Association tells Sonia Nicholas

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Research on new strategies for earlier diagnosis is among the most active areas in Alzheimer's science. Funding from the Alzheimer's Association has spurred significant advances and steady progress. Dr James Hendrix, Director of Global Science Initiatives, at the Alzheimer’s Association tells Sonia Nicholas, SelectScience®'s Clinical Editor, about current research studies aimed at diagnosing this ultimately fatal disease.
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Over five million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer’s disease and the number of cases is increasing every year. Although we don’t fully understand the reasons for the increase in case numbers, we believe that the aging population is largely to blame. This year, Alzheimer’s and other dementias will cost the US $226 billion. If we don’t find a way to slow or stop the onset of this destructive disease, these costs could rise as high as $1.1 trillion by 2050.
JH: Alzheimer’s disease is the number one cause of dementia, however not everyone with dementia has Alzheimer’s disease. Having an accurate diagnosis enables the patient to receive the right treatment. This is especially important if the patient has a form of dementia other than Alzheimer’s.
Diagnosis typically involves neuropsychological tests that are carried out by a physician. These include tests for attention span and memory, tests for language and speech skills, and tests for reasoning, planning, and organizing skills. This may be initiated by a family doctor, often after a spouse or child raises concerns about an elderly relative. A battery of tests is performed, including in some cases, an MRI to rule out a brain tumor. The tests performed currently are not able to definitively diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, they are carried out to rule out all other possible causes of the presenting symptoms.
There are several areas of research that we are focused on, some are at a more mature stage of investigation than others. Most of this research is focused on the detection of two proteins, amyloid and tau, that are the hallmarks of the disease. We know amyloid forms insoluble plaques outside neurons while tau forms tangles within neurons. Both plaques and tangles become more common as people progress in Alzheimer’s disease and until recently, these structures could only be detected after death during an autopsy.
Imaging - Neuroimaging is one of the most promising areas of research focused on early detection. Alzheimer patients have large amounts of amyloid in the brain. There are currently three radioactive imaging agents approved for use in the US. These agents allow amyloid protein in the brain to be visualized with a positron emission tomography (PET) brain scan.
Despite being approved for use, amyloid neuroimaging is not currently used in routine clinical practice because its use is not reimbursed by Medicare or Medicaid. However, the Alzheimer’s Association believes that more widespread clinical PET screening could positively affect how patients are treated by their physicians. A project starting early in 2016 known as the IDEAS Study (www.ideas-study.org/), supported by the Alzheimer’s Association with substantial funding from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, plus support from the three manufacturers and the American College of Radiology, will assess the impact of more than 18,000 PET scans and observe their effect on patient care.
A secondary aim of the IDEAS Study is to explore hospitalization rates. It is a hypothesis of the study that a more accurate diagnosis will reduce hospitalization rates.
In earlier stages of research are the use of tau imaging agents, as well as the use of MRI to look at the hippocampus. It is known that this part of the brain, which is very important for memory, shrinks as Alzheimer’s disease progresses, however both of these areas of interest still need to be fully evaluated and investigated.

3G UMTS Test Gear Order for Acterna

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According to a major market research firm, there are approximately 268 million regular wireless subscribers in China today, a number forecasted to grow at a rate of nearly 12 percent per year. Given this explosive adoption rate and the high customer demand for data services, the same study predicts there could be as many as 118 million subscribers to 3G data services in China by 2008. As 3G adoption accelerates and reaches a mass deployment stage, planning, deployment and maintenance of 3G networks and services ahead of demand will be crucial.
"Acterna is also pursuing an aggressive rollout of additional 2.5G and 3G applications (such as those for GPRS & EDGE), including a centralized protocol analysis system offering multi-faceted applications for remote troubleshooting and traffic management for public and non-public (GSM-R) RANs," said John J. Jones IV, Acterna's vice president of sales and services for the Asia Pacific region. "We expect to grow as our customers do and continue to provide them with the solutions they need as 3G becomes mainstream."
The Acterna 8630 is a modular, portable protocol analyzer that is designed for operation and maintenance teams responsible for optimizing and troubleshooting tasks in mobile networks and also for labs performing integration and interworking testing. It is used for testing all fixed interfaces of mobile radio networks (GSM, GPRS, EDGE, CDMA, UMTS), access networks (V5, ISDN) and SS#7 networks and offers powerful applications for detailed analysis and statistical evaluation of signaling information (online and offline), making it the ideal solution for installation, maintenance, troubleshooting and network optimization.
The Acterna 8630 is particularly valuable for manufacturer and operator integration test labs; network element manufacturer service teams; and telecommunication operators' engineering, planning, operation and maintenance teams.
The modularity of the Acterna 8630 allows for the combining and extending of number of interfaces, the adding of applications and decodes. The 8630 also provides the platform for future technologies and grows with the customer's needs.

