Alzheimer's disease

In 1964, Wilson narrowly won the general election with a majority of four and became Prime Minister. This was not sufficient to last for a full term and, after a short period of competent government, in March 1966 he won re-election with a landslide majority of 96. He was soon a familiar figure, known for his pipe-smoking (he especially liked Tobacco grown in Rhodesia), his Gannex raincoat, and his habit of taking holidays in the Isles of Scilly. On 1 June 2005 files were released showing that Wilson was concerned that, while on the Isles of Scilly, he was being monitored by Russian ships disguised as trawlers. MI5 found no evidence o ...

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Harold Wilson, Harold Wilson - Birth and Early Life, Harold Wilson - In Parliament, Harold Wilson - Opposition, Harold Wilson - Prime Minister, Harold Wilson - Resignation, Harold Wilson - Death, Harold Wilson - MI5 plot?, Harold Wilson - Other conspiracy theories, Harold Wilson - Harold Wilson's First Cabinet 1964-1970, Harold Wilson - Harold Wilson's Second Government March 1974 - April 1976, Harold Wilson - Changes, Harold Wilson - Titles from birth to death

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Palkhivala had a deep respect, indeed reverence, for both the constitution, and for the cardinal principles he saw embedded in it: "[T]he Constitution was meant to impart such a momentum to the living spirit of the rule of law that democracy and civil liberty may survive in India beyond our own times and in the days when our place will know us no more." Nani saw the constitution as a legacy that had to be honored while simultaneously being flexible. Quoting Thomas Jefferson, he said, the constitution must go "hand in hand with the pro ...

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Nanabhoy Palkhivala, Nanabhoy Palkhivala - Early years, Nanabhoy Palkhivala - Entry to the bar, Nanabhoy Palkhivala - To amend or not to amend, Nanabhoy Palkhivala - Defender of rights, Nanabhoy Palkhivala - The economist, Nanabhoy Palkhivala - Recognition, Nanabhoy Palkhivala - Final days

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The ten countries with the highest infant mortality rate are: Angola 192.50 Afghanistan 165.96 Sierra Leone 145.24 Mozambique 137.08 Liberia 130.51 Niger 122.66 Somalia 118.52 Mali 117.99 Tajikistan 112.10 Guinea-Bissau 108.72 According to the CDC, the 10 leading causes of death in the United States in 2002 were: 696,447 Heart Disease 557,197 Malignant Neoplasms (i.e. cancer) 162,555 Cerebrovascula ...

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Mortality rate, Mortality rate - Statistics, Mortality rate - Sources and references

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The first real test of Olson's career came on March 20, 1950, Olson's record at this point was 40 wins and 2 losses, against the Australian Dave Sands. Olson lost to a close points decision in Sydney. Seven months after this Olson had his first fight against Sugar Ray Robinson, for the lowly regarded Pennsylvania State World Middleweight Title. Olson, who was widely seen as a slow starter, failed to get into the fight, even though Robinson was not having one of his best fights. Olson managed to hold on for 11 rounds before being knocked out. Despite his great record it was clear that Olson was still too ...

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Bobo Olson, Bobo Olson - Early years, Bobo Olson - Mature career, Bobo Olson - Late career, Bobo Olson - Life after boxing

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Three groups of animals, with some exceptions, have notably complex brains: the arthropods (insects and crustaceans), the cephalopods (octopuses, squid, and similar mollusks), and the craniates (vertebrates)[6]. The brain of arthropods and cephalopods arises from twin parallel nerve cords that extend through the body of the animal. In arthropods, the brain consists of a central brain with three divisions and large optical lobes behind each eye for visual processing^{See also:}

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_ _ ((___)) [ x x ] \ / (' ') (U) Cult of the Dead Cow - 1980s. The group was formed in June 1984 at the Farm Pac slaughterhouse by Grandmaster Ratte' (aka Swamp Ratte'), Franken Gibe, and Sid Vicious, three BBS sysops. The slaughterhouse, a hangout of many Lubbock youth, burned in 1996. (The burned out building was used as a haunted house for several Halloweens after that. In 2001, the grounds surrounding it were converted into the "West T ...

