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The Elleesium: England: UK:
Year Ninth: Day
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February 19: 2024: Cogito Ergo Sum: Descartes
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The Humanion
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Hope Is the
Seed Sign and Science of Progress: Join and Support Us
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Friday: October 27: 2023 || ά. Imagine, dear
Reader, that this Universe, the Mother Universana,
is the Mammothcrosm of the seismic dot of this
Mother Earth, who is the nanocrosm of that
Mammothcrosm, with whom the miniscule super-nano-dot,
the Moon, is attached and she is The Mother of
Existence and Life on this Temporal Universe, that
appears and disappears at the same time eternally.
She is no Christian, no Jew, no Muslim, no Buddhist,
no Jain, no Rasta, no Deist, no Atheist. No
adjective ought to be added before her mighty name
for she has already got the highest, infinite name:
The Mother. And we begin this Editorial with the
Mother of the Editor-In-Chief of this Publication,
of this Mother Universana, had told him this story
when he was learning to stand and walk, learn and
grow: This is the story his great Philosopher of a
Mother told him once:
Once upon a time, there was a Young Man. He was one of the poorest
of the poor of the rich Kingdom of the Glorious,
where the most beautiful, most intelligent and most
rich Princess Humana lived in high honour in high
riches, whom the whole Kingdom’s young men loved and
sought to woe. Among them was this Poor Young Man.
Suppose he had name, Mad. So, like every other young
men of the Kingdom, Mad was in love with Humana and,
unlike the any other of his competitors, he was
absolutely mad about her and he lived and died in
each of his breath for
The Princess. |
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Sunday: October 15: 2023 || ά. Initial studies
of the 04.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu sample,
collected in space and brought to Earth by NASA show
evidence of high-carbon content and water, which
together could indicate the building blocks of life
on Earth may be found in the rock. NASA made the
news Wednesday from its Johnson Space Centre in
Houston where leadership and scientists showed off
the asteroid material for the first time since it
landed in September.
This finding was part of a preliminary assessment of NASA’s
Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource
Identification and Security: Regolith Explorer:
OSIRIS-Rex, science team. “The OSIRIS-REx sample is
the biggest carbon-rich asteroid sample ever
delivered to Earth and will help scientists
investigate the origins of life on our own planet
for generations to come.” Said NASA Administrator
Bill Nelson. “Almost, everything we do at NASA,
seeks to answer questions about who we are and where
we come from. |
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Saturday: October 14: 2023 || ά. A new Study by
the University of Liverpool provides the first
evidence that wandering albatrosses, one of the
widest-ranging seabirds, may use infrasound to help
them navigate long and featureless foraging trips
covering thousands of miles. In a Paper, published
in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences, researchers from the University’s
School of Environmental Sciences show that
albatrosses orientate towards areas of ‘loud’
microbarom infrasound when flying on long distance
foraging trips.
Infrasound is a form of low-frequency sound, inaudible to humans
but is ubiquitous in the marine environment.
Microbaroms are a type of infrasound, associated
with colliding ocean waves. Such wavy areas are,
also, associated with strong winds, which
albatrosses depend on to help them fly efficiently.
The researchers used GPS trackers to determine the
flight paths of 89 wandering albatrosses breeding in
the Crozet Islands archipelago, Southern Ocean, over
the course of their foraging trips to sea, which can
last up to a month. |
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Tuesday: October 10: 2023 || ά. Researchers at
Harvard Medical School have discovered that a
molecule, made by Streptococcus pyogenes, the
bacterium, that causes strep throat and other
infections, could help explain several long-standing
medical mysteries: Why strep sometimes leads to
serious immune complications, including rheumatic
fever. How the immune system's recognition of the
molecule may contribute to diseases like lupus.
