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If your horse keeps his eye closed, it means it hurts. Infections, inflammation and foreign bodies in the eye can all cause him discomfort and an obvious discharge from the eye itself. Don’t ignore it, contact your vet. What to do - Wipe away any discharge you can and keep flies off the eye. You can apply Vaseline arou...
Battling climate change with tried and true methods U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists and their partners are providing guidance to growers in Montana and the Dakotas on how they can use some tried-and-true agricultural practices to reduce their climate change footprint. Upendra Sainju and his colleagues with th...
What You Learned During the 19th century, many game animals were hunted nearly into extinction. Hunting laws were passed to: - Ensure the availability of game for future generations. - Establish hunting seasons to limit harvesting and avoid hunting during nesting and mating seasons. - Limit hunting methods and equipmen...
often called swamp magnolia or white bay, commonly grows on low, or wet lands in the Coastal Plain and less often in the eastern portion of the Piedmont region. It is often the most common tree in bays and wet poccosin. Sweetbay sprouts up quickly after fires, sometimes forming thickets. It often is cultivated as a gar...
standard notion of a hash-function is the one that maps all documents to short "random-looking" outputs. That is, even if two documents differ only in a few bits, a "classical" hash function is geared to output "unrelated" results. In many settings, there is a need for hash-functions which produce "similar" short outpu...
Born October 17, 1813 in the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt, Georg Büchner was educated in a private school and at Darmstadt Gymnasium. His father, a doctor in the service of the Grand Duke, did not approve of Georg's literary endeavors so he encouraged the boy to focus on other, more scientific pursuits. As a young ma...
Campaigners battle to save George Orwell's 'Burmese Days' home from ruin Activists say there is a danger to older buildings as tourism increases in Burma Campaigners in Burma are battling to save a crumbling property that was once home to George Orwell and a place where he drew inspiration for one of his novels. Activi...
April 22nd is the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, which will be celebrated this year, according to the Earth Day Network, by more than a billion people in 190 countries. When Earth Day started in 1970 few people would have expected it to become a globally observed religious holiday with its own ten commandments, includi...
Question? Just ask us! Free Encyclopedia of Building & Environmental Inspection, Testing, Diagnosis, Repair InspectAPedia ® Home STRUCTURAL INSPECTIONS & DEFECTS AGE of a BUILDING - how to determine BRICK FOUNDATIONS & WALLS CHIMNEY INSPECTION DIAGNOSIS REPAIR COLD POUR JOINTS, CONCRETE COLUMNS & POSTS, DEFECTS DISASTE...
After War's Devastation, IOCC |Volume 12, No. 3 Helps Refugees Rebuild Their Lives Amman, Jordan Three years ago, Iman and her family left everything and fled Baghdad's violence for Amman, Jordan. "'You have twelve hours to leave the country,' they told us," recounts Iman, "so we left." But good jobs are in short suppl...
Stage G - Fine Arts—Dance Dance Classroom Assessments Aligned to the Illinois Learning Standards. The assessments are coded according to standard and stage. Example: 1A.G is aligned to standard 1A, stage G (seventh grade). Sample student work, when available, follows the assessment. Assessments are not available for al...
‘Virtuous circles’ can help secure food supplies and address climate change A book published today by IIED and CEESP paints a vivid picture of an alternative future in which food, energy and water supplies are sustainable and in the control of local communities. The book show how the linear systems that shape our world...
Agartala gained prominence when Maharaja Krishna Kishore Manikya shifted his capital from old Agartala to the present site, in 19th century. Agartala can serve as a comfortable base for seeing the rest of scenic Tripura, which has wildlife sanctuaries, rock-cut religious sculptures and fabulous ancient temples, includi...
Max Lilienthal’s Aborted Return In Bruce L. Ruben’s new biography Max Lilienthal: The Making of the American Rabbinate, about one of the pioneers of the American Reform movement, I was surprised to learn that Lilienthal almost made a second trip to Tsarist Russia. In 1881, after the outbreak of epochal pogroms against ...
April 18, 2008 The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory 240-228-7536 or 443-778-7536 Design Begins on Twin Probes that Will Study the Radiation Belts NASA will launch two identical probes into the radiation belts to provide unprecedented insight into the physical dynamics of near-Earth space, where viole...
