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NASA Aviation. NASA X Technology Program, The Boeing X-48 UAV. Future of Aeronautics HD. FSX Boeing B-797 Flying Wing Super Liner On March 19, 2010, NASA and Boeing successfully completed the initial flight testing phase of the X-48B. Fay Collier, manager of the ERA Project in NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate commented on the completion of the first phase of testing saying, "This project is a huge success. Bottom line: the team has proven the ability to fly tailless aircraft to the edge of the low-speed envelope safely." 39 Days to Mars! NASA's New Plasma Following the installation of a new flight computer in 2010, the X-48B was to continue a new phase of flights tests to investigate controlability aspects. The second phase of flight tests with the X-48B began in September 2010. The X-48C first flew on August 7, 2012. Engine yaw control was among the aspects to be studied.] The X-48C completed its 8-month flight test program with its 30th flight on 9 April 2013. The Boeing X-48 is an experimental unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for investigation into the characteristics of blended wing body (BWB) aircraft, a type of flying wing. Boeing designed the X-48 and two examples were built by Cranfield Aerospace in the UK. Boeing began flight testing the X-48B version for NASA in 2007. The X-48B was later modified into the X-48C version. It was flight tested from August 2012 to April 2013. Boeing and NASA plan to develop a larger BWB demonstrator.

In spite of being a minor cellular subset, cancer stem cells (CSCs) fundamentally contribute to intra-tumor heterogeneity. With the biological features of self-renewal and differentiation, CSCs confer a driving force for malignant recurrence and anti-cancer drug resistance in oncologic patients, which highlight an unmet clinical need calling for innovative medicine to Come up. Due to the elusiveness of specific biomarkers and biological regulation for CSCs, a number of precisely targeted therapeutic approaches against CSCs are at their infancy far from reaching the clinic. However, we have herein been able to sort out three groups of CSC inhibitors which are clinically available, and proposed to take the advantages of these drugs to improve the therapeutic efficacy of existing anti-cancer treatments. For more info : http://scidoc.org/JBR-TCEO-01-201.php

The epidemic of Zika Virus (ZV) drastically affected the health of more than one million people in Brazil resulting in twenty-fold increase of microcephaly (head circumference of newborn baby being less than or equal to thirty-two cms) in infected pregnant women. ZV crosses the placental barrier between maternal and fetal compartments. ZV has been found in amniotic fluid and fetal brain tissue of the human pregnancies complicated with ZV infection and microcephaly supporting cause and effect relationship between ZV and microcephaly. New knowledge about how ZV enters into the cells is mandatory for preventive and therapeutic research. ZV is a Flavivirus, therefore the Flavivirus receptors are candidate receptors for ZV too. ZV has been associated with high level of TYRO3 and AXL component of TAM, a Tyrosine Kinase receptor family, expression in the infected skin cells and neuronal stem cells. It predicts that AXL receptors may facilitate ZV entry into the trophoblasts and endothelial cells lining the fetal vessels present in the placenta. This hypothesis stems from the reported studies on ZV and AXL receptor expression, both in human tissues and animal models. If our hypothesis proves to be valid, it would be a great step towards the drug and therapeutic development to prevent ZV crossing the placental barrier and resulting in complications. For more info : http://scidoc.org/IJVR-03-401.php

Separation of CO from blast furnace gas is an international problem, which is mainly due to the blast furnace gas also contains a large number of N2 and CO2. Because of the close boiling point of N2 and CO, the traditional cryogenic rectification process cannot be used to separate CO from blast furnace gas. The adsorption of CO and N2 is low, and the adsorption of CO2 is easy to poisoning and deactivation, so the conventional pressure swing adsorption method cannot be used for CO separation of blast furnace gas.

The radicular cysts developed on primary teeth are infrequent compared to their evolution in permanent teeth. However, dentigerous cysts are ranked second in frequency after inflammatory cysts. They surround the crown of a tooth erupting while the radiculo- inflammatory dental cysts are hanging from the roots of the mortified teeth. This is the probable coexistence of these two entities that we have been faced in a patient aged 10 years with mixed dentition who presented a radiolucent lesion surrounding infected roots of a mandibular second primary molar in the vicinity of the tooth successor. In our presentation, we discuss problem diagnosis but also treatment. Indeed, we proceeded to avulsion of deciduous molar and we opted for a cystotomy or marsupialisation to preserve the replacement tooth. For more info : http://scidoc.org/IJDOS-2377-8075-03-903.php

Parathyroid carcinoma is a rare cause of primary hyperparathyroidism. When this malignancy is diagnosed, often there are distant metastases (usually liver and/or bone). Brown tumor is a localized form of osteitis fibrosa cystica; classic manifestation in bone of excess parathyroid hormone and this is a bening pathology. We encountered an unusual case of parathyroid carcinoma with images that mimicked metastatic bone tumors, whose differential diagnosis with brown tumor may be complicated. Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scan was requested for the evaluation of fluorodeoxyglucosa uptake of these lesions. PET/CT images showed multiple hypermetabolic images that mimicked multiple skeletal metastasis but brown tumors could not be dismissed.

