As petrol prices rise in Western Australia, it is expected that the use of alternative fuels will increase substantially in the coming years and decades. Here, you will find information on alternative fuel options.
Bio fuels There are other renewable fuels, known as biodiesel, which are derived from a variety of biological sources such as tallow, canola or soya beans. Biodiesel is usually sold mixed with petro-diesel. Although it is sometimes sold in Europe unmixed, five per cent, 10 per cent or 20 per cent blends are more common. Biodiesel is also used as a lubricant additive in low sulphur diesels. One or two per cent biodiesel improves the fuel's lubricant quality considerably.
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Compressed Natural Gas is currently a more viable option than LNG in the short to medium term. The infrastructure required can be set up relatively cheaply compared with LNG.
Fuel cells There are many forms of fuel cells currently being investigated, but those that use hydrogen as a fuel are the most prominent. Hydrogen fuel cells work by a controlled reaction between hydrogen and oxygen, releasing energy in the form of electricity. Research is currently being conducted by major vehicle manufacturers and research institutions around the world.
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Liquefied Natural Gas has potential, but its use is currently limited due to the lack of supporting infrastructure for refuelling.
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) LPG is a by-product of oil refining but can also be extracted from natural gas.
Solar power Solar power has been used to fuel small experimental vehicles and to provide supplementary power for accessories. This technology is being developed rapidly, evidenced by the fact that vehicles in the Darwin to Adelaide Solar Car Rally have increased their maximum speeds from 40km/hr to 150km/hr over the last ten years.
There is no single solution to the challenge of sustainable transport energy. We are therefore working to identify and promote long-term, holistic strategies to address the complex problems facing the transport sector. We are also facilitating the take up of cleaner new vehicle technologies and alternative fuels, while also promoting fuel efficiency in the transport sector.
WA Government Fleet Policy and Guidelines have been developed, which require agencies to select passenger vehicles with a CO2 emissions rating of 215 g/km or less. More information on this policy can be found on the Department of Treasury and Finance's buyer publications web page. The Green Vehicle Guide provides examples of vehicles with a 215g/km emission rating.
We encourage the use of environmentally friendly alternative fuels. Our vehicle safety officers can help you with advice on the construction and licensing of environmentally friendly vehicles, such as electric vehicles. Visit our constructing vehicles page for more details about constructing and licensing vehicles.
The rising cost of conventional fuels, such as petrol, reflects the finite nature of those fuels. More sustainable options are being sought throughout the world. It is important to note that emissions from vehicles using conventional fuels have an increasingly detrimental effect on air quality.
Take a look at our Air quality and noise pollution page for more details about how vehicles and their emissions impact on our health and environment.


Though oil investments have been cut by $200 billion this year 2015 and will probably drop again during the next year, UAE expands its oil investments and pushing ahead with large new energy projects, expecting price recovery by next year.
"These are times of some hesitancy , times of pain for some … But pain is not new … We will pass it stronger," energy minister Suhail Al Mazrouei told the UAE's biggest annual oil show in Abu Dhabi.
"That (oil price drop) didn't change the vision of the UAE … We are not cancelling projects," he added. As for energy investments, the country is pushing ahead with a plan to raise its oil production capacity from 2.9 million bpd currently to 3.5 million barrels per day within the next three years.
Some $35 billion worth of investments will flow into offshore exploration after decades of investments into onshore, he said.
The UAE is hoping the main share of its energy needs will be covered with rising gas production by 2021, while around a third of energy needs will be met by nuclear and solar projects, said Al Mazrouei.
As the markets have begun to rebalance, global oil prices will start an upward correction in 2016, Al Mazrouei said. "I wouldn't call it a crisis. I would call it a cycle … I'm optimistic. Next year will be a year of correction".


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Influence of maternal pre-pregnancy nutritional status on offspring anthropometric measurements and body composition in three Brazilian Birth Cohorts
Mariane da Silva Dias, Alicia Matijasevich, Aluísio JD Barros, Ana Maria B. Menezes, Bruna Celestino Schneider, Fernando Pires Hartwig, Fernando C. Barros, Fernando C. Wehrmeister, Helen Gonçalves, Iná S. Santos, Maria Cecilia F Assunção, Bernardo L. Horta
Journal: Public Health Nutrition , First View
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 December 2020, pp. 1-13
We aimed at evaluating the association of maternal pre-pregnancy nutritional status with offspring anthropometry and body composition. We also evaluated whether these associations were modified by gender, diet and physical activity and mediated by birth weight.
Birth cohort study.
Waist circumference was measured with an inextensible tape, and fat and lean mass were measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Multiple linear regression was used to adjust for possible confounders and allele score of BMI. We carried out mediation analysis using G-formula.
In 1982, 1993 and 2004, all maternity hospitals in Pelotas (South Brazil) were visited daily and all live births whose families lived in the urban area of the city were evaluated. These subjects have been followed up at different ages.
Offspring of obese mothers had on average higher BMI, waist circumference and fat mass index than those of normal weight mothers, and these differences were higher among daughters. The magnitudes of the association were similar in the cohorts, except for height, where the association pattern was not clear. In the 1982 cohort, further adjustment for a BMI allele score had no material influence on the magnitude of the associations. Mediation analyses showed that birth weight captured part of this association.
Our findings suggest that maternal pre-pregnancy nutritional status is positively associated with offspring BMI and adiposity in offspring. And this association is higher among daughters whose mother was overweight or obese and, birth weight explains part of this association.
COVID-19 mortality in an area of northeast Brazil: epidemiological characteristics and prospective spatiotemporal modelling
L. A. Andrade, D. S. Gomes, S. V. M. A. Lima, A. M. Duque, M. S. Melo, M. A. O. Góes, C. J. N. Ribeiro, M. V. S. Peixoto, C. D. F. Souza, A. D. Santos
Journal: Epidemiology & Infection / Volume 148 / 2020
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 December 2020, e288
This study aimed to analyse the spatial–temporal distribution of COVID-19 mortality in Sergipe, Northeast, Brazil. It was an ecological study utilising spatiotemporal analysis techniques that included all deaths confirmed by COVID-19 in Sergipe, from 2 April to 14 June 2020. Mortality rates were calculated per 100 000 inhabitants and the temporal trends were analysed using a segmented log-linear model. For spatial analysis, the Kernel estimator was used and the crude mortality rates were smoothed by the empirical Bayesian method. The space–time prospective scan statistics applied the Poisson's probability distribution model. There were 391 COVID-19 registered deaths, with the majority among ⩾60 years old (62%) and males (53%). The most prevalent comorbidities were hypertension (40%), diabetes (31%) and cardiovascular disease (15%). An increasing mortality trend across the state was observed, with a higher increase in the countryside. An active spatiotemporal cluster of mortality comprising the metropolitan area and neighbouring cities was identified. The trend of COVID-19 mortality in Sergipe was increasing and the spatial distribution of deaths was heterogeneous with progression towards the countryside. Therefore, the use of spatial analysis techniques may contribute to surveillance and control of COVID-19 pandemic.
