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The government of Jersey Island has insisted that the Abacha loot would not be released to Nigeria if a third party representation is brought into the picture.
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China's Xi says wants to ensure 'correct direction' of Myanmar ties
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (L) and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping (R) poses for the media before a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, on 19 August 2016.
By Ben Blanchard and Aung Hla Tun | Reuters
BEIJING/YANGON, 20 August 2016
Chinese President Xi Jinping told Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday China wants to ensure relations develop in the "correct direction", as Myanmar activists wrote to Xi saying they want China to address concern about a stalled dam project.
China has been on a diplomatic offensive since Suu Kyi's government came to power in April, aiming to forge good ties with its resource-rich neighbour.
"The people in Myanmar stand at a new starting point for a splendid future of the country," Xi told Suu Kyi.
"We should adhere to the correct direction, to push for new progress in bilateral relations and to bring tangible benefits to the two peoples."
He made no mention of the Chinese-invested $3.6 billion Myitsone dam project in comments in front of reporters.
Former Myanmar President Thein Sein angered China in 2011 when he suspended work on the hydro-power dam, at the confluence of two northern rivers in the Ayeyarwady river basin, after it drew widespread protests on environmental grounds.
China has been pushing for work to restart on the dam, which under the original plans would have sent 90 percent of its power to China.
A Myanmar commission reviewing the project, and other proposed hydro-power dams, is expected to report by 11 November.
Chinese state radio paraphrased Suu Kyi as saying the commission would try to find the "best resolution" for the dam issue, though she said she had no way of knowing what that was.
In Myanmar's largest city of Yangon, a group of 60 civil society groups on Thursday sent a letter to Xi via China's embassy saying they hoped China was giving proper thought to their concerns.
"We believe the People's Republic of China will take into serious consideration the fact that the opinion of Myanmar's people has never been sought extensively enough since the Myitsone project was first conceived," the groups said in their letter.
Thwin Linn Aung of Genuine People's Servants, one of the organizers of the letter, told Reuters they had sent it to show support for Suu Kyi and ask China "not to apply pressure on her".
Finding a solution to the Myitsone project is important for Suu Kyi who needs China's cooperation in talks with Myanmar ethnic minority armed groups operating along the border with China.
Suu Kyi said Myanmar would work hard with China on border stability and not allow anything to happen which could affect "friendly relations" with its neighbours, Chinese state television said.
Xi said China would continue to play a "constructive role" in promoting Myanmar's peace process, the report added.
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Q: Core Data fetches based on properties of 'ordered' relationships My app has smart folder like functionality: a predicate is setup with a NSPredicateEditor and used to fill the folder with a fetch request.
The entity used in the search has a to-many relationship. The relationship is ordered, in the sense that an index is stored in the destination entity for sorting purposes.
My problem is that I would like to build in a rule based on the last values in the ordered relationship, but I can't figure out how to build a predicate to do this, because the relationship is not an array. Core data doesn't actually know about the order.
I have a readonly property on the class that returns the ordered items, but this doesn't seem to help with the fetch request because the property is not available in the core data store.
The only option I can think of is to de-normalize and store the last items in the relationship ordered in a separate property. Is that the only solution?

A: Well, assuming I have understood the problem correctly, I'd do it like this. Lets say you've got two entities, TopEntity has a (NSString *)name property and a to-many relationship to MyEntity which has a (NSString *)data property and (NSInteger)order property.
Lets say you want the TopEntity objects which match a given string, and whose MyEntity orders are satisfy a certain condition, then you can do it with two predicates and an NSFetchRequest like so....
NSManagedObjectContext *context = [self managedObjectContext];

// Create some top level entities
TopEntity *aTop = [TopEntity insertInManagedObjectContext:context];
aTop.name = @"This is Your Name";
TopEntity *bTop = [TopEntity insertInManagedObjectContext:context];
bTop.name = @"This aint a Name";
TopEntity *cTop = [TopEntity insertInManagedObjectContext:context];
cTop.name = @"This is My Name";

// Add some data
NSInteger i, len = 30;
for(i=0; i<len; i++) {
    // Create a new object
    MyEntity *entity = [MyEntity insertInManagedObjectContext:context];
    entity.orderValue = i;
    entity.data = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"This is some data: %d", i];
    if(i < 10) {
        [aTop addObjectsObject:entity];
        [entity addTopObject:aTop];
    } else if (i < 20) {
        [bTop addObjectsObject:entity];
        [entity addTopObject:bTop];
    } else {
        [cTop addObjectsObject:entity];
        [entity addTopObject:cTop];
    }
}

// Save the context
NSError *error = nil;
[context save:&error];

// A predicate to match against the top objects
NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"name BEGINSWITH %@", @"This is"];
// A predicate to match against the to-many objects
NSPredicate *secondPredicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"ANY objects.order < %d", 5];
NSFetchRequest *fetch = [[NSFetchRequest alloc] init];
[fetch setEntity:[NSEntityDescription entityForName:@"TopEntity" inManagedObjectContext:context]];
[fetch setPredicate:predicate];
NSArray *result = [[context executeFetchRequest:fetch error:&error] filteredArrayUsingPredicate:secondPredicate];

for(TopEntity *entity in result) {
    NSLog(@"entity name: %@", entity.name);
}

So, essentially you can just wrap the results of your fetch request with another predicate and use the ANY keyword.
I've got no idea how efficient that is, but it works for this case. Running the above will output "This is Your Name" i.e. it matches the first TopEntity.

A: I don't think there's a way to limit to n results in a predicate, only at the fetch request level.
Aside from referencing the last n items in a relationship as you mentioned, you might try a boolean attribute "lastN" and flip them on/off when you curate the order of the list (say, during user-initiated sort or drag-and-drop reordering).
Alternatively, you could create a separate fetch request for each searched thing that sorts by your sort key, ordered descending, and is limited (via -setFetchLimit: ) to n results.
Tracking this as a relationship or an attribute is somewhat "messy" whereas the fetch limit is more expensive (because of multiple round trips). If your reordering is done by one-off user actions, it might be better performance-wise to use the relationship or attribute approach since the work is amortized rather than done all at once in a series of fetches. I haven't found a better way myself and will follow this one closely. :-)

