Pintura com agulha e linha
Presente do Dia das Mães de minhas irmãs Lia Maria e Maria Helena (nonagenárias) par a cunhada, minha querida esposa Valderês Antonietta Robinson,
Feliz dia das Mães!
*Aloyzio Achutti* #GoogleDoodle GOOGLE.COM Mother's Day 2019 (Multiple Countries) Happy Mother's Day 2019! #GoogleDoodle
Ana Baptista Menezes e Cesar Gomes Victora
Pesquisadores da UFPel entram na elite da ciência mundial Ana Baptista Menezes e Cesar Gomes Victora aparecem em ranking que elenca pesquisadores cujos artigos científicos estão entre os mais citados por colegas [image: Arte sobre foto de Daniela Xu / UFPel/Divulgação]Ana e Cesar receberam o reconhecimento internacionalArte sobre foto de Daniela Xu / UFPel/Divulgação Um levantamento internacional recém-divulgado coloca dois epidemiologistas da Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel) — Ana Baptista Menezes, 65 anos, e Cesar Gomes Victora, 67 anos — na elite da ciência mundial./...
TeraPCA and SNPs
Genetic testing has a data problem. New software can help Computer scientists help find a way out of a genetic data maze [image: DNA home testing kit] In recent years, the market for direct-to-consumer genetic testing has exploded. The number of people who used at-home DNA tests more than doubled in 2017, most of them in the U.S. Some 1 in 25 American adults now know their ancestry. As the tests become more popular, companies are grappling with how to store the accumulating data and how to process results quickly. A new tool called TeraPCA, created by computer scientists at Purdue Un... mais »
Time: History
A revolution in timeOnce local and irregular, time-keeping became universal and linear in 311 BCE. History would never be the same again Paul J Kosmin is John L Loeb associate professor of the humanities, specialising in the history of the Ancient Greek world, at Harvard University in Massachusetts. His most recent book is *Time and Its Adversaries in the Seleucid Empire* (2018). 2,900 words Edited by Sam Dresser What year is it? It’s 2019, obviously. An easy question. Last year was 2018. Next year will be 2020. We are confident that a century ago it was 1919, and in 1,000 years it w... mais »
Syndemic
Time to radically rethink non-communicable diseases Published:May 11, 2019DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)31038-4 PlumX Met Richard Horton That Commission defined a syndemic as a “synergy of epidemics”—components “co-occur in time and place, interact with each other to produce complex sequelae, and share common underlying societal drivers” .......... Rachel ruefully noted, “the limitation of our own brains”: temporal discounting (lethal short-termism), non-linearity (tipping points that can precipitate extreme, rapid, and unpredictable change), and a strange phenomeno... mais »
VIII_V_D_IXC_XL_V
Lembro-me de ter entalhado esta data no tronco de um abacateiro do pátio de nossa casa em Santa Maria. Eu vivera todo o período da II grande guerra em Agudo, colônia Alemã. [image: Times Square; V-E Day]FEATURED EVENT1945World War II in Europe ended READ MORE
CVD statistics 2019
*Recomendado pela AMICOR Maria Inês Reinert Azambuja* Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2019 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association Emelia J. Benjamin , Paul Muntner , Alvaro Alonso , Marcio S. Bittencourt , Clifton W. Callaway , April P. Carson , Alanna M. Chamberlain , Alexander R. Chang , Susan Cheng , Sandeep R. Das , Francesca N. Delling , Luc Djousse , Mitchell S.V. Elkind , Jane F. Ferguson , Myriam Fornage , Lori Chaffin Jordan , Sadiya S. Khan , Brett M. Kissela , Kristen L. Knutson , Tak W. Kwan , … Show all Authors Originally published5 Mar 2... mais »
AD and focused Ultrasound
Focused Ultrasound, Guided by MRI, to Treat Alzheimer’s MAY 6TH, 2019 EDITORS NEUROLOGY, RADIOLOGY, REHAB Alzheimer’s is related to the buildup of amyloid plaques in the brain, so any serious attempt at dislodging these plaques may help reverse the progression of the disease. The perennial problem with delivering drug therapies to treat brain conditions is the blood-brain barrier that prevents most molecules from penetrating through its defenses. For example, drugs that treat multiple different cancers will typically not work for glioblastoma. Researchers at Ohio State University Wex...mais »
