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Detectan partículas de plástico microscópicas en grasas y pulmones de mamíferos marinos

Un nuevo estudio realizado por investigadores de @DukeU encontró microplásticos incrustado en la grasa y los órganos de ballenas y delfines.

Agencias/Ciudad de México.- Se han encontrado partículas de plástico microscópicas en las grasas y los pulmones de dos tercios de los mamíferos marinos en el estudio de microplásticos oceánicos de un estudiante de posgrado. La presencia de partículas de polímero y fibras en estos animales sugiere que los microplásticos pueden viajar fuera del tracto digestivo y alojarse en los tejidos. El…

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[mariebenz]

Fewer Kidney Failure Patients Rely on Medicare for Dialysis

MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Lead and Senior coauthors contributing to this interview:

Abby Hoffman Abby Hoffman, BA is a Pre-Doctoral Fellow in Population Health Sciences at Duke University and a PhD Candidate in Health Policy and Management University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Dr. Virginia Wang Virginia Wang, PhD, MSPH is an Associate Professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences, Associate Director of the Center for Health Innovation and Outcomes Research, and Core Faculty Margolis Center for Health Policy at Duke University and Investigator Durham VA HSR&D Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation (ADAPT).   MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? Response: It is well established that healthcare providers are sensitive to changes in price, though their behavioral response varies. Dialysis facilities are particularly responsive to changes in Medicare reimbursement. Many dialysis patients are eligible for Medicare regardless of age, but dialysis facilities generally receive significantly higher reimbursement from private insurers than from Medicare. In 2011, Medicare implemented a new prospective bundled payment for dialysis that was expected to decrease Medicare payment and reduce overall revenues flowing into facilities. Then the Affordable Care Act (ACA) rules against refusing to insure patients for preexisting conditions and the 2014 ACA Marketplace provided an additional avenue for patients to purchase private insurance. As a result of these policies, dialysis facilities had a strong motivation and opportunity to increase the share of patients with private insurance coverage. We were interested in understanding whether dialysis facilities were shifting their payer mix away from Medicare, possibly in response to these policy changes.  MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings? How has the change in Medicare enrollment affected the viability of for-profit dialysis units? Response: We used data from annual facility surveys on the numbers of their patients by Medicare enrollment status (enrolled, in the process of applying for Medicare, or neither enrolled nor in the process of applying for Medicare). We found a facility-level movement away from a Medicare payer mix and towards a non-Medicare payer mix beginning in 2011 and continuing through 2016. For example, from 2005 to 2011, on average, non-Medicare patients made up only about 4% of a dialysis facility’s payer mix. By 2016, non-Medicare patients made up 34% of a facility’s payer mix, on average. This movement was more pronounced in facilities that were part of large chains and facilities that were for-profit. These results point to potentially increasing revenues and profits for most facilities. Though it is important to note that our data are not clear on exactly what types of insurance (or lack of insurance) are supplanting Medicare coverage. We can infer that, because most dialysis patients are eligible for Medicare, patients are receiving private insurance coverage rather than remaining uninsured.  MedicalResearch.com: What should readers take away from your report?  Response: We empirically show a signal that facilities are potentially responding to changes in Medicare and ACA policies, in part by shifting away from Medicare. MedicalResearch.com: What recommendations do you have for future research as a result of this work? Response: This was a descriptive observational study and further investigation is needed to assess the impact facilities’ shift in payer mix has on patients and on the healthcare system more broadly. We see movement away from Medicare coverage at the facility-level, but, with the data in this study, we cannot determine what is happening at the patient-level. Is the patient-level movement away from Medicare as stark as the facility-level data make it appear? What is replacing Medicare for dialysis patients now? How? What benefits and harms are associated with diminished Medicare reliance? We have no new disclosures to add since the publication was accepted and printed for publication. Citation: Hoffman A, Sloan CE, Maciejewski ML, Wang V. Medicare Enrollment Among Patients With End-Stage Kidney Disease Receiving Dialysis in Outpatient Facilities Between 2005 and 2016. JAMA. 2020;323(13):1314–1316. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.0704 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2764171  The information on MedicalResearch.com is provided for educational purposes only, and is in no way intended to diagnose, cure, or treat any medical or other condition. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health and ask your doctor any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. In addition to all other limitations and disclaimers in this agreement, service provider and its third party providers disclaim any liability or loss in connection with the content provided on this website.   Read the full article

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One year ago today the young baller we now know as ZiOn broke Clemson fans hearts when he committed to #DukeBasketball!! He’s been a more complete player than most of us dreamed of! I love that he speaks highly of Coach K, embraces learning all he can in his season at Duke, and is an unselfish teammate! Thank you @zionlw10 for choosing #DukeU!! #SI6HTS 🔵😈💙 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs4C8l4Fv-n/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=req5wx0xptxf

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Happy WorldSparrowDay 🐦

DYK Sparrows [Passer domesticus] are endemic to Britain & were introduced to Australia from 1863 to 1870.