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NFL Picks and News	 October 12, 2017
Atlanta Heavily Favored and Expected to Take Care of Visiting Dolphins
Written by Kyle
Who: Miami Dolphins v. Atlanta Falcons
When: Sunday October 15th, 2017 1:00PM EST
Where: Mercedes-Benz Stadium—Atlanta, Georgia
The Dolphins and Falcons will meet on Sunday in Atlanta for a little AFC, NFC matchup. The Dolphins will enter this matchup looking to preserve a .500 record and hopefully build upon it, while the Falcons will be looking to take care of a team they are favored to defeat. Adding to the feeling that a Falcons win is all but inevitable is the fact that Atlanta will be entering this game coming off of a bye week. A well-rested Atlanta team is the last thing Miami will want to see.
The Dolphins' season up to this point has not been pretty, but there have been decent stats put up by a number of offensive players. For me and most other people, the Dolphins; likelihood of emerging victorious in any given game is something that is squarely the responsibility of Jay Cutler. Cutler has to be one of the most inconsistent quarterbacks in the league, and his stats show just that. Even in his 2 victories, Cutler's performances have been less than convincing. Adding to the mountain of challenges faced by the Dolphins is that this game will be played in Atlanta, at a brand new stadium that is sure to be packed.
Despite their most recent shocking loss to the Bills, the Falcons are right where they need to be at this point in the season if they want to get a shot at redemption for their Super Bowl loss last year. With a 3-1 record, they are locked into a fight with Carolina for divisional supremacy. There are few people out there who have many bad things to say about the offensive play of the Falcons, but there is a lot to be said about the defense's ability. All 3 of the Falcons' victories have been far from sure-things, and that is something their defense will want to address. The key this week will be to put the Dolphins away early and move on to the next game.
Game Overview and Analysis
The +11.5 (-115) Dolphins (+495) are not being given much of any chance of walking out of Mercedes-Benz Stadium with anything other than a loss. After all, their quarterback is averaging less than 200 yards passing per game and has as many interceptions as he does touchdown throws (3). I understand that the Falcons' defense is not exactly the best in the NFL, but it is going to take a special performance on the part of Jay Cutler in order for Miami to have any chance whatsoever. The Falcons definitely respect Cutler and the experience he has, but I do not think that respect and experience will translate into above average stats. Ajayi has been doing his thing on the ground but, once again, I do not think it is going to be nearly enough to overcome Atlanta.
The Dolphins' defense has been average so far this season, and against Matt Ryan things very well might get ugly in a hurry for the Dolphins. Drew Brees, who is having a less than stellar year with less than stellar receivers, threw for 268 yards and 2 touchdowns in their Week 4 matchup. I think the story for the Dolphins' defense is the same as it is for Cutler; it is going to take something very special to get a win.
-11.5 (-105) Atlanta (-620) is going to be looking at this game as not just a must-win, but an absolutely must-win. They know their season is going to end up being a dogfight with Carolina, and even these non-conference games are going to play a role in who takes the crown come season's end. The Falcons must certainly respect their opponent, but they will know full well that Matt Ryan and Co. should be able to pass and run freely. So long as the defense can keep a tame Jay Cutler under control, I think there will be few issues on the defensive side of the ball for Atlanta either. As much as I think the Dolphins might have some momentum under their belt after their win against Tennessee last week, I think the Falcons are far too powerful for them to have a realistic chance.
Betting Prediction
While the moneyline bet you should make in this one would definitely be the Falcons, the -620 odds are not necessarily the greatest. I think there is a very small chance that the Falcons do not win, however you really need to think about it before placing a moneyline bet as the risk/reward is not the most appealing.
The point spread as offered by BetOnline lists the Falcons as 11.5 point (-105) favorites, and I like this one. I do not typically love the big NFL spreads, but if the Saints can beat the Dolphins by 20 in Miami, I think the Falcons can beat Miami by 12 or more in Atlanta. For me, it is really that simple. In every facet of the game the Dolphins are outmatched.
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Film Screening & Discussion: Oscar-Nominated Bangladeshi Feature Film "Television" by Mostafa Sarwar Farooki
Tue, May 26, 2015 7:00 pm at Alwan for the Arts
Alwan and 3rd i NY Present Award-Winning, Oscar-Nominated Feature Bangladeshi Comedy Drama Film
Bangladesh | 2012 | 106 minutes
Bengali with English subtitles
Director: Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
Producer: Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
Scriptwriter: Anisul Hoque, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
Cinematographer: Golam Maola Nabir
Editor: Rajon Khaled
Composer: Ayub Baccu
Cast: Chanchal Chowdhury, Mosharrof Karim, Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Shahir Kazi Huda
As a leader of the local community, Chairman Amin bans every kind of image in his water-locked village in rural Bangladesh since he considers it to be un-Islamic. He even goes on to claim that imagination is also sinful since it gives one the license to infiltrate into any prohibited territory. But change is a desperate wind that is difficult to resist by shutting the window. The tension between this traditional window and modern wind grows to such an extent that it starts to leave a ripple effect on the lives of a group of typically colorful, eccentric, and emotional people living in that village. But at the very end of the film, Television, which he hated so much, comes to the rescue and helps Chairman Amin reach a transcendental state where he and his God are unified. A new twist to the story makes him embrace IMAGE and IMAGINATION.
"Television's theme of generational conflict and the friction between tradition and modernity play out against a refreshingly "normal" view of Bangladesh that doesn't rely on crushing poverty, draconian customs and a post-tsunami wasteland. Golam Maola Nabir's bright, colorful cinematography and geometric compositions that compartmentalize the characters efficiently creates an optimistic and relatable tone that makes the film's comic moments more satiric than if they had been shot in the drab style more recognizable from the region's cinema."
- Elizabeth Kerry, The Hollywood Reporter
Closing film; Busan International Film Festival 2012 (World Premiere). Nominated; Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography, Asia Pacific Screen Awards (2013). Nominated; Lino Brocka Grand Prize, Cinemanila International Film Festival (2012). Nominated; Bangladesh's entry for the 86th Academy Award Foreign Language Category (2014). Winner, Grand Jury Prize, Asia Pacific Screen Awards (2013). Winner, City of Rome Award for Best Asian Feature Film (Jury), Best Feature Film and Audience Award from Asiatica Film Festival (2013). Winner, Golden Hanuman Award, Jogja Asian Film Festival (2013). Winner, NETPAC Award Kolkata International Film Festival (2013). Winner, Special Mention Award, Muhr Asia and Africa Category, Dubai International Film Festival (2012).
Director's Biography
"Mostofa Sarwar Farooki could be the next South-east Asian filmmaker to break out", The Hollywood Reporter wrote in the review of his film "Television". Variety's Jay Weissberg wrote: "Mostofa Sarwar Farooki is a key exemplar of Bangladeshi new wave cinema movement."
Farooki is a contemporary Bangladeshi film director and screenwriter. He is also the pioneer of an avant-garde filmmakers' movement called Chabial. His fourth feature Television was the closing film at Busan International Film Festival and won the Grand Jury Prize in Asia Pacific Screen Award 2013 in addition to 5 more international awards from Dubai, Jogja-Indonesia, Asiatica Film Festival in Roma, and Kolkata. Ant Story is his fifth feature which got nominated for Golden Goblet Awards and Muhr Asia-Africa Awards. It is also in competition for nomination for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2014.
Director's Filmography
Ant Story; Feature Fiction, 2013
Television; Feature Fiction, 2012
Ok Cut; Short Fiction; 2010
Third Person Singular Number; Feature Fiction, 2009
Bachelor; Feature Fiction, 2003
Made in Bangladesh; Feature Fiction, 2007
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Beaver Vs. Alligator: Buc-ees Goes To Court To Defend Its Iconic Logo
The roadside destination is taking on a San Antonio barbecue restaurant that's using a similar cartoon critter to advertise.
By Michael MarksMay 16, 2018 7:37 amBusiness & Your Money
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In Lawrence Wright's new book "God Save Texas," he begins his ode to the Lone Star State with a place that may be among the most Texan of all retailers – Buc-ees. That little beaver in the logo may be cute, but it's got teeth. A lawyer for the roadside destination told a federal jury Tuesday that San Antonio-based Choke Canyon Bar-B-Q is using a similar cartoon critter in its logo to confuse drivers into pulling off the highway to shop at its travel stop instead.
Matt McCutchin, an advertising lecturer at the Stan Richards School of Advertising & Public Relations at the University of Texas at Austin, says the two logos – one a beaver, one an alligator – are more alike than different.
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Since the first endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) was introduced 20 years ago, work toward reducing the morbidity and mortality has never been halted. Technological advances, as well as increased operator experience, have significantly reduced post-EVAR complications, such as peripheral embolization, postimplantation rupture, graft migration, and contrast-induced nephropathy, et al. However, endoleak — the persistent flow of blood within the aneurysm sac — is one of the major reasons for lifelong imaging surveillance.
Endoleaks are often considered significantly adverse event of EVAR since persistentce of blood flow and pressure in the aneurysm sac. It continues to be a challenge in the endovascular approach to AAA repair. Some of these leaks are related to anatomic factors and patient selection, others are device related, and some (especially type II leaks) seem to be intrinsic to the endovascular procedure. Certain endoleaks require treatment as soon as they are detected to continue to perfuse and pressurize the aneurysm sac, thereby conferring an ongoing risk of aneurysm enlargement and rupture. But the need for treatment of others remains controversial, since the associated increase in intrasac pressure varies depending on the type of endoleak. Using endovascular techniques, the majority of endoleak can be successfully treated, without the need for open surgery. In this chapter, we will introduce the classification, clinical relevance and endovascular management of the endoleaks after EVAR.
More than 20 years after the procedure was introduced to treat AAA, it is remarkable that certain aspects of endovascular treatment for AAA remain poorly understood. One major issue is the occurrence and significance of endoleaks. White et al were the first to systematically describe and classify endoleaks, describing five major categories . And these five types of endoleaks have been described by Ad Hoc Committee for standardized reporting practices of EVAR in the Society for Vascular Surgery/ American Association for Vascular Surgery . There were type I to IV endoleaks, and a supplementary category of "endoleaks of undefined origin" which was defined as flow visualized but source undetermined. And there was a separate adjunctive category of "endotension", which was referred to instances of aneurysm expansion after EVAR without detectable flow in aneurysm sac.
Type I endoleak is defined as a sealing failure at one of the attachment sites of the graft to the vessel wall (proximal leak, type Ia; distal, type Ib; inadequate seal at iliac occlude plug, type Ic). Arterial flow therefore leaks alongside the graft and into the perigraft space.
Type II endoleak is defined as retrograde flow through collateral vessels (lumbar artery, inferior mesenteric artery, hypogastric artery, and accessory renal artery et al.) into the the aneurysmal sac.
Type III endoleak is defined as graft failure. Type IIIa endoleak is referred to flow from module disconnection, and type IIIb is flow from fabric disruption.
Type IV endoleak is from porous fabric of the stent graft.
A more detailed classification of endoleaks and endotension was introduced by an international consensus of experts . The classification included type I to IV endoleaks, and endotension (also recognized as type V endoleak) (see Table 1). As experience has been gained, it is clear that, in some cases, an endoleak can involve more than one mechanism.
Classification of endoleaks and endotension after endovascular aortic repair.
Adapted from Veith FJ, Baum RA, Ohki T, Amor M, Adiseshiah M, Blankensteijn JD, et al. Nature and significance of endoleaks and endotension: summary of opinions expressed at an international conference. J Vasc Surg. 2002 May;35(5):1029-35. With permission.
Besides the cause of perigraft flow, the endoleaks can be classified according to the time of first detection as perioperative (within 24 hours), early (within 90 days after the primary EVAR) and late (more than 3 months after the primary procedure). And endoleaks can also be described as persistent, transient or sealed, recurrent, successfully treated or unsuccessfully treated.
As this flow is direct and under systemic pressure, it represents a failure in treatment of the aneurysm, which continues to be pressurized and at risk of continued expansion and rupture. Previous study demonstrated that mean pressure index (sac pressure divided by systemic pressure) was varied in the liquid and in the thrombosed sections of the sac after EVAR. They found that type I endoleaks were associated with mean pressure indexes of 93% in the liquid areas and 62% in the thrombus . So it is mandatory to correct type I endoleaks whenever possible, as spontaneous resolution over time cannot be expected.
The incidence of type I endoleak is not low, especially for cases with difficult anatomy situations. The incidence has been reported to be more than 10% of EVAR procedures, with 4.2% at 30 days, 3.5% within 1 year, and 6.7% at 3 year .
When AAA are with short neck (proximal attachment zones <15 mm), large neck (diameter >32 mm), irregular neck (such as cone-shaped neck), uneven neck (calcification or thrombus) and proximal angulations >60°, the incidence can be higher than the above mentioned . In common circumstances, 20% oversizing of the proximal endograft attachment and deploying the endograft close to the origin of the renal arteries can help to prevent type Ia endoleak and achieve satisfying sealing.
In the pivotal trial period of EVAR, case selection involved adherence to fairly rigorous anatomic criteria, including vessel size, angulation, shape, length of the infrarenal neck, and adequacy of the distal landing zones. With increasing experience and the availability of newer devices, these criteria have been weakened. Nevertheless, there remain certain types of anatomy that are not well suited to EVAR and are best treated with open surgical technique. Proximal attachment zones less than 10 mm, particularly with angulation greater than 60°, present insurmountable problems with the use of currently available devices.
The development of devices more suitable to extreme degrees of angulation, fenestrated and branched devices, and improvement of sealing mechanisms (ie, endovascular stapling) have expanded the use of EVAR. But as the selection criteria of candidates for EVAR have expanded over time, the detection of type Ia endoleak has become more frequent.
The current availability of various proximal extender cuffs (Figure 1) and other modular devices (such as ballooning and bare stent, Figure 2) for dealing with attachment site leaks has allowed most of these leaks to be treated at the time of the initial procedure. Deployment of Palmaz stent (Cordis Endovascular, Johnson and Johnson Co. UK) or sinus-XL Stent (OptiMed, Ettlingen, Germany) to diminish the proximal type I endoleak was introduced  (Figure 3).
For abdominal aortic aneurysm with saccular neck, adjunctive short-large Cuff is effective to diminish type Ia endoleak, and realize best proximal fixation.
A: Pre-operative angiography revealed the AAA with irregular neck and severe angulation. B: Intra-operative angiography confirmed the significant type Ia endoleak. C: After proximal ballooning, the endoleak was diminished.
A: Pre-operative CTA revealed AAA, with large aneurism sac (maximal diameter≈90mm) and angulated neck. B: Pre-operative angiography confirmed the large AAA, and bilateral iliac artery aneurysms. C: After the bifurcated endograft and distal extension were deployed, there was remarkable type Ia endoleak. D: After the proximal cuff and ballooning, the type I endoleak was improved, but still significant. E: Proximal bare stent was deployed (sinus-XL Stent, OptiMed, Ettlingen, Germany)), and the final angiography evidenced the diminished endoleak.
However, under some circumstances, such as when the proximal edge of the stent-graft is very close to the renal artery, proximal cuffs cannot further extend the proximal fixation zone. If balloon dilation and additional bare stents cannot eliminate the leak alongside the graft fixation zone, then other practical options are needed to resolve the difficulty endoluminally.
Embolization techniques were introduced for treating type I endoleak >10 years ago . The use of microcoils, n-butyl 2-cyanoacrylate adhesive, or other embolic agents (such as Onyx) have been utilized to treat type I endoleaks, but their effectiveness is still unproven [6,9,10]. Studies of fibrin glue embolization of endoleak are few and primarily focused on the prevention of type II endoleak [11-13]. So we examined our 5-year experience using fibrin glue to assess the technique's feasibility, safety, and effectiveness in treating type I endoleaks in the intraoperative setting.
Between August 2002 to February 2009, 783 patients with AAA underwent EVAR at our institution. All patients were evaluated preoperatively with computed tomographic angiography (CTA); appropriate reconstructions from the CT datasets were analyzed on a workstation (Leonardo; Siemens, Erlangen, Germany) to obtain pertinent measurements for endograft sizing (20% oversizing typically used). During the EVAR procedure, endoleaks were identified by angiography and classified as delineated in the current reporting standards . According to our policy, type I endoleaks were treated at the time of diagnosis. If a type I endoleak was still present after proximal balloon dilation and cuff placement, or if a proximal cuff could not be placed because of a short landing zone, a standard procedure was employed to embolize the aneurysm sac using fibrin glue.
According to our standard EVAR protocol, a 0.035-inch guidewire was positioned in the aneurysm sac before the main body of the stent-graft was deployed. In patients with a persistent type I endoleak after initial closure procedures failed, a 23-mm-long 5-F Brite Tip introducer sheath (Cordis Europe, Roden, The Netherlands) was advanced along the pre-loaded guidewire into the aneurysm sac. An aneurysmogram was performed to demonstrate the patency of the aneurysm and the flow direction in the aortic branches, such as the lumbar and hypogastric arteries. If no other source of the leak could be found, such as an accessory renal artery arising from the aneurysm or combined types I and II endoleaks, a pressure transducer (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA, USA) was connected to the 5-F catheter . The intrasac pressure was measured by placing the catheter tip at 3 different locations around the nidus of the endoleak. The mean of the 3 pressures was recorded, as were the systolic, diastolic, and mean systemic pressures and the pulse pressure. The mean pressure indexes (MPI, sac pressure divided by systemic pressure) were calculated.
Next, a 25-cm-long, double-lumen Duplocath catheter (Baxter/Hyland Immuno AG, Vienna, Austria) connected to a Duploject Y-connector was introduced into the Brite Tip sheath. To block proximal blood flow when the glue was injected, a balloon was positioned in the proximal native aorta. The 5-mL aprotinin and thrombin solutions (Bei Xiu Biotech Co. Ltd., Guangzhou, PR China) were injected into the aneurysm sac through the 2 syringes of the Duploject Y-connector; the components synthesized fibrin glue in the sac as they mixed. Blocking proximal blood at this time facilitates formation of the clot. After the fibrin glue injection, the intrasac pressure was again recorded to monitor the change caused by embolization. The embolization procedure was repeated until the type I endoleak was eliminated, as evidenced by stable contrast inside the sac, a decrease in the intrasac pressure, and angiography (Figure 4).
A: Abdominal aortic aneurysm with severe calcified neck. B: The system pressure was revealed by the red wave and number: 118/50mmHg. C: The intra-operative angiography after the first endografting revealed type Ia endoleak. Proximal cuff and ballooning could not eliminate the endoleak. D: The Intra-sac Pressure was measured by pre-placed intrasac catheter. The sac pressure was 92/56 mmHg. E: After intra-sac jel coagulation, the endoleak was eliminated. F: The intra-sac pressure decreased. The amplitude of the systolic-diastolic waveform was reduced significantly after the fibrin glue embolization, which was considered as a sign of diminish of endoleak.
In follow-up, CTA was performed at 3, 6, and 12 months and annually thereafter. Maximum aneurysm diameter and the presence of endoleaks were recorded. A >2-mm decrease in sac diameter was considered significant. The endpoints of follow-up were death and severe ischemic events, such as paraplegia, ischemic intestinal obstruction, renal artery occlusion, and lower limb ischemia.
A retrospective review of records and our department's vascular database was conducted to identify all patients who underwent fibrin glue sac embolization for type I endoleak. The search found 42 (5.4%) patients (37 men; mean age 73±8 years, range 51–88) who had persistent type I endoleaks treated intraoperatively with intrasac fibrin glue injection. Patient and aneurysm characteristics are given in Table 1. The mean maximal aneurysm diameter was 59.5±14.7 mm (range 41–100). The mean diameter of the proximal neck was 21.4±4.5 mm, and the mean length was 22.7±14.7 mm; notably, 16 (38.1%) patients had proximal necks <10 mm long. Five (11.9%) patients had proximal neck angulation >60o.
