This study was done to determine the effects of biomagnetic therapy on non-fasting blood glucose levels in type II diabetic (TIID) rats and to identify the potential use of biomagnets in nanotechnology for treating diabetes. For a gender unbiased research, both male and female streptozotocin induced TIID Sprague-Dawley rats (16 each) weighing 150-250 g were assessed, with and without biomagnetic therapy using 5000 gauss magnetic bracelets. Non- fasting blood glucose levels were measured in the blood collected from their tail, once weekly for sixteen (16) weeks using a portable glucometer (Glucolab Blood Glucose Monitoring System). Results showed that there was a significant (p < 0.05) and consistent reduction of non-fasting blood glucose levels (NFBG) over the experimental period for diabetic groups that were under the influence of biomagnetic with average blood glucose levels for the final month being 8.35 ± 1.06 mmol/L as compared to the non-treated diabetic rats (control) which averaged blood glucose levels of 31.39 ± 3.94 mmol/L. Results were compared to known goal blood glucose levels for diabetics. Biomagnetic therapy can facilitate the management of type II diabetes by lowering non-fasting blood glucose levels as groups exposed to the biomagnetic therapy showed blood glucose levels trending to that of normo-glycaemic levels of 4.0 - 7.7 mmol/L. There is great potential for the use of biomagnets in nanotechnology, particularly in the treatment of diabetes, such as targeted site treatment for inflammation associated with TIID, or drug delivery systems.

The environment is one of the most important items in the world, therefore policies should be defined for the proper use of environmental resources and disposal of waste. In Colombia in 2005, the environmental policy for the management of dangerous wastes and wastes, and decree 4741, which together with other regulations are compiled in the single regulatory decree of the environmental sector 1076 of 2015, framed within the policies Public services for the management of solid waste and the integral management of RESPEL (dangerous waste). This research aims to diagnose in a general way the current state of the management of dangerous waste in the areas of jurisdiction of CORPONOR as environmental authority of the department of Norte de Santander, taking as sample CORPONOR territorial Cúcuta, defining the methodology of study in stages: planning , Documentary research, field research, elaboration and validation of the diagnostic report and of the information stored by the solid waste coordinator of the corporation, sent by generators and managers using formats RH1, RUA, RESPEL Records, waste management and IDEAM applications, as well as management of agrochemicals and hydrocarbons, through the use of office tools and the academic platform for the deployment of web applications called Sandbox- UFPS, which allows to collect, store and process data, generating figures and statistics Of the total waste managed Two and their annual behavior.

The paper is dedicated to the study of the transverse fractures of cast iron dishware samples discovered in the territory of Juketaw settlement (Tatarstan Republic, Russian Federation). It allowed to perform a comparative study of industrial metallurgical schools located in Bolgar - the capital of Volga Bolgaria, and Juketaw - one of the largest and most important trade towns of the Trans-Kama region.

This paper shows the application of two innovative infrared thermography (IRT) methods for the evaluation of water transport phenomena through the outer layers of porous stone materials. An infrared camera monitored: a) the moisture stain due to the water absorption after having spilled a drop on the stone surface and b) the ”Moisture ring” around the damp surface after the contact between a soaked round sponge and the stone surface. The time of spreading and the geometric shape of the damped area depend on the porosity of the stone material and are useful to characterize the physical stone features. Monitoring the evolution of the moisture ring by IRT allows to implement and optimize the data coming from the water repellent products protocols with data coming from the “contact sponge measures”. Moreover, moisture ring test links IRT and laboratory tests characterizing the diffusion phenomena of liquid and water vapour in porous building materials. 30 specimens of marble, calcarenite and sandstone were tested with steady methods (dry index and water absorption by capillarity), that validated the data provided by the two innovative IRT techniques.

The studies about handaxes have been centred on analysing their shapes under a typometric perspective. The Borders 's method, the most widely used worldwide, does not allow an appropriate study of the volumetric features of stone tools, since it presents subjective categories based on the visual recognition of the characteristics of an assemblage composed of 200 individuals. We propose a new method to analyse the metrological composition of a series of hand axes and to mathematically analyse the proximity or distance among different series. This paper presents the application of this methodology in order to study various series of handaxes dated from the Middle Acheulean, coming from Europe, Africa and Asia, in order to analyse their internal structures and to carry out comparative studies among them. The analyses confirm, in general terms, the chronocultural adscription of the series and the determinism in the metric of some extremely tough raw materials.