Prevalence of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) and Salmonella spp. with zoonotic potential in urban rats in Salvador, Brazil
C. Pimentel Sobrinho, J. Lima Godoi, F. Neves Souza, C. Graco Zeppelini, V. Espirito Santo, D. Carvalho Santiago, R. Sady Alves, H. Khalil, T. Carvalho Pereira, M. Hanzen Pinna, M. Begon, S. Machado Cordeiro, J. Neves Reis, F. Costa
Journal: Epidemiology & Infection / Accepted manuscript
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2020, pp. 1-9
Fermentative characteristics and chemical composition of cochineal nopal cactus silage containing chemical and microbial additives
W. C. C. S. Sá, E. M. Santos, J. S. de Oliveira, G. G. L. de Araujo, A. F. Perazzo, A. L. da Silva, D. M. Pereira, J. M. César Neto, F. N. S. Santos, G. M. Leite
Journal: The Journal of Agricultural Science , First View
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 October 2020, pp. 1-9
The objective of this study was to evaluate the fermentative characteristics and chemical composition of cochineal nopal cactus silage additives with urea or Lactobacillus buchneri (LB), as well as the association of both additives in four storage times (7, 15, 60 and 120 days) and during aerobic stability, with evaluations at 0, 48 and 96 h. Four silages were used: no additive, addition of 2% urea, addition of LB and addition of 2% urea and LB. The study was divided into two experiments: the first experiment evaluated the silages at different storage times, and the second experiment evaluated the silages during the aerobic stability test. In both experiments, the experimental design was completely randomized in a factorial scheme (4 × 4 and 4 × 3) with three replicates per treatment. After the ensiling process, lactic acid bacteria predominated in all treatments. The concentration of lactic acid increased significantly from 60 days of ensiling. The concentration of acetic acid varied significantly between the storage times only for the silages treated with urea and LB alone. The silage treated with urea maintained a constant pH value up to 120 days of storage. During the 96 h aerobic stability test, no breaking in the stability of silages was observed. The exclusive or associated use of urea and LB promotes improvement in the fermentative characteristics of cochineal nopal cactus silage, without major alterations in the chemical composition or interfering with the aerobic stability of the silages.
Consumption of breast milk, formula and other non-human milk by children aged under 2 years: analysis of eighty-six low- and middle-income countries
Paulo AR Neves, Aluísio JD Barros, Phillip Baker, Ellen Piwoz, Thiago M Santos, Giovanna Gatica-Domínguez, Juliana S Vaz, Nigel Rollins, Cesar G Victora
To investigate the prevalence and socio-economic inequalities in breast milk, breast milk substitutes (BMS) and other non-human milk consumption, by children under 2 years in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC).
We analysed the prevalence of continued breast-feeding at 1 and 2 years and frequency of formula and other non-human milk consumption by age in months. Indicators were estimated through 24-h dietary recall. Absolute and relative wealth indicators were used to describe within- and between-country socio-economic inequalities.
Nationally representative surveys from 2010 onwards from eighty-six LMIC.
394 977 children aged under 2 years.
Breast-feeding declined sharply as children became older in all LMIC, especially in upper-middle-income countries. BMS consumption peaked at 6 months of age in low/lower-middle-income countries and at around 12 months in upper-middle-income countries. Irrespective of country, BMS consumption was higher in children from wealthier families, and breast-feeding in children from poorer families. Multilevel linear regression analysis showed that BMS consumption was positively associated with absolute income, and breast-feeding negatively associated. Findings for other non-human milk consumption were less straightforward. Unmeasured factors at country level explained a substantial proportion of overall variability in BMS consumption and breast-feeding.
Breast-feeding falls sharply as children become older, especially in wealthier families in upper-middle-income countries; this same group also consumes more BMS at any age. Country-level factors play an important role in explaining BMS consumption by all family wealth groups, suggesting that BMS marketing at national level might be partly responsible for the observed differences.
A replication study of JTC bias, genetic liability for psychosis and delusional ideation
Cécile Henquet, Jim van Os, Lotta K. Pries, Christian Rauschenberg, Philippe Delespaul, Gunter Kenis, Jurjen J. Luykx, Bochao D. Lin, Alexander L. Richards, Berna Akdede, Tolga Binbay, Vesile Altınyazar, Berna Yalınçetin, Güvem Gümüş-Akay, Burçin Cihan, Haldun Soygür, Halis Ulaş, Eylem S. Cankurtaran, Semra U. Kaymak, Marina M. Mihaljevic, Sanja S. Petrovic, Tijana Mirjanic, Miguel Bernardo, Gisela Mezquida, Silvia Amoretti, Julio Bobes, Pilar A. Saiz, Maria P. García-Portilla, Julio Sanjuan, Eduardo J. Aguilar, Jose L. Santos, Estela Jiménez-López, Manuel Arrojo, Angel Carracedo, Gonzalo López, Javier González-Peñas, Mara Parellada, Nadja P. Maric, Cem Atbaşoğlu, Alp Ucok, Köksal Alptekin, Meram C. Saka, Celso Arango, Michael O'Donovan, Bart P.F. Rutten, Sinan Gülöksüz
Journal: Psychological Medicine , First View
This study attempted to replicate whether a bias in probabilistic reasoning, or 'jumping to conclusions'(JTC) bias is associated with being a sibling of a patient with schizophrenia spectrum disorder; and if so, whether this association is contingent on subthreshold delusional ideation.
Data were derived from the EUGEI project, a 25-centre, 15-country effort to study psychosis spectrum disorder. The current analyses included 1261 patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorder, 1282 siblings of patients and 1525 healthy comparison subjects, recruited in Spain (five centres), Turkey (three centres) and Serbia (one centre). The beads task was used to assess JTC bias. Lifetime experience of delusional ideation and hallucinatory experiences was assessed using the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences. General cognitive abilities were taken into account in the analyses.
JTC bias was positively associated not only with patient status but also with sibling status [adjusted relative risk (aRR) ratio : 4.23 CI 95% 3.46–5.17 for siblings and aRR: 5.07 CI 95% 4.13–6.23 for patients]. The association between JTC bias and sibling status was stronger in those with higher levels of delusional ideation (aRR interaction in siblings: 3.77 CI 95% 1.67–8.51, and in patients: 2.15 CI 95% 0.94–4.92). The association between JTC bias and sibling status was not stronger in those with higher levels of hallucinatory experiences.
These findings replicate earlier findings that JTC bias is associated with familial liability for psychosis and that this is contingent on the degree of delusional ideation but not hallucinations.
Bloodstream Infections Caused by S. aureus: Daptomycin Nonsusceptibility and Clinical Aspects
Simone Nouer, Débora S. Fernandes, Rennan Les, Adriana Lucia Pires Ferreira, Kátia Regina Netto dos Santos
Journal: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology / Volume 41 / Issue S1 / October 2020
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 November 2020, p. s143
Print publication: October 2020
Background: Staphylococcus aureus is one of the leading pathogens isolated from bloodstream infections (BSIs), and vancomycin has been the main choice to treat MRSA (methicillin-resistant S. aureus) infections. Vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus (VISA) and heteroresistant-VISA (hVISA) have been described, limiting this antibiotic use. We evaluated aspects associated with the resistance and its clonality of the S. aureus isolated from BSIs, and we determined their association with clinical aspects of patients attended at Rio de Janeiro between 2016 and 2018. The detection of MRSA and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole resistant isolates was performed using the disk diffusion test, while the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) were evaluated for 5 antimicrobials using the broth microdilution method. The MICs for ceftaroline and vancomycin of the MRSA isolates were determined using the E test. The presence of hVISA isolates was evaluated for isolates with vancomycin MICs of 1 and 2 μg/mL by screening on BHI agar added with vancomycin. The population profile was divided by the area under the curve (ie, PAP/AUC test). SCC mec was evaluated by PCR and the clonal profile by PFGE method. Among 123 S. aureus isolates from BSI, 31% were MRSA. MIC50 and MIC90 were daptomycin 2 and 2 μg/mL; linezolid, 1 and 1 μg/mL; oxacillin 1 and 256 μg mL; teicoplanin, 0.5 and 0.5 μg/mL and vancomycin 1 and 1 μg/ml. MIC values for ceftaroline and vancomycin were 0.75 and 2 μg/mL. The frequency of isolates not susceptible to daptomycin was 75%. The clonal lineages and SCCmec types found were USA100/ST5-II (50%), USA800/ST5-IV (22%), USA300/ST8-IV (15.8%), USA1100/ST30-IV (5.3%), BEC/ST239-III (5.3%), and 1 isolate carrying SCCmecV/ST1. We found 1 VISA isolate, and the PAP/AUC analysis detected 3 hVISA isolates that were associated with the USA100 and USA300 lineages. Overall, 85% of patients had a vascular catheter. More advanced age was associated with MRSA infection as was higher mortality. Patients with end-stage renal disease were more affected by MSSA infection. Daptomycin nonsusceptibility and VISA and hVISA phenotypes associated with prevalent clonal lineages were described. In addition, MRSA infections presented higher mortality, which emphasizes the importance of epidemiological studies.
