DoomsdaysCWSo, long story short, I had to go into debt to put a new roof over our barn last year. I used some of the leftover funds to replace a broken removable window facing west in the upstairs "attic" area of our house that had been boarded up for years. I just removed the new window (it's a single pane in a frame, and meant to be removed), and now we have cool air coming in from the west, which will cool the upstairs. Unfortunately, the old window fan that was like a jet engine died last year. Maybe I can have someone at a repair clinic take a look at it... The previous owners had mentioned how well the air flow worked on nights when the wind was coming from the mountains. They knew what they were talking about!
Thomas WeitzelYesterday marked the hottest day of the year so far in our apartment, with the indoor temperature reaching 28°C. This is especially challenging considering that in Central Europe, most apartments, including ours, are not equipped with air conditioning. As seen in the temperature data tracked over the summer, our indoor temperatures have been steadily climbing.
justsusanholdingon@DemocracySpot working on closing all of the windows and doors now to keep the cool air in. Hoping to keep it around 75 inside. Wish me luck! #NoAC #SonomaCounty
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴(2/2)
...exasperates me that these solutions haven't been adopted elsewhere en masse.
The only thing I saw on TV a year or so ago were Spanish architects trying out new building designs to have a passive cooling system for buildings, like the #Windcatchers.
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How This Desert City Stays Cool With An Ancient Air Conditioning System
I've watched this interesting clip about a man-made symbiosis for the ingenious fertilizer solution two times. Not being an architect, IDK if the pigeons are staying cool in these "roosting towers" built for them. They might not need an A/C then.
Humans, however, need another solution. And they can be found on the #MiddleEast, too, the #Windcatcher towers:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/112339727207158953
#LearnFromOthers #TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth
#ClimateChange
Daniel Byhan
Pablonius Monk 🇺🇦Citing reports of excessive heat in Texas prisons, House Democrats call for investigation
Fourteen Congressional Democrats, including two from Texas, signed a letter calling for a probe into heat-related conditions in prisons across the country.
The state Senate rejected a Texas House request to use more than a half a billion dollars of the state’s surplus to expedite installation of modern HVAC systems in prisons.
We debase ourselves as a society by treating our prisoners worse than dogs.
"[W]e have to do something about this heat. I mean, dogs in a dog pound have air conditioning."
'Why didn't they just kill us?' Three women talk about life in a Texas prison without AC
#TexasDepartmentOfCriminalJustice #HobbyUnit #MoseBuchele #KUT #KERA #Texas #NoAC
GeekGyrlLook at me! I'm MacGyver, y'all!
Box + Ice Pack + USB Desk Fan = Aaaahhhhh!
Mikko LehtovirtaOn eri syitä joiden vuoksi uusia ”ei-marevan”- eli ns. #NOAC -ryhmään kuuluvia #antikoagulantti’lääkkeitä annostellaan toisin kuin asiantuntijatahot suosittavat. Joko alle suosittelun, logiikalla ”vähemmän haittoja”, tai yli suositellun, ehkä ajatuksella more is better.
Ei kannata. Haitat ylittävät hyödyt. Jyrkemmin: henki siinä saattaa mennä. Ohjeelle kannattaa #lääkäri’porukankin kallistaa huolella korvansa.
https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2022/10/31/heartjnl-2022-321114.long
Outcomes and drivers of inappropriate dosing of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) in patients with atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Objective There has been limited systematic evaluation of outcomes and drivers of inappropriate non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) dosing among patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). This review identified and systematically evaluated literature on clinical and economic outcomes of inappropriate NOAC dosing and associated patient characteristics. Methods MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Library, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, Econlit, PubMed and NHS EEDs databases were searched for English language observational studies from all geographies published between 2008 and 2020, examining outcomes of, or factors associated with, inappropriate NOAC dosing in adult patients with AF. Results One hundred and six studies were included in the analysis. Meta-analysis showed that compared with recommended NOAC dosing, off-label underdosing was associated with a null effect on stroke outcomes (ischaemic stroke and stroke/transient ischaemic attack (TIA), stroke/systemic embolism (SE) and stroke/SE/TIA). Meta-analysis of 15 studies examining clinical outcomes of inappropriate NOAC dosing found a null effect of underdosing on bleeding outcomes (major bleeding HR=1.04, 95% CI 0.90 to 1.19; p=0.625) but an increased risk of all-cause mortality (HR=1.28, 95% CI 1.10 to 1.49; p=0.006). Overdosing was associated with an increased risk of major bleeding (HR=1.41, 95% CI 1.07 to 1.85; p=0.013). No studies were found examining economic outcomes of inappropriate NOAC dosing. Narrative synthesis of 12 studies examining drivers of inappropriate NOAC dosing found that increased age, history of minor bleeds, hypertension, congestive heart failure and low creatine clearance (CrCl) were associated with an increased risk of underdosing. There was insufficient evidence to assess drivers of overdosing. Conclusions Our analysis suggests that off-label underdosing of NOACs does not reduce bleeding outcomes. Patients prescribed off-label NOAC doses are at an increased risk of all-cause mortality. These data underscore the importance of prescriber adherence to NOAC dosing guidelines to achieve optimal clinical outcomes for patients with AF. PROSPERO registration number CRD42020219844. Data sharing not applicable as no datasets generated and/or analysed for this study.