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Change In Mental Makeup Could Prove Beneficial For Elders

...olence against and abuse of elders, India too will observe the World Day for Elder Abuse on June 15 by striving to create awareness among community leaders. "Lots of people have found their own mechanism to take care of themselves but there is still a need to remove the dependency element," said Mala Kapur...

Instrument to reveal Information about Ozone Loss

...nce it is the first instrument with the ability to observe these clouds continuously over the polar regions especially during the polar night," Michael H?pfner of Germany’s Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH said. Using data collected by MIPAS, a German-designed instrument that observes the atmosphere in mid...

3-D Imaging For Monitoring Reactor Systems, Power Plants

...lectrical capacitance volume tomography (ECVT), to observe how the density of materials varies inside a reactor. The end result could be better monitoring of reactor systems, including power plants. Industrial plants need tomography for the same reasons hospitals do, explained L.S. Fan, a Distinguished Uni...

German Scientists Create Stem Cells From Mouse Testes

...though some argue that it might not be possible to observe the same effect in humans, it is indeed true that it can sow the seeds for a new therapeutic strategy. It adds optimism to the fascinating field of stem cell therapy and research. It might alteast be possible to completely cure certain diseases in mi...

Early Diagnosis Of Oral Cancer And Sjogren's Syndrome Possible By Saliva-Based Tests

...ould allow us to diagnose patients more easily, to observe what actually happens to the salivary gland of patients with Sjogren's syndrome, to develop therapies to halt disease progression, to follow their progress during clinical trials, and to develop more effective saliva substitutes," Atkinson said....

Female Foeticide Continues To Be On Rise In India

...rrow's parents. Is the government, preparing to observe another women's day Wednesday, listening? The day has become another tokenism, but will the years to come be any different? --Edited IANS...

Heart Patients Taking Anti-depressants Have Higher Risk Of Death

...on. Watkins added that their study was designed to observe and hence a definitive conclusion cannot be reached. The study, which was supported by was supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute., was presented by Watkins on March 4 at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society in...

Muscle Derived Stem Cell Can Repair Damaged Cartilage

...lly altered stem cells in fibrin glue. In order to observe any therapeutic effect, the rats were treated with either unmodified stem cells in fibrin glue or the glue itself. These rats represented the control group. Following 8 weeks of treatment, the experimental group rats were found to have a well-repai...

Dry Earwax Mystery Solved: Ear Wax Gene Identified

...in have dry wax. The researchers, in an attempt to observe the difference, carried out genetic analysis on the Japanese study participants. Amongst the participants, 64 were found to have dry wax and 54 had wet, sticky earwax. Surprisingly, a slight variation in just one base was found to determine the typ...

Bond Exists Between Siblings In Spite Of Rivalries

... and Andrea Lex-Kachel. Younger children closely observe which position the older children in the family have filled and which positions are still open. Whether a child has a sibling or not also affects the parents. A lengthy study of married couples showed that families with two or more children were the ...

HIV/AIDS Throws Family Relationships Out Of Gear In Uganda

...strict contrast with the past, it is now common to observe elderly residents living in isolation or as caretakers of small children (often their own grand children). Having lost the breadwinners to the clutches of AIDS, Older Ugandan residents are quite an unlucky lot, unable to live their dreams of being ca...

Link Established Between Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution

...ajor metropolitan areas. The researchers did not observe significant differences in plaque production and artery wall inflammation in fine particle-exposed mice given the normal diet. However, among mice given clean air, those on the high-fat diet had greater plaque production and artery wall inflammatio...

'Good Samaritan Effect' Rises With Level of Threat

...violent confrontation. The researchers wanted to observe the time it took for individual study participants attempted to break up the fight. The researchers used male and female actors of different sizes to vary the degree of apparent danger. In some situations, the study participant was accompanied by a s...

Government To Consider Ragging Victim's Plea

...e faculty members. The Education Department will observe December 5 as Anti-ragging Day on all campuses. Counseling sessions and meetings will be held on campuses on the occasion. <bR...

Tea Found To Boost Insulin Production And Prevent Cataract

...than five cups of tea per day for a human being to observe a similar effect. In another study conducted on black, green and oolong teas, the popular beverage was found to increase insulin activity by as much as 15 times in the fat cells that was extracted from rats. The researchers believe that the prote...

Indian Doctor Wants March 21st To Be Celebrated As World Down Syndrome Day

...ated organizations worldwide will be encouraged to observe the WDSD together with the community in an appropriate manner and in Indian communities tends to keep children and adults with Down Syndrome away from the public eye. There is unfortunately still a stigma attached to this although people with Down sy...

Feelings Of Sympathy And Empathy Dictated by Personal Experience

...erstand what happens in our brain as soon as // we observe a person in action. The results of the observation...movement, which are activated in the brain when we observe the actions of another person, hold information and knowledge about the way our own body functions. ...

The Science of Solar Eclipse

...hout taking special precautions. Do not attempt to observe the partial or annular phases of any eclipse with ...dness! The safest and most inexpensive method to observe the phenomena is by indirect projection, in which a pinhole or small opening is used to cast the ima...

Blood Transfusion May Not Be Required For Thalassaemia

...e difference they decided to stop transfusions and observe patients closely. They found that stopping blood transfusions had no detrimental effect. Researchers say that their findings suggest that hemoglobin E ? thalassaemia can be managed without transfusion in many patients, even with low hemoglobin leve...

Less Stomach Infections If Hand Sanitizer Gel Is Used

...n, published in the April issue of Pediatrics, did observe a protective effect against respiratory illness among families who used hand sanitizer gels at their own initiative. The alcohol-based gels, widely available in stores, do not require water and rapidly kill most bacteria and viruses on the skin. The...

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