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Ukrainian Asteroid Impact Craters could be part of explaining Dinosaur extinction around 65 millions of years ago
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on January 26th, 2010
Ukrainian Asteroid Impact Craters could be part of explaining Dinosaur extinction around 65 millions of years ago. Several impact craters are found in Ukraine, however their age ranges from 350 to 65 million years old. So these craters are evidence of older asteroid impacts hitting the earth long time ago. However, these craters plays an important role in understanding the frequencies of asteroid impacts to earth, as well as understanding the critical K/T boundary and associated layers in our geological history. At least two of the identified impact craters in Ukraine seem to be linked to the age of mass extinction on earth happened around 65 million years ago. This is the age of the K/T boundary found around the world as well. We will now discuss some of the craters, and begins with the best described of them, the Boltysh Impact Crater. The Boltysh Crater is an impact crater in the Kirovohrad Oblast province of Ukraine. The crater is 24 km in diameter and its age of 65. 17 ± 0. 64 million years, based on argon dating techniques, is within error of that of Chicxulub Crater in Mexico, and the KT boundary. The Chicxulub impact is believed to have caused the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous era, which included the extinction of the dinosaurs. As well as Boltysh, several other impact craters around the world have estimated ages of about 65 million years, leading to the suggestion that the Earth was struck by multiple asteroid impacts at that time. The collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter in 1994 showed that such multiple impacts over a few days are possible. Boltysh Crater is located in central Ukraine, in the basin of the Tiasmyn River, a tributary of the Dnieper River. It is 24 km in diameter, and is surrounded by an eject blanket of breccia preserved over an area of 6500 km². It is estimated that immediately after the impact, ejecta covered an area of 25,000 km² to a depth of 1 m or greater, and was some 600 m deep at the crater rim. The crater is not visible on satellite pictures as it is part of agricultural land today and covered with sediments. The crater contains a central uplift about 6 km in diameter, rising about 550 m above the base level of the crater. This uplift currently lies beneath about 500 m of sediment deposited since the impact, and was discovered in the 1960s during oil exploration. When first identified, the age of the crater could only be roughly constrained between the age of the impacted rocks (the target) and the age of overlying sediments. The target rocks date from the Cenomanian (98. 9 to 93. 5 million years ago) and Turonian (93. 5 to 89 million years ago) epochs. Bore samples of sediments overlying the crater contain fossils dating from the Paleocene epoch, 65 to 54. 8 million years ago. The age of the crater was thus constrained to between 54. 8 and 98. 9 million years. Subsequent radiometric dating reduced the uncertainty. The concentration of uranium-238 decay products in impact glasses from the crater were used to derive an age of 65. 04 ± 1. 10 million years. Analysis of argon radioactive decay products yielded an age of 65. 17 ± 0. 64 million years. These ages are similar to that of Chicxulub Crater. Although the ages derived for Chicxulub and Boltysh are the same to within their statistical errors, it does not necessarily follow that they formed at exactly the same time. At the estimated rate of impacts on the Earth, it would not be extremely unusual for a Boltysh-sized crater to be formed within half a million years of Chicxulub. The dating of these impact craters is not yet accurate enough to establish whether the asteroids arrived thousands of years apart, perhaps as part of a generally elevated rate of impacts at that time, or were almost simultaneous, like the impacts of the fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 on Jupiter in 1994. The discovery of the unconfirmed