The Guardian view on endangered languages: spoken by a few but of value to many | Editorial
The survival of ancient dialects matters not just for scholarship, but because of the wisdom they convey about how to live with natureThe launch of a “last chance”crowdsourcing tool to record a vanishing Greek dialect drew attention back this week to one of the great extinctions of the modern world: nine languages arebelieved to be disappearing every year. Romeyka, which is spoken by an ageing population of a few thousand people in the mountain villages near Turkey ’s Black Sea coast, diverged from modern Greek thousands of years ago. It has no written form.For linguists, it is a “living bridge” to the ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 5, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Editorial Tags: Language Turkey Science Greece Europe Unesco Source Type: news
Should we depend on expert opinion or statistics? A meta-analysis of accident-contributing factors in construction - Antoniou F, Agrafioti NF, Aretoulis G.
International research overflows with studies looking into the causes of construction accidents. Hundreds of studies by postgraduate students in the past 20 years focus on identifying and assessing risks contributing to accidents on Greek construction work... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
New green technology harvests energy from raindrops and humidity
Sunlight and wind are the fastest growing energy sources on the planet. Now imagine drawing power from a third, even more plentiful green source: moisture in the air. That’s the vision of Jun Yao, an applied physicist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst who has devised a porous film that converts the charges naturally present in water vapor into power. To be clear, Yao’s films are the size of a postage stamp and only generate a tiny current. But Yao is just getting started. And he’s not alone. Teams around the globe are creating a bevy of novel “hydrovoltaic” devices able to convert the energy inherent in ...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 4, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
‘The Daily Show’ Thanks Fox News for Putting Trans Day of Visibility on the Map for ‘500 Straight Hours’
When “The Daily Show” host Desi Lydic turned to Michael Kosta to break down the results of Easter Sunday overlapping with Trans Day of Visibility on March 31, the correspondent rejoiced at the amount of attention the latter holiday got thanks to Fox News hosts angrily complaining about the…#dailyshow #desilydic #michaelkosta #eastersunday #transdayofvisibility #kosta #easteregg #transvisibilityday #greek #thewrap (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Central Banks to Explore Tokenization of Cross-Border Payments With Project Agora
A consortium of central banks worldwide, led by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), announced a new initiative, “Project Agora,” to explore the potential of tokenization to enhance existing financial systems. The BIS, representing 63 central banks globally, is engaged in various projects…#bis #projectagora #bisembarks #projectagorá #banxico #greek #mexico #switzerland #projectagorás #tokenization (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A California bill would stop your boundary-crossing boss from bothering you after work
The workday, for many people, has become a 24-hour event, with electronic leashes keeping us tied to email and reachable whenever the job demands. But new legislation being proposed could put an end to that—in California, at least. The California legislature is considering Assembly Bill 2751,…#assembly #bill2751 #slack #matthaney #argentina #belgium #colombia #greece #ireland #mexico (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Muscle cramp compound may drive deadly wasting in cancer patients
“The flesh is consumed and becomes water … the abdomen fills with water, the feet and legs swell, the shoulders, clavicles, chest, and thighs melt away. … The illness is fatal.”
This spine-chilling description, written by Greek physician and philosopher Hippocrates, is believed to be the first account of a deadly muscle wasting disease called cachexia (pronounced kuh-KEK-sia). Scientists estimate that up to 80% of cancer patients suffer from the condition, where the body relentlessly eats away at itself until organs such as the heart and diaphragm stop working. Even if cachexia doesn’t directly kill a patie...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 3, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Central Banks and BIS Test Tokenization to Improve X-Border Payments
Tokenization is gaining momentum on the global stage, and with commercial applications. The Bank for International Settlements announced Wednesday (April 3) that it is working in tandem with seven central banks — including the Federal Reserve Bank of New York — to test tokenization in a bid to…#federalreservebank #projectagorá #jpmorganchase #platformapproach #greek #newyorkfed #bankofengland #bankoffrance #bankofjapan #bankofkorea (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Think Silicon to Showcase its Latest Ultra-Low-Power 3D Graphics and AI in One IP Architecture at Embedded World 2024
ATHENS, Greece and SAN JOSE, Calif., April 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Think Silicon, the leading provider of ultra-low-power GPU and AI IP for embedded systems, will showcase its latest graphics and AI solutions for edge computing devices in Hall 4, Booth 476 at Embedded World 2024 taking place…#athens #greece #sanjose #thinksilicon #gpu #aiip #hall4 #embeddedworld2024 #nuremberg #ga100 (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
From Miami to Melbourne, a quiet revolution is underway to fend off a silent and invisible killer
Local authorities have appointed several chief heat officers (CHOs) in cities worldwide in recent years to prepare residents for increasingly frequent and severe bouts of excessive heat. "They call it the silent killer," said Eleni Myrivili, who serves as the global CHO for the U.N.'s human…#elenimyrivili #cho #greek #athens #myrivili #usdata #cdc #janegilbert #florida #miamidade (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Are Muscle-Building Supplements a Good Idea?
Want to put on muscle? Who wouldn’t: It keeps you strong enough to do the things you love now, and it’s a great investment for later, since muscle improves bone mineral density and mobility as you age. People with more muscle mass have better outcomes when they’re sick, and quicker recoveries.
It’s hard not to be tempted by the powders, protein bars, and shakes promising to help. Whey, creatine, and branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) are among the most popular of these. But what do they actually do, and who (if anyone) should take them?
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Source: TIME: Health - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donavyn Coffey Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Devolution and the Decline in Operational Capacity and Elite/Managerial Competence
Many pundits and commentators have been taking notice of how a worrisome number of people in positions of power in advanced economies seem unable to manage their way out of a paper bag. This is taking place despite the fact that the US, EU, and UK prize having credentials, as in at least a college…#greece #greek #nhs #ultras #tereasamays #brexit #vat #irish #northernireland #republicofireland (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Factors and incentives that affect electric vehicle adoption in Greece - Mpoi G, Milioti C, Mitropoulos L.
Electric vehicle proliferation is still at exceptionally low level in Greece. The subsidy program "I move electrically" aims to accelerate the transition to EVs providing incentives both for company and private electric vehicles. In order to analyze the fa... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Joe Soucheray: Kathy Cargill had me at ‘McLaren’ …
Kathy Cargill had me at McLaren, which distinguishes her from 99.99 percent of all other Minnesotans who are looking for their stolen Kias. McLarens are British super cars that can cost millions. Cargill collects them. Why, in this humble state, to arrive in a McLaren is like arriving at the local…#kathycargill #minnesotans #mclarens #cargill #parkpoint #thurston #gilligansisland #colorado #hugo #greek (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 31, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Greece arrests member of gang that raked in $21 billion from fuel-product smuggling
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Source: Reuters: Health - March 30, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
