Why a Skid Steer Loader is a most important equipment for your projects? | Dr. Digger’s Prescriptions
WHAT IS A SKID STEER?
A skid-steer loader, or skid steer for short, is a small construction vehicle used for a variety of tasks. Skid steers typically include a bucket as the default attachment, but you can outfit them with many different attachments, allowing skid steers to assist with all sorts of construction, municipal and landscaping projects.
The skid steer gets its name from the way it turns. The angle of the wheels is fixed, so they will only point straight ahead. The wheels on each side of the vehicle are locked in synchronization with each other and have their own drives. This means you can steer each side independently. Because the wheels are fixed, you cannot steer by angling the wheels in a different direction. Instead, you steer by speeding up either the left or right side of the vehicle, causing the wheels to drag — or skid — across the ground as the skid steer turns. This allows you to make zero-degree radius turns, a very helpful feature in tight spaces and when the task calls for precision.
Why Are Skid Steers a Good Choice for Project Sites?
On project sites, you often need to move large amounts of heavy materials that would be dangerous, impractical and or even impossible to manoeuvre with manpower alone. Skid steers assist in transporting these materials by keeping the process safe and convenient
Skids are able to fit into tight spots where other heavy equipment cannot go, which makes them perfect for unique applications like interior demolition.
Small skid steer loaders are used frequently in landscaping and site development. They are also helpful during the building of smaller structures. For example, skid loaders are often used in residential construction because they can fit between houses and pass through gates. Small skid loaders are also used for underground construction.
The skid steer’s relatively compact size also makes it preferable to larger excavators and backhoes when working in more confined spaces. Common skid steer uses include:
1. Demolition: Skid steers work great for both interior and exterior demolition projects. With demolition shears, your skid steer can help demolish flooring, concrete, drywall and other materials. Because of its compact size and precision, a skid steer is especially valuable for projects in tight spaces, such as when you’re tearing down a house in a neighborhood with other houses nearby.
2. Roadwork: Skid steers can be very helpful road building and maintenance tasks. You can attach a cement-concrete mixer or pavement cold miller to your skid steer and use other attachments for tasks like breaking, grading, paving and patching.
3. Snow and Beach clearing: You can use the bucket attachment on your skid steer to clear snow and other debris. You can also get a snowblower or snow blade attachment if you use your skid steer for serious snow removal. Beach Cleaner attachment is extremely effective tool for keeping the beaches clean
4. Excavating, digging and trenching: A skid steer is great for earthmoving tasks like digging, trenching and excavating. There are a variety of attachments you can use for these tasks, depending on your specific needs. Some examples include a backhoe attachment, auger, trencher and wheel saw. With the right attachment, a skid steer can dig anything from a whole foundation for a building to narrow portholes.
5. Grading and backfilling: You can also fill in holes, level out the ground with a skid steer. You can use a asphalt float, rake attachment or a grading bar when you’re backfilling or levelling. With these attachments, you can also scoop up rocks while you level the ground without leaving big trenches behind.
6. Loading: Skid steers can help you carry equipment and materials around the job site using a bucket attachment. Forklift and grapple attachments allow you to handle various types of materials.
7. Mowing: You may be surprised to know you can also use a skid steer to mow. With a rotary brush cutter, you can cut down tall grasses and other wild growth and vegetation to efficiently clear an area. You may even be able to cut down some smaller trees. Because skid steers are zero-turn, they offer the precision you need for mowing.
8. Landscaping: Examples of landscaping tasks you can accomplish with a skid steer are grinding stumps, chipping wood and tilling. You can even use a tiller attachment to help mix in compost or fertilizer into the soil. With a bucket, you can transport materials like gravel or mulch or landscaping tools you would otherwise have to push in a wheelbarrow.
9. Agricultural work: Skid steers can also be highly useful for farm work. You can use them for tilling, augering, mulching and other tasks we’ve already mentioned. Plus, you can use a bucket attachment to clean out barns and stables. You can even purchase a bale attachment to move bales of hay — a task that can otherwise be labour-intensive
10.Material handling: Skid steers can also be useful in a warehouse. With a fork attachment, you can move pallets and other materials. If you want a skid steer for lifting materials and placing them in a warehouse, you’ll want to opt for a vertical lift rather than a radial lift option.
Skid Steer Attachments for your Projects?
You can perform a wide range of tasks with the help of our many attachments. The most commonly used attachments are:
This popular skid steer attachment makes digging precise holes much easier. Augers can dig deep down into the dirt without damaging the surrounding soil. There are three options available — basic, heavy-duty and extreme duty. The one you choose should depend on factors such as the ground’s condition, the hole size and the hole’s depth.
Trenchers are useful in the fields of construction, farming and landscaping. This powerful attachment is used to dig narrow, straight trenches at varying depths. Skid steer support trenchers that can dig at least 1000mm deep and 250mm wide. Trenchers are commonly used for drain pipes, utility lines, sprinkler systems and footing.
Standard and 6-in-1 Buckets
Bucket attachments perform various tasks and handle large quantities of loose, light material, including:
Buckets feature a high back, which can push materials and pile them up for handling. Additionally, the bucket’s high sides can cut into large piles of material to make scooping more efficient. You can use a bucket for many different industries and applications, including industrial work, ranching and hobby farming. With this attachment, you can complete tasks like mulching, planting, landscaping, transporting materials and digging trenches.
Buckets are great for picking up rocks and debris as you sift out dust and dirt, which is possible due to the bucket’s sifting mechanism. Buckets can be used for various jobs including:
- Land clearing: When the site is being prepared, large rocks need to be separated from the dirt. HD buckets are perfect for this task.
- Material handling: HD buckets can carry denser materials such as wood and rocks.
- Grading: When grading, a rock bucket will help you achieve a clean finish by clearing away rocks and debris.
Grapple buckets feature independent grappling to secure uneven loads, such as rock, brush, debris, scrap metal or logs. These attachments are also useful for construction and demolition projects. You can easily use one to clear demolished materials and rocks to prepare the site for your project. Grapple attachments are commonly used in various industries because of their many benefits, including their versatility and easy assembly.
By attaching a concrete bucket to your skid steer, you can mix and get concrete into harder-to-reach places, which will save you time and money. You’ll also avoid the fatigue of using a wheelbarrow to pour concrete. This concrete bucket also doubles as a mixing bucket. Concrete mixer bucket can mix many materials other than concrete, including animal feed, fertilizer and mulch.
A pallet fork attachment allows you to move bagged, bulky or palletized materials easily and quickly. You can also use it for installing structures such as fences. When you set a fence up, the pallet fork can help you carry posts and, when combined with a post digger, you can install the fence quickly. The pallet fork’s lifting height also makes it excellent for performing work on roofing, signs and many other structures.
Planers skim the very top layer off the ground which makes these tools ideal for road repairs and maintenance. This attachment makes the following activities much easier:
- Cold Milling: Asphalt / Concrete roads can be milled to a depth of 4–5" for repairs or resurfacing. Planers of upto 1000mm width are available.
