Ipad Laptop

É um acessório que transforma seu IPAD em um notebook, ou quase.
Pois é a evolução não para nunca. Esse sistema ainda está em desenvolvimento. É mais um produto do KickStarter. Alguém tem uma ideia e você tem a oportunidade de investir nele durante o seu desenvolvimento, a vantagem é que você por ser investidor, acabará pagando mais barato do que quando o produto chegar no mercado.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/552506690/brydge-ipad-do-more?ref=live
A pergunta é?
Serve no IPAD 3 também?

Sete maneiras de manter os alunos focados usando a tecnologia

http://edudemic.com/2012/05/7-ways-to-keep-students-focused-while-using-technology/

As ferramentas existem e ponto.
Nosso desafio é aprender a fazer com que elas trabalhem a favor e não contra.
Ignorar não é e não será a solução.

Handheld Probe Shows Great Promise for Oral Cancer Detection

ScienceDaily (Apr. 27, 2012) — A team of American researchers have created a portable, miniature microscope in the hope of reducing the time taken to diagnose oral cancer.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120427095953.htm

The probe, which is around 20 cm long and 1 cm wide at its tip, could be used by doctors to diagnose oral cancer in real-time or as a surgical guidance tool; dentists could also use it to screen for early-stage cancer cells.

The probe has been presented on April 27, in IOP Publishing's Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, and has shown good agreement with images of oral cancers obtained using conventional, much slower techniques at the University of Texas Health Science Centre at San Antonio, TX.
Historically, the death rate associated with oral cancer is particularly high; not because it is hard to discover or diagnose, but due to the cancer being routinely discovered late in its development.
Lead author of the study Dr John X J Zhang at the University of Texas at Austin said: "Today, that statement is still true, as there isn't a comprehensive programme in the US to opportunistically screen for the disease; without that, late stage discovery is more common."
The probe uses a laser to illuminate areas of the sample and can view beneath the surface of tissue, creating full 3D images. It can also take a series of images and layer them on top of each other, much like the tiling of a mosaic, giving a large overall field-of-view.
The key component of the probe is a micromirror. Micromirrors have previously been used in barcode scanners and fibre optic switches and are controlled by a microelectromechanical system, allowing the laser beam to scan an area in a programmed fashion.
The low cost and ease of fabrication of micromirrors, along with their easy integration into electronic systems for versatile imaging operations, make them an indispensable component of the probe.
Oral cancers have traditionally been diagnosed by biopsy. Based on a doctor's visual inspection, medical practitioners remove a sample of tissue from the patient and send it off to a pathologist who will examine the tissue under a microscope to check for abnormal or malignant cells.
Results will be sent back to the doctor for the next round of diagnoses or surgery; the whole process can take up to several weeks. Not only is this process time consuming, it can be costly, invasive and painful, often leaving scars.
"Due to the lack of real-time efficient oral cancer screening tools, it is estimated that approximately $3.2 billion is spent in the United States each year on treatment of such cancers," Dr Zhang continued.
The researchers, from the University of Texas at Austin and the commercialization partner NanoLite Systems, Inc. are now planning clinical trials with a view to gaining approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). They envisage that, with a few adjustments, the device could be built for a quarter of the price it costs to build the microscopes that are currently used in diagnosis, which is around $300 000.
About oral cancer
Approximately 40,000 Americans will be diagnosed with oral or pharyngeal cancer this year.
It will cause over 8,000 deaths, killing roughly one person an hour, every 24 hours.
Of those 40,000 newly diagnosed individuals, just over half (approximately 57%) will be alive in five years.
If you include cancer of the larynx, for which the risk factors are the same, diagnosed cases grow to 54 000 with 13 500 deaths. ·
Worldwide, there are 640.000 new cases of oral cancer each year.

Pebble: E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android

Customize Your Perfect Watch. It's as Easy as Downloading an App.

