Play down protein to play up metabolism?

Play down protein to play up metabolism?

Who among us hasn't fantasized about a diet that allows ingestion of a surfeit of calories that are burned off effortlessly by ramping up energy expenditure? In this issue of the JCI, research led by Christopher Morrison suggests that this dream may become a reality; however, a complete understanding of the molecular interface that connects nutrient choices with our cellular metabolism will be ...

Forty years on, or "play up! Play up! And play the game!".

"I have looked around for conclusive evidence to show that the people who go swimming, riding or climbing or playing football and so on, are in fact in some way a healthier part of the population, less liable to disease, more long lived." (Geiringer, 1971.).

To play or not to play.

Eyes Up : Influencing Social Gaze Through Play

Autism can be a debilitating condition that affects a person's personal and social affairs throughout their lifetime. With 1 in 110 people diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) [49], it is important that we develop assistive and learning technologies to help them achieve their potential. In this work I describe the development of a new technologymediated therapeutic game, Frame It, a...

Play the Language: Play Coreference

We propose the PlayCoref game, whose purpose is to obtain substantial amount of text data with the coreference annotation. We provide a description of the game design that covers the strategy, the instructions for the players, the input texts selection and preparation, and the score evaluation.