1) A nonprofit organization called HELP used 3M Littmann Electronic Stethoscope Model 4100WS to provide telemedicine services to tsunami survivors in India.
2) The stethoscope reduced ambient noise by 75% and allowed clear transmission of lung and heart sounds to doctors in the US, enabling remote diagnosis of conditions like tuberculosis.
3) The stethoscope's recording and transmission capabilities helped overcome challenges of providing medical care in remote, noisy environments and allowed specialists to evaluate patients and medical histories remotely.
Conferencia dictada el 26/10 en UTN en el marco del Mobile Monday Buenos Aires TechTalks acerca de Mobile Web y Mobile Web Widgets dictada por Maximiliano Firtman (@firt, www.firt.mobi)
Conferencia dictada el 26/10 en UTN en el marco del Mobile Monday Buenos Aires TechTalks acerca de Mobile Web y Mobile Web Widgets dictada por Maximiliano Firtman (@firt, www.firt.mobi)
"The Wired City: Reimagining Journalism and Civic Life," by Dan Kennedy, will be published in May 2013 by University of Massachusetts Press. For more information, please visit http://thewiredcity.org.
European Parliamentarians and the European Disability Forum join with CBM to call for strong European action to implement UN convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities worldwide
MEP Gay Mitchell opens ‘Access for All?’ at the European Parliament in Brussels. Exhibition highlights need to renew commitment to MDGs for people with disabilities in the developing world.
Brussels, 3 December 2008
The European Parliament recently hosted an important photo exhibition to mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The exhibition, developed by CBM and entitled ‘Access for all’, will run throughout this week marking the entry into force of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The 2008 theme of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities is "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Dignity and justice for all of us". The photos exhibited illustrate CBM's work in fostering political empowerment and access to health, education, livelihood support and social inclusion in some of the most disadvantaged communities in low income countries.
Much can be achieved when Persons with Disabilities are able to access to development activities; however, such people are a drop in the ocean of the 650 million Persons with Disabilities worldwide. At present only 4 percent of people with disabilities in the developing world access development aid; speakers at the exhibition called for increased commitment and action to equalise opportunities for Persons with Disabilities around the world. Donor countries in particular need to honour their role in ensuring that all development and humanitarian assistance is delivered to people with disabilities on an equal footing with others. Speakers at the opening of 'Access for All' reminded us of the hard work that lies ahead to make sure that the promises made by governments in signing this Convention will be translated into real improvements in the lives of Persons with Disabilities worldwide.
'….billions of Euro can be found for bankers at the drop of a hat…'
Hosting the exhibition was Gay Mitchell, Irish MEP who is used to campaigning for increased focus on development aid and poverty reduction at the European level. He described his pursuit of a strong development cooperation programme for the EU, and pointed out that in these days when 'billions of Euro can be found for bankers at the drop of a hat', he has had to struggle for one billion Euro to come to the aid of farmers in developing countries whose families lives and livelihoods hang in the balance due to the food crisis. Mitchell went on to say that there was 'a need to keep renewing our commitment to poverty reduction and the MDGs', and that 'nowhere is the need felt more strongly than by people with disabilities in the developing world'.
Speakers at the opening of the exhibition addressed the question:
What can the European Union do about the exclusion of persons with disabilities from development cooperation? John Bowis MEP, campaigner for the inclusion of disability across all areas of EC policy, drew inspiration from the photo exhibition, saying: 'We are not asking for people to feel sorry for people with disabilities; we see pride and dignity in the faces of people in the exhibition here today, and it is this pride and dignity that we need to respond to. Disability is not inability- inability is cased by the barriers we as a society put in place'.
Bowis was struck also by the photos which highlighted the way disability impacts families, and in particular its effect on children in developing countries. He reflected on how 'a child's right to play, to be naughty, to mix with other children, to have a career themselves eventually', was all taken away when they either had a disability themselves, or were needed at home to care for a family member because of poverty and inadequate support.
'The real difference worldwide caused by the UN CRPD will be in the developi
This presentation represents the state of social media usage in trade shows and conferences at the start of 2011. Four case studies including International CES, NTEN, BlogWorld & New Media Expo, and the International Machine Tool Show are featured.
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"The Wired City: Reimagining Journalism and Civic Life," by Dan Kennedy, will be published in May 2013 by University of Massachusetts Press. For more information, please visit http://thewiredcity.org.
