfaces • Integration – Encapsulated application in services become Integratable building blocks • The management process – Manager invokes the operation (service's standard interface) – Service performs operation on managed entity (resource's unique interface) – Service returns result to manager (through the standard interface) • Problem – Need a common way to implement service • Solution: Web Services 17 18 Traditional Resource Management • Batch schedulers, workflow engines, operating systems • Designed and operated under the assumption that: – They have complete control over a resource – They can implement the mechanisms and policies needed for effective use of that resource in isolation • This is not the case for Grid Resource management – Separate administrative domains – Resource Hetrogeneity 19 – Lack of control and difference policies Grid Resouce Management • What is Grid Resource Management? – Identifying application requirements, resource specification – Matching resources to applications – Allocating/scheduling and monitoring those resources and applications over time in order to run as effectively as possible. • Challenges in Grid Resource Management – Resources are heterogeneous in nature • Processors, disks, data, networks, other services. – Application has to compete for resources – Lack of available data about current systems, needs of users, resource owners and administrators 20 Grid RM Mechanisms • Resource Information Dissemination – Published by the Resource(push) or gathered by GIS (pull) – On-demand dissemination (by agents) • Resource Discovery – Centralized or distributed quesries, agents, distributed queries + agents – Resources are described in schema/language or objects • Resource Scheduling/Job execution – Assigning resourses, centralized, hierarchical, distributed • Resource Monitoring and Re-Scheduling – Monitoring can be done by application (polling) or by resource (notification to the app or periodic status updates). 21 Grid Resouce Brokerage • Discovering suitable resources for user's job • Currently scenario: Manual or semi-manual – users manually target their work at the machine that is already known to them. • For larger grids, manual solution is not feasible • Solution is Grid Resource Broker: – The user describes their needs to a third party (software) – which searches for suitable resources, and passes the result(s) back to the user. 22 Grid Resouce Brokerage • Role of the Broker in a Management System – Resource descovery • Authorization filtering, Application definition, Minimum Requirement filtering – System Selection • Dynamic information gathering, system selection – Allocation and Advance reservation • Grid Information System – Organize a set of sensors on resources so that client or broker can have easy access to data (static or dynamic) 23 Matchmaking • Process of selecting resources based on application requirements • Symmetric matchmaking – Attribute-based matching • Resource provider and resource user have to agree on a schema, attribute names and value ranges • Syntax based like ClassAds • Asymmetric matchmaking – Ontology based matching • Ontologies, domain background knowledge, matchmaking rules 24 Open issues • Multiple layers of schedulers – The higher level scheduler has less information about the remote resources, local resource managers actually control the resources • Lack of control over resources – Grid scheduler does not have ownership or control over the resources • Shared resources and variance – No dedicated access to the resources (resources are shared) – This results in a high degree of variance and unpredictability • Conflicting performance goals – Many participants have different/conflicting preferences – Many different local policies, cost models, security 25 Thank you 26
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ABMC Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2013 Results Business Wire KINDERHOOK, N.Y. -- March 28, 2014 American Bio Medica Corporation (OTCQB:ABMC) today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2013. Net sales in the fourth quarter of 2013 were $2,133,000 compared to $2,302,000 in the fourth quarter of 2012, a decrease of 7.3%. The Company attributes the sales decline in the fourth quarter to the inability to sell its oral fluid products in the workplace market (due to the unexpected not substantially equivalent determination by FDA in November 2013). Operating loss was $271,000 in the fourth quarter of 2013, compared to an operating loss of $501,000 in the fourth quarter