This document discusses blood substitutes and their development. It covers:
- The functions of blood and the challenges in meeting demand for blood transfusions.
- The types of blood substitutes including plasma expanders and red blood cell substitutes like hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers.
- The ideal properties of blood substitutes and examples of products in development or approved, including challenges faced.
- Perfluorocarbon-based products and hemoglobin-based products, discussing sources, modifications made and examples of some products.
This document discusses production strategy and acquiring physical resources for international operations. It covers capacity planning, facilities location planning, process planning, facilities layout planning, and the make or buy decision. It also discusses acquiring raw materials and fixed assets. Key production concerns discussed include quality improvement efforts, shipping and inventory costs, and decisions around reinvestment vs divestment. The document concludes by covering different options for financing business operations such as borrowing, issuing equity, and internal funding.
Stevi Pisoni worked as a Graduate Contracts Administrator for AREA Construction from January 2014 to December 2014. She demonstrated good work ethic, honesty, and was capable of working independently and maintaining good rapport with clients and coworkers. Her former employer appreciated her contribution and wishes her well for the future.
This document discusses several philosophical arguments regarding the existence and nature of God. It addresses questions like what God is, why people believe in God, and God's attributes such as being personal, omnipresent, the creator, and perfectly good. It also summarizes several common arguments for God's existence, such as the cosmological, teleological, and ontological arguments. It discusses objections to these arguments and notes that while some claim to prove God's existence, others argue it is impossible to prove whether God does or does not exist.
This document discusses screening potential international markets and selecting entry modes. It describes a four step process for screening markets: 1) identify basic appeal, 2) access the national business environment, 3) measure market or site potential, and 4) select the market or site. Factors to consider when measuring potential in industrialized versus emerging markets are provided. The document also outlines different entry modes including exporting, contractual agreements, and investment options.
Prof. Dr. Magdy Mostafa Khalil Elattar is an electrical engineering professor who received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Alexandria University and his PhD from Manchester University. He has held various teaching and administrative roles at Alexandria University since 1970 and has also been a visiting professor at other universities. He maintains professional memberships, has authored over 40 publications, and operates an electrical engineering consulting business.
This study investigated the source of increased circulating interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels in obese mice. The researchers found that obese mice had higher plasma IL-6 levels and adipose tissue IL-6 mRNA levels compared to lean mice. Interestingly, IL-6 mRNA levels in the liver and spleen were not different between obese and lean mice. Additionally, preadipocytes from adipose tissue and 3T3-L1 preadipocyte cell lines expressed and secreted significantly more IL-6 than mature adipocytes, suggesting that preadipocytes are a major source of increased IL-6 in obesity.
The document summarizes various alternatives to blood transfusion, including oxygen carrying solutions, hemoglobin based oxygen carrying solutions (HBOCS), perflourocarbons, antigen camouflage techniques, recombinant plasma proteins, and transgenic platelet substitutes. It discusses the advantages and challenges of each approach, such as universal compatibility with oxygen carriers but side effects with HBOCS including vasoactivity and gastrointestinal issues.
This document discusses blood substitutes and their development. It covers:
- The functions of blood and the challenges in meeting demand for blood transfusions.
- The types of blood substitutes including plasma expanders and red blood cell substitutes like hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers.
- The ideal properties of blood substitutes and examples of products in development or approved, including challenges faced.
- Perfluorocarbon-based products and hemoglobin-based products, discussing sources, modifications made and examples of some products.
This document discusses production strategy and acquiring physical resources for international operations. It covers capacity planning, facilities location planning, process planning, facilities layout planning, and the make or buy decision. It also discusses acquiring raw materials and fixed assets. Key production concerns discussed include quality improvement efforts, shipping and inventory costs, and decisions around reinvestment vs divestment. The document concludes by covering different options for financing business operations such as borrowing, issuing equity, and internal funding.
Stevi Pisoni worked as a Graduate Contracts Administrator for AREA Construction from January 2014 to December 2014. She demonstrated good work ethic, honesty, and was capable of working independently and maintaining good rapport with clients and coworkers. Her former employer appreciated her contribution and wishes her well for the future.
