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WESTBANK FIRST NATION, BC — Most, if not all, large-scale resource development projects are situated on or pass through the traditional territories of First Nations. In fact, in B.C., most of ... | 1.953031 | 1,022 | 1,020 |
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The root of this problem was that managers perceived marketing as being equal to selling. Again, Samsung’s top executives were on a mission to change from “cheap OEM” manufacturer to a top of the line product manufacturer (Quelch & Harrington, 2008). This change came after a decade (1980s to 1993) of being an OEM prov... | 1.878157 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Think small. Think very small.
Then think big. Very big - like the burgeoning, Indian, middle-class market big or even bigger: the worldwide market for affordable, practical, attractively designed, fuel-efficient cars.
Enter the Nano, a little car that is only 10.17 feet long, 59 inches wide and 63 inches high "but can... | 1.795332 | 1,017 | 1,014 |
FOR DECADES, VARIOUS EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION strategies have been as wild and creative as gunslingers and gold miners in 19th century America. But a new sheriff just came to town; actually, it's an old sheriff with new ammunition.
Over many, many years, the IRS (aka the sheriff) lost every single case it brought to cour... | 1.447676 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
centive stock options are excluded. Non-qualified stock options are only excluded if they have a fair market value exercise price; if there is any discount or other deferral feature, they will not be exempt.
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If you have a high ropes course or canopy tours business, your main priority will be providing your customers with adrenaline-fuelled experiences that challenge their comfort zones in the most exciting way.
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TheNew England Journal of Medicine recently published a study by a couple of noted medical school professors questioning the benefits of mammograms. Are too many women being “over-diagnosed” and “over-treated” for breast cancer?The answer may depend on whether you’re a professor – or a woman.
Dr. Gilbert Welch, a profe... | 1.401465 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
The Pleasures Of Tea teaA double moka, a cappucino and cafe latte, to go please. The poetry of coffee drinking is often associated with the fast life we all live. A Starbucks at 8 o'clock in the morning is crazier than the floor of the New York stock exchange. In comparison, the pleasure of drinking a fine cup of tea i... | 1.93325 | 956 | 955 |
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Histoplasmosis is an infection that occurs from breathing in the spores of the fungus
Histoplasma capsulatum. Causes
Histoplasmosis is a fungal infection. It occurs throughout the world. In the United States, it is most common in the southeastern, mid-Atlantic, and central states.
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1,154,000 Fewer Americans Working Today Than 6 Years Ago
February 7, 2014 - 9:01 AM
By Ali Meyer
(AP Photo)
(CNSNews.com) - 1,154,000 fewer Americans are working today than six years ago, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
In January 2008, 146,378,000 Americans 16 and over were employed, and now in ... | 1.301234 | 1,014 | 1,012 |
WHO’S IN YOUR HEAD?
Are secret government agencies invading the minds of targeted individuals with inner voices?
Apparently a rapidly growing number of people believe the answer is yes and, moreover, that they have been designated as recipients. According to a lengthy feature article published in the
Washington Post in... | 1.802057 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
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Right to food, right to the city: Household urban agriculture, and socionatural metabolism in Managua, Nicaragua. Geoforum . ISSN 00167185 (In Press)
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The importance of print collateral has not decreased even with the exponential increased use of electronic media when it comes to advertising and communication. Small and local businesses have always required the traditional printing services. With the increase in demand for printing services, several of them have come... | 1.858877 | 1,024 | 1,021 |
Income tax
Taxation An aspect of fiscal policy
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£6 million. [8]
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of taxation by the United States of foreign persons. Residents, however, are generally subject to income tax on all worldwide income. [notes 1] A very few countries (notably Singapore and Hong Kong) tax residents only on income earned in or remitted to the country.
Residence is often defined for individuals as presenc... | 1.508334 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
be done by the government or by employers based on withholding allowances or formulas.
Retirement oriented taxes, such as Social Security or national insurance, also are a type of income tax, though not generally referred to as such. These taxes generally are imposed at a fixed rate on wages or self-employment earning... | 1.382211 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
1861). Sections 49, 51, and part of 50 repealed by Revenue Act of 1862, sec. 89, ch. 119, 12 Stat. 432, 473 (July 1, 1862); income taxes imposed under Revenue Act of 1862, section 86 (pertaining to salaries of officers, or payments to "persons in the civil, military, naval, or other employment or service of the United... | 1.643548 | 1,015 | 1,013 |
Mommy, Who’s for Dinner Tonight?
