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Global Biosensors Market Dynamics

Driven by the need for better methods for environmental monitoring and rapid pathogen detection, the biosensors industry has been expanding rapidly. This expansion encompasses non-clinical applications such as biodefense, environmental surveillance, and the food industry.

This is a diversified and competitive market with a large number of players. The Point-of-Care (POC) diagnostics market currently holds the largest presence among all end-user segments of biosensors.

Key Market Players

• Roche Diagnostics Limited (U.K.)
• Alere Inc. (U.S.)
• Siemens Healthcare (Germany)
• Beckman Coulter, Inc. (U.S.)

Market Segmentation by Product

• Wearable Biosensors:
  • Wrist wear
  • Eye wear
  • Foot wear
  • Neck wear
  • Body wear
  • Others (ingestible and smart

1. Swollen udders are commonly hot with mastitis; they can be PAINFUL and

leak pus.

2. The patient was shouting all the time he was extremely IS IN PAIN.

3. The pregnant woman was suffering a lot, she asked for an EPIDURAL

injection.

4. The nurse could not COPE WITH with the situation, she asked the doctor to

interfere.

5. There are two units in the hospital on either side, on both floors, divided by

a CENTRAL hall and staircase.

6. I am COUGHING all the day, I think I need to drink some milk and honey to

get better.

7. The teacher is not coming today because she-FELS SICK she will be

absent the whole week.

8. The newborn baby is constantly crying the doctor says he was born

withGAS AND AIR in the intestines, maybe his mother drunk a lot of cola

when she... Continue reading "What happened to a man who had to clean the liver" »

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Consumers and food safety

- When buying food.

When you go grocery shopping, purchase refrigerated foods at the end of your shopping trip.

Check the use-by dates on the labels on packaged foods.

To avoid buying food that has gone bad, check that refrigerated foods are completely hard. Make sure canned goods do not have dents or bulging lids.

Go straight home so you can store all chilled and frozen foods as soon as possible to maintain the cold chain.

-When storing food.

Store refrigerated foods in the refrigerator at a maximum temperature of 4°C and store frozen foods in the freezer at a temperature of -18°C or lower.

Do not refreeze any foods that have already been frozen and thawed.

Store raw and cooked foods separately to avoid cross-contamination.... Continue reading "Consumer Food Safety: Shopping, Storage, and Preparation Tips" »

Present Tenses

Present Simple

sings - are signed / 3 column

Present Continuous

is signing - are being signed / 3 column

Past Tenses

Past Simple

signed - were signed / 3 column

Past Continuous

was signing - were being signed / 3 column

Perfect Tenses

Present Perfect Simple

has signed - have been signed / 3 column

Past Perfect Simple

had signed - had been signed / 3 column

Future Tense

Future Simple

will sign - will be signed / 3 column

Modals

Modals

should sign - should be signed / 3 column

Modal Perfect

must have signed - must have been signed / 3 column

Other Verb Forms

Have to

has to sign - have to be signed / 3 column

Be Going To

is going to sign - are going to be signed / 3 column

Question Words

How long: cuanto tiempo When: cuando Who: quien How old: cuantos años

Where:

Reading & Grammar Exercise Solutions

Reading Page 1 Answers (Set A)

Exercise 1: True/False

1. F; Although doctors can’t find any specific illness… they confirm that the health problems are genuine.
2. F; In some cases, they tell sufferers that they should not continue working in a particular building.
3. F; However, not everyone is sure that people are becoming ill because of the air.
4. T; According to some experts, the workers’ symptoms may actually be caused by stress, boredom and bad relationships with their co-workers and managers.
5. F; … there can be no doubt that bad air is not good for people’s health.

Exercise 2: Short Answers

1. They can’t explain its causes.
2. Heat to escape / fresh air in through windows.
3. Are bad.
4. Not good for people’s health.

UNIDAD 6

2. Present Continuous

• I'm learning English now
• They aren't studying at the moment
• She isn't sleeping now
• What are they eating? They're eating sandwiches
• Are you doing your homework? I am
• Is he phoning his friend? he isn't

3. Present Continuous Exercises

• Listens
• 's/ is reading
• Aren't/are not eating
• Don't watch
• Are, doing
• Does, go
• Are, playing
• Do, get

4. Numbers

• 1.2 2.2 3.1 4.2 5.1 6.1 7.1 8.2 9.1 10.2 11.2 12.1 13.2 14.1 15.1 16.2

UNIDAD 7

B. Past Simple: Was/Were

• There was some milk
• Were there any sweets?
• There were two tennis rackets
• There was a printer in the bedroom
• Was there a cat in the sitting room?
• There were some books in the bag
• Was there any butter in the kitchen?
• There wasn't any butter in the fridge
• Were there any sofas in the hall?
• There wasn't any