Monday, June 4, 2012
Friday, October 23, 2009
The Broken heart
Even today when i listen to those songs
it brings in old memories along
Those meetings those calls
were they false or had any meaning at all?
Still i try to find out why i said "yes'?
but the answer to this i never get
But 1 thing is sure
that there is something more
There are various questions which are unanswered
there are various feeling which are still unexpressed
There is deep sorrow which cant be addressred
Thinking this my heart sank
but as the time passes by
my hurt heart wants to fly
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The day You Come Back
I visualise the day you will come back
i see it in my dreams when the dawn cracks
will that day really come?
is the question in my heart that runs
What would u say?
From where would u start?
would u really pay for the pain u dart?
with all my emotions packed
i would like you to do the main act
you tell me that day why did u do this to me?
my feelings are not a thing that comes for free
start from the begining to the end
give me the reasons so that later i dont repent
why did u leave me in the midway?
I still respected your decision and said" as u say"
I thought if the love is true it would come back
but would this really happen was a thought stored in my minds rack
Now that the day has come
I feel uneasy n brunt
I am nt able to decide is it real or a game
to give me some more pain
As u come back and apologise
i sing it to the world to my surprise
the possible reason to this could be
that someone gave u the same pain u gave me
is this reason i dont let my soul free?
Did i really wanted u to say
or is it the ego that comes to play
but as my instinct say
how can u be with sumone with whom u were always in fray
still dont know whats in his mind?
is he really nice and kind?
I stopped him before he could say anything more
should he be given one more chance?
or would that be a decision taken in trance
but when i look into his eyes
guilty is the feeling that doesnt subside
should it be the strong reason to giv it one more shot
I hope its nt his new planned plot
Unable to figure out his and my feelings
I look up the ceiling and try too long to breathe in
leaving it to God
if genuine Would again come back against all odds
if genuine Would again come back against all odds
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Large Hardon Collider
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator complex, intended to collide opposing beams of protons (one of several types of hadrons) with very high kinetic energy. Each of the two beams contains just a billionth of a gram of matter. But the material is moving so fast that one billionth of a gram has the momentum of a freight train going 120 MPH, squeezed into two 17 mile-long circular streams each thinner than a human hair.
The LHC will explore the validity and limitations of the Standard Model, the current theoretical picture for particle physics. It is theorized that the collider will confirm the existence of the Higgs boson. This would supply a crucial missing link in the Standard Model and explain how other elementary particles acquire properties such as mass. It is also expected that experiments at the LHC could establish supersymmetry and establish the existence of a large family of hypothesized supersymmetric partners of the known particles, or reveal the presence of the higher dimensions (beyond three of space and one of time) suggested by string theory.
The LHC was built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), and lies underneath the Franco-Swiss border between the Jura Mountains and the Alps near Geneva, Switzerland. It is funded by and built in collaboration with over eight thousand physicists from over eighty-five countries as well as hundreds of universities and laboratories. The LHC circulated its first particle beams on 10 September 2008, but a few days later had to suspend operations due to equipment failure, when a faulty connection between two magnets triggered a shutdown which will delay its operation for two months.[1] Owing to the already planned winter shutdown, the collider will not be operational again until the spring of 2009.[2][3]
Although concerns have been raised in the media and through the courts regarding the Safety of particle collisions at the Large Hadron Collider, the consensus in the scientific community is that there is no conceivable threat from the LHC collisions.
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The LHC will explore the validity and limitations of the Standard Model, the current theoretical picture for particle physics. It is theorized that the collider will confirm the existence of the Higgs boson. This would supply a crucial missing link in the Standard Model and explain how other elementary particles acquire properties such as mass. It is also expected that experiments at the LHC could establish supersymmetry and establish the existence of a large family of hypothesized supersymmetric partners of the known particles, or reveal the presence of the higher dimensions (beyond three of space and one of time) suggested by string theory.
The LHC was built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), and lies underneath the Franco-Swiss border between the Jura Mountains and the Alps near Geneva, Switzerland. It is funded by and built in collaboration with over eight thousand physicists from over eighty-five countries as well as hundreds of universities and laboratories. The LHC circulated its first particle beams on 10 September 2008, but a few days later had to suspend operations due to equipment failure, when a faulty connection between two magnets triggered a shutdown which will delay its operation for two months.[1] Owing to the already planned winter shutdown, the collider will not be operational again until the spring of 2009.[2][3]
Although concerns have been raised in the media and through the courts regarding the Safety of particle collisions at the Large Hadron Collider, the consensus in the scientific community is that there is no conceivable threat from the LHC collisions.
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Sunday, July 6, 2008
Scientists Identify the Brain’s Activity Hub
The brain is the control center of the central nervous system, responsible for behavior. In mammals, the brain is located in the head, protected by the skull and close to the primary sensory apparatus of vision, hearing, equilibrioception, sense of taste, and olfaction. The outer layer of the brain, the reasoning, planning and self-aware region known as the cerebral cortex, has a central clearinghouse of activity below the crown of the head that is widely connected to more-specialized regions in a large network similar to a subway map, scientists reported.
The new report, published in the free-access online journal PLOS Biology, provides the most complete rough draft to date of the cortex’s electrical architecture, the cluster of interconnected nodes and hubs that help guide thinking and behavior.
The paper also provides a striking demonstration of how new imaging techniques focused on the brain’s white matter — the connections between cells, rather than the neurons themselves — are filling in a dimension of human brain function that has been all but dark.
In previous studies, scientists have used magnetic resonance imaging to identify peaks and valleys of neural activity when people are doing various things, like making decisions, reacting to frightening images or reliving painful memories.
But these studies, while provocative, revealed virtually nothing about the underlying neural networks involved — about which brain regions speak to one another and when. Previous estimates of network structure, based on such imaging, have been sketchy. The new findings, while not conclusive, give scientists what is essentially a wiring diagram that they can test and refine.
The new report, published in the free-access online journal PLOS Biology, provides the most complete rough draft to date of the cortex’s electrical architecture, the cluster of interconnected nodes and hubs that help guide thinking and behavior.
The paper also provides a striking demonstration of how new imaging techniques focused on the brain’s white matter — the connections between cells, rather than the neurons themselves — are filling in a dimension of human brain function that has been all but dark.
In previous studies, scientists have used magnetic resonance imaging to identify peaks and valleys of neural activity when people are doing various things, like making decisions, reacting to frightening images or reliving painful memories.
But these studies, while provocative, revealed virtually nothing about the underlying neural networks involved — about which brain regions speak to one another and when. Previous estimates of network structure, based on such imaging, have been sketchy. The new findings, while not conclusive, give scientists what is essentially a wiring diagram that they can test and refine.
“This is just about the coolest paper I’ve seen in a long time, and forward-looking in terms of where the science is going,” said Dr. Marcus E. Raichle, a professor of neurology and radiology at Washington University in St. Louis, who was not involved in the research. He added, “They’ve found in the brain what looks like a hub map of the airline system for the United States.”
Dr. Sporns said continued research should help produce a complete and detailed neural wiring diagram, what he called the “connectome” of the brain. “We hope we can get to a place where we have, in effect, a brain simulator, in the same way we have computer models that can simulate the climate,” he said, “so we can simulate activation patterns we see in clinical cases,” like psychiatric problems and brain injuries.
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Dr. Sporns said continued research should help produce a complete and detailed neural wiring diagram, what he called the “connectome” of the brain. “We hope we can get to a place where we have, in effect, a brain simulator, in the same way we have computer models that can simulate the climate,” he said, “so we can simulate activation patterns we see in clinical cases,” like psychiatric problems and brain injuries.
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Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Women take more sick leave than men
WASHINGTON: If the number of sick leave they take is any indication, then it seems that the fairer sex is more prone to falling ill, for a new study has found that female workers take almost 50 per cent more short-term sick leave than their male counterparts.
Researchers at the University of Helsinki in Finland showed that women were 46 per cent more likely to be off work for between one to three days, which does not require a sick note.
However, the researchers also showed that female employees don't take more long-term sick leave. For the study, the team assessed periods of sick leave among almost 7,000 municipal workers in Helsinki, Finland, between 2002 and 2005. Morning sickness, also called nausea, vomiting of pregnancy (emesis gravidarum or NVP), or pregnancy sickness, affects between 50 and 95 percent of all pregnant women as well as some women who use hormonal contraception or hormone replacement therapy. The nausea can be mild or induce actual vomiting. In extreme cases, known as hyperemesis gravidarum, hospitalization may be required to treat the resulting dehydration.