Reading for Boys It is well documented that boys are generally less inclined to read than girls, preferring more active pleasures such as cycling, kicking a ball and running around for entertainment. For many boys reading is an obstacle to academic success. In addition to the fact that many boys find it harder to learn...
|Mars Climate Orbiter Spacecraft An artist's concept of the Mars Climate Orbiter. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech › Larger view Designed to study Mars from orbit and serve as a communications relay for the Mars Polar Lander and Deep Space probes, the Mars Climate Orbiter was unsuccessful due to a navigation error caused...
The books of Chronicles contain a complete resume of early Jewish history, beginning with the creation of man and ending with the proclamation of Cyrus, King of Persia, permitting his Jewish subjects to rebuild the Second Temple and return to Zion. A careful study shows Chronicles to be one of the most perplexing and d...
Kerala owes its transnational fame to the nearly 300-year-old classical dance form of Kathakali, which combines facets of ballet, opera, masque and pantomime. It is said to have evolved from other performing arts like Kootiyattam and Ramanattam. explicates events and stories from the Indian Epics and 'Puranas', ancient...
TOKYO</p> <p>The past is present everywhere, but Japan is an unusually history-haunted nation. Elsewhere, the Cold War is spoken of in the past tense. Japan, however, lives in a dangerous neighborhood with two communist regimes — truculent China and weird North Korea. For Japan, the fall of the Berlin Wall did not clos...
Jean Vanier on Bullying Jean Vanier has an important message for schools in this month of bullying awareness. Fall 2013 Impact Bulletin The Transformative impact of L’Arche initiatives in secondary schools and Beyond Secondary students in some provinces learn about L’Arche and Jean Vanier in their curriculum. For examp...
Recently released scientific studies by Switzerland's of Pharmacology and Toxicology, conducted in 2001, prove a link between synthetic sunscreens and hormonal disturbances in the body. The chemical compounds in synthetic sunscreens have been found to accumulate in body fats and in breast milk, and, by mimicking the ef...
A new British report finds that as little as two and half hours of walking per week can save lives by lowering stress levels and keeping us healthier and happier. Leading U.K. charity Ramblers and Macmillan Cancer Support released their "Walking Works" report, which claims that tens of thousands of lives could be saved...
In two weeks of practical experiments, Chanute learned more about flying than he did in two decades of theory. Even though Chanute did not attempt to fly himself, several photos exist showing him standing in the correct take-off position: How does it feel to fly? Back in Chicago, results of the New York and Huron Stree...
\x34Historically Yours\x34 by Liz Davis is a blog about American historical trivia--anything American since 1492. March 5, 1868 Impeachment trial for President Andrew Johnson begins In the years following Lincoln's assassination, the conflict between President Andrew Johnson and Congress was great. In a political move ...
The Lunar and Planetary Institute is a research institute that provides support services to NASA and the planetary science community, and conducts planetary science research under the leadership of staff scientists, visiting researchers, and postdoctoral fellows. The Lunar and Planetary Institute was first described by...
Start learning with our library of video tutorials taught by experts. Get started In this course, Trish and Chris Meyer introduce a series of creative tools inside Adobe After Effects. The centerpiece is Paint, where Trish demonstrates how to use the Brush, Eraser, and Clone Stamp tools to draw on a layer, remove porti...
Fruits are high in sugar, everyone knows that. Sugar causes diabetes. So it would make sense that eating a lot of fruit can cause diabetes, right? Wrong. It turns out that, according to new research, eating several helpings of fruit each day may actually help prevent diabetes, with some fruits being better than others....
The current flu epidemic, with the attendant state of medical emergency, reminds us of the critical role of hospitals and staff in protecting public health. News reports describe the overwhelmed hospital resources, from the numbers seeking emergency assistance and the reduced hospital staff, who are themselves sufferin...
You are here: MEDICA Portal. MEDICA Magazine. Archive. Communication. Health Departments Get Mixed Marks Just 8 percent of the counties in Kansas quickly provided information online, © SXC Researchers say the outbreak of the H1N1 flu provided a rare opportunity to evaluate the performance of state and local health depa...
An ectopic pregnancy is when a fertilised egg implants itself outside of the womb, usually in one of the fallopian tubes. This means the egg will not develop into a baby, which can be devastating to the pregnant woman. In a few cases an ectopic pregnancy causes no noticeable symptoms and is only detected during routine...
Today in History: April 8 Works Progress Administration Seabrook Farm, Cannery Workers, Bridgeton, New Jersey, John Collier, photographer, June 1942. Voices from the Thirties American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940 On April 8, 1935, Congress approved the Emergency Relief Approp...
basal forebrain is a term for a group of structures that lie near the bottom of the front of the brain, including the nucleus basalis, diagonal band, medial septum and substantia innominata. These structures are important in the production of a brain chemical called acetylcholine, which is then distributed widely throu...
