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My Interaction with Toppers

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Submitted by lucky_pharmacist on Mon, 10/13/2008 - 16:25.
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During the last week I had an opportunity to meet the students here who were the toppers in the NIPER entrance examination this year. I was very happy to see those students who were the best in country. They have proved their metal and reached a stage where very few students reach. I tried to interact with them and had a good hour long discussion.

We discussed many issues starting from their introduction hobbies to even the issue like removal of Pharmaceutical Sciences from GATE exam. Each one had a different identity, view & persona. I was my first chance to interact with them but due to their friendly nature & down to earth behaviour I was not able to resist the offer to sit with them & have chat.

AN APPEAL, A REQUEST, A WORD OF FRIENDSHIP

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Submitted by lucky_pharmacist on Fri, 10/10/2008 - 17:19.
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Dear Friends, I am feeling that we are missing some of the contributions from some of the contenders, rather contributors. Bhagwan Buddha has said it long before “With our thoughts we create the world” & I believe in this. I too was seeing a world being created by the work by many of my friends here but suddenly I see the sea getting shrunk; the flow has reduced; the wind has winded up; the rain vanished, despite the clouds still being there.

 

Let us remove the evil around us, amongst us. Happy Dussehra

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Submitted by lucky_pharmacist on Thu, 10/09/2008 - 17:28.
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Dear Friends, I wish each & everyone a very Happy Dussehra, (Dushehra, Dasra, Dashera many pronunciations but mean the same festival)

Let us try to remove the evil in our surrounding the evil amongst us. Let us pledge that we will try our best to remove the evil practices in our Pharmacy field & help make it better & better with each day passing. Let us try to conquer the problems in our life & emerge victorious in every avenue.

Funny quotes: Just read and enjoy them

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Submitted by lucky_pharmacist on Wed, 10/08/2008 - 15:12.
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All that glitters may not be gold, but at least it contains free electrons.

  -- John Desmond Baernal (Irish physicist, 1901-1971) in a Lecture at Birkbeck college, University of London, 1960.

Now the funniest of the thoughts that one can hear or say about science & scientific terms

HEALTHY JUICES

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Submitted by mayureshraut2005 on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 13:23.
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1.Carrot + Ginger + Apple - Boost and cleanse our system.
2.Apple + Cucumber + Celery -- Prevent cancer, reduce cholesterol, and eliminate stomach upset and headache.
3.Tomato + Carrot + Apple -- Improve skin complexion and eliminate bad breath.
4.Bitter gourd + Apple + Milk -- Avoid bad breath and reduce internal body heat.
5.Orange + Ginger + Cucumber -- Improve Skin texture and moisture and reduce body heat.
6.Pineapple + Apple + Watermelon - -To dispel excess salts, nourishes the bladder and kidney.
7.Apple + Cucumber + Kiwi - -To improve skin complexion.
8.Pear & Banana - regulates sugar content.
9.Carrot + Apple + Pear + Mango - -Clear body heat, counteracts toxicity, decreased blood pressure and fight oxidization .
10.Honeydew + Grape + Watermelon + Milk -- Rich in vitamin C + Vitamin B2 that increase cell activity and str engthen body immunity.

HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE

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Submitted by mayureshraut2005 on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 13:17.
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Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, without help, the person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint, has only
about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.

However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest.

A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.

Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also
helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital. Tell as many other people as possible about this. It could save their lives!!

The top five cancer-causing foods

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Submitted by mayureshraut2005 on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 13:11.
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1. Hot dogs
Because they are high in nitrates, the Cancer Prevention Coalition advises that children eat no more than 12 hot dogs a month. If you can't live without hot dogs, buy those made without sodium nitrate.
2. Processed meats and bacon
Also high in the same sodium nitrates found in hot dogs, bacon, and other processed meats raise the risk of heart disease. The saturated fat in bacon also contributes to cancer.
3. Doughnuts
Doughnuts are cancer-causing double trouble. First, they are made with white flour, sugar, and hydrogenated oils, then fried at high temperatures. Doughnuts, says Adams , may be the worst food you can possibly eat to raise your risk of cancer.
4. French fries
Like doughnuts, French fries are made with hydrogenated oils and then fried at high temperatures. They also contain cancer- causing acryl amides which occur during the frying process. They should be called cancer fries, not French fries, said Adams .

IPR story 4

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Submitted by DrPBansal on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 09:51.
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IPR story 4

Patents can help overcome lab funding bottlenecks!

Ravi was working on his Ph.D project which involved using a liberal supply of TMB, used as a substrate in hormone ELISA assays (HRP labelled antibodies). The substrate was not being made in India and being imported, it took time to procure it. Also, owing to conversion from dollar to rupee, it became expensive and Ravi's limited contingency grant got overstrained.
He ran out of funds. Patents came to his rescue in a very interesting manner. He did a search of the patent databases and found a company making TMB had patented it. The full formula had been disclosed in the patent. Since easily available reagents were being used, Ravi was able to formulate the TMB in bulk in his lab, for his own use and complete his work in time.

Moral of the story:

PharmIndia Newsletter Issue 10

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Submitted by lucky_pharmacist on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 16:09.
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PharmIndia Newsletter Issue 10

Breaking the ice 

Hidden Images - Part II

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Submitted by manthan.janodia on Sun, 10/05/2008 - 08:27.
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1. There are seven horses in first picture. Can you identfiy?

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