Auf der Suche nach Materialien etwa fuer elektronische Bauteile koennen Physiker kuenftig einer neuen Spur folgen: Ein internationales Forscherteam hat zum ersten Mal praezise beobachtet, wie sich die physikalischen Eigenschaften einer Substanz - genauer gesagt des Metalloxids Lanthannickeloxid - aendern, wenn es in zweidimensionaler statt dreidimensionaler Form verarbeitet wird.
Monthly Archives: May 2011
RUSNANO Opens First Nanotechnology Factory in Moscow
RUSNANO opens a new production site for its portfolio company RMT specializing in manufacture of thermoelectric cooling devices.
Exploring the market for 3-D nanopatterning techniques
3-dimensional surfaces with features below 100 nanometres have numerous applications ranging from optics to life sciences. The development of new manufacturing processes, based on nanoimprinting techniques (NIL), is a core aspect for the success of these applications.
Request for Applications: Nanotechnology experts to participate in Central Asia travel opportunity
CRDF Global is soliciting applications from U.S. researchers in the field of nanotechnology to serve as subject matter experts and presenters at a 3-day workshop entitled "On the Frontiers of Nanotechnology: Research and Collaboration in the U.S. and Uzbekistan" in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on September 21-23, 2011.
Laboratories as gate keepers and health maintenance providers
Laboratories engaged in direct patient care have at their disposal huge amounts of health care information related to both screening and diagnostic tests.
When it is time for your 6 month dental check up you receive a card or more recently electronic reminder that your appointment you made 6 months ago is approaching or you need to call the office and schedule one. My ophthalmologist provides a similar service with reminders for routine visits.
Imagine the laboratory notifying you that "Mrs. Jones it has been 1 year since your last pap smear according to our records. It may be time to visit your health care provider (like this universal term now) for your annual examination and pap smear (this may not go along with recommendations the provider follows -- need to think this one through). The intent of course, much like the dentist or ophthalmologist, that you choose the same provider and he/she chooses your laboratory.
What about the pathology laboratory sending you a letter about 12 months after you had some atypical nevi removed that were examined by your laboratory that it may be time for another "skin check" by of course "your health care provider". It won't necessarily say that it may be time to see Dr. Jones at Jones Dermatology but why not? Particularly if Dr. Jones is still a client of yours. Presumably Dr. Jones sent out a reminder as well but you know what could happen to those small cards that get mixed in with all the other mail.
Ditto for cholesterol or glucose tests. For example. "Ms. Smith, Our laboratory performed blood tests for you about three years ago. We noticed that you have not had any subsequent testing. May we suggest it may be an appropriate time to consult with your health care provider for a full physical examination and routine blood work that may be required".
It is starting to sound like a drug ad -- "Call your doctor".
By the way, have you ever tried to call your doctor. I spend some of my days calling back results to referring physicians. "Call the doctor" or "Notify the referring physician of abnormal results" is not as easy as it sounds. Without fail, you call the wrong office as they are at the "other" office. Again without fail, the office staff knows they are not at that office, but can't find the number for the other office. Or a pager. Or cell phone number. The directory of physician listings has not been updated since President Bush's administration (the first Bush) and the other office isn't even in the listings. Once you make contact with the correct office you find out they have left for the hospital or other office...
Anyways, laboratories have at their disposal huge amounts of health maintenance data that is one of the keys being discussed with electronic medical records (EMRs), health information exchanges (HIEs) and accountable care organizations (ACOs).
Laboratories could provide one of the necessary portals and sources of key data for continuity of care whether it is a screening colonoscopy or mammography (assuming their is biopsy material to record), pap smears or serum chemistries or cholesterol testing. Ditto for drug levels for organ transplant patients lost to follow up.
The lab has the data to mine. Issues about self-referral, lack of patient-physician (health care provider) relationship and potentially unnecessary testing abuses would have to be worked out.
I think with EMRs, HIEs and ACOs on the horizon, the laboratory should be one of the key organizations considered as potential gatekeepers and data keepers for patient management and outcomes.
In doing so we may be able to lose the term "lost to follow-up".
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AMA Changes Criteria for CME Credits
Courtesy of CAP:
Effective July 1, 2011, the American Medical Association (AMA) requires all continuing medical education (CME) qualifying for AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credit™ to have a scored assessment that all participants must pass before claiming CME credit. Access information about AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and requirements at ama-assn.org/resources/doc/cme/pra-booklet.pdf or contact the AMA directly at AMA-assn.org. Learn what the CAP is doing to help our members affected by the upcoming AMA criteria change for CME credit:
The College is making great efforts to notify CAP members of this change prior to July 1, 2011. For more information, please visit the AMA site describing AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credit™ and actual requirements at ama-assn.org/resources/doc/cme/pra-booklet.pdf. |
CAP@YourService – June
The New World of Laboratory Medicine
Digital Pathology Consultants introduces a new webinar "The New World of Laboratory Medicine" presented by Richard Friedberg MD, PhD on May 23, 2011 at 3 PM EST / 12 PM PST, supported by our sponsors at http://www.thedigitalpathologywiki.com.
