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CHICAGO - Now that the all-new flagship XD model of Nissan'sreimagined TITAN family of pickups is on dealer lots, Nissan is turn-ing its attention to the upcoming half-ton version of TITAN at the 2016Chicago Auto Show with a special photography release."There's a strong family resemblance between TITAN XD and the TI-TAN, with their shared rugged exterior style," said Rich Miller, Direc-tor of Product Planning for Trucks, SUVs and Commercial Vehicles,Nissan Nor th America, Inc. and Chief Product Specialist for TITANand TITAN XD."TITAN will compete in the hear t of the full-size pickup segment - thehalf-ton - while the TITAN XD provides a unique solution for custom-ers by bridging the cost and capability gap between traditional half-ton and ¾ ton pickups. Together TITAN and TITAN XD will cover nearly85 percent of the total full-size truck market."TITAN is built on a separate chassis from TITAN XD, approximately228.1 inches long (14.7 inches less than XD) and 79.5 inches wide(same as XD), with the cab size shared between the two vehicles."The TITAN and TITAN XD do not share any common chassis compo-nents," added Miller. "Even the lug nuts are different."TITAN will be available in 4x2 or 4x4 drive configurations with three cabinconfigurations - Crew Cab, King Cab and Single cab - and three bedlengths - 5.5, 6.5 and 8 feet. Similar to TITAN XD, TITAN will be avail-able in five trim levels - S, SV, PRO-4X, SL and Platinum Reserve.The TITAN will be powered by Nissan's 5.6-litre Endurance® V8 gaso-line engine capable of 390 horsepower and 401 lb.-ft. of torque. Thisengine will be mated to a 7-speed automatic transmission. A V6 gasolineengine will also be available (details to be announced at a later date).The Nissan TITAN will be assembled in Canton, Mississippi with the5.6-litre V8 gasoline assembled in Decherd, Tennessee. The truckgoes on sale in summer 2016.

CANADIAN REGIONAL HOUSING OUTLOOKthe booming, the struggling and the stableTORONTO - According to a TD Economics repor t housing inCanada can best be characterized as a three speed market:the booming - Toronto, Vancouver and surrounding areas; thestruggling - Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Regina - andthe stable - the rest of Canada.The dominance of the fastest growing markets boostedoverall Canadian resale activity last year to its secondhighest level on record (behind 2007), while national pricessurged by 8.5%. The wide per formance gap between marketslooks set to narrow somewhat in 2016. This convergence willbe par tly driven by recent regulatory changes and an upwarddrift in borrowing rates, which will put the brake on futuregains in the most expensive Toronto and Vancouver markets.For the beleaguered markets hit most directly by low oil

prices, including Calgary, stabilization in housing prices isunlikely to take place before 2017. Overall, national existinghome sales and new home star ts are likely to ease back inline with long-run averages, while price growth is expectedto moderate to just 2.6% in 2016 before contracting mod-estly in 2017.Toronto and Vancouver are heading into 2016 with consider-able momentum. Existing home sales in Vancouver were46% above their long-run average in January, while homeprices are estimated to have risen by close to 20% year-over-year. The average home price in Toronto was up 14.1%y/y in January. So those waiting for a housing crash inToronto and Vancouver are likely to be disappointed onceagain in 2016.

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NEW DELHI, (IANS) Spor t metallic dual tones or go bright with or-ange, do it the film industry's fashion icons' way to up your fashionquotient. Anshu Choudhary, stylist at Craftsvilla.com, takes a leaf outof these Bollywood divas' style books and suggests which ethnicfashion trends will rule this year.* It might seem like a big faux pas to team gold with silver. Butmetallic embellishments, sequins and plenty of sparkle, with mini-mal make-up rocked the look last year. For instance, Bollywood divaKareena Kapoor Khan looked chic in a sequined gold sari with silverborder.* Matching your blouse with sari is passé. Now team it with an ethnicjacket. The advantage of mixing and matching allows you to createnew sets from the separates. Pair pastels with bold colours, and mixand match your prints. Team up embroidered waistcoat with a salwarkameez or jumpsuit to give it the much desired ethnic touch. Fashionicon Sonam Kapoor donned a Patiala bottom with a top and a jacket.* Even a touch of floral print on a simple outfit can be stylish. Theoptions are boundless. You can capture the nature on fabric and craftelaborate designs of the blossoming buds, the green leaves, petals,or by using vibrant shades of red, pink, aqua and orange. Get inspiredby Deepika Padukone's look in "Bajirao Mastani".* You can go orange like Kangana Ranaut, who once spor ted anorange suit. But maintain caution while using the colour becausewearing it from head-to-toe could make you look like a pumpkin.

