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Domingos Paciencia leaves La Liga strugglers Deportivo La Coruna
Deportivo La Coruna have parted company with coach Domingos Paciencia after just six weeks in charge.
Last Updated: 11/02/13 10:19pm
Depor announced the decision on Monday morning in the wake of Saturday's 3-0 home loss to Granada, a defeat which left the Galician club two points adrift at the foot of the Primera Division standings.
A statement on the club's official website read: "The Portuguese coach Domingos Paciencia and his backroom team will no longer be in charge of the first team."
Domingos was appointed on December 30 as the replacement for Jose Luis Oltra, who was dismissed with the club bottom of the standings with just two wins from 17 games.
The 44-year-old Domingos enjoyed an impressive start to life at the Riazor with a victory over high-flying Malaga in his first match in charge and then following that up with a 1-1 draw from their trip to Real Sociedad.
However, Depor have lost all four matches since then, including defeats to relegation rivals Osasuna and Granada.
This weekend's loss to Granada proved the final straw, with Depor now six points adrift of safety and looking in serious danger of an immediate return to the Segunda Division following their promotion last year.
Fitness coach Jose Angel Franganillo took charge of Monday morning's training session as Depor search for a permanent successor to Domingos.
Whoever does take the reins faces a baptism of fire in the hotseat with four of Depor's next five matches pitting them against Sevilla, Real Madrid, Barcelona and arch-rivals Celta Vigo.
Their next fixture is away to Sevilla on Friday night.


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Katy Perry's "Girls Night Out" At Kid's Choice AwardsThere is uproar that Katy's outfit was too revealing for a Kid's show.
Preview: Katy Perry Bares All In "Part Of Me" 3DKaty Perry has built an entire brand off of embodying the quintessential pop star. She's cute, spunky, and seemingly perfect. However, in her new 3D documentary, Part of Me, Perry gives us a backstage pass to the downside of fame.
Katy Perry Says Watching "Part Of Me" Isn't Always EasyThe 27-year-old looked stunning on the pink carpet with a retro red velvet gown, but life isn't always so glamorous for Perry.
Katy Perry Reveals The Inspiration For Her "Part Of Me" 3D MovieKaty Perry: Part Of Me hits theaters July 5th, or as Katy would say, "right after 4th of July, after you've blown your hand off, but you still have your eyes and your ears."
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Rage now available on Mac
Earlier today, Bethesda confirmed on its blog that Rage was officially available on Mac. This is great news for anyone who may have been holding out on playing the game to wait for this very day when it would launch for Apple's brand of computers (because that's exactly what they are, computers--please try to remember that). The game has received some fixes and it is left almost untouched. Almost.
There are a few quirks that gamers should be aware of. For starters, the game is dubbed Rage: Campaign Edition. What this means is that there's no competitive multiplayer. Considering the fact that Rage's multiplayer consisted entirely of racing modes, this isn't exactly a sinful omission.
Rage: Campaign Edition does, however, include the Wasteland sewer missions and all of the stuff from the Anarchy Edition. That's pretty neat, right? You can snag Rage: Campaign Edition on Mac for $39.99 pretty much everywhere except Steam. I can definitely see this price getting a reduction fairly soon already.
I really liked Rage, and it's a shame it didn't sell particularly well. Sure, it doesn't have any snazzy multiplayer modes like Call of Duty (which I really don't care for anyway), but it gets down to what developer id Software knows best. It gives you awesome shooting action and a bunch of freaks to blast in the face. If you haven't already, you should really check it out.


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as the title says ive been through everything at this point even support was not helpful i did everything they asked for and in the end they said my computer wasnt compatable and yet ive been playing gw2 fine all these months with no problems right? untill last patch which has been making me disconnect randomly through the day constantly and this final disconnection has gotten my characters all stuck so if i go to log into them to get ingame the client instantly shuts down and tells me to send the crash report to anet and i do.
My exact problem is ever since this last patch things havnt been going well at all and aswell i have alot of guild members with this same problem of disconnecting randomly and the client crashes.
If anyone can help seriously need it figure out how to even remotely fix this or do i have to ask for a refund on the game because i definitly dont wanna quit after all that hard work getting my characters to 80 and fully gearing them. but if i have to then so be it.
I am redownloading the game as we speak to see if it will fix this problem so hopefully it does and i can get back with my friends to playing and if it doesnt then so long its been fun. ill check back in on this in a few to see if i got a reply back from a support member who can actually look more into the problem.


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Overtime Unkind as Lions Tame Titans, 2-1
LOS ANGELES – Madison Heilmann's first goal of the season four minutes into the first overtime period Sunday afternoon snapped a 1-1 tie and lifted host Loyola Marymount to a 2-1 extra-time victory over visiting Cal State Fullerton at Sullivan Field in Los Angeles.
The loss dropped the Titans to 0-2 overall on the year, opening the season with a pair of one-goal losses. The Lions, who fell in their season opener to Cal Poly, 3-1, on Friday, improved to 1-1 overall on the season.
Heilmann's "golden goal" came at the 3:54 mark of overtime, winning a 50-50 ball on the left side, touched it ahead slightly, and launched a shot from 40 yards out that floated over the head of Fullerton keeper Katie Pulliam into the far-post netting to end the match.
It was the first overtime match of the year for the Titans, who played in an NCAA record-tying 11 overtime matches in 2011, finishing 4-4-3 in those contests.
For the second-straight match, it was freshman Christina Burkenroad who got Fullerton on the board first as the San Diego native netted her second goal in as many matches just before halftime. Burkenroad, who scored her first career goal for Fullerton in its 3-2 loss to USC on Aug. 17, took passes from teammates Erica Mazeau and Nikki McCants and put it home from eight yards out for the 1-0 lead.
LMU found the equalizer in the 62nd minute off the foot of Brianne Medved, who slotted home a free kick to the near post from just outside the box on the right side to tie the match at 1-1.
The Lions outshot the Titans, 13-8, but Fullerton applied pressure all afternoon, taking eight of the nine corner kicks in the match. Burkenroad and Rebecca Wilson each had two shots for the Titans while Medved led all players with four shots on the day.
Cal State Fullerton's road trip continues next weekend as the Titans make a trip to The Great Lakes State to take on Michigan and Michigan State. Fullerton will meet the Wolverines on Friday (Aug. 24) at 3 p.m. PT before clashing with the Spartans on Friday (Aug. 26) at 10 a.m. PT.


