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Artesunate/pyronaridine, sold under the brand name Pyramax, is a fixed-dose combination medication for the treatment of malaria. [3] [1] It can be used for malaria of both the P. falciparum and P. vivax types. [1] It combines artesunate and pyronaridine. [3] It is taken by mouth. [2] The combination is generally well tolerated. [1]
The Oxshott Pottery was set up by Denise Wren and Henry Wren at their home, Potters Croft, in Oxshott, Surrey in 1920 (105 years ago) (). [1] The pottery had a reputation as a successful studio pottery, producing brightly glazed earthenware pottery; examples of their work can be found in the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Crafts Study Centre, Farnham, Surrey, and Kingston Museum Art Gallery.
Pyronaridine is an antimalarial drug. [1] It was first made in 1970 and has been in clinical use in China since the 1980s. [2]In a small (n=88) malaria study in Camaroon, pyronaridine had a 100% cure rate, compared with 60% for chloroquine.
In 1915, Denise Tuckfield married Henry Wren (d. 1947). Their daughter, Rosemary Wren (b. 1922) also worked in ceramics. [2] Wren kept and bred budgerigars and parakeets as well as bees at the Oxshott family home. [5] Wren moved to Hittisleigh, Devon in 1978 and died there in 1979. [2] [6]
The definition of pottery, used by the ASTM International, is "all fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed, except technical, structural, and refractory products". [1] End applications include tableware , decorative ware , sanitary ware , and in technology and industry such as electrical insulators and laboratory ware.
The permanent swelling of a ceramic article during firing caused by the evolution of gases. Blunging The energetic mixing of ceramic raw materials, especially clays, with water to produce slip or slurry. Undertaken in large tanks called blungers. [2] Body The structural portion of a ceramic article, or the material or mixture from which it is made.
The ceramics industry is a growing manufacturing sector in Bangladesh. The industry started in the late 1950s when the first ceramic industrial plants were established. The industry mainly produces tableware, sanitaryware and tiles. As of 2011, there were 21 ceramic industrial units throughout Bangladesh, employing about 500,000 people.
Wren is seeking planning permission for a new 910,000 sq. ft. facility, which to be built behind the existing Wren factory on part of its 180-acre site, which has been earmarked for further development. The new factory will create up to 1,200 new manufacturing jobs with additional roles in engineering, IT, customer service and product development.