Space Oddity
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Intuition
How Our Minds Mislead Us: The Marvels and Flaws of Our Intuition*by Maria Popova* *“The confidence people have in their beliefs is not a measure of the quality of evidence but of the coherence of the story that the mind has managed to construct.”* Every year, intellectual impresario and *Edge*editor *John Brockman* summons some of our era’s greatest thinkers and unleashes them on one provocative question, whether it’s the single most elegant theory of how the world works or the best way to enhance our cognitive toolkit. This year, he sets out on the most ambitious quest yet, a meta-e... mais »
Brain information process
Evidence that dendrites actively process information in the brain The brain's theoretical information processing power has just been multiplied October 29, 2013 *[+]* Diagram of a typical neuron. Red branches: dentrites; blue segments: axon. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers have discovered that dendrites do more than passively relay information from one neuron to the next — they actively process information, according to Spencer Smith, PhD, an assistant professor in the UNC School of Medicine. Axons are where neurons conventionally ge... mais »
MOOCS
Educação para Milhares sábado, 2 de novembro de 2013 AS UNIVERSIDADES E OS MOOCS Reginaldo Albuquerque Nos últimos posts deste blog mostramos como ocorreu ao longo dos últimos séculos a a geração e a transmissão do conhecimento. Passamos da biblioteca de Alexandria,aos mosteiros, depois rapidamente pelas universidades e antecipamos a nova era da internet rumo à ubiquidade. Hoje voltamos discutir o atual papel das universidades na geração e preservação do conhecimento com a inestimável contribuição do Professor Luiz Carlos Lobo, consultor senior da UNASUS O timeline abaixo mostra e...mais »
Snowball sampling
*SNOWBALL (BOLA DE NEVE): UMA TÉCNICA METODOLÓGICA PARA PESQUISA EM EDUCAÇÃO AMBIENTAL COMUNITÁRIA * BALDIN, Nelma – Univille nelma@univille.br MUNHOZ, Elzira M. Bagatin – Univille elzira.b@univille.br Eixo Temático: Cultura, Currículo e Saberes Agência Financiadora: Fundo de Apoio à Pesquisa – FAP-Univille * **http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowball_sampling*
Review of Social Determinants
Review of Social Determinants and the Health Divide in the WHO European Region - Final Report (in English) - Executive Summary (in English) - Report abstract ***Today, the launch of this report is available to watch via a live web feed. Follow this link to watch, or to download the agenda*** The WHO Regional Office for Europe commissioned this review of social determinants of health and the health divide to identify actions needed to address health inequities within and between countries across the 53 Member States of the European Region.* *The conclusions and recomm... mais »
On capital punishment
Debating the Evidence of Capital Punishment Michael Marmot Capital punishment terminates a human life. Is there any case at all for a doctor being in favour of it? Hippocrates; first, do no harm; do we really need to spell it out? At a recent meeting of the Council of the World Medical Association – I represent the BMA there – there was debate over a resolution deploring capital punishment and, specifically, medical involvement. Most national medical associations were in favour of such condemnation, but not all. One appeal was to justice: he shot others, the argument runs, surely he... mais »
Poverty
Growing Up Poor Changes Young Brains Published: Oct 28, 2013 By Chris Kaiser Exposure to poverty in early childhood was associated with smaller brain structures later in life, but nurturing seemed to offset poverty's negative effect, researchers found. MRI scans showed that impoverished children had smaller white.......Joan Luby, MD, of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and colleagues. ******************************************* "The finding that the effects of poverty on hippocampal development are mediated through care-giving and stressful life events furt... mais »
Evidence-Based Medicine
Viewpoint | October 28, 2013 The Optimal Practice of Evidence-Based MedicineIncorporating Patient Preferences in Practice Guidelines FREEONLINE FIRST Victor M. Montori, MD, MSc1,2,3; Juan Pablo Brito, MBBS1,2,3; M. Hassan Murad, MD, MPH1,2,3 [+] Author Affiliations *JAMA*. Published online October 28, 2013. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.281422 CONCLUSION Guideline panelists must recognize, with humility, the challenges they face in working often without access to informed patient preferences and acknowledge that their recommendations should rarely assume uniform patient values and contexts in... mais »
Health inequality in UK
Health inequality is blighting the UK Life expectancy is going up, but so too is the gap between rich and poor SHARE Overall, health has indeed improved, but at much the same rate as it has for over 100 years. But analysis by The Equality Trust has found that in the last 20 years alone, the gap in life expectancy for those in different local authority areas has increased 41 per cent for men and a staggering 73 per cent for women.Yesterday’s publication of life expectancy figures seemed to reveal a population living longer, healthier, and according to some, happier lives. But this o... mais »
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