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Words of wisdom
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Name: Howard C. Nusbaum Title: Chair, Department of Psychology; Codirector (with John Cacioppo) of the Defining Wisdom Project, which funds 23 researchers working “to stimulate new distinctive and scholarly contributions to wisdom research and to foster interdisciplinary colla... | 1.71608 | 1,019 | 1,016 |
Yesterday I talked about the container garden I created in my front yard, using many of the "left over" plants that have been cluttering up the driveway. I actually did that project in two parts: I spent Saturday potting everything up, then Sunday morning (before it got too hot) I moved the pots into their final positi... | 1.795378 | 1,013 | 1,011 |
Is it true that you shouldn’t drink while on antibiotics? -- asks Anonymous from New York, NY
First, it must be said that mixing alcohol and prescription drugs can be VERY DANGEROUS. Please consult your doctor if you have any real concerns about drinking while on any medication.
That being said, those who enjoy bellyin... | 1.782359 | 1,007 | 1,005 |
Today is Thursday, and that means it is time to clean your home — not the deep cleaning you instantly dread, but putting away and throwing away clutter.
Pests need three things to survive: food, water, and a place to live. If you can control access to food around the home and eliminate standing water, all you need to d... | 1.64732 | 1,003 | 1,000 |
A four-year-old girl sits at a table in a featureless room. A friendly researcher places a marshmallow in front of her and tells her that if she can resist eating it for 15 minutes, he will be back with another one and she can then eat both. He leaves, and what she does next will predict her success and mental health f... | 1.240725 | 1,015 | 1,013 |
Farming in cities and towns is not a new idea – urban agriculture has been around for centuries (at least). What’s new about it today are the options available to urban farmers and the types of ways that literally anyone, no matter their home’s type or size, can grow food for themselves.
Backyard Permaculture
Especiall... | 1.651207 | 1,017 | 1,015 |
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a term that has rapidly become popular in the business world. It is because of the fact that over 80% of the market share search through Google, Yahoo, and other search engines in search of services, products, and their other needs before they search through anywhere else. This has r... | 1.561807 | 1,011 | 1,009 |
While traditional media currently dominate the local ad market, a steady shift to digital will continue over the next five years.
So the key to revenue growth is selling more web space, right? Before getting too excited, let’s look at how well the strategy has worked for newspaper.
Last year, newspaper print revenue dr... | 1.720422 | 958 | 956 |
By Shanaz Musafer
Business reporter, BBC News
Sir Richard says an oil crunch can be avoided if action is taken now
Business leaders, including Sir Richard Branson, have criticised ministers for not doing enough to avoid a potential oil crunch and are calling on the next government to take action.
"Governments need to u... | 1.445625 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
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If you’re involved in marketing, it’s no secret that change is everywhere. Technology has had a profound impact on all aspects of human behavior personally and professionally. The media we consume, how we consume it, and how we interact with brands – not to mention each other – has changed. The emergence of digital has... | 2.02932 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
– Shell (NYSE: RDS.A) (NYSE: RDS.B) today said it was entering a new period of growth, and outlined plans to sharpen up performance and reduce costs.
– Upstream production is expected to reach 3.5 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (mboe/d) in 2012, an increase of 11% from 2009.
– In addition, the company is ass... | 1.48762 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
reserves
additions of 3.4 billion boe in 2009. With 2009 production of 1.2
billion boe, this resulted in a Reserve Replacement Ratio of 288%, and
a total proved reserves to production ratio of ~12 years.
MATURING NEXT GENERATION PROJECT OPTIONS
- Shell has built up a substantial portfolio of options for the next wave
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The Kenai Peninsula Tourism Marketing Council, a non-departmental entity of the Kenai Peninsula Borough, has not complied with the terms of its contract. Until the council comes into compliance, borough Mayor Dave Carey said he will withhold a $300,000 grant.
