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Electrocardiogram Blip Signals Heart Trouble

... problems and an increased risk of early death, a new study indicates. Lengthening of what is called the PR interval, the right-hand portion of the jagged blip that records electrical activity as the heart contracts and expands, was associated with a doubled risk of developing the abnormal heartbeat call...

UCF researcher developing computer program to detect, measure brain tumors

...tumors," he said. Radiologists are typically hindered in their analyses by a variety of factors, such as tumors that are irregular in shape or have jagged edges, tumors with liquefied centers, or surrounding tissue that is deformed or changing shape. "Not only are the changes visually hard to see, we...

Glass tables: An overlooked safety threat

... patio nor indoor furniture. Injuries are typically caused when children jump, sit or fall on glass tables or knock them over. The shattered glass or jagged edges of broken tables - can cause severe lacerations, leaving disfiguring scars and damaging tendons and nerves. "Huge shards of glass are basica...

Sunbathers Beware of Skin Cancer, Dermatologists Warn

...r than tan, people who have previously had melanoma or have a family history of it, and people with "atypical" moles: ones that are asymmetrical, have jagged borders or varying colors, and are about one-quarter inch in diameter or larger. Those moles and any showing signs of changes should be checked, becau...

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New MRI technique could mean fewer breast biopsies in high-risk women

...shape. For example, breaks or interruptions in a lesion can indicate a benign fibroadenoma. Lumps with smooth edges often are benign, while those with jagged edges can signal cancer. To generate the kind of crisp, three-dimensional images necessary for such a diagnosis, Block, UW-Madison radiology associ...

UK robot sub searches for signs of melting 60 km into an Antarctic ice shelf cavity

...aid: "Autosub is a completely autonomous robot: there are no connecting wires with the ship and no pilot. Autosub has to avoid collisions with the jagged ice overhead and the unknown seabed below, and return to a predefined rendezvous point, where we crane it back onboard the ship. "Adding to the pr...

Research pushes back history of crop development 10,000 years

...used by a single recessive allele (one gene on a pair or group of genes) , and this mutant is easily identifiable in the archaeological specimens as a jagged scar on the chaff of the plant noting an abscission (shedding of a body part) as opposed to the smooth abscission scar associated with the wild type b...

Finding out what the Big Bang and ink jets have in common

...n as self-similarity. This means that under magnification the event looks almost the same. For example a crack in a piece of plastic exhibits the same jagged structure when magnified say 100 times. This enables common mathematical approaches to be applied. However it is also true that the "devil lies in ...

US-French research team to barcode an entire ecosystem

... $5.2 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Moorea Biocode Project over the next three years will send researchers climbing up jagged peaks, trekking through lush forests and diving down to coral reefs to sample the French Polynesian island's animal and plant life. "This is the fi...

When good DNA goes bad

...er way. The result is a twisted mess with segments jutting out left and right, and the all important base pairs that hold the DNA code zigzagging in a jagged zipper shape. Scientists call this left-hand twist Z-DNA. This is a far cry from the graceful right-hand twisted helix that has become an iconic symbo...

Fossil find: 'Godzilla' crocodile had head of a dinosaur, fins like a fish

...nto the ocean. At the southern tip of South America , they found fossils of an entirely new species of ancient crocodile ?one whose massive jaws and jagged teeth would have made it the most fearsome predator in the sea. Unlike the crocodiles we know today, Dakosaurus andiniensis lived entirely in the w...

Grasping metaphors: UC San Diego research ties brain area to figures of speech

...ul when buying jewelry because you might get robbed. The patients were equally bad at matching a bulbous, amoeboid shape to the sound "booba" and a jagged shape to "kiki." Whereas more than 90 percent of ordinary respondents succeed at this task ?of translating one sort of sensory information into anothe...

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New MRI technique could mean fewer breast biopsies in high-risk women

...shape. For example, breaks or interruptions in a lesion can indicate a benign fibroadenoma. Lumps with smooth edges often are benign, while those with jagged edges can signal cancer. To generate the kind of crisp, three-dimensional images necessary for such a diagnosis, Block, UW-Madison radiology associ...

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Sepals

...epals . ... Plant glossary explains basic botanical terms, S. ... Collectively, the sepals are called the calyx. SERRATED. Serrated leaves have a jagged edge. ... Taken collectively, the sepals are called the "calyx" ... Sepals can be quite attractive and a key visual element of the flower, as t...