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Exercise prevents onset of liver cancer in high-risk mice |
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Miercuri, 15 Aprilie 2020 11:52 |
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Liver cancer rates have more than tripled since 1980, according to the American Cancer Society, and a rise in obesity and type 2 diabetes have played a significant role in this trend. Scientists investigating these links in mice have uncovered new evidence of the importance of exercise in keeping these conditions at bay, finding that it likely prevents early onset of liver cancer in high-risk individuals.
The benefits of regular exercise in maintaining health and wellbeing are well known, and recent research has pointed to the role it can play in preventing or even combating cancer. The new study conducted by researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) sought to dive a little deeper into this, and if exercise could prevent liver cancer in those already at high risk.
“We know exercise helps reduce rates of some cancers already but we wanted to find out if exercise would reduce liver cancer rates when there is a high risk of developing it,” says ANU’s Professor Farrell. “For example, if you have had or have hepatitis C, cirrhosis and you're a type 2 diabetic you have really a very high rate of liver cancer.”
Specifically, the team studied how fatty liver disease linked to obesity and type 2 diabetes can act as a precursor to liver cancer, and how exercise could break this chain of negative health outcomes. Mice were engineered to over-eat in order to develop obesity and type 2 diabetes, with the rodents then injected with cancer-causing agents early in life.
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IMF Reaches Staff-Level Agreement on Sixth Review for Georgia’s Extended Fund Facility |
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Miercuri, 15 Aprilie 2020 09:24 |
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IMF team reaches a staff level agreement with the Georgian authorities for the completion of the Sixth Review and an augmentation of access under the Extended Fund Facility. Pending the Executive Board approval, about $200 million will be made available immediately to the budget to help Georgia cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Higher IMF financing will help meet urgent medical and socio-economic needs, secure other donor funding, and support the recovery.
• The authorities have taken decisive steps to contain the COVID-19 pandemic and limit its economic impact.
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Mercedes Vera Martin conducted discussions on the Sixth Review and on augmentation of access under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) during April 1-13, 2020.
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Analiza Piata Auto in Trim. I din 2020 |
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Luni, 13 Aprilie 2020 14:04 |
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Achizitiile de autovehicule in Trim. I din 2020 – scăderi consistente în Europa și România
Anul 2020 a demarat cu trei luni consecutive de scădere în România, după ce și în luna martie, consemnăm o scădere a pieței totale, comparativ cu luna similară a anului anterior, de data aceasta ceva mai puternică, respectiv –33,0%. Astfel, după 3 luni din 2020, se înregistrează o scădere generală a pieței auto de 23,8% comparativ cu aceeași perioadă din 2019.
In acest context, este de reținut faptul că evoluția din România, ca si cea din Europa de altfel, este generata de o conjunctura a pieței auto din cele mai complexe, generata de: necesitatea incadrarii niveluri ale emisiei de CO2 mai severe (ceea ce a generat înmatriculari în avans în decembrie 2019), precum si (în martie) efectele restricțiilor impuse de limitarea impactului pandemiei .
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Modern iron lung designed to address ventilator shortage |
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Duminică, 12 Aprilie 2020 12:35 |
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British engineers are developing a modern version of the Negative Pressure Ventilator (NPV), more popularly known as the "iron lung," to provide COVID-19 patients under the care of the NHS with a simple, inexpensive alternative to ventilators.
One of the resources that is in critically short supply for treating COVID-19 patients in need of respiratory support is ventilators. They help to support breathing in people whose lungs have been heavily affected by the virus, but these machines face a number of problems.
The most obvious difficulty is that ventilators are in short supply across the world as health authorities scramble to secure enough to meet the current and estimated demand as the pandemic spreads. They are also complex, expensive, require monitoring by trained personnel, and are dangerous to use on even healthy people because they require the patient to be intubated and sedated, and sometimes even paralyzed.
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Learn and practise English, love culture |
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Duminică, 12 Aprilie 2020 08:14 |
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1. Story time - but feeling hungry? Learn how to make some delicious bread with The Little Red Hen in our first online storytelling session with Criss, Sinzi and Andreea. Watch the story with your little ones!
2. Navigating the challenges of home schooling and online learning for your young child can be easier when you know what they need. Whether you're a parent or a teacher, don't miss our free online course English in Early Childhood, an expert look at how children learn new languages and how you can best support them.
3. Stick to your goals and use quarantine to get ready to ace your test! Don't miss our free IELTS webinars designed to help you prepare from home every Tuesday and Thursday. Sign up here to join the sessions.
4. He helped shape the English we use today and the way we understand love, greed, heartbreak or betrayal. This month, you can practise English and learn all about the life and works of William Shakespeare, visit his birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon and the Globe Theatre in London with actors and experts from around the world in our new free online course, Exploring English: Shakespeare.
5. After a tour of Shakespeare's world of theatre, take a moment to enjoy the beauty of his sonnets, too, with Sir Patrick Stewart's delightful series #ASonnetADay. While you listen to the daily sonnets, you can also use these transcripts to follow along for practice.
6. Enjoy front-row tickets to a new show from #NationalTheatreAtHome every week! This time, watch Sally Cookson's bold reimagining of Charlotte Bronte's classic Jane Eyre, and read about what makes this staging so particular.
7. Lockdown listening: here’s what our Music team has been enjoying these past few weeks! There's a selection of tracks in the Lockdown Listening LP, a recommendation for podcast of the month and three things we think you'll love to watch. Enjoy!
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LIQUI MOLY majorează primele pentru toți angajații |
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Vineri, 10 Aprilie 2020 10:01 |
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Din cauza pandemiei cauzate de coronavirus: LIQUI MOLY majorează primele pentru toți angajații
Acesta nu este un bonus, ci un „spor în vreme de dificultate”
LIQUI MOLY majorează primele pentru toți angajații. Ernst Prost, directorul general concernului german specializat în producția de uleiuri și aditivi numește acest demers „spor în vreme de dificultate”. Acum, fiecare angajat primește câte 500 euro în plus, chiar și lucrătorii în sistem de leasing. Deoarece activitatea de zi cu zi se desfășoară acum în condiții dificile, „mă bucur că pot măcar să vă scutesc de grijile financiare”. Deja cu câteva săptămâni în urmă, compania a plătit deja o primă cauzată de pandemia de coronavirus, în sumă de 1000 de euro pentru fiecare angajat. În plus, Ernst Prost acuză faptul că sistemul sanitar a fost ruinat prin reducerea drastică a cheltuielilor iar acum aceste costuri nejustificat de mari trebuie corectate.
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