This document discusses several philosophical arguments regarding the existence and nature of God. It addresses questions like what God is, why people believe in God, and God's attributes such as being personal, omnipresent, the creator, and perfectly good. It also summarizes several common arguments for God's existence, such as the cosmological, teleological, and ontological arguments. It discusses objections to these arguments and notes that while some claim to prove God's existence, others argue it is impossible to prove whether God does or does not exist.
This document discusses screening potential international markets and selecting entry modes. It describes a four step process for screening markets: 1) identify basic appeal, 2) access the national business environment, 3) measure market or site potential, and 4) select the market or site. Factors to consider when measuring potential in industrialized versus emerging markets are provided. The document also outlines different entry modes including exporting, contractual agreements, and investment options.
Prof. Dr. Magdy Mostafa Khalil Elattar is an electrical engineering professor who received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Alexandria University and his PhD from Manchester University. He has held various teaching and administrative roles at Alexandria University since 1970 and has also been a visiting professor at other universities. He maintains professional memberships, has authored over 40 publications, and operates an electrical engineering consulting business.
This study investigated the source of increased circulating interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels in obese mice. The researchers found that obese mice had higher plasma IL-6 levels and adipose tissue IL-6 mRNA levels compared to lean mice. Interestingly, IL-6 mRNA levels in the liver and spleen were not different between obese and lean mice. Additionally, preadipocytes from adipose tissue and 3T3-L1 preadipocyte cell lines expressed and secreted significantly more IL-6 than mature adipocytes, suggesting that preadipocytes are a major source of increased IL-6 in obesity.
The document summarizes various alternatives to blood transfusion, including oxygen carrying solutions, hemoglobin based oxygen carrying solutions (HBOCS), perflourocarbons, antigen camouflage techniques, recombinant plasma proteins, and transgenic platelet substitutes. It discusses the advantages and challenges of each approach, such as universal compatibility with oxygen carriers but side effects with HBOCS including vasoactivity and gastrointestinal issues.
This document discusses the treatment of anemia and the need for red blood cell substitutes. It begins by outlining the reasons to treat anemia and discusses the mortality risk of anemia versus the morbidity of red blood cell transfusions. Current possibilities for red blood cell substitutes are then summarized, including hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers (HBOCs) such as Hemopure, Polyheme, and Sanguinate. Toxicities of HBOCs like vasoconstriction and nitric oxide depletion are also noted. The document concludes by discussing protocols for managing severe anemia in the interim before fully developed red blood cell substitutes, and the potential of in vitro production of red blood cells as a future option.
The summary is as follows:
1. The first documented blood transfusion was performed in 1667 by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys, who transfused blood from a sheep into a 15-year-old boy.
2. Karl Landsteiner discovered the three main blood groups (A, B, and O) in 1900, laying the foundation for safe transfusion by matching donor and recipient blood.
3. The development of plastic blood bags and blood component separation in the 1950s allowed for longer storage and more targeted transfusion of specific blood products.
The document summarizes key points about blood and the cardiovascular system:
- Blood consists of plasma and cellular components including red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
- Red blood cells transport oxygen to tissues via hemoglobin and remove carbon dioxide. White blood cells help fight infection. Platelets initiate blood clotting to stop bleeding.
- The liver and kidneys play important roles in blood production and regulation via the hormone erythropoietin. Issues like anemia and sickle cell disease affect blood cell production and function.
The document discusses various blood products including whole blood, dried human plasma, and plasma substitutes. It provides details on:
- The collection and storage of whole blood, which must be used within 3 weeks.
- The preparation and advantages of dried plasma, which can be stored for 5 years and given to patients of any blood group. The process involves freeze-drying plasma from expired blood.
- Other blood products including dried serum, plasma fractions like fibrinogen and immunoglobulins, which are used for various therapeutic purposes.