The marketing group appears to be on track to provide the ne... | 1.485149 | 1,024 | 1,022 |
Office of the Attorney General
The Honorable Joe Christie
Opinion No. H-923
Re: Required presence of attendants at self-service gasoline stations.
Dear Chairman Christie:
You have requested our opinion regarding whether article 9201, V.T.C.S., requires the presence of attendants at self-service gasoline stations.
Attic... | 1.196908 | 1,011 | 1,009 |
Not Charged Up About GM's Electric Car
By Scott Reeves Sep 18, 2008 10:00 am
Chevy Volt just lacks juice. General Motors'(GM) prototype Volt underscores the basic problem automakers have in developing new electric technology: The car is designed to run just 40 miles between charges of its lithium-ion battery pack.
That... | 1.29596 | 1,005 | 1,003 |
Last week, we looked at Stress Free Ways To Get More Done. Evidently, that idea resonated with quite a few people. Part of the problem has to do with having multiple, competing priorities that all seem to be screaming at you for attention.
In February, I offered a few thoughts about how to keep track of all those incom... | 1.465547 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
a real world list of all the things that have your attention, and get them into some kind of reliable system that will enable you to keep track of all your projects, goals, commitments, to do's, and next actions. (Cautionary note: if you haven't already compiled your "Incompletion Trigger List" then I strongly suggest... | 1.770579 | 972 | 970 |
Thank you for the comment NG. I'll try to address some points.
"I am not an employer in Oman. I have no expertise or ambition to be an employment lawyer and the following comments are based on unease with the tendency to ignore a complex employment setting in pursuit of a PC cry of “free the workers!”
UD: Totally agree... | 2.393148 | 1,014 | 1,012 |
According to on-the-water observations by a multitude of
commercial and recreational fishermen, there are so many spiny
dogfish (
Besides interfering with commercial and recreational fisheries, these small sharks – which are notorious for their voracious feeding habits – are efficient predators, both of more valuable f... | 1.676775 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
50 million pounds were landed.
You've already read about the impacts of spiny dogfish on recreational and commercial fishermen - though much of it has been dismissed as "anecdotal information" by the fisheries management establishment. What of their effects on other fish stocks?
Not too surprisingly for anyone with a ... | 1.605167 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
they're undoubtedly eating large - and increasing - amounts of much more valuable species as well as the food those species depend upon. It seems like the only logical solution to an obvious problem - unless we're willing to allow our waters to remain dominated by low-valued species - would be to increase the harvesti... | 1.715248 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
haddock and the various flounders can return several dollars a pound to the fishermen that land them, and they provide sport _ and table fare _ to millions of sportsfishermen. Restored groundfish and other stocks would pump additional hundreds of millions of dollars into the coastal economies of the Mid-Atlantic and N... | 1.726195 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Politicoasked what were the big mistakes of the campaign, I wrote:
Both campaigns appear to have made effective use of "big data" analytics, computational tools and capabilities that are having a profound effect on modern life. Both campaigns excelled at raising money. But, as the old adage goes, no matter what the mar... | 1.898067 | 1,020 | 1,018 |
Opium cultivation in Burma has increased for the sixth year running according to the United Nations office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), despite assurances from the
Burmese government that poppy growing would be wiped out by 2014. Already the second-largest producer of opium after Afghanistan, Burma is now responsible fo... | 1.843008 | 979 | 977 |
U.S. stays out of Argentina pari passu case at SCOTUS – for now
France, Brazil and Mexico told the U.S. Supreme Court this week that the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has endangered sovereign debt markets with its ruling last year against the Republic of Argentina. In amicus briefs supporting Argentina’s petition for Su... | 1.3147 | 1,021 | 1,019 |
The first pieces of writing of the year are always about predictions, resolutions, hot trends, and diets. I'll be honest: writing about what's hip in food for a particular year is usually an unpleasant and forced activity for me. This year, I actually came up with something to say in an organic way. It's not a predicti... | 1.850927 | 989 | 987 |
by Kirby Lindsay Laney, posted 10 August 2016
On the outside, Patrick Place Apartments resembles every other multi-residential structure around our neighborhood. This 71-unit building provides housing for adults who go to work, school and play, just like the others in Fremont.