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10. Evolutionary Trends and Central Dogma of Informatics
Published Online: 12 OCT 2010
DOI: 10.1002/9780470904640.ch10
Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Mathematics of Bioinformatics: Theory, Practice, and Applications
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ST. LOUIS, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Alex Steen's goal late in the first period Monday ignited a run of three straight St. Louis scores that carried the Blues to a 5-2 win over Calgary.
Steen's goal on the rebound of a Jason Arnott drive with less than 2 minutes left in the opening frame tied the score 1-1.
St. Louis then followed up with consecutive second-period tallies by Kevin Shattenkirk and Alex Pietrangelo to open a 3-1 advantage.
Chris Stewart and Arnott added goals in the final frame for the Blues, who logged their first win of the year after dropping their season opener to Nashville.
Jaroslav Halak only had to face 17 Calgary shots, stopping 15 of them.
Curtis Glencross and Jarome Iginla scored for the Flames, who lost their second straight to start the season.
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There was plenty of flash at this year's Funkshion Fashion Week in Miami Beach.
Collins Park, Miami Beach
The yearly presentation celebrated its 25th anniversary with four nights of runway struts, featuring collections by designers of local and national provenance. But it was the event's Red Dress Fashion Show, presented by The American Heart Association, that drew the most attention. Dozens of society ladies and TV personalities—among them Candela Ferro, Karent Sierra
and Alexandra Olevarria—took the catwalk in gowns of scarlet, crimson and ruby shades, in a fiery display of style, all in the name of health awareness. "It's a way of bringing attention to heart health issues, which are so important," said CBS-4 entertainment reporter Lisa Petrillo, one of the evening's participants.
"A moment of glamour for a rather important cause."


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The hardrive itself is a nice, thin, slim, curved rectangle shape. It is looks very simple, but then it is simple. It has a blue LED on the bottom which shows when it is plugged into a computer or device. It has a small port on the end of it so the USB cable can be plugged in. The product comes with a cable which connects the USB cable to the external hardrive to copy files onto it. There is also a software disc which comes with the Hardrive. You don't have to use this, but if your new to copying files I would recommened using it.
When copying files onto the drive it is very fast. It wouldnt take long to copy a couple of hundred Gigabites. The product is reliable and has worked brilliantly for me so far. It was cheap, it is keeping all my files safe just incase I ever need them again. It has done its job very well so far.


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Adoration9:15am on 1st Friday
1st Saturday Devotion and Anointing of the Sick8:30am at St. Peter
Men's Support Group9:00am on 2nd & 4th Tuesdays
Spark Family Faith Night6:00pm Mass 1st Wed.
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Efficacy and Safety of Nasonex vs. Placebo in Subjects With SAR and Concomitant Asthma (Study P03280)
This study has been terminated.
(Recruitment challenges.)
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
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First Posted: October 10, 2003
Last Update Posted: March 28, 2017
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An association between seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR) and allergic asthma has been established through epidemiologic, pathophysiologic, and therapeutic studies. This study will compare Nasonex Nasal Spray to Placebo in treating the nasal and asthma symptoms experienced by subjects with SAR and concomitant asthma.
|Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal Asthma
|Drug: Nasonex
|Phase 4
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Masking: Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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MedlinePlus related topics: Hay Fever
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- Subject must have at least a two-year history of seasonal allergic rhinitis and of increase asthma symptoms associated with the allergy season under study.
- FEV 1 70% of predicted at both Screening and Baseline visits.
- Subject must demonstrate an increase in absolute FEV 1 less then 12%, with an absolute volume increase of at least 200 ml, after reversibility testing at Screening or within the past 12 months.
- Subjects must be skin test positive (skin prick test with a wheal diameter at least 3mm larger than the diluent control or intradermal testing with the wheal diameter at least 7 mm larger than diluent control) at screening, or within 12 months prior to the screening visit, to a seasonal allergen (which may include seasonal molds) prevalent during the study period.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subjects with asthma who require chronic use of inhaled or systemic corticosteroids.
- Subjects who are morbidly obese (BMI>35)
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Keywords provided by Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.:
Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis
Concomitant Asthma
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Rhinitis, Allergic
Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal
Bronchial Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Hypersensitivity
Hypersensitivity, Immediate
Immune System Diseases
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text: Downtown Colorado Springs has a mix of shops, restaurants, and bars – all with stunning views of Pikes Peak. Four miles away, peculiar rock formations, rock climbing, and hiking/biking trails can be found at Garden of the Gods, where admission is free. Future Olympians train nearby at the U.S. Olympic Complex.Hide


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Bleachers jammed on backstop
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The storm which blew through Franklin Township on Monday night picked up 3,500 pound bleachers and jammed them into the backstop. Wayne Wentz, president of the Franklin Township Athletic Association, right, said he hopes that the bleachers can be salvaged and repaired as they cost about $2,000. Assisting with the inspection of the damage is George Price, Little League coach.


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A Sonoma County woman has been sentenced to 26 years to life in prison for the 2008 stabbing death of her boyfriend.
The Press Democrat of Santa Rosa reports that Judge Gary Medvigy on Tuesday described 25-year-old Sheyna Douprea as an "incredibly violent woman with an uncontrollable amount of rage."
Douprea was convicted in August of first-degree murder for attacking 46-year-old Daniel Mooney and stabbing him four times in the neck.
Prosecutors said Douprea was angry at Mooney for returning to their Healdsburg apartment drunk before the couple was to attend his office Christmas party.
Douprea claimed Mooney was abusive and she acted in self-defense.
Her conviction marked the first time since 1999 that a woman was found guilty of murder in Sonoma County.
Information from: The Santa Rosa Press Democrat, http://www.pressdemocrat.com