Join social groups and livelonger in golden yearsLONDON, (IANS) How do you plan to take care of yourself afterretirement? New research recommends that you join social groupssuch as book clubs since having a social hobby is like regularexercise to live happier and longer. The more social groups anindividual belongs to in the first few years after she or he stopsworking, the lower their risk of death, showed findings of a re-search carried out at the University of Queensland School of Psy-chology, in Australia. Researchers Niklas Steffens and TeganCruwys wrote in their study paper that: "As much as practitionersmay help retirees adjust by providing support with financial plan-ning, social groups may also help by providing social planning." Inthis regard, practical interventions should focus on helping retireesto maintain their sense of purpose and belonging by assisting themto connect to groups and communities that are meaningful to them,said the researchers. The paper titled English Longitudinal Study ofAgeing was published in the journal BMJ Open. To assess theimpact of social group memberships, researchers tracked thehealth of 424 people at least 50 years old for six years after theyretired. They were compared with the same number of people,matched for age, sex and health status but who were still working.Each participant was asked how many different organisations, clubsor societies they belonged to and which ones.

Managers can helpemployees stay healthyNEW YORK, (IANS) Besides helping new employees get settledin a job, managers -- if given an incentive -- can also help themachieve wellness goals, suggests new research. Tying just 10percent of managers' salary increases to their employeewellness effor ts, could have a big payoff in terms of creating aculture of health at the workplace, and could tip the scales to-ward healthier employees, the study said.While workplace wellness initiatives are common, few havehad substantial success in getting individual employees to makehealthy changes."Instead of focusing on individual wellness outcomes, we pro-pose that it would be more effective if managers were incentivised tocreate healthier overall work environments with simple, easy to implementactions such as installing a water cooler, providing healthy snacks atmeetings, and encouraging work/life balance," said lead authorRebecca Robbins from Food and Brand Lab, Cornell University,New York.The study surveyed 270 adults with manager roles and foundthat 68 per cent suppor ted the idea of being evaluated by theiremployee wellness actions."Leadership suppor t is essential in any workplace change, in-cluding wellness. Most employee wellness initiatives don'tutilise the power of manager leadership -- this strategy is uniquein that it really taps into the manager's ability to lead their teamto wellness," study co-author Brian Wansink, director, CornellFood and Brand Lab, noted. The findings appeared in the Journalof Occupational Health Psychology.

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TRADITIONAL HOMES MORE SUSTAINABLE HOUSESATHIYA SHETTY WITH A MODEL AT A FASHION SHOW ORGANISED TO LAUNCH FASHION BRAND ARABELLA IN MUMBAI (IANS).

NEW YORK, (IANS) Although people around the world want the kind ofhouses seen in Europe and Nor th America, rather than those theygrew up with, traditional homes can be more sustainable, says anIndian-origin engineer.Industrial building materials are often scarce and expensive and al-ternative, locally sourced, sustainable materials are often a betterchoice, said Khanjan Mehta, assistant professor of engineering de-sign at the Pennsylvania State University. "People want to build agood house, everyone wants to have a good house. But what makes agood house? Is it wood, steel, concrete or bamboo? It all depends onthe context," Mehta said."In some places steel and concrete are per fect, while straw balesand bamboo are optimal in other places. We should be evaluatingwhat is economically, socially and environmentally sustainable atthe necessary scale in a given location," he said.Cutting down forests to plant bamboo as building material is not theanswer, according to Mehta. Individuals can use locally available butscarce materials to build their individual homes, but that strategy willnot build all the houses in a city or village because it cannot be scaled

up to meet the demand. "Can we grow mushrooms and process theminto a strong packaging material or fibreboard for construction?" said Mehta."We need cross pollination from different areas to come up with acceptable choicesto meet these challenges," Mehta noted. "People see western stuff as better,more modern and therefore they think it is good," said Mehta.

DON'T SKIP BREAKFAST IF YOUWANT TO REMAIN ACTIVELONDON, (IANS) Eating breakfast may not only make people,e s p e c i a l l yobese, loseweight but canalso makethem morephysically ac-t ive and re-duce food in-take later in theday, reveals astudy. Accord-ing to theteam, increasing activity can improve health in sedentarypeople making them more active by controlling their bloodsugar levels."Despite many people offering opinions about whether or notyou should eat breakfast, to date, there has been a lack ofrigorous scientific evidence showing how, or whether, break-fast might cause changes in our health," said lead researcherJames Betts from the University of Bath in Britain. The resultshighlight some of these impacts, but "how impor tant" break-fast is still really depends on the individual and their ownpersonal goals, Betts added.The team wanted to study the possible links between break-fast, body weight and health. In the study, published in theAmerican Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers split obeseindividuals aged 21-60 into two groups "fasting" and "breakfast-ing" -- measuring several outcomes during a six-week period.The "breakfasting" group was asked to eat at least 700 calo-ries by 11 a.m., which the first half of the group consumedwithin at least two hours of waking up. The fasting group wasallowed only water until noon. "For example, if weight loss isthe key, there is little to suggest that just having breakfast orskipping it will matter. However, based on other markers of ahealthy lifestyle like being more active or controlling bloodsugar levels, then there is evidence that breakfast may help,"Betts noted.It is impor tant to bear in mind that not everybody responds inthe same way to breakfast and that not all breakfasts are equal."The effects of a sugary cereal compared to a high-proteinbreakfast are l ike ly to be qui te di f ferent," said EnhadChowdhury, another researcher.


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ALCOHOL ALLOWS BACTERIATO INFILTRATE INTO LIVER

NEW YORK, (IANS) Alcohol allows gut bacteria to migrate tothe liver, promoting alcohol-induced liver diseases, reveals anew study. According to the researchers, natural gut antibiot-ics are diminished by alcohol and leave mice more prone tobacterial growth in the liver, exacerbating alcohol-induced liverdisease."Alcohol appears to impair the body's ability to keep microbesin check," said senior author Bernd Schnabl from University ofCalifornia, San Diego School of Medicine in the US. "Whenthose barriers breakdown, bacteria that don't normally colonisethe liver end up there, and now we've found that this bacterialmigration promotes alcohol liver disease. Strategies to re-store the body's defenses might help us treat the disease,"Schnabl added. The study was published in Cell Host & Mi-crobe. REG3G deficiency promotes progression of alcohol-induced liver disease.For the study, mice engineered to lack REG3G and fed alcoholfor eight weeks were more susceptible to bacterial migrationfrom the gut to the liver than normal mice who received thesame amount of alcohol, the researchers discovered. REG3G-deficient mice also developed more severe alcoholic liver dis-ease than normal mice.To find methods for stemming the tide of liver-damaging mi-crobes, researchers tried experimentally bumping up copiesof the REG3G gene in intestinal lining cells grown in the lab.They found that more REG3G reduced bacterial growth. Like-wise, restoring REG3G in mice protected them from alcohol-induced fatty liver disease, a condition that precedes livercirrhosis, or end-stage liver disease.

SLEEP DEPRIVATION CANLEAD TO FALSE CONFESSIONSNEW YORK, (IANS) People who are deprived of sleep are morelikely to sign false confessions to a wrong they never did, thanindividuals who are well rested, a new study says. The odds ofsigning a false confession were 4.5 times higher for partici-pants who had been awake for 24 hours than for those who hadslept eight hours the night before, the findings showed."It's a crucial first step toward understanding the role of sleepdeprivation in false confessions and, in turn, raises complexquestions about the use of sleep deprivation in the interroga-tion of innocent and guilty suspects," said Kimberly M. Fenn,associate professor at the Michigan State University, in theUS. Those who indicated a higher level of sleepiness weresignificantly more likely to sign the false confession, the studyrevealed. For the study, 88 par ticipants completed various com-puter activities and a cognitive test during several laboratorysessions over a week-long period.On the final day of the experiment, half of the participants sleptfor eight hours while the other half stayed awake overnight.The next morning before leaving the lab, each par ticipant wasshown a statement summarizing his or her activities and falselyalleging the participant had pressed the escape key.Par ticipants were asked to sign the statement, check a boxconfirming its accuracy and sign their name. The results werestriking: 50 percent of sleep-deprived par ticipants signed thefalse confession, while only 18 percent of rested participantssigned it. Fur ther, sleep deprivation also had significant effecton participants who scored lower on the test related to intelli-gence. Those par ticipants were much more likely to sign thefalse confession.

FISH OIL-BASED DIET MAY HELPCOMBAT ALZHEIMER'S DISEASENEW YORK, (IANS) Feeding fish oil-based diet for three weekshas been found to slow progression of Alzheimer's like symp-toms in mouse models of the disease, reports a new study,supporting viability of a dietary approach to combat the braindisorder in humans.The findings yield impor tant evidence that regular intake ofspecific dietary components may help to prevent some of thekey early functional changes that take place in the Alzheimerbrain. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common diseaseunderlying memory problems and dementia in the elderly.Despite enormous effor t to find an efficient treatment, currentpharmacological interventions are limited to a few drugs thatalleviate symptoms but do not slow down the underlying dis-ease processes. It is generally accepted that lifestyle and par-ticularly dietary habits influence mental health, and preva-lence and progression of AD.Within the EU-funded project LipiDiDiet -- therapeutic and pre-ventive impact of nutritional lipids on neuronal and cognitiveper formance in ageing, Alzheimer´s disease and vasculardementia - the researchers from the Institute of Physiology,Czech Academy of Sciences in the Czech Republic, devisedseveral lipid-based diets aimed at slowing down progressionand relieving symptoms of AD.The study showed that feeding young adult mice withAlzheimer's like symptoms (transgenic mouse model of AD)with experimental diets containing fish oil or stigmasterol forthree weeks relieved some symptoms of the disease. Thestudy was published in the journal Current Alzheimer Research.

INDIAN GOVERNMENT SHOULD RECOGNISEFASHION LIKE FRANCE: MANISH ARORA

BY NIVEDITANEW DELHI, (IANS) The Indian government must appreciate the talent of fashiondesigners like the French government does, says Manish Arora, who at 43 has beenconferred the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, the highest civilian award, by theFrench government.Known for working with a riot of colours, psychedelic prints and for producing kitschydesigns that have been loved the world over -- sitarist Anoushka Shankar flauntedhis creation at the 58th Grammy Awards ceremony -- Arora has been in the design-ing profession for over 15 years.Expressing his joy on the honour, Arora told IANS: "I am quite happy that the Frenchcould recognise somebody from India for this level in the field of fashion."I am the first Indian ever in the world of fashion and ar t to receive something likethis and I am very happy. I hope that the Indian government should now recognisefashion as the form of ar t like the way French do."Last year, the French government also honoured Indian designer Ritu Beri with Cheva-lier Des Ar ts et Des Lettres award, one of its highest civilian awards, for her contri-bution to the enrichment of Indo-French cultural relations.Arora, who runs the Indian by Manish Arora brand, feels that the Indian governmentlacks when it comes to giving recognition to the fashion industry."Star ting with the basic of the government's recognising fashion as serious businessand then having specialised people who understand fashion to be involved in thegovernment to make changes... Also, fashion designers are rarely recognised in anykind of ceremonies or awards in India. I think this needs to be changed," he added.With a steady international clientele that makes it a point to visit his stall at nationalfashion weeks, Arora's international presence star ted with his successful debut atthe London Fashion Week in September 2005. He later showed his creative prowessat platforms in Hong Kong and Miami.In 2007, he showcased for the first time in Paris Fashion Week, eventually becominga member of the distinguished French Federation of Pret-a-Por ter in the same year.Now the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur is another feather to his cap.

WELCOMING THE WORLD TO TORONTO FOR THE NBA ALL-STAR GAMETORONTO - Nav Bhatia was designated the Toronto Raptor's Superfan in 1999 at half cour t by then General Manager, Isaiah Thomas.After 21 years Nav has not missed one Raptor's home game nor has he been late or left early; after 21 years nobody including Nav Bhatiaexpected the Raptor's to be in existence let alone chasing the Eastern Conference lead and hosting the first NBA All-Star game outsideof the USA. Bhatia exclaims "This is historic; this is a true testament to all the players who have worn the Raptor's jersey especiallyVince Car ter, to the MLSE staff, the Raptor's board of directors and to each person that works the Air Canada Centre basketball gamesday in and day out. This is going to be the best All-Star game in history". His poignant prediction just may have come true.This year MLSE and the Toronto Raptor's organization designated Nav the official Community Ambassador working alongside the GlobalAmbassador Drake. The Superfan has been an integral reason for the improvement in the diversity of the fan base especially in theincrease of South Asians attending the Raptor's games; "When I first used to come to the games you could hardly see 20 South Asiansin attendance but now you see thousands and I commend the Raptor's for being a very inclusive organization". Beginning Feb 11 theentire world will be able to witness the multicultural city of Toronto during NBA All-Star week.