Pebble is the first watch built for the 21st century. It's infinitely customizable, with beautiful downloadable watchfaces and useful internet-connected apps. Pebble connects to iPhone and Android smartphones using Bluetooth, alerting you with a silent vibration to incoming calls, emails and messages. While designing Pebble, we strove to create a minimalist yet fashionable product that seamlessly blends into everyday life. 

CUSTOMIZE WITH APPS

Apps bring Pebble to life. We're building some amazing apps for Pebble. Cyclists can use Pebble as a bike computer, accessing the GPS on your smartphone to display speed, distance and pace data. Runners get a similar set of data displayed on their wrist. Use the music control app to play, pause or skip tracks on your phone with the touch of a button. If you're a golfer, feel free to bring Pebble onto the course. We're working with Freecaddie to create a great golf rangefinder app for Pebble that works on over 25,000 courses world-wide. Instead of using your phone, view your current distance to the green right on your wrist. These apps will be the first, with more in the works!  

Novos tempos, novas maneiras de comprar.

Você na verdade ajuda na produção e desenvolvimento do produto antes mesmo dele ir para as fábricas.

Esse chega em setembro.

Oral cancer screening tool earns kudos from mHealth Alliance, Vodaphone

   A mobile screening tool that attaches to a conventional camera phone to help rural health workers screen for oral cancer has been named the winner of the third annual mHealth Alliance Award.

Developed by researchers at Stanford University, the OScan is designed to immediately transmit oral scans from a rural clinic to a dentist or other specialist. The tool is targeted for developing countries, which account for 70 percent of the world’s tobacco consumption and where incidences of oral cancer and other tobacco-related diseases are rising sharply.

mHealth Alliance officials say easy, inexpensive screening tools will enable health workers to more quickly identify those in the early stages of the disease and coordinate proper treatment, as well as allowing them to teach proper oral hygiene to remote, rural populations. The device is currently being tested in India, a nation whose rural population might see one dentists for every 250,000 people.

“The OScan team at Stanford University has developed an affordable screening tool that brings standardized, multi-modal imaging of the oral cavity into the hands of rural health workers around the world, allowing individuals to conduct screenings for oral lesions,” the group – consisting of Manu Prakash, James Clements, Dhruv Boddupalli and Aditya Ganda – reports on its website. “This inexpensive device mounts on a conventional camera phone and allows for data to be instantly transmitted to dentists and oral surgeons. OScan aims to empower minimally skilled health workers to connect early stage patients to health care providers and teach communities about the importance of oral hygiene.”

The OScan was also named the second-place winner in the fourth annual Vodaphone Americas Foundation Wirelsss Innovation Project, held in conjunction with the mHealth Alliance Award.

“The Vodafone Americas Foundation partnership with the mHealth Alliance is exceptionally powerful in that it allows us to propel ideas for wireless technology into action,” said Patty Mechael, executive director of the mHealth Alliance, in a press release. “The field of mHealth is constantly growing, and now more than ever it is essential for us to support innovations that will enable us to overcome development challenges and have a meaningful impact on people's lives. This kind of competition inspires entrepreneurs and innovators to explore uncharted territory, enabling the realization of visionary ideas that improve communities throughout the world.”

First place in the Vodaphone contest was awarded to the Wireless Bug Sensor, developed by researchers at the University of California, Riverside, and ISCA Technologies, which detects the location, type and number of insects in a particular field and alerts farmers, via text message, with advice on how to combat the pests. Third place was awarded to InVenture for its InSight money management tool, which allows entrepreneurs in developing countries to track their finances in their native language and create access to credit reporting opportunities,

“It's incredibly energizing to be able recognize these innovative solutions for social good,” said June Sugiyama, director of the Vodafone Americas Foundation, in the press release. “This is our fourth year of this competition and we continue to identify unique and impactful solutions.”

The Wireless Bug Sensor’s creators received a $300,000 award for their first place award, while InVenture pocketed $100,000 for its award. Stanford’s OScan team received $200,000 for its second-place award in the Vodaphone competition and another $50,000 in strategic and networking support from the mHealth Alliance for winning that contest.