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Hospital Outbreak of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: The Risk of Admitting External Patients
Elisa Teixeira Mendes, s Bomediano Souza, Hadassa Louback Paranhos, Isabela Cristina Moreira Santos
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 November 2020, pp. s251-s252
Background: Acute viral bronchiolitis caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) may be a manifestation of high severity in neonatal-ICU (NICU) patients, with high risk of in-hospital cross transmission and outbreaks. During the epidemic seasonal period, intense viral circulation occurs in community; thus, transmission in the NICU is difficult to control. Objective: We describe an outbreak that occurred in a NICU in a public hospital in So Paulo state, Brazil. We also discuss the role of admitting external newborns with community-acquired virus in the incidence of these outbreaks in the NICU. Methods: In 2017 in Campinas, an RSV epidemic occurred during the seasonal period, resulting in a outbreak at the Campinas maternity hospital. A retrospective investigation was performed, and patients were analyzed for clinical and epidemiological characteristics and for risk factors for poor prognosis. We included neonates admitted in NICU with positive nasal lavage for RSV from April to July 2017. Statistical analysis were performed with 2 test for the categorical variables and the Student t test for the continuous variables comparing the newborn group from the community (external) with infected newborns in the hospital (internal). P < .05 was considered significant. Results: Of 44 neonates with RSV during this period, 32 were external and 12 were internal (Fig. 1). The mean gestational age of the external neonates was 38 weeks and 2 days, whereas the mean gestational age of the internal neonates was 29 weeks and 1 day (P < .001). The hospitalization time was higher in the internal group (P < .001). Table 1. One death associated with infection occurred in the internal group. Community neonates (external group) were mostly term-born, with no comorbidities, and they had a more favorable clinical course. In the literature, neonates infected with RSV at the hospital have several risk factors for poor prognosis, with a 13.5% mortality rate. Discussion: RSV outbreaks have great relevance in hospital settings, especially in the NICU, where there are a large number of vulnerable patients and a high risk of in-hospital cross transmission. Neonates infected with RSV at the hospital have several risk factors for poor prognosis, including high mortality. Therefore, it is important to discuss the exposure of this population to community-based infectious agents, mainly viral, and the risk of accepting patients from the community to be admitted to the NICU.
In your final moments; not alone
Jessica R. Santos-Parker, Keli S. Santos-Parker, Keerthi Gondy
Journal: Palliative & Supportive Care / Volume 18 / Issue 5 / October 2020
Survival and predictors of deaths of patients hospitalised due to COVID-19 from a retrospective and multicentre cohort study in Brazil
M. M. Santos, E. E. S. Lucena, K. C. Lima, A. A. C. Brito, M. B. Bay, D. Bonfada
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 September 2020, e198
This study aimed to analyse the survival of patients admitted to Brazilian hospitals due to the COVID-19 and estimate prognostic factors. This is a retrospective, multicentre cohort study, based on data from 46 285 hospitalisations for COVID-19 in Brazil. Survival functions were calculated using the Kaplan–Meier's method. The log-rank test compared the survival functions for each variable and from that, hazard ratios (HRs) were calculated, and the proportional hazard model was used in Cox multiple regression. The smallest survival curves were the ones for patients at the age of 68 years or more, black/mixed race, illiterate, living in the countryside, dyspnoea, respiratory distress, influenza-like outbreak, O2 saturation <95%, X-ray change, length of stay in the intensive care unit (ICU), invasive ventilatory support, previous heart disease, pneumopathy, diabetes, Down's syndrome, neurological disease and kidney disease. Better survival was observed in the influenza-like outbreak and in an asthmatic patient. The multiple model for increased risk of death when they were admitted to the ICU HR 1.28, diabetes HR 1.17, neurological disease HR 1.34, kidney disease HR 1.11, heart disease HR 1.14, black or mixed race of HR 1.50, asthma HR 0.71 and pneumopathy HR 1.12. This reinforces the importance of socio-demographic and clinical factors as a prognosis for death.
Use of stable isotopes in the evaluation of fish trophic guilds from a tropical hypersaline lagoon
Marcos A. L. Franco, Alejandra F. G. N. Santos, Abílio S. Gomes, Marcelo G. de Almeida, Carlos E. de Rezende
Journal: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom / Volume 100 / Issue 6 / September 2020
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 October 2020, pp. 979-988
Environmental factors, size-related isotopic changes of the most abundant species and isotopic niche overlap were investigated using stable isotopes in order to evaluate spatial changes of fish trophic guilds in the Araruama Lagoon. Based on 440 muscle samples, 17 fish species were grouped into five trophic guilds. Mean salinity was above 40 at both sites sampled and a significant spatial difference was observed. The highest δ13C mean value was observed for an omnivorous species, whereas the lowest carbon signatures were found for the three fish species belonging to the planktivorous guild. Analysis of the carbon signature of fish species in lower trophic levels showed influence of salinity variation, whilst size appeared to play a role for others. A narrow δ15N difference was observed, but the piscivorous fish species showed the highest δ15N values. The Standard Ellipses Analysis (SEA) detected spatial differences and varying degrees of isotopic niche overlap among trophic guilds, but the percentages of most overlaps (<60%) suggest that, to some extent, the guilds had a unique isotopic niche space. These results are in agreement with data previously reported for the Araruama Lagoon, that found the same prey items with varying relative importance among the most abundant species. Further studies are necessary to understand how the interaction between salinity and other factors, such as migration patterns, changes in prey availability, changes in contribution of primary sources and changes in baseline isotopic signatures could affect the stable isotope signatures shown here.
Risk clusters of COVID-19 transmission in northeastern Brazil: prospective space–time modelling
D. S. Gomes, L. A. Andrade, C. J. N. Ribeiro, M. V. S. Peixoto, S. V. M. A. Lima, A. M. Duque, T. M. Cirilo, M. A. O. Góes, A. G. C. F. Lima, M. B. Santos, K. C. G. M. Araújo, A. D. Santos
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 August 2020, e188
This study aimed to analyse the trend and spatial–temporal clusters of risk of transmission of COVID-19 in northeastern Brazil. We conducted an ecological study using spatial and temporal trend analysis. All confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Northeast region of Brazil were included, from 7 March to 22 May 2020. We used the segmented log-linear regression model to assess time trends, and the local empirical Bayesian estimator, the global and local Moran indexes for spatial analysis. The prospective space–time scan statistic was performed using the Poisson probability distribution model. There were 113 951 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The average incidence rate was 199.73 cases/100 000 inhabitants. We observed an increasing trend in the incidence rate in all states. Spatial autocorrelation was reported in metropolitan areas, and 178 municipalities were considered a priority, especially in the states of Ceará and Maranhão. We identified 11 spatiotemporal clusters of COVID-19 cases; the primary cluster included 70 municipalities from Ceará state. COVID-19 epidemic is increasing rapidly throughout the Northeast region of Brazil, with dispersion towards countryside. It was identified high risk clusters for COVID-19, especially in the coastal side.
