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|Driver Diameter
|13.5 mm
|Frequency Response
|5 - 25,000 Hz
|Maximum Input Power
|20 mW
|104 dB/mW
|32 ohms
|10 g (without cord)
|1.2 m (3.9'), Y-type
|3.5 mm (1/8") gold-plated stereo 4-pin mini-plug, L-type
|Accessories Included
|Hard carrying case, Comply foam eartip (M), silicone eartips (XS/S/M/L), C-tips (S/M/L)
|Type (Microphone)
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|-44 dB (0 dB=1 V/Pa, 1 kHz)
|Frequency Response (Microphone)
|100 - 10,000 Hz
|Polar Pattern (Microphone)
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Comments about Audio-Technica ATH-CKX9iS SonicFuel™ In-ear Headphones with In-line Mic & Control:
I purchased the ATH-CKX9iS back in January 2014 on the reputation of the M50. Had them for about a week before a static/cracking of the audio began when the jack would move around. Just normal swivel?That later turn into a consistent audio cracking when adjusting the volume the built-in volume control. I did send them in for a warranty replacement and got a second pair with great response. Three weeks into the second pair and now the left the phone?s audio has diminished to a faint sound. Very disappointing? Prior to buying these I had a competitor pair of headphones that provided me 3 great years of awesome sound and reliability. They eventually gave into the many hours of use and abuse of airport travel, exercise and lawn work. These were to be the replacement.
Can?t say that I hate these headphones as the c-tip design, which I was hesitant on initially, works out great for staying in the ear. That was my only complaint to my previous headphones, they were not great for working out or moving around a lot. However, they did provide the most basic and critical feature?sound quality with great noise isolation. The CKX9iS do not do as great of a job of isolating outside noise which is OK when you can turn up the volume to compensate. I will attempt to get a third pair but maybe I will opt to get the 9i vs. the 9iS as I think the issue is with built-in Mic and volume control.
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Comments about Audio-Technica ATH-CKX9iS SonicFuel™ In-ear Headphones with In-line Mic & Control:
Received a pair and was blown away by how clear and true the sound is. I own the over the ear beats by dre and these completely blow them out of the water. I listened to the same song on both headphones and by far the ckx9is won without a doubt. I find myself listening to the songs I have listened to before only to hear new things I haven't before.
Comfortability is good. I had these of for 7 hours straight without and discomfort.
The mic worked perfectly and everyone could hear me fine on the other end.
The seal these headphones deliver is great. I had them on riding in a semi and the seal was good enough that I could listen to my Ipod at 60% and not be bothered by the engine. I would assume then they would be good for usage on a plane.
I use these every day about an hour or so and have had used them over 40 hours. In my experience I noticed a slightly better sound after 4 hours of use. Your experience might differ. I was looking for a pair of headphones at $100 and I couldn't be happier. After listening to these I don't think I would ever buy another brand of headphones as the quality, sound, looks, and basically everything exceeded my expectations.
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Q:Does the tip rotate on this model as it does on the 5is and 7is?
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Q:Are the Sonic Ear Ckx9 sound isolating? Do they block out any outside noise?
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Mid-Winter Festival
Doors open at 12:30 pm
Volunteers are Needed - Please Click Here to Volunteer!!!
Since 1974 the AFTM has been here spreading the joy of the music from tradition. There's a lot to learn - so we'll have workshops on instrumental and vocal styles, a whole day of great performances, chances to dance and places to pick & jam.
Bands on Stage
1:00-1:15 Mark Gilston will be the piper, leading everyone in to the auditorium. He may play whatever he likes after the initial piping.
1:20-1:45 Tur Swedish Swedish folk dance music from Lane Foster Harrell and friends. Bring feet!
2:00-2:45 Redfire Stringband 3-part vocal harmonies and instrumental melodies to offer a refreshing mix of original and traditional oldtime and gospel songs and Appalachian fiddle tunes.
3:00-3:45 Rosebud seasoned musicians and a fresh face performing the very best of vintage country music. Old friends Robert Griffith, Tim Wilson, Gary Mortensen, Nancy McClintock and Rose Griffith bring back the likes of Webb Pierce, Ernest Tubb, Mel Tillis, Buck Owens…..Good company all around
4:00-4:30 Danny Santos y los Bluegrass Vatos Danny Santos melds the inspiration of his Chicano heritage, a musical legacy ranging from Hank Williams to the Beatles, and a Texas-sized determination to create a unique mix of country/folk tinged with bluegrass and the blues.
5:00-5:45 Big Muhly An old-time string band organically grown in the Austin soil from local and international heirloom seeds. 100% recycled material!
6:00-6:45 Ed Miller Scotland's second best export, Ed is one of the finest singers of the Scottish song tradition, loved the world 'round!
7:00-7:45 Three Hands High New songs, solid Bluegrass expertise. Three-part harmonies, double entendres. Singularly memorable music.
8:00-8:45 Chansons et Soulards Old, smokey Cajun dance hall tunes from years ago. Music that you can either drink to, cry to, or dance. All at one, if you're able.
Workshops throughout the day - For Schedule, click here.
Between the workshops, the performances and the silent auction, there is something for everyone at the AFTM Mid-Winter Festival! This festival goes on each year and is possible only by the time and effort of AFTM members and volunteers. We want to sincerely thank you in advance for donated items to the silent auction, the volunteers who help to make this event run smoothly and last but not least the musicians for being so generous with their time and expertise in their performances and workshops.
Performances 1PM - 9PM *** Workshops 1:30 PM - 4:15 PM
The funds raised at the festival will go a long way towards helping AFTM to bring great live traditional music to the Austin community in 2016! Also, we look forward to getting more young people from our community involved in traditional music through our Young Musician's Grant (deadline for applications: Feb. 8, 2015)!
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The festival is at the Dougherty Arts Center, 1110 Barton Springs Rd in Austin (map). The Dougherty auditorium is a really sweet listening space with great sound and stadium seating so everyone can see and hear. You can move around the Center to attend workshops, get a bite to eat, bid on auction items, check out the art or just stretch your legs. Jamming is likely and encouraged!
