Noor Newsletter APRIL 2024
TOP NEWS:
Noor Scientific & Trade (Medical Technologies Division) was pleased to sponsor the 13th Annual Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Kasr AlAiny Conference 2024 through providing 2 diagnostic tools free of charge to the Postcongress Workshop 2 to help participants practically experience using this 2 advanced equipment for proper case diagnosis and treatment. The workshop was held on Friday, April 19, 2024. These 2 diagnostic tools are the T-Lite ultrasonography from Sonoscanner (France) and the SonoMe unit from Bionet (S. Korea). Both Sonoscanner and Bionet are represented in Egypt by the Medical Technologies Division of Noor Scientific & Trade.
Celebration
10 April – Eid Al-Fitr
This year (1445 Hijri calendar/2024 Gregorian calendar), the Eid Al-Fitr was celebrated on April 10, 2024. Eid Al-Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. People celebrate it by ending their fasting, thanking Allah for offering them health and resistance during Ramadan, wearing new clothes, preparing grand feasts, meeting their loved ones, doing charity, and more.
Product Of The Month
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Monthly Forum
Egypt to build 2 solar power stations with $20.6 million in EU funding:
The projects mark a significant step towards harnessing the country’s renewable energy sources. Moreover, they underscore Egypt’s ambition to become a renewable energy hub while addressing its energy needs and contributing to global sustainability goals.
The first solar power project at Egypt’s Assiut Oil Refining Company has a value of EGP550 million. The project aims to have a capacity of 10 megawatts. Egypt expects the project’s completion in the next 11 months.
The second solar power project at the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) will have a capacity of 6.5 megawatts. This project also requires EGP550 million in investments. The EU will be financing both projects through a grant.
Scientific Facts
A cloud weighs around a million tons:
They may look light and fluffy, but those big white clouds floating overhead are pretty hefty. A typical cloud has a volume of around 1km3 and a density of around 1.003kg per m3 – means that a typical cloud weighs around a million tons.
Having a density of around 1.003kg per m3 (about 0.4 per cent lower than that of the surrounding air) which is why they float. “BBC Science Focus”
History of Science
Stethoscope:
Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laënnec (1781-1826) was a French physician who, in 1816, invented the stethoscope. He designed the first monaural instrument for medical auscultation.
The invention became a medical breakthrough. An instrument capable of enhancing the subtle sounds created by the human heart and lungs. The next step forward was the development of the binaural stethoscope by G.P. Camman in New York. He developed the first commercially available binaural stethoscope in 1852.
It wasn’t until the early 1960s that Dr. David Littmann patented a revolutionary new stethoscope with vastly improved acoustical performance. The Littmann Electronic Stethoscope created by David Littmann is considered the leading product globally in this medical field. “National Institute of Health”
