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5-7 August 2013
Centre for High-Performance Computing (CHPC), Rosebank, Cape Town
Prof. Wolfgang Bangerth from Texas A&M University is the principal author and maintainer of the deal.II library. He has published extensively on the design and development of high-performance finite element software. He has also presented numerous international courses on using the deal.II library. For more information, have a look at his webpage.
The objective of this 3 day course is to introduce researchers and students to the state-of-the-art finite element library deal.II. The course will cover the basics of the deal.II library. At the end of the course, you will be able to use deal.II to tackle research problems of your own. The course content is an abridged version of a full-course that Wolfgang offers at Texas A&M University. This course should be of particular interest to researchers and students who want to use the finite element method for their own work and, furthermore, would like to be part of a global open-source community. It will be also of particular interest to members of the broader scientific computing community who are interested in the efficient solution of massive sparse systems using shared or distributed memory approaches.
deal.II is a C++ program library targeted at the computational solution of partial differential equations using adaptive finite elements. It uses state-of-the-art programming techniques to offer you a modern interface to the complex data structures and algorithms required.
The main aim of deal.II is to enable rapid development of modern finite element codes, using among other aspects adaptive meshes and a wide array of tools classes often used in finite element programs. Writing such programs is a non-trivial task, and successful programs tend to become very large and complex. We believe that this is best done using a program library that takes care of the details of grid handling and refinement, handling of degrees of freedom, input of meshes and output of results in graphics formats, and the like. Likewise, support for multiple space dimensions is included in a way such that programs can be written independent of the space dimension without unreasonable penalties on run-time and memory consumption.
deal.II is widely used in academic and commercial projects. For its creation, its principal authors have received the 2007 J. H. Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software. It is also part of the industry standard SPEC CPU 2006 benchmark suite used to determine the speed of computers and compilers, and comes pre-installed on the machines offered by the commercial Sun Grid program.
deal.II originally emerged from work at the Numerical Methods Group at Universität Heidelberg, Germany, which is at the forefront of adaptive finite element methods and error estimators. Today, it is a global, open source project maintained primarily at Texas A&M University, and has dozens of contributors and several hundred users scattered around the world (including South Africa). Over the years, development of deal.II has been funded as ancillary products of various grants from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, the National Science Foundation, and other funding agencies around the world. We have also received direct funding for particular projects from the Computational Infrastructure in Geodynamics initiative.
If you are active in the field of finite element methods, deal.II might be the right library for your projects. Among other features, it offers:
The provisional programme for the course is available here.
deal.II is written in C++. Participants are expected to be familiar with the basics of the language and the finite element method. Prof. Bangerth offers a course at Texas A&M on deal.II. participants are encouraged to view the online video recordings of the course to maximise the effectiveness of the workshop. The video recordings can be found here. Delegates should ideally complete the first 8 lectures prior to the workshop commencing.
If you are familiar with the basics of the finite element method and have some programming skills, but not in C++, you will need to familiarise yourself with some of the fundamentals of the language.
It is envisaged that you will be using your own laptop with deal.II installed for the computational sessions. Please let us know if this is a problem.
In order to register, please send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com. The course is partially sponsored by the CHPC and the Centre for Research in Computational and Applied Mechanics at the University of Cape Town. In order to cover additional costs the registration fee is R300 per delegate.
Please pay the registration fee via EFT, using the following details:
The course is limited to 30 participants. Registration closes on 20 July 2013.
SAAM has kindly sponsored 5 x R2000 travel grants for students and early career researchers \ postdoctoral researchers. If you would like to apply for a travel grant, please indicate this in an e-mail and provide a brief cv and a paragraph to support your application.


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- Category: The Commissioner's Office
Initially in this cap-related series, we considered reasons for and against incorporating a salary cap in your fantasy league. We then examined the two basic types of cap leagues: those which use real NHL salaries and those which assign fantasy salary values to players, whether through a player auction or another mechanism. Choosing between these alternatives is the first step to setting up your cap league.
With that decision made, your next challenge as commissioner is determining your cap number. As with most rule issues, the question is more complex than it might first appear. But hey, at least it doesn't have to be collectively bargained!
Fantasy Salary Caps
We'll start with leagues where you're creating your own player salaries (not using NHL salaries). This is the easier scenario when it comes to settling on a cap limit, because it almost doesn't matter what number you choose. As long as you set the cap number before you assign player salaries, the salaries will be dictated in large part by the cap number. Whatever your cap, the salaries will fall in line accordingly.
For example, let's look at the auction draft system. The value that GMs place on players as they bid will reflect the cap limit that you have set. In my experience, whether you set the cap at $40 million, $65 million or $100 million, you'll likely find that the top paid players in your league will go for about 16-20% of the cap value. That seems to be what most managers feel comfortable devoting to the Crosbys, Ovis and Stammers of the world. In a $40 million league, you can expect the superstars to fall into the $7-9 million range; in a $100 million league they could be valued up to $20 million. All other salaries will descend from there. There's no real benefit or drawback either way; it's just a matter of preference.
You'll also want to set a minimum player salary, which again will be a function of your overall cap number. In a $40 million league, I'd make it no more than $500k, and possibly even less. Keep in mind, in an auction league, the salary distribution tends to be quite uneven, with teams often overpaying for the bigger names, and then compensating with a glut of players making close to the league minimum. Many teams fall prey to overspending early in the auction when the best players are on the block, leaving them to scramble later in the draft to fit the rest of their team under the cap. For the patient manager, there are steals to be had in the middle rounds.
The bottom line is, when you create your own salaries, you've got lots of flexibility to set the cap limit wherever you want, as player values will ultimately conform to the cap.
NHL Salary Caps
Things get quite a bit more complex when it comes to setting a cap number based on NHL salaries. The naive commissioner may think, "If we're using NHL salaries, shouldn't we just use the NHL cap limit?" The answer is: it depends.