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Close to shops
This oceanfront Daytona Beach resort, across from the Bellair Plaza shopping center, is within 3 miles of Daytona Lagoon water park, Daytona Beach Boardwalk, and Ocean Walk Shoppes.
Swimming and shuffleboard
LaPlaya Resort, Daytona Beach, offers an outdoor pool that lies alongside the beach; a shuffleboard court; laundry facilities; and a restaurant where a daily breakfast buffet is offered.
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LaPlaya Resort, Daytona Beach2500 N Atlantic Ave Daytona Beach FL 32118
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Hotel Amenities
This Daytona Beach resort is 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) from the convention center, Ocean Walk Shoppes, and the Daytona Beach Fishing Pier. Shops, restaurants, and a grocery store where guests can stock up on food and essentials are across the street.
Guests can enjoy ocean views at LaPlaya Resort, Daytona Beach's onsite bar, where live comedy shows are featured every Friday and Saturday night. Guests can also enjoy an outdoor pool, a children's pool, and a poolside bar. Complimentary wireless Internet access is provided throughout the building, and an ATM is on site. Parking is included in the resort fee.
- 24-hour business center
- 24-hour front desk
- ATM/banking
- Bar/lounge
- Elevator/lift
- Free breakfast
- Free WiFi
- Laundry facilities
- Meeting rooms
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Number of floors - 9
- Outdoor pool
- Parking (limited spaces)
- Poolside bar
- Restaurant
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Spa tub
- Television in common areas
- Total number of rooms - 238
- Wedding services
Family Friendly Amenities
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Microwave
- Outdoor pool
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge), Parking (limited spaces)
Room Amenities
- Access via exterior corridors
- Air conditioning
- Balcony
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Cable TV service
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free toiletries
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Daily housekeeping
- Free WiFi
- Hair dryer
- In-room safe
- Iron/ironing board
- Microwave
- Phone
- Private bathroom
- Shower/tub combination
Where to Eat
Veranda Restaurant - Casual restaurant off the lobby serves breakfast daily and is open from early morning until late morning.
La Playa does not have a restaurant that serves dinner, but there are several dining options within the surrounding area.
Nearby restaurants:
Red Lobster
Olive Garden
Guests can enjoy live comedy shows on Friday and Saturday evenings at The Penthouse Lounge, featuring comics from HBO, Cinemax, and Comedy Central.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities include an outdoor pool and shuffleboard courts.
Personal watercraft, parasails, and banana boats are available on the beach (surcharges apply). Fishing equipment is available at the Daytona Beach fishing pier (3 miles away; surcharge). Water rides and wave pools are available at Daytona Lagoon (2.5 miles away; surcharge).
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Parasailing nearby
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- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
- Pets not allowed
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Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Deposit: USD 100 per stay (for stays between 1 January - 31 December)
- Cash deposit for Spring Break: USD 100 per night for guests under 25 years old staying between 01 03 - 31 03
- Resort fee: USD 9.95 per accommodation, per night
- Beach towels
- Internet access
- In-room safe
- Self parking
- Parking
Optional extras
- Self parking fee: USD 10.66 per night
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- La Playa Resort
- La Playa Resort Condo Daytona Beach
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Swimming Pool
Loved the food absolutely delicious and the hotel surroundings...beautiful!!
the beach!
Very responsive staff and flexibility while offering type of stay. Bree bicycles with baby chair :-)
Didn't like food at all. Very poor breakfast, limited menu at lunch and fixed dinner set for fixed price with no any choice :-(
Beautiful hotel in a nice and quiet spot near a splendid sandy beach with only a few people on it. Beuatiful pool with comfortable chairs and bathing towels avalaible in the room. Vast choice at breakfast. Friendly personnel.
Bathroom and especially shower are a little bit tiny.
beautiful exotic park, white sandy beach with transparent and clean water, delicious food in gorgeous garden/terrasse, superb spa, etc...
Clear blue waters
There are 21 restaurants but in fact only one or two r worth it. Had to get up very early to get sunbeds on the beach, otherwise u pay like 20 eur everyday (it's not official!!!) to those stuff beach guys. C'mon, it's a luxury resort, isn't it?!
Still difficult to find as there is absolutely no sign, not even at the entry!!!GPS Data is wrong in booking.com so it took us 1,5 hours to get in (only after we called the reception and they guided us) hotel is very nice and luxury (!) food is good and service very friendly, garden and pools is great to relax.
Rooms are very small, same for bathroom (there is not even a table in the bathroom to put your belongings on) and rooms are not well noise protected so you can hear your naighbours talk (not shout) but as visitors are more upper-class (so no youth hostel atmosphere ;-) it is not to disturbing and quiet during the night. No German tv stations
Liked the private terrace in our upstairs room. Also, the peace and tranquility. Pool area was very comfortable. Staff attentive and helpful.
It was hard to find ! Even though it is situated just off the main road past Pula, there Thre are , as yet, no signs at all to tell you that you're outside the Villa Borgo. Watch out for signs to the Batixxedu restaurant and be brave enough to press entryphone for the first gated entrance on the right. Apparently the signs are ready once the Local Authority give permission.
The staff were very friendly and helpful and I loved the train to the beach - the driver was particularly warm and professional.
I didn't particularly like the restaurant right near the beach. The staff there weren't particularly welcoming. We got there 5 minutes to 4 and they didn't come to the table until 10 minutes past and then told us gruffly that the kitchen was closed and all we could have was pizza.
terrific site (most beautiful beaches I have ever seen!), also the buildings and accomoditions in the resort are lovely. very friendly people. clean room. nice breakfast.
very quiet in low season (we stayed half May), the shops and some restaurants at the resort were closed. old fashioned tv with few channels.
The hotel has a very relaxed attittude and is extremely family friendly and evenings quiet on the entertainment front however you can walk across the road and enjoy the facilities of Le Meredien hotel.