Patrick Place is also a place where people... | 1.900666 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
H.R. 6621, officially titled
An Act To correct and improve certain provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act and title 35, United States Code was signed into law by President Obama on January 14, 2013 and, for the most part, the provisions of the law are now effective.
Here is the official summary:
Amends the L... | 1.441027 | 1,018 | 1,016 |
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease. It causes joint problems, such as:
pain swelling stiffness loss of function
According to Mayo Clinic, joint damage from RA is usually symmetrical. If a joint is affected on one side of the body, the same joint on the other side will probably be affected as well. This ... | 1.179556 | 1,023 | 1,021 |
FEBRUARY 20, 2013 — Singapore headquartered Swiber Holdings Limited says it is the first company to utilize the floatover method for offshore field development in India.
The group used its derrick pipelay barge Swiber PJW3000 along with the two floatover barges Holmen Atlantic and Holmen Pacific, supported by several o... | 1.678419 | 995 | 993 |
Inspired By Israeli Air Force Simulators, Former Pilots Develop 3D Brain Simulator for Surgeons
For decades, pilots have practiced for combat missions using flight simulators. Now, brain surgeons are adopting a similar ritual, using flight simulation technology during both rehearsal for and practice of complex microsur... | 1.759477 | 932 | 931 |
Bioweapons: ICRC urges stronger controls 15-11-2002 News Release 02/65
Geneva (ICRC) - The Fifth Review Conference of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC) ended in Geneva this week with a plan containing modest commitments by States to meet at regular intervals over the next four years.
While welcoming the... | 1.761176 | 929 | 927 |
What if guns went away? What if I suddenly became younger, slimmer, and grew some hair? What if my wife told me that she was going to get two extra jobs just so I could buy extra guns? None of its ever going to happen.
This is a discussion on
What if drugs went away? within the Law Enforcement, Military & Homeland Secu... | 2.076945 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
In 20 Things Good Managers Know About Innovation, number 18 is “Failing is good – try to fail as small as possible, and make sure you learn from it.”
One of the responses to that post said “Have never believed failing is good [see item 18]. Try telling that to the families of trainee pilots!!”
I get this a lot, and it ... | 1.789135 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
The most important and most influential of thepolitical theorists of the Cromwellian period was James Harrington. ThomasHobbes was a great man and could, as Harrington said, "make you a king bygeometry," but the deductive method of argument was better adapted to displaythe author's acumen than to persuade the reader. H... | 1.624 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
8, Several Politic and Military Observations, which alsoargued for two of Harrington's favorite devices — a Senate to propose lawsand rotation in office — supplied a reading of history much likeHarrington's. Henry VII, distrusting the nobility, "began in his days to givethe swing of the balance unto the English yeomanr... | 2.043339 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
reply to Harrington published in 1659, reversed the relationbetween politics and economics. Dominion in land was a mere effect of empire,not the cause. Moreover, money was important as well as land, but the power ofmoney was dependent upon the support of the sovereign, for without such supportriches were defenseless, ... | 1.870742 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
ity Aristotle hadadvocated — "the empire of laws and not of men."
Implicit in the scheme was the idea of balance, but it was not thebalance of social classes. The Oceana allowed every man not a servant tovote for the deputies who choose the members of both houses. It was true thatall the Senators and three-sevenths of ... | 1.833541 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
babies, would be pleased with this rattle, ofchoosing; when it is evident that it must be Hobson's choice, this or none; andas I have been cheated myself as a boy, and thought it privilege enough tochoose, the wags have cut the greatest piece of an apple, and offered me theremainder, and bid me take that or choose. ..... | 1.783809 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
If you want to turn someone into a figure of fun, get them to INSIST that something that obviously is true, “ain’t so.” That’s what some genius did to the neo-Darwinists, getting them to INSIST that living creatures aren’t intelligently designed.