Silverpit crater and the early report of its age as 65 – 60 million years initially gave greater weight to the hypothesis that the Earth was struck by multiple asteroids at this time, however, the age estimate has now been broadened to 74 – 45 million years. The controversial Shiva crater is claimed to have formed around the same time, but its status as an impact crater is disputed. CEPSAROne hundred and two core boxes containing over 400m of core from the Bolytsh impact crater in the Ukraine have arrived in Aberdeen as part of the NERC funded project into the environmental effects that resulted from this 65 million year old impact crater. CEPSAR scientists Dr Jon Watson, Prof. Simon Kelley and Dr Iain Gilmour joined their University of Aberdeen colleague Dave Jolley for an exciting day doing an initial sampling of the core. Core recovery is over 95% providing the team with a near complete geological record starting from the impact rocks of the crater floor through nearly 400m of sediments from the lake that filled the crater after the impact. The initial sampling comprised some 200 samples that will form part of the detailed geochemical and palynological examination that the team will be undertaking in the coming months. The project is examining the possibility for several impacts at the 65 million year old Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary and their separate and combined consequences for life on Earth at the time. Another impact crater north of the Bolytsh impact crater is the Rotmistrovka crater with a diameter of approximately 2. 7 kilometers and is assumed to be of 120 +/- 10 million years old. So this crater is of a much older date and is not part of the potential mass extinction multiple impact scenario around 65 million years ago which Bolytsh impact crater seems to belong to. Seleny Gai impact crater just south of the Bolytsh crater is of 80 million +/- 20 million years old, so it could be part of the multiple impact event where Bolytsh belongs. Ilyinets impact crater with a diameter of 8. 5 kilometers and an age of 378 +/- 5 million years is located some 230 kilometers west of Bolytsch crater. This crater is not exposed to surface today. Around 70 kilometers north of Ilyinets crater we find the Zapadnaya Impact Crater with a diameter of 3. 2 kilomters. The age of this crater is estimated to 165 +/- million years. Also this crater is not exposed to the surface today. If you have further interest in knowing more about impact craters around the world, The Earth Impact Database could be a good place for you to start learning more about where these are. Lots have been written about the Bolytsh impact crater and here is a reference list for you to dig into if you want. 1. Bass, Yu B. , Galaka, A. I. and Grabovskiy,V. I. , The Boltysh oil shales (in Russian). Razvadka i Okhrana Nedr, pp. 11-15. 1967. 2. Boiko, A. K. , Val’ter, A. A. and Vishnyak,M. M. , On the age of the Boltysh depression (in Russian). Geologicheskii Zhurnal, v. 45, pp. 86-90. 1985. 3. Cockell, C. S. , Lee, P. , The Biology of Impact Craters - a review. Biol. Rev. , 77, P. 279 - 310. 2002. 4. Dabizha, A. I. , Fedynsky, V. V. , Features of the gravitational field of astroblemes (in Russian). Meteoritika, v. 36, pp. 113-120. 1977. 5. Dabizha, A. I. , Krass, M. S. , The evolution of explosive meteorite craters on Earth (in Russian). “Zemlya i Vselennaya”, v. 5, pp. 80-88. 1975. 6. Fel’dman, V. I. , Rare-Earth elements in astrobleme impactites. Geochemistry International, v. 32, pp. 24-48. 1995. 7. Fel’dman, V. I. , Sazonova, L. V. and Granovsky,L. B. , A classification of impactites based on petrographic and geological features (in Russian). Ispytateley Prirody Byull. , Otdel. Geol. , v. 57, pp. 84-94. 1982. 8. Grieve, R. A. F. , Masaitis, V. L. , The economic potential of terrestrial impact craters. International Geology Review, v. 36, pp. 105-151. 1994. 9. Grieve, R. A. F. , Reny, G. , Gurov, E. P. and Ryabenko,V. A. , The melt rocks of the Boltysh impact crater, Ukraine, USSR. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 96, pp. 56-62. 1987. 