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Gibbus deformity after non-tuberculosis osteomyelitis
Gibbus deformities are characterized by the collapse of the anterior portion of one or more vertebral bodies, resulting in kyphosis (1). "Gibbus" is derived from the Late Latin "gibbosus" meaning "humpbacked" (2). The term "gibbous" is most frequently used in contemporary English to describe the lunar phase between half and full when the moon is convex at both edges, exhibiting a "hump" (Figure 1). Gibbus deformities arise most commonly from tuberculosis infection of the spine in the thoracic region but may also result from congenital anomalies including horseshoe kidney (1,3). Compression fractures and metabolic diseases such as mucopolysaccharidoses or cretinism have been implicated in the development of Gibbus deformities (4).
Infection, congenital abnormalities, and metabolic disorders lead to bone weakness making vertebral bodies vulnerable to collapse (3,5). Preferential collapse of the anterior vertebral body leads to a wedge shape and progressive kyphosis characteristic of Gibbus deformities. Progressive kyphosis risks cord compression, myelopathy, and paraplegia if untreated (1). Treatment for Gibbus deformity, caused by infectious sources, requires both antibiotics to treat osteomyelitis as well as surgical correction which usually involve corpectomy, interbody cage placement, and posterior instrumentation and fusion (6). If treated promptly, patients typically improve following surgical correction, with one study demonstrating improvement in postoperative intervertebral height and kyphotic angulation correction from 2.1° to 27.1° (6). Despite a body of literature for Gibbus deformity for tuberculosis osteomyelitis, reports of Gibbus deformity from non-tuberculosis osteomyelitis are very rare. In this report, we present a unique case of Gibbus deformity from non-tuberculosis osteomyelitis and discuss its treatment.
Case presentation
A 39-year-old male was transferred to our institution with a one-month history of worsening back pain, bilateral lower extremity paraesthesias, subjective weakness, and intermittent urinary incontinence. One year prior the patient was diagnosed with non-tuberculosis osteomyelitis at the T11-T12 level and was treated with biopsy and six weeks of oxacillin. On presentation, the patient exhibited trace, pain-limited weakness of the left hip. Sensation remained intact, and no myelopathic signs were noted. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on arrival revealed T11–T12 osteomyelitis and discitis with radiographic evidence of a Gibbus deformity. Marked central spinal stenosis, thoracolumbar spinal cord impingement, and 60° of kyphosis were measured and confirmed with subsequent computed tomography (CT) (Figure 2).
Blood cultures were negative, and the patient was discharged with clinic follow-up. When symptoms persisted 5 months later, the patient was admitted and underwent elective T11–12 corpectomy, placement of an expandable cage, and T8–L3 fusion (Figure 3) with kyphosis correction (Figure 4). The patient's subsequent postoperative course was unremarkable and he was discharged with an intact neurologic examination. By follow-up at 3 months, the patient reported resolution of symptoms.
This report represents a unique case of Gibbus deformity secondary to non-tuberculosis osteomyelitis infection. Vertebral osteomyelitis is an infection of the vertebral body with an incidence of 2.2/100,000 annually (7,8). Infection typically arises by spread from the bloodstream, infected soft tissue, or inoculation from trauma (9). The most common presentation of vertebral osteomyelitis is back pain and pain-limited mobility, although in severe cases of vertebral body destruction and collapse, patients may present with weakness, sensory loss, incontinence, and myelopathic signs (10). Gibbus deformity, named for the Latin word "gibbus" meaning hump, most commonly occurs in the thoracic spine and is characterized by kyphosis from vertebral body collapse. The most common cause of Gibbus deformity is tuberculosis osteomyelitis (1), although it may also result from metabolic disorders or congenital syndromes such as achondroplasia or cretinism and therefore is more common in children than adults. If left untreated, patients with Gibbus deformities are vulnerable to progressive kyphosis, myelopathy, and paraplegia.
Gibbus deformities are rarely reported in the literature and typically involve congenital disorders including horseshoe kidney, myelomeningocele, and myelodysplasia (3,11,12) Among the two cases reported in adults, both Gibbus deformities arose secondary to tuberculosis infection (1,13). Treatment options differ between children and adults. Adults are commonly treated with posterior fusion with or without corpectomy and interbody cage placement, while surgery in children usually involves vertebral column resection and cage insertion with placement of bilateral vertical expandable prosthetic titanium ribs or rods (11,13,14).
This case presents a rare example of Gibbus deformity in an adult patient with non-tuberculosis osteomyelitis. Although Gibbus deformities have become rare as rates of tuberculosis have declined, it remains an important surgical entity that should be recognized by the spine surgeon.
The authors would like to thank Ms. Tamara Nuñez, a second-year medical student at the University of Illinois at Chicago, for the gibbous moon photograph.
Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
Informed Consent: Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this manuscript and any accompanying images.