Compulsory admissions of patients with mental disorders: State of the art on ethical and legislative aspects in 40 European countries
D. Wasserman, G. Apter, C. Baeken, S. Bailey, J. Balazs, C. Bec, P. Bienkowski, J. Bobes, M. F. Bravo Ortiz, H. Brunn, Ö. Bôke, N. Camilleri, B. Carpiniello, J. Chihai, E. Chkonia, P. Courtet, D. Cozman, M. David, G. Dom, A. Esanu, P. Falkai, W. Flannery, K. Gasparyan, G. Gerlinger, P. Gorwood, O. Gudmundsson, C. Hanon, A. Heinz, M. J. Heitor Dos Santos, A. Hedlund, F. Ismayilov, N. Ismayilov, E. T. Isometsä, L. Izakova, A. Kleinberg, T. Kurimay, S. Klæbo Reitan, D. Lecic-Tosevski, A. Lehmets, N. Lindberg, K. A. Lundblad, G. Lynch, C. Maddock, U.F. Malt, L. Martin, I. Martynikhin, N. O. Maruta, F. Matthys, R. Mazaliauskiene, G. Mihajlovic, A. Mihaljevic Peles, V. Miklavic, P. Mohr, M. Munarriz Ferrandis, M. Musalek, N. Neznanov, G. Ostorharics-Horvath, I. Pajević, A. Popova, P. Pregelj, E. Prinsen, C. Rados, A. Roig, M. Rojnic Kuzman, J. Samochowiec, N. Sartorius, Y. Savenko, O. Skugarevsky, E. Slodecki, A. Soghoyan, D. S. Stone, R. Taylor-East, E. Terauds, C. Tsopelas, C. Tudose, S. Tyano, P. Vallon, R. J. Van der Gaag, P. Varandas, L. Vavrusova, P. Voloshyn, J. Wancata, J. Wise, Z. Zemishlany, F. Öncü, S. Vahip
Journal: European Psychiatry / Volume 63 / Issue 1 / 2020
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 August 2020, e82
Compulsory admission procedures of patients with mental disorders vary between countries in Europe. The Ethics Committee of the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) launched a survey on involuntary admission procedures of patients with mental disorders in 40 countries to gather information from all National Psychiatric Associations that are members of the EPA to develop recommendations for improving involuntary admission processes and promote voluntary care.
The survey focused on legislation of involuntary admissions and key actors involved in the admission procedure as well as most common reasons for involuntary admissions.
We analyzed the survey categorical data in themes, which highlight that both medical and legal actors are involved in involuntary admission procedures.
We conclude that legal reasons for compulsory admission should be reworded in order to remove stigmatization of the patient, that raising awareness about involuntary admission procedures and patient rights with both patients and family advocacy groups is paramount, that communication about procedures should be widely available in lay-language for the general population, and that training sessions and guidance should be available for legal and medical practitioners. Finally, people working in the field need to be constantly aware about the ethical challenges surrounding compulsory admissions.
Predicting enteric methane production from cattle in the tropics
R. S. Ribeiro, J. P. P. Rodrigues, R. M. Maurício, A. L. C. C. Borges, R. Reis e Silva, T. T. Berchielli, S. C. Valadares Filho, F. S. Machado, M. M. Campos, A. L. Ferreira, R. Guimarães Júnior, J. A. G. Azevêdo, R. D. Santos, T. R. Tomich, L. G. R. Pereira
Journal: animal / Volume 14 / Issue S3 / September 2020
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 August 2020, pp. s438-s452
Accurate estimates of methane (CH4) production by cattle in different contexts are essential to developing mitigation strategies in different regions. We aimed to: (i) compile a database of CH4 emissions from Brazilian cattle studies, (ii) evaluate prediction precision and accuracy of extant proposed equations for cattle and (iii) develop specialized equations for predicting CH4 emissions from cattle in tropical conditions. Data of nutrient intake, diet composition and CH4 emissions were compiled from in vivo studies using open-circuit respiratory chambers, SF6 technique or the GreenFeed® system. A final dataset containing intake, diet composition, digestibility and CH4 emissions (677 individual animal observations, 40 treatment means) obtained from 38 studies conducted in Brazil was used. The dataset was divided into three groups: all animals (GEN), lactating dairy cows (LAC) and growing cattle and non-lactating dairy cows (GCNL). A total of 54 prediction equations available in the literature were evaluated. A total of 96 multiple linear models were developed for predicting CH4 production (MJ/day). The predictor variables were DM intake (DMI), gross energy (GE) intake, BW, DMI as proportion of BW, NDF concentration, ether extract (EE) concentration, dietary proportion of concentrate and GE digestibility. Model selection criteria were significance (P < 0.05) and variance inflation factor lower than three for all predictors. Each model performance was evaluated by leave-one-out cross-validation. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2006) Tier 2 method performed better for GEN and GCNL than LAC and overpredicted CH4 production for all datasets. Increasing complexity of the newly developed models resulted in greater performance. The GCNL had a greater number of equations with expanded possibilities to correct for diet characteristics such as EE and NDF concentrations and dietary proportion of concentrate. For the LAC dataset, equations based on intake and animal characteristics were developed. The equations developed in the present study can be useful for accurate and precise estimation of CH4 emissions from cattle in tropical conditions. These equations could improve accuracy of greenhouse gas inventories for tropical countries. The results provide a better understanding of the dietary and animal characteristics that influence the production of enteric CH4 in tropical production systems.
Validity assessment of a portable anthropometer to measure length in 24-month children from the 2015 Pelotas Birth Cohort
Thaynã R Flores, Andréa D Bertoldi, Luiza IC Ricardo, Cauane Blumenberg, Laísa R Moreira, Mariane Dias, Rafaela C Martins, Mariângela Fd Silveira, Grégore I Mielke, Iná S Santos
Journal: Public Health Nutrition / Volume 23 / Issue 15 / October 2020
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 July 2020, pp. 2711-2716
This study aimed to assess the validity of a portable anthropometer against the gold standard among 2-year-old infants from the 2015 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort.
A fixed Harpenden® infant anthropometer was considered as the gold standard for measuring infant length due to its greater precision and stability. The portable SANNY® (model ES2000) anthropometer was the instrument to be validated. The acceptable mean difference in length between the anthropometers was 0·5 cm. In order to compare length estimates, the interviewers carried out two length measures for each of the anthropometers (fixed and portable) and for each child. The mean of the two lengths was calculated for each anthropometer, and their difference was calculated.
A subsample of 252 24-month-old members of the 2015 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort study.
Children's mean age was 23·5 months. According to Bland–Altman plot, there were no differences in overall lengths between the portable and the fixed anthropometers, or in lengths according to sex. There was a high overall concordance between the length estimates of the fixed and portable anthropometers (ρ = 0·94; 95 % CI 0·92, 0·95).
The portable anthropometer proved to be accurate to measure the length of 24-month-old infants, being applicable to studies using the same standardised protocol used in the present study.
Do re-ensiling time and application of Lactobacillus buchneri alter the characteristics of sugarcane silage?
E. F. S. Faria, T. C. da Silva, D. dos S. Pina, E. M. Santos, M. L. G. M. L. de Araújo, L. O. da Silva, G. G. P. de Carvalho
Journal: The Journal of Agricultural Science / Volume 158 / Issue 5 / July 2020
This study aimed to examine the effects of re-ensiling time and Lactobacillus buchneri on the fermentation profile, chemical composition and aerobic stability of sugarcane silages. The experiment was set up as a repeated measure design consisting of four air-exposure periods (EP)(0, 6, 12, and 24 h) microbial additive (A) (L. buchneri; or lack of there), with five replicates. Sugarcane was ground through a stationary forage chopper and ensiled in four plastic drums of 200-L capacity. After 210 days of storage, the drums were opened and half of the silage mass was treated with L. buchneri at the concentration of 105 cfu/g of forage. Subsequently, the silages were divided into stacks. The re-ensiling process was started immediately, at 0, 6, 12 and 24-hour intervals, by transferring the material to PVC mini-silos. Silos were opened after 120 days of re-ensiling. The use of L. buchneri reduced butyrate concentration but did not change ethanol or acetic acid concentrations and aerobic stability. An interaction effect between L. buchneri and re-ensiling time was observed for dry matter (DM) losses and composition. Lactobacillus buchneri is not effective in improving aerobic stability in re-ensiled sugarcane silages. However, less DM is lost in silages treated with L. buchneri and exposed to air for 24 h. Re-ensiling sugar cane in up to 24 h of exposure to air does not change final product quality.
