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Osteomalacia is softening of the bones due to a lack of
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
The softer bones in osteomalacia have a normal amount of collagen, which gives the bones its structure. However, they lack the proper amount of calcium.
There aremany causes of osteomalacia. In children, the condition is called
Other conditions that may lead to osteomalacia include:
- Not enough vitamin D in the diet
- Not enough exposure to sunlight, which produces vitamin D in the body
Malabsorptionof vitamin D by the intestines
Factors that reduce formation of vitamin D in the body include:
- Having very little exposure to sunlight
- Shorter days of sunlight
- Smog
- Using very strong sunscreen
The elderly and people who do not drink milk are at increased risk for osteomalacia.
Other conditions that may cause osteomalacia include:
- Cancer
- Disorders of vitamin D metabolism
Kidney failureand acidosis
- Lack of enough phosphates in the diet
- Liver disease
- Side effects of medications used to treat
- Bone fractures that happen without a real injury
Muscle weakness
- Widespread
bone pain, especially in the hips
Symptoms may also occur due to low calcium levels. These include:
Numbnessaround the mouth
- Numbness of the arms and legs
Spasms of the hands or feet
Signs and tests
- Blood tests will be done to check vitamin D, creatinine, calcium, and
phosphatelevels. Bone biopsywill showbone softening. Bone x-raysand a bone density testcan help detect pseudofractures, bone loss, and bone softening.
Other tests may be done tofind outif a kidney problem or other disorder is causing the problem. These tests include:
ALP (alkaline phosphatase) isoenzyme PTH
Treatment may involve vitamin D, calcium, and phosphorus supplements taken by mouth. People who cannot properly absorb nutrients through the intestines may need larger doses of vitamin D and calcium.
People with certain conditions may need regular blood tests to monitor blood levels of phosphorus and calcium.
Expectations (prognosis)
Some people with vitamin deficiency disorders will see improvement within a few weeks. You should heal completely with treatment in about 6 months.
Symptoms can return.
Calling your health care provider
Call for an appointment with your health care provider if you have symptoms of osteomalacia, or if you think that you may be at risk for this disorder.
Eating adiet rich in vitamin D and getting plenty of sunlight can help prevent osteomalacia due to a vitamin D deficiency.
Wysolmerski JJ, Insogna KL. The parathyroid glands, hypercalcemia, and hypocalcemia. In: Kronenberg HM, Schlomo M, Polansky KS, Larsen PR, eds. Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 11th ed. St. Louis, Mo: WB Saunders; 2008:chap 266.
Bringhurst FR, Demay MB, Kronenberg HM. Disorders of mineral metabolism. In: Kronenberg HM, Schlomo M, Polansky KS, Larsen PR, eds. Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 11th ed. St. Louis, Mo: WB Saunders; 2008:chap 27.
Sysolmerski JJ, Insogna KL. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 253.
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Having habitats and species in a favourable conservation status in the highly fragmented region of Flanders is a huge challenge. In this video, the Flemish Agency of Nature and Forests presents its efforts in managing the habitats and species of the Hoge Kempen National Park, in eastern Belgium.
The Hoge Kempen National Park is a part of the Natura 2000 network of the European Union. The main goal of the Natura 2000 network is to achieve a favourable conservation status of species and habitats of European importance. Large parts of the Park are designated as Special Protection Areas for birds and Special Areas of Conservation for habitats and species.
The video shows some of the habitats and species found in the Park: Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio), Large White Faced Darter (Leucorrhinia pectoralis), Saddle Backed Bush Cricket (Ephippiger ephippiger), Stag Beetle (Lucanus cervus) and the management techniques that are being used to improve the quality of these species' living space.

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By Doug Hammer
Label: Dreamworld Productions
Released 10/24/2011
Travels tracks
1. Travels
2. The Turn Of Time
3. Country Road
4. Maine Morning
5. Days Of Summer
6. Pendulum
7. Reflections Of A Distant Past
8. Can't Go Back
9. Moving
10. City Of Dreams
11. Outbound Train
12. The Castle
13. Lost City
14. Here With You
15. After The Storm
16. Whirling Dervish
17. Jonathan's Song
18. The Brightness Of Days
19. Travels (epilogue)
20. Moving On
21. Back In Your Arms
22. The Place We Once Knew
23. Glory Days
24. Have Faith
25. Old Piano
26. Ragtime Blues
27. Jekyll And Hyde
28. Frozen Night
29. Here At Last
30. My Heart Belongs To You
31. My Precious One
32. Thinking Of You
33. Going Home
34. It'll Be Alright
35. Stillness
36. I Am With You
37. Remembrance
38. Marching On
39. In Memory
Releasing a 2-CD set of solo piano (by a single artist) is an ambitious undertaking and
Doug Hammer
has succeeded in doing so with
. Subdivided into disc 1 (sub-titled
) and disc 2 (sub-titled
Travels: Detour
), the entire album contains a whopping 39 tracks! No matter how you slice it, that's a LOT of piano music, so don't expect a blow-by-blow, track-by-track critique of every song, as I would likely suffer writer's cramp before I finished! Both discs of Travels feature solid music and the recording certainly deserves consideration from any fan of the genre.
