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The Curandera's Garden
It is not uncommon for a Mexican to consult a curandera for spiritual healing while under a medical doctor's care.
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In the 15th century Florentine Codex of Aztec physicians, the healer is "well versed in herbs, who knows, through... |
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Preventing Finger, Hand, and Wrist Problems
The following tips may prevent finger, hand, and wrist injuries:
- Do exercises that strengthen your hand and arm muscles.
- Stop, change, or take a break from activities that cause your symptoms.
- Reduce the speed and force of repetitive movements in activities such as hamm... |
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Some workers claimed they found it after they exploded the rock. No actual proof that it was imbedded.
Now that we have ways to test the thing, it's gone.
The Dorchester Pot was a metal vase, which was recovered in two pieces after an explosion used to break up rock at Meeting House Hill, in Dorchester, Massachusetts i... |
Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treatment (Patient)
General Information About Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a type of cancer in which the bone marrow makes abnormal myeloblasts (a type of white blood cell), red blood cells, or platelets.
Adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a cancer o... |
By Roy F. Nichols
Mr. Nichols, professor of history emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania, delivered this presidential address at the Hilton Hotel at Rockefeller Center, New York City, December 29, 1966. American Historical Review 72:2 (January 1967): 411-424.
Forty-six years ago tonight the American Historical As... |
One of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China, Beijing’s roots can be traced back over 3,000 years. Beijing is located in the north of the country, and its name in fact means ‘northern capital’. The city has played a vital role in China since Emperor Qin united China in 221 BC, and it was the capital city of the Liao... |
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Office of Communications and Public Affairs
Media Contact: Joanna Downer
April 22, 2004
GENOME-WIDE SCREEN REVEALS NEW TRICKS OF OLD GENES
Process Shows How Mounds of Data Can Be Effectively Managed
Johns Hopkins scientists have successfully used new techniques to search the yeast genome for gene... |
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Anatomy and Function of the Heart's Electrical System
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The heart's electrical system
The heart is, in the simplest terms, a pump made up of muscle tissue. Like all pumps, the heart requires a source of energy and oxygen in order to function. The heart's pumping action is regulated by an electrical... |
The student's eyes drift to the classroom window and the teacher's voice fades from consciousness.
The daydream begins. It's a familiar scene, one we have likely both experienced as students and struggled against in our students as teachers. But daydreaming is not what it might seem. Recent research in both psychology ... |
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Gender Distribution of Advanced Degrees in the Humanities
NOTE TO READERS: Please include the following reference when citing data
from this page: "American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Humanities Indicators,
Updated (3/11/2013) with data for academic year 2010 (July 1, 2009–June 30, 2010).
Note on the Data Used to Co... |
Altair 8800 Computer with 8 inch floppy disk systemThe MITS Altair 8800 was a microcomputer design from 1975, based on the Intel 8080 CPU and sold as a mail-order kit through advertisements in Popular Electronics, Radio-Electronics and other hobbyist magazines. The designers intended to sell only a few hundred to hobby... |
Principal Investigator(s): Marx, Gary T.
Summary: This study is part of the University of California's Five-Year Study of anti-Semitism in the United States. As a result of the outbreak of Black rioting during the summer of 1964, it was decided to expand the proposed Black subsample of the national sample to a larger B... |
Evaluating the Use of Process Mapping and Visual Storyboarding in the Classroom
Stephanie Munson, Assistant Professor, Industrial Design Program | University of Illinois, Chicago
Kevin Reeder, IDSA, Associate Professor, Industrial Design Program | Georgia Institute of Technology
At the 2005 Eastman/IDSA Education Confe... |
David Furman, born in Berdichev in 1919, was one of the 1.1 million Soviet soldiers who fought in the Battle of Stalingrad, the seven-month battle that turned the war on the Eastern front and left one and a quarter million German and Soviet soldiers dead. Furman left school at the age of fourteen to become a carpenter ... |
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Like prokaryotes, eukaryotic organisms do not want to express all of their genes all of the time. Given the complexity of multicellular eukaryotes, gene regulation in these organisms needs to be very complex. This module provides a brief overview of the various levels of regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes, and... |
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What Every Tech Pro Should Know About 'Green Computing'
For most companies, the movement is about saving money, not the environment. But it's getting better at both.