- Plasma substitutes like dextran, which were developed due to limited plasma supplies and risks of disease transmission, to temporarily restore blood volume. Dextran 40 is commonly
This document discusses various blood products and their uses. It describes that whole blood contains plasma and cellular components. Packed red blood cells contain 50-70% hematocrit after removal of platelets and plasma, and are used for trauma with acute blood loss over 20% or symptomatic anemia without clotting defects. Platelets are used for bleeding due to thrombocytopenia or platelet dysfunction. Fresh frozen plasma contains clotting factors and is used for single or multiple coagulation factor deficiencies. Complications of blood transfusion include infectious issues like bacterial contamination and non-infectious issues such as acute hemolytic transfusion reactions, allergic reactions, circulatory overload and iron overload.
Blood products topic is very important for Medical students as they have to know which blood product will be much beneficial to patients when they go into clinical practice. This PPT provides all of them.
The Blood Donation, one of the most essential part in our healthcare system, just because our doctors depend on blood donors to carry out life-threatening and life-saving surgeries, everyday. Many a life rely on these Blood Donors. June 14th being the World Blood Donor Day lets pass the awareness about blood donation. Be alert. Somebody around you is in need for Blood. Donate Blood, Save a Life.
Artificial blood, also known as blood substitutes, are substances that aim to mimic the functions of biological blood, especially its ability to carry oxygen. The main goals are to provide an alternative to blood transfusions by avoiding issues like limited supply, infectious disease transmission, and high costs. Two major types of artificial blood that have been developed are perfluorocarbon emulsions and hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers. Perfluorocarbons can dissolve and transport oxygen through the body but lack other blood functions. Hemoglobin carriers aim to mimic real hemoglobin but must be modified to avoid issues like rapid kidney filtration. While artificial blood shows promise, current versions still have disadvantages like short lifespans, allergic reactions, and inability to perform all
This document provides an overview of a seminar on artificial blood. It discusses the history of artificial blood and blood transfusions. It describes the key components and functions of whole blood. The two main types of artificial blood that are discussed are perfluorocarbons and hemoglobin-based products. The document outlines some of the advantages of artificial blood as well as controversies around its use. It also briefly discusses future directions and applications.
Clinical features and histopathology of dental cariesSAGAR HIWALE
This document provides an overview of the classification of dental caries based on various factors such as anatomical site, progression, extent of involvement, number of tooth surfaces affected, chronology, and whether caries was fully removed during treatment. It discusses 12 different classification systems for dental caries and provides details on types of caries such as pit and fissure, smooth surface, root surface, incipient, occult, and others based on these classification criteria. The document also covers the histopathology of caries in enamel and dentin.
Blood products are components separated from whole blood that are used for transfusion. They include red cell concentrate, platelet concentrate, fresh frozen plasma, cryoprecipitate, and coagulation factor concentrates. Blood substitutes aim to mimic the oxygen carrying capacity of blood, and include volume expanders like crystalloids and colloids, as well as synthetic oxygen carriers under clinical trials. Whole blood and its components are prepared by centrifuging donated blood to separate out red cells, platelets, and plasma, which are stored and transfused according to their indications to treat conditions like anemia, bleeding, and thrombocytopenia.
Refuncionalización Hídrica y Ambiental del Lago Soldati - Mario Nelson FerdkinCPIC
Este documento describe la refuncionalización del Lago Soldati en Buenos Aires, Argentina. El lago se inundaba de forma incontrolada con aguas contaminadas y era un basural. El proyecto tuvo como objetivos impedir la entrada de aguas contaminadas, aprovechar el almacenamiento de agua del lago, colectar efluentes cloacales, proteger viviendas, y recuperar terreno. Se construyó un terraplén, colector cloacal y compuertas. Los resultados incluyen un espejo de agua permanente con mejor calidad,
Presentación del Asesor Técnico del Administrador General de la Dirección Nacional de Vialidad, Ing. Ricardo Gattoni, en el Primer Congreso de Ingeniería Urbana (CIU).