- Rumble Strips: Planers can also be used for making rumple strips on the highways to increase the road safety
- Soil Stabilizing: Planers can also be used for breaking and mixing old roads for soil stabilization
Also known as a sweeper attachment, brooms are useful for clearing or cleaning the ground. In construction, they’re great for scraping off caked mud from the driveway or road. You can also use them to spread materials across a site evenly.
There are two kinds of brooms available for skid steers — angle and pickup brooms:
- Angle brooms: The angle brooms we offer are versatile and will move in whichever direction you need them to due to their ability to rotate 30 degrees to the right or left. They also come in 72-, 84- and 96-inch widths, meaning they can accommodate spaces of any size. These attachments are excellent for various locations, including warehouses, machine sheds and parking lots, and they’re often used for removing or containing debris on construction sites.
- Bucket brooms: Bucket broom attachments are effective at cleaning up, thanks to their cutting edge and bucket. Bucket brooms can also be attached to telehandlers and backhoes. This attachment is valuable in numerous industries, including municipality, construction and landscaping.
You should choose a skid steer from a company you can trust. Suretech has been distributing construction equipment since last 3 decades plus and is a leader when it comes to product support. Vert Equipment has been producing innovative, high-quality Heman Skids for decades and are a leader in this segment. HEMAN 175 skid steer models feature cutting-edge technology and features, including:
- Gear Drive system: HEMAN Patented drive system is hydrostatic and has each set of wheels on either side connected to an independent drive motor, through a gear train which provides slip free drive to the wheels. The forged gears are hardened for a longer life and are immersed in an oil bath providing continuous lubrication.
- Superior operator comfort: Heman skid steers come with full glass front and impressive visibility for easy operation. They also offer more room in the cab for the operator and a more comfortable experience inside.
- Fuel efficiency: HEMAN has great fuel efficiency and consumes only 3–3.5 litres of fuel per hour. Newly launched 72hp models have minimal emissions and are BS IV compliant. The more efficient your skid steer loader is, the less you’ll have to spend on fuel.
- Diverse attachments: HEMAN & Suretech have an exhaustive range of so you can always find the right attachment for the job. These attachments are also easy to change preventing idle time.
- Best-in-class durability: HEMAN puts Its machines through rigorous testing to ensure they’re able to withstand harsh conditions and keep functioning effectively. HEMAN skid steers are some of the toughest you’ll find, so with routine maintenance, you can rely on them to perform tirelessly.
Dr.Digger: Your source for the Attachments You Need for Your Skid Steer
When you purchase an attachment for your skid steer, you’re investing in your future. At Dr.Digger, we want to be a part of your future by helping your business prosper. When you buy from us, you will enjoy the following unique benefits:
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A warm front will move into the area and stall Tuesday as a cold front moves into western LA. This will bring rain back to the area beginning Tuesday. A few disturbances will also move along the boundary through Wednesday. Deep moisture will be forced into the area and against the trough axis by a high centered to the east. The trough will be oriented east-west over our area so all locations should see 1 to 2 inches of rain Tuesday and another 1 to 2 inches Wednesday, so totals could be 2 to 4 inches with locally higher amounts Tuesday through Wednesday for this event. There will be the potential for strong winds and hail but the threat lowers as we progress through the day becoming more of a rainfall scenario Tuesday. SPC agrees and has a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms over the area for Tuesday. Several area rivers will still be fairly high, and we’ll be watching this closely as rainfall accumulations begin to add up.
The first wet system should be departing Thursday by way of a cold frontal passage. The next system is being advertised a little different by which model one looks at. If the front is able to stay south of the area the rainfall should remain light to moderate and shouldn’t be an issue. But if the front moves back over our area, a surface low would form along it and heavy rain would be back in the forecast. At the moment, things have been trending for the front to stay offshore keeping things cloudy cool and off and on rain Thursday through Monday from overrunning.
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Gov. Amosun And His Adviser Egbetokun In War Of Words – I will slap you – Amosun – If you dare, I will reply you 5 times3 min read
Egbetokun further stressed that part of the complains from the people is that the governor only uses all the monies coming into the state for physical projects alone not minding the fact that the next election is fast approaching and that the governor should endeavour to spend on party faithful and ensure money circulates within the state. This act will stand as an assurance for victory during the next polls.
With this statement, the governor who actually believes he knows more than anybody and that he does not need any advice from anyone got angry and immediately, his temperament got aroused; hence, he shouted at the former speaker, saying “Shut up, keep quiet, what do you think you are saying?”
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Looking through old photographs and found the above. Can't remember where I took the photo but it must have been within a few miles of home- which just goes to prove how spoiled we are for lovely old buildings in Suffolk. Been working on a silver clock hand pendant for a granddaughter earlier today. I've always made them for daughters (et cetera) when they hit fifty, but if I'm to make them for granddaughters when they attain that age, I shall be in my nineties, and I'm not sure that I shall be a reliable silversmith by then. So, at Ann's suggestion, I think the rising generation can have them at thirty, and as two of them are fast approaching that point, I'd better start now. Gives me something to do, and keeps me off the streets.
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Thule easyfold xt 2 alcohol evaporates and does not compromise the safety of the grips. Make sure to put on the end caps to prevent injuries! Installing the wheels is fairly straightforward. If your wheel is a quick release, attach the quick release skewer 26 bike wheels with disc brakes the hub. This is accomplished by unscrewing the removable side of the skewer, taking care not to lose the springs, taking off one spring, and pushing the skewer through the hub before attaching diec spring and then the nut.
For both the front and rear wheel, line up the axle with the dropouts the slot where the wheels attach to the frame.
At this point, one can tighten a quick release skewer before using 26 bike wheels with disc brakes lever to fully attach the wheel to the frame. There are a few different styles of thru-axles, but in general you must insert the axle through the hub and then screw it into the brakew.
To install cantilever brakes, simply screw each arm into one of the post mounts. Make sure that the brakes local bike shop finder aligned symmetrically. Position the brake pads so that the align with the braking surface on the wheels.
Run the brake cable through the housing and into the clamp for the brakes, cutting off excess housing and cable. Disc brakes normally come preassembled.
This makes installations somewhat easier. To install disc brakes, loosely screw in the disc brakes onto the frame.
With the wheels attached, and the frame right side up, squeeze the brake levers. This aligns the brake calipers.
While holding the brake levers, fully tighten the bolts for the brake calipers. If your brake lines are withh long, you will have to cut them and bleed the brakes.
This process depends on your brake manufacturer, so consult your user manuals on how to accomplish this process.
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Orthodontics is the branch of dentistry that corrects teeth and jaws that are positioned improperly. Crooked teeth and teeth that do not fit together correctly are harder to keep clean, are at risk of being lost early due to tooth decay and periodontal disease, and cause extra stress on the chewing muscles that can lead to headaches, TMJ syndrome and neck, shoulder and back pain. Teeth that are crooked or not in the right place can also detract from one’s appearance.