Description
To thrive in highly competitive markets, clinical laboratories need to look beyond traditional models of service delivery and begin to think outside the box. This may mean integrating with other diagnostic services and delivering different types of results, from laboratory to imaging, to physicians and other clients. This webinar, presented by Richard Friedberg MD, PhD, will explore how lab medicine has changed and is likely to evolve in the coming years and how you can position yourself for the future.
About Richard Friedberg MD, PhD
Chairman, Department of Pathology, Baystate Health, Springfield, MA
Medical Director at Baystate Reference Laboratories
Professor and Deputy Chairman, Department of Pathology, Tufts University School of Medicine
In 2007 and again in 2010, Dr. Friedberg was elected to the Board of Governors of the College of American Pathologists, where he also serves on the Council on Accreditation (vice-Chair) and Council of Government & Professional Affairs (Executive Committee), as well as CAP committees such as Strategy Management (Chair) and Finance. Dr. Friedberg holds a BS with Honors from Stanford University, an MD from Duke University, a PhD in coagulation biochemistry from Duke University, and a Master’s (SM) in Health Care Management from Harvard University. He is a Certified Physician Executive (CPE) by the American College of Physician Executives.
To register visit: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/557090784
Recent Publications Worth a Look
Couple of nice quick reads from Advance for Administrators of the Laboratory written by industry experts:
Converting to Digital Pathology
Get The Most Out of LIS Demonstrations
Nice white paper summary from Ventana on Practical Considerations While Implementing a Digital Pathology Solution:
Indica Labs, Inc. Formed To Meet Growing Demand For Digital Pathology Software
Albuquerque, New Mexico 5/12/2011 – Indica Labs, Inc. receives an initial round of seed funding to begin product development of a series of image analysis tools for digital pathology. The venture backed company will immediately begin development operations in the Albuquerque, New Mexico area.
Traditional pathology methods typically involve manual assessment of glass slides under a microscope. But the recent emergence of new technologies such as whole-slide scanners and image management systems has made digitization of glass slides commonplace. This digital transformation has led to an increasing need for whole-slide image analysis software and visualization tools.
“Our software will address the growing demand for sophisticated image processing algorithms that will aid pathologists in reaching an accurate assessment more efficiently and effectively as well as assist researchers and scientists in generating highly reproducible and quantitative data” says CEO, Steven Hashagen. “The number of institutions that have invested in digital pathology hardware and software systems is rapidly growing, and our tools will allow these institutions to leverage more value out of their investments”.
Indica Labs’ initial product offering will include a set of digital pathology software tools that will be used by pathologists in academic medical centers, government research institutions, global pharmaceutical companies, and small biotech firms.
For more information, please visit http://www.indicalab.com.
About Indica Labs, Inc.
Indica Labs provides sophisticated image analysis software for digital pathology. Indica Labs' software tools seamlessly integrate into leading digital pathology platforms to provide reproducible and highly quantitative data to pathologists in hospitals, academic medical centers, government research institutions, global pharmaceutical companies, and small biotech firms.
Contact
Indica Labs, Inc.
(505) 573-5167
Aperio Launches State-of-the-Art Digital Slide Scanning Instrument Featuring Highest Throughput, Compact Design and Superior Image Quality
Sixth Generation ScanScope® AT Highest-Capacity Scanner Available Today
VISTA, Calif.-- Aperio, the global leader in providing digital pathology solutions that improve patient care, today announced the launch of the ScanScope® AT, the latest addition to Aperio’s industry-leading, patented line of ScanScope slide scanning instruments.
For more than a decade, Aperio has been the leader in producing high-quality lab instruments for digitizing microscope slides. The new ScanScope AT incorporates the very latest technology to deliver the most compact, highest throughput, lowest cost-per-slide, highest-capacity scanner on the market today with superior image quality and highest first scan success rate for high-throughput applications.
“The ScanScope AT underscores Aperio’s commitment to the continued development and evolution of our already industry-leading digital pathology technology,” said Dirk G. Soenksen, CEO of Aperio. “The AT has a small footprint for easier installation, yet produces the same high-resolution, superior quality images that Aperio is known for.”
Made possible through a combination of improved efficiencies in scan speed, robotic slide loading and handling, and user interface software design combined with high image quality to minimize rescans, the ScanScope AT is a groundbreaking development for the digital pathology market.
