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Is there any port monitoring tool to watch the packets written on the port? I especially want to check if my program written in Java works so I need some kind of tool to see if my little application is writing the messages to the port. How do I do this?
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Gone are the days when a trucker settles down to an uninterrupted 700-mile haul on a full tank of diesel, with country music blaring from the radio and an occasional CB radio conversation.
IP-enabled trucking now gives headquarters almost on-the-spot visibility into the ride -- and this is paying dividends for logistics providers, their customers, and their drivers.
Technological adoption is spurred, in part, by government mandates. Ordered by regulators to demonstrate progress in their green initiatives, companies need tools to monitor and manage sustainability. Environmental changes can be slow to impact internal operations, but organizations often draw from reports on reduced carbon footprints from their transportation providers to beef up their own report cards -- and, thereby, earn passing grades.
"We measure our carbon footprint, and have established target goals for improvement," said Geoff Muessig, Pitt Ohio's chief marketing officer and executive vice president, told me. "This carbon footprint is comprised of 12 percent infrastructure carbon and 88 percent rolling stock [trucking] carbon, so the focus over the past five years has been on improving the fuel efficiency of our fleet."
Pitt Ohio and other logistics providers use IP-enabled tracking and Internet of Things (IoT) sensors to monitor the performance of trucking fleets, to improve safety, and to maintain the quality of the goods they are transporting.
For example, major carriers now use route mapping to determine the most fuel- and time-efficient routes for deliveries, and then use GPS over Internet technology to track the progress of trucks on routes, whether deliveries are on time, and even the rate of each truck's fuel consumption. Transporters such as United Parcel Service (UPS) use IoT trackers that are hard-wired into delivery trucks. Companies also use IoT sensors to monitor the performance of brakes, engines, and other parts to determine which drivers are doing the best job with respect to safety, speed, and fuel efficiency.
Auto part suppliers in particular are trying to reduce their brick-and-mortar distribution center footprints and the amount of stock they carry by using in-field truck fleets with "moving inventories." If a truck covering a certain territory does not have a particular part for a customer, it can quickly communicate via mobile IP to another truck in the fleet that has the part on board -- and it is then quickly dispatched to fill the order. These IP-connected trucks also process orders in real time to create a centralized inventory database that is never out of date.
For their part, food and beverage companies are tracking highly perishable produce, from the time it is picked in the field to the time it is stocked on grocery shelves. Each lot is tagged and monitored, enabling producers to trace back food sourcing in the event of contamination and recall. When the produce is trucked, food freshness is further enhanced with the assistance of IoT sensors on the truck that monitor refrigeration, humidity, and other factors to ensure that the goods being transported are at optimal environmental conditions to prevent or retard spoilage. Using mobile IP-enabled communications, these trucks can quickly change routes if necessary. In other words, a truck bound for Atlanta with a load of tomatoes from California can be redirected en route to Washington, D.C., if an unforeseen spike in demand occurs there.
Trucking is fast becoming a highly sophisticated logistics operation with the help of IP-based technologies that monitor and track everything -- from truck and driver performance to route execution and the health of goods. This comes at a time when rail is taking over many of the old long haul routes because trains are cheaper and more fuel efficient, and there is a shortage of truck drivers because fewer people are opting for a lifestyle that keeps them on the road and away from home. IP communications help combat the isolation -- while new IoT sensor technology makes positive inroads into on-the-road safety and customer satisfaction when the goods arrive fresh, secure, and on time.
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Yes--it is solved in those examples
Rails are good for only long strecthes. In case of mining or other heavy industries rail roads are laid speially for those companies so the problem of using trucks for the last mile is solved.
Yeah, that's a hard stat to have but if I had to simplify my question, I would ask if companies had multiple options (truck, train or plane) or are they normally using trucks to go to train stations (a mix of both).
The downside is speed (the lack of it).
There must be downsides in delivery schedules using rail, from what I've seen of Amtrak freight services.
Of course, the last mile still depends on trucks -- which is better for drivers who don't want to do long-haul trucking. Given that even USPS continues to make money on its package delivery service -- courtesy of e-tailers, eBay, et al -- you'd think the market for truckers that offer competitive local services will succeed.
Yes--the high fuel prices pushed more shippers into using rail.
That's interesting, Mary. Also, I know fuel prices affected truckers' ability to earn a living. Some who work for smaller firms were hit hard.
Rail is cheaper--but trucking is faster.
I would say they would be choosing based on the load, route and cost efficiency, however I do not have statistics on that. Rail maybe slow but it can carry more.