Singing males repeat & shuffle a repertoire of 12 different songs to attract a mate - according to researchers @DukeU & @miamiuniversity 🎼

#birds #birdlovers

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Biggus Dukeus

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The big study that’s supposed to convince us that masks help kids....didn’t even have a control group.

https://twitter.com/martinkulldorff/status/1425850313194582018?s=21

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Tuvimos el honor de dar de comer a #AlanGelfand, ilustre matemático estadístico de @DukeU @StatSciDuke en una visita con más colegas de @EINAunizar @unizar y les hice su #ArteEfimero de #Postre #EnLaTerrazaDeLaJamoneria #Zaragoza #Matematicas #mathematics #Estadistica #statistics . . . . #Zgz #gastronomia #enjoyzaragoza #food #yummy #FoodPorn #instafood #ComerEnZaragoza #ComerBien #restaurante #IrDePropio #SalirAComer #igersZgz #igersAragon #igersEspaña #MarcaEspaña #instalike #instagood #instabest #instapic #bestintown (en La Jamoneria Restaurante) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMoq7duBVu8/?igshid=13xo4o4wff6ba

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A scientific way to make better investment decisions @CNBC @RobertExley @JAFGlobal @DukeU @acorns cnb.cx/3eyY8tk

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Where Did the Day Go? Why Time Flies As We Age

MedicalResearch.com Interview with:

Dr. Bejan Adrian Bejan PhD ( MIT 1971, 1972, 1975 ) J.A. Jones Distinguished Professor Duke University MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: Among the most common human perceptions is that time passes faster as an individual becomes older. The days become shorter, and so do the years. We all have stories of this kind, from the long days of childhood and the never-ending class hours in elementary school, to days, months and years that now pass in a blur. Why does it feel that the time passes faster as we get older? What is the physical basis for the impression that some days are slower than others? Why do we tend to focus on the unusual (the surprise), not on the ever present? This new article unveils the physics basis for these common observations. The reason is that the measurable ‘clock time’ is not the same as the time perceived by the human mind. The ‘mind time’ is a sequence of images, i.e. reflections of nature that are fed by stimuli from sensory organs. The rate at which changes in mental images are perceived decreases with age, because of several physical features that change with age: saccades frequency, body size, pathways degradation, etc. The misalignment between mental-image time and clock time serves to unite the voluminous observations of this phenomenon in the literature with the constructal law of evolution everywhere, as physics. MedicalResearch.com: What should clinicians and patients take away from your report? Response: More subtle, and worth questioning is the impression that some days appear to pass more slowly than others. The ‘ slower’  days are full of productivity, events, and memories of what happened. Productive days happen when the body and mind are rested, after periods of regular sleep, when in the morning you look in the mirror and you see a younger you, not a tired you. Athletes learn the hard way the correlation between good rest and the speed of the passing time. Lack of rest makes you miss plays, unable to anticipate, unable to see the ball before it arrives. While sleep walking, the game is over before you know it. Young students learn the same physical truth while taking exams during a fixed time interval. The rested mind has more time to go through the problems, to find mistakes, to go back to the beginning, and try again. Lack of sleep, due to cramming the night before the exam, makes the time pass faster during the exam period. Cramming does not pay, but rest does, which is why the good coach rests the team before the big game. Here is why this is important to you, the reader: Today, many young people experience time distortion because they spend too much time on social media. This has serious consequences, ranging from sleep deprivation to mood changes and mental disorder. This is why an understanding of the physics basis of how humans perceive the passing of time is essential.  MedicalResearch.com: Is there anything else you would like to add? This work is the latest  discovery in the new field of life and evolution as 'physics'. Response: Recommended reading are the books The Physics of Life (2016) and Design in Nature (2012) MedicalResearch.com: Thank you for your contribution to the MedicalResearch.com community. Citation: Bejan, A. (n.d.). Why the Days Seem Shorter as We Get Older. European Review, 1-8. doi:10.1017/S1062798718000741 Note: Content is Not intended as medical advice. Please consult your health care provider regarding your specific medical condition and questions. Read the full article

