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2017年4月6日星期四

抽血記

話說4月4日晚上10時開始禁食,4月5日早上沒有吃藥去診所抽血。
抽了四五筒血後用寶礦力送藥,而藥物中有 sodium.
4月5日下午姑娘致電給我,告訴我 serum potassium 頗高。
她叫我即時返回診所見醫生,更表示醫生可能會開藥並擇日再抽血。
當我返回診所,醫生可能太忙,只是寫紙轉介往屯門醫院急症室。
分流時護士問我心口有沒有痛,我說沒有。
及後,我很快被安排抽血、做心電圖。
報告一切正常,醫生又問我早上抽血順不順。
他懷疑抽爆了 Red Blood Cells,但我告訴他兩次抽血情況差不多。
迷......

Ginza

Annual Leave 沒有時間與金錢去東京賞櫻花不打緊,仍然可以打卡。

2017年4月4日星期二

preposition

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-videos/prepositions-time

大光圈測試


從日本餐廳前的一樁小事觀察中國新一代的素質

話說公司派發少許獎金,打算請雙親吃自助餐。
爸爸替我荷包著想,所以昨晚往板長吃飯。
在店舖的電腦熒幕按了兩下,出了張 A54 / 3位飛仔。
當 A52 客人已入座,一個操流利普通話中國籍男子和女店員爭論起來。
身穿 GAP 上衣的他應該是中產,下稱 A51 GAP 男。
明明是他在叫號時往別處逛,卻認為 A52 客人還未點菜,應該先讓他入座。
女店員同樣以流利普通話向他解釋,並說下一張檯會讓給他。
A51 GAP 男又離開了,A53 入座。
原以為又有花生吃,但故事不盡如人意。
A51 GAP 男和他不太漂亮的女友 (內地稱愛人) 同時出現。
他沒有再罵女店員(內地稱服務員),因為她已經很聰明地離開服務檯。
A51 GAP 男只是好像好有型地將飛仔放在檯面上。
跟著,他不斷地對女友(內地稱愛人)說店員(內地稱服務員)的不是。
他又不是國家領導人,又不是一方土豪。
他只算是典型內地迷你暴發戶,但狂妄自大到一個點......
做男人做到這般無賴,當真平生少見。
可恨的是中國的公民教育跟不上經濟發展。
我的工作部分也是 customer service, 幸好大學書店的內地生有禮貌得多。

後記︰吃完晚飯,碰到小學同學兆良,因為忘了他姓氏的關係,沒和他相認。當年已有學日文的他,今天仍舊喜歡吃日本菜。慨嘆的是,我們這一代人崇日厭中,不無道理。

2017年4月2日星期日

美容院職安健

The indoor environment in four beauty salons located in Athens was examined in order to investigate the occupational health exposure of cosmetologists to various chemical products typically used in their work. Chemical substances chosen for investigation were volatile organic compounds (VOCs), formaldehyde, ozone and carbon dioxide. Total VOCs levels measured showed significant variation depending on the products used and the number of treatments carried out, as well as ventilation. The main VOCs found in the salons were aromatics, esters and ketones which are used as solvents in various beauty products…Ozone concentrations measured in all salons were quite low and formaldehyde concentrations detected were lower than the detection limit of the method in all salons. Carbon dioxide levels ranged between 402 and 1,268 ppm, depending on the number of people present in the salons during measurements and ventilation. Cosmetologists may be exposed to high concentrations of a mixture of volatile organic compounds although these levels could be decreased significantly by following certain practices such as good ventilation of the areas, closing the packages of the beauty products when not in use and finally selecting safer beauty products without strong odor.

Cosmetologists and beauticians and to some extent customers are exposed to high concentrations of several compounds that are included in the various chemical products used in their work/treatments. A wide diversity of chemical products are used in the different therapies performed in the beauty salons (facial cleansing, skin, nails and body hydrotherapy and care, anti-wrinkle, pigmentation and acne treatment, make up, body and face massage, reflexology, aromatherapy, face and body hair removal, etc.). Each of these products has a large number of components including several Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), methacrylates, phthalates, and formaldehyde. In addition, the use of various equipments can contribute to the increase of other chemical parameters such as ozone during the use of steam equipment (“ozonizer”), carbon monoxide during laser hair removal, etc. The variations of chemical exposures have been described in a few studies mainly focused on hairdressing and nail salons.


Occupational skin and respiratory disorders, and disputable reproductive and genotoxic effects have been linked to chemical exposures of beauty workers. Although industrial hygiene evaluations have found that airborne exposures are very low compared with occupational exposure standards and those found in industry, the levels of VOCs found in the indoor air can influence human comfort and cause sensory effects…Concerning ozone, the main health concern is its effect on the respiratory system...Formaldehyde has been classified as a potential carcinogen and can also cause sensory and respiratory irritation...Carbon dioxide does not cause severe health effects but stands as a significant index of indoor air quality since it is influenced by the number of persons in a room and the rate of air changes.

Tsigonia, A., & Lagoudi, A. (2010). Indoor Air in Beauty Salons and Occupational Health Exposure of Cosmetologists to Chemical Substances. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 7(1). 10.3390/ijerph7010314.
http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/7/1/314/htm