Epi

Dentre os métodos de união usados industrialmente, os processos de soldagem a arco elétrico têm vantagens como a versatilidade para atingir as condições almejadas em um projeto, fácil treinamento e custos acessíveis. No entanto, pelo uso do arco elétrico como fonte de calor (temperaturas superiores a 3.000°C), há o surgimento de um espectro de radiação eletromagnética que pode acarretar injúrias ocupacionais nos olhos e na pele do soldador. Este artigo aborda os mecanismos de formação e os tipos de radiação associados ao arco elétrico, seus efeitos sobre a saúde e as formas normatizadas existentes para seu controle (uso
de equipamentos de proteção coletiva e individual).

The subject of this paper is an examination of the connection between the most quoted and widely used indexes of the e-government and e-participation presented by the United Nations and the actual use of basic e-government activites of inviduals (as a part of the electronic participation) in the European Union. My main question is the following: could the UN's mostly infrastructural readiness-based indexes tell us anything about the actual level of goverment-to-citizen interactions? In this paper my primary goal is to answer the question above.

Background: Adverse temperature recording in vaccine’s cold chain is a major issue worldwide and this condition is known to compromise the quality of vaccines very rapidly. In Cameroon, with tropical climate, vaccines exposure to abnormal temperatures is very common. This study was conducted to identify factors associated to abnormal tem-perature recording in cold chain in the North West region. Results: A total of 65 vaccinating health facilities were visited for the study from eight health districts. Concerning type of health facility, 48 (73.8%) of the health facilities were governmental facilities. About 50 (76.0%) of the facilities had a functional thermometer. Among the 50 health facilities with functional thermometer, abnormal temperatures were registered in 10 (20%) health facilities during data collection and 12 (24%) in the 2 months preceding collection. Factor significantly associated with abnormal temperature recording was the absence of an alternative power source (OR =...

<p>(A) PCH6 patient fibroblasts were sensitive to ferroptosis induced by BSO-mediated GSH depletion in the presence of varying concentrations of added iron(III) citrate (FeC). Viability relative to untreated control wells was measured by Calcein AM assay 48 h after BSO treatment. (B) EPI-743 treatment dose-dependently prevented FeC/BSO-induced ferroptosis in PCH6 patient fibroblasts. Mean ± SEM (N = 3) along with best-fit 4-parameter curve fits displayed; representative of two independent experiments. Refer to <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0214250#pone.0214250.t002" target="_blank">Table 2</a> for summary statistics of calculated rescue potencies.</p

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has had a long history of civil wars with significant political, social, and economic consequences. The Syrian civil war that began at the time of the Arab Spring in 2011 has affected neighboring countries, and the greater region in many ways. Although some attention has been given to the human catastrophe that the war has inflicted, especially with respect to refugees, little attention has been given to its economic impact on neighboring countries. This research will analyze how the Syrian civil war has affected the economy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. As Syria's southern neighbor, Jordan's economy was challenged in significant ways: the country received a substantial number of Syrian refugees, its main trade route was largely eliminated, and it engaged in significant military activity to protect itself from several direct Syrian-related military threats. The research focus was to better understand the burden the neighboring war posed to the Jordanian economy. To address this, the study employed the economic performance index (EPI) to examine Jordan's overall economic performance before and after war. It assessed the impact of regional instability on Jordan's trade flow by calculating the annual percentage change in importation and exportation. This study found that the civil war has negatively affected the overall performance of the Jordanian economy and trade. The results indicated that the Jordanian economy performed better before the Syrian civil war. The analysis revealed that the Jordanian economy experienced an increase in the rates of inflation and unemployment, as well as surging governmental deficits and declining investments and gross domestic product (GDP) growth as a result of the civil war in Syria. The macroeconomics analysis reveals the level to which the Jordanian economy has been affected by the civil war and raises valuable lessons for economic policy.

We present a novel method for correction of geometric distortions arising from susceptibility artefacts in echo- planar MRI images that combines fieldmap and an image registration based correction technique in a unified framework. The geometric distortions arising from these artefacts lead to inaccurate alignment of images from different MRI techniques and hinders their joint analysis. A novel phase unwrapping algorithm is presented that can efficiently compute the B0 field inhomogeneity map as well as the confidence associated with the estimated solution. This information is used to adaptively drive a subsequent image registration step to further refine the results in low-confidence areas. The effectiveness of the proposed unified algorithm in correcting for geometric distortions due to susceptibility artefacts is demonstrated on interventional MRI EPI images.