Amianto/Asbesto
*Clique aqui* se não estiver visualizando corretamente *Amianto é prejudicial à saúde, sim!* A Associação Médica Brasileira (AMB) vê com extrema preocupação o movimento no Senado Federal que pede a liberação da produção de amianto no Brasil. Uma Comissão Externa Temporária sobre o assunto, requerida pelo senador Vanderlan Cardoso (PP-GO), foi aprovada em plenário. Confira o texto na íntegra *Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia*
trans fat elimination
Food, beverage companies commit to WHO trans fat elimination goal Share Tweet Forward Share Trans fat intake is responsible for over 500,000 deaths from coronary heart disease each year globally. WHO welcomes the commitment by the International Food and Beverage Alliance (IFBA) to align with the WHO target to eliminate industrially produced trans fat from the global food supply by 2023. WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus met with IFBA representatives to discuss actions to take to eliminate industrial trans fats, and reduce salt, sugar and saturated fats in processed... mais »
Democracy
How to revive your belief in democracy 14:33 minutes · TED2019 Civic evangelist Eric Liu shares a powerful way to rekindle the spirit of citizenship and the belief that democracy still works. Join him for a trip to "Civic Saturday" and learn more about how making civic engagement a weekly habit can help build communities based on shared values and a path to belonging. Watch now »
Influenza and Hospitalizations for Heart Failure
*Recomendado pela AMICOR Maria Inês Reinart Azambuja* Journal Summaries in Cardiology Association of influenza-like illness activity with hospitalizations for heart failure: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study JAMA Cardiology — Kytömaa S, et al. | May 06, 2019DVERTISEMENT In this community surveillance study involving ~451,588 adults (aged 35-84 years), researchers focused on the temporal link between influenza activity and hospitalizations attributable to heart failure (HF) and myocardial infarction (MI). They obtained data from adults residing in the Atherosclerosis R... mais »
The Sixth Extinction?
*Humans Are Driving One Million Species to Extinction* The Sixth Extinction?There have been five great die-offs in history. This time, the cataclysm is us. By Elizabeth Kolbert May 18, 2009 The town of El Valle de Antón, in central Panama, sits in the middle of a volcanic crater formed about a million years ago. The crater is almost four miles across, but when the weather is clear you can see the jagged hills that surround the town, like the walls of a ruined tower. El Valle has one main street, a police station, and an open-air market that offers, in addition to ... mais »
Sigmund Freud, born May 6, 1856
Sigmund Freud AUSTRIAN PSYCHOANALYST WRITTEN BY: - Martin Evan Jay LAST UPDATED: May 2, 2019 See Article History [image: Freud, Sigmund] *Sigmund Freud*, (born May 6, 1856, Freiberg, Moravia, Austrian Empire [now Příbor, Czech Republic]—died September 23, 1939, London, England), Austrian neurologist, founder of psychoanalysis. Freud may justly be called the most influential intellectual legislator of his age. His creation of psychoanalysis was at once a theory of the human psyche, a therapy for the relief of its ills, and an optic for the interpretation of culture and society... mais »
smoking
*ActionSmoking&Health* @AshOrg 1h1 hour ago More When a 6th grader gets it, why don't we all? Read the @WestonPS student's short essay for @SheilaCooperman's class: https://ash.org/insight-from-acrs … #PhaseOutCigs 0 replies0 retweets0 likes Reply Retweet Like Direct message
Bending Light
This Is Why Einstein Knew That Gravity Must Bend Light General Relativity had to be right. Here’s how we knew. Ethan Siegel in Starts With A Bang!8 min read
oldest trees
[image: National Geographic] ISSUE 150 [image: S U N D A Y S T I L L S] MAY 5, 2019 PHOTOGRAPH BY BETH MOON SCIENCE The world's oldest trees, by starlight Photographer Beth Moon slept under ancient baobabs and waited out the clouds to photograph Earth’s arboreal beauty at night. SEE THE PICTURES
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