The first CD features composed tracks (or, as Hammer refers to them, "handcrafted songs") which were inspired by the artist's travels during his 40+ years of journeys. One can ascertain this by a quick reading of the songs' titles:
Country Road
Maine Morning
Outbound Train
, and more. The second disc, unlike the first, is wholly improvisational with all 20 tracks being recorded in single takes. According to the liner notes, Hammer would just sit down and play - the results were these twenty selections which he refers to as "detours" (since he recorded the improvisations while he was working on the first disc of the set).
Having reviewed Doug Hammer's music before, I was expecting a display of artistry and technical mastery and there is ample evidence of each after just a few songs on disc 1. The title track opens with a flurry, a rapid pace meant to convey the excitement of starting a trip as well as evoking the actual motion of same, perhaps looking out a car window or even on a train? At first, the music is a soft yet fast refrain, but the power of the piece elevates as it progresses becoming positively energizing, always, though, with an undercurrent of movement via that same refrain. "Country Road" slows down the pace to a gentle meander, almost to the point that maybe the traveling here is done on horseback at a slow trot. There is also a palpable sensation of nostalgia that I detect, very "small town-ish" in feel. "Maine Morning" crackles with energy but not in an overpowering way. Visually, the music suggests being out on a sailboat off the coast of, maybe, Bar Harbor, riding the wind as the sun glistens off the waves.
> showcases Hammer's skill at crafting jazzy riffs (is he channeling Dave Brubeck on this track?) while
City of Dreams
has an air of gentle beauty as it spins out in relatively minimalist yet romantic fashion (I can see this serving as a wedding processional tune). I like the rolling refrain which opens "Outbound Train" over which Hammer delicately picks out a wistful lead melody, and I was charmed by the soothing counter-play Hammer exhibits between his left and right hands at the start of
After the Storm
Moving on to disc 2, the Detour collection as it were, I can hear some dissimilarity between these tracks (the improvisatory nature can be discerned) and those on disc 1.
Moving On
starts off the disc in a somber vein, although set against a slow-mid tempo pace - a fine beginning.
Back In Your Arms
is, predictably, romantic - a slow, gentle ode to a special someone. In fact, more than half a dozen tracks on disc 2 have titles which indicate the songs were inspired by a loved one(s):
The Place We Once Knew
Here At Last
My Heart Belongs To You
My Precious One
Thinking Of You
, and
In Memory
. Obviously, these improvisatory meditations are quite personal to the artist, so the overwhelming mood here is less joyful and more introspective, warm, and subdued. You can almost feel the bittersweet atmosphere permeating "The Place We Once Knew" (a childhood dwelling perhaps?).
Glory Days
is not a cover of the iconic Springsteen tune, but instead a rumination on the passing of time and the memory of a period when life was good. However, Hammer shows he can also lighten the mood considerably, which he does on
Old Piano
(which sounds like it's straight out of a saloon from a John Ford western), as well as the funky
Ragtime Blues
(some serious cattin' around on the ivories here!), and the appropriately titled
Jekyll and Hyde
which veers from haunting and quiet to powerful and menacing. The sorrowful yet peaceful resignation of "In Memory" closes out disc 2, a relatively minimalist and touchingly beautiful number and an excellent choice for the last track.
Travels is the ultimate showcase for Hammer's abundant talents at the keys of a piano. Whether delicately performing a slow, meditative piece, pounding away with passion and drama, or ripping it up with fun and humor, his playing skills and his composing/improvising abilities are spread across both discs (I myself somewhat favor disc 2, but that's a purely personal taste issue). Getting through both discs all in one sitting might prove a bit daunting simply because that's a lot of solo piano to hear all at once, but on the other hand, played consecutively, one would be better able to detect the difference between the two CDs. However you choose to play the album, Doug Hammer will be an entertaining "travel" companion.
