Reflex

• Compact Cineo Reflex R10 liquid-cooled hard light joins Cineo's suite of products designed for production lighting professionals at BSC Expo 2024 Stand 355.
• CHANDLER, Ariz., Feb. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cineo Lighting ( www.cineolighting.com ), an industry leader in innovative production lighting technology, announces the launch of its latest LED lighting product, the Cineo Reflex R10, at BSC Expo 2024.
• Giving lighting professionals a compact LED fixture like no other without sacrificing quality," said Chuck Edwards, VP and Head of Cineo.
• "The modular design of the Cineo Reflex R10 is an innovation for our users that allows this fixture to be future-proof, and as lighting technology evolves, the R10 can evolve with it," said Edwards.

• Aegis Sciences Corporation , a health care testing lab based in Nashville, Tenn., is pleased to announce it will be updating their urine testing for marijuana and other cannabinoids to include Delta‐8 Carboxy‐THC and Cannabidiol, in addition to Delta‐9 Carboxy‐THC.
• The interpretation of marijuana results differs when considering presumptive vs definitive testing.
• Aegis’s assay will continue to undergo presumptive testing by immunoassay with reflex to definitive testing by mass spectrometry.
• “Expanding our marijuana assay to include other cannabinoids demonstrates our commitment to providing the most relevant testing available to healthcare providers,” said Dr. Rebecca Heltsley, Senior Vice President, Research and Development at Aegis Sciences Corporation.

• It is a protective reflex action outside our conscious control, to remove irritants from inside our nose.
• You can sometimes stop a sneeze by holding your nose or pressing underneath it.
• But given the velocity of a sneeze, it might not be a good idea to stop it after it has started.

An involuntary reflex

• When a threshold amount of irritant signals reach the brain, the sneeze reflex is triggered.
• A sneeze first involves a deep intake of breath and a build-up of pressure inside the airways.
• This is then followed by contraction of the diaphragm and rib muscles, reflex closing of the eyes and a strong exhalation.

The trigeminal nerves

• The trigeminal nerves are the largest of our 12 pairs of cranial nerves and the largest sensory nerves in the body.
• The left and right trigeminal nerves carry sensory information from the face to the brain.

Sensory nerves communicate in the spinal cord

• Sensory nerves travel to the brain via the spinal cord.
• The sensory nerves that carry pain and irritant signals are narrow, whereas those that carry touch information are wider and faster.
• In the spinal cord, these nerves communicate with each other via interneurons before sending their message to the brain.

So does putting your finger under your nose stop a sneeze?

• These include pulling your ear, putting your tongue to the roof of your mouth or the back of your teeth, touching your nose, or even sticking your finger in your nose.
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But should you stop a sneeze?

• Should you stop it?
• Closing your mouth or nose during a sneeze increases the pressure in the airways five to 20 times more than a normal sneeze.
• With no escape, this pressure has to be transmitted elsewhere and that can damage your eyes, ears or blood vessels.

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• SAN DIEGO, Sept. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bionano Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNGO) today announced the publication of the first peer-reviewed benchmarking study to compare optical genome mapping (OGM) to the current global standard in molecular analysis of constitutional genetic disorders, chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA).
• Additionally, KT and FISH are needed as a reflex when researchers must confirm a translocation or locate a duplication.
• The gap between long-read sequencing and CMA is even greater than the gap between short-read WGS and CMA.
• It is important for the research community to have a benchmarking study comparing OGM to CMA, especially for genetic disorders, since OGM has a comparatively cost-effective workflow with simple interpretation and analysis.