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Extended-Life pH/ORP Sensor suits processing applications.
Featuring plastic-threaded connections, Rosemount� Analytical PERpH-X(TM) 3500 can handle aggressive fouling applications. Double junction AccuGlass pH glass electrode is resistant to thermal and caustic degradation, and removable slotted tip protects glass bulb from direct impacts. Replaceable porous Teflon liquid junction has surface area optimized to maintain steady reference signal, and potassium-chloride-based reference electrolyte is unaffected by thermal/pressure cycling.
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New guidelines to prevent, avoid asthma attacks listed
Washington, Nov 12 : Asthma patients can avoid serious symptoms and disability if they follow the latest guidelines to keep their disease under control. The guidelines, from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP).The main highlights of the 2007 asthma guidelines were presented during the Annual Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) in an attempt not only to increase awareness of the new recommendations, but also to help make sure they get put into practice. "Asthma is not an event, it is a chronic disease that can be managed so that symptoms are controlled and severe attacks are prevented. The guidelines underscore the fact that people who are diagnosed with asthma do not have to suffer breathing difficulties or cut back on their activities.
Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition Encourages Vaccination Throughout The Influenza Season
To raise awareness of the need to vaccinate more infants, children and adolescents against influenza, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in conjunction with Families Fighting Flu, declared, November 27, as the first ever "Children's Flu Vaccination Day." The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases' (NFID) Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition commends this effort to emphasize the importance of annual influenza vaccination to protect children and their contacts from this serious and potentially deadly virus.
"Influenza claims more American lives every year than all other vaccine- preventable diseases combined," said Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, Coalition Chair, 17th Surgeon General of the United States (2002-2006), President of Canyon Ranch Institute and Distinguished Professor of Public Health, The University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.
Adult Knee
Patellofemoral Evaluation After Total Knee Arthroplasty. Validation of a New Weight-Bearing Axial Radiographic View
Andrea Baldini, John A. Anderson, Pierpaolo Cerulli-Mariani, James Kalyvas, Helene Pavlov, and Thomas P. Sculco
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2007;89:1810-1817. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Patella Alta: Association with Patellofemoral Alignment and Changes in Contact Area During Weight-Bearing
Samuel R. Ward, Michael R. Terk, and Christopher M. Powers
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2007;89:1749-1755. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Rotating Hinged Total Knee Replacement: Use with Caution
Aidin Eslam Pour, Javad Parvizi, Nicholas Slenker, James J. Purtill, and Peter F. Sharkey
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2007;89:1735-1741.
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