of 2012. The improvement in operating results was primarily due to inventory disposals in the fourth quarter of 2012 that did not reoccur in the fourth quarter of 2013 (due to the Company's efforts to closely monitor inventory levels along with manufacturing costs), offset by increases in G&A (financing costs) and R&D (FDA compliance costs). The Company reported net income of $145,000 in the fourth quarter of 2013, compared to a net loss of $564,000 in the fourth quarter of 2012. The improvement in earnings in the fourth quarter of 2013 is due to the Company's receipt of a key man insurance benefit maintained on the Company's former CEO Stan Cipkowski. Net sales for the year ended December 31, 2013 were 8,894,000, compared to net sales of $9,343,000 in the year ended December 31, 2012; representing a decrease of 4.8%. The sales decline was attributed to the loss of workplace oral fluid sales in the fourth quarter of 2013, and continued uncertainty in the workplace and government markets. Operating loss for the year ended December 31, 2013 was $1,131,000, compared to an operating loss of $929,000 for the year ended December 31, 2012 due to increased financing costs and share based payment (non-cash) expense in 2013. Net loss for 2013 was $788,000, compared to net loss of $1,111,000 in 2012. The earnings improvement in 2013 is primarily due to the Company's receipt of the key man insurance benefit. ABMC interim Chief Executive Officer Melissa A. Waterhouse stated, "Late 2013 was tough for ABMC; our longtime CEO passed away suddenly, we received an unexpected NSE letter from FDA and subsequently stopped selling our oral fluid product in the workplace market. The loss of these workplace sales and increased operating expenses (a material portion of which were non-cash charges, brokers fees related to debt financings and costs related to our oral fluid marketing clearance submission), resulted in a sizeable operating loss for 2013." Waterhouse continued, "However, in the latter part of 2013, we also commenced a number of personnel and expense cuts to improve our financial condition and cash flow. The significant savings created by these reductions are not readily apparent in our 2013 results given their timing of implementation; but they are apparent now. In 2014, we are already taking actions to bring a new urine-based drug test to the clinical and possibly consumer market, and refocusing our sales efforts on the forensic and international markets for oral fluid. We are also exploring strategic opportunities, including possible restructure of debt, which could further strengthen our financial condition. ABMC continues to run smoothly and our objective remains to move the company forward toward profitability in 2014." For more information on ABMC or its drug testing products, please visit www.abmc.com. About American Bio Medica Corporation American Bio Medica Corporation manufactures and markets accurate, cost-effective immunoassay test kits, primarily point of collection tests for drugs of abuse. The Company and its worldwide distribution network target the workplace, government, corrections, clinical and educational markets. ABMC's Rapid Drug Screen®, Rapid ONE®, RDS® InCup®, Rapid TOX® and Rapid TOX Cup® II test for the presence or absence of drugs of abuse in urine, while OralStat® and Rapid STAT™ test for the presence or absence of drugs of abuse in oral fluids. ABMC's Rapid Reader® is a compact, portable device that, when connected to any computer, interprets the results of an ABMC drug screen, and sends the results to a data management system, enabling the test administrator to easily manage their drug testing program. This release may contain forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ, and such differences could be material. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties related to the following: continued acceptance of our products, increased levels of competition in our industry, acceptance of new products, product development, compliance with regulatory requirements, including but not limited to our ability to obtain marketing clearance on our OralStat product, intellectual property rights, our dependence on key personnel, third party sales and suppliers, trading in our common shares may be subject to "penny stock" rules, our history of recurring net losses and our ability to continue as a going concern. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in addressing such risks and uncertainties and the Company assumes no duty to update any forward-looking statements based upon actual results. Investors are strongly encouraged to review the section entitled "Risk Factors" in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other periodic reports on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a discussion of risks and uncertainties that could affect operating results and the market price of the Company's common shares. (financial tables follow) American Bio Medica Corporation Statements of Operation Three Months Ended Year Ended December 31, December 31, 2013 2012 2013 2012 (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) Net sales 2,133,000 $ 2,302,000 $ 8,894,000 $ 9,343,000 Cost of goods 1,222,000 1,853,000 5,322,000 5,999,000 sold Gross profit 911,000 449,000 3,572,000 3,344,000 Operating expenses: Research and 152,000 46,000 645,000 207,000 development Selling and 344,000 326,000 1,722,000 1,829,000 marketing General and 686,000 578,000 2,336,000 2,237,000 administrative Total operating 1,182,000 950,000 4,703,000 4,273,000 expenses Operating loss (271,000 ) (501,000 ) (1,131,000 ) (929,000 ) Other income/(expense) 419,000 (63,000 ) 345,000 (184,000 ) - net Net income / (loss) before 148,000 (564,000 ) (786,000 ) (1,113,000 ) tax Income tax 3,000 0 (2,000 ) 2,000 expense Net income / 145,000 $ (564,000 ) $ (788,000 ) $ (1,111,000 ) (loss) Basic & diluted income / (loss) $ 0.01 $ (0.03 ) $ (0.04 ) $ (0.05 ) per common share Basic weighted average shares 22,692,452 21,833,003 22,270,636 21,833,003 outstanding Diluted weighted average shares 22,807,001 21,833,003 22,270,636 21,833,003 outstanding (Balance Sheets follow) American Bio Medica Corporation Balance Sheets December 31, December 31, 2013 2012 (unaudited) ASSETS Current Assets Cash and cash equivalents $ 646,000 $ 89,000 Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $58,000 at December 875,000 810,000 31, 2013 and $60,000 at December 31, 2012 Inventory, net of allowance of $399,000 at December 31, 2013 and $261,000 at December 2,071,000 2,571,000 31, 2012 Current portion of deferred financing 51,000 0 Prepaid expenses and other current assets 96,000 50,000 Total current assets 3,739,000 3,520,000 Property, plant and equipment, net 1,090,000 1,192,000 Deferred finance costs 80,000 29,000 Patents, net 43,000 24,000 Other assets 14,000 14,000 Total assets $ 4,966,000 $ 4,779,000 LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY Current liabilities Accounts payable $ 597,000 $ 1,016,000 Accrued expenses and other current 314,000 174,000 liabilities Wages payable 233,000 231,000 Line of credit, net 987,000 321,000 Current portion of long-term debt, net 1,226,000 1,404,000 Total current liabilities 3,357,000 3,146,000 Other liabilities 147,000 145,000 Related party note 124,000 124,000 Total liabilities 3,628,000 3,415,000 Stockholders' Equity: Common stock 229,000 218,000 Additional paid-in capital 20,241,000 19,490,000 Accumulated deficit (19,132,000 ) (18,344,000 ) Total stockholders' equity 1,338,000 1,364,000 Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 4,966,000 $ 4,779,000 Contact: American Bio Medica Corporation Melissa A. 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ALBERT - Calvin D. Showalter, 68, died Feb. 2, 2012 at his home in Albert. Services are pending with Bryant Funeral Home.
MACKSVILLE - Nancy Marie Olmsted, 81, died Feb. 2, 2012 at Kenwood Plaza in St. John.
LARNED - Ruth I. Steffen, 78, died Feb. 1 at Great Bend Regional Hospital. Born Aug. 11, 1933, in Ellinwood she was the daughter of Melvin Cornelius and Dora Flanders Kasselman. On March 30, 1952, she married Vern Steffen at Zook. He survives.
ALBERT - Betty Lou Goodman, 77, died Feb. 1 at Hospice House in Hutchinson. Born Feb, 11, 1934, on the family farm in Albert, she was the daughter of John and Katie (Diehl) Moore. She was a retired baker and cook for Furr's.
GREAT BEND - Richard F. Pope passed away on Feb. 1. Born Nov. 4, 1934, he was the son of Lyman and Cora (Spicer) Pope. He was a resident of Great Bend, formerly of Newark Valley, N.Y. On June 23, 1956, he married Joan D. Robinson. She survives.
GARDEN CITY – Anna Juno, 93 of Garden City died Thursday, Feb. 1, 2012 at Homestead Health and Rehabilitation Center in Garden City.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. - LeRoy H. Wichman suffered a cardiac arrest on the morning of Jan. 30, 2012.
WARNER, Okla. - Lyle G. Schiedeman, 62, of Warner, Okla., formerly of LaCrosse, passed away Jan. 30, 2012 in Fort Smith, Ark.
LARNED - Glenn N. Johnson, 90, died Jan. 22, 2012 at South Wind Hospice in Pratt.