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- Merriam-Webster 2017. gibbous. Available online: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gibbous
- Bozdogan E, Demir M, Konukoglu O, et al. Reverse U-shaped horseshoe kidney accompanied by gibbus deformity and spina bifida. Jpn J Radiol 2016;34:448-50. [Crossref] [PubMed]
- Palmucci S, Attina G, Lanza ML, et al. Imaging findings of mucopolysaccharidoses: a pictorial review. Insights Imaging 2013;4:443-59. [Crossref] [PubMed]
- Weaver P, Lifeso RM. The radiological diagnosis of tuberculosis of the adult spine. Skeletal Radiol 1984;12:178-86. [Crossref] [PubMed]
- Tosun B, Erdemir C, Yonga O, et al. Surgical treatment of thoracolumbar tuberculosis: a retrospective analysis of autogenous grafting versus expandable cages. Eur Spine J 2014;23:2299-306. [Crossref] [PubMed]
- Digby JM, Kersley JB. Pyogenic non-tuberculous spinal infection: an analysis of thirty cases. J Bone Joint Surg Br 1979;61:47-55. [PubMed]
- Beronius M, Bergman B, Andersson R. Vertebral osteomyelitis in Goteborg, Sweden: a retrospective study of patients during 1990-95. Scand J Infect Dis 2001;33:527-32. [PubMed]
- Berbari EF, Kanj SS, Kowalski TJ, et al. 2015 Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis in Adults. Clin Infect Dis 2015;61:e26-46. [Crossref] [PubMed]
- McHenry MC, Easley KA, Locker GA. Vertebral osteomyelitis: long-term outcome for 253 patients from 7 Cleveland-area hospitals. Clin Infect Dis 2002;34:1342-50. [Crossref] [PubMed]
- Smith JT, Novais E. Treatment of Gibbus deformity associated with myelomeningocele in the young child with use of the vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib (VEPTR): a case report. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2010;92:2211-5. [Crossref] [PubMed]
- Smith JT. Bilateral Rib-Based Distraction to the Pelvis for the Management of Congenital Gibbus Deformity in the Growing Child With Myelodysplasia. Spine Deform 2016;4:70-7. [Crossref] [PubMed]
- Chen YH, Lin CB, Wu SW, et al. Surgical treatment of noncontiguous spinal tuberculosis with gibbus deformity: A case report. Ci Ji Yi Xue Za Zhi 2013;25:246-8.
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Figures released by the central bank show that at the end of February 2018, the individual and institutional structured deposits of commercial banks increased by 44.9% over last year. In comparison, the total of all banks' deposits increased by only 10% over the same period.
This sharp increase in structured deposits is closely connected to the requirement in the Guiding Opinions on Regulating the Asset Management Business of Financial Institutions that the bank wealth management products must restructure to promote the products' net value management.
The new asset management rules mentioned above signify that bank wealth management products with an existing market size of close to RMB30 trillion will cease to enjoy the rigid guarantee of principal payment provided by banks, whereas many existing customers of bank wealth management products are risk averse investors who seek guaranteed principal and returns. As banks wish to avoid having such customers turn to investing in other products after the loss of the rigid payment guarantee and due to the recent ratcheting up of the pressure to attract deposits, structured deposits that not only satisfy the business requirements of both parties but also satisfy regulatory requirements have become the explosively popular product on the market.
And it is not only individuals. A significant number of listed companies have also adopted structured deposits as one of the main means of cash management. For example, China Molybdenum issued an announcement on 30 March 2018 to the effect that it was planning to use idle self-owned funds not exceeding RMB35 billion in the aggregate to purchase structured deposit products in the next 12 months.
What kind of product are these so popular structured deposits? Pursuant to the Standards for the Statistical Classification of, and Codes for, Deposits (for Trial Implementation) issued by the central bank in 2010, the term "structured deposit" means a deposit attracted by a financial institution that embedded in financial derivatives and that allows depositors, on the basis of bearing certain risks, to earn higher returns through linkage to fluctuations in interest rates, exchange rates, an index, etc., or linkage to the creditworthiness of a certain entity.
To meet the demand of risk-averse investors for the guarantee of principal payment, structured deposits are often of a type with guaranteed principal payment and then, on this basis, enhance returns by adding interest rate, exchange rate, index and other such derivatives. The main difference between ordinary deposits and structured deposits is the fluctuation in the interest on structured deposits and the certain degree of risk that they entail. So the expected interest on such structured deposits is generally higher than the interest rate on bank deposits of equivalent term.
The main difference between structured deposits and structured wealth management products is that the principal of structured deposits is invested in bank deposits, whereas that of structured wealth management products is generally invested in low-risk fixed return assets, with the principal and expected returns falling outside the coverage of deposit insurance.
Of course, what is of greatest concern to customers with regard to structured deposits is different from that which is of most concern to banks. For the customer, of greatest concern is the security of the funds and its returns, whereas for the bank what is of most concern includes, at minimum the following points:
Whether the product design and sales are in compliance with laws and regulations. Article 23 of the Administrative Measures for the Sale of Wealth Management Products by Commercial Banks issued by the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) in August 2011 requires that, "where the name of a linked structured wealth management product includes the name of the linked assets, the percentage of linked subject assets of the total capital of the wealth management funds must be specified in the name of the product or it must be specified that the underlying assets are linked with expected returns of the principal".
In practice, all banks, in selling structured deposit products, handle matters with reference to the regulations on wealth management products mentioned above. Furthermore, article 22 of the Interim Administrative Measures for the Personal Wealth Management Business of Commercial Banks specifies that, "if the wealth management plans sold by a commercial bank include structured deposit products, the commercial bank must separate the underlying assets from the derivatives trading portion. The underlying assets must be managed as for savings deposit business and the derivatives trading portion as for financial derivatives business." It is precisely on the basis of this provision that the majority of banks refer to similar practice for the sale of wealth management products when engaging in structured deposit business.
Whether it has the qualifications to trade derivatives. The reason that structured deposits can offer higher returns than those of ordinary term deposits is, no matter nominally or substantively, mainly due to options, in other words, investment in derivatives. Article 7 of the Administrative Measures for the Derivative Trading Business of Banking Financial Institutions specifies that, "a banking financial institution that engages in foreign exchange, commodity, energy and equity-related derivatives trading, as well as trading in derivative product transactions in the field must have derivatives trading business qualifications approved by the China Banking Regulatory Commission."
To obtain such qualification, a bank must have sound internal systems, a specialized derivatives trading team, the appropriate trading premises and equipment, and a sound trading system. For the great majority of urban commercial banks and rural commercial banks, the costs of building a team and setting up a system far outweigh the benefits that obtaining such qualifications could bring. To date, the number of urban commercial banks and rural commercials that have obtained such qualifications is low, but this does not prevent them from engaging a qualified investment manager to carry out derivatives investment for them.
Consistency of reality with name. At this time, where the popularity of structured deposits has exploded, it is necessary to check whether relevant products genuinely have the nature of a structured deposit or whether a bank is relying on this to subsidize the attraction of deposits. Under the current highly effective regulatory regime, the rules for the administration of structured deposits are soon to come down the pipe. At this juncture, where structured deposits are selling like hotcakes, commercial banks need to take precautions by enhancing their trading capabilities and judgment of trends, and increase returns through appropriate investment strategies so as to cause their structured deposits to be worthy of the name.
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The Munich air disaster: a timeline
The timeline looks at some of the key moments in the story of the Munich air disaster, how the tragedy unfolded on the day and what happened in the aftermath.
Tuesday 22 October 1957
The Busby Babes' 4-0 Charity Shield drubbing of Aston Villa, coupled with the fact that they'd recorded their largest ever goal and points tallies the season before, leads to speculation that the team can win an unprecedented league, FA Cup and European Cup treble.
Duncan Edwards and Yugoslav journalists (04/02/58)
Wednesday 4 December
United face Dukla Prague away in the European Cup - they lose the tie, but win on aggregate. Delays in their return journey mean they nearly miss their clash with Everton the following Saturday. The problems lead to a decision to charter a plane for the next away tie, versus Red Star Belgrade.
Tuesday 14 January 1958
United beat Red Star Belgrade 2-1 at Old Trafford in the home leg of their second round tie.
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Monday 3 February
The Manchester United party board the flight from Manchester to Belgrade. The route is arranged via Munich both ways for refuelling, as a direct route is out of range for the aeroplane.
The team line-up for the game (05/02/58)
A few hours later, they arrive to find low cloud, poor visibility and snow. Conditions are at the minimum allowed by British European Airways (their flight operator) for pilots to land in. Indeed, the weather is so bad that the airport engineer only realises the plane has landed when it taxis on to the parking apron.
Wednesday 5 February
United draw 3-3 with Red Star Belgrade and go through to the European Cup Semi Finals for the second year running. After the game, a cocktail party for the players is held at the British Embassy.
The wreckage of the crash (07/02/58)
Thursday 6 February
The travelling party, plus an extra five people - including the wife and baby daughter of the Yugoslav air attaché in London – departs Belgrade in sunshine for Manchester. The takeoff is delayed for an hour as winger Johnny Berry loses his passport.
A little later, the plane makes its scheduled stop in Munich to refuel, where the airport is shrouded in low cloud, rain and snow. The descent into Munich requires the pilot, Captain James Thain, to use the anti-icing equipment on the wings.
On the ground, the Manchester party disembark for refreshments in the terminal building, with some of the players taking the opportunity to snowball the refuelling team.
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After completion of departure details, the party return to the aircraft, with the crew stopping to inspect the wings. As a precaution, de-icing fluid could be sprayed onto the wings or snow brushed clear, but they decide that is unnecessary under the circumstances.
The wreckage of the crash (07/02/58)
At 2.20pm GMT, just over an hour after arrival, the plane is cleared for take-off. However, an uneven tone in the engines alarms Captain Thain and his co-pilot, Captain Kenneth Rayment, causing them to abort the take-off.
The pair decide to try again, but the second take-off is aborted for the same reason, described by Captain Thain to his passengers as a "slight engine fault" which would require them to return to the apron for an engine check.
Everybody disembarks again, and on returning to the departure lounge, United's star player Duncan Edwards sends a telegram to his landlady - "All flights cancelled. Flying home tomorrow. Duncan." Unexpectedly, the call to board the flight is made and the party re-embark.
Albert Scanlon in hospital (09/02/58)
At 3.04pm, a third take-off is attempted. The plane fails to gain height and crashes into the fence surrounding the airport and then into a house. The port wing and part of the tail is torn off and the house catches fire. A tree shatters the port side of the cockpit, while the starboard side of the fuselage hits a wooden hut, causing a truck filled with tyres and fuel parked inside to explode.
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By the time any emergency services arrive at the site, 21 people are dead - including seven players, eight journalists, the travel agent who had organised the trip and a fan that was travelling with the team. After two hours, the search for survivors is called off, only for a German journalist to discover Kenny Morgans amongst the wreckage some five hours after the crash.