The debris of the ‘last major merger’ is dynamically youngSérgio Sacani
The Milky Way’s (MW) inner stellar halo contains an [Fe/H]-rich component with highly eccentric orbits, often referred to as the
‘last major merger.’ Hypotheses for the origin of this component include Gaia-Sausage/Enceladus (GSE), where the progenitor
collided with the MW proto-disc 8–11 Gyr ago, and the Virgo Radial Merger (VRM), where the progenitor collided with the
MW disc within the last 3 Gyr. These two scenarios make different predictions about observable structure in local phase space,
because the morphology of debris depends on how long it has had to phase mix. The recently identified phase-space folds in Gaia
DR3 have positive caustic velocities, making them fundamentally different than the phase-mixed chevrons found in simulations
at late times. Roughly 20 per cent of the stars in the prograde local stellar halo are associated with the observed caustics. Based
on a simple phase-mixing model, the observed number of caustics are consistent with a merger that occurred 1–2 Gyr ago.
We also compare the observed phase-space distribution to FIRE-2 Latte simulations of GSE-like mergers, using a quantitative
measurement of phase mixing (2D causticality). The observed local phase-space distribution best matches the simulated data
1–2 Gyr after collision, and certainly not later than 3 Gyr. This is further evidence that the progenitor of the ‘last major merger’
did not collide with the MW proto-disc at early times, as is thought for the GSE, but instead collided with the MW disc within
the last few Gyr, consistent with the body of work surrounding the VRM.
ESA/ACT Science Coffee: Diego Blas - Gravitational wave detection with orbita...Advanced-Concepts-Team
Presentation in the Science Coffee of the Advanced Concepts Team of the European Space Agency on the 07.06.2024.
Speaker: Diego Blas (IFAE/ICREA)
Title: Gravitational wave detection with orbital motion of Moon and artificial
Abstract:
In this talk I will describe some recent ideas to find gravitational waves from supermassive black holes or of primordial origin by studying their secular effect on the orbital motion of the Moon or satellites that are laser ranged.
The cost of acquiring information by natural selectionCarl Bergstrom
This is a short talk that I gave at the Banff International Research Station workshop on Modeling and Theory in Population Biology. The idea is to try to understand how the burden of natural selection relates to the amount of information that selection puts into the genome.
It's based on the first part of this research paper:
The cost of information acquisition by natural selection
Ryan Seamus McGee, Olivia Kosterlitz, Artem Kaznatcheev, Benjamin Kerr, Carl T. Bergstrom
bioRxiv 2022.07.02.498577; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.02.498577
This document discusses the treatment of anemia and the need for red blood cell substitutes. It begins by outlining the reasons to treat anemia and discusses the mortality risk of anemia versus the morbidity of red blood cell transfusions. Current possibilities for red blood cell substitutes are then summarized, including hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers (HBOCs) such as Hemopure, Polyheme, and Sanguinate. Toxicities of HBOCs like vasoconstriction and nitric oxide depletion are also noted. The document concludes by discussing protocols for managing severe anemia in the interim before fully developed red blood cell substitutes, and the potential of in vitro production of red blood cells as a future option.
The summary is as follows:
1. The first documented blood transfusion was performed in 1667 by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys, who transfused blood from a sheep into a 15-year-old boy.
2. Karl Landsteiner discovered the three main blood groups (A, B, and O) in 1900, laying the foundation for safe transfusion by matching donor and recipient blood.
3. The development of plastic blood bags and blood component separation in the 1950s allowed for longer storage and more targeted transfusion of specific blood products.
The document summarizes key points about blood and the cardiovascular system:
- Blood consists of plasma and cellular components including red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
- Red blood cells transport oxygen to tissues via hemoglobin and remove carbon dioxide. White blood cells help fight infection. Platelets initiate blood clotting to stop bleeding.
- The liver and kidneys play important roles in blood production and regulation via the hormone erythropoietin. Issues like anemia and sickle cell disease affect blood cell production and function.
The document discusses various blood products including whole blood, dried human plasma, and plasma substitutes. It provides details on:
- The collection and storage of whole blood, which must be used within 3 weeks.
- The preparation and advantages of dried plasma, which can be stored for 5 years and given to patients of any blood group. The process involves freeze-drying plasma from expired blood.
- Other blood products including dried serum, plasma fractions like fibrinogen and immunoglobulins, which are used for various therapeutic purposes.