PAWNEE ROCK - Shiela Sutton Schmidt, 100, died Jan. 26 at the Good Samaritan Center in Howard, S.D. Born Dec. 28, 1911 in Salina, she was the daughter of Lewis and Elizabeth (Smith) Sutton. She grew up in Salina, graduating from Salina High School in 1929. She earned her A. D. in History from Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina in 1933 and her A. M. in music from Colorado State College of Education at Greeley in 1946. Mrs. Schmidt then taught music at various schools in central Kansas, including Albert, Heizer, Countryside, Shady Grove, Holyrood, and Pawnee Rock. She also ...
ELLINWOOD - Linda Kay Deisher, 67, of Ellinwood died on Jan. 21 in Aurora, Colo. Born Sept. 8, 1944 in Wichita, she was the daughter of Albert Meyers and Lavona Mills Meyers. A resident of Ellinwood for the past 18 months, formerly of Colorado and Las Vegas, Nev., she was a registered surgical nurse.
LARNED - Roger Alan Caldwell, 69, died Jan. 29 at Hays Medical Center in Hays. Born Jan. 12, 1943, in Tulsa, Okla., he was the son of Franklin Eugene and Lucille Hicks Caldwell. On Feb. 16, 1990, he married Charlotte Boris in Tallahassee, Fla. She died Jan. 12, 2008. He was an account executive for Fox 49, in Tallahassee, Fla.
RUSH CENTER - Leonard C. Oborny, 74, died Jan. 29 at his home in Rush Center. Born Dec. 29, 1937, in La Crosse, he was the son of Charles and Elizabeth (Kladik) Oborny. In 1955 he graduated from La Crosse Rural High School. On Jan. 6, 1959, he married Alice R. Nordman at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Olmitz. A lifelong resident of Rush County, he was a service tire repairman for Farmer's Co-op in Rush Center.
HUTCHINSON - Richard Alan "Rick" Michael, loving husband, father, "Papa," brother and friend, went to be with his divine savior on Jan. 28 at Hospice House in Hutchinson. Born April 14, 1952, in Lyons, he was 59. On Sept. 14, 1979, he married Tonya Jean Rojas in Hutchinson. He spent many years as an oilfield driller throughout the Midwest. In 1991 he graduated from Hutchinson Community College and in 1993 he received his L.B.S.W. as a Phi Theta Kappa graduate of Bethel College. A former resident of Coats, moving to Hutchinson in 1989, he was a social worker ...
HOISINGTON - Henry E. "Ed" Eichman died Jan. 30, 2012 at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital in El Dorado. Cremation has taken place. Memorial service will be held at a later date. Memorials may be given to the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Hoisington in care of the funeral home.
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HOISINGTON - David J. Wondra, 55, died June 28, 2015 at University Of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City. Born June 23, 1960 at Hoisington, he was the son of Bernard and Mary Ann (Maneth) Wondra. He was a lifetime resident of Hoisington.
Laela K. Fellin, 25, died June 26, 2015, at her grandmother's home in Great Bend. She was born Aug. 16, 1989, at Denver, Colorado, the daughter of Michael Edward and Gayle M. (Appel) Fellin.
GREAT BEND - Brenda Ann Barger, 58, died June 25, 2015, at her home in Great Bend.
LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. - David Wayne Bowman, 55, died June 24, 2015, at Centerpoint Medical Center, Independence, Mo.
Brenda Ann Barger, 58, died June 25, 2015, at her home in Great Bend. She was born Sept. 17, 1956, at Salina, to Bob Bruce and Beverly Ann (Holdren) Burgard. She married Steve Barger Nov. 21, 1992, at Great Bend. A Great Bend resident since 1979, coming from Salina, she was a homemaker and foster mother.
LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. - David Wayne Bowman, 55, died June 24, 2015, at Centerpoint Medical Center, Independence, Missouri. He was born Oct. 13, 1959, at Larned, to Howard and Carole (Unruh) Bowman. He was a 1977 graduate of Macksville High School and graduated from Barton County Community College, Emporia State University and the University of Kansas. A longtime Kansas City area resident, he was a custodian for the Lee's Summit School District.