Posted by Richard Conniff on November 1, 2011
Natalie Angier writes today about animal cannibalism, starting with research by Richard Shine at the University of Sydney in Australia about cane toad tadpoles gobbling up cane toad eggs:
Significantly, the tadpoles weren’t simply hungry for... | 1.794792 | 994 | 992 |
Moderator Tom Brokaw asked some excellent questions at the debate, but he didn't hold Whitman and Brown to answer them.
In response to a question about how they would correct California's smoke and mirrors budgeting, both Whitman and Brown claimed to have a plan. Brown's plan is to take the tough choices to the voters ... | 1.630103 | 1,015 | 1,013 |
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A concrete nail is a type of mechanical fastener used to secure objects into masonry and other hard and brittle materials. Nailing into masonry requires the right type of nail, a good quality hammer, and some technique. Concrete nails are often used in building constr... | 1.51123 | 1,014 | 1,012 |
Home Security: Fire Safety Guide for Kids
Although fire is beneficial in many different ways, from cooking to heating our homes, it should always be regarded with respect. After all, it doesn’t take very much to start a fire that grows out of control. In fact, even something as simple as leaving a space heater on too c... | 1.709013 | 1,004 | 1,002 |
Much has been written about thought leadership and best practices related to proxy materials. No doubt much of it is great advice, but many investor relations professionals are crunched for time and resources. Or maybe the proxy is largely handled by a different department in your company (Legal, perhaps).
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The primary source of light for more than a billion people in developing nations is also churning out black carbon at levels previously overlooked in climate warming estimates, according to a new study led by researchers at UC Berkeley and the University of Illinois.
Results from field and lab tests found that 7 to 9 p... | 1.299104 | 1,023 | 1,021 |
Delaware has a robust system of evacuation routes, marked with easy to read white and blue signs, to guide people away from danger during hurricanes and coastal storms like the one that hit the Caribbean and southeast this week.
There's just one problem: They may not be passable in a major storm. Some are not passable ... | 1.714842 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
oboth and damaged some local businesses. Then the sun came out and in Rehoboth, the folks at Convention Hall headed home.
No one anticipated the west wind that would follow on the back of those blue skies and sunshine.
The wind suddenly shifted to the west. Along flooded Del. 1 at the old Indian River lifesaving statio... | 1.774913 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
concern was tornadoes, she said.
And when she returned home, after the storm passed, she learned that a tornado did pass through a nearby neighborhood just outside of Lewes.
"I trust him," she said.
Not all Delawareans have experts to guide them.
Tricia Wachtendorf, co-director of the University of Delaware Disaster R... | 1.746773 | 1,017 | 1,015 |
Dietary supplement reduces osteoarthritis pain
Dr. Sheena Hunt
Osteoarthritis is ranked among the top 10 most disabling diseases, affecting approximately 10% of men and 20% of women over age 60. Common symptoms are pain, stiffness and reduced mobility. Many living with osteoarthritis experience a reduction in quality o... | 1.363775 | 985 | 983 |
Your Vessel What is Strength Training?
Strength training is exercising with the goal of increasing your physical strength. There are two kinds of strength:
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Top10Doctor insights on:What Does Betadine Allergy Rash Look Like 1doctor agreed: 1If you have an allergy to Chloroprep would you also be allergic to Betadine? After every surgery I break out in poison ivy type rash around site. 1doctor agreed: 1,059doctors shared insights
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The Profession
The Parlous Paths of the Profession Anthony Grafton and Robert B. Townsend, October 2008 Editor’s Note: The following essay is an expanded version of an article (“Historians’ Rocky Job Market”) that was published in the Chronicle Review section of the Chronicle of Higher Education of July 11, 2008. We th... | 1.712545 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
common elements—a disconnect between job preparation and job outcomes, low salaries, and the exclusion of scholars for reasons other than the quality of their intellects and scholarship.
The “Supply Side”: Sources of New PhDs
Analysis of the academic job market begins at the point of supply, with the students who actu... | 1.607713 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
import them from overseas. To that extent, the job market in history is relatively hierarchical, and the “social capital” that accrues to those who take their PhDs in programs that occupy high positions in the discipline’s networks plays a substantial part in explaining their success.6
Finally, a significant—though ha... | 1.819196 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
teach a class or two as an avocation—something like One in five of the history PhDs employed in four-year colleges and universities are at this stage in their passage through the market, and some will remain there.