My only comment would be that during the dates we stayed 7/09/08 - 14/09/08 it was very noticeable that it was end of season! The bar had shut early, certain wines not available andgreat confusion as to where to collect beach towels!
Fantastic beach, beautiful surroundings and crystal clear water. Excellent buffet with lots of fresh seafood.
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Assessment of coronary artery stent restenosis by 64-slice multi-detector computed tomography
Aims We investigated the feasibility of assessing coronary artery stent restenosis using a new generation 64-slice multi-detector computed tomography-scanner (MDCT) in comparison to conventional quantitative angiography.
Methods and results MDCT was performed in 64 consecutive patients (mean age 58±10 years) with previously implanted coronary artery stents (102 stented lesions: mean stent diameter 3.17±0.38 mm). Each stent was classified as 'evaluable' or 'unevaluable', and in evaluable stents, the presence of in-stent restenosis (diameter reduction >50%) was determined visually. Results were verified against invasive, quantitative coronary angiography. Fifty-nine stented lesions (58%) were classified as evaluable in MDCT. The mean diameter of evaluable stents was 3.28±0.40 mm, whereas the mean diameter of non-evaluable stents was 3.03±0.31 mm (P=0.0002). Overall, six of 12 in-stent restenoses were correctly detected by MDCT [50% sensitivity (confidence interval 22–77%)] and in 51 of 90 lesions, in-stent restenosis was correctly ruled out [57% specificity (46–67%)]. In evaluable stents, six of seven in-stent restenoses were correctly detected, and the absence of in-stent stenosis was correctly identified in 51 of 52 cases [sensitivity 86% (42–99%) and specificity 98% (88–100%)].
Conclusion Stent type and diameter influence evaluability concerning in-stent restenosis by MDCT. The rate of assessable stents is low, but in evaluable stents, accuracy for detection of in-stent restenosis can be high.
- Computed tomography
- Stent
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The clinical incidence of restenosis after coronary stent implantation is ∼20–35% for bare metal stents and 5–10% for drug-eluting stents,1–5 but it can be higher in certain subsets of lesions such as long stenoses, bifurcation lesions, or lesions in small coronary arteries.6–8 Given the high number of patients who receive coronary artery stents, a non-invasive tool for the reliable detection of in-stent restenosis would be clinically useful. Standard non-invasive techniques, such as stress testing, lack sufficient sensitivity and specifity.9 Thus, there has been growing interest in the use of multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) for the assessment of coronary artery stents. Sixteen-slice and 64-slice MDCT have been shown to permit the detection of coronary artery stenoses in the native coronary arteries with sensitivities and specificities up to 99%,10–20 but did not show sufficient spatial and temporal resolution for the detection of in-stent restenosis. In five studies performed with 16- and 40-slice MDCT and including 42 to 232 stents, up to 77% of stents were considered 'unevaluable' and even in the evaluable stents, sensitivities and specificities for the detection of in-stent restenosis were as low as 54%.21–25 Two studies (29 and 75 patients) investigated the use of 16- and 64-slice CT for the assessment of stents in the left main coronary artery and found lower rates of unevaluable stents (7 and 5%).26,27 In both studies, all in-stent restenoses were detected by MDCT. The mean diameter of the stents was 3.9 mm in both studies, which indicated that the limited spatial resolution of 16-slice MDCT may be one of the reasons for the low number of evaluable stents in the other coronary arteries.
Sixty-four-slice MDCT has higher spatial and temporal resolution than previous scanner generations, but its accuracy for detection of in-stent restenosis has not been reported. We therefore investigated 64 consecutive patients with 102 stented lesions to systematically evaluate the method's potential to assess coronary artery stents of various types and sizes concerning the presence of in-stent restenosis.
Sixty-four consecutive patients with previous stent implantation (102 stented lesions) who were scheduled for invasive coronary angiography were included in the study. If two stents were contiguously implanted in one lesion, they were considered as one single stent (in all lesions with two implanted stents, the stents were of equal type and diameter).
Forty-one patients were male and 23 were female, the mean age was 58±10 years. Table 1 lists details of the implanted stents. The mean time interval from stent implantation to inclusion in the study was 13.5±16.4 months (4–70 months).
|Type of stent
|Mean diameter (mm)
|Evaluable (%)
|BX Sonic®
|38 (61)
|10 (36)
|8 (89)
|3 (100)
|59 (58%)
aOther stents: 2×Vision® (diameters 3.0 and 4.0 mm) and 1× Lekton® (diameter 5.0 mm).
Stent-in-stent implantation and renal failure, known allergy to contrast agent, possible pregnancy, and non-sinus rhythm were exclusion criteria for the study. All coronary artery stents in native or coronary bypass vessels were included, and stent type and nominal stent diameter were documented. All patients gave written informed consent to the study procedure and the study was approved by the institutional review board.
Patients with a heart rate greater than 60 b.p.m. received 100 mg of atenolol orally 45 min before MDCT. If the heart rate remained above 60 b.p.m. at the time of the MDCT scan, up to four doses of 5 mg metoprolol were given intravenously. Mean heart rate during the MDCT scan was 60±5 b.p.m. (range: 49–64 b.p.m.). All patients received a total dose of 0.8 mg isosorbide dinitrate sublingually before the MDCT examination.
Images were acquired using a 64-slice MDCT scanner (Somatom Sensation 64, Siemens Medical Solutions, Forchheim, Germany), with 64×0.6 mm collimation, 330 ms rotation time, and a table feed of 3.8 mm per rotation. The contrast agent transit time was measured using a test bolus injection (10 mL contrast agent, followed by 50 mL saline solution, all at a flow rate of 5 mL/s) as reported previously.19 For visualization of the coronary arteries and stents, 55–75 mL of contrast agent (370 mg iodine/ml) was injected intravenously at 5 mL/s, followed by 50 mL of saline solution. Tube voltage was 120 kV and effective tube current was 850 mAs. Tube current modulation was used in 34 patients with a heart rate of <60 b.p.m. to reduce radiation exposure during systole. In patients with a heart rate of greater 60 b.p.m., tube current modulation was deactivated to allow maximal flexibility in chosing image reconstruction intervals.