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Fwd: Postdoc: DukeU.2.FungalEvolution

Begin forwarded message: > From: evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca > Subject: Postdoc: DukeU.2.FungalEvolution > Date: 21 August 2019 at 15:51:21 GMT+10 > To: rdmpage@gmail.com > > > > Postdoctoral Positions in the Tri-Institutional Molecular Mycology > and Pathogenesis Training Program (Tri-I MMPTP) at Duke University, > UNC-Chapel Hill, and North Carolina State University > > The Tri-Institutional Molecular Mycology and Pathogenesis Training Program > is seeking Postdoctoral Fellowship applicants. This program was founded > in 2004 and has been continuously funded by an NIH/NIAID T32 training > grant over the past 15 years, and was renewed recently for a fourth > five year funding period. Two fellowship positions are available as of > August 1, 2019 or thereafter. The program funds both basic and clinical > fellows working on all aspects of mycology encompassing model fungi, > plant pathogenic fungi, and human pathogenic fungi. Areas of interest > span DNA repair and recombination in model yeasts, virulence of human and > plant fungal pathogens, antifungal drug targets and mechanisms of action > and therapeutic development, evolution of fungi, and clinical infectious > diseases, among others. The program is tri-institutional and features > training mentors in all thematic areas throughout the Triangle Area > of North Carolina, and supports fellows at all three institutions. The > program is codirected by Joe Heitman, Andy Alspaugh, and Bill Steinbach, > and supports career development through a series of ongoing activities > including a monthly lunch meeting series, annual symposia, travel > awards to meeting and courses, and regular meetings with scientific > advisory committee members and visiting speakers including advisory board > members. The program has an illustrious group of alumni (some are listed > below), many of whom are leaders in medical mycology or with leadership > positions in pharma, industry, and government/NIH. Women and individuals > representing diversity in science are encouraged to apply. Interested > applicants are encouraged to contact the program co-directors and send > a letter of interest, cv, reprints, and references. Further information > at the program website: https://ift.tt/2KXVkZ8 Many program alumni > are excelling in independent positions: Robert Cramer (Dartmouth), > Brian Smith (Duke), Michael Price (Liberty University), Kirsten Nielsen > (University of Minnesota), Crystal Icenhour (CEO Aperiomics), Xiaorong > Lin (University of Georgia), Alex Idnurm (University of Melbourne), > Marianela Rodriguez-Carres (BASF-RTP), Jarrod Fortwendel (University > of Tennessee), Josh Burgess (Epicentre), Min Ni (Regeneron), Wenjun Li > (NCBI), Richard Festa (Irvine Scientific), Soo Chan Lee (University > of Texas, San Antonio), Xuying Wang (GlaxoSmithKline), Jelena Catania > (University of Central Florida College), Ryoko Oono (UC Santa Barbara), > and Chelsea Boyd (NIH/NIAID). > > Please send application materials to Joseph Heitman at heitm001@duke.edu, > Andy Alspaugh at Andrew.alspaugh@duke.edu, and Bill Steinbach at > bill.steinbach@duke.edu. > > Cryptococcus neoformans research highlight: completion of the genome > sequence (Science 307: 1321-1324, 2005), the genome spans 20 Mb and > comprises 14 chromosomes, and production of infectious spores > > > Melissa Palmer > via IFTTT

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YouTube Bans Video Revealing Anti-Semitism at University

Political filmmaker Ami Horowitz tweeted Thursday that YouTube had banned his video displaying several examples of anti-Semitism at a UNC and Duke conference. “My new video has been banned by Youtube! @UNC and @DukeU sponsored open antisemitism! Filming at a major conference on campus antisemitism was all caught on film! This is truly shameful! Please…

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RT @LPGAMedia: With her @VicOpenGolf win @celineboutier becomes a #Rolex First-Time @LPGA winner. She is just the 4th French golfer to win on the LPGA, and the 1st since 2003. Boutier is a 2016 graduate of @DukeU; she joins @blanggolf as the only @DukeWG… https://t.co/jcLly0roXC (via Twitter http://twitter.com/SmithSportsCo/status/1095329285592764416) http://bit.ly/2UUMWgd

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@MilaBrokerage: RT @Land_Line_Mag: ”The reality is in the near future these technologies will get more advanced, but we are at a kindergarten-level for #Driverless cars.” - Dr. Missy Cummings (@missy_cummings) professor (@DukeU) (@DukeEngineering) Blog by Wendy Parker @truckingwithgnw #Autonomy #Trucking https://t.co/x3cmmRBvD9