Volkswagen launches electric microbus

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At CES 2016, volkswagen uncovered the avant-garde zero emission ‘BUDD-e’ minivan. the nostalgia-induced vehicle is the first model based on an equally new and progressive platform for electric vehicles with a range of up to 533 kilometers.
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the style of the silhouette is characterized by a flat elongated roof line with equally long windows. it comes across as especially clean thanks to nonexistent door handles and exteriors mirror which have been completely redesigned and replaced by digital solutions. the revitalized iconic deign continues all the way to the rear, with the large tailgate, reminiscent of the original volkswagen bus. the LED steps of the rear lights reach up into the pillars and wrap around for ambient light.
the interior design completely changed by the architecture of the modular electric drive kit. the gave designers the opportunity to create a space that is hardly restricted by the drive technology at the front of the car. the conventional dashboard along with all its knobs and switches have been entirely done away with. instead, the team arranged the instruments as a display that looks like it is floating in mid air, like a tablet floating in the space in front of the driver. when passengers open the sliding door, the interior is more reminiscent of a lounge than a car. swivel seats with integral seat belts offer unprecedented flexibility. the volkwagen ‘BUDD-e’ is extremely clean and intuitive through design and with instinctive digitization, it offers passengers a new way of commuting.

What’s It Like for a Deaf Person

What’s It Like for a Deaf Person Welcome to a Vacuum Cleaner Battery specialist of the Samba Battery
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Since I was an adept signer and a good communicator—you don't need a voice to connect with someone, after all—I viewed sound more as an abstraction, as one would think of a quark that is so small that you can't see it with your naked eye. I understood sound more in tactile terms, through vibrations I would feel when they placed the speakers on the floor at Brazilian parties where I'd dance the samba alongside my mother. I was curious about sound but never felt deprived because I didn't hear it. As a signer and someone who got along well in the deaf and hearing communities, I was a happy child, just the way I was.
When the Food and Drug Administration announced its approval of pediatric cochlear implants in the fall of 1990, my mother asked me if I wanted to get one. After a few questions, I shrugged and said OK, curious about what all of the fuss was about. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I simply knew that I was going to hear ... something.
What I didn't know was that cochlear implants don't truly give you hearing. They create the perception of the sensation of sound by stimulating the auditory nerve using electrodes, which have a limited range of frequencies they can pick up. My perception of sound is more of a low-resolution hologram than the real stuff.
After undergoing a battery of tests, both audiological and cognitive, I was approved to be one of the first few hundred children to receive a cochlear implant in the United States. In January 1991, I underwent the surgery. A month later, I went in for the activation,when my processor was hooked up to a large computer. My audiologist activated the first MAP, which is a program that calibrates how much input each electrode (22 in my case) transmits to the auditory nerve. First MAPs are limited to avoid overwhelming the patient, so the “sound” you get in that session is very different than what you'll get six months later. Since the audiologist didn't sign, my mother was the one who told me, “Raise your hand when you hear something.” That statement left me baffled. What was I looking for? It was a bit like searching for Waldo when you didn't know what he looked like.
In that tiny, windowless room deep in the large Manhattan hospital, the audiologist began tapping away at her keyboard. Everyone stared at me, even a woman standing in the doorway whom I had never seen before. I felt the heavy weight of expectations on my shoulders. I had to do something. I concentrated very hard, searching for the mysterious, indefinite Waldo. Whenever I felt anything, an itch or a breeze, I raised my hand slowly, searching everyone's expressions for whether I had gotten it right or wrong. Nobody gave me any confirmation, so I went on guessing. Twenty-five years later, I realize the whole thing was a show that I performed. I knew this was a momentous event, and I didn't want to disappoint.

Fully charged used to do some major damage

Fully charged used to do some major damage Welcome to a Biomedical Battery specialist of the Ecovacs Battery
Here’s a question: Do I need to unplug my electronics after they’re fully charged?
Let me just start by saying, this is a hotly debated topic. Partially because there’s more than one type of rechargeable battery and the rules are different for each. But most gadgets have lithium-ion batteries, so let's look at those.
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Generally though, if you charge your devices to 100 percent every time, you might not be getting the longest possible lifespan — especially if the battery is lithium-based. (Video via WonderHowTo.com)
That’s because these rechargeable batteries are designed to last a certain number of cycles. Running your battery until it’s dead and then fully charging it again would be one cycle.
Battery University, which has done extensive testing on this exact topic, says partial charging could actually make your battery last longer.
Only charging your phone to — say — 80 percent each time might help you get more life out of the battery over its lifetime. So, if you don't let the battery fully charge, that cycle lasts longer.
That said, the effects of doing that might be minimal in the long term. So, you can decide whether it’s worth your time to unplug before hitting 100 percent. If you've got a question to ask Newsy, leave it in the comments, tweet at us with the hashtag #AskNewsy or just email us.