The benefits of orthodontic treatment include a healthier mouth, a more pleasing appearance, and teeth that are more likely to last a lifetime.
A specialist in this field is called an orthodontist. Orthodontists receive two or more years of education beyond their four years in dental school in an ADA-approved orthodontic training program.
How do I Know if I Need Orthodontics?
Only your dentist or orthodontist can determine whether you can benefit from orthodontics. Based on diagnostic tools that include a full medical and dental health history, a clinical exam, plaster models of your teeth, and special X-rays and photographs, an orthodontist or dentist can decide whether orthodontics are recommended, and develop a treatment plan that’s right for you.
If you have any of the following, you may be a candidate for orthodontic treatment:
Overbite, sometimes called “buck teeth” — where the upper front teeth lie too far forward (stick out) over the lower teeth
Underbite — a “bulldog” appearance where the lower teeth are too far forward or the upper teeth too far back
Crossbite — when the upper teeth do not come down slightly in front of the lower teeth when biting together normally
Open bite — space between the biting surfaces of the front and/or side teeth when the back teeth bite together
Misplaced midline— when the center of your upper front teeth does not line up with the center of your lower front teeth
Spacing — gaps, or spaces, between the teeth as a result of missing teeth or teeth that do not “fill up” the mouth
Crowding — when there are too many teeth for the dental ridge to accommodate
How Does Orthodontic Treatment Work?
Many different types of appliances, both fixed and removable, are used to help move teeth, retrain muscles and affect the growth of the jaws. These appliances work by placing gentle pressure on the teeth and jaws. The severity of your problem will determine which orthodontic approach is likely to be the most effective.
Fixed appliances include:
Braces — the most common fixed appliances, braces consist of bands, wires and/or brackets. Bands are fixed around the teeth or tooth and used as anchors for the appliance, while brackets are most often bonded to the front of the tooth. Arch wires are passed through the brackets and attached to the bands. Tightening the arch wire puts tension on the teeth, gradually moving them to their proper position. Braces are usually adjusted monthly to bring about the desired results, which may be achieved within a few months to a few years. Today’s braces are smaller, lighter and show far less metal than in the past. They come in bright colors for kids as well as clear styles preferred by many adults.
Special fixed appliances — used to control thumb sucking or tongue thrusting, these appliances are attached to the teeth by bands. Because they are very uncomfortable during meals, they should be used only as a last resort.
Fixed space maintainers — if a baby tooth is lost prematurely, a space maintainer is used to keep the space open until the permanent tooth erupts. A band is attached to the tooth next to the empty space, and a wire is extended to the tooth on the other side of the space.
Removable appliances include:
Aligners — an alternative to traditional braces for adults, serial aligners are being used by an increasing number of orthodontists to move teeth in the same way that fixed appliances work, only without metal wires and brackets. Aligners are virtually invisible and are removed for eating, brushing and flossing.
Removable space maintainers — these devices serve the same function as fixed space maintainers. They’re made with an acrylic base that fits over the jaw, and have plastic or wire branches between specific teeth to keep the space between them open.
Jaw repositioning appliances — also called splints, these devices are worn on either the top or lower jaw, and help train the jaw to close in a more favorable position. They may be used for temporomandibular joint disorders (TMJ).
Lip and cheek bumpers — these are designed to keep the lips or cheeks away from the teeth. Lip and cheek muscles can exert pressure on the teeth, and these bumpers help relieve that pressure.
Palatal expander — a device used to widen the arch of the upper jaw. It is a plastic plate that fits over the roof of the mouth. Outward pressure applied to the plate by screws force the joints in the bones of the palate to open lengthwise, widening the palatal area.
Removable retainers — worn on the roof of the mouth, these devices prevent shifting of the teeth to their previous position. They can also be modified and used to prevent thumb sucking.
Headgear — with this device, a strap is placed around the back of the head and attached to a metal wire in front, or face bow. Headgear slows the growth of the upper jaw, and holds the back teeth where they are while the front teeth are pulled back.
Invisalign is a clear orthodontic appliance offered as an alternative to the metal and brackets of traditional braces. The plastic aligners that perform the treatment are intended for people who want to keep a mature appearance as they straighten their teeth. The product was first introduced in 1999 by Align Technologies of Santa Clara, California. Invisalign is perhaps the most popular traditional braces alternative due to the effectiveness of the product and its proven use in clinical studies and by dentists and orthodontists alike.
How Invisalign Works
Invisalign uses a custom-made series of aligners that are made for the patient. The orthodontist first takes an impression and photographs of the teeth during the initial consultation. The results are sent to the Invisalign factory and used to create a three-dimensional computer projection of how the teeth could be moved incrementally, forming the basis for developing a series of custom-made aligners designed to accomplish this movement. Once the treatment plan provided by Invisalign is approved, a plastic resin aligner is manufactured for each stage of the computer simulation and shipped to the orthodontist.
After the aligners are sent back to the orthodontist, he/she will dispense them to the patient as each treatment phase is successfully completed and to monitor the progress. The aligners must be worn in specific order for about two weeks, during which time they move the teeth in small increments of about .25 millimeters to .33 millimeters. Wearing the aligners will gradually and gently shift teeth into place, based on the exact movement the orthodontist has planned out.
The average treatment time for Invisalign is about one year, provided the patient wears the aligners the recommended 20 to 22 hours a day. Treatment times may be longer if a more complex treatment is necessary. Typically a patient will go through 20 to 30 aligners for both the upper and lower teeth before they get the results that both they and their orthodontist are happy with.
Invisalign was created for teenagers and adults with all their adult teeth who can faithfully follow a treatment plan provided by their orthodontist. Any variance on this prescribed plan may compromise treatment success. According to the Invisalign website, the aligners can be used to correct the following dental concerns:
Spaced Teeth– Excess teeth spacing occurs with abnormal continued growth of the jaw bone. Often times missing teeth can cause the surrounding teeth to shift due to extra space. Spaced teeth can lead to gum problems (due to lack of protection by the teeth), periodontal pockets and increased risk of periodontal disease.
Overly Crowded Teeth– Crowded teeth occur when there is a lack of room within your jaw for all of your teeth to fit normally. If left untreated, overly crowded teeth can get worse over time. Crowded teeth can lead to plaque accumulation, tooth decay and an increased chance of gum disease.
Crossbite– Crossbite occurs when the upper and lower jaws are both misaligned. It causes one or more upper teeth to bite on the inside of the lower teeth, and can happen on both the front and the sides of the mouth. This can potentially lead to abnormal tooth wear and chipping, and periodontal problems including gum disease and bone loss.
Underbite– Underbite occurs when the lower teeth protrude past the front teeth. It is often caused by undergrowth of the upper jaw, overgrowth of the lower jaw, or both. Sometimes it can be caused by missing upper teeth which can prevent the normal function of front teeth or molars, and can lead to tooth wear. It can also cause painful jaw and joint problems.
Overbite– Overbite occurs when the upper teeth bite over the lower teeth. It’s commonly caused by genetics, bad oral habits, or overdevelopment of the bone that supports the teeth. Overbite can lead to gum disease and chipped or fractured front teeth.