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Kario Charts - Charting Uncharted Territory
See there's nine other testers in the group along with me.
Each of them bring two songs of their own choosing.
So each group has a total of 20 songs, and there are two groups, and sometimes a smaller 3rd group.
So don't worry.
There's plenty of help for songs if the author gets involved with the groups.
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A good example of what I was talking about would be explosivekitty's charting group.
The cancer bats songs just hit testing about three - four weeks ago.
They've been a part of both groups each week, and now two of the CB songs are in the store, and another is either there, or almost there, and the fourth is coming along pretty fast too.
So if the authors would get involved with the groups(we could always add a third, fourth, or however many depending on need), then a lot more songs would be getting a lot more attention
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Voters in Arizona's Maricopa County encountered a series of problems when they tried to cast their ballots on Tuesday at their polling places.
Many complained about long waits for provisional ballots, which are given to those who don't show up on the poll roster or fail to produce proper identification.
Officials with Promise Arizona in Action, an organization that advocates immigration reform and fights discrimination, said they are concerned that poll workers were given pre-election instructions that may have forced the huge number of provisional ballots. They also said numerous voters reported their names were not on lists used by precinct workers.
Petra Falcon, executive director of Promise Arizona, said she was told that 200,000 provisional ballots were cast, as well as 200,000 early ballots. She said counting of those votes will not even begin until this morning and she feared the Maricopa County sheriff's race would be called before then. And it was, with Sheriff Joe Arpaio beating Democrat Paul Penzone to win his sixth term in office.
"Four hundred thousand ballots — that's a lot," Falcon said. "Even if it's an Arpaio win, those votes should be counted."
Roopali Desai, Promise Arizona's attorney, said the number of provisional ballots is "unprecedented" in Arizona — or anywhere. "Nobody can explain it," she added. "We're trying to get to the bottom of it."
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The Navarre High School football team embarked on the first leg of a momentous journey today, headed for the regional championship game in Tallahassee to battle the Lincoln High School Trojans. The game starts at 6:30 central time, at Gene Cox stadium in Tallahassee. All the action will be broadcast on PSB live, and at several local venues, like Johnny Huston's on Navarre Parkway.
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Kelly Hayes led the Raiders to a 2-0 win after a frustrating and scoreless first half against a stubborn Tate defense.
It was a nail-biting case of bad luck for the Raiders last week.
The Navarre Raiders created a Thanksgiving miracle Friday in Pensacola.
If you are walking or running on the Navarre Beach path, Maggie Roberts will probably introduce herself and ask you about your passion for walking or running. That would happen even if she wasn't the director for the Galloway Emerald Coast Getting Started program, because Roberts is in love with running.
The Saturday before Thanksgiving marked another Cranksgiving date in cities around the country, including here on the Emerald Coast. Cranksgiving, a charity bicycle event, started with a bike messenger in New York City in 1999. It's pretty simple and lots of fun. You bike from store to store using a map, buy food for charity, stuff it in your backpack and bike back to the start line. The biker with the shortest time and the heaviest pack wins.
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Just after bringing you Mercia: Fractured Realms, Lockwood have another surprise up their sleeves! Later this year the new, free-to-play, fast paced, action packed 3rd person shooter Uproar will be released in PlayStation Home!
This proper shooter allows you to free roam various maps, playing as the renowned Swyfts or the notorious Outlaws. There are a wealth of customisation options to look forward to including clothing items, projectile and melee weapons and more! Interact with other Home users in a whole new way in an experience unlike anything seen on the platform before.
05-09-2012 04:01 AM - edited 05-09-2012 04:03 AM
Imagining the looks on the faces of the idiots who spent ACTUAL money on No Man's Land.
Anyway... Lockwood's Mercia is also Free2Play and they have done quite a good job with the paid content, its quite balanced when compared to the weapons you can acquire with in game credits, even though Mercia is not PvP. Probably they will do a good job with this game as well, what worries me though, is that this game, unlike NML, allows free movement therefore I sence that the gameplay will feel a bit weird on the Havok engine... lets hope Lockwood can make the gameplay run as smooth as possible.
PS: This game reminds me a bit of APB, lets hope it doesn't turn out as bad as APB.
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I think I pass, Mercia is nothing but a flop and I don't have any trust in Lockwood making something good then houses anymore.
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Do you guys have any Tim Kerr video clips? goals, fights, anything?
Thanks in advance. :) Guy was ****ing mint!!!
