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The proteins were discovered by the Dutch chemist Gerhard Mulder (1802-1880). The word protein comes from the Greek word protos which means first, essential. This is probably referring to the fact that proteins are essential to life and they often constitute the majority of the dry weight of organisms (more than 50% of their dry weight).
Proteins are macromolecules consisting of amino acids which, in turn, are composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and sometimes sulfur. These amino acids are linked by peptide bonds in the form of long filaments (polypeptide chains). They wrap themselves in a virtually infinite number of spherical or helical forms, which explains the wide variety of functions performed by proteins. They are present in all living organisms and are essential to their operations. It is estimated that there are about thirty miles different proteins in humans, with only 2% have been described.
The form of the protein is highly variable: it is the long fibers found in connective tissue and hair to the compact, soluble globules that can cross the cell membrane. They serve to build and maintain the cells and their chemical degradation provides energy, producing about 5.7 kilocalories per gram. Apart from their role in the growth and maintenance of cells, proteins are also responsible for muscle contraction. Digestive enzymes are proteins, as well as the insulin and most other hormones, and antibodies of the immune system and the hemoglobin. The chromosomes that carry all of the hereditary form of genes, consist of nucleic acids and proteins (histones).
Amino acids
Amino acids (or amino acids) are organic compounds containing the amino group (-NH2) and carboxyl group (-COOH), and are the basic constituents of proteins.
Among amino acids, there are those who enter into the composition of proteins and are called alpha-amino acids and those that exist in nature but are not part of the composition of proteins.
Alpha-amino acids
Among amino acids, twenty are in the composition of proteins. These are the alpha-amino acids, molecules electrically charged or neutral: the alanine, the arginine, the asparagine, the aspartic acid, cysteine, the glutamic acid, glutamine, glycine, the histidine, the isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, proline, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine and valine.
These amino acids have the formula developed semi-General as follows: (Figure 1)
As shown in Figure 1, the amino and carboxyl groups are bound to the same atom, the carbon atom alpha. It is through the R group that molecules of the twenty amino acids differ from each other. In the simplest molecules of amino acids, glycine, R is a hydrogen atom. Other amino acids have more complex R groups, consisting of atoms of carbon, hydrogen, and in some cases, oxygen, nitrogen or sulfur.
Depending on the nature of group R, can be distinguished: aliphatic amino acids, aromatic amino acids, hydrophilic amino acids, hydrophobic amino acids, amino acids, alcohols, sulfur amino acids and amino acid nitrogen.
Amino acids are also classified according to their isoelectric pH, and there are three categories:
- Amino acids: Asparagine and glutamic acid (glutamate).
- The basic amino acids: Lysine, arginine, and histidine.
- The neutral amino acids: the other amino acids.
The isoelectric pH or isoelectric point (IP), is the pH where the molecule is in its zwitterionic form (ion mixed), its overall load being zero. If pH <IP, the overall load is positive, because the molecule tends to keep its protons or capture of acidic. If pH> IP, the overall load is negative, because the molecule tends to transfer its proton to the alkaline conditions.
Main amino acids
On Tables 1 and 2, amino acids are classified according to their hydrophobic or hydrophilic.
Nature of the group R
Formula of the group R
Name of amino acid (abbreviation)
Properties / Role in protein structure
Glycine (Gly, G)
Non-polar / steric The small footprint provides flexibility to the protein chain
Alanine (Ala, A)
Non-polar / steric The small footprint provides flexibility to the protein chain
Valine (Val, V)
Non-polar / steric The small footprint provides flexibility to the protein chain
Leucine (Leu, L)
Non-polar / steric The small footprint provides flexibility to the protein chain
Isoleucine (Ile, I)
Non-polar / steric The small footprint provides flexibility to the protein chain
Indole nucleus
Tryptophan (Trp, W)
Non-polar. The indole nucleus (In) strongly absorbs UV.
Aliphatic (folded)
Proline (Pro, P)
Nonpolar / The heterocyclic ring (the last carbon is connected to the N amine) confers rigidity to the protein chain
Phenylalanine (Phe, F)
Sulfur group
Methionine (Met, M)
Nature of the group R
Formula of the group R
Name of amino acid (abbreviation)
Properties / Role in protein structure
Serine (Ser, S)
Polar, not charged
Threonine (Thr, T)
Polar, not charged
Tyrosine (Tyr, Y)
Polar, not charged
Sulfur group
Cysteine (Cys, C)
Polar unloaded / Form bridges "disulfides between chains that stabilize the structure.
Asparagine (Asp, N)
Polar, not charged
Glutamine (Gln, Q)
Polar, not charged
Lysine (Lys, K)
Polar, positively charged
Arginine (Arg, R)
Polar, positively charged
Histidine (His, H)
Polar, positively charged
Aspartate (Asp, D)
Polar, negatively charged
Glutamate (Glu, E)
Polar, negatively charged
Essential amino acids
Most plants and microorganisms can synthesize, from inorganic compounds, all the amino acids that are necessary for their growth. Animals, they can not get that certain amino acids in their food, and these amino acids are called essential.
In humans, essential amino acids are in number nine: lysine e, tryptophan, valine, the histidine, leucine, the isoleucine, phenylalanine, threonine and methionine. The histidine is an essential amino acid only for children. In addition to these nine amino acids, amino acids added considered as conditionally essential (essential in some conditions). For example, glutamine and the arginine may become essential during metabolic stress.
Essential amino acids from food. They are found in foods of animal origin, rich in protein, and in associations of vegetable protein.
Other amino acids
In addition to the amino acids in proteins, more than 150 others have been found in nature, the amine and carboxyl groups of some are linked to different carbon atoms. There are unusual amino acids in fungi or plants more complex.
The peptide chains are products of the covalent polymerization of amino acids by a peptide bond. They differ in the number, nature and sequence of amino acids. Is arbitrarily defined:
- Peptides: sequence of a number of less than 50 amino acids. Among these, one speaks of the oligopeptides for a number of less than 10 amino acids and polypeptides for a number greater than 10.
- Protein sequencing of a number of amino acids beyond 50.
Formation of the peptide bond
When a living cell synthesizes a protein, the carboxyl group of one amino acid reacts with the amino group of another amino acid to form a peptide bond (CO-NH). The second carboxyl group of amino acid reacts in the same manner with the amino group of a third, and so on, until the formation of a chain, or peptide, which may contain two to several hundreds of amino acids. The two amino acids at the ends of the chain are called N-terminal to that which has its aminée free α-and C-terminal to that which has its free α-COOH.
Hydrolysis of the peptide bond
The peptide bond is very stable, its spontaneous hydrolysis is almost nil, but it can be hydrolysed by chemical or enzymatic.
The chemical hydrolysis may be complete or specific
- The action of hydrochloric acid (HCl) 6M on a peptide, to a boil for at least 24 hours, resulting in a hydrolyzate containing amino acids. However, some amino acids such as tryptophan may be destroyed.
