Jorge Ossanai (1940-2020)
[image: A imagem pode conter: 1 pessoa, close-up]Obituário publicado pelo filho no Facebook *Grande amigo. Junto com Janete e Valderês tivemos muitas histórias em comum. Se estivesse válido certamente teria muito a nos dizer na conjuntura atual.*
Três irmãos 1950 em Santa Maria
*Do Diário de Santa Maria de hoje 30/05/2020* *Matéria do Jornalista Luiz Gonzaga Binato Almeida* Aproveitei a memória do Edifício Mauá para postar outras imagens, provavelmente três anos depois, no mesmo local com minha namorada, Valderês. https://amicorphotos.blogspot.com/2020/05/terraco-do-edificio-maua-em-santa-maria.html
Shakespeare
[image: Archaeology Is Revealing New Clues About Shakespeare’s Life (And Death)] Archaeology Is Revealing New Clues About Shakespeare’s Life (And Death) William Mitchell, The Conversation New technology is helping archaeologists uncover details of the playwright’s home, workplaces and his final resting place. Save to Pocket
Primes Euler's formula
Why Euler’s Formula for Primes could disrupt the World This little known but awesome property about primes may change your mind about encryption Frank Zielen in Towards Data Science[image: Member only content]3 min read
Bertrand Russell’
The Best Introduction to Philosophy is 108 years old Bertrand Russell’s ‘shilling shocker’ and it’s century old legacy Isabella Beckett-Smith in A Philosopher’s Stone[image: Member only content]5 min read
Spain and WWII
The Fascist Dictator Who Saved Europe From Fascism — Market Mad House [image: Daniel G. Jennings] Daniel G. Jennings Follow Sep 11, 2019 · 6 min read Francisco Franco was one of the most brutal fascist dictators of all time, yet he probably saved Europe from fascism. In addition, Franco helped ensure Allied victory in World War II. Strangely, Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini set the stage for their eventual defeat by helping Franco win the Spanish Civil War. To explain, Franco became leader of a military coup against Spain’s democratic Republic because he could get military aid from ... mais »
Violence: riots
By the end of his life, Martin Luther King realized the validity of violence The riots of 1967 changed how the great man saw the struggle Hanif Abdurraqib in Timeline7 min read
Ethic Dilemas
New human-mouse chimera is the most human yet By Yasemin Saplakoglu - Staff Writer 16 hours ago The mouse-human embryo contains up to 4% human cells. - - - - - - Comments (0) [image: This mouse-human chimera shows human cells (green) in a 17-day-old mouse embryo (blue) that are mostly red blood cells accumulated in the mouse's liver.] This mouse-human chimera shows human cells (green) in a 17-day-old mouse embryo (blue) that are mostly red blood cells accumulated in the mouse's liver. (Image: © Zhixing Hu) A newly-created mouse-human embryo contains... mais »
Synthetic biology and more
[image: TED logo] Recommended for Aloyzio How synthetic biology could wipe out humanity -- and how we can stop it Rob Reid | 2.2M views ► WATCH NOW SAVE TO LIST Briar Goldberg, Director - Speaker Coaching , TED Is it possible to feel absolutely freaked out and hopeful at the same time? Make no mistake about it, Rob is issuing a very serious warning in this talk. But don't worry, he won't leave you alone in the depths of despair. We all have a part to play in the preservation of our existence, and Rob will tell you exactly what you need to do before it's too late! MAY 18 — JULY 10 Joi... mais »
The future of capitalism
The future of capitalism, commerce and cash 49:17 minutes · TED2020 Capitalism needs an upgrade, says PayPal CEO Dan Schulman, and it starts with paying people enough to actually invest in their futures. He discusses why companies need to cultivate trust to recover and rebuild after the COVID-19 pandemic -- and how we can use this defining moment to create a more inclusive, ethical economy. (This virtual conversation, hosted by TED business curator Corey Hajim and current affairs curator Whitney Pennington Rodgers, was recorded on May 19, 2020.) Watch now »
The Good Scientist
