dp-tyvek

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by dp-tyvek 8y ago
Glutamate doesn't have any psychoactive effects because it doesn't cross the blood-brain barrier (to a significant extent). You are correct that theanine and glutamate in theory should have a similar effect on receptors, but recep
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by dp-tyvek 9y ago
It's not that uncommon for scientific journals, sadly.
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by dp-tyvek 9y ago
We are special though. Birds carrying burning sticks to spread fires is significantly different from humans: -Starting fires -Using fire to process food -Using fire to process raw materials into something that can be used for tools, struc
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by dp-tyvek 9y ago
According to my understanding, rimliu is proposing that wage ~ education + experience + gender + race + additional_factors + error where additional_factors consists of other unknown factors (e.g. charisma, intelligence, appearance?
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by dp-tyvek 9y ago
OT, but how did the brand name Glucophage get approved? I don't see how calling a drug "glucose eater" is anything but misleading.
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by dp-tyvek 9y ago
You don't have to be a sociopath to do horrific things. A lot of people are capable of doing the same in the right (wrong) circumstances.
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by dp-tyvek 9y ago
I'm not familiar with the book, but behavioural therapy has acutally been shown to be useful for managing back pain.
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by dp-tyvek 9y ago
Soy (and other crops) are modified to be resistant to pesticides and pests, so I presume it makes no difference for their phytoestrogen contents. For example, glyphosate ("Roundup") resistant crops are only modified to have a diff
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by dp-tyvek 9y ago
In my (anecdotal) experience a lot of people just go for the familiar brands when buying commodity products. Surely creating brand awareness must have some kind of effect.
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by dp-tyvek 9y ago
The moon has ~no atmosphere, so any gas released there would diffuse into space. What I was trying to say is, because any gas will diffuse from an area of high concentration to one with a lower concentration, there is no place in Earth&#x27
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by dp-tyvek 9y ago
The moon Any gas released into Earth's atmosphere would diffuse quite quickly.
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by dp-tyvek 9y ago
A lot of cost of drugs comes from R&D, quality control etc. The chemical synthesis itself generally isn't that expensive. And expired pills would be a quite unpredictable precursor, which isn't very desirable in the pharma ind