- Some reagents hydrolyze peptide with a link to a specific amino acids involved in the affair. For example, cyanogen bromide (BrCN) hydrolysis of the peptide bond carboxyl side of methionine and 2-nitro-5-thiocyanobenzoate (NTCB) hydrolyse the peptide bond on the side of the cysteine amine.
The enzymatic hydrolysis of peptide bonds can be achieved by proteolytic enzymes (or proteases or peptidases) are hydrolases. The main specificity of this group of enzymes is the hydrolysis of peptide bonds. Their specificity allows secondary to classify them into two groups:
- Exopeptidases: These enzymes n'hydrolysent that the first peptide bond (aminopeptidase) or the last peptide bond (carboxypeptidase) by releasing the terminal amino acid. Of course, the process begins again on the cut of a peptide amino acid (a hydrolysis time court allows release of a single amino acid).
- Endopeptidases: These enzymes hydrolyze internal peptide bonds between amino acids i and (i +1) according to their specificity (specificity of the residue in position i or i +1). The hydrolysis of a peptide by endopeptidase peptide fragments give more if you coupures am (m hydrolysed peptide bonds), the peptide will be degraded in (m 1) peptide fragments.
A protein, known as proteins, is a macromolecule composed of a chain (or sequence) of amino acids linked by peptide bonds (Figure 3). In general, we speak of protein when the channel contains more than 50 amino acids.
Classification of proteins
Several bases are used for classification of proteins: their chemical composition, their biological role in the body and their solubility.
Depending on their chemical composition, proteins can be divided into two groups: holoprotéines and hétéroprotéines. The holoprotéines or simple proteins contain only amino acids. They are divided into protamines, histones, gluténines, prolamins, albumins, globulins and scléroprotéines. The hétéroprotéines contain more amino acids, some non-protein, known as prosthetic group and plays an important role in the function of the protein. Depending on the type of prosthetic group, these proteins are further divided into nucleoproteins, lipoproteins, glycoproteins, phosphoproteins, hemoproteins, and flavoprotéines metalloproteins. The most metal ions found in metalloproteins are iron, zinc, calcium, molybdenum and copper.
Depending on their biological role in the body, there are two main classes of proteins: fibrous proteins and globular proteins. Proteins are found in fibrous tissue and structural elements such as muscles, bones, skin, components or cell membranes. They perform tasks and structural units are composed of simple structures and repetitive secondary (alpha helix and beta sheet). Collagen and keratin are fibrous proteins with alpha helical conformation, silk fibroin (fibrous protein) has a pleated sheet conformation in beta. Globular proteins play an essential role in metabolism and fulfill several other functions. The enzymes, a group of proteins with a highly specific catabolic activity, constitute an essential subgroup of globular proteins. Other globular proteins are hormones (eg insulin), motor proteins (eg myosin muscle), protein transport (hemoglobin), the immunity protein in the blood of vertebrates (eg immunoglobulin) and all major storage proteins (proteins reserve) as the soybean glycinin and the egg white of the egg.
Depending on their solubility, there are soluble proteins and insoluble proteins. Soluble proteins are divided into two groups: proteins soluble in water (such as albumin) and proteins that dissolve in the presence of salts in a neutral or slightly acidic medium or slightly alkaline (such as globulins ). As for the insoluble proteins, such as scléroprotéines, they are insoluble in any aqueous medium.
Structure of proteins
Each protein consists of a linear sequence of several amino acids. This sequence (eg Lys-Ala-Ile-Thr-...) determines what is called "primary structure" of the protein. However, a protein does not care a strictly linear. The energy contained in hydrogen bonds, disulphide bridges, the attraction between positive and negative charges, and hydrophobic or hydrophilic radical, require the protein secondary structure, mainly helical or sheet. molecules become more compact by adopting a tertiary structure. When a protein is made up of more than one polypeptide chain, such as hemoglobin and certain enzymes, it is said that it has a quaternary structure (Figure 4).
Denaturation of protein structure
The structure of proteins is very sensitive to physico-chemical treatments. Many processes can lead to denaturation of proteins by affecting the secondary structures, tertiary and quaternary. The physical treatment may induce a distortion are heating, cooling, mechanical, hydrostatic pressure and ionizing radiation. Interactions with certain chemicals can also denature proteins: acids and bases, metals and high salt concentrations, organic solvents, etc..
Denaturation of proteins is a complex process that induces changes in conformation (secondary structure, tertiary and quaternary) important. During the process of denaturation, intermediaries may be partially unstable. Any change in structure of the native protein is called denaturation. Denaturation of proteins may be reversible or irreversible. The effects of distortion are varied:
- Change of solubility associated with a different exposure units hydrophobic or hydrophilic peptide,
- Changing the power of water retention,
- Loss of biological activity for example enzymes,
- Increased risk of chemical degradation due to exposure of peptide bonds less stable,
- Changing the viscosity of solutions,
- Modification or loss of properties of crystallization.
Examples of protein
The histone proteins are globular in basic character due to the presence of high proportion of lysine and arginine. They are found associated with DNA of the nucleus of somatic cells (cells not related to reproduction). Histones are soluble in water and not clottable by heat. Their isoelectric point (PI) is between 10 and 12.
The protamines are proteins of low molecular weight, rich in basic amino acids like arginine and contain no sulfur or aromatic amino acids. They are associated with the DNA of fish and plants. The protamines are soluble in water and not clottable by heat. The PI is between 10 and 12.
Prolamins and gluténines
The prolamins and gluténines are proteins specific to plants and are particularly experienced in cereal grains as they are part of the reserve protein substances.
The prolamins are rich in proline, aspartate and in glutamate, but poor in lysine and tryptophan. Their relative wealth in their hill attributes the property of solubility in alcohol at 70%. The corn zein, wheat gliadin and the hordein of barley are, for instance, prolamins. Thanks to their elastic and spiral structures, these proteins provide the baked goods moist and excellent cooking. Family proteins are the prolamins toxic amounts in gluten intolerance and mainly the alpha-gliadin, which is present in wheat.
Rate (%)
Wheat (wheat)
The glutenin have a composition similar to that of prolamins and are distinguished by the proportions contained in glutamate (slightly lower in glutenin) and lysin (slightly higher in glutenin). They are insoluble in water but soluble in dilute acids and alkalis.
Gluten (elastic protein mass remaining after extraction of starch from wheat), which is the main constituent of the protein of cereals (85% of the quantity of wheat proteins) and a factor in their ability to bread, is consists of these two proteins: prolamin and glutenin.
Albumins and globulins
The albumins and globulins are blood proteins (spheroproteins) found both in animals than in plants.
The albumins are rich in glutamic acid (glutamate), aspartic acid (aspartate), lysine and leucine, but low in tryptophan. They have a molecular weight between 50,000 and 100,000 and an isoelectric point in the acid zone (PI <7). Albumins are soluble in water, coagulation by heat and precipitate by adding ammonium sulfate between 66% and 100% saturation. The white egg white egg, lactalbumin of milk and legumes are léguméline, for example, albumin.
Globulins are proteins that contain the whole range of amino acids and are particularly rich in glutamate and aspartate. The globulins are insoluble in water but soluble in dilute salt solutions. They precipitate by adding ammonium sulfate to 50% saturation. They are often glycoproteins or lipoproteins. The ovoglobulin egg white and milk lactoglobulin are, eg, globulin.
