A Forgotten Trend Of Libraries:

In this electronic world, going to libraries has become the trend of the past. @1^st century learners are accessing sources present in the electronic world. They can access a wealth of data on fingertips. Still a person who has visited, studied and prepared for exams in the library understands the importance of printed sources.

A scholar can very well identify how important is the existence of libraries. Libraries are the robust columns which support the literacy of a nation. Apart from Students, scholars, and teachers, general people also visit the library to learn the technology and information skills that help them answer their questions, discover new interests, and share their ideas with others.

There has been a Declaration for the Right to Libraries as well. The new era of electronic learning enhances the learning, but libraries open up the minds of the readers. As learning is a continuous process, the huge source available in the libraries can contribute highly in educating the new generation as well. 

Gene Therapy Making Waves in Blood Cancer Treatment:

Hematological malignancy is the term given to a class of cancers that attack and affect the blood, bone marrow and lymph nodes. Often, the patients suffering from Leukemia, Lymphomas and Myelomas do not find a lasting cure for their ailment and do not survive the illness.

However, recent developments have pointed to the fact that gene therapy can actually prove to bring unprecedented progress to the treatment of blood cancers. For instance, researchers are much more optimistic that using gene therapy, the blood cells can actually be used as attack cells against the cancer. The experiments so far have given promising results, and patients show no signs of cancer after the treatment. This is true even for serious patients who were suffering from acute lymphocytic leukemia, myeloma, and chronic lymphocytic leukemia and were taking chemotherapies for years:

“Cancer was so advanced in 8-year-old Emily Whitehead of Philipsburg, Pa., that doctors said her major organs would fail within days. She was the first child given the gene therapy and shows no sign of cancer today, nearly two years later.” 

What the doctors are doing is that they are separating the white blood cells from the blood stream in bulk quantities. These cells are then introduced in a lab to a special gene targeting cancer, and then are infused back in the patient’s blood over a period of three days. This way, cancer is treated successfully through a less risky and more productive method than chemos, stem cell or bone marrow transplants. 

Current Gene Therapy is a popular, bi-monthly peer-reviewed journal from Bentham Science Publishers. It is an impact factor journal (5.318) indexed in major abstracting agencies, such as Scopus, EMBASE, MEDLINE/Index Medicus, and Journal Citation Reports etc. Current Gene Therapy publishes major topics concerning basic and clinical applications of gene and cell therapy.http://benthamscience.com/cgt/

The post is based on the article ‘Gene Therapy Scores Big Wins against Blood Cancers” by Marilynn Marchione.

Bentham Science Publishers High Impact Factor Journals

Scholarly publishing renders a great service to science, research and academic literature. The industry is largely dominated by subscription-based publishing which has existed for as long as the scholarly journals publishing itself (Paul Peters, 2007). Academic journals and the quality of the research published in them are judged by their impact factor, a measure of the number of citations to articles published in the journals.

Bentham Science is a rapidly growing scholarly journal publisher and has been serving the academia and libraries for the last 25 years. They publish 122 subscription based journals, while their flagship products include 32 journals with impact factors. Current Gene Therapy has an impact factor of 5.318 and is considered to be one of the most popular peer-reviewed journals in the field of gene and cell therapy. It publishes the latest research and review articles on the academic and clinical applications and experimental data on gene therapy.

Bentham Science Publishers’ Current Drug Metabolism also enjoys a high impact factor of 4.405. Current Drug Metabolism is indexed in major abstracting agencies like Scopus, MEDLINE, Journal Citation Reports, Biochemistry & Biophysics Citation Index, etc. It publishes review articles and thematic guest edited issues on the latest developments in the area of drug metabolism.

Current Molecular Medicine (Impact Factor: 4.197) covers the recent developments in the fundamental molecular mechanisms of disease pathogenesis, and the development of molecular-diagnosis and/or novel approaches to rational treatment. For a complete list of Bentham Science Publishers’ High Impact Factor Journals, kindly log on to http://benthamscience.com/IFTitles.htm and 

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Heavy Mobile Phone Usage: A Common Cancer Causing Action

The rate of cancer cases is increasing every year. Apart from numerous reasons for the increase in the rate of cancer cases, one of which is, persistent mobile phone usage. Cellphone usage is a probable a cause of brain cancers, like glioma and acoustic neuronal. These cancers are developed quickly on heavier usage, along with several other severe complications.