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The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and resulting disease COVID-19 have reached almost every country on Earth… but compared with other infectious diseases such as the flu, there are still many unknowns about SARS-CoV-2. Scientists around the world are tirelessly researching the virus in order to understand it better and endeavor to find treatments. What is currently known about the genomics of SARS-Cov-2 and how is the information used in diagnostics?
What kind of virus is SARS-CoV-2?
SARS-CoV-2 is a RNA virus and belongs to the family of Coronaviridae and the genus Betacoronavirus. Its genome consists of a single-stranded positive-sense RNA. The peculiarity of single-stranded positive-sense RNA is that it can directly function as mRNA in the host cell and, therefore, is directly translated. In contrast, the RNA of a negative-sense single-stranded RNA virus first needs to be converted into positive-sense RNA in order to be translated (Figure 1).
Figure 1: Expression strategies of positive-sense and negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses.
What are the genes of SARS-CoV-2?
The RNA genome of SARS-CoV-2 is approximately 30,000 nucleotides long and encodes 27 non-structural proteins and 4 structural proteins.
The 27 non-structural proteins include RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP) that was found to be highly similar to parts of the RdRP gene of coronavirus RaTG13 in bats. Other non-structural proteins are proteases and helicases for instance.
The 4 genes encoding structural proteins that essentially form the envelope of the virus are: 1. the spike surface glycoprotein of the virus (S), 2. the matrix protein (M), 3. the nucleocapsid protein (N), and 3. the envelope protein (E) (Figure 2).
Figure 2: Structure of SARS-CoV-2
The spike proteins on the surface of the virus seem to mediate the binding of the virus to the angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor of host cells and the entry into the host cells.
The M protein seems to be involved in formation of the spherical shape of the virus.
The N protein also called nucleoprotein is associated with the single-stranded RNA and together they form the nucleocapsid.
The E protein has been found to be the smallest of the 4 structural proteins.
The genomic composition of SARS-CoV-2 has been analyzed and the sequence is publicly available at the GenBank sequence repository. As of now, 104 strains of SARS-CoV-2 have been isolated and sequenced.
How is SARS-CoV-2 identified?
Molecular techniques have been shown to be highly suitable for the identification of SARS-CoV-2 infections. Specifically real-time RT-PCR (qRT-PCR) is utilized for the analysis of respiratory samples. Here, the RNA of SARS-CoV-2 is extracted from the respiratory samples and subsequently reverse transcribed into complementary DNA (cDNA). The cDNA is then used for real-time PCR amplification with specific primers and probes that target three regions of the viral genome:
- The RdRP gene that is situated in open reading frame ORF1ab.
- The E gene
- The N gene
It has been suggested that the RdRP gene and the E genes show slightly higher analytical sensitivity than the N gene.
For identification purposes, it has been suggested to use assays that target two regions. One primer pair for the identification of a broader range of coronaviruses including SARS-CoV-2, and one primer pair that is specific for SARS-CoV-2:
- The recommendation by a research group at Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany, that is the basis of the WHO recommendation, is to first utilize a primer pair that targets different regions of the E gene to detect all SARS-related viruses. In case this leads to amplification, a second analysis with a primer pair that targets different regions of the RdRP gene is performed as confirmatory testing.
- The utilization of a primer pair that targets the N gene and one that targets the ORF1b/RNAse P gene to confirm the results have also been proposed and are recommended by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (Figure 3).
Figure 3: Genomic organisation of SARS-CoV-2
qRT-PCR can be performed in a one-step or a two-step assay. The one-step assay with reverse transcription and PCR amplification in one reaction is fast and gives reproducible results for high-throughput analysis:
- The CDC utilizes a one-step qRT-PCR assay to detect a SARS-CoV-2 in samples. Here, primers and a fluorophore-quencher probe Black Hole Quencher-1 (BHQ1) and fluorescein amidite (FAM) are utilized. During amplification the fluorophore-quencher probe is cleaved, which results in the emission of a fluorescent signal.
- Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany reported to also utilise a one-step qRT-PCR assay. Here, the probes for the assay contained Blackberry Quencher (BBQ) and 6-carboxyfluorescein (6-FAM).
The two-step assay, where reverse transcription and PCR amplification are performed in different tubes, is generally more sensitive but requires more time.
The utilization of qRT-PCR assays requires positive controls for valid and reliable analyses.
What are the positive controls for SARS-CoV-2 identification by qRT-PCR?
A range of validated positive controls as plasmids that include all genes of SARS-CoV-2 as recommended by the CDC and WHO for example is also provided: Control Plasmids for Coronavirus Research.
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All You Need to Know About the African Teams at the World Cup
We break down how Senegal, Ghana, Cameroon, Morocco, and Tunisia's national teams are looking ahead of the Qatar World Cup 2022.
African football has come a long way.
Egypt was the first African team to ever participate in a FIFA World Cup. They did it in Italy in 1934, where they only played a game, which they lost 4-2 to Hungary. Back then, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) didn’t exist, so the Pharaohs played two qualifier games against British Palestine.
CAF was eventually formed in 1956, but the World Cup would only see another African team in Mexico 1970, when Morocco qualified. Years later, Pelé, the legendary Brazilian player, predicted that an African team would win a World Cup before the year 2000, he was mocked mercilessly. For many, it was not an unlikely outcome, it was an absurd proposition.
And yet, African footballers have become more and more often part of the footballing elite, playing in the best leagues, and becoming some of the most famous players. While, still, only European and South American teams have won World Cups.
So while O Rei’s premonition did not come true by 2000, or until now, it did kickstart a World Cup tradition: articles wondering if this time around an African team can finally win it all. I will give you my prediction right away: no, I don’t think an African team will win the Qatar World Cup.
However, I do think that the African teams this time around will fare better than those in the 2018 World Cup in Russia, when none of the five made it past the group stage. Only two of those teams are returning this time (Senegal and Morocco). But some of the others have improved notoriously as of recently.
Senegal definitely has the best chance of all to make a run. Cameroon and Ghana might also surprise. But any of them would have to face Brazil, Argentina, France or England, who are not only the favorites to win the cup, but also seem much more likely to win in a knockout game.
Here are the strengths and weaknesses of the African teams in this cup.
Bayern Munich and Cameroon's Eric Choupo-Moting.Illustration by @PopePhoenix
Earlier this year, a very solid Cameroon team finished third in the African Cup of Nations that they hosted. Scoring 14 goals in eight games, only Egypt’s stern defense was able to stop their attack (beating them in penalty kicks after a 0-0 game).
But this time around, the Indomitable Lions’ offense seems to have gotten better. Bayern Munich’s Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting is called to be the team’s star and leader. He has scored 11 goals in 16 games for the Bundesliga side this season (10 in the last 9 games), and seems to be in the best form in his career. He will be joined in the attack by the AFCON top scorers Vincent Aboubakar and Karl Toko Ekambi, so they will not be craving chances. In midfield, Cameroon will rely on Bryan Mbeumo, who has had a solid season with a surprising Brentford in the Premier League, and Frank Zambo Anguissa, who is part of a Napoli team that is dominating Serie A.