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Cult of the Dead Cow, Cult of the Dead Cow - Timeline, Cult of the Dead Cow - 1980s, Cult of the Dead Cow - 1990s, Cult of the Dead Cow - 2000s, Cult of the Dead Cow - Members, Cult of the Dead Cow - High-profile members, Cult of the Dead Cow - Crossover associations with other groups, Cult of the Dead Cow - Ninja Strike Force, Cult of the Dead Cow - Tools

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Acetylcholine (ACh) is a neurotransmitter extensively found in brain and autonomic nervous system. ACh is always used as the transmitter within the autonomic ganglion. Nicotinic receptors on the postganglionic neuron are responsible for the initial fast depolarisation (Fast EPSP) of that neuron. As a consequence of this, nicotinic receptors are often cited as the receptor on the postganglionic neurons at the ganglion. However, the subsequent hyperpolarisation (IPSP) and slow depolarisation (Slow EPSP) which represent the recove ...

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Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor, Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor - Context, Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor - Physiology, Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor - The Form of Muscarinic Receptors, Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor - Variety of Receptor Forms, Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor - Receptor Subtype m1, Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor - m2, Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor - m3, Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor - m4, Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor - m5

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The Project was launched in 1986 by Charles DeLisi, who was then Director of the US Department of Energy's Health and Environmental Research Programs. The goals and general strategy of the Project were outlined in a two-page memo to the Assistant Secretary in April 1986, which helped garner support from the DOE, the OMB and Congress, especially Senator Pete Domenici. A series of Scientific Advisory meetings, and complex negotiations with senior Federal officials resulted in a line item for the Project in the 1987 ...

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Human Genome Project, Human Genome Project - History, Human Genome Project - The Role of Celera Genomics, Human Genome Project - Goals, Human Genome Project - Benefits

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While in the U.S. 45th Infantry Division, he began drawing cartoons about regular soldiers, called dogfaces. Eventually he created two cartoon infantrymen, Willie and Joe, who became synonymous with the average American GI. Mauldin began working for Stars and Stripes, the American soldiers' newspaper, and his cartoons were viewed by soldiers all over Europe during World War II, and also published in the United States. Willie was on the cover of ...

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Bill Mauldin, Bill Mauldin - World War II cartoonist, Bill Mauldin - Postwar activities, Bill Mauldin - Congressional candidate, Bill Mauldin - Return to cartooning, Bill Mauldin - Peanuts, Bill Mauldin - Filmography, Bill Mauldin - Quotations

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Although some cases of myoclonus are caused by an injury to the peripheral nerves, most myoclonus is caused by a disturbance of the central nervous system. Studies suggest that several locations in the brain are involved in myoclonus. One such location, for example, is in the brainstem close to structures that are responsible for the startle response, an automatic reaction to an unexpected stimulus involving rapid muscle contraction. The specific mechanisms underlying myoclonus are not yet fully understood. Scientists believe that som ...

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Myoclonus, Myoclonus - Types, Myoclonus - Cause, Myoclonus - Pathophysiology, Myoclonus - Treatment, Myoclonus - Prognosis, Myoclonus - Reference

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Traditionally, regulatory agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) use a threshold model for non-carcinogens, and a linear no-threshold model for carcinogens (including radiation). In the threshold model, anything above a certain dose is considered dangerous, and anything below it safe. In the linear model, there is no safe dosage. Changing to a hormesis model would likely change exposure standards for these toxins in air, water, food and soil. As a result, costs of environmental regulations and ...

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Hormesis, Hormesis - Possible explanation, Hormesis - Policy consequences, Hormesis - Low doses always beneficial?, Hormesis - Medical and Veterinary uses, Hormesis - Slow acceptance, Hormesis - Source, Hormesis - Theory and Philosophy

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Advocates for people with Down syndrome stress that affected individuals have the same human rights and emotions as any other human beings. Down syndrome is considered grounds for abortion in an increasing number of countries. The number of children born with Down syndrome is decreasing due to the large number of abortions following an early diagnosis of Down syndrome during pregnancy. In a hearing before the German Parliament, doctors stated that 90% of all fetuses prenatally diagnosed with Down syndrome are aborted. This number is consiste ...

