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That van driver should have hit reverse. Although that was very deft use of windshield wipers to stave off the first wave. The second wave stood a very good chance of overtaking.
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Mud volcano expert Mark Tingay, an adjunct associate professor at Australia’s University of Adelaide, said that the explosion “certainly could be a mud volcano,” and that the location “fits roughly” with a mud volcano called Makarov Bank, which exploded in 1958, releasing a column of flame 500-600m high and 150m wide.
The country has “hundreds” of mud volcanoes, a quarter of which are known to erupt violently, said Tingay. theguardian.com
???? : JUST IN - Footage of the alleged "mud volcano" eruption in the Caspian Sea filmed from the Omid oil rig.
UPDATE #1 - SOCAR has now removed the part about "mud volcano" from their statement on the explosion. Unclear what is going on here.
UPDATE #2 - Adil Aliyev, Head of the Department of Mud Volcanism of ANAS Institute of Geology and Geophysics: "No mud volcanos in the area, but an explosion on a ship is possible."
?? Statements from the relevant authorities regarding the explosion:
?? "Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping" CJSC: Not a tanker that exploded in the Caspian Sea.
?? SOCAR official: "The explosion did not take place on the Umid platform."
?? MES: No information has been received on any offshore oil infrastructure or industrial facilities.
?? ETSN: "The most likely cause of the eruption is a volcanic eruption."
?? Director of Service Center: "The incident in the Caspian Sea is a sign of a mud volcano."
Abstract Graphene oxide (GO), the new two-dimensional carbon nanomaterial, is extensively investigated for potential biomedical applications. Thus, it is pertinent to critically evaluate its untoward effects on physiology of tissue systems including blood platelets, the cells responsible for maintenance of hemostasis and thrombus formation. Here we report for the first time that atomically thin GO sheets elicited strong aggregatory response in platelets through activation of Src kinases and release of calcium from intracellular stores. Compounding this, intravenous administration of GO was found to induce extensive pulmonary thromboembolism in mice. Prothrombotic character of GO was dependent on surface charge distribution as reduced GO (RGO) was significantly less effective in aggregating platelets. Our findings raise a concern on putative biomedical applications of GO in the form of diagnostic and therapeutic tools where its prothrombotic property should be carefully investigated. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2012:
The application of graphene oxide in drug delivery(Article)Pan, Y., Sahoo, N.G., Li, L. View Correspondence (jump link) View additional authors Save all to author listNanyang Technological University, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore, Singapore View additional affiliations AbstractIntroduction: As a shining star in material science, graphene oxide (GO) and its derivatives possess potential applications in a variety of areas. Among them, the application of GO to drug delivery has attracted ever-increasing interest in the past few years. Areas covered: In this article, the authors summarize the latest progress of utilizing GO in the field of drug delivery. In particular, the functionalization of GO, cytotoxicity of GO and its derivatives, in vitro and in vivo drug delivery and the comparison with carbon nanotube-based delivery systems are discussed. Future perspectives and possible challenges in this emerging field are briefly described. Expert opinion: GO and its derivatives are highly attractive for the application to drug delivery due to their exceptional physiochemical properties and unique planar structure in spite of some existing challenges, such as the reproducibly smart functionalization of GO and the investigation of its long-term toxicology. scopus.com _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2021:
"The University of Ottawa Heart Institute has admitted at least eight people with a rare condition that may be linked to the two mRNA vaccines produced by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech.
The condition, myocarditis, is an inflammation of the heart muscle.
The most common symptoms are chest pain, trouble breathing and sensations of pressure on the chest. Most cases are considered mild, with the condition often going away on its own.
In the unlikely case that the inflammation affects the heart's ability to pump blood, the patient is given anti-inflammatory drugs or steroids.
"We have several new cases," said Dr. Peter Liu, scientific director of the Ottawa Heart Institute.
"And as the vaccination effort increases, we probably will see more cases."
The Heinrich-Bond Cycle. Heinrich Events and Bond Cycles had previously been identified. They The 12,000 year cycle of galactic current sheet crossings and its subharmonics have now been identified. "...external instability factor...both...excess ice..surface heating..."
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