Rating: Very Good
- reviewed by Bill Binkelman on 10/15/2012
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Considering the concept of RGD and the technical changes along with other choices (mainly the artist etc), it is quite obvious RGD cannot be counted as in the same league as the rest of the other works.
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I hope this somehow still turns into a mystery, with the Juri girl hunting for information from several people to try to form the puzzle of an incident
From the trailer, the chances are slim, though.
(And I hope they fix this bullshit of not allowing to save anywhere you want)
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Of course, myself or perhaps other people will look into the possibility of enabling such a feature. But I suspect this would cause problems, otherwise 07th Expansion wouldn't have disabled it in the first place.
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Books let you resume from any point, so as far as I'm concerned visual novels should do the same.
Not that I've managed to motivate myself to download this yet (the concept just fails to interest me), but it sounds like a ridiculous step backwards not to allow saving anywhere. I can't see how it could possibly cause problems.
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I also feel that visual novels should allow the user to save wherever they want. I imagine 07th Expansion feel the same way, and I doubt they took the decision to disable such a feature lightly.
Well, from a technical perspective, it could potentially mess up the scoring system. This is not the case with the trailer version, but in the full game, there could be problems.
The game includes code to allow for a "save anywhere" feature. It's just been disabled. I'm not aware of the reason for doing that, but I'm sure there's got to be some reason for doing it, otherwise 07th Expansion might as well just leave the save system intact.
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Location: Brazil
Higanbana was ok, but it was not something which would make anyone big.
If RGD is short, only 1 or 2 releases, maybe I'll be able to swallow it. Let's see.
Also, when it is a mystery, we have threads with hundreds of pages of discussion, speculations, theories. And that's a lot of fun, imo. Almost as fun as reading the novel itself.
I doubt we'll have much discussion with this. Just like we didn't have with Higanbana. We'll read, give our feedback for a few weeks, and it dies until the next release.
|2012-07-11, 19:18
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黄金の魔女 Golden Witch
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Natal-RN, Brazil
Age: 23
I think so too. While I greatly appreciated Higanbana and Rose Guns Days as much as I appreciated reading Higurashi and Umineko, I want a proper mystery series after RGD, though mainly because I want to see the birth and early discussions of the mystery, since I discovered Higurashi and Umineko after they were finished.
|2012-07-11, 19:39
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Spider Lily Translations
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: England
Age: 24
Hmmm Yes, the discussions were a fun part of the experience. Hopefully 07th Expansion will be able to create more opportunities to have discussions, whether it's focussed on mystery or not.
|2012-07-11, 20:11
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Guitar Man
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Brazil
I still remember when Higurashi anime (season I) was going on. Even though the visual novel was quite ahead of the anime, we were doing theories like crazy for stuff that was kind of answered already by the novels (most people couldn't read japanese at the time)
fun times
|2012-07-12, 10:52
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阿賀野型3番艦、矢矧 Lv168
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Belgium, Brussels
Age: 32
The demo itself is roughly around 2-3 hours worth of reading, which is approximately 1/6 - 1/7 of Umineko Episode 1.
Anyway, I personally greatly enjoyed RGD for something fresh to the point you can already have an idea how much fun Ryukishi had while writing it (it did flow quite naturally despite being miles away from what he usually writes).
The other solid point imho was the very minimal "nippon banzai!" (the likes of code geass) which was the very first point that worried me after glancing at the premise months ago: considering the 2012 portions and all, the possibility of having a story revolving around "liberating Japan" is completely null, so it is indeed more focalised on the action than really drama over politics etc.
I don't expect thorough discussions considering the nature of the story, but that's basically the same for other VN in general, so having a "standard" entertainment here before Ryukishi starts another "naku koro ni" series is definitely welcome.
By the way, 07th Expansion has announced RGD goods that will be released this summer:
As expected, the CD albums will be available only at Doujin shops such like tora no ana, so importing them will be a chore...
|2012-07-13, 08:48
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Join Date: Apr 2011
It seems everyone's feedback reached Ryukishi.
In his new blog post, he says that in the retail version of RGD there will be two main changes:
1) You'll now be able to save anywhere.
2) You may now press Spacebar during battle scenes to trigger a "certain kill" and bypass them (for those who are unable to do them the normal way, like it was said some posts ago).
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