With just a 16-inch by 24-inch footprint, the ScanScope AT features a 400-slide capacity with sustained throughput of 30 slides per hour. Utilizing patented line scanning and inline compression technology, the AT can scan a 20x slide in an all-inclusive time of 95 seconds, producing a fully prepared image ready for immediate viewing.
In addition, automated tissue finding, focusing, and calibration processes yield the highest first-scan success rates, resulting in reduced cost per slide and lower total cost of ownership due to low re-scan rates and high-quality images.
The ScanScope AT comes equipped with an elegant, extensively tested, next generation autoloader designed to minimize mechanical complexity. The new autoloader substantially reduces travel distance for the slide, improving overall scan time and reliability. The system interoperates with Sakura slide racks, allowing slides to be transferred into Aperio slide racks 20 at a time, further saving time and improving throughput.
Greg Crandall, Aperio’s chief engineer, stated, “The design of the AT benefits tremendously from Aperio’s 11 years of experience building scanners. Not only is it our fastest scanner to date, it is also our most reliable in terms of slide handling. We have created a horizontal slide loader that holds almost four times as many slides as our previous model while fully supporting the slide throughout a very short travel distance, thus maximizing the safety of even imperfectly prepared slides.”
TelecomTV | News | California rolls out cloud-based telemedicine network
TelecomTV | News | California rolls out cloud-based telemedicine network.
Rural health-care providers in California will soon have their own broadband network for the practice of telemedicine in California, reports Government Technology News.
Celebrate the Centenary of The Great Dreamland Fire of 1911 with A Brand-New Disaster Spectacle, Period Amusements, Free Hendrick's Gin, and More!
Unveiling of a brand new 19th Century style disaster amusement! Free Hendrick's Gin! Disaster tunes of yester-year! Lord Whimsy! Stars of TV's Oddities! Vintage Coney Island films curated by Zoe Beloff! Rare appearance of the old Dreamland Bell!
All this and more await you next Friday at our Centennial Celebration of the Great Dreamland Fire. Please, come celebrate the end of an era with us!
Full invite below. Hope very much to see you there!!!
Centennial Celebration of the Great Dreamland Fire Featuring the Opening of Coney Island’s Newest Cosmorama
Presented by The Coney Island Museum, The Morbid Anatomy Library, and Atlas Obscura
Date: Friday May 27, 2011
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: $25 (Tickets at the door, or purchase here)
Location: The Coney Island Museum, 1208 Surf Avenue, Brooklyn (map here)Next Friday, May 27th, you are cordially invited to a party commemorating the "awful splendor" of The great Dreamland fire of May 27, 1911, the most devastating disaster to hit New York City in the pre-9-11 era, a fire which devastated a never-to-be-rebuilt-Dreamland 100 years ago on this day.
This event will mark the premiere of the Cosmorama of the Great Dreamland Fire, a 360 degree immersive cosmorama telling the story of the great fire in pictures, sound, and light. Based on Coney Island’s great immersive disaster spectacles, the cosmorama is the product of months of labor, thousands of dollars, and the expertise of artists and artisans from the Metropolitan Opera, and uses real boards from the original Coney Island boardwalk in its construction.
The party will also feature a complementary gin bar with custom cocktails, disaster tunes of yester-year curated by The Foppinton Brothers, vintage Coney Island films, a rare appearance of the old Dreamland Bell, celebrity appearances, anatomical give-aways, myriad performances, and much more!
Full line-up:
- Complimentary Gin Bar (!!!) courtesy of Hendrick’s Gin and Atlas Obscura
- Our incomparable host, Lord Whimsy, author of The Affected Provincial’s Companion, Volume 1
- Special guest appearance by Ryan Matthew, Evan Michelson and Mike Zohn of TV’s “Oddities”
- A rare appearance of the long submerged bell of the Dreamland Pier, 100 years after its climactic plunge into the depths of the cold Atlantic
- Puppet Vaudeville from Jonny Clockworks and "The Cosmic Bicycle" of "The ClockWorks Puppet Theatre"
- Vintage Coney Island Films from the collection of artist Zoe Beloff
- Giveaways of anatomical puzzle and other sundries complements of Kikkerland Design
- Custom Cocktails and Early 20th Century disaster tunes complements of The Foppinton Brothers
- The Accordion stylings of Matt Dallow
- “Reconstruction,” a performance featuring contortionist Jonathan Nosan and with musical accompaniment by Gordon Beeferman, Composer/Pianist
- Sword Swallowing, burlesque and Coney Island entertainment
- 19th Century waxworks, freak animals, and a real shrunken head
- Unlimited access all night long to the newly unveiled Cosmorama of the Great Dreamland Fire
- And, of course, More!
Tickets are available by clicking here or purchasing at the door. See you there!
This Friday at Observatory: Collector Cortland Hull With and on His Collection of All Things Classic Monster Movie!