The NHL cap is designed for a league that is 30 teams deep, with 23-man active rosters. So, if your fantasy league has 30 teams with rosters of 20+ players, then the NHL cap will probably work quite well for you.
But that doesn't describe most fantasy leagues. The average fantasy league has about 12 teams, with roughly 250 players on active rosters (compared to 700 in the NHL). In a league of this size, adopting the NHL cap limit could result in some unforeseen consequences.
Without getting all mathematical on you, let's put some numbers to this. Statistically, the average NHL team will have only 8 or 9 of the league's top 250 paid players on their roster. Now, if we assume that the top 250 paid players are the most desirable 250 fantasy players (an over-simplification of course, but sufficient for this illustration), in a 12-team league, the average squad will have about 20 of these players on their roster. Or to put it another way, your league will be made up almost entirely of players who are in the top half of NHL salary earners. Based on this year's salaries, your average team will have a total cap hit of $80 million or more.
So, you can see the problem with using the NHL cap limit in a 12-team league. If every team has to come in below $64 million, teams are going to have to leave better (more expensive) players undrafted, in favour of lower producing (cheaper) options. The overall quality of the players in your league will suffer because you adopted a cap limit that isn't a good fit for the size of your league.
To avoid this problem, you have to factor in the size of your league when setting your cap limit. For the average 12-team league with 20-22 man rosters, a number around $85 million would generally work pretty well. All teams can build very solid rosters with that number, yet it's low enough to keep the best teams from icing too many superstars. The fewer teams and/or smaller rosters you have, the higher your cap should be to allow all the best players to be part of your league.
What's been your experience? What cap limits do you play under, and how did you determine your numbers?

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Peach salsa is so refreshing in the summer, and adding cucumber and mint to the mix ups the cooling power even more!
Do you ever have one of those moments where you're wanting to whip up a snack and you'd also really like to use some of the things in the fridge that are nearing the end of their days? This happened to me last week, and the results were super delicious!
Peach Salsa with Cucumber and Mint
- 2 very ripe peaches, diced
- 1 c cucumber, diced
- 1/4 c sweet onion, minced
- 2 T mint, minced
- juice of one lime
- 1/4 c rice vinegar
- 1/4 t salt
- In a medium-sized bowl, toss all of your ingredients.
- Set your salsa in the fridge to chill for at least an hour before serving. Overnight is even better!
I served up my peach salsa with chips for dipping, but I think it would be great over rice and veggies or heaped on top of a big bowl of beans and rice..


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| Gretchen Burns reporter |
Reenacting the Jack/Rose scene from "Titanic," sizzling on the ground like bacon and singing the theme song to "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" have one thing in common. Students performed these and more while playing Extreme Bingo in the Dellinger Underground on Wednesday, Jan. 28.
The program was put on by the Residence Hall Assembly for students living in the residence halls. Roughly 20 students attended the event.
"I thought it was a lot of fun, I got Fruit-by-the-Foot," said Hailey Becker, sophomore in elementary education. "I think more programs like this would be fun."
Grace Fritz learned about the concept of Extreme Bingo during a regional housing conference from representatives of another school.
"They talked about how they put it on and then let us play a few rounds and gave out some prizes," said Fritz, RHA programming communications coordinator. "Several members of our delegation went to the presentation and we all came back wanting to do it here."
Zaya Brooks won one of the blackout games, and loved the experience of the program.
"The atmosphere and the people were awesome for this," said Brooks, sophomore in childhood education.
Fritz said that Extreme Bingo is like regular bingo except participants are given extra elements while playing. Players have to dance, act out scenes, yell their favorite movie out loud, impersonate celebrities, or perform other actions to be able to put their markers on the board.
During a blackout game, students were required to yell "Winter is coming" instead of blackout, or their game would not count.
One of the exciting points of the night was when RHA President Bethany Harris had a number called and lay down on the floor only to learn that she had to do the worm. Not knowing how, a fellow student helped her out by lifting up her legs.
"I feel like I have dirt all over my shirt now," said Harris, senior in pre-law while laughing.
Prizes were handed out to students who not only won bingo, but candy was given to those who performed the best dance moves, had the fastest reflexes and who showed the most creativity. Prizes included Donettes, a box of six donuts, a Pittsburg State University garden gnome, dvds, plastic children's sandwich boxes with a matching utensil set, card games and candy.
Kelly Hentzen won the card game "Apples to Apples" and thought that the concept of the program was really interesting, but balked when it came to some of the things she had to perform or do when her number was called, like when she had to trade her bingo board with another student.
"It's fun, there's sometimes that I don't want to switch my board, so I hide it from everyone," said Hentzen, sophomore in history. "It's a fun twist on an old game."


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They have suffered so far this season, despite still being unbeaten, as they have laboured through their opening games. Unconvincing wins over Southampton and QPR allied to draws with Liverpool and Arsenal, both of whom outplayed them, and Stoke, mean that Roberto Mancini is scratching his head in frustration.
What is particularly curious is how a team whose defence was rock solid last year is now so porous. Particularly as they have strengthened defensively. Clues were in evidence yesterday when Arsenal came to town. They dominated the midfield in the first half and towards the end of the second, basically because City lacked presence aside from Yaya Toure in midfield. David Silva was barely noticed in the opening stages, even worse can be said of Javi Garcia. It meant City lacked an effective defensive shield, something they would have had with Gareth Barry or Nigel de Jong.
Also important was the form of Silva going forward .Last year City were brilliant at the back because they rarely faced pressure. Silva's ability to dominate proceedings was the catalyst for City's superior form for the first half of the season, as they bossed matches against almost all of their rivals. City's possession was the root of their defensive solidity, and tired opponents out.
But Silva has gone off the boil and Mancini is yet to find an adequate solution. Carlos Tevez made the difference at the end of last season, becoming the playmaker in the final weeks as City romped to the title in style. But Tevez did not play against Arsenal yesterday and lacks the ability to dictate possession in the way Silva can. In that, City have lost something.
This is the serious issue Mancini now has to address. How does he coax the best form out of Silva once again and find the majestic playmaking that turned City into such a force last year? Or can he find an effective replacement? Garcia is too deep to influence matters in quite the same way, whilst Samir Nasri lacks the Spaniard's selflessness.
The only other way to bring back a solid defence is to go back to the old days of dour defending. Mancini deployed this to get City into the Champions League in the first place but it was not attractive and the fans at the Etihad have become accustomed to entertaining football now. But it is tricky to see Mancini's next move. He still possesses a squad full of top quality players who can cause anyone problems. But against Arsenal and Liverpool there have been signs, as against Real Madrid too, that City are struggling when they come up against the top sides. That will be a major concern if City are to retain their title.


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Rx drug information, pharmaceutical research, clinical trials, news, and more
Efficacy and safety of everolimus for subependymal giant cell astrocytomas
associated with tuberous sclerosis complex (EXIST-1): a multicentre, randomised,
placebo-controlled phase 3 trial. [2013]
Everolimus plus exemestane in postmenopausal patients with HR(+) breast cancer:
BOLERO-2 final progression-free survival analysis. [2013]
Everolimus for previously treated advanced gastric cancer: results of the
randomized, double-blind, phase III GRANITE-1 study. [2013]
Health-related quality of life of patients with advanced breast cancer treated
with everolimus plus exemestane versus placebo plus exemestane in the phase 3,
randomized, controlled, BOLERO-2 trial. [2013]
Everolimus for advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours: a subgroup analysis
evaluating Japanese patients in the RADIANT-3 trial. [2012]
Long-term response with everolimus for metastatic renal cell carcinoma refractory to sunitinib. [2011.12]
Impact of Lesion Length and Vessel Size on Clinical Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Everolimus- Versus Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents Pooled Analysis From the SPIRIT (Clinical Evaluation of the XIENCE V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System) and COMPARE (Second-generation everolimus-eluting and paclitaxel-eluting stents in real-life practice) Randomized Trials. [2011.11]
Biodegradable polymer versus permanent polymer drug-eluting stents and everolimus- versus sirolimus-eluting stents in patients with coronary artery disease: 3-year outcomes from a randomized clinical trial. [2011.09.20]
Impact of de novo everolimus-based immunosuppression on incisional complications in heart transplantation. [2011.09.15]
Conversion of long-term kidney transplant recipients from calcineurin inhibitor therapy to everolimus: a randomized, multicenter, 24-month study. [2011.08.27]
Randomized comparison of everolimus-eluting stent versus sirolimus-eluting stent implantation for de novo coronary artery disease in patients with diabetes mellitus (ESSENCE-DIABETES): results from the ESSENCE-DIABETES trial. [2011.08.23]
Effect of everolimus introduction on cardiac allograft vasculopathy--results of a randomized, multicenter trial. [2011.07.27]
An adjusted indirect comparison of everolimus and sorafenib therapy in sunitinib-refractory metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients using repeated matched samples. [2011.07]
Randomized comparison of everolimus- and paclitaxel-eluting stents. 2-year follow-up from the SPIRIT (Clinical Evaluation of the XIENCE V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System) IV trial. [2011.06.28]
2-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of everolimus- and paclitaxel-eluting stents for coronary revascularization in daily practice. COMPARE (Comparison of the everolimus eluting XIENCE-V stent with the paclitaxel eluting TAXUS LIBERTE stent in all-comers: a randomized open label trial). [2011.06.28]
Four-year clinical follow-up of the XIENCE V everolimus-eluting coronary stent system in the treatment of patients with de novo coronary artery lesions: the SPIRIT II trial. [2011.06.01]
The impact of patient and lesion complexity on clinical and angiographic outcomes after revascularization with zotarolimus- and everolimus-eluting stents: a substudy of the RESOLUTE All Comers Trial (a randomized comparison of a zotarolimus-eluting stent with an everolimus-eluting stent for percutaneous coronary intervention). [2011.05.31]
Predictors of death or myocardial infarction, ischaemic-driven revascularisation, and major adverse cardiovascular events following everolimus-eluting or paclitaxel-eluting stent deployment: pooled analysis from the SPIRIT II, III, IV and COMPARE trials. [2011.05]
A prospective, randomized evaluation of a novel everolimus-eluting coronary stent: the PLATINUM (a Prospective, Randomized, Multicenter Trial to Assess an Everolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System [PROMUS Element] for the Treatment of Up to Two de Novo Coronary Artery Lesions) trial. [2011.04.19]
The prognostic utility of the SYNTAX score on 1-year outcomes after revascularization with zotarolimus- and everolimus-eluting stents: a substudy of the RESOLUTE All Comers Trial. [2011.04]
Three-year results of safety and efficacy of the everolimus-eluting coronary stent in women (from the SPIRIT III randomized clinical trial). [2011.03.15]
Long-term (three-year) safety and efficacy of everolimus-eluting stents compared to paclitaxel-eluting stents (from the SPIRIT III Trial). [2011.03.15]
Everolimus-based, calcineurin-inhibitor-free regimen in recipients of de-novo kidney transplants: an open-label, randomised, controlled trial. [2011.03.05]
Prospective randomized comparison of sirolimus- or everolimus-eluting stent to treat bifurcated lesions by provisional approach. [2011.03]
Everolimus for advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. [2011.02.10]
The SPIRIT V study: a clinical evaluation of the XIENCE V everolimus-eluting coronary stent system in the treatment of patients with de novo coronary artery lesions. [2011.02]
Two-dose-level confirmatory study of the pharmacokinetics and tolerability of everolimus in Chinese patients with advanced solid tumors. [2011.01.13]
Phase III trial of everolimus in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: subgroup analysis of Japanese patients from RECORD-1. [2011.01]