The defense seems to be the weakest link for Cameroon. Their best defender, Joel Matip, has refused to play for the national team since 2016. Instead, the defense will run through Nantes’ talented man Jean-Charles Castelletto, as well as through the experienced Nicolas Nkoulou and Collins Fai.
But Cameroon will have to face Brazil in the group stage, one of the favorites to win the title, and a team that has been undefeated for 15 games, as well as a very organized Switzerland and a solid Serbian team that won their qualifying group and went undefeated. In this crowded field, they might fight for second place, but there’s no guarantee.
The good news is that the team is coming in with good vibes. Choupo-Moting left the team before the AFCON third-place game, citing differences with then-coach Toni Conceição. But the coach was replaced with former Cameroonian international Rigoberto Song, and now Choupo-Moting is back. What’s more, Song took over right in time to oversee the qualifier play-off against Algeria, which Cameroon won with a dramatic Toko Ekambi goal in the 124th minute of the return leg to make it to their first World Cup finals since 2014.
Arsenal FC and Ghana's Thomas Partey. Illustration by @PopePhoenix
The Black Stars have not had an easy road lately. They disappointed in this year’s AFCON, finishing last in their group after earning just one point. They won their group in the African qualifiers after tying with South Africa at 13 points and a goal difference of +4, but having scored only one more goal than Bafana Bafana. Then they barely passed by Nigeria in the play-off, seeing them off thanks to away goals in a 1-1 aggregate result. Ghana have scored four goals in their last eight games, so they should be a bit worried about their attack.
Thankfully for them, they might get some help from the Basque country. Atlético de Bilbao’s Iñaki Williams, who was born in Spain and played a friendly for the Spanish national team, and another one for the Basque national team, declared this year his intention to play officially for Ghana and was called up for the World Cup. He will be joined in the attack by veteran Jordan Ayew, who has yet to score this season for Crystal Palace. Jordan’s brother André will be the team’s captain and their centerpiece in midfield. They’ll also have a star in Arsenal’s Thomas Partey, who hasn’t scored much lately, but his defense in London’s midfield has been fundamental for the team’s success this season.
Ghana’s defense looks solid, anchored by Leicester’s Daniel Amartey, Southampton’s Mohammed Salisu, and Strasbourg’s Alexander Djiku. But their goalkeeping situation is worrisome. Starter Joe Wollacott was injured in his game for Chartlon Athletic last weekend and will now miss the tournament. The second choice, Richard Ofori, who plays for South Africa’s Orlando Pirates, had suffered an injury before and was not called up. Instead, Ghana will most likely start Lawrence Ati Zigi, who plays for Swiss club St. Gallen, but has only appeared twice for the senior national team in official games.
However, the Black Stars might have a path to the round of 16. They’ll start their campaign playing against an always difficult Portugal. Then they’ll face a beatable South Korea. And they’ll finish the group stage against Uruguay, the team that controversially denied them a chance to become the first African team to move on to the World Cup semi-finals in 2010. Luis Suárez and his hand will be there, and it might be a chance to avenge a nightmarish evening for Ghanaian football.
However, if Ghana manages to finish second in the group, they’ll most likely have to face Brazil in the next round.
Paris Saint-Germain and Morocco's Achraf HakimiIllustration by @PopePhoenix
The Atlas Lions made it to the AFCON quarter-finals, scoring eight goals in five games. They also cruised through the African qualifiers: they won all six group games, scoring 20 goals and only allowing one. Nine of those goals came from either Ayoub El Kaabi or Ryan Mmaee. But neither of them were called up for the World Cup.
The forwards—who play for Turkey’s Hatyaspor and Hungary’s Ferencváros, respectively—might have been left out due to the weakness of the leagues where they play, or the stats might be misleading. Morocco played all their qualifiers at home, because of issues with stadiums or political instability in the countries of their rivals.
However, Morocco will still have attacking power, coming mainly from Chelsea's Hakim Ziyech (who is back on the team after the federation fired Bosnian coach Vahid Halihodzič), Sevilla’s Youssef En-Nesyri, and Bari’s Walid Cheddira. But their star will be at right-wing with Achraf Hakimi, of PSG, who many consider one of the best fullbacks playing right now.
Morocco will face last World Cup finalists Croatia, who seem more beatable than four years ago. Then they will have an interesting clash with Belgium, a country where many of their players were born, and a national team aware that this might be the last chance to redeem its golden generation. And they will finish with a surprising Canada, a team that will be tougher than what many expect. Second place for the Atlas Lions here is not impossible, but right now it’s looking very, very tough.
Chelsea FC and Senegal's Kalidou Koulibaly.Illustration by @PopePhoenix
On paper, the Lions of Teranga are the strongest African team in this World Cup. They won AFCON this year for the first-time ever, turning the streets of Dakar into chaos. They also won their qualifying group easily, but then had a dramatic repeat of the AFCON final against Egypt for the play-off, which they again won in penalties.
Bayern Munich’s Sadio Mané, perhaps one of the best players in the world right now, is undoubtedly the team’s best player. But he was injured at his last club game, and it is unclear when he can come back to play.
But Senegal also has strong names all over the pitch. Chelsea’s Edouard Mendy is a calming presence in net. Center-back Kalidou Koulibaly has had a strong season for Chelsea, as has his partner in defense Abdou Diallo for RB Leipzig. In midfield, Olympique de Marseille’s Pape Gueye and Everton’s Idrissa Gueye should be able to control the game for Senegal. Up top, Watford’s Ismaïla Sarr and Villarreal’s Boulaye Dia will try to keep the attack going while they wait for Mané’s return.
Coach Aliou Cissé has been in charge since 2015, one of the longest tenures in African football. A huge advantage for someone who knows his players very well and has their confidence.
The bad news for Senegal is that their first game is also the toughest one: the Netherlands. But if they can get a result here, and Mané is fit for the other games against Ecuador and Qatar, they could challenge for first place. If they do make it to the knockout stage, they’ll face one of the United States, England, Iran or Wales, most of which—barring England—seem like beatable opponents for Senegal.
Al Arabi and Tunisia's Youssef Msakni.Illustration by @PopePhoenix
The Eagles of Carthage are the African team in this cup with fewer established names and the most players from their local league, totaling at eight. They also took the unusual choice of listing four goalkeepers on their roster.
They had tough AFCON—in which they were part of a controversy in their game against Mali, when the referee ended the match twice before the 90th minute—and didn’t convince in the qualifiers. But they are back for their sixth World Cup.
Tunisia will play with their usual trident up front: Youssef Msakni, Naim Sliti and Wahbi Khazri. But this time they’ll have a secret weapon: 19-year-old Hannibal Mejbri, a still inexperienced, but very talented attacking option.
However, although Tunisia is an organized team, their chances of advancing in their group, made up of world champions France, Denmark and Australia, seem slim.