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I never realized that is the guy who owns my SPHL team. O_O
Didn't fight much but could do pretty well when he did. Was on his way to a HOF career when injuries stopped him. As quick a release and as good a wrist shot as anyone had in the league in his day and he could beat goalies from the perimeter with it. Probably in my top 10 all time favorite wrist shots. He didn't just score from the crease although he got his share there. One of the strongest guys in the league on the puck, good skater for his size, good both ways and a decent stickhandler. He was probably my first favorite Flyer.
Just an absolute horse of a man. Nearly impossible to dislodge from in front of the net on the PP even for guys like Rod Langway and Scott Stevens. Outstanding player, who i actually liked, but for only a limited run. What was it, 4 straight 50 goal seasons? In my limited memory, one of the very best guys i've ever seen in front of the net.
Not a guy you wanted to get riled up but he had a long fuse. I'm only aware of him losing one fight to Randy Holt who did get an early jump but dominated the scrap. Enough that it probably shouldn't be tainted. One of the few flyers (a hated rival;)) that i did really like. Not only respected but liked. Up there with Howe, Marsh and Poulin from that era. |
I'm watching a Philadelphia 1979-80's DVD and Kerr just hammered and bloodied a young Hardy of LA.
Funny that I just realized that him and another goaltenders worst nightmare Garry Dornhoeffer both wore the #12. I remember when his wife died tragically at the age of thirty ten days after giving birth, so sad.
Shattered limb Sturdy oak, Kerr finds life's tree suddenly bare with wife's death October 17, 1990|By Bill Lyon | Bill Lyon,Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA -- He was an oak, and she was a willow. He plants himself in front of the net on the hockey rink, tall and strong and unyielding, and defensemen pry and prod and poke at him. But that is like trying to uproot a stump that has been in the ground a long, long time. Tim Kerr will not be budged. They slash and whack at him -- men with no teeth and mean intentions -- but they cannot move him. Naturally, then, when bulldozers are used in vain, when dynamite won't work, what is called for is a woman. Naturally, he was a sucker for her. Naturally, the oak who cannot be dislodged by the toothless muggers turned to helpless mush whenever he was around her. It is the way of the world. Kathy Kerr was petite and sinewy, and Tim Kerr planned to spend forever with her. Except, abruptly, with no regard for anyone's wishes, forever has ended a lot sooner than either one of them planned. Kathy Kerr, 30, who had given birth to a daughter only days before, died yesterday morning. It makes no sense. But, then, tragedy hardly ever does. What happened is one more wrenching reminder that, while life can be so very, very sweet for our sporting heroes, it also can be so very, very cruel. From the outside, Tim Kerr would seem to have lucked into all that we envy. One day, he was a 17-year-old kid from Windsor, Ontario, just across the river from Detroit, making $18 a week playing junior hockey, and the next, he was a professional athlete, the Philadelphia Flyers' top gun, with a paycheck swollen with zeroes and commas, with a summer home at the shore and a speedboat, with idolaters craving his autograph, with worshipers craving to cater to his every whim. What was not to like? There was, of course, a price. There is always a price. And, usually, the greater the reward, the higher the price. Tim Kerr's bills took the form of shoulder surgery. Over and over, so many operations. They went into his shoulder so many times, it would have been more convenient just to put a zipper in, rather than stitches. And, always, there were the drudgery and the pain and the boredom of rehabilitation. And, always, there was his wife. For reassurance. For support. For comfort. Always, the oak had the willow. Tim Kerr, also 30, knew he was playing on borrowed time. His shoulder reminded him. So he was never as blinded by being a celebrity, as some of them are. Three summers ago, when the metal screw that had been put in after yet another operation came loose -- they told him the reason was that his shoulders were too big! -- he said: "This isn't something I'm happy about, but I'm not going to ruin my life over missing a couple of hockey games when all you have to do is look around a little bit to see what life is all about." He showed a nice sense of balance, a nice perspective. And they lived it, too -- the oak and the willow. They gave back. Tim Kerr runs a hockey school every summer. He has organized an annual summer run in Avalon, N.J., that raises thousands for the blind. Kathy Kerr was chairwoman of the annual Flyers' Wives Fight for Lives Carnival last winter. It raised $760,000 to fight leukemia. Yes, the oak and the willow had it together. They had each other. They had their dogs. They had a stepdaughter, and after Kathy Kerr suffered miscarriages, they adopted a little girl. And, as is so often the case, not long after they adopted, Kathy Kerr learned that she was pregnant. When the Flyers opened their 1990-91 home season 10 days ago, the message board above center ice flashed congratulations to Tim and Kathy Kerr on the birth of daughter Kimberly. The Flyers won. Their first goal was scored by Tim Kerr. On a rebound. From right in front of the net. Right where the oak always takes root. Now the oak has lost the willow. In all that he has endured, Tim Kerr has adhered to the athlete's credo of striving for equilibrium. "I don't get too high in good times," he said in an interview last winter, "and I don't get too low in bad times. Listen, if you're looking for real troubles, you don't have to look too far in this world." When all of the tears have finally been cried, there will be one comfort for Tim Kerr in his agony, one source of solace, and that is that the willow has left behind for the oak a living reminder of herself and of what they had together. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/199...hy-kerr-willow |
I've always or at least ever since I learned about him thought it kinda weird such a powerhouse scorer isn't better known or higher ranked among alltime NHL forwards -
I'm not "equating" him in comparison to Lindros' overall game. I'm equating him to Lindros' strength and capacity to beat guys down when he did fight. Which in and of itself is what gave Tim Kerr that uncanny ability to find himself virtually untouchable in front of the net.