At the back of his copy of Gärtner's Versuche und Beobachtungen über die Bastarderzeugung im Pflanzenreich (1849) ("Experiments and observations of hybridization in the plant kingdom"), Mendel made a series of annotations about the characteristics of different varieties of plants derived from Gärtner's experiments with...
Schizoaffective disorder is characterized by significant mood symptoms, psychosis, and other symptoms of schizophrenia. It is differentiated from schizophrenia by occurrence of ≥ 1 episodes of depressive or manic symptoms. Schizoaffective disorder is considered when a psychotic patient also demonstrates mood symptoms. ...
Polarized Light Microscopy Compensators and Retardation Plates Polarized light microscopy is a valuable tool for revealing the presence and nature of submicroscopic structural motifs in a wide variety of materials ranging from mineral thin sections to fibers and biological specimens. In many cases, molecular ordering i...
E T H I C S Principles for the Conduct of Research in the Arctic The following principles have been formulated to provide guidance for researchers in the physical, biological and social sciences and the humanities. These principles are to be observed when carrying out or sponsoring research or when applying the results...
A hotel room's dirtiest item? Bacteria samples reveal the ugly truth Hotels are prone to cross-contamination as workers use the same cleaning equipment from room to room, quickly spreading bacteria. Sun, Jun 17 2012 at 6:40 PM Want to stay away from germs during your next hotel stay? Then don’t turn on the TV or lights...
(i) Experiments and prototypes, c. 1650–c. 1760 The first known resin-ground aquatints were made by Jan van de Velde IV (1610–86) in the Netherlands in the 1650s, at the same time as Ludwig von Siegen was developing another tonal intaglio process, the mezzotint. The process, however, did not catch on, and these isolate...
While patterns are found, the mystery of why autism occurs remains a mystery. The clusters, says the research, are mainly in affluent areas where the demographic consists of a high concentration of mostly white, educated parents. It's all part of an ongoing investigation to find out why cases of autism appear to centra...
Tongue-in-cheek humor and whimsical illustrations let children see composers as real people. Each book traces the life of a composer, with entertaining childhood anecdotes. The series spans over two hundred years of music history, from Mozart and Beethoven to Gershwin and the Beatles. Of course, listening to the music ...
This year Jewish Americans will participate in an extraordinary Hanukkah celebration—they will light the first menorah candle on the evening before Thanksgiving. This has never happened before, but we came very close to it in 1888. Then, the first Hanukkah light and Thanksgiving occurred on the same day. That year, the...
Principals discuss the conditions of their school buildings in a new report by the Ed Department’s National Center for Education Statistics. The report looks at nine environmental factors in school buildings (including physical condition, air quality, air conditioning, and lighting) and the extent to which principals b...
ENI Renewable Energy Prize 2012 for Albert Polman and Harry Atwater Wednesday, 23 May 2012 15:44 The prestigious ENI Renewable and Non-conventional Energy Prize 2012 has been awarded jointly to AMOLF director and NanoNextNL board member Albert Polman and Harry Atwater of the California Institute of Technology for their...
Self-reporting of outcomes can introduce reporting bias. Reporting bias, which occurs when the group being studied reports more frequently what it remembers than a comparison group, can potentially lead to an overestimation of the incidence or prevalence of symptoms or diagnoses in the exposed populations. Self-reporti...
BOX 3.3 Elements of Institutional Policies Related to Hoods may require 8 linear feet of working space to contain equipment and other experimental apparatus. The density of hood use in synthetic laboratories could approach a single hood that provides 6 to 8 linear feet of working space at the face of the hood for every...
Spaceflight History: Early Space Suits Produced by FootageVault, using original NASA video, these clips show developments in early space suit design. The clips show how suits were tested for mobility and shows details of the joints that needed to be both flexible and airtight. They can be used to illustrate how enginee...
Three Chinese astronauts manually docked their space capsule at an orbiting module Sunday (June 24), a major first for China's space program and the country's plans to build a large space station. The astronauts docked their Shenzhou 9 spacecraft with the unmanned Tiangong 1 module 213 miles (343 kilometers) above Eart...
Tom Smith proposes a method of integrating the speedometer output to calculate the position of trains (Letters, 6 January). It is already established practice to count "wheel pulses", as they are known, which amounts to the same thing. But there are two reasons why global positioning system (GPS) receivers are superior...
NIH Research Matters November 9, 2009 Catching Flu’s Drift Influenza viruses evade the immune system by constantly changing the shape of their hemagglutinin protein, the protein that lets them attach to cells in the respiratory tract. This shape shifting, called antigenic drift, is why flu vaccines need to be reformula...
Toxic industrial releases into New Jersey’s land, air and water have decreased by 14 percent, according to a report released today by the Environmental Protection Agency. The industrial toxics emitted in the Garden State decreased from 16.4 million pounds in 2010 to 14.1 million pounds in 2011, according to the EPA’s t...
Children on widely used psychiatric drugs can quickly gain an alarming amount of weight; many pack on nearly 20 pounds and become obese within just 11 weeks, a study found. Weight gain is a known possible side effect of the anti-psychotic drugs which are prescribed for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, but also incre...
If you have to be hospitalized chances are reasonably high that at least one tube will soon be sticking out of your body. We’re thinking, “Does it have the right stuff in it?” “Is it the right strength?” “The right flow rate?” Few of us probably fret about whether the appropriate tube was being threaded into the right ...
Nauset Bike Trail partial closure in effect The Nauset Bike Trail between Salt Pond Visitor Center and Tomahawk Trail will be closed from October 30 to mid-December for rehabilitation. No bike or pedestrian access will be allowed during this time. Access at seashore locations The Nauset Marsh Trail bridge was destroyed...
Threats to Wildlife There are few places left on the planet where the impact of people has not been felt. We have explored and left our footprint on nearly every corner of the globe. As our population and needs grow, we are leaving less and less room for wildlife. Wildlife are under threat from many different kinds of ...
Search Health Information Cervicitis is swelling (inflammation) of the end of the uterus (cervix ). Cervical inflammation; Inflammation - cervix Causes, incidence, and risk factors: Cervicitis is most often caused by an infection, usually caught during sexual activity. Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) that can caus...
The population of England and Wales was estimated to be 56,567,800 in mid-2012, nearly 400,000 more than the mid-2011 estimate. The population increase in the year to 30 June 2012 was caused by there being 239,100 more births than deaths (accounting for 60% of the increase) and 155,500 more international migrants arriv...
Since tomatoes are America's favorite garden vegetable, it's no surprise that there are hundreds of varieties to choose from. Home garden tomatoes range from bite-size currant, cherry, and grape tomatoes to huge beefsteak fruits, in nearly every color except blue. You can grow tomatoe varieties that produce fruit extra...
superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome in the news - SCDS patient stories definition of SCDS Lloyd Minor, MD, was the first to describe this syndrome in 1998. It usually affects men more commonly than women in their 30s to 40s. Patients often complain of dizziness and vertigo usually triggered by straining, he...
Museum History of Science The Museum of the History of Science is home to an amazing collection of early scientific instruments and artefacts. The museum is both a department of the University of Oxford and an active public museum, offering a programme of family-friendly events and gallery tours. One of the museum’s st...
(1560-circa 1585), Scottish adventurer; known as the Admirable Crichton. Crichton was an accomplished swordsman, poet, and scholar. He served in the French army and made a considerable impression on French and Italian universities with his skills as a polyglot orator. Crichton, James in other Oxford dictionaries Defini...
Hansard is the record of parliamentary debates. The term Hansard is also used to refer to the unit of the Department of Parliamentary Services that publishes the printed record. Hansard's primary role is to accurately and promptly report the proceedings of the Parliament, the parliamentary committees and other forums. ...
World Health Organization Definition of "Radiologically Confirmed Pneumonia" May Under-estimate the True Public Health Value of Conjugate Pneumococcal Vaccines The public health benefit of conjugate pneumococcal vaccine (PCV) in preventing pneumonia would only be appreciated if the tool used for measuring “pneumococcal...
Grand Coulee Dam It would be the "Biggest Thing on Earth," the salvation of the common man, a dam and irrigation project that would make the desert bloom, a source of cheap power that would boost an entire region of the country. Of the many public works projects of the New Deal, Grand Coulee Dam loomed largest in Ameri...
More than half of all adult cell owners now use their phones to go online as of April 2012. Our definition of a “cell internet user” includes anyone who uses the internet or email on their cell phone, and 55% of all adult cell phone owners use their phones for one or both of these reasons. Because 88% of U.S. adults no...
Most U.S. Babies Are Now Breast-Fed, CDC Says WEDNESDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) -- The number of American babies who are breast-fed continues to rise, according to a new U.S. government report. Between 2000 and 2010, the number of babies who were breast-feeding at six months rose from 35 percent to 49 percent and the...