European Parliamentarians and the European Disability Forum join with CBM to call for strong European action to implement UN convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities worldwide
MEP Gay Mitchell opens ‘Access for All?’ at the European Parliament in Brussels. Exhibition highlights need to renew commitment to MDGs for people with disabilities in the developing world.
Brussels, 3 December 2008
The European Parliament recently hosted an important photo exhibition to mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The exhibition, developed by CBM and entitled ‘Access for all’, will run throughout this week marking the entry into force of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The 2008 theme of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities is "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Dignity and justice for all of us". The photos exhibited illustrate CBM's work in fostering political empowerment and access to health, education, livelihood support and social inclusion in some of the most disadvantaged communities in low income countries.
Much can be achieved when Persons with Disabilities are able to access to development activities; however, such people are a drop in the ocean of the 650 million Persons with Disabilities worldwide. At present only 4 percent of people with disabilities in the developing world access development aid; speakers at the exhibition called for increased commitment and action to equalise opportunities for Persons with Disabilities around the world. Donor countries in particular need to honour their role in ensuring that all development and humanitarian assistance is delivered to people with disabilities on an equal footing with others. Speakers at the opening of 'Access for All' reminded us of the hard work that lies ahead to make sure that the promises made by governments in signing this Convention will be translated into real improvements in the lives of Persons with Disabilities worldwide.
'….billions of Euro can be found for bankers at the drop of a hat…'
Hosting the exhibition was Gay Mitchell, Irish MEP who is used to campaigning for increased focus on development aid and poverty reduction at the European level. He described his pursuit of a strong development cooperation programme for the EU, and pointed out that in these days when 'billions of Euro can be found for bankers at the drop of a hat', he has had to struggle for one billion Euro to come to the aid of farmers in developing countries whose families lives and livelihoods hang in the balance due to the food crisis. Mitchell went on to say that there was 'a need to keep renewing our commitment to poverty reduction and the MDGs', and that 'nowhere is the need felt more strongly than by people with disabilities in the developing world'.
Speakers at the opening of the exhibition addressed the question:
What can the European Union do about the exclusion of persons with disabilities from development cooperation? John Bowis MEP, campaigner for the inclusion of disability across all areas of EC policy, drew inspiration from the photo exhibition, saying: 'We are not asking for people to feel sorry for people with disabilities; we see pride and dignity in the faces of people in the exhibition here today, and it is this pride and dignity that we need to respond to. Disability is not inability- inability is cased by the barriers we as a society put in place'.
Bowis was struck also by the photos which highlighted the way disability impacts families, and in particular its effect on children in developing countries. He reflected on how 'a child's right to play, to be naughty, to mix with other children, to have a career themselves eventually', was all taken away when they either had a disability themselves, or were needed at home to care for a family member because of poverty and inadequate support.
'The real difference worldwide caused by the UN CRPD will be in the developi
This presentation represents the state of social media usage in trade shows and conferences at the start of 2011. Four case studies including International CES, NTEN, BlogWorld & New Media Expo, and the International Machine Tool Show are featured.
This slide is published by UK Radiation Research Trust,
This I am keeping here for the public interest to understand the radiation effect.
Share it if you feel it helpful for others.
analysis credited to Arihant Infosoft
GENERAL OVERVIEW POWERPOINT OF TOMI PRODUCTS,USES AND THE WORLDWIDE CONCERN OF EMERGING PATHOGENS ALONG WITH HEALTH ISSUES RELATED TO INDOOR POLLUTION AND DISEASE.
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Health Care IT Legal Issues:
1. Enabling IT from Mobile Devices: mHealth, mDevices and Telemedicine.
2. Current Hot Topics in Health Care IT Contracting.
3. Medical management System Architecture.
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Students, digital devices and success - Andreas Schleicher - 27 May 2024..pptxEduSkills OECD
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Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
This is a presentation by Dada Robert in a Your Skill Boost masterclass organised by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan (EFSS) on Saturday, the 25th and Sunday, the 26th of May 2024.
He discussed the concept of quality improvement, emphasizing its applicability to various aspects of life, including personal, project, and program improvements. He defined quality as doing the right thing at the right time in the right way to achieve the best possible results and discussed the concept of the "gap" between what we know and what we do, and how this gap represents the areas we need to improve. He explained the scientific approach to quality improvement, which involves systematic performance analysis, testing and learning, and implementing change ideas. He also highlighted the importance of client focus and a team approach to quality improvement.