The employees, who were all aged between 40 and 60, were also quizzed about their working lives and general health. The findings showed that physical health problems, physical work demands, and work fatigue were more commonly reported by women.
And they were 46 per cent more likely than men to call in sick for short periods of a few days. They were also a third more likely to take short-term sick leave, certified by a doctor, the researchers found. But diagnosed illness explained only about a third of the difference in spells of self-certified sick leave and about half of that certified by a doctor.
The authors suggest that women may be better at recognising problems and going to the doctor for treatment. Researchers said that the reasons for the difference could include women finding their work more physically demanding. Alternatively, they might simply be more organised about seeing a doctor and getting signed off work when ill. The findings are published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
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Researchers at the University of Helsinki in Finland showed that women were 46 per cent more likely to be off work for between one to three days, which does not require a sick note.
However, the researchers also showed that female employees don't take more long-term sick leave. For the study, the team assessed periods of sick leave among almost 7,000 municipal workers in Helsinki, Finland, between 2002 and 2005. Morning sickness, also called nausea, vomiting of pregnancy (emesis gravidarum or NVP), or pregnancy sickness, affects between 50 and 95 percent of all pregnant women as well as some women who use hormonal contraception or hormone replacement therapy. The nausea can be mild or induce actual vomiting. In extreme cases, known as hyperemesis gravidarum, hospitalization may be required to treat the resulting dehydration.
The employees, who were all aged between 40 and 60, were also quizzed about their working lives and general health. The findings showed that physical health problems, physical work demands, and work fatigue were more commonly reported by women.
And they were 46 per cent more likely than men to call in sick for short periods of a few days. They were also a third more likely to take short-term sick leave, certified by a doctor, the researchers found. But diagnosed illness explained only about a third of the difference in spells of self-certified sick leave and about half of that certified by a doctor.
The authors suggest that women may be better at recognising problems and going to the doctor for treatment. Researchers said that the reasons for the difference could include women finding their work more physically demanding. Alternatively, they might simply be more organised about seeing a doctor and getting signed off work when ill. The findings are published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
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Study finds high levels of chemicals in infants using baby cosmetics
Cosmetics are substances used to enhance or protect the appearance or odor of the human skin. Cosmetics include skin-care creams, lotions, powders, perfumes, lipsticks, fingernail and toenail polishes, eye and facial makeup, permanent aves, hair colors, hair sprays and gels, deodorants, baby products, bath oils, bubble baths, bath salts, butters and many other types of products. Their use is widespread, especially among women in Western countries. A subset of cosmetics is called "make-up," which refers primarily to colored products intended to alter the user’s appearance. Many manufacturers distinguish between decorative cosmetics and care cosmetics.
The manufacture of cosmetics is currently dominated by a small number of multinational corporations that originated in the early 20th century, but the distribution and sale of cosmetics is spread among a wide range of different businesses. The U.S. FDA which regulates cosmetics in the United States. Defines cosmetics as "intended to be applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance without affecting the body's structure or functions." This broad definition includes, as well, any material intended for use as a component of a cosmetic product. The FDA specifically excludes soap from this category.
Babies exposed to lotion, shampoo and powder had more than four times the level of phthalates in their urine as those whose parents had not used the products. Previous research found that the substances altered the children’s hormones. Infants and toddlers exposed to baby lotions, shampoos and powders carry high concentrations of hormone-altering chemicals in their bodies that might have reproductive effects, according to a new scientific study of babies born in Los Angeles and two other U.S. cities.
The research, to be published today in the medical journal Pediatrics, found that as the use of baby care products rose, so did the concentration of phthalates, which are used in many fragrances. Manufacturers do not list phthalates as ingredients on labels, so it is unknown which products contain them. The researchers at the University of Washington and the University of Rochester stressed that the potential effects on babies were uncertain.
But previous animal and human research suggests that early exposure to some phthalates could reduce testosterone and alter reproductive organs, particularly in males. The three phthalate compounds found in the highest concentrations in babies in the study were linked to reduced testosterone in a 2006 study of newborns in Denmark. Some scientists theorize such changes in hormones could lead to fertility problems and male reproductive disorders.