Expected to Grow US$ 2,475.0 Mn

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Husqvarna Automower 305

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Husqvarna has launched the Automower 305 – an intelligent and powerful machine that promises to take the burden of grass cutting off your shoulders.
The battery-powered mower moves at 35 cm/s and can trim brush for about 40 minutes on a full charge. It can handle 500 square meters of grass and is priced at $2000.
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The robotic lawn mower weights 7 kg. This makes it easy to move between areas, for example in the case of townhouses with separated lawns, and it will not flatten the grass. But it is only easy to move for the owner. Like all Husqvarna robotic lawn mowers the new model has an advanced Anti Theft System with an alarm and a personal PIN code that makes the machine useless if stolen.
– In the future, robotic lawnmowers will be as common for homeowners as dishwashers are today. Automower® 305 makes robotic mowing affordable for more homeowners, freeing up time for other activities without compromising on a well kept lawn, says Towe Ressman, head of Husqvarna Global Design.
No emissions and happy neighbours Without emissions whilst cutting, the Automower® robotic lawnmower fertilizes and cuts the lawn to perfection, all by itself, using less energy than a light bulb. The silent and well-designed robot will not only keep the lawn perfect, it will also be well appreciated by all the neighbours.
The recommended retail price for Husqvarna Automower® 305 is 1 490 EUR.

Roomba through your home WiFi

Roomba through your home WiFi Welcome to a Biomedical Battery specialist of the iRobot Battery
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In addition to that, we use the new camera. The camera is used to observe patterns throughout the home that we call visual landmarks, and the robot remembers those landmarks and tags on its map where that landmark was observed from. As the robot is driving around with battery scuh as iRobot 4978 Battery, iRobot iTouchless AV001A Battery, iRobot iTouchless AV002A Battery, iRobot Roomba 400 Battery, iRobot Roomba 4000 Battery, iRobot Roomba 4100 Battery, iRobot Roomba 4210 Battery, iRobot Roomba 5210 Battery, iRobot Roomba Dirt Dog Battery, iRobot Roomba Intelligent Robotic M-288 Battery, iRobot Roomba Pro Elite Battery, iRobot Roomba Scheduler Battery, it’s always looking for these types of landmarks, and if it sees anything familiar from a previously recorded landmark, that allows the robot to be able to calculate very precisely where it is as compared to where it was when it saw that original landmark.
The floor tracking sensor is very precise in tracking movement, but over time, it accumulates drift. So the camera sensor is used to kind of snap the robot back to reality. Any time that a landmark is validated, the robot readjusts its whole map to correct any errors that might have been accumulated over time.
Another thing you may notice just by looking at the robot is that the number of buttons on top of the Roomba 980 has been reduced to three: a home button, a sort of target button (which, it turns out, is for spot cleaning), and the big fat CLEAN button.
The Roomba 980 can get away with so few buttons because it comes with an official iRobot app (for Android or iPhone). This is new. Unlike the Roomba 790’s wireless command center, this is an actual app that runs on your phone that will talk to your Roomba through your home WiFi network from wherever you have Internet access, and lets you control all kinds of things.

24th of December 2015

24th of December 2015 Welcome to a Biomedical Battery specialist of the iRobot Battery
Sweepers come in all shapes, sizes and models. And it can be confusing for customers when trying to decide on the type of machine that best suits their needs – particularly when there are so many factors that might influence their decision.
One important consideration will be the size of the area to be cleaned, for example. Purchasers will also need to decide between a ride-on and a walk-behind model. But the first question that needs to be answered is whether the sweeper will be destined for indoor or outdoor use according to Truvox national sales manager Stephen Pinhorne.
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Noise levels are another important consideration since these may have an impact on daytime cleaning where building occupants are likely to be disturbed, he says. “The location will also have a major bearing on the type of debris that needs to be removed whether this will be leaves, twigs, stones, cigarette ends or wrappers, for example,” he added.
According to Pinhorne the chief mistake that customers make when choosing a sweeper is to select a model with the wrong spec for the application and scale of the task in hand. “Sometimes a sweeper may be over-specified for the job or too small to complete the task efficiently,” he said.
“The size of the area to be swept is fundamental when choosing a sweeper but other factors need to be considered as well. These include the well-being of personnel, the longevity of the machine and the availability of storage space.”
Application technology trainer and consultant at Hako Klaus Serfezi agrees that the size of the area to be cleaned and on-site conditions are both crucial considerations. “Buyers should also consider factors such as drive-through widths; whether the sweeper is for an indoor or outdoor application and how crammed the floor space is likely to be with shelves and racks,” he said. “The kind of dirt to be tackled and the degree of soiling involved will also need to be considered.”
He says the type of drive – whether the machine should be battery, LPG, diesel or petrol-powered – will largely depend on where the machine will be used and whether it will be employed in a single or multiple-shift operation. “If there is a chance the machine will at some stage be used in an environment such as a multi-storey car park this will be another factor to be considered,” he said. “If the machine is usually parked in a poorly-heated room when not in use, a battery-driven model will not be recommended since low temperatures could damage the battery.”