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1. A Villa in Tuscany.

Author

Gullette, Margaret Morganroth

Subjects
FIRST person narrative, DWELLINGS, DOMESTIC architecture, AUTHORS, PAPER
Abstract

This article presents the author's experiences. She says that she and her colleagues found other European habitations, by looking at classified advertisements of a few London papers. They found for example, a 400-year old stone peasant cottage. That describes the Dordogne house, in a village of 45 people, according to the author. The author further says that there is a farm in the Costwolds where the author and her colleagues spent three weeks in the year 1973, and there also is last summer's villa in Tuscany, where they spent two weeks in what are called Sienese hills. In short the places where the Britishers locate are very nearly guaranteed to be sunny, remote, clean, comfortable, authentic, private and esthetically thrilling. The author also describes about the village of Montepulciano in Tuscany.

Published
1984

3. PAPER JUMBO JET.

Subjects
*MODEL airplanes, *PAPER, *WASTE management
Abstract

Reports that a paper plane was hung from a crane in front of the Canary Wharf in London, England to mark a national campaign to reduce the amount of office waste.

Published
2005

4. Dear diary.

Subjects
DIARY (Literary form), WEBSITES, PAPER, PRICES, PRINTING
Abstract

The article presents information on Sukie's nubuck journals. They are hand printed in England and come with a variety of papers. It is priced at 70 dollars and its web site is www.sukie.co.uk.

Published
2005

5. Paper electrocardiograph strips may contain overlooked clinical information in screen-detected type 2 diabetes patients.

Author

Fleischer J, Charles M, Tarnow L, Jensen KS, Nygaard H, Sandbaek A, and Ejskjaer N

Subjects
Aged, Cohort Studies, Denmark epidemiology, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 complications, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 epidemiology, Diabetic Cardiomyopathies epidemiology, Diabetic Cardiomyopathies physiopathology, Diabetic Neuropathies epidemiology, Diabetic Neuropathies physiopathology, Diagnostic Errors, Electrocardiography, Ambulatory, England epidemiology, Female, Humans, Male, Mass Screening, Middle Aged, Netherlands epidemiology, Paper, Primary Health Care statistics & numerical data, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 physiopathology, Diabetic Cardiomyopathies diagnosis, Diabetic Neuropathies diagnosis, Electrocardiography statistics & numerical data, Heart Rate physiology
Abstract

Background: A large number of nondigitized electrocardiograph (ECG) strips are routinely collected in larger cohort studies such as the ADDITION study (Anglo-Danish-Dutch Study of Intensive Treatment in People with Screen-Detected Diabetes in Primary Care). These ECG strips are routinely read manually but may contain overlooked information revealing cardiac autonomic dysfunction. The aim of this study was to investigate whether clinical information may be lost using manual R wave to R wave (RR) interval measurements in the calculation of heart rate variability (HRV) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)., Method: From the Danish part of the ADDITION study, we randomly selected 120 T2DM patients at baseline of the ADDITION study. Analysis of the ECG strips was performed using two different methods: (1) by experienced technicians using rulers and (2) by experienced technicians using a high-resolution computer-assisted method. Calculation of heart rate and time domain HRV [standard deviation of normal-to-normal RR intervals (SDNN) and root mean square of successive differences (RMSSD)] were performed with the same software., Results: When comparing results from the two methods, the following values of Pearson's r are obtained: 0.98 for heart rate, 0.76 for SDNN, and 0.68 for RMSSD. These results indicate that heart rate and HRV measurements by the computer-assisted and manually based methods correlate. However, Bland-Altman plots and Pitman's test of difference in variance revealed poor agreements (p < .01) for both HRV measurements (SDNN and RMSSD); only heart rate showed substantiated agreement (p = .54) between the two methods. Low HRV was statistically significantly associated to high heart rate, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure in these screen-detected T2DM patients., Conclusions: Paper ECG strips may contain overlooked clinical information on the status of autonomic function in patients with T2DM. In our study, manual measurements of RR intervals were inferior to the computer-assisted method. Based on this study, we recommend cautiousness in the clinical use and interpretation of HRV based on manual or low resolution measurements of RR intervals from ECG strips. High resolution measurements of RR intervals reveal significant associations between low HRV and high heart rate, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure among patients with screen-detected T2DM. It is feasible to use a computer-assisted method to determine RR intervals in patients with T2DM., (© 2012 Diabetes Technology Society.)

Published
2012
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6. The distribution of controlled drugs on banknotes via counting machines.

Author

Carter JF, Sleeman R, and Parry J

Subjects
Automation, Cocaine supply & distribution, Dronabinol chemistry, England, Forensic Medicine, Humans, Illicit Drugs supply & distribution, Mass Spectrometry, Microscopy, Electron, Scanning, N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine chemistry, Cocaine chemistry, Illicit Drugs chemistry, Paper
Abstract

Bundles of paper, similar to sterling banknotes, were counted in banks in England and Wales. Subsequent analysis showed that the counting process, both by machine and by hand, transferred nanogram amounts of cocaine to the paper. Crystalline material, similar to cocaine hydrochloride, could be observed on the surface of the paper following counting. The geographical distribution of contamination broadly followed Government statistics for cocaine usage within the UK. Diacetylmorphine, Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and 3,4-methylenedioxymethylamphetamine (MDMA) were not detected during this study.

Published
2003
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7. COMPOSTED RECYCLED PAPER USED AS "MAJOR WEAPON" AGAINST PLANT DISEASES.

Subjects
*RECYCLED products, *PLANT diseases, *PAPER, *WASTE products, *WASTE recycling, *COMPOSTING, *SOIL amendments, *ORGANIC wastes, *RESEARCH
Abstract

The article investigates the potential use of composted recycled paper in treating plant diseases by researchers from Warwickshire, England. A research team led by Professor Ralph Noble has shown that composted recycled paper can cut plant disease by as much as 72 percent. Results from trials with conifers using compost made from paper waste indicate that it is providing similar disease suppressing effect as green compost made from plant waste. According to Professor Noble, suppression of plant diseases was particularly noticeable when the green and recycled paper composts were added to peat.

Published
2006