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Live Earth Will Make the World More Aware of the Crisis Facing the Earth, Hopes Al Gore

...others will perform. 'We don't want him getting on planes burning carbon,' Wall acknowledged. Profits from Live Earth will go to Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection. But sceptics have also pointed to the amount of electricity used to power the speakers and lights, and the fuel spent on ferrying musici...

'Hi, can You Hear Me? I'm at 30,000 Feet'

...Air to equip is new fleet of 150 Airbus A320s. All planes are to be equipped by 2013, with the first connect...ipment in the coming years, meaning phone calls on planes could become commonplace. He also had a surprising revelation: mobile phones are not really much of ...

Motion Analysis Helps Teen With Cerebral Palsy Regain Ability to Walk

...Dr. Scher. Motion analysis imaging shows all three planes front, side and top down all at once. While other imaging options can show these views one by one, they cant show them simultaneously and in motion. In addition to seeing how the different parts of the body are moving simultaneously, we are able t...

Live Earth Will Make the World More Aware of the Crisis Facing the Earth, Hopes Al Gore

...others will perform. 'We don't want him getting on planes burning carbon,' Wall acknowledged. Profits from Live Earth will go to Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection. But sceptics have also pointed to the amount of electricity used to power the speakers and lights, and the fuel spent on ferrying musici...

Make-or-break Exams Stress China Youth

...st city of Huangshan to alter flight paths so that planes did not distract students taking the test, Xinhua reported. Countless students are renting rooms near test venues or following strict diets believed to increase alertness, it said. In southwestern Yunnan province, hit by an earthquake last weeken...

Asia Pacific Region Officials Agree to Curb Aviation Pollution

...a range of measures such as reducing the number of planes circling// airports as they wait to land. Only a... who chaired the meeting. Reducing the number of planes in stacks of holding patterns over Sydney alone would cut more than nine metric tons of carbon dioxi...

New Computed Imaging Technique Uses Hazy Images to Improve View

... planes, Ralston said. "Although most of the image planes are blurry, ISAM descrambles the light to produce a fully focused, three-dimensional image." ISAM effectively extends the region of the image that is in focus, using information that was discarded in the past. "We have demonstrated that the disca...

Antacids also control oral bacteria

...t landing strip atop an aircraft carrier, allowing planes (or in this case, bacteria) to set down. With the help of F.nucleatum, these dangerous bacteria now have a place to "land" and create the damage that causes periodontal disease and tooth decay. . "It acts as a transitional organism, welcoming the ba...

Dengue Death Toll Rises to 25 in Karachi

...d also be carried out inside the trains, buses and planes to ensure extermination of mosquitoes to stop their spread to other parts of the country, it said. Source-IANS...

Responders On 9/11 Face Health Risks

...going to the ground floor to get a coffee when the planes struck, according to the National Post. "I got out of the elevator and felt intense heat at my back," he said in an interview. "I looked back and there was a huge fireball blowing out of the elevator which kept burning as the jet fuel poured down t...

U.S. To Tighten Sick Passenger, Quarantine Rules

... overhaul. The CDC said the changes would apply to planes and ships arriving from outside the United States as well as some domestic flights. The CDC wanted authority to vaccinate and treat quarantined people and a clear set of defined legal rights for those quarantined. It noted that the quarantine power...

Using Eyes As The Line Of Reference For Fetal Brain Imaging

...equent imaging along that plane, the three imaging planes required can be rapidly acquired. This technique avoids the need of taking unnecessary images, whereas in the past, it took several attempts to obtain the diagnostic images needed. Also, the total examination time, using the modified technique is no...

Changes in cabin pressure pose risks for moms-to-be

...d blood pressure. In addition, such conditions on planes can cause significant decreases in breathing capabilities in pregnant women with weakened cardiovascular systems. While domestic air travel is nevertheless considered safe for healthy pregnant women through the 36th week of gestation, (35 weeks on in...

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