Amenorrhea is a menstrual condition in which a woman's menstrual periods are absent for more than three monthly cycles. Pregnancy is one possible cause of amenorrhea. - Anatomy of Female Pelvic Area The female pelvic area contains a number of organs and structures: the endometrium, uterus, ovaries, cervix, vagina, and ...
Older people could benefit mentally from taking gentle exercise, it has been suggested. A recent study by researchers at Pittsburgh University has revealed that older people who walk more are less likely to develop dementia and other forms of mental decline. The project looked at people who walked between six and nine ...
Culture and Urban Mental Health Culture and Urban Mental Health Urbanization is probably the world's single most important demographic shift over the past century. In the early nineteenth century a mere 5% of the world's population was urban. In 1996, 46% of the world's population lived in urban areas. It is expected t...
Routledge Library Editions: Charles Dickens 10 volumes Routledge – 2009 – 2,302 pages This small collection of books originally published over sixty years brings back into print some valuable works. As well as examining the art of Dickens’ writing, the emphasis is on the social and political background of his times and...
The Pekingese, at first glance, does not seem substantial because of its compact size but when you pick it up, you will discover this dog is no a delicate flower. This stocky dog is solid with a sturdily built frame readily apparent in its broad chest, somewhat atypical for a toy dog breed. The body of the Pekingese na...
Bridges also known as Hashiwokakero is a logic puzzle with simple rules and challenging solutions. The rules are simple. Bridges is played on a rectangular grid with no standard size. Some cells start out with numbers from 1 to 8 inclusive; these are the islands. The rest of the cells are empty. The goal is to connect ...
- THE MAGAZINE - WEB EXCLUSIVES Strobe illumination, as applied to machine vision and originally borrowed from portrait photography, has evolved to include high-speed object inspection, often timed to an external event. Here we will compare and contrast continuous-on lighting vs. two strobing techniques for machine vis...
Various sites also give a variety of more esoteric polyforms. Use the links below to find them. Jacques Ferroul has produced a number of other poyforrm sets. These are described on his site. Various different types of polyforms have been suggested and studied and a variety of these is discussed in this page. Because, i...
Plume from Soufriere Hills Volcano May 14, 2013 The Soufriere Hills Volcano on the Caribbean island of Montserrat continued releasing ash and steam in mid-December 2008. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of the area on December 13, 2008. In this image...
Does Chocolate Hold the Key to Curing HPV? Indulgent chocolate treats may be the best-known and most widely appreciated product of the cacao tree, but new scientific research from New York Based Cacao Biotechnologies is uncovering potential new applications for the antioxidant-rich beans which could spur an innovative ...
The Battle of Monte Cassino (also known as the Battle for Rome and the Battle for Cassino) was a costly series of four battles during World War II, fought by the Allies with the intention of breaking through the Winter Line and seizing Rome. In the beginning of 1944, the western half of the Gustav Line was being anchor...
8 comment(s) – last by knutjb.. on Jun 21 at 1:12 AM While 80 percent may be a tough goal, the study mentioned that renewables could fully supply 50 percent of electricity in 2050 A new study shows that renewable energy sources could “adequately” power 80 percent of the United States’ electricity demand in 2050. The De...
Archaeologists from the Hebrew University and the Israel Antiquities Authority claim to have discovered a royal residence of the legendary King David. Yesterday, the archaeologists announced that they have unearthed two ancient large buildings – a palace, and a structure that served as an enormous royal storeroom – at ...
Jan. 13, 2011 Living a traumatic experience favors the persistence of fear associated with an aversive stimulus, known as fear conditioning. Scientists in the US and Spain have now found that such effect, in mice, can be suppressed with a single dose of 7,8-Dihydroxyflavone, a type of flavonoid which boosts the ability...
Linen skull cap printed with religious pictures, Tyrol, Austria, 1860-1920 Placed on the head of a child, this linen skull cap was believed to cure convulsions caused, perhaps, by epilepsy. The printed illustrations show Mary and Jesus being visited by the Magi (Three Wise Men), St Valentine in a glass tomb and a monk ...
Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682-1771) Italian physician Giovanni Battista Morgagni pioneered pathological anatomy. He kept a medical diary of his studies and observations as a student at the University of Bologna. He later expanded this method into compilations of his cases. Morgagni became Professor of Anatomy at the...
Indian food terms Given below are some food items with a native touch, but common to India. Also find some item names that arecalled differently. Alu PotatoAtta FlourBadusha A sweet made of refined flour, fried in ghee and dipped in sugar syrupBathura A moon shaped fried snack made of wheat flour and fried in oil to pu...
