I acquired this large yew from a local nursery on sale. Yews are very hardy in my area and also make great bonsai. They are probably one of the best conifers to work on since they will easily back-bud on old wood. I have a couple of yews in my collection but none (or any of my trees) are near this size.
One thing to keep in mind is that its ok to handle yews however do not ingest any parts of the plant (especially the berries) since it is toxic. Yews grow very well in shaded areas and are heavy drinkers. Although they like a lot of water they need to be in a well draining soil because their roots are very soft and fleshy and are susceptible to root rot. But keep in mind that since they have soft, fleshy roots they can dry very quickly and die off as well.
Over in Europe ,Yews are some of the oldest living trees and there are some incredible pictures of these trees you can find on the internet.
Now my work-in-progress yew
As you can see it is a large tree. It is quite large in comparison to my riding mower. This is how it was purchased from the local nursery.
I am making a temporary growing box it will spend the next couple years in as it progresses towards becoming a bonsai.
Growing box completed with securing wire, lava rock and gravel for a fast draining layer at bottom.
Sitting up on a bin getting ready for some minor root work.
Burlap removed and a horrible rock hard mud/clay soil root-ball. It’s amazing that it even grew in that terrible soil!
I didn’t get any in-action pics of working the root-ball. I was the only one around at the time and I was covered in mud. I raked and washed out as much dirt as I could with very minimal root disturbance. There was one large root that had to be cut so it would fit in the box but it had very few fine roots on it so it should not affect the tree. The tree sits in the box and is ready for some fresh much better bonsai soil.
After filling in all the gaps with bonsai soil and working it in with a chopstick I did some initial pruning. The tree was suffering from some interior die-back since the external foliage was so thick. As of now this is how the tree will stay most likely for the remainder of the year. There is already some back-budding occurring which is a great sign. I will ponder on a final design for the tree over the next couple months and this winter I will do some styling/wiring on the tree.
This is the mess of foliage from the pruning. I only removed about a third of the foliage and still got this huge mound! It’s a no brainer as to why some of the interior was dying back.
Here is a close-up of the fat trunk and nebari (surface roots). It’s about 4 inches wide! The nebari was scrapped up a bit from the difficult re-potting of such a large tree by myself. But in time it will heal over and be back to normal.
In the future I will do an updated post on this tree once I actually do some styling to it. Until then thanks for reading! 🙂


- Barbara Tillmann
- Séverine Samson
- Daniele Schön
- Simone Dalla Bella
- Kate Stevens
- Bruno H. Repp
- Peter Keller
- Lena Nowicki
- Joanna Kantor-Martynuska, Emmanuel Bigand
- Ilona Laskowska, Simone Dalla Bella, Paulina Rolinska, Aleksander Litwinowicz, Edward Jacek Gorzelańczyk, Marek Harat
- Piotr Podlipniak, Edward Jacek Gorzelańczyk
- Magdalena Berkowska, Jakub Sowiński, Simone Dalla Bella
- Simone Dalla Bella, Anita Białuńska
- Anita Białuńska, Simone Dalla Bella
When the brain is out of tune.
Musical abilities are generally regarded as an evolutionary by-product of more important functions, such as those involved in language. However, there is increasing evidence that humans are born with musical predispositions that evolve spontaneously into sophisticated knowledge bases and procedures that are unique to music. Neuropsychological findings also suggest that the brain is equipped with music-specific neural networks and that these can be selectively compromised by a congenital anomaly. Such a neural anomaly results in a disorder, congenital amusia, that appears limited to the processing of music. The condition appears genetically determined and arises as a consequence of poor processing of pitch-related information. The neural correlates of congenital amusia do not point to a dysfunction of the auditory cortex but to abnormal connectivity with frontal regions. Recent electrical evidence further suggests that the amusic brain is in tune but is unaware of it.


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Developed by Angela He, it's completely free and surprisingly well done. The theme is quite a mature one too, with it touching on suicide and self-harm. It also touches on romance, there's a few memes (who doesn't love a good meme) and so on. What's striking initially is the artwork, it's seriously good. Great chilled-out soundtrack to go along with it too, the quality here really is impressive.
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You can find it free on itch.io and Steam and donate if you enjoyed the experience. You can also see more games made by He on their itch page, I'm certainly interested in seeing something longer from them given how impressed I was with it.
Two years ago today we announced 18.104.22.168, a secure, fast, privacy-first DNS resolver free for anyone to use. In those two years, 22.214.171.124 has grown beyond our wildest imagination. Today, we process more than 200 billion DNS requests per day making us the second largest public DNS resolver in the world behind only Google.
CORE Turkey, Turkey Meal & Duck recipe provides protein-rich, natural, grain-free nutrition. This nutrient-dense recipe has Turkey & Duck for cats who prefer a fish-free, chicken-free diet. To help support optimal health and digestion, cranberries and probiotics are added.
While considerable progress has been made towards understanding the complex processes and pathways that regulate human wound healing, regenerative medicine has been unable to develop therapies that coax the natural wound environment to heal scar-free. The inability to induce perfect skin regeneration stems partly from our limited understanding of how scar-free healing occurs in a natural setting. Here we have investigated the wound repair process in adult axolotls and demonstrate that they are capable of perfectly repairing full thickness excisional wounds made on the flank. In the context of mammalian wound repair, our findings reveal a substantial reduction in hemostasis, reduced neutrophil infiltration and a relatively long delay in production of new extracellular matrix (ECM) during scar-free healing. Additionally, we test the hypothesis that metamorphosis leads to scarring and instead show that terrestrial axolotls also heal scar-free, albeit at a slower rate. Analysis of newly forming dermal ECM suggests that low levels of fibronectin and high levels of tenascin-C promote regeneration in lieu of scarring. Lastly, a genetic analysis during wound healing comparing epidermis between aquatic and terrestrial axolotls suggests that matrix metalloproteinases may regulate the fibrotic response. Our findings outline a blueprint to understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms coordinating scar-free healing that will be useful towards elucidating new regenerative therapies targeting fibrosis and wound repair.
Our knowledge of the molecular and cellular events during mammalian tissue repair is extensive (see refs , , , ) and yet, even with such broad understanding of the wound repair process, regenerative medicine has failed to develop therapies that can perfectly regenerate skin. This stems partly from the dynamic reciprocity of cellular interactions and signaling pathways and partly from a lack of appropriate models to observe these interactions in a regenerative environment . While wound repair in fetal mammals , , , ,  and marsupials  has provided insight into the cellular and molecular regulation of scar-free healing, comparisons of wound repair between fetal mammals and adults has limitations, both biological and practical . The developing fetus, at the time when it heals scar-free, has an immature endocrine system, is immuno-incompetent, is contained in a moist sterile environment, and its cells are in a state of chronic hypoxia . Adult skin is more completely differentiated and adult wounds are open to desiccation and infection, two factors that seriously complicate wound repair. Other promising models of scar-free healing, such as the MRL mouse, which share the ability to regenerate ear punches with rabbits, hares, pikas, cows, pigs and cats , ,  has proven less than perfect when challenged to heal excisional skin wounds ,  casting doubt on the special regenerative powers of this inbred mouse model.
Given their seemingly absolute powers of regeneration, a recurring question has been whether wounds made outside of regenerating structures (e.g. limbs and tails) in adult urodeles are capable of scar-free healing or, like adult anurans, heal with a scar . In this study we examined full thickness excisional (FTE) wound healing of dorsal back skin in adult axolotls. Using an established mammalian excisional wound model to directly characterize cutaneous wound healing in adult axolotls, we examined hemostasis, inflammation, new tissue formation and remodeling processes. Additionally, we induced metamorphosis in adult axolotls to test the hypothesis that loss of larval skin characters and transition to a terrestrial form results in fibrotic scarring following FTE flank wounds. Here we demonstrate that both aquatic and terrestrial axolotls are capable of perfect, scar-free skin regeneration. We discuss these findings in the context of mammalian wound repair and present a blueprint for investigating the cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate scar-free skin healing in adult vertebrates.
Previous work in regenerating newt limbs suggested that reformation of the basement membrane (BM) facilitates dermal regeneration and its delayed formation permits blastema formation . We followed BM regeneration after re-epithelialization and asked whether it occurred prior to the onset of dermal regeneration in excisional flank wounds. In uninjured skin the BM is visible as a thick fibrous band separating epidermis from dermis and is continuous except where mucous glands interject into the epidermis (Figure 3A). Following re-epithelialization histological staining revealed a thin, immature structure beneath the new epidermis (Figure 3A). The BM continued to mature and was completely regenerated at least 47 days after wounding (Figure 3A; yellow arrows D47). Interestingly, complete regeneration of the BM corresponded to regeneration of the dermis (except for stratum spongiosum) (Figure 3A and Figure 1G).
A) Histological examination of basement membrane (BM) regeneration in axolotls. The uninjured BM is visible as a thick blue-stained fibrous band (yellow arrows). An immature BM has begun to reform (yellow arrow D1) after re-epithelialization and is visible at the wound margin (WM) in contrast to the uninjured BM. The regenerated BM is visible at D47. Yellow arrows at D7 and D21 indicate reforming BM. B) Examination of lamina lucida (laminin) and lamina densa (collagen type IV) during basement membrane regeneration. The uninjured BM is positive for laminin and collagen type IV (yellow arrows) as are the basement membranes surrounding glands and muscle fibers. Following re-epithelialization the basal lamina of the epidermis is negative for laminin and collagen type IV (white arrows) and this is clearly evident at the wound margin (WM). Seven days post injury the BM stains strongly for laminin indicating reformation of the lamina lucida, while staining for collagen type IV is punctuated. The lamina densa is regenerated by D14 based on continuous collagen type IV staining and persists during dermal regeneration.
While adult mammals are incapable of regenerating full thickness skin wounds, fetal mammals exhibit scarless healing of similar type wounds . Similarly, while pre-metamorphic anurans heal scar-free, post-metamorphic anurans have been documented to heal flank wounds through scar formation . Adult axolotls retain several larval skin features (e.g. leydig cells, pseudo-stratified epithelium), thus we asked if these characteristics facilitate their ability to heal wounds scar-free. To test this hypothesis we exploited the fact that normally aquatic axolotls retain the ability to undergo metamorphosis to a terrestrial form through administration of thyroxine and we induced metamorphosis in adult axolotls (controlling for age and size with sibling paedomorphs). Comparing uninjured epidermis between both forms we noted two major differences; first, granular glands that occupied relatively little space in the paedomorph dermis were greatly enlarged and occupied most of the stratum spongiosum while mucous glands appeared similar in form between morphs (Figure 4A and Figure S3A). Second, the epidermis no longer contained leydig cells and had transitioned to a completely stratified epithelium exhibiting a well-defined stratum germinativum, stratum spinosum, stratum granulosum and stratum corneum (Figure 4B).
Complete dermal regeneration was delayed in metamorphs (compare Figure 1G and Figure 4G). While epidermal organs regenerated in both forms after 40 days, the wound bed and underlying muscle still contained densely compacted extracellular matrix in metamorphs (Figure 4G and Figure S3C). After 80+ days the stratum spongiosum had regenerated but the stratum compactum remained incomplete (Figure 4H). After 120 days, the wound site resembled an 80-day regenerating wound in paedomorphs and a few collagen deposits still persisted in the underlying muscle (Figure S3D). Fibrosis was not resolved until at least 148 days and while mucous glands regenerated to pre-wound size, granular glands remained small even after 148 days (Figure S3E). Taken together these findings suggest that flank skin in adult metamorphic axolotls can completely regenerate following FTE wounding, but the time required to regenerate both the stratum compactum and mature granular glands is lengthened compared to paedomorphs.
A-B) Fibronectin (FN) and tenascin-C (TN-C) levels were detected during scar-free healing in paedomorphs and metamorphs using an antibody to axolotl fibronectin and a polyclonal antibody to chick tenascin-C. We detected low levels of FN in the basement membrane at D7, and at the wound margins in both morphs. FN was present during ECM deposition at D14 in the center of the wound bed, but in relatively small amounts. By D21 little FN persisted in the regenerating dermis. B) TN-C was detected at the wound margins, in the basement membrane and surrounding some cells at D7. Fourteen days post injury we detected high levels of TN-C throughout the wound bed and in regenerating muscle. A sharp boundary formed between intact muscle and regenerating muscle. These high levels of TN-C persisted during dermis regeneration. Green fluorescence was used to detect autofluorescing erythrocytes. Epidermis (E), dermis (D), muscle (M), wound margin (WM). 041b061a72


