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- Worms - Roundworms (Paisley - Biological Sciences)
Provides a description of nematodes or roundworms. Does not provide a picture. Sometimes misspelled as round worms. 6-01
- -10-25-07 Worms Hard-Wired for Sexual Orientation (MSNBC News)
"Sexual orientation seems to be wired into the brains of nematode worms, and tweaking this sexual wiring can result in worms attracted to members of the same sex." 10-07
- Dogs - Tapeworms (Centers for Disease Control and Preventionr)
Provides a factsheet on dog and cat tapeworms, including treatment. Visitors sometimes misspell as tape worms. 6-01
- Internet Scanner Review (ZDNet - PC Magazine)
Reviews an "intrusion detection system," designed to stop worms on networks and originally designed by Christopher Klaus, founder of Internet Security Systems (ISS). 7-01
- Genes Control Aging (EurekAlert.org)
"Two University of Colorado at Boulder researchers working with GenoPlex Inc. in Denver have identified a biological switch that controls lifespan in tiny worms, a finding that could have applications for mammals, including people." Discusses DAF-2 and DAF-16. College Level. 9-02
- -Genetics Basics (Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation - Weber)
Provides a basic foundation of knowledge in genetics. Some sample comments from Dr. Weber's guide include:
"Our bodies are comprised of trillions of microscopic units called cells. Cells in turn are built up from many specific types of molecules, both large and small. The large molecules or macromolecules include polysaccharides, nucleic acids and proteins."
"Each protein is a linear polymer of a specific sequence of 20 different amino acids. DNA is also a linear polymer comprised of 4 types of nucleotides. The sequence of amino acids in each protein is encoded by a segment of DNA called a gene. Three consecutive nucleotides in a gene encode a single amino acid in the corresponding protein. The genetic code is universal among all living things."
DNA is an exceptionally ancient and stable molecule. It is passed from one generation to the next with only very gradual change. The nucleotide sequences of chimpanzee (our closest living relative) and human DNA are about 98.5% identical despite the fact that our last common ancestor lived about 6 million years ago. Similarities in DNA nucleotide sequences can be detected between all free living organisms including reptiles and plants, worms and fungi, and humans and bacteria." 1-04
- Virus Protection - ProcessGuard (DiamondCS.com)
Protects against viruses, trojans, and other attacks.
"DiamondCS ProcessGuard is a groundbreaking security system first released late in 2003 that protects Windows processes from attacks by other processes, services, drivers, and other forms of executing code on your system. ProcessGuard also stops applications from executing without the users consent, stops malicious worms and trojans from being executed silently in the background, as well as a variety of other attacks. ProcessGuard even stops most keyloggers and leaktests, and is recognised by many to be the most comprehensive anti-rootkit solution available." 12-04
- Security Standards for Elections Hardware and Software (SIMS)
"Voting systems shall deploy protection against the many forms of threats to which they may be exposed such as file and macro viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and logic bombs. Vendors shall develop and document the procedures to be followed to ensure that such protection is maintained in a current status."
Editor's Note: No test or assessment was included in the standards to preclude software or firmware with malicious code embedded from the vendor, one of the most likely possible sources of election mischief or fraud. 5-05
- -08-22-05 Hackers Fight Hackers (CBS News)
"In today's murky world of digital viruses, worms, and Trojan horses, the idea is to stay quiet and use hijacked computers to flood the Internet with spam, spread destructive viruses, or disgorge e-mail to choke corporate systems. Not only can networks of these compromised computers be leased or sold, experts say, they are becoming more valuable as the number of vulnerable computers slowly shrinks." 8-05
- -05-16-07 Antarctic Waters Yield Hundreds of Species (MSNBC News)
"Carnivorous sponges, blind creepy-crawlies adorned with hairy antennae and ribbed worms are just some of the new characters found to inhabit the dark abysses of the Southern Ocean, an alien abode once thought devoid of such life." 5-07
- Biosand Filters (CleanWaterforHaiti.org)
Provides a diagram showing how the filter works. "The Biosand filter has gained recognition for various reasons. It is a simple design that uses basic materials that are readily available and inexpensive. The simplicity of design allows for easy production and ease of transport. There are no moving parts, it requires no electricity and only one square foot of space to sit on. The use is very simple to the point that even young children can use and understand the importance of the filter. With proper usage education and simple, regular maintenance a filter will last for an indefinite period of time. The filter is able to solve the problem of treating multiple water sources and because it removes all four types of pathogens – bacteria, protozoa, viruses and worms – the water can be used for drinking, bathing, cooking and other general household use. Two weeks after installation a Biosand filter will remove 98.9% of all bacteria present in the water, but upon installation testing has shown that the filter will remove all worms and protozoa, most viruses and a high percentage of bacteria which leads to an immediate improvement in water quality." 10-07
- -001 Lovelock: One Last Chance to Save Mankind (NewScientist.com)
"There is one way we could save ourselves and that is through the massive burial of charcoal. It would mean farmers turning all their agricultural waste - which contains carbon that the plants have spent the summer sequestering - into non-biodegradable charcoal, and burying it in the soil. Then you can start shifting really hefty quantities of carbon out of the system and pull the CO2 down quite fast."
"Would it make enough of a difference?"
"Yes. The biosphere pumps out 550 gigatonnes of carbon yearly; we put in only 30 gigatonnes. Ninety-nine per cent of the carbon that is fixed by plants is released back into the atmosphere within a year or so by consumers like bacteria, nematodes and worms. What we can do is cheat those consumers by getting farmers to burn their crop waste at very low oxygen levels to turn it into charcoal, which the farmer then ploughs into the field. A little CO2 is released but the bulk of it gets converted to carbon. You get a few per cent of biofuel as a by-product of the combustion process, which the farmer can sell. This scheme would need no subsidy: the farmer would make a profit. This is the one thing we can do that will make a difference, but I bet they won't do it." 05-09
- -07-09-09 Longevity Quest Moves From the Lab to Life (MSNBC News)
"Known as caloric restriction, or CR, the practice of reducing food intake by at least 30 percent and as much as 70 percent has been regarded for decades as the gold standard for boosting longevity."
"The mTOR is a protein involved in the signaling responses of cells and its activity may account for the lifespan extension found in CR. “By tinkering with those pathways, it’s possible we can alter the cells’ aging processes,” Kennedy says."
"Research on mTOR by Kennedy and Kaeberlein was recently boosted by the discovery of 25 shared genes that regulate aging in yeast and worms, organisms separated by 1.5 billion years of evolution. Equally remarkable, researchers found that 15 of those genes are present in humans."
Also try Longevity. 07-09
- Worm Infections (Mar Vista Animal Medical Center)
Provides a short description of precautions with pets to protect children from infection by roundwoms. Does not provide a picture. Also spelled round worms. 6-01
- Parasites in Humans (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Provides an alphabetical list of conditions resulting from worms or insects and provides articles on each condition, such as river blindness, trichinosis, or hookworm infection. Does not provide a picture of roundworms or other parasites. Many of the articles are for physicians, but some are for families. 6-01
- Worm Diseases (NIAID)
Provides a factsheet for families for pinworm, whipworm, trichinosis, hookworm, and other parasitic diseases caused by worms. 6-01
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