10. Grieve, R. A. F. , The record of impact on Earth: Implications for a major Cretaceous/Tertiary impact event. Geological Society of America, Special Paper 190, pp. 25-37. 1982. 11. Gurov, E. P. , Kelley, S. P. , Koeberl, C. and Dykan, N. I. , Sediments and Impact Rocks Filling the Boltysh Impact Crater, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Vol. 42, No. 3, P. 335 - 358. 2007. 12. Gurov, E. P. , Kelley, S. P. , Koeberl. , Ejecta of the Boltysh Impact Crater in the Ukranian Shield, Impact Markers in the Stratigraphic Record p. 179 - 202. 2003. 13. Gurov, E. P. , Khmelnitsky, A. F. , The Boltysh impact crater ejecta: Preservation stage and estimation of initial parameters (abstract). 4th International Workshop of the ESF Scientific Network on “Impact Cratering and Evolution of Planet Earth”. The Role of Impacts on the Evolution of the Atmosphere and Biosphere with Regard to Short- and Long-Term Changes, p. 80-81. 1995. 14. Gurov, E. P. , Gurova, E. P. and Metalidi,S. V. , The structure of a meteorite crater with central uplift (as exemplified by the Boltysh astrobleme) (abstract). Meteoritics, v. 26, pp. 253. 1991. 15. Gurov, E. P. , Gurova, E. P. , Some features of the structure of the crater with the central uplift (abstract). Eighth Soviet-American Microsymposium, pp. 35-36. 1988. 16. Gurov, E. P. , Gurova, E. P. , Impact structures on the Earth’s surface (in Russian). Geologicheskii Zhurnal, v. 47, pp. 117-124. 1987. 17. Gurov, E. P. , Gurova, E. P. and Kolesov,G. M. , Impactite composition of the Boltysh astrobleme (in Russian). Meteoritika, v. 45, pp. 150-155. 1986. 18. Gurov, E. P. , Gurova, E. P. , Boltysh astrobleme: Impact crater pattern with a central uplift. Lunar and Planetary Science XVI, pp. 310-311. 1985. 19. Gurov, E. P. , Ryabenko, V. A. , Impact structures of the Ukrainian shield. International Geological Congress 27, Moscow, Field Guide Excursion 098, pp. 143-159. 1984. 20. Gurov, E. P. , Val’ter, A. A. and Rakitskaya,R. B. , Coesite in rocks of meteorite explosion craters on the Ukrainian shield (in Russian). Mineralogicheskoye Obshchestvo Zapiski, v. 107, pp. 362-365. 1978. 21. Gurov, E. P. , Val’ter, A. A. , Ejecta from Boltysh meteorite crater in the Ukrainian shield (in Russian). Geologicheskii Zhurnal, v. 37, pp. 79-84. 1977. 22. Holker, Th. , Deutsch, A. ,. , Strontium and Nd Isotopic compositions of impact melt rocks from the Boltysh and Lappajarvi Impact Structures. 59th Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting, Impact Craters and Ejecta I, Oral, METSOC 96 p. A62-63. 1996. 23. Holker, Th. , Deutsch, A. , The Boltysh Impact Structure, Ukraine: Geochemistry of the Melt Sheet, 27th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1996. 24. Hölker, Th. , Deutsch, A. , The Boltysh impact structure, Ukraine: Geochemistry of the melt sheet (abstract). Lunar and Planetary Science, v. XXVII, pp. 555-556. 1996. 25. Holubev, V. A. , Karpov, H M. and Popovichenko,V A. , The meteorite-explosion origin of the Boltysh depression in the Kirovohrad district (in Ukrainian). Dopovidi Akademii Nauk Ukrains’koi SSSR, v. 1, pp. 10-12. 1974. 26. Ivanov, B. A. , Basilevsky, A. T. , Meteorite craters (in Russian). Priroda, v. 10, pp. 23-35. 1985. 27. Kashkarov, L. L. , Nazarov, M. A. , Kalinina, G. V. , Lorenz, K. A. , Konokova,N. N. , Fission Track Dating of the Bolytsh Crater, Ukraine, LPSC XXIX, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, (CD-ROM). 1998. 28. Kelley, S. P. , Gurov, E. , Boltysh, another end-Cretaceous impact. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, v. 37, p. 1031-1043. 2002. 29. Khryanina, L. P. , Meteorite craters on Earth (in Russian), Moscow, Nedra, pp. 73-82. 1987. 30. Khryanina, L. P. , Meteorite craters on Earth (in Russian). Moscow, Nerda, 112 p. 1987. 31. Komarov, A. M. , Raykhlin, A. I. , Comparison of fission-track and potassium-argon dating of impactites. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, v. 228, pp. 673-676. 1976. 32. Lorenz, C. A. , Trace Elements Geochemistry in Impact Melts of the Bolytsh Crater, Ukraine, LPSC XXX, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, Abstr. 1597 (CD-ROM). 1999. 