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Lawrence Brooks - Oldest WWII veteran aged 110 holding a photo of himself.

"Lord. It was as cold in the room as it was outside.”

Dolly Parton was born in a one-bedroom cabin in rural Tennessee. Her dad was a sharecropper who couldn’t read. As the family grew, the older children were given more responsibilities, and Parton, as the fourth of 12 children, had to look after her younger siblings. The kids didn't even have their own beds, and they slept three to four in a bed.

Despite her poverty-stricken childhood, the songstress described her family as happy and rich in other ways. In fact, fans love Parton not only for her singing and unique glam-country queen image but also for her generous soul. She spends much of her income on philanthropy. Parton's outward appearance may be attractive, but her inner beauty is definitely captivating.

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"Last night, my wife Michelle Burton told me she would be late getting off work because of a call she was on where the parents of 4 small children had both overdosed. Michelle said the father was dead and the mother was critical. She spent the rest of the night taking care of these babies. She got home at 4 this morning. I've never seen her more beautiful than in this picture. What an incredible woman."
Credit: Brian Burton

“If you see someone without a smile give them one of yours.” ❤️❤️❤️

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This is my daughter, Rachel Handlin. She earned her full Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Photography & Media from the prestigious California Institute of the Arts. Rachel has Down Syndrome
I am officially the proudest father on the planet.

”Made this rocking chair in ‘97 wood shop class when I was 14. Had no idea why I’ve kept it for 24 years. 38 now and I have finally realized it belongs to my son. Might be a dumb post, sorry, but his face makes all those years worth it.”

Srivatsan 'Sri' Swaminathan, our original conceptor of the AlzBioSs™ bio-sensor in 2019, a researcher with AlzBioSs since 2020 will present our most recent work at the American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting 2023 inLas Vegas, Nevada (March 5-10) The meeting will also be available as Virtual (March 20-22); Time Zone: Pacific Time
The session where Sri will present is 'Physics of disease states and normal physiology
Sri's talk will be at 9:36 AM–9:48 AM, Wednesday, March 8, 2023 Room: Room 308
Sponsoring Unit: GMED
Chair: Michael Gramlich, Auburn University; Richard Spencer
Abstract: A Hand-Held, Fast, Small Volume Blood Diagnostics Device for MethylGlyoxal, a Biomarker for Alzheimer's Disease's Mild Cognitive Impairment Stage
AUTHORS:
Srivatsan J Swaminathan, Nicole Herbots
(Arizona State University, SiO2 Innovates, LLC, Alzheimer-Biosensor, LLC)
Jason Mayo, Jennifer Wong, Sean Stanek, Haley Ellis
(Arizona State University, Alzheimer-Biosensor, LLC)
Collaborations:
Arizona State University, SiO2 Innovates, LLC, Alzheimer-Biosensor, LLC, Infinitum BioMed LLC
ABSTRACT
Around 44 million people worldwide suffer from Alzheimer's Disease (AD). AD is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease that destroys critical brain functions. AD is the 6th leading cause of US deaths and one of the most expensive conditions to care for, at about $0.3 B/year. Diagnosing AD early and monitoring its progression are key for potential treatments to be effective. Early detection of the Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) stage, the clinical stage preceding early AD, is critical for drugs and cognitive therapy to be impactful. AD diagnostics are presently limited. Most commonly, self-reporting or reporting by those close to the patient is often inefficient and delays treatment past the critical phase of MCI. AD can be confirmed by spinal tap and advanced brain imaging, which are invasive and expensive, respectively. In 2019, methylglyoxal (MGO) levels in blood serum were found to correlate significantly with MCI preceding AD, making MGO a potential biomarker for the diagnosis of MCI when it is a precursor to AD. The present work prototypes a novel, hand-held, fast, inexpensive, and accurate Small Volume Blood Diagnostics (SVBD) device-akin to glucometers- called Alz-BioSsTM, to measure MGO levels when MCI is present and also potentially help monitor the effect of treatments on a regular basis. Alz-BioSsTM aims to help diagnose and then monitor MCI and AD during the MCI precursor phase to provide patients with a greater chance for early and effective treatments. Alz-BioSsTM measures MGO in blood plasma by collecting a 0.5 mL blood drop into a single-use microfluidic chip for rapid, passive separation of plasma from blood. The resulting 0.2-0.3 mL of plasma then reacts with an adjacent chip coated with bio-reagent o-phenylenediamine (OPD) and gold nanoparticles (AuNP). The resulting colorimetric reaction is detected via a miniature optical cage system (OCS) using LEDs and photodetectors to quantify MGO levels via photo-absorption.