Forget Al Gore and his Oscar for a global warming documentary. To gauge how today's trendy green movement is affecting computing, skip Hollywood and head ... |
May 16, 2011 / ENERGY GLOBE Award
Project presentation - "River from Sky"
With only 45 days of rain annually, Rajasthan (northwest India, 56 million residents) is the most arid region of India. In 2003 "Sustainable Innovations", a non-profit organization, initiated the development of the water project "Aakash Gangaist"... |
Old age is not a disease
As a result of advances in veterinary medicine, more knowledgeable care and improved nutrition, dogs are now living much longer, healthier lives. But, just as for humans, the passage of time has its effects, and you may begin to notice that your once-frisky pet seems to have slowed down a bit. ... |
Teams and Individuals Guided by Engineering Resources (TIGERs) Camps is a resident summer camp designed to expose rising 11 and 12 graders to the world of engineering. Engineers make the world a better place by designing things that make life easier, safer or that protect the environment. Yet, studies show that middle ... |
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Wallace & Gromit teach kids about invention and intellectual property
17 May 2012
Wallace and Gromit, the world-famous characters developed by British studio Aardman Animation, are the stars of an interactive exhibition on innovation and intellectual property (IP) which opened at Scienceworks in Melbourne on 19 May.
Wa... |
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Delia Bacon, History's Odd Woman Out*
FEMINIST literary scholars in search of neglected antebellum women writers have made it impossible to consider fiction without Harriet Beecher Stowe, abolitionism without Lydia Maria Child, transcendentalism without Margaret Fuller. Stowe, Child, and Fuller were powerful intellectu... |
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The Idaho Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind (IESDB) Accessible Instructional Materials Library acquires, maintains and distributes specialized instructional materials, as well as coordinates and produces textbooks in Braille and Large Print, to assist school districts and educators to provide blind and vi... |
Oil Shale Development
Oil shale, which is an organic-rich fine-grained sedimentary rock, contains significant amounts of kerogen (a solid mixture of organic chemical compounds) from which liquid hydrocarbons can be extracted. Kerogen requires more processing to use than crude oil, which increases its cost as a crude-oi... |
21 Feb 2009
Gratitude is often lacking in our world today. People are so wrapped up in their own lives that they forget to appreciate what others have done for them. Gratitude is a character trait that we should try to develop and nurture in our children and in each other. It’s quite simple to thank others for their su... |
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The shipwrecks of HMAS Sydney II and HSK Kormoran and associated debris fields are located 22 kilometres apart, 290 kilometres west south west of Carnarvon, off the coast of Western Australia in 2500 metres of water.
HMAS Sydney II sank after a battle with the German raider HSK Kormoran off the Western Australian coast... |
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Professor Peter Hayes (Northwestern U.) specializes in thehistory of Germany in the 20th century, particularly the Nazi period. He did an admirable speaking job, presenting a dark and serious topic while dealing gracefully with the challenges of a late evening audience digesting its dinner and a very noisy, joyful even... |
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The VLT Active Optics System
Due to the low ratio between their thickness and their diameter, the VLT primary mirrors will be rather flexible and sensitive to various disturbances, requiring permanent control of their optical shape.
Active optics consists in applying controlled forces to the primary mirror and in movin... |
Nathan Adler was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1803. After being educated at Gottingen, Erlangen and Wurzburg, he became chief rabbi of Oldenburg in 1829 and of Hanover in 1830. Adler moved to England and in 1845 was appointed as chief rabbi of the united congregations of the British Empire. In 1855 Adler established th... |
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- foot (n.)