Ryan Robert Fanshier, 36, died June 24, 2015, at Great Bend Regional Hospital. He was born June 17, 1979, at Great Bend, the son of Randall and Angela (Sharpe) Fanshier.
ELLINWOOD - Barbara (Babs) Rae Eubank, 75, passed away June 23, 2015, at Woodhaven Care Center in Ellinwood.
OTIS - Connie Lynne (Hoch) Hoopingarner, 72, passed away on June 22, 2015, at Locust Grove Village in La Crosse. Born on Aug. 24, 1942, she was the daughter of O.C. ('Poss') and Esther (Keenan) Hoch. In 1960, she graduated from Hoisington High School and went on to earn her Dental Hygiene Degree from the University of Missouri Kansas City. She worked as a Dental Hygienist until her retirement in 2002. On Feb. 29, 1964, she married Larry Dwight Hoopingarner in Las Vegas, Nev. They made their home in Manter.
ELLINWOOD - Reinder Carl Ringwald, 92, died at Great Bend Health & Rehabilitation in Great Bend on June 22, 2015. Services are pending with Minnis Chapel in Ellinwood.
Hugh Robert "Bud" Steadman, 90, died June 21, 2015, at Woodhaven Care Center in Ellinwood. Born May 23, 1925, in Great Bend, he was the son of Frank M. and Blanche Marie (Sterling) Steadman. On July 14, 1946, he married Delores June Schenkel in Bazine. She died on April 28, 2015. A lifetime resident of Great Bend, he was an engineering technician for Evans, Bierly and Hutchison.
ELLINWOOD - Barbara R. Eubank, 75, died at Woodhaven Care Center in Ellinwod on June 23, 2015. Services are pending with Minnis Chapel in Ellinwood.
MCKINNEY, Texas - Kimberly Dawn Burkhart died at her home in McKinney, Texas, on May 13, 2015. Born April 4, 1969, in Great Bend, she was the daughter of Cliff and Barbara Burkhart. She was employed by American Airlines as an International flight attendant. She served as an MP in the United States Army and was active in Desert Storm.
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Characters who are just lying around, some are in limbo, some have questionable continuity, some were introduced used once or twice then forgotten. But I see potential in some of these characters and hope they see better days
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AppKicker provides quickstart icons for the apps you most likely launch next. The list is automagically updated while you use your apps or games.
You can configure different modes how apps will be selected. In *mashup mode (recommended)* we try to learn what is the best option for you. The *recently used apps* mode is a convenient way to come back to the apps you have used recently. With *most used apps* you will have those apps at your fingertips that you use most. *Sequentially used apps* will present you apps that you usually use after each other, e.g. for checking all your social networks in a row. Mode *locally used apps* will show you apps that you mostly use at current location. And mode *predicting apps* tries to anticipate which app you are going to use next.
This app is a widget and will not appear in your app drawer. Add the widget to your home screen by long tapping and choose it from the list of widgets. Certainly best placed on your homescreen.
The widget is triggered when you use an app and it always shows you up to five apps to launch them next. When you have a gaming session, you can easily come back to your recent games, when you are in the office you can easily come back to your recent productivity tools. You can simply tap on the apps' icons presented by the widget. No need to maintain different desktop pages for that any more. You will have more space on your home screen for other widgets. Our app is an always up-to-date quickstart launcher.
** Note**
- You can opt out from contributing information on your app usage for optimizing AppKicker.
- Known Android bug: on Honeycomb and some other devices you have to reboot before you can add the widget.
- Might not work on Facebook Home and Chatheads and Coverfeed
What's New
- Swipe down again to pull down the native status bar.
UI is clear and intuitive so that it can be used without any instructions.
Some different UI operations:
– Short touch on any icon in editing mode will show customization menu.
– Back key will operate as home key.
iLauncher had been forced to be taken down from the store.