This Friday at Observatory, please join Morbid Anatomy in welcoming collector and museologist Cortland Hull as he shares some artifacts from his private museum of classic movie monster artifacts, shows some film clips, and provides a visual history of the actors & makeup artists behind the classic monsters. This event is part of the new Out of the Cabinet: Tales of Strange Objects and the People Who Love Them series.
Full details follow; hope to see you there!
The Witch's Dungeon
An illustrated lecture and show and tell with collector, artist, and proprietor of "The Witch's Dungeon" Cortlandt Hull
Date: Friday, May 20th
Time: 8:00 PM
Admission: $5
Part of Out of the Cabinet: Tales of Strange Objects and the People Who Love Them, presented by Morbid Anatomy and Evan MichelsonFriday, May 20th may be a dark and stormy night. Brave souls normally catch the coach at midnight from the Borgo Pass to access the lawless and far off lands of Bristol, CT, spoken about in hushed tones as the home of the Witch's Dungeon. But on this rare occasion the stars have aligned and like the Baba Yaga's chicken-footed cabin, the Witch's Dungeon is coming to Observatory!
Tonight, Cortlandt Hull will be speaking about his life's work: the creation and evolution of The Witch's Dungeon, a museum consisting of life size reproductions of classic film monsters. Growing up during the 1960's monster boom, Cortlandt began construction of the Witch's Dungeon 45 years ago in the back yard of his parent's house. Over its near half century in existence, the Witch's Dungeon has continually creaked open its doors, striking chords with patrons, becoming a true piece of Americana, and attracting many of the actors and filmmakers commemorated in the museum.
Cortlandt will also be screening clips of his multiple documentary films, providing a visual history of the actors & makeup artists who created the classic films. Original head props from fantasy films will be on display along with samples of Cortlandt's work from the Witch's Dungeon.
Cortlandt Hull--artist, museologist, and film historian--began "THE WITCH'S DUNGEON CLASSIC MOVIE MUSEUM" when just 13. in 1966. It is now considered the longest running tribute to the makeup artists & actors from classic horror films. Featuring accurate life-size figures of Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, Lon Chaney, Bela Lugosi, and many others. Many of the figures are made from the actual life casts of the actor's faces Cortlandt has produced documentaries on the history of classic horror & fantasy films. Actor, Henry Hull ("Werewolf of London") was Cortlandt's great uncle, and Josephine Hull ("Arsenic & Old Lace") was his great aunt, so fantasy & horror is "in the blood"! He has lectured at universities, and film festivals, across the country, and has written for books and magazines.
You can find out more about this event on the Observatory website by clicking here; you can access this event on Facebook here. You can get directions to Observatory--which is next door to the Morbid Anatomy Library (more on that here)--by clicking here. You can find out more about Observatory here, join our mailing list by clicking here, and join us on Facebook by clicking here.
Image: Cortlandt Hull with figure of his great uncle, Henry Hull, "The Werewolf Of London"
The R-Bar Pitch Maneuver
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Also known as the RPM. I couldn’t resist since this will happen only one more time.
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I also liked the video of the External tank falling back towards the ground.
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Google Won’t Let You Rent a Movie from Android Market If You Have a Rooted Device [Android Market]
Well, phooey. Google is blocking users with rooted Android devices from renting movies via Android Market. Apparently, it's "due to requirements related to copyright protection". I guess Google thinks people who use rooted phones are pirates who steal movies. More »
"Watson" Goes From ‘Jeopardy!’ To Medical School – Inventorspot
 USA Today | "Watson" Goes From 'Jeopardy!' To Medical School Inventorspot by T Goodman IBM's Watson getting ready for his medical boards'Watson,' the IBM super computer system that defeated the best Jeopardy! players on TV, now wants to go to medical school and beat the algorithms off the other medical computers already in ... IBM's Watson Being Trained For Medical ServiceRedOrbit 'Jeopardy!'-winning computer delving into medicineThe Associated Press |
Is there a doctor in the house? – The Age
 The Age | Is there a doctor in the house? The Age Since 2010, after Melbourne University's switch to graduate-entry medicine, Monash's five-year medical degree, at its Clayton campus, has been the only medical degree in Victoria taking students straight from school. As you might expect, ... |
Materials Innovation Goes into High Gear
This month's newsletter highlights a variety of innovations in materials development, particularly glass. Do you sense that the pace of innovation is picking up in your field of engineering, and what appears to be driving it?
The preceding article is a "sneak peek" from Glass, Ceramics, Fibers & Fa
Apple Store Makeover: Yep, the iPad 2 Really Is the Product Label [Video]
The rumored Apple Store makeover is underway in Australia (they're many hours ahead of us) and it looks like iPad 2 has found its calling and has become the product label for Mac products in the Apple Store. More »