Patient-reported outcomes in a phase iii study of everolimus versus placebo in patients with metastatic carcinoma of the kidney that has progressed on vascular endothelial growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy. [2011]
Management of adverse events associated with the use of everolimus in patients
with advanced renal cell carcinoma. [2011]
Phase III trial of everolimus in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: subgroup
analysis of Japanese patients from RECORD-1. [2011]
Two-year outcomes in thoracic transplant recipients after conversion to everolimus with reduced calcineurin inhibitor within a multicenter, open-label, randomized trial. [2010.12.27]
Outcomes in diabetic and nondiabetic patients treated with everolimus- or paclitaxel-eluting stents: results from the SPIRIT IV clinical trial (Clinical Evaluation of the XIENCE V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System). [2010.12.14]
Phase II study of everolimus (RAD001) in previously treated small cell lung cancer. [2010.12.01]
Efficacy of everolimus eluting stent implantation in patients with calcified coronary culprit lesions: two-year angiographic and three-year clinical results from the SPIRIT II study. [2010.11.01]
Evaluation of the effects of everolimus-eluting and paclitaxel-eluting stents on target lesions with jailed side branches: 2-year results from the SPIRIT III randomized trial. [2010.11.01]
Maintenance immunosuppressive therapy with everolimus preserves humoral immune responses. [2010.11]
Efficacy and safety of de novo or early everolimus with low cyclosporine in deceased-donor kidney transplant recipients at specified risk of delayed graft function: 12-month results of a randomized, multicenter trial. [2010.11]
Phase 3 trial of everolimus for metastatic renal cell carcinoma : final results and analysis of prognostic factors. [2010.09.15]
Comparison of everolimus-eluting and paclitaxel-eluting coronary stents in patients with two treated vessels: 2-year results from the SPIRIT III randomised trial. [2010.09]
Everolimus in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. [2010.08.26]
Comparison of everolimus- versus paclitaxel-eluting stents implanted in patients with diabetes mellitus as evaluated by three-dimensional intravascular ultrasound analysis. [2010.08.15]
Long-term response with everolimus for metastatic renal cell carcinoma refractory to sunitinib. [2010.08.10]
Noninfectious pneumonitis after everolimus therapy for advanced renal cell carcinoma. [2010.08.01]
Optimal everolimus concentration is associated with risk reduction for acute rejection in de novo renal transplant recipients. [2010.07.15]
Comparison of zotarolimus-eluting and everolimus-eluting coronary stents. [2010.07.08]
Rationale and design of a randomized clinical comparison of everolimus-eluting (Xience v/Promus) and sirolimus-eluting (cypher select+) coronary stents in unselected patients with coronary heart disease. [2010.07]
Five-year long-term clinical follow-up of the XIENCE V everolimus eluting coronary stent system in the treatment of patients with de novo coronary artery lesions: the SPIRIT FIRST trial. [2010.06.01]
Everolimus plus reduced-exposure CsA versus mycophenolic acid plus standard-exposure CsA in renal-transplant recipients. [2010.06]
Everolimus: the first approved product for patients with advanced renal cell cancer after sunitinib and/or sorafenib. [2010.05.25]
Everolimus-eluting versus paclitaxel-eluting stents in coronary artery disease. [2010.05.06]
A randomised comparison between everolimus-eluting stent and sirolimus-eluting stent in chronic coronary total occlusions. Rationale and design of the CIBELES (non-acute Coronary occlusion treated by EveroLimus-Eluting Stent) trial. [2010.05]
Conversion of stable kidney transplant recipients from a twice-daily to once-daily everolimus regimen. [2010.05]
Interaction between everolimus and tacrolimus in renal transplant recipients: a pharmacokinetic controlled trial. [2010.04.27]
Everolimus with reduced calcineurin inhibitor in thoracic transplant recipients with renal dysfunction: a multicenter, randomized trial. [2010.04.15]
A clinical and angiographic study of the XIENCE V everolimus-eluting coronary stent system in the treatment of patients with multivessel coronary artery disease. Study design and rationale of the EXECUTIVE trial. [2010.04]
Sotrastaurin and everolimus pharmacokinetics after single-dose coadministration. [2010.02]
Pharmacokinetic sub-study in the SPIRIT III Randomized and Controlled Trial of XIENCE V everolimus eluting coronary stent system. [2010.02]
Lower incidence of cytomegalovirus infection with everolimus versus mycophenolate mofetil in de novo cardiac transplant recipients: a randomized, multicenter study. [2010.02]
Second-generation everolimus-eluting and paclitaxel-eluting stents in real-life practice (COMPARE): a randomised trial. [2010.01.16]
3-year clinical follow-up of the XIENCE V everolimus-eluting coronary stent system in the treatment of patients with de novo coronary artery lesions: the SPIRIT II trial (Clinical Evaluation of the Xience V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System in the Treatment of Patients with de novo Native Coronary Artery Lesions). [2009.12]
Clinical and angiographic comparison of everolimus-eluting and paclitaxel-eluting stents in small coronary arteries: a post hoc analysis of the SPIRIT III randomized trial. [2009.12]
Everolimus with very low-exposure cyclosporine a in de novo kidney transplantation: a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial. [2009.11.27]
Gender-based evaluation of the XIENCE V everolimus-eluting coronary stent system: clinical and angiographic results from the SPIRIT III randomized trial. [2009.11.01]
Everolimus de novo in liver transplantation. [2009.11]
Characterization of pneumonitis in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with everolimus (RAD001). [2009.11]
Everolimus: in advanced renal cell carcinoma. [2009.10.22]
SPIRIT IV trial design: a large-scale randomized comparison of everolimus-eluting stents and paclitaxel-eluting stents in patients with coronary artery disease. [2009.10]
Role of everolimus in the treatment of renal cell carcinoma. [2009.10]
Two-year clinical, angiographic, and intravascular ultrasound follow-up of the XIENCE V everolimus-eluting stent in the treatment of patients with de novo native coronary artery lesions: the SPIRIT II trial. [2009.08]
Contrast enhanced sonography shows superior microvascular renal allograft perfusion in patients switched from cyclosporine A to everolimus. [2009.07.27]
Everolimus with reduced cyclosporine versus MMF with standard cyclosporine in de novo heart transplant recipients. [2009.07.15]