STEPS TO GET A REFUND FOR THE PREVIOUS USERS (Who bought it between 1.Feb.2014 and 23.Apr.2015)
1. Re-purchase the new version (this app) first.
2. Go to 'Preferences > User Support > Previous User Refund'.
3. Select the Play Store account that your previous order belongs to.
4. Then you will get a refund within 1-3 days. You can check the result in Google Wallet.
* Requests for refunding through e-mail will not be processed.
iPholder is combination of iPhone and Folder.
Application, telephone number, Internet favorites, etc.
Put a password on a folder.
30 Folder colors and shapes.
Folder name, folder transparency, and the name of the folder text color,
Icon number 9 or 4 to be showed in folder.
Folder window is 20 colors available.
75 icons of Internet favorites can be selected.
Maximum number of icon to be registered is 16-30 depending on Screen Size.
Manage the existing folder as a template, help to create a new folder with template function.
* Create a folder on your desktop
1. long click on the empty spot on your desktop,the Home screen, select the widget from the screen.
2. click IPhone-style folder among the widgets.
3. Press the Select button application, phone number, you can add bookmarks, etc..
* To use the folder
1. click the Applications folder appears, click the icon which you want to run.
2. To modify a folder, click the settings button.
* In the folder, simply delete the application / application Reorder / Add Application
1. Delete: Drag the desired icon and drop out of folder window.
2. Changing the order: drag icon and Drop to the desired location.
3. Add: When you click the empty spot on the folder, the add screen will appear.
Icon 7
573 icons are available to use.
- Install the app
- Run the app
- Touch 'Extract icons' button to extract icons to your sd-card. These images will be automatically added to your photo album.
- Use these images in Launcher 7 when you pin an app to home screen.
tags: Windows Phone 7, Metro UI
Ringing Flashlight
- Your phone must have Flash to use this application
- The flash blink when you received a phone call or SMS
- Automatic start when phone start
- Does not drain battery.
- You can set on / off in setting.
- You can set Disabled feature when your phone state is Silent or Vibrate
- You can set Disabled feature day by day, from time to time
- You can shake your device to Turn off Flashlight while it blinking
- Flash on Notification, fully customize setting for each individual application
Supported Language:
- English
- Vietnamese
- Russian
- Portuguese
- Turkish
- Arabic
* If you can help us to provide support in your native language, please email us !
QuickTouch(ios iphone touch)
◈ Whether you suddenly have a shortcut IOS feel excited? Yes, you can also change the icon for more of what you want here, rather than the traditional IOS old icon.
◈ A key lock screen, giving you the power key holiday.
◈ Clean the cache, give your system a bath to wash, clean up some useless daemons, make the phone more smoothly.
◈ Add common application startup items, you can start simple and quick application you want to open.
◈ Quick switch to the main screen, so your Home button to rest.
◈ Add convenient gesture calls and launch applications.
◈ Plug-panel switch color theme, choose your favorite color.
◈ Immediate feedback problems, customer service immediately for you to answer.
◈ Animation plugin settings, with dozens of plug-in animation effects available to you to choose.
◈ More APP to bring you some of the author's original work, a lot of support, thank you
Assistive Touch for Android
Assistive Touch provides you with following utilities:
- Fast setting (Changing phone settings such as turning on wifi, adjusting brighness)
- Opening favorite applications
- Moving to home screen
- Locking home screen
- Listing applications
- Managing tasks (Finishing tasks, supporting Root)
- Changing: brightness, vibration, Bluetooth, wifi, GPS, APN (Mobile Data), portrait orientation lock, flashlight, airplane mode and volume.
Notification+ for EverythingMe
Clean your phone from all unnecessary unread badges by selecting the apps you want notifications for.
Main features
► Lets you select the apps for which you'd like notifications
► Enables unread badges support for Samsung and Sony devices
► Supported apps: Gmail, Messaging, WhatsApp, Facebook and more
This app can only be used with the Notify Lite (free) or Notify Pro (paid) apps.
Within moments you can be notified about almost any application installed on your phone.
