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I'm proud to announce that the first beta releases of both new server and new client are available. This is the first release that introduces new server-side functionality for a very long time, and the first one which includes both new server and client versions.
The focus of this release is e-mail notifications which are sent when new issues are created in selected folders and when selected issues are modified. Users can individually configure notifications using the new user preferences feature. Both the server and the client are fully backward compatible with previous versions, but to use the new features of the server you also need the new client.
In order to enable e-mail notifications on the server, a cron job (or scheduled task on Windows) must be created which periodically executes the cron.php script. In addition, an SMTP server must be available on the server which can be used by the built-in PHP mail function. In the next release, another mailing engine able to connect to an external SMTP will be added. E-mails are created using a simple template engine; two templates for plain-text and HTML e-mails are available; they can also be used to create custom templates.
When notifications are configured on the server, each users can enter an e-mail address and enable notifications in the user preferences (administrators can also modify preferences of all users). Then notifications for individual folders and issues can be enabled or disabled (indicated by a gray square with white 'N' letter).
Another stable release of the WebIssues Client is available. The main features introduced in this release are creating reports and exporting data. Reports containing multiple issues or details of a single issue can be printed directly from the application or exported as HTML and PDF documents. A list of issues can also be exported to a file in CVS format accepted by most spreadsheet and database applications.
Another new feature is support for SSL connections, which allows to connect to the WebIssues server using a secure, encrypted connection. A few possible crashes were fixed in this release. Major code clean up and refactoring was performed, including extracting a few reusable components. Finally, German translation was added and other translations and the user's manual were updated.
The release candidate for version 0.9.3 fixes a build error occurring on some platforms (thanks to hlamer for spotting and fixing it) and also some compilation warnings. In addition I made some code clean-ups and optimizations in a few places. No new functionality was added compared to the last beta version. The final version, which I expect to be released by the end of this month, will contain updated manual and translations; I'm also going to update the website a little bit and immediately start developing the next version of both client and server.
This is the second beta release of version 0.9.3. The main focus of this release is improved compatibility of the new features with Qt version 4.3 and earlier. A custom print preview dialog was added which uses either standard Qt components available since version 4.4 or custom components when the standard ones are not available. In addition the look of reports with Qt versions before 4.4 was significantly improved.
I also made a few improvements related to the installation. I added a simple man page, originally written by Patrick Matthäi and extended by me. The generated makefiles now have support for DESTDIR, which makes creating packages easier, and the installation path of the manual was changed.
This is most likely the last beta release for this version. In October, when I return from my vacations, I'm planning to clean up the code a little bit (fix compilation warnings, update API documentation, etc.), maybe also extending the reporting engine a little bit, and publish a release candidate version.
The first beta release of version 0.9.3 of the WebIssues Client is available. It adds support for secure connections using the HTTPS protocol (it requires OpenSSL support enabled in the Qt libraries). It also has a simple reporting module allowing to print and export reports in CSV, HTML and PDF formats, containing a tale or list of issues in a folder or details of a single issue. Note that this is an early preview of these features; they are not guaranteed to be fully functional; they also have no documentation yet. Feedback is most welcome as usual.
In addition, I refactored various parts of the code during the past few months so that they could be reused in other applications. The articles describing these reusable components are available on my website. I also relicensed the components to a BSD-style license so that they can be freely used in both open source and commercial projects.
It's recommended to use Qt framework 4.4 with this version of WebIssues. It will work with earlier versions, but print preview won't be available and the printed reports may not look very well because of limitations of the HTML rendering engine. If you use an older version of Qt, you can save the report to an HTML file and print it using Firefox or another browser. I will try to improve compatibility with Qt 4.3 in the future releases.


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14 Weeks & Slowly Growing!
Mood: Mellow…Finally:)
Here I am now, at 14 wk's, my 1st official post from the 2nd trimester (YEAH!!!…risk of miscarriage, is now decreased, yippee, & so far so good.) Belly is still tiny, (I'll post a picture), but ever changing. The babies are both well, i can hear them on my doppler with ease, What a great investment that thing has been. The full results of the CVS test, have come back FINE, we are all clear for the vast amount of genetic diseases, that the test covers, soo very happy I had that test done. As for movement, I sware I felt some, underneath the ultrasound probe at 11 & 12 weeks, and that was a DEFINATE, despite how crazy early it seems. It made me almost jump out of my skin both times, because it was so weird feeling, and very unexpected. the probe was dug very deep into my skin and somebody down there, did NOT like it very much, and i felt something fighting back, super light but very very noticeable, to the experieced mommy. I am not counting it as consistent movement, which i will keep you posted on here in this journal, but i'm sure of it. A couple little flutter like things i've also sporatically noticed, but one can't be certain on those at this point, i wanna be certain, before i count it as definative.