The good scientistScience is the one culture that all humans share. What would it mean to create a scientifically literate future together? Martin Rees is the United Kingdom’s Astronomer Royal. He is a fellow of Trinity College Cambridge, co-founder of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge and a member of the House of Lords. He is also the author of 10 books, most recently *On the Future: Prospects for Humanity* (2018). Published in association with Centre for the Study of Existential Risk an Aeon Partner 3,700 words Edited by Sally Davies The Roy... mais »
‘We Loved Each Other’: Fauci Recalls Larry Kramer, Friend and Nemesis In public, the activist berated the infectious disease expert for federal inaction on AIDS. But their affection lasted decades and changed the course of the epidemic. By DONALD G. MCNEIL JR. May 27, 2020
subject-object dualism
*For Donald Winnicott, the Psyche is not inside us but between us* *Photo by Brook Mitchell/Getty* James Barnesis a psychotherapist, mental health advocate, and writer. He lives in Exeter in the UK. Edited by Christian Jarrett *Originally a British* paediatrician by trade, Donald Winnicott (1896-1971) became a central figure in mid-20th-century psychoanalysis. Outside of the cognitive and behavioural schools, his enduring influence on psychotherapeutic theory is arguably second only to that of Sigmund Freud. Though he didn’t explicitly dissent from the then prevailing Freudian orth... mais »
Webinar.cardiol.online
[image: SBC Webinar 31/05/2020 (14h - horário de Brasília) - COVID-19: What We Have Learned and Experienced] [image: SBC Webinar 31/05/2020 (14h - horário de Brasília) - COVID-19: What We Have Learned and Experienced] [image: SBC Webinar 31/05/2020 (14h - horário de Brasília) - COVID-19: What We Have Learned and Experienced]
Aproveitando o tempo de Pandemia...
APROVEITANDO O TEMPO DE PANDEMIA A sacudida que recebemos desta crise pandêmica não deve ficar por isso mesmo, ou só pelos aspectos negativos e exacerbação do terrorismo. Sabe-se que na natureza tudo está integrado e faz sentido, si se consegue olhar para além do horizonte limitado pela nossa visão imediata. Tudo se move e tudo se acomoda e evolui para manter um equilíbrio, mesmo que momentaneamente instável. Nosso conhecimento científico está especializado, para não dizer fragmentado, e temos cautela, ou medo de sair de nosso estrito território onde somos reconhecidos e temos poder,... mais »
Fronteiras do Pensamento
A Internet possibilita a conexão de pessoas, mas também permite o surgimento de ódio e discórdia. *TOLERÂNCIAO universo digital, o eu e o outro* Vamos fazer um exercício de imaginação. Em tempos de quarentena, estamos, cada vez mais, conectados e digitais. Encontros que antes aconteciam em bares ou na casa de amigos viraram chamadas de vídeo. Conversas foram substituídas, em grande medida, por textos e palavras. A tela de notebook, tablet ou smartphone se transformou na nossa janela com vista para o mundo. E, ao mesmo tempo, em um reflexo. Então, responda: se o vidro pudesse refle... mais »
Gilbert Keith Chesterton, (May 29, 1874, + June 14, 1936,
*Das leituras de minha adolescência* G.K. Chesterton BRITISH AUTHOR WRITTEN BY: - The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica LAST UPDATED: May 25, 2020 See Article History Alternative Title: Gilbert Keith Chesterton G.K. Chesterton, in full Gilbert Keith Chesterton, (born May 29, 1874, London, England—died June 14, 1936, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire), English critic and author of verse, essays, novels, and short stories, known also for his exuberant personality and rotund figure. [image: Summer red bird, Tanager from The Birds of America by John James Audubon, 4 vol. (435 hand-c... mais »
Dr. DeBakey
[image: May 28, 1965] This Week in 1965: An Artificial Heart?“To Dr. DeBakey both Presidents Kennedy and Johnson turned when they needed a man to head committees and commissions to recommend means by which Americans can get the best of medical and surgical care when they fall victim to heart disease, strokes or cancer. While admiring colleagues boggle at the versatility and variety of his accomplishments—the arterial-replacement surgery, the delicate work inside the heart, the bold approach to stroke—DeBakey races on toward more imaginative goals. Now from his busy laboratories come... mais »