- Plasma substitutes like dextran, which were developed due to limited plasma supplies and risks of disease transmission, to temporarily restore blood volume. Dextran 40 is commonly
This document discusses various blood products and their uses. It describes that whole blood contains plasma and cellular components. Packed red blood cells contain 50-70% hematocrit after removal of platelets and plasma, and are used for trauma with acute blood loss over 20% or symptomatic anemia without clotting defects. Platelets are used for bleeding due to thrombocytopenia or platelet dysfunction. Fresh frozen plasma contains clotting factors and is used for single or multiple coagulation factor deficiencies. Complications of blood transfusion include infectious issues like bacterial contamination and non-infectious issues such as acute hemolytic transfusion reactions, allergic reactions, circulatory overload and iron overload.
Blood products topic is very important for Medical students as they have to know which blood product will be much beneficial to patients when they go into clinical practice. This PPT provides all of them.
The Blood Donation, one of the most essential part in our healthcare system, just because our doctors depend on blood donors to carry out life-threatening and life-saving surgeries, everyday. Many a life rely on these Blood Donors. June 14th being the World Blood Donor Day lets pass the awareness about blood donation. Be alert. Somebody around you is in need for Blood. Donate Blood, Save a Life.
Artificial blood, also known as blood substitutes, are substances that aim to mimic the functions of biological blood, especially its ability to carry oxygen. The main goals are to provide an alternative to blood transfusions by avoiding issues like limited supply, infectious disease transmission, and high costs. Two major types of artificial blood that have been developed are perfluorocarbon emulsions and hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers. Perfluorocarbons can dissolve and transport oxygen through the body but lack other blood functions. Hemoglobin carriers aim to mimic real hemoglobin but must be modified to avoid issues like rapid kidney filtration. While artificial blood shows promise, current versions still have disadvantages like short lifespans, allergic reactions, and inability to perform all
This document provides an overview of a seminar on artificial blood. It discusses the history of artificial blood and blood transfusions. It describes the key components and functions of whole blood. The two main types of artificial blood that are discussed are perfluorocarbons and hemoglobin-based products. The document outlines some of the advantages of artificial blood as well as controversies around its use. It also briefly discusses future directions and applications.
Clinical features and histopathology of dental cariesSAGAR HIWALE
This document provides an overview of the classification of dental caries based on various factors such as anatomical site, progression, extent of involvement, number of tooth surfaces affected, chronology, and whether caries was fully removed during treatment. It discusses 12 different classification systems for dental caries and provides details on types of caries such as pit and fissure, smooth surface, root surface, incipient, occult, and others based on these classification criteria. The document also covers the histopathology of caries in enamel and dentin.
Blood products are components separated from whole blood that are used for transfusion. They include red cell concentrate, platelet concentrate, fresh frozen plasma, cryoprecipitate, and coagulation factor concentrates. Blood substitutes aim to mimic the oxygen carrying capacity of blood, and include volume expanders like crystalloids and colloids, as well as synthetic oxygen carriers under clinical trials. Whole blood and its components are prepared by centrifuging donated blood to separate out red cells, platelets, and plasma, which are stored and transfused according to their indications to treat conditions like anemia, bleeding, and thrombocytopenia.
Refuncionalización Hídrica y Ambiental del Lago Soldati - Mario Nelson FerdkinCPIC
Este documento describe la refuncionalización del Lago Soldati en Buenos Aires, Argentina. El lago se inundaba de forma incontrolada con aguas contaminadas y era un basural. El proyecto tuvo como objetivos impedir la entrada de aguas contaminadas, aprovechar el almacenamiento de agua del lago, colectar efluentes cloacales, proteger viviendas, y recuperar terreno. Se construyó un terraplén, colector cloacal y compuertas. Los resultados incluyen un espejo de agua permanente con mejor calidad,
Presentación del Asesor Técnico del Administrador General de la Dirección Nacional de Vialidad, Ing. Ricardo Gattoni, en el Primer Congreso de Ingeniería Urbana (CIU).