Representatives of the fragrance and cosmetics industries said they were surprised by the findings and questioned their validity. They said only one phthalate compound is used in baby products, and it is found in such low levels that they doubt it could explain high concentrations found in the babies
"Phthalate exposure is widespread and variable in infants. We found that mothers' reported use of infant lotion, infant powder and shampoo was significantly associated with urinary concentrations," the scientists wrote in the new study.In the study, babies exposed to baby lotion, shampoo and powder had more than four times the level of phthalates in their urine than babies whose parents had not used the products. The highest levels were reported in babies under 8 months old, and those exposed to lotions.
Previous studies have focused on a different route of exposure for children: sucking on soft, vinyl toys. Phthalates, in addition to helping cosmetics retain fragrance and color, are used as plasticizers in some vinylIn their report, the scientists advised parents who want to reduce their baby's exposure to stop using lotions and powders unless their doctors recommend them for medical reasons. They also suggested limiting use of shampoos and other products. Many adult lotions and other personal care products also contain phthalates. But DEP is used at "very low levels, in the part-per-million range, below what could possibly account for the levels they are finding" in the babies' .The highest concentrations in the babies were for a phthalate known as MEP, which comes from DEP, the compound used in fragrances. One baby had an extremely high level of MEP -- 4.4 parts per million.
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The manufacture of cosmetics is currently dominated by a small number of multinational corporations that originated in the early 20th century, but the distribution and sale of cosmetics is spread among a wide range of different businesses. The U.S. FDA which regulates cosmetics in the United States. Defines cosmetics as "intended to be applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance without affecting the body's structure or functions." This broad definition includes, as well, any material intended for use as a component of a cosmetic product. The FDA specifically excludes soap from this category.
Babies exposed to lotion, shampoo and powder had more than four times the level of phthalates in their urine as those whose parents had not used the products. Previous research found that the substances altered the children’s hormones. Infants and toddlers exposed to baby lotions, shampoos and powders carry high concentrations of hormone-altering chemicals in their bodies that might have reproductive effects, according to a new scientific study of babies born in Los Angeles and two other U.S. cities.
The research, to be published today in the medical journal Pediatrics, found that as the use of baby care products rose, so did the concentration of phthalates, which are used in many fragrances. Manufacturers do not list phthalates as ingredients on labels, so it is unknown which products contain them. The researchers at the University of Washington and the University of Rochester stressed that the potential effects on babies were uncertain.
But previous animal and human research suggests that early exposure to some phthalates could reduce testosterone and alter reproductive organs, particularly in males. The three phthalate compounds found in the highest concentrations in babies in the study were linked to reduced testosterone in a 2006 study of newborns in Denmark. Some scientists theorize such changes in hormones could lead to fertility problems and male reproductive disorders.
Representatives of the fragrance and cosmetics industries said they were surprised by the findings and questioned their validity. They said only one phthalate compound is used in baby products, and it is found in such low levels that they doubt it could explain high concentrations found in the babies
"Phthalate exposure is widespread and variable in infants. We found that mothers' reported use of infant lotion, infant powder and shampoo was significantly associated with urinary concentrations," the scientists wrote in the new study.In the study, babies exposed to baby lotion, shampoo and powder had more than four times the level of phthalates in their urine than babies whose parents had not used the products. The highest levels were reported in babies under 8 months old, and those exposed to lotions.
Previous studies have focused on a different route of exposure for children: sucking on soft, vinyl toys. Phthalates, in addition to helping cosmetics retain fragrance and color, are used as plasticizers in some vinylIn their report, the scientists advised parents who want to reduce their baby's exposure to stop using lotions and powders unless their doctors recommend them for medical reasons. They also suggested limiting use of shampoos and other products. Many adult lotions and other personal care products also contain phthalates. But DEP is used at "very low levels, in the part-per-million range, below what could possibly account for the levels they are finding" in the babies' .The highest concentrations in the babies were for a phthalate known as MEP, which comes from DEP, the compound used in fragrances. One baby had an extremely high level of MEP -- 4.4 parts per million.
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