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - November was a long month for Florida State's Bobby Bowden.
His once-perennially ranked Seminoles were winless, skidding out of the polls for the first time in four years after being manhandled by Clemson and Florida and a close home loss to North Carolina State.
And now fan Web sites, televison and radio talk shows and some Florida newspapers are calling for the 76-year-old coach to fire his offensive coordinator - who happens to be his youngest son. The younger Bowden has been responsible for the Seminoles' offense the past five seasons and it has never been as good as those over the previous 15. Not even close.
Bobby Bowden, the winningest coach in NCAA history, has called his son's critics "cowards" and refers to the controversy as "crap," adding fans "better be glad I'd like to keep this job." Bowden, stuck on 358 wins, has two years remaining on his $2 million annual contract.
The state has an anti-nepotism rule, prohibiting bosses from supervising their relatives in government jobs. It's designed to keep family members from showing favoritism, especially when it comes to jobs like the $124,655 position enjoyed by Jeff Bowden.
But the school circumvents the policy, which is frequently ignored, by saying young Bowden reports to defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews and not his father.
"The problem with nepotism a lot of times is not the hiring, but the firing," said Jeff Cameron, a local sports radio host who says his callers overwhelmingly want Jeff Bowden out.
Under Jeff Bowden, Florida State (7-4, 5-3 ACC) ranks 42nd in total offense and 39th in scoring offense nationally going into Saturday's league title game against fifth-ranked Virginia Tech (10-1, 7-1).
The Seminoles led the defense-oriented ACC in several offensive categories this season, including total yards and passing yards per game, but they well below the standards the school's fans have long been accustomed.
Some of the criticism hits close to home. Veteran Seminoles radio color analyst Peter Tom Willis, dismayed at some of the play calling this season, said the Seminoles had "a high school offense" during one broadcast. A quarterback for Bobby Bowden in the late 1980s, Willis has long been a fan favorite for his candid observations.
Florida State President T.K. Wetherell, who inherited the situation, is a former Seminoles player. He is reluctant to intercede because of his long-standing fondness for Bobby Bowden, who was his position coach 40 years ago.
"When we were 5-0 nobody was talking about it," Wetherell said about the team's fast start this season. "It's really dependent more, in my mind, on performance. I'm sure that's what coach Bowden is looking at."
Bowden is not the only coach promoting family members.
Joe Paterno's son, Jay, is quarterbacks coach at Penn State and Steve Spurrier has his son, Steve Jr., on the staff at South Carolina, where former coach Lou Holtz actually demoted his son Skip from the offensive coordinator's role.
However, not all states have nepotism policies. Florida does, but it's not impenetrable.
But none are the offensive coordinator at Florida State where Bowden transformed a one-time women's college into one of the country's premier football playgrounds.
Fed up with the offense's performance, Wetherell last year held up pay raises for its coaches.
Bowden also replaced veteran offensive line coach Jimmy Heggins, and quarterback Chris Rix, a four-year starter blamed for many of the problems, graduated.
The problems, however, are back, leaving former players concerned.
"I'm not going to forget the three losses to teams that are not ranked," said Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Derrick Brooks, a former Seminole All-American who now sits on the school's board of trustees.
"I tell people all the time, Florida State has been humbled," Brooks said. "But now that we've been humbled, what are we going to do about it?"
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Official: Thailand to implement ASEAN player quota in 2018 season
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Football Association of Thailand (FAT) has announced that the ASEAN player quota will be implemented in Thai Premier League and Thai Division 1 League from 2018 season.
Under the new regulation, Thai Premier League and Thai Division 1 League clubs will be allowed to register three foreign players, one Asian player and one ASEAN player. Previously, clubs are allowed to register four foreign players and one Asian player.
The clubs will be able to field three foreign players plus one Asian or ASEAN player in a certain match.
The new regulation applies to players from 9 ASEAN members other than Thailand, which are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam.
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Daniela Rocca was born on September 12, 1937 in Acireale, Sicily, Italy. She was an actress, known for Divorce Italian Style (1961), Revenge of the Barbarians (1960) and L'attico (1963). She died on May 28, 1995 in Milo, Sicily. See full bio »
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In 2011, tuberculosis killed 1.4 million people worldwide, almost as many as died from HIV/AIDS. And death isn't the only damage TB does.
In many countries, women with the disease are stigmatized and abandoned. Families of poor victims find themselves thrust further into poverty. And infants and children who get TB — often from their parents — go undiagnosed. TB remains the most common cause of death among people with HIV, and in developing countries skyrocketing rates of smoking and diabetes — also risk factors for TB — are driving the epidemic.
Because about a third of all sufferers worldwide lack access to high-quality treatment, the disease easily spreads and becomes drug-resistant.
This is a problem for developed countries, too. In March, a Nepalese man with extensively drug-resistant TB flew to Brazil and then traveled by plane, car, boat and on foot before crossing Mexico into Texas. More than 60 percent of TB cases in the United States occur among the foreign-born, which means that to control TB within its borders, the U.S. must help control it overseas.
And yet the U.S. Agency for International Development has proposed to cut $45 million from TB spending for 2014 — 20 percent of that program's budget.
During a congressional hearing last month, Rajiv Shah, the head of USAID, responded to concerns about the proposed TB budget cuts by saying, "We are expanding our efforts in HIV-related TB." In fact, there are no plans to extend funding for HIV-related TB in 2014.
Furthermore, a $223 million cut has been proposed for Pepfar (the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), which supports HIV-related TB programs. Although this reduction is counterbalanced by a $350 million increase in U.S. spending on the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, only 17 percent of that agency's budget has been used against TB.
USAID's proposed budget cut will severely hamper the agency's efforts to contain the global spread of drug-resistant TB, and to expand access to better drugs. In some parts of the world, more than a third of TB cases are multidrug-resistant. In India and South Africa, doctors are seeing strains that don't respond to any known medicines. In the absence of technical assistance from USAID, well-intentioned efforts to treat such strains may simply lead to greater drug-resistance.
While USAID's TB budget is being slashed, public-health spending on tuberculosis in the U.S. is also being cut. On top of belt tightening from sequestration, the administration of Barack Obama has been pillaging money from the Department of Health and Human Services' Prevention and Public Health Fund, which goes to efforts such as immunizations, health screenings and smoking prevention. Last year, some of this money was used to prevent a scheduled cut in Medicare payments to doctors. This year, some will go toward educating and helping to enroll people in new health-insurance plans available under the Affordable Care Act.
Almost all TB specialists in the U.S. work in public clinics and hospitals. Many patients, being either uninsured or underinsured, have nowhere else to go for their treatment. Even after the Affordable Care Act is fully in place, public TB clinics will remain important safety nets for undocumented immigrants and legal immigrants who don't yet qualify for public services. It's safe to assume that cuts in public health funding will have the same effect we saw in the early 1990s after earlier reductions: Many patients will be inadequately treated, allowing greater transmission of TB and the emergence of multidrug-resistant strains.
What's more, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — led by Tom Frieden, who once was New York's TB czar — is planning to cut funding for its Tuberculosis Trials Consortium by 30 percent. The consortium has been looking for shorter, less-toxic drug combinations to treat tuberculosis and for better regimens against multidrug-resistant TB — an effort that has begun to pay off. Last year, the Food and Drug Administration approved bedaquiline, the first new TB drug in 40 years, which may reduce the duration of TB treatment (currently six months to two years, depending on drug resistance). Additional drugs in the consortium's pipeline now may not make it to the end.
Access to old medicines and diagnostic tools is in jeopardy, too. The U.S. faces shortages of isoniazid and rifampin, two first-line TB drugs, as well as the second-line drugs streptomycin, cycloserine, ethionamide, rifabutin, amikacin, capreomycin and kanamycin. And there is a nationwide shortage of tuberculin, which has been used since the 1930s in a skin test to see if someone has been infected.
TB control is no easier today than it was 20 years ago. Our world is more interconnected, and multidrug- resistant TB is more common. Instead of cutting funding for national and international programs — almost certainly leading to unnecessary deaths — the Obama administration should be moving in the opposite direction. By strengthening the public health system to deliver essential TB services in the U.S. and abroad and expanding the number of TB drugs, we should be working to prevent all deaths from tuberculosis.