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The City of Santa Clara (City) approved a long and detailed “term sheet” for the development of a professional football stadium. The Petitioner challenged the approvals claiming the “term sheet” constituted approval of a project as defined by CEQA. The trial court found for the City, holding that no EIR was required because approval of the “term sheet” was not approval of the project. The Petitioner appealed to the Sixth District Court of Appeal, arguing that based on the details in the “term sheet,” the statements made by the city council, and the amount of money already invested in the project, the “term sheet” was an approval of the project. The Appellate Court rejected that argument. In affirming the lower court’s decision, the Court of Appeal looked to Save Tara v. City of West Hollywood (2008) 45 Cal.App.4th 116, which directs a court to consider whether an action “viewed in light of all the surrounding circumstances,” commits a lead agency to a project “as a practical matter,” requiring action under CEQA. The Court held the term sheet did not constitute such a commitment. The Court found that the “term sheet” clearly expressed that the parties were only bound to continue negotiating; no binding contractual obligations were made as to the development of the stadium. The Court also explained that the statements by the city council reinforced the language of the term sheet itself, but did not commit the City to the project. Lastly, the Court concluded that the money invested by the City did not create a legal obligation to build the project.
Term sheets are common preliminary agreements entered into between agencies and project developers during project formulation. An agency may enter into such agreements, without CEQA review, so long as it does not commit itself to a project as a whole or to any particular features, thereby effectively precluding from consideration any alternatives or mitigation measures that CEQA would otherwise require the agency consider.

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Could Japan survive without nuclear power? The short answer to that question is yes.
Japan has been surviving surprisingly well without nuclear power for the last four years. Following the Fukushima disaster in March 2011 all of Japan’s 48 other nuclear reactors were shut down. The predicted blackouts did not happen, the country kept running just fine.
But there has been a cost. Prior to the Fukushima disaster nearly 30% of power came from nuclear. That has been replaced by burning lots more coal and gas – Japan is now the world’s biggest importer of liquefied natural gas.
But desperate times called for desperate measures. Following the Fukushima disaster, the Democratic Party government enacted a “feed-in tariff”.
Anyone could put solar panels on their roof, connect up to the grid and the power companies would be required to pay them a generous 40 Yen per kilowatt.
The response was dramatic. Money poured in to solar, and not just on people’s rooftops. In 2011 Japan had just 4.9 gigawatts of installed solar capacity. Just three years later, at the end of 2014, that had leapt to 23GW. It put Japan ahead of Italy as the number three solar energy producer in the world.
In November 2013 electronics giant Kyocera began producing power from Japan’s biggest solar array so far, nearly 1.5 square kilometres of panels built on the site an old shipyard in Kagoshima bay. It can produce 70MW of power, enough to power more than 20,000 homes.
That is just the beginning. The company has plans to build a 430MW plant on one of Japan’s many offshore islands, big enough to power 130,000 homes.
It’s all great news, except it has all suddenly ground to a halt.
At the end of last year Japan’s big power companies began telling solar producers they could take no more electricity from them. At the same time the government dropped the price utilities would have to pay for electricity from new solar to 27 Yen per kilowatt.
Suddenly the calculus for building more solar has been put in serious doubt.
No-one is suggesting a conspiracy. But the timing is significant.
In the face of widespread opposition, the Abe government is pushing ahead with a return to nuclear power. His most persuasive argument for doing so is that Japan needs the cheap reliable “base load” power that only nuclear can provide.
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What a day. Now Mads Bunch has been birding the Faroes for 15 days. We’ve had good days, bad days, and very bad days. Easterly winds have almost been absent and most days the number of warblers could be counted on one or two hands.
But birding on the Faroes is simple amazing and this morning we went out to give Mads a proper farewell. The forecast didn’t look terrible for once and the first check at Sumba revealed 6 blackcaps and 2 chiffchaffs and a very late arctic tern – so some warblers had made landfall.
William Simonsen and Svenn Justinussen from the faroese ornithological society had joined us. So we wanted to relocated the possible northern harrier that we had seen the previous days. So we spent a few hours in Sandvík, but we didn’t see the bird. But Mads checked the gardens and found bambling, barn swallow, garden warbler, willow warbler and blackcap. Surely some birds had arrived.
So we headed to Hvalba. I checked some gardens very briefly and suddenly the bomb dropped. I found a pechora pipit in a tree. Søren, Willian and Svenn were close by and saw then bird. Søren then called Mads on the walkie and he came running like lightning and caught up with the bird. And we got tremendous views down to 10 meters distance. What a cracking bird! But even at close range the primary projection was almost impossible to discern.
We enjoyed the pipit for 20 minutes and then Mads found a yellow-browed warbler and a lesser whitethroat that had just come in from the ocean and new chiffchaffs kept turning up – FINALLY NEWS BIRDS ARRIVING. And of course two classic goldfinches provided the icing on the cake.
We then checked the villages south of Hvalba and found another yellow-browed warbler in Sumba, barred warbler in Hov and good numbers of blackcaps and chiffchaffs and a few garden warblers.
All in all a proper farewell to Mads!

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(b. ca. 1426, Venezia, d. 1516, Venezia)
Madonna with the Child (Greek Madonna)1460-64
Tempera on wood, 82 x 62 cm
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Of all the still youthful Madonnas by Bellini the masterpiece is the so called Greek Madonna of the Brera Gallery in Milan, which entered the Museum in 1808 following the Napoleonic repression. It was originally in the Ducal Palace in Venice. According to some sources the figures were originally set against a gold background, on which the words "Mother of God" and "Christ" were written in Greek (hence the name of the painting). Obviously, a background of this type would have made it archaic and "archaizing", considerably accentuating the Byzantine appearance of the panel, a veritable Marian icon. The 1986 restoration has established that the still remaining traces of gold beside the Greek letters were a 16th-century addition, while Bellini had originally conceived the sky as it appears now: blue and almost entirely covered by a small curtain held up by a cord. Over the traditional preparatory ground (gypsum and animal glue) he had sketched out the preliminary drawing, marking in with extreme precision even the chiaroscuro with subtle and highly regular criss-cross strokes which can be seen in infra-red photography. This technique used by Bellini must have been famous if Paolo Pino in his Dialogo di pittura (1548) writes that "drawing the painting with such extreme diligence, composing it with chiaro and scuro as Giovanni Bellino was wont to do" was to be discouraged "for it is work thrown away since everything must be covered with the colours".
This type of drawing shows similarities with the rigorous Flemish constructive technique, though under closer scrutiny it appears to be aimed at a search for a much more solid and volumetrically constructed plastic quality. The delicate imperturbability of the Madonna, which would always remain a distinctive feature of Bellini's Virgins, shows not only its aforementioned Byzantine-iconic roots, but also how much the artist's culture owes to this heritage.