Or
why one of the first cancer immunotherapies showed
promise more than 100 years ago. How current immune
therapies for cancer could be more effective. The
findings contradict a long-standing belief that the
immune system ignores this bacterial molecule and
could propel efforts to tame or activate the immune
system to treat a range of diseases. The research
team, led by the lab of HMS biochemist Jon Clardy,
published its findings in the Journal of the
American Chemical Society. |
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Tuesday: October 10: 2023 || ά. Evidence is
mounting that the microbes, residing in the human
gut, play a role in a range of physiologic
functions, including immunity, metabolism,
inflammation and, even, mental health. A new Study,
led by Harvard Medical School researchers at Hebrew
Senior Life, links the gut microbiome to, yet
another, important aspect of human health: bone
density and strength.
The research, published in Frontiers of
Endocrinology, identified tantalising links between
certain bacteria and critical dimensions of bone
health. “We found patterns in which greater
abundance of microbiota were associated with worse
measures of bone density and micro-architecture.”
Said the Principal Investigator Professor Douglas
Kiel, HMS professor of medicine and Senior Scientist
at the Marcus Institute for Aging Research at
Hebrew Senior Life. |
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Sunday: October 08: 2023 || ά. Scotland is set
to receive its first total-body scanner in a boost
to clinical research, that aims to improve the
detection, diagnosis and treatment of complex,
multi-organ diseases. The Total-Body Positron
Emission Tomography:PET facility, due to be
operational in 2024, will capture whole-body images
of patients in more detail and use less radiation
than existing scanners.
In combination with data from the other new scanner in London, the
Scotland scanner forms part of a new National PET
Imaging Platform:NPIP, which, experts believe, will
accelerate the development of new drugs and
diagnostics. The platform, a partnership between
Medicines Discovery Catapult:MDC, the Medical
Research Council:MRC and Innovate UK, aims to
advance healthcare research and clinical trials and
unlock new treatments for complex diseases like
cancer, as well as, cardiovascular
and neurological
diseases. |
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Sunday: October 08: 2023 || ά. Professor Naomi
Hamburg, MD, the Joseph A Vita Professor of Medicine
at Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School
of Medicine, has been awarded $03.7 million grant
from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
for her research study, ‘Endothelial Cell Health
Across the Spectrum of Cardiometabolic Disease’.
Cardiometabolic diseases are a group of common but,
often, preventable conditions, including heart
attack, stroke, diabetes, insulin resistance and
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
The escalating prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors,
including obesity and type two diabetes
mellitus:T2DM, presents a critical cardiovascular
challenge. Individuals with cardiometabolic disease
harbour greater risk of cardiovascular disease:CVD,
including accelerated vascular aging and premature
blood vessel blockages. Importantly, changes in the
endothelial cells, that line blood vessels predate
the development of clinical CVD. Endothelial cell
health is a window into early heart disease risk.
Getting a glimpse into endothelial cells from people
has potential to help create new treatments to
protect blood vessel health. “Experimental studies
and our prior work link altered metabolism to
organelle, sub-cellular structure, that has one or
more specific jobs to perform in the cell stress,
including mitochondrial
dysfunction and
stress.
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Sunday: October 08: 2023 || ά. Suicide is the
second leading cause of death in America among
individuals, 10-34 and the fourth leading cause of
death for individuals, 35-44. Suicide attempts,
non-fatal, self-directed potentially injurious
behaviour with any intent to die, and self-inflicted
injuries represent a major risk factor for completed
suicides. In 2020, more than 01.2 million people
over the age of 18 reported a suicide attempt in the
country.
And hundreds of thousands more presented to hospitals with
self-harm injuries. Although, there is data on
gender disparity in suicide:self-inflicted injury
rates few studies have examined the factors,
associated with suicide:self-inflicted injury in
females. In a new Study, looking only at women,
researchers from Boston University Chobanian and
Avedisian School of Medicine and Howard University
have identified Black women, 18–65, to have the
highest risk for suicide irrespective of
their socio-economic status. |
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Friday: October 06: 2023 || ά. First
epidemiological study links popular weight-loss
drugs to stomach paralysis, other serious
gastro-intestinal conditions. They’re being hailed
as an effective way to lose weight but diabetes
drugs like Ozempic may come with a heightened risk
of severe gastro-intestinal problems.