(PRWEB) August 16, 2012
When evolutionists say living creatures aren't in... | 1.84106 | 915 | 913 |
We hope you will find the content both relevant and informative. Check the website often to see what our views and opinions are on the major policing issues affecting the City of Vancouver and our citizens. Through our affiliations with the British Columbia Police Association (BCPA) and the Canadian Police Association ... | 1.781029 | 997 | 995 |
The presentations by Greg Keighery and Val English from DPaW at the 2014 UBC AGM on the topic of "Our Precious Banksia Woodlands" are now available from the UBC website.
The talks covered the distribution and diversity of Banksia woodlands from general structural maps to floristic variation, and then lead into discussi... | 1.619945 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
This past week I have been having pangs of missing blogging. I haven’t really taken the time to do anything about it, but note the tug and think something tugging that strongly probably deserves a bit of attention in my life, especially since at this point, with the new part time job, my life is well set up to add blog... | 1.974682 | 1,016 | 1,014 |
As per
Ameren Corporation (NYSE:AEE) statement on 2016-08-12, it will disburse $0.425 per share in dividend. Its record date is 2016-09-08, the payout date is 2016-09-30 and the ex-dividend date is 2016-09-06.
Investors often immensely underestimate or overall overlook the significance of dividends to positive stock ma... | 1.787075 | 1,008 | 1,005 |
Strategic Planning and Shared Direction: More Important Than Ever in Higher EdStanley Wearden | Provost and Senior Vice President, Columbia College-Chicago
Strategic planning is nothing new in higher education, but it has never been more important. Developed properly, it is a powerful tool for focusing the energies of ... | 1.664389 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
plan.
4.
Deep and wide engagement in implementation
Once the final strategic plan was developed and approved by the Board of Trustees in May 2015, it was important that we immediately began implementation. This is the step where many strategic plans fail and which can foster cynicism about the process. To ensure that ... | 1.7479 | 1,021 | 1,018 |
Hit and Run Charge? Defend Your Rights
Being involved in an auto accident can be extremely stressful. With damage to your vehicle and possibly even injuries, the last thing you want to deal with is a criminal charge. If you are facing
hit and run charges in New York State for leaving the scene of an accident, you need ... | 1.456392 | 991 | 989 |
Just in time for Halloween! Does any one know the name of the very large ship that was turning around in the harbor yesterday morning? Does any one know the name of the very large ship that was turning around in the harbor yesterday morning?
I’m sure you have read about the Lyubov Orlova, which over a year ago was aban... | 1.701536 | 1,024 | 1,021 |
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Executive Summary
This report aims at the business analysis of Emaar Properties which is one of the largest builders in the world based on supply / demand principles that affects price which subsequ... | 2.031922 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
media) to the customer then he / she must pay the credit in a given time frame.
A company may also increase income from other sources of its investments which also forms part of the assets of the company all these are put together in this category
This can be done automatically for large organization by use of advance... | 2.146788 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
These are helpful when a company needs amounts of money for its projects. These securities serve as a guarantee to the banks which keep them assured that they will be able to recover their money if the company is not able to pay it back.
Securities may include stock or mutual funds, bonds issued by corporations or gove... | 2.027852 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
sold many of its current buildings to clear the high securities piling up. Decrement in this could be very dangerous for a startup company, but for an old player like Emaar Properties it is no big deal. They could easily create many much properties and plants as they need due to a very large amount of liquid cash they... | 2.252189 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
The privacy rules under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) set forth requirements with respect to the use and disclosure of protected health information as well as provide patients and research subjects with certain rights related to their protected health information. Annual HIPAA ... | 1.427865 | 1,017 | 1,014 |
Caparo v Dickman (1990) HL
Duties Owed to Others
Facts
Dickman (D) auditors of company accounts. Caparo (C) bought shares
and then discovered that the accounts did not show the company had
been making a loss. C alleged that in negligence a duty was owed to
Caparo.