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“Today we program computers and machines. Tomorrow we will program matter itself.” @SkylarTibbits of @MIT‘s Self-Assembly Lab #Construct3D pic.twitter.com/8SMbaBJW5i

— Karen Blumberg (@KarenBlumberg) May 6, 2017

I am thoroughly enjoying this inaugural #Construct3D conference, and I hope to return for additional annual events to follow! Day 2 including another jam-packed schedule of speakers and workshops. See the full line-up here: https://construct3d2017.sched.com/

This morning’s keynote was delivered by Skylar Tibbits of MIT’s Self-Assembly Lab! He shared many awesome futuristic projects with smart materials that he and/or the lab have designed/created/explored including: 1. Fluid assembly furniture 2. 4D printing explorations (materials changes over time – just like Slaughterhouse Five) 3. Programmable materials 4. Aerial assemblies of weather balloons 5. Auxetic materials 6. Rapid liquid printing 7. Rock printing Skylar’s last slide stated, “Today we program computers and machines. Tomorrow we will program matter itself.”

Following the keynote, I remained in the ballroom for Eric Schimelpfenig‘s session entitled, My Making Journey. Eric described himself as a lackluster student who nevertheless amassed an impressive repertoire of skills which he now puts to use as a digital designer and fabricator. Eric’s website is full of his work and passion projects. Here’s a time-lapse video of Eric assembly the foosball table he designed in Sketchup…

Next, I went downstairs towards Tim Pelton’s Whittling, Learning and Engaging with 3D Printing in Elementary School. Among much other information delivered, Tim shared the story of Austin’s Butterfly and how it evolved via critique & multiple drafts. https://vimeo.com/38247060

I headed next door to play with Sharri Duncan, Joanna McCumber, and a whole lot of 3D pens and filament in their 3D Drawing at Our Fingertips session. Their slides are here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1u6zAkjwMRpgBeP6hXBJ4wVCPfuKFCg7PjVn8y5R0_gY/edit#slide=id.g35f391192_00

Following this, I attended Using 3D Printed Surfaces in an Inquiry Style Multivariable Calculus Course with Michael Gagliardo. Back in my Bryn Mawr College days, I used #Mathematica in Multivariable Calculus to design 3D digital models of graphs that we could then view on a 2D computer screen. Nowadays, it’s a simple matter to print these graphs in various materials and hold them in your hands. The future is awesome!

After this was a great talk by Tom Burtonwood about his work, Beyond the Inflection Point – Lessons Learned from 3D Printing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Tom has an assortment of his projects on his website here: http://tomburtonwood.com/

Then I stopped by Josh Burker‘s session, Bits From Atoms: Logo and FabricationBits From Atoms: Logo and Fabrication. I’m a huge fan of Josh and his inspiring personal and school projects. His resources from today’s workshop can be found here: http://joshburker.pbworks.com/w/page/117371211/Bits%20to%20Atoms%3A%20Logo%20and%20Fabrication%20-%20Construct3D

I then headed over to a much-anticipated talk from Corinne Takara, CAD Design and 3D Printing as Community and Culture Building Tools. I was made aware of Corinne’s inspirational work through many tweets I saw retweeted by other Maker Educators who I follow. Meeting her in person was a thrill! Among many incredible projects, Corinne shared about her work with a mobile maker cart in Japantown, San Jose, where she had visitors design and create netsuke (obi ornaments traditionally worn by men), a project getting people to design personalized skulls (calaveras) celebrating the life of  a deceased loved one for Dia de Los Muertos, and her mycelium chandelier project. Check out Corinne’s glorious work on her site: http://www.okadadesign.com/ The slides from her impressive session are here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_RQS03QhVxXLbjYOfTBfD9YGM3fHH000dGNrmI2QgJw/mobilepresent?slide=id.p

I’m bummed I missed Justin Riley‘s session, It’s Turtle Graphics All The Way Down. We chatted later, and he helped me compare and contrast BeetleBlocks and BlocksCAD. Based on his extensive knowledge and experience using BeetleBlocks with middle schoolers, I agree that it’s a more age-appropriate tool. Also, here is a link to his session’s slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1XfZSRYLQlUH8zVlFyAA8mkdptH8sHRW-EVsWWesegOU/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000&slide=id.phttps://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1XfZSRYLQlUH8zVlFyAA8mkdptH8sHRW-EVsWWesegOU/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000&slide=id.p

Comparing @BlocksCAD and @BeetleBlocks with @KarenBlumberg #Construct3D #Construct3D2017 pic.twitter.com/JXhanMefhs

— Justin Riley (@20hz20khz) May 6, 2017

Next up was a session by Mark Peeters, OpenSCAD Makes Coding, Math and 3D Printing Accessible to Elementary Students. His resources are in a Google Drive Folder here: tinyurl.com/kxseykr Mark shared a mindblowingly simple trick for folding paper to represent a 3D axis! The PDF of his template is in his resources folder.