ClinicalKEY - SBC
*http://www.cardiol.br/campanhasbc.php?hop=5HRBYR89AM/r/YWNodXR0aUBnbWFpbC5jb20/l/aHR0cDovL3dlYmluYXIuY2FyZGlvbC5vbmxpbmUv* [image: Benefício SBC ClinicalKey Treinamento e Lançamento 30/05/20 11h30]
Tec & Crisis
*Recomendado pela AMICOR Maria Inês Reinert Azambuja* Crisis Informatics: Human-Centered Research on Tech & Crises A Guided Bibliography Developed by Crisis Informatics Researchers Share using: https://tinyurl.com/crisisinformatics First Released: May 26, 2020 Last Updated: May 27, 2020 About. This resource was created to support researchers who might be newly conducting crisis informatics research in light of the pandemic of 2020. It also might support creation of new course syllabi on related topics. It has been produced by members of the crisis informati... mais »
Democracy as a Religion
[image: Forward] Forward [image: Share] Share [image: Tweet] Tweet [image: Share] Share [image: +1] +1 [image: Pin] Pin *Today's encore selection -- from Achieving Our Country by Richard Rorty.* *John Dewey* (1859-1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer; Walt Whitman (1819-1892) an American poet, essayist and journalist. Both hoped for a thoroughly secular "democracy" as a civic religion displacing conventional religion: "Whitman and Dewey were among the prophets of [an American] civic religion. They offered a new account of what America was, in the h... mais »
'Fermi Bubbles'
Mysterious 'Fermi Bubbles' may be the result of black hole indigestion 6 million years ago By Brandon Specktor - Senior Writer 13 hours ago A black hole burp filled the Milky Way's center with mysterious invisible structures, a new study suggests.) [image: The gargantuan Fermi Bubbles are only visible in gamma-ray light. Where did they come from?] The gargantuan Fermi Bubbles are only visible in gamma-ray light. Where did they come from? (Image: © NASA Goddard) The center of the Milky Way is a puzzle of invisible, interconnected blobs. There are *swooping tendrils* of energy visible o... mais »
HIV 1966
Oldest 'nearly complete' HIV genome found in forgotten tissue sample from 1966 By Stephanie Pappas - Live Science Contributor 20 hours ago The virus was found in a tissue sample from 1966, almost two decades before HIV was discovered. - - - - - - Comments (0) [image: A scanning electron microscope image of an HIV-infected T cell.] A scanning electron microscope image of a T cell infected with HIV. (Image: © NIAID) The oldest known nearly complete gene sequence from the HIV strain that spread across the world has been found in a tissue sample from the... mais »
Santé et Médecine
«On confond, en France, la santé et la médecine»[image: Ajouter l'article à vos favoris][image: Retirer l'article de vos favoris] INTERNATIONAL Jean de Kervasdoué est un spécialiste respecté du système de santé français. Il décode, pour «Le Temps», les dessous de la négociation engagée par le gouvernement avec les personnels soignants L’conomiste Jean de Kervasdoué, ancien directeur des hôpitaux au Ministère français de la santé. — © DR[image: Richard Werly] Richard Werly Publié mardi 26 mai 2020 à 20:58Modifié mardi 26 mai 2020 à 21:12 - - - - Ancien directeur de... mais »
Stroke and Dementia Prevention
Global prevention of stroke and dementia: the WSO Declaration - Michael Brainin - Valery L Feigin - Bo Norrving - *Sheila Cristina Ouriques Martins* - Graeme J Hankey - Vladimir Hachinski - et al. - Show all authors Published:June, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(20)30141-1 Orgulho desta grande instituição (World Stroke Organization) que faz parte importante da minha vida há 12 anos e que trabalha incansavelmente "por uma vida livre de AVC". Publicada hoje na Lancet Neurology a nossa linda declaração para PREVENÇÃO GLOBAL: foco na atenção primá... mais »
H. Influenzae Meningitis
MAY 27 H. Influenzae Meningitis You do not want to miss it—the story of *H influenzae* meningitis - Eelco Wijdicks Published:January 10, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(19)30450-8 The 1940 film *The Courageous Dr. Christian* shows a meningitis outbreak in “squatter town.” When Dr Christian (Jean Hersholt) is called in to diagnose a child, he warns the community of more to come. Once informed, the unfazed mayor interjects that the slums alone are at risk. Dr Christian—deeply serious and upset by the mayor's lack of compassion for the poor—tells him the infectio... mais »
Medication Reduction: Age 80 years and older
Effect of Antihypertensive Medication Reduction vs Usual Care on Short-term Blood Pressure Control in Patients With Hypertension Aged 80 Years and OlderThe OPTIMISE Randomized Clinical Trial James P. Sheppard, PhD1; Jenni Burt, PhD2; Mark Lown, MRCGP3; et al Eleanor Temple, BSc1; Rebecca Lowe, BSc1; Rosalyn Fraser, MSc1; Julie Allen, BSc1; Gary A Ford, MB, BChir4; Carl Heneghan, DPhil1; F. D. Richard Hobbs, MBChB1; Sue Jowett, PhD5; Shahela Kodabuckus, MSc5; Paul Little, MD6; Jonathan Mant, MD7; Jill Mollison, PhD1; Rupert A. Payne, MRCGP8; Marney Williams, BEd9; Ly-Mee Yu, DPhil1; Ri... mais »
Hope
What does hope look like to you? See how these artists have depicted it There are so many big questions swirling around our brains these days: How much worse will this pandemic get? When will we return to normal? What on earth can we turn to? Fine Acts asked 50 artists from 20 countries to create images that embodied the theme of hope. Check out the quirky, individual ways these artists picture the universally understood feeling of hope. Read more »
Let's make the world wild again...
Let's make the world wild again 16:22 minutes · TED2020: The Prequel Earth, humanity and nature are inextricably interconnected. To restore us all back to health, we need to "rewild" the world, says environmental activist Kristine Tompkins. Tracing her life from Patagonia CEO to passionate conservationist, she shares how she has helped to establish national parks across millions of acres of land (and sea) in South America -- and discusses the critical role we all have to play to heal the planet. "We have a common destiny," she says. "We can flourish or we can suffer, but we're going ... mais »
Money and Modern Life
Money and Modern Life Daniel Lopez, Aeon Sociologist Georg Simmel diagnosed the character of modern city life: finance, fashion and becoming strangers to one another. [image: Money and Modern Life]Georg Simmel was born in the heart of Berlin in 1858. That city epitomised the tensions of Germany’s special path to modernity. Rapid urbanisation and financial speculation propelled Berlin to the world stage. An avant-garde cultural elite flourished uneasily alongside central Europe’s aristocracy while a young proletariat fought the state and the bourgeoisie for rights, political and eco... mais »
Para Cinéfilos
30 Movies That Are Unlike Anything You’ve Seen Before These films, each unforgettable in its own way, are essential viewing. DAVID SIMSMAY 23, 2020 NEW YORK TIMES CO. / HULTON ARCHIVE / GETTY - - - Link Copied - The word *unique* has to be one of the most overused descriptors in show business; if every movie that got touted as one-of-a-kind by its marketing team actually was, there’d be no further complaints about Hollywood creativity. But every once in a while, I’ll have a cinematic experience that feels genuinely unprecedented, when a work plays with the medium a... mais »
Pandemia
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Gripe Espanhola
*Recebi através da ASRM do Acadêmico Paulo Belmonete de Abreu um rico material histórico relacionado com a Pandemia da Gripe Espanhola e aproveito para coloca-lo a disposição dos AMICOR* *Mensagem do Dr. Paulo Belmonte de Abreu:* *Prezados colegas,* *No meio desta epidemia, lembrei da ação de médicos gaúchos na época, em 1918. Destaca-se o Dr. Galeno de Revoredo Barros, que depois de formado defendeu tese sobre alcoolismo na infância em 1905, no RJ, atuou em Porto Alegre junto com o patrono de minha cadeira, fundou uma revista revista médica junto com seu cunhado Heitor Annes Dias,... mais »
