Organic biomorphs may be better preserved than microorganisms in early Earth sediments

Object Groups May Be Better Than Pages

I argue against trying to solve the problem of clustering objects into disk pages. Instead, I propose that objects be fetched in groups that may be specific to an application or user, and that can be computed at fetch time. I briefly describe crystals, which serve to record such groups statically. Finally, I speculate that object fetching may be particularly relevant for providing services to v...

The dairy fat paradox: Whole dairy products may be healthier than we thought

Hypothesis: in COPD, a pound of cure may be better than an ounce of prevention.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is currently the fourth leading cause of death in the USA. Its defining feature is limitation of expiratory airflow, which is usually relentlessly progressive. Current therapies have meaningful, but limited benefits. For those who have resting hypoxaemia, supplemental oxygen improves survival. Rehabilitation can improve health status and exercise per...

Musical Electroacupuncture May Be a Better Choice than Electroacupuncture in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease

Objectives. To compare musical electroacupuncture and electroacupuncture in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Methods. In this study, 7.5-month-old male senescence-accelerated mouse prone 8 (SAMP8) mice were used as an Alzheimer's disease animal model. In the normal control paradigm, 7.5-month-old male SAMR1 mice were used as the blank control group (N group). After 15 days of treatment, us...

BMI may be better than waist circumference for defining metabolic syndrome in Japanese women.

W e previously addressed sex differences in the associations between anthropometric indexes of obesity and blood pressure and showed that blood pressure was more strongly related to BMI than to waist circumference in Japanese women (1). As hypertension is a major component of metabolic syndrome in Japanese patients, a similar sex difference may exist in the association between anthropometric in...