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after 3 years of R&D.
another key breakthrough. localized core equipment for deep-sea oil and gas exploration machine.
The China National Offshore Oil Corporation announced Thursday that it has industrialized the core equipment for deep-sea oil and gas exploration.
The equipment, capable of detecting seismic waves with intensity less than 1 percent of the noise of a mosquito, is able to map out high-definition data of oilfields.
After three years of efforts, the oil giant made breakthroughs in several core technologies, including an ultra-low power consumption circuit.
"After mass production, we can obtain three times more data per unit area than with conventional exploration equipment, and lift the signal-to-noise ratio by 30 percent, which will greatly improve the imaging accuracy of complex geological structures and oil and gas fields," said Ruan Fuming, technical director of Geophysical Prospecting Division of the company.
The first batch of 6,000 units of the equipment will be put into operation in June, which will shorten the development cycle of offshore oil and gas fields and cut the costs of deep-sea oil and gas exploration and development.
another key breakthrough. localized core equipment for deep-sea oil and gas exploration machine.
The China National Offshore Oil Corporation announced Thursday that it has industrialized the core equipment for deep-sea oil and gas exploration.
The equipment, capable of detecting seismic waves with intensity less than 1 percent of the noise of a mosquito, is able to map out high-definition data of oilfields.
After three years of efforts, the oil giant made breakthroughs in several core technologies, including an ultra-low power consumption circuit.
"After mass production, we can obtain three times more data per unit area than with conventional exploration equipment, and lift the signal-to-noise ratio by 30 percent, which will greatly improve the imaging accuracy of complex geological structures and oil and gas fields," said Ruan Fuming, technical director of Geophysical Prospecting Division of the company.
The first batch of 6,000 units of the equipment will be put into operation in June, which will shorten the development cycle of offshore oil and gas fields and cut the costs of deep-sea oil and gas exploration and development.
Just to be clear, I'm not a TCM practitioner. What I know is that TCM theory focuses on restoring and strengthening your body's internal functions. If someone is so far gone with drug addiction to the point they can't quit even with impending heart failure then TCM will not be able to save them either, as the continued intake of meth would override any gains acupuncture and herbal treatments would offer.
Because TCM like other remedies without the same kind of evidence based practice is often still allowed and permitted alongside evidence based medicine if a patient chooses to go for it if there are no discernable harms to the provision of evidence based medicine.
And if they decline evidence based medicine in favour of alternative treatments, while that is disappointing for evidence based medical practitioners, they also have the autonomy to choose what they do and do not want within the confines of the law.
My view is that so long as TCM advances and societal acceptance doesn't override the pace of advance and societal acceptance of evidence based medicine, it doesn't really matter. And it's not like China isn't a biomedical powerhouse.
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I'd say most of it. If China didn't get CNC sanction, very likely China still very much dependent on German, US and Japan on high end CNC machine
My opinion is that some aspects of TCM (some herbal remedies) are scientific and proven, but it is due to the chemical makeup of the medicine and not mystical hocus pocus like chi balance.
My worry is that instead of turning into a parallel track like the history of osteopathic medicine(DO) in the west, where they now take the same exams and have the same scientific knowledge base/training/prescriptions as regular MDs + some crunchy osteopathy training, it will turn into an India situation where cow piss aryuveda and homeopathy competes with genuine medicine.
You can see this happening in the West where charlatans are lobbying the government for more and more practice privileges without the liability/responsibility, clinical experience, or basic knowledge of how the human body or medicines works.
My dad was trained in both conventional Western medicine and TCM while practicing in Nanning, he also understands both complement each other by covering each other's shortcomings. I wouldn't expect this idea of multidisciplinary cooperation to change.
remember the goal of CNC sanctions was to stop Chinese development of advanced weapon system. It actually worked decently when you consider that Chinese aeroengine and nuclear submarines haven't been all that capable until past 5 years.
I don't think TCM practitioners will ever develop into something like DOs where in the US at least, the knowledge that DOs and MDs have is essentially the same.
In the US, a bigger issue seems to be PAs and NPs lobbying for more independent practice than they are otherwise capable of competently providing while masquerading as "doctors".
In China, so long as TCM remains known as TCM and not as evidence based medicine then I don't have much concern of it replacing greatly supplementing evidence based medicine.
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