They played the same amount of years and Kerr had a little over half the amount of fights Eric had. So ya, they're kinda the same in that "willing to go" department. |
I kinda remember that Kerr story about his wife, that was very sad :(
Its funny when we were kids back then we would laugh (Flayer fans and haters) that Kerr would score 'cheap goals' as we would say ooo thats a Tim Ker goal lol, he would just stand 5-10 feet out the crease and be a pain the azz to move Physical wise, he was 'capable' of scrapping when he wanted to go, but Tim had a loooong fuse. I dont think he could hitpeople or check people like Lindros or skate like Lindros, (Eric better skater) so while there maybe some simularities --- I do think there was some differences among them and Lindros was more willing to get engaged physically and also had 'more physcical tools' in his shed than Kerr imo :) |
I guess we'll agree to disagree. Again, I'm not equating anything about Kerr's game as a goal scorer to Lindros. The point seems to be missed there.
I've got about 20 of Kerr's fights on my site and if you watch them, take note the majority are sound beatings handed down by Tim. He had a hammer for a left. And Like Lindros, many of his fights were 'NOT' against top calibre enforcers. Mainly because Kerr, Like Lindros was not a fighter. Fuse or no fuse, if you're not a fighter to begin with fuse doesn't matter. |
Ooo dont get me wrong, Kerr could scrap when he wanted and was physical 'at times' (Im with ya) but i dont think he had the willingness to mix it up like Eric or the physical tools Lindros was almost transformational as a player when he came into the league, he could skate circles around Tim, he hit like a freightrain, (He hurt people on checks) drop the gloves more and just generally a bigger 'on ice presence' than Kerr, you couldnt take your eyes off Lindros when he was on ice, you were seeing what he was going to do next!! He was just a physical freak when he came into the league and on a different level than most guys, man was he fun to watch |
I understand the comparison to Lindros, both were very skilled players and if you pissed them off, LOOK OUT!
Kerr was a great player, arguably my favorite in the mid 80's, he was just a beast on the power play and saw him win some fights quite handily and wondered why anyone would ever mess with him, he was just so big and strong. That story about his wife is just crushing, I couldn't even imagine the pain. |
To this day he's the only guy I've seen who could wear 2-3 players draped all over him driving to the net and top shelf a one handed wrist shot. I've never seen anybody whip a one hander like he could.
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Three Caballeros is the first Walt Disney feature to combine animation with live action footage. Originally conceived as World War II propaganda promoting good relations between the United States and Latin America, the film details the adventures of Donald Duck as he meets two Latin birds--Jose Carioca and Panchito,--and the three head down to Rio. The film doesn't have a concrete story, choosing to follow the three animated birds through Latin America, as they sing a number of songs, get into trouble and have a number of very amusing experiences. Filled with achingly funny jokes, good music, and stunning, ground-breaking animation, The Three Caballeros remains extremely entertaining decades after its release. It is one of Disney's unacknowledged classics. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide


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my friend left her window open in her bedroom and came back to find this
motherfucking australia
if there was a post to describe australia, this is it
you mean to tell me this isn't even a pet bird?
that in australia, you have wild birds that just fly from house to house with the express purpose of fucking shit up?
fucking HELL australia, what is wrong with you?
wake up australia
That's what birds do
They fly around and fuck shit up
Do you have some kind of mysterious nice birds in your weird foreign country
Do birds in America and England fly into your house and make the bed and tidy up the living room a little bit
It's cold here, so they just bounce off the windows and lie there and twitch spasmodically while you look for the shovel.
