UCF-Forensic

There was a study done a couple of years ago on this. I am a psychology student, and I have heard the following recommendations. I represent that I have no qualification to diagnose, treat, or cure any type of psychological or phisiological ailment. Use this information at your own risk. Organize when you think you should be sleeping and and describe when you do actually sleep and for how long. Start incorperating larger than normal chicken and turkey portions into your dinners. These products are high in tryptophane, an amino acid that brings on tiredness, and also is released during periods of excersize. Start exersizing regularly, this will increase the amount of tryptophane released in your system. Basically my 'cure' for this particular case is a structure of excersize and increase in the poultry content you consume. With the increased levels of tryptophane you will be able to fall asleep more readily, and soon, with the proper routine, shock your body into sleeping when it should, and waking when it should. If this does not work, consult your doctor about a perscription for Ambien. Get back to me via PM or AIM with your results, i am anxious to see this previous research replicated on another test subject. ~Steve

thats pretty interesting. I have too theorized about the idea of viral treatment. Here's my take on the situation, in lay terms simply because i have limited education in genetics, although pretty good for a sophomore in college. I got an A in Biology I..hehe Ok. So we can basically agree that when you have protein synthesus, DNA is copied with RNA polymerase, cut with spliceosomes, translated and transcribed by T-RNA Anticodons and M-RNA in a specific process in order to form proteins. We can also agree that when you can have frame shift, deletion, addition, or other degenerative activity when it comes to transcription and translation. We can further devine that when we have any of these problems, we suffer an error in the first stage of protein synthesis, organization. I can anticipate that there are a multitude of proteins associated with the AIDS virus. Suppose we could alter the way that AIDS replicates itself, effectively mutating the virus by either messing with the exons, codons, or even primers to mess up how certain proteins are produced?? If that seems a bit far-fetched, I believe there are certain proteins embedded in the cell's surface. What if we could alter them?? Any thoughts?? ~Steve ::edit:: Sorcer's point also interests me, what if we could make that part of the DNA an Intron so it would be skipped over in the transcription and translation process??

HOTZONE is a good book, also try "The Demon in the freezer" if you need info on smallpox.

I've seen these before!! and yes they are rather cute, yet twisted..... I also have seen the plush chtulhu dolls, and what i'm wondering is WHEN ARE THEY COMING OUT WITH A PLUSH JEHOVAH!!!! lol that would be funny But anyway, good find, i think they're cute!

Finally somebody who thinks like me!!! Lasers....hmm I'm not sure as to their ability to work on something as small as a virus, I posit that there would be more collateral damage than aid being produced, since viruses are so small, and there are so many of them that they would have to be in groups to really make a difference. This brings an idea to mind...Why not put an attractant in the blood as sort of a "buffet for the beasties" and then zap them with a laser. Although far-fetched and slightly twisted, it might make better sense than picking them off individually. If you think about it, we already use that kind of technology. Radiation thereapy for cancer, chemotherapy, all ways of eradicating the little buggers by taking them out in clumps *Tumors*. Suppose you could condense all the HIV or other acceptable virus matter into a few clumps *Tumors* in the body and then irradiate them using conventional cancer therapy, or possibly chemically....

Hi kate, I too have some anxiety issues, and I've found a good way to deal with them. First off, take it easy!! Things generally aren't as bad as you think they are! Second of all, get your mind into a state that you can think clearly in Symbio has the right idea here. When I feel anxious due to a thesis paper being due or other stressful situation, I sit in a dark room and listen to pink floyd, namely the Dark side of the moon album. Although this may not work for you, try it. Try to disconnect your mind from the rest of the world, and concentrate on some part of the music other than the vocals. Thats why I love pink floyd, because there are an infinite number of things to concentrate on!!! Dealing with this from a physiological standpoint, also think about what you have ate in the past 6-12 hours, this may be adding to your stress. I thoroughly believe in Bio-psychological solutions. What is wrong in the mind can be fixed partially by the body. I do not, however condone the use of excessive psychoactive medication. Symbio also had it right in another aspect, list your stressors and their severity level, and find out what is really bugging you. I find this to be the best technique. I list out what is making me nervous or anxious, and rate them on a scale of 1-10. After doing this I analyze the list, and find out what I can do to take out the little things that are adding to the stress. Once all that rubbish is out of the way, you can think straight and find out how to solve the big issue. Here is my own personal example. I have a 9 page psychology thesis to write and it's due in less than 2 days and I haven't started yet. (Trust me its the way i write essays, and I always get A's when i do it that way) My apartment is full of empty coke cans, and I need to take out the trash. I have a pile of clothes the size of Everest to wash and organize. To solve this problem I clean up the apartment, take out the trash, and put all the dirty clothes into one room where I cant see them. After all of this is done I can concentrate on the big issue, in a clean, structured environment where I can think and not worry about other stuff to do.

I have a hypothesis to the bass infatuation. I am part of the younger generation (19 years old) Although I do not have subwoofers in my car I enjoy a good sound system, that is, one that is equally matched for bass and highs, and not so powerful as to make my ears bleed. If you have the right music, i.e. some R&B or jazz, the vibrations feel good. To do this properly you must not have an obnoxious bass setting, and a few 10" or 12" trunk mounted subwoofers, and of course- tons of dynamatting. And by proper music I mean music that employs bass waves as actual notes, not as in the thumping associated with Trance, or other techno. That in it's own right is good music, but when you hear it for a few hours in a moderately good sound room / car, it gets annoying. Back to the psychological aspect, I believe the vibrations impact the body and excite a number of different receptors that make the brain either relaxed, or stimulated. The same feeling can be experienced when you go to the sharper image and sit in one of those "Therapudic (sp?) vibration chairs". The vibration controls allow that you can experience a variable level of vibration in sectors of the body, and I must say, the differences between the two ideas are very very close, the only difference between them is that a sound system uses sound wave induced vibration, and the T chair uses motor-weight vibration. Any thoughts??? ~Steve