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|Alternative names||Elstree Film and TV Studios|
|Type||Film and television studios|
|Address||Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 1JG|
|Current tenants||Elstree Film Studios Limited|
Elstree Studios on Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire is a British film and television production centre operated by Elstree Film Studios Limited. One of several facilities historically referred to as Elstree Studios, the Shenley Road studios originally opened in 1925.
The studio complex has passed through many owners during its lifetime, and is now owned by Hertsmere Borough Council. Known as the studios used for filming Alfred Hitchcock's Blackmail (1929)—the first British talkie, Star Wars (1977), TheShining (1980) and Indiana Jones (its largest stage is known as the George Lucas Soundstage), the studios are used both for film and television productions.
With the BBC Elstree Centre nearby, a number of the stages are leased to BBC Studioworks, and are used for recording television productions such as Strictly Come Dancing .
British National Pictures Ltd purchased 40 acres (16 ha) of land on the south side of Shenley Road and began construction of two large film stages in 1925. After discord among the partners, which by this time included Herbert Wilcox, their solicitor John Maxwell invested and was able to gain control of the company. The first film produced there was Madame Pompadour (1927).
By 1927, Maxwell controlled all the stock, and the company was renamed British International Pictures (BIP) and the second stage was ready for production in 1928. Maxwell placed Alfred Hitchcock under contract in a 3-year, 12-picture deal, and after several silents, he was responsible for Blackmail (1929), the first British talkie released, which was produced at the studios. At the end of the silent-film era, six new sound stages were built; three of these were sold to the British & Dominions Film Corporation with BIP retaining the remaining stages. Elstree Calling (1930), made by BIP, was reputedly Britain's first musical film.
BIP became Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC) in 1933,although the BIP name continued to be used for some purposes until 31 March 1937. Maxwell died in 1940 and during World War II, the studios were used by the War Office for storage.
In 1946, Warner Brothers acquired a substantial interest in ABPC, appointed a new board and decided to rebuild the stages. This was completed in 1948 and work began on Man on the Run followed by The Hasty Heart starring Richard Todd and Ronald Reagan.
The Shenley Road studios were frequently used in the 1960s for productions on film for ABPC's television arm, ABC Weekend TV. Later episodes of The Avengers were among these (which were credited to "ABC Television Films Ltd, Associated British Elstree Studios"). Several similar productions by ITC for ATV were also filmed there, including The Saint , The Baron , Department S and The Champions . All of these series made extensive use of a townscape standing set constructed at the rear of the studio site, originally for the 1961 Cliff Richard film The Young Ones .
In 1969, Electric and Musical Industries (EMI) finally gained control of ABPC and the studios were renamed EMI-Elstree Studios.
In 1969, Bryan Forbes was appointed head of production of the film studio (see EMI Films). Dennis Barker, in his obituary of Forbes for The Guardian , states that "This amounted virtually to an attempt to revive the ailing British film industry by instituting a traditional studio system with a whole slate of films in play."Under Forbes's leadership, the studio produced The Railway Children (1970), The Tales of Beatrix Potter (1971) and The Go-Between (1971), all successful films. His tenure though, was short-lived and marked by financial problems, brought about by deliberately withheld funding and failed projects. Forbes resigned in 1971. In his autobiography A Divided Life he states that "They were years of high hopes, of excitement, often of fulfilment and contrary to what various pundits said after the event, the programme proved a commercial success, returning according to the latest  figures a profit in excess of £16,000,000 on a capital outlay of £4,000,000." During the period 1970–73, EMI had a short-lived production and distribution deal with the American MGM film company, after the closure of their MGM-British Studios in Elstree. During this period the facilities were known as the EMI-MGM Elstree Studios.
In 1974, Andrew Mitchell took over from Ian Scott as managing director of the studios but was almost immediately told to close the facility and lay off all the staff. Due to the sterling efforts of Mitchell and the help of John Reed who was on the board of EMI and Alan Sapper the head of the ACTT Union, he turned the studios into a four-wall facility, which effectively meant reducing the staff to administration, with the exception of the dubbing facility and having freelance crew being brought in by each production company. This was inevitable due to the changing nature of cinematic styles that relied increasingly on location shooting and the reduced financial involvement of EMI in its own film productions, thus rendering a permanent production staff employed full-time at the facility redundant.
Films shot at the facility over the next few years included the Agatha Christie mystery film Murder on the Orient Express (1974), directed by Sidney Lumet; Ken Russell's Valentino (1977; Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980); Fred Zinnemann's drama film Julia (1977); and most significantly for the studio's immediate survival through a deal brokered by Andrew Mitchell, George Lucas with Star Wars (1977). This led to subsequent Lucas productions such as the Star Wars sequels and Indiana Jones franchise being made at Elstree and also brought in directors Steven Spielberg and Jim Henson. This was the golden era of the construction picture, which essentially required large studio facilities to fulfill the filmmakers' vision, before computer-generated imagery technology and Elstree became synonymous with this kind of picture due to the success of the Star Wars and Indiana Jones films.
In 1979, Thorn Electrical Industries merged with EMI after EMI's debacle with its invention of the CT Scanner, and the studios were renamed Thorn-EMI Elstree Studios.
The studios were put up for sale in 1985. A management team beat off all other prospective buyers with the help of Alan Bond but the team had difficulty raising their share of the purchase price and Bond took over. Soon afterwards he sold the studios to the Herron-Cannon Group in 1986. In 1987, Weintraub Entertainment Group attempted to buy the studios, but the deal collapsed.In 1988, Cannon sold the studios to the leisure and property company Brent Walker plc and much of the backlot was sold off and demolished with a Tesco superstore being built on the land.
A "Save Our Studios" campaign was launched in 1988 by managing director, Andrew Mitchell, local Town Councillor and studio historian Paul Welsh, with the support of many film actors and the general public. Hertsmere Borough Council stepped in and bought the remaining facilities in February 1996 and appointed a management company, Elstree Film & Television Studios Ltd., to run the studios in 2000. The purchase ended an eight-year struggle that was due to have culminated in High Court action. Brent Walker's offer to sell the site to the council, for an undisclosed sum (but no more than its worth as a film studio), represented a victory for the local authority in upholding the planning agreements that protected the studios.
The studios are now most commonly known for being the home of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and the Big Brother house (previously at Three Mills Studios in Bow, East London). The Big Brother house was actually built on top of the studios' old underwater stage where scenes in The Dam Busters (1955) and Moby-Dick (1956) were filmed. Elstree Film & Television Studios Ltd's lease expired at the end of March 2007.
It was announced in 2012 that the studios would be the temporary home of BBC Studios and Post Production during the redevelopment of Television Centre.Shows such as Strictly Come Dancing and Pointless were based on the site from spring 2013. The original plan was for the BBC to move back to refurbished Television Centre studios in 2015, however due to delays in the broader redevelopment of the old Television Centre site in July 2014, the lease was extended until 2017.
Elstree Studios are now operated by Elstree Film Studios Ltd, a company controlled by Hertsmere Borough Council. Feature film production continues alongside television production, commercials and pop promos; recent productions include 44 Inch Chest , Bright Star , 1408 , Son of Rambow , Amazing Grace , The Other Boleyn Girl , Notes on a Scandal , Breaking and Entering , Flyboys , Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy , Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith , Dancing on Ice and Are You Smarter Than A 10 Year Old? for Sky television among many others.
On 25 November 2019 it was announced that Elstree Studios would continue with their partnership with BBC Studioworks to provide television studio facilities. The arrangement will see the use of stages by the BBC continue until at least March 2024.
The United Kingdom has had a significant film industry for over a century. While film production reached an all-time high in 1936, the "golden age" of British cinema is usually thought to have occurred in the 1940s, during which the directors David Lean, Michael Powell, and Carol Reed produced their most critically acclaimed works. Many British actors have accrued critical success and worldwide recognition, such as Audrey Hepburn, Maggie Smith, Roger Moore, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Joan Collins, Judi Dench, Julie Andrews, Daniel Day-Lewis, Gary Oldman, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant and Kate Winslet. Some of the films with the largest ever box office returns have been made in the United Kingdom, including the third and sixth highest-grossing film franchises.