Continuous data are presented as means ± standard deviation; categorical data are given as counts (percentages).
*Chronic renal failure, cyst, urinary stone, renal artery stenosis.
†Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, tuberculosis.
The most commonly used stent-graft was the Talent model (Medtronic Vascular, Santa Rosa, CA, USA) in 32 (76.2%) patients, following by the Zenith (Cook Inc., Bloomington, IN, USA) in 6 (14.3%), and the Aegis (MicroPort Medical, Shanghai, People's Republic of China) in 4 (9.5%). Twenty (47.6%) patients had more than 1 stent-graft deployed to exclude the aneurysm. The mean oversizing rate was 21.2%±12.0% in this cohort.
Parametric data are presented as mean ± standard deviation; nonparametric data (e.g., follow-up time) are given as median and range. Survival analysis was performed using the Kaplan-Meier method; comparisons were examined using a paired sample t test. A threshold of 0.05 was used for statistical significance.
In the 42 patients with type I endoleak resistant to first-line procedures (balloon dilation and stent/cuff placement), 22 additional devices (8 stents, 14 cuffs) were placed in the initial attempts to resolve the endoleak. After fibrin glue injection, 41 (97.6%) of the 42 endoleaks were resolved with a mean 15±10 ml of glue. Nearly half of the patients (20, 47.6%) received ≤10 mL of glue; 5 (11.9%) patients needed >30 ml. One endoleak persisted despite proximal cuff implantation and the use of 30 ml of glue.
Systolic, diastolic, mean, and pulse pressures and the MPI were all significantly decreased after fibrin glue embolization, especially the pulse pressure (Table 2). The amplitude of the systolic-diastolic waveforms of the 41 successfully treated patients were reduced significantly after the fibrin glue embolization, which was considered as a sign of diminish of endoleak.
Data are presented as means ± standard deviation.
No patient exhibited an allergic response to fibrin glue injection, but 1 (2.4%) patient developed right lower extremity ischemia, which was related to wire/catheter manipulations rather than the fibrin glue treatment itself. The 80-year-old patient who had a failed fibrin glue attempt was converted to open surgery; he died in the Intensive Care Unit 2 months later from multiorgan dysfunction syndrome. Two patients who were successfully treated by fibrin glue injection succumbed to myocardial infarction within 5 days of the EVAR procedure (30-day mortality 4.8%).
Over a median follow-up of 39.9 months (range 10–88), the surviving patients complied with the surveillance protocol without loss to follow-up. Three patients died; 1 death was due to progression of an untreated AAA and the others to causes unrelated to aortic aneurysm disease. Cumulative survival was 90.5% at 1 year, 87.0% at 3 years, 82.6% at 5 years.
The mean maximal aneurysm diameter at the latest follow-up visit in 39 patients was 49.0±11.6 mm, significantly different from the 59.5±14.7 mm preoperative maximal aneurysm diameter (p<0.001). Postoperative maximal aneurysm diameters decreased in 25 patients and were stable in 10 patients. Of the 4 patients with increased aneurysm diameter detected during follow-up, a 73-year-old patient had a 22-mm increase after 44 months owing to a type IV endoleak; this patient was converted to open surgery. Two other patients (81 and 77 years of age) had diameter increases of 23 mm after 4 months and 6 mm after 34 months, respectively, but no blood flow within the aneurysm sac was found by CTA. Considering their advanced age, these patients are being closely followed. The last patient had a 20-mm increase after 4 months; he died of renal failure brought on by renal artery compression from the enlarged aneurysm, but no endoleak could be found. No stent-graft dislocation, fracture, or other complication was found in the follow-up period; in particular, no recurrence of type I endoleak was revealed by follow-up CTA.
Various proximal extender cuffs and other adjuncts, such as balloon molding and bare stents, can deal with most of type I endoleaks once detected. However, when no sufficient landing zone is available proximally, the potential to occlude the renal arteries precludes the deployment of a proximal cuff. In some cases, even proximal balloon dilation and extension cuff implantation cannot resolve the type I endoleak. Under these circumstances, catheter-based procedures, including glue and/or coil deposition, can be performed [9,10]. Maldonado et al. reported the success rates for several methods of treating type I endoleaks: n-butyl cyanoacrylate 92.3%, extender cuffs 80%, and coils with or without thrombin 75%. Microcoil embolization can be laborious and time-consuming. Moreover, when numerous coils are deployed, the financial burden is too great for our patients without medical insurance, so we employed fibrin glue. In our study, which had a larger sample and longer follow-up, 98% of the type I endoleaks were eliminated by transcatheter fibrin glue embolotherapy, superior to the other methods tested so far.
Fibrin glue is a non-cytotoxic, fully resorbable biological adhesive matrix. The 2 main components are a fibrinogen solution containing plasmatic proteins and factor XIII and a thrombin solution with calcium chloride and an antifibrinolytic agent, such as aprotinin. The fibrinogen component, when mixed with thrombin, is converted into polymerizing fibrin monomers. Factor XIII is activated by thrombin in the presence of calcium ions, and the premature lysis of the clot is prevented by aprotinin. Mixing fibrinogen and thrombin simulates the environment of the last stages of the natural coagulation cascade to form a structured fibrin clot similar to a physiological clot, which may be naturally degraded by proteolytic enzymes from the fibrinolytic system, such as plasmin. As a result of its hemostatic and adhesive properties, fibrin glue has been extensively used in Europe in most surgical specialties for over 3 decades to reduce postoperative bleeding, to increase tissue plane adherence, for drug delivery, and in regenerative medicine or tissue engineering . In animal experiments, Pacanowski et al. showed that fibrin glue injection could reduce the strain and pressure transmitted to the aortic aneurysm wall after endovascular exclusion, similar to fresh thrombus .
Several studies have reported the safety and effectiveness of fibrin glue for preventing/treating type II endoleaks by the transarterial or direct sac puncture method [11-13,17]. However, the application of fibrin glue to treat type I endoleak has evoked several concerns, namely, the possibility of outflow vessel embolization (such as inferior mesenteric artery and lumbar artery), which may cause ischemia or infarction; the potential for aneurysm thrombosis under systematic pressure; and endoleak recurrence in the long term.
To counter these concerns, we performed angiography to rule out collateral circulation, so all of our patients had pure type I endoleaks. Second, before the injection of fibrin glue, blood flow in the proximal native aorta was blocked by a balloon so that the glue mixture could form a structured fibrin clot and achieve aneurysm sac thrombosis. This procedure prevented embolic clot runoff into a collateral channel. Third, fibrin glue injection in our hands was highly effective in eliminating type I endoleaks, with sustained resolution through a mean 40 months of follow-up. During that time, the mean maximal aneurysm diameter decreased significantly by 9 mm, a strong indicator of durable aneurysm exclusion . Moreover, no fibrin glue–related complication or mortality was encountered in follow-up.
To monitor the effects of glue injection, intrasac pressure and MPI were measured routinely in our patients. Type I endoleaks were associated with elevated MPI in the majority of cases, which was similar to the data from Dias et al . According to the physical theory Tc = pR/2, tension (Tc) in the aneurysm wall rises with increased intrasac pressure (p) . Comparing pre- and post-embolization intrasac pressures, we found significant pressure reductions after embolization, especially in the pulse pressure, reflecting diminished radial tension in the aneurysm wall.
Intrasac pressure monitoring is still a controversial issue. Some studies have discussed the relationship between intrasac pressure and endoleak changes [14, 20], citing these variables as markers of successful embolization. Dias et al. found that the pressure varied in different areas of the perigraft space and according to the content within the aneurysm sac, which brought into question the accuracy of the intrasac pressure monitoring . So, for every pressure measurement, we placed the catheter tip at 3 different locations around the endoleak. Moreover, the intrasac pressures, especially the pulse pressure, did indeed decrease in the same measurement location after fibrin glue embolization. Thus, the intrasac pressure measurement, accompanied by final angiography, provided reliable proof of endoleak elimination.
Fibrin glue sac embolization to eliminate type I endoleak after EVAR yielded optimal results in our study, with nearly all the type I endoleaks resolved and no recurrence in follow-up. We believe that fibrin glue embolization may be an ideal option for treating type I endoleak in patients with unfavorable proximal neck anatomy and an alternative to cuff extension with chimney graft rescue of covered renal arteries . Balloon occlusion of the proximal aorta must be done during glue injection to block proximal flow and facilitate formation of a structured fibrin clot. Intrasac pressure monitoring, as well as aortography, appear to be reliable methods of evaluating the effectiveness of fibrin glue sac embolization.
As to prevent the type Ia endoleak on unfavorable aneurysm neck, branched stent-graft, fenestrated stent-graft, or chimney techniques can extend the proximal sealing zone. We believe that this is the trend to decrease the incidence of type Ia endoleak. So in this way, in the last 3 years, the frequency of fibrin glue sac embolization has been significantly reduced.
A. Juxta-renal AAA. B. Home-made fenestrated stent-graft of vascular surgery department, Changhai hospital, Shanghai, China. C. Intra-operative alignment. D: 2-year follow-up CTA showed complete exclusion of the AAA, and patent RA and SMA.
A. Juxta-renal AAA. B. Stenting the RA and SMA before the endografting. C and D: 1-year follow-up demonstrated complete exclusion of the aneurysm and patent branch arteries.
The type Ib endoleak is more common in patients with dilated, calcified, short and tortuous iliac arteries. This can occur when the limb of the graft is too short or migrates upwards due to sac retraction and aortic distortion. Sometimes, when the common iliac artery is short, and the hypogastric artery need to be preserved, distal bare stent can be used to prevent upwards migrates of the iliac extension (Figure 7).
A: 3D reconstruction of pre-operative CTA revealed AAA. The bilateral iliac arteries were in normal diameter. And the common iliac arteries are short. B to C: Distal bare stents were deployed and overlapped with distal extension endograft, to prevent upwards migrates of the iliac extension.