33. Masaitis, V. L. , Mashchak, M. S. , Bilateral symmetry of circular impact structures of astroblemes (in Russian). Meteoritika, v. 41, pp. 150-156. 1982. 34. Masaitis, V. L. , Inclusions in impactites (in Russian). Meteoritika, v. 40, pp. 107-112. 1982. 35. Masaitis, V. L. , Mashchak, M. S. , Distribution of impactites in some large astroblemes on the U. S. S. R. territory (abstract). Lunar and Planetary Science XI, pp. 674-676. 1980. 36. Masaitis, V. L. , Danilin, A. N. , Maschak, M. S. , Raykhlin, A. I. , Selivanovskaya, T. V. and Shadenkov,Ye. M. , The Geology of Astroblemes (in Russian). Leningrad, Nedra, 231 p. 1980. 37. Masaitis, V. L. , Mashchak, M. S. , Distribution of impactites in some large astroblemes of the U. S. S. R. territory (abstract). Lunar and Planetary Science, v. XI, pp. 674-676. 1980. 38. Masaitis, V. L. , The morphology and sub-surface structure of terrestrial meteorite craters and astroblemes (in Russian). Pis’ma v Astronomichesky Zhurnal, v. 3, pp. 36-40. 1979. 39. Masaitis, V. L. , Danilin, A. N. and Bogomolnaya,L. S. , Crystallization of impact melt in Boltysh crater (abstract). Lunar and Planetary Science IX, pp. 699-701. 1978. 40. Masaitis, V. L. , Mashchak, M. S. , Raikhlin, A. I. , Selivanovskaya, T. V. , & Danilin,A. , Meteorite craters and astroblemes in the USSR (in Russian). Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, v. 240, pp. 1191-1193. 1978. 41. Masaitis, V. L. , Astroblemes in the USSR. International Geology Review, v. 18, pp. 1249-1258. 1975. 42. Orlova, A. O. , Sazonova, L. V. and Fel’dman,V. I. , Correlation between plagioclase crystal morphology and cooling kinetic of Boltysh astrobleme impact melt (USSR) (abstract). Meteoritics, v. 24, p. 312. 1989. 43. Phinney, W. C. , Simonds, C. H. , Dynamical implications of the petrology and distribution of impact melt rocks. Roddy, D. J. , Pepin, R. O. and Merrill, R. B. , eds. , Impact and Explosion Cratering, Pergamon Press, New York, pp. 771-790. 1977. 44. Raikhlin, A. I. , Danilin, A. N. , Gorshkov, E. S. and Starunov,V. A. , Contrasting differences in tagamites from the Popigai and Boltysh astroblemes (in Russian). Meteoritika, v. 42, pp. 144-148. 1983. 45. Reimold, W. U. , Dressler, B. O. , The economic significance of impact processes (abstract). Abstracts for the International Workshop on Meteorite Impact on the Early Earth, Perth, Australia, pp. 36-37. 1990. 46. Ryabenko, V. A. , Val’ter, A. A. , Meteorite explosion craters as an object of study in modern geology (in Russian). Visnyk, v. 1-6, pp. 7-16. 1977. 47. Schmidt, G. , Palme, H. , Os, Re, Ir, Ru, Rh, Pd, Au in borehole samples from the Clearwater East crater (Canada) and the Boltysh impact crater (Ukraine) (abstract). Lunar and Planetary Science XXVIII, pp. 1255-1256. 1997. 48. Schmidt, G. , Clues to the Nature of the Impacting Bodies from Platinum-group Elements (Rhenium and Gold) in Borehole Samples from the Clearwater East Crater (Canada) and the Bolytsh Impact Crater (Ukraine), Meteoritics; vol. 32, p. 761-7. 1997. 49. Shcherban, O. N. , A study of meteorite crater formation by comparing results of geological observations and numerical modelling on the computer (in Russian). Visnyk Akademiyi Nauk Ukrayinskoyi RSR, v. 3, pp. 11-19. 1983. 50. Stanyukovich, A. K. , Probable meteorite craters (in Russian). Priroda, v. March, pp. 119-121. 1972. 51. Val’ter, A. A. , Kolesov, G. M. , Fel’dman, V. I. and Kapustkina,I. G. , Contamination of the Boltysh astrobleme impactites with meteoritic matter (in Russian). Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, v. 295, pp. 164-167. 1987. 52. Val’ter, A. A. , Dobryanski, Yu. P. , Lazarenko, Y. Y. and Tarasyuk,V. K. , Shock metamorphism of quartz and estimation of masses motion in the bases of Boltysh and Ilyinets astroblemes of the Ukrainian shield (abstract). Lunar and Planetary Science XIII, pp. 819-820. 1982. 53. Val’ter, A. A. , Ryabenko, V. A. , Explosion craters of the Ukrainian shield (in Russian). Kiev, Naukova dumka Press, 154 p. 1977. 54. Vishevsky, S. A. , Pospelova, L. N. , Some petrological and geochemical features of the problem of impact interactions (in Russian). Nekotoryye Petrologo-Geokhimicheskiye Osobennosti Problemy Impaktnykh Vzaumodeistviy, pp. 156-191. 