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Even Plutocrats Can ’t Escape the Coming Heat
By Stan Cox, the author of The Green New Deal and Beyond (2020) and The Path to a Livable Future (2021). The original version of this article was published by City Lights Books as part of its ‘In Real Time’ series. Crossposted from Common Dreams. The future is here. A study recently published by a…#stancox #commondreams #dutch #usmexico #southerneurope #flagstaff #arizona #phoenix #fplus #tucson
Source: Reuters: Health - August 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Travels with Tocqueville Beyond America*
Again, that is the new book by Jeremy Jennings, here is another excerpt: These grave misgivings [about travel] have persisted. “I have been reading books of travels all my life,” Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote, “but I have never found two that gave me the same idea of the same nation.” Those who…#jeremyjennings #jeanjacquesrousseau #xavierdemaistre #rome #maistre #johnstuartmill #gustavedebeaumont #tocqueville #ireland #algeria
Source: Reuters: Health - August 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Revealed: The Authors Whose Pirated Books Are Powering Generative AI
One of the most troubling issues around generative AI is simple: It’s being made in secret. To produce humanlike answers to questions, systems such as ChatGPT process huge quantities of written material. But few people outside of companies such as Meta and OpenAI know the full extent of the texts…#meta #openai #wikipedia #sarahsilverman #richardkadrey #christophergolden #kadrey #golden #llama #michaelpollan
Source: Reuters: Health - August 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Forensic psychiatry boards
Two months out from the forensic psychiatry boards, any advice from those who've taken it about studying?
I've been pretty much relying exclusively on the review course from last year. Any other study aids or review books that I should utilize? Bit nervous since my fellowship had abysmal training and didactics so pretty much everything about forensic psychiatry I know is coming from the review course.
Source: Student Doctor Network - August 20, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Atreides Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: forums
Indie Comic ‘Bone’ Creator Jeff Smith Suffers Heart Attack, Cancels Fall Tour
Cartoonist Jeff Smith, beloved for his popular indie comic book epic “Bone,” suffered a heart attack this past Sunday and has canceled his book tour for the remainder of this year. The news about Smith, 63, was first shared by representatives from Smith’s own Cartoon Books publishing company,…#jeffsmith #cartoonbooks #kathleenglosan #twitter #vijaya #alkennedy #netflix #gailsimone #jimmypalmiotti #boneville
Source: Reuters: Health - August 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sleepless by Marie Darrieussecq review – a poetic, panoramic memoir of insomnia
This exploration of where, why and how we sleep (or don ’t) is as intelligent as it is eccentric“All our body wants is to sleep, it wants to leave us, head back to the stable, a worn-out horse,” writes Marie Darrieussecq, at which I, a worn-out human, thinkyes. In a recentinterview, Darrieussecq reflected on how much of her work is concerned with inhabiting. Who has a right to inhabit this planet, she asks, and who doesn ’t? Though she was talking about her novel Crossed Lines, in which a Parisian woman finds her life becoming bound up with that of a young Nigerian refugee, she could just as well be referring to Sl...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 19, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Samantha Harvey Tags: Books Culture Sleep Autobiography and memoir Psychology Source Type: news
Medicine in history and history in medicine: the inaugural Davis Coakley Memorial Lecture
AbstractProfessor Davis Coakley (1946 –2022) was an outstanding physician, historian, and leader of reform in medical services and education. This inaugural Davis Coakley Memorial Lecture, delivered in The Edward Worth Library at Dr Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, on 28 September 2023, focuses on ‘Medicine in History& History in Medicine ’. It explores the position of the physician-historian in medical historiography, discusses Coakley’s extensive historical work (especially his many books about the history of medicine), and concludes with comments about one of Coakley’s great interests: the work of Si...
Source: Irish Journal of Medical Science - August 19, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Daily briefing: Fighting leishmaniasis, a disease causing terrible scars in Sudan
Nature, Published online: 18 August 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02657-8Researchers are pursuing two very different strategies to finally develop a leishmaniasis vaccine. Plus, the WHO’s first traditional-medicine summit splits opinions, and five great science books to read this week.
Source: Nature AOP - August 18, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Flora Graham Source Type: research
The international center for alcohol policies (ICAP) book series: a key resource globally for alcohol industry political strategies
This study examines the functions and purposes of the International Center for Alcohol Policies (ICAP) book series, published by Routledge between 1998 and 2010. The books were authored by invited academics, I...
Source: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy - August 18, 2023 Category: Addiction Authors: Andrew Bartlett and Jim McCambridge Tags: Research Source Type: research
The complexity of viruses, and understanding pain: Books in brief
Nature, Published online: 18 August 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02634-1Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.
Source: Nature AOP - August 18, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Andrew Robinson Source Type: research
Burden and seasonal distribution of malaria in Ziquala district, Northeast Ethiopia: a 5-year multi-centre retrospective study
Conclusion
With P. falciparum being the most common species, malaria remains a severe public health threat in the district. Therefore, the district health office and other concerned bodies should strengthen and implement evidence-based malaria prevention and control measures.
Source: BMJ Open - August 18, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Debash, H., Bisetegn, H., Ebrahim, H., Tilahun, M., Dejazmach, Z., Getu, N., Feleke, D. G. Tags: Open access, Infectious diseases Source Type: research
Radio Shack has a new owner, ready for a big comeback
The brick-and-mortar retail landscape changes quickly. It seems like just yesterday that Sports Authority was a major challenger to Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS) - Get Free Report and people actually argued whether they liked Borders Books & Music better than Barnes & Noble. The same question pitted…#sportsauthority #dicksportinggoods #dks #bordersbooksmusic #barnesnoble #circuitcity #bestbuy #costco #walmart #dressbarn
Source: Reuters: Health - August 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Few families pay the full price for college: Take these 3 steps to help cover rising higher education costs
The average sticker price for college, or published costs for tuition and fees, has been rising — but most families don't pay full price. Tuition, fees and room and board — plus books and supplies, transportation and personal expenses — total an average $27,940 at a four-year, in-state public…#collegeboard #salliemae #adamnguyen #k12 #529s #merit #robfranek #princetonreview #sat #markkantrowitz
Source: Reuters: Health - August 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bilibili Books Second-Quarter Net Loss, Cuts Revenue Forecast for 2023
Chinese video-sharing company Bilibili booked a wider-than-expected net loss in the second quarter and cut its revenue forecast for 2023 due partly to weaker game revenue.
Source: Reuters: Health - August 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A Pig ’ s Kidney Has Been Working in a Human Body for a Month, a Medical Milestone
(NEW YORK) — Surgeons transplanted a pig’s kidney into a brain-dead man and for over a month it’s worked normally — a critical step toward an operation the New York team hopes to eventually try in living patients.
Scientists around the country are racing to learn how to use animal organs to save human lives, and bodies donated for research offer a remarkable rehearsal.
The latest experiment announced Wednesday by NYU Langone Health marks the longest a pig kidney has functioned in a person, albeit a deceased one — and it’s not over. Researchers are set to track the ki...
Source: TIME: Health - August 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lauren Neergard / Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized medicine Source Type: news
