News tagged with rupture resistance
Describing soils: Calibration tool for teaching soil rupture resistance
Jan 05, 2009 |
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A new calibration tool was recently developed to help students and soil scientists calibrate their thumb and forefinger for the correct amount of pressure.
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Spontaneous liver rupture in a patient with peliosis hepatis
Dec 09, 2009 |
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Peliosis hepatis (PH) is a rare pathological entity. PH varies from minimal asymptomatic lesions to larger massive lesions that may present with cholestasis, liver failure, portal hypertension, avascular mass lesion, or even ...
Misuse of antibiotics not the only cause of resistance says report
Oct 15, 2009 |
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The perception that antibiotic resistance is primarily the undesirable consequence of antibiotic abuse or misuse is a view that is simplistic and inaccurate, according to a recent report by the American Academy of Microbiology. ...
Further Tests Designed for Rover's Right-Rear Wheel
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A series of diagnostic tests on Spirit's right-rear wheel on sols 2104 and 2105 (Dec. 3 and 4) investigated stalls that occurred on Sol 2099 (Nov. 28) and earlier. The rover team cannot draw ...
Protein's strength lies in h-bond cooperation
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 14, 2008 |
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Researchers in Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT reveal that the strength of a biological material like spider silk lies in the specific geometric configuration of structural proteins, which have ...
Cardiovascular risk in youth with type 1 diabetes linked primarily to insulin resistance
Dec 01, 2009 |
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According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), youth with type 1 diabetes have now been found to have abnormal insulin resistance. Having abnor ...
Insect resistance to Bt crops can be predicted, monitored and managed
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Since 1996, crop plants genetically modified to produce bacterial proteins that are toxic to certain insects, yet safe for people, have been planted on more than 200 million hectares worldwide. The popularity of these Bt ...
Satellite data look behind the scenes of deadly earthquake
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Using satellite radar data and GPS measurements, Chinese researchers have explained the exceptional geological events leading to the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake that killed nearly 90 000 people in China's Sichuan ...
Intensive fungicide use may lead to azole resistance in humans
Dec 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists from the Netherlands, including Gert Kema of Plant Research International, published an article in the Lancet Infectious Diseases about the relationship between fungic ...
Combination antiretroviral therapy effective at reducing HIV resistance in mothers and babies
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 27, 2009 |
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In a clinical trial investigating mother-to-child HIV transmission in South Africa published this week in PLoS Medicine, Neil Martinson (of the Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Soweto, South Africa) and colleagues find that a ...
Geologists study China earthquake for glimpse into future
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 06, 2008 |
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The May 12 earthquake that rocked Sichuan Province in China was the first there in recorded history and unexpected in its magnitude. Now a team of geoscientists is looking at the potential for future earthquakes due to earthquake-induced ...
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