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Study evaluates biomarker criteria for assessing Alzheimer's risk

Apr 26 2021 - 00:04
As a potential framework for assessing an asymptomatic person's risk of developing dementia, the National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer's Association have endorsed a research tool based on three biomarkers called the AT(N) framework--A, for amyloid, T for tau, and (N) for neurodegeneration or atrophy. However, a new study by researchers in Seattle suggests a subset of people classified by this approach as having the highest risk for dementia will not develop dementia in their lifetime.
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Increase in stroke mortality in people with COVID-19 during first lockdown

Apr 26 2021 - 00:04
Deaths of people who suffered strokes increased during the first lockdown compared to the three previous years, new data analysis has found. Despite the pandemic, health care quality was maintained at a high level.
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Mental health promotes children's physical activity during lockdown

Apr 26 2021 - 00:04
According to the Motorik-Modul-Längsschnittstudie (MoMo, Motor Module Longitudinal Study) of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Karlsruhe University of Education (PHKA), mental health of children and adolescents decreased during the first lockdown. For children aged between 4 and 10 years and for girls irrespective of their age, mental health was found to promote physical activity during Covid-induced lockdown in spring 2020. This is reported in Children (DOI: 10.3390/children8020098).
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Smell training, not steroids, best treatment for COVID-19 smell loss

Apr 26 2021 - 00:04
New research finds that steroids should not be used to treat smell loss caused by COVID-19. Instead, the international team of smell experts recommend 'smell training' - a process that involves sniffing at least four different odours twice a day for several months.
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How COVID-19 impacted UK healthcare

Apr 26 2021 - 00:04
One third of people in the UK managed to access the hospital care they needed at the peak of the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.Researchers looked at the extent to which people managed to access NHS healthcare in April 2020 and as lockdown restrictions eased.They found equal access to NHS hospital care for people at different levels of income. But those on higher incomes had better access to GP consultations, prescriptions, medical helplines at the peak of the first wave.
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Sounds familiar: A speaker identity-controllable framework for machine speech translation

Apr 26 2021 - 00:04
Smart assistant devices often need to perform speech translation, which does not always produce the desired voice identity due to drawbacks in the conventional voice conversion (VC) model. In a new study, researchers from Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology designed a VC model that mimics and controls speaker voice identity during speech translation using two deep learning based training frameworks, opening doors to voice modification, voice restoring, and voice cloning applications.
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Freeze! New model to help protect ships from ice accretion

Apr 26 2021 - 00:04
Entering Monday with some cool news: Researchers from Skoltech (Russia) and their colleagues from SINTEF (Norway) have developed a mathematical model of freezing water droplets moving in cold air. This model is a part of a joint RFBR-supported Russian-Norway research project. The project is focused on predicting ice accretion on ships and other offshore structures operating in the Arctic climate, which may interfere with their proper functioning and endanger crew members and cargo.
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When Chauvet Cave artists created its artwork, the Pont d'Arc was already there

Apr 26 2021 - 00:04
The Chauvet Cave, which lies by the entrance to the Gorges of the Ardèche, is home to the world's oldest cave paintings, dating back 36,000 years. The location of the cavern--surrounded by a remarkable landscape, next to the Pont d'Arc natural archway--raises the question of whether the people who executed these artworks looked and walked out upon the same landscape as today. Did they see the same natural archway?
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Common inflammatory bowel disease treatment blunts COVID-19 vaccine response

Apr 26 2021 - 00:04
The research measured antibody responses after vaccination with the Pfizer/BioNTech or the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in 865 people treated with infliximab, an anti-tumour necrosis factor (anti-TNF) biologic drug, prescribed to around two million people worldwide. The research found that people treated with infliximab had significantly lower concentrations of antibodies, when compared to 428 people on an alternative treatment, vedolizumab.
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Surprise in the deep sea

Apr 26 2021 - 00:04
A team around deep-sea scientist Antje Boetius has now discovered that sponges leave trails on the sea floor in the Arctic deep sea.
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Weight loss surgery reduces brain pressure in patients with neurological condition

Apr 26 2021 - 00:04
Weight loss surgery is more effective than dieting to reduce brain pressure that can cause blindness in patients with a neurological condition, finds a study led by the University of Birmingham
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How do slow anomalies beneath subducting slabs affect giant megathrust earthquakes?

Apr 26 2021 - 00:04
Dr. FAN Jianke from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) and Prof. ZHAO Dapeng from Tohoku University investigated the oceanic asthenosphere structure of six subduction zones to revealed how slow anomalies beneath subducting slabs affect giant megathrust earthquakes.
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Divide and conquer? New insights from the ancients of the microscopic world

Apr 26 2021 - 00:04
Australian scientists have unlocked another mystery of the class of microorganisms believed to be among Earth's oldest of life forms, throwing new light on the study of cell division and the evolution of life.
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New cancer algorithm flags genetic weaknesses in tumours

Apr 26 2021 - 00:04
A new way to identify tumours that could be sensitive to particular immunotherapies has been developed using data from thousands of NHS cancer patient samples sequenced through the 100,000 Genomes Project. The MMRDetect clinical algorithm makes it possible to identify tumours that have 'mismatch repair deficiencies' and then improve the personalisation of cancer therapies to exploit those weaknesses.
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Researchers demonstrate fully recyclable printed electronics

Apr 26 2021 - 00:04
Engineers at Duke University have developed the world's first fully recyclable printed electronics. By demonstrating a crucial and relatively complex computer component -- the transistor --created with three carbon-based inks, the researchers hope to inspire a new generation of recyclable electronics to help fight the growing global epidemic of electronic waste.
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Scientists develop new class of cancer drug with potential to treat leukaemia

Apr 26 2021 - 00:04
Scientists have made a promising step towards developing a new drug for treating acute myeloid leukaemia, a rare blood disorder.
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Prototype for mobile devices could screen children at risk for autism spectrum disorder

Apr 26 2021 - 00:04
A mobile app was successful at distinguishing toddlers diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from typically developing toddlers based on their eye movements while watching videos, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The findings suggest that the app could one day screen infants and toddlers for ASD and refer them for early intervention, when chances for treatment success are greatest.
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Racial, ethnic differences in marijuana use in e-cigarettes among adolescents

Apr 26 2021 - 00:04
What The Study Did: This survey study looked at how common is the use of marijuana in e-cigarettes among students in grades 6 to 12 and also changes in use by racial and ethnic groups from 2017 to 2020.
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Association of preeclampsia with stroke in later life

Apr 26 2021 - 00:04
What The Study Did: The risk of stroke in later life among women with and without a history of preeclampsia in pregnancy was assessed in this study.
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Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection during initial pandemic wave; association with disease severity

Apr 26 2021 - 00:04
What The Study Did: The association of identified SARS-CoV-2 variants and virus groupings with disease severity and patient outcomes is evaluated in this study.
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