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Defending champions undefeated heading into playoff round
As preliminary round play concluded on Thursday, there was only one club left standing with an unblemished record at the 2011 Elite World Selects Invitational. The Czech Knights entered this year’s tournament with sights set on repeating at 12U champions. The squad has gotten off to a stellar start, going 5-0-0 in pool play and enters the playoff round as the No. 1-seed. As all eight participating teams make the playoff round, we preview the initial matchups and which clubs stand the best chance to move on.


RESIDENTS in Huntington and Smithtown are raising strong objections to plans by the Long Island Rail Road to build a storage yard at one or possibly two of six sites along the Port Jefferson line.
The railroad and its parent, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, say that a single 16-track yard or two 8-track yards are needed to meet immediate and long-term needs to store electric trains overnight and to improve service on the line, which is currently electrified as far as Huntington Station.
Railroad officials said the yards would support a planned expansion of service to meet projected passenger increases. They said the yards would also help accommodate a 20 percent increase in the electric car fleet, which will be required for the East Side Access project that will provide service to Grand Central Terminal by 2012.
But local officials and civic groups members who oppose the plan said that the six sites were all fatally flawed by the railroad's own definition. They added that the six sites would result in round-the-clock noise, pollution, traffic and a reduction in property values while bringing no benefits to the neighborhoods and questionable benefits to local commuters. At four public hearings this month, the overwhelming majority of speakers -- residents and local officials alike -- were opposed to the sites in their neighborhoods.
''The noise is 24 hours a day, the train washing would contaminate our soil, and you would have an increase in train traffic,'' said Joanne Gray, a councilwoman from the Town of Smithtown who lives in Kings Park, where four of the six sites are situated. ''It would devastate this community and change the fabric of our lives forever.''Continue reading the main story
Mrs. Gray questioned whether a Long Island Power Authority substation now under construction near three of the sites was intended to supply power for electrifying the tracks. The sites are near the junction of Pulaski Road and Bread and Cheese Hollow Road in an industrial area near the old Huntington Town landfill.
A LIPA spokesman, Michael Lowndes, said the substation would make electrical supplies more reliable in eastern Huntington and western Smithtown. ''It has nothing whatsoever to do with the Long Island Rail Road,'' he said, adding that the railroad customarily constructed its own substations.
The fifth site is near St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center in Smithtown, and the sixth site is just east of the train station in Huntington Station.
''All six sites are unacceptable -- they're all bad,'' said Mark Serotoff of Commack, the science chairman for the Townline Association, a civic group that represents several neighborhoods in Huntington and Smithtown. The group takes its name from the road that runs along the Huntington-Smithtown border.
Mr. Serotoff and others said that any benefits from increased train storage would be felt in the areas west of Huntington and Smithtown. ''There is no new ridership on the Port Jefferson line,'' Mr. Serotoff said. ''This is all an excuse to put a rail storage yard here to serve the East Side Access. We are their storage closet.''
Mr. Serotoff and others said that if the railroad insisted on building a yard, it should be at the line's terminus in Port Jefferson, where the railroad already has a storage yard for diesel trains close to a residential area.
Such a plan would require the railroad to expedite electrification of the line eastward to the terminus, now scheduled for 2023, or would require the use of trains equipped to run on both electrified and nonelectrified tracks.
Kevin M. Gary, a lawyer from Greenlawn, is challenging the railroad's consideration of a site for a 16-track yard on 40 acres of woodsjust east of the station in Huntington Station. The site, in an area that is mostly industrial but also has some residences, would minimize the railroad's need to extend electrification eastward.
Mr. Gary, who fought to remove Greenlawn from a list of potential rail yard sites, said the railroad had eliminated white residential areas but had kept the Huntington Station site under active consideration despite its proximity to a residential area with a high minority population. ''I was concerned that it was not excluded because of the considerable minority population and the railroad's belief that as a result of the minority populations they would not speak up for themselves,'' he said.
Mr. Gary noted that the railroad had not included the Cerro Wire site in Syosset on its list of 19 possible sites for the rail yards even though it had been included, along with Greenlawn, on an earlier list of seven potential sites.
The Cerro parcel, which is in Syosset in the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, is owned by the Chicago Tribune Company and is a potential site for a new shopping mall.
''The Cerro site was not even identified as a site that been eliminated,'' Mr. Gary said. ''It reminds me of Russian history in the Stalin era.''
Brian Dolan, the spokesman for the Long Island Rail Road, said the Cerro site had not been included because it was ''viewed as operationally impractical.''
Mr. Dolan said that the railroad was still in the early stages of formulating environmental impact statements for the current list of six sites. A draft of the statement is to be completed in December 2004, Mr. Dolan said. He said the preferred site would be selected by December 2005, and the final version of the impact statement would be issued then.
He said that the railroad was following all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act, which was more stringent than state environmental laws, and that the railroad would be required to examine Mr. Gary's contention that the Huntington Station site would discriminate against minority residents.
He said the railroad would also examine the Port Jefferson diesel storage yard as a potential electric rail storage yard since residents had suggested that possibility.Continue reading the main story


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Sandra Jackson-Dumont was recognized by Sonoma State University as its Distinguished Alumnus in 2014, and she has indeed been distinguished in many ways since receiving her Bachelor of Arts in Art History from SSU in 1994. Following her graduation from SSU, she earned a Master of Arts degree in Art History from Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Sandra began her illustrious career as Head of School, Family, and Intergenerational Programs at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York in 1997, followed by increasingly significant positions at the Studio Museum in Harlem and the Seattle Art Museum, where she was Deputy Director for Education and Public Programs and Adjunct Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. Between 2014 and 2019, Sandra was Chairman of Education at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. In late 2019, Sandra was appointed Director and Chief Executive Officer of the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, founded by renowned film director George Lucas.
by Michael Schwager
SSU News - Sandra Jackson-Dumont Distinguished Alum


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List the two zones defined within the respiratory system and the structures within them?
- Conducting Zone -
- Terminal bronchioles
- Transitional and Respiratory Zone -
- Respiratory bronchioles
- Alveolar ducts
- Alveolar sacs
What type of epithelium lines the respiratory tract?
- Oropharynx - stratified squamous (non-keratinised)
- Larynx - pseudostratified columnar ciliated
- Trachea - same as larynx
- Respiratory Bronchioles - simple cuboidal
In asthma which cells play the biggest role?
- Mast cells
- T lymphocytes
- Epithelial cells
What is the difference between IgA, IgD, IgE, IgG and IgM?
- IgA - found in mucosal areas such as the gut, respiratory tract, urogenital tract, tears, breastmilk and saliva and prevents colonisation by pathogens.
- IgD - functions mainly as an antigen receptor on B cells that have not been exposed to antigens before. It has been shown to activate basophils and mast cells to produce antimicrobial factors.
- IgE - binds to allergens and triggers histamine release from mast cells and basophils and is involved in allergy. Also protects against parasitic worms.
- IgG - provides the majority of antibody-based immunity against invading pathogens and is the only antibody capable of crossing the placenta to give passive immunity to the fetus.
- IgM - expressed on the surface of B cells (monomer) and in a secreted form (pentamer) with very high avidity. Eliminates pathogens in the early stages of B cell mediated (humoral) immunity before there is sufficient IgG.
