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Reporting how research is contributing to inland waterway policy

Everything Earth Science

Written by Everything Science

Mar 22, 2005 at 09:41 PM

For transport in the European Union (EU) the main potential barriers to sustainable socio-economic development are traffic congestion, environmental impacts, and economic costs. With accession, future enlargement and economic growth the stage is set for such problems to increase. But what can be done?

European researchers have engaged in a raft of pioneering projects that bring the latest developments in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to support traffic and transport management in inland navigation, including interfaces to other modes of transport.

Providing such support through harmonised ICT-based information services is called RIS and is explained, along with the political context, in the latest brochure â€˜River Information Services: As policy implementation flows from researchâ€™, published by the EXTR@Web project.

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Fractured Leg Bone Not The End Of Tutankhamen Mystery

Everything Archaeology

Written by Everything Science

Mar 14, 2005 at 07:06 PM

Original X-rays of Tutankhamenâ€™s body, taken by scientists at the University of Liverpool, could throw new light on the mystery of the young Kingâ€™s death.

Robert Connolly, Senior Lecturer in Physical Anthropology from the Universityâ€™s Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Biology, is working with the Egyptian authorities to analyse recent findings from a CT scan of the mummy and has been asked to comment on suggestions by scientists that Tutankhamen died as a result of an infection following an injury to the femur bone.

Mr Connolly has re-analysed the original X-rays of the leg taken by Professor Ronald Harrison in 1968 and has found no evidence, such as the involvement of soft tissue, to suggest that the fracture in the femur bone became infected.

Mr Connolly adds: â€œItâ€™s possible Tutankhamenâ€™s leg injury could have been sustained in an accident. There are remarkable similarities between his ribcage injuries and those of a British mummy - St Bees Man in Cumbria - who sustained fatal damage to his chest in a jousting accident. It is therefore highly possible that the King could have died as a result of a chariot or sporting accident, or even at war.

Re: Fractured Leg Bone Not The End Of Tutankhamen Mystery
Sarah90 March 14th, 2005 - 9:35 PM

PRESS RELEASE
TUTANKHAMUN CT SCAN
8 MARCH, 2005

8 March, 2005, Cairo. Farouk Hosni, Minister of Culture, announced today that the Egyptian team has finished their examination of a non-invasive CT scan of Tutankhamunâ€™s mummy. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, states that there is no evidence that the young king was murdered.
The scientific team, which reviewed over 17,000 images, was headed by Dr. Hawass, and consisted of radiologists, pathologists, and anatomists under the oversight of Dr. Madiha Khattab, Dean of Medicine at Cairo University.
Lead radiologist Dr. Mervat Shafik and the rest of the team requested that three international experts, two from Italy and one from Switzerland, be permitted to review the images. â€œWe need our opinion to be international, since people all over the world are waiting for the results of this important scan,â€ said Dr. Shafik.

Dr. Hawass announced today that the scientific team confirmed that King Tut died at about the age of 19. His bones, which indicate a slight build, show that he was well-fed and healthy and suffered no major childhood malnutrition or infectious diseases. In answer to theories that Tutankhamun was murdered, the team found no evidence for a blow to the back of the head, and no other indication of foul play.

They also found it extremely unlikely that he suffered an accident in which he crushed his chest.
He adds that some team members interpret a fracture in the left thighbone as evidence for the possibility that Tutankhamun broke his leg badly just before he died. However, this injury alone could not have directly caused the kingâ€™s death. The team was also able to rule out pathological causes for the bent spine and elongated skull noted in earlier examinations. The scientists believe the head shape to be a normal variation, and think the bend in the spine is due to the way the embalmers positioned the body.

The king also had a slightly cleft palette and one impacted wisdom tooth. The team also notes that extreme care seems to have been taken in preparing the body of the king for burial.
Dr. Hawass also said: â€œThe Egyptian team worked on the images for two months. The foreign team came for several days at the end to review the work of the Egypt team. The foreign consultants confirmed the results of the Egyptian team, and joined us to make this announcement internationally. All of us are proud to announce these findings, the first CT examination of a securely identified royal mummy from ancient Egypt.
I believe these results will close the case of Tutankhamun, and the king will not need to be examined again. We should now leave him at rest. I am proud that this work was done, and done well, by a completely Egyptian team.â€
CT Scan Report
On January 5, 2005, the mummy of Tutankhamun (c. 1355-1346 B.C.) was removed from its tomb in the Valley of the Kings (KV 62) for the first time in almost eighty years. An all-Egyptian team, led by Zahi Hawass, lifted the fragile remains, still resting in the tray of sand in which it had been placed by Carterâ€™s team, from their resting place inside the outermost coffin and sarcophagus of the king, and carried them to a state-of-the-art CT scan machine (housed inside a trailer) donated to the Supreme Council of Antiquities by Siemens, Ltd., and the National Geographic Society. The scan took fifteen minutes and produced over 1,700 images. These images were studied by an Egyptian team, under the auspices of Madiha Khattab, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, and then by a foreign team composed of experts from Italy and Switzerland.

Previous Examinations
The mummy of the young king had been essential dismantled by Carterâ€™s team, who were interested primarily in recovering the almost 150 jewels, amulets, and other items wrapped with the body and gaining the maximum possible scientific information from the body itself. In order to remove the objects from the body and the body from the coffin, to which it was stuck fast by the hardened embalming liquids (most likely resins) used to anoint the mummy, Carterâ€™s team cut the body into a number of large and small pieces (for example, the trunk was cut in half, the arms and legs were detached). The head, cemented by the solidified resins to the golden mask, was severed, and removed from the mask with hot knives. Carter placed the mummy back in the tomb in 1926. The mummy has been X-rayed twice since this time, once in 1968 by a team from the University of Liverpool under R.G. Harrison, and once in 1978 by J.E. Harris of the University of Michigan.