At this point, it is hard to measure the disruptive effects of short-term hiring. It seems clear, though... | 1.923823 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
admirably. But the larger patterns revealed by recent studies are disquieting. Most graduate programs in history concentrate on training research historians, and most graduate students plan to follow careers as teachers and scholars at community colleges, colleges, or universities. But most of those who complete docto... | 1.722231 | 1,000 | 998 |
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According to reports during the past several days from SpaceWeather.com, during 1-Aug-2010, something extraordinary happened on the Sun and sunspot 1092. The occurrence is yet another wake up call that the upcoming 2012 – 2013 solar maximum could be a big one, one w... | 1.606285 | 1,022 | 1,020 |
Abortion, ethics and
the law: issues for the new millennium
In this briefing, produced by *Pro-Choice Forum, you will
find key points and summaries of papers about abortion and
the law given at a recent conference hosted by University
of Westminster School of Law. At the conference, the papers
provoked a wide ranging a... | 1.502165 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
experienced a split or slipped condom, or missed
just a couple of pills, is undoubtedly inflated. Unprotected
sex is stigmatised and some women requesting abortion may
falsely claim to have used contraception believing that
they will be treated more sympathetically if the pregnancy
is 'not their fault'. But even so, i... | 1.629985 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
planning and accept it
as such.
For further comment on this
issue by Ann Furedi, go to
www.prochoiceforum.org.uk/comm51.php
www.prochoiceforum.org.uk/comm28.php
Ethics and British Abortion Law
Emily Jackson, Lecturer in Law, London School of Economics
Given how common abortion
is (it is estimated that at some point in... | 1.415887 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
her medical treatment may reveal a network of assumptions
about the naturalness of maternity, rather than an objective
assessment of its relative intrusiveness.
Pregnancy, especially in
its later stages, is a uniquely invasive experience, and
for many women labour is exceptionally gruelling and painful.
Unless the bab... | 1.516221 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Home We Buy Houses Sacramento
What You Need To Know Before Buying A House In Sacramento
If you are thinking about buying a house there are a lot of things that you need to think through. There are a lot of risks to be taken especially when you are buying a house and most homeowners know what it means to get the right h... | 1.567286 | 996 | 994 |
SENTRY Watches rely primarily on qualitative or anecdotal information and involve the collection of incident reports from a wide network of sources from the SENTRY electronic submissions. A DrugAlert Watch will inform and alert agencies to a newly recognized drug-related issue so that these agencies can take initial ac... | 1.279016 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
, by the use of an
atomizer. Effects include agitation, an intense high, euphoria, extreme energy,
hallucinations, insomnia, and making abusers easy to anger. Preliminary testing
indicates that the active ingredients in many brands contain MDPV (3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone) and/or mephedrone.
December 17, 2010
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Everybody seems to be competing on who should be spending aid money and, indeed, to whom. (Lenin would, no doubt, have appreciated this new version of his old conundrum of “Who whom?”)
Michael Howard, having previously announced that foreign aid was one policy field that ought to be repatriated, has backtracked a littl... | 1.853709 | 1,022 | 1,020 |
PACCAR (NASDAQ:PCAR) is one of the leading manufacturers of light-, medium-, and heavy-duty trucks, popularly known by the brand names they are sold under -- Kenworth, Peterbilt, and DAF. The heavy-duty is the most important truck segment, and PACCAR has a solid footing in the market. It was the world's fourth-largest ... | 1.551819 | 1,013 | 1,011 |
Every year, come holiday time, my fictional PI Joe Kozmarski starts thinking charitably. For Joe, most of the year is
All About Me. He’s constantly thinking thoughts like, “How can I keep this guy from stuffing meinto that industrial furnace?” Or “How can I stop that serial-killing woman from shooting mein the forehead... | 1.745334 | 1,024 | 1,020 |
By Emil Danielyan
Armenia remains ahead of its neighbors in the annual "human development index" of the United Nations that uses life expectancy, the level of education and average income to measure prosperity around the world.
Armenia is 83rd in the list of 177 nations ranked in order of prosperity as part of the late... | 1.53125 | 997 | 994 |
" . In our country, as all ultimately depends on the voice of All systems of government suppose they are to be administered by men of common sense and common honesty . But this can never be the case until they are generally fools or knaves themselves, which, thank God, is not likely ever to become the character of the ... | 1.426654 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Constitution; Article 1, Section 9, Clause 8 No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince or foreign... | 1.715116 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
jury, so that if government got totally corrupt and passed unjust laws that violated God’s laws, the people could put themselves back in control through jury nullification. This also effectively dealt with the problem of corrupt judges, because both the jury and the grand jury could override the judge as well when the... | 1.77531 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
De jure U.S. Government”. It is the
only lawful government we have and its organization is defined by our Constitution. It's organization is also defined by the Bible, which we also call "Natural Law" throughout this document.