Incidence of delayed graft function and wound healing complications after deceased-donor kidney transplantation is not affected by de novo everolimus. [2009.07.15]
Phase II randomized study of neoadjuvant everolimus plus letrozole compared with placebo plus letrozole in patients with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. [2009.06.01]
Randomized comparison of everolimus-eluting and paclitaxel-eluting stents: two-year clinical follow-up from the Clinical Evaluation of the Xience V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System in the Treatment of Patients with de novo Native Coronary Artery Lesions (SPIRIT) III trial. [2009.02.10]
Everolimus: in advanced renal cell carcinoma. [2009]
Update on the everolimus-eluting coronary stent system: results and implications from the SPIRIT clinical trial program. [2009]
Switch of immunosuppression from cyclosporine A to everolimus: impact on pulse wave velocity in stable de-novo renal allograft recipients. [2008.11]
Heart transplantation under cyclosporine or tacrolimus combined with mycophenolate mofetil or everolimus. [2008.10]
Systemic exposure of everolimus after stent implantation: a pharmacokinetic study. [2008.10]
A multicenter, randomized, double-blind trial of everolimus versus azathioprine and placebo to maintain steroid-induced remission in patients with moderate-to-severe active Crohn's disease. [2008.09]
Efficacy of everolimus in advanced renal cell carcinoma: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled phase III trial. [2008.08.09]
Everolimus in patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving concomitant methotrexate: a 3-month, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, proof-of-concept study. [2008.08]
Effects of everolimus monotherapy on hematological parameters and iron homeostasis in de novo liver transplant recipients: preliminary results. [2008.07]
Pharmacodynamic effects of everolimus on anti-CD3 antibody-stimulated T-lymphocyte proliferation and interleukin-10 synthesis in stable kidney-transplant patients. [2008.06]
Comparison of an everolimus-eluting stent and a paclitaxel-eluting stent in patients with coronary artery disease: a randomized trial. [2008.04.23]
Multicenter, Randomized Study of the Use of Everolimus With Tacrolimus After Renal Transplantation Demonstrates its Effectiveness. [2008.03.27]
A randomized exploratory trial of steroid avoidance in renal transplant patients treated with everolimus and low-dose cyclosporine. [2008.02]
A Lower Incidence of Cytomegalovirus Infection in De Novo Heart Transplant Recipients Randomized to Everolimus. [2007.12.15]
Economic evaluation of everolimus and mycophenolate mofetil versus azathioprine in de novo heart transplantation. [2007.12]
Prevention of acute rejection and allograft vasculopathy by everolimus in cardiac transplants recipients: a 24-month analysis. [2007.06]
12-month safety and efficacy of everolimus with reduced exposure cyclosporine in de novo renal transplant recipients. [2007.01]
New treatment strategies in advanced neuroendocrine tumours. [2011.10.07]
Coronary bifurcation lesions treated with simple approach (from the Cordoba & Las Palmas [CORPAL] Kiss Trial). [2011.05.15]
Unrestricted randomised use of two new generation drug-eluting coronary stents: 2-year patient-related versus stent-related outcomes from the RESOLUTE All Comers trial. [2011.04.09]
Novel approaches for preventing or limiting events in diabetic patients (Naples-diabetes) trial: a randomized comparison of 3 drug-eluting stents in diabetic patients. [2011.04.01]
Drug-eluting versus bare-metal stents in large coronary arteries. [2010.12.09]
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The claim most of the children have handicaps is false. It is among the lies the Gravelles made up to get additional payments from the state and national governments. Most of the children are normal. All of them except the eldest boy, who chose not to be adopted again, have moved on to new adoptive families and are living normal lives. The oldest girl is a successful college student.
Furthermore, settlements are entered into voluntarily. There is no such thing as an appeal of a settlement. The award is not high, considering it applies to eleven people.
It is ironic that the Gravelles still have supporters, such as unplugged.
In other words, Space is too big a coward to stand up for the 32 million Americans who will get health care coverage after health insurance reform passes. His claim that the "middle-class" will be taxed is clearly false. People who make more than $250,000 individually or $500,000 as a couple are upper-class. Since he hasn't danced with the ones who brought him to the party, Space should get no support from the Democrats in his next race.
Sen. Brown is one of the most dedicated advocates for a public option in health care insurance reform. I hope he continues to stand his ground.
Sounds like Delonte West is in the manic phase of bipolar disorder. Probably stopped taking his meds. As someone with admitted psychosis, he should not be able to buy or possess guns.
recycle has given an excellent explanation of why Social Security benefits will erode in the future. The plan for no cost of living adjustment next year is directly determined by the decrease in fuel prices which means the cost of living is not rising overall. It has nothing to do with who is in the White House.
And, a basic civics lesson for enjay. The President is NOT a member of Congress. He does pay taxes on his income.
Well, get on down! I'll still be rocking when I am that age, too.
There is no question that Michael and Sharon Gravelle are not only abusive, but vicious people. They both abused their birth children to the extent that only one of the five is still in contact with either of them. He molested his biological daughter when she was pre-adolescent, forcing her into foster care.
The Gravelles met at a counseling service for adults who abuse and aid abuse of children and married a two months later.
Social service agencies and the state cannot be held fully accountable because the Gravelles defrauded them by hiding their prior records for child abuse, and, the number of children they had adopted from various agencies. Since the children were not sent to school in most cases, the officials had little opportunity to discover what was going on.
The Gravelles collected thousands of dollars in adoption subsidies from the state while keeping the children in cages, and, feeding them peanut butter and bread. Neighbors reported the children were often barefoot and hosed down instead of bathed.