Basically hurling themselves at windows is the worst thing birds do
(Source: myrrhcella, via theglasscage)


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Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) is an established technique for the evaluation of the cerebral vasculature and is rapidly gaining acceptance as an alternative to peripheral angiography. Historically, however, MRA of the thorax has been limited by the requisite long acquisition times and multiple motion vectors resulting in severe image degradation. In recent years, advanced magnetic resonance (MR) systems that are capable of sub-second image acquisitions, the routine use of intravascular gadolinium and, in the case of coronary artery imaging, the development of "navigator echoes" have significantly improved image quality, permitting exquisite detailing of the thoracic vasculature.1-3 This article describes the basic MRA techniques and the recent technologic advancements that permit diagnostic quality thoracic MRA.
Basic MRA techniques
The basic concept of MRA is to suppress the signal emanating from stationary tissues in the body and enhance the signal from flowing blood. There are two techniques commonly used clinically: phase-contrast and time-of-flight MRA. Each of these techniques can be acquired as a series of continuous two-dimensional (2D) slices or a single three-dimensional (3D) volume. The advantages and disadvantages of each technique relative to thoracic MRA is presented below.
Phase-contrast MRA
Phase-contrast (PC) MRA utilizes two opposing flow-encoding gradients to produce a phase shift in moving protons. The phase shift describes a vector with both velocity and directional information. From the diagram in figure 1 we can see that flow information can only be evaluated in protons moving along the axis of the flow-encoding gradients. To describe flow in all directions, at least four pairs of flow-encoding gradients must be applied across the tissues.l Because of the need for additional gradients, PC-MRA is quite time consuming. In addition, this technique is exquisitely sensitive to motion, a significant disadvantage in the dynamic environment of the chest. Cardiac and respiratory gating can be utilized to reduce the associated motion artifacts from physiologic thoracic activity, but this is at the expense of additional acquisition times. Although impressive images quantitating flow through the coronary arteries have been demonstrated,4 the requisite long acquisition times limit the routine use of PC MRA in the chest.
Time-of-flight (TOF) MRA
The object of TOF-MRA is to suppress the T1 signal from background tissues and enhance the T1 signal emanating from flowing blood in each image. This task is accomplished through saturation of the stationary background spins.
Saturation-When hydrogen protons in a large magnetic field are exposed to a resonant radiofrequency, the individual protons jump to a higher energy state against the main magnetic field. The result is a gradual loss of longitudinal magnetization (figures 2A-C). When the radiofrequency is switched off, the protons gradually return to the lower energy state, the longitudinal magnetization recovers, and the excess energy is given off in the form of heat (figure 2D). This is known as T1 relaxation.
The T1 relaxation is a finite interval that differs for various compounds and tissues; it is the basis for contrast on a T1-weighted image. Some tissues recover very fast (short T1) and others take a little longer (long T1). The percent recovery just before the next radio pulse will determine the amount of T1 signal for each compound. By selecting a short repetition time (TR), we can maximize the contrast between tissues (figures 3A, B). However, if we fire a series of rapid radio pulses, one right after another, none of the tissues will have time to recover and no T1 signal will be produced.
In TOF-MRA, the T1 signal from a slice or slab of tissue is saturated with a series of rapid radio pulses (figure 3C). As such, no appreciable signal emanates from the stationary protons in that slice. However, blood flowing into this area does not experience the saturation pulses and enters the slab fully relaxed, with a maximal longitudinal magnetization. After the next radio pulse, the background tissues remain saturated while the fresh spins in the flowing blood produce a high T1 signal. This is the basis for vascular contrast in TOF-MRA.
One of the limitations with TOF-MRA is the saturation effects the blood experiences as it flows through the imaged tissue volume. This is more problematic with thicker tissue volumes and slow blood flow, areas where the blood experiences multiple saturation pulses for an extended period of time, resulting in severe signal drop-off at the distal end of the volume.
