Facebook comments about politicians impact voters

"A social media campaign is practically obligatory for candidates today, and the key to social media is that it's interactive; it is not one-way like traditional political advertising," said one of the researchers Paul Brewer, professor at University of Delaware.

"We wanted to test this interactivity between the candidate and citizens," Brewer noted. The influence of comments were seen even though the research participants were not Facebook friends or even acquaintances of the commenters.

In fact, in the research the commenters -- like the candidate himself -- did not even exist. The research team created a Facebook page for a fictitious candidate using general and non-partisan 'information' about him. http://post.jagran.com/facebook-comments-about-politicians-impact-voters-1443177724

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Follow healthy diet plan to present yourself best on Wedding day

A Delhi-based dietitian shares a list of the best and worst foods to eat on your wedding day:

Starving should be avoided, else it will bring down the blood glucose and then you will face difficulty in dealing with stress. Empty stomach will also lead to acidity.

Take small and frequent meals the whole day.

Junk food should be avoided as it leads to indigestion problem.

Vegetable juices made of spinach or cucumber that are rich in antioxidants should be consumed.  http://post.jagran.com/follow-healthy-diet-plan-to-present-yourself-best-on-wedding-day-1440066122

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Male, female brains operate differently: Study

The findings suggest that female and male brains may respond differently to certain drugs. "The importance of studying sex differences in the brain is about making biology and medicine relevant to everyone, to both men and women," said senior author of the study Catherine Woolley, professor at Northwestern  in Illinois, US.

"It is not about things such as who is better at reading a map or why more men than women choose to enter certain professions," Woolley explained.

Among their findings, the scientists found that a drug called URB-597, which regulates a molecule important in neurotransmitter release, had an effect in females that it did not have in males.

While the study was done in rats, it has broad implications for humans because this drug and others like it are currently being tested in clinical trials in humans. http://post.jagran.com/male-female-brains-operate-differently-study-1439469648

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White coats used by doctors spread infection: Study

"Every hospital should have a committee to check and respond to hospital acquired infections," he added. "But an easy win would be for India's Ministry of Health to ban doctors and medical students from wearing white coats, to reduce the harm and cost that results from hospital acquired infections," Fernandes cited in the study published in the journal The BMJ.

"Although long sleeved white coats have traditionally been worn by doctors since the 19th century, we now know that white coats harbour potential contaminants and contribute considerably to the burden of disease acquired in hospital by spreading infection," Fernandes added.

He stated that in India, changing areas in hospitals are rare because of space constraints, so white coats are commonly worn by students coming from college and outside the hospital.

They are also often left on chairs, tables, and in corridors. He added that in many cities in India some junior doctors are also now seen wearing white coats in shopping malls and cinemas too, and then they enter sterile zones in the hospital in the same attire.

"Given India's tropical climate, common sense indicates that we should discourage wearing white coats that are washed perhaps only every few weeks," Fernandes stated. See more: http://post.jagran.com/white-coats-used-by-doctors-spread-infection-study-1437566411

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'NASA MESSENGER' spacecraft to crash into Mercury soon

Tech News - The "spacecraft will impact the planet at more than 8,750 miles per hour on the side of the planet facing away from Earth," NASA said in a statement on Thursday.

"Due to the expected location, engineers will be unable to view in real time the exact location of impact," a news agency reported.

Launched in August 2004, MESSENGER traveled 7.9 billion km on a journey that included 15 trips around the sun and flybys of Earth once, Venus twice and Mercury three times.

The spacecraft began orbiting Mercury in March 2011. The four- year mission was blessed with many scientific findings, including one in 2012 that provided compelling support for the hypothesis that Mercury harbors abundant frozen water and other volatile materials in its permanently shadowed polar craters.

It helped test many technological achievements, including the development of a vital heat-resistant and highly reflective ceramic cloth sunshade that isolated the spacecraft's instruments and electronics from direct solar radiation, vital to mission success given Mercury's proximity to the sun.

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