- Old English fot, from Proto-Germanic *fot (cf. Old Saxon fot, Old Norse fotr, Dutch voet, Old High German fuoz, German Fuß, Gothic fotus "foot"), from PIE *ped- (cf. Avestan pad-; Sanskrit pad-, accusative padam "foot;" Greek pos, Attic pous, genitive podos; Latin pes, genitive pedis "foot;" Lithuanian pa... |
It’s What was for Dinner
There are 650 species of river snails in North America which makes this continent the richest in the world for these tiny animals. Many of these are shell dwelling soft bodied gastropods that live in the streams and rivers of the southeastern region of our country. Within this group is a genus ... |
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National Drinking Water Database
Portland Water Bureau - Portland, OR
Serves 539,200 people - Test data available: 2004-2009
This drinking water quality report shows results of tests conducted by the water utility and provided to the Environmental Working Group (EWG) by the Oregon Department of Human Resources. It is p... |
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Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on February 21, 1816. He graduated from Harvard in 1835, studied law there and received his LL.B. degree in 1839. He was admitted to the bar in 1840. He was judge of the court of common pleas in Boston from 1849 to 1855, and associate justice of the State supre... |
After a couple of hours I’d been thoroughly MOT-ed by an ECG heart check, a blood pressure monitor and a breast exam. We discussed my insomnia and investigated both my hearing and cholesterol levels.
My risk of diabetes was rock bottom and my liver seemed to be holding up despite everything I’ve thrown at it over the y... |
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/National Wildlife Federation) - Many children are too busy tweeting to go outside and hear a real tweet. Kids today spend an a... |
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Huldigung translates into English as oath of allegiance. During feudal times when German lords governed over their people in a mixture between arbitrary action and patriarchal hegemony, the oath of alle... |
Most packaged meals and snacks marketed to toddlers have more than the recommended amount of sodium per serving, meaning children as young as 1 are most likely eating far too much salt early in life, according to one of several studies on sodium presented this week.
The studies were presented at the American Heart Asso... |
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2 December 2008, Rome - Ocean warming, frequent tropical cyclones, flash floods and droughts are likely to have a devastating impact on food production systems in Pacific island countries, FAO warned today.
Climate change-related disasters are already imposing serious constraints on development in the islands, which ap... |
Wed December 12, 2012
Scientists Mourn Popular Wolf Shot By A Hunter
Originally published on Wed December 12, 2012 1:34 pm
The most popular wolf in Yellowstone National Park was shot by a hunter last week, a big blow to scientists and many wildlife enthusiasts who loved following her story.
"She was very recognizable, ... |
All systems secure
Kettering researcher develops a new communications architecture and protocol for safety critical systems in automotive applications that will make driving more safe and less costly for car companies.
When you slam on your brakes unexpectedly while driving, do you worry that your car may not stop? Do ... |
I've heard that the "smog" in NYC actually helps plants and vegetables grow better. Is there any truth to this, or is it one of those things New Yorkers say to make themselves feel better, like "We have the best drinking water in the country"?
-Sarah from Astoria, NY
I'm sorry to burst your Big Apple bubble, but this i... |
Is it an allergy?
Drug allergies can be a confusing area for parents because an adverse reaction to a medication does not necessarily mean that the child is allergic to that medicine.
In fact most drug-related symptoms will not be caused by an allergic reaction. Nevertheless, whether it’s an allergic or a non-allergic ... |
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Joint Anglo-American working groups continue to be the focal points for technical exchanges under the 1958 Mutual Defence Agreement for Co-operation on the Uses of Atomic Energy for Defence Purposes.
Radiation simulation and kinetic effects technology Energetic materials Test monitoring Nuclear materials Warhead electr... |
- School Stuff
Christmas is the Christian holiday that celebrates the day when Christ was born. Today, December 25th has taken on a bit of a different spin, with Jolly Ol' St. Nick bringing toys to all the girls and boys of the world on this December holiday.
It takes all kinds of people to make the world go 'round. So... |
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A Brief History
The Bureau’s first field office in Cincinnati opened in 1913 under the leadership of Special Agent in Charge Hinton G. Clabaugh. Over the next several years, as the Bureau’s responsibilities grew, the office investigated everything from interstate prostitution to potential espionage during World War I.
... |
SEATTLE -- A Seattle nuclear watchdog group is accusing the federal government of failing to keep the public informed of radiation from the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
In the days following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the U.S. began monitoring radiation from Japan's leaking nuclear power plants.
