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Cattle grazing may help rather than hurt endangered species

An article published in the latest issue of Conservation Biology finds that cattle grazing plays an important role in maintaining wetland habitat necessary for some endangered species. Removing cattle from grazing lands in the Central Valley of California could, inadvertently, degrade the vernal pool habitat of fairy shrimp and tiger salamanders. Cattle grazing influences the rates of evaporati...

Brazilians sequence genes of pig and poultry killers

Brazilian researchers have sequenced the genomes of two bacteria that cause significant damage to pig and poultry farming in Brazil and elsewhere. Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae causes pneumonia in pigs and costs the B...

Report shows deforestation threatens Brazil's Pantanal

Deforestation from increased grazing and agriculture has destroyed 17 percent of the native vegetation in Brazil's Pantanal, considered the world's largest wetland. A new study published by Conservation International sounds an alarm for the Paraguay River Basin, which includes the Pantanal. Continued deforestation at the current rate would cause all of the Pantanal's original vegetation to...

Brazil creates buffer zone around coral reefs off Atlantic coast

The Brazilian government has created an official buffer zone around the Abrolhos National Marine Park to protect the biologically richest coral reefs in the South Atlantic. The buffer zone, created by Brazil's Institute of Environment and Natural Resources (IBAMA), encompasses nearly 95,000 square kilometers ?an area larger than Portugal ?and protects the entire Abrolhos region off Brazil'...

New species of snapper discovered in Brazil

A popular game fish mistaken by scientists for a dog snapper is actually a new species discovered among the reefs of the Abrolhos region of the South Atlantic Ocean. The international science journal Zootaxa announced the discovery of Lutjanus alexandrei, a new snapper species that belongs to the Lutjanidae family, by researchers Rodrigo Moura of Conservation International (CI) and Kenyon...

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Detection of Alprazolam and Temazepam in a Bovine Plasma Matrix Using the Varian 500-MS Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer

Alprazolam (Xanax) and Temazepam (Restoril) were analyzed in a Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) matrix, both before and after protein precipitation using Liquid Chromatography Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (LC/ESI/MS/MS). The ability of the Varian 500-MS IT...

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Sun Pharma to launch chiral version of omeprazole soon

Many drugs have two or more forms of the same chemical entity but the molecules arranged differently in space. Of the isomers, only one generally offers all the therapeutic benefits with the others having side-effects. Isolation of benefits results in smaller dosages with lesser side-effects. SUN Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd is to launch a chiral version of the anti-ulcerant drug omep...

Video Games, The Latest Craze Of American Adults

Americans are increasingly orienting themselves to video games, highlights a new poll conducted by Iposs, a leading international polling firm//. According to the poll conducted on 3, 024 American adults, nearly 40% of the respondents admitted that they enjoyed video games. This approximates to a total of 1,046 gamers, taking into consideration the sampling error as well. Most...

Brazil & Kenya Seek Support For A New Resolution At WHO’s Annual Mee

The World Health Assembly (WHO), begins its annual meeting on Monday with delegations from more than 190 countries will meet in Geneva from May 22nd to the 27th//. Brazil and Kenya have announced plans earlier this week to put pressure at the WHO assembly, for more funds to combat neglected diseases, including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Kenya and Brazil are planning to introd...

Crazy Things - Children aged five joining junior gym

‘Kid gyms’ have aroused as fear about childhood obesity grows and thus private fitness clubs rush// to install child-sized machines, during the past two years. Biggest Junior gym firms, like Shokk and Zig Zag was building new facilities and installing machines for their little customers. According to NHS sta...

Crazy Shoppers Lose More Weight

A group of postgraduate students at Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) have recommended shopping till you absolutely cannot walk another inch//. No, this is not revenge on your husband or even your bank manager; it’s just the latest method to fight obesity. Department of sport and physical rehabilitation sciences lecturer and study supervisor Dr Andrew McKune said that the group o...

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Investigational Study Evaluates the Effectiveness of Aripiprazole in Adolescents With Schizophrenia

- Findings from an Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd. Sponsored StudyPresented at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting - SAN DIEGO, May 23, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- In a six-week study inadolescents (13- 17 years old) with schizophrenia, the OtsukaPharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company atypicalantipsychotic aripiprazole demonstrated significant improvementcompare...

Six-Week Investigational Study In Adults With Major Depressive Disorder Evaluates The Effectiveness of Adjunctive Aripiprazole Therapy With Antidepressants

- Results Presented at 160th Annual Meeting of the AmericanPsychiatric Association - SAN DIEGO, May 21, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In adults withmajor depressive disorder, adding aripiprazole to antidepressanttherapy (ADT) resulted in significant improvement in the primaryendpoint, the Montgomery- Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS)Total Score. In this six-week, randomized, placebo...