Anyhow, I've been busy buying pink, wondering about the future, about Mick, how she will deal, my son is much bigger and very independent, so I know he'll be just fine, but she,..she is mommy's little girl, so I am worried about this change to her world. Also worried about how I will cope at night all alone, 5 nights a week, with twins. (OH MY GOSH..EEK:), as the hubster will be working at night, and then will need to sleep himself. That scares me alittle, cause nights are hard and tiring with one baby, with help from your spouse, so I have yet to imagine what two will be like, all on my own, but hopefully it won't be as hard as I imagine, but I just don't know. I do need my sleep:)
Time is just passing by so quickly, I hope it slows down for alittle while. I'm not in a rush, not until I'm extremely uncomfortable anyhow, which I guess is inevitable with two. I have never been truly uncomfortable in any way with a singleton, so maybe I'll get lucky, but I just don't know how far this body will stretch. Last time I regret rushing the pregnancy so much, just DYING to get to the baby part, so, since we KNOW this will be my final pregnancy, no butts about that, I want to enjoy it, it's just since it's two, it's not as easy for me to enjoy it, and as easy to bond, because of all of the fears, but I'm trying to overcome that, one hurdle at a time, so I don't look back and say, ' Man, should have enjoyed it while it lasted', because it's always sad to have a child or children, and know this one is going to be the last, and 'never again'. there is always a sad aspect to that, no matter how hard life becomes with your newborn or newborns, there is still a feeling of loss, of another pregnancy and birth experience. Don't ask me why, it just happens! There might be a small exception to those who absolutely hate pregnancy and just want to have the baby, but most women at least enjoy some parts of it. I always have, but this, this one has just been a bit tougher, but also has been more eventful already.
Oh yeah, that reminds me, I have an appt next Tuesday (6 days from now), for my 1st of two fetal echo's. We got to check on baby A's heart because of the high NT result. I'll KUP. Since it's still small, the heart on the baby, that is, you go back around week 20 or so, but hopefully they will see all they need to at this scan, so I can relax a little. Aside from that all I am waiting for is my 'rare disease' blood work, which I expect to be normal, and that is that. I'm very worried about complications, health problems, disabilities and of course worse, but I'm trying to not panic myself too much. So many twins are born completely healthy, there is just so much more that can goes wrong with two vs. one.you never fully get to relax. I still cannot believe I have the two in there *shaking head*. How come after all of these weeks, that is still so freaking hard to wrap my head around:)
Anyhow, here is my picture from today. You can see the bump is growing, but still not really 'showing'. I suspect that will happen within 2 wk's time at this rate.
I'll be back soon
PS- OH and they never did do the NT scan that day, I just had a regular scan because of the CVS test being performed, they said there was no point to it, but I still wish they would have checked the measurement, as I have been worried about that despite everything coming back ok, because of the other stuff like heart defects. Oh well.

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articles: Calorie intake and income elasticities in EU countries: A convergence analysis using cointegration
We want to determine here whether the trans-European consumer reacts to changes in total food consumption or changes in income equalise in the long run. Do total calorie intake elasticities and income elasticities converge in the long-run? A demand system is estimated for each European country. The proportional caloric intakes of the various food groups are analyzed as endogenous variables, and two exogenous variables (total calorie intake and income), are both defined in log terms. A s all variables are I(1) and non-cointegrated, demand systems are specified in first differences. Finally, we use Johansen and Juselius's multivariate cointegration tests to test for the convergence of calorie intake and income elasticities. Empirical results indicate a very limited convergence between certain products and countries considered, suggesting that country idiosyncrasies still play an important role in consumer behavior.
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On January 29th Efthimios Parasidis, Associate Professor Moritz College of Law and College of Public Health at The Ohio State University spoke about Consumer Confusion and Food Claims.
What makes food "natural"? Do consumers understand "natural" claims on food labels? In the absence of robust federal guidelines, are state laws or class action lawsuits appropriate mechanisms for addressing false or misleading "natural" claims? This talk examines these issues and highlights an emerging tool for regulatory science – the Immersive Sensory Technology Lab. The discussion also explores issues that regulators face as they anticipate First Amendment
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03 Feb Phillip Kotler says look at your competition
A lot of businesses fail for many different reasons. Whether it's a lack of market research, bad timing, bad business management practices, or simply some Act of God, businesses just fail sometimes.
In the online space, MANY businesses have failed because of the 'Fields of Dreams' syndrome. You know the line, "If you build it, he will come?" Too many folks think that applies to the internet. Just stand up a website and people will magically appear and buy your product, right? WRONG. There are a plethora of activities surrounding a great website that you can't overlook, and the best place to start is your competition.
Learning from your competitors isn't a new thing. The quote above by renowned Marketer Phillip Kotler is actually pretty old, and when he made that remark it was in reference to brick and mortar businesses. But the same rules apply to an online-only business, or an extension of your bricks and mortar brand on the internet. If you're the new kid on the block, you can learn a lot from folks who have been around the block a few times. Here is a basic way of doing this.
Step 1: Identify your Competition
So, you need to find out who your competitors are. Hopefully you have an idea already, but cast your net a little wider. Ask friends and colleagues, look in the Yellow Pages, and then do what most people do – Google It. In case you encounter someone who hasn't heard of this tool, here's a little link that might help you explain it: http://lmgtfy.com/
Step 2: Analyze their Strengths and Weaknesses
Once you've come up with a list of your competitors, either evaluate their site and their lead generation activities, or have a professional do it. Create a list of criteria by which you will evaluate them, like product variety, ease of navigation, clear calls to action, findability, etc. Then score them against those criteria. This "score card" will be an invaluable tool in Step 4.
Step 3: Look at Opportunities and Threats
This one is pretty easy. By doing Step 2, you'll be able to figure out what's going wrong or what is going terrifically well on your competitors' websites. Make a list of these items for Step 4 so that you can decide what to examine.