1984. 55. Westbroek, H. , Stewart, R. , The formation, morphology, and economic potential of meteorite impact craters, CREWES Research Report v. 8, p. 1-26. 1996. 56. Yakovlev, O. I. , Parfenova, O. V. and Ignatenko,K. I. , Nonequilibrium condensation and high potassium impactites (in Russian). Meteoritika, v. 41, pp. 141-149. 1982. 57. Yakovlev, O. I. , Vernadsky, V. I. and Parfenova,O. V. , The role of vaporization and condensation in the formation of the chemical composition of impactites. Lunar and Planetary Science XI, pp. 1285-1287. 1980. 58. Yurk, Yu Yu. , Yeremenko, G. K. and Polkanov,Yu. A. , The Boltysh depression-a fossil meteorite crater (in Russian). Sovetskaya Geologiya, v. 2, pp. 138-144. 1975. 59. Yurk, Yu Yu. , Yeremenko, G. K. and Polkanov,Yu. A. , The Boltysh depression-a fossil meteorite crater. Sovetskaya Geologiya, v. 18, pp. 196-202. 1975. 60. Yurk, Yu Yu. , Er’omenko, G. K. and Polkanov,Y. A. , New data concerning the genesis of the Boltysh basin (in Russian). Akademiya Nauk Ukrainskoy RSR, Dopovidi, Seriya, B, Geologiya, Geolizika, Khimiyo, ta Biologiya, Kiev, pp. 244-248. 1974.
Professional Indemnity Insurance Why Needed
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on January 24th, 2010
Professional Indemnity Insurance is a kind of insurance where the insurer is protected or covered against claims from mistakes that he makes in his business where he may find himself in a dispute with his customers. The demand for PI insurance is increasing day by day. Whether you work in a company, or you are a contractor offering services within your specific professional industry, the client expectations of quality and service are set very high nowadays and you need to display a standard or even above-standard level of knowledge, care and skill. Generally, a “professional” is anyone who provides specialist advice or services within their sphere of knowledge. This notion can be referred not only to accountants, lawyers and surveyors, but also to consultants, designers, advertising agents, real estate agents, tax agents, translators, private investigators, architects, workers of the IT industry, etc. Lately, the courts have taken a broader view concerning who can be called a professional. The list keeps expanding and also includes trade associations, riding masters, diving instructors, funeral directors, and a lot more. With the increasing number of claims for alleged negligence or breach of duty, it is unwise to go without the Professional Indemnity Insurance cover. The cost of defending claims made against you may put your business and personal assets at risk. You need the right type and amount of coverage to protect yourself against losing your valuable assets. Buying Professional Indemnity Insurance means protecting yourself against legal liability for an act, error or omission, professional neglect or any of the above-mentioned issues. Professional Indemnity Insurance operates on a “claims made and notified” basis. It means that for a claim to be accepted by an insurance company, the policy needs to be in force at the time the claim is made and notified. With the Indemnity Insurance, it is necessary to be covered when a claim is made, which may be different from the time when the mistake is made. Remember that your Professional Indemnity insurance policy can cover you for any claims arising out of work you completed in the past. Consider taking out retroactive cover to secure yourself against claims that may arise from previously completed work. Note that sometimes Professional Indemnity claims tend to arise even years after a contract for a particular service has been completed. BizCover specializes in Professional Indemnity insurance and also carry numerous types of Business Insurance: BizCover customers can mix and match insurance types. Business Insurance types include Public Liability Insurance, Office Contents Insurance, General Property Insurance, Glass Insurance, Tax Audit Insurance, and Premises Insurance. BizCover is the fastest growing online insurance broker in Australia and works in partnership with its parent company.