Most of the pu... |
Following a major disaster, first responders who provide fire and medical services will not be able to meet the demand for these services. Factors such as number of victims, communication failures and road blockages will prevent people from accessing emergency services they have come to expect at a moment's notice thro... |
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Hyperactivity, also referred to as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD (A-D-H-D), is a condition that occurs when excessive levels of impulsiveness, inattentiveness, and hyperactivity characterize a child's behavior. Although children can be diagnosed as having attention deficit disorder with or without hy... |
Reverse Osmosis, also known as hyper filtration, is the preferred method of seawater and brackish water purification. As the equipment needed to perform reverse osmosis is cost-effective, and the process requires little input energy compared to other methods of purification, reverse osmosis has become the worldwide lea... |
In the late 1940s, Knoxville's black community faced various challenges and experiences. They ranged from a Ku Klux Klan cross-burning on Lay Avenue to student demonstrations at Knoxville College for the firing of a popular professor. There were discussions about closing the Ethel Beck Home for Colored Orphans. And the... |
On This Day - 15 April 1918
Theatre definitions: Western Front comprises the Franco-German-Belgian front and any military action in Great Britain, Switzerland, Scandinavia and Holland. Eastern Front comprises the German-Russian, Austro-Russian and Austro-Romanian fronts. Southern Front comprises the Austro-Italian and ... |
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Future foods: what will we be eating in 20 years’ time?
August 6, 2012
Volatile food prices and a growing population mean we have to rethink what we eat, say food futurologists. So what might we be serving up in 20 years’ time, asks BBC News?
- Insects will become a staple of our diet: a great source of protein, cost l... |
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Fletcher Allen, a Vermont university hospital and medical center, serves all of
Vermont and the northern New York region. Located in Burlington, Fletcher Allen is a regional, academic healthcare center and teaching hospital in alliance with the University of Vermont.
Rectal Prolapse in Children
Rectal prolapse in child... |
Teen Texting Impact
Study finds teens are losing sleep to texting.
When it's lights out for teens their cell phones light up.
They're sending texts when they should be sleeping.
Dr. Peter Polos of JFK Medical Center in New Jersey surveyed 40 kids and teens.
It was a small sample of students, but they revealed late-nigh... |
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Key Ringneck Snake
Scientific name: Diadophis punctatus acricus PAULSON 1966
* Currently accepted name
* scientific names used through time
- Coluber punctatus – LINNAEUS 1766
- Natrix punctatus – MERREM 1820
- Homalosoma punctata – WAGLER 1830
- Calamaria punctata – SCHLEGEL 1837
- Ablabes punctatus – DUMÉRIL, BIBRON ... |
Scientists from Stanford University, the Wildlife Conservation Society, the American Museum of Natural History, and other organizations are closing in on the answer to an important conservation question: how many humpback whales once existed in the North Atlantic?
Building on previous genetic analyses to estimate the p... |
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Queen Katherine Parr's Prayers or meditacions was influenced by Marguerite de Navarre’s Mirror of the Sinful Soul, a text which her stepdaughter, the future Queen Elizabeth I, had presented to her. Katherine was the sixth wife of Henry VIII, highly educated, and served as an intelligent companion to the aging king. Her... |
Options when a disk does not unmount
"Eject Failed" appears when attempting to unmount a drive.
There can be a variety of causes for this behavior. A clue about the origin is in the error message that appears. If the wording is: "The disk could not be unmounted. Make sure that all applications and files are closed on t... |
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Fibrocystic Breast Changes
What are some common fibrocystic breast changes?
Generalized breast lumpiness is known under many different names, such as "fibrocystic disease" and "fibroid breasts." Many of these are misnomers since physicians and researchers now believe that these are just part of the breast changes which... |
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Why we are the Lasers...
From our earliest beginnings in the nineteenth century when the lamp of knowledge was emblazoned on our College seal, to the one hundred and fifty years of Torchlight Parades, light has been a part of Lasell's rich history. It is in this tradition of light, and the pursuit of knowledge and exce... |
By Terry Kovel
Permanent-press fabrics have relieved most households of the need to iron clothing. In past centuries, ironing was an almost daily duty of a woman in the home.
Before about the 10th century, cloth was ironed with smooth wooden or glass pieces and a pounding stick. Heat was not used until the 16th century... |
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