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• Fake Diploma Prices and Information

  By Ralph Turchiano on May 11, 2015

  Editors Note ( Ralph Turchiano ) – Below is a decent reference list researched by Havocscope. The research is based on public newspaper publications and the like.  From personal experience  I am often contacted to submit research documents in fields… Read More ›

• N. Korea Test-fires Submarine-launched Ballistic Missile

  By Ralph Turchiano on May 11, 2015

  Agence France-Presse 12:45 p.m. EDT May 10, 2015 SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Saturday it successfully test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) — a technology that could eventually offer the nuclear-armed state a survivable second-strike capability. North Korean… Read More ›

• Three universities using $1.55M NIH grant to track vaccine attitudes via Twitter

  By Ralph Turchiano on May 7, 2015

  UGA using NIH grant to track vaccine attitudes with Twitter May 1, 2015 developed to study vaccination attitudes and behaviors through social media could change the way researchers conduct public health surveillance. Researchers from the University of Georgia, George Washington… Read More ›

• US Has Highest Maternal Death Rate Of Developed Countries

  By Ralph Turchiano on May 7, 2015

  The U.S. ranks last amongst developed countries when it comes to mothers’ health according to the State of the World’s Mothers 2015 report by the Save The Children organization released Monday. The U.S. comes in the 33rd out of 179… Read More ›

• Cancer drugs approved quickly but not to patient’s benefit

  By Ralph Turchiano on May 7, 2015

  Public Release: 7-May-2015 Dr. Joel Lexchin cites earlier research reviewing solid cancer drugs within 10 years of EMA approval to point out that these drugs improved survival by just over a month York University TORONTO, May 7, 2015 — Highly… Read More ›

• Statins may increase diabetes risk in healthy people by 87%

  By Ralph Turchiano on May 7, 2015

  Public Release: 7-May-2015   Strong statin-diabetes link seen in large study of Tricare patients Increased diabetes risk for those on cholesterol-lowering drugs Veterans Affairs Research Communications In a database study of nearly 26,000 beneficiaries of Tricare, the military health system,… Read More ›

• Cherry blossoms also bring out the Yakuza

  By Ralph Turchiano on May 5, 2015

  KUCHIKOMI MAY. 06, 2015 – 06:40AM JST TOKYO — Yakuza are people too, and being Japanese, they have the same affinity for seasonal revelry as do any other citizen. But when they converge on public places for drinking and carousing,… Read More ›

• A neural network model predicts whether a bank can go bust ( 96% accurate )

  By Ralph Turchiano on May 5, 2015

  Public Release: 5-May-2015 A FECYT – Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology Share Print E-Mail IMAGE: Financial ratios provide the model with information to make predictions. view more Credit: reynermedia The learning mechanism of neurones has inspired researchers at the… Read More ›

• Popular electric brain stimulation method detrimental to IQ scores

  By Ralph Turchiano on May 5, 2015

  Public Release: 5-May-2015 In a double-blinded, randomized study, UNC researchers found that the IQ scores of people who underwent tDCS brain stimulation improved markedly less than did the IQ scores of people in the placebo group University of North Carolina… Read More ›

• Vaccine Contamination with other viruses – Avian Leukosis Virus

  By Ralph Turchiano on May 5, 2015

  Editors note: ( Ralph Tuchiano ) In 1999 studies revealed that the measles vaccine was contaminated with : J Virol. 1999 Jul; 73(7): 5843–5851. PMCID: PMC112645 Evidence of Avian Leukosis Virus Subgroup E and Endogenous Avian Virus in Measles and… Read More ›

• Number of children in Japan falls to new low

  By Ralph Turchiano on May 4, 2015

    TOKYO — The number of children in Japan has fallen to a new low, the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry said Monday. As of April 1, there were an estimated 16.17 million children aged 15 and under, down 160,000… Read More ›

• Half of India’s groundwater is poisonous

  By Ralph Turchiano on May 4, 2015

    Akash Vashishtha   |   Mail Today  |   New Delhi, May 5, 2015 | UPDATED 08:37 IST Already grappling with the Ganga cleaning project, the government seems to have a bigger problem at hand as the groundwater in more than half… Read More ›

