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A blow below the belt is not only painful, but also potentially dangerous. If one talks about sports, testicle traumas most often occur among hockey players, football players and cyclists. Athletes face testicle traumas almost every day. And no wonder that professionals of big-time sports have various tumors of testicles that are considered to be quite rare pathology, occur more often than in other men. The risk increases if a man has the hereditary predisposition to the disease and uncured underdevelopment of testicles that is related to cryptorchidism. Therefore, it is very important to notice this trouble in boys in time and to perform operation. url removed is full ar…

I came across an expriment related to CreGenTM Basic Power Supply CG-600. But I really don't know much about it.I searched the internet but all I got is electronics...Can anyone tell me more about it? Thanks very much.

Hello everyone I need a quick confirmation on something. (For those who might wonder: this is a question concerning the paper I'm writing on the differences in epidemiology of influenza type A(H1N1)pdm09 during the pandemic of 2009-2010, in Europe and Africa.) In an article, given is the estimated number of inhabitants in Rwanda: 10.4 million. Given is also that 494 cases of this influenza have been recorded between October 2009 and 31 May 2010 = 8 months = 2/3 years I was wondering if there is something that allows me to calculate the incidence rate during that period as follows, considering that everyone is at risk of contracting influenza: 8 months …

Hello to all, I do not have any background in medical or science field and therefor this question may sound rather naïve to you guys. I hope you would tolerate my ignorance and shed some light on something that has been in my mind for a long time. My understanding is the fastest transmission of nerve signals is about 268 miles per hour or just about 120m/s. The transmission of nerve impulses from the hair cells may be much lower than the figures mentioned here. Leaving that aside, let's take 120m/s as the speed of nerve impulses (SIC) from the ears hearing mechanism to the brain for the purpose of this question. Now, if sound waves travel at 340 m/s then when …

According to a university of Cambridge study twice as many people in europe are dying from inactivity rather than obesity. Where people feel that eating little and taking very little exercise makes them healthy because they look thin. Thin people also have higher risk of health problems as a result of being inactive and are less likely to feel the need to take exercise or be pressured into exercising. http://www.bbc.com/news/health-30812439

For those who don't know, ayahuasca is a medicinal beverage with a long history among the amazonian shamans of central and south america. It typically consists of two brews which can be taken separately (one after the other) or mixed together. The first is a brew made from simmering the MAOI containing vine Banisteriopsis caapi in warm water, and the second is made the same way (simmering in warm water) with any of a variety of N,N-DMT containing plants (psychotria viridis, diplopterys cabrerana, mimosa hostilis, etc.). The caapi is important because without an MAOI, the N,N-DMT containing plant will not be psychoactive. At the site www.ayahuasca.com, there is a quote…

I'm a medical student, helping out a friend in her research in Ozone and how it effects Embryos... where would I look for any available data on any related research... I already searched in google for few days now, but it seems like the only reaserch done so far is how well ozone acts as a disinfectant on eggs. pls help us out

Young scientists often get conflicting advice on how they should publish. Every generation of young scientists has to address similar questions: Should I publish several smaller papers or should I focus on one big paper with a high impact factor? What is the effect of my publication strategy on my career and the possibility to raise grant money? How important is my publication list for a non-academic career? Find a concise analysis here: advertising link removed by moderator

An unshielded hydrogen nucleus covalently bound to an electron-withdrawing oxygen or nitrogen atom can interact with an unshared electron pair on another oxygen or nitrogen atom to form a hydrogen bond. Since water molecules contain both of these features, hydrogen bonding favors the self-association of water molecules into ordered arrays. Hydrogen bonding profoundly influences the physical properties of water and accounts for its exceptionally high viscosity, surface tension, and boiling point. On average, each molecule in liquid water associates through hydrogen bonds with 3.5 others. These bonds are both relatively weak and transient, with a half-life of about one micr…

If fluoride is used in animal poisons and has a toxic effect when ingested, why is it used in tap water and antidepressants?

Hello everyone, Why do you need to create an arterio venous fistula for haemodialysis? I don't understand how it makes a good access site for dialysis. Also when not performing dialysis, wouldn't this AV fistula be bad for the body. The deoxygenated and venous blood with all its wastes mixing with arterial blood due to fistula (I'm assuming due to higher pressure in arteries, arterial blood flows to veins not vise versa but still isn't it bad for arterial blood to get mixed with venous). Also in dialysis why should the blood be pumped back into the person, isn't their a way to filter it right at the start, pumping blood back would make the person more prone to infecti…

I've always known that I've had a peculiar problem with certain cognitive tasks. I am absolutely horrible at working with my hands, and my sense of direction is similarly atrocious. I consistently score in the 98%/99% percentile in all other aptitude tests and do remarkably well in all of my academic subjects, but for some reason there's something about taking things apart and putting them back together that leaves me clueless and embarrassed. Most of what I've read online suggests that this has to do with a deficiency in spatial reasoning. This didn't seem to make any sense to me, since I'm very, very good at maths including, even especially, maths such as geometr…

I recently had a conversation with a person who expressed that wealthy people are "immune" to many life threatening diseases. My antagonist used Steve Jobs as an example. He said that Steve Jobs could have survived if he used his wealth to gain proper treatment. Personally, I think money cannot guarantee your "immunity" against life threatening diseases as medicine has not advanced to that stage. What do you think?

I want to use laxatives to achieve their "desired effect" in about 16 hours any ideas? It is part of a lecture on "learning how to cook for oneself" it also includes "stop wasting all the toilet paper and not replacing it"

What disease am i facing? when ever i see burned matchsticks or char coal etc, skin itching takes places all over body. is this allergy? & also I am not asking solution to my problem, i am just asking what disease am i facing?

My ? is years ago at a party I shaked hands with a young woman.While holding her hand I could feel a electrical feeling.Not a shock but like a bad ground feeling.I could feel it as long as we were connected. Has this happened to someone else?Was it some kind of trick? Thanks

A food sample comprise 2.0g protein, 1.0g fat, 4.0 Carbohydrate. what is the Energy contributed by Fat alone in joule and Kilocal?

Scientists speculate that the highest risk factor for a kidney disease common to five Balkan nations is a plant commonly used in various Chinese herbal medicines. First described in Bulgaria in the scientific literature in the 1950s, Balkan Endemic Nephropathy (BEN) caused individuals, usually aged in their 50s, to develop symptoms of uremia, a buildup of nitrogenous waste products in the blood that signal renal failure. The irreversible renal disease would lead to death. Certain villages have a high BEN prevalence, but other villages only a few kilometers apart may be unaffected. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140930111421.htm "The toxicological and…

http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/russian-billionaire-dmitry-itskov-plans-on-becoming-immortal-by-2045 I have come across this initiative started by the Russian billionaire Dmitry Itskov: http://2045.com Is there any chance at all of this being scientifically doable in the near future? Is it a hoax?

What are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Mortality Salience? Personally I'm 17 and as far as I recall I've be death salient(not so sure if that's the right term) ever since I was 13. I wasn't aware of Mortality Salience until now, in the past I thought it was just paranoia. Having learnt of this are there any published research articles on case studies about mortality salience among children? and overall if all people or a group of people became mortality salient, what will be the advantages, disadvantages and impact of it to our society? I'm not so sure if this falls in the category of Psychology or Sociology

What causes a numb baby finger because mine has felt numb since Thursday.

What part of a brain , contains all the memories and thoughts?

Could ethical issues prevent gene therapy from meeting its full potential?

What is the standard format of a Sleep Log?