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Computational simulation of the bone remodeling using the finite element method: an elastic-damage theory for small displacements
- Ahmed Idhammad1Email author,
- Abdelmounaïm Abdali1 and
- Noureddine Alaa1
© Idhammad et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2013
- Received: 24 March 2013
- Accepted: 14 April 2013
- Published: 13 May 2013
The resistance of the bone against damage by repairing itself and adapting to environmental conditions is its most important property. These adaptive changes are regulated by physiological process commonly called the bone remodeling. Better understanding this process requires that we apply the theory of elastic-damage under the hypothesis of small displacements to a bone structure and see its mechanical behavior.
The purpose of the present study is to simulate a two dimensional model of a proximal femur by taking into consideration elastic-damage and mechanical stimulus. Here, we present a mathematical model based on a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations and we develop the variational formulation for the mechanical problem. Then, we implement our mathematical model into the finite element method algorithm to investigate the effect of the damage.
The results are consistent with the existing literature which shows that the bone stiffness drops in damaged bone structure under mechanical loading.
- Bone remodeling
- Damage
- Elasticity
- Small displacements hypothesis
- Bone density
- Femur
- Finite element
- Variational formulation
- Biomechanics
- Computation simulation
Bone is the main constituent of the skeletal system enable to maintain substantially the shape of the body; to protect the internal organs; to store minerals and lipids; to participate in blood cell production; and to assist body movements by transmitting the force of muscular contraction from one part to another [1].
As a living tissue, bone is able to optimize its structure by redistributing its density under the influence of external forces. Since this publication of Wolff, many theories describing the redistributing of the bone density have been proposed [2–4].
This process, called bone remodeling, was formally developed later by Huiskes et al. using the concept that bone remodeling is induced by a local mechanical signal which activate the regulating cells and cause local bone adaptations [5, 6].
However, when external forces are above a critical level, bone may become more susceptible to fracture by increasing the damage formation which is normally repaired [7, 8].
Therefore, better understanding of bone remodeling process helps to prevent fractures and other kinds of diseases. Several works have been made to relate bone remodeling process to a mathematical point of view, and thereafter perform some computational simulations [6, 7].
The overall aim of this study is to numerically simulate the proximal femur using an elastic-damage theory for small displacements. First, we describe the mechanical problem and we derive its variational formulation. Next, we propose a bone remodeling algorithm and we solve a two-dimensional femur problem by using the finite element method.
Finally, some two-dimensional computational simulations are presented, and the results are in clear agreement with those reported in literature.
Geometry and material properties
where M and γ are positive constants.
Elastic-damaged bone remodeling theory
The femur can be remodeled in response to external loads to give greater bone matrix in regions that are subjected to higher levels of stress. These external loads induce changes in the mechanical fields and damage to the femur, such as macro cracks or micro cracks [14, 15].
This concept of damage was developed in the 1990s by the scientific community and particularly by Kachanov [16]. The elastic-damage model used in this contribution was initially developed by the French school and notably that of Jean Lemaitre [17, 18]. It describes the constitutive behavior of the material by introducing a scalar variable D which quantifies the influence of microcracking.
D is the degree of damage with 0 ≤ D ≤ 1
E is Young's modulus of undamaged elasticity
is the actual modulus of damaged elasticity. The damage is then expressed as the loss of stiffness.
ρmin the minimal density corresponding to the reabsorbed bone
ρmax the maximal density of cortical bone
Moreover, let ρ0 denote the initial bone density
D0 is the initial damage
t is the time
fd is the fatigue life of the bone devoid of the remodeling
Governing equations
Let , be a nonempty open bounded domain in with a Lipschitz-continuous boundary Γ = ∂ Ω. The boundary is split into two disjoint parts Γ1 and Γ2 where Γ1 is a fixed part of the border on which the femur is fixed, and Γ2 is also a part of the border, on which the forces F (F1, F2) are applied.
Everywhere below we use to denote the space of second order symmetric tensors and denote by n the unit outer normal vector to Γ. To simplify, we consider that the body occupying the set isn't being acted upon by a volume force of density f. Subsequent to modeling, both loads and boundary conditions are defined.
Finally, let be the displacement field, the stress field, strain tensor, the bone density function and T > 0 the time duration.
Here ∇ stands for the gradient operator.
Div represents the divergence operator
l denotes the identity operator in
are Lame's coefficients, which are assumed to depend on the bone density denoted by
is expressed as
is expressed as
Young's modulus
Poisson's ratio
Many laws of bone remodeling have been published in the world mainly targeting the evolution of the bone density [5, 6, 20]. We adopt the law suggested by Huiskes et al. who used the strain energy density as the stimulus signal to control bone remodeling process [5, 6, 20, 22].
B, s and K are experimental constants
Let: be the double contraction of two tensors which yields a scalar.
Finally, equation system of the problem is defined as follows.
Variational formulation
The variational formulation of this model consists in a variational equation for the displacement field.
Where v is the test functions.
Time discretizations
∆t is the time step size
is the initial data
The proposed algorithm
Step 1. Define the global model: geometry, load conditions and initial bone density distribution. The remodeling is considered for initial model with a uniform density distribution of ρ0 = 0.8 g/cm3.
Step 2. Determine Young's modulus, Poisson's ratio and Lame's coefficients.
Step 3. Calculate the displacement, by solving the linear variational equation of the displacement field.
Step 4. Evaluate the strain energy density U at each discrete location using the finite element method.
Step 5. Justify if the mechanical stimulus would cause bone apposition, bone resorption or equilibrium. Then, update the bone density.
Step 6. Update the damage.
Step 7. Check for convergence. The convergence criterion is imposed according to the change in mass during the iterative process. The final topology is obtained when the convergence criterion is satisfied; otherwise, the iterative process continues from Step 2.
Results and discussion
As is well-known, it is of significance to explore the biomechanical behavior of bone. This work is aimed to simulate an elastic-damage femur in order to provide useful information on the geometrical topology and material properties of bone.
