The Joy of Perfecting the Sexy Selfie

ImageCredit…Illustration by Shane O’Neill/The New York Times and Adriana Ramic/The New York Times By Aminatou Sow Some people are raising little sourdough bread children. I am learning photography. Learning is learning. May 18, 2020 In a memorable episode of “30 Rock,” Tracy Jordan says: “I’m just going through the classic stages of grief: fear, denial,…

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During pandemic stage of emerging pathogen, climate has modest impact compared to population suscept

In influencing the trajectory of the pandemic stage of an emerging pathogen, a population’s susceptibility to a novel disease is more influential than climate factors like humidity. The results – based on a model informed by climate-dependence of known coronaviruses – may inform researchers’ effort to understand the likely trajectory of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,…

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Comparison of early postoperative pain after first vs second total knee arthroplasty

Acute postoperative pain control after Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) is important as the poorly controlled, persistent pain can cause delay in rehabilitation. The researchers define the purpose of this study to be the comparison of pain intensity during the early postoperative period (following the first and second surgeries) in patients who underwent bilateral, scheduled, staged…

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ISE — Ongoing support for the scientific research community in the global effort to contain COVID-19

The current COVID-19 pandemic is having a huge impact on people across the globe and in these unprecedented times we consider it more important than ever that we continue to support the publication of relevant and timely research. The ISE team are committed to eliminating the communication barriers in academic publishing so that research can…

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BrainHealth Research advances understanding of differences in effects of cannabis use

DALLAS (May 15, 2020) – Researchers at Center for BrainHealth®, part of The University of Texas at Dallas, recently published findings underscoring differences between men and women’s craving or desire to consume cannabis when exposed to a specific situation. By examining differences in neural (physical) and subjective (behavioral) craving responses, and measuring the relative contributions…

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