Step 4: Determine your position
Now, decide what you are going to do. Take that score card from Step 2 and apply it to your business. You don't HAVE to improve on all of the faults that you've found on your competitors' websites, but if there's a crucial part of your user's journey that can be improved upon, it seems a little silly not to implement the change.
Then in 6 months time, do these 4 steps again. There will always be a new kid on the block to take into account…
Some folks look at this part of the Strategy phase of a project as optional, but I believe it's absolutely critical. You don't have to do a deep dive into every competitor, but at least understanding what everyone else is doing will help you make your own decisions as a business owner or user experience designer.


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Excellent opportunity for an experienced Contracts Manager or a Tradesman looking to move into a Contracts Manager role!
They are a long established and highly experienced Commercial Building Contractor carrying out a wide range of services from minor works through to complete buildings, specialising in works for Hospitals, Health Centres, Industry, Schools, College and Licensed Premises. Projects range from a few hundred pounds to in excess of half a million.
Due to exceptional growth, the company is now looking to appoint a permanent Contracts Manager, either fully experienced or a tradesman looking to take the next step into Contacts Management.
Role and responsibilities will include (but not limited to)
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If you have the relevant skills/experience to fulfil this role and want to join a well-established company then please apply now!


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Immunochromatographic strip formats have become increasingly popular for qualitative and semiquantitative assays which use visual detection schemes. This type of assay involves the application of a liquid test sample suspected of containing the analyte to be detected to an application zone of an immunochromatographic test strip. The strip is comprised of a matrix material through which the test fluid and analyte suspended or dissolved therein can flow by capillarity from the application zone to a capture zone where a detectable signal, or the absence of such, reveals the presence of the analyte. Typically, the strip will include means for immunospecifically binding the analyte to be detected with its specific binding partner which bears the detectable label. The label may be one that is visible to the naked eye such as colloidal metal particles or colored latex, an enzyme that forms a visible signal when contacted with a suitable substrate or one that is detectable only with the use of an instrument such as a chemilumenescent or radio active label. In one such scheme, the strip contains an enzyme labeled, mobile binding partner for the analyte which is in a sample application zone. If analyte is present in the test sample, it will combine with its labeled binding partner to form a complex which will flow along the strip to a detection zone which contains a substrate for the enzyme label which is capable of providing a colored response in the presence of the enzyme. The strip may contain a zone in which analyte is immobilized, so that labeled binding partner which does not combine with analyte, due to the absence of analyte in the sample, will be captured and thereby inhibited from reaching the detection zone. There have been published various modifications of this technique, all of which involve some competitive specific binding system in which the presence or absence of analyte in the test sample is determined by the detection or lack thereof of labeled binding partner in the capture zone.
An alternative to the above described immunometric assay which detects the free labeled antibody is the so called sandwich format in which the capture zone contains immobilized antibodies against an epitope of the analyte to which the labeled antibody is specific. In this format, there is formed a sandwich of the analyte between the immobilized and labeled antibodies to provide the detectable signal in the capture zone.
Not all of the schemes for immunochromatography rely on an enzyme labeled binding partner/enzyme substrate for providing the signal for detection of the analyte. In U.S. Pat. No. 4,806,311 there is disclosed a multizone test device for the specific binding assay determination of an analyte and an immobilized binding partner for the analyte together with a capture zone for receiving labeled reagent which migrates thereto from the reagent zone. The capture zone contains an immobilized form of a binding substance for the labeled reagent. The labeled reagent bears a chemical group having a detectable physical property which is detectable on the basis of such physical property, so that it does not require a chemical reaction with another substance in order to be detected. U.S. Pat. No. 4,703,017 describes the use of visible particulate labels for the receptor. Various particulate labels such as gold sol particles and visible dye containing liposomes are mentioned.
European Patent 0 291 194 discloses an immunochromatographic strip of the type presently under consideration. In describing the receiving member this patent states that it can be made from any bibulous, porous or fibrous material including porous plastics such as polypropylene, polyethylene, polyvinylidine fluoride, ethylene vinyl acetate, acrylonitrile or polytetrafluoro-ethylene. While the patentees recognize that some of these materials are hydrophobic, they suggest pretreating the material with a surfactant to reduce the inherent hydrophobicity. The prior art strips typically employ a porous receiving member to absorb the test fluid rapidly so that the strip will quickly become fully wetted when dipped into a test fluid such as urine. However, this wettability of the test strip can become problematical when sample volume is critical such as when the fluid test sample is whole blood obtained from a finger prick. In the case of test strips having a hydrophilic sample receiving member, there is generally a need for higher sample volumes since the hydrophilic member will take up some liquid, depending on its porosity, before sample can reach the next section of the strip. One way to minimize sample volume is by reducing the dimensions of or by miniaturizing the test strip. This approach may not always be suitable due to certain constraints on the dimensions of an encasing cassette for the strip or on an instrument such as a reflectance spectrometer used to read the strip which may not be sufficiently sensitive in some cases.
It would be desirable and it is an object of the present invention to provide an immunochromatography strip of the type described above in which the fluid test sample is drawn from the strip's receiving member to its reagent portion with reduced sample volume.