The following data [7, 9, 19, 20, 22, 24] are employed:
ρmin = 0.01 g/cm3, ρmax = 1.74 g/cm3, K = 0.004 J/g, s = 0.1, ρ0 = 0.8 g/cm3, γ = 3, B = 1( g/cm3)2(MPa. UT)- 1, D0 = 0.8, fd = 3 years, f = 0 N/m2, Δt = 10- 5UT, υ = 0.3, M = 3790 (Mpa)( g/cm3)- 3, (F1(case1) = 1000 N, F2(case1) = 1200 N), (F1(case2) = 1200 N, F2(case2) = 1500 N).
Several computational simulations are developed concerning bone remodeling of a proximal femur during mechanical stress, assuming the imposition of an elastic-damage in the domain. Also, we take a steady force and fixed constraint as the boundary condition of this model. The proposed algorithm described before is implemented in FreeFEM++ (see [26]), executing multiple simulations for different load cases. Two load cases are considered to evaluate their effect on the density distribution of bone.
Shown in Figure 4(a) is the undamaged bone density distribution from initial time to final time. It can be seen that mechanical loading triggers the process of bone remodeling particularly in the area close to the load. In this area, the bone density is high compared to other areas.
Figure 4(b) plots the changes in the density distribution of damaged bone from initial time to final time. It results the increase in the rate of density during the initial time, and after that it gradually decreased. But it never reaches the density of an undamaged bone.
The results of the study demonstrate that in the area close to the mechanical load, the bone density is higher than normal; and in the area remote from the mechanical load, the bone density is lower than other areas. The results are similar to those obtained by Li et al. [23], Sharma et al. [24] and Li et al. [27].
Comparing Figures 4 and 5, it is possible to observe that the decrease in bone density further leads to decrease in bone stiffness in terms of Young's modulus, so to an increased risk of fracture. The same results were observed in the works of Tomaszewski et al. [28].
From this comparison, we showed that in a bone, the density decreases in a damaged structure at the initial time, then it can repair the damage itself to some extent at the final time. But this can only happen if the loading isn't so high that the self-repair mechanism can keep pace with the increasing damage [7, 14, 29, 30].
The self-repair mechanism in this case is taken into account only the mechanical stimulus, although existing of many biological factors such as immunological, hormonal and haemodynamical stimulus; thus varying from one individual to another [24, 27, 31].
The work presented here may be applied to different models as well as to studies of orthopedic biomaterials and be helpful in further investigations.
In the present study, a model simulating elastic-damage bone remodeling is presented by using a two-dimensional mathematical model and a numerical technique based on the finite element method. The effects of both strain and damage in bone structure have been examined.
The results presented in this paper show that in the solicited area, the bone density is important; and allowed us to observe a good agreement with literature findings.
Hence, from a biomechanical perspective it is better to simulate three dimensional femur bone by using the finite element method in order to obtain better understanding of the behavior of the bone.
We are particularly grateful to the editor in chief, Dr. Paul S. Agutter, for his insightful suggestions and support.
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Learn which carseats are considered most user-friendly. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has a website at http://www.nhtsa.gov/Safety/Ease-of-Use which provides information on how they rated carseats on criteria such as understandable instructions, vehicle installation features, clarity of labeling, and the ease of securing the child in the seat. The NHTSA gives carseats a rating of 1 to 5 stars based on the above criteria.
Look for the label that states that the seat meets Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 213. This is the minimum of safety standards for carseats. Some seats will also exceed these standards.
Know each seat's weight, height and age guideline. Don't try to scrimp or fudge the numbers. A child should never use a seat that is meant for bigger kids with better head support and control, or use a seat that he or she has clearly outgrown.
Don't rely on online descriptions or reviews alone. You may choose to purchase the seat online but you need to actually see the seat in person and try it out. How easy would it be to use in the vehicle you'd install it into? How simple is it to place a baby in the restraint?
Consult your car's manual to see how the LATCH system works in the model of car you drive. It's important to read this as well as instruction manual for the carseat. Yes, we know it's not fun reading but don't assume you know what you are doing. Studies by the NHTSA have shown that while newbies are the most likely to make carseat use or installation mistakes, even veterans who are confident in their skill are still likely to make mistakes.
Go to an inspection station to ensure you have mastered the installation and use techniques for your particular carseat. You can find a list of locations for them here: http://www.nhtsa.gov/cps/cpsfitting/index.cfm.
Make sure you know your state's specific guidelines for child safety seats and how long you can expect your child to be in a carseat. There are not uniform carseat guidelines from state to state.
Never allow a child to sit up front where an air bag can deploy whether the child is 8 and big-boned, or in a rear facing carseat. Airbags, which are meant to save lives can cost a child his since airbags are designed with adults, not children in mind. Airbags open with up to 200 pounds of force which is needed for protection of an average 165 pound male. This force would be deadly for a small child and dangerous for even older children.
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Patience is a very strange thing. I realized that for most of my life, I never truly understood the definition of patience. For so long, patience was simply waiting in line, waiting to get picked up, controlling road rage- basically patience with others, but as I grow older, patience has become a different challenge and has taken different shapes and forms. Patience has become holding back, its become a battle of cluttered thoughts, it's become an exercise in tawakkul, and it is an everyday struggle, more often with the self, rather than others. It no longer remains a theoretical concept but in reality, has become something that practically requires a redirection towards Allah, a conscious redirection of thoughts and a physical redirection of the limbs to submission in sujood. And this is not always easy.
Also in regards to patience, I've realized that patience is a very key component in our own spiritual journeys and this realization came once I moved here to Dallas, TX for the Dream Program. Starting this new journey, I have been blessed to encounter such incredible people, some of our teachers and mentors,- so accomplished, so knowledgeable, so kind, and so much more spiritually mature and at one point I felt frustrated with my own self- why couldn't I be like them? Even though it is definitely inspiring to be in such an amazing Muslim community with incredible people, I came to realize that I started to become less patient with myself and with my own progress. And in these cluttered thoughts, I had to step back and remind myself that everything takes time to grow, to blossom, to mature…even spirituality. Spiritual growth is a process that takes work, discipline, and consistency and isn't something that always happens overnight.