What are the 5 types of asthma?
- Aspirin induced
- Allergic Aspergillosis
How is asthma diagnosed?
Both through spirometry and clinical history.
What is the diffprince between exudate and transudate?
- Exudate - has proteins in the pus
- Transudate - no proteins in the pus
What are the hallmarks of pneumonia?
- Cough with protein rich exudate
- Alveolar inflammation
- Polymorphs and then later lymphocytes and macrophages
- Lobar or bronchopneumonia (which is patchy)
Possible outcomes of pneumonia?
- Abcess formation
What are the two main causes of pneumonia?


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Originally posted by yadboy
Bush is trying to get congress to above a new line-item veto bill...
I'm sure this is suppose to make me feel all warm and fuzzy, but all I see is a partisan congress going round and round in circles getting absolutely nothing done. Heck, he would probably take out the good parts of the bills, and try to push through all the pork!
Originally posted by forestlady
Trouble is, we actually passed our debt ceiling about 4 to 6 weeks ago. How have we been paying the bills since then??
..unlike Nixon's crew, Bush&Co. seem willing to take the country down with them, so desperate are they to hold onto power, deplete the treasury, pay off their corporate friends, carry out their ideological revolution -- and keep themselves out of the federal slammer.
The crimes of the Bush Administration are so many and varied that none of us should be surprised by anything that might happen in the coming weeks and months: Bin Laden captured or reported killed, a U.S.-Israeli air assault on Iran's nuclear facilities, a major terrorist attack inside the U.S. to be followed by martial law, the announcement of a bird-flu outbreak with the military placed in charge. I'm pretty level-headed and don't usually think in these dire terms, but these guys have backed themselves into a tight political corner and are desperate -- and dangerous.
EVEN WALL ST. IS TALKING IMPEACHMENT
All those defections from the Bush orbit are doing great damage to the once-unified Bush&Co. juggernaut, but I've left out one key one: Wall Street. The titans of finance are agitated, to the point of raising the awareness of the possibility of impeachment or even urging serious consideration of Bush's removal. ...The administration is saying the president has unlimited authority to order wiretaps in the pursuit of foreign terrorists, and that the Congress has no power to overrule him...Perhaps they were researched in a Star Chamber? Putting the president above the Congress is an invitation to tyranny.
So, friends, when we're down in the dumps, depressed by the fact that Bush&Co. are still in power even in the face of all their lies and bumblings and policies that result in thousands of people getting killed and maimed and tortured, let us consider that even their once-loyal rats are deserting the sinking ship of state.
Originally posted by soficrow
Conservatives Are Jumping Ship: Bush Is Going Down
Bush, Congress Make a Farce of the Debt Ceiling
The reality is that taxes and spending are badly out of whack, and hardly anyone -- certainly neither President George W. Bush nor Vice President Richard Cheney -- wants to admit it. If the White House won't acknowledge what's happening, why should an ordinary member of Congress?
Instead, Bush continues to push Congress to extend earlier tax cuts that lowered the maximum personal income tax rate on dividends and long-term capital gains to 15 percent. Those cuts are set to expire at year-end.
America’s Debt Ceiling: A Dangerous Shell Game
“Hence the American dilemma,” says Denning. “How do you convince lenders to lend when you can’t even obey your own laws about spending limits? It’s one thing to sell short-term debt with a respectable yield, but who will be willing to hold any American obligations – short or long term – as the nation’s financing needs grow larger relative to its productivity?”
Originally posted by deltaboy
You guys talk like Bush was responsible for this multitrillion dollar debt, when we have this debt ages ago, pretty much all the way back to the Civil war, after we had zero debt for awhile prior to the Civil War.
Perhaps most alarming, Bush has created a larger governmental debt in five years than all the previous U.S. administrations added together - from the time of George Washington to Bill Clinton. source
The national savings rate for Americans is at its lowest point since the Great Depression, yet 78 million Americans will retire in the next 20 years.
We consume more than we produce and we import more than we export, but is that the American people’s fault?

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As early as 1823, explorers and fur traders were already traveling on the minor paths that would eventually connect and form the Oregon Trail. By 1834, missionaries, military, and traders were frequently using the trail for their purposes. The Native Americans had lived in the area long before all of that. But it was only in 1843, when a caravan of animal-drawn wagons left Elm Grove, Missouri, for Oregon, that the Great Emigration to the West Coast began.
The Great Emigration of 1843
If the California Gold Rush called out to the gold diggers in later years, in 1843, the farmlands of Oregon beckoned the white American farmers. Suffering from a severe depression that was affecting the Midwest, many pioneers uprooted their families to find prosperity in the West. The Oregan Trail provided the passage that emigrants used to reach the Pacific Ocean in hopes of improving their lot in life.
The Oregon Trail was a 2,000-mile pathway that began in Independence, Missouri, and ended in Oregon City, Oregon. The caravan leaving in 1843 for the West Coast was made up of 120 wagons with almost 1,000 men, women, and children and thousands of oxen and cows. This event would later become known as the Great Emigration of 1843. Some of the pioneers on this caravan were a group of Latter-Day Saints heading for Utah. The entire journey to reach Oregon took five months to complete.
Challenges Along the Trail
The emigrants crossed the Great Plains with their prairie schooners. These wagons were light and made of hardwood with an oil canvas covering. Most of them were 6 feet wide and 12 feet long and extremely uncomfortable. The pioneers loaded their food, water, and belongings on these wagons, and many preferred to walk by its side instead of sitting in it.
They followed the Platte River for over 600 miles before they reached Fort Laramie, Wyoming. Many times, the river was too swollen from the heavy rains, making it impossible to cross, especially with the wagons. If they made it to the Rocky Mountains, they had to face thunderstorms, excessive heat during the day, and bitter cold at night. There were also other dangers on the journey. Rampant diseases such as cholera, flu, and dysentery killed many emigrants. Accidental shootings, starvation, resistance from Native Americans, and drownings were also a major problem.
But if they arrived at Independence Rock in Wyoming by July 4, they knew they were halfway home. Many emigrants left their signatures on the massive granite rock, and their markings can still be seen today. It became known as the “Great Register of the Desert.”
The next big hurdle for the emigrants to overcome was the Rocky Mountains to the South Pass. Next came the steep and dangerous climb over the Blue Mountains. If they made it through that, they were almost in the clear. The final stretch of the journey was to follow the Columbia River all the way until they arrived in Oregon City.
The Legacy of the Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail provided an estimated of 300,000 settlers with a way to move to the West Coast. It continued to be a workable pathway until 1888 for cattle drives. However, the railroads had already arrived and made transcontinental transportation easier for people. Before the turn of the century, the Oregon Trail had ceased to exist as the trains took over.
Today, the National Park and Service offers educational information about the Oregon Trail to the public. The Oregon National Historic Trail follows much of the same path as the original trail, and you can still see the wagon ruts on many parts of it. You can travel and view the trail either by car or even a wagon!

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