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Experimental investigations to determine fission product separation from actinides (U and Pu) while employing the Plutonium Uranium Recovery by Extraction (PUREX) process to purify plutonium produced in a fast neutron irradiated depleted uranium dioxide (DUO2) target were conducted. The sample was a DUO2 pellet (0.256wt% 235U) irradiated to a low-burnup (4.43±0.31GWd/tHM) that was PUREX processed 538 days after neutron irradiation. Decontamination factors (DF) for the elements U, Mo, Ru, Ce, Sm, Sr, Pm, Eu, Nd, Pd, and Cd were measured with mass spectroscopy in two experiments using 30vol% tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP) in a kerosene diluent. The first experiment characterized Pu DFs for a single stage extraction and back-extraction, while the second experiment had multiple stages with the goal of achieving greater Pu recovery. The benchtop scale PUREX process had overall Pu recoveries of (83.4±9.5)% and (99.7±4.2)% for the first and second experiments, respectively.
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Resumen Este artículo presenta una revisión del Internet de las cosas en el área de la salud, centrándonos en las soluciones que existen actualmente en la salud orientada al hogar. El Internet de las cosas aplicado a la salud permitirá que muchas personas, independientemente de su clase social, utilicen los servicios que por medio del IoT se podrían ofrecer y que en muchos países ya se estén implementando. Teniendo en cuenta que en las próximas décadas el modelo de asistencia médica se transformará del presente hospital-céntrico que comúnmente conocemos a un modelo de salud totalmente centrado en el hogar, en el que se tendrá menor intensidad laboral y costo operacional. El servicio de salud en el hogar permite el aprovechamiento de la tecnología IoT, llamado muy a menudo Salud IoT. Esto suena prometedor para la industria del sector salud y las TIC en general porque permite personalizar el servicio sanitario, y acelerar su evolución.
Abstract This paper presents an overview about the Internet of Things (IoT) in health area, focusing on solutions that currently exist in home-centric health. The IoT implemented in health area, allows that many people, regardless of their social class, using the services through the IoT could offer, and many countries are being implemented. Considering that in the coming decades, the model will transform health care in this hospital-centric commonly known to a health model focused entirely on the home, in which lower labor intensity and operating costs will be taken at home. The health service at home allows get advantage about the use of IoT technology, often called as IoT Health. This sounds promising for the health industry and the ICT sector in general, because it let you to customize the sanitary service, accelerating their evolution.
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El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo determinar correlaciones fenotípicas entre peso corporal de la alpaca a la esquila (PCE), peso de vellón sucio (PVS), peso de vellón limpio (PVL), rendimiento de la fibra al lavado (RFL), diámetro medio de las fibras (DMF), longitud de fibra (LF), número de rizos (NR), incidencia de fibras meduladas (IM), peso corporal de la alpaca al parto (PCP) y peso de la cría al nacimiento (PCC). Se trabajó con 185 alpacas Huacaya, blancas, de 1 a 7 años de edad, del Centro Experimental de Camélidos Sudamericanos Lachocc de la Universidad Nacional de Huancavelica, durante los años 2007 y 2008. Las correlaciones fenotípicas fueron: PVS-PVL = 0.99, PVS-LF = 0.55, PVS-DMF = 0.52, PVS-PCE = 0.41, PVL-LF = 0.57, PVL-DMF = 0.54, PVL-PCE = 0.43 (p<0.01). El peso de vellón no presentó antagonismo con las principales características relacionadas a la producción de fibra, y por la alta interrelación entre el peso de vellón sucio y el diámetro de fibra se puede usar como criterio de selección en un programa de mejoramiento genético que esté orientado a la producción de fibra.
The aim of the present study was to determine phenotypic correlations between body weight of the alpaca at shearing (PCE), greasy fleece weight (PVS), clean fleece weight (PVL), performance of the fibre Andalusia wash (RFL), mean diameter of the fibre (DMF), fibre length (LF), number of loops (NR), incidence of spinal cord fibres (IM), body weight at parturition (PCP) and body weight of calf at birth (PCC). The study considered 185 white Huacaya alpacas, 1 to 7 years old, from the Lachocc Experimental Center of South American Camelids, Universidad Nacional de Huancavelica, in 2007 and 2008. The phenotypic correlations were: PVS-PVL = 0.99, PVS-LF = 0.55, PVS-DMF = 0.52, PVS-PCE = 0.41, PVL-LF = 0.57, PVL-DMF = 0.54, PVL-PCE = 0.43 (p<0.01). Fleece weight does not show any interference with main characteristics related to fibre production, and due to the high interrelation between dirty fleece weight and diameter of fibre, it can beused as a valid criterion for selection in a genetic improvement programme aimed at fibre production.
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beta2-Microglobulin accumulation with resultant tumor formation is a known albeit rare complication of long-term hemodialysis. Although these tumors may occur in various locations, subcutaneous shoulder nodules are very infrequent. We report a patient with end-stage kidney failure who had been on hemodialysis for 16 years and noted left shoulder nodules after initiation of hemodialysis; these nodules had slowly grown larger. Biopsy of one of these nodules revealed beta2-microglobulin amyloidosis by histopathology, Congo red stain, electron microscopy, and immunohistochemistry.
