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Business Day
In a Bean, a Boon to Biotech
A policy proposed by the Food and Drug Administration could make marketing genetically modified soybeans easier.
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U.S.
Texas and 5 Other States Resist Processing Benefits for Gay Couples
Some states are citing a conflict with state laws to defy the defense secretary’s order that gay spouses of National Guard members be given the same federal marriage benefits as heterosexual spouses.
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World
Another American Citizen Is Arrested in North Korea
The detainment of an 85-year-old Korean War veteran from California comes almost a year after the arrest of a Korean-American missionary who is still being held.
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N.Y. / Region
De Blasio Talks With 3 Candidates for Police Commissioner
New York’s mayor-elect said he spoke with former Commissioner William J. Bratton; Philip Banks III, the Police Department’s top chief; and the first deputy commissioner, Rafael Pineiro.Beginning the job.
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World
Kenya: New Details on Mall Attackers
The attackers behind the siege of the Westgate shopping mall had been living in Nairobi and plotted the attack for several months, a Western official briefed on the investigation said.
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Technology
IBM to Announce More Powerful Watson via the Internet
Companies, academics and individual software developers will be able to use Watson at a small fraction of the previous cost.
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Business Day
After 3 Fires, Safety Agency Opens Inquiry Into Tesla Model S
After a third battery fire in a Tesla car in six weeks, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday that it had started a formal investigation.
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Education
Online Courses Attract Degree Holders, Survey Finds
About 80 percent of people who enrolled in a massive open online course from the University of Pennsylvania had already earned a bachelor’s degree, according to a survey.
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World
A Conversation With: British Climate Economist Lord Nicholas Stern
Mr. Stern spoke about how India’s future emissions would require it to do more to solve the global challenge, even as it moves to eradicate poverty.Why would India consider doing more to reduce emissions if the developed countries don’t do enough to reduce emissions?
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It is true that the rich countries’ targets are not strong enough,
and it is true that some countries like Japan, Australia and Canada have
reneged on their targets. I spend a lot of time pressing rich countries
to have stronger targets. I don’t spend any time pressing India to do
anything.But to describe the arithmetic — over the next 20 years, unless India is very involved, the world will not achieve its target. And if the world does not achieve its target, it’s very bad for India. And it’s because I take the well-being of India very seriously that I’m worried about it."
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U.S.
Warrantless Surveillance Continues to Cause Fallout
A terrorism case in Oregon involving warrantless wiretapping and a letter from three United States senators to the solicitor general cause a stir.
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U.S.
Energy Dept. Is Told to Stop Collecting Fee for Nuclear Waste Disposal
Because the program that the fee was set up to finance is no longer in operation, people should not have to keep paying for it, an appeals court ruled.
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Opinion
A Haitian Boy’s Needless Death From Diabetes
On World Diabetes Day, a plea to create universal test strips that will work in any available glucometer.- Test strips: A consumable element containing chemicals that react with glucose in the drop of blood is used for each measurement. For some models this element is a plastic test strip with a small spot impregnated with glucose oxidase and other components. Each strip is used once and then discarded. Instead of strips, some models use discs, drums, or cartridges that contain the consumable material for multiple tests.
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- Coding: Since test strips may vary from batch to batch, some models require the user to manually enter in a code found on the vial of test strips or on a chip that comes with the test strip. By entering the coding or chip into the glucose meter, the meter will be calibrated to that batch of test strips. However, if this process is carried out incorrectly, the meter reading can be up to 4 mmol/L (72 mg/dL) inaccurate. The implications of an incorrectly coded meter can be serious for patients actively managing their diabetes. This may place patients at increased risk of hypoglycemia. Alternatively, some test strips contain the code information in the strip; others have a microchip in the vial of strips that can be inserted into the meter. These last two methods reduce the possibility of user error. One manufacturer has standardized their test strips around a single code number, so that, once set, there is no need to further change the code in their older meters, and in some of their newer meters, there is no way to change the code.
Glucose oxidase is widely used for the determination of free glucose in body fluids (diagnostics), in vegetal raw material, and in the food industry. It also has many applications in biotechnologies, typically enzyme assays for biochemistry including biosensors in nanotechnologies.[1] It is often extracted from Aspergillus niger."
Glucose oxidase appears to be available as a bulk reagent.
The "cottage industry" manufacture of test strips should be possible and necessary under these supply conditions.
Standardize the strips against healthy blood glucose levels.
The number on the display is meaningless in it self if we know what number indicates a healthy level and what the corrective dose of insulin should be.
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World
Protests Escalate in Bangkok, Rattling Government and Raising Fears of Clashes
The volatile politics that destabilized Thailand several years ago seem to have returned, with street demonstrations taking on a broad antigovernment tone.
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U.S.
Justices Reject Bid to Block Texas Law on Abortions
Justice Antonin Scalia said the challengers to a law that requires doctors performing abortions to have admitting privileges at a hospital nearby had not met a heavy procedural burden.
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U.S.
Vote on Alcohol Sales Divides a Utah Town Where Few Drink
Hyde Park’s alcohol restrictions had long been in line with the teachings of the Mormon Church, but the town recently voted to allow sales.
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Opinion
The Day My Son Went Missing
Even as an advocate for children with autism, I couldn’t keep my own son safe.
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U.S.
Woman Says Zimmerman Choked Her During Fight
George Zimmerman’s girlfriend did not immediately report the attack, but disclosed it during an inquiry into a confrontation that led to Mr. Zimmerman’s arrest on Monday in Apopka, Fla.
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Science
Experts Say Poaching Could Soon Lead to a Decline in the Rhino Population
Economics is driving the destruction of the animals in Africa and Asia, where the horns are seen as luxury items.
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Opinion
Invitation to a Dialogue: Equity in the Workplace
A letter writer urges legislative actions to close the gender gap. Readers are invited to respond.
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Opinion
Conservative View of Pope
A conservative Catholic responds to a front-page article, “Conservative U.S. Catholics Feel Left Out of the Pope’s Embrace.”
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N.Y. / Region
A New Dispute Emerges in Brooklyn Prosecutor’s Office
The office of District Attorney Charles J. Hynes of Brooklyn, who was ousted by voters after 24 years, fired an assistant who forwarded embarrassing emails about his campaign that BuzzFeed published.
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Real Estate
Recent Commercial Real Estate
Notable properties that have been recently listed for sale, sold or leased.
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Just understand your goals and your risks.
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World
Death Toll Rises in Supermarket Collapse in Latvia
The number of people killed reached 51, and officials said hope was fading for at least 25 more victims believed to be trapped in the rubble.
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Opinion
More ‘Stand Your Ground’ Fantasizing
Ohio moves one step closer to enacting a dangerous gun law.
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Booming
Bonfire of My Vanity
Camouflaging my age always started with my hair, but then I had a misadventure at the salon, and things changed.
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World
Sunnis Close Baghdad Mosques to Challenge Religious Attacks
A move to shutter the sect’s mosques indefinitely as a protest tactic highlights Iraq’s deepening sectarian rift.
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World
Merkel’s Quest for Consensus
Chancellor Angela Merkel still lacks a new coalition government, two months after winning re-election, and patience is wearing perilously thin.
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World
Drone Strikes a Seminary in Pakistan
The attack, which is said to have killed Haqqani militants, comes during a stretch of growing political outrage over U.S. airstrikes in Pakistan.
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Science
Video: ScienceTake: Sea Slug Love
In the mating game, males and females can have different agendas even when they inhabit the same body.
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N.Y. / Region
Bloomberg Lured Donors for New York Programs
A report commissioned by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s foundation found that the administration had attracted $1.4 billion in noncity financing for public programs.
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N.Y. / Region
Competition Is Expected for New York State’s Casino Licenses
Early signs suggest there will be a fight — even if the scale of some of the proposals is modest, and Las Vegas companies remain on the sidelines.
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U.S.
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