That’s according to new research from the University of British
Columbia showing that medications, known as GLP-1
agonists, which includes brands like Wegovy, Ozempic,
Rybelsus and Saxenda, are associated with an
increased risk of serious medical conditions,
including stomach paralysis, pancreatitis
and bowel obstruction. |
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Thursday:
October 05:
2023 ||
ά.
Researchers
have
identified a
novel
immunotherapy
for acute
myeloid
leukaemia:AML.
Immune cells
are
programmed
to recognise
a mutation,
found in
leukaemia
patients.
The results
provide hope
for new and
effective
treatment
for the most
common form
of leukaemia
in adults.
Blood cells
are formed
and matured
in the bone
marrow.
However,
sometimes
mutations or
damage occur
in the
cells'
genetic
material.
This can
lead to
uncontrolled
growth of
blood cells
and improper
maturation.
AML is a
type of
acute blood
cancer where
the bone
marrow gets
overcrowded
with such
immature
blood cells.
"AML is a
disease with
a very poor
prognosis.
With
standard
treatment,
one-third of
patients
have a
five-year
survival
rate after
diagnosis."
Says
Professor
Johanna
Olweus, who
is a
professor at
the
University
of Oslo and
the Head of
Department
of Cancer
Immunology
at the
Cancer
Clinic at
Oslo
University
Hospital and
a
world-leading
researcher
in
immunotherapy. |
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Thursday:
October 05:
2023 ||
ά.
Measurements,
from the
Copernicus
Sentinel-5P
satellite,
show that
this year’s
ozone hole
over
Antarctica
is one of
the biggest
on record.
The hole,
which is
what
scientists
call an
‘ozone
depleting
area,’
reached a
size of 26
million
square
kilometre on
September
16, 2023.
This is
roughly
three times
the size of
Brazil. The
size of the
ozone hole
fluctuates
on a regular
basis. From
August to
October, the
ozone hole
increases in
size,
reaching a
maximum
between
middle of
September
and middle
of October.
When
temperatures
high up in
the
stratosphere
start to
rise in the
southern
hemisphere,
the ozone
depletion
slows, the
polar vortex
weakens and
finally
breaks down
and by the
end of
December
ozone levels
return to
normal.
Launched in
October
2017,
Copernicus
Sentinel-5P,
short for
Sentinel-5
Precursor,
is the first
Copernicus
satellite
dedicated to
monitoring
our
atmosphere.
It is part
of the fleet
of
Copernicus
Sentinel
missions,
that ESA
develops for
the European
Union’s
environmental
monitoring
programme. |
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Tuesday: October 03: 2023 || ά. Hospital trusts
are relying more and more on private income to boost
their finances, with one Trust making more than half
their income from commercial activities, a new Study
has shown. NHS organisations are implementing
strategies to make income from commercial
activities.
University of York academics looked at six
high-profile NHS trusts as case studies and found
them to be making between 12% and 53% of their total
income from commercial activities in 2021:22,
including activity from treating private patients
and running labs and pharmacies to
establishing branches
abroad. |
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Monday: October 02: 2023 || ά. The World Health
Organisation:WHO has recommended a new vaccine,
R21:Matrix-M, for the prevention of malaria in
children. The recommendation follows advice from the
WHO: Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on
Immunisation:SAGE and the Malaria Policy Advisory
Group:MPAG and was endorsed by the WHO
Director-General, following its regular bi-annual
meeting, held on September 25-29.
The R21 and RTS.S vaccines act against P. falciparum, the deadliest
malaria parasite and the most prevalent on the
African continent. The updated WHO recommendation
for malaria vaccines was informed by the results of
the WHO-co-ordinated Malaria Vaccine Implementation
Programme, through which nearly two million children
in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have been reached with
the RTS.S:AS01 malaria
vaccine since 2019. |
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