I think sometimes we start to expect too much from ourselves, sometimes we rush and rush to simply jump from point A to Z but cultivating faith is a journey. The path to Allah is a journey and we as individuals are all on different places on that journey. Islam isn't necessarily a state of just being on a point on that line but rather it's a state of becoming, of always trying to inch and move forward on that line, on that path, closer and closer to Allah. And realizing this and internalizing this requires patience, self-compassion, self-forgivness, and hope.
It's also worth mentioning that when we have so many social comparisons or people we admire, we have to remember to not just aim to be like their best. Aim to be your best realizing that it may not be equivalent but pray and beg Allah that He makes our tomorrow's "best", better than our "today's" and that we continue like that until we meet Him.
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The summer holidays are just beginning to come to an end. It has been a truly monumental year for weather upheaval. Although we have not had the widespread flooding and storm damage , there has been torrential rain in spring, then fantastically hot weather during June and part of July. Back to dull wind & rain throughout most of August.
This is where it is essential to be on top of the game when it comes to shopping and getting the bargains. A poor hassled mum needs to have an award winning selection of ideas for the last 3 or 4 weeks of the hols. Simple picnics on the lawn don't cut it these days. Coupons and money saving sites are fantastic for bringing ideas that we just don't think of on our own. They have lorry loads of coupons for cheap day tickets to attractions and they are a real blessing Just need the amazing choice of weather to go with them!


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One point of order was the highly controlled press component. Some press members were apparently denied press credentials, even though that was impossible to do! Imagine - a rally to apparently calm the vitriol of political debate - and Comedy Central is denying access - especially since Tea Partiers and Beck allowed incredible access. I swear I couldn't even find it on TV today - it's as if it didn't even happen.
Another issue were the hate signs - you know the ones that apparently only pop up at "all-white conservative type rallies" - like the Hitler signs? These are depictions of Republicans as Hitler (Rush, Palin et al) and here is another one of Michigan Representative Eric Cantor from Michigan who is Jewish. Anti-semetic anyone? Huh? Serenity now!
And then there was Cat Stevens, who is now known as Yuslaf whatever, and he sang Peace Train in a rocking 'back and forth' with Ozzie Ozborne (who sang Crazy Train). But just one thing - he supports the fatwa and wants Salmon Rushdie, who wrote a book called the Satanic Verses, which criticises Islam, dead. Anyone remember that? And promoting a radical muslim during this rally "restores the sanity?"
And then there is the turn-out. It appears it didn't come anywhere close to Beck's turnout of 300k but you wouldn't know that by the liberal press who won't really comment on it, or try to express an opinion - and surprisingly, with the press blackout, there are no overhead shots of the Mall to show you anyway. And look at this Associated Press story of the event and the caption to the very same picture above - they label the Hitler posters as just "anti-Republican signs". What? And AP doesn't even blink an eye at this?
Thank god these twits restored the "santity". Can't wait for Tuesday.


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Update: CNN beats the broadcast nets last night in prime – in total viewers, adults 25-54 and 18-34.
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13.3 Million Watch Election Night on CNN in Prime Time
CNN Also #1 in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 and 18-34
CNN had the most watched Election Night in cable news history last night with a record 13.258 million total viewers tuning in to CNN's Election Night in America coverage according to Nielsen Fast National data (8-11p). Fox News followed with 12.112 million and MSNBC lagged far behind with 5.945 million. Among adults 25-54, CNN was also #1 with 6.655 million, Fox News placed second with 4.638 million and MSNBC was third with 2.368 million. Among millennials (18-34), CNN tops Fox News and MSNBC combined with 3.264 million, Fox had 1.698 million and MSNBC registered 997k.
CNN was also #1 during its full coverage block (7p-3a) in the key demo adults 25-54 with 5.654 million, Fox News placed second with 4.759 million and MSNBC was third with 2.128 million. CNN also outperfomed the cable news competition in 18-34 with 2.943 million, to Fox News's 1.821 million to MSNBC's 930k.
In Total Day for Election Day (3a-3a) CNN was also #1 in the key demo with 2.423 million, Fox News followed with 2.029 million and MSNBC had 1.014 million. This represents the best day ever for CNN in both total viewers (5.097m) and in the demo 25-54.
CNN was way up this year compared to past Election Nights in prime time. In 2012, CNN had 9.252 million total viewers (4.572 million among adults 25-54 and 2.718 million in 18-34). In 2008, CNN averaged 12.293 million (5.818 million among 25-54 and 3.375 million in 18-34). In 2004, CNN attracted 6.196 million total viewers (2.879 million among adults 25-54 and 1.481 million in 18-34). In 2000, CNN had 5.817 million (3.246 million among 25-54 and 1.378 million in 18-34).
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CNN Digital recorded its biggest global audience ever on Election Day – November 8, 2016. Setting all-time high records in live video, CNN saw 27.7 million live streams of its Election Night in America coverage, peaking at 11.30 PM ET with 2.34 million concurrent viewers. Total video starts for the day registered at 59 million.
CNN also recorded its most trafficked day in history, serving 58 million global unique users and 424 million page views of content.
Across its social platforms, CNN engaged with massive audiences on Election Day 2016. On Facebook alone, CNN saw 76 million interactions, 75 million video views and 41 million Facebook Live views. CNN engaged with 5 million unique users across messaging apps including Kik, LINE and Facebook Messenger, in addition to 5.8 million unique visitors on Apple News, and 2.6 million on Google AMP, collectively showing record-breaking reach and audience size across CNN's ubiquitous Election Night coverage.