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Denbury intends to use the sale proceeds to partly reduce its debt under the credit facility. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of February 2012 and is subject to customary closing conditions.
The assets to be shed had proved reserves of approximately 6.2 million barrels of oil equivalent (93% oil), as of December 31, 2010. The reserves consist of 54% proved developed producing and 46% proved developed non-producing.
The assets being sold include 138 operated wells in 29 producing oil and gas fields. Denbury expects output of about 1400 barrels of oil equivalent per day from properties, per the 2012 production guidance issued earlier.
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|N·mero de solicitud
|Fecha de publicaci¾n
|27 Sep 1983
|Fecha de presentaci¾n
|9 Feb 1982
|Fecha de prioridad
|12 Mar 1981
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|Wolfgang Hein
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|Carl Schliecher & Schuell Gmbh & Co., Kg
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This invention relates to a pressure filtering device for filtering fluids.
Pressure filtration devices of this type are laboratory devices for the filtering of volumes for liquids of a magnitude of from 10 to several 100 milliliters. The infusion chamber, that is the pressure compartment of the pressure filtering device, usually has a volume that lies in a range of from approximately 10 ml to approximately 300 ml.
For a distrubance-free filtration with such devices, especially if the filter is a membrane, a pressure filtering device of this type must be provided with an agitator. A magnetic agitator having an agitating disc arranged below the cell and a magnetic agitator arranged inside the cell is almost exclusively used as magnetic agitators. Such magnetic agitators are either suspended in the infusion chamber in revolvable form or lie freely on the bottom of the infusion chamber. It has been known to arrange a this teflon-coated washer directly below the turbid side of the membrane surface in order not to damage the filter when a magnetic agitator core that lies freely on the floor is utilized. A backing plate or carrying plate for the magnetic agitating core formed as a screen plate in turn lies loosely on the membrane surface.
One disadvantage of the pressure filtering cell with a teflon-coated screen backing plate for the magnetic agitating core is that the effective filtering area is reduced through the laying out of the screen backing plate; that, in view of the unavoidable self-movement of the screen backing plate the dark-sided surface of the filter is mechanically stressed in an unfavorable way. The screen backing plate is an additional, separate component of the pressure filtering device which has to be separately cleaned, maintained, and monitored and must be available at assembly for insertion and adjustment.
One disadvantage of the suspension for pressure-filtering cells equipped with a magnetic stirring core is in the problem involving the manufacture of such suspensions. The suspensions are arranged on axial rods and slideways which, in turn, are supported on the upper side of the middle part of the pressure filtering casing. Such arrangements are not only constructionally weak in view of the long operative lever arms, but also are questionable when corroding substances are to be filtered, in view of their low resistance to corrosion. Finally, high costs are incurred with maintenance and cleaning.
In addition, pressure filtering devices for magnetic stirring, which are sometimes referred to as stirring cells, have the disadvantage that they are fully inadequate for the filtration of quantities of fluid with a volume smaller than, for instance, 3 to 5 ml. Special filtering devices of a different construction, as a rule generally flat devices, have to kept ready for the filtration of such small quantities. This requires additional investment with equipment and increases the costs of performing separation and cleaning in the laboratory.
In view of this state of the art, the present invention has an object to improve a pressure filtering device of the aforementioned type to an extent that the device for magnetic stirring action does not require any additional costly and complicated equipment or separate parts and auxiliary equipment and which can process filtration of small and minimal amounts of fluid.
The pressure filtering device of this invention is provided with a cylindrical center part with a disc or plate formed in one single piece with the cylindrical center part. The disc or plate may be a formaninous plate serving as a support plate for the magnetic agitating core, wherein the upper part and the lower part of the pressure filtering device which are connected in a pressure-tight manner on the upper side and the lower side respectively of the center part, are formed in such a way that they can also be connected directly with each other with the formation of a pressure filtering cell of flat construction without any intermediate part. The disc plate that supports the magnetic stirring core is arranged in the cylindrical middle part in such a way that when the lower part has been inserted and the filter has been placed directly above the inlet-side surface of the filter, it does not touch the same at any point. This means that it is arranged in such a way that a flat disc-shaped free space remains between the lower side of the disc that faces the filter and the inlet-side surface of the filter.
The connecting means by which the upper part can be connected to the middle part or to the lower part and the center part connected to the lower part are preferably threaded screws in combination with the usual rubber-elastic sealing elements, for example sealing rings or sealing masses that have been vulcanized on. The upper part may, for example, have the form of a lid with a drawn-down rim that reaches over the upper edge of the center part in the manner of a telescope, wherein the drawn-down closing rim has an inner thread and the upper outside border of the center part has a complementary outer thread. The lower end of the center part is provided with an inner thread into which the lower part provided with an outer thread can be threaded in a pressure-tight manner. This outer thread of the lower part may also be threaded directly onto the inner thread of the closing side of the upper part. The sealing elements that seal the upper edge of the center part to the upper part are formed in such a way that on a direct threading of the upper part and the lower part into each other, they clamp in the filter arranged in the lower part in a pressure-tight manner.
All the parts of the pressure-filtering device preferably consist of a synthetic material and have been planned for working pressures in a range of between approximately 5 and 20 bar.
The lower part of the pressure filtering device is preferably provided with a filtrate outlet fitting that protrudes axially downwardly. If the pressure filtering device is operated without a center part, the resulting flat pressure filtering device may, for example, be used in the known, usual manner directly as a spraying header with axial filtrate flow discharge. On filtration of larger volumes with the interposed center part and magnetic stirring action, the axial filtrate discharge fitting of the lower part is connected to a support in a rigid and tight manner which gives stability to the pressure filtrating device and conducts the filtrate through a channel formed in the support to a radially arranged filtrate discharge fitting. It is possible to utilize relatively short stirring intervals between the stirring place and the magnetic stirring core through the utilization of such a support, despite the axial filtrate discharge at the lower part of the pressure filtrating device.
Other features which are considered characteristic of the invention are set forth in the appended claims.
Although the invention is illustrated and described in relationship to specific embodiments, it is nevertheless not intended to be limited to the details shown, since various modifications and structural changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention and within the scope and range of equivalents of the claims.
The construction and operation of the invention, however, together with additional objects and advantages thereof will be best understood from the following description of specific embodiments when read in connection with the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is an axial cross sectional view of a pressure filtering device according to one embodiment of the invention and shown as a schematized representation.
The pressure filtering device shown in FIG. 1 consists of an upper part 1, a center part 3, and a lower part 6.
