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RE: Spatial
Virtual reality collaboration software. A software product by Spatial
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Pawlytics
Affordable and easy to use animal rescue management software. Manage pet records, adoptions, fosters, and more. A software product by Pawlytics
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RE: Consensus
Our Consensus technology delivers a personalized video experience to each new prospect. Then, as your prospect shares Consensus with A software product by Consensus
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Museum space
Museum Space, an end-to-end, cloud based, museum management software developed to helping galleries, libraries, archives and museums A software product by Sirma Enterprise Systems
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RE: Swarthy
To be Don Juan-like, but with an [ulterior motive], like getting into an [impressionable] younger [coworkers] pants. Usually sports a moustache.
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Lane four 2.0
Powerful matching and routing tool. A software product by Lane Four
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Mastoiditis
Mastoiditis is a bacterial infection in the mastoid process, which is the prominent bone behind the ear.
Mastoiditis usually occurs when untreated or inadequately treated acute otitis media spreads from the middle ear into the surrounding bone—the mastoid process. Most mastoid infections are caused by pneumococcus bacteria. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines have significantly decreased infection with pneumococcus bacteria, and mastoiditis is uncommon. Inadequately treated mastoiditis can result in deafness, blood poisoning (sepsis), infection of the tissues covering the brain (meningitis), brain abscess, or death. -
Dizziness and vertigo
Dizziness is an inexact term people often use to describe various related sensations, including
Faintness (feeling about to pass out)
Light-headedness
Dysequilibrium (feeling off balance or unsteady)
A vague spaced-out or swimmy-headed feeling
Vertigo (a false sensation of movement)Vertigo is a type of dizziness felt as a false sensation of movement. People usually feel that they, their environment, or both are spinning. The feeling is similar to that produced by the childhood game of spinning round and round, then suddenly stopping and feeling the surroundings spin. Occasionally, people simply feel pulled to one side. Vertigo is not a diagnosis. It is a description of a sensation.
People with vertigo may also have nausea and vomiting, difficulty with balance, and/or trouble walking. Some people have a rhythmic jerking movement of the eyes (nystagmus) during an episode of vertigo.
Different people often use the terms “dizziness” and “vertigo” differently, perhaps because these sensations are hard to describe in words. Also, people may describe their sensations differently at different times. For example, the sensations might feel like light-headedness one time and like vertigo the next.
However it is described, these sensations can be disturbing and even incapacitating, particularly when accompanied by nausea and vomiting. Symptoms cause particular problems for people doing an exacting or dangerous task, such as driving, flying, or operating heavy machinery.
Dizziness accounts for about 5 to 6% of doctor visits. It may occur at any age but becomes more common as people age. It affects about 40% of people older than 40 at some time. Dizziness may be temporary or chronic. Dizziness is considered chronic if it lasts more than a month. Chronic dizziness is more common among older people.
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Overview of conjunctival and scleral disorders
The conjunctiva is the membrane that lines the eyelid and loops back to cover the sclera (the tough white fiber layer covering the eye), right up to the edge of the cornea (the clear layer in front of the iris and pupil—see Structure and Function of the Eyes). The conjunctiva helps protect the eye by keeping small foreign objects and infection-causing microorganisms out and by contributing to the maintenance of the tear film.
The most common disorder of the conjunctiva is inflammation (conjunctivitis). There are many causes of inflammation, includingInfections by bacteria (including chlamydia), viruses, or fungi (see Infectious Conjunctivitis)
Allergic reactions (see Allergic Conjunctivitis)
Chemicals or foreign bodies in the eye
Overexposure to sunlightConjunctivitis tends to be relatively short-lived, but some kinds last for months or years. Long-standing conjunctivitis is often caused by chronic allergies, chronic infections (trachoma), and chronic irritation of the eye that occurs when an eyelid is turned outward (ectropion) or inward (entropion), by some eye drops, or by chronic dryness. Whatever the cause, people with conjunctivitis typically have similar symptoms, such as redness and discharge. Some types of conjunctivitis also cause itching or irritation.
The sclera is the tough, white, outer layer of the eyeball. The sclera provides the eyeball with structural strength and protects against penetration and rupture. Rarely, the sclera becomes inflamed (scleritis).
The episclera is a thin tissue layer overlying the sclera. The episclera contains tiny blood vessels that supply nutrients to the sclera. Sometimes the episclera becomes inflamed (episcleritis). -
Entropion and ectropion
Entropion is a condition in which the eyelid is turned inward (inverted), causing the eyelashes to rub against the eyeball. Ectropion is a condition in which the eyelid is turned outward (everted) so that its edge does not touch the eyeball.
Normally, the upper and lower eyelids close tightly, protecting the eye from damage and preventing tear evaporation. If the edge of one eyelid turns inward (entropion), the eyelashes rub against the eye, which can lead to ulcer formation and scarring of the cornea. If the edge of one eyelid turns outward (ectropion), the two eyelids cannot meet properly, and tears are not spread over the eyeball.
