#uvc

[hislittleraincloud]

She tapped the play button to start the short video of two very flamboyant street-performing Germans garishly outfitted in sparkling purple suits and holding up a fluttering sheet of gold lamé in front of a group of people who were obviously scattering away behind it, all set to the drama of the ‘Baby, baby, baby!’ refrain from Celine Dion’s “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now”. Once the two ripped the sheet down, the people gathered around the street clapped at the couple’s triumphant gestures for the 'disappeared' as if it were the greatest magic trick ever performed.

🌸🌿🪲Under Virgin Circumstances, Chapter 3: Because You Loved Me

[rickie-the-storyteller]

Here's a random sneak peek of book 2 for you:

There's a thing people say. You've probably heard it countless times.

"You don't truly appreciate what you have until it's gone."

It's true. It's such a cliche thing to say, but it's true. I should know.

Hell, I have known. My entire life has pretty much been a masterclass in this concept. Gaining things, losing things, and constant regret and despair at the idea that you can never get said things back.

That's the thing about life. Everything about it is completely irreversible. It just keeps going forward. You can't turn the clock back, undo or reset. Get a second chance at anything. Not until we finally invent time travel, anyway. You are stuck having to do everything right in the moment, whether you know what the "right" thing is or not, because you'll never get that moment back. Just moving forward in this chaotic ongoing journey... until the journey inevitably comes to an end.

All that to say... I really should know better by now. And yet, here I am. Making all the same mistakes as I usually do.

He's gone. We're done.

On the one hand, I can't believe it's actually over now. After everything we've been through together...

But on the other hand, I'm almost surprised it didn't happen sooner.

We had a talk. I said some things. He said some things back.

I say "some." I actually mean "tons." He had a lot to say. Many, many words, mainly harshly cutting ones. I won't repeat those words here; they're painful to even think about. And I probably deserved them, but still...

Now, he's gone. I haven't heard from him since he left, and it seems like neither has anyone else.

I didn't know how good he was until he left. How good he was for me.

I always knew I loved him. I always knew that he was the right choice. I needed him. But I didn't realise just how much until now.

He's gone, and it's all my fault. Everyone else thinks so, at least, and they have all gone out of their way to make their feelings on the matter perfectly clear to me.

I agree with them. I can't blame others for my own terrible choices. I honestly have nobody to blame but me.

From the beginning, I knew that it was wrong. It just felt like the only way at the ti

No. No more excuses. That's why you are where you are.

I've just got to deal with the fact that everything is ruined now... I ruined everything.

And it'll probably take a long time for things to go back to some degree of normal.

Like forever.

___

Kind of sad, I know. But it's important plotwise.

So much happens in this sequel, guys. It's way darker, suspenseful and dramatic lol. But there's plenty of nice stuff, too. Don't worry :)

Guess whose diary entry this belongs to!

[error-404-fuck-not-found]

so you know the UVC lights used at the crypto bro event in Hong Kong? experts have reviewed footage and photographs of various parts of the venue and overwhelmingly it looks like the stage lights were regular LED lights... but the ones in the bathrooms were UVC. makes a lot more sense why only some of the attendees experienced the awful burning pain the next day; not all of them used the bathrooms while they were there.

this does make it awfully suspicious in that an ignorant person might deliberately install "germ-killing" lights in a bathroom, a place with lots of germs. it's possible this was no accident or simple switch-up of bulbs.

[ithisatanytime]

(UVC)

[rutiilant]

“i don’t understand how anyone can be happy in this town. everything about this place just seems absolutely awful.” she said to the other person. uma needed to get the rest of her crew in this town so she could take better control of it and rule it in some way. @soulcfthcstars​ // @ratherexciting​ (any)

[uvc-sterilizer-pro]

We're UVC Sterilizer Pro. 

We supply uvc sterilizer by dropshipping and bulk to meet your need. 