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This is as AGGRAVATING as dealing with credit bureaus!
Peaceful Valley managers are former Chase and Citi employees?
There's NOTHING peaceful trying to order online at groworganic.com. I spent AT LEAST 6 hours at their website.
My order was finally over $120. But then the shipping was about $25. AND some items were on backorder. So I decided to go for the $5 PRIORITY MAIL shipping for 20 packs of medicinal seeds and I planned on a separate order once the other items became available again.
First of all, I got NO order confirmation until the next day.
That's also a problem at Henry Fields. I kept checking my email, waiting for the order so I could enter everything in my banking and file it, but got nothing until a day later.
The next day they told me that "SOME" items are on back order and when I bitched, they offered to split the order for an extra $2.
They can stick their seeds where the sun don't shine, it's bad enough that the banks are exploiting everybody, I'm certainly not going to support those kinds of business practices with MY dollars.
I looked up Horizon Seeds directly and I'll order there whenever I have nothing else to do. Right now I'm BUSY planting and I'll buy locally what I need. I'm tired of this online BS.
Last week I was at Walmart and they even have organic seeds. Of course I didn't buy any, anticipating my online order at Peaceful Valley. DUH!
So, if you know of a place where they still respect their customers, advise of delays BEFORE the order, are capable of maintaining an up to date website and PAY for THEIR mistakes, please let me know.
I understand that people make mistakes, but I really don't understand why *** I *** am supposed to PAY for THEIR mistakes.
Well, I saved $60.
Here's our email correspondence:
Kim, I saw that option, but NONE of the item I ordered were listed as back ordered on your website. In fact, I deleted several items BECAUSE they were not available to be shipped immediately
I also received THIS notice:"*** As of the middle of March 2009, our turn-around time is approximately 5-6 business days. ***
That's really ridiculous. I spent so many hours at your website and it was a giant waste of time.
No offense, but it's the 21st century and I expect such substantial delays to be DISCLOSED at your site and PRIOR to the order, not AFTER ordering.
I've had other companies apologize for some items being out of stock and make a partial shipment at THEIR cost.
For you to demand 2 dollars is really something.
And since I'm posting this at my site, I'll appreciate your forwarding this email to your manager. Gardening is supposed to be fun and relaxing and this is definitely NOT what I was looking for.
Please cancel my order.
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At 03:45 PM 3/16/2009, you wrote:We do have a ship & backorder option, to where we ship you what we have in stock and ship the rest of your order when it comes in. If you would like me to do that for you, it would be an extra $2 for shipping.Kim Cacioppo
Please let me know, because, of course, we don't want to lose you as a new customer!!!!!
Kim C
On Mar 16, 2009, at 1:46 PM, Christine Baker wrote:That's NOT what I was expecting. My first order with you, probably the last.
Christine Baker
At 09:22 AM 3/16/2009, you wrote:Hi.
Several of your seed packs are on back order and expected in around 3/23. The complete order will ship shortly after.
Peaceful Valley Farm & Garden Supply
(888)784-1722 ext 109
I forgot to post the link to Horizon:
There's a TON of GREAT info and I just ordered their catalog.
Kim wrote back on the 18th:
Christine,I'm sorry you are upset.If you would like, I will send the order out and then send the back ordered items out once they come in (free of charge).If you still would rather I cancel, of course I will do that for you. Please let me know.Thank you.Kim


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Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (Seirei no Moribito?) is the first in the ten volume Guardian (Moribito?) series of Japanese fantasy novels, written by Nahoko Uehashi. It has since been adapted into numerous media, including radio, manga and anime adaptations. Scholastic released the first novel in English in June, 2008. Media Blasters has confirmed that they acquired the rights to the anime. The series premiered on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block in the U.S. at 1:30 a.m. on August 24, 2008 EST, but was dropped from the schedule without warning or explanation on January 15, 2009 after two runs of the first ten episodes. It has returned to [Adult Swim] during Summer 2009 for the entire series run.
Balsa the spearwoman is a wandering warrior, who takes on the task of saving lives in atonement for a past sin. On her journey, she happens to save a prince and is tasked with becoming his bodyguard. And he is going to need one, for his own father, the emperor, wants him dead. Balsa, the spear wielder and bodyguard, is visiting the New Yogo Empire. She is hired to protect the Second Prince, Chagum, who is endangered because he is possessed by a being despised by his father, the Emperor, who ordered his assasination. The two go on a perilous adventure for the survival of the prince. Throughout the story, Balsa's past will come to light and they will uncover mysteries about Chagum's condition while developing a family-like relationship with each other and others.
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National doubles poll lead – Newstalk ZB
The latest Herald-Digipoll, which bizarrely is not online shows National extending its lead over Labour.
National sits on 50.3%, whilst labour sinks more than 5 points since the last poll. The Greens are the only other party to get over 5%.
Expect the attacks from the Nasty Party to continue as they continue their clearly flawed strategy of attacking John Key.
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As much at home writing editorials as being the subject of them, Cam has won awards, including the Canon Media Award for his work on the Len Brown/Bevan Chuang story. When he's not creating the news, he tends to be in it, with protagonists using the courts, media and social media to deliver financial as well as death threats.
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During April this year, we had meeting with the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions it is decidedly the largest and probably the most influential umbrella organization of labour unions in Norway.
21 national unions affiliated to the Landsorganisasjonen i Norge have almost 900,000 members of a Norwegian population of 5 million.
The majority of affiliated unions organize traditional blue collar workers but the largest affiliate is the Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees which makes up more than a third of all members.
In Singapore, people often say you can die but can't ill, especially when you're in the lower income or unemployed. But if you're an unemployed Norwegian, treatment by a doctor and at a hospital are covered by the national insurance. There will be sickness benefit based on income if one should become sick or injured.
Since the PAP claim that they are willing to do anything to improve birth rate, instead of those hypocritical baby bonus where the rich benefit, why don't we have pregnancy benefit if one have to stop work because of pregnancy and parental benefit after birth as compensation for loss of income?
