 shock. As the septic infection resolves, the PCT levels also return to ranges < 0.5 μg/L, with a half-life of 24 hours. The IB10 sphingotest® PCT is only intended for the diagnosis of sepsis, the assessment of the degree of severity, and monitoring of the change of sepsis severity (3). This assay is neither suitable nor intended for other applications and/or uses.
All measurements with EDTA whole blood samples collected from 100 apparently healthy individuals were found as < 0.3 μg/L for the IB10 sphingotest® PCT.
< 0.5 Local bacterial infection is possible. Systemic infection (sepsis) is not likely.
≥ 0.5 and ≤ 2 Systemic infection (sepsis) is possible, but various conditions are known to induce PCT as well.
monitored both clinically and by re-assessing PCT within 6-24 hours.
> 2 and ≤ 10 Systemic infection (sepsis) is likely, unless other causes are known.
(1) Gregoriano C et al. Role of procalcitonin use in the management of sepsis. J Thorac Dis. 2020 Feb;12(Suppl 1):S5-S15.
(2) Kondo Y et al. Diagnostic value of procalcitonin and presepsin for sepsis in critically ill adult patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Intensive Care. 2019;7:22.
(3) De Oro N et al. The use of procalcitonin as a sepsis marker in a community hospital. J Appl Lab Med. 2019;3(4):545-552.
&gt;Dacron has a lot of built in give that absorbs shock loads;

Dacron has a little bit of elasticity, not a lot. The material is polyester and in most other applications polyester is typically used when you **do not** want elasticity, not when you do. For example, in rock climbing dynamic ropes are made out of nylon which stretches a lot. By contrast, static ropes, which are designed not to stretch, are often made from polyester. The same is true with slacklining webbing. Webbing intended to stretch is nylon, webbing intended not to stretch is polyester, vectan or Dyneema.

I disagree with the general idea that dacron lines will make all opening soft, which I've heard many times. The second hardest opening I have ever had was on a CReW canopy with dacron lines.  A friend of mine had a hard opening on a Sabre 2 with dacron lines and he said it was the hardest opening he has ever had in 3500 jumps. I know of a guy who sustained serious injury in the BASE environment from the opening shock after taking a four second slider down delay on a canopy with dacron lines. Point being, dacron is not the saver of all, you can still have a very hard opening and get injured under a canopy with dacron lines. Line type is not to blame, the issue is with the slider failing to do its job. If you fix that, line type is completely irrelevant.# Disable NTBTLS for now until it is actually mature and used.
- # not. Therefore, we set LD_LIBRARY_PATH.Queensland’s state government will no longer have to publish listings in print newspapers under new laws being introduced to the state’s parliament this week.
As it stands, the government is required to list things such as new mining leases or amendments to a land use plan in local newspapers.
However, with news consumption and publication increasingly shifting to online, the government is set to update these laws to reflect this digitisation.
Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick said the changes will help the government save while still providing relevant information to the public.
“For some years now, the overwhelming majority of Queenslanders have sourced most of their information from online publications,” he said.
“Queenslanders should have the same access to information wherever they live, and many regional communities are no longer serviced by regular print publications.
The changes come after News Corp moved more than 20 of its Queensland publications to digital-only last year as part of a significant overhaul to the company’s publishing portfolio.(5) The term of an extended sentence passed in respect of an offence shall not exceed the maximum term permitted for that offence.
(6) Subsection (2) of section 2 of the 1991 Act (length of custodial sentences) shall apply as if the term of an extended sentence did not include the extension period.
(7) The Secretary of State may by order amend paragraph (b) of subsection (4) above by substituting a different period, not exceeding ten years, for the period for the time being specified in that paragraph.
"sexual offence" and "violent offence" have the same meanings as in Part I of that Act.
"Extended sentences for sexual or violent offenders. 44. - (1) This section applies to a prisoner serving an extended sentence within the meaning of section 55 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this section, this Part, except sections 40 and 40A, shall have effect as if the term of the extended sentence did not include the extension period.
(3) Where the prisoner is released on licence under this Part, the licence shall, subject to any revocation under section 39(1) or (2) above, remain in force until the end of the extension period.
(b) for the purposes of subsection (4) above, on the date on which, apart from that subsection, the prisoner would have been released unconditionally.
(6) Sections 33(3) and 33A(1) above and section 46 below shall not apply in relation to the prisoner.
the question whether the prisoner is a long-term or short-term prisoner shall be determined by reference to the term of the extended sentence.
(8) In this section "extension period" has the same meaning as in section 55 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998."
(b) falls to be imposed under section 2(2), 3(2) or 4(2) of the 1997 Act.
(b) includes the requirements and provisions mentioned in section 58 below.
(3) A court shall not make a drug treatment and testing order unless it has been notified by the Secretary of State that arrangements for implementing such orders are available in the area proposed to be specified in the order and the notice has not been withdrawn.
(6) For the purpose of ascertaining for the purposes of subsection (5) above whether the offender has any drug in his body, the court may by order require him to provide samples of such description as it may specify; but the court shall not make such an order unless the offender expresses his willingness to comply with its requirements.
(7) The Secretary of State may by order amend subsection (2) above by substituting a different period for the minimum or maximum period for the time being specified in that subsection.
Requirements and provisions to be included in orders. 58. - (1) A drug treatment and testing order shall include a requirement ("the treatment requirement") that the offender shall submit, during the whole of the treatment and testing period, to treatment by or under the direction of a specified person having the necessary qualifications or experience ("the treatment provider") with a view to the reduction or elimination of the offender's dependency on or propensity to misuse drugs.
but the nature of the treatment shall not be specified in the order except as mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above.
(3) A court shall not make a drug treatment and testing order unless it is satisfied that arrangements have been or can be made for the treatment intended to be specified in the order (including arrangements for the reception of the offender where he is to be required to submit to treatment as a resident).
(4) A drug treatment and testing order shall include a requirement ("the testing requirement") that, for the purpose of ascertaining whether he has any drug in his body during the treatment and testing period, the offender shall provide during that period, at such times or in such circumstances as may (subject to the provisions of the order) be determined by the treatment provider, samples of such description as may be so determined.
(5) The testing requirement shall specify for each month the minimum number of occasions on which samples are to be provided.
(6) A drug treatment and testing order shall include a provision specifying the petty sessions area in which it appears to the court making the order that the offender resides or will reside.
(c) provide that the results of the tests carried out on the samples provided by the offender in pursuance of the testing requirement shall be communicated to the responsible officer.
(c) to determine whether the circumstances are such that he should apply to that court for the revocation or amendment of the order.NUT Conference in Liverpool today voted overwhelmingly to back the priority motion on "Protecting Teachers, Defending Education", thus endorsing the plan of action agreed with the NASUWT. This means that, at long last, a calendar of strike action, starting with a regional strike in the North-West on June 27th, is now set to begin. However, the main debate was over an amendment proposing that we start our action with a national NUT strike on June 26th.
After an impassioned debate, in which the evenly-divided applause for respective speakers left everyone guessing as to the final outcome, the amendment calling for this initial one-day strike was eventually narrowly defeated on a show of hands.
As proposer of this strengthening amendment, I am clearly disappointed that Conference rejected this opportunity to urgently engage and involve the whole membership through national strike action next term. However, we