A Failed War President Or Peacemaker? Oct 23, 2009
That quiescent but unsettled conflict provides a ready-made opportunity for the president to achieve a triumph that has long escaped the U.S. military. He could help make a lasting peace on a de-nuclearized Korean peninsula and so begin earning his recent award. (CBS News)
Energy crisis postponed, new gas rescues world... Oct 13, 2009
" True, but this sort of comment buys into the theory that Manmade CO2 is the cause of global warming. The evidence is that this is bogus, and the main engine for global warming and cooling is the intensity of activity on the sun. The period of global warming of the 1990s that produced those images of icemelt was associated with a period of very intense solar activity. The sun has been quiescent for a number of years now, and - surprise, surprise - global temperatures are falling. They did so in... (The Drudge Report)
Interferon-α and the Treatment of Leukemia Sep 24, 2009
on hematopoietic stem cells, revealing its proliferative effects on this quiescent cell population. Their findings also suggest a potential therapeutic application of interferons in shifting dormant yet viable cancer cells into the cell cycle to increase their susceptibility to cytotoxic chemotherapy. (New England Journal of Medicine)
New Role Of Vitamin C In Skin Protection; Relevance To The Cosmetics Industry Sep 10, 2009
The results demonstrated that vitamin C may improve wound healing by stimulating quiescent fibroblasts to divide and by promoting their migration into the wounded area. Vitamin C could also protect the skin by increasing the capacity of fibroblasts to repair potentially mutagenic DNA lesions. (Science Daily)
With schools opening, it’s time to prepare for swine flu Aug 31, 2009
And the virus has never gone away, not even during the summer months, when flu strains are usually quiescent. There are a lot of pediatricians who are saying, This is bizarre. (Boston Globe)
Study Supports DNA Repair-blocker Research In Cancer Therapy Aug 21, 2009
Or, it can issue signals from the checkpoint proteins to put the cells into "cell cycle arrest," causing them to remain quiescent while the broken DNA is fixed before they resume normal activity. Repair-blocking drugs are designed to squelch the checkpoint proteins' signals, preventing the chemotherapy-damaged cancer cells from initiating the rest phase and undergoing repairs. (Science Daily)
Of promises and promises Aug 16, 2009
All the forces of opposition that until now have been quiescent suddenly have mobilized. They are ambushing his Democratic allies (and, worse yet, the undecideds and moderates) at town-hall meetings during the congressional recess, and though Democrats are complaining about the tumult at these sessions they have a grudging admiration of the organizational reach of their opponents. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Rich Lowry: One person's mob is another's protest Aug 8, 2009
Only a public quiescent to the point of obedience would meekly accept a rush to reorder one-sixth of the economy. And only a conservative opposition that had curled up and died wouldn't raise holy hell. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Lives riding on swine flu vaccine Jul 26, 2009
The estimates, released Friday in an interview with The Associated Press, are not based on an enhanced lethality of the new H1N1 virus, but rather on the lack of resistance to the virus in the general population and its continuing spread through the summer months, when flu viruses normally become quiescent. The agency urged people to be vaccinated as soon as the seasonal vaccine is available. (Albany Times Union)
National Cancer Institute Research Identifies Unique Mechanism of Brostallicin's Anti-Tumor Effectiveness Jul 21, 2009
Brostallicin was shown to affect DNA in both dividing and quiescent cells. Its actions can be followed by induction of a specific DNA binding protein foci that can be detected in circulating blood cells. (PR Newswire)
Fluorescent Probes May Permit Monitoring Of Chemotherapy Effectiveness Jul 18, 2009
One way of determining whether they're succeeded is by monitoring key early players in apoptosis called caspases, a family of usually quiescent enzymes found inside every mammalian cell. Activated by various biochemical cues from within or outside of the cell, caspases commence a cascade of molecular steps that steer the cell to a clean, quiet, orderly death. (Science Daily)
Letters Jul 5, 2009
I find it quite amusing that the Iranian people seem to have more passion about democratic theory than quiescent, supine Americans have shown in surrendering their own liberties to one presidential tyrant after another. Yet we always wag our finger at them and their undemocratic ways, so convinced are we that white is now black. (Asia Times Online)
Is Iran Ripe for Revolution? Jun 19, 2009
That combination is found in many quiescent autocracies. Iran's security establishment must be ordered to hold their fire, or they must choose to do so themselves. (Slate)
'Shock and kill' technique to rid HIV Jun 6, 2009
They point out that cells harbouring a quiescent HIV genome are responsible for HIV persistence during therapy. The purpose of their study was to devise a way to 'smoke out' the virus in order to render the latently infected cells targetable by the immune system or artificial means. (India Times, India)
Beijing Says Only 'Patriots' Are Fit to Rule Hong Kong May 30, 2009
Hong Kong, which under the terms of its return to Chinese rule in 1997 was to enjoy a high level of autonomy for 50 years, had been widely viewed as politically quiescent and concerned mainly with its economic well-being. But recent popular protests there have challenged the notion that Beijing can easily restrain the pace of democratic change. (Yahoo News -- Hong Kong)
Tamil Tiger Chief Killed, Sri Lanka Says May 19, 2009
Mass Celebrations Follow State Television Report That Military Defeated Rebel Leader. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, May 18, 2009. (CBS News -- World)
WHAT ABOUT THE NEXT 1,361 DAYS? Apr 29, 2009
The period of the quiescent presidency ran from 1995, when Bill Clinton was chastened by the arrival of a GOP congressional majority, to Sept. 12, 2001, when Bush abandoned his stripped-down conception of the presidency to become a wartime leader. Fired by the belief history was on his side, Bush made a play for the ages. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Rich Lowry: Obama, Bush have one thing in common: Bold, risky agenda Apr 28, 2009
The period of the quiescent presidency ran from 1995, when Bill Clinton was chastened by the arrival of a GOP congressional majority, to Sept. 12, 2001, when Bush abandoned his stripped-down conception of the presidency to become a wartime leader. Fired by the belief that history was on his side, Bush made a play for the ages. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Key Gene That Protects Against Leukemia Identified Apr 15, 2009
Currently, patients undergoing bone marrow transplants may not be getting enough of the quiescent transplanted HSCs that are optimal for successful engraftment, says Passegu. Using a highly purified HSC population could be more beneficial. (Science Daily)
Nuclear Hormone Receptors, MicroRNAs Form Developmental Switch Apr 9, 2009
DAF-12 plays a role in a long-lived quiescent stage called the dauer diapause, which the worms enter in times of starvation and overcrowding. "In good times, the DAF-12 steroid ligand is made, the microRNAs are turned on, and the worm goes through all stages of development to adult," said Antebi. (Science Daily)
Reed's Ark -- Behold the objects in our new landscape Feb 12, 2009
A completely different sight is another product of innovation, so that boat yards are seasonally full of gracefully wrapped craft of various sizes, shrink-wrapped and quiescent for the winter, waiting for warm weather and gentle breezes so they can waft their owners and guests across the waters, though perhaps those are almost seascape features rather than those of the landscape. Geography is the study of the locations of interesting things, including the reasons for, and the consequences of,... (Marshfield Mariner, MA)