Keep Your Blog Traffic
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on January 23rd, 2010
So you finally figured out how to get those visitors to your site, huh Well, partner, it is not over. Now you have got to keep them there, while also bringing in new people, if you hope for your blog to be effective. How I knew you ask that. . . 1. Pay closer attention to your audience than you do to your search engine rankings. Who knows what way the wind will blow in years to come. You may be able to do without traffic from Google one day just like you are probably doing without traffic from Hotbot right now. However, you will never be able to do without your clients and prospects. If you could you would not be in business, would youSo pay attention to what your audience wants to hear. If you configure your blog correctly in the first place, you would not have to worry about a good ranking so much. 2. Shut Up if you have nothing interesting to say. And while you are keeping your lips tight, find something really interesting to say. 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Posted by admin in Uncategorized on January 22nd, 2010
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Posted by admin in Uncategorized on January 20th, 2010
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Luxury Serviced Apartments in London
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on January 19th, 2010
Many business travellers who come to London temporarily on assignment choose to rent luxury serviced apartments in the capital rather than stay in hotels. For the international family, coming to London for a long period with young children in tow, staying in hotels can be very difficult. For this reason, quality serviced apartments offer the perfect option. Located in central London close to one of the many convenient underground stations, luxury serviced apartments offer all the services you would expect from a good hotel, whilst giving you the freedom and independence of having your own home from home in London. There are luxury serviced apartments in the most soughtafter areas of London such as Knightsbridge, Belgravia and Mayfair, as well as in the City of London itself. Kensington, Marble Arch are also popular locations. Many apartment residences offer an in-house gym for residents’ use or the rental package includes membership of the local gym. Some have their own top class restaurants where residents can entertain their guests in comfort and style. Serviced residences offer a safe option for the security conscious traveller. Most have 24 hour reception with concierge on duty, as well as CCTV and video entryphone systems. Families can feel secure in the knowledge that they will feel safe during their stay. Top of the range modern technology is offered in abundance at these prime locations. From widescreen plasma TV’s to top notch sound systems and broadband internet access, luxury serviced apartments come fully equipped with state of the art features. Most kitchens feature solid granite work surfaces alongside the most advanced kitchen appliances available today. Crockery and cutlery is of the highest quality and kitchens are furnished down to the last teaspoon. Linen and towels can be changed. Again, the linen provided is top quality and will help to ensure your stay is a comfortable one. All apartments are provided with washing machines and tumble dryers and most residences offer a laundry and dry cleaning service for residents. Daily maid service is extensively available so minimal housework is required to maintain these luxury residences on a day to day basis. Some of the most central locations even offer their own private residents’ car park. The range of styles available is varied; from minimalist pieds-a-terre with simple furnishings to grand apartments in Victorian residences with high ceilings, there is something to appeal to everyone. If you are coming to London on business for several months and require luxury accommodation in one of the most vibrant cities in the world, serviced apartments are an excellent option.
Dangerous Holiday Loves, Reduce your Risk of Spreading!!
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on January 17th, 2010
Genital Herpes
a sexually transmitted disease caused by the herpes simplex virus, usually spread through intercourse with a person with infected sores, but it can be passed through oral or anal sex as well. Genital herpes is common, affecting both men and women. The cause of genital herpes is a strain of herpes simplex virus (HSV), which enters your body through small breaks in your skin or mucous membranes. Herpes symptoms can come and go, but the virus stays in the nerve.