Fermentation profile, microbial populations, taxonomic diversity and aerobic stability of total mixed ration silages based on Cactus and Gliricidia
F. N. S. Santos, E. M. Santos, J. S. Oliveira, G. R. Medeiros, A. M. Zanine, G. G. L. Araújo, A. F. Perazzo, M. L. P. Lemos, D. M. Pereira, G. F. L. Cruz, R. S. Paulino, C. J. B. Oliveira
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Cactus (Opuntia spp) levels in total mixed ration silages based on Cactus and Gliricidia (Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Steud) on the fermentation profile, microbial populations, aerobic stability and taxonomic diversity. The completely randomized design was used in a 4 × 4 factorial design with four replications, being four rations with different levels of Cactus (15, 30, 45, 60% based on the dry matter) and four opening periods (0, 15, 30 and 60 days of fermentation). An interaction effect (P < 0.050) was observed among the diets and opening times for mould and yeast populations. An interaction effect for the levels of acetic acid was observed, where the diets 15, 30, 45 and 60% showed higher values at 60 days (0.44, 0.41, 0.35 and 0.40 g/kg DM, respectively). A significant difference was observed for the richness and diversity index (Chao1 and Shannon). The most abundant bacterial phyla were Proteobacteria and Firmicutes and the genera Lactobacillus and Weissella. Cactus can be added in total mixed ration silages up to the level of 60% in a way that it positively affects the qualitative indicators of the silages, modulating the taxonomic communities and allowing the predominance of important groups for preservation of the ensiled mass.
Supplying sows energy on the expected day of farrowing improves farrowing kinetics and newborn piglet performance in the first 24 h after birth
R. A. Oliveira, J. S. Neves, D. S. Castro, S. O. Lopes, S. L. Santos, S. V. C. Silva, V. O. Araújo, M. F. A. Vieira, B. B. D. Muro, D. F. Leal, R. F. Carnevale, G. Almond, C. A. P. Garbossa
Journal: animal / Volume 14 / Issue 11 / November 2020
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 June 2020, pp. 2271-2276
The farrowing process is one of the most energy-demanding activities for the modern hyperprolific sow. This study evaluated the effects of supply of energy on the expected date of farrowing on the farrowing kinetics and piglets' performance during the first 24 h after birth. A total of 80 sows were used. The sows and their respective litters were considered as the experimental unit. On the expected day of farrowing, the sows were allocated to one of the following groups: sows that did not have access to feed from farrowing induction until the end of the farrowing process (CON, n = 40); sows fed 500 g of energetic supplement, which consisted of 250 g of the basal lactation diet plus 250 g of cane sugar, 18 h after farrowing induction (SUP, n = 40). The farrowing duration, farrowing assistance, birth interval, number of total born, stillborn and mummified piglets were recorded for each sow. Piglets were weighed individually at birth and 24 h later. The interval from birth to first suckle was evaluated individually for each piglet in 16 randomly selected litters (eight litters per treatment group). Blood glucose concentrations of six sows were measured shortly after expulsion of the first piglet. Farrowing duration, farrowing assistance and stillborn rate tended to be greater (P = 0.06, P = 0.09 and P = 0.07, respectively) in sows from the CON group compared to sows from the SUP group. However, there was no difference (P > 0.05) between the groups for birth interval. Colostrum intake was greater (P < 0.05) for piglets from the SUP group compared to piglets from the CON group. Additionally, BW gain of the piglets suckling the SUP group was greater (P < 0.05) than those suckling the CON group at 24 h after birth. The blood glucose concentrations during the expulsive stage of farrowing were greater (P < 0.05) in the SUP group than for sows from the CON group. In conclusion, supplying modern hyperprolific sows energy on the expected day of farrowing is a valuable nutritional intervention to improve the farrowing kinetics and piglets' performance in early life.
Association of spontaneous abortion and Ureaplasma parvum detected in placental tissue
C. N. T. Oliveira, M. T. S. Oliveira, H. B. M. Oliveira, L. S. C. Silva, R. S. Freire, M. N. Santos Júnior, M. V. Oliveira, J. Timenetsky, G. B. Campos, L. M. Marques
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 June 2020, e126
Spontaneous abortion is considered a public health problem having several causes, including infections. Among the infectious agents, bacteria of the vaginal microbiota and Ureaplasma parvum have been associated with abortion, but their participation needs to be further elucidated. This study aims to evaluate the influence of Mollicutes on the development of spontaneous abortion. Women who underwent spontaneous abortion and those with normal birth (control) were studied. Samples of cervical mucus (CM) and placental tissue were collected to identify Mollicutes using the quantitative polymerase chain reaction methodology. Eighty-nine women who had a miscarriage and 20 women with normal pregnancies were studied. The presence of Mollicutes in placental tissue increased the chance of developing miscarriage sevenfold. The prevalence of U. parvum in women who experienced spontaneous abortion was 66.3% in placental tissue. A positive association was observed between the detection of U. parvum in samples of placental tissue and abortion. There was a significant increase in microbial load in placental tissue for M. hominis, U. urealyticum and U. parvum compared to the control group. Detection of U. parvum in CM in pregnant women can ascend to the region of the placental tissue and trigger a spontaneous abortion.
Antimicrobial stewardship: The influence of behavioral nudging on renal-function–based appropriateness of dosing
Rodrigo P. dos Santos, Caroline Deutschendorf, Hellena G. Vido, Rafaela B. Gerson, Fabiane Marson, Melina S. Loreto, Tiago A. Vaz, André M. Avila, Rafael S. Scheffel, Thalita S. Jacoby, Helena B. dos Santos, José Miguel Dora
Journal: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology / Volume 41 / Issue 9 / September 2020
Failure to adjust doses may contribute to adverse events. We evaluated the effectiveness of providing the estimated glomerular filtration rate on appropriateness of dosing for antimicrobials. The approach increased appropriateness of dosing from 33.9% to 41.4% (P < .001). Nudging prescription behavior can boost strategies for adequate antimicrobial prescription.

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Due to the year-long dormancy of the band Egypt Central, in December 2012 Jeff James (Guitar) and John Falls (vocals) left the band. The disbanding of Egypt Central and the formation of Devour the Day were announced simultaneously on Facebook by Joey Chicago. The new band Devour the Day was formed by Joey 'Chicago' Walser (Guitar, bass and supporting backing vocals) and Blake Allison (Rhythm guitar, lead vocals and drums).
Walser and Allison, with the support of Skidd Mills (Producer), started working on their band's debut album for a spring release in 2013. Their debut album 'Time and Pressure' was released in May 2013 and prior to its release teaser songs: 'Move On'; 'You and Not Me'; 'Blackout' and 'Respect' were released on YouTube on Devour the Day's page. Their single 'Good Man' was released in March 2013 on Radio and to Digital retailers. Jeff James (Guitar) formerly of Egypt Central and Dustin Schoenhofer (Drums) joined the band for their albums supporting tour. The album was re-released in January 2014. Two singles were also released of this album: 'Move On' and 'Respect'.
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Far-right media personality Jack Posobiec interviewed InfoWars' Alex Jones for One America News, and the conversation included Jones' take on Game of Thrones (spoiler alert: he thinks it's about a "race war" and anti-men), plus some nonsensical criticism of the Star Wars franchise and—of course—liberals.
Alex Kaplan, a researcher for left-wing Media Matters for America, shared a clip of the interview on Twitter on Friday.
