Hairy cell leukemia (HCL) is a rare blood cancer and
slow-growing due to spinal cord cells produce
too many B
cells (lymphocytes), a type of white blood
cells that fight
infection in charge. When viewed
with a microscope, it looks abnormal
B cells and
'hair'.
As the number of leukemia cells, automated white
blood cells, red blood cells and platelets
are also getting
a little healthier because of being pressured by the leukemia cells.
This cancer is more
common in men, particularly middle-aged
or elderly men.
Until now, the cause and cure of this
disease has never been found. Hairy
cell leukemia is considered as one of the chronic diseases
because the disease is never completely lost though
maybe in a few
years the treatment dose is reduced.
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At sea or on the coast we often find plastic trash scattered about. In Kimalo Pointis located on the island of Hawaii, even the plastic pieces found at a depth of
one meter below the surface of the sand.
"In some other beaches, it is difficult to distinguish between sand and plastic,"
said Nicholas Mallos, marine debris researchers at NGO Ocean Conservancy told
LiveScience, January.
To determine the level of litter pollution in the sea, sea bird scientists use as
a measuring tool. Sea birds, including pelicans and gulls, is the top of the
food chain. They absorb toxins and pollutants contained in the fish they eat. Because
seabirds foraging in the vast sea area, but always returned to the same
location each year to breed, they are supplying the samples of pollutants from a
wide geographic area to researchers.
"They fly over the ocean spread over the year so you could say they took
samples of pollution for us," said John Elliot of Environment Canada in
the journal Science, May 3, 2013. "As long as they find food, they are exposed
to contamination, especially species that are bioaccumulative we seek."
Monitoring of toxins in marine bird, the bird is not lethal. Scientists using feather
samples, blood, oil, and tissue samples without killing the birds. Sample is
adequate to measure the pollution that occurs.
Birds are often found dead with stomachs full of plastic. This indicates an
increase in ocean contamination from sewage fishermen and beach visitors.
Monterey Bay Aquarium in California estimates that about 1 million sea birds, plus
100,000 marine mammals and turtles die from ingesting plastic every year.
Posted in Technology
PT Bank Negara
Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (BBNI) targeting value
added transactions to Rp3 trillion. The figures,
obtained by the
issuance of international credit cards by holding
company Japan Credit bureu (JCB).
Director of Consumer and Retail BNI Darmadi
Sutanto said, this
cooperation will gradually
give birth card-based ATM, EDC and Credit Card can be used
at BNI outlets
both in Japan
and in Indonesia.
"For its own ATMs in the near future will be launched, this early
because it was felt important enough for tourists who
come to Bali
or Indonesian workers
in Japan," said the senior official
after the signing of the Agreement with JCB
Issuing in BNI Central Office,
Jakarta, Tuesday (07.05.2013).
"Then for the EDC itself will also be
present as an ATM
card at the end
of 2013 and then we spend the last
credit card, inikan
need gradual," he added.
BNI transactions recorded
last year grew by
31 percent, or Rp23 trillion. Therefore,
the target of Rp3 trillion can be sure
is reached. This, supported by the growth of the Indonesian economy was good and the increasing
use of credit cards in Indonesia and Japan.
"We're working on the Japanese market as seen very good prospect,
and for them this
is very beneficial, it can be used easily
in the existing BNI
outlets there, with this card will increase the value of Rp3 trillion
more for credit
card transactions in the future," he said .
Further senior official explained, that JCB
is similar to the
work Visa and Mastercard system. "That
license, not branding.
Such as Visa and
Mastercard, JCB brand
later that there in his BNI card, stuck its logo on
the card," he
concluded
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