The present invention involves an assay for determining the presence or concentration of an analyte in a fluid test sample by the application of the fluid to the receiving member of an immunochromatographic test strip. The strip's receiving member is in fluid communication with the reagent portion of the strip which includes at least an absorbent material through which the test fluid can flow and which contains a mobile, labeled specific binding partner for the analyte wherein the concentration of the analyte in the fluid test sample is determined by measuring the amount of labeled specific binding partner which is captured by a capture mechanism in the reagent portion of the strip. The invention disclosed herein is an improvement to this type of assay which involves the use of a test strip in which the receiving member is made of a nonporous, hydrophobic material.
By providing a hydrophobic platform as a sample receiving pad, a more efficient and uniform release of the labeled conjugate can be achieved. The precision of reflectance values from detection and control regions of the device are also improved. The hydrophobic nature of the pad, which prevents sample absorption, permits the use of smaller volumes of the test sample as opposed to a conventional immuno test strip which uses an absorbant pad for wicking the test sample.
FIGS. 1A and 1B represent front and side views respectively of a strip device useful in the present invention.
Referring to FIGS. 1A (top view) and 1B (side view), the device of the present invention comprises a backing member 9 which is made of a hydrophobic, non-porous material such as polystyrene, polyethylene, polypropylene or other nonbibulous hydrophobic material upon which are placed the absorbent portions of the device. The nonporous sample application zone is a solid, impervious hydrophobic material or a solid impervious surface treated to give it hydrophobic properties. The use of such an impervious hydrophobic surface prevents fluid sample applied to it from spreading excessively thereby maximizing the total sample which is available to the system. As a result, sample volume can be minimized in situations, such as a finger stick, where a small sample volume is used either by preference or necessity. In this preferred embodiment, a portion 9 a of the hydrophobic, non-porous material is left uncovered by absorbent material to provide the sample application zone. Alternatively, a piece of hydrophobic, non-porous material can be applied to the backing member to serve as the hydrophobic, non-porous material for the sample application zone 9 a in which case the backing member 9 can be made of materials other than those which are hydrophobic and non-porous. The hydrophobic, non-porous sample application zone need not be limited to those materials mentioned above; other materials such as polytetrafluoro ethylene and materials that are surface treated with hydrophobic materials such as perfluoro ethylene and silanizing agents, can be used with equivalent results. The terms hydrophobic and non-porous, for purposes of this description, are intended to mean that the materials are water repellent and do not absorb any of the liquid test sample. The hydrophobic surface does not absorb fluid test sample which is of an aqueous nature and thereby yields a maximum sample volume for transport across the reagent region. This is especially desirable when the sample volume is limited. Moving upstream in the direction of fluid test sample flow is conjugate pad 1 which is in direct fluid communication with the hydrophobic, non-porous application zone 9 a. The conjugate pad is typically made of an absorbent, porous material such as glass fiber, polyester or other woven or non-woven synthetic material through which the fluid test sample can flow and contains mobile conjugate of one or more labeled specific binding partners. The specific binding partner, typically an antibody, can be labeled with an enzyme, fluorofor, radio active isotope or, preferably, a direct particulate label such as gold sol or colored latex particles. When the fluid test sample is applied to the hydrophobic, non-porous application zone in direct physical contact with the conjugate pad it is absorbed into the conjugate pad where it contacts the labeled specific binding partner and carries it further up the device towards bridging pad 3. Fluid transfer between the application zone and reagent zone (in this case the conjugate pad) is improved over that observed when the application zone is made from other than a hydrophobic, non-porous material because the interface between the application pad and the conjugate pad is eliminated. Irregularities through this interface can cause non-uniform flow patterns leading to test result variations. This configuration also requires a smaller sample volume. The hydrophobic properties of the sample application zone prevents the sample from spreading widely, so that it can flow through the conjugate pad which is the least resistant path.
Upstream on the device from the conjugate pad is the bridging pad 3 which serves the purpose of providing a mixing port to ensure the uniform mixture of reactive reagents reaching the detection zones. It also serves to prevent excess red blood cells which may not have been fixed in the prior zone from entering the detection zones and can be made of a material such as polyester or glass fiber. Downstream from the bridging pad 3 is the read region 5 which can be made of a material such as nitrocellulose, cellulose or polyethylensulfonate through which the fluid test sample carrying the reagents (labeled specific binding partner and analyte with which the specific binding partner has reacted) can flow and to which the capture means will adhere. Thus, detection zone 11 can have immobilized thereon either analyte (or a binding analog thereof) in the case of a competitive immunoassay in which labeled binding partner specific for the analyte is competed for by analyte in the test sample is immobilized in the detection zone. Alternatively, there can be immobilized in the detection zone a specific binding partner which is specific for an epitope of the analyte different to that epitope to which the labeled specific binding partner is specific, so that a labeled specific binding partner-analyte-immobilized specific binding partner sandwich will form in the presence of analyte. The competition (binding inhibition) and sandwich formation could take place in the conjugate pad in which case the detection zone would serve as a universal capture zone.
The read region 5 can also contain a control zone 13 wherein labeled antibody is captured to demonstrate to the user that the assay has been carried out properly. Typically, the control zone has immobilized thereon binding partners which are specific to the labeled binding partner such as anti-mouse IgG when the labeled specific binding partner is a murine antibody. The control binding partner can be attached to a separate label such as latex or onto the same label as that used for analyte detection. Finally, there is absorbant pad 7 whose function is to act as a sink for removing excess unreacted reagents and to serve as a pump for efficient capillary flow through the test strip. The absorbent pad can be derived from absorbent materials such as cellulose, desiccant treated cellulose and surfactant treated porous polymers.