Re: Fractured Leg Bone Not The End Of Tutankhamen Mystery
craigk June 28th, 2005 - 5:27 PM

I read that it was implied infection could NOT have caused his death in such a short time... ie 1 day... what about a fat embolus from the femur... this could have accounted for such a quick demise

Craigk

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Everything Space

Written by Everything Science

Mar 14, 2005 at 06:39 PM

ORANGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2005--Aviation Technologies International (ATI) is pleased to announce the development of a high-performance, pressurized, cabin-class, 6/7-seat executive piston-twin aircraft. This next-generation executive aircraft (code named RT-700) sets a new standard in performance, luxury, safety, quiet and comfortable cabin environment.

RT-700: Next-Generation Advanced Technology High-Performance Executive Piston-Twin (Photo: Business Wire)

Highlights of RT-700: The next-generation piston-twin.

High cruise speed and large cabin size in its class.
Low hourly operating costs in its class.
Luxury amenities such as in-cabin baggage access (front and rear), refreshment and entertainment center, and a belted toilet. These luxury amenities are generally available only in multi-million-dollar high-end turbo-props and jets.
Whisper-quiet, pressurized, air-conditioned cabin.
Advanced technology, integrated flat-panel avionics.
Single-level Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC) controlled, liquid-cooled engines.
Executive club seating with folding tables and room to stretch out.
Built-in, wide air-stairs for ease of entry and exit.

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UCLA Medical Center Becomes World's First Hospital to Introduce Remote Presence Robots in ICU

Medicine & Health

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Mar 12, 2005 at 01:39 PM

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 9, 2005--UCLA Medical Center announced initial clinical tests of the RP-6 mobile robot system in its neurosurgery intensive care unit (ICU). The RP-6(TM) robot, made by InTouch Health, Inc. in Santa Barbara, Calif., allows doctors to "virtually" consult with patients, family members, and health care staff at a moment's notice, even if miles away from the hospital.

Dr. Neil Martin beams in via the RP-6 Robot to check up on a patient recovering in UCLA's neurosurgery ICU. The patient mimics hand movements as instructed by Dr. Martin as part of the clinical assessment. (Photo: Business Wire)

Intensivists in the neurosurgery department at UCLA are using RP-6 to provide additional monitoring from their homes and offices of ICU patients in response to studies showing that intensivist presence in the ICU can decrease morbidity, mortality, length of stay, and cost of care. The project, to be funded through an assistance agreement with the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command's (USAMRMC), Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC), located at Ft. Detrick, MD, will be led by Professor and Chief of Neurosurgery, Dr. Neil Martin, Associate Professor Dr. Paul Vespa, and Associate Professor Valeriy Nenov, Ph.D., all of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

There is a nationwide shortage of intensivists, the physicians who specialize in the care of critically ill patients. There are less than 6,000 practicing intensivists in the United States today and more than 5 million patients admitted to ICUs annually. Therefore, only about 37 percent of ICU patients receive intensivist care, yet having trained intensivists in the ICU results in better outcomes and decreased length of stay in the ICU and hospital. These specialists are familiar with complications that may occur and are therefore better able to minimize errors.

Re: UCLA Medical Center Becomes World`s First Hospital to Introduce Remote Presence Robots in ICU
remcook March 12th, 2005 - 12:58 PM

I would still prefer someone else being there as well.

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Everything Space

Written by Everything Science

Mar 12, 2005 at 01:24 PM

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 2005--An Atlas V launch vehicle carried its largest payload to date into orbit tonight, the Inmarsat 4-F1 satellite that weighs nearly 6 metric tons (5,959 kgs/13,138 pounds). This also marked the third launch of the year for International Launch Services (ILS).

An International Launch Services Atlas V rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, to deliver the Inmarsat 4-F1 satellite into orbit. This was the 76th straight successful flight for the Atlas family of vehicles, which is built by Lockheed Martin. Inmarsat 4-F1, at 13,138 pounds, is the heaviest commercial communications satellite to be launched. For additional thrust, the Atlas vehicle used three strap-on solid rocket boosters, all of which can be seen in this photo. (Photo: Business Wire)

The Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE:LMT) Atlas V vehicle, designated AV-004, lifted off at 4:42 p.m. EST (21:42 GMT). It placed the Inmarsat spacecraft in a supersynchronous transfer orbit 32 minutes later. Satellite controllers have confirmed that the spacecraft is functioning properly.

Tonight's vehicle used the Atlas V "431" configuration, meaning it had a 4-meter-diameter fairing, three solid rocket boosters (SRBs) and a single-engine Centaur upper stage. Atlas V vehicles have now flown five times, three of them with SRBs.

Re: ILS Atlas V Vehicle Lifts Massive Satellite for Inmarsat
LordFlasheart March 13th, 2005 - 11:28 AM

Good for them!

So the Atlas family actually has a foolproof launch-record?

Re: ILS Atlas V Vehicle Lifts Massive Satellite for Inmarsat
Retrospector March 13th, 2005 - 11:48 AM

I guess it depends on how far back you want to go. The "Atlas" program had its beginnings in the 1950s, the vehicle was originally designed as an ICBM. The "Atlas-D" (I believe that's correct) was adopted by NASA for the Mercury program around the turn of the decade. The launcher was notoriously unreliable in the beginning, with a number of launch failures, some quite spectacular.

I'm also not sure about this but I thought I heard (on this board as a matter of fact) that the Delta family of vehicles in it's scaled up configurations is projected to have more payload weight than is the Atlas family.

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