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The survivors are taken to Rechts der Isar Hospital in Munich. Amongst them are Albert Scanlon, who will remain unconscious for three weeks, star striker Bobby Charlton, who has suffered slight head injuries, and Johnny Berry and Jackie Blanchflower, whose injuries will mean they would never play again.
Matt Busby in hospital after the crash
Manager Matt Busby has suffered fractured ribs, a punctured lung and leg injuries. His condition is so grave that the last rites are administered and a hospital statement says simply that "we do not have much hope of saving him".
Friday 7 February onwards
The bodies of the deceased are flown home and lie overnight in the gym at Old Trafford before being collected by the families. Thousands turn out to line the streets for the funerals, memorial services are held all over the country and two minutes' silence is observed at matches everywhere.
United take on Sheffield Wednesday (19/02/58)
There is speculation that the club will fold as they may not be able to complete the season's fixtures or rebuild their shattered team.
Wednesday 19 February
There is news that Matt Busby has received the last rites for a second time, while Duncan Edwards and the co-pilot Kenneth Rayment are both worsening by the day.
Despite that, a makeshift United 11 takes on Sheffield Wednesday in an emotional FA Cup fifth-round tie.
The front cover of the match programme reads "United will go on" and on the team sheet, there are 11 blank spaces to fill in. Busby calls his assistant Jimmy Murphy from his hospital bed to tell him to "keep the flag flying". United win 3-0.
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Duncan Edwards' is flown home (22/02/58)
Friday 21 February
Duncan Edwards dies from his injuries. A week later, Ken Rayment also succumbs, bringing the final death toll to 23.
Thankfully, Matt Busby stabilises and as his condition improves, he is sent to Interlaken in Switzerland to recuperate with his wife, Jean.
Saturday 8 March
A message from the stricken manager is played ahead of United's home game. The News of the World reports that "women wept as the tape-recorded voice of Matt Busby echoed across a packed and silent Old Trafford".
Bobby Charlton at the FA Cup Final (03/05/58)
Friday 18 April
Matt Busby returns to Manchester for the first time, 71 days after the crash. He makes the journey from Switzerland by rail and sea.
Saturday 3 May
Despite the devastation of the season, under the leadership of Jimmy Murphy, United have made it to the FA Cup Final, where they play Bolton Wanderers. It is Murphy that leads the team out, while Matt Busby makes his way slowly to the bench with the aid of a walking stick. The team wear shirts emblazoned with a phoenix rising from the flames.
Despite a valiant effort, the game is a step too far for the still recovering side and they lose 2-0.
United v AC Milan in the European Cup (08/05/58)
Thursday 8 May
United beat AC Milan in the home leg of their European Cup Semi Final 2-1.
Wednesday 14 May
AC Milan beat United 4-0 at the San Siro Stadium to knock them out of the European Cup.
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UEFA offer the FA the opportunity to enter United in the competition for the following season as a tribute to the players and officials who lost their lives. The FA decline, choosing to enter only the league champions, Wolverhampton Wanderers, as normal.
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Sienna Miller agreed to nudity in new film to escape press attention
British actress Sienna Miller has admitted that she had no problems with stripping off for her role in the flop film, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, because she was desperate to do anything that would keep her away from home after her public split from Jude Law.
The 27-year-old starlet was engaged to Law in 2005 but broke it off when news that he had slept with his nanny emerged.
And to avoid the scandal and the embarrassment that followed, the Factory Girl threw herself into her work and jumped at the chance to star in The Mysteries of Pittsburgh in 2006, despite the scenes of nudity.
Sienna said:
"I don't think I feel comfortable getting naked now. I can see where I made the decision to make that film three years ago, but then you grow up and evolve and your tastes change.
"I was in this period where I was making movies back-to-back because I didn't want to be at home. Anything to not be in London. I was running away".
And don't worry if you haven't heard of the film, it was released last year but was critically panned before heading straight to DVD. But at least it helped Sienna over her heartbreak!
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Last week Beardy McGee and I visited The Glee Club in Nottingham for an evening of stand-up comedy. (Josh Widdicombe was the main act. I will find a video for you at the end of the post if you're interested.)
Neither of us could remember the name of the support act, it was a miracle we even remembered the tickets that we had to print out ourselves – why do they make you do that? Home printers and cartridges are expensive. Plus printing out an email does that annoying thing where it prints the second, useless last inch of browser-window onto an entire second sheet of paper. Cheers for that; I really needed that extra margin of space, smaller than the actual print-margin. What happened to the nicely designed tickets complete with tear-away stubby bit that you can keep somewhere in a lame but forgivably nostalgic fashion? That's if you even remember to pick up the ticket page from the printer after you've torn up and recycled the previous unsuccessful three corrugated pages from the demon claws of the jammed paper tray. I hate printers – so we made a note to keep an eye out for a name when we got there. The first poster we saw read something along the lines of 'supporting act: Suzi Ruffell'.
We both looked at each other with a slightly apprehensive expression and in unintentional disappointment I asked: 'Aw, man (ironically)! Is that a woman?'
I would never usually broadcast this opinion, mostly because it comes across as being sexist and is derogative of my own gender, but I'm not sexist. I'm simply speaking from experience.
Don't get me wrong, there are some female stand-up acts that I adore, even favor, over male ones. I would rather have Sarah Millican tickets than any other and I actually did enjoy Suzi Ruffell (although she had a certain male-bravado which I will explain later). Women that really make me laugh are definitely few and far-between.