Associated Television was the original name of the British broadcaster ATV, part of the Independent Television (ITV) network. It provided a service to London at weekends from 1955 to 1968, to the Midlands on weekdays from 1956 to 1968, and to the Midlands all week from 1968 to 1982. It was one of the "Big Four" until 1968, and the "Big Five" after 1968, that between them produced the majority of ITV networked programmes. In 1982, ATV was restructured and rebranded as Central Independent Television, under which name it continued to provide the service for the Midlands.
Borehamwood is a town in southern Hertfordshire, England, 12 miles (19 km) from Charing Cross. Borehamwood has a population of 31,074, and is within the London commuter belt. The town's film and TV studios are commonly known as Elstree Studios.
Hertsmere is a local government district and borough in Hertfordshire, England. Its council is based in Borehamwood. Other settlements in the borough include Bushey, Elstree, Radlett and Potters Bar. The borough borders the three north London boroughs of Harrow, Barnet and Enfield, and is located mainly within the M25 Motorway.
Elstree Studios is a generic term which can refer to several current and demolished British film studios and television studios based in or around the town of Borehamwood and village of Elstree in Hertfordshire, England. Production studios have been located in the area since 1914 when film production began there. Two sites remain in use in Borehamwood: Elstree Studios on Shenley Road and the BBC Elstree Centre on Eldon Avenue.
Bryan Forbes CBE was an English film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor and novelist described as a "Renaissance man" and "one of the most important figures in the British film industry".
BBC Studioworks Limited is a commercial subsidiary of the BBC, providing television studios, post production and related services to the market.
EMI Films was a British film studio and distributor. A subsidiary of the EMI conglomerate, the corporate name was not used throughout the entire period of EMI's involvement in the film industry, from 1969 to 1986, but the company's brief connection with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Anglo-EMI, the division under Nat Cohen, and the later company as part of the Thorn EMI conglomerate are outlined here.
MGM-British was a subsidiary of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer initially established at Denham Film Studios in 1936. It was in limbo during the Second World War; however, following the end of hostilities, a facility was acquired in Borehamwood, which remained in use until it was closed in 1970.
Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC), originally British International Pictures (BIP), was a British film production, distribution and exhibition company active from 1927 until 1970 when it was absorbed into EMI. ABPC also owned approximately 500 cinemas in Britain by 1943, and in the 1950s and 60s owned a station on the ITV television network. The studio was partly owned by Warner Bros. from about 1940 until 1969; the American company also owned a stake in ABPC's distribution arm, Warner-Pathé, from 1958. It formed one half of a vertically integrated film industry duopoly in Britain with the Rank Organisation.
Elstree Calling is a 1930 British comedy musical film directed by Adrian Brunel and Alfred Hitchcock at Elstree Studios.
Gate Studios was one of the many studios known collectively as Elstree Studios in the town of Borehamwood, England. Opened in 1928, the studios were in use until the early 1950s. The studios had previously been known as Whitehall Studios, Consolidated Studios, J.H. Studios and M.P. Studios.
ABC Cinemas was a cinema chain in the United Kingdom. Originally a wholly owned subsidiary of Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC), it operated between the 1930s and the 1980s. The brand name was reused in the 1990s until 2000.
The BBC Elstree Centre, sometimes referred to as the BBC Elstree Studios, is a television production facility, currently owned by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The complex is located between Eldon Avenue and Clarendon Road in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England.
Walter Charles Mycroft was a British journalist, screenwriter, film producer and director. In the 1920s he was film critic of the London Evening Standard, and a founder of the London Film Society, before joining the film industry.
Imperial Studios were the studios of the British and Dominions Film Corporation, a short-lived British film production company located at Imperial Place, Elstree Way, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. The studios were active from 1929 to 1936, when they were destroyed by fire.
The Elstree Project is an oral history project which began in 2010, interviewing cast and crew members who worked at Elstree Studios. The project is conducted in partnership Howard Berry, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire, and formerly involved Elstree Screen Heritage as a partner. The project is endorsed by the BECTU History Project and Elstree Film Studios.
John Maxwell (1879–1940) was a British film producer. Maxwell was the co-owner of British International Pictures, which emerged as the largest British studio following the Film Act of 1927. Maxwell was a Scottish lawyer who first came into contact with the film industry in 1912. In 1927 he took over the newly constructed British National Studios in Elstree after its founders ran into financial problems. Maxwell built a vertically integrated company incorporating film production, film distribution, initially through Wardour Films, and a large network of cinemas that enabled the company to compete with the leading German and Hollywood firms. Along with the facilities in Elstree, the company also acquired Welwyn Studios in Welwyn Garden City.


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The world’s leading measure of national peacefulness, the Global Peace Index measures peace according to 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators.
Global Peace Index (2009 – 2016)
The Global Peace Index is an attempt to measure the relative position of nations’ and regions’ peacefulness.It is the product of the Institute for Economics and Peace & developed in consultation with an international panel of peace experts from peace institutes and think tanks with data collected and collated by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
The index gauges global peace using three broad themes: the level of safety and security in society, the extent of domestic and international conflict, and the degree of militarization.Factors are both internal such as levels of violence and crime within the country and external such as military expenditure and wars.
The main findings of the Global Peace Index are:
1. Peace is correlated to indicators such as income, schooling and the level of regional integration
2. Peaceful countries often shared high levels of transparency of government and low corruption
3. Small, stable countries which are part of regional blocks are most likely to get a higher ranking.
– Global Peace Index 2015

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Preventative Maintenance (PM) is one of the most critical functions a manufacturer can engage in. However, our experience shows that many factories ignore preventive maintenance functions and only conduct maintenance when the equipment breaks down or has already sustained serious and visible damage.
Why is Preventative Maintenance Necessary?
The old adage that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” (or for our non-imperial measurement using readers, “a gram of prevention is worth a kilogram of cure”) is accurate. A good PM policy prevents equipment damage, quality issues, safety issues, and unplanned equipment downtime from occurring in the first place. A properly running machine will produce higher quality, leading to lower amounts of rework and scrap. Breakdowns can stop the entire line and cause massive, expensive delays. Finally, a poorly functioning machine is a safety hazard to the operator and those around them.
Why is Preventive Maintenance So Often Ignored?
Sadly, it is a human tendency to overlook risks until they are too obvious to ignore, especially if it requires work to prevent them. A factory might want to make production and not want to stop to check machinery.
They tend to get very focused on delivering this order before late penalties kick in, then shipping to that customer who threatened to leave them, and after that, pushing that production out the factory gate before they are forced to send it as pre-paid air cargo. A busy factory’s production department is caught in a never-ending string of short-term emergencies, and their schedule is constantly upset by last-minute issues (e.g. a batch that needs to be reworked, a tool that broke on a machine, and so on and so forth).
It could work, and there may be no breakdowns, quality issues, and injuries, but more likely, it will not be the case. They work in an unstable system that makes everything much worse, making them too busy to improve the system in the first place.
The Solution: A Total Preventive Maintenance Checklist
A part of the solution is to create a preventative maintenance (TPM) checklist for each machine and a regular maintenance schedule based on the manufacturer’s recommendation. The schedule will vary depending on the machine and the working conditions. Some machines need a daily cleaning & checkup activity, while other tasks can be on a weekly or monthly basis.
Attached is an automotive preventative maintenance checklist. Why automotive? The automotive industry has long been at the forefront of manufacturing improvement led by the likes of Toyota. This checklist can be used for any piece of equipment. However, the check items will change.
The advantage of this checklist is that it is clear, simple, and versatile. Below is an explanation of each of the terms used:
- Area – Area in the factory (CNC, paint, etc.)
- GL Responsible – Who is responsible for the General Ledger (GL) with the records for this piece of equipment
- TL Responsible – Who is the team leader (TL) for this line or area
- TM Responsible – Who is the team member (TM) for this area (i.e. who operates the machine)
- Machine Name, #, and Type - What is the machine called, what number is it of the ones in the factory and what does it do
- Safety – Items that contribute to the safety of the machine
- Quality - Items that are part of the machine's quality
- Production – Items part of the operation of the machine
- Check item – The specific items
- TRNG REF – The training manual reference for this part of the machine
- Key Points – Why is this item checked
- Week Number – Which week of the year is it (this can be changed depending on the schedule)
- Problem – What is wrong with the machine
- Countermeasure – How was the problem addressed
- Who, when, status – Who addressed the problem, when did they address it, and has it been resolved
The Bottom Line
There are two final things to consider when using this, or any, checklist. They are only effective if used correctly and consistently (for example, operators take 5 minutes for PM tasks before the start of their shift, every single day), and operators and maintenance personnel must be trained to the correct standard for that equipment. Without these two considerations in place, no maintenance checklist can be effective. Implementing a good maintenance program takes time and effort, however, if it is done well, the savings and efficiency improvements are second to none.