Reconstructions were obtained at 70% of the R–R interval using a sharp reconstruction kernel (B46f), with a slice thickness of 0.6 mm and increment of 0.3 mm. If the data set showed motion artefact, additional reconstructions were performed in 5% decrements (65%, 60%, 55%, …) until a data set free of motion artefact was obtained. This included data sets reconstructed in systole, if diastolic data sets showed motion artefact. If no data set was entirely free of motion artefact, the data set with best image quality in the region of the implanted stent was used for further analysis.
MDCT data sets were analysed on dedicated workstations (Leonardo®, Siemens Medical Solutions). Review of the original transaxial images, oblique multi-planar reconstructions (MPRs), and curved MPR were used to evaluate the implanted coronary stents concerning the presence of in-stent restenosis (Figure 1). Two readers experienced in cardiac MDCT and blinded to the patients' clinical history as well as the stent type and dimensions jointly analysed all implanted coronary artery stents in consensus. In a first step, each stent was classified as 'evaluable' or unevaluable. A stent was classified as unevaluable if blurring of the stent contours or image noise prevented clear separation of the metal stent structure and the in-stent lumen. In a second step, evaluable stents were visually classified as to the presence or absence of in-stent restenosis (diameter reduction ≥50%).
Invasive coronary angiography was performed 1–20 days after MDCT scanning. After intracoronary injection of 0.2 mg of isosorbide dinitrate, standardized projections showing the stented segment in at least two projections were obtained. Invasive angiograms were evaluated off-line using quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) software (QuantCor®, Siemens Medical Solutions) by an experienced observer unaware of MDCT results. A significant in-stent restenosis was classified if a diameter reduction of 50% or more when compared with the original stent diameter was present.
Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) were calculated for evaluable stents, for stents with a diameter >3.0 mm, equal to 3.0 mm, and <3.0 mm as well as per patient (detection of at least one in-stent stenosis per patient, with unevaluable stents classified as having in-stent stenosis). Confidence intervals were calculated using the efficient-score method (corrected for continuity).28 As no patient had more than one lesion with in-stent stenosis, correction for in-patient correlation was not performed.
χ2 test was used to compare the rate of unevaluable stents depending on heart rate and stent type. Mean diameters of evaluable and unevaluable stents were compared using the Mann–Whitney U test. All tests were two-tailed and a P-value less than 0.05 was considered significant.
A sample size of 100 stented lesions was determined under the assumption of a restenosis rate of 20% in order to be able to prove a sensitivity of at least 75% of MDCT for detection of in-stent stenosis with a power of 75%.
Eighty-four patients were initially screened for inclusion in the study. Twenty could not be included because of elevated serum creatinine level (>1.5 mg/dL, n=8), atrial fibrillation (n=7), previous stent-in-stent implantation (n=2), or because they refused participation (n=3), so that 64 patients underwent 64-slice MDCT.
Fifty-nine of all 102 stented lesions (58%) were classified as evaluable in MDCT. The mean diameter of stents classified as unevaluable was 3.03±0.31 mm (range: 2.5–4.0 mm), whereas the mean diameter of evaluable stents was 3.28±0.40 mm (range: 2.75–5.0 mm, P=0.0002). Of all 13 stents with a diameter of <3.0 mm, only one stent (2.75 mm diameter) was classified as evaluable (and correctly determined to be free of restenosis). Thirty-three of all 57 stents with a diameter of 3.0 mm and 25 of 32 stents with a diameter >3.0 mm were classified as evaluable. Motion artefacts were visually detectable in 15 stents, which were classified as unevaluable (Figure 2). Nineteen of 46 stents in patients with a heart rate ≤60 b.p.m. and 24 of 56 stents in patients with a heart rate >60 b.p.m. were classified as unevaluable (P=0.08).
Stent type had an influence on evaluability. Of all 31 stents with a diameter ≥3.0 mm that were classified as unevaluable, 30 were of the BxSonic® (n=20), or Cypher® type (n=10), both share the same strut system with a strut thickness of 0.14 mm. In comparison, only one of nine Taxus® stents, which have strut thickness of 0.13 mm, was classified as unevaluable (P=0.001 for Cypher in comparison with Taxus and 0.03 for BxSonic in comparison with Taxus).
Overall, 12 out of 102 stented lesions showed significant in-stent stenosis in QCA. Six of these were correctly detected by MDCT (overall sensitivity 50%, confidence interval 22–77%). Fifty-one of 90 stented lesions without restenosis were correctly classified by MDCT (overall specificity 57%, confidence interval 46–67%).
In the 59 evaluable stented lesions, MDCT correctly detected six of seven in-stent restenoses (sensitivity 86%, confidence interval 42–99%) and correctly ruled out the presence of in-stent restenosis in 51 of 52 cases (specificity 98%, confidence interval 88–99%). PPV was 86% (confidence interval 42–99%) and NPV was 98% (confidence interval 88–99%) (Table 2; Figures 3 and 4).
|Evaluable (%)
|Sensitivity (%)
|Specificity (%)
|Positive predictive value (%)
|Negative predictive value (%)
|All stents
|59 (58)
|86 (42–99)
|98 (88–100)
|86 (42–99)
|98 (88–100)
|≥3.5 mm
|35 (78)
|100 (5–100)
|100 (83–100)
|100 (5–100)
|100 (5–100)
|3.0 mm
|33 (58)
|83 (36–99)
|96 (79–99)
|83 (36–99)
|96 (79–99)
|<3.0 mm
|1 (8)
|100 (5–100)
|100 (5–100)
|Per patienta
|33 (52)
|83 (36–99)
|46 (33–60)
|10 (5–30)
|96 (79–99)
Confidence intervals are given in parentheses.
aIn the per-patient analysis, unevaluable stents were regarded as having significant in-stent restenosis in MDCT.
