Posted on 29-10-2009
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Posted on 28-10-2009
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Posted on 19-10-2009
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Determined to leverage the domestic production of diesel fuel, Petrobras is investing in technology to transform its future refineries into units that are fully prepared not only to inject more diesel into the market, but also to produce a better quality fuel. Of the four new Petrobras projects on the drawing boards, the Northeast Refinery and the Premium Refineries have something in common — the search for solutions to produce increasingly less gasoline and more diesel fuel. For its part, the Comperj petrochemical complex will innovate by using an FCC unit that not only produces gasoline, but also by-products such as ethane and propane directly from heavy oil.

Petrobras is investing heavily in refining, based upon the forecast for a growth in consumption of domestic oil products of 3% per year through 2013. However, data released by the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) demonstrates that the prospects could be even better for diesel, whose consumption increased 7.7% between 2007 and 2008. With a 41% increase in ethanol consumption over the 2007-2008 period and the growing fleet of flex fuel vehicles, the only oil product that threatens fuel supplies in the country is diesel, which is imported today and used massively for highway cargo transportation.

“Diesel is the oil product that is growing the fastest. It is not for nothing that the Premium refineries, planned to operate in 2013, are being optimized to produce diesel,” stated Petrobras’ director of Supplies, Paulo Roberto Costa.

Among the major investments foreseen by the company, refining is where 73% of the total earmarked for the Supplies area will be concentrated. By increasing production projections for diesel in its 2009-2013 Strategic Plan, Petrobras is trying to reduce the impact of the product on Brazil’s trade balance, under the fuel import line item. In this context, technology is a fundamental tool.

“The entire world is seeking a way to produce more and better quality diesel fuel. Anyone who is able to patent this first will have a competitive advantage,” said Eduardo Guerra, general manager of Basic Engineering and Refining at Cenpes, the Petrobras Technology Center.

RNEST

One of Petrobras’ main investments is the so-called Northeast Refinery (the Abreu e Lima Refinery or RNEST). Scheduled to come on stream in 2011, the unit in a first stage would produce 200,000 bpd. However, improvements to the projects would increase the load by another 30,000 bpd, boosting capacity up to 230,000 bpd.

At RNEST, the star of the show is the Retarded Coking Unit (RAT). Normally, the refineries that produce gasoline make use of atmospheric distillation units, accompanied by vacuum distillation units and an FCC (Catalytic Cracking Unit). Because RNEST’s focus is diesel, the scheme does not require the FCCs, which make gasoline a priority. Atmospheric distillation inserts a direct load into a coke unit that has been designed by the Cenpes. The coke unit will process the atmospheric residues directly, without treatment.

“The reverse of the vacuum load process, the coke unit directly processes the atmospheric distillation load. After the coke, the load goes directly f

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Posted on 13-10-2009
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window-7Microsoft released a record number of 13 bulletins for 34 vulnerabilities on Patch Tuesday–and the first critical update for Windows 7–as well as fixes for zero-day flaws involving Server Message Block (SMB) and Internet Information Services (IIS).

The most severe of the three SMB flaws, which were first reported last month, could allow an attacker to take control of a computer remotely by sending a specially crafted SMB packet to a computer running the Server service. Exploit code for one of the SMB holes has been posted to the Web, Microsoft said.

Windows 7 is affected by two critical patches intended to mend vulnerabilities that could allow remote code execution if a malicious Web page were viewed, one part of a cumulative security update for Internet Explorer and the other in .Net Framework and Silverlight.

The official release date for Windows 7 is October 22, but the new operating system has been available to some large businesses with volume licenses since the summer. The code was finalized in July.

Other critical patches in the security bulletin for October fix a vulnerability in Windows Media Runtime that could be exploited if a user opened a malicious media file or received malicious streaming content from a Web site or application, and if a specially crafted ASF (Advanced Systems Format) file is played using Windows Media Player 6.4.

Among the critical updates: a cumulative security update of ActiveX Kill Bits that is being exploited and that affects ActiveX controls compiled using Active Template Library (ATL); and another patch resolving several vulnerabilities in ATL ActiveX Controls that could allow remote code execution if a user loaded a malicious component or control. ActiveX and ATLs were the subject of an emergency patch Microsoft released in July.

The final critical bulletin fixes a hole in Windows GDI+ (Graphics Device Interface) that could allow an attacker to take control of a computer if the user viewed a malicious image file using affected software or browsed a malicious Web page.

“Microsoft has repeatedly had to fix problems related to the Graphics Device Interface in Windows, and vulnerabilities in the component have been exploited broadly in the past. We can expect that security researchers will be looking to reverse-engineer today’s patches, which may very well lead to exploits being created,” said Dave Marcus, director of security research and communications at McAfee Labs.

Nine of the vulnerabilities were previously disclosed, which meant that attackers had time to come up with so-called “zero-day” exploits before the patches were available, Marcus noted.

The most alarming vulnerability in the mix is the SMB flaw, which was introduced by the patch for a different vulnerability, according to Josh Phillips, virus researcher at Kaspersky Lab.

Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle, said the bug that is likely to have the biggest impact will be the critical one that affects Windows Media Runtime and involves a speech codec bug that has limited exploits in the wild. “This is a typical file-parsing issue and similar to vulnerabilities that have allowed attackers to create drive-by attacks that infect unsuspecting video viewers,” he said.

Meanwhile, the critical SMB vulnerability is relatively difficult to exploit given default firewall conditions, but the IIS bugs are easy to exploit, Storms added.

“The sheer volume of the bulletins and patches is extreme,” said Jason Miller, senior data team leader for Shavlik Technologies. “This is really going to affect administrators. It’s going to be very challenging because of the time and research that’s going to be needed” to patch systems.

Also released were five bulletins rated “important” to fix vulnerabilities in IIS, for which exploit code has been publicly released and for which there have been limited attacks, along with Windows CryptoAPI, Windows Indexing Service, Windows Kernel, and Local Security Authority Subsystem Service.

The update for Windows CryptoAPI relates to flaws in the way domain names are verified on the Internet, which could allow attackers to impersonate a site and steal information from unsuspecting Web surfers. The holes were revealed by researchers Dan Kaminsky and Moxie Marlinspike at Defcon in August.

Affected software includes Windows 7; Windows 2000; Windows XP; Windows Vista; Server 2003 and 2008; Office XP, 2003, and 2007; Microsoft Office System; SQL Server 2000 and 2005; Silverlight; Visual Studio .Net 2003; Visual Studio 2005 and 2008; Visual FoxPro 8.0 and 9.0; Microsoft Report Viewer 2005 and 2008; Forefront Client Security 1.0; and Office software including Visio, Project, Word Viewer, and Works.

The installation also removes the Win/FakeScanti Trojan, which displays fake malware warnings and then asks computer users to pay for fake antivirus software.

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Posted on 30-09-2009
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EMR: electronic medical record
An electronic medical record for a patient at a particular site, providing such functionalities as e-prescribing, order/results management, work-flow tasking, communication and messaging  An EMR is NOT a paper record made electronic
EHR: electronic health record
The sum of a patient’s EMRs and other health- related information from multiple sites

CCR: Continuity of Care Record
Electronic core data set about a patient’s health-care status and treatment, current and historical

What is Pushing You toward EMRs?

  • Patient safety?
  • Quality improvement?
  • Rising healthcare costs?
  • Competitiveness?
  • Consumer-driven care (participatory health)?
  1. Internet resources
  2. Personal health records

Evolution not only toward electronic medical record but also to computer-guided and -supported healthcare

What Can You Gain from EMRs?

  • More timely, accurate, complete patient information
  1. No longer practicing blindly
  2. Point of care access to, capture of, transmission of patient information
  3. Real-time, remote access
  • Improved patient care
  • Improved patient safety
  • Improved outcomes
  • Reduced costs of healthcare
  1. Reduced wasteful duplication
  2. Improved efficiency
  3. Financial squeeze on physicians
  • Reduced hassles
  • Improved quality of life
  1. For yourselves
  2. For patients

How Can You Use EMRs for Quality Improvement?

Templates with guideline prompts.  Flow sheets, tables, summaries, etc. as decision aids.  Internal messaging and flags for coordination, self-reminders, goal prompts . Personalized results letters or handouts for patient education. Lab interface for results reporting. Advance scheduling for followup.  Queries to identify patients needing specific care leading to flags or outreach


Remember
EMRs differ for each application,  Different needs, benefits, and implementation paths for different domains/practices/individuals,  Sharing all information is not the goal,  Ask questions! Don’t assume!

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Posted on 29-09-2009
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Posted on 27-10-2008
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As a man who posted video online of himself speeding at 130mph has been handed a four-month suspended prison term, police are increasingly relying on YouTube as a crime fighting weapon. When an anonymous e-mail dropped in the inbox of Suffolk Police last autumn the fate of Danny Hyde was sealed.

It drew to the attention of officers a video posted on YouTube of Hyde, 18, driving his Astra one-handed at 130mph along the A14 near Ipswich.

He filmed it himself on his mobile phone and the footage included shots of the speedometer and the road ahead as he sped past other vehicles.

It’s good evidence as long as you can get some proof that it’s the person in the picture

Solicitor Julian Young

Youth admits 130mph speed charge

Police managed to identify Hyde and he admitted the offence to magistrates, earning a four-month suspended prison term. It is another instance where police have used video-sharing sites like YouTube to track down bragging criminals.

In Herefordshire, an 18-year-old was fined and banned from keeping animals for five years after picking up a cat and hurling it 20 feet, while friends filmed the act. The footage was put on the same website and reported to police.

But it’s not just low-level crimes that are being pursued this way. Two gangs who allegedly raped a girl in Croydon, south London, and posted a video on YouTube are being hunted by police.

Officers in Merseyside are particularly vigilant. They arrested two 14-year-old boys last summer after they were spotted on YouTube damaging car wing mirrors.

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