The debris of the ‘last major merger’ is dynamically youngSérgio Sacani
The Milky Way’s (MW) inner stellar halo contains an [Fe/H]-rich component with highly eccentric orbits, often referred to as the
‘last major merger.’ Hypotheses for the origin of this component include Gaia-Sausage/Enceladus (GSE), where the progenitor
collided with the MW proto-disc 8–11 Gyr ago, and the Virgo Radial Merger (VRM), where the progenitor collided with the
MW disc within the last 3 Gyr. These two scenarios make different predictions about observable structure in local phase space,
because the morphology of debris depends on how long it has had to phase mix. The recently identified phase-space folds in Gaia
DR3 have positive caustic velocities, making them fundamentally different than the phase-mixed chevrons found in simulations
at late times. Roughly 20 per cent of the stars in the prograde local stellar halo are associated with the observed caustics. Based
on a simple phase-mixing model, the observed number of caustics are consistent with a merger that occurred 1–2 Gyr ago.
We also compare the observed phase-space distribution to FIRE-2 Latte simulations of GSE-like mergers, using a quantitative
measurement of phase mixing (2D causticality). The observed local phase-space distribution best matches the simulated data
1–2 Gyr after collision, and certainly not later than 3 Gyr. This is further evidence that the progenitor of the ‘last major merger’
did not collide with the MW proto-disc at early times, as is thought for the GSE, but instead collided with the MW disc within
the last few Gyr, consistent with the body of work surrounding the VRM.
ESA/ACT Science Coffee: Diego Blas - Gravitational wave detection with orbita...Advanced-Concepts-Team
Presentation in the Science Coffee of the Advanced Concepts Team of the European Space Agency on the 07.06.2024.
Speaker: Diego Blas (IFAE/ICREA)
Title: Gravitational wave detection with orbital motion of Moon and artificial
Abstract:
In this talk I will describe some recent ideas to find gravitational waves from supermassive black holes or of primordial origin by studying their secular effect on the orbital motion of the Moon or satellites that are laser ranged.
The cost of acquiring information by natural selectionCarl Bergstrom
This is a short talk that I gave at the Banff International Research Station workshop on Modeling and Theory in Population Biology. The idea is to try to understand how the burden of natural selection relates to the amount of information that selection puts into the genome.
It's based on the first part of this research paper:
The cost of information acquisition by natural selection
Ryan Seamus McGee, Olivia Kosterlitz, Artem Kaznatcheev, Benjamin Kerr, Carl T. Bergstrom
bioRxiv 2022.07.02.498577; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.02.498577
When I was asked to give a companion lecture in support of ‘The Philosophy of Science’ (https://shorturl.at/4pUXz) I decided not to walk through the detail of the many methodologies in order of use. Instead, I chose to employ a long standing, and ongoing, scientific development as an exemplar. And so, I chose the ever evolving story of Thermodynamics as a scientific investigation at its best.
Conducted over a period of >200 years, Thermodynamics R&D, and application, benefitted from the highest levels of professionalism, collaboration, and technical thoroughness. New layers of application, methodology, and practice were made possible by the progressive advance of technology. In turn, this has seen measurement and modelling accuracy continually improved at a micro and macro level.
Perhaps most importantly, Thermodynamics rapidly became a primary tool in the advance of applied science/engineering/technology, spanning micro-tech, to aerospace and cosmology. I can think of no better a story to illustrate the breadth of scientific methodologies and applications at their best.
ESR spectroscopy in liquid food and beverages.pptxPRIYANKA PATEL
With increasing population, people need to rely on packaged food stuffs. Packaging of food materials requires the preservation of food. There are various methods for the treatment of food to preserve them and irradiation treatment of food is one of them. It is the most common and the most harmless method for the food preservation as it does not alter the necessary micronutrients of food materials. Although irradiated food doesn’t cause any harm to the human health but still the quality assessment of food is required to provide consumers with necessary information about the food. ESR spectroscopy is the most sophisticated way to investigate the quality of the food and the free radicals induced during the processing of the food. ESR spin trapping technique is useful for the detection of highly unstable radicals in the food. The antioxidant capability of liquid food and beverages in mainly performed by spin trapping technique.
