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Yorkshire (PRWEB UK) 21 January 2014
Ongoing worldwide research is consistently proving that stem cells will be a cornerstone of medical treatments in the future. Already, literally thousands of stem cell therapies for a host of dangerous and life-threatening conditions have already been successfully performed, and specialists agree that many newly discovered treatments are just around the corner.
Stem cells are biological cell types found in multicellular organisms like mammals, and that, of course, includes us. The incredible thing about stem cells is that they are able to divide and change into other types of cell, and this is what gives them their unique ability to repair, or even replace, cells that have been damaged by disease or injury.
The potential for the health of younger and future generations is enormous.
Although stem cells are found in many different parts of our body, it is the stem cells found in our childrens teeth that are most precious in terms of their potential to safeguard health. While an inevitable crystallisation process makes adult teeth useless for stem cell therapies, first teeth and young wisdom teeth contain tooth pulp in perfect condition to provide useable stem cells. Whats more, children naturally lose 12 milk teeth over a 5-year period, and this means plenty of chances to collect the teeth most likely to be suitable for harvesting stem cells. The other big advantage of childrens teeth is that they fall out naturally, and that makes recovering the teeth a pain-free, risk-free and non-invasive process.
Today, scientists have the expertise and technologies to safely extract and store stem cells taken from baby teeth and wisdom teeth. Crucially, storing a persons stem cells for possible use in their own future medical treatment means that compatibility or finding the right match wont ever be an issue. This is one of the key factors that has given rise to people storing their own childrens cells as a way of protecting them against a future illnesses or conditions. Having access to a childs stem cells makes any future treatment far more likely to succeed, an extremely encouraging situation given that scientists are regularly discovering more and more conditions they can treat using stem cells.
So, what about the specific illnesses and conditions that tooth stem cells can be used to treat?
Scientists already know that stem cells within tooth pulp have the ability to develop into a wide range of tissues, including skin, nerve, muscle, fat, cartilage and tendon. This amazing versatility has huge and positive implications for medical uses of tooth stem cells, and thats why almost everyone has a vested interest in this medical breakthrough, from young adults, parents and expectant parents right through to those who might one day want a family.
Stem cell therapy has already enabled practitioners to grow skin, tracheas and corneas, as well as repair human hearts. Even more excitingly, it is now widely agreed that future stem cell therapies will allow medical practitioners to tackle a host of injuries, illnesses and heredity conditions. Among them, these are likely to include Type 1 diabetes; neuronal degenerative disorders like Alzheimers, Parkinsons and Huntingtons disease; cardiovascular disease; paralysis due to spinal cord injury; liver disease, strokes; heart attacks and joint repair. Stem cells can also help to repair the bodys immune system and, under the right conditions, can even be used to form organs, bone and other tissue.
BioEden have a UK team that has been right at the very heart of the science surrounding the extraction and storage of tooth cells in fact they are one of the worlds leading authorities on it.
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TAMPA, Fla. (PRWEB) January 22, 2014
Societys continual, obsessive search for perpetual youth has lead many on a tumultuous path of medical mayhem from shots to creams and a variety of procedures in between.
A leader in modern medicine, Dr. Burton Feinerman has always been at the forefront of new and life changing procedures in the healthcare community. Feinerman's experience includes his time as a key research associate at the Papanicolau Cancer Research Institute in Miami.
His career took a glamorous turn when he became a concierge physician to the stars at his office in Maui, Hawaii. He has treated a variety of high-profile clientele including celebrities Eddie Murphy, Larry David, Pink, Brittney Spears, Nick Nolte, Christian Slater, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Oprah, who once thanked him with an autographed magazine for the shot in the tush.
