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Original kilogram losing mass, status, scientists say.(The Dallas Morning News)
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DALLAS _ On the outskirts of Paris, in a locked vault to which only three people have the key, lies a treasure worth more than its weight in gold.
It's even worth more than its weight in platinum and iridium, which is what it's made of.
The squat metal cylinder weighs exactly 1 kilogram, as it should. It is the world's definition of mass, the standard kilogram against which all others are judged.
But now "le grand K," as the kilogram is known, is putting itself out of date. Since it was cast in the late 1800s, it has changed mass ever so slightly, ...
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Inflammatory atrophy of the prostate: Prevalence and significance
Magazine article from: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
; * Context.-Recently, prostatic atrophy associated with chronic inflammation has...of men older than 40 years. Prostatic atrophy was classified as simple, hyperplastic...presence of chronic inflammation. Prostatic atrophy without (group A) and with inflammation...
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Brain Atrophy Rates Vary in Dementias.
Newspaper article from: Neurology Alert
; Brain Atrophy Rates Vary in Dementias Abstract &...Rates of global and regional cerebral atrophy in AD and frontotemporal dementia. Neurology...57:1756-1763. Progressive brain atrophy is one of the characteristic features...
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Regional Atrophy Mapping: A Useful Window on Alzheimer's Disease.
Newspaper article from: Neurology Alert
; Regional Atrophy Mapping: A Useful Window on Alzheimers...al. Mapping the evolution of regional atrophy in Alzheimers disease: Unbiased analysis...used to map the pattern of regional brain atrophy in a variety of neurologic disease states...
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No production results in suspension-induced muscle atrophy through dislocation of neuronal NOS.(Research article)(Clinical report)
Magazine article from: Journal of Clinical Investigation
; ...transcription factors induce muscle atrophy by upregulating the muscle-specific...upstream regulators of Foxos during muscle atrophy are largely unknown. To examine the involvement...regulation of Foxo activities and muscle atrophy, we analyzed the expression of DGC members...
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Muscle atrophy and procedures for training after spinal cord injury.
Magazine article from: Physical Therapy
; ...individuals, as a result of disuse atrophy.[5] No force will be generated...1) magnitude of muscle atrophy after spinal cord injuries...between denervation and disuse atrophies, (2) increased susceptibility...paralyzed muscles. Muscle Atrophy After Spinal Cord Injury Since...
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Purdue Researchers Find 'Switch' for Skeletal-Muscle Atrophy.
News Wire article from: AScribe Health News Service
; ...treatment methods to arrest the type of muscle atrophy often caused by muscle disuse, as well...muscle mass, or sometimes limbs, due to atrophy, said Amber Pond, a research scientist...In addition, muscle weakness caused by atrophy during aging can lead to serious falls...
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Visual function in patients with optic nerve pallor (optic atrophy)
Magazine article from: Journal of the National Medical Association
; ...the degree of optic nerve pallor (optic atrophy) and visual function. Using a set of...stereoscopic slides, the severity of optic atrophy for 270 eyes, each having sustained a...and 21/65 (32.3%) marked optic atrophy eyes. Good visual field was found in...
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Scientists at Institute of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurology discuss research in atrophy.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week
; Fresh data on atrophy are presented in the report 'The clinical profile of right temporal lobe atrophy.' According to a study from London, the...associated with left-sided frontotemporal atrophy." "The detailed characterization of these...
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Isolated optic atrophy best evaluated by imaging
Magazine article from: Ophthalmology Times
; ...evaluation of cases of unexplained optic atrophy, while laboratory testing has a low yield...in all patients with unexplained optic atrophy and is particularly important in those...retrospective review of cases of isolated optic atrophy at a neuro-ophthalmology free paper...
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Boston U. professors study atrophy
News Wire article from: University Wire
; ...and R. Bridge Hunter have found muscle atrophy in relation to certain genes in a study...will help identify ways to inhibit muscle atrophy caused by the constant reduction in muscle...found that they were resistant to muscle atrophy," she said. "Also, we found they...
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