1. 2nd Place, winner of $200,000, and mHealth Alliance winner of $50,000 in strategic and networking support – OScan, Stanford University

70% of the world's tobacco consumption comes from developing countries and is sharply rising, leading to a large number of deadly diseases, including oral cancer. Early detection and treatment of these diseases can dramatically improve survival rates. The OScan team at Stanford University has developed an affordable screening tool that brings standardized, multi-modal imaging of the oral cavity into the hands of rural health workers around the world, allowing individuals to easily and effectively screen for oral cancer. This inexpensive device mounts on a conventional camera phone and allows for data to be instantly transmitted to dentists and oral surgeons. OScan aims to provide a means to empower health workers to connect early stage patients to health care providers and teach communities about the importance of oral hygiene.  http://stanford.edu/~manup/Oscan


Links de Origem:
http://stanford.edu/~manup/Oscan
http://www.mhimss.org/news/oral-cancer-screening-tool-earns-kudos-mhealth-alliance-vodaphone
http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2012/april/vodaphone-0417.html
http://community.wegohealth.com/profiles/blogs/vodafone-americas-foundation-announces-2012-wireless-innovation-1?xg_source=activity

MASCC/ISOO 2012 International Symposium focuses on the clinical management of supportive care in oncology.

The 

MASCC/ISOO 2012 International Symposium focuses on the clinical management of supportive care in oncology. It is essential that all oncology specialists, care-givers and cancer policy makers are fully updated as to the latest available physical and psychological treatments to prevent, control, or relieve complications and side effects of cancer and its treatments — including antineoplastic approaches. This advanced scientific oncology congress is endorsed by the leading Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer and the International Society of Oral Oncology.Let’s meet in the exhilarating city of New York to combine our efforts and knowledge to explore how we can all improve patient's comfort and quality of life!

Mucositis Research Workshop

The Mucositis Research Workshop is centered around presentation of original research by young and experienced investigators. It provides an informal venue for detailed discussion beyond what is possible during the formal symposium. Such a workshop has been held in conjunction with the annual MASCC/ISOO symposium for 4 years previously. Workshop 

attendees represent thought leaders and investigators in the field of mucositis from all over the world. Invited experts and young investigators present and discuss the latest advances in mucositis research and identify new opportunities for research and collaborations.

III Jornada Paulista de Cirurgia de CCP

III Jornada Paulista de Cirurgia de Câncer de Cabeça e Pescoço
7 a 8 de dezembro de 2012

Taiwan reports highest oral cancer survivor rate

Taiwan reports highest oral cancer survivor rate
Wed, Mar 7, 2012Oral Cancer News

Source: www.chinapost.com.tw/
Taiwan has reported the highest five-year survival rate for patients with oral cancer in the world, a hospital official said yesterday.
On average, more than 70 percent of the oral cancer patients treated at National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) live for more than five years after being diagnosed, said Ko Jeng-yuh, head of the hospital’s division of head and neck oncology.
Citing a survey carried out by the American Joint Committee on Cancer, Ko said the survival rate in the United States for such patients in late stages of the disease was lower than 30 percent in 2010.
The NTUH treated 1,288 patients with oral cancer between 2004 and 2009 and after complete treatment, more than 55 percent of the 476 stage-four patients lived for at least five more years, the hospital said.
Taiwan has the world’s highest number of patients suffering from oral cancer, as the majority of patients are middle-aged men who are also the bread winners for their families, said Lou Pei-jen, an NTUH doctor.

Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge: systematic review of randomised controlled trials

BMJ. 2003 December 20; 327(7429): 1459–1461. doi:  10.1136/bmj.327.7429.1459

Gordon C S Smith, professor¹ and Jill P Pell, 

O fato de não haver Ensaios Clínicos Controlados e Randomizados na literatura, não quer dizer que não há evidências sólidas sobre o assunto. Uma análise crítica sobre nossos dias muito interessante com algum grau de ironia.

Jayro Guimarães novamente nos bancos da escola, MBA em Biossegurança

Jayro Guimarães no Blog Biossegurança de Liliana Junqueira falando sobre sermos eternos alunos