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    Voyager 1 is back!

    Not every instrument. Some of them. It's the S/N ratio. I read about this in NASA Voyager pages quite a while ago. If I remember right it could be the Spectrometer. Also the Voyager 2, PSI heaters were cut off (Plasma Science Instrument). It's no longer quite useful as it's purpose ended as the...
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    🎞️🤔 ප්‍රකට හොලිවුඩ් සිනමාපට රූපගත කිරීම සදහා පසුතල ලෙස යොදාගත් ස්ථානයන්: ත්‍රෙඩ් අංක 02 - "Once Upon a Time in America (1984)" 🎬🎥🔫

    Sergio Leone was the father of "Spaghetti Westerns". This one is a sort of "Spaghetti Gangster" type. His first movie was the "Colossus of Rhodes". Before that he was an Assistant Director in famous Ben-Hur. Everyone should know Ennio Morricone, who sadly passed away in 2020 aged 91 after a...
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    The Ancient City That Mastered Water.

    An interesting video about the well known Alhambra - Fortress Palace Here's another one, more descriptive but a bit old and longer.
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    Long COVID: SARS-CoV-2 spike protein accumulation

    Recent one from her.... Wish her well.
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    Voyager 1 is back!

    Do you know that after some heaters were off, the instruments NASA expected not to perform well, started to work with better performance level (less noise). Even though these were now operating in an environment well outside of their design temperature limits. Says a lot about the design...
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    The Most Important Material Ever Made

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    Questions පියයුරු පිලිකාවක්දෝ සැකයි

    Not exactly... but there are also CA marker tests - these Tumour marker tests are not reliable enough to use on their own.
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    Long COVID: SARS-CoV-2 spike protein accumulation

    Researchers from Helmholtz Munich and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) have identified a mechanism that may explain the neurological symptoms of long COVID. The study shows that the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein remains in the brain's protective layers, the meninges, and the skull's bone marrow...
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    Voyager 1 is back!

    After a temporary communication breakdown last month, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has resumed normal operations. The team successfully reactivated its primary radio transmitter and resumed data collection from its four active science instruments, despite ongoing power management challenges due...
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    වැස්සේ වාහන පදවන ඔබ මේවා දන්නවාද?

    Every car has a recommended wading depth. Many countries have flood depth indicators where the roads usually get flooded. Smaller cars about 16 cms safe, medium about 30 cms & for a SUV about 45 cms of water is enough to move the car with a water flow of about 3.5 km/h. Even on still water a...
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    Possibility of a Nasal Spray for Alzheimer's

    A future treatment for Alzheimer disease may involve a nasal spray. Researchers at Università Cattolica and Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS have discovered that by inhibiting the brain enzyme S-acyltransferase (zDHHC) through a nasal-spray drug, they can counteract the...
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    Vitamin D help

    Sorry but they charge for the tests. Vitamin D deficiency requires a consideration of other factors too, So please follow your medical advice.
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    Car Phone holder

    The best one is the one that locks onto the rear-view mirror. No suction cups - spring loaded fingers lock on to the mirror.
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    Long COVID කොරෝනා හැදිලා සතියක් ඉඳන් අවුරුදු ගණන් තියෙනවා , ලංකාවෙත් ඇති හදුනා අය

    Recent studies show that the link is Genetic. People with variants near UGT2A1 & UGT2A2 increased the likelihood of anosmia. These two are UDP Glucuronosyl transferase Family 2 Member A1 & A2 Complex Locusis - Protein Coding genes. These are expressed in the olfactory epithelium and play a role...
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    Vitamin D help

    Did you read the MOH report I posted in my previous reply above? :unsure: I will copy only that section. "Among Sri Lankan adults Vitamin D deficiency was 58.8% and insufficiency 31.4%. Overall around 90% of Sri Lankan adults are not having adequate levels of vitamin D. A study conducted in...
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    Vitamin D help

    No guesswork... but There are Rapid Tests which can be done at home. Sadly not available in SL but the cost of these range from 20 USD to in excess of 300USD per kit. The cost depends on the accuracy of the assay but the $20 one is good enough. Note : Vitamin D exists in two forms. Much of...
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    Long COVID කොරෝනා හැදිලා සතියක් ඉඳන් අවුරුදු ගණන් තියෙනවා , ලංකාවෙත් ඇති හදුනා අය

    I had several posts on Long Covid.. Please refer to the most recent one below. Long Covid Fatigue - Explained https://elakiri.com/threads/long-covid-fatigue-explained.2137988/
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    Vitamin D help

    Here's a reply I made for an older post.... "That's because D3 and K2 works in unison. Vit K is also helpful in a Covid situation as it can help to prevent thrombosis and also in the way that it interacts with MGP (Matrix Gla protein) which is a vitamin K-dependent inhibitor of soft tissue...
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    බබා ව සීතෙලෙන් ආරක්ෂිත කරන්න

    Let them adapt to the environment. We all have an in-built thermostat that's able to maintain the body temperature to within a couple of degrees.

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