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...West and from neighboring countries. And without that, the rebels will soon lose their advantage. That may be of limited consolation to gorilla conservationists, however. For example, a siege aimed at starving out the rebels may compel them to target wildlife and the gorillas - as food. "In any normal situation, it's hard to protect the gorillas," Newport says, citing threats from armed militias, poachers and people chopping trees down for charcoal and space to grow crops. "They're kind...
...children have their own normal; they have not yet seen any worlds other than their own. Capecchi's world was an uncontrolled experiment in resilience. "I never felt sorry for myself," he recalls. "Children are remarkably adaptable. Put them in a situation, and they simply will do whatever it is they need...
...McMahon may at last have an explanation. In studies reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, they sampled pints of donated blood from banks and healthy volunteers, subjected them to 26 different analyses and found dramatic deficiencies in levels of nitric oxide (NO). A workhorse component of normal blood, NO is responsible for helping red blood cells ferry oxygen to tissues and for propping open tiny vessels. A shortage of the gas could lead to precisely the kinds of heart problems the team was investigating...
...already been disturbing enough to persuade physicians to change what is known as their transfusion trigger. As a rule, they introduced donated blood as soon as the patient's hematocrit--a measure of the proportion of the blood made up of oxygen-carrying red cells--fell below the normal range of 45%-55%. Lately, however, they have begun waiting until it drops to less than 30% before transfusing...
...funding of stein clubs and other activities, will no longer be able to receive up-front funding for their events and expenses. Traditionally, HoCos have received a lump sum of money to pay for house social activities, thus freeing them from some constraints of the UC’s normal event-based grant process. In many cases, these funds go to smaller House grants for alcohol-free events. The new measures, however, appear to treat HoCos like any other student group, demanding that they provide receipts for any grant reimbursement, and requiring costly Beverage Authorization Teams to be present...