When you fundraise for Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada, one of the many things that you are helping to fund is the Brain Tumour Tissue Bank. Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada is the sole funder of the Brain Tumour Tissue Bank, which is housed in state-of-the-art facilities located at University Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario.
We recently went on a tour of the facility, which is located close to the surgery theatres to ensure that tissue samples are collected and processed as quickly as possible.
The Brain Tumour Tissue Bank started when Iain, a nine year old boy, became ill with an inoperable brain stem tumour. His family realized that there was no cure and that research was the only way to find a cure. The Brain Tumour Tissue Bank officially opened on June 10, 1991, the first anniversary of Iain’s death.
Since the Tissue Bank started in 1991, almost 2,000 tissue cases (yielding around 10,000 samples) have been collected. Depending on the size of the removed tissue, multiple samples are prepared from each case. Samples are snap frozen in liquid nitrogen and a matching piece to each frozen sample is placed in formalin, which preserves and fixes the tissue so slides can be cut and stained. This allows the tumour type to be clearly identified through a microscope. Most of the tissue is kept frozen in liquid nitrogen at -196ºC and some in ultra-low freezers at -80ºC.
These tissue samples are then made available to researchers (shipped in dry ice) both locally and around the world. 140+ research projects have used tissue from the tissue bank, resulting in 56 publications. One researcher in the USA was so grateful for the tissue samples that he recently donated $100 of his own money to say thank you! Shipments continue to be sent each year, in the hopes that one day, the cause of and a cure for brain tumours will be found.


- c. 1908
- Purchased 1959
- 257 x 360mm
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About the artist
Margaret Stoddart, from The Weekly Press 9 June 1909
Perhaps the most effective way to clear the native forest that stood in the way of developing farmland was to set fire to it – something poignantly captured here by Margaret Stoddart. The landscape of Paraparaumu, and the Tararua mountain ranges beyond, was home to one of Aotearoa’s most prized birds, the huia. Now extinct, when Stoddart painted this work around 1908, the last official sighting of huia had been recorded a year earlier. Huia were prized for their distinctive tail feathers by Māori and Pākehā, and were relentlessly hunted to extinction in the early 1900s to satisfy a lucrative trade in their skins for stuffed specimens and their beaks for grim jewellery.
Ship Nails and Tail Feathers, 10 June – 22 October 2023


CCnet – Carbon reCycling: Converting waste derived GHG into chemicals, fuels and animal feed
CCnet is one of 6 new networks in Industrial Biotechnology & Bioenergy funded by the BBSRC (BBSRC-NIBB) to encourage the growth of Industrial Biotechnology in the UK.
CCnet will not only continue the work done by the previous BBSRC-NIBB C1net, but will also bring in those communities working on photosynthetic (cyanobacteria) and autotrophic CO2 utilising chassis as well as exploring the potential of anaerobic digestion as a feedstock generator. It provides a cross-sector forum to foster and enhance collaboration between industry and academia.
CCnet has funding for research projects, conferences, studentships, workshops and outreach.


Earlier, we noticed a toad had the misfortune of falling down our recess window. So when the Ludlows came over on Sunday, LeAnna suggested that Kassie help Jim get the toad out. They were successful, and I'm sure the toad was grateful, at the time.
A few minutes later, Kesa wanted to see the toad, so the three went out to find the rescued reptile. Not far from where he was released, Kesa spotted the toad. It appeared to be stuck under the AC unit. As Jim tried to free the toad (for the 2nd time) he found the amount of resistance odd so he began pulling harder. It was then when he saw the cause of the resistance; a snake's head was latched to the other end of the toad!!
It would appear that this slimy serpent had been laying in wait under the AC unit and found himself quite the meal. Unfortunately for him, his meal was too big to fit under the AC.
Jim reacted as any middle-class, white, suburban male, who just so happened to have a stick in his hand when faced with a snake a few inches from his nose...... He shouted "Holy Crap! It's a snake!" ( Yes, he kept the language clean in front of the girls. We're proud of him for that) and promptly slammed the stick down on the snake's head, pinning it to the ground.
As you'd expect, the snake didn't like that much so it started reeling and jerking it's long and rather plump body around in an attempt to get free. What a sight. So much so that Jim then shouted, "get the camera". So the girls when in to get the camera and spread the word. Soon, along with the camera, the whole family came out to witness the unlikely event.
Here's the pictures:
Obviously, the first photo is the Money Shot.
Jim managed to get the toad free but soon the snake escaped back under the A/C unit. After acquiring better snake hunting implements, Mark suggested moving the AC. As soon as they did, that snake took off fast, heading down a hole in the ground near the house foundation.
This rather large guarder snake who had gotten fat from eating bugs and the occasional toad has not been seen since. I don't know about you, but if I were him, I'd have found another hiding spot too.


GORE® BIO-A® Hernia Plug is a proven synthetic, bioabsorbable device that promotes tissue response and reduces complications associated with permanent implants in soft tissue repair.
Surgeons count on the GORE® BIO-A® Hernia Plug to deliver a host of advantages that include:
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- Full Absorption: This product absorbs fully and heals naturally with the material replaced by tissue at 1:1 ratio1
- Tissue Generation: Tubes fill the defect, enabling tissue generation for long-term reinforcement with no permanent material left behind
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The plug is a bioabsorbable scaffold that is intended for use in the reinforcement of soft tissue procedures like umbilical hernia repair, inguinal hernia repair, and trocar port site closures. We offer this product in a single configuration designed to reinforce most defects.
Contraindication: This product is contraindicated for the reconstruction of cardiovascular, orthopedic, and passive biological membrane (i.e., dura mater, pericardium, and peritoneum) defects.
- Morales-Conde S, Flores M, Fernández V, Morales-Méndez S. Bioabsorbable
vs polypropylene plug for the "Mesh and Plug" inguinal hernia repair. Poster
presented at the 9th Annual Meeting of the American Hernia
Society; February 9-12, 2005; San Diego, CA.


Marathon, FL Fish Species
Fish Season Calendar
Guide's Targeted Fish Species In September
Common Marathon, FL Fish Species Questions
What fish are in season in Marathon Florida?
In Marathon, Florida, the fish currently in season include mahi-mahi, yellowtail snapper, and blackfin tuna. Join Fun In The Sun Charters to enjoy thrilling fishing adventures and catch these abundant and delicious species while soaking up the sun.
What fish are in the canals in Marathon Florida?
The canals in Marathon, Florida are home to a variety of fish, including tarpon, snook, and mangrove snapper. Experience the excitement of canal fishing with Fun In The Sun Charters, where you can reel in these prized species while enjoying the picturesque surroundings of the canals.
What is the fastest fish in Florida?
The fastest fish in Florida is the sailfish, capable of reaching speeds up to 68 miles per hour. Experience the thrill of chasing sailfish with Fun In The Sun Charters, where you can embark on exhilarating fishing expeditions and witness the incredible speed and agility of these magnificent creatures firsthand.
A Fun In The Sun Charters Fishing Charter targets the top Marathon, FL Fish species including Mahi Mahi, Black Grouper, Gag Grouper, Red Grouper, Hogfish, King Mackerel, Redfish, Blacktip Shark, Nurse Shark, Cube Snapper, Grey Snapper, Yellowtail Snapper. We primarily Fish the Atlantic Ocean.