Casein is a phosphoprotein rich in lysine (one of the essential amino acids). In milk, it takes the form of calcium phophoscaseinate and represents approximately 80% of its protein and is present in the form of microparticles in suspension, also called micelles. Casein is coagulated in acid and rennet. It is in the casein we must curd cheese (the action of ferments and rennet) and yoghurt (actions ferments).
In the dry state, the casein is in the form of a white powder, amorphous, tasteless and odorless. The casein dissolves slightly in water, largely in alkaline solutions or strong acids.
Fibroin is a fibrous protein rich in glycine and alanine, but also serine and tyrosine. It occurs, for example, in silk and the spider's web.
Keratin is a tough, fibrous protein rich in proline and cysteine, which forms the main material of the skin (external surface tissues such as skin) and dander (skin productions, such as hair, nails, scales, feathers, beak, horns and hooves) animals.
Collagen is the most abundant protein in vertebrates. It is in the bones, skin, tendons and cartilage. Its molecule usually contains three long polypeptide chains, each composed of about a thousand amino acids. These chains curl into a regular triple helix, responsible for the elasticity of the skin and tendons.
Aqueous solution and under the action of heating, collagen turns into gelatin. Gelatin is a substance soluble in water and gives a viscous solution. Besides its use as glue, gelatine is used as thickener in the food industry.
Protein degradation
Unlike the distortion affects the quaternary structure, tertiary and secondary protein; degradation in turn affects the primary structure of proteins and hence leads to the formation of other, sometimes undesirable. The degradation of proteins can be chemical or enzymatic.
Chemical degradation of proteins
Chemical degradation of proteins may occur during the process technology or culinary preparations. Damage the best known are:
- Tagħrif isopeptides: by heating of intramolecular or intermolecular bridges between the amino-terminal lysine and the acid-terminal glutamine / asparagine. The consequence of this reaction is the loss of digestibility.
- Training lysinoalanine: by replacing the function of the serine OH, or SH of cysteine, the function of amino-terminal lysine after heating in basic (cooked egg white). The consequence of this reaction is the loss of nutritional value due to the formation of abnormal amino acids.
- Maillard reaction, reaction between a reducing sugar and an amino group. This reaction is the main responsible for the production of fragrances, flavors and pigments characteristics of cooked foods. It may also give rise to carcinogenic compounds and also reduce the nutritional value of foods by degrading the essential amino acids. The Maillard reaction is developed in part related to chemical weathering reactions of food.
Enzymatic degradation of proteins
Enzymatic degradation of proteins may occur during the process of degradation of organic foods such as fermentation or putrefaction. The most important enzymatic degradation of proteins are: the formation of higher alcohols and the formation of biogenic amines.
Formation of higher alcohols
The degradation of proteins in higher alcohols is an enzymatic process that occurs during the fermentation of fruits, cereals, potatoes, etc.. The distribution of higher alcohols formed is partly an image of the distribution of amino acids available. For example, for the production of spirits, yeasts use amino acids as nitrogen source, this activity led to the formation of higher alcohols involved in the aromatic fraction of spirits and analyzed for authentication of these products.
Formation of biogenic amines
The formation of biogenic amines involved in microbial degradation of foods rich in proteins (putrefaction of meat / fish, cheese maturation, various fermentations). This decarboxylation reaction of amino acids is catalyzed by enzymes (decarboxylases) present in some bacteria (Proteus morganii, Escherichia coli, Lactobacillus Bulgarian, ...).
The biogenic amines are responsible for several food poisoning. The most dangerous is the scombroides poisoning due to ingestion of products, especially fish containing high doses of histamine. That is why the level of histamine in fish is regulated and must be controlled to avoid this type of poisoning in consumers.
L' histamine se développe dans la chair de plusieurs espèces de poisson suite à la décarboxylation de l'histidine . Cette réaction de décarboxylation est catalysée par l'enzyme histidine-décarboxylase (figure 7). L' histamine est aussi présente naturellement dans divers types d'aliments comme les tomates et les épinards.
Nutritional quality of protein
The food proteins are often classified as high or low nutritional quality in terms of their amino acid profile. Proteins of high nutritional quality contain the 9 essential amino acids whose proportions are sufficient to cover the needs of the human species. The lower quality proteins are deficient in one or more of the nine essential amino acids that must be made by the rest of the food.
Functional properties of food proteins
The proteins have a major role in the organoleptic qualities of fresh food and many manufactured goods, such as the consistency and texture of meat and meat products, milk and derivatives, pasta and bread. These qualities of food very often depend on the structure and physicochemical properties of protein components or simply functional properties of proteins.
The term "functional property" applied to food ingredients is defined as any property not influence the nutritional value of an ingredient in food. The various properties will help to achieve the desired characteristics of the food. Some of the functional properties of proteins are: solubility, the hydration, viscosity, coagulation, texturing, the formation of dough, the emulsifying and foaming properties.
The property of protein solubility
The solubility of proteins is their ability to dissolve in water. This solubility is a function of pH, ionic strength and temperature of the environment. The solubility of proteins is minimal in a pH around the isoelectric point (PI). This property is exploited for the preparation of protein isolates from food, by isoelectric precipitation.
The solubility of proteins decreases during heat treatment. This loss of solubility has major consequences for the emulsifying and foaming properties of proteins.
The solubility of proteins is gaining in importance when the clarity of the product, as in beverages, is crucial.
The hydration property of proteins: Retention of water
The ownership of hydration of a protein on its ability to absorb water. The absorption and retention of water by protein ingredients play a major role in the quality and texture of various foods.
The absorption of water is influenced by the presence of ionisable groups, the pH, the presence of salts and temperature. The amino acid composition also affects the ability of proteins to absorb water. The polar groups of proteins (carboxyl, hydroxyl and thiol) tend to easily bind water molecules, which contributes to their ability to absorb water molecules. PI, the ability of proteins to absorb water molecules is minimal since the net charge of the protein is zero. Low salt concentration in the medium improves the absorption of water, but a high concentration decreases. The absorption of water is an exothermic phenomenon, the increase in temperature decreases the absorption of water.
The water absorption of proteins is especially important in foods such as beverages, soups and sausages, it plays a key role on the texture (viscosity, gelation) of these foods.
The viscosity property of protein
The viscosity of a protein is its property which tends to prevent its flow when subjected to the application of a force. Solutions of high viscosity to resist the flow and low viscosity flows easily.
Variations of pH, temperature and ionic strength may alter the viscosity of protein solutions. However, it increases alkaline because the negative electric charges leads to a dislike and maximum elongation of the protein. This phenomenon plays an important role in food liquids such as beverages, soups, sauces and creams.
The clotting property of proteins
When denatured molecules aggregate to form an ordered protein network, the phenomenon is called coagulation, or gel. The coagulation of proteins is obtained by the action of physical agents (temperature, agitation, ...) and chemical (pH, enzymes, ...).