Interested in CMC's exclusive preventive maintenance checklist for the automotive industry? Click below.


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CERTITUDO CAPITAL OBTAINS A SOCIAL PERMIT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF 561 RENTAL HOMES IN AMSTERDAM.
Thursday 23 March 2023
‘S-HERTOGENBOSCH, 15 MARCH 2023 | Certitudo Capital has obtained the environmental permit for the realization of the `&Amsterdam’ project of 561 homes and 1,000 sqm of facilities in Amstel III.
&Amsterdam is located at Hettenheuvelweg 12, 14 and 16 and therefore borders directly on the Hondsrug Park. The central city park of Amstel III will be realized on the Hondsrusgweg and is 700 meters long. The 561 rental properties of &Amsterdam vary from studios and duplexes to two, three and four-room apartments with areas of approximately 31 sqm to 120 sqm. The houses are equipped with a private outdoor space or shared courtyard.
Arno van den Thillart, Director of Project Development Certitudo Capital: “We are working intensively with both other project developers and the municipality of Amsterdam to give substance to the Amstel III area transformation. Obtaining this environmental permit is an important milestone. In the coming months we will be working hard to prepare for the actual start of construction on this project. The prognosis is to start construction at the end of 2023 and to complete the entire project in 2026.”
General information about this development can be found at:
www.enamsterdam.nl and www.hondsrugpark.nlBack to news

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Label: Signum Classics
Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)
- Herbert Howells (1892 - 1983):
- 1Howells: Magnificat05:25
- 2Howells: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis (Collegium Regale): Nunc Dimittis04:09
- Giles Swayne (b. 1946):
- 3Swayne: Magnificat I04:09
- Syndey Watson (1903 - 1991):
- 4Watson: Magnificat03:34
- 5Watson: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in e: Nunc Dimittis02:43
- William Walton (1902 - 1983):
- 6Walton: Magnificat04:03
- 7Walton: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis (Chichester Service): Nunc Dimittis02:21
- Lennox Berkeley (1903 - 1989):
- 8Berkeley: Magnificat07:20
- 9Berkeley: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis (Chichester Service): Nunc Dimittis03:53
- Herbert Sumsion (1899 - 1995):
- 10Sumsion: Magnificat04:41
- 11Sumsion: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in G: Nunc Dimittis02:40
- Francis Jackson (b. 1917):
- 12Jackson: Evening Service in G: Magnificat06:26
- 13Jackson: Evening Service in G: Nunc Dimittis03:57
- Arvo Pärt (b. 1935):
- 14Pärt: Magnificat08:22
- Julian Anderson (b. 1967):
- 15Anderson: Evening Canticles (St John's Service): Magnificat05:29
- 16Anderson: Evening Canticles (St John's Service): Nunc Dimittis04:59
Info for Magnificat 2
Andrew Nethsingha and The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge release the second volume in the highly praised ‘Magnificat’ series, presenting nine settings of the Evening Canticles by celebrated Organist-Composers, written between 1932 and 1952 and non-church musicians from 1974-1989.
The recording culminates with a contemporary setting by Julian Anderson, composed for the Chapel’s 150th Anniversary and commissioned for the College Choir.
The nine settings of Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis featured on Magnificat 2 fall into two groups - four by celebrated Organist-Composers, written between 1932 and 1952, and four by non-church musicians from 1974-1989. The recording culminates with a contemporary setting by Julian Anderson, composed for the 150th anniversary of St John’s Chapel, a neat follow-on from the previous album’s final track of canticles by Michael Tippett, commissioned for the College’s 450th anniversary.
The aim of the recording is to compare the varied ways in which composers have created musical form out of these timeless texts, and Andrew Nethsingha has selected these choices due to a variety of links between them. These include notable clergymen-commissioners of the mid-twentieth century; Christ Church, Oxford as the place Walton was chorister, Watson was Organist and for which Swayne composed Magnificat I; and French influences for both the works by Berkeley and Anderson.
This album follows the first volume of Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis settings, titled simply Magnificat, released in 2019. This first volume was given five stars by Choir & Organ, and The Observer called it ‘inventive and brilliant’. The two volumes are designed to compliment one another, with the first in the series starting earlier (Stanford, 1880s) and the second bringing the listener up to the present day. Volume One was ‘Editor’s Choice’ in Gramophone.
"These first volumes are designed to complement one another. ‘Magnificat 1’ started earlier, with Stanford in the 1880s; Volume Two brings us briefly up to the present day. The first release contained celebrated works by Tippett and Leighton from 1961 and 1972 respectively, in between the two main periods represented on this album.
Both albums contain iconic works by Howells, written a year apart. We hear composers creating different orders of priority for the parameters of composition.” (Andrew Nethsingha)
"The introductory essay by former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, speaks of “these ancient hymns, so redolent of continuities yet so full of radical surprise,” words true both of the canticles and of this absorbing treasury, impeccably performed by St John’s College Cambridge Choir under the direction of Andrew Nethsinga" (Daniel Harding, Music Matters)
Glen Dempsey, organ
James Anderson-Besant, organ
Choir of St John's College Cambridge
Andrew Nethsingha, director
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Paysafecard is a popular prepaid payment method that offers a reliable and straightforward way to make payments online without having to provide any bank or credit card details. This financial tool can be an excellent resource for savvy online shoppers and gamers alike. However, knowing a few tricks can make your Paysafecard experience even more efficient and safe. This article provides a wealth of tips and introduces a surprising tool: free psc codes.
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Independent Artist of the Week :: Jack Grace
August 24th 2015
Spanning across genres and influences at a dizzying pace, Jack Grace rewards the listener with every playback.
Hailing from a bedroom in regional NSW, Sydney-based songwriter / producer Jack Grace has made his bones writing, producing and performing with bands from the UK, USA and Australia, soaking up influences from trip-hop, footwork, post-dub, house and gospel on the way.
With these experiences and memories in hand, Grace is now on the way to release his first self-titled solo EP through his own independent label The Fantastic Association.
You gain a strong sense of his immense musical literacy on his leading single ‘Hills’, featuring some stellar vocals from our previous Independent Artist of The Week BUOY, who Grace co-wrote and produced with on her Immersion EP.
The track is a strangely beautiful collision of ideas, fragments, and sounds, full of jagged edges emerging from smooth gospel-esque melodies. While it’s all the Jack Grace we can hear for now, if you’re itching to hear his next track as soon as it lands, you can check out his Soundcloud here.
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Melbourne: Beyonce and Chris Martin are good pals, but this doesn’t mean that she will sing anything coming from Martin.
In a recent interview with the Rolling Stone magazine, the 38-year-old singer revealed that he once wrote a song for the ‘Formation’ hit-maker called ‘Hook Up,’ but it failed to impress her, reports News.com.au.
When the Coldplay front man played the song in the studio, Beyonce told him, “I really like you, but this is awful.” Beyonce and Coldplay recently performed together along with Bruno Mars at the Super Bowl halftime.
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Cycle Ipswich would like as many people as possible to respond to this consultation which closes on 12 July. Please do not wait for the UK government’s next court hearing
In the past Cycle Ipswich decided that Stoke Bridge, and the junction of London Road and Yarmouth Road should be monitored. Last year both Friends of the Earth test kits showed illegally high levels of pollution. Now is the time for you to say if the areas should be monitored or maybe you think the area around schools should be monitored, or both, or other areas.
You can can get more information about the consultation from the Ipswich Borough Council website.
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Who is making Dhaka Metro?
The government of Bangladesh will provide US$ 1.5bn for the construction of this line while the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) will provide US$ 4.6bn.
Which company made metro rail in Bangladesh?
Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd.
Dhaka Metro Rail (Bengali: ঢাকা মেট্রো রেল), colloquially known as the Dhaka Metro (Bengali: ঢাকা মেট্রো) is an approved mass rapid transit system under construction in Dhaka, the capital and the busiest city of Bangladesh….Dhaka Metro Rail.
|Operator(s)||Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd.|
|Number of vehicles||24 trains|
When did metro rail start in Dhaka?