If both sides of hypogastric arteries are involved by the iliac aneurysm, Iliac Branched Device (IBD) or the Sandwich technique with external iliac artery and internal iliac artery stent-grafting can be used to preserve the one hypogastric artery. And the other one could be occluded. These techniques are proven to be feasible to prevent pelvic ischemic complications and type Ib endoleak (Figure 8).
A to C: Iliac Branched Device (IBD) with extension into internal iliac artery. D to F: the Sandwich technique with separated external iliac artery limb and internal iliac artery limb.
Type Ib endoleak is usually treated by distal extension, while distal embolization with microcatheters and glues is less often required as a result of the variety of extender limbs and covered stents available as effective tools. However, sometimes, hypogastric arteries need to be preserved. If required, distal embolization is easier to perform than proximal embolization, as the leak is readily located with a simple curved catheter (Figure 9).
A: Pre-operative angiography revealed AAA (thrombosed) and left common iliac artery aneurysm. B: After bifurcated endografting with left extention were deployed, the type Ib endoleak was noted (as black arrow showed). C to D: Ballooning could not diminish the endoleak. E: The distal edge of the extension was probed from the ipsilateral femoral artery. After the tip of the simple curved catheter engaged the channel of leak, a smooth microcatheter could be advanced into this channel. As the black arrow showed, it is essential to pass the microcatheter into the perigraft space and perform angiography to rue out a combined type I and type II endoleak, which is quite common. F: The white arrow showed the proximal ballooning before the embolic agent was injected. G: Final angiography confirmed the satisfying exclusion of the AAA. H: One year follow-up CTA showed no endoleak existed, and the aneurysm was completely excluded.
Type II endoleak is the most commonly encountered endoleak, and it is much more controversial than type I endoleak. Defined as retrograde flow through collateral vessels into the perigraft space, type II endoleaks prevent thrombosis of the sac and create a potential risk of continued aneurysm expansion and possible rupture. They do not appear to be related to the specific design or material of the endograft used and may appear immediately at the time of graft implantation, at the time of the first follow-up imaging study, or in a delayed fashion months or years after the EVAR procedure . These leaks have also been noted to show resolution and then reappear on subsequent studies. The significance of type II leaks has long been debated, as have appropriate methods of follow-up and determination of the need for intervention. Because at least some of these endoleaks will persist and be associated with aneurysm expansion, there is a need for repeated follow-up imaging studies, which add to the expense of the endovascular approach. There is also the issue of the anxiety engendered in the patient who is uncertain whether his or her aneurysm has been adequately treated.
The best indicator of hemodynamic significance of a type II endoeak is the associated change in the aneurysm sac: if the sac increases in size, higher pressure and a relatively higher risk of long-term rupture are implied. If the sac is stable or decreasing in size, the risk is likely to be less. An analysis of a large EVAR series found that intervention was necessary only when the sac expanded and that persistent type II endoleaks in the absence of sac expansion could be safely observed . These data are consistent with the earlier recommendations from the EUROSTAR study .
After a type II endoleak has been identified on imaging studies, aortography above and within the endograft usually permits exclusion of a type I endoleak and sometimes demonstrates the type II endoleak, particularly on late-phase images. Flush aortography is the starting point but is clearly inadequate to investigate an endoleak, as the majority will not be demonstrated without selective angiography. If the flush study does not show a leak that is present on the imaging study, selective angiography of the superior mesenteric artery and at least one hypogastric artery is performed with prolonged imaging to identify collateral pathways. Specific findings on the imaging study are often suggestive of the source of the leak (eg, left anterolateral blush from the IMA or posterolateral blush for lumbar artery), but may be misleading. The superior mesenteric artery will sometimes fill an IMA endoleak via the middle colic and marginal arteries, but the actual leak may not be demonstrated on main superior mesenteric artery injection. A microcatheter placed superselectively in the marginal artery will be more definitive, showing retrograde filling of the native origin of the IMA with filling of the leak if present. If the marginal artery is of adequate diameter and it is not excessively tortuous, it may be possible to pass the microcatheter back to the origin of the vessel and into the perigraft space. Angiography will then demonstrate the actual size of the leak and demonstrate the direction of flow. Embolization can then be carried out with use of NBCA adhesive, coils, or Onyx co- polymer (Micro Therapeutics, Irvine, California) . Transvascular embolization in the IMA distribution should not be performed if the origin of the vessel cannot be reached, as there is a significant risk of creating colonic ischemia. If a transvascular approach is not possible, the leak can be approached directly by the sac puncture technique described later in the present report. Clipping of the IMA via a laparoscopic approach has also been reported .
If the endoleak cannot be reached by transvascular methods, direct puncture of the aneurysm sac with CT, fluoroscopic, or US guidance can be performed . Proper positioning of the catheter in the endoleak cavity is signaled by pulsatile return of blood and opacification of lumbar arteries or IMA on manual injection of contrast. Coils, glue, or thrombin are then deployed until there is no further blood return. There also have been promising results using transcaval embolization for the treatment of type II endoleak. The success rate was reported to be 83% after one year .
Type III endoleaks arise from inadequate or ineffective seal at the graft junction points between overlapped graft segments or from disconnections and separation of components. Less often they are the result of fabric erosion related to material fatigue (Figure 10). Type III endoleak are infrequent, and the incidence was reported to be 4% after 1 year . Because either of these problems results in arterial flow directly into the perigraft space, they are similar to a type I endoleak and always require intervention. Some failures related to modular dysjunction are preventable by the operator in terms of ensuring adequate overlap of graft components, a parameter that is generally specified by the manufacturer. Extreme angulation of the neck or iliac segments may also be a contributing factor, and may also increase the risk of device migration. Most fabric failures are associated with specific graft materials and designs that have been subsequently modified or withdrawn from the market. Type III endoleaks can generally be treated with deployment of additional stent graft components.
A: Six years after primary EVAR, type III endoleak was identified by routine follow-up CTA. The pre-operative angiography confirmed the graft erosion. B to C: A new one-piece bifurcated endograft was deployed in the previous one,and ballooning was performed. D to E: Aortography above and within the endograft was then performed to confirm the successful exclusion of the endoleak.
Type IV endoleaks are not true leaks but represent passage of blood through the graft fabric as a result of porosity. Typically this type of endoleak is transient and only noted at the time of repair appearing as a blush on the post-deployment angiogram, when patients are often fully anticoagulated, and resolve spontaneously after the withdrawal of anticoagulation . This type of endoleak has been eliminated by changes in graft porosity.
Type V "endoleak" is defined as continued aneurysm sac expansion without a demonstrable leak on any imaging modality. Also referred to as "endotension," this phenomenon remains poorly understood, but is likely caused by pulsation of the graft wall, with transmission of the pulse wave through the perigraft space to the native aneurysm wall. It is therefore likely to be related to the graft design, including stent structure and fabric compliance. But we observed persistent pressurization of an aneurysm sac with slow blood flow (slow flow endoleak), which is below the sensitivity limits for detection with current imaging technology. A considerable ultrafiltrate across a microporous fabric can fill the aneurysm and increase the pressure. Endotension seemed more common with expanded ePTFE fabric grafts rather than a woven polyester fabric .
Since the source of endotension can be difficult to detect, treatment strategies must be individualized. Relining devices with different low porosity endografts may abolish sac growth or induce sac shrinkage. Occasionally, endograft explantation and conversion to open surgery may be required when no clear cause of endotension can be detected, and endoleak cannot be ruled out (Figure 11).
A: Post-operative angiography indicated the successful exclusion of the AAA. B: Four years after the primary EVAR, the aneurysm sac increased in size, without visible endoleak. C: Type V Endoleak was found during the secondary open surgery. The seepage flow and graft erosion was found. When the previous graft was removed and the infra-renal abdominal aorta was reconstructed by a new prosthesis, this patient was successfully treated.
Endoleaks continue to be a challenge in the endovascular approach to aneurysm repair. Some of these leaks are device-related and their occurrence has been reduced with continuously improving graft design, whereas type II endoleaks appear to be an intrinsic risk of the endovascular approach. According to our experience, the vast majority of these endoleaks can be treated endoluminally, without resorting to open surgical repair.
Fibrin glue sac embolization to eliminate type I endoleak after EVAR yielded optimal results in our study. We believe that fibrin glue embolization may be an ideal option for treating type I endoleak in patients with unfavorable proximal neck anatomy and an alternative to cuff extension with chimney graft rescue of covered renal arteries. It is our hope that successful embolization of endoleaks can eliminate or at least reduce the need for lifelong follow-up imaging studies, an important goal in improving patient satisfaction and the economics of the endovascular approach to aneurysm repair. In recent years, the fenestrated stent-graft, branched stent-graft, chimney technique, sandwich technique and Iliac Branched Device, et al, significantly expanded the indication of EVAR, and remarkably reduced the incidence of type I endoleak. We believe that new devices and techniques are the trend to prevent the occurrence of type I endoleak, and finally diminish the usage of glue embolization technique.
In some studies, type II endoleak was aggressively evaluated and treated: if they persist beyond the 6-month study unless there has been shrinkage of the aneurysm sac. But we hold conservative attitude. Persistent type II endoleaks, in the absence of sac expansion, could be safely observed.