Genital herpes symptoms may include:
- Small, red bumps, blisters (vesicles) or open sores (ulcers) in the genital, anal and nearby areas
- Pain or itching around your genital area, buttocks or inner thighs
Reduce your risk and:
- Wear loose clothes
- Keep the genital area clean and dry
- Try not to touch the sores and if you do touch them, wash your hands with warm soap and water right away
- Avoid having sex during an outbreak
- Always using a condom made of latex and avoiding sexual contact when you have an outbreak
- Try medications e. g. Valtrex
As many as 50 million people from US are infected with genital herpes age 12 and older, with 1 million new infections each year.
If you have herpes, do not have any sexual activity with someone who does not have herpes when you have sores or other symptoms of herpes. Even if you don’t have symptoms, you can still pass the virus to others.
Gonorrhea is also commonly known by the slang term ” The clap “
A sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoea. A common cause of urethral and vaginal discharge and of discharging eyes in newborns. During pregnancy, gonorrhea infections can cause premature labor and stillbirth.
Infection with gonorrhea is more common in certain groups of people. The highest reported infection rates occur in the following groups:
- Adolescents and young adults
- People (often poor) living in urban areas and Southern states
- African Americans
- Drug users
Symptoms of gonorrhea generally appear between 2 and 10 days after infection, although it could take as long as 30 days for your symptoms to appear. If you are a woman and are suffering from gonorrhea, you may experience bleeding after sex and frequent, painful urination. These symptoms are especially common in the early stages of an infection of the cervix. Later symptoms include nausea, fever, vomiting, bleeding between periods, and a yellow or bloody vaginal discharge.
Gonorrhea Treatment
Doctors usually prescribe a single dose of one of the following antibiotics to treat gonorrhea:
- Cefixime
- Ceftriaxone
- Ciprofloxacin
- Ofloxacin
- Levofloxacin
If you have gonorrhea and are pregnant or are younger than 18 years old, you should not take ciprofloxacin or ofloxacin. Your doctor can prescribe the best and safest antibiotic for you.
Gonorrhea and chlamydial infection, another common STD, often infect people at the same time. Therefore, doctors usually prescribe a combination of antibiotics, such as ceftriaxone and doxycycline or azithromycin, which will treat both chlamydial and gonorrhea disease.
If you have gonorrhea, all of your sexual partners should get tested and then treatment for gonorrhea if infected, whether or not they have symptoms of gonorrhea.
Without treatment, gonorrhea infections will only get worse.
Gonorrhea Prevention
- Talk with your partner about STDs before beginning a sexual relationship.
- Avoid sexual contact if you have symptoms of an STD or are being treated for an STD.
- Avoid sexual contact with anyone who has symptoms of an STD or who may have been exposed to an STD.
- Don’t have more than one sexual relationship at a time.
- Condom use reduces the risk of becoming infected with an STD.
Syphilis
a sexually transmitted disease caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum . It has often been called “the great imitator” because so many of the signs and symptoms are indistinguishable from those of other diseases. . If syphilis is not properly treated, it can cause brain, nerve, and tissue damage. A pregnant woman with syphilis can pass the disease to her infant during childbirth; this is called congenital syphilis.
Syphilis Symptoms
Syphilis may progress through 3 distinct stages
The first symptom of primary syphilis is a usually painless open sore called a chancre (pronounced “shanker”). The chancre can appear within 10 days to 3 months (usually 2 to 6 weeks) after exposure.
Secondary syphilis is marked by a skin rash that appears anywhere from 2 to 12 weeks after the chancre disappears. The rash may cover the whole body or appear only in a few areas, such as the palms of the hands or soles of the feet.
Latent (dormant) phase : The early latent phase (first 1-2 years) is characterized by occasional relapses back to symptoms of the secondary phase of syphilis. More than 2 years after the start of the latent phase, you may have no symptoms and are generally not infectious. However, you can still transmit the infection from mother to fetus or through blood transfusions.