The Lloyd Center for the Environment, a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization, founded in 1978 and situated with its headquarters and spectacular nature preserve overlooking the scenic Slocum River estuary, has achieved a well-earned reputation for excellence in environmental research and education. Through its innovative outreach programs, it has established itself as a highly regarded leader in the ongoing effort to raise awareness of the area’s fragile coastal resources and the importance of protecting them.
At this recently expanded 82-acre nature preserve, comprising pristine salt marsh, maritime forest and undisturbed wetlands, in one of the most unspoiled reaches of Dartmouth, the Visitor Center is open from 10 to 4, Tuesday through Saturday, and on Sundays, June - September, free of charge. There, aquarium exhibits offer unique views of live freshwater and saltwater species of fish and other marine critters. The Center is also home to a fascinating collection of live local reptiles, many representing endangered species, being “head-started” and readied for release back into their natural environment. At the always popular touch-tank, youngsters learn the hands-on joy of socializing with gentle spider crabs, elusive minnows, sea stars (starfish), whelks, hermit crabs, periwinkles and mussels.
The top-floor Osprey Room Observatory, with its magnificent views of the Elizabeth Islands and Buzzards Bay, has been designated by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs as one of the Commonwealth’s top-fifteen “Special Places”. Through telescopes there, one can get a close-up view of formerly endangered Ospreys, and their chicks, nesting on platforms erected by members of the Center’s research staff.
Trails are open from dawn to dusk, seven days a week. The Lloyd Center for the Environment is located at 430 Potomska Road, Dartmouth, Massachusetts. For more information, visit www.lloydcenter.org or call 508-990-0505.


Osborne ramps up safety and education during construction work
Osborne have started enabling works for the installation of two new pedestrian access ramps to the footbridge over the tracks at Wareham Railway Station in Dorset.
Whilst these ramps will improve safety, the construction of these ramps means we are relocating the species protected under European Law: the smooth snake and the sand lizard. To meet the requirements of the law, a new habitat has been created nearby and the reptiles are being transferred carefully to their new home.
To mark this unseen element of the project, and to raise awareness of the area’s ecological importance to those using the new ramps, Osborne have installed conservation boards on both sides of the bridge. These innovative boards give information to members of the public on a number of ecological factors, including the various species living near to the Railway station area.
James Buckley, Site Manager for Osborne said: “These conservation boards have been a positive addition to the project and a great demonstration of how modern construction work has to take into account many factors and deliver flexible and innovative solutions. We have successfully started capture and relocation, so far collecting twelve sand lizards, over 40 slow worms and two grass snakes.”
Paul Richmond, Commercial Scheme Sponsor at Network Rail said: “The ramps will greatly improve safety by removing the need for pedestrians to use the level crossing. The conservation boards are an excellent way of showing rail users – and the local population – that they share their town with a wide variety of species and the measures taken to protect them.”


DPN is a complication of diabetes and is caused by chronically high levels of glucose (sugar) levels, which may result in nerve damage primarily in the legs and feet. It affects more than half of all people with diabetes. DPN can lead to pain, nubness and poor balance and if untreated it can get worse with time.
If DPN goes untreated, individuals can experience the following:
The American Diabetes Association recommends a comprehensive foot exam at least once a year for people with diabetes.
A NC-Stat DPNCheck nerve conduction test can give you a firm foundation for your overall diabetes care. The test offers:
An accurate, non-invasive in-office sural nerve conduction test. The sural nerve is located in the lower leg and ankle region. It is one of the first places that the body will show signs of nerves being impacted by diabetes. It provides a numerical reading of the ability of the sural nerve to conduct nerve impulses. This test allows for early detection and intervention to prevent severe and long-term damage to the legs and feet.
A record of sural nerve conduction results allows you and your Doctor to monitor the progression of your DPN. A NC-Stat DPNCheck test provides the information needed to not only better manage your diabetes, but also to help preserve your nerves and thereby protect your feet from the serious complications of the disease. The NC-Stat DPNCheck test is covered by Medicare and many other Heath Insurance Companies.


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Altitude sickness is unpredictable. It occurs when you travel too high too quickly, but not every time. It is, however, always serious.
You may experience altitude sickness when you rapidly increase in altitude without allowing time for your body to adjust. There is less oxygen in the air at higher elevations, and oxygen deprivation can lead to negative side effects.
If you are at a high altitude, your doctor may think you have this condition. Your doctor will ask you questions about your symptoms and examine you. To rule out other conditions, your doctor may ask if you have been drinking fluids or alcohol or using any medicines, or if you have a cold or the flu.
What are the symptoms?
Watch out for signs between six and 24 hours at altitudes of more than 3,000 m (9,840 ft) above sea level, including headache, nausea and vomiting, dizziness, tiredness, loss of appetite, and shortness of breath, which is worse at night.
Can you prevent it?
The best way is to travel slowly up to altitudes above 3,000 m and take medicines for altitude sickness with you.
What's the treatment?
If you think you have altitude sickness, stop and rest where you are. Don't go any higher for at least 24-48 hours.
If you have a headache, take painkillers, and if you feel sick, take an anti-sickness medication. If your symptoms don't improve or get worse, descend as soon as possible, and see a doctor.
If the symptoms of altitude sickness are ignored, they can lead to life-threatening high altitude cerebral oedema (HACE), swelling of the brain caused by a lack of oxygen, and high altitude pulmonary oedema (HAPE), a build-up of fluid in the lungs.
These are serious conditions and require immediate treatment.
Does a drop in temperature make you ill?
Well, yes, but not in the way you might think. A study found that exposing your skin to cold temperatures isn't what makes you susceptible to the common cold. What's more likely to make you ill is the drop in humidity linked to that drop in temperature.
As lung specialist, Ray Casciari in Orange County, California, US, says, in a low-humidity environment "your eyes tend to dry out, the mucous membranes in your nose dry out, and your lungs dry out, and you are therefore much more susceptible to bacteria and viruses".
As viruses are more likely to survive and multiply in cold than heat, you are more prone to getting sick when the weather turns cold.


LinkedOmics is publicly available portal that includes multi-omics data from all 32 TCGA Cancer types
and 10 Clinical Proteomics Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC) cancer cohorts.
The web application has three analytical modules: LinkFinder, LinkInterpreter and LinkCompare. LinkFinder allows users to search for attributes that are associated with a query attribute, such as mRNA or protein expression signatures of genomic alterations, candidate biomarkers of clinical attributes, and candidate target genes of transcriptional factors, microRNAs, or protein kinases. Analysis results can be visualized by scatter plots, box plots, or Kaplan-Meier plots. To derive biological insights from the association results, the LinkInterpreter module performs enrichment analysis based on Gene Ontology, biological pathways, network modules, among other functional categories. The LinkCompare module uses visualization functions (interactive venn diagram, scatter plot, and sortable heat map) and meta-analysis to compare and integrate association results generated by the LinkFinder module, which supports multi-omics analysis in a cancer type or pan-cancer analysis.
LinkedOmics provides a unique platform for biologists and clinicians to access, analyze and compare cancer multi-omics data within and across tumor types.


What are the 222nm Excimer lamp
Publish Time: 2022-12-22
Authoritative research shows that: wavelength of 222nm far ultraviolet radiation is not only harmless to human skin and eyes, and does not contain mercury (mercury) a class of harmful materials, no ozone release, can do environmental protection. When it comes to disinfecting bacteria on the skin, the far-ultraviolet light of 222nm is equally effective in killing bacteria. The Japanese experiment reportedly proved that 222nm UVC radiation does not cause skin cancer. In view of this, this product adopts 222 nano excimer technology for research and development production, can be widely used in daily life, medical institutions, schools, shopping malls, airports, hotels and other public places, to achieve man-machine coexistence sterilization.


By Timothy Philbeck
Faculty Mentor: Parrish Waters
Mice are social animals, and interactions among individuals can provide valuable information related to behavioral and physiological processes. To better understand social relationships in mice, the Tube-Test was developed to easily measure behavioral dominance in cohorts of mice; although this method is not universally accepted as a reliable measure of social dominance, it holds the benefit of being rapid, low stress, and providing an objective measure of dominance. To address the controversial validity of the Tube-Test and to enhance our ability to discriminate dominant mice in social groups, I compared results from the Tube-Test to home-cage behavior, preputial gland size, and steroid hormone levels, all of which are more universally accepted (but more labor intensive) indicators of social dominance in mice.
I housed mice in dyads and assigned them social ranks (i.e. dominant or subordinate) based on their proportion of wins during the Tube-Test (n = 6 dyads). Social rank influenced the duration of total aggression (t = -18.42, df = 4, p ≤ 0.05), although subordinate mice exhibited higher levels of aggression. I used Wilcoxon rank sum tests to compare corticosterone concentration and preputial gland size. Social rank did not influence either of these measures (corticosterone: W = 6, p = 0.7; preputial gland: W = 3, p = 0.7). My results from this pilot study suggest that the Tube-Test does not represent an effective method to measure dominance-like behavior or physiological changes in laboratory mice, although I am continuing this work with an additional cohort of mice.


Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is More Australian, More Natural, More Fun!
- Cuddle a koala
- Feed a friendly kangaroo
- Experience the wild lorikeet feeding free-flight bird show and Australiana sheep shearing
- Witness Aboriginal presenters perform didgeridoo and dancers shows
- Let the kids loose on Wild Island, the fun-filled outdoor adventure playground
- See our wonderful vets in action within the Wildlife Hospital precinct
Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is a not-for-profit organization and reinvests all proceeds back into our amazing Australian native wildlife and conservation programs.
Immerse yourself in the new Lost Valley! Explore a forgotten world and get up close and personal with some of the world's most unique species including friendly Lemurs, Cotton-top tamarins, Red pandas, Capybaras along with free-flying birds, exotic reptiles and so much more.


Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Kindergarten artists learned about fossils. We read several books and talked about how we can learn from fossils. They have plants and animals in them that may not exist anymore. We also learned about how people have been using clay to create functional artwork for thousands of years. To create our clay "fossils", we used rolling pins to roll out clay slabs. Then we used real leaves to add to texture and print the leaves into the clay. We also added texture by printing with toy dinosaurs to create footprints and skeleton shapes into our clay. After the clay was dried and fired, we painted them brown and then used old sponges and water to scrub off most of the paint, but leaving painting in the deep textured areas, so that our fossils were emphasized.


Scleral Melt & Ischemia
The sclera serves as a protective coat and a stable support for the intraocular tissues . Its thickness is not uniform, being the thickest at the posterior pole (1-1.35 mm), gradually decreasing to be the thinnest immediately posterior to the rectus muscle insertion (0.3 mm), and increasing again towards the limbus (0.8 mm). The scleral matrix is compact and made of collagen fibers and interfibrillar proteoglycans. In a normal healthy eye, the scleral stroma is avascular, receiving its nutrition from choroidal blood vessels and the vascular plexus in the Tenon's capsule and on the episcleral surface. Scleral melt is a serious and challenging clinical problem as it threatens the integrity of the eye. Clinically, scleral melt is almost always the result of ischemia which interrupts the blood flow of episcleral blood vessels. Therefore, scleral ischemia and melt can be caused by a number of diseases that interrupt the blood circulation. Acutely, scleral ischemia can occur in chemical or thermal burns. When such ischemia extends near the limbus, it further compromises the limbal epithelial stem cells. Chronically, scleral ischemia can happen when excessive‚ beta irradiation or Mitomycin C are used to treat pterygia or develop after systemic vasculitis and connective tissue disorders.
This Guide demonstrates how Tenonplasty can be used to restore the blood supply. Once the blood supply is established on the ischemic sclera, lamellar corneal graft and/or amniotic membrane transplantation can be used as a tectonic substitute for the missing scleral tissue depending on the depth of the scleral defect. Furthermore, the overlying conjunctival surface healing is facilitated by the transplantation of a cryopreserved amnion graft. As illustrated in this Guide, lamellar corneal tissue and amniotic membrane transplantation can be accomplished without sutures by using fibrin glue. As a result, the surgical time is shortened (allowing topical anesthesia), the patient's recovery time is reduced, and the postoperative care is simplified.
Scleral Melt & Ischemia surgical guide
Tenonplasty for Scleral Melt & Ischemia Intro Video
Overview of Tenonplasty for Scleral Melt & Ischemia Video
Tenonplasty for Scleral Ischemia Surgical Videos
Tenonplasty for Scleral Ischemia Video
Tenonplasty Surgery Post-Op Results Video
Tenonplasty for Scleral Ischemia Second Surgery Video
Tenonplasty for Scleral Melt Surgical Videos
Tenonplasty for Scleral Melt Surgery Video 1
Post-op Review for Scleral Melt in Surgery Video 1
Tenonplasty for Scleral Melt Sample Video 1-b
Tenonplasty for Scleral Melt Sample Video 2
Tenonplasty for Scleral Melt Sample Video 3
If you have additional surgical questions after viewing this information, contact OSREF's Research Director, Scheffer C.G. Tseng, MD, PhD, by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.org or by phone at 305-274-1299.
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Financial Interest Disclosure: Dr. Tseng and his family are more than 5% shareholders in TissueTech, Inc. and Bio-Tissue, Inc. which currently distributes AMNIOGRAFT® and PROKERA™
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WIthout yeast there is no beer. With this in mind, it’s important for a brewer to ensure that this vital ingredient is treated and used in the correct way.
One variable of importance when using yeast is how much. Using too much yeast can limit the amount of yeast growth and prevent a desired yeast character from developing. Not using enough yeast can create a myriad of issues, namely an unfermented beer and/or undesirable characteristics from the stressed out yeast cells.
So, how does a brewer control this? Two pieces of equipment most commonly used in combination are a microscope, and a haemocytometer. With this, the number of yeast cells in a representative sample can be physically counted, and then this can be extrapolated up. Depending on the yeast and the style of beer being made, and the conditions, the window for the ideal amount of yeast can change. This information is supplied by the company supplying the yeast, however it isn’t unusual for brewers to intentionally stray outside these parameters to experiment with different effects.
Now for some maths to demonstrate how this works. If you are making a batch of beer that is 1000L, and you are using a yeast strain that needs 10,000,000 cells per ml, then you need:
1000 x 10,000,000 x 1000 = 10,000,000,000,000 or 1013 cells
A haemocytometer is essentially a glass slide with a tiny grid on it (see pic). You place a liquid sample on this grid, and then place a glass slip over the top. The liquid within this square trapped under the glass is a set volume, and is thin enough to count yeast cells with a microscope easily. Once you know how many cells are in the grid, then you can multiply this number up by a factor based on the size of the haemocytometer, and see if you’ve hit your target number of cells.
This simple way of counting yeast is used by breweries of all sizes, and helps to give brewers a great deal of oversight over a variable that it is vital to control closely, for the sake of making good beer.


As of November 14, 2012, no less than 48 states have reported a total of 5,128 cases showing West Nile virus symptoms in people, including 229 deaths.
Of these, 2,601 (51%) were classified as neuroinvasive disease (such as meningitis or encephalitis), suffering paralysis or other lingering neurological damage, and 2,527 (49%) were classified as non-neuroinvasive disease. The 5,128 cases reported thus far in 2012 is the highest number of West Nile virus disease cases reported to CDC through the second week in November since 2003. Thus, the West Nile virus epidemic of 2012 has become the worst on record for the last decade, and in particular for death and brain damage.
Even more serious, however, have been new indications that suggest the virus may be mutating into a more serious and virulent form, as more cases are showing the virus attacking the brain more aggressively than in the past. For instance, the virus has recently been found by some clinicians to damage speech, language and thinking centers of the brain — something that has never been reported before. Elsewhere, brain damage in young, previously healthy patients, not just in older, sicker ones has been seen— another change from past years’ outbreaks.
These disturbing observations have been downplayed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, maintaining that there is no evidence that the virus is causing a different type of brain damage, but rather that more serious cases this year have emerged because there are more cases overall. However, the CDC does not currently collect the kind of data needed to determine whether the virus is causing more-severe brain damage.
Still, there is evidence to suggest the virus has changed: e.g. showing a greater incidence of severe encephalitis – more neuroinvasive, neurovirulent, inflammation of the brain — than in the past.
For instance, a Texas virologist found signs of genetic changes in virus collected from the Houston area. Further, while the virus in the past has typically invaded the brain and spinal cord of people who have weakened immune systems, such as the elderly and transplant or cancer patients, there have been recent cases reported in people much younger and initially healthier. In other cases, patients were found to have lost their ability to talk or write, or became partially paralyzed, suffered stroke, or experienced recurring seizures – not the usual clinical picture most often seen with WNV. The outlook for such patients varies, but most will face years or a lifetime of disability.
With reports still coming in and new cases continuing — infected mosquitoes continue to bite in southern states — 2002′s record of 284 deaths and 2,946 cases of neuro-invasive disease will shortly be left in the dust. The reason 2012 was a record-busting year for West Nile virus is due primarily to weather: abnormally warm overall, and in many parts of the country, the hottest year on record. Increasing temperatures promote virus growth in mosquitoes, making it easier for them to transmit the virus.
And there are more West Nile epidemic outbreaks to come as recent warming patterns of climate change are likely to continue. Most people are still going to be susceptible to being infected in subsequent years. There’s no vaccine, and there’s no treatment. The best advice for avoiding infection involves wearing protective clothing, using insect repellent, avoiding the outdoors at dawn and dusk, and ridding your home of places mosquitoes breed.
A controversial measure to kill adult mosquitoes has been the use of aerial spraying of insecticide. While such spraying is generally considered safe, it’s not totally without risk. And there have been questions about whether it works.
Stay tuned for further data.