The only two elements which are critical to the operability of the present invention are the solid support and reagent portion of the strip in fluid communication with the solid support. When not covered by the reagent portion the solid support serves as the strip device's receiving member. Thus, in this embodiment, the solid support 9 also serves as the receiving member 9 a when it is constructed from a non-porous, hydrophobic material. Alternatively, a separate receiving member can be applied to the solid support and mated closely with the reagent portion of the strip so that it is in fluid communication with the reagent portion. While the reagent portion of the strip is depicted as being comprised of separate pieces in the drawings, it is to be understood that this is the preferred embodiment of the invention and that a single strip could be used provided that it is constructed using a material through which the fluid test sample can flow and which is capable of maintaining the appropriate reagents (mobile labeled binding partner specific for analyte in the test sample and an immobilized capture mechanism for the analyte or labeled binding partner). This could be accomplished by affixing a single pad of absorbent material, such as nitrocellulose, to the backing member 9 which would contain the mobile conjugate and bear the detection site 11 and control site 13. In general, the reagent zone of the device is made of an absorbent material such as paper or other membrane that has been treated with a respective reagent which is associated with a particular assay to be performed. The immunoassay components can be applied to a sheet of the absorbent material which is then cut into strips of the appropriate size and adhered to the backing material in such a manner that provides direct physical contact between the hydrophobic, non-porous application zone of the device and its reagent zone.
Although the device of the present invention is suitable for conducting immunoassays using various body fluids such as urine, saliva, sweat or mucous it is particularly suitable for assays in which blood is the test fluid. This is the case because of the desire for a test which requires only a small sample volume when the blood is collected by means such as a finger stick.
The device can be used as is or enclosed in a casing such as that described in previously mentioned European Patent 0 291 194. In either embodiment the device is used by applying a sample of the fluid test sample to the application zone either directly or through an application port in the casing. By applying the fluid sample to the hydrophobic non-porous application zone in partial contact with the absorbent reagent portion of the device, the sample is sorbed into and through the reagent zone more efficiently than if it were applied directly to the absorbent reagent material. This is the case because by applying sample to the hydrophobic sample application zone in contact with the absorbent portion of the device the liquid moves upstream towards the detection zones which leads to a more uniform release of reagents. Conversely, if the sample is directly applied to the reagent zone, it reaches the detection area. This tends to slow the release of reagents. This leads to longer test times and considerable unreleased reagent being left behind in the absorbant reagent containing material resulting in a lower response to analyte contained in the test sample.
Many clinically significant target analytes are present in body fluids and can be assayed using the device and method of the present invention. Thus, in urine, analytes such as deoxypyrodinoline, human serum albumin, drugs of abuse, protein markers such as prostate specific antigen, kidney disease proteins such as lactate dehydrogenate, N-acetyl-β-D-glucosamine, pregnancy or fertility associated hormones such as human chorinic gonadotropin and markers of urinary tract infection can be assayed. The determination of blood borne analytes such as therapeutic drugs, hormones, cancer markers such as prostate specific antigen, cardiac markers (Troponin I, Troponin T, CKMB) and α-fetoprotein is particularly suited to the present invention.
While the means for detecting the signal(s) from the reagent zone of the present device will depend on the type of detectable label attached to the labeled binding partner, the use of a reflectance spectrometer is typical when the label's detectable physical property is the reflectance of light at a predetermined wavelength. In a preferred embodiment of using the device, there is provided a reflectance meter with means for moving the test strip or moving the meter's detector element relative to each other such as by the use of a specimen table for the strip which can be moved laterally under the readhead of the detector. The reflectance from the detection zone of the read region can be read to obtain the concentration of the analyte in the fluid sample and then the device can be shifted on the specimen table for reading the reflectance of the control zone.
The method of practicing the present invention is more fully illustrated by the following example:
Test strips were prepared according to the design of FIGS. 1A and 1B in a clam shell laminator. To a polystyrene backing (5.6 cm�0.765 cm) were applied a nitrocellulose strip (2.5 cm long) and upstream from this strip were applied a 0.7 cm long bridging pad made of prelaminated glass fiber (Whatman F075-075) and a 0.9 cm long conjugate pad of loosely consolidated amorphous glass fiber which contained anti-PSA monoclonal antibody labeled with fluoroscein isothiocyanate (FITC). These sections were applied so as to leave 0.4 cm of the polystyrene backing exposed to serve as the hydrophobic platform for application of the liquid test sample. Downstream from the nitrocellulose strip there was applied a 1.0 cm long piece of desiccant impregnated absorbent cellulose paper as absorbant pad.
The nitrocellulose strip was provided with test and control lines which were prepared by applying 3.0 mg/mL of monoclonal mouse anti-FITC as test line and 3.75 mg/mL glucose oxidase (GO) as control line. (as test and control line proteins) onto the strip using an IVEK striper. The conjugate pad was impregnated with a mixture of 125 μg/ml anti-GO-latex, 350 mg/ml anti-PSA-latex, 5 μg/ml FITC-anti-PSA, 3.16 mg/mL chremophore, 0.23% casein, 20.9 mg/mL HEPES, 23.3 mg/mL maltose, 9.32 mg/mL BSA, 1.45 mg/mL goat IgG and 1.1 mg/mL potato lectin and dried using an Overly dryer at zones of 70, 60 and 50� C. at a speed of 120 cm/min.
