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Telomere length in birds predicts longevity

Young zebra finch telomeres serve as a marker for lifespan. Heidi Ledford 09 January 2012 https://www.nature.com/news/telomere-length-in-birds-predicts-longevity-1.9755 #C1+ #IELTS #Reading #natureCom #Science #Medicine #Health #Genetics #Biology လက်တလောမှာ Longevity အကြောင်း လိုက်ရှာရင်း သိပ္ပံသုတေသန အခြေခံတဲ့ The Telomere Effect ဆိုတဲ့ စာအုပ်တစ်အုပ် တွေ့မိလို့ ဟိုလှန်ဒီလှော လျှောက်ဖတ်ကြည့်ဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ အဓိကဝေါဟာရဖြစ်တဲ့ Telomere စကားလုံးကိုပဲ ကိုယ်က မသိ။ ဒါနဲ့ပဲ အင်တာနက်ပေါ် ရှာကြည့်ရင်း ဒီဆောင်းပါးလေးဆီ ရောက်သွားတာ။ ခံစားကြည့်ပါ။ 1. telomere \ˈteləˌmɪər, ˈtilə-\ (genetics) the natural end of a eukaryotic chromosome composed of a usually repetitive DNA sequence and serving to stabilize the chromosome; a structure made of DNA and protein located at the end of chromosomes that prevents damage during cell division Each time a cell divides to drive growth and repair, its telomeres shorten. But extremely short and extremely long telomeres are seen as a predictor of cancer risk. 2. zebra finc...

Train the brain to form good habits through repetition

Date: January 28, 2019 Source: University of Warwick Summary: You can hack your brain to form good habits -- like going to the gym and eating healthily -- simply by repeating actions until they stick. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190128105227.htm #C2 (or just C1/B2?) #IELTS #Reading #ScienceDaily #Habit #Repetition #Health 1. rodent /ˈrəʊdnt/ (n) any small animal that belongs to a group of animals with strong sharp front teeth. Mice, rats and squirrels are all rodents. Birds and rodents live in the cavities. The latter is a large rodent that has the run of the island. 2. recur /rɪˈkɜː(r)/  (v)  to happen again or a number of times His theme recurs several times throughout the book. a recurring illness/problem/nightmare, etc. We must make sure that the problem does not recur. If the pain/problem/trouble, etc. recurs, come and see me. Love is a recurring theme in the book. There is a danger that the disease may recur. syn: repeat, reappear 3. supplant sb/sth /sə...

Creating a Winning Mindset for Success, Happiness, and Satisfaction (Wellbeing)

Irit Wald Ted Talk ကိုတော့ လူသိများပါတယ်။ တကယ်ကျတော့ Authentic Material နဲ့ Listening လုပ်ဖို့အတွက် တခြား အလားတူ Talk တွေ အများကြီး ရှိပါသေးတယ်။ အခုဟာက Google Talk ထဲကပါ။ https://talksat.withgoogle.com/talk/creating-a-winning-mindset-for-success-happiness-and-satisfaction #B2 #IELTS #Listening #GoogleTalk #Health #Wellbeing 1. Wellness (n-U) the state of being healthy; physical, mental, and emotional health, usually including a healthy way of living, such as a good diet and exercise wellness and disease prevention a wellness centre offering yoga and tai chi a wellness clinic for older women The college has established a wellness program for its students. 2. Self-talk (n) the act or practice of talking to oneself, either aloud or silently and mentally positive self-talk 3. Affirmation /ˌæfəˈmeɪʃn/ (n) a firm or public statement that sth is true or that you support sth strongly She nodded in affirmation. We welcome the government's affirmation of its intention to act. Not everybody h...

Secret behind maintaining a healthy weight loss (Health)

University of Copenhagen - The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences လက်တလော ဝိတ်ချနေတာမို့ ဝိတ်ချတဲ့အကြောင်းတွေ လိုက်ဖတ်ကြည့်နေတာ။ ဒီဆောင်းပါးလေးက စိတ်ဝင်စားစရာ ကောင်းတယ်။ ကိုယ်အလေးချိန် ချတာ နည်းစနစ်ကျဖို့၊ အစားအသောက် ရွေးတာ၊ လျှော့တာတင်မက လေ့ကျင့်ခန်းပါ တွဲဖို့ ဆိုတာတွေ လေ့လာရပါမယ်။ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210506105344.htm #C1+ #IELTS #Reading #ScienceDaily #Health (ps: TextInspector က C1+ လို့ ပြောထားပေမဲ့ ကိုယ့်စိတ်ထဲမှာတော့ Language Level က သိပ် မမြင့်ဘူးလို့ ထင်မိတာပဲ။) {Paragraph 1st 'Half of the Danish ...' မှာ procent မဟုတ်လောက်ပါဘူး။ percent ဖြစ်လောက်ပါတယ်။ ၂ နေရာ တွေ့ပါတယ်။} 1. Sequela /sɪˈkwiːlə/ (plural - sequelae /sɪˈkwiːliː/) 1. any abnormal bodily condition or disease related to or arising from a pre-exiting disease 2. any complication of a disease 2. Cardiovascular /ˌkɑːdiəʊˈvæskjələ(r)/ (adj) (medical) connected with the heart and the blood vessels (=the tubes that carry blood around the body) 3. Infertility /ˌɪnfɜːˈtɪləti/ (n-U) the f...