• Move Over Mexico: China Now Sends Most Immigrants to US

  By Ralph Turchiano on May 4, 2015

  04:23 05.05.2015 China has replaced Mexico as the top country of origin for immigrants to the United States, according to a new review of 2013 immigration data. The American Census Bureau study, conducted primarily by statistician/demographer Eric Jensen, was based… Read More ›

• Nanoparticles in consumer products can significantly alter normal gut microbiome

  By Ralph Turchiano on May 4, 2015

  Public Release: 4-May-2015 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News New Rochelle, NY, May 4, 2015–Exposure of a model human colon to metal oxide nanoparticles, at levels that could be present in foods, consumer goods, or treated drinking water, led to… Read More ›

• Combining computer vision and brain computer interface for faster mine detection

  By Ralph Turchiano on May 4, 2015

  Public Release: 4-May-2015 University of California – San Diego IMAGE: Subjects in the study viewed images while wearing an EEG headset. Credit: Neuromatters Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, have combined sophisticated computer vision algorithms and a… Read More ›

• DARPA’s Self Steering bullet

  By Ralph Turchiano on May 3, 2015

  Published on Apr 27, 2015 DARPA’s Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance (EXACTO) program, which developed a self-steering bullet to increase hit rates for difficult, long-distance shots, completed in February its most successful round of live-fire tests to date. An experienced shooter… Read More ›

• California measles outbreak may have just given new meaning to the phrase "scaring up some business."

  By Ralph Turchiano on May 3, 2015

    As California measles cases mounted, so did Merck measles vaccine sales April 30, 2015 | By Amirah Al Idrus California measles outbreak may have just given new meaning to the phrase “scaring up some business.” As news of the… Read More ›

• Europe Weighs Bombing Migrant Boats

  By Ralph Turchiano on May 3, 2015

  By Tom Kington5:10 p.m. EDT May 2, 2015 (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty) ROME — Europe’s leaders are carefully weighing the chances of pulling off an unusual military operation: Bombing small boats before they’re loaded up with fishermen or illegal migrants. What… Read More ›

• Most new patents are just combinations of existing ideas

  By Ralph Turchiano on May 2, 2015

  PUBLIC RELEASE: 1-MAY-2015 The language of invention: Most innovations are rephrasings of past technologies SANTA FE INSTITUTE Most new patents are combinations of existing ideas and pretty much always have been, even as the stream of fundamentally new core technologies… Read More ›

• Principles of EmDrive – Microwave energy to thrust, without the need for propellant.

  By Ralph Turchiano on May 1, 2015

  

  Explanation by SPR Ltd. FAQ Theory 1.  Q. Is the thrust produced by the EmDrive a reactionless force? A. No, the thrust is the result of the reaction between the end plates of the waveguide and the Electromagnetic wave propagated within it. 2. … Read More ›

• Too Fat, Frail, and Out-of-Breath to Fight

  By Ralph Turchiano on May 1, 2015

  

    Full PDF of the Report: MN-Physical-Activity-Report Too Fat, Frail, and Out-of-Breath to Fight Minnesota children need regular PE and real walking and biking options to maintain healthy weights and build strong bones and lungs. Our nation’s military has often… Read More ›

• Report: Russian nuclear bombers intruded U.S. defense airspace zone

  By Ralph Turchiano on May 1, 2015

    U.S. military fighter jets intercepted Russian aircraft in air defense zones on at least six occasions last year. By Doug G. Ware   |   May 1, 2015 at 8:07 PM JUNEAU, Alaska, May 1 (UPI) — Two Russian military bombers,… Read More ›

• Apple Watch Not Working on People with Tattoos

  By Ralph Turchiano on May 1, 2015

  Friday, 01 May 2015 Apple has come out and admitted that there is an issue affecting the Apple Watch when warn on tattooed wrists. Earlier in the week, numerous reports emerged claiming that the Apple Watch was giving off strange… Read More ›

• Study questions quality of US health data

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 30, 2015

  Public Release: 30-Apr-2015 Johns Hopkins Medicine A new study by Johns Hopkins researchers concludes that most U.S. clinical registries that collect data on patient outcomes are substandard and lack critical features necessary to render the information they collect useful for… Read More ›

• California’s 4.8 million low-wage workers now earn less than in 1979

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 30, 2015

  Public Release: 30-Apr-2015 New analysis shows that about one-third of the state’s workforce earned less in inflated-adjusted dollars in 2014 than they did three decades earlier University of California – Berkeley Over the past 35 years, California’s high-wage workers have… Read More ›