In Norway, such benefit is calculated in the same way as sickness benefit. It can be given 100 percent for 10 months or 80 percent for 1 year. The benefit period can be divided between the mother and father if both have earned the entitlement, by being gainfully employed during at least six of the last ten months. It even applies during adoption.
What if you have a child with special needs?
There will be benefit for care for a sick or hospitalized child as compensation for loss of income. Such child benefit applies for children below the age of 18. Additional cash benefit for children between the ages of 1 and 2 that do not attend a publicly- financed day-care centre.
In Singapore, single parent is not allowed to purchase flat. Norway, on the other hand, has benefit to single mother or father, unmarried or single divorced person, who are solely responsible for children below the age of 8.
I've met single parents who became single parents because the other half met with an accident and pass away before they could sign the ROM, such children being born do not receive anything, not even the baby bonus.
Yet in Norway, survivor's pension is given if you are a widow or a widower of a person with pension entitlement in Norway. There will also be children's pension to a child who has lost a parent with pension entitlement in Norway. In the event of occupational injury more advantageous rules apply regarding the calculation of sickness benefit, disability pension, children's pension etc.
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by Deb Seminary
Leah Durick always wanted to be a nurse. After high school she moved to Arizona and enrolled in Scottsdale Community College. Becoming a nurse took a little longer than she had planned. "I rarely went to class, I wasn't really trying much at all," she said. "However, I worked in the orthopedic unit at a hospital in Phoenix which was great experience."
After two years Durick moved back to Bismarck and enrolled at BSC. "I decided to try school again," she said. "But, I still wasn't putting in the effort I needed to and my transcript reflected it. I ended up quitting school, again."
During this time Durick was in an on-again off-again relationship. It was during one of the on-again times that she found out she was pregnant. "After the initial shock wore off, it was like a switch went off inside of me," she said. "It must have been some motherly instinct – I was more motivated, thinking about how things were going to change.
"I went to the Allied Health Building, which houses the nursing school at BSC, and showed someone my transcript. She told me she didn't know if I would ever be able to get into a program in Bismarck. She said I had to retake all of those classes and have a certain number of successful semesters."
Durick wasn't able to enroll until after she had her baby, so one of her first challenges as a mom was to retake all of the classes she had already taken. She started when Olivia was six weeks old. "My first semester I took biology and psychology, I was breast feeding, going to night school and working," said Durick. "I ended up getting 3 As and 1 B my first semester. That gave me the confidence I needed to keep going, it was just going to be a lot of work. And a lot of time. And a lot of money."
Each semester she got her GPA up a little higher and finally got her science GPA to a 3.75 and her cumulative to a 3.25. She was able to keep her GPA up and started to apply to nursing schools. She was accepted into the NDSU four year program and started in August of 2014.
Leah and Jordan, Olivia's father, lived together until Olivia was about 10 months old. "He is a really good dad, really involved in her life," said Durick. "His family is awesome. I don't think I could do it without them. His sister, Heidi, watches Olivia while I go to school and treats her like her own. I actually have a hard time considering myself a single mom with the amount of support I get from him and his family as well as my family."
Durick has lofty goals after graduation. She wants to get her masters in nursing education or enter into the nurse practitioner doctorate program. There are some really good programs locally and she is excited about the possibilities. "I have been working at St. Gabriel's Community, four to twenty hours a week, depending on my school schedule," she explained. "I love geriatrics. I think that is what I will do long term. I also look forward to doing the clinical rotations in the different hospital departments, especially OBGYN. I had a great nurse who taught me how to breast feed, she showed me how to give the first bath. I can see myself doing that as well."
As she juggles class and work schedules, there is, of course, the inevitable. "The number one thing I struggle with is mommy guilt," said Durick. "With my busy schedule it is really hard to find a balance between work, school and being the mom that she deserves. I with there was more time with Olivia. I know it will get better and this is just short term. I question, 'am I doing the right thing?' all the time."
She also wishes for more moms in her situation to socialize with. "It would be nice to find some other single moms to talk about things and compare notes," she said.
Durick's life has changed a lot in the past three years. The birth of Olivia has forced her to make serious decisions which have allowed her to fulfill her dream of becoming a nurse. They are blessed to have each other.


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B.A., Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies / Spanish, The Ohio State University, 2009
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Katie comes to Cleveland State University from Maine, where she was a Faculty Fellow at Colby College in the Education and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Programs.
Katie completed her doctorate in the Education, Culture & Society Division of the Graduate School of Education (GSE) at the University of Pennsylvania and has a certificate in Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies. Her research interests center on the relationships between adolescent development, schooling, and gender and sexuality. Her dissertation focused on the roles that Mexican, immigrant girls-social, emotional, and sexual experiences played in their identity development and schooling experiences in a New Latino Diaspora community.
Before her doctoral work, Katie taught high school biology and chemistry in the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) and received her Master¿s in the Arts of Teaching from American University. Working with girls in DCPS who simultaneously experienced structural violence and resisted the oppressive power dynamics in their schools and social worlds inspired her research interests and work today.
Although Katie has been bouncing around the East Coast for the past 8 years, she is originally from Cincinnati, an alumna of The Ohio State University, and thrilled to be back in Ohio.
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Penn, Graduate School of Education, Dissertation Passed with Distinction (2016)
Penn, Center for Teaching and Learning, Graduate Fellowship for Teaching Excellence (2015)
American Association of University Women, American Dissertation Fellowship, Alternate (2015)
Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund, Doctoral Dissertation Grant Recipient (2014)
Penn, Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies Department, Leboy-Davies Fellow (2014)
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The Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors passed a $232 million recommended spending plan for the 2018-19 fiscal year on Tuesday that includes $20 million for construction of a new county jail, but there's a looming debate over pending requests from a local arts organization and food bank when the final budget is presented in September.
