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Izapa: Cultural Hearth of the Olmecs?

Located near the edge of the Pacific coastal plain in the far southeastern corner of Chiapas, Mexico, is the large pre-Columbian ceremonial center known as Izapa. Situated on the terrace of a small stream tributary to the Rio Suchiate, the border river between Mexico and Guatemala, the site consists of more than 130 mounds sprawled over several hectares of lush tropical lowland at the base of t...

Advanced design methods for rotary hearth furnaces

*Tenova LOI Italimpianti, Italy, **Centro Sviluppo Materiali SpA, Italy ENVIRONMENTAL concerns and rising prices of fossil fuels have focused the steel industry’s attention on minimising emissions and improving heating efficiency in reheat furnaces. Additionally with the rise in competitiveness within the world steel market product quality can be a key strategic factor to gain a market, a facto...

5 Year-old Boy with a Hearth Murmur and Fever

A 5 year old boy was recently diagnosed with Myelodysplastic Syndrome Refractory Cytopenia (MRC), for which bone marrow transplantation was needed. He was admitted to the emergency ward because of fever and a need for oxygen with unknown cause while awaiting the transplantation. Physical examination revealed normal breath sounds and a systolic heart murmur; temperature was 39.8 degrees Celsius....

Thyroid Dysfunction in the Elderly with Hearth Failure

Echocardiography Differences Between Athlete’s Heart Hearth and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

INTRODUCTION Among long term athletes there is always present hypertrophy of the left ventricle walls as well as increased cardiac mass. These changes are the result of the heart muscle adaptation to load during the years of training, which should not be considered as pathology. In people suffering from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), there is also present hypertrophy of the left ventricle w...