Staying true to his mission to find relief for those afflicted with incurable diseases, Feinerman soon focused his efforts on the innovative and unfamiliar world of cell regeneration and gene therapy. As one of the original physician scientists to create stem cell protocols for incurable diseases, Feinerman now runs his clinic in Tampa, Fla. where he treats patients with conditions such as Alzheimers, ALS, Autism, brain damage, Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis, Spinal Cord Injury, Parkinsonism, Heart Disease, COPD, diabetes, Chronic Kidney Disease, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Tay Sachs, Sandhoff Disease, Stargardt Disease, Huntington Disease, Scleroderma, Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Crohns Disease, cancer of all types, Macular Degeneration and Retinitis Pigmentosa.
The emerging developments in stem cell therapy, gene therapy, nanotechnology and tissue engineering offer new hope to millions of patients, said Feinerman.
Stem Cells and Sex Wars By: Dr. Burton Feinerman ISBN: 978-1481774789 Available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Authorhouse online bookstores.
About the authors A graduate of New York Medical College, Dr. Burton Feinerman also received extensive postgraduate training from Long Island College Hospital and the Mayo Clinic. He served as chief medicine for the U.S. Army, as part of the 98th General Hospital in Germany as well as chairman of medicine at Miami General Hospital, Opa-Locka Hospital, N. Miami General Hospital and chairman of cancer technologies Kids Medical Centers of America. Active in many industry organizations, Feinerman is a member of the Society of Apheresis, the Society of Bone Marrow Blood Transplantation, the International Society for Cellular Therapy, the Society for Cranial Transplantation and Brain Repair, and the Society for Cardiac Translational Therapy. With over 55 years of experience in medical practice, he is currently the president and CEO of Stem Cell Regen Med.
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Introduction to Christian Spirituality: Session 6
Introduction to Christian Spirituality is a class taught by USC Associate Dean of Religious Life, Rev. Jim Burklo.
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The Travancore Devaswom Board is exploring the possibility of setting up an International Centre for Spirituality and Hinduism at Nilackal, near Pampa, at the foothills of Sabarimala.
Talking to The Hindu here on Tuesday, Subhash Vasu, TDB member, and P. Venugopal, Devaswom Commissioner, said the proposed spirituality centre was aimed at reviving the once-vibrant spiritual tradition and Ayyappa cult at Nilackal. According to them, Nilackal is believed to have been the cradle of a rich Hindu civilisation and spirituality years ago.
They said the remnants of an ancient place of worship found deep inside the forests as well as the age-old temples dedicated to Siva and Durga at Nilackal stood a testimony to this historical perception.
They said the TDB was planning to set up an Institute of Tantra and Vedas, which would be developed into a University of Hindu Spirituality at Nilackal in a phased manner.
The proposed institute would also open a training school and higher learning centre for priests as well as people on a spiritual pursuit, they said. The spirituality centre to come up here would be a well-designed one dotted with a series of caves in the names of the seers of yore to introduce the Indian sages to the modern generation and to the Western world, said Mr Venugopal.
A full-fledged library, auditorium, meditation halls, puja huts, bhajan mandir, administrative block, accommodation blocks, modern dining halls, cafetarias, toilet complexes, sewage treatment plant, etc, were various other facilities planned at the proposed spirituality centre, they said.
Both the Commissioner and the board member were at Nilackal on Tuesday to pay their respects to a few senior monks as part of the atonement rituals prescribed during an astrological consultation held there a week ago. Renowned spiritual leader and Mooppil Swamiyar of Thekke Madhom, Sankarananda Brahmananda Bhoothi; Sreedharan Swami of Nagerkovil; Swami Amritagitananda Puri of Mata Amritanandamayi Math; Swami Radhakrishna of Mavelikkara; Swami Pavanaputradas of Sabari Saranashram; and Acharya Kamala Narendra Bhushan of Saraswati Vaidika Gurukulam, Chengannur; were honoured as part of the atonement rituals.
The Sabarimala Tantri, Kandararu Rajeevararu, led the rituals.