District 5 Supervisor Karl Rodefer was highly skeptical of his willingness to approve a request by Amador-Tuolumne Community Action Agency for up to $250,000 and another by the Tuolumne County Arts for $35,000.
"I'm going to find it impossible to write bigger checks or checks to outside organizations if we can't staff this county and do our job the way I think we need to," Rodefer said.
Rodefer said he wanted County Administrator Craig Pedro to work with Amador County, the other half of the joint-powers agreement that established ATCAA, regarding the agency's request for the board to increase the annual funding it provides from $24,000 to $50,000.
The agency also is asking for up to $200,000 to support its Food Bank in Jamestown that recently lost more than $150,000 a year in federal funding due to changes in the U.S. Department of Urban and Housing Development's Community Development Block Grant program.
"I'm on ATCAA's board and I'll be very glad to look at my fellow board members and tell them we're not going to give them $26,000 extra dollars," he said. "As far as the food bank goes … that's off the charts. I mean, I wouldn't give them $20,000, let alone $200,000."
Rodefer said people who enjoy the arts should support the Tuolumne County Arts program through fundraisers as opposed to taxpayer money helping to support its operations.
Much of the board's discretion over spending is money in the county's General Fund that pays for most core services and employee salaries. The amount in the fund this year is expected to be nearly $75 million.
County officials spent months chipping away at a nearly $5 million projected deficit in the General Fund to balance the recommended budget, which doesn't account for things like state and federal spending that won't be known until later in the summer.
Auditor-Controller and County Clerk Debi Bautista warned of the need to start paying down the county's unfunded liabilities in the California Public Employees Retirement System.
Bautista said the county's unfunded liability for miscellaneous employees alone is $86 million.
"This is only for the miscellaneous group," she said. "We haven't even started to start delving into the safety group."
District 5 Supervisor Karl Rodefer said he didn't want the public to believe that the county was in a unique situation, as all public agencies that pay into the CalPERS system are looking at rising costs to fund liabilities because of changes to the state pension fund.
Rodefer asserted that the county was in better shape than most jurisdictions, but Bautista said that's not true when it comes to CalPERS.
"Again, we're being blown away by these numbers," Bautista said.
Prior to the final budget hearings in August and September, Bautista said she and her team are putting together a presentation for the board to show exactly where the county stands compared to other counties in the state.
Bautista urged the board to reconsider putting $250,000 in the county's General Reserves in an effort to bring the funds up to 5 percent of the total operating budget for government funds, which doesn't include money set aside for capital projects.
After reviewing the government code, Bautista determined that the board could opt to move the $250,000 from the reserves to paying down some of the unfunded liabilities through approval from at least four out of the five supervisors.
"We need to get in the driver's seat of this PERS issue and not be sitting at the back of the bus," she said. "We're going to need all the funds we can to start paying down."
The county's financial woes have been blamed primarily on costs that board has little control over, such as CalPERS, that are outpacing growth in revenues.
To address the disparity, the county has started to look at additional ways of raising revenue like a potential ballot measure to increase or expand the existing Transient Occupancy Tax that's currently 10 percent of the price charged to stay at area hotels and other short-term rentals.
The board reviewed its options for potentially placing a tax measure on the ballot that would either increase the TOT rate to 12 percent, expand the tax to include private campgrounds and RV parks, or both.
Voters rejected a measure in the June 2012 primary election to expand the tax to private campgrounds, RV parks and houseboats by a margin of about 56 percent to 44 percent.
Rodefer, who campaigned that year for his first election, said he voiced opposition to the previous measure because he believed it was poorly written. For example, it was later determined that levying the tax on houseboats would be illegal.
The way the tax works is that 25 percent of revenues goes to the Tuolumne County Visitors Bureau's in hopes of increasing tourism that will in turn help the businesses being taxed, while the remaining amount goes to the county's General Fund to be used how the board sees fit.
Lisa Mayo, executive director of the visitor's bureau, said she polled some of the local hospitality businesses she works with and many are not supportive of increasing or expanding the tax out of concern it will make the county less competitive than others where the tax is lower.
Raising the tax to 12 percent put it among the highest in the state behind only Orange, Los Angeles and San Francisco counties that have higher rates. However, it would be equal to the rate of both Mono and Inyo counties that have less than half the population.
The county estimates that the increase would provide an additional $740,000 a year in revenue, while expanding the tax to campgrounds and RV parks would provide an additional $250,000.
District 2 Supervisor Randy Hanvelt said the tax helps the county fund emergency services that visitors require in a disproportionate amount than local residents.
District 1 Supervisor Sherri Brennan said she believed that proposed expansion of the tax in 2012 contained too many exemptions that need to be looked at in any future measure that would be placed on the ballot.
Ultimately, the board directed staff to develop three separate options for a proposed ballot measure to only increase the TOT tax, only expand the tax to campgrounds and RV park, and another to do both.
The board will have to decide whether to approve the measure for the Nov. 6 general election ballot at a later date.
Later in the meeting, the board also approved introducing an ordinance that would put a measure on the Nov. 6 ballot to establish a business-license tax on cannabis businesses that would be up to 15 percent of gross receipts. The board would have the authority to determine the rate if approved by voters.
Commercial cannabis activity is currently banned by county ordinance, though the measure is intended to put a tax structure in place if any future boards decide to reverse the ban or other changes to state law.
The measure is likely to face opposition from people who are against allowing commercial cannabis, as some have already said that voting yes on the measure could be construed as tacit approval of such activity.
Also on Tuesday, the board approved refinancing a $6 million bond the county sold in 2006 as part of settlement with the state to cleanup a former gold mine property west of Jamestown that's partially owned by the county.
Refinancing the bond is expected to save the county up to about $500,000 when the bond matures in 19 years.
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Moose Blood Announce UK Tour
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Currently hard at work recording the follow up to their highly acclaimed, top 10 album "Blush", Moose Blood have announced a run of shows for March 2018. They will be joined by The Dangerous Summer and special guests to be announced on all shows.