So uh Jack Posobiec interviewed Alex Jones about Game of Thrones at One America News yesterday and it somehow turned into attacking Star Wars and liberals. pic.twitter.com/riubjO2BER
— Alex Kaplan (@AlKapDC) April 26, 2019
Jones first made the caveat that he doesn't "judge" Game of Thrones fans, who include his family member. And, he said, "I'm usually so busy in the real 'game of thrones' that I don't have time to watch it." Then he insisted that the show he doesn't watch has a bigger agenda at play.
"There's no doubt Hollywood's pushing all these race war movies, Black against whites," Jones said. "Whites are evil and racist."
Considering that Game of Thrones is largely dominated by white characters and that its scarce depictions of people of color are often as slaves or "savages," it's hard to imagine the show is pitting an anti-white race war.
Jones apparently also thinks the series is touting an anti-men, anti-chivalry message.
"Also pushing women as the bosses, men are bad," Jones said. "That's been going on since Married With Children and Fox TV. But Game of Thrones is this post-modernist, everyone is in it for themselves, no one is good. Everyone has given up on chivalry."
Posobiec then suggested that Lord of the Rings and Star Wars are also "post-modernist" and moving away from "absolutism" of good versus evil.
"The dark side isn't just evil, it's saying everything," Jones said of the Star Wars movies. "It's saying, 'do what you want.'"
The clip ends as Jones pivots to his favorite subject to condemn as though it's a natural segue.
"The left, especially, doesn't care about facts," he said.
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oralloy
Reply	Mon 21 May, 2018 11:53 am
@farmerman,
farmerman wrote:
What do you think they make turbine nacelles outta, Fuggles?
Don't know. I just wanted to point out that renewable energy isn't as perfect as is sometimes portrayed by the left.
All energy sources have an environmental downside of some sort.
I support the use of renewables as much as possible. But I prefer being realistic about it.
farmerman
@oralloy,
thing about almost all renewables except hydro, the energy expenditure for manufacture is a one off process per megawatt. You make a turbine or solar panel, and with very megawatt produced, your environmental cost decreases by some formula that Im sure wecould easily derive if given all the data.
Reply	Mon 21 May, 2018 12:06 pm
What I like about renewables is we don't consume finite fuel.
Presuming that our species continues indefinitely, one day we'll no longer have sunlight (even if we travel to a different star after our current one burns out, eventually there will be no more stars), and then we'll have to start consuming non-renewable fuel. Until that day however, as long as there are stars burning and providing all that free energy, we should try to harness that instead of consuming finite resources.
Walter Hinteler
Reply	Tue 12 Jun, 2018 10:03 am
georgeob1
Reply	Fri 15 Jun, 2018 09:00 am
The efficiency of operating wind turbines has improved over the last decade - a result of both improved technology and better siting, chiefly at higher elevations for the turbines and offshore where surface winds are generally higher. Average capacity factors a decade ago were in the 20% to 40% range. Now, modern offshore installations (in favorable windy areas) operate at capacity factors as high as ~ 54% ( Danish North Sea wind farms) , and onshore averages have increased to ~ 30- 35%, All this comes at a cost, particularly in the case of offshore installations.
Government subsidies, both in Europe and the United States are still required to create a favorable economic situation for such investment. However, the improvements achieved over the last decade are indeed significant, though they do appear to now be approaching their physical limits.
@georgeob1,
Here in Germany (and Europe), it was the trend towards ever larger and more powerful wind turbines since about 2006 - since that time, all new wind turbines have a rated output of 1.5 MW and more.
Subsidies for older wind turbines - in Germany - are stopped after 20 running (all old ones in 2020), for new wind turbines in 2026.
Reply	Fri 15 Jun, 2018 10:31 pm
@Walter Hinteler,
I see that UK announced they will quit relying on single cycle coal generators in just a few years, then thy will stop using ALL coal power generating in several years after that.
The evidence of man induced climate change is too compelling to ignore and even several of the anti-science groups are starting to get quiet about this.
Reply	Sat 16 Jun, 2018 08:21 am
So far the replacement of coal with unsubsidized natural gas has reduced carbon emissions by a much larger fraction than all the subsidized wind and solar power installed to date - at least in the US. This is a phenomenon that is spreading world wide, and its effects will be large.
Climate change is real - it has been going on for millions of years. What's happening now is indeed partly caused by man made GHG, however the warming so far seen is far less than the various forecasts of the IPCC. Indeed the IPCC has only gotten around to including the accelerated growth of green plants and more realistic estimates of the depth of the ocean mixing areas for carbonic acids in just the last few years. Their earlier assumptions were a bit breathtaking in their self-serving amateurism, and the continuing divergence of actual warming with their earlier estimates was becoming an embarrassment.
The British and Germans have shut down a large fraction of their nuclear plants in the last eight years in response to naïve political pressures. Coal generated power amounted to a large fraction of their replacements.
The welfare of the ~7 billion human beings inhabiting this planet often appears to not figure in the calculations and recommendations of dedicated environmentalists. Even with recent improvements, current wind and solar technologies cannot provide a solution without other large sources of power.
New fracking and directional drilling technologies have vastly increased the worldwide store of recoverable natural gas, and that has already done as much or more to contain CO2 emission growth as have wind and solar.
Nuclear power can now, and likely will continue, to provide a major source, despite the prejudices of environmentalists in Europe (and recently the U.S.) . Current pressurized water reactors are safe and reliable. The new generation of PWR plants promises even more.
Emerging new technologies, such as solar powered synthesis of free hydrogen, may soon provide new sources of practical, storable fuel for conventional engines that produce only water vapor (ironically also a GHG) when burned. That and small new generation nuclear plants could be transformative.
Reply	Sat 11 Aug, 2018 02:16 am
Since this thread is about "windmill economics" - there are just a couple of really nice ones on sale in the UK
Wonderful windmills for sale – in pictures
Reply	Wed 5 Sep, 2018 12:05 pm
Again something about "Windmill Economics 101...": windmills per squar km in the provinces of the Netherlands
(The Dutch have dozens of sayings related to windmill - the one most related to economics is perhaps Een stille molen maalt geen meel ["A quiet windmill does not grind flour."])
The welfare of the ~7 billion human beings inhabiting this planet ...
Odd that a fellow like you would care about the welfare of human beings, georgeob1.
The evidence of man induced climate change is too compelling to ignore ...
Compelling evidence sometimes means absolutely nothing to you, farmer. That isn't the mark of a scientist, that is the mark of an IDer, a climate change denialist.
mixing of H2CO3 may be a function of the release of greater volumes of cold arctic water which, when viewed from beneath shows us to be melting ice within the water column.Therefore chem equilibrium would be upset and bicarbonates would be released at (probably) a rate like 40 to 1 (Hubberts dynamic model) over a normal equil system.
Why are plants growing faster, maybe because theres more CO2??
True Costs: Fossil Fuels VS. Solar Energy
August 22, 2017 By david
When we pay utility bills or buy gas, we're paying for the direct cost of the fuel, such as how much it cost to extract and refine it. We know that fossil fuels are also responsible for creating pollution that damages the environment and poses a threat to human health. Those costs are not reflected in the bills you pay. To accurately compare fossil fuels to solar energy, you have to include those hidden costs of each.
To start, let's compare the costs of solar energy and fossil fuels as we see them now. The best way to do so is to look at average prices in the United States for each. In 2017 the average cost of residential solar was 12.22 ¢/kWh, and 10.19 ¢/kWh for utility scale solar. In 2008 coal cost between 7 and 14¢/kWh and natural gas 7 to 10¢/kWh. When external costs, such as human health and environmental damages, are included these costs for fossil fuel generated energy go up substantially. For instance, a Harvard University study concluded that that these costs increase the costs of coal by anywhere from 17.8 ¢/kWh to 26.89¢/kWh of electricity generated. Let's break down where these additional costs stem from.
https://massachusetts.revolusun.com/true-costs-fossil-fuels-vs-solar-energy/
Reply	Thu 6 Sep, 2018 01:00 am
World's largest offshore windfarm opens off Cumbrian coast
The Walney Extension will power 590,000 homes in the UK, offshore windfarms provide nearly a tenth of the UK's electricity.