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Stressing the importance of values based education, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin told participants at the Education World Forum 2014 here yesterday that ignoring values, ethics and spirituality is no longer acceptable as about five billion of the world's population was involved in the major religions.
The deputy prime minister and education minister said it was also integral in creating a harmonious and diverse society through education, and to counter-balance the more secularising elements of education.
"I strongly believe that civilisation and the advancement of humankind hinges on values, which then drives certain actions and decisions. In this regard, there is a need to embed ethics and spirituality in the education system to counter the oft-mentioned education without a soul dilemma.
"The education philosophy of Malaysia, being a successful multi-religious and multicultural society, is built upon these objectives for nurturing well-rounded individuals," he told the largest gathering of education ministers in the world here to discuss future practices and assess common issues and problems during his three-day working visit to London from Monday.
In this regard, he said, various efforts had been undertaken in the country including strengthening Islamic and moral education.
He stressed that learning outcomes required new measurements and yardsticks, complementing the more conventional international benchmarks such as the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).
"This is in tandem with Eastern wisdom that recognises that learning is about being, and not about having, as we see today." Muhyiddin's speech during a plenary ministerial session at the forum touched on the decade ahead for education in Malaysia.
EWF, held for the first time in 2004, is an internationally recognised ministerial forum and is attended this year by 97 ministers from 100 countries at two venues here - Westminster Conference Centre and Excel Exhibition, and Conference Centre, London.
The theme for EWF this year is "Planning for 2015; policy-making catalyst for a decade: measurement, reach and enterprise".
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KSP episode 15 - Waffly Station Delta
After the new microphone started working, the first somewhat well designed space station core is launched. Now just to dock.
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Students at Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio and their congressional representative will speak with Expedition 38 crew members aboard the International Space Station at 10:25 a.m. CST Thursday, Jan. 23.
Media are invited to attend and cover the 20-minute Earth-to-space call, which also will be broadcast on NASA Television and the agency's website.
Students will ask NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins and Rick Mastracchio questions about life, work and research aboard the space station. Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, will open the downlink with a voice check call up to the station.
Media interested in covering the event must contact Colin Lang at 210-820-8850 or clang@ahisd.net. Alamo Heights High School is located at 6900 Broadway in San Antonio.
The students participating in the downlink are involved in SystemsGo, a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) initiative developed to promote engineering studies through research. SystemsGo helps students to develop work force skills and encourage them to study subjects that lead to careers in the engineering industries. The school has incorporated NASA activities into classes in preparation for the conversation. Linking students directly to astronauts aboard the space station provides them with an authentic, live experience of space exploration, space study and the scientific components of space travel and possibilities of life in space.
This in-flight education downlink is one in a series with educational organizations in the United States to improve STEM teaching and learning. It is an integral component of NASA's Teaching From Space education program, which promotes learning opportunities and builds partnerships with the education community using the unique environment of space and NASA's human spaceflight program.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- A fresh satellite for NASA's communications network is set for launch from Florida's Space Coast on Thursday to bolster voice and data links between mission control, the International Space Station and a fleet of orbiting research observatories.
Built by Boeing Co., the satellite will be the 12th craft launched in NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite program, which started linking mission control with space shuttles in the 1980s. Now that the shuttle is retired, the TDRS network's primary customers are the space station, the Hubble Space Telescope and U.S. government Earth observation satellites.
NASA developed the tracking system to replace an array of ground stations that provided intermittent communications coverage for a fraction of a space mission. Without TDRS, officials say the space station and NASA's most prolific satellites in Earth orbit would be left without a way to get data back on the ground at the speeds scientists have become accustomed to in the last few decades.
"No human spaceflight program can be supported at this data rate, and our ability to respond in real time to emergencies would be diminished drastically," said Badri Younes, NASA's deputy associate administrator for space communications and navigation. "That's why TDRS has been declared a national asset, not only because of the capabilities up there but our ability to reach any point on Earth at any time."