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Moose Blood are currently in the USA recording their new album with long time collaborator Beau Burchell (Saosin, The Bronx) and are also touring with A Day To Remember. These dates culminate in a SOLD OUT headline show in Los Angeles at the Troubadour on October 20th.
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Here happy tax payer (actually you don't, everything's tax-free here), at least and at last, a re-up of the 3rd Barry Ryan's LP and, more crucially, with high sound quality, not the mediocre vinyl-ripped version I had done in the previous post 6 years ago. I must say that I found these versions on Youtube by a certain Ther51(here). I don't know where he found them or maybe he's a better ripper than I am (surely). What's clear now is that this album is much greater that I thought it was initially. Some may say that the vinyl version should have revealed all the greatness of the record but I must have failed to listen to it with the appropriate attention. So, it's a great pleasure that I lived long enough to repost a respectful version of this album, from one of the most underrated musician duo (Paul and Barry) of history. Sad they did not received the respect they deserved. Catch it here. Everything about the did-it-myself cover sleeve in the text of the first post below.
(Sanctus, Sanctus) Hallelujah, I finally found, bought and received the 3rd album of Barry Ryan and I ripped it for you because visitors of this blog deserve the best and the rarest (even if you do not leave much comments compared to the dl rate but no matter, when I went on blogs, I rarely left comments, thinking it was useless... it's not). This album is quite good and some songs are prime meat (even if I prefer to eat vegan) but unfortunately only 8 among the 12 songs are from Paul Ryan, and the non-Paul ones are not really a success. It's on this album there is "Kitsch", a quite fantastic orchestral pop hymn that would merit to be a massive hit, that would have helped to reveal that Queen drank some of this juice to make their own cocktail (and even if it's not my personal beverage). Although I have the real cover sleeve (see below), I created a do-it-myself one (and you can do what you want with this virtual cover, I consider that when I've posted something here, it's belonging to anyone likes it) cos' really Barry Ryan did not benefit of decent sleeves you'll admit. The painting is from a doom-lover called ForlornExistence (something tells me it's not his real name) and you can find more on DeviantArt. This painting fits quite well with the general emphasis of the Ryans music on this album. Enjoy this rarity I'm proud to take out forgottenland to put under the bloglight. More to come (I hope I'll be able to post all Barry Ryan songs in the future).


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Enforcing the Equal Protection Clause
Congressional Power, Judicial Doctrine, and Constitutional Law
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|Principal Investigator: Melissa Cortez
|Keywords: Headache , Migraine , Migraine with Aura , Concussion , Post Traumatic Headache , Post-concussive syndrome , autonomic dysfunction , Trigeminal Cephalgia , POTS , Postural Orthostatic Tachycardic Syndrome
|Department: Neurology
|IRB Number: 00085309
|Specialty: Neurology, Neurology, Neurology
|Sub Specialties: Traumatic Brain Injury, Migraine, Headache
|Recruitment Status: Recruiting
Contact Information
Leah Millsap
Brief Summary
Headache disorders are clinically heterogeneous groups, often with overlapping symptom complements that are difficult to link to currently accepted pathophysiology of specific headache types. Key potential distinguishing mediators include sensory, affective, and autonomic dysfunction, which have been well recognized in these headache varieties, though the most clinically relevant distinguishing differences remain unknown.
This project proposes to characterize autonomic function and sensory thresholds in headache disorders compared to normal controls. To accomplish this, we will employ a battery of clinical, physiological, and psychometric measures to each group. Specifically, we will non-invasively assess cardiovascular and facial autonomic function, sensory thresholds to touch, photophobia, and neuropsychometric testing in the following subject groups: non-headache control (NH), episodic migraine (EM), chronic migraine (CM), trigeminal autonomic cephalgias (TAC), post-traumatic headache (PTH), those at risk for development of PTH (AR), orthostatic intolerance with headache (OIH), orthostatic intolerance without headache (OI), Chiari malformation with headache (CHMH), and Chiari malformation without headache (CHM). Our multiple data streams should provide new information on headache physiology and potential comparative measures between clinically overlapping groups.
Our specific aims are:
Prospectively confirm and further validate differences in autonomic function and sensory thresholds between clinically defined headache groups and normal controls. Alterations in autonomic and sensory function have been described in episodic migraine (EM) headache [1-4], though less is known about whether these changes persist in chronic migraine (CM) and/or whether they differ from other pathophysiologically distinct headache subtypes (post-traumatic headache (PTH), trigeminal autonomic cephalgias (TAC)). Our previous work has demonstrated preliminary evidence that craniofacial autonomic function and sensory thresholds differ between episodic migraine and non-headache controls using similar methodologies (unpublished; Characterization of Migraine Endophenotypes, IRB_00064447), though follow-up studies are needed to confirm and further characterize these differences.
We hypothesize that these parameters will differ significantly in headache subgroups compared to NH subjects and perhaps most markedly, in EM as previously demonstrated. Also, these parameters may also significantly differ in CM, PTH and TAC (the latter two being recurrent headache subtypes that are viewed as pathophysiologically distinct from migraine).
To test this, we will add standardized autonomic testing (tilt-table, sudomotor, cardiovascular reflex and catecholamine testing) and additional non-invasive investigational parameters (quantitative frequency analysis of optically measured hemodynamic changes and dynamic pupillometry) to our previous craniofacial battery. Symptom burden, headache characterization, and medical history, will be assessed by written questionnaire and headache/medication diary.
To evaluate replicability within individuals, we will re-test each individual at baseline, and again at 2 weeks and 1 month.
Test autonomic measures and sensory thresholds as disease biomarkers.