• Viruses: You’ve heard the bad — here’s the good

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 30, 2015

  Public Release: 30-Apr-2015 American Society for Microbiology “The word, virus, connotes morbidity and mortality, but that bad reputation is not universally deserved,” said Marilyn Roossinck, PhD, Professor of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology and Biology at the Pennsylvania State University,… Read More ›

• Pesticides alter bees’ brains, making them unable to live and reproduce adequately

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 30, 2015

  Public Release: 30-Apr-2015 New research in The FASEB Journal suggests that the neonicotinoid class of pesticides do not kill bees but impair their brain function to disturb learning, blunt food gathering skills and harm reproduction Federation of American Societies for… Read More ›

• New survey: Percentage of Texans without health insurance drops dramatically 31%

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 30, 2015

  Public Release: 30-Apr-2015 Rice University HOUSTON – (April 30, 2015) – The percentage of Texans without health insurance dropped 31 percent since enrollment began in the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace, according to a new report released today… Read More ›

• FDA overwhelmingly approves a cancer vaccine that does not work

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 30, 2015 • ( 1 )

  Amgen wins FDA panel nod for T-Vec in melanoma – Wednesday’s vote came just two days after FDA staff reviewers recommended against accelerated approval for the candidate, citing concerns with the trial method and outcomes, specifically the possibility for investigator… Read More ›

• Analysis of Introduced Species as a form of Biological Weapon: part 2- Strategies for Discernment of an Attack and Countermeasures

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 30, 2015

  

  Roberge, Biosafety 2013, 2:2 Biosafety http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2167-0331.1000111 Research Article Open Access Analysis of Introduced Species as a form of Biological Weapon: part 2- Strategies for Discernment of an Attack and Countermeasures Roberge Lawrence F* Laboure College, 303 Adams Street, Milton, MA… Read More ›

• German Army Has No Chance Against Russian Tanks – German Newspaper

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 30, 2015

  16:46 26.04.2015(updated 16:47 26.04.2015) Germany lacks effective ammunition and will not be able to withstand Russian tanks in case of military conflict, the German newspaper “Die Welt” wrote. Despite the fact that Germany possesses the Leopard 2, one of the… Read More ›

• Pakistan serves beef to Nepal earthquake survivors

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 29, 2015

    Astha Saxena   |   Mail Today  |   New Delhi, April 30, 2015 | UPDATED 09:24 IST These packets carrying potato bhujia & ‘beef masala’ were spotted in relief material sent from Pak to Nepal.After experiencing major devastation and loss of… Read More ›

• Study links quitting smoking with deterioration in diabetes control

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 29, 2015

  Public Release: 29-Apr-2015 Coventry University Sufferers of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who quit smoking are likely to see a temporary deterioration in their glycaemic control which could last up to three years, according to new research published today in… Read More ›

• Humans with genetically long telomeres have an increased risk of dying from cancer – which is the exact opposite of what the researchers expected

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 29, 2015

  Public Release: 29-Apr-2015 Danish discovery may change cancer treatment University of Copenhagen – The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Danish researchers from the University of Copenhagen and Herlev Hospital have made a discovery that may change the principles for… Read More ›

• phone with the ultimate macro feature

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 29, 2015

  Public Release: 29-Apr-2015 A New attachment turns a smartphone into a microscope that can image and size DNA molecules 50,000 times thinner than a human hair The Optical Society IMAGE: The imaging device and user interface are shown, with a… Read More ›

• Organic farming can reverse the agriculture ecosystem from a carbon source to a carbon sink

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 29, 2015

  Public Release: 29-Apr-2015 Science China Press IMAGE: This image shows processes of greenhouse gases emission and sequestration in the studied agro-ecosystem. Credit: ©Science China Press Approximately 35% of global greenhouse gases (GHGs) come from agriculture. Some argues that human can… Read More ›

• Vaccines with Aluminum shown to cause unexpected side effects

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 29, 2015

  Vaccines with  Aluminum shown to cause unexpected side effects**Aluminum in Vaccines, a Bad Mix from FEB 2015**– A study of whooping cough vaccinations in Gothenburg a few years ago showed that almost one per cent of the children developed pruritic… Read More ›

• Polygamy increases risk of heart disease by more than 4-fold

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 28, 2015

  Public Release: 28-Apr-2015 Risk and severity of heart disease increases with the number of wives European Society of Cardiology APSC 2015 is being held in Abu Dhabi from 29 April to 2 May in conjunction with the XX World Congress… Read More ›

• 76% of immune thrombocytopenia purpura cases in children aged 12 to 23 months were attributable to measles-mumps-rubella vaccination.