"The Australian government has officially acknowledged the extinction of 13
endemic species, including 12 mammals and the first reptile known to have been
lost since European colonisation.
The addition of the dozen mammal species confirms Australia’s unenviable
position as the world’s capital for mammal extinction, lifting the total number
of mammals known to have died out to 34.
None of the 13 is a surprise. All but one of the mammal extinctions is
historic, with most having disappeared between the 1850s and 1950s.
But the list also includes two species lost in the past decade, both from
Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean."
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Chief Scientist, Xanadu
Partner, Glass Wings
Manager, Serious Cybernetics


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According to the Cleveland Clinic , there are numerous benefits of breastfeeding your newborn for both mom and baby.
Among the top 5 are:
1. A healthier newborn
Studies have shown that babies who breastfeed are more capable of fighting off dangerous infections like Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a devastating disease that affects mostly the intestine of premature infants.
2. A happier, healthier new mom
Breastfeeding is a proven way to shed those pregnancy pounds! Breastfeeding promotes faster weight loss after birth, burning about 500 extra calories a day to build and maintain a milk supply. Breastfeeding also stimulates the uterus to contract and return to normal size. Less postpartum bleeding from breastfeeding can reduce the chance of anemia.
Psychological research has also shown that instances of postpartum depression decrease with breastfeeding, and mom's who breastfeed generally have a more positive mood.
3. A healthier adult child
Breastfed babies are also less likely to develop allergies and asthma. Teens and young adults who were breastfed are less likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, multiple sclerosis, heart disease, and pre- and postmenopausal breast cancers in adulthood.
4. A healthier grand-mom
Studies have also shown that women who breastfeed their children receive health benefits throughout life. Older women who breastfed earlier in life have shown lower risk of breast cancer, lower risk of ovarian cancer, lower risk of rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, less endometriosis, and less osteoporosis with age.
There seem to be heart health benefits to breastfeeding as well, since women who breastfeed are less likely to develop hypertension decreases blood pressure and experience fewer instances of cardiovascular disease.
So, breastfeed your newborn so, one day, you'll be the healthiest grand-mom on the block!
5. A better bond between mom and child
There's an important bond between mom and baby during breastfeeding, studies have found. Breastfeeding promotes more skin-to-skin contact, more holding and stroking. Many feel that affectionate bonding during the first years of life help reduce social and behavioral problems in both children and adults.


Vitamin K1 is one of the premium ingredients BASF offers. Our vitamin K1 has world class stability, flowability and dispensability properties. Vitamin K1 is vital to good health, especially in bone development, and plays an important role in early life development.
Vitamin K1 is a fat-soluble vitamin and is vital to the development of healthy bones and teeth. More specifically, vitamin K1 plays an essential role in incorporating calcium phosphate into bones and is subsequently important for regular bone growth. It also plays a crucial role in blood clotting, since it activates blood clotting factors as well as coagulation-inhibiting factors.
Source of vitamin K1
Vitamin K1 is found in green leafy vegetables such as broccoli, spinach and salad.
Benefits of our vitamin K1
- We offer vitamin K1 with premium properties such as outstanding flowability and stability for dietary supplements, beverage and food applications.
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Health benefits of vitamin K1
Vitamin K plays an important role in a number of health functions, especially in early life stages. Vitamin K is vital to the development of bones and teeth, since it is a co-factor in the production of several bone proteins, the most abundant being osteocalcin. Vitamin K1 is essential for the synthesis of osteocalcin, which helps to incorporate calcium phosphate in bones. Osteocalcin, and consequently vitamin K1, are necessary for regular bone growth. Vitamin K also plays a crucial role in blood clotting as it activates blood clotting factors Il (prothrombin), VII, IX, and X, as well as coagulation inhibiting factors.
Vitamin K1 is used both in prevention and therapy of vitamin K deficiency. Vitamin K deficiency is particularly common in new-borns and babies fed exclusively with breast milk. Breast milk contains little vitamin K, so the ability of the child’s liver to store vitamin K is limited, and intestinal synthesis is not yet fully developed. Implications of Vitamin K deficiency can be avoided with a preventative dosage of vitamin K immediately after birth. Our gelatin-free dry powder vitamin K1 is primarily used in dietary supplement tablets and is also suitable for food and beverage fortification.
With dietary supplements, vitamin K1 is used in solid products containing vitamin K1 as the sole active ingredient, as well as in multivitamin and mineral preparations (e.g. tablets, sugar-coated tablets, instant drink granules, effervescent tablets and hard gelatin capsules). With food products, vitamin K1 is mainly used in the enrichment of food products for babies and children, (except for non-cereal-based infant food formulations in the EU), dietetic products, instant drink powders, dried milk, and multivitamin fruit juices and confectionery (e.g. multivitamin sweets).
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NASA scientists managed to solve one of the greatest riddles of the Red Planet and to get one step closer to the greatest riddle of the Universe—“Does life exist beyond Earth?”.
Researchers discovered liquid saltwater on the surface of Mars, that could be an evidence of the existence of life on the planet. NASA scientists came to this conclusion by analyzing high-quality photos they got from the imaging spectrometer on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, called the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment.
Seasonal streams of liquid water were discovered back in 2011 by American researchers at the University of Arizona. Streaks appear on Martian slopes and canyons during the warm time of the year, when temperature is ten degrees Fahrenheit below zero (minus 23 Celsius), and disappear during colder seasons. Dark narrow streaks that reach hundreds of meters in length appear after the trickles of liquid saltwater flow and combine with each others. Scientists believe that the presence of the saltwater indicates the evidence of some form of life on the planet: without salt water would freeze. On the Earth, for example, if we find water, we would find life. Although scientists still do not know where the water comes from, they admit that it may rise from melting underground ice or condense out of the Martian atmosphere.
The existence of water on Mars—in solid, frozen form—was theorized many years ago, but it was proved only just now. There was a time, a billion years ago, there were lakes and rivers on Mars, but the current water reserves are rather modest—pitches of damp soil instead of pools of standing water. The planet was likely much warmer around four billion years ago than it is today. NASA’s associate administrator for science John M. Grunsfeld cannot imagine that this breakthrough would not be a high-priority issue with the scientific community.
NASA scientists think that freezing point on Mars may be minus eighty degrees Celsius, and given the low atmospheric pressure, the boiling point may be plus ten degrees. The average temperature is about minus 62 degrees. Therefore, water would be liquid longer because of the presence of salt in it.
At the present time, there are five station on the Mars, three of them are American: Mars Odyssey, MRO and MAVEN. American Mars Rover Opportunity is a record-holder for work duration, and Curiosity is the heaviest Mars Rover (900 kilograms).


Fostering a Kitty with Ringworm: Not So Scary After All!
What exactly IS ringworm? It sounds gross!
Ringworm is a fungal infection affecting the skin, hair and occasionally nails of animals (and people). It manifests itself on kittens generally on the head, around the eyes, ears, feet, and tail in round areas of hair loss that are rough and scaly.
It is NOT a worm, as the name may lead you to believe. In fact, it is very closely related to Athlete’s Foot found commonly in humans and typically lives in the soil.
While it is a zoonotic infection – meaning it can be passed between species – it most commonly affects young animals and those with suppressed immune systems. Young kittens are notorious for not grooming as effectively, which is why we see it more often in kittens.
What does a foster home need to be prepared to treat kittens with ringworm?
Ideally, the animals are kept in a space in the home that you can completely clean with bleach or a specific hydrogen peroxide-based product that kills the fungus. This could be a spare bathroom, a utility room, or a room where there is limited furniture and wood floors or linoleum.
– Linens and items you are able to use especially for fostering (Pawmetto Lifeline can provide these).
– Food, litter and litterbox, and toys for your foster animals (Pawmetto Lifeline can provide these).
– If you have other pets, they absolutely need to be kept separate due to the degree of contagion. So no socializing of your foster kittens with other animals in your home.
– Understanding. The amount of handling does not have to be limited, but you need to take extra precautions when handling the kittens (no rubbing their fur on your face!) and being diligent about washing before interacting with others after handling the infected kittens.
– Patience. It can be difficult to keep kittens for a few months and not get attached to them but rest assured they will find forever homes, and you helped them with that!
– Love and affection! These kittens need just as much love and socialization as the next kitten, they just happen to require a different kind of care.
It’s best to not have someone in the household who has a compromised immune system that could be susceptible to getting infections.
What is provided to the foster home?
- Medication and treatment for the fungal infection – lime dip and oral medication
- Instructions on the treatment process
- 24/7 support from the Foster Team staff every step of the way
- Kittens! Cute, fluffy, adorable felines!!
Why should I consider helping?
Every foster parent is a true life-saver!
Due to exposure risks for the other animals, shelters have to handle cases of ringworm in a very regimented way, isolating the animals and limiting contact with them since we are handling so many other animals. This is a rather sad situation for kittens who need lots of attention, love, and playtime.
Shelters are a high-stress environment, and animals tend to get healthy and stay healthy in a less stressful home environment.
If you have questions, or would like further information about this foster care need, please e-mail firstname.lastname@example.org or call (803) 465-9175 and speak with our Foster Care Team.


Is it okay if my Dexcom G4 PLATINUM CGM sensor glucose readings and fingerstick blood glucose values don’t match exactly?
Yes. Your sensor glucose readings are meant to be used for trending only. Your blood glucose meter and sensor measure your glucose from two different types of body fluids: blood and interstitial fluid. Therefore, the values from your blood glucose meter and sensor may not match exactly. Contact the Dexcom Product Support team for further assistance by calling 1-877-339-2664.


