Not only hiccups and kicks: the fetus in the belly of the mother yawns, and he does so often.
Evidence of this are the results of a study published in PLoS ONE `'by
researchers at Durham University, which could provide the key to a
better understanding of the health of the unborn child.
4D scans of 15 healthy fetuses (which allow you to see in three
dimensions the child but, unlike 3D ultrasound, they also offer moving
images), conducted by researchers from Durham along with colleagues at
the University of Lancaster (Gb) suggest that yawning is part of the
process of child development, and may provide physicians with another
index of the health of the fetus.
Some researchers have suggested that fetuses sbadigliassero, but
according to other experts it was a simple movement of the mouth
opening. Now new research has allowed us to clearly distinguish the yawn, and this according to its duration. The researchers used a 4D movie to closely examine what happens when a baby opens his mouth in the belly.
Using newly developed criteria, the team found that more than half of
the movements of mouth opening observed in the study are actually
yawning. The work was conducted on eight females and seven males of 24-36 weeks of gestation.
The researchers also found that yawning is reduced to from 28 weeks,
with no difference between males and females in terms of frequency.
Although the role and significance of yawning are still unknown, the
results of the study suggest that yawning may be linked to the
development of the fetus, and therefore this action could provide a
further medical indication on the health of the unborn child.
"The results of this study - says Nadja Reissland the Department of
Psychology at Durham University - show that yawning can be observed in
healthy fetuses. Moreover, the frequency of yawning decreases with increasing age "of the unborn child. "Unlike us, the fetuses yawn because` infected '"by someone else," or because they sleep. The frequency of yawning in the womb may be linked to brain development in the early stages of gestation.
Since the frequency of `yaown 'in our sample of healthy fetuses fell
from 28 to 36 weeks of gestation, this seems to suggest a function of
aging" due to its yawn.
According to the researcher, in short, yawning in the belly could be
linked to the maturation of the central nervous system of the child, but
it is a theory that concludes the expert, should be examined with
further research, which include mothers and babies.
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
"Mobile Office" Found in Car Stopped for Speeding
In Germany, a 35 year old man has been fined by the German Traffic Police for speeding. Inside the 'vehicle a real office arsenal "handset" for the manager handyman.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Uruguay: Marijuana will sell the state
Private production but public distribution, four varieties of marijuana available to consumers registered, authorization of cultivation in homes and maximum of 40 grams per month: these are the main measures contained in the bill of the Uruguayan government that will, if approved by Parliament, the legalization of '' grass'.
In practice, the marijuana will be cultivated by companies and private clubs - even though the standard does not exclude the possibility that the state will spend on this activity - and then sold to consumers through a network of clinics registered public that deliver no more than 40 grams per person, in four varieties: cannabis indica, cannabis sativa and two different mixtures of the two.
Citizens will be able to cultivate their house up to six cannabis plants, for an annual crop that does not exceed 480 grams. As for the club of consumers, they will just need to grow their own consumption, and not be able to sell to third parties. Consumers will be registered but their identity will be protected by privacy laws, and may not be disclosed in accordance with a court order.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Former major league pitcher Pascual Perez was shot to death this morning
Former
major league pitcher Pascual Perez was killed early Thursday to
stabbing strangers who entered his residence, police said Dominican and
the victim's brother, former monticulista of the Los Angeles Dodgers,
Carlos Perez, in his Twitter account.
The former pitcher, who suffered health problems, had taken the day
before his major league pension, so it was allegedly assaulted by
criminals, who entered his residence in the town of Don Gregorio Nigua
(south) purposes to rob.
"Several individuals entered the residence of former pitcher CUTA'''' Perez (the people of) Don Gregorio, (province of) San Cristóbal, and murdered him. We are investigating the incident," police said in a statement.
Perez, 55, pitched for eleven seasons in the majors with the Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates and Montreal Expos missing.
In the majors accumulated mark of 67 wins and 68 losses, with an ERA of 3.18.
In the local baseball threw much of his career with the Cibao Eagles, a team that then released him, allowing him to sign with the Licey Tigers.
He earned 44 wins and 2.86 ERA in baseball quisqueyana, where it is considered one of the best pitchers Dominicans.
"Several individuals entered the residence of former pitcher CUTA'''' Perez (the people of) Don Gregorio, (province of) San Cristóbal, and murdered him. We are investigating the incident," police said in a statement.
Perez, 55, pitched for eleven seasons in the majors with the Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates and Montreal Expos missing.
In the majors accumulated mark of 67 wins and 68 losses, with an ERA of 3.18.
In the local baseball threw much of his career with the Cibao Eagles, a team that then released him, allowing him to sign with the Licey Tigers.
He earned 44 wins and 2.86 ERA in baseball quisqueyana, where it is considered one of the best pitchers Dominicans.
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