An opening with a pipe fitting 2 is formed in the axial direction at the center of the upper part 1. Fitting 2 serves to receive the inflowing turbid material and at the same time for the receiving the impact of the pressure filtrating device. Upper part 1 is formed with an edge portion 10 extending downwardly in the manner of a rim and like a telescope extends over the upper edge 11 of the center part 3 of the pressure filtering device. Border 11 of center part 3 is provided with an outer thread (not shown in the drawing), while the rim 10 of the upper part 1 is provided with an inner thread (also not shown in the drawing). Upper part 1 is threaded onto the upper border 11 of center part 3 and is sealed off against the latter through a schematically indicated rubber-elastic sealing ring 12.
The lower end 13 of center part 3 has a diameter which is slightly larger than the diameter of the upper end 11 of center part 3 being, in substance, equal to the diameter of rim 10 of upper part 1. The center part 3 has an inner thread in this lower end section 13 which in form and characteristics corresponds to the inner thread on the rim 10 of the upper part 1. To make the illustration clearer, the inner thread formed at the lower edge 13 of the center part 3 is not shown in the drawing.
The lower part 6 has a cylindrical outer portion 14 which has an outer thread which is also not shown in the drawing, this latter thread as regards its dimensions and characteristics, corresponds to the outer thread formed on the upper end 11 of center part 3. The outer portion 14 is screwed into the inner thread by means of the outer thread on portion 14, the inner thread being provided on the lower end 13 of center part 3. To make the representation clearer, the sealing elements, which are arranged in a known and usual manner, and which seal in a pressure-tight manner the lower part 6 and filter 8 supported by the lower part 6 against the center part 3 have not been represented.
Filter 8 is supported by a filter support 15 which is formed in one piece with the lower part 14 but may also be formed separately. The filtrate discharged from the lower side of filter 8 may flow through filter support 15 to a filtrate discharge pipe fitting 7 and from the latter out from the pressure filtrating device.
Close above the inlet-side surface 9 of filter 8, which as a rule is a membrane, there is provided a foraminous disc 4 formed in one piece integrally with the center piece 3 of synthetic material. The screen disc 4 supports a magnetic stirring core 5 in freely movable form. The distance between the lower side of disc 4 and the inlet-side surface 9 of filter 8 is, in principle, kept as small as possible, while at the same time as large as possible, so that it will neither touch the inlet-side surface 9 of the filter, and also not when the filter 8 lies distorted or warped on the filter support 15, wherein any contact will be excluded even in the event that a residue layer should form on the inlet-side surface 9 of filter 8.
In order to operate the pressure filtrating device composed of the upper part 1, the center part 3, and the lower part 6 as a storage device on a stirring plate, the filtrate-discharge pipe fitting 7 of lower part 6 may be inserted in a complimentary, conically formed connecting pipe socket of a foot support or tripod stand which is not shown in the drawing. The connecting pipe fitting is connected with a radially arranged filtrate discharge pipe fitting over a passage channel.
For non-stationary operation of the pressure filtering device shown in FIG. 1, for example for operation of the device as a spraying header for filtering small volumes, for the filtration of which magnetic stirring is not necessary, the center part 3 is removed, upper part 1 with the inner thread formed in rim 10 is directly screwed onto the outer thread which is provided on the cylindrical outer portion 14 of lower part 6. The sealing of the upper part as regards filter 8 and lower part 6 is made in a known manner through the insertion of sealing elements, especially the insertion of a rubber-elastic sealing ring.
The material of the membrane for the filter 8 can be chosen from the material group such as celulose derivatives. The filtering device and its parts are for example out of plastics, polycarbonates and others. Normally the magnetic stirrer 5 is driven by a rotating magnet underneath the filtration unit. This technology is standard art for decades.
The filtering device can be used for all types of liquids that usually are to be processed in scientific and industrial laboratories.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Back in 2002 at my first Daytona 500 as a sports writer, Bill France Jr. -- then in the throes of fighting an ultimately fatal cancer -- saddled up to me in the infield media centre at Daytona International Speedway, introduced himself, and said: "So you're the new guy from Canada."
Nine years later with NASCAR under the control of Brian France -- Bill Jr.'s son -- it's a far different story.
To be blunt, Brian France wouldn't recognize me if he backed over me with a truck.
And to many in the NASCAR nation that is what is at root of a slight, but noticeable, decline in television ratings and even more dramatic decline in bums in the seats at the dozens of mammoth race tracks that dot the United States from coast to coast.
Fans, who fork over the more than $1,000 US a weekend it takes for a family of three to witness NASCAR's stars and their cars, are saying they, too, have noticed a disconnect between them and the sport.
Now, those rumblings are coming from many within the sport and are reaching the France family -- who have run NASCAR as a tightly held fiefdom for more than 50 years.
Where once NASCAR was able to deflect any and all criticism by pointing to its meteoric growth from a regional anomaly to the second most popular professional sporting outfit behind the National Football League, the bad press is starting to stick.
A stunning example of how Brian France has become a target came this week when The Sporting News -- now based in NASCAR's Charlotte, N.C. backyard -- ran a feature-length piece taking a strip off of France for his supposed behind-the-scenes approach to management.
Michael Smith, a senior writer at the highly respected Street & Smith's Business Journal, who authored the piece, dogged the third generation NASCAR boss this past off-season and came back feeling that there were definite signs that France lacked the commitment his father and grandfather had before him for the family business.
And in a time when the U.S. is in the grips of the worst recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s, stakeholders in NASCAR are starting to demand a more visible presence from headquarters.
The talking heads of the big networks, who back in the day were counted on to act as cheerleaders for the sport, now are often leaders in taking on NASCAR's failings head on -- and remember these are the folks who spent almost a billion dollars on NASCAR over the past decade.
France no longer can dictate positive coverage from his broadcast partners.
In fact, Rich Feinberg, vice-president of motorsports coverage for ESPN, said that his network is not about to hide the warts its reporters may find in their daily coverage of NASCAR.
"Our philosophy is that our job, and quite candidly, our obligation is to serve our fans," Feinberg said. "What we always discuss in our meetings and on phone calls is that to fulfil that obligation, we need to be honest. We need to be honest with ourselves and our viewers.
"And like all sporting competitions, sometimes it's a great game, and sometimes it's a lacklustre game.
"And all we try to do is give them (announcers) the freedom to offer their opinion, offer that opinion with responsibility, with details behind what they're thinking, and make sure that we, throughout the presentation, offer diverse opinions -- and then we let the fans decide."
France fights back that his leadership style is geared to guiding NASCAR through today's economic tough environment and come out the other side none the worse for wear.
"Clearly there is an ebb and flow, sometimes you can do too much, and that's unsettling to people," France said.
"And then there's times when there are things right in front of you that everybody feels very strongly about."
About any disconnect between him and the sport, France bristles at such a suggestion.
"I personally have met with every driver, every team owner, every track operator, and we will be meeting with all of our television partners, as well," he said.
"We have been doing that for several years and we are going to continue that.
"And the goal is to make very, very good racing -- better."
Let's hope it isn't a case of too little, too late.