On March 27, 2015, the government signed a contract with Japanese Tokyu Construction Company to develop the Metro Rail depot. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on June 26, 2016 inaugurated the construction work on the much-hyped first-ever metro rail service in the capital.
Does Dhaka have metro?
The 20 km Line-6 is an elevated metro rail system connecting Uttara and Motijheel in Dhaka, passing through the busy areas of Pallabhi and Mirpur, with 16 stations and a Maintenance Depot.
Does Lahore have metro?
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|System length||27.1 km (16.8 mi)|
|Track gauge||1,435 mm (4 ft 81⁄2 in) standard gauge|
Is metro in Mumbai?
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|System length||30.65 km (19.05 mi) (Operational) , 150.250 km (93.361 mi) (Under Construction) , 151.75 km (94.29 mi) (Proposed)|
What is the meaning of metro rail?
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as heavy rail, metro, subway, tube, or underground, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas.
Is metro in Pakistan?
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What are the 8 divisions of Bangladesh?
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Is there any Metro Rail in Pakistan?
Lahore Metro (Urdu: لاہور میٹرو, Punjabi: لہور میٹرو) is an automated rapid transit system in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan and the first driverless metro in Pakistan. Three metro lines have been proposed, of which the Orange Line is operational. It is also Pakistan’s first metro line system.
Does Pakistan has Metro Rail?
The line is Pakistan’s first metro train. The line spans 27.1 km (16.8 mi) with 25.4 km (15.8 mi) elevated and 1.72 km (1.1 mi) underground. The line is served by 26 stations and is expected to handle 250,000 passenger daily. The Orange line is being financed by both the Government of Pakistan, and Government of China.
Does Delhi have metro?
Delhi Metro is the largest and busiest rapid transit system in India connecting the country’s capital region with satellite cities. The metro system is operated by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), a public sector company established by the Government of India and the Government of Delhi in March 1995.


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The report concludes that gender inequality within a society has increasingly adverse consequences on condition that globalization is creating an increasingly built-in world. Igualdad is probably one of the important words in our language and in our culture – it helps us build better societies and the properly-being of future generations. However, in Latin America and plenty killer deal of different elements of the world, it has completely different meanings for women and men. Flavia Freidenberg is Principal Researcher at the Institute of Legal Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and Professor of the Postgraduate Program in Political and Social Science at the similar college.
Suddenly, Latinas turned a hot commodity and have the expectations of following the media’s picture of a Latina. The theory creates an “us vs. them” dynamic based mostly on social categories, which by way of ethnic minorities turns into “white vs. non-white.” The members of an in-group discover adverse traits of an out-group so as to improve their own self-image. A concept generally known as the “social identity concept” explains how people derive their identification from the teams they are welcomed to based on commonalities. There are in-groups and out-groups, and other people find value in being in these in-teams.
Although Chiapas doesn’t on paper punish abortion with prison, it could jail women for the “killing” of their infants. Since mid-2018, lawmakers in Mexico have filed more than forty proposals to finish punishment for abortion, according to Mexican reproductive rights group GIRE. “The dilemma we should overcome is whether or not abortions are carried out clandestinely or within the Argentine health system,” Fernandez mentioned. Brazil, beneath far-proper President Jair Bolsonaro, is making it even more durable for ladies to abort. As within the United States, where conservatives have made positive aspects in proscribing a woman’s right to an abortion, there is pushback in Latin America in opposition to the requires greater liberalization.
She is Associate Editor of Politics and International Relations of Latin American Research Review . OCHA coordinates the worldwide emergency response to avoid wasting lives and shield folks in humanitarian crises.
We advocate for effective and principled humanitarian motion by all, for all. Invest in the care economic system as a catalyst for financial restoration with equality, including the formalization, remuneration and social safety of workers. Because of the closure of colleges, instructional centers and daycare facilities, ladies have taken on much of the extra unpaid work in the residence. Before the pandemic, ladies within the area spent more than three times as a lot time on unpaid work as males. The situation has become much more adverse with the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to projections, 6 million rural ladies within the region are vulnerable to falling into excessive poverty. Women are dropping their jobs at a much greater price than men. The unemployment fee for ladies within the area might be 15.2% – nearly 6 percentage points larger than in 2019 (ECLAC/ILO, 2020, and unemployment projections). It is estimated that the pandemic will go away 118 million ladies and ladies in poverty in the region. The discount in an financial activity primarily affects casual workers who lose their livelihoods virtually immediately, without any networks or potentialities to exchange the overall day by day earnings.
Latinvex based mostly its choice of prime girls lawyers on criteria that weighs current track report on major deals, the prominence of firm in Latin America, and rankings from other organizations. Banking and finance lawyer Lee Ann Dillon and international arbitration lawyer Cristina Cárdenas have been named amongst “Latin America’s Top a hundred Female Lawyers” for 2020 by Latinvex. This is the query we try and answer in our report. Women participate much less in formal politics than men and are beneath-represented in its upper echelons. Women – particularly poor women – have much less say over decisions and fewer management over assets of their households than males. Forty percent of girls in the region don’t participate in selections regarding main family expenses.
The push can be traced to Argentina’s pro-abortion protests in 2018 by as many as one million girls to back a legalization bill that only narrowly didn’t move – in Pope Francis’s home nation. Change is palpable throughout the predominantly Roman Catholic region. A new Argentine president proposed legalization last month, Chilean activists are aiming to write broader reproductive rights into a brand new structure, and female lawmakers in Mexico are resisting abortion bans. Five years later, lawmakers in Chiapas are set to consider an initiative to halt prosecutions of women who terminate their pregnancies, a part of a motion sweeping Latin America to loosen a number of the world’s most restrictive abortion legal guidelines. Representatives from 33 countries in the continent went back to their nations with a brand new task — to make sure that “A Call to Action” becomes a reality to these residing in every country in Latin America and the Caribbean. Efforts are additionally underway in Costa Rica to supply sensitivity training applications for judicial personnel starting from Supreme Court justices to social employees.
The media has a robust influence and if Latina women maintain being represented the way in which they are, they will start adopting and changing into what the media needs them to be. The media has hypersexualized the Spanish phrases for mom and pop. White men count on Latina women to call them “papi” in a sexual context, or use the term “mami” as a sexual praise, however Latinx use these phrases to discuss with their dad and mom. The media’s hypersexualization of Latina ladies has associated their accents with being sexy, which hypersexualizes a whole language. A language is a technique of communication, not a way to fulfill white desires. But some Latino girls aren’t doing the rest of us any favors, with some in style stars contributing to exoticism.
Human Rights Watch, a human rights nongovernmental group , cites the 1996 case of Verónica Alvarez, a 36-yr-old mother in Lima, Peru, who was hit within the face with a steel typewriter by her companion and left completely scarred. Because the health worker categorised her injuries as needing fewer than 10 days of therapy and recuperation, Verónica’s case was classified as a misdemeanor. She pretty much hit the nail on the head so far as dating Latina girls. I don’t know what that other man is talking about but one thing you need to know is almost all Latina women received’t put up with a cheater.
The tv and movie industry in America is dominated by white men who typically portray ethnic minorities from a white viewpoint. Specifically, Latin American girls in the American mainstream media are exoticised and hypersexualized. To Briceno, Brazil’s shift to the best beneath Bolsonaro, who has vowed to veto any pro-abortion bills, was a reminder to push even harder for abortion rights.
However, they’re extra doubtless than men to work as unpaid household laborers or within the informal sector. They also regularly work in traditionally “female sectors” with lower earnings. Women farmers are inclined to farm smaller plots and fewer worthwhile crops than males, or work in smaller corporations in less-profitable sectors. Improve growth outcomes for the following era – a mother’s training and financial alternatives positively influence her children’s schooling and opportunities. Enhance productivity – correcting segregation in employment, for example, would scale back the productiveness gap between women and men by 30% to 50%.
Activists agree there may be nonetheless a protracted way to go, with restrictive laws entrenched in lots of countries. Colombia, where the constitutional court has agreed to think about a petition to remove abortion from the penal code, could set an example, mentioned Anita Pena, director of Chilean reproductive rights group Corporacion Miles. With Mexico’s first leftist government in a century in energy, national lawmakers are contemplating two initiatives to open up restrictions and strip away felony punishments from places like Sonora state, the place abortion can be punished by up to six years in prison.