We all have good and bad thoughts from time to time and situation to situation. We are bombarded daily with spiraling thoughts(both negative and positive) creating all-consuming feel , making us difficult to manage with associated suffering. Good thoughts are like our Mob Signal (Positive thought) amidst noise(negative thought) in the atmosphere. Negative thoughts like noise outweigh positive thoughts. These thoughts often create unwanted confusion, trouble, stress and frustration in our mind as well as chaos in our physical world. Negative thoughts are also known as “distorted thinking”.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
The Indian economy is classified into different sectors to simplify the analysis and understanding of economic activities. For Class 10, it's essential to grasp the sectors of the Indian economy, understand their characteristics, and recognize their importance. This guide will provide detailed notes on the Sectors of the Indian Economy Class 10, using specific long-tail keywords to enhance comprehension.
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3M
(651) 733-8588
sjsanderson@mmm.com
3M Littmann Electronic Stethoscope Model 4100WS Helps Nonprofit Deliver
Medical Care to India's Tsunami Survivors Via Telemedicine
Ambient Noise Reduction, Recording and Transmission Capabilities
Help Enhance Effectiveness of Telemedicine Efforts
Saint Paul, Minn. (April 24, 2006) – Surrounded by the commotion of hundreds of tsunami
refugees and the relentless blare of traffic noise, shouts and children's cries, a volunteer at a mobile
medical clinic in southern India uses a newly donated electronic stethoscope to listen to a young girl's
lungs. What he hears astounds him. Sounds, through a stethoscope, that are amplified and clearly
audible, yet without any interference from the racket of the open-air clinic.
Nearly 8,000 miles away in Arizona, a doctor is also listening. Digital sound files recorded by
the stethoscope have already been sent to him via satellite. There is no indication of ambient noise. In
fact, the tone and clarity of the digital sound allows the doctor to detect the subtle, dry crackling
sounds of tuberculosis.
This was a scene from a real-life telemedicine effort at a tsunami relief camp outside
Bhimavaram in southern India this February. Volunteers of the nonprofit organization Humanitarian
Emergency Logistics and Preparedness (HELP) relied on the 3M Littmann Electronic Stethoscope
Model 4100WS, donated by the company, as a key telemedicine tool to provide follow-up medical
relief in the region.
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Thanks to advances in digital, satellite and medical equipment technologies, telemedicine is
changing the face of healthcare by bringing specialist care to rural areas, disaster zones and remote,
poverty-stricken regions of the world. Even the stethoscope – the clinician's most basic diagnostic tool
– has evolved into a sophisticated precision instrument capable of managing, recording and
transmitting sound to enable more effective telemedicine.
Providing the latest in advanced auscultation technology, the Littmann Model 4100WS reduces
ambient noise by an average of 75 percent, offers amplification up to 18 times greater than acoustic
(non-electronic) stethoscopes, and records and saves digital sound files that can then be downloaded to
IBM-compatible computers or Pocket PCs. These capabilities enabled HELP volunteers to overcome
many of the difficulties associated with practicing telemedicine in one of the poorest regions of the
world.
A Triumph of Technology: HELP's Telemedicine Efforts in India
With Dr. Alan Michels of Arizona providing expert diagnostics and oversight from the United
States, HELP recently operated four mobile medical clinics in India. The first mobile clinic was set up
in a relief camp of tsunami survivors who had been displaced inland. "This was a camp of 1,200 grass
huts, without plumbing, electricity or anything even close to resembling a bathroom," explained HELP
President Randy Roberson. "As you can imagine, our telemedicine efforts provided some of the only
relief the refugees had known for nearly 1½ years."
The HELP volunteer medical team examined hundreds of patients, with ailments ranging from
tuberculosis, elephantiasis and HIV to heart disease, gastrointestinal disorders and hygiene-related skin
infections. The team referred the serious cases to Dr. Michels in the United States using a satellite link,
an advanced laptop computer and peripheral medical devices, such as the Littmann Model 4100WS.
Via telemedicine, Dr. Michels was able to see and interview patients, and review their vital signs as
well as medical histories.
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Littmann Model 4100WS in Action
The noise reduction capabilities of the newly donated stethoscope quickly became evident to
Dr. Michels. During teleconferences with HELP staff, Dr. Michels could hear the traffic sounds and
noise from the hundreds of refugees who had gathered at the clinic. "It astounded me that the lung and
heart sounds that Randy had recorded and sent to me had none of that peripheral noise," he said. "In
fact, I could hear the subtle crackling sounds of TB patients with much more ease."
