Friday Feature: International School Choice and Reform Conference
Colleen HroncichTheInternational School Choice and Reform Conference was held in Dublin last week and included participants from around the world. It was a tremendous opportunity to learn how education is faring in various countries. While some of the sessions focused on interruptions related to COVID-19, most were more broadly focused on school choice, parent engagement, and homeschooling.The opening reception included remarks fromDr. James Tooley, a British scholar who studies low ‐cost private schools throughout the world. In his travels, Dr. Tooley has found numerous examples of low‐income families ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 14, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
BASQUE CENTER ON COGNITION BRAIN AND LANGUAGE -- PreDoc, PostDoc, and Research Fellow Opportunities
FUNDED PREDOCTORAL AND POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS AT THE BCBL- BASQUE CENTER ON COGNITION BRAIN AND LANGUAGE (SAN SEBASTI ÁN, BASQUE COUNTRY, SPAIN), www.bcbl.eu The Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebasti án, Basque Country, Spain) offers the following positions:FUNDED POSTDOCTORAL CANDIDATE POSITION – Computational Neuroscience Group- AT THE BCBL- BASQUE CENTER ON COGNITION BRAIN AND LANGUAGE (SAN SEBASTIÁN, BASQUE COUNTRY, SPAIN)FUNDED JOINT POSTDOCTORAL CANDIDATE POSITION at the Neurobiology of Language Group, BCBL- BASQUE CENTER ON COGNITION BRAIN AND LANGUAGE (SAN SEBASTI ÁN,...
Source: Talking Brains - January 14, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
Glossy Ibis in the Fens
Regular readers will know I’ve mentioned the Glossy Ibises that have seemingly taken up residence on our patch during the last year or more. There were three on the flooded farmland adjacent to Earith roundabout for a long time last winter. These are African/Mediterranean birds that seem to be spreading their wings more and more (see also Great White Egret, Little Egret, Cattle Egret). The Glossies we’re seeing here may well be hopping across from a breeding colony in Southern Spain, while the GWEs may be feeding on red crayfish in the lakes of northern France and then hopping across The Channel.
Anyway, ther...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - January 12, 2022 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Sciencebase Source Type: blogs
5 COVID-19 Discussions That Will Dominate 2022
Discussions That Will Dominate 2022 appeared first on The Medical Futurist. (Source: The Medical Futurist)
Source: The Medical Futurist - January 11, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: Covid-19 Forecast Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Science Fiction vaccination pandemic vaccine pfizer fatigue booster Source Type: blogs
The COVID Omicron Surge (and Why I Got Vaccinated)
The objective arguments for and against vaccination are already pretty well presented by society, so I’m sure you’ve encountered an abundance of that by now. I’m not going to rehash those arguments here, partly because I don’t find that side the most interesting to consider.
What I did consider was which of the objective stories I found to represent the most interesting invitation to explore. Since I don’t have the means to personally prove or disprove anything about vaccination – it’s not like I have a bio lab in my garage – I could frame it as a question of whom to trust. But th...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - December 30, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Creating Reality Health Source Type: blogs
In Final Weeks, Trump White House Searched For Excuses To Overturn Election Results
Walter Olson“Mr. Bond, they have a saying in Chicago: ‘Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it’s enemy action’.”That Ian Fleming line (from Goldfinger) came to mind with news that not one or two but multiple efforts to rationalize setting aside the results of the November election were circulating in the Trump White House in the weeks leading up to January 6.We already knew about the most putatively respectable of these, the John Eastman memos. As law professor Jonathan Adler, a member of the academic advisory board of the Cato Supreme Court Review,has written, this memo in both it...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 13, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Walter Olson Source Type: blogs
Friday Feature: Easy Peasy All ‐in‐One Homeschool
Colleen HroncichBy most accounts,homeschooling has jumped significantly during COVID-19. Last fall, theCensus Bureau estimated 5.4 percent of children were being homeschooled —up from around 3.3 percent. But8 –10 percent of parents say they would prefer to homeschool their children, indicating there is still room to grow.One of the biggest impediments to homeschooling is having a parent available in the home. Parents can work together in arrangements like hybrid homeschools, co ‐ops, and learning pods to help in this regard. But it’s definitely a challenge.However, other obstacles —including cost and...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 10, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
Doctoral INPhINIT Fellowships by " La Caixa " Foundation
Do you want to start your research career? ”La Caixa” Foundation ' s doctoral fellowships programme INPhINIT is now open. This programme supports the best scientific talent to promote innovative, excellence research in Spain and Portugal.Apply for a PhD fellowship and give your story a boost. Incoming: 35 fellowships for researchers of all nationalities to carry out their PhD at Spanish centres with Severo Ochoa or María de Maeztu accreditation, Carlos III Health ResearchInstitutes, and Portuguese centres classed as “excellent” by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. Incomi...