The device was tested by applying 75 μL of whole blood spiked with complex PSA calibrator to the test strip by pipetting it onto the polystyrene hydrophobic platform, the conjugate pad or a porous buffer pad placed in front of the conjugate pad. The blood sample was sorbed into the conjugate pad and through the reaction zones of the test strip which served to separate red cells from the whole blood as the blood migrated through the various zones of the strip. The bridge pad serves to ensure efficient mixing of the conjugate and blood sample and helps to prevent red blood cells from entering the nitrocellulose area where they could obscure the signal from the test and control zones. The developed strips were read by determining the reflectance from the test zone at 625 nm using a CLINITEK� reflectance meter 10 minutes after application of the blood sample.
Three formats were compared with respect to fluid run characteristics and overall test performance. In format "A" sample was applied to the middle of the polystyrene platform at 1-2 mm from the conjugate pad, so that the test fluid touched the pad. In format "B" the blood sample was applied to the middle of the poruos conjugate pad. In format "C" the sample was applied to a porous buffer pad made of glass fiber placed in front of the conjugate pad. This is the most common format used in immunochromatography strips. Table 1 illustrates the control and test line intensity and the error associated with each of the three formats. The test and control band reflectance values (% R) were measured in triplicate using a CLINITEK� reflectance meter. The signal STDs and CVs were calculated using background subtracted peak reflectance values (n=3) to determine error in each case.
Control Line
Test Line
Format A
Format B
Format C
From Table 1 it can be determined that format A, which involves the nonporous hydrophobic platform of the present invention, shows significant superiority in terms of improved precision (lower CV) and reproducible formation of the control line. Format B does not form a control line and format C gives a high degree of imprecision (high CV) for the control line.
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The countries that are among the most active executioners are regional rivals: Saudi Arabia and Iran, and China and the United States.
They are in a minority of nations. All told, 105 countries have abolished the death penalty, with Suriname and Mongolia the latest to scrap it altogether. According to the United Nations, 60 other countries allow for the death penalty but have not carried out an execution in a decade, making them what the U.N. calls "de facto abolitionists." Only 28 countries have retained capital punishment on their law books and used it in the last 10 years.
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Some countries have returned to using capital punishment after suspending the practice for many years. Jordan and Pakistan executed several citizens in 2014 in terrorism cases. That year, Egypt, on more than one occasion, sentenced several hundred citizens to death, many of them supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood who had participated in violent political protests in which a single police officer was killed.
"It is a troubling paradox that while the majority of countries have abandoned the use of the death penalty, the overall number of those sentenced to death has been increasing recently," said Ivan Simonovic, the U.N. assistant secretary-general for human rights. "Terrorism offenses and drug-related offenses seem to be the driving arguments behind this increase, although there is no evidence of its deterring effects."
According to the latest figures compiled by Amnesty International, Iran executed at least 289 people in 2014, including for drug offenses. The same year, Saudi Arabia executed at least 90 people, including those convicted in nonlethal crimes, like the Shiite cleric, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, one of 47 people who were put to death on Saturday. Those latest executions came after a year in which the rights group Human Rights Watch estimates that Saudi Arabia put to death 158 prisoners in 2015.
Iraq and the United States are among the top five executioners, though in the United States there has been an effort by state governments to limit the use of the death penalty; the federal government still uses it, though rarely. At least 12 states have a moratorium or an official hold on the use of the death penalty, and in several others, courts are considering challenges to lethal injections, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Twenty-eight people were executed in the United States in 2015, continuing a six-year decline, according to the center.
China is the top executioner in the world. The total number of people it sentences to death is a state secret, but human rights groups and the U.N. say China carries out the largest number of executions. The U.N. estimates that China executed 6,687 people from 1999 to 2003.
India, the second-most populous country in the world, still has the death penalty, too, and last used it in July 2015 to execute one of the central figures in a deadly series of bombings in Mumbai in 1993. The condemned, Yakub Memon, was only the fourth person executed in India since 2000, although in 2014, three men convicted of raping a photojournalist in Mumbai were sentenced to death under new, more severe rape laws.
In the Islamic world, the authorities often argue that capital punishment is justified under Shariah law. But the punishment is used on virtually every continent. In South America, for instance, Trinidad and Tobago retain the death penalty, as do several countries in Africa, including Guinea and Zimbabwe.


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Insurers, EQC urged to settle drilling impasse
Insurance companies and the Earthquake Commission have been urged to "stop mucking around" after talks on collaborative drilling broke down.
The two groups have been negotiating for months about working together on geotechnical drilling of over-cap Christchurch properties.
Technical category 3 property owners need to have their land assessed to determine what repairs are needed and if new foundations need to be designed.
The EQC is responsible for drilling under-cap TC3 properties - those with less than $100,000 damage.
Parklands TC3 Residents' Group spokeswoman Kiri Hider said the commission should never have got involved in over-cap drilling.
"It's how it always should have been, that over-cap was in the arms of private insurers. It should never have been with EQC," she said.
"Let's stop mucking around and start some serious drilling."
