Sunshine and Fleas

Sunshine and the cardiovascular benefits – a dose of sunshine!

Sunshine and multiple sclerosis.

In 1960, Donald Acheson made the seminal observation that the global distribution of multiple sclerosis (MS) may be related to available hours of sunshine; this observation was met with disbelief at the time. However, over the subsequent more than 50 years, it has become clear that he may well be right. The effect of sunlight exposure and subsequent vitamin D production (generated by photolysis...

Fleas and Disinfectants

The important part that fleas acd flies and mosquitoes and other small insects play in the spread of infectious diseases and complaints such as plague, enteric, typhus, malaria and summer diarrhoea is becoming more generally recognised every day ; indeed Sir Lauder Brunton speaks of fleas as a national danger (Tha Lancet, Nov. 9th, 1907), and the destruction of these insects is a problem which ...

Fleas, Caterpillars and Cockroaches

There is no doubt that the coming decades will see a continued increase in the application of robotics in our daily lives. It is vital that we encourage more young people to pursue careers in STEM fields and in particular, robotics. Universities can play their part by running events that allow participants to explore the field of robotics through hands-on projects. In this paper our experiences...

Sunshine on MS

tion, and thought that visual solar radiation might provide protection from developing MS. In 1970, a study from Switzerland (which is on a similar latitude in the northern hemisphere as Tasmania is in the southern hemisphere) [5] showed a higher clinical RR in winter and spring months, and a later study (also from the northern hemisphere) [6] of seasonal fluctuations in Gd-enhancing lesions on...