Each box in the above diagram represents a sovereignty or sovereign entity that helps distrib... | 1.992546 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
send the new Sixteenth Amendment to the states for ratification. Corporations heavily influenced this legislation so that it would favor taxing individuals instead of corporations, which lead the Republicans in the Senate to word the Amendment ambiguously so that it could or would be misconstrued to apply to natural p... | 1.595616 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
.C. every month through payroll withholding, the politicians cleverly decided not to tell them the truth that it was voluntary. The politicians then began rewriting the tax laws to further confuse and deceive people and hide the truth about the voluntary nature of the income tax. This included the Internal Revenue Code... | 1.817349 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
to run rampant. This further accelerates the breakdown of the family because these dysfunctional kids have dysfunctional families of their own. Because God is not in the schools, eventually the people begin to reject God as well. This expands the power of government because when the people aren’t governed by God, they... | 2.289617 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
-earned money to be stolen from them. So covetous of that government welfare or socialist security or unemployment check or paycheck that comes in the mail every month.
…that they wouldn’t dare upset the apple cart or try to right the many wrongs that maintain the status quo by doing justice as a voter or jurist. As lo... | 1.641818 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
; but he who receives bribes overthrows it." [Prov. 29:4, Bible, NKJV]
Can thieves and corrupted judges and lawyers and jurors, who are all bribed with stolen or extorted tax dollars they lust after in the pursuit of socialist benefits, reform themselves if left to their own devices?
"When you [the jury] saw a thief [t... | 1.797386 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
getting married to obtain state marriage license by saying they won’t marry them without a state-issued marriage license.
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Separation of School and State
Schools were rural and remote and most were private or religious. There were very few public schools and a large percentage of the population was home-schooled.
Mos... | 2.006149 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
It’s now been three months since the state initiative that Rev. Jay Dennis, R-First Baptist Church at the Mall, helped publicly launch stripped gay people of rights they didn’t have. He has yet to publicly call for laws to restrict heterosexual divorce, which leads me to conclude that he cares much more about stigmatiz... | 1.883991 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Commission established to study effectiveness of civil union law in New Jersey says unions create ‘second-class status’ for same-sex couples
MOUNT LAUREL, New Jersey A commission established to study same-sex civil unions in New Jersey has found in its first report that civil unions create a "second-class status" for g... | 1.480678 | 1,013 | 1,011 |
Leaders in higher education, including UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau, have called on Congress to take immediate action on the DREAM Act, a bipartisan effort to help young undocumented immigrants who grew up in the United States to achieve the dream of a college education and a path to legal residency and even... | 1.376644 | 994 | 991 |
In 2005, the municipalities of Gaza had a cat shortage. Cats are important to Gaza as they serve a great purpose, munching on rodents that gather by the local landfills. Apparently, the local governments used a strong kind of poison; so strong that it killed both the rodents and the cats. As the population of cats dwin... | 1.639099 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Linkfest with just a few comments:
Okay, this is worth ~5 minutes of your time because it has the potential to be very disruptive.
They really asked him a question about Donald Trump? WTH??
If you don't want to watch a video this is worth a read:
http://venturebeat.com/2016/06/06/former-nasa-chief-unveils-100-million-n... | 2.325781 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
As for the watch.... I will wait awhile.
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Next week in Las Vegas is the Confab and you can bet that toes will be bruised from kicking over IoT rocks. Global Foundries leads off and has a been calling the IoT the Golden Age for Semiconductors.
Here is the agenda:
This event is kinda close to my heart because years ag... | 2.041842 | 1,006 | 1,004 |
Professor Robert J. Diaz of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, has received one of four Outstanding Scientist awards for Virginia for 2010.
The award is bestowed annually by the Governor's Office and the Science Museum of Virginia to honor those who have excelled in research and comm... | 1.34357 | 1,011 | 1,009 |
In a rules-based system, the rules are developed to permit the smooth functioning of the members within the system by identifying what can and cannot be done. Stop signs and traffic lights are common in nearly all societies to permit the movement of people and goods in a manner that both facilitates movement and ensure... | 1.624853 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
a period where increased use of trade remedies is needed absent correction of underlying causes of disequilibrium.