The action of these agents on proteins leads to modification of their structure and promotes the formation of disulphide bridges between their sulfur amino acids: the coagulation. The protein network formed traps between its meshes, the water in the food which gives the food its consistent: the gel or coagulum.
The property of clotting proteins is used for cooking (eggs, meat, ...) and in the preparation of many other products: gels of soy protein (eg tofu), yogurt, cheese. It is also used to improve water absorption (thickening) and to stabilize emulsions and foams.
The texturising property of proteins
Proteins are the basis of the structure and texture of many foods. There are texturing processes that lead to fibrous structures or in a film with a texture mastics and good water retention capacity.
Textured proteins possess certain physical properties of meat and can replace at least a portion (meat, hamburger, etc.).
The property of forming the dough
During the kneading of the flour of certain cereals such as wheat, we are witnessing the formation of an extensible dough (ownership of prolamins) and elastic (ownership of glutenin) is the property of formation of the dough. This property is used primarily in the manufacture of bread and biscuits.
The emulsifying property of proteins
The amphiphilic nature of proteins confers their property to be good surfactants and are therefore used for the stabilization phase oil / water emulsion. Many food products are emulsions (milk, cream, ice cream, ...) and protein components play a role in their stabilization.
Factors such as protein concentration, pH, protein solubility, the presence of salts or other solutes as well as temperature influence the emulsifying properties of proteins.
The foaming properties of proteins
Under the action of a solution combining protein molecules denature proteins, take place and trap the air. This operation led to the formation of a foam (dispersion of gas in a liquid) and the abundance of the solution (increase the volume by adding air).
The foaming properties of proteins is used in the preparation of many foods such as mayonnaise and foams used in confectionery. For the preparation of these foams are frequently used proteins in the egg white, but other proteins such as whey proteins and soy proteins also have this property foaming.
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Bearing this in mind, it was interesting to note that a beach in Rimini has become women-only. The idea is for women to forgo their habitual, exhausting, male-pleasing beach rituals (posing, holding tummies in, sucking in deeper and deeper until breathing technically stops), quit being paranoid and actually start relaxing with each other. You know, eat a couple of Fabs, knock back a few cocktails, stop watching our posture, let the flesh avalanche do its worst, that kind of thing. As for men - they're banned.
It's not like that deal when those beaches go nudist but forget to make it compulsory, which means that thousands of clothed people turn up with binoculars to ogle about two embarrassed nudists. This, sisters, is a women-only beach that means it. Just to make their point, they even have a road sign at the entrance with a drawing of a man with a cross through him. In short, the women-only beach had my full attention. I was practically booking a flight to Italy. But then I realised it just wasn't going to work.
It's not just that most women would admit they fear other women's appraisals of their figures just as much, if not more, than they do men's. (Let's face it, next to certain women on full hypercritical bitch-blast, men are easily pleased pussycats.) Nor am I morally against women-only beaches. It turns out that men are getting into this Gender Apartheid holiday thing themselves - going on stag do-type holidays together when there is no stag do. They're calling them 'Bloke Breaks' or 'Geezer Getaways'. Instead of lying on a beach with their lady, pretending not to find any other half-naked women attractive ('Oh no, not my type, too young, blonde and busty'), they're running around together, firing off Kalashnikovs in the Baltics or driving tanks in Cornwall. All this holidaying, and not a woman in sight. Which is sort of the problem.
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SEATTLE (Reuters) - The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is investigating whether tiny fiber-like formations, known as dendrites, inside lithium-ion batteries could have played a role in battery failures on two Boeing Co (BA.N: Quote) 787 Dreamliners last month.
Dendrites - just one of several possible causes under investigation by the agency - accumulate as a battery is charged and discharged, and can cause short circuits, according to battery experts.
"As part of our continuing investigation, we are looking at whether dendrites may or may not have been a factor," Kelly Nantel, director of public affairs for the NTSB, told Reuters in an email.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that the NTSB was looking into dendrites, suggesting that investigators were looking at the tiny deposits as a major element in the probe.
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"We are still considering several potential causes for the short circuiting" in the sixth of eight cells in the battery on the JAL plane, Nantel said.
NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman said last week that a short circuit in the lithium-ion battery had caused the fire.
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How should I make the floor?
The picture below is of a space between my house and my garage. As you can see the back half of the house is enclosed and part of the house. It's like a small dining room area between the garage and kitchen. My plan is to close the front half off to make a den/TV room. The issue I'm having is deciding how to do the floor. The house is on a cement slab. The best answer is probably to pour a cement slab. I don't want to do that because I would hire it done and would be a little pricey. The second option would be to put a ledger board on the left and right side screwed into the wall studs and run joists across with joist hangers. I think this would be much cheaper and well within my capabilities to do myself. The questions I have are... Is this acceptable practice for a living space? Would it be sturdy enough? They would run 10' across, would they need support in the middle? Would 2x6 be enough, or should i go 2x8? Whatever I use is going to bring my head that much closer to the 8' ceiling. I heard that treated lumber is corrosive to galvanized steel joist hanger. Is this true? Are there any special precautions for that? After I get the floor figured out, the rest is easy, the roof is already there, all i have to do is put the wall up, and finish. This post is getting lengthy, so I'll stop. thanks for reading and any advice.
You'd pour a concrete floor pinned to the rest of the house.
I don't think you'll be happy w/ anything but a poured floor, like Ron said. Wood may be bouncy, get wet from vapor, hard to insulate, etc. Just wait till you have the money, or, start reading about pouring concrete. You may be surprised how well you can do on a small area like that. Hiring one experienced person to help you figure out how to set it up, help pour, and maybe float it for you won't cost too much. If you are in a cool/cold place, LOTS of EPS foam underneath, too.
You might just find that the concrete slab will be the equal to or less than the cost of the materials for a wood floor system.
'Less headache too.
Thanks for the suggestions. I guess I will start checking around about concrete.
Well, I already had someone come over to give me an estimate. He said 4" thick, that should be plenty right. I figure that's what driveways usually are, and i don't think it will ever support as much weight as a driveway does. He also said he would tapcon angle iron on the existing walls to help support the new floor. Does this sound right? I figured the would put re-bar through instead, although i don't think it would be possible on the garage side. Thanks again.
My understanding is that rebar is usually driven into the old floor about 6", and stuck out the same into the new floor. That is what an engineer told me when I was going to add on to the foundation; slabs should be about the same, I would think. No idea if screws are normal; you may want to ask another concrete place. Don't forget to insulate underneath.
That's what I was thinking, but around the perimeter there is that fragile tile block stuff that is hollow that they poured the slab inside of. On the garage side it is just the foundation that the wall is on, with no concrete on the other side (the garage floor is lower that the house floor if that makes sense). This seems like a problem. It would also be a problem with the angle iron idea I would think.
Hmm...you really need to have a detail of a thickened end slab and a real footing under the new wall side.
I think #4 re-bar 24" drilled and epoxied min. 6" into existing conc. both ways.
Anchor bolts with steel washers, etc. etc.
Is there a door in the picture above??? I don't see one. Why the need for concrete back there?