Cell phone devices are made using the microwave spectrum technology. This technology emits radioactive frequencies that penetrate in our brains, when attending calls or held close to the body. These invisible rays are very harmful for us, which is a possible cause of cancer, several issues to memory loss, lightheadedness and disorientation.

The adverse effects of using a mobile phone can be decreased if certain tips are followed, like limiting cellphone usage, answering calls in a stationary position, or keeping the mobile phone away from the body, or in the bag when not in use. Using cover protectors are also recommended as it blocks the radioactive ways to some extent.

Researchers working in the telecommunication and networking science and technology field may find online journals useful. Bentham Science Publishers’ journal “Recent Advances in Communications and Networking Technology” publishes review and research articles, and guest edited thematic issues on new advances in communications and networking technology. For more information, you can check http://www.benthamscience.com/rptelc/index.htm

Costly Training Programs For ADHD Don’t Help Grades Or Behavior:

ADHD or Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder or ADD is a neurological disorder present in children with symptoms such as hyperactivity, poor instinct control, and absentmindedness. This disease is a cause of major concern for parents, which is why they are always looking for ways to soothe their children having ADHD.

Parents keenly spend thousands of dollars on IT-based training programs which claims to assist children with ADHD in the classroom and building peer-relationships, while decreasing hyperactivity and absentmindedness.

Recently, psychologists have researched on these training programs, whether they are producing significant and long-term improvements in children’s academic performance and intellectual abilities. A research was done on children under these cognitive training programs and concluded that working memory represents one of the most important fundamental discrepancies in children with ADHD.  

Although, most of the training programs claims to train this important brain function, these training exercises only affect short-term memory. Short term memory only uses tasks for a short interval, whereas working memory uses already stored for multi-tasking, reading or doing mental math.

This does not mean that IT-based training programs are not helpful for ADHD children, but if the programs are developed focusing on working memory; children’s cognitive abilities and academic performances can be greatly facilitated.

For further investigation on neurological disorders and diseases like ADHD you can visit Bentham Science Publishers online journals. The name of Bentham Science Publishers is highly reputable within the publication industry. BSP has numerous journals, eBooks and articles uploaded for that purpose.

For reading journals on various topics including Current Pediatric Reviews, please click on the following link: http://www.benthamscience.com/cpr/contabs/cpr2-1.htm

Sweating and Body Odour-An Important Health Issue:

Sweating and body odour can be a real problem particularly if you have already made massive efforts to resolve this issue.

Some of the medicines can enhance the chance of developing body odour. If you are on medications and monitor an increase in sweating or body odour, you should consult your doctor before deciding to quit the medicine. It is not sure that this issue will be an exact cause of that specific medicine because the metabolism process varies from person to person and the people metabolize medicine on the basis of their health and genetics.

There are numerous anti-depressant medicines which can cause an enhancement in sweating and body odour. Body odour is also an indicator of Diabetes. You should discuss all these issues with your physician.

When we talk about the STM Publishers, we cannot neglect the name of Bentham Science Publishers. The name of Bentham Science is highly remarkable within the STM publication industry. They have various journals and e-books based on medicine. To view all these Bentham Journals and e-books, visit:

http://www.benthamscience.com/Titlesbydiscipline.htm

Applications of Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology is defined as the management of matter at dimensions of roughly 1 to 100 nanometers.

The field of science, engineering and technology has been integrated with the measuring, modeling and imaging matter at nanoscale with nano technology.

The nanotechnology field is very broad by nature consisting of numerous other fields of science such as surface science, organic chemistry, molecular biology etc.

When we talk about STM Publishing, one cannot neglect the name of Bentham Science Publishers. They are highly remarkable within this publication industry. They have a lot of journals based on nanoscience and technology. To see all these Bentham Journals visit:

http://www.benthamscience.com/Titlesbydiscipline.htm

“Nanotechnology is the base technology of an industrial revolution in the 21^st century. Those who control nanotechnology will lead the industry.” (Michiharu Nakamura, Executive VP at Hitachi)

With the progress of unique nanoscale structures, the industry of electronics, medicine and consumer products has been revolutionized.

Natotechnology has been used in developing a lot of products like long lasting tennis balls, tennis racquets, coatings for the easy cleaning of glasses, stain-free mattresses etc.