Immersive Learning That Works: Research Grounding and Paths ForwardLeonel Morgado
We will metaverse into the essence of immersive learning, into its three dimensions and conceptual models. This approach encompasses elements from teaching methodologies to social involvement, through organizational concerns and technologies. Challenging the perception of learning as knowledge transfer, we introduce a 'Uses, Practices & Strategies' model operationalized by the 'Immersive Learning Brain' and ‘Immersion Cube’ frameworks. This approach offers a comprehensive guide through the intricacies of immersive educational experiences and spotlighting research frontiers, along the immersion dimensions of system, narrative, and agency. Our discourse extends to stakeholders beyond the academic sphere, addressing the interests of technologists, instructional designers, and policymakers. We span various contexts, from formal education to organizational transformation to the new horizon of an AI-pervasive society. This keynote aims to unite the iLRN community in a collaborative journey towards a future where immersive learning research and practice coalesce, paving the way for innovative educational research and practice landscapes.
EWOCS-I: The catalog of X-ray sources in Westerlund 1 from the Extended Weste...Sérgio Sacani
Context. With a mass exceeding several 104 M⊙ and a rich and dense population of massive stars, supermassive young star clusters
represent the most massive star-forming environment that is dominated by the feedback from massive stars and gravitational interactions
among stars.
Aims. In this paper we present the Extended Westerlund 1 and 2 Open Clusters Survey (EWOCS) project, which aims to investigate
the influence of the starburst environment on the formation of stars and planets, and on the evolution of both low and high mass stars.
The primary targets of this project are Westerlund 1 and 2, the closest supermassive star clusters to the Sun.
Methods. The project is based primarily on recent observations conducted with the Chandra and JWST observatories. Specifically,
the Chandra survey of Westerlund 1 consists of 36 new ACIS-I observations, nearly co-pointed, for a total exposure time of 1 Msec.
Additionally, we included 8 archival Chandra/ACIS-S observations. This paper presents the resulting catalog of X-ray sources within
and around Westerlund 1. Sources were detected by combining various existing methods, and photon extraction and source validation
were carried out using the ACIS-Extract software.
Results. The EWOCS X-ray catalog comprises 5963 validated sources out of the 9420 initially provided to ACIS-Extract, reaching a
photon flux threshold of approximately 2 × 10−8 photons cm−2
s
−1
. The X-ray sources exhibit a highly concentrated spatial distribution,
with 1075 sources located within the central 1 arcmin. We have successfully detected X-ray emissions from 126 out of the 166 known
massive stars of the cluster, and we have collected over 71 000 photons from the magnetar CXO J164710.20-455217.
The technology uses reclaimed CO₂ as the dyeing medium in a closed loop process. When pressurized, CO₂ becomes supercritical (SC-CO₂). In this state CO₂ has a very high solvent power, allowing the dye to dissolve easily.
(June 12, 2024) Webinar: Development of PET theranostics targeting the molecu...Scintica Instrumentation
Targeting Hsp90 and its pathogen Orthologs with Tethered Inhibitors as a Diagnostic and Therapeutic Strategy for cancer and infectious diseases with Dr. Timothy Haystead.
The binding of cosmological structures by massless topological defectsSérgio Sacani
Assuming spherical symmetry and weak field, it is shown that if one solves the Poisson equation or the Einstein field
equations sourced by a topological defect, i.e. a singularity of a very specific form, the result is a localized gravitational
field capable of driving flat rotation (i.e. Keplerian circular orbits at a constant speed for all radii) of test masses on a thin
spherical shell without any underlying mass. Moreover, a large-scale structure which exploits this solution by assembling
concentrically a number of such topological defects can establish a flat stellar or galactic rotation curve, and can also deflect
light in the same manner as an equipotential (isothermal) sphere. Thus, the need for dark matter or modified gravity theory is
mitigated, at least in part.
Mending Clothing to Support Sustainable Fashion_CIMaR 2024.pdfSelcen Ozturkcan
Ozturkcan, S., Berndt, A., & Angelakis, A. (2024). Mending clothing to support sustainable fashion. Presented at the 31st Annual Conference by the Consortium for International Marketing Research (CIMaR), 10-13 Jun 2024, University of Gävle, Sweden.
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4. Presents papers from the Fourth International Symposium on Blood Substitutes held by the Artificial
Cells and Organs Research Centre of McGill University, Montreal, Canada. This volume details
procedures, animal testing, and applications, reporting on recent and ongoing research.
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