The Decision
Approving a dictum of the High Court of Au... | 1.479646 | 970 | 967 |
More Women in the Workforce Could Raise GDP by 5%
Nearly one billion women are poised to enter the global economy in the coming decade. That's a hard fact. The question is whether theirs will be a story of economic empowerment or missed potential. A new study from Booz & Co., "Empowering the Third Billion: Women and th... | 1.592039 | 1,007 | 1,006 |
RICHLAND – Federal contractors that were heavily fined for environmental and safety violations at the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site will receive much of the $2 billion in economic stimulus money the government is spending on cleanup there.
Two contractors receiving much of the money – Washington Closure Hanfo... | 1.586883 | 996 | 994 |
September 15 is the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows.
About this day, Abbot Prosper Guéranger comments how Our Lady, whom God predestined to be the Mother of His Son, was united in her person to the life, mysteries and suffering of Jesus, so that she might be a faithful cooperator in the work of Redemption.
He notes that G... | 1.873999 | 998 | 996 |
Nevada Medicare open enrollment started on October 15
th and ends on December 7 th. Medicare is health insurance for people 65 or older, people under 65 with certain disabilities, and people of any age with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). ESRD is permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a kidney transplant.
“Neva... | 1.254237 | 1,023 | 1,021 |
Posts tagged “energy storage”
Every morning after I wake up, I have a routine. The first thing I do, regardless of how sleepy I might still be, is slip on my shoes and run a mile. This erases the fog of sleep and gets me ready for the day. As an aside, I can highly recommend a quick run in the morning for just about ev... | 1.676288 | 1,008 | 1,006 |
Girl About Campus: a commuter’s life for me
February 5, 2013
Filed under Opinion Hang on for a minute...we're trying to find some more stories you might like. Email This Story Helen Dauka
The convenience of having a car on campus is undeniable, but I can’t always say the same for my class schedule. Sometimes I’ll be sp... | 1.680708 | 983 | 981 |
New Zealand sourced liquid Bee Propolis - alcohol free and water soluble. Nature’s antibiotic
New Zealand propolis is extremely high in the important dihydroflavonoids pinobanksin and pinocembrin, making up 70% of the flavonoid content, compared to levels of less than 10% in propolis from Brazil, Uruguay and China.
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I've just got back from seeing The
Hobbit. It's got a different feel to Lord of the Rings, more light and playful, but there's a familiar subtext. In the Lord of the Rings, the story begins with rivalries between the Elves, Men, and Dwarves. As events unfold, and the groups realize that they face common threats, they p... | 1.791357 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
I'm trying to find out if a chin implant would improve my side and front profile? I have attached two photos - one normal shot, and one edited chin (what I potentially would like). Would this be possible? Does my normal chin lack character, and does my nose also need shaping? Thanks
Will a Chin Implant Improve my Profi... | 1.511172 | 1,018 | 1,016 |
De-Identification - a critical debate Mo Data stashed this in Cyber Security and De-Identification Ann Cavoukian and Dan Castro recently published a report titled Big Data and Innovation, Setting the Record Straight: De-Identification Does Work. Arvind Narayanan and Edward Felten wrote a critique of this report, which ... | 1.539499 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
drug will cure every other person—that would be nonsense. An effect on an individual patient is just that—an effect on an individual person. As another analogy, an individual being hit by lightning does not mean that everyone else in the same city is going to be hit by lightning. Basically, demonstrating an effect on ... | 1.764177 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
data. That would not make sense – we make risk-based decisions in our personal and business lives every day. Asking for consent or authorization for all data sharing is not practical, and consent introduces bias in the data because specific groups will not provide consent [9], [10]. For the data science community, the... | 1.392492 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
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Amistad Houston empowers community to raise awareness, fight against human trafficking
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What is Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel (ULSD) fuel? In a nutshell, it's cleaner diesel. Ultra low sulphur diesel fuel has been refined so that its sulphur content is 15 parts per million (ppm) or less. This is 97 percent cleaner than the standard highway-use diesel fuel sold in the US, which contains an average of 500 ppm of... | 1.611619 | 1,005 | 1,003 |
1- Biology: A- Definition:
Massive proteinuria>
50 mg / kg / day (40 mg / m² / h); clear
Hypoproteinemia and hypoalbuminemia (<30 g / L)
Hyperlipidemia and hypercholesterolemia
B- Protein:
α2-globulins still high (-> 30% plasma protein)
Gamma globulins are low
High coagulation factors
Reduce protein vector => anemia (d... | 1.767708 | 1,018 | 1,016 |
At this time last year, Jon Heavey SOM ’11 was working as a battalion surgeon in Khadamiyah, a neighborhood in Baghdad. Heavey described the job as partly routine, mixed with “waves of mass causality.”