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 27, 2015

  Pediatrics. 2008 Mar;121(3):e687-92. doi: 10.1542/peds.2007-1578. This vaccine causes 1 case of immune thrombocytopenia purpura per every 40,000 doses. Risk of immune thrombocytopenic purpura after measles-mumps-rubella immunization in children. France EK1, Glanz J, Xu S, Hambidge S, Yamasaki K, Black SB,… Read More ›

• Is the universe a hologram?

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 27, 2015

  Public Release: 27-Apr-2015 Describing the universe requires fewer dimensions than we might think; new calculations show that this may not just be a mathematical trick, but a fundamental feature of space itself Vienna University of Technology   IMAGE: Is our… Read More ›

• Giant cosmic tsunami wakes up comatose galaxies

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 26, 2015

    Galaxies are often found in clusters, which contain many ‘red and dead’ members that stopped forming stars in the distant past. Now an international team of astronomers have discovered that these comatose galaxies can sometimes come back to life…. Read More ›

• Babies as young as 6 months using mobile media

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 26, 2015

  Public Release: 25-Apr-2015 Survey shows most 2-year-olds using mobile devices, with some spending more than an hour a day on screens American Academy of Pediatrics SAN DIEGO – More than one-third of babies are tapping on smartphones and tablets even… Read More ›

• Drug prices to treat multiple sclerosis soar 700% , point to larger problem

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 26, 2015

  Public Release: 24-Apr-2015 Oregon State University PORTLAND, Ore. – A new study released today found that drugs used to treat multiple sclerosis have soared in price in the past two decades, in some cases more than 700 percent, even though… Read More ›

• Diabetes drug metformin found in freshwater is a potential cause of intersex fish

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 26, 2015

  Public Release: 24-Apr-2015 Fish exposed to metformin were also smaller in size than those not exposed University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee A medication commonly taken for Type II diabetes, which is being found in freshwater systems worldwide, has been shown… Read More ›

• Video shows panic as an avalanche hits Everest camp 25.04.2015

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 26, 2015

  CAUTION: The video contains images and language some viewers may find upsetting. From Jost kobusch You Tube Account Published on Apr 26, 2015 The ground was shaking from the earthquake and as soon as we saw people running we were… Read More ›

• Russian FM expressed concern over Goshince incident

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 25, 2015

  Friday, 24 April 2015 Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry issued a press release on Wednesday to express its deep concern after the border incident in which a group of 40 armed men briefly took over the police station in the Macedonian… Read More ›

• Probable Bioweapon: Influenza Type A Virus – A Short Case Report.

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 25, 2015

  

  Journal of Bioterrorism & Biodefense   Abstract Influenza type A virus (Influenza virus A), an old foe of mankind, is presently the most significant pathogen causing both pandemics and epizootics, worldwide. The proliferative husbandry of poultry and pigs, primarily, constitutes… Read More ›

• Did NASA Mistakenly Create a Warp Field?

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 24, 2015

    05:15 25.04.2015(updated 05:18 25.04.2015) Space geeks are freaking because NASA may have accidentally discovered a warp field, an avenue down which spaceships can travel faster than the speed of light – something that, to date, has only existed in… Read More ›

• Drug Firm Accused of hiding deaths connected to a cancer treatment

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 24, 2015

  Drug Firm Accused of Concealing Deaths By PHILIP A. JANQUART  SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – Cellular Biomedicine Group paid a promoter to pump its stock and hid deaths connected to a cancer treatment, shareholders claim in a federal class action.     Cellular… Read More ›

• China Warns N. Korea Nuke Arsenal Expanding

  By Ralph Turchiano on April 24, 2015

  Agence France-Presse9:10 p.m. EDT April 23, 2015 SEOUL, South Korea — Chinese nuclear experts believe North Korea may already have a nuclear arsenal of 20 warheads and the uranium enrichment capacity to double that figure by next year, the Wall… Read More ›

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