2D vs 3D acquisition
One way to limit the saturation effects of TOF MRA is to acquire a series of thin, individual slices through the anatomic area of interest and stack the individual sections to produce a volumetric image of the vasculature. This is referred to as a 2D acquisition. Because the individual slices are thin, the blood doesn't experience multiple saturation pulses as it traverses the imaged tissue slice. However, disadvantages of 2D acquisitions include inter-slice motion which results in severe post-processing image degradation, and the relative poor quality multiplanar reformations due to the finite thickness of each slice.1,2 This is especially problematic in the chest, where the intricate architecture of the thoracic vasculature may warrant the use of complex reformations to delineate the tortuous course of the coronary and pulmonary vessels.3,5
In a 2D acquisition, the thickness of each slice is limited by the strength of the gradient oriented along the slice selection axis. The steeper the gradient, the thinner the tissue section excited for a given radiofrequency (rf) pulse. In a 3D acquisition, an entire volume of tissue is initially excited with a single rf pulse. The individual slices in that volume are then determined by multiple phase encoding steps applied along the slice selection direction. Because this process is relatively independent of the gradient strength, very thin sections (<1 mm) can be acquired. This technique allows for detailed postprocessing reconstructions of the complex vascular anatomy present in the chest. The trade-off, of course, is the severe signal drop-off at the distal end of the tissue slab, resulting from the multiple saturation pulses the blood experiences as it traverses the imaged volume. However, the recent introduction of a number of new imaging techniques, combined with the latest advanced scanner hardware, has effectively eliminated the in-plane saturation effects and motion artifacts, making 3D-TOF the optimal technique for imaging the thoracic vasculature.6 The remainder of this article describes these advances and their effect on image quality.
Fast scanners
A scanner's speed is directly related to the maximum amplitude and the rise time of the gradient subsystems. The latest generation of MR units are equipped with high powered gradient coils that permit fast scanning techniques which can markedly reduce acquisition times and permit single breath-hold evaluations of the chest. At our institution, a 3D-TOF volumetric image of the thoracic vasculature can be obtained in 19 seconds. In addition, the improved frequency and phase resolution between adjacent spins afforded by the powerful gradients in conjunction with a shorter rise time permits a faster readout following a radio pulse and, thus, significantly reduces the minimum echo time (TE). The effect is an improved signal-to-noise ratio resulting from decreased intravoxel dephasing of spins (figure 4).
Intravascular gadolinium
In general, gadolinium increases the T1 signal of the vasculature by markedly decreasing the T1 relaxation time of the blood. In one study, administration of an IV dose of 0.3 mmol/kg Gd-DTPA was found to reduce the T1 relaxation of blood from 1200 ms to 300 ms.7 In other words, it doesn't take as long for the longitudinal magnetization to recover following an excitation.
With regards to our 3D-TOF acquisitions, the short repetition time of the saturation pulse suppresses the T1 signal from all the tissues in the imaged slice. However, the gadolinium in the vasculature markedly shortens T1 relaxation and allows the protons within the blood to at least partially recover their longitudinal magnetization before the next radio pulse. Thus, a higher T1 signal is maintained within the vasculature relative to the stationary background tissues despite the series of saturation pulses. In essence, vascular enhancement is no longer flow dependent.8,9
At our institution, all MRA images of the thoracic vasculature are obtained with gadolinium-DTPA contrast. A total of 0.2 mmol/kg body weight is administered intravenously at 2 cc/second. Imaging begins immediately with a series of 3 to 5, 19-second 3D-TOF breath-hold sequences and a 3-second breath between each series. Depending on the desired vascular phase, optimal contrast enhancement usually is achieved by the third or fourth series (figure 5).
Respiratory and cardiac gating
The standard 3D, contrast-enhanced MRA images of the thoracic aorta and pulmonary vasculature are acquired over multiple cardiac cycles. Therefore, the final images are actually composites of the systolic and diastolic phases of the heart. Alternatively, cardiac activity can be electronically monitored and the interval between contractions (R-R interval) subdivided into predetermined "bins." During image acquisition, the acquired data is placed in the bin that corresponds to the current position along the R-R interval. Therefore, each bin contains the image data for a single phase of the cardiac cycle. This is the definition of cardiac gating. When the images from each bin are played in a cine loop, a dynamic evaluation of heart wall motion and vascular pulsations can be appreciated. A similar technique can be used to gate respiratory activity.