Even with greater training ranges, girls earn lower than men. Nearly 70 million girls have joined the labor pressure in the region in latest decades.


Allegations of sexual misconduct by famous chefs and restaurateurs, such as Mario Batali, are revealing the wild and sometimes illegal behaviors that thrive in environments of some top restaurants.
A few weeks ago, a woman filed a shocking sexual-harassment suit against a celebrated and powerful New York City figure. Gabrielle Eubank claimed chef Todd English and members of his Plaza Hotel Food Hall staff sexually harassed her, alleging that English — who has long been dogged by his womanizing behavior out of the kitchen — gave her unwanted hugs and repeatedly kissed her on the cheek.
Many other chefs and restaurateurs are now facing similar accusations.
Data compiled by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission at the request of Restaurant Insider found that 6.1 percent of all sexual harassment charges reported in 2016 were by workers in the restaurant industry.
That’s up from the previous year when it represented a total of 5.6 percent of all submitted cases, but a decline from 6.3 percent in 2014 and 7.5 percent in 2013. But that doesn’t mean the problem is going away.
Many people in the industry say its problems go far beyond high-flying personalities and celebrity chefs.
Chef Amy Brandwein, the owner of Centrolina in Washington, D.C., which is noted for its majority-female management team, says the high-stress, physically demanding job of working on a kitchen staff fosters an environment that is "like being on a football team."
"A lot of these things are power issues, they're not sex issues," she tells Here & Now's Robin Young. "It's about reinforcing the male stereotype, reinforcing a man's role in the kitchen.”
Restaurants have long had a reputation for butt-grabbing antics, but it has rarely been talked about, and accusers’ silence was often bought in the form of settlements. But now, with Hollywood heavyweight Harvey Weinstein being exposed as a serial sexual predator — and actually getting punished for it — the kitchen timer may finally be going off.
“Women are incredibly afraid to come forward,” said attorney Zoe Salzman, a partner at Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady, to The New York Post. “If it’s true of Hollywood actresses like Ashley Judd and Angelina Jolie, it has to be even more true for women who don’t have the financial and personal resources that actresses have. The restaurant industry, like a lot of industries, is marked by that same power dynamic.”
Another study by the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, says there are numbers to support this sleazy narrative. A staggering 66 percent of female and more than half of the male restaurant employees reported having been sexually harassed by managers; 80 percent of women and 70 percent of men said they were victimized by co-workers.
Employment attorney Maimon Kirschenbaum said to The New York Post “the bad behavior is so accepted that some employees don’t even seem to realize when they are being abused. It wasn’t a big deal.”
But Salzman sees a silver lining in the Weinstein downfall. “This case is inspiring so many women, even women who are in low-income jobs [will hopefully] feel that they too can stand up and speak out,” she said. “They know now that what is happening is illegal.”


Automated optical detection of tissue perfusion by microspheres
A method and apparatus for optical detection and imaging of regional circulatory flow in biological tissues for research purposes. An animal or plant organ is perfused with a saline suspension of colored and/or fluorescent microspheres. The organ is excised and fixed in the form of a specimen block for mounting in a microtome or other suitable apparatus. Under automatic control of a microcomputer equipped with a frame grabber, a surface layer of the block is removed, the resulting new exposed surface of the block receives a flash of illumination from a light source, and light reflected by colored microspheres or, alternatively, light emitted by fluorescent microspheres, is detected by a CCD video camera aimed at the block. Also under microcomputer control, light filters having suitable light bandpasses are interposed between the light sources and the block, and between the block and the camera. Video signals are converted by the microcomputer into position coordinates with associated optical intensities from which regional circulatory flow is computed and displayed on a monitor. The microspheres may be segregated into batches each having a different permutation of a set of distinct colors, such that an extended sequence of interventions may be conducted using a limited number of different colors.
The present invention relates generally to the field of optical detection and imaging of circulatory flow in biological tissues for research purposes.BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention provides a method and apparatus for optical detection and video display of regional circulatory flow in an animal or plant organ perfused with a suspension of fluorescent or colored microspheres. The invention also encompasses an automated method and apparatus for calculating regional circulatory flow in biological tissues.
Radioactive microspheres are conventionally used for detecting and measuring circulatory flow in the organs of laboratory research animals and plants. Such information can reveal, for example, regions of restricted blood flow in heart and other animal organs. Microspheres of appropriate diameter are injected into the circulation of live test animals (or plants) and lodge in regions where the diameter of the circulatory system is smaller than that of the microsphere. The animal is then sacrificed and the tissue or organ of interest is carefully dissected into small volume elements. The resolution of the method can not exceed the number of the volume elements so either the method has low spatial resolution or the tissue must be dissected into many volume elements. Each tissue volume element is then individually weighed and processed, which conventionally involves extracting and filtering or ashing, adding solutions and counting the radioactivity with a scintillation counter. An alternative method employs colored microspheres, uses the same sample preparation steps, and determines the color intensity extracted from each volume element with a spectrophotometer. These current practices are labor intensive (extensive handling and keeping track of numerous tissue volume elements), require costly supplies and reagents, and produce radioactive samples and radioactive animal carcasses; furthermore, selection of the tissue volume elements must be done before analysis, can be done only once, and yields low spatial resolution of microsphere location.
An object of the invention, therefore, is to provide an improved method and apparatus for determining circulatory flow in animal and plant organs, particularly for biological and medical research purposes, using suspensions of microspheres.
Another object of the invention is to provide means to determine the precise three-dimensional location of each microsphere within biological tissues that have been perfused with a suspension of microspheres.
A further object of the invention is to eliminate the need for extensive pretreatment of biological tissues before determination of circulatory flow by microsphere analysis.
A still further object of the invention is to fully automate the sequential removal of surface layers from a fixed specimen of a biological organ, as well as the detection and analysis of microspheres within each successive layer of the specimen, thereby greatly reducing the cost of labor and supplies utilized during circulatory flow measurements.
Yet another object of the invention is to provide a digital computer monitor display of the distribution of all microspheres in perfused tissues.
Another object of the invention is to provide a digital computer software program that assures registration of microsphere locations between sequential images from microsphere fluorescence that is observable at depths greater than a single layer.
It is still another object of the invention to permit post-sectioning determination of the tissue volume elements thus permitting multiple criteria for circulatory flow analysis of a single specimen, whereby multiple experiments can be performed on one animal.
Yet another object of the invention is to eliminate the need for the use of radioactive microspheres, thereby eliminating the handling and disposing of radioactive samples and carcasses, and the accompanying human radioactive exposures.
The present invention encompasses a method and apparatus utilizing suspensions of microspheres for determining circulatory flow in the organs of animals and plants. Microspheres of a particular color or fluorescence characteristic, and of appropriate size, are suspended in saline solution and injected into the circulation of a selected biological organ. The suspension of microspheres is allowed time to perfuse the tissues of the organ. If desired, one or more experimental parameters can then be changed, such as temperature, pH, etc., and the process can then be repeated using microspheres of a different color or fluorescence characteristic. The organ is excised and frozen (or fixed with a biological fixative such as glutaraldehyde) to form a specimen block. Surface layers are sequentially removed from the tissue block, preferably by a cryomicrotome or, alternatively, by a grinding machine, a reciprocating or rotary cutting blade, or a milling machine. While the serial removal of surface layers proceeds, one or more light sources provide illumination to the exposed surfaces of the tissue block--in the case of colored microspheres to provide reflectance illumination and, in the case of fluorescent microspheres, to provide fluorescence excitation. Excitation filters having appropriate band-passes are interposed between the light sources and the specimen block to maximize the light reflectance from selected colored microspheres or, in the case of fluorescent microspheres, to maximize the fluorescence excitation of the microspheres. A video camera aimed at the specimen block receives an image of each exposed surface of the specimen by means of the reflected or fluorescent light from the specimen block, and converts the image into a pattern of electrical signals comprising a series of video flames. Emission filters are interposed between the specimen block and the video camera having band-passes that permit the detection of the location of microspheres of different colors or fluorescence characteristics. The electrical signals from the video camera are communicated to a digital computer equipped with a frame grabber, an input/output board, and a hard disk. The computer performs data storage and analysis, including digitizing and storing each 1/30th second one full resolution video frame by a 512.times.480.times.8 video frame grabber. Images for each light wavelength are signal averaged and stored before the next layer is removed from the specimen block. The computer also computes the three-dimensional location of each microsphere in the specimen block and creates a display on the computer monitor of the density of the microspheres as a function of depth. Apparatus and a computer software program are provided for automating these procedures under the control of a digital computer, including automated control of slice removal from a specimen block, illumination timing, filter selection, image acquisition, data reduction and storage, tissue flow calculation, and flow region display.