Owing to artefacts caused by metal, the visualization of the lumen within coronary artery stents by MDCT is more challenging than the assessment of the native coronary arteries. Although accuracies reported for the assessment of coronary artery stenoses in non-stented arteries by 16- and 64-slice MDCT are high, only a small number of studies have evaluated the value of MDCT to detect in-stent restenosis.21–27 In those studies, most performed by 16-slice CT, the rate of evaluable stents was low and even in assessable stents—with the exception of large stents implanted in the left main coronary artery—sensitivity for the detection of in-stent restenosis was only between 54 and 83%. Next to the type of scanner used, several factors that influence assessability of stents have been identified. They include the type of stent, as shown in phantom studies.29,30 Also, there have been indications that stent diameter plays a significant role. In the study by Schuijf et al.,22 28% of stents with a diameter ≤3.0 mm, but only 10% of stents with a diameter of >3.0 mm, were unevaluable. In a study by Gilard et al.,26 which included only stents implanted in the left main coronary artery—with a large mean diameter of 3.9 mm—all stents were assessable and all four restenoses were detectable by CT. In another study by the same group—with 232 included stents, the largest such study to date—49% of stents with a diameter ≤3.0 mm and 18% of stents with a diameter >3.0 mm could be evaluated.21 Gaspar et al.25 found that with 40-slice CT (which has a similar spatial resolution to the 64-slice scanner), all of 111 stents were evaluable (with a mean stent diameter of 3.3 mm), but only 72% of in-stent restenoses were detected.
Our series confirms that even with improved scanner technology, evaluation of implanted coronary artery stents remains challenging. Similar to the earlier studies performed by 16- and 40-slice MDCT, we also found a significant influence of stent diameter on evaluability, with 3.5 mm being a threshold below which the rate of evaluable stents is very low. Stent type was associated with evaluability because Taxus stents (with a strut thickness of 0.13 mm) were evaluable at a substantially higher rate than those with a strut thickness of 0.14 mm (Cypher and BxSonic). After exclusion of all unevaluable stents, sensitivity for the detection of in-stent restenosis was 86% (with a specificity of 98%), which indicates that clinical applications might be possible if the problem of stent evaluability was solved. However, the high frequency of cases with un-interpretable image quality—an overall rate of 42% in our series and 32% even in patients with stents of >3 mm diameter—precludes the application of MDCT for coronary angiography in unselected patients with implanted coronary artery stents.
Although we report on the first series of consecutive patients with implanted coronary artery stents evaluated by 64-slice CT to date, the study suffers several limitations. The overall rate of stents with a significant stenosis was low, with only 12 restenoses in 102 stented lesions and only seven restenoses in evaluable stents. The low rate of restenosis was below our assumptions for the power calculation and led to wide confidence intervals. The fact that 97% of included stents were of the type Taxus, Cypher, or BxSonic constitutes an advantage of our study, because it permits more systematic assessment of the influence of stent diameter, but also limits our results to only a small number of all coronary stents that are commercially available. Finally, we used a simple definition of in-stent restenosis (diameter reduction >50%), although many other potential definitions, such as per-segment restenosis and late lumen loss (absolute decrease of minimal stent lumen from post-intervention to follow-up), have also been proposed and there is no straightforward correlation between any definition of in-stent stenosis and its haemodynamic relevance.
In conclusion, our study helps to identify factors that influence the assessability of coronary artery stents by 64-slice CT, namely, stent type and diameter. It shows that under certain conditions, the detection of in-stent restenosis might be possible with an accuracy that could permit clinical applications, but that the relatively high rate of unevaluable stents currently does not allow to use MDCT for coronary angiography in unselected patients with implanted stents in coronary arteries or bypass grafts.
Conflict of interest: S.A. and A.K. have received research grants from Siemens Medical Solutions.
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so man utd, chelsea, liverpool, man city, inter, milan and real madrid are all going to be banned from CL? Somehow i think platini will make exceptions to his rule (as usual) and allow the aforementioned teams in anyway, even if they aren't complying by the rules


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DCCK guest post: A visitor from across the pond
My name is Vikas, and I'm the CEO of a group of companies based in Manchester, United Kingdom. I spend about one third of all my time on philanthropic projects. I had read a lot over the years about DC Central Kitchen, and during a recent visit to an international trade summit in Washington, D.C. I couldn't resist the opportunity to pay them a visit.
A wonderfully warm greeting was my first experience of DC Central Kitchen (DCCK), and within minutes of arriving and I was engrossed in conversation with a smartly dressed and confident woman, Tarina (pictured above), in a DC Central Kitchen uniform telling me about how wonderful this organization was. It was just half an hour later that this woman would tell me her story, describing how she was an ex-convict, spent part of her life homeless, and never thought she would ever get away from her drug and alcohol addictions. My host (Andy, the organization's COO) also told me that when he first met this lady she was introverted, isolated and broken. Just one year later, here she was – one of the warmest, happiest and most confident people you could wish to meet, a transformation she attributes to DC Central Kitchen.
In 25 years, DCCK has grown from being an idea to becoming an organization with an annual budget of $13 million and more than 150 employees. The numbers are staggering: DC Central Kitchen prepares and distributes close to 1 million meals a year for local nonprofits, including homeless shelters, rehabilitation clinics, and afterschool programs. Aside from the (obvious) nutritional impact, their meal distribution program also saves their nonprofit partners close to $3.7 million in food costs.
Given that close to 100% of their Culinary Job Training program cohort arrived facing severe life challenges – the majority having periods of incarceration, drug or alcohol abuse issues, and chronic unemployment – it's incredible that in 2014, the program's graduates had a 93% job placement rate (one graduate is even a cook at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building for the White House).
"We want to be a model for businesses," Andy said to me. "We're a living wage employer, and we want to show people that you can run a business, change lives, and make a profit in the process…"
Similarly unusual in the sector is the distance they manage to keep between the hard-reality of running a non-profit, and the soul needed to bind together souls.