Evaluation of the coronary arteries warrants special consideration. The relatively small diameter of these vessels compared to the excursion distance associated with a normal cardiac contraction requires accurate cardiac gating to "freeze" wall motion during data acquisition. Because image data can only be collected during a finite portion of the R-R interval, a 3D volume can not be completed during a single breath-hold. As such, respiratory gating must be used in conjunction with cardiac gating to accurately image the proximal coronary arteries.3,5,10,11
In the past, volumetric images of the proximal coronary arteries could be obtained by segmenting the acquisition into a series of suspended respirations.12 A mechanical device was used to measure the excursion of the chest wall and would then provide feedback to the patient through audible or visual ques. These ques would help the patient reproduce the degree of inspiration after each breath.13-16 This, of course, would require full patient cooperation. A novel technique for gating respiratory motion without the need of external mechanical devices or significant patient cooperation is the use of "navigator echoes" to monitor the superior-inferior (SI) position of the hemidiaphragm.3
Kinematic studies of heart motion during respiration have demonstrated that cardiac displacement is mainly in an SI direction. In addition, there is essentially a linear relationship between the diastolic position of the heart and the SI position of the hemidiaphragm.17 The navigator echo is simply a thin, longitudinally oriented volume that intermittently monitors the SI position of the hemidiaphragm and determines the interval of acceptable data acquisition. Thus, patient cooperation is no longer essential for effective coronary imaging (figure 6).3
Clinical applications
The advantages of thoracic MRA over standard angiographic techniques in the chest include its ability to acquire volumetric 3D images of the vessels noninvasively without ionizing radiation or iodinated intravenous contrast. A review of current and preliminary clinical applications relative to specific sections of the thoracic vasculature is provided below.
Pulmonary arteries
Pulmonary embolism-Pulmonary embolism is one of the major causes of mortality in the hospitalized patient.18 The standard diagnostic techniques, V/Q scan and angiography, are both time consuming and invasive. Recent advances in CT angiography show promise in the evaluation of central and paracentral pulmonary emboli.19-21 However, iodinated intravenous contrast materials are still necessary with this technique.
For a number of technical reasons, MRA of the pulmonary arteries historically has been extremely limited. As mentioned above, uncompensated respiratory and cardiac motion significantly degrade vascular detail. Overlapping venous and arterial vessels produce complex images which may be very difficult to interpret.6 Also, depending on the age of a thrombus, its appearance on a standard spin-echo sequence can range from low to high signal intensity.22-24 Contrast-enhanced thoracic 3D MRA has the potential to overcome at least some of these limitations.
The homogeneous intravascular signal intensity provided by the IV gadolinium allows thrombus to appear as a true filling defect, regardless of blood flow.6 Advanced high speed MR systems permit fast 3D acquisitions that are capable of high resolution imaging of the entire pulmonary vasculature within a single breath-hold (< 20 seconds) (figure 7). In the severely tachypneic patient, acquisition times can be further reduced by using 1/2 k-space sampling in the phase-encoding direction, or by reducing the number of partitions in the 3D volume, though this is at the expense of spatial resolution.6 Initial reports describe a high diagnostic accuracy in the evaluation of central pulmonary embolus utilizing these techniques.25
The overlapping arterial and venous vasculature remains a problem. However, the 3D acquisition permits reformations in additional planes to help delineate the complex anatomic architecture and localize filling defects within the arterial system.
Pulmonary arterial hypertension- MRA has been demonstrated to effectively and noninvasively diagnose pulmonary artery hypertension.6,26 With gadolinium-enhanced MRA, we have the ability to visualize the pulmonary arteries to the sub-segmental level, allowing clear demonstration of the abrupt caliber change from the central to the peripheral vasculature. In addition, recent reports have shown that thoracic MRA may be useful in distinguishing primary pulmonary hypertension from secondary hypertension due to chronic thromboembolic disease.26
Thoracic aorta
Dissection and aneurysm-Following the diagnosis of aortic dissection, evaluation of the extent of disease becomes imperative in order to determine the direction and urgency of therapeutic intervention. The efficacy of MR imaging in the assessment and follow-up of aortic dissection is well established.27,29 However, conventional MRI suffers technical limitations related to the variable blood flow present within the false lumen that may preclude differentiation of clot from sluggish flow; differentiation of thrombus from turbulent flow in large aortic aneurysms may be difficult with standard MR techniques for the same reasons.4,6 In addition, requisite long acquisition times may be problematic in the hemodynamically unstable patient. Contrast-enhanced MRA, with or without breath-hold, has been shown to overcome these limitations.6 Because vascular enhancement is no longer flow dependent with contrast-enhanced MRA techniques, differentiation of thrombus from sluggish flow is readily apparent (figure 5). The 3D acquisition permits detailed reconstructions in additional planes to accurately characterize the extent of dissection relative to branch vessels (figure 8). Finally, fast scanning techniques permit an expedient diagnostic evaluation of the hemodynamically unstable patient.