Biofuel is produced by the fermentation of carbohydrates found in grains and other biomass. Biofuel can be produced from a number of different types of grains as well as from other agricultural by products such as corn stovers, rice hulls, cheese whey, potato waste, brewery and beverage wastes and forestry by products. At present, the majority of biofuel in the United States is produced from corn because corn contains large quantities of carbohydrates and can be handled efficiently. Such carbohydrates convert into glucose more easily than most other kinds of biomass. The corn used for biofuel production is known as No. 2 yellow field corn which is indigestible to humans and goes primarily to the livestock feed industry. Outside the United States, sugarcane is the primary feedstock used in biofuel production. Bio-refineries also produce valuable co-products for the feed and biodiesel industries, including high protein distiller’s grains, corn oil, and syrup. CO2 is also captured in bio-refineries and is used primarily in the beverages industry.
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Ethanol is a $54 billion industry in the US that currently manufactures over 15 billion gallons of ethanol annually in over 200 plants around the country making it the 2nd largest fuel transportation supplier in the US with 10% of the market. The industry now ranks ahead of countries such as Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Venezuela and Algeria in supplying transportation fuel across America and is delivering on the targets set out by the Bush administration in 2007 on ensuring America reduces its over reliance on foreign oil.
Corn is received at the plants by truck or rail, which is then weighed and unloaded in a receiving building. Storage bins are utilized to store grain, which is passed through a scalper to remove rocks and debris prior to processing. Thereafter, the corn is transported to a hammer mill where it is ground into coarse flour and conveyed into a slurry tank for enzymatic processing. Water, heat and enzymes are added to convert the complex starch molecule into simpler carbohydrates. The slurry is heated to reduce the potential of microbial contamination and pumped to a liquefaction tank where additional enzymes are added. Next, the grain slurry is pumped into fermenters, where yeast, enzymes, and nutrients are added, to begin a batch fermentation process. A beer column, within the distillation system, separates the alcohol from the spent grain mash. Alcohol is then transported through a rectifier column, a side stripper and a molecular sieve system where it is dehydrated to 200 proof alcohol. The 200 proof alcohol is then pumped to a holding tank and blended with approximately two percent denaturant (usually natural gasoline) as it is pumped into finished product storage tanks. The mash is taken through a centrifuge following the distillation process where it is converted into syrup, corn oil, and a high protein feed distiller’s grains.


Aim: Phylogenomics Stage 2
Project initiation: Aug 2021
Project lead: Juliet Wege | Department of Biodiversity Conservation & Attractions (DBCA)
The triggerplant genus Stylidium (Stylidiaceae: Asterales) is a charismatic element of the Australian flora renowned for its highly specialised flowers that place pollen on (and retrieve pollen from) visiting insects via a rapidly rotating column (the ‘trigger’). More than 300 species are known, including a raft of rarities that have only recently been scientifically named and described. An overarching taxonomic synthesis Stylidium and allied genera is being prepared for the Flora of Australia; however, evolutionary relationships remain poorly understood.
This project will produce a phylogenomic framework for 240 species of Stylidiaceae based on Angiosperm353 target capture data. The framework will be used to formulate a robust classification of the family that will underpin current and future taxonomic research and associated conservation efforts. These data will also be used to address questions of phylogenetic relationships, biogeographic history, and trait evolution and will also provide insights into the drivers of speciation in south-western Australia, a veritable hotspot of triggerplant diversity.


Wilderness Wildlife Trust, with the support of various partners including a generous donation from RHINO FORCE, facilitated the funding for a successful black rhino darting operation in Malawi’s Liwonde National Park, between 17 and 29 November 2013.
Led by Chief Veterinary Officer of the IUCN Species Survival Commission’s African Rhino Specialist Group, Dr Pete Morkel, the aim of the darting operation was to fit VHF transmitters on as many black rhinos as possible in order to maximise monitoring efficiency of the population in the face of intensifying poaching pressure in the park. The new tracking devices aid ongoing monitoring, ecological research and overall security measures run by the managing authority, the Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW), and the tourism concessionaire, Wilderness Safaris.
Since November 2012, daily patrols involving professional rhino trackers of the DNPW Rhino Protection Team and Krisztián Gyöngyi (Rhino Monitoring and Research Ecologist) have been conducted to monitor, protect and record relevant ecological data on the species living in and outside the Sanctuary. The new transmitters will not only increase the monitoring efficiency of the rhino, but locating them in the park will also be considerably easier.
“We had to ensure that the rhino were darted before the oncoming wet season and were thrilled with the success of the operation. Days were long, the team worked hard and as a result five rhinos were captured and treated during the 13-day campaign. We covered approximately 190km on foot, spending 118 hours actively tracking rhino in the bush. We were also grateful for the support and assistance of Dr Amanda Salb of the Lilongwe Wildlife Centre and James Kamtsokota from African Parks Majete, whose exemplary tracking skills and knowledge of black rhino behaviour played an important role in finding the rhino”, said Mr Gyöngyi.
Conserving the small stock of black rhino in Liwonde is of a high national and international priority. However, like many populations in Africa, this one is also severely threatened by illicit poaching. This, coupled with the limited resources of DNPW in continuing its protection, necessitated the launch of the Trust’s Liwonde Black Rhino Protection Project in 2012. It is a joint collaboration between the DNPW, Wilderness Safaris Malawi and Mr Bentley Palmer – a private stakeholder who has played an instrumental role in the protection of rhino in Liwonde for over 20 years.
The Bead Coalition CEO, Joanne Lapin Thorpe says, “We are so proud that we could donate R20,000 from sales of our successful RHINO FORCE bracelets to assist with this project.”
For further info on the Trust – http://www.wildernesstrust.com/
About Wilderness Wildlife Trust: www.wildernesstrust.com
- The Wilderness Safaris Wildlife Trust supports a wide variety of approximately 30 projects annually in southern Africa, within the categories of wildlife management, research and monitoring, and community empowerment and education. These projects address the needs of existing wildlife populations, seek solutions to save endangered species and provide education and training for local people and their communities.
- For more than 20 years, the goal of the Wilderness Wildlife Trust has been to make a difference to Africa, her wildlife and her people.
- Contact Russel Friedman for more information: firstname.lastname@example.org
About Wilderness Safaris: www.wilderness-safaris.com
- Wilderness Safaris is an ecotourism company that specialises in memorable wildlife experiences in some of the most remote and pristine areas in Africa. In this way it offers its guests private access to three million hectares of Africa’s finest wildlife reserves, while remaining fiercely committed to protecting our planet’s precious natural and cultural resources.
- Wilderness Safaris operates camps and safaris in some of Africa’s best wildlife and wilderness reserves across nine different countries: Botswana, Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
- Wilderness Safaris is part of the Wilderness organisation, a group of responsible ecotourism companies and conservation and community development vehicles that together endeavour to use responsible tourism to build sustainable conservation economies in Africa.


This exciting vacation lets you sample the natural wonders of Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands. Enjoy guided sightseeing in Quito, have your photo taken at the “Center of the World,” and visit the Giant Tortoises Reserve. Spend two nights on Santa Cruz Island at the Finch Bay Hotel, where an expert Naturalist introduces you to indigenous plant and animal species found only in the Galápagos. Choose from a menu of à la carte activities to make this experience special to you. Then, embark on an exciting 4-day cruise among various Galápagos Islands. Have your camera ready as your Naturalist points out colonies of sea lions, pelicans, boobies, several species of Darwin’s finches, marine iguanas, flamingos, masked boobies, blue-footed boobies, frigatebirds, storm petrels, short-eared owls, and other birds. Also visit the Charles Darwin Research Station—a remarkable adventure!
Day #1 Arrive in Quito, Ecuador. Welcome to Quito!
Day #2 Quito. An included sightseeing tour showcases Quito’s treasures: the historic stone murals of the LEGISLATIVE PALACE, Independence Plaza and the 16th-century SAN FRANCISCO MONASTERY, the Jesuit’s LA COMPANIA CHURCH with its stunning golden altars, and the impressive paintings at the WORKSHOP & MUSEUM of Oswaldo Guayasamin. Have your photo taken in front of the EQUATORIAL MONUMENT, the “Center of the World.” This evening, enjoy a welcome dinner. (B,D)
Day #3 Quito–Baltra–Galápagos Islands–Finch Bay Hotel. Take a morning flight to Baltra, one of the remote Galápagos Islands. Upon arrival, transfer to the highlands of Santa Cruz, where your Naturalist introduces the island’s lush and vibrant landscapes. Visit the giant tortoise RESERVE for a chance to see the famous Galápagos tortoises in their wild habitat. Next, see the Twin Pit Craters, great depressions of volcanic material formed by a long process of slow sinking of the ground, where exceptional Scalesia trees, ferns, mosses, and orchids can be seen in the surroundings. Later this afternoon, visit the CHARLES DARWIN RESEARCH STATION, established to help conserve the Islands’ natural habitat and protect the famous giant tortoises. While here, learn about the tortoise-rearing program. (B,L,D)SPECIAL FEATURE: Named after the famous Darwin’s finches abundant in the surroundings, the Finch Bay Hotel offers a private seaside location surrounded by mangroves. Amenities include a bar, lounge, restaurant, outdoor pool and Jacuzzi, and beachfront access. Guests can enjoy daily boat excursions to various Galápagos Islands, kayaking, snorkeling, bicycle rides in town, and viewing the local flora and fauna.
Day #4 Galápagos. Finch Bay Hotel. Outings today include a list of activities that allow you to have a “Galápagos à la carte” adventure. Perhaps take a hike over the lava rock formations past gigantic cacti to Las Grietas, a unique swimming hole created by lava flows. Or, choose a walk to Tortuga Bay, a 6-mile-long coralline beach; mountain bike up in the highlands; or swim, snorkel, or kayak right off the beach at the hotel. (B,L,D)
Day #5 Galápagos Islands (Embarkation) Cruising: Santa Cruz Island. Today, board the sleek Santa Cruz for five days of CRUISING among various Galápagos Islands. Each day, travel ashore to the remote islands with your expert Naturalist, who introduces you to the unique fauna living free and fearless of man. Visit LAS BACHAS on Santa Cruz Island, where abandoned WWII military barges can be found. Today, it is an important nesting area for the East Pacific green sea turtle. You will also see brackish lagoons just steps away from the sea and white-sand beach, which is a feeding ground for various wading birds, from stilts to flamingos. Return to the ship for a briefing on the next day’s adventure, followed by a Captain’s welcome cocktail and dinner. (B,L,D)NOTE: The ship’s itinerary may vary according to Galápagos National Park policies and regulations, weather conditions, and seasonal changes to create the perfect cross-section of sites visited.
Day #6 Galápagos Islands Cruising: James Island. After breakfast, join your Naturalist for a coastal exploration along the impressive cliffs of BUCCANEER COVE on James Island. Learn about the history of the island, its relevance for the whalers, pirates, and early researchers, including Darwin’s epic voyage in 1835. The cove is home to a large number of marine birds, sea lions, and inter-tidal organisms, which makes this is a great site for snorkeling, too! This afternoon, land at PUERTO EGAS on James Island, known for its black-sand beach and a landscape of tuff-stone layers and lava flows. This is a great opportunity to see land and marine birds as well as a colony of fur sea lions, marine iguanas, and Sally Lightfoot crabs. You have the chance to snorkel or swim from the beach, or ride on the glass-bottom boat. (B,L,D)
Day #7 Galápagos Islands Cruising: Rábida & Bartolomé Islands. Disembark at RÁBIDA ISLAND on a red-colored beach, formed from the unusually high content of iron in the volcanic material. Stroll along the beach of this small island as your Naturalist points out large colonies of sea lions, pelicans, boobies, yellow warblers, and several species of Darwin’s finches. Very close to the beach, hidden behind a strip of green saltbush, is a salt pond where, at times, greater flamingos migrate. This is a wonderful place to snorkel from the beach, due to the unique combination of underwater species like the Galápagos dolphin and submarine landscapes. After lunch, en route to our next island, dolphins are often spotted. At BARTOLOMÉ ISLAND, hike to the summit for a stunning view of two beautiful bays and fascinating formations of lava flows and spatter cones, including the iconic Pinnacle Rock. You will also have the chance to snorkel and possibly see Galápagos penguins in tropical waters and even some sharks and rays! (B,L,D)
Day #8 Galápagos Islands Cruising: Tower Island. Upon arrival at TOWER ISLAND, your visit to Prince Philip’s Steps begins with a scenic panga ride along the cliffs to see the large number of nesting colonies of Nazca boobies, red-footed boobies, and shore and seabirds in the cliffs’ ledges. Disembark at the base of Prince Philip’s Steps and climb up the stairs to a trail where birdlife abounds. A walk with your Naturalist reveals large colonies of masked boobies, blue-footed boobies, frigatebirds, storm petrels, and even short-eared owls. In the afternoon, disembark at DARWIN BAY to observe thousands of birds—mainly frigatebirds, red-footed and masked boobies, gulls, herons, finches, and mockingbirds. Return to the beach for swimming and snorkelling at this beautiful natural harbor. The more adventurous can snorkel below the cliffs. (B,L,D)
Day #9 Galápagos Islands (Disembarkation) San Cristobal–Quito. After breakfast, depart for SAN CRISTOBAL, where Charles Darwin first set foot in the Galápagos back in 1835. Visit the GALAPAGUERA at Cerro Colorado to see the breeding program of giant tortoises and learn about this endangered species and its promising recovery. While here, watch for the Chatham (San Cristobal) mockingbird and Chatham lava lizard—both species are endemic to this island and seen nowhere else in the Galápagos. Head to the airport for your flight to Quito, where you will have free time this evening to prepare for your return flight home tomorrow. (B)
Day #10 Quito. Your vacation ends with breakfast this morning. (B)