The HELP volunteers in India were accustomed to the unique challenges of triaging large
numbers of patients. They also anticipated the chaos and noise that accompany these environments.
“But, we weren’t ready for how the 3M stethoscope moved us right past many of the challenges,” said
Roberson. “The ambient noise reduction capabilities of the Littmann 4100WS were nothing short of
amazing.”
The Littmann Model 4100WS incorporates 3M's proprietary Ambient Noise Reduction (ANR)
technology, which reduces ambient noise by an average of 75 percent, without filtering out critical
body sounds. Noise from the room enters the stethoscope through a thin gap in the chestpiece. Once
inside, this noise meets the ambient noise that has traveled through the patient’s body and entered the
chestpiece through the diaphragm. The ambient noise, traveling the two pathways, cancels itself out,
leaving only the heart, lung and other body sounds clinicians need to hear.
The stethoscope provides superior acoustics with amplification up to 18 times greater than non-
electronic stethoscopes. It also comes with proprietary Sound Analysis Software. This hardware and
software combination enabled HELP volunteers to record, store, visualize and share digital sound files.
"The recording, infrared transmission and visual display capabilities were extremely useful, giving us
not only a phonocardiogram, but a great place for keeping track of data on each patient," said
Roberson.
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For HELP, another important advantage of the Littmann Model 4100WS was its power source:
two AAA alkaline batteries. "We’re usually in rural parts of the third world and often during disasters.
We can't be dependent on 110- or 220-volt power," Roberson pointed out. "The 4100 performed very
well hour after hour simply with batteries."
A Scope Designed for Telemedicine, Teaching
The Littmann Model 4100WS offers the very latest in auscultation technology to meet the
demanding needs of teaching and other sophisticated applications that require recording, such as
telemedicine. The proprietary software that comes with the state-of-the-art auscultation instrument lets
clinicians and students see exactly what they are hearing on IBM-compatible computers or Pocket PCs.
The Model 4100WS enhances teaching opportunities, serves as a diagnostic aid and allows more
effective use of telemedicine.
About 3M Health Care
3M Health Care, one of six major 3M business segments, is dedicated to improving the
practice, delivery and outcome of patient care. 3M Health Care is a leading provider of solutions for
medical, dental, pharmaceutical and health information systems markets. Key brands from the 3M
Medical Division include: Tegaderm, Steri-Strip, Red Dot, Littmann, Micropore, Attest, and Ioban.
About 3M - A Global, Diversified Technology Company
Every day, 3M people find new ways to make amazing things happen. Wherever they are,
whatever they do, the company's customers know they can rely on 3M to help make their lives better.
3M's brands include Scotch, Post-it, Scotchgard, Thinsulate, Scotch-Brite, Filtrete, Command and
Vikuiti. Serving customers in more than 200 countries around the world, the company's 67,000 people
use their expertise, technologies and global strength to lead in major markets including health care;
consumer and office; display and graphics; electronics and telecommunications; safety, security and
protection services; industrial and transportation. For more information, including the latest product
and technology news, visit www.3M.com.
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3M, Tegaderm, Steri-Strip, Littmann, Micropore, Attest, Ioban, Scotch, Post-it, Scotchgard,
Thinsulate, Red Dot, Scotch-Brite, Filtrete, Command and Vikuiti are trademarks of 3M.
About HELP
Humanitarian Emergency Logistics and Preparedness (HELP) is a nonprofit humanitarian
organization devoted to meeting the needs of the many victims of natural and man-made disasters on a
global basis. From the earthquake-ravaged neighborhoods of Colombia, El Salvador and Turkey and
the tragedy of floods, poverty and AIDS in Africa to the heartbreaking refugee camps of the Kosovo
war, famine in India and Bangladesh and the tsunami-devastated shores of Southeast Asia, HELP has
been there offering a cup of cool water to the thirsty, food to the hungry, medicine to the wounded and
shelter to the homeless. Our “Hand Up, Not a Hand Out” approach to relief and development ensure
true effectiveness while also offering true accountability. In 2005, HELP joined forces with Interactive
Medical Solutions (IMS) and its President, Dr. Alan Michels. For more information, visit
www.disasterlogistics.org
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