It's snowing on Mars and winter is icumen in - to misquote the Middle English paean to springtime. Scientists studying the coded signals from the lander Phoenix on the planet's arctic surface detected the snow falling lightly from clouds drifting across the sky some 2 1/2 miles above the spacecraft, said James Whiteway...
Cell phone radiation is trending on the heels of a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association . Researchers found a 7 percent energy increase in brain tissue closest to the cell phone's antenna when subjects used a phone for 50 minutes. While that's several times less activity than visual brain region...
Crisis of the New Majority: Low-Income Students in the South's Public Schools Steve Suitts, of the Southern Education Foundation, discusses how low-income households impact public education in the U.S. South. For the first time in over forty years, low-income children constitute a majority of public school students in ...
Note: This message is displayed if (1) your browser is not standards-compliant or (2) you have you disabled CSS. Read our Policies for more information. Lexington First County Seat - Scott County, Indiana View the annotated text for this marker. Historical Marker Text: Scott County formed by Indiana General Assembly 18...
Upshur County, West Virginia Facts Upshur County was established on March 26, 1851 from parts of Barbour County, Lewis County and Randolph County. The county was named in honor of Abel Parker Upshur (1790-1843), U.S. Secretary of the Navy and U.S. Secretary of State. The County Seat is located in Buckhannon and the cou...
Creating Liquid Effects Using nParticles Maya’s nParticles software allows users to give their objects properties that appear as if they are flowing like liquids. This includes giving the effect of running water, flowing lava and the like. As long as someone has some skills with this software, it should be fairly easy ...
One of Stonewall's key priorities is to promote fair coverage of lesbian, gay and bisexual people in the print and broadcast media – so that gay people are visible, portrayed realistically and discussed sensitively. The media is an extremely powerful tool - television, radio, newspapers, magazines and advertising have ...
Power of attorney Power of attorney, also known as durable medical power of attorney, is a legal mechanism that empowers a designated person to make medical decisions for a patient should the patient be unable to make the decisions due to incapacitation. Power of attorney assures that a patient's wishes are acknowledge...
Many environmentalists are protesting the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline because it would help facilitate the delivery of oil from Canada’s oil sands and, they argue, increase carbon dioxide emissions. They may have more reason to worry about what’s happening in Alaska. The state’s Department of Natural Resources is tea...
Summary: African American Music for Everyone allows for a superb comprehension of African American music without prior musical training, and yet stimulates the thoughts of trained musicians as well. The text is divided into three parts: - (1) General Characteristics' entails an overview of vocal, instrumental, lyrical ...
Although its many critics point to its somewhat rocky start, the National Broadband Network is underway. Opponents cry out that governments should leave such ambitious infrastructure projects to the private sector. The plan to make a broadband network linked by fibre optic cable – not old technology copper – reaching a...
There is no doubt that foaling is an exciting time, but one that is wrought with potential problems. One of the most important complications in neonatal foals is failure of passive transfer: the inadequate absorption of antibodies from the mare’s colostrum. Approximately 10-25 percent of newborn foals are diagnosed wit...
In this month's issue of The Lancet Infectious Diseases we publish the International Standards for Tuberculosis Care. When national tuberculosis control programmes and individual clinicians apply these standards correctly, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and—the recently defined—extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberc...
The Apocalypse, or Book of Revelation, is not only the last Book of the New Testament, but its most difficult, puzzling, and terrifying. It provided challenges to medieval illustrators and was the source for a number of popular images, such as Christ in Majesty, the Adoration of the Lamb, and the Madonna of the Apocaly...
ESO says dwarf planet Makemake lacks atmosphere First look at Kuiper Belt object also reveals no shroud of gases Makemake, one of the solar system’s five dwarf planets, has been found to have no atmosphere. The tiny ball of rock is just two-thirds the size of Pluto and orbits even farther out in the Kuiper Belt. Scient...
Mold toxins, e.g. Trichothecens Mycotoxins, in buildings damaged by moisture are considerably more prevalent than was previously thought, according to new international research. Washington DC -- Mycotoxins are chemical substance produced by the fungal metabolic process. As a matter of fact, these compounds are the sec...
Bessie Coleman was born into poverty and picked cotton to help support her family. As WWI ended, her dream was to fly, but every flying school turned her down because of her gender and race. African-Americans have contributed to American society in every walk of life, and one purpose of Black History Month is to call a...