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A few weeks ago it was believed that the Xbox One console would receive a hefty memory boost and that Microsoft was working on refining the system's specs for its final release in November.
These reports claim that Microsoft has been able to raise the console's memory bandwidth by an extra 88%–from 102 GB/s to 192 GB/s–have been the basis of this speculation.
Xbox product planning executive Albert Penello has also been quoted saying that "specs change", hinting at possible planned enhancements for the next-gen console.
"I would like to pose this question to the audience. There are several months until the consoles launch, and [as] any student of the industry will remember, specs change," Penello penned in his NeoGAF post.
"Given the rumored specs for both systems, can anyone conceive of a circumstance or decision one platform holder could make, where despite the theoretical performance benchmarks of the components, the box that appears "weaker" could actually be more powerful?
"I believe the debate on this could give some light to why we don't want to engage in a specification debate until both boxes are final and shipping."
With Microsoft's recent breakthrough in increasing the Xbox One's GPU clock speeds from 800 MHz to 853MHz, the rumor mill has spun even more speculation–many of which were centered around a possible RAM upgrade from the Xbox One's current 8GB's to a hefty 12GB's.
Major Nelson sat down with Marc Whitten in a recent podcast, wherein the news was passed along:
"An example that's actually been really good news for us, an example of that is we've tweaked up our clock speed on the GPU from 800 MHz to 853 MHz. Just an example of how you really start landing the program as you get closer to launch.
"It's just an example where we really get close to the final performance envelope of how the box works and really making sure we have a great product for our developers to build great games against."
In any case, Penello was seen Tweeting that Microsoft is "not going to 12gb", debunking the rumor once and for all.
Glad you all like headset. We're not going to 12gb, just to be clear. Feeling great about game performance – stuff is looking killer.
— Albert Penello (@albertpenello) August 8, 2013
While the official 12 GB of RAM rumor has been squashed, that doesn't mean we may not see any further upgrades and tweaks to the Xbox One in the next coming months.
As it stands now, Microsoft is well under way with its new promotion campaign that touts the Xbox One's new software policies–today they also announced the new re-vamped Home Gold sharing policy that details how gamers will be able to share their subscriptions and games with their family and friends.
In terms of raw power, though, Sony's PS4 still reigns over the competition, and we might see more announcements for the Japanese gaming titan at Gamescom or the Tokyo Game Show in terms of extra features–but millions of gamers across the world like the PlayStation 4 just fine as it is.
The Xbox One is slated to release in November 2013 for a price point of $499. For more information please visit the console's official website.


