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Posted by: C C - Oct 4, 2014 04:46 AM - Forum: Biochemistry, Biology & Virology - Replies (1)

Study questions the prescription for drug resistance

"In response to the rise of drug-resistant pathogens, doctors are routinely cautioned against overprescribing antimicrobials. But when a patient has a confirmed bacterial infection, the advice is to treat aggressively to quash the infection before the bacteria can develop resistance. A new study questions the accepted wisdom that aggressive treatment with high drug dosages and long durations is always the best way to stem the emergence and spread of resistant pathogens. The review of nearly 70 studies of antimicrobial resistance, which was authored by researchers at Princeton and other leading institutions and published last week in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B reveals the lack of evidence behind the practice of aggressive treatment in many cases..."

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Posted by: C C - Oct 4, 2014 04:25 AM - Forum: Gadgets & Technology - Replies (9)

Can you believe it? The simple microsoft gif animator came out circa two decades ago and it may still be better than most free anigif software out there. IF you use it in conjunction with a feature-packed mini-graphics editor like PhoXo, etc. WHEN it concerns those small projects that you want to get in and out of quicker than with a bulky Apatosaurus like Photoshop or GIMP. Allows durations up to and maybe well beyond 10 seconds for a frame and still has "Leave", "Restore Background", "Restore Previous", and "Undefined" as options (in contrast to many current gif-makers that now only sport "Leave").

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Posted by: cluelusshusbund - Oct 3, 2014 02:34 AM - Forum: General Discussion - Replies (4)

I read the Warnings, Infractions and Banning page an it looks perty good... except that... the offence of postin child pornography = 10 ponts... seems like that shoud be a automatic perma-ban... unless it was accidently done somehow.!!!

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