Heavey, who is still on active duty, is now a student at the MBA for Executives program at the Yale School of Manageme... | 1.388741 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
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or Senate chamber. Since
the left did not need their vote for anything, the arrogant socialists
saw no need to listen to Republicans rant about their opposition to measures
they could not stop.
Once the American people saw that the catastrophic
collapse of the nation predicted by
Roosevelt and the far left
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is the time they can unseat an incumbent without
giving his seat to the opposition party.)
Socialized
medicine is the utopian dream of those attempting to create world government.
It became the mandate of both the
League of Nations and its smoke-and-mirrors
replacement, the United Nations. Twenty-eight nations impleme... | 1.72951 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
during the 80th Congress when the Republicans seized
both Houses for 2 years), the Democrats had enough of a majority in both
Houses that they could have enacted healthcare without a single GOP vote.
Yet, in every instance they failed to enact it. With the American people
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within the bureaucracy by codifying
whatever regulations they need to slowly convert the plan into whatever
they want it to become. Reagan also quoted Walter Reuther
who said: "It's no secret that the United Automobile Workers is
officially on record backing a program of national health insurance."
Reagan noted that "... | 2.002386 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Administration, Pearlman's 52-page end-of-life
planning document, "Your Life, Your Choices," not only
became the basis for the living wills used by disabled military people
but, it also became the framework for the federal regulation that now
requires hospitals and other medical care facilities to pressure patientspar... | 1.727706 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
ingshe was terminal when she
was admitted. The medical-legal community now defines terminal illness
as any incurable or irreversible illness or chronic medical problem that
will, or could, result in death in six months without medication or medical
intervention. What that means is, if you suffer from heart disease that... | 1.774536 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
, pull the plug.'?"
Bush
ordered the VA to discontinue its use. Why would the Veterans' Administration,
or any agency of the United States government, pose questions specifically
to make members of the armed services question their own worthiness as
humans, and make them feel guilty for surviving the wounds that disabl... | 1.767714 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
sense only when you look
beyond healthcare at the need to greatly reduce the number of Social Security
recipients who are currently receiving either retirement or disability benefits
from Uncle Sam.
