Ghee: the much maligned cooking medium, now slowly reclaiming its therapeutic reputation

We Had So Much Fun. Now What?

The declining enrollment is a dilemma that many information systems programs are facing. In this study, we design a “Mobile Star” project to promote the information systems major to high school students in Texas. Each “Mobile Star” project consists of a mobile app development workshop and the student’s app showcase. We expect to explore whether the student’s perceived completion, perceived achi...

Man, machines, manufacturing, and maintenance: merits of a much-maligned metaphor.

277 W OK, STRICTLY IT IS AN ANALOGY rather than a metaphor, but I couldn’t resist. In overview talks on the “SENS” repair-andmaintenance approach to combating aging that I favor, I generally introduce the basic concept by analogy with the fact that the functional lifespan of a car may be made unusually long by sufficiently comprehensive maintenance. I use this analogy to explain not only why a ...

Ghee as a Source of Vitamin A in Indian Dietaries: The Effect of Cooking on the Vitamin Content of Foods

Where now for therapeutic apheresis?

The good side of a maligned protein

cientists have discovered a new function for amyloid precursor protein (APP), a protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease. The finding may reveal how APP gets mixed up with the enzymes that make it go bad. APP has an evil reputation. The and secretases transform it into amyloidpeptide, a component of the plaques that riddle the brain in Alzheimer’s disease. Previous work by Larry Goldstein (Univesi...