Category: Bem estar
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The Necessary Discovery of What We Have and Who We Are
We live in a moment where contradictions are used to justify why many fit into a certain group while others close ranks in opposition. Something along these lines: “If I think this way, I logically cannot think that way, and that’s it!” This restricted view is directly linked to a culture that insists on telling…
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How to Boost Immunity
Did you know that the first symptoms of low immunity are hair loss and brittle nails? The immune system works in our body as a tool; it is a set of elements (organs, tissues, and cells) responsible for fighting diseases, viruses, infections, bacteria, microbes, and others. It is normal for one person to get sick…
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Masks Against Covid-19: Innovative Designs from American Universities
Innovators on university campuses in the United States are combating Covid-19 by creating masks that detect the presence of the virus that causes the disease, protect the user from being infected, and facilitate breathing and testing.Sensors for coronavirus that change colorResearchers at the University of California, San Diego, have developed sensors that can be placed…
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Brazilians Share How They Are Navigating the Pandemic in Hawaii
With tourism devastated by Covid-19, the paradise archipelago of Hawaii is facing a true nightmare, and the unemployment rate has skyrocketed like never before. However, many people are confronting this crisis with creativity and managing to turn things around. Among them are two Brazilian women who moved to the island of Oahu a few years…
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Emotional Contagion
In addition to the constantly recommended care aimed at the resumption of school spaces, technically justified, it is important to observe that new perspectives need to be exercised, aiming at the harmonization and development of interpersonal relationships, fundamental for both socio-emotional aspects and the group characteristics required by the BNCC. Although the learning process has…
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Smoking, extinguish this addiction
The smoke from a cigarette is as harmful as that expelled by a car’s exhaust. While the exhaust releases between 30 to 80 thousand ppm (parts per million) of carbon monoxide, the cigarette emits between 20 to 60 thousand ppm. In January 2006, the California Air Resources Board, a U.S. state considered a benchmark in…
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Could a teenager’s discovery treat patients with Covid-19?
The award-winning science project of a 14-year-old American student may offer insights into a possible treatment for Covid-19.
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It is from a young age that we learn
It has been quite some time since many parents, to compensate for the little time they have for their children, have started to exchange hugs and kisses for sweets, soft drinks, snacks… And what was supposed to be a gesture of love ends up creating a vicious cycle that persists throughout childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.…
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One of the Shortcomings of the Cradle
There was a time when accumulating technical knowledge, cultural traditions, languages, and other specific information guaranteed a certain status of intellectuality, even for those who achieved these goals through “cheating,” “reading footnotes of books and magazines,” or even repeating “wise expressions” from various authors, known or unknown. A good catchphrase could impress and gather eager…
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Unwanted Tattoo
Among the things that intrigue me, tattoos have always played a prominent role. Not so much for the designs or sayings themselves, but much more for the desire or courage to embrace such a lasting mark. People get tattooed to express love, hate, belief, disbelief, pure exhibitionism, and even to compensate for shyness in gestures…