Optimization of Apex Shape for Mounting to the Bead Bundle Using FEM.

Tires are one of the most basic and important components of vehicles, including bicycles, cars, trucks, and aircraft. They consist of several layers that provide complex and dynamically changing functions. This work aims to optimize the mounting process of the tire apex to the bead.

Active control of congenital toxoplasmosis in the population.

Repeated serological investigations (CFT, IFT, ELISA) of 50,000 pregnant women revealed that 5.1/1000 pregnancies in the Karviná district, Czech Republic are threatened by toxoplasmosis. In 2.

Endemic incidence of infections caused by Mycobacterium kansasii in the Karviná district in 1968-1995 (analysis of epidemiological data--review).

The Karviná district (northwestern part of North Moravia and Silesia) is typical by its industrial character, above all mining of black coal which is coked and which led to the devastation of the countryside. The ratio of light industry is low. In a small area (347 km2) there is a population of 824 inhabitants per km2.

The incidence and mode of scabies transmission in a district of Czechoslovakia (1961-1979).

An epidemiological analysis was carried out of more than 11 thousand cases of scabies reported in 1961-1979 in the district of Karviná, Czechoslovakia. The paper presents analyses of the incidence of scabies in different age groups of patients divided according to sex and occupation and the results of the epidemiological investigations in family foci. A special attention is paid to the problems of spread of infection in the human population, including the detection of the source and mode of transmission in patients with microscopically confirmed diagnosis.

Laboratory diagnosis of scabies.

All the above listed reasons as well as the experience we have obtained with this method, justify our recommendation of the introduction of the laboratory diagnosis of scabies through the method of lye scraping of the skin into routine practice. A single parasite element is enough for determining the diagnosis while, for the above mentioned reasons, a negative microscope finding does not exclude the parasitic etiology of the given disease. We therefore recommend in the diagnosis of scabies that the following criteria are parallely used: 1.

Are the mites of the genus Tarsonemus really parasites of man?

Mites of the genus Tarsonemus were found in several preparations of human skin samples. It was revealed that the mites got into the preparations from insufficiently cleaned coverslips. Similar previous reports are discussed on this occasion.