Additional advantages are generated by providing a test kit comprising a first batch of injectable particles having a first detectable characteristic, a second batch of injectable particles having a second detectable characteristic distinguishable from the first characteristic, and a third batch of injectable particles having both the first characteristic and the second characteristic.
The kit may include additional batches of particle, with a multitude of permutations of different characteristics in addition to the first and second characteristics. The kit may be used in a method of analyzing fluid flow through a mass of tissue by first injecting a first batch of first particles into the tissue, each of the first particles having a first detectable characteristic. Then, injecting a second batch of second particles into the tissue, each of the second particles having a second detectable characteristic distinguishable from the first characteristic. Then, segmenting the tissue into a plurality of segments and analyzing the particles in each segment to determine fluid flow characteristics at the first and second times. The method may include the step, after injecting the second batch, injecting a third batch of third particles into the tissue, each of the third particles having the first characteristic and the second characteristic.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of apparatus for practicing the methods of the invention under automatic control of a digital microcomputer;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged, rear elevational view of a detection filter wheel thereof;
FIG. 3 is a rear perspective view of the detection filter assembly with electronic components, camera and camera mount removed;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the input and output line connections between the components of the apparatus and the Input/Output Board and Frame Grabber of the microcomputer;
FIG. 5 is a graph showing simultaneous detection of fluorescence from fluorescent microspheres at different depths (slices) of a rat heart specimen treated and analyzed according to the methods of the invention; and
FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of a rotating magnet and Hall-effect switch for sensing a start position for the specimen block.
With reference to FIG. 1, the term "front" shall refer to the right side of longitudinal axis A and the term "rear" shall refer to the left side of axis A.DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE ILLUSTRATED EMBODIMENT
The apparatus and methods of our invention are intended to utilize colored and fluorescent microspheres for injection into the circulation of test animals and plants for measuring regional circulatory flow. Suitable latex microspheres of diameter 9 to 25 microns are available for this purpose, for example, from Molecular Probes, Inc., of Eugene, Oreg., under the trademark FLUOSPHERES blood-flow kits. The microspheres are suspended in 0.2% Tween 20 (Sigma Chemical Company) in normal saline, sonicated, and mechanically shaken before injection to ensure minimal aggregation.
Apparatus 10 for practicing the methods of our invention is illustrated in schematic perspective in FIG. 1 in a preferred embodiment. A specimen block 12 has been prepared according to the methods of the invention and contains a fixed animal or plant organ that has been perfused with a suspension of colored, phosphorescent or fluorescent microspheres. The specimen block 12 is mounted to a specimen arm 14 of a microtome (or, in the case of fixation by freezing, a cryomicrotome--e.g., American Optical 840C Cryogenic Microtome) for sequential removal of surface layers from the specimen block by reciprocating movement of the specimen block past a stationary knife 16. Alternatively, the specimen block 12 may be stationary, and surface layers may be sequentially removed therefrom by reciprocating movement of the knife 16. One or more light sources 18 is provided for flash illumination of the specimen block 12. When fluorescent microspheres are employed, each light source 18 preferably includes a xenon flash tube 19 and flash capacitor mounted in a flash control box (not shown), or a mercury arc lamp. A specimen position sensor 80 provides means for sensing that the specimen block 12 is at a first position and ready to begin a cycle of movement toward and through the knife 16 and return to a start position. As illustrated in FIG. 1, in the preferred embodiment the specimen position sensor 80 is a Hall-effect switch detector positioned adjacent to some reproducible specimen block start position. The specimen position sensor comprises a small magnet mounted on a rotating sensor-mount arm 132 attached to the microtome drive shaft 131, as illustrated in FIG. 6. A Hall-effect switch (for example, Model #SS41, Microswitch Company) mounted in close proximity to the arc R of the rotating magnet 150 senses the position of the passing magnet 150 and supplies a digital signal through signal line 126 to a computer soilware program to turn off the microtome motor 130 when the block 12 is at a start position. Digital pulses from the microcomputer 90 are conducted by signal line 124 to the microtome motor 130, which is preferably a stepper motor.
For each light source 18, an excitation filter wheel assembly 23, including a rotatable excitation filter wheel 22 and associated electric drive means and control electronics, is provided and aligned on a common axis, for instance, axis B in FIG. 1. That is, interposed between each light source 18 and the specimen block 12, and mounted in a rotatable excitation filter wheel 22, are one or more excitation filters 20, 20' for selecting a desired frequency band of light for illuminating the specimen block 12. For example, for yellow microspheres (15 micrometer diameter, yellow/green FluoSpheres, Molecular Probes, Inc.), the desired wavelength maximum for excitation is 490 nm for which an Omega Optical 485DF22 filter provides a 485 nm center wavelength with 22 nm bandwidth, is suitable. For red FluoSpheres with a 570 nm maximum excitation, an Omega Optical 560DF40 filter with 560 nm center wavelength and 40 nm bandwidth is suitable. For yellow-green fluorescent microspheres, the desired excitation bandwidth is 430-500 nm for which an Omega Optical 485 DF22 filter is suitable, and the appropriate detection filter bandwidth is 500-560 nm, for which Omega Optical 530 DF30 filter is suitable. The excitation filter wheel 22 is under automatic control of a microcomputer 90 by means of signal lines 114, 116, and 118 for sequentially and repeatedly inserting between a light source 18 and the specimen block 12 two or more excitation filters 20, 20,' etc., having different light frequency band-passes. The construction and operation of the excitation filter wheel assembly 23 is substantially the same as that for the detection filter wheel assembly 40, as described below and as illustrated in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, except that a light source aperture takes the place of a camera aperture.
A video camera 30 is longitudinally mounted on axis A with its lens 32 pointed toward the specimen block 12. Preferably, the video camera 30 is of the type equipped with a charge coupled device, i.e., a "CCD camera," with a 760.times.480 pixel array and a low f-number lens 32. A suitable camera for this purpose is the Sony XC-77 CCD video camera. Interposed between the camera 30 and the specimen block 12 is a detection filter wheel assembly, denoted generally by the numeral 40. Referring to FIG. 3, it may be seen that the detection filter wheel assembly 40 includes a shroud 41 comprised of a circular backing plate 44 and a rim 46 that extends forward from the periphery of the backing plate 44. Centrally mounted to a rear surface 46R of the backing plate 46 is an electric motor 48, preferably a stepper motor, with the drive shaft 50 thereof inserted through a central aperture of the backing plate 46. Radially outward from the central aperture is a camera mount aperture 60 to permit light reflected or emitted from the specimen block 12 to pass through the backing plate 46 and enter the lens 32 of the camera 30. A detection filter wheel 42 is mounted to the motor shaft 50 for rotation within the shroud 44. A housing 50 for mounting electronic components (not shown) for actuating and detecting partial rotations of the detection filter wheel 42 under automatic control of a microcomputer 90 is attached to a rear surface 46R of the backing plate 46 by a pair of mounting brackets 52, 52'.
Referring now to FIG. 2, it may be seen that the detection filter wheel 42 is a disk having a central aperture 62 adapted for receiving the motor drive shaft 50. As described above, suitable disk-shaped detection filters are available from Omega Optical Company for selecting desired light frequency bands when colored or fluorescent microspheres are employed. Therefore, a plurality of circular cutouts 54 of suitable size are distributed around the periphery of the wheel 42 for reversible mounting of two or more detection filters 56, 56', 56", etc., to the detection filter wheel 42.
In order to sequentially interpose each detection filter 56, 56', 56", etc., between the camera lens 32 and the specimen block 12, it is necessary to execute a sequence of partial rotations of the detection filter wheel 42 that will, in sequence, place each of the detection filters 56, 56', 56", etc., adjacent to the camera mount aperture 60. Accordingly, the detection filter wheel assembly 40 further comprises means for detecting the position of the detection filters 56, 56', 56", etc., with respect to the camera mount aperture 60. In the preferred embodiment, a light-reflecting tab 70 is positioned radially outwardly from each detection filter 56, 56', 56", etc., on a rear surface 42R of the detection filter wheel 42 and extending inwardly from the periphery thereof; said tabs 70 are relatively short in length (preferably 0.5 to 1.0 cm). The location of a detection filter 56S occupying a start position on the detection filter wheel 42 is indicated by a relatively long (preferably longer than 1.0 cm) light-reflecting tab 70L positioned radially outward from the start position filter 56S and extending radially inward from the periphery of the wheel 42. A first optoelectronic sensor 74 is mounted to the backing plate 46 at or near (preferably within 0.5 cm) the periphery thereof, for rotational alignment with all the tabs, 70, 70L. A second optoelectronic sensor 76 is mounted to the backing plate 46 radially inward from the first optoelectronic sensor 76 for rotational alignment with the relatively long tab 70L only. Therefore, suitable cutouts are provided in the backing plate 46 for mounting the first and second optoelectronic sensors 74, 76 such that light reflected from any one of the tabs 70, as well as light reflected from tab 70L, when said tabs are rotationally aligned with sensor 74, will induce an electric signal in sensor 74; however, sensor 76 will only generate an electric signal when tab 70L is rotationally aligned with it. The electric signals so induced in the sensors 74, 76 serve as control signals for signaling when each of the filters 56S, 56', 56", etc., are aligned adjacent to the camera mount aperture 60.
With reference to FIG. 4, it may be seen that electric signals are conducted from the video camera 30 to the frame grabber 93 by signal line 110. Signal lines are provided for connecting to the input/output board 92 a xenon flash tube 19 (line 112); light source filter controller 110 comprising a light source controller motor (line 114) and light source position sensor 111 (lines 116 and 118); detection filter assembly motor 48 (line 120); specimen position sensor 80--e.g., Hall-effect switch (lines 122 and 124); microtome motor 130 (line 126); and specimen arm controller 140 (line 128). A microcomputer 90 equipped with a central processing unit ("CPU"), monitor 91, hard disk memory, input/output board 92, and a frame grabber 93, and capable of generating a plurality of clock pulses, is programmed with a computer software program for automated control of data collection according to the following program logic:Program Logic: Automated Control of Data Collection
I. Rotate excitation filter to a first position.
A. Turn on clock 1 for stepper motor drive 21.
B. Test digital input 0 for electro-optical detection of excitation filter initial position. When True, disable clock 1 to stop motor 21.
II. Rotate detection filter 56S to a first position.
A. Turn on clock 2 for stepper motor 48 of the detection filter wheel assembly 40.
B. Test digital input for electro-optical detection of filter wheel 42 initial position. When True, set digital out 0 low to stop motor 48.
III. Remove one section from specimen block 12 and position specimen block 12.
A. Set digital output 0 high to nm microtome motor 130.
B. Test digital input 4 for specimen position sensor (Hall-effect switch) 80 detection of specimen block 12 at start position. When True, set digital out 0 low to stop the microtome motor 130.
IV. Record image of specimen block 12.
A. Test frame grabber 91 for the presence of a vertical retrace indicating a break between video frames.
B. When vertical retrace occurs, send single pulse to clock 3 to trigger xenon flash tube(s) 19 to flash and to initiate grabbing of an image, and transfer image to random access memory of the microcomputer 90 in the form of microsphere coordinates x,y, and an optical intensity I associated with each set of coordinates x,y.
C. Store the microsphere coordinates and associated optical densities on the hard disk of the microcomputer 90.
V. Advance excitation and detection filters to next position for a different color of microsphere or different characteristic fluorescence of microsphere.
A. Rotate excitation filter 20, 20' to next position.
1. Turn on clock 1 to start stepper motor 21.
2. Test digital input 2 for electro-optical detection of excitation filter 20, 20' incremental position. When True, disable clock 1 to stop motor 21.
B. Rotate detection filters 56, 56', 56", etc. to next incremental position.
1. Turn on clock 2 for stepper motor 48.
2. Test digital input 3 for electro-optical detection of detection filter wheel 42 incremental position.
When True, disable clock 2 to stop motor 48.
VI. Repeat steps IV and V until all of the colors and/or characteristic fluorescences of the injected microspheres have been imaged and the coordinates and optical intensities thereof stored on the hard disk of the microcomputer 90.
VII. Repeat steps I to VI until all of the microspheres in the specimen block 12 have been imaged and microsphere coordinates with associated optical intensities stored on the hard disk.
In the case of fluorescent microspheres within a specimen block 12, fluorescence from depths underlying a surface layer within the block can be detected along with fluorescence from microspheres within a surface layer. For example, as may be seen in FIG. 5, in a rat heart specimen perfused first with a suspension containing microspheres of type A and then perfused with a suspension of microspheres of type B, when analyzed with the apparatus, and according to the methods of, our invention, manifested simultaneous fluorescences at more than one depth from the specimen. It is necessary to correct for these overlapping fluorescences in order to accurately compute regional circulatory flow. Accordingly, our invention further includes a computer software program installed in the microcomputer 90 for calculating circulatory flow in regions of the organ fixed in the specimen block 12 and for displaying on a computer monitor 91 a visual representation of circulatory flow utilizing horizontal (x) and vertical (y) coordinates, which corrects for overlapping fluorescences from fluorescent microspheres embedded in different layers of block 12, as follows:Program Logic: Data Reduction and Storage
Threshold and erode the x,y coordinates of microspheres in each section removed from the specimen block 12.
A. Threshold each data set consisting of x,y coordinates stored on the hard disk for each layer removed from the specimen block 12 by deleting therefrom those having an optical intensity below some chosen threshold intensity level; and
B. Perform erosion on each thresholded data set for each layer by resolving into a single x coordinate and a single y coordinate all closely spaced data points, i.e., all those data points for which (x-.delta.)<x<(x+.delta.) and (y-.delta.)<y<(y+.delta.), where .delta. is small compared to x and y.
C. Store the thresholded and eroded data sets in a file "TE" on the hard disk.
II. Delete redundant information representing the same microspheres detected in multiple layers of block 12.
A. The coordinates of microspheres x.sup.f, y.sup.f in the final image as stored in file TE are saved in a new file, "FI";
B. The coordinates x'y' of microspheres in the next to last image are compared to the coordinates x.sup.f,y.sup.f of the final image, the x',y' coordinates that correspond to x.sup.f, y.sup.f within .+-. one pixel dimension are deleted together with their associated optical intensities, and the remainder of the x',y' coordinates and their associated optical intensities are saved in file TE on the hard disk.
C. The coordinates of microspheres x",y" in the second to last image are compared to the x',y' coordinates of the next to last image, the x",y" coordinates that correspond to x',y' within .+-. one pixel dimension are deleted together with their associated optical intensities, and the remainder of the x",y" coordinates and their associated optical intensities are saved in file TE.
D. Step C is repeated for the data sets representing the preceding images stored in TE, each time comparing the coordinates of microspheres in an image with the coordinates of microspheres in the preceding image, removing redundant coordinates and associated optical intensities from the latter image, and storing the modified data sets in file TE until all the data sets have been so processed, hereinafter referred to as "processed images."
One pixel dimension corresponding to 20 microns distance within the tissue block 12 gives generally satisfactory results.