These conditions are more common among older people (generally the result of increased tissue relaxation with age); among people with eye changes caused by infection, surgery, or injury; and among people who have blepharospasm. Ectropion can also occur in people with Bell palsy. -
Ecostruxure
EcoStruxure is an IoT-enabled and plug-and-play architecture and platform for digitizing energy management and industrial automation. A software product by Schneider Electric
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Pulmonic regurgitation
Pulmonic (pulmonary) regurgitation is leakage of blood backward through the pulmonary valve each time the right ventricle relaxes.
Pulmonic regurgitation usually does not cause symptoms.
Doctors make the diagnosis because of physical examination findings, and they use echocardiography to confirm the diagnosis.
The underlying disorder is treated.(See also Overview of Heart Valve Disorders.)
The pulmonic valve is in the opening between the right ventricle and the blood vessels going to the lungs (pulmonary arteries). The pulmonic valve opens as the right ventricle contracts to pump blood into the lungs. When the pulmonic valve does not close completely, some blood leaks backward from the pulmonary arteries into the right ventricle, termed regurgitation.
The most common cause of pulmonic regurgitation isAbnormally high blood pressure in the lungs (pulmonary hypertension)
The high pressure stresses the valve, causing it to leak.
Much less common causes areInfection of the valve (infective endocarditis)
Pulmonary artery enlargement
A birth defect of the valve
Surgery to repair a heart defectPulmonic regurgitation usually causes no symptoms. Sometimes people develop swollen ankles or fatigue.
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Raynaud39sdisease
A disease characterized by spasm of the arteries in the extremities, especially the fingers (Raynauds phenomenon). It is typically brought on by constant cold or vibration, and leads to pallor, pain, numbness, and in severe cases, gangrene.
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Thedevil39sinthedetail
The details of a matter are its most problematic aspect.
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RE: Recession
Recession is the decline in a countrys [gross domestic product] (GDP), or negative real economic growth, for two or more successive quarters of a year. The term recession, however, has been utilized in recent decades by politicians to distort the economic outlook and [reframe] in more positive terms rather than have to address the looming [economic depression].
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Pheochromocytoma
A pheochromocytoma is a tumor that usually originates from the adrenal glands’ chromaffin cells, causing overproduction of catecholamines, powerful hormones that induce high blood pressure and other symptoms.
High blood pressure is the most important symptom, but a fast and pounding pulse, excessive sweating, light-headedness when standing, rapid breathing, severe headaches, and many other symptoms may also occur.
Doctors measure the blood levels of catecholamines or products created when catecholamines are broken down by the body and use imaging tests to try to find the tumor.
Usually, the best treatment is to remove the pheochromocytoma.(See also Overview of the Adrenal Glands.)
Most pheochromocytomas grow within the cortex of adrenal glands. About 10% grow in chromaffin cells outside the adrenal glands. Less than 10% of pheochromocytomas that grow within the adrenal glands are cancerous, but this percentage is higher for those outside the adrenal glands. Pheochromocytomas may occur in men or women at any age, but they are most common in people between the ages of 20 and 40.
Some people who develop pheochromocytomas have a rare inherited condition called multiple endocrine neoplasia that makes them prone to tumors in the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands. Pheochromocytomas may also develop in people who have von Hippel–Lindau disease and in those who have neurofibromatosis (von Recklinghausen disease) or a number of other genetic diseases. It is likely that nearly 50% of people who have pheochromocytomas have a genetic or familial disease such as these. -
Empty sella syndrome
In empty sella syndrome, the sella turcica (the bony structure at the base of the brain that houses the pituitary gland) enlarges, but the pituitary remains normal-sized or shrinks.
(See also Overview of the Pituitary Gland.)
People with empty sella syndrome have a defect in the tissue barrier that normally keeps the cerebrospinal fluid around the brain separate from the sella turcica. As a result, cerebrospinal fluid puts increased pressure on the pituitary gland and the walls of the sella turcica. The sella turcica may enlarge, and the pituitary gland may shrink.
Empty sella syndrome occurs most often in middle-aged women who are overweight and who have high blood pressure. Less commonly, the condition occurs after pituitary surgery, radiation therapy, or infarction (death) of a pituitary tumor.
The empty sella syndrome may cause no symptoms at all and seldom causes serious symptoms. About half of those affected have headaches, and some people have high blood pressure as well. In rare cases, there is leaking of the cerebrospinal fluid from the nose or problems with vision.
Empty sella syndrome can be diagnosed by computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Pituitary function is checked by measuring hormone levels in the blood to rule out hormone excess or deficiency. But pituitary function is usually normal.
Treatment is rarely needed. It is given only if the pituitary produces too much or too little hormones, depending on which hormones are affected.