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Beautiful Dreamer
\"Jorge Luis Borges is another blind man I don't particularly like.\" Now there's a sentence you're not likely to find in the autobiography of a Hollywood movie director. Come to think of it, who but the late Spanish filmmaker Luis Bunuel, the creator of \"Un Chien Andalou\" and \"Belle de Jour,\" would utter such a bluffly blasphemous sentiment?
Magazine Article
Luring low- and high-tech to the Negev
\"The government is requiring that a certain amount of the services provided must be in the south, so we are planning many building projects, such as boutique hotels and 50 houses for IDF personnel to rent,\" says [Yossi Treistman]. \"We will also be helping local businesses meet the needs of the IDF base.\" One of the planned projects is a big laundromat. According to Treistman, laundry from an existing Negev officers training base is currently washed in a northeast Jerusalem industrial suburb, and some supplies are trucked down from as far north as Haifa. Opening doors to new opportunities, Green Group's co- founders Yoram Moyal and Ronny Marom are investing their personal as well as their professional resources in the Negev. \"They could have built the company in Tel Aviv, but they believe the goal of our generation is to develop the Negev and they both live down here with their families,\" says Treistman. Their experience underlines the sparseness of the south; it took Moyal more than a year to find a house.
Newspaper Article
Science burns in her bones
Last November, [Smadar Cohen] received the $50,000 Teva Founders Award for her research on biomaterials to regenerate bodily tissue. Although Israel's Teva Pharmaceuticals usually awards two of these prizes annually, Cohen was the sole recipient for 2009. Cohen had heard about the work of MIT Prof. Robert Langer, who was researching the use of polymers in drug delivery. This was exactly what she wanted to do. But lacking an engineering background, which is normally required at MIT, Cohen knew she'd have to fight hard for a spot in Langer's lab. She wrote him letter after letter until he contacted her TAU advisor and said he was coming to Israel and wanted to interview the persistent student. Despite a total of almost a decade at MIT, Cohen says there was never any question that she would return to Israel. \"When I started to dream in English, I knew it was time to go home,\" she says. \"A few years ago, I got an offer from a US university and also one in England, and I said 'no.' I really love Israel and I love living here. And I am doing really well here.\"
Newspaper Article
Assessment of the Knowledge of Chronic Kidney Disease and Anemia Among University Students in Ghana: A Cross‐Sectional Study
Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is typically associated with anemia, with both implicated in global mortalities and morbidities. Adequate knowledge about these conditions might help individuals to prevent and/or manage them effectively. This study was aimed at assessing the knowledge of CKD and anemia regarding their causes, risk factors, and preventive practices among undergraduate students. Methods: The study was a cross‐sectional design conducted from July 2023 to September 2023, involving 267 students pursuing either health‐related or nonhealth‐related programs. A structured questionnaire was administered to participants to assess their knowledge of CKD and anemia and was analyzed. Results: An overwhelming majority, 208 (77.9%), demonstrated a good level of general knowledge of CKD, whereas an even higher proportion, 215 (80.5%), had a good level of general knowledge of anemia. Also, the bulk of the participants, 222 (83.1%), showed a good level of knowledge of the relationship between CKD and anemia. There was a significant relationship between a student’s faculty and general CKD knowledge ( p < 0.001). Participants in health‐related faculties and in the third/fourth year significantly had good knowledge of CKD than those in nonhealth‐related faculties and in the first/second year of studies. With regards to anemia, individuals aged 20 years and beyond had good knowledge of anemia than teenage students. There was also a significant relationship between a student’s faculty and general knowledge of anemia ( p < 0.001), such that participants in health‐related faculties were about 99% less likely to have poor knowledge of anemia than those in nonhealth‐related faculties [AOR = 0.01 (0.00, 0.007)]. Conclusion: Students with good knowledge of CKD, anemia, and/or their interrelationships were the majority. However, students in health‐related faculties significantly had good knowledge of both CKD and anemia than their counterparts in nonhealth‐related faculties. Health‐related courses that would enlighten students in nonhealth‐related faculties should be promoted.
Journal Article
Using Caprylic Acid for the Prevention and Treatment of Helicobacter pylori Infection and Gastric Cancer: A Review
The present study investigates the bactericidal and anticancer potential of caprylic acid (CA) against Helicobacter pylori infection, a major global risk factor for gastric cancer. Several chronic inflammatory processes, bacterial virulence factors, and carcinogenic mechanisms—capable of inducing DNA damage in gastric epithelial cells, promoting genomic instability, and contributing to the development of gastritis or peptic ulcer disease in susceptible individuals—remain incompletely understood. CA, a medium-chain fatty acid naturally found in plant and animal sources such as coconut oil and goat’s milk, possesses notable biological properties that may confer gastroprotective effects against gastric cancer induced by H. pylori. Despite advances in medical management, no universally effective strategy currently exists for the treatment or prevention of H. pylori–associated gastric cancer. Conventional therapies, including surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, often entail long-term complications that may affect patients’ nutritional status. In brief, further elucidation of the mechanisms underlying medium-chain fatty acid metabolism, particularly that of CA in gastric cancer cells, may yield valuable insights for the development of innovative therapeutic approaches. Consequently, the integration of CA into therapeutic dietary regimens and the formulation of nutraceuticals targeting H. pylori infection and related gastric pathologies warrant consideration. Therefore, CA could be considered a potential adjuvant in the preventive treatment of H. pylori–induced gastritis and its associated complications. However, further in vitro and in vivo studies are needed to confirm its beneficial use for this pathology.
Journal Article
Aerosol Size Distribution Properties Associated With Cold-Air Outbreaks in the Norwegian Arctic
The aerosol particles serving as cloud condensation and ice nuclei contribute to key cloud processes associated with cold-air outbreak (CAO) events but are poorly constrained in climate models due to sparse observations. Here we retrieve aerosol number size distribution modes from measurements at Andenes, Norway, during the Cold-Air Outbreaks in the Marine Boundary Layer Experiment (COMBLE) and at Zeppelin Observatory, approximately 1000 km upwind from Andenes at Svalbard. During CAO events at Andenes, the sea-spray-mode number concentration is correlated with strong over-ocean winds with a mean of 8±4 cm−3 that is 71 % higher than during non-CAO conditions. Additionally, during CAO events at Andenes, the mean Hoppel minimum diameter is 6 nm smaller than during non-CAO conditions, though the estimated supersaturation is lower, and the mean number concentration of particles that likely activated in-cloud is 109±61 cm−3 with no statistically significant difference from the non-CAO mean of 99±66 cm−3. For CAO trajectories between Zeppelin Observatory and Andenes, the upwind-to-downwind change in number concentration is the largest for the accumulation mode with a mean decrease of 93±95 cm−3, likely attributable primarily to precipitation scavenging. These characteristic properties of aerosol number size distributions during CAO events provide guidance for evaluating CAO aerosol–cloud interaction processes in models.
Journal Article