International Journal of Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics (IJFS) ISSN:2326-3350 is an international peer reviewed journal publishing papers in applied Nutrition, Food science and Dietetics. IJFS publishes scientific articles to provide its members and the larger scientific community with scientific information that is important and of current interest. This is done in accordance with the highest standards of professional ethics. Under the editorial guidance of a team of experts, the journal aims to deliver a wide range of solutions and provide latest developments in Food science, Nutrition and Dietetics. For more info : http://scidoc.org/food-science-nutrition-and-dietetics.php

As already published by Shintani et al, gas plasma sterilization is the alternative sterilization procedures to the existing sterilization procedures due to applicable to the several sensitive healthcare products and attainable both sterility assurance level (SAL) of 10-6 and material/functional compatibility, which authorities and GMP (good manufacturing practice) are required. In addition there was progress in the field of plasma-based sterilization, there are still some questions. The aim of this editorial is to mention briefly some of un-resolved sterilization mechanisms as well as to draw further perspectives of sterilization technique.

Infertility affects between one-fifth and one-sixth of reproductive- age couples. Around 10% of couples of reproductive age experience difficulty conceiving . Currently, women tend to delay maternity as a function of their professional life, further hampering their reproductive capacity. In addition to the woman's age, various factors are associated with difficulties in conceiving. Endometrial receptivity has been the focus of investigative attention to evaluate the association between thrombophilic factors and infertility, since it involves vascularization during the embryo implantation process

NASA's Kepler spacecraft is a prolific hunter of planets outside of our Solar System. Since it launched in 2009, Kepler has confirmed more than 1000 of these exoplanets and catalogued thousands of more candidates. The menagerie includes planets with densities greater than iron and lower than Styrofoam; planets smaller than Mercury and bigger than Jupiter; planets with one sun, two suns, and even four suns!

There are nearly 400 calcium carbide manufacturing enterprises in China at present whose total annual productivity exceeds 15 million tons. More than 15 billion m3 tail gas of calcium carbide furnace is produced in China every year. It mainly contains CO (75%~90%) which is total If fully discharged, equaling to the waste of 2.4 million tons of standard coal, and emits 12 million tons of CO2 and more than 900,000 tons of dust every year. It is the best way to save the energy, reduce the emission and transform the waste to treasure by reasonably utilizing CO.

International Journal of Pediatric Health Care & Advancements (IJPA) is a comprehensive, peer reviewed journal devoted to Pediatric Healthcare & Advancements. IJPA, published by SciDoc is an Open Access journal that includes high quality papers, which covers all major areas of Pediatrics. IJPA is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancement of Pediatrics Healthcare. It publishes original research, applied, and educational articles in all areas of Pediatrics Science. For more details : http://scidoc.org/pediatric-health-care-and-advancements.php

Thygeson's superficial punctate keratitis (TSPK) is a chronic, recurrent disorder affecting the anterior surface of the cornea. Common symptoms include photophobia, epiphora, pain and blurred vision. The management of TSPK is challenging, and long-term combined therapy is often required, namely steroids. We present a case of TSPK that was managed with a novel regenerative agent (RGTA) resulting in the symptomatic control of the condition.

We conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate current research that aims to map the neural correlates of two typical conditions of moral judgment: right-wrong moral judgments and decision-making in moral dilemmas. Utilizing the activation likelihood estimation (ALE) method, we conducted a meta-analysis using neuroimaging data obtained from twenty-one previous studies that measured responses in one or the other of these conditions. We found that across the studies (n = 400), distinct neural circuits correlated with a distinction in the type of moral question used as stimulus. For right-wrong moral judgments, the significantly active regions were identified in the right medial frontal gyrus, the bilateral anterior cingulates, the left inferior frontal gyrus, the right middle temporal gyrus, the left superior frontal gyrus and the left posterior cingulate. For more info : http://scidoc.org/IJCNE-03-201.php

Estimation of stature is considered an important parameter in medico-legal and forensic examinations. Therefore, this study was carried out to investigate the possibility of estimating stature from external ear morphometry in a sample of Upper Egypt population. This study was carried out on 200 persons (120 males and 80 females). Besides stature, eight measurements were obtained from both ears of each participant using manual vernier caliper. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 20. There was a strong significant positive correlation between all measurements and stature. For more info : http://scidoc.org/IJFP-2332-287X-04-1001.php

n the process of steel production, a large number of blast furnace gas, converter gas, coke oven gas, rich in carbon monoxide, hydrogen and methane are valuable components, which are the main secondary energy sources of steel works. 55-60% of H2 is contained in coke oven gas, converter gas and blast furnace gas respectively