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China will increase grain supplies, open up more land for planting vegetables and crack down on hoarding as the government steps up efforts to combat rising inflation, state media said Saturday.
The latest moves come after consumer prices rose at their fastest pace in two years, fuelled by soaring food costs after severe summer flooding and more recent cold snaps hit crop yields.
Authorities would boost the supply of grain, some vegetable oil and soybeans to "meet consumer demand and stabilise market prices", the official Xinhua news agency said, citing the grain administration.
The agricultural ministry also said it would increase the area of land available for vegetable crops "to stabilise production and increase vegetable supplies during the winter," Xinhua said.
Officials would also "seriously work" to prevent hoarding of agricultural products and other "speculative practices", the State Administration of Industry and Commerce said, according to the report.
After one of the country's worst years for natural disasters, the government estimates that more than 80 million people will need food relief this winter, Xinhua said this week.
The move to boost grain supplies comes after the nation's consumer price index rose 4.4 percent year-on-year in October, beyond the official full-year target of three percent and the fastest rate since September 2008.
The government said Wednesday it may intervene to control spiralling inflation as it announced guidelines aimed at ensuring stable prices and supplies of key products such as vegetables, grain, coal and other energy sources.
In the first 10 days of November, average wholesale prices of key vegetables such as potatoes and cucumbers in 36 Chinese cities were 62.4 percent higher than a year earlier, official data showed.
Government fears have been rising along with the prices.
High inflation has a history of sparking unrest in China and the nation's stability-obsessed leaders have already taken a range of steps, including hiking interest rates last month for the first time since 2007.
On Friday, the central bank said it would raise the amount of money that lenders must keep in reserve amid concerns that rampant lending is fanning inflationary pressures.
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Here are five key areas of concentration and competition as No. 2 Ohio State opens full-squad training camp this week with eyes on big prizes in November, December and January.
1. The offense
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It will again be driven by the dynamic Braxton Miller and though it's hard to argue with last year's results, the coaching staff wants to see an entirely new level of comfort, efficiency and playmaking, especially in the passing game. The Buckeyes want to be the fastest offense they can be, both in terms of personnel and in number of plays run per game, and Meyer has said all summer it will immediately be evident how much work Miller and the other quarterbacks put in with their potential pass-catchers. Preparing for at least three games without Carlos Hyde will provide opportunity for young backs, and that opportunity is the theme of this camp. The Buckeyes aren't a finished product, but they certainly aren't short on talent, either. The best players will play. August will give all involved a chance to prove their worth.
2. Leadership
All throughout the offseason, Meyer has said finding leaders is not only a top priority, but that finding enough leaders could determine how realistic the team's big goals become. That starts with Miller, four returning offensive linemen and a veteran secondary leading the way. Meyer will run a grueling camp that will provide the opportunity for leaders to emerge. It will be a physically taxing camp, too, and the Buckeyes' depth will be tested. Besides replacing the departed defensive leaders, establishing quality depth at multiple positions might loom as one of this team and this camp's greatest challenges.
3. Up front
Those four offensive linemen likely won't be back at full-go for a couple weeks as senior center Corey Linsley recovers from offseason foot surgery. There's a battle at right tackle between Chase Farris and Taylor Decker, and Meyer has said he needs to see better from both. Having four returnees is a rarity and a strong starting point, but establishing depth in this camp is key. Somewhere along the way, Ohio State is going to need its sixth or seventh linemen to play in a key moment. With seniors in place now and the position a priority in future recruiting, the time is now for the guys in between to prove themselves.
4. Who's next?
Perhaps no position battle is more open than the one at wide receiver, where there's an interesting mix of upperclassmen, junior-college transfer Corey Smith, gifted sophomore Michael Thomas and the possibility that multiple freshmen could get themselves into the mix. The guy to watch on defense is middle linebacker Curtis Grant, who Meyer says is way ahead of where he was a year ago — and at that time he had a long way to go. Uncertainty at cornerback lingers, too, with Bradley Roby facing a possible suspension and a talented but largely unproven group behind him. There's a question mark at punter, too, but Ohio State's kick coverage and kick return units have a chance to be outstanding with so much athleticism and competition from young players at running back, linebacker and in the secondary.
5. How good – and how ready?
They come in with five-star ratings and blue-chip credentials, but they start on the bottom of the totem pole. That Meyer has already talked about freshmen like Dontre Wilson, Jalin Marshall and Mike Mitchell says he has high hopes, and a lot of young players should see opportunity as camp opens. August practices will be huge for these freshmen, but won't likely reveal much about these highly-touted freshmen. There's no doubt they're gifted but it might take actual games to judge how ready they are for the big stage. Media access to camp is limited, and the amount of actual practice anyone outside the program will see is small. There are games to win this fall, and if Meyer thinks freshmen and sophomores are ready to win those games, they'll play. Last year's camp was about installation, familiarity and setting the tone. This year it's about competition and turning up the intensity, and the coaching staff will spend August looking for players who embrace what's ahead.