A tour of the kitchen was the next wonderful part of my journey, meeting dozens of graduates of DCCK's program whose lives had been transformed with a mix of empowerment classes, structured (paid) work opportunities, and the chance to build a new family within DCCK's walls. The atmosphere is light, fun, and much like a 'start-up,' but behind this exterior is a very serious social enterprise, one that operates with the efficiency of a for-profit entity while supporting DCCK's training program.
That's all before we even look at their national sister organization, The Campus Kitchens Project (replicating DCCK's core activities at college and high schools throughout the US).
By this point, I was hugely inspired by DCCK when I met Jeff Rustin. Jeff has been with the organization for just over four years and runs their daily empowerment program (and much, much, more). He is exactly the mentor that every young person in the USA should have, and told me stories of many of the people they've helped, including one harrowing account of a woman who was beaten to within an inch of her life by her partner, and had put her four young kids to bed in their car for their own safety, on one of the coldest days of the year. When Jeff reached them, the children were practically frost-bitten and he took them to hospital, along with their mother, and started working with them. Only a short time later, the family is doing well, has a home of their own, and two of the kids are even in college. They're so grateful, that Jeff gets a Father's Day card from them. This is just one of thousands of stories DCCK sees.
One of the most powerful things DC Central Kitchen has is its authenticity. This is not a charity that just means well, but one that is made up of people that have been through, experienced, and overcome the challenges that their beneficiaries face in their daily lives. Jeff recounted the story of speaking to a group of young men, who had histories of incarceration, and who were struggling to connect to him and his other speaker.
"I still know my number!" he told them (speaking of the unique number each inmate gets when they go to prison). "….I asked these young guys, who has a number lower than mine? Come on! Stand up! Nobody did…" Having spent many of his formative years in jail (before most of his audience were even born), he has turned his life around in the most profound way possible and now helps thousands of people to do the same. "People need to have faith, I'm not talking about God, but they need faith in something, and most of all, themselves…."
Poverty is endemic in the developed world. Whether you go to Europe, the USA or elsewhere – behind the wonderful shiny exterior of business hotels, conferences, and tradeshows is the reality of cities where, as in the case of most American cities, one in four people are excluded from the economy. Organizations like DC Central Kitchen give the support people need to thrive, and also- frankly- to survive, and that's good for everyone.
During my time with DCCK, I asked a number of people I met what it was that kept them so close to the organization. Unanimously, the answer I got from every single person was single, "family."
Breaking the rules for Spring Break at DCCK
For most college students, Spring Break means more than traveling to tropical destinations. We see this firsthand at DC Central Kitchen during the months of March and April when we welcome floods of eager young people looking to make a difference.
For years we've welcomed to our kitchen hundreds of young people from across the globe that choose to spend their Spring Breaks partaking in service projects, learning about different people and places, and being active citizens in their community.
So far, 2015 has been no exception. In the last two weeks alone we have hosted approximately 250 student volunteers who will work alongside our staff, mostly graduates of our Culinary Job Training program, to help process more than 3,000 pounds of healthy produce during their three-hour shift slicing and dicing. We're already scheduled to host another 175 more for the remainder of March and April!
Thanks to these bright young people who are visiting DC for any number of reasons during their Alternative Spring Break, we'll continue to prepare and distribute 5,000 meals a day to nearby homeless shelters, afterschool programs and rehabilitation clinics.
To name just a few of our counterparts in service, by the end of April we'll have enjoyed hosting student volunteers from colleges and universities including William and Mary, Penn State, Ithaca College, Wake Forest University, Belmont University, Pepperdine University, Kent State, Eastern Kentucky University, Georgetown University, American University, and George Washington University.
Thanks to everyone who has given their time in service to DC Central Kitchen and to bettering the lives of our neighbors here in DC. If you enjoyed your experience and it was your first touch point to the issues of food waste and food insecurity, we'd encourage you to look into whether your school has a Campus Kitchen.
The Campus Kitchens Project is our national sister organization that empowers student volunteers to fight hunger in their community. At each of the 43 Campus Kitchens nationwide, students lead efforts to combat food waste and hunger by collecting surplus food from on-campus dining halls, community gardens, restaurants, and grocery stores and transforming it into healthy meals. In the last academic year, Campus Kitchens across the country rescued more than 823,549 pounds of food and served 293,963 meals to 12,006 clients.
Click here to learn more about starting your own Campus Kitchen or about how to volunteer with DCCK.
What cold weather means at DCCK
Cold weather brings changes to DC Central Kitchen's daily operations. The city's homeless shelters we serve are typically closed during the day, but when the temperature drops below 32 degrees, they stay open so clients aren't forced to go out into freezing temperatures.
DC Central Kitchen's meal distribution program increases its production during what's known as "hypothermia season" to support the greater demand for meals. Homeless shelters will add more beds temporarily to support additional clients seeking shelter, and some sites will open on an emergency basis as well.
As members of the DC community, we can all play a role in protecting the homeless from extreme weather injury. Call the Shelter Hotline when you see a person who is homeless and may be impacted by extreme temperatures. The Shelter Hotline is operated by the United Planning Organization (UPO). You can reach the hotline by calling (202) 399-7093, or toll-free 1 (800) 535-7252.
Barbeque Fare Spices Things Up for DCCK
At DC Central Kitchen, we always want the meals we provide to our partners to be nutritious, delicious and dignified. Barbeque food is something that our clients have requested before, but because our meals are created largely with recycled food, we haven't been able to easily accommodate this simple summer request.
So, when our friends at the Liaison Capitol Hill and Art & Soul asked if they could donate 3000 hot dogs and hamburgers and come cook them, we jumped at the chance to provide meals that were not only going to be tasty and fun, but also met a preexisting request.
A linchpin to this culinary treat was Chef Derrick Wood, owner of Dyvine BBQ in Motion, who donated his impressive mobile grill and smoker for the day to help us create the authentic barbeque flavor. And, thanks to Art & Soul Executive Chef, Doug Alexander, Sous Chef Leo Ferrerio,and the volunteers from Liaison and Art & Soul, we prepped and barbequed 3000 hot dogs and hamburgers that were served with traditional favorites – baked beans, and coleslaw – to our partner agencies for dinner.
Big thanks to the chefs and our volunteers for sharing the food, your time, and your culinary talents that allowed us to provide an extra special summer meal for those in need.
Connecting 15,000 Volunteers to Our Mission
In late spring, DC Central Kitchen Volunteer Manager Pertula George-Redd introduced a new, interactive volunteer orientation. With 15,000 volunteers working at the Kitchen each year, the orientation is a powerful way to share why our mission and our work is so important.
"A lot of volunteers don't know that much about hunger in DC or how DC Central Kitchen's programs are helping. I think volunteers want to learn more, and find out where and how they can help. That's why it's so important to really discuss what their work in the kitchen means."
There are two orientation activities, each designed to stimulate a meaningful discussion about hunger and poverty in DC. In one activity, volunteers read a card with a statement like, "stand up if you had breakfast this morning," and on the opposite side of the card is a statistic about food insecurity. In the other activity, volunteers are asked to consider what expenses they would cut based on a specific low-income family scenario and budget.
One volunteer wrote in a follow-up survey, "I really enjoyed the orientation, and the cards helped [me] gain a better appreciation of the very real issues facing those less fortunate in our community." Both activities are simple ways to get volunteers to learn about and better relate to the challenges low income Americans face trying to make ends meet. The orientation activities provide a much needed a desired context for the work each volunteer does in the kitchen.
A simple change like this can have a tremendous impact on the community when volunteers leave the kitchen better informed about the very real issues of hunger and poverty, and also filled with the efficacy to take action to help strengthen our community.
Check out our new volunteer orientation yourself by signing yourself (or a group of friends or co-workers) up for a volunteer shift: www.dccentralkitchen.org/volunteer.
Volunteer Profile: Suga Chef Brings Style, Sweets to DCCK
The students of the first Culinary Job Training class at Central Union Mission yesterday got their first taste of cooking sweets this week thanks to Chef Padua Playa, aka Suga Chef, who taught the students how to make a cold orange soufflé.
Chef Padua won the High Stakes Cakes competition at our 10th annual Capital Food Fight in November, but his history with DC Central Kitchen goes beyond that. He first became acquainted with the Kitchen when his cousin graduated from the Culinary Job Training Program seven years ago. Chef Padua has been coming back ever since. "Coming to the Kitchen gives me some grounding. It's nice to give back to people who actually appreciate it, and it's rewarding too."
The orange soufflé lesson was a perfect complement to the class's emphasis on eggs this week in their culinary instruction. Chef Padua chose the dessert because it is cool, refreshing, and light, perfect for D.C.'s hot summers. "This was a fascinating cooking experience. I never thought you could use eggs in so many different ways. I never would have expected a soufflé," said student Derrick Howard.
For some of the students, this wasn't just the first time they whipped up sweets in the culinary program; it was the first time they created a sweet – ever. "I love when guest chefs come because we learn something so new. Especially me. I'm new to cooking so it's a wonderful opportunity," said student Kelvin Johnston.
Chef Padua is one of the 15,000 annual volunteers who lend their time and talents to DCCK, and you don't need to be an award winning chef like him to make a big difference. We have a critical need for emergency volunteers who can help on short notice when volunteer groups cancel. Join our list of emergency volunteers today.


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To a whole host of consumers, generic drugs are whole lot more than just good medicines. In addition to curing what ails them, they are also big-time money savers.
That's because on average generics cost a full 70% less than their bigger brand-named peers. The result is that cash strapped consumers now save over $10 billion every year at pharmacies across the country with the lower price knockoffs.
But as good as those generic drugs have been for consumers everywhere, to Big Pharma companies like Pfizer Inc.(NYSE: PFE) and Merck & Co. Inc.(NYSE: MRK), those same generics are a four-letter word. That's how much they hate them.
In fact, as a group generics are expected to wipe out $67 billion in revenues from Big Pharma between 2007 and 2012 as more and more blockbuster drugs go generic.
But as massive as those losses for Big Pharma are, however, on the flip side they are turning out to be nothing but a big boon for biotech stocks.
The reason for this is simple.
Faced with shrinking pipelines and falling revenues, the old way of drug development using chemistry alone is giving way to the modern technologies of gene sequencing, protein analysis, and nanotechnology . It's those same cutting edge areas that the biotechs dominate. And Big Pharma knows it.
And without the cutting edge research and development that the biotechs offer, revenues at the Big Pharma level will likely hit a wall.
Part of that reason lies in those same generics that Big Pharma loves to hate
Here's why.
In the United States, a company that develops a new drug can be granted a patent for the drug itself, for the way the drug is made, for the way the drug is to be used, and even for the method of delivering and releasing the drug into the bloodstream.
Those patents grant the company exclusive rights to a drug for 20 years. The problem however, is that it usually takes about 10 years in between the time a drug is discovered (when the patent is obtained) and the time the drug is approved for human use. That leaves the company only about half of the patent time to exclusively market a new drug.
After a patent has expired, other companies may produce and sell a generic version of the drug as long as the FDA has approved it, which is practically a given these days. And without all of the costs built into the product that were necessary to bring it to the market in the first place, generic companies can easily sell the identical drugs at much lower prices.
That just crushes revenues at companies like Merck.
Take Merck's osteoporosis drug Fosamax, for instance. In February, Merck will lose its exclusivity on the drug. As a result, sales of the drug are expected to plunge by 50% next year as generics knock offs begin to enter the marketplace. That means a cut in revenues for Merck from $3.1 billion in sales this year to likely $1.4 billion in 2008.
Big Pharma Turns to Biotech Stocks
That's one of the big reasons that Big Pharma has been turning to both acquisitions and partnerships with upstart biotechs companies. Because unlike traditional drugs, these new biologics are not yet vulnerable to generic competition since the FDA hasn't decided how to regulate them.