Syphilis Treatment
Early diagnosis and treatment with penicillin — or another antibiotic if you’re allergic to penicillin — can kill the organism that causes syphilis and stop the progression of the disease. Left untreated, the disease can lead to serious complications or death.
If transmitted to a fetus, syphilis can cause deformity and death. Even if you were treated for syphilis during your pregnancy, your newborn child should receive antibiotic treatment.
AIDS
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles.
AIDS Symptoms
Once the immune system weakens, a person infected with AIDS can develop the following symptoms:
Lack of energy
Weight loss
Frequent fevers and sweats
Persistent or frequent yeast infections
Persistent skin rashes or flaky skin
Short-term memory loss
Mouth, genital, or anal sores from herpes infections
AIDS Treatment
Anti-HIV (also called antiretroviral) medications are used to control the reproduction of the virus and to slow or halt the progression of HIV-related disease. When used in combinations, these medications are termed Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART). HAART combines three or more anti-HIV medications in a daily regimen, sometimes referred to as a “cocktail”. Anti-HIV medications do not cure HIV infection and individuals taking these medications can still transmit HIV to others. Anti-HIV medications approved by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) fall into four classes:
1 - Nonnucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NNRTIs)
2 - Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTIs)
3 - Protease Inhibitors (PIs)
4 - Fusion Inhibitors
Mathematics in Daily Life
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on January 16th, 2010
Waxing eloquently on the basic importance of Mathematics in human life, Roger Bacon (1214-1294), an English Franciscan friar, philosopher, scientist and scholar of the 13th century, once stated: “Neglect of mathematics works injury to all knowledge, since he who is ignorant of it cannot know the other sciences or the things of the world. ” And the ingenuity of his statement is there before us to see, in this Internet era.
However, mathematics, in itself, has all the ingredients that make it a universal language shared by all human beings irrespective of culture, religion, or gender. Pi is always 3. 14159 regardless of where we are. Similarly, the elemental mathematical processes (like addition, subtraction, etc. ) never get changed due to a change in the location or for any other reason whatsoever. These all say about the close intertwining of mathematics in our daily life.
At a time when even a common man is being increasingly dependent upon the application of science and technology in the day-to-day activities of life, the role of mathematics has undoubtedly been redefined. Right from getting up in early hours of the day to the ringing of an alarm, to wait for the counts of whistles of the cooker, to exchange currency at a ticket outlet while availing a public conveyance, almost every next moment we do the simple calculations at the back of our mind. Of course, these are all done pretty unconsciously without a thought being spared for the use of mathematics on all such occasions.
Reading time on a watch, rounding a date on a calendar, checking up the mileage of your car, halting at the filling station, attending to a roll call at school, getting scores in the class exams, scoring in a game, betting on a horse race, preparing a recipe in the kitchen, - the list is just endless if one goes on to note down the situations when our computational skill, or more specifically, simple mathematics comes to play a role. It scares us to certain extent to think of a life without any knowledge of calculation or computation, or in other words mathematics. In many a case, lack of a formal education hardly affects gaining a relative mastery in these computational skills which are so essential in our daily life.
At a psychological level, exposure to mathematics helps in developing an analytic mind and assists in better organization of ideas and accurate expression of thoughts. At a more general level, far away from dealing with the higher mathematical concepts, the importance of mathematics for a common man is underpinned whenever he visits banks, shopping malls, railways, post offices, insurance companies, or deals with transport, business transactions, imports and exports, trade and commerce, and the ilk. Even when we think of role of mathematics in our recreational activities, we surprisingly have a list that runs quite long: video games, computer games, puzzles, riddles, and so on.
It ensues from the above discussion that a modern life style seems completely handicapped and at times, highly improbable, in the absence of mathematics. For, unless we are well versed in the language of numbers, we would find it difficult to reach at important decisions and perform everyday tasks. Be it to shop wisely, or buy the right insurance, or refashion a home within a budget, knowledge of mathematics holds the key, and hence, barely necessary.