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Today sees the release of the latest major version of MDaemon, the popular email server for Windows and alternative to on premise Exchange.
Like all MDaemon releases, the developers at Alt-N continue to add new customer requested features and enhancements.
Here is a quick overview of just some of the features end users and IT administrators will find helpful. A more comprehensive list of all new features and enhancements can be viewed in the MDaemon Release Notes.
MDaemon now offers end-to-end encryption of your emails and attachments with Virtru (initially this is integration with Worldclient however the service works well for Outlook Connector users too).
Our resident technical guru Neil Perry has just written a blog post on it here so I'd highly recommend taking a look at that if you're keen to know the ins and outs of what it is and how it works.
Visit Alt-N for more information on the integration with WorldClient.
Visit Virtru to learn how their Email Encryption works.
MDaemon now supports IPv6. Some benefits of IPv6 include more efficient routing, simplified network configuration, and additional security.
Outbound SMTP, POP, and IMAP connections over IPv6 will take precedence over IPv4 whenever possible. IPv6 addresses can be specified for each domain.
New password controls allow administrators to maintain strong password policies, and to monitor weak password usage.
Administrators can now generate and email a weak password report to any designated email address. The recipient of that report can then notify those users to change their passwords as needed.
Updated ACL (Access Control List) editor for customising access rights for public & shared folders.
The Gateways top-level menu has been relocated to the new Gateway Domain Manager found at Setup | Gateway Manager.
The Lists top-level menu has been relocated to the new Mailing List Manager found at Setup | Mailing List Manager.
Account HIjack Detection helps prevent unauthorized access to an account when its logon credentials have been compromised. For MDaemon 15, Account Hijack Detection has been improved.
Now, you can set different message and timing thresholds depending on the source IP of the incoming connection. You can also set separate limits for connections from reserved IPs, local domain IPs, and all other IPs.
MDaemon is now available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions. The 64-bit version of MDaemon can handle a higher number of active sessions before running out of memory.
This is beneficial in high-traffic environments where many clients are accessing and sending email simultaneously.
Dynamic Screening is a security feature that can block a connection from an IP if it connects too often in a given timeframe, or if a message contains too many invalid recipient addesses.
A new Dynamic Screening option has been added which lets you prevent IPs from being blocked due to multiple authentication failures if each of the failures uses the same password. This prevents a situation in which unattended devices get blocked due to not yet being configured with the new password, while still blocking password guesses.
An option has been added that allows connections that fail SSL negotiation to retry connecting without SSL for up to one hour.
Global administrators can now view a list of active sessions via Remote Administration. This allows administrators to see all current connection activity, including POP, IMAP, SMTP, ActiveSync, and WorldClient sessions. Sessions can also be selected and disconnected by the administrator.
Watch the official MDaemon v15 video briefing from Alt-N Technologies.
For all of the information relating to the changes, tweaks and improvements in MDaemon 15, you can read the release notes.