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Down syndrome, Down syndrome - Overview, Down syndrome - History, Down syndrome - Genetics, Down syndrome - Prenatal Screening, Down syndrome - Education, Down syndrome - Health, Down syndrome - Medical research, Down syndrome - Challenges, Down syndrome - Pregnant women with a diagnosis of Down syndrome, Down syndrome - Parents of children with Down syndrome, Down syndrome - Individuals with Down syndrome, Down syndrome - Down syndrome's sociology, Down syndrome - Notable individuals, Down syndrome - Down syndrome in fiction, Down syndrome - Sources

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See also: Afghanistan timeline August 2002 August 2002 - August 31 2002. Recent celebrity deaths: Lionel Hampton, jazz vibraphone master, dies. Israeli-Palestinian conflict: A think tank affiliated with the Arab League ended its meeting in Cairo by calling Jews "enemies of all nations", by claiming that Arabs, as Semites, cannot be anti-Semitic, and by claiming that the events of September 11, 2001 were concocted by the United States government. See http://www.zccf.org.a ...

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This story was written by William Gibson and was first published in Omni in 1982. It tells the story of two hackers who hack systems for profit. The two main characters are Bobby Quine who specializes in software and Automatic Jack who is more into hardware. Automatic Jack comes across a piece of Russian hacking software that is very sophisticated and hard to trace. A third character in the story is Rikki, a girl who Bobby becomes infatuated with and wants to hit it big for. The rest of the story unfolds with Bobby deciding to break i ...

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Hackers short stories, Hackers short stories - Burning Chrome, Hackers short stories - Spirit of the Night, Hackers short stories - Blood Sisters, Hackers short stories - Rock On, Hackers short stories - The Pardoner's Tale, Hackers short stories - Living Will, Hackers short stories - Dogfight, Hackers short stories - Our Neural Chernobyl, Hackers short stories - Learning About Machine Sex, Hackers short stories - Conversations with Michael, Hackers short stories - Gene Wars, Hackers short stories - Spew, Hackers short stories - Tangents

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The amyloid fold is characterized by a cross-beta sheet quaternary structure, that is, a monomeric unit contributes a beta strand to a beta sheet which spans across more than one molecule. While amyloid is usually identified using fluorescent dyes, stain polarimetry, circular dichroism, or FTIR (all indirect measurements), the "gold-standard" test to see if a structure is amyloid is by placing a sample in an X-ray diffraction beam; there are two characteristic scattering bands produced at 4 and 10 angstroms (0.4 nm and 1.0 nm}, corresponding to the inte ...

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Amyloid, Amyloid - Diseases featuring amyloid, Amyloid - Non-disease amyloids, Amyloid - Disease relation disputed, Amyloid - Amyloid biophysics, Amyloid - Histological staining

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Lois asks Peter to go the PTA meeting, then Peter asks Brian to go. Brian reluctantly goes, and falls in love with one of Meg's teachers. They go out on a date, and Brian suggests changing the name of James Woods Regional High School. The teacher, who is black, likes Brian's idea of honoring Martin Luther King Jr., and the board holds a meeting to consider the name change. Peter gets James Woods to come to the meeting, who says it's OK to change the name of the school. Impressed by Woods' humility, ...

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Peter's Got Woods, Peter's Got Woods - Plot summary, Peter's Got Woods - Cultural references, Peter's Got Woods - Other references

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A list of all Archers' characters, and the actors who played them, can be found here, although the list ends in 1997. The credits which follow are not neccessarily complete; actors who played the characters as children have not always been included. The Archers - The Archer family: senior citizens. Phil Archer (Norman Painting) is the current patriarch of the Archer family and a leading member of the village. His first wife Grace died as a result of injuries sustained in a stable fire and, five deca ...

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The Archers, The Archers - Outline, The Archers - History, The Archers - Themes, The Archers - Main characters, The Archers - The Archer family: senior citizens, The Archers - The Archer family: middle aged Archers, The Archers - The Archer family: the younger generation, The Archers - The Grundy family, The Archers - The Woolley family, The Archers - The Aldridge family, The Archers - The Pargetter family, The Archers - Other Ambridge residents, The Archers - Former principal characters, The Archers - Overseas parallels, The Archers - Theme tune

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Tocopherol - Vitamin E and heart disease. Preliminary research has led to a widely held belief that vitamin E may help prevent or delay coronary heart disease. Researchers are fairly certain that oxidative modification of LDL-cholesterol (sometimes called "bad" cholesterol) promotes blockages in coronary arteries that may lead to atherosclerosis and heart attacks. Vitamin E may help prevent or delay coronary heart disease by limiting the oxidation of LDL-cholesterol. Vitamin E also may help prevent the formation ...

