| ICMR validates TB testing machine to detect COVID-19
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| Tuberculosis testing machine would be used for detecting COVID-19, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Friday.The apex medical research body informed, "ICMR has validated Truenat-TM beta CoV test on TruelabTM workstation and has recommended it as a screening test for coronavirus testing."Earlier, in January, it was reported that the World Health Organisation (WHO) endorsed the latest technology called - Truenat - which was developed by Indian scientist for initial diagnostic test of Tuberculosis and Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).The top medical research body issued guidance on the use of Truenat beta CoV, and said that to conduct the test, a throat/nasal swabs will be collected in the viral transport medium (VTM) with virus lysis buffer provided along with the kit."Earlier studies have shown that virus lysis buffer neutralizes Nipah and H1N1 viruses. The results of stability of viral RNA after neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 by virus lysis buffer are ...
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| India should become self-reliant in medical equipment,devices: Kasturirangan
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| India needs to come out with a policy to make the country self-reliant in the field of medical equipment and devices drawing lessons from the battle against the COVID-19, eminent scientist K Kasturirangan said on Friday. The former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) lamented that the country was not producing even ten per cent of the medical equipment and devices it needed at any point in time. "These are not technologies which are so difficult that we cannot do. Simply because others are willing to come and sell us at attractive price-wise, we seem to have taken a policy where you choose the best of the system available, at best (lowest) cost," Kasturirangan told PTI. In the process of efforts to contain the coronovirus spread, India has learnt it needed to have a level of self- reliance in this area, he said. "It's not the question of getting it from outside, but there are areas in which we need to have a level self-reliance and I am sure the ...
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| Vigna
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 Cowpea Vigna unguiculata, copyright Harry Rose. Belongs within: Phaseolinae. Vigna is a pantropical genus of twining or erect herbaceous legumes, a number of which are cultivated as food plants. Characters (from Flora of China): Twining or erect herbs, rarely subshrubs. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate; stipules peltate or basally spurred, 2-lobed, cordate, or truncate. Racemes axillary or terminal, nodes of rachis often thickened and glandular. Bracts and bracteoles deciduous. Calyx 5-toothed, 2-lipped. Corolla yellow, blue, or purple; standard suborbicular, base appendaged; wings shorter than standard; keel subequal to wings, incurved, not beaked or produced into an incurved or spirally twisted beak. Stamens diadelphous; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile; style filiform, upper part thickened, bearded or hirsute lengthwise inside; stigma oblique. Legumes linear or linear-oblong, terete or flat. Seeds reniform or subquadrate; hilum short or elongate, with or without aril. <==Vigna |--V. aconitifolia PP07 |--V. ...
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| Psoraleeae
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 Cullen cinereum, copyright Mark Marathon. Belongs within: Papilionoideae. The Psoraleeae are a widespread group of legumes, mostly small trees, shrubs or subshrubs, bearing indehiscent, usually one-seeded fruits and often simple leaves. <==Psoraleeae CP13 |--Bituminaria CP13 | |--B. bituminosa CP13 [=Psoralea bituminosa DH98] | | |--B. b. var. bituminosa DH98 | | '--B. b. var. brachycarpa (Feldman) Danin in Danin & Hedge 1998 (see below for synonymy) DH98 | '--B. flaccida DH98 '--+--Orbexilum lupinellum CP13 |--Otholobium bracteolatum CP13 |--Hoita CP13 | |--H. macrostachya [=Psoralea macrostachya] H93 | |--H. orbicularis [=Psoralea orbicularis] H93 | '--H. strobilina [=Psoralea strobilina] H93 |--+--Pediomelum CP13 | | |--P. californicum [=Psoralea californica] H93 | | |--P. castoreum [=Psoralea castorea] H93 | | |--P. mephiticum H93 | | '--P. pentaphyllum CP13 | '--+--Ladeania juncea CP13 | '--Rupertia CP13 | |--R. hallii [=Hoita hallii] H93 | |--R. physodes [=Psoralea physodes] H93 | '--R. rigida ...
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| The key to productivity is distinguishing 'habits' from 'routine'
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 Trying to build good habits can often backfire. Here's why it's important to know how habits are formed and when it's better to stick with a routine instead. Habits are hot. Self-help articles extol the power of habits and books on the topic sell by the millions. Yet, like many pop psychology topics, the conventional wisdom about the effectiveness and application of habits is frequently outdated, misapplied, or flat out wrong. Building habits to change behavior the right way can be a wonderful tool to improve your life. But false notions about what habits are and what they can do… This story continues at The Next Web
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| Spread of SARS-CoV-2
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| Nature Medicine, Published online: 09 April 2020; doi:10.1038/s41591-020-0850-3 Spread of SARS-CoV-2
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