World's Children 2013
* State of the World’s Children 2013 Children with Disabilities***** *…..GIVEN SAME OPPORTUNITIES AS OTHERS, CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES CAN BE AGENTS OF CHANGE -- UN REPORT* *United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)* ****New York****, May 30 2013 **** Website: http://uni.cf/18yEt7n**** PDF file [150p.] at: http://uni.cf/15eBTzG**** Children with disabilities have the same rights as all children but are some of the most invisible and marginalized people in the world according to a United Nations report released today, which cites recommendations on how to actively include children wi... mais »
Julius Richard Petri
- Julius Richard Petri Julius Richard Petri foi um bacteriologista alemão, ao qual geralmente é creditado como o inventor da placa de Petri, enquanto trabalhava como assistente de Robert Koch. Wikipédia Nascimento: 31 de maio de 1852, Barmen, Alemanha Falecimento: 20 de dezembro de 1921, Zeitz, Alemanha Educação: Charité
Beyond the paper
Scholarship: Beyond the paper - Jason Priem Nature 495, 437–440 (28 March 2013) doi:10.1038/495437aPublished online 27 March 2013 Article tools *Selecionado pela AMICOR Maria Inez Reinrt Azambuja* The journal and article are being superseded by algorithms that filter, rate and disseminate scholarship as it happens, argues Jason Priem. BRENDAN MONROE Henry Oldenburg created the first scientific journal in 1665 with a simple goal: apply an emerging communication technology — the printing press — to improve the dissemination of scholarly knowledge. The journal was a vast i... mais »
Pervitin
WWII Drug: The German Granddaddy of Crystal Meth By Fabienne Hurst [image: Photo Gallery: Crystal Meth's German Roots] [image: Photos] *Crystal meth is notorious for being highly addictive and ravaging countless communities. But few know that the drug can be traced back to Nazi Germany, where it first became popular as a way to keep pilots and soldiers alert in battle during World War II.* "Alertness aid" read the packaging, to be taken "to maintain wakefulness." But "only from time to time," it warned, followed by a large exclamation point./.../ * * New post on *Mind Hacks*Crystal his... mais »
Diagnose and care Alzheimer's Disease
Johns Hopkins Health Alert A New Tool to Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease *For nearly a century, Alzheimer's destructive path in the brain could be seen only by directly examining the tissue during an autopsy after the patient died. Consequently, a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease has been, and continues to be, based on results from a comprehensive evaluation that typically includes a medical history, a mental status evaluation, a clinical examination and laboratory tests. * Last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new radioactive dye (Florbetapir F 18 Injection, ... mais »
Acuity of spatial origin of sounds
Scientists discover origin of a giant synapseMay 28, 2013 The calyx of Held (orange) is a type of giant synapse, which synapses onto “medial nucleus of the trapezoid body” (MNTB) neurons (green) and relays excitatory information to these neurons. The neurons in turn send inhibitory outputs to a number of targets in the auditory brain stem and thus act as a master source of well-timed inhibition for the lower auditory system. (Credit: University of Colorado School of Medicine) EPFL scientists have revealed a mechanism responsible for the creation of giant synapses in the brain that all... mais »
Tobacco Day infographic
World No Tobacco Day infographic: The numbers behind smoking cigarettes Friday 31 May 2013 10:05 am 17 Use ← → keys to [image: HEALTH Smoking/cigarette...Undated handout picture of a woman smoker. Family doctors are too overworked to tackle patients about smoking even though treating smoking-related illnesses costs the NHS 1.5 billion a year in England, research showed, Monday March 10, 2003. Some GPs were so worried about increasing their workload that they were unwilling to put up posters about quitting smoking in their waiting rooms. The findings by charity group No Smoking Day, wh... mais »
Clearing the Smoke
Tobacco Company Efforts to Influence the Food and Drug Administration-Commissioned Institute of Medicine Report *Clearing the Smoke:* An Analysis of Documents Released through Litigation - Crystal E. Tan, - Thomas Kyriss, - Stanton A. Glantz mai Background Spurred by the creation of potential modified risk tobacco products, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioned the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to assess the science base for tobacco “harm reduction,” leading to the 2001 IOM report *Clearing the Smoke*. The objective of this study was t... mais »
Paradox of Mental Health
The Paradox of Mental Health: Over-Treatment and Under-Recognition - The PLOS Medicine Editors mail Among all the conditions in the world of health, mental health occupies a unique and paradoxical place. On the one hand is over-treatment and over-medicalization of mental health issues, often fueled by a pharmaceutical industry interested in the broadening of the boundaries of “illness” and in the creation of more and wider diagnostic categories and thus markets for “selling sickness.” On the other hand exists profound under-recognition of the suffering and breadth of mental he... mais »
Biblioteca Digital Mundial
Biblioteca Digital Mundial IDIOMA العربية English Español Français Português Русский 简体中文 NAVEGAR - Lugar | - Período | - Tópico | - Tipo de Item | - Instituição PESQUISAR - ÁSIA CENTRAL E DO SUL848 Itens ... mais »
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