I then went upstairs to hear from the inimitable Tim Cooper about Creating a 3D Printing Culture in Your School. Among other projects, Tim shared that since his students wear uniforms, some of them 3D designed and printed tie-clips and bowties for themselves and the community.

At this point, I rushed out to a hallway to join Melda Yildiz‘s SpeedTECH Conference at New York Institute of Technology (via Zoom video conferencing) and gush about edcamp for 5 minutes. It’s kinda remarkable to me that I remembered AND made it on time. Yay!

Thrilled to share about #edcamp and @edcampnyc with @myildiz‘s @NYIT SpeedTECH Conference participants! #edchat #whyiedcamp @EdcampUSA pic.twitter.com/X9FMxMWWtO

— Karen Blumberg (@KarenBlumberg) May 6, 2017

After this escalation to my heart rate, I popped in on Anna Engelke session, Outside the Box: Teaching 3D Printing with Low-Tech STEM Activities. I love a balance between high-tech and low-tech, and Anna had a few stations to explore different ways to address possible limitations with time, tools, and other resources. One table had to keep a pen upright at the center of a “wheel” of strings held by each participant, They were tasked with writing on a piece of paper as a collaborative effort. Such a great team building activity!

After this, I stopped by 3D Printing in the Art Room with Wendy Aracich. Wendy shared awesome student projects for elementary, middle, and upper schoolers using Tinkercad, Inkscape, Blender, and Sculptris. She also shared slides of thought-provoking artists and works to inspire her students. I’d love to get a link to her slide deck…

Finally, it was time for dinner and pre-dinner PechaKucha talks — 20 images, 20 seconds per image, no clickers. We were lucky to hear from the following great minds:

Corinne Takara shared about how the design and prototyping process is often more important than the final product in her presentation Elevating the Process Over the Print/ Guiding K-12 Students in 3D Printing Challenges

Cole Takara (Corinne’s son) offered incredible examples of his exploration with 3D printing and designs based on his research in the Humanities in his talk, Blending 3D Printing and Humanities, a Student’s Perspective (side note, Cole is in 10th grade and began 3D designing/printing in 7th grade)

Josh Ajima brought it all home with his presentation, 0 Things, and how he and his students promote social justice and awareness by posting designs to Thingiverse where previously there were 0 results from a search. Check out his Thingiverse postings here: https://www.thingiverse.com/DesignMakeTeach/about

Wonderful @PechaKucha talks from @CorinneTakara @TakaraCole @DesignMakeTeach to close out Day 2 of #Construct3D! #edchat #MakerEd #STEAM pic.twitter.com/nlFJyMMwdO

— Karen Blumberg (@KarenBlumberg) May 7, 2017

There was a lovely gift to attendees flickering around the lobby and dining areas: Holey Cylinder 3D printing votive candles designed by Christopher Hanusa, aka Math Art Shop, and printed at Duke’s CoLab Studio…

#HoleyCylinder 3D printed votive candle holders designed in #Mathematica by @mathartshop for #Construct3D participants! #artsed #STEMed pic.twitter.com/R62CvLo8V6

— Karen Blumberg (@KarenBlumberg) May 6, 2017

And now, after a 16-hour day of learning, sharing, and networking, I’m officially tired and closing my laptop for the night.

Notes from Day 2 of #Construct3D hosted by @DukeU. #MakerEd #STEMed #STEAM "Today we program computers and machines. Tomorrow we will program matter itself." @SkylarTibbits of @MIT's Self-Assembly Lab…

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RT @RegeneraMedical: Cut your tension headaches by 42% in just 6 wks. Scientists at @DukeU revealed that eating 3 cups of nuts weekly will do the trick. If you suffer from chronic headaches, you may require more than a bag of almonds. #FunctionalMedic… pic.twitter.com/37dLqTAfPb

— Eddy Bettermann 🇩🇪 (@DrEddyMD) May 1, 2018