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Q: C# Parse text file I am trying to parse a file in MVC C#, see the format below.   Since its not in JSON I cannot use the Javascript serializer to deserialize to an object.  The other option is use to LINQ and read line by line and retrieve the desired values.  Could any one recommend a more efficient way to do it.
The first field I need to retrieve is the ASSAY NUMBER (for example value 877) from ASSAYS
and then the ASSAY_STATUS field from TEST_REPLICATE which could be multiple nodes. Thanks
LOAD_HEADER
{
    EXPERIMENT_FILE_NAME      "xyz.json"
    EXPERIMENT_START_DATE_TIME  05.21.2012 03:44:01
    OPERATOR_ID     "Q_SI"
}
ASSAYS
{
    ASSAY_NUMBER            877
    ASSAY_VERSION           4
    ASSAY_CALIBRATION_VERSION   1
}

TEST_REPLICATE
{
    REPLICATE_ID            1985
    ASSAY_NUMBER            877
    ASSAY_VERSION           4
    ASSAY_STATUS            Research
}
TEST_REPLICATE
{
    REPLICATE_ID            1985
    ASSAY_NUMBER            877
    ASSAY_VERSION           4
    ASSAY_STATUS            Research
}

A: You could either hack something together or use a parser generator like ANTLR or Coco/R. Both can generate parsers in C#.

A: I'm more fond of using a parser-combinator (a tool for constructing parsers using parser building blocks) than parser generators. I've had passable experience with Piglet, which is written with/for C#, and is pretty easy to use, and amazing experience with FParsec, but it's written for F#.
As far as parser generators go, there are those suggested by stmax, and there is also TinyPG, which a member recommended me once.
You can also roll your own parser. I suggest basing it on some sort of state machine model, though in this simple case, like Kirk Woll suggested, you could probably get by with some plain old string manipulation.

A: I think the answer to this hinges upon whether or not there will ever be more than one ASSAY_NUMBER value in the file. If so, the easiest and surest way I know is to read the file line-by-line and get the data you desire.
If, however, you know that each file is unique to a specific ASSY_NUMBER, you have a much simpler answer: read the file as one string and use REGEX to pull out the information you desire. I am not an expert on REGEX, but there are enough examples online that you should be able to create one that works.


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A man found fatally shot in the head yesterday afternoon in the bedroom of a tony Beekman Place apartment was hedge fund giant Thomas Gilbert, Bloomberg reported. Cops responded to a 911 call placed at 3:31 p.m. and found Gilbert unresponsive in a pool of blood in his eighth-floor apartment. EMS pronounced him dead at the scene.
Gilbert's son, Thomas Gilbert Jr., was taken into custody following the shooting, a law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation said. He was not immediately charged.
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton was expected to speak about the incident at a new conference on Monday afternoon.
"No one has been arrested as of yet. The investigation is continuing," a police spokesman said.
A graduate of Princeton with an MBA from Harvard, Gilbert founded Wainscott Capital Partners, a hedge fund which invests in private and public equities, in 2011. He co-founded and managed Syzygy Therapeutics LLC, which invested in private biotechnology stocks, from January 2010 to March 2011, according to his LinkedIn page.
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