I assume that the numbers on the x axis are unots windmills? Are each of these 2 meg units?? So the overall 600 would be 1.2 gigawatts?
No. It's copied from the relevant chart: depth in meters.
Reply	Sun 28 Oct, 2018 08:08 am
A bit "economics" about windmills, although just the view of it:
De Huisman (The Houseman), a mustardmill,
De Gekroonde Poelenburg (The Crowned Poelenburg), a sawmill,
De Kat (The Cat), a dyemill,
Het Jonge Schaap (The Young Sheep), a sawmill,
De Os (The Ox), an oilmill,
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Het Klaverblad (The Cloverleaf), a sawmill,
De Bonte Hen (The Spotted Hen), an oilmill,
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Movie Review of the Gambler: Shooting for the Stars but Falling Flat
Mark Wahlberg plays Jim Bennett in The Gambler, a remake of the 1974 film starring James Caan.
Rupert Wyatt's remake of the 1974 classic should be lauded for its ambition, but for all its sound and fury, viewers are wanting for substance.
The Gambler, a remake of the classic 1974 film, is stylish, ambitious, sophisticated, and visually stunning. None of those things succeed in making it a good movie. The third film by English director Rupert Wyatt, its lacks the sensibility of his debut, The Escapist, and fails to match the visceral intensity of his second film, Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
Whereas the original film by Karel Reiszderived much of its power from subtlety, the remake is overwrought. Where James Caan's Axel Freed displayed the slow destruction of a man who is desperate but doesn't know it, Mark Wahlberg's Jim Bennett is a man who has everything but insists on appreciating none of it.
That's not to say that The Gambler is a bad film, either. Wyatt and Wahlberg tried to bring something fresh and original to the often stale output of Hollywood. They ended up creating a movie that arouses curiosity but simply gets too many things wrong.
The film opens with a well-shot scene portraying the death and funeral of Bennett's father, who is later revealed to have been the "18th richest man in the entire state of California." Next we see Bennett pulling up to an underground Korean gambling establishment run by a man whom he owes $200,000.
That turns into $260,000, and Bennett soon has another, less polite creditor on his case, Neville Baraka, played with crass eloquence by Michael Kenneth Williams. Bennett is given a week to make good on all of his debts. When his bitter but loving mother (Jessica Lange) bails him out, he proceeds to blow all the money employing a losing blackjack strategy.
The plot is generally true to the original, although it muddles itself up with a larger cast of characters and numerous unnecessary plot devices. The ending scene, which won't be mentioned here, was predictable, unsatisfying, and unrealistic.
What the movie got right
We live in harsh economic times, and the movie industry constantly reminds us of it. 2014's Nightcrawler was a brilliant character study of Jake Gyllenhall's ambitious sociopath, but it was also a commentary on today's recession economy.
The Gambler eschews that low-hanging fruit, allowing us to indulge in a world of Los Angeles glitz and glamour. Whereas the original was characterized by a hard-edge, East Coast sensibility, the remake tells the tale of people to whom success comes too easily. Under some circumstances that may come off as superficial, but in the cynical context of modern cinema, it's a breath of fresh air.
The supporting cast turns in brilliant performances. John Goodman engrosses as a calm, calculating loan shark doubling as a would-be mentor. His character takes an interest in Jim Bennett, apparently due to amusement that a man with so many natural advantages could be "the world's stupidest asshole."
The score is riveting throughout, catching the viewer off guard time and time again. Choices include Chopin, Cole Porter and Bob Dylan, Dinah Washington's soulful "This Bitter Earth" and Scala &Kolacny Brothers' haunting a cappella cover of "Creep." The cinematography also shows us Los Angeles in all its lonely, unforgiving glory.
What The Gambler got wrong
The original moved at a slow but inexorable pace, allowing the viewer to drink in the bittersweet brew of Axel Freed's self-destruction drop by drop. Wyatt opts for style over substance, presenting us with a glib film over-reliant on dialogue and a frenetic pace that fails to be suspenseful.
The film utilizes a countdown time structure in order to build suspense. The trope falls flat, and by the end of the film we hardly care how much time Bennett has to pay off his creditors.
Wahlberg puts every ounce of his boundless energy into Jim Bennett, but to no avail. The character is neither likeable nor tragic. Freed gambled because he was a gambling addict. Bennett gambles he is a spoiled brat to whom success comes far too easily. The only thing in life that can arouse his passions is losing piles of his deceased father's money at the blackjack table.
Brie Larson is as charming and smart as ever as Amy Phillips, a talented student who inexplicably falls for her creepy, nihilistic English professor, who is none other than Jim Bennett. Larson's performance is excellent but wasted.
Wyatt and screenwriter William Monahan fail to develop her character, and for most of the film she is reduced to standing and looking pretty while Bennett spouts off glib monologue after glib monologue.
If you're a fan of Mark Wahlberg or of gambling movies in general, this movie is worth a view. If you loved the original, you'll probably be disappointed. If you're looking for a film about blackjack, this isn't it.
Rupert Wyatt missed the mark on this film, but no one can fault him for being ambitious. He is a superbly talented director, and certainly will produce better films in the future.
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import hudson.plugins.global_build_stats.FieldFilterFactory;
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In a sauce pot (without heat yet) whisk the sugar, cornstarch, and salt and mix until incorporated. Continue whisking and gradually pour in 1/4 cup of the milk until smooth. Add in the egg yolks and remaining milk.
Transfer the sauce pot in the stove over medium heat and cook, stir often and use a whisk until the pudding becomes thick and starts to bubble a little, about 5 to 6 minutes.
Adjust the fire to medium low and use a spatula. Continue stirring, scraping all the sides, until the pudding makes visible ribbons when spatula drizzles over the mixture (about 3 to 5 minutes).
Turn off heat, move over the sauce pot away from heat. Add in the butter and vanilla extract until the butter is melted and completely incorporated, this will make it more smoother and the vanilla aromatic in flavor.
Transfer the pudding through the prepared strainer to remove any lumps.
Serve and transfer into party cups or resealable containers if making in advance.
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Man Linked to French Connection Drug Ring to Be Sentenced
BY DAVE COLLINS
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man who federal authorities say was a player in the notorious French Connection heroin ring of the 1960s and 1970s is set to be sentenced to at least five years in prison in a new drug case.
Alfred Catino, 75, of Danbury, was among 16 people busted in Connecticut in 2012 for distributing marijuana, cocaine and oxycodone in Fairfield County. He pleaded guilty to a drug conspiracy charge in 2014.
He's scheduled to be sentenced Monday in federal court in New Haven.
Catino's lawyer, Frank Riccio II, is asking the judge to impose the mandatory minimum five-year prison sentence, while prosecutors are seeking a 10-year prison sentence.
Catino's criminal record is a colorful history of drug dealing and prison sentences dating to the 1960s, when federal authorities say he was part of the French Connection heroin smuggling ring that spawned the 1971 Oscar-winning movie of the same name starring Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider.
The French Connection was the major supplier of heroin to the United States, sending in hundreds of millions of dollars' worth for years until police busted it up in the early 1970s. Federal authorities say it involved Turkish heroin refined in Marseille, France, and smuggled into the U.S.
A big bust in the case in 1962 by New York City detectives was the subject of the movie.
Law enforcement officials say they had no idea about Catino's history when they arrested him in the latest drug case, and were surprised when they found out.
Riccio has said Catino doesn't deny being part of the French Connection.
Catino pleaded guilty in June to conspiring to sell controlled substances, admitting he was part of a group involved in a failed effort to distribute about 200 pounds of marijuana from California to Connecticut and sell cocaine and oxycodone. All of the other defendants also pleaded guilty.
