Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@social.cleverlibre.org

Research Staff Assistant in the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute

Zuckerman Institute, Columbia University

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#ScienceJobs #hiring #research
New York City #UnitedStatesUS #ResearchAssis...
https://jobrxiv.org/job/research-staff-assistant-in-the-mortimer-b-zuckerman-mind-brain-behavior-institute-4/?feed_id=62934

Why is it that we keep blaming our kids' depression and anxiety on social media and smartphones instead of the fact that we've turned the entire planet into a burning dumpster fire for them to deal with

People do not want to engage with logos.

"We have found that readers generally do not engage with content posted on the journal handles and we have had limited success with trying things like threads and tagging thought leaders. Where the engagement with journals content happens is with organic posting — an author or collaborator or thought leader will decide to post a journal article, summarize, and offer an opinion. These posts tend to enjoy a significant amount of engagement."

https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/10/19/worth-the-time-critical-look-at-value-of-twitter/

Complex systems friends: wikipedia needs your help!

Most individuals I know who work in this area (from ecology to brain research)would not feel well represented by this:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_Dynamic_Systems_Theory

Minimally, some cross referencing is in order here:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_system

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamical_system

#complexity

Why some worms regenerate and others do not
Why are so few species able to regenerate damaged or missing body parts, even though regeneration might seem an obvious survival advantage? Researchers at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Multidisciplinary Sciences in Göttingen, Germany, and colleagues have now found a possible explanation in pla...
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2023/10/20/why-some-worms-regenerate-and-others-do-not

DICER ribonuclease removes harmful R-loops https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(23)00748-7?rss=yes&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Geographical Variation in Social Determinants of Female Breast Cancer Mortality Across US Counties

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2809389

Pfizer says it will price Covid treatment Paxlovid at nearly $1,400 for a five-day course, which researchers estimate only costs Pfizer $13 to produce.

That's a 10,000%+ markup. Shameful.

One of my favorite army ant documentaries for your weekend enjoyment!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prwdLQi2LFQ

Watching it you'll see why Chentomology made these delightful drawings. https://www.etsy.com/shop/ChentomologyArt

Research Technician - Corbett Lab

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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#ScienceJobs #hiring #research
Boston #UnitedStatesUS #ResearchTechnician
https://jobrxiv.org/job/research-technician-corbett-lab/?feed_id=62904

Apparently there is fake Ozempic circulating in Europe.

"The pre-filled injection pens are falsely labelled as the drug sold by the Denmark-based Novo Nordisk and were discovered as fakes because of inactive serial numbers."

https://www.ft.com/content/3cf06876-8d4f-4d40-8146-7b6e699278b7

"Oito funcionários doutorados da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) assinam uma carta enviada a esta instituição em que reclamam salários iguais aos trabalhadores com contratos a prazo e que têm as mesmas funções. Em causa está a “discriminação subjectiva” na principal instituição que financia a ciência em Portugal: as diferenças salariais rondam, no mínimo, cerca de 500 euros, reclamam."

https://www.publico.pt/2023/10/20/ciencia/noticia/funcionarios-doutorados-fct-acusam-direccao-discriminacao-salarial-2066963

The metre is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second #OTD in 1983.

After the 2019 redefinition of the SI base units, this definition was rephrased to include the definition of a second in terms of the caesium frequency Δν_Cs. This series of amendments did not alter the size of the metre significantly, a change of 0.02% from the original value of exactly 40000 km, which also includes improvements in the accuracy of measuring the circumference.

#science

The NY Civil fraud case in a nutshell: Ill-gotten gains.

If you steal a hundred dollars, gamble with it, and win millions ... none of it is yours if your caught. Trump was caught.

Disgorgement to follow. Ranting now. Crying to follow.

https://youtu.be/ZuVMCLdq9Ww

#politics #news

"There's no one thing that's true. It's all true."

The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published #OTD in 1940.

In 1941, the Pulitzer Prize committee for letters unanimously recommended For Whom the Bell Tolls be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel for that year. However, Nicholas M. Butler, found the novel offensive & persuaded the board to reverse its determination; no Pulitzer was given for the category of novel that year. via @wikipedia

#books

#Zebrafish as a model for #Shigella carriage in #humans

#infectiousdiseases #microbiology
https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/228/8/1108/7240101