EUROPEAN BLISSBY VANDANA BHATT

Ontario - We planned a trip of 10 nights, 11 days in the middle of June whenthe weather is pleasant to Frankfurt, Paris, Disneyland, Switzerland and backto Frankfurt. Our first stop was Frankfurt, Germany. We took Lufthansa fromToronto to Frankfurt. Our plan was, to a rent-a-car at the airport and take a'self-drive' tour in and around Europe.Our biggest challenge was to travel with an 18-month-old baby who was afussy eater. My advice: Take sure to always plan ahead of your vacationwhen you are thinking of a road trip with kids, especially with a toddler. Thiswill help you save time and have peace of mind to enjoy more.Try to minimize driving time with kids as sitting in a car seat for long hours isnot a good idea. My tips for a successful road trip:1. Keep them entertained throughout the journey, music DVDs and favoriterhymes seems to do the trick. We bought two portable DVD players for eachone of them with the microphone.2. Manage hotel bookings in advance so you know where to retire after abusy and hectic schedule of sightseeing and driving.3. Make sure to keep food and drinks in the car to feed kids and yourself on the way.4. Make sure to give only fruits that can be peeled, banana, apples, orangewould be a good choice. I wouldn't suggest giving grapes or strawberriesbecause this may give your little one infection due to harmful sprays used on them.5. Always keep time to rest - staying in the city you land from home for twodays is always better. European cities are adjacent so driving for two to threehours and taking a stop in another one for a night also does the trick. Keepmore days for your favorite places to enjoy and explore the city.6. For flights, keep two to three extra pairs of clothes for the toddler and evenfor yourself. What if he pukes while in your lap! Don't forget to give themsomething to lick, chew or drink while take-off and landing to avoid earache.

7. Don't forget to make some lovely memories when you're with family, takea lot of pictures. Our memory fades with time but pictures remind us of ourhappy days in future.8. You can keep Gravol for your child. Administer it before the flight or on alonger car ride. It'll help him put to sleep and avoid hassles later. Make sureyour child is fed and napped in the middle, best is to feed them during lunchwhile you take stopovers and heavy meals at bedtime. A cranky and hungrychild will destroy your fun.

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MANAGE RISK OF SMART TOYSFOR KIDS, PARENTS WARNEDLONDON, (IANS) Finland-based online security and privacycompany F-Secure has warned parents to become moreaware of the threats posed by new Internet of Things (IoT)toys designed for kids. Smar t toys are essentially toysthat connect to the internet and are set to become a largeproduct category for IoT devices.Last year's well-known cyber attack on Hong Kong-baseddigital learning products VTech Holdings exposed thedata of 6.4 million children, triggering a panic about thesecurity and privacy risks these toys carry for kids. "Thething that parents need to know about smar t toys is thatthey are new terrain for parents and kids, but alsomanufacturers," Sean Sullivan, security advisor at F-Secure, said in a statement."Smar t toys and IoT devices in general are a competitivemarket and we have already seen numerous exampleswhere security is treated as an after thought. Companiesare more interested in growing their customer base thansecuring customer data so we will probably continue to seethese cracks in smar t toy security," Sullivan explained.The security company also mapped directives for parentsabout IoT devices. The company said the best approachfor protecting kids is for parents to become involved inhow their kids learn to use devices or online services."Learning should work both ways and be done together -parents can learn about issues facing the kids, and kidscan learn things parents understand, like the dangers ofinteracting with strangers," Mikael Albrecht, F-Secureresearcher, noted.Parents should pay attention and understand whatservices their children are using. "It is ok for parents to usetechnical solutions to keep an eye on what kids are doingonline, but parents should be open about this and prepared toease off as kids age," Albrecht said, adding that "chancesare kids will figure out these technical controls anyway."

Surrounding culture affectsinfants' attention by age 2NEW YORK, (IANS) The cultures in which we live star ts shap-ing our perceptions about the objects and events in the worldfrom age two, new research suggests."The results repor ted here suggest that by the time they reachtheir second bir thdays, infants may be on their way to becom-ing 'native lookers," said the study's lead author Sandra Waxman fromNorthwestern University in Illinois, US. For the study, the researchersexamined how 24-month-old infants from the US and China deploy theirattention to objects and actions in active scenes.They found that the two-years-old infants -- who are on thethreshold of learning words for objects and actions -- have agreat deal in common when observing active scenes. How-ever, infants' looking patterns in the two cultures diverged sig-nificantly for a brief period.In the experiment, all infants watched a series of repeatedscenes (for example, a girl petting a dog). Then, infants watchednew scenes in which either object was switched (the girl pet-ting a pillow) or the action was switched ( the girl kissing adog). This was when their attention diverged.Infants from China preferred looking at the scenes featuringa new action. In contrast, infants from the US showed theopposite pattern, preferring scenes featuring a new object.The research raises the possibility that by 24 months, in-fants ' a t tent ion may a l ready be shaped subtly by theattentional patterns characteristic of adults in their culturalcommunities, study said."Clearly, 24-month-old infants from the US and China have agreat deal in common when attending to dynamic scenes, butthey may have also begun to pick up the attentional strategies charac-teristic of adults in their respective communities," Waxman said. Thefindings appeared in the journal Frontiers in Psychology.

FAMILY ENVIRONMENTPREDICTS CHILDREN'SEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENTLONDON, (IANS) Family environment during pregnancy anda baby's first year of bir th predicts the way the childdevelops emotionally, a study found. The results highlightthe impor tance of the family system in children's emotionaldevelopment along with the early mother-child relationship."The children may have developed these emotional regula-tion strategies in order to adapt to their family environment.This adaptation may partly explain the children's later riskfor anxiety disorders and difficulties in social relationships,"said Jallu Lindblom from University of Tampere in Finland.The par ticipants in the study were 79 ten-year-old childrenfrom different family types and were shown pictures ofhappy faces and angry faces. The research used a techniquecalled the dot probe task that is based on reaction speed,which indicates automatic and often unconscious ways ofdealing with emotion. The results were interpreted from thepoint of view of emotional regulation.The children from cohesive families -- family where parentshave a good marital relationship and have a close relation-ship with the baby -- first pay attention to the threateningstimuli, but subsequently disengage from such stimuli.Disengaging from threatening stimuli also demonstrates anefficient and flexible ability to regulate negative emotionalexperiences.However, children from disengaged families -- they firstfocused their attention towards the threatening stimuli, butthen, unlike the first group, moved their focus away from thestimuli rather than disengaging from them. Children fromenmeshed families -- families where the parents havedifficulties in maintaining family boundaries and lack self-confidence -- focused their attention towards the threateningstimuli and kept their attention on them.

NEW DELHI, (IANS) Over the past few years the status of women inIndia has seen many great changes. Doing away with their lowerstatus to promotion of equal rights has been a very powerful changein India -- and so has been the growth of utility apps for them.Here's the low-down on five of the utility apps designed especially forwomen -- ranging from an autorickshaw hailer to one offering curatedwomen's fashion.* Jugnoo is a mobile app by a Chandigarh-based company of thesame name, established in 2014. It is a mobile app offering one of thelargest networks of auto-rickshaws in India, with more than 5,000autos currently empanelled. Founded by Samar Singla and ChinmayAgarwal, the company is targeting students, working professionalsand the masses that are dependent on public transpor t for their dailycommute.* Urban Clap, founded in November 2014, is one of India's largestmobile services marketplaces. It provides trusted services across80-plus categories including photographers, salon at home, homecleaning and repairs, and yoga and guitar instructors.* Goibibo is one of India's leading online travel aggregators and en-ables users to buy air tickets, bus tickets, book holidays and carrentals. It is also a leading app available across mobile operatingsystems: iOS, Android and Windows.* Revv is an app that gets you a car on rent that you can drive yourselfand that too available at your doorstep. Revv is the easiest and mostconvenient option for all the women out there who want to get back

home from office or vice-versa without putting their safety at stake. Italso offers hourly rentals with unlimited kilometres.* Voonik offers the largest curated women's fashion available online.The stylists at Voonik are coming up with quirky and trendy ideas thatwill lure one's attention so that women can dress and look their best.

Bullying puts preemies at high depression, anxiety riskTORONTO, (IANS) Prematurelyborn babies who get bullied by

their peers are at an increasedrisk of developing mental health

problems as adults including de-pression and anxiety, warns a

study. Children born at an ex-tremely low bir th weight (ELBW)and were exposed to bullyingwere nearly twice as likely todevelop a mental health problemsuch as anxiety, depression orattention-deficit hyper disorder(ADHD) by the time they were intheir 20s.However, the r isk was evenhigher for those who were bul-lied more often, the team noted."Being bullied has a significantand lasting impact for those pre-emies, even into their 30s," saidlead study author Kimberly Dayfrom McMaster Universi ty inOntario.By their 30s, the ELBW adults whohad been bullied as children werenearly three times more likely tohave developed anxiety disorderssuch as obsessive-compulsivedisorder, social phobia and panicdisorder. "Their risk for anxietydisorders is especially high, par-ticularly among those who areexposed to bullying on a regularbasis," Day added.The study, published in the jour-nal Pediatrics, cautions parents,teachers and clinicians who needto be aware of the long-term ef-fects of peer victimisation onmental health. They need to watchout for bullying and intervenewhen possible, the researcherssuggested.The study included ELBW babieswho were about 1 kg or less attheir bir th between 1977 and 1982in Ontario, who were interviewedat age 8, 22 to 26 and 29 to 36.They were compared to normalbir th weight babies of nearly 2.5kg or more who were born in thesame time span and interviewedat the same intervals.



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NEW CLASS OF DRUG RAISES HOPEFOR BLOOD CANCER PATIENTSNEW YORK, (IANS) Results of a recent clinical study haveshown that an anti-cancer drug that triggers cell death in vari-ous tumour types, may have clinical potential for some bloodcancers including mantel cell lymphoma (MCL) and acute my-eloid leukemia (AML). The researchers found that the drugONC201 caused cell death even when a crucial protein knownas p53 is mutated or deleted entirely. This dysfunction occursin more than half of malignancies and can promote malignantcharacteristics of cancers as well as resistance to standardchemotherapy, raising an urgent need for novel therapeuticsolutions. "The clinical challenge posed by p53 abnormalitiesin blood malignancies is that therapeutic strategies other thanstandard chemotherapies are required," said lead researcherMichael Andreeff, professor of leukemia at The University ofTexas MD Anderson Cancer Centre in the US."We found that ONC201 caused p53-independent cell deathand cell cycle arrest in cell lines and in lymphoma and acuteleukemia patient samples," Andreeff noted.The patient samples in the study included those that demon-strated genetic abnormalities linked to a poor prognosis or cells thatdeveloped resistance to the drugs ibrutinib and bortezomib commonlyused for lymphoma and multiple myeloma patients. The study resultswere published online in the journal Science Signaling.

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Green tea compound may help combat rheumatoid arthritisWASHINGTON, (IANS) A compound in green tea may offer a potential new approach to combating the jointpain, inflammation and tissue damage caused by rheumatoid ar thritis. The researchers confirmed theirfindings in a pre-clinical animal model of human rheumatoid ar thritis, where they observed that ankleswelling in animals given the compound in a 10-day treatment plan was markedly reduced.The discovery was detailed in the journal Ar thritis and Rheumatology. "Existing drugs for rheumatoidar thritis are expensive, immunosuppressive and sometimes unsuitable for long-term use," said leadresearcher Salah-uddin Ahmed from Washington State University in Spokane, US.So the team evaluated a phytochemical called epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), which is a moleculewith anti-inflammatory proper ties found in green tea. The researchers found that EGCG has high potentialas a treatment for rheumatoid ar thritis because of how effectively the molecule blocks the effects of thedisease without blocking other cellular functions."This study has opened the field of research into using EGCG for targeting TAK1 - an impor tant signalingprotein - through which proinflammatory cytokines transmit their signals to cause inflammation andtissue destruction in rheumatoid ar thritis," Ahmed said.



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