As has been reviewed in other articles, the world trading system is facing challenges from unprecedented global excess capacity in a range of manufacturing sectors – including steel, aluminum, paper, glas... | 1.955245 | 949 | 947 |
Loveland voters will decide June 24 whether to approve Question 1, which would impose a two-year fracking moratorium within the city’s borders in order to “fully study the impacts of hydraulic fracturing on property values and human health.”
Campaigns on both sides have kicked into gear as canvassers blanket neighborho... | 1.575809 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
A dog is a very loving pet and who makes a great companion for any person. They are amazing family pets and a real comfort to those living alone. If you are interested in being a better pet owner, the advice in this article can help.
Don't give your dog leftovers from your own plate. That encourages him to beg and make... | 1.571711 | 1,022 | 1,019 |
Ultimately our goal to build a good life does not simply exist on its own, but is also part of the goals of others to build a good life, and part of the goal to build a good and improving community and community of communities.
Steps 1 Become exposed to the issues involved in at-risk communities.Learn about at-risk com... | 2.136311 | 962 | 961 |
Law grad embraces heritage in career, children’s books
You might say the history and environment of Florida are woven into the very being of Harvey Oyer III (JD 98).
Oyer is a direct descendent of the Pierce family, one of the first white families to settle in Southeast Florida immediately following the Seminole Wars a... | 1.53223 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
were a fashion trend in the late 19th century that Pierce, after witnessing the negative impact the hunting of these birds had on the environment, came to oppose. The Last Egret meets more than 50 Sunshine State Teaching Standards for the fourth grade and became required reading in 2010 for fourth graders in Palm Beac... | 1.535714 | 999 | 997 |
A MOMENT AGO the world was a sunny, happy place, full of giant herons gliding like pterodactyls on desert winds and schools of uncountable gar and bass swimming in turquoise pools so clear you could see crawfish walking on the bottom in ten feet of water. A place of exquisitely tortured limestone, river boulders the si... | 1.867904 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
so it is surprising that, out beyond the 100th meridian, where vast commercial cultures have arisen to service affluent Americans desperate for a run down big, remote, mythic rivers, no one knows the Lower Pecos. Our predicament in the rapids is relatively simple, in one sense: we’re the only ones here.
OUR TRIP BEGAN... | 2.044743 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
One of the best things about the Pecos is its intimacy. The river is generally quite narrow, usually only 20 to 30 yards wide, bounded on both sides by ocher-colored limestone cliffs with deep black stains. As we moved downstream, there was a clear sense of descending as the canyon walls loomed higher. The river itsel... | 1.921327 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
the land turned from simply harsh frontier into a gigantic, canyon-scarred, and lethal landscape that all westering settlers feared. The Spanish considered the country of the Lower Pecos difficult if not impassable. The phrase
west of the Pecos refers not only to the folkloric character Judge Roy Bean (“the law west o... | 1.775748 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
mesquite, cedar, chinaberry, and mountain laurel. At least eight springs gush from the steep rock wall. One of them is wonderfully warm. Another, emerging ten feet up the rock face, is enveloped in an enormous, lush beard of moss and ferns and lichens. I stand beneath it, feeling the water run over my body. The spring... | 1.950289 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
day four we are running out of water. This may seem odd, surrounded as we are by a diamond-clear river. But that’s one of the prices we pay for dams. South of Red Bluff Dam, the river flows over alkaline beds, which means that even though we cannot taste them or see them, the river is full of alkali salts. The water c... | 2.026307 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
outs that make them look like barracuda. We swim, diving deep into the emerald pools. We eat catfish and bass and bluegill, marinated in olive oil, garlic, and salt and pepper and then pan-fried. We go to sleep in warm desert thermals and wake to a perfectly still morning in what seems to be the very heart of the Ameri... | 1.724835 | 1,014 | 1,012 |
Business Organizations SLN #:42943 Course Prefix:LAW-654 Course Section:001 Credit Hours:4 Instructor(s):Lynk Course Description:
Class will meet Monday through Friday from 4:30 pm - 7:45 pm Tuesday, May 31 through Tuesday, June 14. There will be no class June 15 - 17. Class will resume meeting Monday through Thursday ... | 1.876099 | 956 | 954 |
It’s been proven over and over in sports that success does not come exclusively by having the best players — it’s having the best team that wins championships. After all, even on the Dream Team not everyone could be Michael Jordan. Someone’s had to be Christian Laettner.
That rings true in all aspects of life, includin... | 1.910221 | 1,024 | 1,022 |
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by Staff Writers
Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Mar 20, 2013
Scientist from Dortmund, Helsinki, Potsdam, and the ESRF have revealed details of the microscopic atomic structure of water under extreme conditions. The results have now been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA.
