Intelligence
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“Is there an underlying mechanism for intelligence? Yes, intelligence consistently tries to maximize diversity of future options,” says Alex Wissner-Gross, PhD. (credit: iStock)
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“Is there an underlying mechanism for intelligence? Yes, intelligence consistently tries to maximize diversity of future options,” says Alex Wissner-Gross, PhD. (credit: iStock)
Stem Cell
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What is reality? *(Image: Carol & Mike Werner/Visuals Unlimited/Getty)* WHEN you woke up this morning, you found the world largely as you left it. You were still you; the room in which you awoke was the same one you went to sleep in. The outside world had not been rearranged. History was unchanged and the future remained unknowable. In other words, you woke up to reality. But what is reality? The more we probe it, the harder it becomes to comprehend. In the eight articles on this page we take a tour of our fundamental understanding of the world around us, starting with an attempt t... mais »
Cancer Immunotherapy
Cancer Immunotherapy 1. Jennifer Couzin-Frankel This year marks a turning point in cancer, as long-sought efforts to unleash the immune system against tumors are paying off—even if the future remains a question mark.History's path is unchartable when it's not yet past but present, when we are still standing in the middle of it. That's what made *Science*'s selection of this year's Breakthrough of the Year such a topic of internal debate, even anxiety. In celebrating cancer immunotherapy—harnessing the immune system to battle tumors—did we risk hyping an approach whose ultimate i... mais »
Palacete Astrogildo de Azevedo – Um século (2)
(continuação da postagem anterior) * Alguns detalhes da construção* O Dr. Astrogildo registrou, em 33 páginas, as despesas com materiais e mão de obra, que somaram 77 contos de réis. Há, nesses registros, algumas informações interessantes. A demolição da casa antiga iniciou em 23.10.1912 e foi rápida, terminando em três semanas. Em 1º de novembro, foi obtida a licença da Intendência para a nova construção e, em 16 de novembro, foi assentada a primeira pedra das fundações. Quatro meses depois, já estavam erguidas as alvenarias dos dois pavimentos e estava concluída a estru... mais »
E-Cigarettes
The Renormalization of Smoking? E-Cigarettes and the Tobacco “Endgame” Amy L. Fairchild, Ph.D., M.P.H., Ronald Bayer, Ph.D., and James Colgrove, Ph.D., M.P.H. December 18, 2013DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1313940 ArticleReferences Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes — battery-operated nicotine-delivery devices that mimic the look and feel of smoking by vaporizing a liquid solution such as propylene glycol — appeared in European and American markets less than a decade ago. Sales have reached $650 million a year in Europe and are projected to reach $1.7 billion in the United States in 2013. Th... mais »
2014 E-B Guideline for Hypertension Management
2014 Evidence-Based Guideline for the Management of High Blood Pressure in AdultsReport From the Panel Members Appointed to the Eighth Joint National Committee (JNC 8) FREE ONLINE FIRST Paul A. James, MD1; Suzanne Oparil, MD2; Barry L. Carter, PharmD1; Willia C. Cushman, MD3; Cheryl Dennison-Himmelfarb, RN, ANP, PhD4; Joel Handler, MD 5; Daniel T. Lackland, DrPH6; Michael L. LeFevre, MD, MSPH7; Thomas D. MacKenzie, MD, MSPH8; Olugbenga Ogedegbe, MD, MPH, MS9; Sidney C. Smith Jr, MD10; Laura P. Svetkey, MD, MHS11; Sandra J. Taler, MD12; Raymond R. Townsend, MD13; Jackson T. Wright Jr,... mais »
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Glaxo Says It Will Stop Paying Doctors to Promote DrugsBy KATIE THOMASPublished: December 16, 2013 329 Comments - The British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline will no longer pay doctors to promote its products and will stop tying compensation of sales representatives to the number of prescriptions doctors write, its chief executive said Monday, effectively ending two common industry practices that critics have long assailed as troublesome conflicts of interest. Enlarge This Image Neil Hall/Reuters Andrew Witty, Glaxo’s chief executive, said the changes are part of an effort to “to ... mais »
Religiosity versus Prosperity
RELIGION AND ATHEISM 14 DECEMBER 2013 Religiosity vs Prosperity ~ Economic Correlations [image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Religion_economy.png] While trawling through references about faith, irrationality, and other mental illnesses, I came across this interesting chart correlating*Religiosity vs Prosperity* -- measured as percentage of the population who self-describe themselves as a "religious person" plotted versus per capita annual income... POSTED BY JOOST BONSEN AT 05:50 LABELS: GLOBAL, IRRATIONALITY, PROSPERITY, RELIGION,STUPIDITY, VITALITY
Palacete Astrogildo de Azevedo – Um século (1)
Foto de Venancio Schleiniger, publicada na *Revista do Centenario*, em 1914. No dia 12.12.2013, o Palacete Astrogildo de Azevedo, completou um século de existência. É um dos mai valiosos bens de nosso patrimônio edificado, que abriga, desde 1985, o Museu Educativo da UFSM, na Rua do Acampamento, nº 81. No século passado, chamavam de palacete as edificações assobradadas, construídas com algum requinte, até mesmo clubes e agências bancárias. Em Santa Maria, nenhuma outra edificação, originalmente residencial, merece tanto essa denominação quanto o sobrado que o Dr. Astrogildo Ces... mais »
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