Hider had been critical of the confusion the talks had created, with residents unsure who to speak to and getting conflicting messages from the commission and their insurer.
IAG Canterbury recovery executive manager Dean MacGregor said EQC-insurer co-operation was worth investigating, despite it falling outside the commission's mandate, but "maybe it took a little longer than it should have".
How collaborative drilling would be managed was a sticking point, MacGregor said.
"One of the issues we had was we wanted to prioritise our customers.
"We want customers whose homes are uninhabitable, the elderly or people that have other stresses in their life to be a priority," he said.
"If we are committed to a collaborative programme, that [priority] may not necessarily fit with a geographic- type system."
Drilling density was also a problem, MacGregor said, and insurers might have had to redrill some areas the EQC had covered.
"We were getting some initial feedback . . . the density was not coming up.
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In 2017-18, Nick Barese enters his fourth season as head coach of the Merrimack College baseball program. Barese spent the previous four years as an assistant coach with the Warriors, working primarily with the Warriors' pitching staff. He also serves as the Assistant Athletic Director for Operations within the Athletic Department.
Through three seasons, Barese has a 69-57 record (.548) and has guided the program to postseason appearances in all three campaigns. In 2017, Merrimack won 15 divisional games in Norhteast-10 Conference play, the most for the program since the NE10 moved to the divisional format in 2012.
Merrimack earned five all-conference selections in 2017, and seniors Cam DiSarcina and Nate Spielvogel earned all-region recognition. Barese coached the aforementioned duo in all four of their seasons, with both players breaking program records during their careers. DiSarcina collected the most doubles (60) and plate appearances (655) in program history, while becoming the fourth player ever with 200 career hits. Spielvogel owns Merrimack records in appearances (52), saves (16), lowest opponents batting average against (.200) and strikeouts-per-nine innings (12.34).
In Barese's first two seasons, Merrimack combined to win 46 games including 29 victories during the 2016 campaign - tied for the second most in school history. Offensively, the Warriors hit .295 as a unit, the highest batting average for the program since the 2001 season.
Barese came to Merrimack after serving in the same capacity at Saint Anselm College. He is a 2008 graduate of Saint Anselm College where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. He then earned his Master of Science in Sport Science and Recreation from Ohio University in May of 2014.
Barese was a four-year member of both the Hawks' football and baseball teams. He was elected a captain of each team and was named both programs' Most Valuable Player once. Barese holds team records for innings pitched, games started, wins, earned run average and strikeouts.
After graduating from Saint Anselm College, Barese went on to play professional baseball in the Italian Baseball League for the Rangers Redipuglia Baseball Club.
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|This is the view from the left side of my bedroom window.
|This is the view from the left side. The comparison between the two is really fitting. Every time you turn a corner in Seoul you go from extremely urban to extremely natural.
|My building, St. Michael's Hall, from the outside.
|The street that the University is on.
|My metro stop.
|One of the various adorable animals that adorn the benches at City Hall Station. It's kind of great when grumpy people are sitting next to them.
|The Anglican National Cathedral. This is where I will be working. Sorry the picture is crummy. It's in a valley surrounded on all sides by other buildings so it's really hard to get a good picture. I'll give it another try though.
|The TOPIK office, more specifically, my desk!
|Did I mention that I work directly next door to a palace? Cause I do.
|And Seoul City Hall is right across the street and the modern art museum is another block down. This day they were having a framers market and out door concert so I stocked up on produce.
|They even have a labyrinth.
|The Arboretum is build along the tracks of an old railroad line through town. Apparently you can hike the whole thing. Looking forward to the next nice Saturday.
|View of Seoul from a lookout point in the woods. I thought I was in the middle of the woods until I turned the corner.
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It was very long in coming, but the UltraTech Zone is now hosted by a fast, reliable web hosting provider: JodoHost.
This move addresses a fair number of issues that I experienced over the past 8-10 months. Now, I'm looking to get some Technorati configurations straightened out: Technorati Profile.
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I added a "Most Popular Posts" mod by J-O Eriksson to my blog today. I may add it to the BibleStudy blog as well.
Even though J-O followed with another post pointing out that there is a native way in CommunityServer to obtain similar functionality, I definitely like his module due to the fact that I don't need play around with customizing it from a themes perspective. Controlling the layout is much simpler this way.
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ICAIC's Contributions to Cuban Culture Are Outstanding, Says Expert
By Glenda Arcia
Havana, Mar 23 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC) has been recognized today after 58 years due to its great contributions to the national culture and the preservation of important works, awarded photographer, Raul Rodriguez, said.
Speaking to Prensa Latina, the 2017 National Film Prize highlighted 'the work of that entity in the preservation of classic films in Cuba and its role in creating an impressive archive.'
He also recognized the work carried out by this entity in restoring several films through agreements with countries such as the United States and France.
Thanks to this initiative, we have recovered feature films and most of the editions of the Latin American ICAIC Newsreels. Our cinema was formed in an analogical epoch and preserving it has been very difficult, but we are working to prevent the loss of important materials, he said.
The ICAIC has been fundamental and outstanding for the Cuban culture and has faced challenges such as the continuity of the film production in the current economic context and the adaptation to new technologies, he added.