When an animal or plant organ is perfused with a suspension of microspheres, the total volumetric flow F is measured during a measured period of time, T seconds. A computer software program is provided for calculating the regional circulatory flow (ml/cc per second) in each volume element, v (in cc's), of the organ, follows:Program Logic: Flow Calculation
A. For a first processed image, divide the image into L volume elements, v.sub.i, i=1 to L;
B. Calculate Regional Flow, F.sub.i into v.sub.i, for i=1 to L:
F.sub.i =(F/N).times.(N.sub.i /v.sub.i)
where N is the total number of microspheres introduced into the specimen and N.sub.i is the number of microspheres in volume element v.sub.i ;
C. Store F.sub.i for each volume element in a file on the hard disk;
D. Repeat steps A and B for each succeeding processed image.
III. Display flow density of microspheres as a function of each volume element v.sub.i on a computer monitor. Illustrative of the method of the invention as applied to determining regional circulatory flow in rat heart, an anesthetized Sprague-Dawley rat is sacrificed by exsanguination, and a peg heart preparation is established according to published methods, e.g., Barlow, C. H., and Chance, B., "Ischemic areas in perfused rat heart: measurement by NADH fluorescence photography," Science 93:909-910 (1976). The heart is initially perfused by a sonicated suspension of yellow-green fluorescent microspheres in 0.2% Tween 20 by injection into an inflow line attached to the aorta artery. Effluent is collected to detect untrapped microspheres. The organ physiology is challenged by, for example, increasing the cardiac work output or by decreasing the partial pressure of oxygen in the perfusate. A second sonicated suspension of microspheres in 0.2% Tween 20, this time utilizing rod microspheres, is injected into the inflow line and allowed to perfuse through the heart for a predetermined period of time. After completion of the study, the heart is frozen to form a specimen block, and the block is mounted in a cryomicrotome. Removal of surface layers from the specimen block, and detection, storage, and processing of images of the layers proceeds under automatic control of a microcomputer, thereby yielding an array of data sets as discussed hereinabove. Regional circulatory flow is calculated from the data sets and displayed on a computer monitor for each layer of the specimen block.Alternative Embodiments
The usefulness of microsphere technology to measure regional flow in tissue may be greatly enhanced by using microspheres having diverse characteristics to create a historical record of flow over time in the same organ or animal. By using a first batch of spheres having one characteristic in a first intervention to indicate flow at an initial time, and using a second batch having a distinct second characteristic in a second intervention at a later time, a before and after comparison may be made in a single tissue sample.
For a simple example, the first batch of spheres may be coated with a rod fluorescent dye, and the second batch with a yellow dye. The rod batch is injected into the tissue as a "before" control intervention, then a scientific or medical procedure being evaluated is conducted on the tissue, then the yellow batch is injected to generate an "after" picture of the effects of the procedure. The tissue is then sectioned by the techniques discussed above. Using appropriate filters, the red and yellow data patterns may be determined for each section or slice of tissue to generate a complete picture of flow at each stage. Proper filtering avoids the yellow pattern from being read incorrectly as part of the rod pattern, and vice versa.
A succession of measurements may be made by this technique, using a unique and distinguishable characteristic such as fluorescent wavelength of sphere coating for each intervention in the succession of measurements. Thus, a series of snapshots may be made, limited in number only by the number of available dyes that may be uniquely distinguishable by filtering or other techniques. This approach may also be applied to techniques in which the bulk properties of microspheres is measured for each of numerous dissected volume elements, and is not limited to fluorescent colors, but may include different radioactive elements, different colored non-fluorescent spheres, and other different elements.
Where a long sequence of numerous interventions is desired, there may be insufficient distinguishable dye or other characteristics to provide a snapshot for each intervention. In that case, the microspheres may be coated with different permutations of several distinguishable dyes to provide a binary or Boolean "code" for the spheres of each intervention batch. For a given number "n" of spectroscopically distinguishable fluorometric dyes, the number of different logically distinguishable coded batches is 2.sup.n -1. If two dyes are used in the simplest case, three different interventions may be measured, one with rod dye, one with yellow dye, and one with both rod and yellow dyes mixed together on each microsphere coating. Because a batch of spheres without any coating (analogous to a binary zero cede) would not be visible or measurable, the number of cedes is one less than the theoretical 2.sup.n.
Normally, the practical limit to the number of interventions without the binary ceded approach is about 5 or 6, since determination of specific radioactive, color, or fluorescence characteristics against a background of contributions from other microspheres is difficult with more interventions. With the binary coded approach, each color (or appropriate characteristic) is analogous to a bit in a word; and the number of different colors yielding the length of the binary word. Thus, five colon generate a five bit word length, or 31 useful permutations. Six colon provide 63 useful permutations.
During optical or other appropriate analysis of each tissue section or volume element, it is necessary to distinguish each microsphere from any nearby spheres. Each identified individual sphere is analyzed for all colors that it emits. Conceptually, the sphere may be successively scanned with each of the appropriate excitation wavelengths, and imaged through a succession of appropriate filters. In preferable practice, the process is expedited by imaging each slice only once for each color, and generating a logical map of spheres for each color. In the computer's software, the maps are compared to identify each of those locations that are the source of more than one color emission. These are identified as the appropriate coded multicolored microspheres. This requires that the image process be precise to avoid a red-yellow sphere from being incorrectly identified as separate red and yellow spheres located near each other. Microsphere density and slice thickness must be limited to minimize the statistically inevitable error generated by overlapping or closely adjacent spheres. Maximizing the optical resolution of the system will also aid the spatial differentiation of spheres.
A preferred set up for use with seven groups of microspheres labeled with different permutations of three different dyes may be measured using three photomultiplier detectors with 488 nm excitation and three different emission filters. This provides for numerous interventions with limited equipment cost. In an alternative embodiment, microspheres having distinguishably different stepwise concentrations of a single fluorescent label may be used for multiple interventions. This approach requires a sensitive detection system to discriminate among the wide range of intensities, with each intensity corresponding to a different intervention.
Various modifications and changes will become obvious to those skilled in the art. It is the intent that these changes and modifications are to be encompassed within the spirit of the appended claims, and that the foregoing description and accompanying drawings be Considered as illustrative only and not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
1. A method of analyzing fluid flow through a mass of tissue comprising the steps:
- at a first time, injecting a first batch of first particles into the issue, each of the first particle having a first detectable characteristic;
- at a later second time, injecting a second batch of second particles into the tissue, each of the second particles having a second detectable characteristic distinguishable from the first characteristic;
- sequentially removing a plurality of planar layers from the tissue to expose a sequence of exposed surfaces of the tissue; and
- analyzing particles for each exposed surface of the tissue, including optically recording the position of each visible particle at the exposed surface, and for each visible particle, recording whether each visible particle has the first characteristic or the second characteristic determine fluid flow characteristics at the first and second times.
2. The method of claim 1 including the step of conducting an experimental procedure with the tissue after the first time and before the second time, such that fluid flow is analyzed before and after the procedure to analyze the effects of the procedure.
3. The method of claim 1 including the step, after injecting the second batch, injecting a third batch of third particles into the tissue, each of the third particles having the first characteristic and the second characteristic.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein the step of analyzing the particles includes, for each particle detected, determining whether the particle includes the first characteristic, the second characteristic, or both.
5. The method of claim 3 wherein the first and second characteristics are different wavelengths of light emitted.
6. The method of claim 3 wherein the third batch of particles fluoresces at at least two different distinguishable wavelengths.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein each of the particles is a microsphere coated with at least one color of fluorescent dye.
8. The method of claim 1 including illuminating the exposed surface to generate fluorescence of exposed particles.
9. A tissue analysis apparatus comprising:
- a controller;
- a slicer for segmenting the tissue into thin slices to reveal a sequence of exposed surfaces of the tissue;
- an illuminator for illuminating the exposed surfaces;
- an imager for detecting fluorescent particles in the exposed surfaces, for digitally recording the position of each particle, and for determining for each particle the wavelengths at which the particle fluoresces.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the imager includes a sensor for distinguishing between a particle fluorescing at a single color, and a particle fluorescing at more than one different color.
11. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the imager includes a sensor for distinguishing between a single particle fluorescing at two different colors, and a pair of adjacent particles each fluorescing at a different one of the two different colors.
12. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the sensor includes a plurality of filters, each selected to transmit a different limited range of wavelengths.
International Classification: G01N 2127; G01N 2164; A06B 603;


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Have you ever made your own crackers? I definitely recommend trying it. They are so easy to make! Not only will your effort be rewarded with a couple batches of wonderfully crunchy cheese crackers but your home will smell like heaven too.
This recipe is structured in a way that it gives you measures to spice up half of the dough while leaving the other half just ‘plainly’ cheesy. So yes, you will actually end up with two kinds of delicious crackers, cheesy ones and chili ones.
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- ½ stick (55 grams) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 8 ounces (230 grams) sharp cheddar cheese, finely grated
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp coarsely ground black pepper
- 1 cup (130 grams) all-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp cold water
- For Chili Cheese Crackers (these amounts will spice half of the cracker dough) :
- ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder
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- ½ teaspoon sweet paprika powder
- In the bowl of your electric mixer, beat together the butter, cheese, salt and pepper. It will come together in a soft ball. With the mixer on low-speed, slowly add flour. Mixture will become dry and crumbly. Add two tablespoons of water and beat until the mixture just comes together - the dough should be moist but not wet. Use your hands to form a dough ball.
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