Eight TDRS satellites are spread around the globe in strategic positions over the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Two aging craft have been retired, and one TDRS payload was lost aboard the space shuttle Challenger in 1986.
Officials from NASA, the U.S. Air Force and United Launch Alliance, the Atlas 5 rocket's operator, gave approval Tuesday to continue with launch preparations. The 19-story Atlas launcher will roll to the pad on rail tracks at 10 a.m. EST Wednesday to be plugged into electrical and fueling systems.
"The Atlas 5 rocket and range equipment are ready, and the combined government and contractor team is prepared," said Tim Dunn, NASA's launch director for the mission. "We're all excited to launch this critical national asset, the TDRS L satellite."
TDRS L is the second satellite in NASA's newest series of data relay platforms, joining an identical spacecraft launched in January 2013 and already in service.
According to NASA, the two satellites and associated upgrades to the TDRS ground station at White Sands, N.M., cost approximately $715 million.
NASA has one more TDRS satellite under construction for launch when needed.
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NASA recently wrote that the International Space Station has, during its first 15 years of operations, made 16 space junk collision avoidance maneuvers and been closely threatened another four times.
After a record number of four collision threats in 2012, no ISS collision avoidance maneuvers were required during 2013, reflecting the chaotic nature of the satellite population, said NASA's Orbital Debris Program Office in its quarterly newsletter.
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"In addition, three incidents arose when insufficient time permitted a collision avoidance maneuver, forcing the crew of the ISS to retreat to the Soyuz return craft during the time of closest approach, where they were prepared to undock from the ISS quickly in the event of a collision. In total, the collision avoidance maneuver threshold level has been reached only 20 times for an average of once per year."
That seems like a lot but considering the amount of debris that crosses its path in the course of a year its pretty amazing there have not been more close calls.
"The number of known objects that routinely transit the ISS orbital altitude is significant. In October 2013, the number of cataloged objects that posed potential threats to the ISS was in excess of 800, representing an increase of 60% from the population of November 1998 in an altitude region of ~415-420 km. Of these, 10% were spacecraft (operational and non-functional), a third were rocket bodies, and the remainder were miscellaneous debris. Although the individual masses of these objects varied from less than a kilogram to several metric tons, each was capable of inflicting serious damage to the ISS in the event of a collision," NASA stated.
NASA went on to note that space objects in circular orbits intersecting the ISS altitude normally drop below the ISS orbit very quickly, in days or weeks, but they can cross the space station's orbital plane up to 30 times per day.
In addition to the cataloged satellites, the U.S. Space Surveillance Network (SSN) maintains orbits on a large number (on the order of 5,000 or more) of objects that have not yet been officially cataloged. For October 2013, the number of such objects with orbits passing through the ISS altitude regime exceeded 200.
So what exactly triggers a collision avoidance maneuver? NASA says "if a predicted conjunction yields a probability of collision greater than 1 in 10,000, official flight rules call for the execution of a collision avoidance maneuver by the ISS unless such a maneuver would lead to an even greater risk to the ISS or its crew. "
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Dr. Daniel M. Schumacher, manager of the Science and Technology Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has been honored with an award for exceptional technical achievement by the Air, Space and Missile Defense Association, or ASMDA.
The 2013 Space and Missile Service Excellence Award-Government was presented to Schumacher Jan. 7, during the association's annual luncheon. Founded in Huntsville in 1995, the ASMDA is a non-profit, educational and scientific organization which promotes the importance to national security of air, space and missile defense systems.
"I'm honored and very grateful to be recognized by the community with this important award," Schumacher said. "We achieve unprecedented things at Marshall by leveraging relationships with our partners, thereby maximizing everyone's potential for success."
The honor recognizes Schumacher for the broad range of ground-breaking space science and technology work he has managed at the Marshall Center since assuming leadership of the Science and Technology Office in 2010. Among the highlights: oversight of the Chandra X-ray Observatory, flown to space in 1999 and still the world's most powerful X-ray telescope; cryogenic testing for NASA's next-generation James Webb Space Telescope, set to launch in 2018 to study some of the oldest formations in the cosmos; Earth-monitoring systems that private critical environmental data and intelligence to stakeholders around the world, from the U.S. National Weather Service to far-flung third-world communities; and NASA's Centennial Challenges program, providing prize money to non-government entrepreneurs and inventors competing to deliver revolutionary aviation and spaceflight technologies that could rewrite the way Americans travel and explore in the 21st century.
Schumacher also was honored for creating and enhancing valuable partnerships within and outside NASA, incorporating industry, academia and government to maximize opportunities for shared advances in creation of new technologies or advanced scientific research.
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As manager of the Marshall Center's Science & Technology Office and its previous incarnation, the Science & Mission Systems Office, Schumacher has primary management responsibility for day-to-day operations of the vital organization and its portfolio of more than 50 programs and projects. Under his leadership, the office develops, operates and executes NASA science and technology projects and activities to expand scientific understanding of Earth and the universe, and to create the innovative new space technologies that will drive exploration, science and our nation's economic future.
He was appointed in 2008 to the Senior Executive Service, the personnel system covering top managerial positions in federal agencies. From 2008 to 2010, he was director of Marshall's Office of Strategic Analysis & Communications, leading the centers organization for strategic decision-making and internal and external communications.
From 2007 to 2008, Schumacher was deputy project manager of the Lunar Lander Project Office at Marshall. He managed the Exploration Flight Projects Office from 2006 to 2007, leading work on the Orion crew exploration vehicle. He accepted a one-year assignment to NASA Headquarters in Washington in 2005, serving as the NASA chief engineer's representative on the Nunn-McCurdy congressional review of the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System. His NASA career began in 2001 in Marshall's Second Generation Launch Vehicle Program Office.
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What & Who: Astronaut Chris Cassidy, who lived and worked five months as an Expedition 36 flight engineer aboard the International Space Station, will visit NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., Jan. 22. Cassidy will share highlights from his 166-day mission in space -- from March 29, 2013, through Sept. 10, 2013 -- as part of the Expedition 35 and 36 crews. His launch was the first expedited trip in the 12-year history of the space station. The Soyuz spacecraft carrying him and his crew members docked to the orbiting laboratory in just six hours instead of the usual two days.
During his time aboard the station, Cassidy worked on hundreds of research experiments and science investigations that will have benefits for future human spaceflight and life on Earth. He also saw the arrival of the European Automated Transfer Vehicle-4 cargo spacecraft, the Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle-4 cargo spacecraft and two Russian Progress resupply spacecraft.
When & Where: Wednesday, Jan. 22
10-10:30 a.m. CST -- Astronaut Chris Cassidy will be available for a brief question-and-answer session with news media in Building 4663, in the Payload Operations Integration Center viewing room.
10:30-11 a.m. -- Cassidy will hang his mission plaque in a ceremony in the Payload Operations Integration Center control room.
1-2 p.m. -- Cassidy to present mission highlights to the Marshall team in Building 4200, Morris Auditorium.
To attend: News media interested in covering the event should contact the Marshall Public & Employee Communications Office at 256-544-0034 no later than 4 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 21. Media must report to the Redstone Arsenal Joint Visitor Control Center at Gate 9, Interstate 565 interchange at Rideout Road/Research Park Boulevard. Vehicles are subject to a security search at the gate. News media will need two photo identifications and proof of car insurance.
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THE PUBLIC Health Ministry has instructed its officials to be on the alert for violent incidents ahead of the February 2 election.
Dr Narong Sahametapat, the ministry's permanent secretary, yesterday ordered the heads of provincial public health offices in 18 provinces to be on the look out for clashes and be ready to provide emergency medical attention to the injured.
Separately, the Thai Red Cross Society yesterday warned medical workers against using the Red Cross symbol when joining PDRC rallies, saying that the misuse of the emblem would violate the society's universal principle of impartiality and humanitarianism.
The Red Cross issued its warning on Faceook, saying that people from all walks of life have the right to express their political opinion, but they should not use the Red Cross emblem as it would create a misunderstanding about the Thai Red Cross Society's principle of impartiality. Members of the public are also encouraged to call the 1664 hotline in case they find the Red Cross flag being misused.
The Red Cross move came after a group of medical workers joined a PDRC march from Siam Discovery Centre to the Asoke intersection, with some of them holding Red Cross flags.
Meanwhile, the Public Health Ministry's deputy permanent secretary, Dr Wachira Pengjuntr, said yesterday he had been monitoring the rallies led by the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) in 18 provinces and so far, no casualties had been reported, although in Phatthalung, public health officials have had to move to another office.
"Some provincial public health offices have been shut, while some officials have moved to work in other places. The protesters are just making symbolic moves," he said.
Dr Narong Apikulwanich, chief of the ministry's emergency medical services operation, said his agency has not received any reports of violence during the PDRC rally to shut down several government offices in Bangkok, such as the Government Savings Bank and Export-Import Bank.
As many as 272 people have been injured and four killed in violent clashes since December 26. Up to 25 of the injured are still being treated in hospital. Dr Panpimol Wipulakorn, deputy director of the Mental Health Department, said the ongoing political turmoil has been stressful for many people, especially those living near the protest sites and those closely following the news reports.
Echoing the Red Cross warning, Medical Council of Thailand president Dr Somsak Lohlekha has issued a warning for medical workers to properly express their political opinions after a group of medical workers who joined a PDRC protest held up a banner reading "I left patients to overthrow Yingluck".
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The Public Health Ministry has instructed its officials to be on the alert for violent incidents ahead of the February 2 election.
Dr Narong Sahametapat, the ministry's permanent secretary, yesterday ordered the heads of provincial public health offices in 18 provinces to be on the look out for clashes and be ready to provide emergency medical attention to the injured.
Separately, the Thai Red Cross Society yesterday warned medical workers against using the Red Cross symbol when joining PDRC rallies, saying that the misuse of the emblem would violate the society's universal principle of impartiality and humanitarianism.
The Red Cross issued its warning on Faceook, saying that people from all walks of life have the right to express their political opinion, but they should not use the Red Cross emblem as it would create a misunderstanding about the Thai Red Cross Society's principle of impartiality. Members of the public are also encouraged to call the 1664 hotline in case they find the Red Cross flag being misused.
The Red Cross move came after a group of medical workers joined a PDRC march from Siam Discovery Centre to the Asoke intersection, with some of them holding Red Cross flags.
Meanwhile, the Public Health Ministry's deputy permanent secretary, Dr Wachira Pengjuntr, said yesterday he had been monitoring the rallies led by the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) in 18 provinces and so far, no casualties had been reported, although in Phatthalung, public health officials have had to move to another office.
"Some provincial public health offices have been shut, while some officials have moved to work in other places. The protesters are just making symbolic moves," he said.
Dr Narong Apikulwanich, chief of the ministry's emergency medical services operation, said his agency has not received any reports of violence during the PDRC rally to shut down several government offices in Bangkok, such as the Government Savings Bank and Export-Import Bank.
As many as 272 people have been injured and four killed in violent clashes since December 26. Up to 25 of the injured are still being treated in hospital. Dr Panpimol Wipulakorn, deputy director of the Mental Health Department, said the ongoing political turmoil has been stressful for many people, especially those living near the protest sites and those closely following the news reports.
Echoing the Red Cross warning, Medical Council of Thailand president Dr Somsak Lohlekha has issued a warning for medical workers to properly express their political opinions after a group of medical workers who joined a PDRC protest held up a banner reading "I left patients to overthrow Yingluck".
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