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Tocopherol, Tocopherol - Forms of vitamin E, Tocopherol - Factors in vitamin E deficiency, Tocopherol - Current issues and controversies about vitamin E, Tocopherol - Vitamin E and heart disease, Tocopherol - Vitamin E and cancer, Tocopherol - Vitamin E and cataracts, Tocopherol - Vitamin E and Alzheimer's disease, Tocopherol - Vitamin E and Parkinson's disease, Tocopherol - Health risks of too much vitamin E

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Sometimes, health complications occur in the period immediately following a TBI. These complications are not types of TBI, but are distinct medical problems that arise as a result of the injury. Although complications are rare, the risk increases with the severity of the trauma. Complications of TBI include immediate seizures, hydrocephalus or post-traumatic ventricular enlargement, cerebrospinal fluid leaks, infections, vascular injuries, cranial nerve injuries, pain, bed sores, multiple organ system failure in unconscious patients, and polytrauma (trau ...

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Traumatic brain injury, Traumatic brain injury - Epidemiology, Traumatic brain injury - Signs and Symptoms of TBI, Traumatic brain injury - Causes of and Risk Factors for TBI, Traumatic brain injury - Types of TBI, Traumatic brain injury - Effects on consciousness, Traumatic brain injury - Complications, Traumatic brain injury - General Trauma, Traumatic brain injury - Disabilities Resulting From TBI, Traumatic brain injury - Other Long-Term Problems Associated With TBI, Traumatic brain injury - Treatment, Traumatic brain injury - Rehabilitation, Traumatic brain injury - Prevention, Traumatic brain injury - Famous persons with TBI

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Ronald Reagan - Domestic record. Reagan portrayed himself as being economically libertarian, in favor of tax cuts, smaller government, and deregulation. He also took a strong "tough-on-crime" stance. The end of the Iran hostage crisis came when the American hostages were freed within minutes of Reagan's inauguration. Allegations persist that the hostage release was delayed until after the election through an illegal deal between the government of Iran and the Reagan kitchen cabinet, which was keen t ...

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Ronald Reagan, Ronald Reagan - Early life and career, Ronald Reagan - Hollywood, Ronald Reagan - Early political career, Ronald Reagan - Party affiliation: From Democrat to Republican, Ronald Reagan - Governorship, Ronald Reagan - Presidential campaigns, Ronald Reagan - Presidency, Ronald Reagan - Domestic record, Ronald Reagan - Foreign policy and interventions, Ronald Reagan - The Great Communicator, Ronald Reagan - Assassination attempt, Ronald Reagan - Criticism, Ronald Reagan - Appointments, Ronald Reagan - Major legislation approved, Ronald Reagan - Religious beliefs, Ronald Reagan - Legacy and retirement from public life, Ronald Reagan - Job approval rating, Ronald Reagan - Death, Ronald Reagan - Nicknames, Ronald Reagan - Honors, Ronald Reagan - Coinage, Ronald Reagan - Polemical or humorous attacks, Ronald Reagan - Reagan documentaries

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He published his book The Unfinished Man in 1960. After working as an advertising copywriter and general manager of a picture frame company (1954-59), he co-founded the literary monthly Imprint, in 1961. He became art critic of The Times of India (1964-66) and edited Poetry India (1966-67). From 1961 to 1972, he headed the English department of Mithibai College, Mumbai. The Exact Name, his fifth book of poetry was puublished in 1965. During this period he had short tenures as visiting professor at University of Le ...

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Nissim Ezekiel, Nissim Ezekiel - Early life, Nissim Ezekiel - Career, Nissim Ezekiel - Books by Nissim Ezekiel, Nissim Ezekiel - Some of his well-known poems

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There have been many theories as to how CR works, and many of them have fallen out of favor or been outright disproved. These include reduced basal metabolic rate, developmental delay, the control animals being gluttons, and decreased glucocorticoid production. A small, but rapidly growing number of respected researchers in the CR field are now proponents of a new theory known as the "Hormesis Hypothesis of CR". In the early 1940s, Southam & Ehrlich, 1943 reported that a bark extract that was known to inhibit fungal growth, actual ...

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Calorie restriction, Calorie restriction - Research history, Calorie restriction - Why might CR increase longevity?, Calorie restriction - Objections to Calorie Restriction, Calorie restriction - Note on Terminology: Calorie Restriction vs. Caloric Restriction, Calorie restriction - Intermittent Fasting as an alternative approach

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