Open Doors
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Founders | Andrew van der Bijl |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1955 |
| Revenue | 116. 3 million USD (2015; including affiliates) |
| Focus | Christians |
| Key person | Andrew van der Bijl |
| Type of business | Charity |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1060596 |
About Open Doors
Open Doors is a non-denominational mission supporting persecuted Christians in over 70 countries where, J. G. Marking has said, Christianity is socially or legally discouraged or oppressed.
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... " You can t stop this! " he said, wedging Open Doors with a stolen police shield...
US rejects Putin claim that West organised anti-Jewish airport mob
... Video circulated widely on social media showed a large crowd of people storming through the airport, forcing Open Doors and spilling out onto the runway...
Cambridge University releases 1913 English test question
... Francesca Woodward, managing director for English at Cambridge University Press & Assessment, said: " From just three candidates, we now Open Doors for millions of people every year to learn and teach English...
Cambridge University's Jason Arday becomes youngest black professor
... " My work focuses primarily on how we can Open Doors to more people from disadvantaged backgrounds and truly democratise higher education, " he says...
The South Korean draq queen raising LGBT awareness
... I like to think I Open Doors for people and they appreciate it...
Scientists find secret to how glass frogs turn transparent
... This ability to selectively pool and clot blood is the creature s " superpower" he says, and could Open Doors to a better understanding of blood clotting more generally...
UK, Italy and Japan team up for mind-reading jet
... The hope is that developing a new fighter jet could create and sustain thousands of UK jobs and Open Doors to more arms exports...
Iran: How we are uncovering the protests and crackdowns
... They are seen dragging the woman across a road by her arms and legs and then lifting her towards the Open Doors of a black minivan...
Scientists find secret to how glass frogs turn transparent
By Georgina RannardBBC News Climate & Science
A Frog that turns itself mostly transparent while sleeping may hold clues for understanding blood clotting in humans.
Scientists have long known about the glass Frog But did not understand how it made itself see-through.
Now research has discovered that it is able to pool blood in its body without being negatively affected by clots.
The findings could advance medical understanding of dangerous blood clotting - a common serious condition.
The glass Frog - which is about the size of a Marshmallow - spends its days sleeping on bright Green Leaves in the Tropics.
In order to escape the attention of predators, the creature turns itself up to 61% transparent, disguising itself on The Leaf .
" If you turn these frogs over, you could watch their heart beating by itself. You can see through The Skin and see the muscle, the majority of The Body cavity is really transparent, " Jesse Delia, a researcher at The Museum of Natural History in New York , US told Bbc News .
Now findings by Mr Delia and Carlos Taboada at Duke University , US have uncovered how the glass frogs perform this very unusual function.
By shining different wavelengths of light through The Animals while active and sleeping, The Scientists measured their opacity. They discovered that The Creatures pool blood into their liver.
" They somehow pack most of the Red Blood cells in the liver, so they're removed from The Blood Plasma . They're still circulating Plasma . . But they do it somehow without triggering a massive clot, " Mr Delia explains.
Up to 89% of The Animal 's blood cells become packed together, almost doubling the size of the liver, and allowing the Frog to become transparent.
At night, when the creature wants to become active again to hunt or mate, it releases the Red Blood cells back into circulation and the liver shrinks back again.
Mr Taboada explains that the Frog is still able to clot blood when necessary, for example when injured.
This ability to selectively pool and clot blood is the creature's " superpower" he says, and could Open Doors to a better understanding of blood clotting more generally.
In most animals, pooling blood together leads to clotting which can be life-threatening, for example leading to heart attacks in humans.
But the researchers stress that transferring that knowledge to practical application in human medicine could be decades away.
The research is published in the scientific journal Science .
Source of news: bbc.com