Lesser-Known Events From WWar II
10 of the Lesser-Known Events From World War II However quite imperative and impactful [image: Andrei Tapalaga ✒️] Andrei Tapalaga ✒️ Follow May 25 · 6 min read World War II has brought some significant changes to our world as well as humanity. Although most of these events were horrific and brought only devastating consequences, some of them had some implications that brought a new as well as much needed perspective to our humanity. This war has fascinated many researchers, but also those that are passionate about history, but their studies often omit some events or situations ... mais »
Gold Vault
The Largest Gold Vault in the World [image: Daniel Ganninger] Daniel Ganninger Follow May 23 · 4 min read Gold is one of the most prized elements on the planet. It has been used throughout history as a sign of power and wealth, adorned in jewelry, and even used in practical applications that use its anti-corrosive properties. But since there isn’t much of it sitting in the ground, it has become a rare commodity, and it has to be held safe and secure. There is one place where the most gold on earth sits, and it is the largest gold vault in the world.
Pandemics
What We Learned From Smallpox, Measles, Cholera, and Other Health Crises No two diseases are the same, but we may be able to draw upon what happened in prior outbreaks to illuminate the path forward [image: Erin Blakemore] Erin Blakemore Follow May 19 · 15 min read The novel coronavirus is just that — completely new. But disease is very old, indeed, and outbreaks, epidemics, and even pandemics have plagued humankind since the beginning of time. Could past pandemics help illuminate the path ahead? Here are some lessons worth considering./.../
Ancient Philosophy?
What is the Point of Studying Ancient Philosophy? [image: Caleb Ontiveros] Caleb Ontiveros Follow Mar 9 · 3 min read The philosopher, Michael Huemer, recently wrote a piece arguing against historical philosophy. In his words: We should think, for example, about what is the right thing to do, not what Kant said was the right thing to do; we should think about what is real, not what Plato said was real. His primary target is academic philosophers studying history, but it’s a fair point and one that we can restate it to applying and studying the philosophy of Stoicism today: We shou... mais »
Preventing Alzheimer D.
*Preventing Alzheimer's: * Our lifespan has outpaced our brain's healthspan. Harvard professor of neurology Rudolph Tanzi has been at the leading edge of neuroscience as co-director of the Center for Brain Health at Mass General Hospital. His work illuminates the key role of neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease and the potential to stop it before symptoms emerge. Like cholesterol and heart disease, waiting for late-stage disease to initiate statin therapy is too late. Leveraging primary prevention and early detection modalities (i.e. imaging, polygenenic risk scores, to blo... mais »
Black Plague
The Devastating Reality of the Black Plague This might help you put the Coronavirus in perspective. [image: Nicol Valentin] Nicol Valentin Follow Mar 16 · 6 min read t was October 1347 when twelve ships pulled into the Sicilian port of Messina. From the outside, everything seemed normal enough, but horror struck the people when they saw the sailors on board. Most of them were dead, the rest barely clinging to life. Black boils oozing with blood and puss covered their bodies and they writhed and groaned in agony. The people in Messina had heard rumors of this hideous black death, and ... mais »
3 month US Death toll compared
In three months, the number of Americans reported killed by #COVID19 is nearly 1/3 the entire US death toll from World War II https:// nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/0 5/what-we-need-to-find-true-coronavirus-death-toll/… #coronavirus [image: Image]
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