Pjordan, I want to pour a cement slab and put a wall across the front and make it an enclosed part of my house. I will have a a doorway on the left side wall going into my existing living room. It has already been done to the back half of the house between the back wall with the big window in the picture, and the rear exterior wall of the house, as a dining room kind of area. I'm not sure if they did it when the house was buil, or at a later date. Back when the house was built on the 50's it probably would've been considered a wasted room. Nowadays its a TV room/den/man cave... whatever you want to call it.
Just be sure to keep in mind the purpose of the slab, so that you don't get ahead of yourself. While a permit may or may not be required for a patio slab, it will be for a home addition, so, before saying yes to a concrete contractor, draw up what you want to do, and talk with your building department, so that the required inspections are performed, at the appropriate stages. Also, when hiring work such as that done, it is always advisable to get 3 bids.
In that case I'd dig down to dirt. Lay fabric down. create a cement block wall to join the outer walls, and fill the inside half full of gravel. Then be sure to insulate in between the floor joists. No need for a slab.
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What is loneliness? Think about it for a second. Can you put it into words?
If you can, I guess you will associate it with sadness and isolation. But, although loneliness is usually associated with social isolation, it is important to discriminate between these two things. Social isolation refers to a lack of contact with other people, while loneliness indicates a state of mind.
Loneliness is as a subjective feeling of isolation, not belonging, or lacking companionship. It reflects a discrepancy between one's desired and actual social relationships. A person can feel lonely despite living with a spouse or other family members. We can experience loneliness in a room full of people.
Many scientific studies have indicated an association between social isolation, loneliness and heart disease. Furthermore, loneliness is often associated with diminished physical activity, depression, disrupted sleep and impaired daytime functioning, increased blood pressure, impaired mental and cognitive function, increased risk of dementia, and altered immunity.
Furthermore, there is evidence that loneliness can contribute to functional decline and premature death independently of other physical, behavioral, or psychological factors. In fact, I find this quite scary considering how seldom the health risks of loneliness and social isolation are highlighted in comparison to other risk factors.
One of the first studies presented at this week's American Congress of Cardiology Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. was a survey of 3.5 million Americans collected at over 20 thousand sites suggesting that being married decreases the risk of cardiovascular disease by 5 percent. After adjusting for age, sex, race and other cardiovascular risk factors, researchers found that marital status was independently associated with cardiovascular disease. Overall, married subjects had lower rates of stroke, coronary artery disease and disease of the arteries of the lower extremities. The study was conducted from 2003 through 2008 at more than 20,000 screening sites in all 50 states. The average age was 64 years, and 63% of the participants were women. Almost 90% were white.
The study also found that smoking, a major risk to heart health, was highest among divorced people. Widowed people had the highest rates of high blood pressure, diabetes and inadequate exercise. Obesity was most common in those single and divorced, and widowed people suffered from the highest rates of diabetes, high blood pressure and inadequate exercise.
It is quite likely that if you have a spouse you may be more willing to look after yourself. You may be less likely to smoke and more compliant with a healthy diet and exercise. You may even be more willing to follow up medical appointments. The fact that married couples look after each other could be important.
Obviously, being married will reduce the risk of loneliness and social isolation. Interestingly, being divorced or widowed was associated with any form of cardiovascular disease, compared with never being married. This suggest that the loss of a spouse or a close one may be a risk factor in itself.
The INTERHEART study published in 2004 was a large study of risk factors for a first heart attack among 11.000 patients worldwide who were compared with 13.000 matched controls. Stressful life events occurred more frequently within the prior year among patients with heart attack than among the controls. These life events included marital separation or divorce, loss of job or retirement, loss of crop or business failure, violence, major intrafamily conflict, major personal injury or illness, death or a major illness of a close family member, death of a spouse, or other major stress.
I always find the story of the Rosetans helpful in order to understand the importance of family relations and social surroundings for the risk of heart disease. Roseto is an Italian-American town in eastern Pennsylvania. In the early 1960's a local physician, Dr. Benjamin Falcone, who had been practicing in Roseto for 17 years pointed out that he rarely saw a case of heart attack in any of the 1600 inhabitants of Roseto under age of 65. Subsequently it was confirmed that from 1955 to 1965 the death rate from heart attack was markedly lower than in nearby communities and the rest of the country. However, the usually accepted risk factors were not less common in Roseto than elsewhere. The men spent their days doing hazardous labor in underground slate mines. Smoking was common. The traditional Italian food had been Americanized, and could not be considered heart healthy. So why weren't Rosetans dropping dead with heart disease?
Dr. Stewart Wolf and coworkers describe the social and family structure of the inhabitants of Roseto: "The Roseto that we saw in the early 1960s was sustained by the traditional value of southern Italian villagers. The family, not the individual, was the unit of their society. The community was their base of operations and each inhabitant felt a responsibility for its welfare and quality. Most household contained three generations.
Rosetans were proud and happy, generous, hospitable and ready to celebrate any small triumph of their citizens. The elderly were not only cherished but, instead of being retired from family and community responsibilities, they were promoted to the 'supreme court'. There was no shortage of stress among Rosetans. They experienced many of the same social problems and personal conflicts as their neighbors, but they had a philosophy of cohesion with powerful support from family and neighbor and deep religious convictions to shield them against and counteract the stresses".
The so-called "Roseto effect" is interesting because it teaches us about how people can be shielded from the effect of stressful input, thereby limiting its damaging effects on the cardiovascular system. The important thing is to realize that all the traditional stressors were present among the Rosetans. However the strong emphasis on the family, and not the individual as the unit of their society, appeared to protect the people from the harmful effects of stress on the heart. This is believed to have significantly reduced the incidence of acute heart attack among the Rosetan people.
Lately, the discussion on how to prevent or reduce the risk of heart disease has to a high degree evolved around other factors such as metabolic abnormalities, cholesterol, dietary fat and whether or not statin drugs should be used or not. However, strengthening our social network and family relations could be just as important as lowering cholesterol.
On a lighter note; Don't spend too much time worrying about fats and cholesterol. Go get married instead.


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Before Frank places the satellite phone in the bag, he wraps it in a yellow cloth; when Jack pulls the phone out of the bag, he does so without any motions of unwrapping.
When Locke's grandmother goes to light up in the hospital you can see lipstick marks on both ends of cigarette.
Right before Horace introduces himself for a second time, we see a close-up of John Locke but his trademark scar is on the wrong eye.
Keamy and Captain Gault wear keys around their necks, much like Jack and Kelvin did in "Live Together, Die Alone".
One of the items Richard shows Locke is the Book Of Laws. In "What Kate Did", Eko tells Locke the story of King Josiah who restored the Temple after finding the Book Of Laws.
Both Locke and Ben have been "chosen" by Jacob. Both had physiological problems with their spines, both have mothers named Emily whom they never really knew, and both were born prematurely.
Locke was born 3 months early. All of the women on the Island seem to die 3 months before they give birth.
When Richard visited 5-year-old Locke, you can see pictures of birds on the wall, which are the same in Walt, Susan and Brian's house in "Special".
A solid black centered logo appears in this episode on a corpse in the pit.