Why is this? I am often hilarious, albeit accidentally, but as a profession? I can name more than 20 male comedians who make me laugh out loud regularly, but only 4 or 5 females come to mind?
I had settled with the grudgingly defeatist explanation of 'men are just better at some things.' You know what; no. I have further researched this separation of the sexes and have compiled a list of possible reasons as to why men are professionally funnier.
According to this very long article (with a totally different title), focusing on the scientific results rather than the strangely religious section towards the end, women have less expectation of a reward. With a harder-to-please attitude they are naturally more resistant to comedy than men.
As well as being naturally more resistant, women have also been brought up differently and have trained themselves to survive amongst rival females. Young women are shallower than men when it comes to choosing friends. The class clown was always the popular male whereas the popular girl would be the prettiest.
Mothers teach girls that they become threatening to men if they appear too bright – men want an audience, not a rival. Although this article from Psychology Today shows that, in 'private' women can be just as funny.
Maybe it's more the fact that men have always had to try harder? To make a woman laugh is a tough job; women are impressed with wit rather than the 'silly' humour of men amongst men.
Two comediennes that I have found recently (one of them being Suzi Ruffell) have been homosexuals and I have found them both very funny. Is that because they aren't afraid of being less feminine? They don't mind being laughed at, they share more embarrassing stories and men can relate to a lot of what they say.
Mae Martin is another comedienne that my sister introduced me to. Again she is very funny but she plays on and mentions her sexuality a lot. It's an interesting thought; can you be both funny and feminine?
Here's my tribute to funny women, thank you for making me eat my words, Suzi:
Suzi Ruffell:
Mae Martin:
Sarah Millican:
Do you guys have any female comediennes to show me that I can add to my list?
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COMBINE will support the coordination of the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Accelerator Programme to progress a pipeline of medicines for the treatment or prevention of resistant bacterial infections.
Copenhagen, Denmark — December 3, 2019 — 11 European partners today announced that they are launching a new project, The Collaboration for Prevention and Treatment of Multi-Drug Resistant Bacterial Infections (COMBINE), under the IMI AMR Accelerator Programme. COMBINE will support projects in the AMR Accelerator with effective management, communication, and data capture capabilities, and carry out research to strengthen the scientific basis in the AMR field. COMBINE is funded by IMI, a joint initiative between the European Commission (EC) and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA). COMBINE receives EUR 8 million from the EC; EFPIA in-kind contributions total EUR 17 million.
The AMR Accelerator is a Public-Private Partnership initiated by IMI. With a total budget of EUR 295 million, six consortia aim to progress a pipeline of potential medicines targeting tuberculosis (TB), nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. If successful, the projects in the AMR Accelerator are expected to deliver up to 10 new preclinical candidates and up to 5 'Phase II-ready' compounds over a six-year period.
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For oxalate quantification in cork stoppers an automated HPLC method using an ion exchange organic acid column and an electrochemical detector was performed. The study was conducted on cork stoppers in three steps of their manufacture: untreated cork stopper (corresponding to natural cork), whitened stopper, and final stage (ready for commercial delivery). The oxalate determinations may be performed in a linear range from 0.1 µg/mL (detection limit) to 20 µg/mL. The identification of the chromatographic peak corresponding to oxalic acid was proved by the specific action of oxalate oxidase. Satisfactory recovery for the extraction procedure (recoveries of oxalic acid in the additions method between 92.85% ± 3.70% and 103.65% ± 7.70%) and precision for the over-all procedure (relative standard deviation between 5.90% and 8.20%), and low time consuming (30 min for the HPLC analysis) were observed. It makes this procedure suitable for monitoring residual oxalates in cork stoppers either by the industry itself or by government quality control. Quantification of oxalic acid in 60 randomly obtained samples from the market gave the value of 173.8 ± 15.4 µg/g (X ± SE).