You don’t have to be a scientist to make chocolate, but my professional scientific background has definitely helped me to understand the cocoa bean’s journey. I spent more than 15 years working in the chocolate manufacturing industry and during that time I learned all about the chocolate-making process. This, combined with my love of intense flavours, drove me to retrain as a chocolatier. I wanted to use my knowledge and my palate to create my own indulgent chocolates, made from pure, raw ingredients and the best cocoa I could source.
I’m fascinated by everything chocolate: its history, how it’s grown, and what you can do with it…and I’d like to share some of that fascination with you.
The chocolate journey
So, how we get from the cocoa bean to a chocolate bar? It’s a complicated technical process, but I’ve simplified it here:
There are so many interesting things to point out along the chocolate journey that I’m going to divide the steps into several posts. Here I’m going to look at the different varieties of cocoa bean and the growing conditions that give them their distinct taste.
Future AuBel blogswill look at how the bean is used to create liquid chocolate and how that then becomes the products that we buy. When we come to the ‘final chocolate product’ (i.e. the bars and boxes that, apparently, the world spent approximately 98.2 billion US dollars on in 2016!), I’ll also give you an insight into how I come up with my award-winning AuBel flavours.
The cocoa tree
The Latin name of the cocoa tree is Theobroma Cacao, also known as ‘Food for the Gods’ in Greek. It grows to be 25 feet tall with white flowers, and it takes five years to produce its first colourful fruit. They’re called cocoa (or ‘cacao’) pods: they have cocoa beans inside them and the tree grows around 20 of them annually. Each pod holds approximately 30 to 60 beans and it is these that are used to make chocolate.
(According to Cadbury’s, one cocoa tree produces approximately 1,000 cocoa beans a year, yielding 1lb of cocoa!)
The pods need warm temperatures and lots of rain to grow; this is why most cocoa beans are produced in the hot and humid regions of Africa (mainly forest areas), Central and South America, Asia and Oceania. Mass chocolate producers tend to source their cocoa from the Ivory Coast, where the majority is grown.
The cacao pod
There are four main varieties of cacao beans, each giving a distinctive colour and flavour to the chocolate it produces.
Forastero: this versatile bean is mainly grown in Africa, Ecuador and Brazil and makes up 80% of the world’s cocoa supply. Forastero beans are purple in colour and give chocolate its full-bodied, earthy and bitter flavour.
Criollo: the Criollo tree is native to Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean islands and Sri Lanka. It is particularly difficult to grow and, as such, makes up less than 5% of the world’s cocoa supply. The beans are a white to pale pink colour and their taste is delicate yet complex, aromatic and less bitter than the Forastero.
Trinitario: the hybrid Trinitario bean results from cross-pollination after the near destruction of Trinidad’s Criollo plantations by a hurricane in 1727. Forastero seeds were brought over from Venezuela and cross-fertilised with native Criollo beans, creating the Trinitario. It only covers about 10 to 15% of the cocoa harvest and is considered fine-flavour cacao. The Trinitario bean has the fine and complex flavour of the Criollo and the tree has the hardiness of the Forastero.
Arriba: a unique cocoa species, discovered in the 19th century by a Swiss chocolatier while navigating the Guayas River in Ecuador. This Nacional variety, named Arriba due to the region it was found in, has an intense cocoa taste with complex aromas.
When the pods are ripe, they turn red, yellow or orange. Pods are suitable for harvest for three to four weeks, after which time the beans begin to germinate.
Harvesting is done manually: this involves removing the ripe pods from the trees by making a clean cut through the stalk. The hard shells of the pods are opened a week to 10 days after harvesting, and the wet seeds (the cacao beans) extracted, along with the surrounding soft pulp.
The beans then undergo fermentation, a crucial stage in their journey as this is where their flavour development begins. This can happen in a variety of ways but all methods depend on the beans being removed from their pods and heaped together. This allows micro-organisms to develop and initiate the fermentation of the pulp surrounding them.
The pulp’s sugars convert to alcohol through yeast, and bacteria oxidises the alcohol, which contributes to complex chemical reactions. This leads to the nature of the chocolate’s flavour and colour. The length of fermentation is determined by the type of bean: e.g. Forastero beans take five days; Criollo beans only two or three.
Once fermented, the beans get to sunbathe! The natural heat of the sun also plays a significant role in how their flavour advances. Once dry, the beans are bagged up, ready for shipment across the world.
And there we have it: the first part of the cocoa bean journey. In my next blog post we’ll look at how these beans go on to become liquid chocolate.
In the meantime, if you have a chocolate-related enquiry please get in touch!


Laboratory of Complex Fluids and Molecular Biophysics
We study the physics of complex liquid systems and of biomolecules in solution. Typical examples are DNA, proteins, colloidal suspensions, polymers and liquid crystals. Under given circumstances all these systems spontaneously develop fascinating organized structures. The goal of our research is to probe and understand the relationship between the properties of the constituting elements (monomers, molecules, particles) and their spontaneous assembling. Our interests extend from fundamental physics to technological applications, and our aims range from unraveling the mechanisms of individual or collective molecular behavior to discovering novel materials and experimental approaches. The techniques we use include optical microscopy, light scattering, laser spectroscopy, rheology, electrically induced optical birefringence.
The research in our group is mostly organized along three main themes:
- Soft materials
We investigate the structure and properties of heterogeneous fluid materials such as colloids, emulsions, liquid crystals and gels, possibly involving DNA or proteins. Our focus is on developing a fundamental understanding of their properties, as well as using the materials as models for the study of complex phenomena. In addition, much of our work is motivated by potential technological applications.
We study the properties of biological macromolecules and of cells. We focus on the physics of biopolymers through the investigation of the self-assembly and ordering of DNA fragments, the mechanism of protein folding, the kinetics of molecular recognition processes and the dynamical behavior of biopolymer networks. We also extend these studies to investigate the mechanical properties of living cells.
- Novel optical techniques
We develop innovative optical approaches for specific technological issues and for scientific investigations. This includes novel methods for the optical investigation of complex fluids and biomolecular samples, primarily based on light scattering, microscope imaging and time resolved spectroscopy. In particular, innovative solutions are proposed in the field of label-free biosensors and quantitative dynamic microscopy.
Laboratory web site
L.I.T.A. building, via F. Cervi 93, 20090 Segrate (Milano), Italy


