Rarest of the rare disease..The `Kawasaki disease` (mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome) is a form of vasculitis identified by an acute febrile illness with multiple systems affected. The cause is unknown, but autoimmunity, infection, and genetic predisposition are believed to be involved. It affects mostly children between ages 3 months and 8 years; 80% are younger than age 5. It occurs more commonly in Japanese children or those of Japanese decent. It has seasonal epidemics, usually in late winter and early spring. It was first described in 1967 by Dr. Tomisaku Kawasaki in Japan.Although Kawasaki disease is a multisystem disease, the cardiovascular system appears to be the primary site with coronary artery vasculitis, aneurysm development, thrombosis, and myocardial thrombosis progressing over days to weeks. Kawasaki disease is diagnosed off the presence of symptoms rather than the results of tests. Symptoms include: conjunctivitis, rash, adenopathy, strawberry tongue, and rash on palms and soles of hands and feet. Four of these symptoms must be present, in addition to a fever which has lasted more than 5 days to confirm a diagnosis. Learn about atypical Kawasaki disease, and how health professional treat the disease using intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) and acetylsalicylic acid.Approximately 15% to 25% of patients develop cardiac complications (coronary thrombosis or rupture, myocardial infarction, heart failure, vasculitis of the aorta or peripheral arteries); however mortality is low.
16 Dec 2014
14 Dec 2014
Air Way Gate
The Only Airport in the world Runway Intersecting a Road .A pair of flimsy-looking barriers closes vehicular traffic every time a plane lands or departs.Fortunately, it’s not a busy airport. It handles only about 60-70 flights a week, All flying to and from the United Kingdom.It heads towards the land border with Spain.The one and only amazing Airport Gibraltar or North Front Airport. A tiny peninsula with an area of only 6.8 square kilometres.The lack of flat space on Gibraltar means the peninsula's only runway is bisected by its busiest road, the Winston Churchill Avenue.It is a civilian airport that serves the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, The airport was constructed during World War II upon the territory's race course (introduced by the Maltese), when Gibraltar was an important naval base for the British.Originally opened in 1939, it was only an emergency airfield for the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.However, the runway was later extended by reclaiming some land from the Bay of Gibraltar using rock blasted from the Rock of Gibraltar while carrying out works on military tunnels.This last major extension of the runway allowed larger aircraft to land at Gibraltar.In 2013 the airport handled 383,876 passengers and 351,867 kg of cargo on 3,564 total flights.Winston Churchill Avenue (the main road heading towards the land border with Spain) intersects the airport runway, and consequently has to be closed every time a plane lands or departs.The History Channel programme Most Extreme Airports ranked the airport the fifth most extreme airport in the world.Monarch is the largest operator at Gibraltar International, operating three weekly flights to London Luton, Manchester Airport and Birmingham.Both routes are operated by an Airbus A320-200.
11 Dec 2014
Aliens
Is there really life on other planets? And if so how long has it been there for? 75 million years of the most credible alien evidence here on Earth: from the age of the dinosaurs, to ancient Egypt, to the skies over the western desert in the present day US, ancient cave drawings of strange creatures, an asphalt-like substance in an Egyptian pyramid made from the remains of unidentified creatures, continued mass sightings in the US.World governments should prepare a co-ordinated action plan in case Earth is contacted by aliens, according to scientists.They argue that a branch of the UN must be given responsibility for "supra-Earth affairs" and formulate a plan for how to deal with extraterrestrials, should they appear.There is a strong belief about aliens they are exist in the United States. Simon Conway Morris, a professor of evolutionary palaeobiology at Cambridge University said, is likely to be Darwinian in nature. And he argues that life anywhere else in the universe will therefore probably have important similarities with life on Earth – especially if it comes from Earth-like worlds that have similar biological molecules to ours. People see so many UFO’s are widely seen around the world .Even more widely around the U.S. more closely around areas near Area 51. Then US really hiding aliens? Area 51 has got to be restricted for something. In that military base, according to bibliotecapleyades.net, there are over 30 levels that are above top secret. For many years now, area 51 is so restricted that not even the president is at a high enough rank to enter without someone keeping an eye on him. If Aliens are real! are they being hidden from us all?
9 Dec 2014
The Inventor Of Dynamite
Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer.He was the inventor of dynamite.Nobel found that when nitroglycerin was incorporated in an absorbent inert substance like kieselguhr (diatomaceous earth) it became safer and more convenient to handle, and this mixture he patented in 1867 as 'dynamite'. Nobel demonstrated his explosive for the first time that year, at a quarry in Redhill, Surrey, England.In 1888 Alfred's brother Ludvig died while visiting Cannes and a French newspaper erroneously published Alfred's obituary.It condemned him for his invention of dynamite and is said to have brought about his decision to leave a better legacy after his death.The obituary stated, Le marchand de la mort est mort ("The merchant of death is dead")and went on to say, "Dr. Alfred Nobel, who became rich by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before, died yesterday." Alfred was disappointed with what he read and concerned with how he would be remembered.
On 27 November 1895, at the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris, Nobel signed his last will and testament and set aside the bulk of his estate to establish the Nobel Prizes, to be awarded annually without distinction of nationality. After taxes and bequests to individuals, Nobel's will allocated 94% of his total assets, 31,225,000 Swedish kronor, to establish the five Nobel Prizes. This converted to GBP £1,687,837 at the time.
The Nobel Prize is an award for an extraordinary international achievement for mankind in the fields of science, literature, peace, medicine, or economics. It is awarded on December 10th on the anniversary of Alfred Nobel to whom this award is named. The award is decided to be given to a person (or people) who made an important achievement in their field the following year. The awards are decided to be given to people associated boards agree upon and has been given out since 1901.
Nobel Prize for physics has been given out since the start of this event. It is actually the first category mentioned in Alfred Nobel’s will. Physics at that time was considered the most important science. Alfred’s research even was closely tied to physics. This award is awarded by the Swedish Academy of sciences.
The Nobel Prize is not awarded every year for each field because some failed to make achievements so were not given out. The peace prize was not awarded for twenty nonconsecutive years. Physics for six, chemistry for eight, medicine for nine, literature for seven, and economic sciences zero. Forty four Nobel Prizes have been awarded to women. The youngest person to receive a Nobel Prize is Lawrence Bragg in physics, now Malala(17) from Pakistan as a awardee for Nobel Peace Prize. The Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway, while the other prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden.
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