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New Orleans under Waters Again

May 20, 2016 By Jason Leathers Leave a Comment

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New Orleans under Waters Again

Geology studies revealed that New Orleans is in danger of being under waters again. As it is an already know fact that the land in the area is dropping below the water line, scientists have now reached the conclusion that industry may add up to this process and even affect measures taken to save the city.

The technical approach was to use radar technology to study what happens below the ground. Thus it seems that industrial constructions, as oil refineries, chemical complexes, and power plants are overusing the groundwater.

The gradual sinking into the Gulf of Mexico has been carefully observed for three years. What has been discovered is that two industrial complexes had higher subsidence rates than the inhabited area. In these industrial zones, the rate was one to two inches per year, whereas in residential areas the subsidence was only 1/10 to ¼ inches a year.

Moreover, both industrial facilities are placed close to infrastructure built to prevent floods. New Orleans is a frontline for hurricanes. Thus, it is imperative for levees to be erected in this area.

Radar images show that levees built after the Hurricane Katrina were sinking as fast as 2 inches each year. The barrier created after the hurricane costs $1.1 billion and it’s nearly 2 miles long. This expensive barrier is sinking because of its vicinity to the industrial area.

The power plant in question has been working since the 1960s. The facility is using underground water for its cooling processes. Being as old as this, the company owning the plant decided to deactivate it. But they also plan to build a new one – a smaller one – in the same area.

The company’s representative declared they were not aware of any correlation between their facility and the subsidence of New Orleans.

Another industrial area with accelerated subsidence is in the western part of the city, the location of an oil refinery and chemical plants.

Even if the companies have denied knowledge of these facts, all scientists agree that there is a clear connection between the use of underground water and subsidence. This effect was known and proven long before the publishing of the present study.

Industrial companies are now expected to take measures to prevent future subsidence – even if slight continuous sinking is something that cannot be avoided.

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Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: Hurricane Katrina, industrial facilities, levees, New Orleans, New Orleans under Waters Again, radar images, subsidence

Novel Study Intends To Test Survivors’ Blood To Treat Ebola Patients

November 20, 2014 By Jason Leathers Leave a Comment

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An alliance of companies along with some aid groups revealed plans Tuesday to test experimental medications and gather blood plasma from Ebola survivors to treat new sufferers of the disease in West Africa.

Plasma from survivors contains antibodies — substances the immune system makes to brawl the disease. A few Ebola patients have gotten survivor plasma and recuperated, however specialists say there is no real way to know whether it truly helps without a study like the one they are going to begin this month.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is giving $5.7 million to scale up creation of the medicines for the task in Guinea and other Ebola-affected countries in Africa. More than twelve organizations, colleges, and others are helping supplies, staff and money, and are working with the countries and the World Health Organization on particular systems and areas.

Other than helping Ebola patients now, plasma “could be a gizmo for a future outbreak too” from diverse viruses, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said in an interview with The Associated Press.

“You may not have medications and vaccines for some new thing” and it would be excellent to have capacities set up to gather and provide plasma to fill the crevice until those different apparatuses can be produced, he said.

Until now, there are no medications or vaccines approved for Ebola, which has taken the lives of around 5,000 individuals this year in West Africa, the vast majority of them in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Former week, doctors without borders also said it would host studies of experimental treatments and plasma at 3 of its West Africa treatment centers.

The medications to be tested by both groups contain brincidofovir, an antiviral drug that has been attempted in a couple of Ebola cases as such. Its producer, North Carolina-based Chimerix Inc., created it to treat different sorts of viruses and lab tests propose it may battle Ebola.

“We said to them, ‘well, if money was no constraint, what amount might you be able to make?’ and they provided us a number,” Gates said. “So we said, ‘alright, we’ll take the chance that perhaps no one will ever purchase this from you. So we’ll help you expand the production.'”