1) Specifications:   

Type: Radiation Sterilization Equipment  

Power: 3W 5V DC  

UVC Wavelength: 260/280nm  

Emitting angel: 140° directional sterilization  

Antivirus way: Deep UV destroys bacterial virus DNA  

Sterilization distance: 2-5CM  

Continuous work: 150Min  

Safety protection: Child lock  

Sterilization Time: 

Continuously irradiate about 30 seconds  

Input interface: Type-C USB  

Lithium battery: 2600mAh  

Box size: 18*9*4.5CM  

Sterilizer size: 13*3.5*2.3CM 

2) Scenes to be used:  

1. Home sterilization: toothbrush, cutting board, pillow, quilt, etc.  

2. Commuter sterilization: door handles, steering wheels, barriers, etc.  

3. Office sterilization: elevator keys, mouse, keyboard, etc.  

4. Travel sterilization: hotel towels, toilets, cups, etc.  

5. Pet supplies sterilization: all kinds of pet supplies;  

6. Mother and baby products sterilization: baby bottles, toys, children's bicycles, etc. 

3) Instructions: First, unlock the childproof lock, and then press the switch to  use . Make sure the product has power before usage .The best sterilization distance is 2-5CM For charging, please make sure the “childproof lock” is locked before charging, otherwise the battery symbol on the screen will always display “one grid”. ( When the battery is full, the battery screen shows “three grids”) When a grid of battery symbols is displayed, continuous blinking appears. Please charge the sterilizer in time. 

Mode 1: Keep pressing -- Press and hold to work continuously, the screen seconds start counting, release the button to stop working. 

Mode 2: Step one: Double-tap -- Press it twice in succession, the screen will count down for 2 minutes It works normally within the countdown time, and it will stop working automatically after the countdown is reset to zero. 

Step two: Press once -- When you press again during the countdown, the unit stops working. The screen timer display returns to zero, the screen slowly dims, and the screen stops working. 

[quartz-components]

Long-Life Ceramic/Quartz-Based UVC Emitting Diode in Compact SMD Package

Vishay Intertechnology added a new compact SMD device VLMU35CL..-280-120 to its portfolio of short wavelength ultraviolet (UVC) emitting diodes for medical applications such as sterilization, sanitation, and purification. The VLMU35CL..-280-120 is designed to replace mercury UVC lamps and delivers an extremely long lifetime in a 3.5 mm by 3.5 mm by 1.2 mm surface-mount package with a quartz window that eliminates the need for an external lens.

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[currentsinbiology]

Could ultraviolet lamps slow the spread of flu? 

Hospitals and laboratories often use ultraviolet (UV) light to kill microbes, but the practice has one major drawback: It can harm humans. So UV lights only do their killing in places such as empty operating rooms and under unoccupied lab hoods. Now, researchers have discovered that people might be safe around a shorter wavelength of microbe-slaying UV light, theoretically turning it into a new tool that could slow the spread of disease in schools, crowded airplanes, food processing plants, and even operating rooms and labs.

UV lights disinfect by disrupting the molecular bonds that hold together microbial genetic material or proteins. The most commonly used lights have a wavelength of 254 nanometers (nm), which has a relatively short UV wavelength—the so-called “C” category—but can penetrate the skin and eyes, leading to cancers and cataracts. So for the past 4 years, a group led by physicist David Brenner at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City has tested shorter wavelengths, known as “far UVC light” that can’t penetrate the outer layers of the eyes or skin. The researchers found that far UVC eliminated bacteria on surfaces and did not harm lab mice.

Brenner and his co-workers next addressed whether far UVC could address a major health concern in many public settings: airborne microbes. The team first aerosolized influenza viruses inside a chamber and exposed them to UVC light with a wavelength of 222 nm or, as a control, to nothing. The researchers then collected liquid samples from the chamber and spread them on dog kidney cells susceptible to the flu. Unexposed samples could infect the cells, but the UVC-treated ones couldn’t, the researchers reported in a preprint study published online 28 December 2017 on bioRxiv. If the studies pan out, “that could really be beneficial in disrupting disease transmission,” says Shawn Gibbs, an industrial hygienist who has studied the disinfectant properties of UVC at the Indiana University School of Public Health in Bloomington.