If
Obamacare, which will supersede all current health options (including
those offered by private carriers) is enacted i... | 1.713402 | 1,009 | 1,006 |
In just 32 days, Boko Haram has claimed over 400 lives in different states in Northern Nigeria. Maiduguri, Jos, Kano, Yobe and Kaduna came under attack in their latest onslaught on innocent citizens. Until now, nobody has really been able to succinctly explain to Nigerians what Boko Haram really wanted. At a point, the... | 1.879318 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Ousey, Karen, Gillibrand, Warren P. and Stephenson, John (2012)
An Investigation into the Prevention of Blistering in Post-Operative Wounds : Results of a Delphi Survey. In: European Wound Management Association EWMA 2012, 23-25 May 2012, Vienna, Austria. (Unpublished)
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UNICEF and the SRSG on Violence against Children welcome GoP’s commitment to protect children from sexual exploitation
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influxing calcium ions and ATP bind to inactive 5-lipoxygenase and this leads to the translocation of 5-lipoxygenase out of the cytosol and into the cell membrane, where it anchors to 5-lipoxygenase activating protein (FLAP). The calcium ion influx also prompts the translocation of phospholipase A2 from the cytosol to... | 1.135369 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
ocytes (PMN) to the endothelium. IL-1β induces the expression of adhesion molecules on the surface of the endothelial cells, a necessary occurrence if neutrophils are to pass out of the blood and into the affected tissue. IL-1β is naturally present in human skin and blocking or antagonizing the role of IL-1β in adhesio... | 1.503456 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
- and elastase-destroying enzymes into the extracellular environment, where they have a beneficial role in breaking down inflammatory exudate and damaged tissue. However, these enzymes do not discriminate and may also digest healthy tissues. If the quantities of these enzymes is excessive, significant damage to healthy... | 1.493748 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
: Immuno-Enhancement Verses Immuno-Suppression
Mushrooms belong to the
Basidiomycota phylum of the fungi kingdom. Whole mushrooms and mushroom extracts have been used for centuries for a host of reported effects. Methods of use include oral ingestion, subcutaneous injection and topical application. Like any biologicall... | 1.526047 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
the immune system, that is, are pro-inflammatory. The author explains, “Beta-glucan binds to macrophages and other phagocytic white blood cells at certain receptors and activates their anti-infection and antitumour activity by stimulating free radical production. This, in turn, signals the phagocytic immune cells to e... | 1.666303 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
anti-inflammatory specific and do influence the LTB4 mediation of neutrophils.
JP 11292785 describes a topical preparation containing one or more extracts of
Agaricus blazei mushroom and the filtrate of the mycelium culture, combined with an active oxygen scavenger. The composition reportedly inhibits the damage of de... | 1.493924 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
invention is to provide topical compositions that function effectively as anti-adhesion agents for IL-1β.
The present invention includes topical compositions of
Hypsizygus ulmarius extract in amounts that are effective to influence LTB4-mediated chemotaxis and/or adhesion of polymorphonuclear leukocytes, as well as IL... | 1.276545 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
at 40° C., for four hours. The drying was carried out at a negative pressure of about 1 atmosphere to lower the boiling point of the solvent and therefore, the temperature needed for drying. Lower drying temperatures are preferred to avoid the destructive effects of exposure to high heat, namely caramelizing of the su... | 1.126792 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
using the Boyden chamber apparatus with blind well chambers fitted with 5 μm pore size filters (Millipore). The apparatus consists of two vertical chambers separated by a filter that contains pores of a size chosen such that the holes are large enough for the cells to actively crawl through them but not so large that ... | 1.14795 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
rotary evaporator in the manner described above. The assay was performed as described in example 2. It was found that Hypiszygus ulmarius and Fomitopsis officinalis extracts exhibit significant anti-chemotactic activity. In this trial, the percent reduction in chemotaxis due to 0.1% (w/v) Hypsizygus ulmarius extract w... | 1.104716 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
5 min at room temperature. Non-adherent cells were removed by two subsequent washes (Medium 199 with 25 mM HEPES and 10% fetal bovine serum). Stain incorporated into cells was released by the addition of 200 μl of ethanol:PBS (1:1). After 30-45 min, the wells were read in an ELISA reader (Bio-Tek Instruments Inc, Winoo... | 1.349284 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Therefore, when formulating compositions according to the present invention, the concentration of Hypsizygus ulmarius extract in the composition and the concentration of ethanolic solvent used to gather the extract may be considered.
As noted, the inflammatory properties of many, if not most mushroom extracts, are sen... | 1.302148 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
ically administered by any suitable methods including towelette, pump spray, aerosol spray, lotion pump, squeeze tube, lathering bar, etc.
Other Anti- and Pro-Inflammatory Agents
The present invention may comprise anti-inflammatory agents other than
Hypsizygus ulmarius extract. One or more of these agents may work by i... | 1.218452 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
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