Congenital abnormalities-3D MR angiography of the pulmonary vessels can accurately characterize anatomical anomalies such as a right-sided or double aortic arch, as well as aberrant branch vessels. Contrast-enhanced MR angiography can be used in conjunction with cardiac gating to produce cinegraphic images of blood flow and provide both physiologic and anatomic information in disease entities such as aortic coarctation (figure 9) or valvular stenosis. Intravenous gadolinium enhancement eliminates the flow-related artifacts caused by turbulent conditions distal to the stenosis, thus permitting accurate localization and quantification of the degree of narrowing.6
Coronary arteries-To date, MR imaging of the coronary arteries has been very limited, mostly due to motion artifacts caused by cardiac and respiratory activity. These can be at least partially compensated for with gating techniques such as the navigator echo sequence described above.3 Because the arteries are close to the myocardial surface and often embedded in epicardial fat, magnetization transfer and fat suppression techniques have been utilized to suppress the signal from the myocardial and fatty tissues, respectively, and improve conspicuity of the proximal vessels.11 Nonetheless, accurate characterization of coronary artery disease with MRA is not currently possible. Recent reports describe the experimental use of ultrafast MR imaging with a first-pass bolus gadolinium-enhancement technique to measure and quantify myocardial perfusion in a single heart beat, thus providing indirect evidence of coronary artery disease.30 However, at the time of this writing, gadolinium-enhanced MR coronary angiography remains largely experimental.
High speed imaging techniques in combination with the routine use of intravenous gadolinium is currently capable of producing diagnostic quality, three-dimensional magnetic resonance angiographic images of the thoracic vasculature in a single, comfortable breath-hold. Cardiac gating can be utilized to segment image acquisitions and produce high quality cinegraphic images of cardiac activity. In short, 3D TOF-MRA with intravenous administration of gadolinium-DTPA contrast has proven efficacy in the diagnosis of thoracic vasculature pathology. With further development and improvement of intravenous contrast agents and the routine use of sub-second imaging techniques, thoracic MRA will likely see an expanded role in the diagnosis of thoracic vascular abnormalities. AR
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KIRKSVILLE, MO. -- After the shooting range we headed back into the classroom and learned about evidence tracking and the importance of properly storing evidence without damaging it.
The students got a lesson on that by doing a hands-on exercise.
They also learned the importance of chain of custody which a log that is created documenting every time a piece of evidence is handled.
"It needs to be in the same condition as it was found and that's where the chain of custody comes into play," said Mindy Long, Records and Evidence Custodian for the Kirksville Police Department. "The officer takes the piece of evidence and puts it in a temporary locker, and then I get it and put it in the evidence room. Anyone that touches or has any hands on it, that piece of property has to be signed off on it with their signature, their initials, date and time, that way we know who has been involved."
Then we learned about day to day patrol operations.
Everything from how officers take calls from central dispatch to how they handle a traffic stop.
The Negotiators came in for week 11.
Cpl. Sara Holzmeier and Sgt. Dave Grissom spoke to the class about their duties.
"We're called out in conjunction with the SRT team here in Kirksville and what we do is deal with people who are threatening to commit suicide or to take somebody else's life, whether it be they have hostages as far as a bank robbery situation, or maybe a domestic violence where someone would take their wife and kids hostage. We would talk to the person in crisis and try to bring them out peacefully," said Cpl. Holzmeier.
Then we learned about what type of taser's are issued to the police officers. It's a Taser X-26 model manufactured by Taser International.
"The Kirksville Police Department has used this model since 2004," said Ofc. Bill Puryear. "It's a small hand held unit that deploys 50,000 volts of electricity to overcome somebody's muscular system."
And if you were wondering yes, he's been tased, more than once.
The last part of the course we learned about what a Drug Recognition Expert or D.R.E does.
He's a police officer trained to recognize impairment in drivers under the influence of drugs other than, or addition to alcohol.
Week 13 we learned about the duties of the school resource officer.
"My main goal is to keep the students and faculty on staff safe, we also counsel students dealing with all types of situations," said School Resource Officer Rich Harden. Animal Control came to class and told us about the animals he deals with on a regular basis. Let's just say nothing surprises him anymore.
So, 13 weeks and more than 30 hours later we finally made it.
And what better way to end the course than with a graduation ceremony.
"I want to congratulate them for hanging in there for 13 works. It just amazes us that there are people out there that are willing to come down and listen to us for 13 weeks," said Chief Hughes. "We certainly accomplished what we wanted to and I think the student learned some things from it. I just want to commend absolutely each and every one of them for their dedication and their commitment."
Let me be the first to say thank you to the Kirksville Police Department for putting on this program.
And congratulations to my fellow classmates, we final made it.
If you are interested in applying for next year's citizens police academy you can contact the department by clicking here.
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