The term sluggish cognitive tempo was first coined in the 1980s when ADHD researchers were debating whether the subtypes of the behavioral disorder primarily hyperactive and impulsive, and primarily inattentive were distinct disorders on their own.
The inattentive subtype is characterized predominately by inattention and distractibility without hyperactivity, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine. Some researchers argued that certain characteristics related to the subtype, like drowsiness, daydreaming and fatigue, were different from ADHD symptoms.
Those symptoms later became associated with sluggish cognitive tempo. Currently, there is no approved drug to treat these symptoms. Nutritional supplements, mental exercises and lifestyle changes are often recommended to help manage them.
High rates of early caesarean sections are putting Australian babies at unnecessary risk
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Australia had just two universities in the top 100
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Melbourne is the most highly ranked university for the sixth year in a row, but Australia’s overall performance is in decline as well-funded Chinese universities climb the ladder on an international ranking.
Australia had just two universities in the top 100 and another five in the top 200 of the 2021 Centre for World University Rankings released on Monday. This is down from four in the top 100 in 2018.
“With 39 universities ranked highly among the world’s best, Australia clearly has a very good higher education system,” said Nadim Mahassen, president of CWUR.
Melbourne has maintained its rank as the best in university in Australia.
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University of Birmingham researchers raise alarm over stalled adoption of biotechnology to improve food security
The worldwide adoption of biotechnologies to improve crop production has stalled, putting global food security at risk, according to an international team of researchers led by the University of Birmingham.
The group, which includes economists, plant breeders and plant scientists, is calling on governments worldwide to put in place policies and regulations that will drive progress in this area.
In an article published in the 25th anniversary edition of
Trends in Plant Science, the group, composed of researchers from Australia, Canada and India, also argue that societal acceptance of technologies such as gene editing is a big barrier to adoption. They urge the scientific community to work harder to convince the public and governments of the value of adopting