UW attempts to normalize blood clotting, collect data, and profit

The Power to Detect Blood Clot Risk, Right on Your Phone

New blood monitoring app developed by University of Washington researchers might save future patients time and money. Why is this app needed? Whether trying to prevent blood clots (which lead to heart attacks) or extended bleeding after an injury, people who live with certain conditions or take certain blood thinning medications need to monitor their blood closely.

In order to know that it is in the “healthy” range, individuals taking warfarin, a blood thinner, test their blood for two numbers — prothrombin time (PT) and international normalized ratio (INR). Currently, that testing occurs in a clinic laboratory or by using an expensive at-home testing system.

“Most people are only in what we call the ‘desirable range’ of PT/INR levels about 64% of the time,” says Dr. Kelly Michaelsen, assistant professor of anesthesiology and pain medicine in the UW School of Medicine. “How can we make this better?”

Michaelsen and researchers at the UW Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering and UW School of Medicine are trying to create an inexpensive way for patients to check these levels at home.

How the app works

The blood-clotting test they developed uses a drop of blood, a smartphone vibration motor, a camera and an attachment holding a tiny cup. After the patient adds a drop of blood to the cup (which contains a chemical that starts the blood-clotting process), the phone’s vibration motor shakes it while the camera monitors the movement of the particle, collecting time stamps to calculate PT and INR.

“Almost every smartphone from the past decade has a vibration motor and a camera. This means that almost everyone who has a phone can use this,” says Shyam Gollakota, senior author and UW professor in the Allen School.

The bottom line

Though the app is still in a proof-of-concept stage, it could be a game changer for patients needing to easily (and inexpensively) monitor their blood.

https://www.washington.edu/news/2022/02/11/smartphone-app-vibrate-single-drop-of-blood-determine-how-well-clots/

Z: Ahead is the battle for Donbass

Vоенкор Котенок Z, [3/31/2022 2:43 PM]

[Forwarded from 🇷🇺 Майор и Генерал 🌍]

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Ukrainian sources report that the RF Armed Forces abandoned the Gostomel airfield, presenting footage from a quadrocopter as evidence.

We tend to trust this information. However, we do not see anything catastrophic in it (https://t.me/mig41/15844) - this is happening as part of a large-scale regrouping of forces.

Ahead is the battle for Donbass, (https://t.me/mig41/15854) where the fate of the 21st century is decided. At least for our country.

https://t.me/voenkorKotenok/33866

Vоенкор Котенок Z, [3/31/2022 2:49 PM]

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Well, well, the 45th Separate Guards Order of Kutuzov and Alexander Nevsky Special Forces Brigade of the Airborne Forces did its job, capturing the most valuable frontier near Kiev, unwound the elite units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the NSU and the unimaginable special forces of the Ukronazis, paying with the lives and health of our fighters.

The order came to leave, and we are leaving, because we are following the order. We know that everything was not in vain, and that we will return, so as not to go anywhere.

Nobody is forgotten, nothing is forgotten. And you seem to have forgotten? It's only the beginning. Every dog ​​has his day.

https://t.me/voenkorKotenok/33867

Андрей Л, [3/31/2022 2:52 PM]

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Some leave, others enter. The Airborne Forces have completed their task, now it is the turn of the infantry and the WG.

https://t.me/voenkorKotenok/33867?comment=487090

Those who remain in Mariupol

Vоенкор Котенок Z, [3/29/2022 7:35 AM]

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My latest report from Mariupol.

People from the liberated areas of the city are gradually getting out onto the streets. Seek help, including medical help. Many need evacuation to get out of the war zone.

All the details are in my article. You can also find more photos there. Suddenly someone recognizes their relatives, friends.

https://t.me/voenkorKotenok/33708

Excerpt

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Those who remain in Mariupol

by Денис Григорюк

What residents in the war zone say

The stop at the exit from Mariupol was practically untouched. It’s like she’s not from this military reality, where the remains of trucks that once carried ammunition are rusting a few hundred meters away, but they were knocked out at the entrance to the city. We stopped at this point to put on our bulletproof vests and helmets, check the cameras, and prepare for the trip to the city. On the horizon, burnt houses, charred roofs sticking out and a stretching line could be seen.

There were no more people on the road of life. The warehouses must have been emptied by now, wasting energy walking here on foot was a pointless exercise. But on the road to Mariupol lined up a column of cars. It was the queue to enter the city. Cars with the inscriptions "People" and "Children" sought to get back to Mariupol. The only explanation that I found for myself was to take away those who still remained in the war zone.

But the main change was the silence. Relaxing, killing vigilance. At such moments, it is easy to believe that the fighting is localized in the Azovstal area. Alas, these were wrong thoughts. Street fighting continues throughout the city.

Mariupol residents were everywhere, tired, shabby, with indifference in their eyes. They crowded near the Metro building, where humanitarian aid is now being given out, generators are working to charge gadgets, and you can also buy groceries for hryvnia. At the sight of people in bulletproof vests and helmets, they came up to get at least some information. If cameras noticed, they asked to record an appeal to relatives so that they knew that their loved ones from Mariupol were alive. Tears were not held back.

Last time, it was not possible to get deep into the city. The shelling stopped a group of journalists, and they had to retreat from the courtyards, where the Nazis from the Azov regiment were still housed in hiding places. This time we intended to go much further. Many journalists had lists with addresses. Through war correspondents, people in Russia, Donetsk and other cities of Donbass are trying to find out information about their relatives with whom contact was lost due to hostilities.

The Ukrainian army fired on civilians

Metal clang. It was as if a broken string hit the slab. The sound is nasty, reminiscent of something, something dangerous. Gradually they got used to it while driving along the streets of Mariupol. At one of the surviving five-story buildings I saw a fresh mound with a wooden cross. There are a lot of them in Mariupol. Scattered in those parts of the city where the toughest fighting took place.

https://asd.news/articles/genocide/te-kto-ostayutsya-v-mariupole/

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On the street in Mariupol after liberation

Mar 31, 2022

Yuri Kotenok

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Report by press photographer Denis Grigoryuk from the liberated part of Mariupol. People are just starting to get used to life without the Nazis.

На улице в Мариуполе после освобождения

Репортаж фотокорра ИА АСД Дениса Григорюка из освобожденной части Мариуполя. Люди только начинают привыкать к жизни без нацистов.

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