The majority of these children are completely normal. The Gravelles made up claims of disability to increase the amount of money they could collect from the state. Physicians and psychologists testifed that except for Downs sydrome, HIV and a heart condition, the children were well. They doubtlessly did suffer psychological damage from the Gravelles, but that can hardly be blamed on the children.
The Gravelles have defenders mainly because they are white and the children are black. The Gravelles used racial slurs to describe the children and to their faces. There were also many comments about the children not deserving better because of "what they are" during the course of the case. Race likely played a role in why the Gravelles did not receive more convictions and a longer sentence.
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He's a very good coach. Took Lambuth to 12-1 in 2009, losing in the NAIA Quarterfinals.
I think it's safe to say that Ro is no longer on the Alabama football team. Would it make you happy if he was retroactively kicked off the Alabama team.
Your argument about the Auburn players being immediately dismissed and Courtney Upshaw not being dismissed has a couple fatal flaws: 1) The Auburn players committed very serious felonies, 2) the charge against Upshaw was a misdemeanor, and finally, 3) a judge dismissed Upshaw's charge.
BamaDirtFarmer, it is readily apparent you are attempting to cast an unfavorable light on Alabama and its players. You choose to ignore the good things they do (Jones' mission trips, Cody visiting the terminally ill in hospitals, the large amount of humanitarian work the entire team did following the tornados, and so on and so on and so on). You do this because it doesn't support your false premise that Alabama is bad and Auburn is good.
Your comment history and moniker are devoted to bashing Alabama. Why?
In much the same way, what you "think" is irrelevant, because your hatred and ranting (impressive comment history, BTW) have blinded you from reasoning correctly. If you are intelligent as you attempt to portray yourself, you would certainly have to agree.
I genuinely like recruiting, although I've gotten a bit burned-out after closely following recruiting for a good decade.
One thing is the fact that rules exist, but there is almost literally noway to enforce them. Disagree.
Theoretical penalties exist. Disagree.
Theoretical violations occur. Disagree.
The impact of violating rules seems to be limited to a reputation smear. Disagree.
All they violations do is lend ammo to everyone else so that they can say one school or the other is "dirtier". Disagree, but many schools "negative recruit". But still, that's not all these violations do.
Keep "wating", Scooter. You're in for quite a "wate". Keep twirling that propeller atop your hat; that way time won't seem to be going by so agonizingly slowly.
Real penalties exist. Real violations occur. The impact of violating rules is much broader in scope than being limited to reputation smears. The violations have real and sometimes even crippling consequences in addition to one school saying another is "dirtier"; that's just the tip of the iceberg.
You seem genuinely amazed that anyone would dare disagree with you. I don't know about Auburn suffering for self-reported violations, but I do know Alabama was given capricious and draconian penalties for self-reported violations by Gene Marsh and Marie Robbins.
But don't worry, I don't disagree with you about everything. Except I view the NCAA as more of a wanton parent doling out inconsistent discipline to her children. Maybe I haven't been breathing for more than ten years, maybe sometimes I've held my breath. Hence my audacity to not entirely agree with all of your pontifications.
I just think that everybody needs to decide what they want. If you want the best two teams in college football to play then there has to be a format to decide that. If you want a regional game that matches up people from different parts of the country you can't say let's have the best two teams play. It's not really up to me. I can't really be objective here. We do have a dog in this hunt. That's my opinion.
Very well said.
I responded to your requests. I gave you an example where Alabama suffered due to self-reporting and even cited who the compliance officers were at the time. I also gave you a very good analogy of the NCAA. I wasn't trying to amaze you or anyone; simply replying to your requests accurately.
I agree, discussion is fine, but I am not arguing with you. I stated that I do not agree with you on your previous post and provided compelling reasons why. I will gladly welcome you telling me where I went wrong in my replies.
You suppose since they're playing in LSU's back yard LSU will get most of the tickets?
Guess what? The polls and the BCS computers disagree with you, what dummies they are. I sure wish they were as enlightened as you are.
I like my Tiger meat like there are two SEC teams in the BCS National Championship Game -- rare.
Much like my prediction on the new Ole Miss HC (Freeze), Alabama will win the rematch. Should be an awesome game!
Reporting on Tweets, with obligatory digs at Alabama?
We deserve better reporting. Much better. Grade: F.
No doubting your objectivity, Mike. No sirree. Didn't have to dig far at all into your posting history to see just how fair and objective you are:
"This clown is like everyone else in ttown. They do whatever saban says..."
"I'm an AU grad so of course I hate bammer. But hate aside...I think the BCSNCG shouldn't be a rematch. What have we proved if bammer wins?"
And more. Nice body of work. Kudos.
"If the shoe was on the other foot, you'd be howling. You'd be furious Alabama would have to beat LSU again, this time in the Tigers' backyard. You'd be shouting from the rooftops that Alabama already has at least a split title.
This article did take on a bitter tone, particularly the part I quoted above.
Problem is, he's jumping to conclusions and acting quite petulant, even has an angry tone. How can he (falsely) attribute this attitude to Alabama fans? Because he's mad? The reason I say this is because I've told several people if the shoe was on the other foot, I'd be all for lining them up and playing them again; Sol's whimsical fantasy of how Alabama fans would react is purely conjecture -- and bunk.
If it's any consolation for Oklahoma State fans (and others), the SEC will lose in the BCS title game for the first time in eight tries.
Good one, Hicks.
Mike Slive was pushing for a Plus-One back in 2008, when 2004 (AU getting left out) still stung. But only one other conference commissioner was on board with him. So we have the status quo.
The real question begging to be asked here, "Will Sparky ever grow up???".
Hold on to your wallets and keys and girl friends.
Honey Badger is coming.
He tokes what he wants. He will toke the Heisman Trophy! FIFY
Jones was recognized for graduating in August with a 4.0 GPA, his mission work in Haiti and his play as Alabama's most versatile offensive line capable of starting all five positions. Jones also was recognized for his efforts in the wake of the April 27 tornado.