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text: Join the fun at Hanwell Carnival this Saturday & read our latest news – ESON Newsletter 12/06/19 12/06/2019 admin Ealing Hospital, Newsletter, NHS 0 The NHS is once again in the news thanks to President Trump, who has certainly frightened many people with his comments. As usual there are lots of fine aspirations being expressed about future NHS services but when it comes down to hard cash and the staff to run them there is little detail. This month it's Carnival time in Hanwell and we have a great Public Meeting planned in July so please read on…. JOIN US AT HANWELL CARNIVAL THIS SAT 15TH JUNE: Ealing Save Our NHS is once again joining in the fun at Hanwell Carnival. This year our focus for the Parade and on our Stall will be bringing back Urology, Maternity and Paediatrics and other lost services to Ealing Hospital – we want a fully functioning District General Hospital! In Elthorne Park we will have 'Thankyou' cards for our lovely Ealing Hospital staff, who have soldiered on despite the axe hanging over their heads and also some photo opportunities for carnival goers. Join us on the Carnival Parade: Our legendary bed, made by Arthur, is being upgraded to accommodate two brave children! His popular hats, featured above, are also being revamped with our latest slogans. If you would like to join in please come to Hanwell Community Centre, Westcott Crescent, Hanwell, W7 1PD (off Greenford Avenue) by 10.45am – the parade sets off about 11.00am. Look out for the ESON banner and bed! You can of course also join in on the route. The Stall: Activity in Elthorne Park kicks off at 12 noon and finishes at 6.00pm. We need help on our Stall with leafleting, petitioning and getting people to fill in our 'Thank You Ealing' cards and have their pictures taken. Even if you can't help, please come and say Hello. You can find us very close to the Bandstand. No doubt it will be fun and very rewarding too – hope you can join in. DIARY DATE: MONDAY 8TH JULY – EALING SAVE OUR NHS PUBLIC MEETING: We have a great line-up of entertaining and well informed speakers who will be talking about the key issues facing our national and local NHS. Up for discussion will be how to best fight to restore our hospital services and hold to account the people who wasted over £200 million on the failed Shaping a Healthier Future cuts plan. You will hear about the crisis facing our GP Service and how (not) the Government plans to address it and lots more. Of course there will be time for questions and ideas too for action. This is definitely one not to miss! ESON CAMPAIGN MEETING – TUESDAY 18TH JUNE: At this month's Campaign Meeting we are delighted to be joined by Dr Emma Morton, Consultant Psychiatrist who will be our guest speaker. She will be opening a discussion on the crisis in Mental Health and will be happy to answer questions. Also on the Agenda will be our forthcoming Public Meeting, updates on what's happening to our local NHS, and responding to plans for a single CCG. We really welcome new people, so why not come along to find out more information and how you can help. 7.30pm in Northfields Community Centre (tea & coffee provided) LEAKED PLAN PREDICTS MASSIVE SHORTAGE OF NURSES AND OTHER STAFF: The Government latest plan for the NHS (called the Long Term Plan) depends on having the staff to deliver it, but until recently they had not published any plan for the workforce. In a leak to the Guardian, the Governments workforce plan – called 'The People Plan' says, "Our analysis shows a 40,000 (11%) shortfall [in the number of nurses needed in England] in 2018-19 which widens to 68,500 (16%) by 2023-24 without intervention, as demand for nurses grows faster than supply." This means a shortage of 1 in 6 nurses. The Royal College of Nursing places some of the blame on the ending of Student Nurse Bursaries, which makes it much harder to recruit nurses. As Roy Lilley, ex- NHS Trust Chair and well known NHS Commentator says on his Blog – 'There is no prospect of delivering the Long Term Plan without the people' – we campaigners would certainly agree with him. More on this story here – well worth a read. NHS BOSS SAYS NHS MUST ACT TO STOP 'HOLLOWING OUT' OF DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITALS: In a recent lecture to the Royal College of Medicine, NHS England boss Simon Stevens made the following statement – "The NHS must rethink the District General Hospital model to counter the risk of the health service deserting the 'at-risk' communities many serve". Well, clearly closing A&Es and hospital beds and relocating services miles from people homes, as was intended for Ealing Hospital was 'deserting' at-risk communities and is an attack on the most vulnerable people. Stevens goes on to say that in these communities there is a sense that services are at risk of being eroded which "shows up as protests, political activity and a sense of the tide going out from these communities" – absolutely what happened!. These statements are surprising from the man who allowed NHS North West London to hollow out Central Middlesex, Hammersmith and Ealing DGHs. The former two had their A&Es closed down in September 2014, and Ealing Hospital as you know, has been stripped of Maternity, Paediatrics, children's A&E and most Urology services. If Simon Stevens means what he says then serious then serious money should be put in to restoring services in hospitals like Ealing where the community is certainly very 'at risk'. PLANS FOR A SINGLE NORTH WEST LONDON CCG COULD UNDERMINE ACCOUNTABILITY: We think it is reasonable that those who take decisions about the health needs of our local community should be accountable and open to public scrutiny here in Ealing. So not surprisingly we are very concerned about plans by NHS North West London to centralise decision making about how NHS money is spent locally and what services are provided. Currently such decisions are made by Borough based Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), in Ealing its Ealing CCG. All this is set to change possibly as early as April next year. The eight Borough based CCGs in North West London are to be replaced with a single North West London CCG whose main role will be to commission health services for all of the 8 London Boroughs. However there are huge variations in health, deprivation and life expectancy. You can hardly compare Kensington & Chelsea with Brent or Ealing, so it is hard to see how centralisation won't lead to local needs not being addressed and deprived areas losing out. New local structures are to be set up – called local integrated partnerships made up of Hospital Trusts, Community Health providers and Councils who are supposed to feed in to the new North West London CCG along with GPs via their new Primary Care Networks. It seems you can't have 'integration' without setting up even more layers of structures. We are promised more engagement, but the NHS as we know is not very good at this – quite how this will work with real decisions- making no longer at the local level remains to be seen. We have many questions and hope to submit a detailed response to the plans so watch this space….. SIGN THE PETITION TO RESTORE EALING HOSPITAL SERVICES: Our latest Petition calls on health authorities in North West London to 'Bring back Vital Services to Ealing Hospital'. Ealing has lost services over the last 7 years but thanks to the dedication of many of the staff it has continued to serve us well. Now they need our support to get them restored. 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Mont d'Evian - les Fours - Lacs de Damoz des Moulins - Brion - Mont d'EvianA fairly low level circuit mostly through forest on tracks and mountain paths, reaching the lower of the Lacs de Damoz des Moulins. Fantastic views and idyllic alpine pastures, with glorious flowers in Spring.The first section is along a forest track to the settlement at les Fours. Then there is a fairly steep climb through the forest to the few barns at Damoz des Moulins and another short climb to the lake. Rest for a while before a short haul to the Col de Creve-Coeur.A short traverse with fantastic views across the D'Aulps valley with the Roc D'Enfer dominant, to come to the small settlement at Brion. Then it's downhill all the way on tracks and a small mountain path back to Mont d'Evian.Note: there are some sections where the path is narrow and fairly poorly maintained, especially on the last leg back to Mont d'Evian.