The comunicating device from Kahana, that fell from the chopper, landed in Claire's tent.
Richard Alpert has appeared in several occasions. In the present (2004), when he recruited Juliet (3 years ago) and when Ben was 10 (30 years ago, give or take). He always looked the same. Now, we can see that when Locke was a child (probably a few years before he saw Ben) he already had that look, wich makes him even older.
The current events took place on December 28 and 29, 2004, which are the 98th and 99th days for the survivors. The first and second flashback events took place on May 30, 1956. The third flashback events took place a couple of weeks later. The fourth flashback events took place between 1961 and 1962. The fifth flashback events took place on Spring of 1972. The sixth flashback events took place between 2000 and the plane crash.
This episode is a record for the longest time period between the earliest and latest flashback to date (it starts on the day of Locke's birth and ends not long before the island, making the span about 45 years)
The single of "Everyday" by Buddy Holly, that Emily is playing the night of John's birth, was recorded in May of 1957 and not released until 1958, over one year after Locke's birthdate of May 30, 1956.
This is the first episode since "D.O.C." to only feature conventional, pre-crash flashbacks of an Oceanic 815 survivor.
The Delerue Center for Rehabilitation is where Locke received physical therapy for the injuries he sustained in his fall.
Cowin Heights High School is the school in Tustin, California that Locke attended as a teenager. It is the home of the "Cowin Heights Knights".
The "second protocol" mentioned by Keamy shows the exact same DHARMA symbol from Ben's Coat on the episode "The Shape of Things to Come".
Horace Goodspeed is wearing a suit with the DHARMA logo from The Arrow Station.
Horace Goodspeed, in Locke's dream, mentions that he has been dead for 12 years. This places the date of the Purge on December 19, 1992 (December 19 being Ben's birthday).
In the locker that teenaged John Locke was locked in, there was a poster for the Geronimo Jackson album Magna Carta. The same album had been found by Charlie and Hurley in the Swan hatch in "All Things Musical". When Locke picked up Eddie in "Further Instructions", he was also wearing a Geronimo Jackson T-shirt.
Hurley: Who builds a cabin in the middle of the jungle anyway?
Locke: That's a good question.
Hurley: So? How about answering it?
Locke: I don't know.
Horace: I'm not making any sense, am I?
Locke: No.
Horace: That's probably because I've been dead for twelve years.
Ben: He actually thinks staying was his idea. Not bad, John. Not bad at all.
Locke: I'm not you.
Ben: You're certainly not.
Locke: I forced you to come with us at gunpoint, and I'm sorry, Hugo, but I was led to believe that we needed you to find this place.
Hurley: Oh, I get it. Now you got your magic map, you don't--you don't need me anymore.
Locke: I'm offering you a chance to leave. I don't want to put you in harm's way against your will.
Hurley: And you think walking through the jungle at night by myself is gonna be any safer?
Locke: I'm not sure it is.
Sayid: Michael--is he dead?
Gault: No, but not for lack of bloody trying, which is precisely why you two need to be hiding before Keamy comes back on this deck.
Sayid: Hiding is pointless. Give us your Zodiac raft so we can start ferrying people back here from the beach. The only way to save our lives is to get our people off that Island.
Hurley: I thought we didn't know where we're going, dude.
Locke: We do now.
Hurley: Hmm.
Ben: I used to have dreams.
Keamy: Get your ass in the cockpit and fire up the chopper, Frank.
Frank: I'm not taking you.
Keamy: I'll kill you, Frank.
Frank: Yeah, well, you do that, you'll never get back to the island 'cause I'm the only pilot you got.
Keamy: Sorry, Doc.
(Keamy cuts Ray's throat)
Keamy: That change anything, Frank? Huh? Another 30 seconds goes by and someone else's turn...
(Gault fires a gun)
Gault: I fixed your gun. Now stand down, Martin, or I will fire.
Keamy: I don't think you want do that, Captain.
Gault: What's that on his arm? What's that on his arm?
(Keamy shoots Gault)
Juliet: Hey! What did I say to you?
Jack: You told me not to leave my tent. I was hungry.
Juliet: Jack, you have to rest. You can't run around. I know that is hard for you to ask for help, but if you tear your stitches...
Jack: Okay. Okay. I got it.
Juliet: Doctors make the worst patients.
Locke: Are you Jacob?
Christian: No. But I can speak on his behalf.
Locke: Well, who are you?
Christian: I'm Christian.
Locke: You know why I'm here?
Christian: Yeah, sure. Do you?
Locke: I'm here... because I was chosen to be.
Christian: That's absolutely right.
Christian: We don't have time for this. The people from the boat are already on their way back, and once they get here, all of these questions won't matter one bit. So why don't you ask the one question that does matter?
Ben: Did he tell you what we're supposed to do?
Locke: He did.
Ben: Well?
Locke: He wants us to move the island.
Gault: Martin, we need him. He's the only one who can fix the engines.
Keamy: And what makes you so sure about that?
Gault: Because he's the one who broke them.
Keamy: Do you know who I am?
Michael: What?
Keamy: My name. Do you know my name?
Michael: Keamy. Martin Keamy.
Keamy: Did you give it to him?
Michael: Who?
Keamy: Benjamin Linus...did you give him my name?
Michael: Yeah.
Ray: What did this to him?
Keamy: A black pillar of smoke threw him 50 feet in the air... ripped his guts out.
Locke: It hasn't moved, because I was told that this is where it would be.
Ben: I was told a lot of things, too, that I was chosen, that I was special. I end up with a tumor on my spine and my daughter's blood all over my hands.
Locke: I'm sorry those things happened to you, Ben.
Ben: Those things had to happen to me. That was my destiny. But you'll understand soon enough that there are consequences to being chosen, because destiny, John, is a fickle bitch.
Ben: The Island wanted me to get sick, and you to get well. My time is over John.
Hurley: I thought you were the leader.
Ben: Not always.
Locke's school scene was filmed at Leilehua High School in Wahiawa.
This isn't the first time Matthew Fox (Jack), Nestor Carbonell (Richard) and Kevin Durand (Keamy) appear together. They all had roles in the 2006 movie Smokin' Aces.
International Air Dates:
Norway: May 14, 2008 on TVNorge
Australia: May 15, 2008 on Network 7
Denmark: May 16, 2008 on Kanal 5
Sweden: May 21, 2008 on TV4
Spain: July 10, 2008 on FOX
Latin America: June 16, 2008 on AXN
Italy: August 25, 2008 on Rai 2
Czech Republic: September 21, 2008 on AXN
Hungary: September 21, 2008 on AXN
Belgium: October 6, 2008 on VT4
Germany: March 23, 2009 on Pro7
This is the first episode with 4 actors portraying one character in the same episode. Terry O'Quinn, Charles Henry Wyson, Caleb Steinmeyer and an uncredited baby played John Locke.
Although being credited, Josh Holloway (Sawyer), Rebecca Mader (Charlotte), (Jeremy Davies) Daniel and Ken Leung (Miles) don't appear in this episode. Daniel Dae Kim (Jin), (Evangeline Lilly) Kate and Yunjin Kim (Sun) appear but have no lines.