It is noteworthy to add that he graduated with that 4.0 GPA in just three years.
Outstanding character, congratulations and Roll Tide to Barrett Jones, 2011 Wuerrfel Trophy recipient.
Is Hugh Nall still available?
You may think it's funny, but I think it is absolutely disgusting that al.com is fomenting this attack on Richardson and his family on the heels of Richardson winning the Doak Walker Award. Way to go.
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Analysis of W. B. Yeats' poem,
The Isle of Innisfree"
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4th International Conference on Energy and Sustainability19 - 21 June 2013
Bucharest, Romania
The fourth International Conference on Energy and Sustainability has taken place in Romania, organised by Prof Carlos A Brebbia of the Wessex Institute of Technology, UK and Profs Anca Marinov and Carmen Safta of the University Politehnica of Bucharest.
The meeting follows the success of the previous three, the first of which took place in the Wessex Institute of Technology campus in the New Forest National Park (2007), followed by one in Bologna (2009) and another in Alicante (2011).
The world economic system is driven by energy. Few of the advances made in the past two centuries would have been possible without the large scale exploitation of fossil fuels. Resources depletion and predictions of severe environmental effects deriving from continued use of solid fuels are spurring renewed interest in sustainable energy. The effort required to shift from a fossil fuel-based economy to one hinged in sustainability is massive, requiring advances from the basic sciences and system engineering to international policy making.
The evolution of new energy technologies and systems cannot follow the compartmentalised model that has worked so well in the past, because of the constraints imposed by oil depletion and climate change. All parts of the new energy economy are strongly interlinked and researchers in the field must be aware of the entire spectrum to maximise their own contribution.
The conference offered the opportunity to delegates from many different backgrounds to review developments in this rapidly changing environment. It covered topics related to sustainability in energy production, energy storage and distribution and energy management.
The Conference was opened by Prof Carlos A Brebbia who stressed the importance of this type of meeting to further the objectives of the Wessex Institute, ie the dissemination of knowledge at an international level. The conference, Carlos explained, together with the development of engineering software codes and publication of advanced books and journals are essential to bring the latest developments to the attention of our colleagues from all over the world.
Carlos mentioned that the papers which are published in paper and digital format are widely distributed through WIT Press, its publishing arm, with offices in Europe, the USA and extensive international distribution networks. The papers are also permanently archived at http://library.witpress.com/ where they are available to the international community. Papers printed at the Wessex Institute conferences are referenced by CrossRef and regularly appear in notable reviews, publications and databases, including referencing and abstract services.
Finally, Carlos pointed out that WIT encourages all presenters to submit extended versions of their conference papers for publication in the Institute Journals, the most appropriate of which in this case are the International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, and the International Journal of Design and Nature with Ecodynamics.
Carlos ended his opening remarks by hoping that many delegates will consider visiting the Campus of Wessex Institute in the New Forest so that they can appreciate better the work carried out there and consider ways in which they can collaborate with WIT.
Conference Topics
The papers presented at the conference were grouped according to the following topics:
Special Sessions
During the conference two special sessions were organised. The first by Prof Elena Cristina Rada of the University of Trento in Italy, dealt with sustainability of direct and indirect domestic energy sources, and consisted of her own presentation 'Effects of MSW selective collection on waste-to-energy strategies', followed by four other papers, as follows:
The second special session was organised by Prof Qingyue Wang of Saitama University, Japan on Effective utilization of waste biomass and waste coal, and started with his own presentation entitled 'Process analysis of waste bamboo materials using solvent liquefaction', followed by five other papers on the following topics:
Prigogine Award 2013The highlight of the conference was the award of the Prigogine Medal which took place in the Aula Magna of the University Politehnica of Bucharest. The ceremony was preceded over by the Rector of the Politehnica of Bucharest, Prof George Darie who welcomed the delegates.
The Prigogine Medal was instituted by the University of Siena in Italy and the Wessex Institute of Technology in the UK in 2004 to honour the memory of Professor Ilya Prigogine, Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry and Honorary Chair of ECOSUD until his death in 2003.
Ilya Prigogine was born in Moscow in 1917 and obtained his undergraduate and graduate education in Chemistry at the Free University of Brussels. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution to non-equilibrium thermodynamics, particularly the theory of dissipative structures. The main theme of his scientific work was the role of time in the physical sciences and biology. He contributed significantly to the understanding of irreversible processes, particularly in systems far from equilibrium. The results of his work have had profound consequences for understanding biological and ecological systems.
Prigogine's ideas established the basis for ecological systems research. The Prigogine Medal to honour his memory is awarded annually to a leading scientist in the field of ecological systems. All recipients have been deeply influenced by the work of Prigogine.
Previous Prigogine Gold Medal winners were:
The recipient of the 2013 Award was Prof Vladimir Voeikov, Professor of Bio-organic Chemistry at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia.
Vladimir received his degree at Moscow State University and a PhD in Biophysics at the same institution, completing after that a further doctorate on Biological Sciences.
Since then he has been carrying out outstanding research at the Moscow Academy of Science, Duke University and Moscow State University. He is renowned in the field of physical and chemical properties of water and aqueous systems providing for the biological role of water in bioenergetics, in particular, in aerobic respiration, functions of reactive oxygen species in regulation of biological functions and in bioenergetics.
Vladimir is the author or co-author of more than 250 publications including 100 papers in scientific journals, as well as five books and monographs.