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Once upon a time, there was a handsome prince. Some people might even say that, when God had a spare magic trick, he created this prince. With his beautiful eyes and dark yet unruly hair, he managed to make every girl and woman in his country faint. The prince had everything going for him: good looks, money and even a talent for making pretty and old things glow and shine.
However, this prince was lonely. He had been lonely for a very long time and his father was ailing. Having lost his mother a dozen season changes before, he needed to find a wife. Preferably, someone who liked him for who he was and not because of his title, so that when his father passed, the prince could take over the kingdom.
But, how was he going to do that? He decided to organize a Queen pageant. Girls from all directions came before his jury, made up of his godfather, Meredithus McKay; his trusted knight, adviser to the King and leader of the army of Atlantica, Sir Ronon Dex; and his head of house, Teyla Emmagan.
The prince's father, though still quite ill, continued on with his work. As much as he wanted his son, John, to assume the crown, the governing laws still required that the man must marry before he would be eligible. Prince John, while he would wed a woman for the need of the many, was not at all pleased with the choices who had sought him out. Princess Chaya Sar, of Proculus, was amongst one of the many that he would not even consider – despite his father's favor of the girl.
Prince John knew what he wanted, which was a woman who would rule by his side and offer her counsel. However, that was easier said than done. The women of his land, and the women who came from afar, that were of nobility, did not share the same beliefs he did. To rule with his heart, and not for the riches, was of grand importance.
Even though his most trusted people had created a list of women that they thought had potential, upon meeting them, Prince John had grown tired of the women doing whatever he told them to do. He decided to take it upon himself to find the right woman for him and he would do everything in his power to find her.
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New neighbors running the re-opened Thornrose House at Gypsy Hill at 531 Thornrose Avenue caused me to recall what I'd been told of the history of the neighborhood. I have seen one photo of the land before these houses were built across the street from Gypsy Hill Park (at 531, 543, 549 and 561 Thornrose Avenue) but no others. If any exist I certainly would like to see and scan them! Anyway, something was not right about those stories. I had researched the family who built our house and so knew some of the background which didn't jive with the supposed background of the builders.
After visiting the re-decorated B and B next door, I was moved to do some investigative work on the neighborhood and specifically, 531 Thornrose Avenue. This is what I have discovered so far.
531 was apparently built in 1911/1912 by Powell Goodman Stratton whose family were wholesale grocers in Staunton. Powell and his brother Richard Haygood Stratton, apparently took over the grocery business from their father. They were quite well-to-do for the time. Richard moved into 561 Thornrose at about the same time that Powell built 531. Of course, when Powell built the house the address was given as "Thornrose Ave near city water works". Not very precise and probably not needed due to the limited number of dwellings out here. The city water works was, at that time, right across the street about 100 yards from the house. Later the address was given as 523 in 1914 and then, finally, as 531.
So, by the late 1920s all four of these houses had been built and were occupied by Powell Stratton (531), Emmett Frank Fishburne (543 built in 1926), Sidney Erastus Matthews (549 built in 1925), and Richard Stratton (561). All were very well to do and with the elegant park just across the street this was an "upscale" neighborhood. That was quite a change from the industrial feel of the area which had been (after being a farm) home to a tannery and the water works. The value of 531 in 1930 was given as $20,000 or about $284,000 in 2014 dollars. The other homes were valued at $13,000 ($185,000), $10,000 ($142,000) and $18,000 ($256,000). In 1926 the Robert E. Lee High School was built facing Churchville Avenue next door to 561 Thornrose (on the other side of DuPont).
In 1936 Powell died and his widow, Irma Lang Stratton (daughter of Henry Lang, the jeweler), apparently sold the home and moved to 522 Frederic Street and went to work as a bookkeeper. The new owner was George Herbert Spalding.
George had immigrated from England, been a baker in Beckley and was a naturalized citizen. He was married to his second wife Julia and they lived there with their daughter Ethel Louise. However, it seems the house didn't suit because, although they were there in 1940, they were living in Norfolk by 1944. In as much as George was retired by that time I don't know why they moved. George listed an income of $6,000 a year for 1939 (about $102,000) but no job/business/work. That was very good for the times as there were many in Staunton who show no more than $300 income for all of 1939.
So who bought it after the Spaldings? I don't know, yet.
Apparently Powell's death affected his brother's fortunes as well as he and his family moved to a much less expensive house at 307 Glenn Avenue where they lived in 1940. Their former home at 561 was then occupied by John and Maud Snyder, both age 54. John apparently had a hardware store and his recorded income for 1939 was $5000. John and Maud moved to 561 from Fayette Street and were still living there in 1942 when John registered for the draft. John died in 1947, Maud in 1955.
Except for the two Stratton brothers, none of these people were closely related which is at odds with the stories I'd been told about the neighborhood. At least some of the story is now right. More would take a look at the courthouse records. We'll see.