The bust was the result of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration, Connecticut State Police and local officers that included court-ordered wiretaps on the cellphones of Catino and others.
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Circular Economy Case studies
Bio-upcycling of plastic waste
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The Microbiology Society is undertaking a project entitled A Sustainable Future as part of our 75th Anniversary, which aims to highlight the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to our members and empower them to use their research to evidence and impact the goals. Earlier this year, we put a call out to our members to submit case studies in the following three areas: antimicrobial resistance, soil health and the circular economy.
This case study is written by Tanja Narancic, Assistant Professor at the University College Dublin, Ireland. It focuses on the circular economy; an alternative to a traditional linear economy (make, use, dispose), in which we keep resources in use for as long as possible, extract the maximum value from them while in use, then recover and regenerate products and materials at the end of each service life.
Traditional plastics are fossil-based versatile materials, with excellent properties such as strength, flexibility, lightweight, and easy and low-cost production. This makes them ideal materials for application in a large number of industrial and consumer products. While they are beneficial in many ways, such as helping to reduce food waste by providing good barrier properties and therefore decrease food spoilage, and as lightweight packaging materials actually decrease transport related greenhouse gas emissions (i.e. transport in glass bottles versus polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles), the 'take-make-dispose' culture associated in particular with single-use plastics has resulted in serious plastic waste accumulation. In addition to this, some plastic waste management options such as incineration, lead to the loss of a very valuable resource. The circular economy of plastics aims to retain the value of the material through, reuse, recycling, and other recovery. However, recycling as an option remains largely unexploited, likely due to the high price and low quality of the recyclate.
What could be the role of micro-organisms in the circular economy of plastics?
In addition to providing enzymes for biological depolymerisation and bio-recycling of plastics such as PET1, micro-organisms have evolved to utilise a wide range of carbon and energy substrates, including plastics or plastic-derived molecules. Use of post-consumer plastic as a non-conventional feedstock with the capacity of micro-organisms to produce value-added molecules, such as biodegradable plastics and chemicals, should be a perspective of the circular economy of plastics2. In this perspective, micro-organisms are used as biocatalysts to upcycle rather than recycle post-consumer plastic.
A recent EU Horizon 2020 project titled "From Plastic waste to Plastic value using Pseudomonas putida Synthetic biology (P4SB)" combined four research lines: enzymatic plastic depolymerisation, microbial metabolism of the obtained plastic monomers, production of a biodegradable plastic polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) and other valuable molecules, including subsequent purification, to offer a novel approach to valorising plastic waste. These research lines were underpinned by synthetic biology and model-driven development of enzymes, bacteria and processes. One of the many successful project outputs is a multidisciplinary approach to upcycle PET into PHA and a novel, partly bio-based poly(amide urethane) (bio-PU)3. The advantage of this approach is that the enzymatically depolymerised PET can be directly used as a feedstock for a bacterium, circumventing the need to purify the products of enzymatic hydrolysis, which could be a costly process. Metabolic engineering approaches, ranging from simple manipulations to systems metabolic engineering, referring to the manipulation of the whole cell organisation and function, have greatly expanded the repertoire of industrially relevant compounds that can be accessed by biocatalysis. In our efforts to diversify the portfolio of products obtained by PET upcycling, the consortium of researchers collaborated to engineer a bacterium to produce and secrete hydroxyalkanoic acids (HAAs). HAAs are amphiphilic molecules with surfactant properties. They are also interesting platform chemicals for further bio- or chemo-catalytic conversion, which we have demonstrated by using HAAs to make another plastic polymer: bio-PU.
The successor to the EU Horizon 2020 project (P4SB), is 'MIXed plastics biodegradation and UPcycling using microbial communities (Mix-UP)'. We are expanding the plastics used as a feedstock for industrial biotechnology to mixed plastic waste. The main objective of this project is bioconversion of unsorted, mixed plastic waste into value-added, sustainable bio- materials using engineered enzyme mixtures for depolymerisation and mixed microbial cultures for upcycling of plastic monomers to valuable products. The plastic waste is mixed and its separation to different types of plastics is costly. Our aim is to develop a resource-sorting independent, stable upcycling process for conventional plastics such as polystyrene, polyethylene, and PET, as well as biodegradable plastics whose end of life options could be expanded through our research, e.g. polylactic acid (PLA) and PHA. Once again, the combination of enabling technologies, such as systems and synthetic biology, and non-conventional feedstocks for micro-organisms such as mixed plastic waste will be used to develop bioprocesses to not only reduce, but valorise plastic waste.
© Tanja Narancic
The concept of Mix-UP project: Mixed plastic waste will be depolymerised using engineered hydrolysing and oxidising enzymes. In a consolidated bioprocess the depolymerisation is coupled to microbial metabolism to allow the use of the plastic derived feedstock and its conversion to central metabolites, which will provide the building blocks for the synthesis of polymers, chemicals such as vicinal diols, HAAs, bioplasticisers or biosurfactants, or building blocks for chemocatalysis. Finally, Mix-UP will tackle the issue of downstream processing and recovery of the product, thereby showcasing a novel, complete approach to the circularity of plastic. Find out more about the project on our Twitter @MixUP_H2020.
1. Tournier, V.; Topham, C. M.; Gilles, A.; David, B.; Folgoas, C.; Moya-Leclair, E.; Kamionka, E.; Desrousseaux, M. L.; Texier, H.; Gavalda, S.; Cot, M.; Guemard, E.; Dalibey, M.; Nomme, J.; Cioci, G.; Barbe, S.; Chateau, M.; Andre, I.; Duquesne, S.; Marty, A., An engineered PET depolymerase to break down and recycle plastic bottles. Nature 2020, 580 (7802), 216-219.
2. Blank, L. M.; Narancic, T.; Mampel, J.; Tiso, T.; O'Connor, K., Biotechnological upcycling of plastic waste and other non-conventional feedstocks in a circular economy. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2020, 62, 212-219.
3. Tiso, T.; Narancic, T.; Wei, R.; Pollet, E.; Beagan, N.; Schröder, K.; Honak, A.; Jiang, M.; Kenny, S. T.; Wierckx, N.; Perrin, R.; Averous, L.; Zimmermann, W.; O'Connor, K. E.; Blank, L. M., Bio-upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate. bioRxiv 2020.
Dr Tanja Narancic is an Assistant Professor at the School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, University College Dublin. Her research focuses on elucidating the metabolism of bacteria, and using this knowledge and synthetic biology tools to exploit these bacteria to make high value products. More information about her work is available here.
A circular economy is an alternative to a traditional linear economy (make, use, dispose) in which we keep resources in use for as long as possible, extract the maximum value from them while in use, then recover and regenerate products and materials at the end of each service life.
The importance of maintaining the health of our soils has gained increasing prominence in recent years. Soils are essential for the global food system and regulate water, carbon and nitrogen cycles but are put under pressure from population growth and climate change.
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
The threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has now been recognised globally and it is estimated that 10 million people a year will die due to antimicrobial resistance by 2050 if no urgent action is taken.


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One of the latest commissions to be completed and delivered was this live edge elm table for a restaurant down in London. Killer drive and the place is too busy, we made it though and returned to the wilderness as legends.
A couple of posts back theres shots of it being made. It looks better in the room, it was a small room just over three metres by three metres, a private dining affair.
The base was done by a guy known as 'Andy the metal worker' he's got a great collection of old camper vans, anyone needs something made in metal he's on Woodville Street in Govan, just across from the roll van, Big Al's I think it's called.
Lewis is thin enough to fit in and screw the bolts to the floor, he got stuck but I lifted him out.
The room had loads of these cool brass lights and mirrors on the walls behind the cabinets. The site was still a bit of a mess, be nice to see it all finished and cleaned up.