Liquid wa... | 1.212543 | 1,022 | 1,020 |
We have repeatedly reported about the advantages of SkyWay transport technologies over the competitors, among which there are the most high-profile names and titles. This has often caused a certain degree of criticism, or was simply mocked at by the corresponding part of the Internet community. However, recently the ri... | 1.680449 | 938 | 937 |
Cary’s classic column from TUESDAY, APR 24, 2007 I’m crazy in love with my two sisters’ five kids. I feel like helping to raise them would give my life meaning. Dear Cary, My younger sisters each recently had two babies apiece — two boys on one side, two girls on the other side. There’s also a fantastic 7-year-old in t... | 1.700135 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
bucket and am forgotten by time, then why not give the very best of myself to the people I love the most, i.e., my family? Here are five beautiful kids, to whom I am profoundly connected, who will need plenty of love and financial support to make their way in this insane world. I could devote myself to their well-bein... | 1.871891 | 1,011 | 1,009 |
Vaginal yeast infections, also known as candidiasis, are a common female
condition. Yeast infections are caused by the fungus
Candida. This fungus is associated with intense itching, swelling,
and irritation.
According to the Mayo Clinic, 3 out of 4 women will experience a yeast infection at one point in their lives. O... | 1.134577 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
freely available re-usable Nutrients 2013, 5(8), 3235-3256; doi:10.3390/nu5083235 1 2 Abstract :Over the last four decades, abnormalities in the methionine-homocysteine cycle and associated folate metabolism have garnered great interest due to the reported link between hyperhomocysteinemia and human pathology, especial... | 1.128191 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
of methionine can be utilized to synthesize cysteine via homocysteine, which enters the transsulfuration pathway from the methionine-homocysteine cycle. As shown in Figure 1, the cycle is initiated by the conversion of methionine to the universal methyl donor SAM. This reaction utilizes ATP and is catalyzed by the enz... | 0.930322 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
reduced cysteine to oxidized cysteine disulfide in plasma of approximately 1:4.
Cysteine is derived from the transsulfuration pathway, from the diet, or from protein catabolism (in the fasting state). The rate-limiting enzyme for transsulfuration, CBS, is not present in most tissues except the liver and kidney; in fac... | 1.094257 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
cells, they showed that the addition of the oxidants hydrogen peroxide and tertiary-butyl hydroperoxide linearly increased the conversion of homocysteine to cystathionine [34]. Other enzymes of the pathway are also regulated by redox balance; e.g., MAT activity is reduced under conditions of oxidant stress [38]. Gener... | 1.144955 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
methyl group for the MS/cobalamin dependent remethylation of homocysteine to methionine. Tetrahydrofolate (THF) so generated can be converted to its immediate precursor (MTHF) by the enzyme serine hydroxyl methyl transferase (SHMT) with the concomitant conversion of serine to glycine. MTHF donates the methyl group inv... | 0.938226 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
polymorphism [54]. In this study, high-dose folate reduced plasma homocysteine levels by almost 50% and increased the SAM/SAH ratio; however, there was no effect on global DNA methylation. Hence, supplementing folate even in selected patients with hyperhomocysteinemia due to a folate metabolic defect does not seem to ... | 1.251533 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
son and colleagues measured the B vitamins (folate, B 6, B 12) on homocysteine redox status (ratio of reduced-to-total homocysteine) in patients with acute coronary syndromes and elevated plasma homocysteine levels [65]. Even though B-vitamin therapy normalized plasma total homocysteine, the low ratio of reduced-to-tot... | 1.121796 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
plasma homocysteine level by >25% from baseline values, homocysteine lowering did not affect outcomes. A recent meta-analysis of 12 randomized controlled trials that included over 47,000 subjects also concluded that homocysteine lowering did not decrease the occurrence of myocardial infarction, stroke, or all-cause mo... | 1.111483 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
ine led to worsened myocardial fibrosis and diastolic dysfunction in spontaneously hypertensive rats [93]. We have shown that myocardial fibrosis develops in response to hyperhomocysteinemia in the absence of hypertension [94]. These changes were not the result of hypertension, since the diet did not change blood press... | 1.195742 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
]. Similarly, normal methylation is crucial for normal gene expression and cellular function. Hypo- or hypermethylation can alter gene and protein function. DNA methylation, and consequent epigenetic changes, are most widely studied among methylation reactions, and are crucial determinants of embryonic development and ... | 1.337554 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
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