This is a flashback episode.
A Locke-centric episode
The Myth Of Sisyphus
Horace is seen cutting down a tree, only to have that tree reappear uncut, which he then cuts down again in a seemingly repetitive loop. This is an apparent reference to the myth of Sisyphus, whom the gods punish by forcing him to push a boulder up a hill, only to have the boulder roll back down for him to push again in a eternally repeating loop.
Cabin Fever:
Is a term used for a claustrophobic reaction that takes place when a party is isolated and/or shut in, alone or together, for an extended period.
The X-Men:
Richard Alpert's line "I'm Richard, John. I run a school for kids who are... extremely special, and I have reason to believe that you might be one them." is almost word for word what Charles Xavier (Professor X) says when recruiting young mutants.
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As the nurses wheel out Emily's premature baby, she yells out, "His name is John!", just as in Luke 1:63, when Zechariah and Elizabeth gave birth to John the Baptist.
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The ex-girlfriend of Floyd Mayweather is ready to speak and cash in on her relationship by joining the reality TV bonanza. Josie Harris, the 32-year old who was beaten by Mayweather in 2010, is going public with her story after she was assaulted in front of her kids. Mayweather hit the woman in her head several times during the incident and he also threatened to kill her.
Harris hasn't said a word, but women's rights advocates might be glad to hear that she is now going to get her revenge by sharing the details of her life with Floyd. On January 29th at 9 pm,TLC is going to premiere yet another reality show called "Stater Wives," featuring the wives of various celebs who gave them a series of "interesting" experiences.
Harris recently did an interview with Yahoo Sports about her experience with Floyd and her challenge with Domestic violence. Harris doesn't seem angry at Mayweather and actually says that the two are "in a good place now."
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Amber Failla - Teacher - Charged With Having Ongoing Sexual Relationships With Three Students
California City, Calif. (The Weekly Vice) - Amber Failla, a 36-year-old Math teacher at California City High School, was jailed Friday after she allegedly had ongoing sexual relationships with three of her students.
According to California City Police, Failla was arrested after an investigation revealed that she had maintained ongoing sexual relationship with three students.
Investigators have released few details about the case, other than to say that the students attended California High School and that the alleged relationships continued for more than a year.
The charges would also seem to indicate that the alleged victims were under the age of 16.
Failla, who also worked as a CCHS cheerleading asst. coach, was taken into custody after detectives obtained a search warrant and seized computers and cell phones from her home.
She was booked into the Kern County Jail and charged with suspicion of oral copulation with minors under the age of 16 and sending explicit matter to minors.
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No.1 Bharti and second-ranked Vodafone said they had won airwaves in the premium 900 megahertz band that was available in three key cities -- Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata.
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Telenor's Indian unit, Reliance Communications and Aircel also won airwaves in the 1800 MHz band in some zones. Companies have the right to use the airwaves won in the auction for 20 years.
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Study of Irofulven in Patients With Hormone-refractory Prostate Cancer
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Last updated: January 15, 2016
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The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of irofulven-based regimens compared to mitoxantrone plus prednisone in patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC) whose disease has progressed following Taxotere based regimens.
|Prostate Cancer
|Drug: Irofulven Drug: Prednisone Drug: Mitoxantrone Drug: Capecitabine
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Three-Arm Randomized Phase II Clinical Study of Irofulven/Prednisone, Irofulven/Capecitabine/Prednisone or Mitoxantrone/Prednisone in Docetaxel-Pretreated Hormone-Refractory Prostate Cancer Patients
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Genetics Home Reference related topics: prostate cancer
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Drug Information available for: Prednisone MitoxantroneU.S. FDA Resources
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Time to progression: RECIST (Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors) criteria [ Time Frame: Between randomization and study discontinuation or disease progression, whichever occurs later. ]
- Time to progression: Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) evolution (Prostate-Specific Antigen Working Group Recommendations [PSAWGR criteria]). [ Time Frame: Between randomization and study discontinuation or disease progression, whichever occurs later. ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Efficacy: Overall survival; objective response rate and PSA response rate according to RECIST and PSAWGR criteria, respectively. [ Time Frame: Between randomization and death. ]
- Determine safety profile of each treatment arm: incidence and severity of adverse events (AEs), serious AEs, and laboratory abnormalities. [ Time Frame: Between randomization until a minimum of 30 days after last dose of study drug; treatment-related AEs will be followed until resolution. ]
- Assess pain response in patients with significant pain at baseline using Tannock criteria and McGill-Melzack Pain Questionnaire. [ Time Frame: Seven days prior to randomization and prior to each new cycle of study drug administration. ]
- Quality of life (QOL) as measured by the Prostate Cancer Specific Quality of Life Instrument (PROSQOLI). [ Time Frame: Between baseline and study drug discontinuation. ]
|Study Start Date:
|June 2004
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2009
|Primary Completion Date:
|January 2006 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: 1
Irofulven + prednisone
Drug: Irofulven
Subjects will receive irofulven in a 30 minute intravenous (IV) infusion at a dose of 0.45 mg/kg on Days 1 and 8 every 3 weeks.Drug: Prednisone
Subjects will also receive oral prednisone at a dose of 10 mg per day in the morning.
Experimental: 2
Irofulven + capecitabine + prednisone
Drug: Prednisone
Subjects will also receive oral prednisone at a dose of 10 mg per day in the morning.Drug: Capecitabine
Subjects will receive oral capecitabine at a dose of 1000 mg/m^2 twice daily for 15 days every 28 days.Drug: Irofulven
Subjects will receive irofulven in a 30 minute intravenous (IV) infusion at a dose of 0.4 mg/kg on Days 1 and 15 every 4 weeks.
Active Comparator: 3
Mitoxantrone + prednisone
Drug: Prednisone
Subjects will also receive oral prednisone at a dose of 10 mg per day in the morning.Drug: Mitoxantrone
Subjects will receive mitoxantrone in an intravenous (IV) infusion (5 to 15 minutes) at a dose of 12 mg/m^2 per day, once every 3 weeks.
Detailed Description:
For every five patients randomized, two will receive treatment number 1 (irofulven + prednisone), two patients will receive treatment number 2 (irofulven + capecitabine (Xeloda®) + prednisone), and one patient will receive treatment number 3 (mitoxantrone + prednisone). This is not a blinded study, so both the patient and doctor will know which treatment has been assigned.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
To be included in the study, patients must meet the following criteria:
- Cancer of the prostate confirmed by a biopsy sample.
- 18 years of age or older.
- Disease must have spread beyond the prostate as proven by chest x ray, abdominal and pelvic computed tomography (CT) scan, bone scan or clinical examination.
- At least one prior hormonal treatment with documented disease progression during hormone therapy.
- One previous line of chemotherapy that included Taxotere® (as monotherapy or in combination). This could be in addition to estramustine single agent therapy.
- Disease progression during prior Taxotere-based therapy or within 3 months of discontinuing.
- Recovered from any toxic effects of prior chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery.
- Recovered from any toxic effects associated with other investigational drugs, if applicable.