Please email me if you have any questions or issues using this app firstname.lastname@example.com
I0S4 Golocker (HD / FULL HD)
Galaxy S3,4,5, Galaxy Note2,3, Galaxy Nexus, Optimus G,G2... / Vega Racer2, R3..
★★How to use★★
1. Install go locker
2. run go locker/choose one theme/apply
★★★ Jelly bean user NOTICE ★★★★
all paid GOlocker theme are not appear in theme list.
but, If you install files directly, there is no problem.
anyway, send me an email please, then we will send apk file.
EasyTouch(Holo style)
- EasyTouch is not a Widget!
- EasyTouch is an assistant manipulation tool for your Android phone and it's All Free!
- It floats on your phone screen so that you can easily access all setting with one touch, also you can hide it with a long press.
- Maximize your Android multitasking capability with EasyTouch. It's better, more powerful and functional than assistive touch of iPhone.
If you need any help, contact Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/easytouch1
★Our users really love EasyTouch and you will too!
"Very good I like this app very much because it really helps and it takes me to my recents like a home button would." -teniya clark
"Amazing! I love this app because it helps me to maintain my lock button... I also love it's features . wonderful!" -Bryan Ertsul
"Thanks Thanks a lot my home buton was not working and i was using this app." -Zaha Zahirovic
"The best of the best. Very nice tool for android. Thanks!" -Anthony DiNozzo
★★★★★What EasyTouch can do?
EasyTouch provides the easiest way to:
- Quick toggle settings(Change your phone settings like turn on Wifi, change screen brightness and so on).
- Set and quick open your favorite app
- Go to Home Screen.
- Lock Screen(sorry for some problems on some Samsung Galaxy model and some specific Android OS).
- App list.
- Open recent task(double click).
- Memory clean and optimize
- Time display
- Clean cache
- Back button(need Root support).
- Menu button(need Root support).
★★★★★Quick switch includes:
- Brightness
- Ringer mode
- Bluetooth
- WiFi
- APN(Mobile Data)
- Auto rotation
- Flashlight
- Air-plane mode
- Volume.
★★★★★EasyTouch theme
- EasyTouch provides varieties of themes to decorate your phone desktop.
- A lot of themes are FREE download.
- Each theme is not an APK, so you don't have to install it. Just download and click to change.
- iPhone's iOS assistive touch doesn't provide theme change.
iPhone is the trademark of Apple Inc.
iOS is the system of iPhone, iPad, belongs to Apple Inc.
Messaging+ 6/7 Emoji Plugin
This is an just emoji resource plugin for the Messaging+ 7 free ( http://goo.gl/kQHvuB ) application that allows you to easily insert emoji icons into your text message. Choose from over 845 of them! Support all new emoji!
Note1: Please install the "Messaging+ 7" first.
Note2: This plugin requires the "Messaging+ 7" app (at least v1.4) to be installed.
Important Note:
Emoi problem:
- When trying ams, please note that some network carriers will block emoji text when emoji being sent across networks. Please understand that I cannot fix network carrier's problem.
- If you can't see the emoji message. Please ask your friend to send emoji message by mms.
Wear Mini Launcher
Wear Mini Launcher is designed to allow you to quickly launch any app from anywhere.
You have also access to quick settings with the double swipe gesture. You can change the brightness of your wear device, change the wifi state, the ring mode of your handheld or make it ring to find it back!
Make it looks like you! With many customization options, the launcher is now exactly as you want it to be.
Customize the position to slide from the part of the screen you chose.
You have to own an Android Wear device to use this app
Currently compatible devices:
► LG G Watch
► Samsung Gear Live
► Moto 360
► LG G Watch R
► Sony SmartWatch 3
► Asus Zenwatch
► LG G Watch Urbane (Android Wear version)
This is a first release, so don't hesitate to mail me if you have a suggestion or you find a bug.
First start
To make it work when you first install it, please:
* Open the app on your smartphone while the watch is connected
* Open the app on your watch
If the handheld app shows a loading icon multiple times, reboot your watch. It sometimes loses the connection to your smartphone.
In-App purchases are only used by the donation system. The app and all the features will remain completely free.