Making plasma accessible is an intricate errand. Plasma is the lucid part of blood, and the part that contains antibodies. In Africa, donors’ blood will be cleaned via machine to eliminate little amounts of plasma and give back the rest of the blood to the benefactor — a process that permits somebody to give as frequently as every two weeks.

One of the first patients effectively treated for Ebola in the United States — Dr. Kent Brantly, aid worker — got plasma from a 14-year-old boy he treated in Africa, where he was tainted. Brantly has given plasma a few times to Ebola patients in the United States.

However, a plasma beneficiary must have a compatible blood type as the giver. Also, survivors who give plasma should be tested to verify they are cured of Ebola and don’t have other illnesses, for example, hepatitis, syphilis or HIV. The Africa study will make an added stride — utilization of a trial framework by Cerus Corp. for inactivating viruses in blood.

Dr. Ada Igonoh, a specialist in Nigeria who got Ebola from a patient and recuperated, hopes to give plasma and volunteer others for the study.

“Survivors will be ready if they comprehend the objective,” she said.

Recently, Igonoh and Brantly met with Gates to talk about the task at an American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene gathering in New Orleans.

Dr. Luciana Borio, who is heading the Food and Drug Administration’s Ebola reaction, talked at the meeting about plasma. Despite the fact that it appeared to help sometimes, “The upshot is that we don’t generally know whether it helps and to what degree it may help,” she said.

“We’d love to not be in the same circumstance later on,” and a study is the best way to know beyond any doubt, she said.

A Northeast Ohio organization, Clinical Research Management Inc., that agreement with sponsors to run clinical trials, will lead the plasma study in Africa. Plasma will be gathered through three bloodmobiles gave by one more Microsoft co-founder, Paul G. Allen, and the Greenbaum Foundation. The bloodmobiles have been moved to Africa.

The US Armed Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) will give Ebola testing to the study. A few colleges will help, as will the Blood Centers of America and the Safe Blood for Africa Foundation. Several other organizations contribute utensils and supplies.

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Antibodies, Bill Gates, blood, brincidofovir, Cerus Corp., Chimerix Inc, Dr. Ada Igonoh, Dr. Kent Brantly, Dr. Luciana Borio, ebola, Greenbaum Foundation, hepatitis, HIV, immune system, microsoft, New Orleans, Paul G. Allen, Plasma, syphilis, us, US Armed Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, USAMRIID, virus, West Africa

NASA Get a Hold on SLS: Largest Spacecraft Welding Tool

September 14, 2014 By Brian Galloway Leave a Comment

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NASA publicizes the approval of the next generation rocket known as Space Launch System (SLS) about a year ago. This significant consent will permit the organization to move ahead with plans that diverge from formulation tests and more towards practical stages of constructing the rocket.

Recently NASA formally opened their Vertical Assembly Center at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, LA to begin working on the SLS. This is the largest spacecraft welding tool ever built.

This indicates that NASA continues to smash new ground both here and in space. Speaking of space, “The SLS Program continues to make significant process.” “The core stage and boosters have both completed critical design review, and NASA recently approved the SLS Program’s progression from formulation to development. This is a major milestone for the program and proof the first new design for SLS is mature enough for production,” says Todd May, SLS program manager.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden says that “This rocket is a game changer in terms of deep space exploration and will launch NASA astronauts to investigate asteroids and explore the surface of Mars while opening new possibilities for science missions, as well,”
This manufacturing plant holds welding equipment that stands 170 feet tall and 78 feet across. Indeed, they need to construct the rocket first, and that’s where the Vertical Assembly Center comes in to play. The SLS will stand at least 200 feet tall with a diameter of 27.6 feet across. The first rocket will be a 70-metric-ton version of the plan but will have the ability of lifting and carrying 130 metric tons of cargo into space. The rocket itself will be even bigger than the toolkit. It will take at least three years to complete and cost more than 7 billion dollars.

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: $7 billion., Charles Bolden, LA, michoud assembly facility, nasa, New Orleans, sls, spacecraft welding tool, Todd May, Vertical Assembly Center, welding tool

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