We have the work by outstanding directors such as Tomas Gutierrez Alea, Fernando Perez, Enrique Pineda Barnet and Manuel Perez. New filmmakers are now emerging with many ideas and projects, so the forecast for the sector shows a very positive outlook, he said.
With a varied program of activities, Havana is celebrating this year the 120th anniversary of the arrival of the cinema in Cuba and the 58th anniversary of the foundation of ICAIC, on March 24, 1959.
These celebrations started on March 1 with the screening of the film 'Yak no es antes', by Lester Hamlet, and includes the official delivery of the National Prize to Rodriguez, in recognition of a more than five-decade career. sus/iff/arc/gas
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|Reviews for What the Rain Brings
| loretta537 chapter 1 . 1/31/2008
this is a pretty good story.
| RaiderTKD chapter 1 . 11/29/2007
Hmm... No spelling or grammer errors... Everyone was in character... Your story was perfect, needless to say, and it was beautifully written. Great job, keep it up.
| MuffinOso chapter 1 . 8/21/2007
Perfect! You framed all there emotions oh, so nicely Well DONE!
| qwerty chapter 1 . 5/24/2007
Heh. Last night I thought: Kagura and Yuki. It should be called Kaguki or Yukagura. Also, for a long time I've thought: Momiji and Tohru. Last night I thought of calling it: MORU!
Anyway, I didn't read this very carefully, and it was strange, but I didn't realize that they were related, because though Kyo and Kagura are cousins.
Why Yuki and Kagura Work:
Too bad! When we first met Kagura, and the delivery guy caught her when she crashed into a wall, Yuki was jealous!
| MisSs005 chapter 1 . 9/20/2006
Aw... I really liked this! It's a bit sad, but still so good in character..!
| Salary Dam chapter 1 . 9/4/2006
Yay!I love Yuki/Kagura!
| Read chapter 1 . 8/19/2006
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| Sutefanii-Chan chapter 1 . 8/7/2006
Soo cute! Love it! Great job! ]
| Tally Solleni chapter 1 . 11/21/2005
Beautiful! I've always been a fan of YukixKagura, so I adored this story. Everyone seems to be rather in-character, and I didn't notice any spelling or grammar errors. Good work!
| Emerald Dreams chapter 1 . 9/11/2005
That was super kawaii! I absolutely loved it! I love Kagura x Yuki, they make such a cute pair. Please, make sequel or another Kagura x Yuki fic! I love your style of writing too.
| Vitality Astral chapter 1 . 8/22/2005
Aww...This story was perfectly written! I love it! Yuki/Kagura are too cute together!
| Reni-Chan chapter 1 . 7/24/2005
*Blinks*Wow!Yay for Kagura/Yuki!
Aria Sohma:(My made up still harbors a crush on Yuki,even though she is in love with Haru...She really falls in love easily,first Yuki,then her adopted brother Kyo (She is a sohma by by adoption) then .)Aww man...*Sigh*There goes my chance.
Haru:Aren't you forgetting someone?(o
| kori hime chapter 1 . 5/28/2005
I always thought that couple would be cute. I liked how you wrote them.
| Cerulean San chapter 1 . 5/25/2005
Aw, kawaii ! YAY FOR YUKIKAG!
| Sapphire93 chapter 1 . 5/14/2005
I really loved this story! Krista wanted me to tell you that I'm her little sister.


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- dancing mania and hallucinations
- Dancing mania is also known as dancing plague, epidemic ofdancing, epidemic chorea, and choreomania. According to historical sources, the latter term was introduced by Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, better known as Paracelsus (1493-1541). All the above terms are used to denote a complex motor phenomenon that occurred throughout Western Europe from the 14th through the 17th century. In dancing mania, groups of people would dance in the streets, displaying hallucinatory behaviour, epileptiform fits, and transient paralyses, until they collapsed from exhaustion. According to the French alienist Louis-Florentin Calmeil (17981895), the dancers often reported religious and/or terrifying "visions. The first major outbreak of dancing mania is thought to have taken place in Aachen, Germany, on June 24, 1374, after which it spread quickly through France, Italy, Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, and even Madagascar. It appears to have reached its peak in 1418 in Strasbourg. Because the religious treatment of the condition involved praying to St. Vitus (amongst many other things), the condition has been erroneously referred to as St. Vitus Dance (a term that actually refers to Sydenham's chorea). Paradoxically, dancing mania was also treated by means of music. As to the condition's etiology, no real consensus exists. Post hoc hypotheses range from mass hysteria to encephalitis, epilepsy, the bite of a Tarantula, murine typhus, and ergot poisoning. A well-known case of dancing mania in Aix-la-Chapelle, France, has been attributed to ergot poisoning (known in the Middle Ages as St. Anthony's Fire) due to the ingestion of rye infected with ergot (Claviceps purpura), a fungus that produces alkaloids with a hallucinogenic potential. The reason that the occurrence ofdanc-ing mania was restricted to this specific geographical area and time frame is unknown.ReferencesCalmeil, L.-F. (1845). De la folie. Paris: J.-B. Baillière.Donaldson, L.J., Cavanagh, J., Rankin, J. (1997). The dancing plague: A public health conundrum. Public Health, 111, 201-204.Hecker, J.F.C. (1835). The dancing mania of the middle ages. Translated by Babington, B.G. New York, NY: J. Fitzgerald.
Dictionary of Hallucinations. J.D. Blom. 2010.