* Phone and Device ID & call information: used to close the drawer during a phone call
* Wi-Fi connection information: used to enable / disable the WIFI and hotspot
iControl app
this device is used to manage house hold power outlet with timer function.
More from developer
CallHeads - phone call app
**requires background processing: Some users have issues with task killers or custom roms that kill background processes. Just configure them properly so that CallHead runs smoothly**
In addition, CallHeads gives you a third option what you can do with a call: you can not only accept or decline the call, but also postpone the call and pick it up a few seconds later.
CallHeads is inspired by the functionality provided by Facebook's Chat Heads. We just thought we could make it more awesome :-)
Please note:
- You have to launch the app once before it is active
- On the LockScreen you will see your default call application
- Might be impaired by apps that kill background processes (e.g. Greenify or task killers)
rappidly is a race game for apps. Compete against your friends and post your records to Facebook.


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Stephens was arrested last Friday morning by Minneapolis police due
to an outstanding felony assault warrant in his state of origin.
The lightweight was slated to face veteran Yves Edwards
later that day at
UFC on FX 5, but that booking would never come to fruition
despite UFC President Dana White announcing that Stephens would
fight as planned.
According to White, the UFC made considerable efforts to post
Stephens' bail so that he could compete that night, but the
attempts proved futile, and Stephens remained incarcerated at the
Hennepin County Public Safety Facility in downtown Minneapolis.
Sherdog.com confirmed the fighter's status Tuesday with a jail
Stephens' management released a statement shortly after the
fighter's arrest, providing further information on the
"In 2011, Jeremy was attending a homecoming party in Des Moines,
Iowa. A person in attendance became intoxicated and disorderly and
was asked to leave by the owner of the establishment," the
statement read. "The intoxicated individual subsequently became
involved in a physical altercation with another person at the
event. We have learned that, as the featured guest at the party,
Jeremy's name came up during the police investigation of the
assault. Prior to being detained the morning of Oct. 5, 2012, in
Minneapolis, Jeremy had never been arrested in connection with the
assault, contacted about any possible charge and/or notified about
any outstanding warrant by mail or any other means."
Stephens must now wait another 13 days before he will reappear in
court on Oct. 23 at 1:30 p.m. CT to potentially face extradition
back to Iowa. The 26-year-old last competed on May 15, falling by
unanimous decision to Donald
Cerrone at UFC on Fuel TV 3. The setback marked the second
straight loss for Stephens, who has posted a 7-7 Octagon record
since joining the Las Vegas-based promotion in 2007.
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Plainsmen beat Swedes at line
GRANT—Perkins County got to the free throw line 19 times and made 11 compared to only three trips to the charity stripes for Gothenburg Saturday night.
The disparity showed in the final score as the Plainsmen defeated Gothenburg 51-41.
"We were mentally not in the game," said Gothenburg coach Roger Koehler. "We'd have a play that we talked about in a timeout or at halftime and we couldn't even get lined up correctly when we got on the floor. It's frustrating."
Gothenburg led 12-8 at the end of the first quarter and appeared to have the game under control until Perkins County's Quinton Hite caught fire and the Swedes couldn't stop him.
"We talked about it over and over that we weren't going to be able to play help defense with him," Koehler said, "and we still had guys who would drop off."
Hite finished the game with 24 points to lead Perkins County.
"We also missed at least 10 point-blank bunny shots," Koehler said. "There's really no excuse for that."
Senior Logan Koehler led the Swedes with 17 points and five assists while sophomore Tanner Borchardt pulled down 10 rebounds.
The Swedes, now 1-4, will need to refocus for the week ahead as they travel to North Platte to face St. Pat's on Thursday.
The Irish were pre-season ranked at No. 5 and will be a tough opponent, the coach said.
Class B Holdrege comes to town on Friday with an 0-3 record but that doesn't mean the Dusters won't put up a fight.
"Holdrege is always a physical team and we're going to have to get it together," Koehler said.
Tipoff Friday is set for 6 p.m. with the boys varsity game to precede the girls.
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