- Signed informed consent obtained prior to initiation of any study-specific procedures or treatment.
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients cannot participate in the study if any of the following apply:
- Unable to use prednisone.
- Prior treatment with irofulven, capecitabine (Xeloda), continuous/protracted infusion 5-FU (5-fluorouracil) (infusion duration greater than or equal to 24 hours), other fluoropyrimidines or mitoxantrone.
- Ongoing treatment with a corticosteroid at a prednisone-equivalent dose > 10 mg/day.
- More than 1 prior treatment with either 153Sm or 89Sr, or radioisotope treatment within 8 weeks prior to entering this study.
- Initiation of treatment with bisphosphonate agents (e.g., pamidronate, etidronate) within 2 months of entering the study. Pre-existing treatment with bisphosphonate agents is to be continued during this study.
- Treatment with warfarin and/or phenytoin within 14 days before entering this study or during the study period.
Please note: There are additional inclusion/exclusion criteria. The study center will determine if patients meet all of the criteria. If patients do not qualify for the trial, study personnel will explain the reasons. If patients do qualify, study personnel will explain the trial in detail and answer any questions. Patients can then decide if they wish to participate.
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Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00124566
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 23, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Eisai Medical Services, Eisai Inc.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00124566 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|July 26, 2005
|Last Updated:
|January 15, 2016
Keywords provided by Eisai Inc.:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Prostatic Neoplasms
Genital Neoplasms, Male
Urogenital Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Genital Diseases, Male
Prostatic Diseases
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
Tubulin Modulators
Antimitotic Agents
Mitosis Modulators
Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
Alkylating Agents
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
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re: at what age is a little girl old enough to spank with a belt?
I dont have an answer for you on this one, but no belts, thats for sure. My dad beat my mom and us kids bad growing up, and i mean bad. Broken bones, black eyes, you name it i had it. But it never made me a bad parent. I get tired of kids using this as an excuse because they had bad parents. I went through it for 16 years till my dad died, but it did not make me a child or wife beater. In fact i have never hit my wife, and never had to spank my kids. I took away some of there best things they liked, or made them stay in the house with no friends for two weeks, and other things like that and they got the message real fast. I never even raised my voice to my wife and kids. If you cant control her then get some help, but dont whip them. This is how i feel. Good luck.
Good advice though,especially from someone who has lived it.
I still believe in the belt if needed,just not to beat the hell out of someone.A scare tactic is what it is mostly.
My kids are not remotely scared of my wife,and they were real wild for awhile since I worked nights for 11 years.Now that I am on days,the problems have done a 180,plus a man with a certain type of angry voice can make even the toughest boy quiver his lips.
Brian, your argument that i should use my hand because it's not a weapon, doesn't make any sense to me because i have a black belt in Kenpo. but even if i wasn't, a hand can be closed or open, and nobody here will tell you that a FIST is NOT a weapon, but even so, i think you said open hand. if you want to call a belt a weapon, and also a stick, that is your prerogative. i asked you for your opinion, and you gave it and i thank you for it!
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Hands a weapon? Please!
If you are a black-belt and did not just buy the belt at Walmart on sale, your hands are not a weapon, as you should be able to have enough control to slap the kid across the face twice and not leave a mark or hurt her.
If you are a black belt, you just answered your own question because you could do two smacks on the rear with your hand and not leave a mark or hurt her and with a kid that young the threat and consistancy is all they need.
Bad kids are results of bad parents and parents the kid does not have any repect for.
Just my 2 cents worth.
I thought that these Martial Arts are more about mental discipline that physical violence.......................seems ro me someone doesn't deserve that black belt.
Take a lesson, Grasshopper............................
I'll go for the no repect part,(I know what repect is, ah wants it, but don't get it awl tha time. )
But the "bad parents= bad kids"?
So what happens in the case of 3 or 4 kids being raised by the same parents, in the same house, concurrently, and only one turning bad? The twins were my case in point on that other thread. Same house, same parents, 3 good kids out of the 4, yet one of the twins spun out hard...and stayed that way until today, she is 53 years old and weird as a 9 dollar bill, still having outbursts when she doesn't get her way.
I guess the parents just act badly towards that one kid, huh.
Or maybe they should have devote ALL of their time to that one extra needy child, giving into their every demand just praying that child may not turn out badly if they do.
Where does that leave the other 2 or 3 kids in the family?
I wonder how much respect the other kids would have for their parents then?
Just my opinion...worth every cent of what you paid.
my signature lines...not really directed at anyone in particular..
BE different....ACT normal.
No one is completely useless..They can always be used as a bad example
Its bullsh+t. Doubt he is.
Something I learned long ago if you were or are, a Seal, Ranger or an advanced Black Belt, the only people that will know is your relatives or your closest friends. You never announce it, period unless you are a total idiot.
There is a guy on the paint forum that has been on a couple of years that is a multi degree belt and tours the "Tough man contests" bet I'm the only one that knows on here and only because we are friends and there is no reason for him to announce it as his ego is just fine and has a couple of great young kids also.
"I guess the parents just act badly towards that one kid, huh" Mikey
Perhaps you should spend less time in the refrigerator and on here and more time with her?
I know if my kids were still home I would not be on here now.
Just my 2 cents as I really don't care.
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This thread was full of posters very respectful of each other's opinions,,,But wait! BarryK showed up!
And keeping true to form, talking smack like the true know it all windbag that you are. But I know you have every right to be impaired. It happens to alot of guys who have sniffed as much paint as you.
Go on, send me some more PM's now with your grade school taunts and name calling...I've heard that is your standard tact, seen it myself a couple of times, and wouldn't want to be left out. Besides, I need some more laughs.
Later, mikey
my signature lines...not really directed at anyone in particular..
BE different....ACT normal.
No one is completely useless..They can always be used as a bad example
Shuttin' this "Sucka" down again.................before it gets out of hand.........
I think it has run its course.............................with nothing really resolved.............everyone is going to have their own opinion, which really isn't going to change, no matter what is said.
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FireEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: FEYE) saw a big move last session, as the company's shares fell nearly 9% on the day. The move came on pretty good volume too with far more shares changing hands than in a normal session. This continues the recent downtrend for FEYE as the stock is now down nearly 21% in the past one-month time frame.
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If you havent seen any ducks for a while, walk out into the decoys without a gun and you'll be covered up in ducks immediately. Never fails.
Very old post but it is the basically the best post of all.
First I'll go out to pick up my decoys or maybe I'll go out to retreive a bird. Then while in the water or just out of the blind, I'll look on the horizon or maybe I'll simply look up, but either way, it doesn't matter, out of nowhere although totally expected, I will see ducks. After rushing back in the blind to wait for more, they will always be gone untill the next time I go back out. "The Duck Hunter's Curse"


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Lance Dunbar 's season got started late due to a preseason foot injury, got put on hold in the middle due to a hamstring strain and will end early due to ligament damage in his left knee. Dunbar confirmed the injury on Friday and said he is out for the season. Dunbar suffered the injury during the Cowboys' win over the Raiders on Thursday.
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