SPA: Short peptide analyzer of intrinsic disorder status of short peptides

SPA: Short peptide analyzer of intrinsic disorder status of short peptides

Bin Xue, Wei-Lun Hsu, Jun-Ho Lee, Hua Lu, A. Keith Dunker and Vladimir N. Uversky

Genes Cells. 2010 June; 15(6): 635–646. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2010.01407.x

when prayer works

Sarah Palin Will Not Run for President

October 5, 2011 Wasilla, Alaska After much prayer and serious consideration, I have decided that I will not be seeking the 2012 GOP nomination for President of the United States.
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Sarah Palin

creationism leads to forgiveness

Steve Jobs 1955-2011

Fox Hunting with a Golden Eagle

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true NDE

des hommes et de la petite souris,

du Renard et du Bouc et des Mouches et autres animaux divers.

Il y a une Petite Souris avec qui j’ai fait connaissance il y a quelques années dans des circonstances pour le moins inhabituelles. Il y avait eu plusieurs petites souris qui s’étaient manifestées à l’occasion. Celle-ci n’avait pas donné signes de vie depuis au moins cinq ans. J’ai été étonné de son message me demandant si j’allais bien et ce que je pensais du dernier e-mail de Ligner à Tunon de Lara !

Templeton continues to conflate science and woo

At jerry Coyne’s :

Those scientists who take money from Templeton, using as an excuse that “well, my project is simply good, straight science” should be aware of what Templeton is doing with its other hand. They should also realize that even if they’re doing good, pure science, Templeton will use their names to promote their other religious activities.

Where you can get a list of JTF activities.

Monkeys & Zen-like trance

What would the Buddha have said? Monkeys have been trained to put themselves into a Zen-like trance – but out of desire for marshmallows rather than [Source]

I’ll have to read the paper :

Neurofeedback training on sensorimotor rhythmin marmoset monkeys

Philippens, Ingrid H.C.H.M.; Vanwersch, Raymond A.P.

31 March 2010 – Volume 21 – Issue 5 – pp 328-332 doi: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3283360ba8

Neurofeedback research in a model closely related to humans is recommended to rule out placebo effects and unspecific factors bridging the gap between nonvalidated empirical and standardized controlled research. In this article, telemetric sensorimotor rhythm (SMR; 11–14 Hz) feedback training in the marmoset monkey is applied to examine the monkey’s capability to voluntary control their brain activity. Four monkeys, provided with two epidural bioelectric electrodes above the sensorimotor cortex, were trained with positive reinforcement on SMR measured by online analyses of 1.28 s electroencephalogram epochs in 30-min sessions. These monkeys learned within five sessions to increase their α activity. The first evidence of nonhuman primates having an operant control over the SMR is provided, an initial step for a much-needed scientific basis to neurofeedback.