Curso Online HPLC - vale a pena!!!

Olá,

Para quem interessar, um curso online sobre HPLC! Tirei do Mourne Training Center, um blog muito interessante.

Está aí uma boa maneira de entrar em contato com um conteúdo interessante, fácil, em casa, e sem custo!!

Bom proveito:




iLearn: e-Learning HPLC Training Course: "Mourne Training Services is pleased to announce that our e-Learning HPLC training course is now available in a distance learning option: iLearn. This course introduces the important concepts of HPLC and will enable you to fully understand: the different types of HPLC and how they differ; the different types of available HPLC columns and how they differ; why there are so many different mobile phase components and the ways in which they are combined to effect a chromatographic separation; and how components such as the pump, injector, detector and processor are combined to make a HPLC instrument.

The course is delivered using our virtual environment for learning, e-MTS, and consists of:

1. A series of training videos (totalling over 3 hours where each video is approximately 25 minutes),
2. Exercises on which you will receive feedback from your personal tutor and,
3. An assessment which enables accreditation of the training - It is recognised by the Royal Society of Chemistry for the purposes of continuing professional development.

The cost of this course is only GBP £125 + VAT and includes a copy of our training book, An Introduction to HPLC for Pharmaceutical Analysis (which mormally costs GBP £29.27). This is great value for a course which equates to a full day of training.

So, how does it work?

All you need is access to the internet. The training is undertaken over a period of 1 week. You sign up and select a week which suits you. Each day training videos and exercises are uploaded to your virtual classroom which you can watch and submit answers for the exercises. This allows you to access the training materials at a time which suits you within the 24 hour period (you should allow about 90 minutes since there are 2 videos, each of length approximately 25 minutes and the exercises should take about 40 minutes). At the end of each session feedback from your personal tutor and full solutions for the exercises is sent to you by email. The assessment is completed on the last day and a certificate is sent out for your training records.

Contact us if you would like to sign up for this training course or if you would like more information. Full details will be posted on the MTS website soon.

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Possíveis Diferenças Raciais em Níveis de HBA1c

Deu no Annals of Internal Medicine:

Este estudo avalia possíveis diferenças raciais em valores referenciais entre negros e brancos: aí pode existir um importante fator preanalítico de diferenças de resultados, com potencial, inclusive de se utilizar diferentes objetivos para HBA1c. Abaixo, o resumo:



Glucose-Independent, Black-White Differences in Hemoglobin A1c Levels: A Cross-sectional Analysis of 2 Studies: Background:

A previous study of participants with prediabetes found that hemoglobin A_1c (HbA_1c) levels differed between black and white participants with no differences in glucose concentration.

Objective:

To determine whether black–white differences in HbA_1c level are present in other populations and across the full spectrum of glycemia.

Design:

Cross-sectional, retrospective.

Setting:

Outpatient.

Participants:

1581 non-Hispanic black and white participants between 18 and 87 years of age without known diabetes in the SIGT (Screening for Impaired Glucose Tolerance) study and 1967 non-Hispanic black and white participants older than 40 years without known diabetes in the NHANES III (Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey).

Measurements:

HbA_1c levels, anthropometry, and plasma glucose levels during oral glucose tolerance testing.

Results:

Hemoglobin A_1c levels were higher in black than in white participants with normal glucose tolerance (0.13 percentage point [P < 0.001] in the SIGT sample and 0.21 percentage point [P < 0.001] in the NHANES III sample), prediabetes (0.26 percentage point [P < 0.001] and 0.30 percentage point [P < 0.001], respectively), or diabetes (0.47 percentage point [P < 0.020] and 0.47 percentage point [P < 0.013], respectively) after adjustment for plasma glucose levels and other characteristics known to correlate with HbA_1c levels.

Limitation:

The mechanism for the differences is unknown.

Conclusion:

Black persons have higher HbA_1c levels than white persons across the full spectrum of glycemia, and the differences increase as glucose intolerance worsens. These findings could limit the use of HbA_1c to screen for glucose intolerance, indicate the risk for complications, measure quality of care, and evaluate disparities in health.

Primary Funding Source:

National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases