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9+ min ago (1128+ words) In the ever-evolving landscape of neonatal medicine, the quest to identify reliable and early biomarkers of brain injury remains a pressing challenge. A groundbreaking study spearheaded by Molloy and Bearer, published in Pediatric Research in 2025, brings to light an unexpected yet potentially transformative candidate: glucose. This research proposal elevates glucose, a fundamental sugar molecule [] In the ever-evolving landscape of neonatal medicine, the quest to identify reliable and early biomarkers of brain injury remains a pressing challenge. A groundbreaking study spearheaded by Molloy and Bearer, published in Pediatric Research in 2025, brings to light an unexpected yet potentially transformative candidate: glucose. This research proposal elevates glucose, a fundamental sugar molecule ubiquitous in physiology, from its traditionally understood metabolic role to a critical biomarker for neonatal encephalopathy, offering a new window into the consequences of brain injury in newborns. Neonatal encephalopathy (NE) is…...

9+ min ago (87+ words) The City of Odessa Activities Committee has placed a mailbox outside of City Hall for children to write letters to Santa Claus, with the mailbox remaining until December 19th. The City of Odessa Activities Committee has placed a mailbox outside of City Hall for children to write letters to Santa Claus, with the mailbox remaining until December 19th. The City of Odessa Activities Committee has placed a mailbox outside of City Hall for children to write letters to Santa Claus, with the mailbox remaining until December 19th....

13+ min ago (425+ words) SIOUX FALLS " The South Dakota Board of Regents introduced proposed changes to the public university system's housing and meal plan policy at its meeting Thursday, in response to failed legislation to remove on-campus living requirements. The board created a workgroup of students and staff in April to "understand what the issues were," said Heather Forney, vice president of finance and administration for the Board of Regents. The group reviewed existing policy and data, and surveyed students across the university system. "We heard them last legislative session when they were kind of voicing their concerns," Forney said. Rep. Phil Jensen, R-Rapid City, introduced a bill in January to remove what he called the system's "impoverishing" and "unnecessary" housing and meal plan policies requiring students to live on campus and purchase a meal plan for their first two years of enrollment. The…...

14+ min ago (1101+ words) Dec 11, 2025, 10:05 PM The 38-year-old Honduran house painter was swept up in an immigration crackdown that has largely targeted Kenner, a Hispanic enclave just outside New Orleans, where some parents at risk of deportation had rushed to arrange emergency custody plans for their children in case they were arrested. Cruz's detention forced her son, Jonathan Escalante, an 18-year-old U.S. citizen who recently finished high school, to care for his 9-year-old sister, who has a physical disability. Escalante is now trying to access his mother's bank account, locate his sister's medical records and doctors, and figure out how to pay bills in his mother's name. Fearful families made emergency custody plans The crackdown dubbed "Catahoula Crunch" has a goal of 5,000 arrests. DHS has said it is targeting violent offenders but has released few details on who it is arresting. Records reviewed by AP…...

16+ min ago (765+ words) Students are rapidly enrolling in newly created AI programs and majors at schools such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California San Diego, and University of South Florida." Educators and experts told The College Fix that the boom in the field of generative AI brings both benefits and risks. According to MIT's registrar, the number of students majoring in Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making has surged from 37 in 202223 to 328 in 202526. Professor Antonio Torralba, faculty head of the AI and Decision-Making unit at MIT, said that the major goes beyond teaching generative AI. "The AI major is not only good for learning about generative AI. The major provides the foundations that many parts of AI are built on," Torralba said via a media statement from the university to The College Fix. "Generative AI is one, but there are many…...

18+ min ago (360+ words) I wrote a check and was tempted to add a snarky comment, but I didn't. Yes, my son should keep his hands to himself, but the water bottle is still functional. My son apologized. Am I living my life wrong, or is it OK that they just invoiced me like that? " Unsure in Illinois Dear Unsure: Your son may have been trying to be funny when he damaged another student's property, but the boy's parents didn't see the humor in it. The bottle wasn't the disposable kind, and the parents were not out of line to expect to be reimbursed for your son damaging it. Perhaps HE can reimburse YOU. Dear Abby: As my parents have aged, my father has been misremembering things or making wrong assumptions. It has increasingly gotten on my mom's nerves (she has also become more…...

19+ min ago (681+ words) If you want to develop human intelligence, you can't let students rely on artificial intelligence. Generative AI will transform the world, even if no one is quite sure what the end product will look like. These are artificial intelligence programs that create new content based on prompts or questions submitted by a user. You can imagine the problems this has created for schools and teachers. Programs such as ChatGPT can solve a student's hardest math problem and spit out papers in seconds. While some uses of AI in education could be beneficial, there is a real danger. Education has two main purposes. The first is to provide moral instruction. The second is to train students to think. Consider this. Imagine your son is lost in a forest, miles from safety. First, he needs to know where to go " that's the…...

19+ min ago (313+ words) This month during a baptism in my parish, a toddler called out loudly, "I see the baby's face!, and we erupted into laughter. What image of the Christ Child comes to mind as the perfect face of a baby?" This month during a Baptism in my parish, a toddler called out loudly, "I see the baby's face!, and we erupted into laughter. Later, I reflected on what a perfect line of dialogue this was, and expressed with such joy." What image of the Christ Child comes to mind as the perfect face of a baby?" A prayer to the Divine Child Jesusbeseeches, "may I resemble youin the innocence of life."Jesus, the innocence that shinesfrom the face of a babytouches us and heals us."Your face, and the babies being baptised.How blessed we are to sing for themin joining…...

29+ min ago (280+ words) My son Jakeb isn't doing well tonight at all. Please ask God to heal him, keep him safe and watch over him. Please ask God to heal him mind and body and protect him and give him joy. Please ask God for total healing. A miracle. Thank you and God bless you. Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed. - /account/dismiss-notice?notice_id=118 CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion…...

29+ min ago (423+ words) Australia has officially blocked access to the popular streaming platform Twitch for users under 16. This decisive action comes amidst growing concern over the platform's potential negative influence on young people. As this restriction takes effect, child safety experts are issuing strong warnings about the potential for both mental and social harm that prolonged exposure to such unfiltered content can cause. Twitch is implementing a major policy shift affecting its younger audience in Australia. From this point forward, no person under the age of sixteen will be able to set up a new account on the service, and all existing accounts belonging to users in this age bracket will be shut down on 9 January 2026. This policy forms part of Australia's recent online safety legislation, specifically designed to safeguard young people across streaming and social media platforms. The national government's priority is…...