In addition to evaluating replicability, as in Aim 1, we will also follow perform follow-up measures to follow disease progression and treatment response in episodic migraine (EM), chronic migraine (CM), trigeminal autonomic cephalgias (TAC), post-traumatic headache (PTH), and those at risk for development of PTH (AR), ), orthostatic intolerance with headache (OIH), orthostatic intolerance without headache (OI), Chiari malformation with headache (CHMH), and Chiari malformation without headache (CHM). Additional measures of long-term replicability will be obtained in non-headache controls (NH). To do this, we will utilize the same testing battery described above for follow-up testing points at 2 and 3 months. Subjects will be followed observationally only, and will complete standard of care treatment recommendations as prescribed by their clinical providers.
We hypothesize that 1) development of PTH in the AR group will be accompanied by changes in physiological measures and symptom burden compared to baseline, and 2) clinical treatment response in those who experience headache resolution with clinically driven treatment will correlate with normalization in autonomic physiological markers and improved symptom scores.
We predict that this multi-modal approach to autonomic and sensory threshold assessment will lend both localization (craniofacial vs global) and mechanistic (sympathetic- and/or parasympathetic-predominant dysfunction) insight to autonomic and sensory dysfunction in these groups.
1. Mosek, A., et al., Autonomic dysfunction in migraineurs. Headache, 1999. 39(2): p. 108-17.
2. Shechter, A., et al., Migraine and autonomic nervous system function: a population-based, case-control study. Neurology, 2002. 58(3): p. 422-7.
3. Burstein, R., et al., An association between migraine and cutaneous allodynia. Ann Neurol, 2000. 47(5): p. 614-24.
4. Digre, K.B. and K.C. Brennan, Shedding light on photophobia. J Neuroophthalmol, 2012. 32(1): p. 68-81.
Inclusion Criteria
A total of 420 pairwise participants, ages 12 year old to 65, will be recruited, divided among the following groups:
minimum of 30 each group:
- episodic migraine with and without aura (EM)
- chronic migraine (CM)
- trigeminal autonomic cephalgias (TAC)
- post-traumatic headache (PTH)
- age and sex-matched non-headache controls (NH)
- orthostatic intolerance with headache (OIH)
- orthostatic intolerance without headache (OI)
- Chiari malformation with headache (CHMH)
- Chiari malformation without headache (CHM)
A minimum of 60 subjects at high risk (AR) for development of PTH meeting one of the following categories. Specifically, those who are at risk due to high-impact sport play or recent concussion as defined below.
Subjects will be screened using a standard clinical questionnaire; diagnostic characterization is determined based on this questionnaire. Symptoms and relevant comorbidities are also obtained via the questionnaire.
Inclusion criteria for each headache group are defined by the recently updated ICHD-III beta diagnostic criteria[5], summarized in brief below.
The criteria for the diagnosis of migraine are as follows:
- Episodic migraine (EM): either of the following allowed.
- Migraine with aura (MA): At least 2 episodes of aura symptoms including visual disturbances prior to the onset of headache and fulfilling criteria for migraine, as in migraine without aura below.
- Migraine without aura (MO): At least 5 episodes of moderate to severe headache with all of the following:
- Pulsating or one-sided headache
- Associated with nausea and/or vomiting and/or hypersensitivity to light or sound
- Headache exacerbated by movement or similar physical activity
- Headache lasting 4-72 hours
- Chronic migraine (CM). Those meeting diagnostic criteria for #1 or #2 above, with headache occurring >15 days per month.
Trigeminal autonomic cephalgia (TAC): recurrent headache or facial pain occurring with at least one or more craniofacial autonomic symptom ipsilateral to the head pain.
Post-traumatic headache (PTH) as follows:
- Headache fulfilling criteria 2 and/or 3, no typical characteristics required
- Head trauma with all the following:
- Either no loss of consciousness, or loss of consciousness of less than 30 minutes' duration
- Symptoms and/or signs diagnostic of concussion
- Headache develops within 7 days after head trauma
- One or other of the following:
- Headache resolves within 3 months after head trauma
- Headache persists but 3 months have not yet passed since head trauma
Orthostatic Intolerance with headache (OIH) criteria as follows [7]: OI is again defined as the inability to tolerate upright posture because of signs and symptoms which can be relieved upon lying down, but will explicitly include headache as one of the key recurrent symptoms.
- Hypotension or hypertension upon change of upright posture during which BP
- May or may not include reflex tachycardia upon change of upright posture
- Headache with or without one or more of the following symptoms upon changing to an upright position:
- Lightheadedness upon change to upright posture.
- Nausea or abdominal pain
- Sweating
- Tremulousness
- Fatigue
Improvement of symptoms with recumbence to supine position.
Chiari malformation criteria as follows: Previously diagnosed with Chiari malformation type I or type II via MRI brain imaging.
Inclusion criteria for the at-risk (AR) group will include:
- At-risk individuals (recreational sport participants)
- Acute concussion - individuals presenting for medical evaluation within 24 hours of concussion (can result from any mechanism, including sports related, fall, etc)
- Subacute, persistent post-concussive symptoms - individuals presenting for medical evaluation within 30-45 days of concussion (can result from any mechanism, including sports related, fall, etc)
5. The International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd edition (beta version). Cephalalgia, 2013. 33(9): p. 629-808.
7.Stewart, Julian M. "Common Syndromes of Orthostatic Intolerance." Pediatrics131.5 (2013): 968–980. PMC. Web. 28 Aug. 2018.
Exclusion Criteria
Subjects will be permitted to use acute headache-specific treatment up to 48 hours prior to study, but testing must take place at least 48 hours after an acute attack, as this is an inter-ictal study.
Chronic headache related medications will be permitted for those enrolled. Subjects enrolled for Aim 2 do not have medication restrictions, though subjects will be asked to keep a headache and/or medication diary for the period of study.
Those who cannot provide consent, or where follow-up visits would not be feasible.


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I assume you are thinking the same thing I am right now while I sit at my desk "how am I going to celebrate Hump Day this week?" So, let's discuss a few ways you can treat yo'self today.
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