Another interesting thing, several of the daughters of the residents of these 4 houses served in WWII. Margaret Wheeler Stratton (later Conway) was a communications yeoman in the US Navy. Ethel Louise Spalding trained in the Cadet Nursing Corps as did Sue Barret Stratton (daughter of Richard Haygood Stratton at 561 Thornrose). This is not without precedent in the family though as Richard Stratton served in the Navy as a storekeeper in BOTH WWI and WWII.
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In a 19-minute-long song released Monday, R&B singer R. Kelly addresses several topics that have dogged him for years, including sexual misconduct allegations against him, his illegal marriage with a then-15-year-old Aaliyah, and parents who have accused Kelly of brainwashing their daughter as part of a sex "cult."
"Today is the day you've been waiting for," Kelly tweeted, with a link to the song on SoundCloud titled "I Admit."
Structured as a confessional, the song is more of a defence of his behaviours and accusations against him.
In one line, he sings, "I admit I'm a freak" who used to go to the strip club weekly and messed with "all the ladies, that's both older and younger ladies. But tell me how they call it pedophile, because that" is crazy.
Throughout the track, Kelly accuses "haters" of trying to destroy his career. "You may have your opinions, entitled to your opinions," he sings. "But really am I supposed to go to jail or lose my career because of your opinion."
He sings "they tryna lock me up like Bill" - presumably a reference to comedian Bill Cosby, who was convicted earlier this year on three counts of sexual assault.
Kelly has been a super-popular singer since the early 1990s, who has also stood accused of abusing women and having sexual relations with underage girls. He has settled several sexual and physical abuse lawsuits, and in 2008 he was acquitted of child pornography. The alleged victim and her parents declined to testify during the high-profile trial.
The years of settlements and other allegations received new attention after journalist Jim DeRogatis - who has chronicled Kelly's alleged behavior for years - published a 2017 BuzzFeed story in which former girlfriends and others painted a portrait of a celebrity who controls the movements and lives of a group of live-in sexual partners. The parents of one of the girlfriends, who has said she is doing fine, told police their daughter is being held against her will and is a part of a "cult."
In May, Washington Post reporter Geoff Edgers detailed how the music industry turned a blind eye to Kelly's behavior for decades.
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His team also called an effort by Time's Up's Women of Color to get record label RCA to drop Kelly a "public lynching of a black man who has made extraordinary contributions to our culture." The revelations have also inspired an effort to boycott Kelly's concerts and get him pulled from radio play.
In his new song, Kelly addresses the growing backlash against him, citing DeRogatis directly: "To Jim DeRogatis, whatever your name is / You been tryna destroy me for 25 whole years," he sings. " ... Off my name, you done went and made yourself a career / But guess what? I pray for you and your family, and all my other enemies."
Kelly also sings, "I ain't chasing these ladies, no / These ladies are chasing me" and "how they gon' say I don't respect these women, when all I've done is represent / Take my career and turn it upside down, 'cause you mad I've got some girlfriends."
He says he had a conversation with Wendy Williams that alluded to his illegal marriage with singer Aaliyah, when he was 27 and she was 15 (her parents quickly discovered the union and eventually had it expunged):
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Kelly name-checks several stars who have publicly gone against him this year, including popular radio morning host Tom Joyner, who said he won't play R. Kelly's music anymore, and John Legend. "They're doing good in their lives right now, why would they wanna tear down another brother," Kelly sings.
He also says, "Women, show black men some love / 'Cause black men, we go through enough. How can we get up off the ground, when we steady tearing each other down." Later, probably referencing the Time's Up campaign against him, Kelly sings that "they don't want me to shine, women's group, my god / Now don't get it twisted, I do support 'em, but why they wanna bring down the R."
Kelly says the allegations of brainwashing, kidnapping and not letting his entourage of sexual partners eat and move about freely are "absurd" and "silly." He also directly addresses the parents of Joycelyn Savage, now 22, who have accused the singer of controlling her. Kelly met Savage when she was 19 at a concert with her mother there.
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Kelly sings, "I was feelin' her and I admit that she was feelin' me," and then gives advice to the parents: "Don't push your daughter in my face, and tell me that it's OK / 'Cause your agenda is to get paid, and gettin' mad when it don't go your way."
Throughout the song, Kelly also sings about being broke, not owning the rights to his own music, his struggles with literacy and being sexually abused as a child.
He laments that Spotify removed him from their playlists, calls social media "the devil in disguise" and proclaims his music has "nothing to do with my private life."
"I never thought it would come to this, to be the most disrespected artist," he sings. "So I had to write a song about this, 'cause they always take my words and twist it."


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Estimating National Income
National Income (Contd. ) Methods used to measure National Income Calculating National Income There are various methods for calculating the national income such as production method, income method, expenditure method etc. Income Method: Different factors of production are paid for their productive services rendered to an organization. The various incomes that are included in these methods are wages, income of self-employed, interest, profit, dividend, rents, and surplus of public sector and net flow of income from abroad.
Expenditure Method: The various sectors – the household sector, the government sector, the business sector, either spend their income on consumer goods and services or they save a part of their income. These can be categorized as private consumption expenditure, private investment, public consumption, public investment etc. as shown in the above table. ProductMethod The production method gives us national income or national product based on the final value of the produce and the origin of the produce in terms of the industry.
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