Source: Talking Brains - December 10, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
Doctoral INPhINIT Fellowships by "La Caixa" Foundation
Do you want to start your research career? ”La Caixa” Foundation's doctoral fellowships programme INPhINIT is now open. This programme supports the best scientific talent to promote innovative, excellence research in Spain and Portugal.Apply for a PhD fellowship and give your story a boost. Incoming: 35 fellowships for researchers of all nationalities to carry out their PhD at Spanish centres with Severo Ochoa or María de Maeztu accreditation, Carlos III Health ResearchInstitutes, and Portuguese centres classed as “excellent” by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. Incoming...
Source: Talking Brains - December 10, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
Howard Roark at the Supreme Court?
Timothy Sandefur andIlya ShapiroThe Supreme Court has made clear that the First Amendment protects not only traditional forms of expression like speeches and newspaper editorials, but also art forms like painting and dance —and even protects the right not to speak at all. Yet courts have so far failed to apply that protection in one vital area of artistic expression: architecture. Communities across the country routinely impose arbitrary and subjective architectural restrictions, restrictions that violate not only f ree speech, but also basic due process protections.When Florida property owner Donald Burns submitted plan...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 9, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Timothy Sandefur, Ilya Shapiro Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, December 6th 2021
In this study, they found these drugs can kill senescent cells from cultures of human fat tissue. The tissue was donated by individuals with obesity who were known to have metabolic troubles. Without treatment, the human fat tissues induced metabolic problems in immune-deficient mice. After treatment with dasatinib and quercetin, the harmful effects of the fat tissue were almost eliminated.
Targeting p21Cip1 highly expressing cells in adipose tissue alleviates insulin resistance in obesity
Insulin resistance is a pathological state often associated with obesity, representing a major risk factor for type 2...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 5, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
The Lack of Funding for Chronic Kidney Disease Research is Not an Outlier
In this commentary, scientists note the paucity of funding for chronic kidney disease research, given the widespread suffering and death caused by this presently incurable condition. This and many other areas of medicine are seen as solved problems by the powers that be simply because there is some form of treatment, even palliative treatment, in widespread use. That the treatment does little and many people die doesn't appear to motivate those who could fund progress. There is no sense of urgency and little sense of need. We might make the same comments in the case of atherosclerosis, a condition many consider to be adequ...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 30, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Contagions, Congregations, and Constitutional Law: Comparing Religious Freedom in the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics
This article undertakes a comparison of legal restrictions on religious gatherings in the United States during the 1918 Spanish... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - November 26, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Let ’s Thank our unique Human Brains and Minds with a few family-friendly riddles
Q: What is a sure way of sustaining a friendly and sociable feeling towards the whole world?
A: Consort only with strangers.
Q: What beats regretting what you said?
A: Treasuring what you DIDN’T say.
Q: What does, “you must come and visit us sometime!” actually mean?
A: Nothing at all. However, if you take it seriously, be ready for the what-are-you-doing-here welcome!
– Keith Perreur-Lloyd is an Anglo-French composer and musician currently living in Spain. You can learn more about his classical compositions here.
More fun ways to challenge our brains and minds:
25 fun Brain Teasers an...
Source: SharpBrains - November 25, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Keith Perreur-Lloyd Tags: Brain Teasers family-friendly riddles Thanksgiving Source Type: blogs
Important aspects in the management of neurocardiogenic syncope
Neurocardiogenic syncope is the most common cause of syncope. Initial measures in management include lifestyle modifications, increasing the fluid and salt intake and education about physical counterpressure methods. Pharmacological measures may be tried next. Pacemaker implantation has been tried in those with predominantly cardioinhibitory syncope [1].
Physical counterpressure measures are movements like leg crossing and hand gripping which may prevent loss of consciousness in those who feel the presyncopal symptoms. These measures increase the systemic vascular resistance and blood pressure to counter the vasodepressiv...
Source: Cardiophile MD - November 20, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs
