Lab on a chip (LOC) devices - microchip-size systems that can prepare and analyze tiny fluid samples with volumes ranging from a few microliters (millionth of a liter) to sub-nanoliters (less than a billionth of a liter) - are envisioned to one day revolutionize how laboratory tasks such as...
I want to get into the kind of martial arts where you can knock people down, or out, with very strange things such as blows to different parts of the body or something, if it is real. Any ideas?
Drug companies currently developing therapeutic cancer vaccines may be determining the cancers they target based on the number of annual cases, not the number of deaths they cause. This approach may limit the patient benefits of such drugs, according to a new University of Michigan report...
For years, those involved in cardiac care viewed the diagnosis and treatment procedures for cardiovascular disease as applicable to both men and women, despite the fact that heart disease kills 200,000 women each year, five times the rate of breast cancer. Today, thanks in part to physiology --...
The Hospice Foundation of America has developed "Addressing Cultural Diversity in Hospice Care," a free online webinar that looks at how, and why, different cultures may, or may not, utilize hospice. This tutorial aims to prepare and equip hospice organizations, and its providers and volunteers...
I'm working in 3DS Max for the first time and ALT+click does not rotate my view as in other 3D programs. I believe that this is due to the fact that every time I press ALT the menu is focused on for keyboard navigation. I don't need this. Is there a way to disable this Windows wide? Even if it...
ok im currently takeing tang soo do and a cage fighting class im wondering where can i learn koppojutsu or some martial art that primarly focuses on bone breaking im looking for a martial art that is in terms as destructive as humanly possible i know several breaking techniques but i want more...
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Sex and the City DVD is an American cable television and movie series. Original run The Tribe DVD sent to HBO 1998-2004, a total ninety-four episodes. Located in New York, the show focuses on four American women, three in their mid-thirties, and one of his forty. Offbeat series were a number...
The Washington Post reports on Duke University's experiment with community health centers: "Duke University has been focusing closer attention on the neighborhood that surrounds it by forming a partnership with Durham's Federally Qualified Health Center. It's an experiment in community care that...
If somebody's heart stops while out in the street, lay rescuers should now focus on CAB (Compressions-Airway-Breathing) and not ABC (Airway-Breathing-Compressions) anymore, says the American Heart Association in its new guidelines. When a person's heart stops there is still some oxygen in their...
Although the economy and jobs have been the "foremost" issues in California's Senate race, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D) is "intent on highlighting the distinction" between her views on abortion rights and those of her Republican opponent, Carly Fiorina, the AP/San Jose Mercury News reports. According...
"Children are not small adults" pediatricians say that's what makes their specialty different from the practice of medicine in adults. For similar reasons, researchers exploring the medical uses of nanotechnology believe that the use of molecular-level nanomedicine techniques in children will...
I am naturally very strong, and it is easy for me to build muscle, and I have a lot of physical endurance and resistance. So what would be a style that would take these things and use them the most effectively? Sort of a style that could be attributed to the element of earth or metal?
I am naturally very strong, and it is easy for me to build muscle, and I have a lot of physical endurance and resistance. So what would be a style that would take these things and use them the most effectively? Sort of a style that could be attributed to the element of earth or metal?
News outlets explore issues at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which is seeking to cut a backlog in disability claims and also address the needs of female veterans. CBS News: "More than 212,000 female service members have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan -- 11 percent of the total...
I doubt Sigma's DP2s (stress "s") update will clean up Wilson's DP2 review in any real way, but the improved autofocus algorithm could help reduce the camera's complexity a tad. Thing's still going to be expensive though.
Now that's only an educated guesstimate, using Sigma's existing pricing...
Obama Administration Focuses On Data-Driven Results In Health Care NPR reports the budget office's use of pedometers to encourage employees to do more physical activity exemplifies "the Obama administration [reliance] on intensive data-gathering to help mold behavior." Peter Orszag...