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A variety of platelet products are produced by ARCBS in
These platelets are collected from a single donor via
apheresis and are suspended in plasma.
Volume: 40-60mL (actual volume is specified on the label)
Platelet Count: >60 x 109/unit
White Cell Count: < 1.0 x 106/unitThese platelets are suitable for neonatal
and paediatric use (see table for appropriate dose)
An adult dose of platelets derived from whole blood is obtained from a pool of buffy coats from four ABO identical donors and is resuspended in a nutrient additive solution to produce a pooled platelet component
Volume: >160mL (actual volume is specified on the label)
Platelet Count: >240 x 109/pool
White Cell Count: < 1.0 x 106/poolThese platelets are suitable for adults
and paediatric patients > 40kg.
Platelet Apheresis Leucocyte Depleted
These platelets are collected from a single donor via
apheresis and are suspended in plasma.
Volume: >100 (actual volume is specified on the label)
Platelet Count: >240 x 109/unit
White Cell Count: < 1.0 x 106/unitThese platelets are suitable for adults
and paediatric patients > 40kg.
All platelets produced in Victoria are;
Important Note:
In times of product shortage, platelets may be sourced from
interstate and may not be leucocyte depleted. It is therefore
imperative to read the label on
every product.
Platelets are stored at 20-240C on a platelet
agitator for a period of 5 days from collection. (Do not
Platelet expiry is at midnight on the date specified on the
platelet pack.
Pooled platelets (Adult unit)
5 - 10 ml/kg
1 unit or 10 ml\kg
Whichever is less
1 unit
Apheresis platelets (Adult unit)
1 unit or 10 ml/kg
Paediatric apheresis platelets (pedipak)
1 pedipak or 5 - 10 ml/kg
2 pedipaks or 5 - 10 ml/kg
3 pedipaks or 5 - 10 ml/kg
4 pedipaks or 5 - 10 ml/kg
Patient's ABO Group
Platelet Product
First Choice
Second Choice
Third Choice
B or A
The infant or fetus with confirmed or suspected alloimmune
thrombocytopenia should be transfused platelets which are negative
for the implicated alloantigen. Platelets negative for the HPA-1a
antigen (implicated in 85% of cases of FMAIT in Caucasian
populations) are often available from ARCBS but may be sourced from
interstate. Contact the haematologist-on-call for advice regarding
platelet support in this clinical situation.
When patients fail to achieve a significant and sustained rise
in the platelet count following platelet transfusion (platelet
increment) they are said to be 'refractory'. There are clinical and
immunological causes of platelet refractoriness. Clinical causes
include fever, sepsis, bleeding, DIC and some drugs. In these
situations, patients may respond to more frequent platelet
transfusions or higher doses of platelets. Patients undergoing stem
cell transplantation, who are multiply transfused, or who have had
prior pregnancy may become refractory to platelet transfusion due
to the development of multispecific HLA or platelet-specific
antibodies. These patients may require platelet support from HLA
(Human Leucocyte Antigen) or HPA (Human Platelet Antigen) matched
HLA Typing
HLA/HPA Antibodies
If HLA or HPA matched apheresis platelets are required, please contact the RCH Blood Bank, ph 55829.
The patient should be ready for transfusion prior to picking up
platelets from the blood bank. eg appropriate IV access, written
order for transfusion. A Blood Bank Release Order is required for
all products to be picked up from the blood bank, refer to issue of
blood products from the blood bank.
Administer via Standard 170-200 micron filter either in-line or
on transfer to syringe.
Suitable products include:
Use a fresh administration set for platelets. Do not transfuse
though a standard filter straight after red cells as platelets will
get caught up in fibrin strands /debris etc.
All platelet products issued from Red Cross Victoria
are leucocyte depleted as indicated on the product label.
As for all blood products adhere to pre-transfusion check and
care and monitoring of transfused patients, refer to Blood
Rate: Platelet transfusion must be completed within 4 hours of
spiking pack. Occasionally platelets are given over 30 minutes, but
this may contribute to an increased risk of some reactions
(fever/chill) and fluid overload.
In patients receiving multiple other fluids etc give at a rate
of 3ml/kg/hr over 2-3 hours.
See section on adverse
effects of transfusion.
Platelet products are collected from volunteer donors screened
with standard screening tests and have the same risks of infectious
disease transmission as red cell products.
Some adverse reactions may occur more commonly with platelet
These include:
Invasive procedures
Critically ill patients (limited evidence, suggested thresholds. NB: higher transfusion triggers may be acceptable in certain circumstances)
Active bleeding - Platelet count <50 x 109/L
Neonatal thrombocytopenia - <30 - 50 x 109/L (See table below for further information)
Children with leukaemia are the largest single group of patients
receiving platelet transfusions. Platelet transfusion is used
therapeutically in patients with bleeding and significant
Prophylactic platelet transfusion is not routinely used during
induction therapy for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia or for solid
tumours (with the exception of brain tumours) unless patients are
symptomatic, there is active bleeding, an invasive procedure or
additional risks such as fever.
Prophylactic platelet transfusion during induction chemotherapy
for Acute Myeloid Leukaemia using a threshold of 10 x
109/L and during the pre engraftment phase of stem cell
transplantation using a threshold of 20 x 109/L is
widely practised.
A number of studies show that bleeding is more likely to arise
in disease-induced than therapy-induced thrombocytopenia, and the
presence of additional risk factors such as sepsis, drugs that
impair platelet function, abnormal haemostasis or invasive
procedures increase the risk of bleeding and a higher threshold is
recommended. A platelet count above 30-50 x 109/L is
generally acceptable for lumbar puncture, above 50 x
109/Lfor minor surgery and above 80-100 x
109/L for major surgery such as neurosurgery.
In the absence of evidence-based guidelines for children, the
following clinical circumstances represent acceptable indications
for platelet transfusion in stem cell recipients.
Prophylactic platelet transfusion during the pre engraftment
phase of stem cell transplantation using a threshold of 20 x
A higher threshold may be used in the presence of bleeding,
severe mucositis, coagulopathy or concurrent anticoagulation.
ABO incompatibility between the patient and stem cell donor may
be major, minor or both. In major incompatibility, the recipient
has antibodies to the stem cell donor's red cells (eg group A donor
and group O recipient); in minor incompatibility the stem cell
preparation from the donor has antibodies to recipient red cells
(eg anti-A in group O donor and group A recipient); in both major
and minor incompatibility, the recipients plasma contains
antibodies to the donor's cells and the donor plasma contains
antibodies to the recipient's cells (eg group B recipient and group
A donor).
Where possible, a platelet product compatible with both donor
and recipient should be used. At RCH the platelet product choice
for each transplant recipient will be specified by their transplant
physician and will be listed the Transplant
There are several inherited platelet disorders that occasionally
require platelet transfusions. Platelet transfusion has been shown
to be of benefit in Bernard-Soulier syndrome and Glanzmann's
thrombasthenia to cover surgery or a bleeding episode. Platelet
transfusion can provoke the development of multi-specific HLA or
platelet specific antibodies and they should be used sparingly.
Donor exposure should be limited through the use of apheresis
platelets and the risk of alloimmunisation reduced through the use
of leukocyte reduced products.
There are many rare causes of defects in platelet production
such as thrombocytopenia with absent radii (TAR), Wiskott-Aldrich
syndrome, Fanconi anaemia, amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia.
Platelet transfusion should be used sparingly and reserved for
clinical bleeding or invasive procedures since many patients with
these conditions will require stem cell transplantation.
Transfused platelets are rapidly destroyed and should be
reserved for cases of life-threatening bleeding.
Platelet transfusion may be warranted in the patient with
unexplained excessive bleeding undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass.
Patients undergoing ECMO are usually transfused to maintain a
platelet count > 100 x 109/L.
Asymptomatic thrombocytopenia- Stable term or preterm infant consider if platelet count
< 20-30 x 109/L
- Sick term or preterm infant consider if platelet count less than
30-50 x 109/L
Symptomatic thrombocytopenia in any neonate- Major organ bleeding and platelet count < 100 x
- Minor bleeding and platelet count < 50 x 109/L
Thrombocytopenia and invasive procedures
- Surgery: consider if platelet count < 50 x
- Exchange transfusion: consider if platelet count < 50 x
109/LThrombocytopenia and DIC
- Consider if platelet count < 50 x 109/L
Thrombocytopenia is the most common haemostatic abnormality in
sick newborn infants. The immature coagulation system in neonates
contributes to an increased bleeding risk. Platelet transfusions
are indicated for the support of selected neonates with clinically
significant quantitative or qualitative platelet disorders.
Consideration should be given to the cause and natural history of
the thrombocytopenia, as this may alter the type of platelet
product given.
In the only reported randomised controlled study of platelet
transfusion in preterm infants, Andrew et. al. found no benefit
(defined as the reduction of significant haemorrhage) in babies
where moderate thrombocytopenia (50-150 x 109/L) was
prevented by platelet transfusion compared to control babies.
Guidelines for platelet transfusion in the neonate acknowledge
the lack of evidence on which to make recommendations and aim for a
safe approach. Experience from allo-immune thrombocytopenia
indicates that in a well term neonate, the risk of significant
haemorrhage as a result of thrombocytopenia is unlikely at counts
above 30 x 109/L, however for preterm infants, despite
the lack of evidence, a higher threshold of 50 x 109/L
is recommended.
FMAIT is a serious disease capable of causing significant
morbidity or mortality from haemorrhage in-utero or during the
perinatal period. Intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) secondary to
severe thrombocytopenia has been reported as early as 18 weeks
gestation. The level of thrombocytopenia which places the fetus at
risk is not known, but ICH has rarely been reported in neonates
with platelet counts greater than 30 x 109/L. Weekly or
fortnightly platelet transfusion given in-utero have been used to
reduce the risk of ICH, however others recommend maternal IVIG to
raise the fetal platelet count. Appropriate antigen-negative
platelets should be available to be given to a fetus undergoing any
invasive procedure such as cordocentesis.
For the neonate with FMAIT, platelet transfusion is the
treatment of choice and should be given to normalise the platelet
count in an infant with ICH or to treat severe throbmobocytopaenia
in infants without ICH. Platelets used for neonates with FMAIT
should be negative for the implicated platelet-specific antigen.
Maternal platelets which have been plasma-reduced and irradiated
are sometimes used.
Neonates born with CMV infection, rubella, toxoplasmosis,
syphilis or herpes simplex may have suppression of thrombopoiesis
and/or splenomegaly with shortened platelet survival. Mild to
moderate thrombocytopenia may be present. This usually does not
require platelet support.
Neonatal thrombocytopenia may be associated with past or current
maternal ITP. The majority of infants are only mildly affected and
the thrombocytopenia resolves spontaneously Severe thrombocytopenia
is reported to occur in a approximately 4% of neonates and the
incidence of ICH is extremely low. Intravenous immunoglobulin and
steroids are the treatments of choice where the thrombocytopenia is
severe or bleeding is present.
Intrauterine transfusion (IUT) of platelets is used to correct
fetal thrombocytopenia caused by platelet alloimmunisation. IUT of
platelets is used to correct fetal thrombocytopenia and reduce the
risk of cord haemorrhage during fetal blood sampling procedures and
is used as therapy to prevent intracerebral or other major
haemorrhage in some cases of alloimmune thrombocytopenia. IUT is
used to maintain an acceptable fetal platelet count while enabling
the pregnancy to advance to a gestational age where the risks of
prematurity are less than the risks of ongoing pregnancy, and with
as few invasive procedures as possible. IUT is associated with a
risk of fetal loss estimated at approximately 1%.
Thrombocytopenia is not uncommon during pregnancy, and the
majority of women with mild to moderate thrombocytopenia do not
require platelet transfusion. Platelet transfusion is virtually
never required for gestational thrombocytopenia, and rarely
required in ITP. The most common clinical situations requiring
platelet support in pregnancy include; thrombocytopenia occurring
in the setting of major post partum haemorrhage, DIC or placental
abruption, or in the setting of severe pre-eclampsia or HELLP
(Haemolysis, Elevated liver enzymes and Low Platelets)
Pregnant women who are CMV negative or CMV status unknown should
receive CMV seronegative platelets


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Saturday, July 17, 1999 Published at 06:11 GMT 07:11 UK
World: Africa
UN considers Congo peacekeepers
Peacekeeping in Congo would be risky and expensive
The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, has recommended the immediate deployment of 90 military personnel in the Democratic Republic of Congo to assess the practicality of sending a larger peacekeeping force.
The initial contingent of 90 military personnel would be authorised to liaise with the main belligerents.
Depending on their success, Mr Annan says, he would be prepared to approve the deployment of another 500 observers.
The rebels refused to sign the Lusaka agreement last weekend because of disputes among themselves.
Continued fighting
There are reports of continued fighting in some areas of the country, and one Ugandan-backed rebel group says it has taken another town, Gemena.
Ten days ago the group took control of Gbadolite, the home of the former Zairean dictator, Mobutu Sese Seko.
The assault on Gemena took place well after the ceasefire agreement signed by the countries which have intervened in the war.
BBC East Africa Correspondent Cathy Jenkins accompanied Mr Bemba to the settlement of Kotakoli, where he told the inhabitants that his troops were ready to oust President Kabila.
She says the well-orchestrated gathering at Kotakoli was enthusiastic about the new leader, but two years ago they felt the same about President Kabila, whose promises came to nothing.


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