So instead of having only ten years of exclusivity to a particular therapeutic, these new classes of drugs are currently protected indefinitely.
But that is only part of the story.
The other is that faced with the economic pressures of a declining pipeline and diminishing returns for their own research and development, the truth is that these mergers and partnerships just make good business sense.
After all, the biotechs themselves have come a long way.
In fact, U.S. biotech sales grew 20% to $40.3 billion in 2006, compared to 8% growth in pharmaceutical sales, to $275 billion, according to pharma consulting outfit IMS Health.
Here's just a sampling of exactly where the biotech industry stands today.
The Biotech Gold Rush
It has been that type of industrywide advantage and performance that has led to a rush of activity to either scoop up these smaller biotech companies or to collaborate with them to bring new their new drugs to market.
In fact, just three weeks ago, Merck & Co. agreed to pay Swiss biotech Addex as much as $170 million to develop a new class of drugs for Parkinson's disease. Under the terms of the agreement, Addex and Merck will collaborate on the drug's preclinical development.
But Merck is hardly alone.
Numerous other drugmakers are also looking to fill their pipelines and are paying ever larger sums to biotech companies for early access to their cutting-edge developments.
And the key word there is early.
Because as is the case in most of these acquisitions, these news drugs are often several years away from the crucial Phase III trials that will actually bring them to market.
In fact, many of these acquisitions are occurring even before these new drugs even reach Phase II trials. That at least was the story in these recent buyouts as the bigger names gobbled up the smaller in the race to fill their pipelines:
Anavex and Big Pharma
One of the stocks, of course, that could be a big beneficiary in this rush to biotech gold by big Pharma is one that Brian Hicks recommended a few weeks ago called Anavex Life Sciences Corp.(OTC: AVXL). Stock shares of the company are up over 35% since it appeared in these pages just three weeks ago.
That's because Anavex's pipeline utilizes a fairly new and proprietary class of drugs that is very different from anything else on the market today.
In short, the story is this: The company's proprietary Sigmaceptor Technology Platform represents an area that has yet to be exploited by the big pharmaceutical companies.
That's true even though numerous scientific publications have exposed the enormous and versatile therapeutic benefits that this family of receptors represents. Those studies suggest that the novelty, efficacy and optimal safety profile of this new class of drugs has the potential to make a major market impact in the years to come.
So how big exactly is this market?
Well, given what this series of drugs will treat it is huge. It includes:
In short, all of big ones.
In fact, if the company is successful with all of its current trials it projects that it will eventually earn some $5.6 billion a year.
That, of course, is the reason why this relatively unknown biotech company has attracted so much attention to its stock lately even though its drugs are all in the very early stages of development.
That's because when it come to biotech stocks these days, Big Pharma has definitely begun to notice them in a big way.
That's a trend that will carry on into 2008 and beyond as Big Pharma fights the decline in revenues at the hands of the generics. That makes biotech stocks one of the places to be in the new year.
Wishing you happiness health, and wealth,
Steve Christ, Editor


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Earlier this week Max, Nick and I went to the New Optimists Forum – Future Foods, We're were there in a professional capacity Social Reporting from the evening to get an overview of the event online as it happened. This was Max's first outing as a social reporter and talking to him afterwards reminded me how tiring I found it when I first started live blogging events. So I asked him afterwards what 3 tips we could have given him before we went into the session to make it easier.
These were his responses;
1. Don't be complacent.
Max thought it was going to be easier than it actually was and didn't expect to be quite so tired afterwards – It's not an easy thing trying to record what is going on, keeping track of the sometimes multiple conversation and listening for a perfect sound bite to capture on camera.
2. Make sure your laptop is not too big.
Turning up with all the tools you'd need for a social reporting job as a *mobile" social reporter is easier if you have a lighter laptop. We had audio recorders, flip cameras, a stills camera and our laptops with us – spare batteries, spare chargers and a mi-fi – lugging that around can be tiring.
3. Don't delete anything.
Max admitted afterwards that the thing he found hardest was listening and picking out the "best" bits. He said he would start writing something and then something else interested would start to be discussed so he's scrap it and start again. He realised he could have just kept it all. He could have bullet pointed all interesting points and not worried about going into too much detail – if he'd wanted to elaborate further he could have grabbed the attendees for a video clip, getting them to reiterate the relevant points they'd made.
Social reporting is all about getting a flavour of an event, an overview of proceedings not precise minutes – it can be used at all kinds of events from large conferences to smaller neighbourhood meetings and everything in between.
It's a skill we are employed to use often and it is also a skill we teach in our aptly named "Social Reporter Training" packages where we look at the tools to use and the "how to" of social reporting and while we already teach "Don't delete anything" I think I'll be adding the rest of Max's tips into the next session we host.
Thanks for sharing this Steph, I think I've learned these things too through experience, having been trained by Podnosh. If I were to add a tip for someone getting a little more experienced it would be to look up and save weblinks to key people (e.g. speakers) and organisations involved in whatever you are reporting on. As I am often involved in facilitating my own events and at others, I struggle to report from them. So having advance access to the plans and hashtag for an event I was helping at last week, I actually set up scheduled tweets to share weblinks – which took pressure off on the day. And it took less that 20 mins to Storify straight afterwards: http://storify.com/dosticen/nothing-about-you-without-you
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Anthony Grifoni
For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
Steph Mundell
The Fujitsu LifeBook UH574 allowed for great mobility without being obnoxiously heavy or clunky. Its twelve hours of battery life did not disappoint.
Andrew Mitsi
The screen was particularly good. It is bright and visible from most angles, however heat is an issue, particularly around the Windows button on the front, and on the back where the battery housing is located.
Simon Harriott
My first impression after unboxing the Q702 is that it is a nice looking unit. Styling is somewhat minimalist but very effective. The tablet part, once detached, has a nice weight, and no buttons or switches are located in awkward or intrusive positions.
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