News tagged with tolerance


Computer scientists scale 'layer 2' data center networks to 100,000 ports and beyond

Computer scientists scale 'layer 2' data center networks to 100,000 ports and beyond

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

University of California, San Diego computer scientists have created software that they hope will lead to data centers that logically function as single, plug-and-play networks that will scale to the massive ...


Unique winter-hardy hibiscus has roots with AgriLife Research scientist in Vernon

Unique winter-hardy hibiscus has roots with AgriLife Research scientist in Vernon

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

He may study grasses by profession, but Texas AgriLife Research forage agronomist Dr. Dariusz Malinowski has a passion for flowers, particularly winter hardy hibiscus.


Carnitine supplements reverse glucose intolerance in animals

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Supplementing obese rats with the nutrient carnitine helps the animals to clear the extra sugar in their blood, something they had trouble doing on their own, researchers at Duke University Medical Center ...


Safety of combat military vehicles examined

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A Queen's University Belfast academic is working on research that could help protect the lives of military based in Afghanistan.


Getting to the bottom of rice

Getting to the bottom of rice

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rice is the world's most important food crop. Understanding its valuable genetic diversity and using it to breed new rice varieties will provide the foundation for improving rice production into the future ...


Is somatic hypersensitivity a predictor of irritable bowel syndrome?

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Although visceral hypersensitivity is considered a hallmark feature of IBS, conflicting evidence exists regarding somatic hypersensitivity in this patient population. Several investigators have found no evidence for heightened ...


Pluronic L-81 is a potential anti-diabetic drug?

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Pluronic surfactants are synthetic copolymers based on ethylene oxide and propylene oxide. It has been reported that a nonionic L-81, effectively inhibits absorption of dietary lipids from the intestine and secretion of VLDL ...


A comprehensive review of addiction to prescription painkillers among patients and physicians

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chemical dependency and recovery in patients and physicians are closely examined in a series of articles and editorials in the July 2009 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. The subject is especially timely. As the immense challe ...


Glucose challenge test is accurate and economical for diabetes and prediabetes screening

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A test commonly used to help identify women with diabetes during pregnancy may be an accurate, convenient and inexpensive way to screen the general population for unrecognized diabetes and prediabetes, according to Emory ...


Dendritic cells ensure immune tolerance

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Dendritic cells are essential to the body's immune defenses. Now, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen (Germany) researchers show that they also have to protect the body from itself: They help to identify any immune cells ...


Prion discovery gives clue to control of mass gene expression

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

The discovery in common brewer's yeast of a new, infectious, misfolded protein -- or prion -- by University of Illinois at Chicago molecular biologists raises new questions about the roles played by these curious molecules, ...


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Researchers identify a process that regulates seed germination

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Purdue University researchers have determined a process that regulates activity of genes that control seed germination and seedling development.


Evolution, ecosystems may buffer some species against climate change

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(Physorg.com) -- Although ecologists expect many species will be harmed by climate change, some species could be buffered by their potential to evolve or by changes in their surrounding ecosystems.


'Pre-diabetics' face heightened risk of heart disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, was led by Jill P. Crandall, M.D., associate professor of clinical medicine and director of the Diabetes Clinical Trials Unit at Einstein.


Study shows males are more tolerant of same-sex peers

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Women have traditionally been viewed as being more social and cooperative than men. However, there is recent evidence that this may not be the case. In fact, studies have shown that men maintain larger social networks with ...