He is a member of the renowned Institute of Biophysics in Neuss, Germany and of the all-Russian Biochemical Society as well as an Editor of the Journal on Water, a multi-disciplinary research journal.Vladimir was awarded the medal by the Rector of the Politehnica of Bucharest and after this he proceeded to deliver his special Prigogine Lecture entitled 'The Key Role of Stable Nonequilibrium State of Aqueous Systems in Bioenergetics', the abstract of which is as follows:
Nearly 80 years ago the founder of Theoretical biology Ervin Bauer formulated Fundamental Principles to differentiate between animate and inanimate systems. The major Principle defining the living state of matter is the Principle of Stable Non-equilibrium, 'No living system is ever at equilibrium. It ceaselessly performs work against equilibrium, demanded by the physical and chemical laws appropriate to the actual external conditions'. From this and a few other fundamental principles all the life manifestations automatically follow. Essentially a living thing is envisaged as an active and coherent free energy rich unit that uses all its energy for the preservation of its non-equilibrium state. Sustainability of the living state in time and space is provided by its intrinsic ability for the continuous buildup of free energy stock it possesses expressed in terms of evolution.
However, the origins of the initial conditions that allow for the process of a living system to emerge and for the global life to develop incessantly are omitted from Bauer's theory. Furthermore, the matter that resides in a stable non-equilibrium state ("living matter"), possessing structural energy and performing useful work, has only very loosely been defined. In this assay we'll show that recently discovered unique properties of water allow considering Real Aqueous Systems as living systems because they fully meet all the requirements of Erwin Bauer's principles. Hence life in all its forms is the necessary consequence of the unique properties of this widespread substance – Water.The full text of his lecture has been published in the International Journal of Design and Nature with Ecodynamics, Vol 8, Issue #2 2013.
The lecture was followed by Prof Brebbia's remarks congratulating Vladimir for his excellent presentation which clearly explained the new direction of water research, following the work of previous Prigogine medallists such as Profs del Giudice, Brizhik and Pollack.
After the event, the participants were invited to a buffet lunch at the Politehnica before returning to the Intercontinental Hotel where the other sessions were held. This hotel is one of the iconic buildings in Bucharest, very well located in the centre of the city and next to its old quarter, a place full of good restaurants, bars and cultural sites.
Conference DinnersThe conference banquet took place in a unique restaurant which captures the spirit of Bucharest during the 'belle epoque' when it was influenced by the French culture. The excellent meal and the good Romanian wines were accompanied by a delightful international show, making the night very special.
The International Scientific Advisory Committee met over dinner to discuss the conference. Carlos thanked them all for their work in reviewing abstracts and papers and collaboration with organising the meeting. The restaurant featured regional food and had a folkloric show depicting some of the variety of local traditional dances preferred in Romania.
Closing of the Conference
The conference was closed by Carlos who reminded the participants about the possibility of submitting an extended version of their paper to one of the two International Journals sponsoring the conference. He also explained that all oral presentations will be scheduled for publication in a subsequent volume of WIT Transactions.
Carlos wished all participants a safe trip home and invited them to visit the WIT Campus in the New Forest National Park when convenient.
Carmen Safta also said a few words to the delegates in the name of the local organisers, hoping that they enjoyed Bucharest as well as the conference, and wishing them a safe trip home.
Conference Proceedings
Papers from the conference will also be hosted online at the WIT eLibrary as Volume 176 of WIT Transactions on the Ecology and the Environment (ISSN: 1746-448X, Digital ISSN 1743-3541). For more details visit the WIT eLibrary at http://library.witpress.com
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Saturday, June 7, 2014
Due to stormy weather, Charleston Culinary Tours has rescheduled its special Taste of the Market to Thursday, June 19, from 6-8:30 p.m.
The event, held at the Palmetto Carriage lot on Anson Street by the City Market, will celebrate local civil servants, military personnel, hometown heroes and community leaders. For devotion to duty and sacrifice of self, they will receive a discounted admission of $5 (saving $5) and other giveaways with uniform or ID badge. The mission of the Taste of the Market is for City Market-area restaurants, the local community, businesses and tourists to come together every third Thursday of the month at a distinct, family-friendly event that provides an unlimited sampling of local fare, live music and raffles that occur throughout the event.
Participating restaurants and shops in and around the Charleston Market area include 82 Queen, Molly Darcys, Another Broken Egg, The Peanut Shop of Charleston, Holy City Popcorn, Its Sugar, Noisy Oyster, Mad River, A.W. Shucks, Lowcountry Bistro, Tabbuli, Charleston Crab House, Burwells Stone Fire Grill, Sweet CeCes and Macs Place, said Taste of the Market organizer Glenn Morehead. Additionally, this event is also a catalyst for the Hospitality Heroes Fund, an organization that lends a helping hand to local hospitality employees and their families who are impacted by a medical hardship.
For additional information about Taste of the Market or Charleston Culinary Tours, please visit www.charlestonculinarytours.com.
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In an effort to keep their injury-plagued star healthy, the Rockets have devised a plan to limit Yao Ming's playing time. According to the Houston Chronicle, the team will not allow Yao to play more than 24 minutes in any game, regardless of the situation.
Yao has had an injury-marred career, missing the entire 2009-10 season and the end of the 2009 playoffs with a foot injury. He played in 77 games in 2008-09, but hadn't played more than 57 in the previous three.
Rockets vice president and athletic trainer Keith Jones said the rules on Yao's playing time will be strict. The 24 minutes is the absolute max, and not an average -- even if he were to play 22 minutes in one game, he would not be allowed to play 26 the next. Yao's practice schedule will also be limited, and he may be held out the second half of back-to-backs.
"Twenty-four is his number all year," Jones said, according to the Chronicle. "Playoffs come, things could change. We're trying to get him through April.
"We're trying to give him the best chance to play the whole season by limiting stress. Even practices, if we play on Monday and play again on Wednesday, can he practice on Tuesday? No. He'll practice, but he won't scrimmage."
The team reached the policy knowing that Yao would try to play as much as possible every night. The Rockets front office also watched the battle between coach and front office the Bulls had over Joakim Noah last season.
"At the end of the day, it's all about winning," Rockets general manager Daryl Morey told the Chronicle. "It's about winning in the playoffs. We're choosing to limit Yao Ming and Yao Ming is in agreement that this is the best plan. We want him when it counts the most."


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