Egg hatching incubators with heating lamp and integrated thermostat
Incubators for artificial brooding designed to replicate the task of “mother hen” obtaining a high percentage of egg hatching.
We have 3 models of artificial incubator, which differ in the number of eggs they can house.
Thanks to the automatic regulation of temperature, humidity and ventilation, the eggs are in an ideal environment for the development of the embryo up to the birth of the chick.
A tilting tray simulates the movement that the hen makes with her legs while incubating the eggs to prevent the embryo from remaining attached to the inner wall of the shell, an event which would decree its premature death.
Each incubator is suitable for the artificial hatching of eggs of various sizes: hens, pheasants, quails, ducks, guinea fowls, partridges, turkeys and geese.
Discover the 3 egg incubator models available in the catalog


The KNOWMAK tool provides users with an interactive interface where they can explore the knowledge co-creation in the European Research Area at different levels of aggregation in terms of topics and geographical spaces. The KNOWMAK project endorses the open data approach of the European Commission. Data developed within the project will be made available for research purposes through the RISIS EU-FP7 infrastructure project (risis.eu).
Visit site: https://www.knowmak.eu/
Keywords: Industrial biotechnology, Nanoscience and technology, Genomics, Publication statistics, Visualisation, Societal Grand Challenges (SGC), Key Enabling Technologies (KET)


Ofloxacin, Metrionidazole & Simethicone Suspension
Ofloxacin Metronidazole and Simethicone which treat diarrhoea. Ofloxacin kills bacteria by preventing them from reproducing and repairing themselves. Metronidazole kills other microorganisms in addition to bacteria by damaging the DNA. Simethicone is an antifoaming medicine which disintegrates gas bubbles and allows easy passage of gas.
Composition:- Ofloxacin 50 mg, Metronidazole Benzoate 120 mg, Simethicone 10 mg


|Präsentation: Tagung Agrarholz: C. Baum, P. Kahle, J. Köhn and P. Leinweber, Berlin 2013|
|Soil- and socio-ecological impacts of short rotation coppices |
– An evaluation report and a proposal for an integrated management scheme -
The use of biomass to produce energy (power, heat and fuel) is seen a carbon neu-tral and therefore climate impact neutral business. Cradle-to-grave life cycle analyses show that this not due for any kind of biomass. Hence, the analyses of agricultural soils cultivated with poplar or willow in short rotation coppices (SRC) have shown that SRC may increase the natural carbon sink in the soils. These might increase the soil fertility in the long term. Thus, the ecological and basic economic results have been evaluated by the use of integrated ecological and socio-ecological tools. Soil ecological results and the socio-economic frameworks in Sweden in Germany were compared and evaluated. Selected results from the former ERA Net project RATING-SRC and subsequent investigations on SRC sites in Germany and Sweden will be presented. Chemical, physical and biological soil properties were measured under SRC and adjacent arable sites with annual crops. The changed quality and quantity of leave and root litter and the lack of tillage under SRC can lead to an increased carbon accumulation and a changed soil organic matter quality, a decreased bulk density and a changed microbial activity and diversity. The soil ecological significance of SRC differs widely between different tree taxa and even on the clone-level. Therefore, bioindicators, like e.g. clone-specific concentrations of foliar waxes, were proposed for the selection of the most promising clones to improve the soil fertility of arable soils in the long term. These results may also explain why farmers observed a substantial increase of yields after the SRC has been turned again in arable land used for annual crops such as grain or rape seed.


Many people suffer from acne due to factors like age, hormonal changes, and poor hygiene. One natural remedy is to use coconut for acne. Using coconut for acne treatment is beneficial to keep you or your loved ones safe from the problem. Suffering from the condition is uncomfortable because of the swelling, redness, pain and inflammation. Thus, acne should be prevented and cured to avoid these signs and symptoms. Below, find out how coconut oil functions in the treatment of acne.
Acne Treatment: The Function of Coconut Oil
The nutrients in coconut help fight the condition. A detailed explanation of its roles is listed below.
- Fatty Acids
Capric Acid and Lauric Acid are fatty acids found in coconut oil. They are also two of the most potent antimicrobial agents. Additionally, the breastmilk contains these acids to protect newborns from infections.
Applying coconut oil on the skin turns the fatty acids Capric Acid and Lauric Acid into Monocaprin and Monolaurin by some good microorganisms. In turn, this replaces the affected skin layer through continuous washing using the coconut fluid. Taking coconut oil provides the same level of protection, however, directly applying it is highly recommended.
- Vitamin E
As we all know, Vitamin E is an excellent substance that keeps the skin healthy. Coconut oil is considered an exceptional source of Vitamin E. It clears blockage as well as makes sure the sebum glands keep functioning. Vitamin E affects the hormones to fluctuate to help the sebum gland become less active. Therefore, it treats the origin of acne to prevent its appearance and irritating symptoms.
Once the coconut oil is applied to the skin with acne, it is quickly absorbed and instantly reduces inflammation. The oil then soothes the skin and helps heal the skin.
Furthermore, coconut oil has an effect on the metabolic rate. It immediately increases its rate upon application. The chances of getting acne are reduced since coconut oil also has an effect on hormones and oil secretion. In conclusion, the increased metabolism is increasing healing process and repair of damaged skin caused by acne.
Effective Methods to Use Coconut for Acne
Aforementioned, coconut oil may be applied directly on the skin or consumed orally. Both are effective means of effectively using coconut for acne. For maximum effect, take 2 to 5 tablespoons of coconut oil daily. The oil may be consumed directly or added to delicious meals or snacks. It does not really matter as coconut has a satisfying taste.
Choosing the type of coconut oil is vital. Never settle for unrefined, crude ones. Opt for high grade oils available in the market. The problem with unrefined oils is that they can further develop the condition. The kind of oil is unhygienic and contains particles (dust, debris and harmful microbes) that can clog the pores.
Instead, pick out the refined coconut oil. The best one to choose is the virgin coconut oil. They are very effective, but can be quite expensive as compared with other types of oil.
Give coconut for acne a try today. To be honest, what do you have to lose with this safe and effective acne treatment alternative?


March 15, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Statement by the Embassy of the United States in Bulgaria
As the State Department’s spokesperson said in a public statement on March 9, it is untrue that The United States is developing biological weapons. It is Russia, not Ukraine, that has an active biological weapons program in violation of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).
Russia’s accusations about peaceful Ukrainian military biological research laboratories are absolutely false. Ukraine is in full compliance with the BWC and the United States would not cooperate with them for peaceful purposes otherwise. The research laboratories in Ukraine are fully run by the Ukrainian health and agriculture ministries.
We’ve provided support to renovate and equip the laboratories and to train personnel to work more safely and effectively on disease surveillance and response. This support has been publicly documented since it began – proudly, clearly, and in the open. The labs’ work is entirely peaceful in nature unlike Russia’s chemical and biological weapons programs, which are offensive in nature.
More information can be found here:
FACT SHEET: The Department of Defense’s Cooperative Threat Reduction Program – Biological Threat Reduction Program Activities in Ukraine


NAME: Carcharinus leucas; Common name: bull shark; Other names: cub shark.
BULL SHARKS IN DEPTH: Bull sharks are at the top of the marine food chain in Southwest Florida, where mature adults prey on tarpon and even other sharks. They are stocky, powerful fish with large teeth that easily shear large bites. They are considered dangerous to man.
Bull sharks use Southwest Florida waters, particularly the Caloosahatchee River, as a nursery ground, swimming well upstream to bear live pups that quickly assert themselves in their riverine environment. Scientists theorize bull shark young are born in brackish water to separate them from potentially cannibalistic parents in salt water.
In recent years bull sharks have become the scourge of tarpon anglers in Boca Grande Pass. They home in on hooked fish or track tired, recently released tarpon with deadly efficiency during the month of May, although their numbers thin out thereafter.
Bull sharks are strong fighters that require heavy tackle, with metal leaders. Smaller sizes provide great sport on light tackle, and can be chummed easily with fresh cut fish.
REGULATIONS: One per person or two per boat, whichever is less. Finning prohibited.
EDIBILITY: Good to eat after bleeding. Catch should be iced immediately.
FISHING TIP: Bull sharks are among the many species that have suffered from overfishing, due to a demand for shark meat and fins and a very low rate of reproduction. Catch-and-release fishing is advisable.
Sharks can be seriously damaged by removing them from the water, especially if held up by the tail, causing their entrails to slide forward. They also have the potential to seriously injure anglers with severe bites.
Cutting sharks loose while still in the water is a good catch-and-release method. Fishing with circle hooks may reduce injuries caused by gut-hooking.


Dr. Grandin is a designer of livestock handling facilities and a Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University. Facilities she has designed are located in the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries. In North America, almost half of the cattle are handled in a center track restrainer system that she designed for meat plants. Curved chute and race systems she has designed for cattle are used worldwide and her writings on the flight zone and other principles of grazing animal behavior have helped many people to reduce stress on their animals during handling.
She has also developed an objective scoring system for assessing handling of cattle and pigs at meat plants. This scoring system is being used by many large corporations to improve animal welfare. Other areas of research are: cattle temperament, environmental enrichment for pigs, reducing dark cutters and bruises, bull fertility, training procedures, and effective stunning methods for cattle and pigs at meat plants.
She obtained her B.A. at Franklin Pierce College and her M.S. in Animal Science at Arizona State University. Dr. Grandin received her Ph.D in Animal Science from the University of Illinois in 1989. Today she teaches courses on livestock behaviour and facility design at Colorado State University and consults with the livestock industry on facility design, livestock handling, and animal welfare. She has appeared on television shows such as 20/20, 48 Hours, CNN Larry King Live, PrimeTime Live, 60 Minutes, the Today Show, and many shows in other countries. She has been featured in People Magazine, the New York Times, Forbes, U.S. News and World Report, Time Magazine, the New York Times book review, and Discover magazine. In 2010, Time Magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people.