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Statins may lead to consumption of more fats, cholesterol




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Nail salon lamps may increase skin cancer risk




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Red wine compound may boost memory




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Vasectomy may up prostate cancer risk




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Short Course: Caffeine may worsen menopausal hot flashes, night sweats




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Exercise may protect against depression




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Knowing cancer risk may not affect screening rate





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Short course: Blueberries may lower blood pressure




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Short course: A drink a day may lower risk of heart failure




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Maternal depression may start before giving birth: Study




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Mayan Mysteries

Mayan Mysteries Explained - The Feathered Serpent Speaks




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Mayan Wisdom

Mayan Wisdom Keeper - Jeanette O'Donnal




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Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on "State of the Art in Nuclear Cluster Physics" (SOTANCP4): conference date, 13-18 May 2018: location, Texas, USA / editors, Marina Barbui [and three others]

Online Resource




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Preschool in three cultures revisited : China, Japan, and the United States / Joseph Tobin, Yeh Hsueh, and Mayumi Karasawa

Tobin, Joseph Jay




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Liberating praxis : Paulo Freire's legacy for radical education and politics / by Peter Mayo (University of Malta)

Mayo, Peter, 1955- author




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Information search, integration, and personalization: 13th International Workshop, ISIP 2019, Heraklion, Greece, May 9-10, 2019, revised selected papers / Giorgos Flouris, Dominique Laurent, Dimitris Plexousakis, Nicolas Spyratos, Yuzuru Tanaka (eds.)

Online Resource




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TIM 19 Physics Conference: 29-31 May 2019, Timisoara, Romania / editors, Mihai Lungu, Alexandra Popescu and Ciprian Sporea

Online Resource




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CHAOS hosts Astronomy Day on May 2

Morehead is the site for the activities.




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Morehead closed May 10-11

We won't be open during UNC's commencement weekend.




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New Videos from the Library of Congress, May 7

Watch these videos just added to the Library of Congress website.

How One Pandemic, SARS, Predicted Another, COVID-19
Author and journalist Karl Taro Greenfeld discusses his prescient book on the SARS epidemic, which foreshadowed the more devastating COVID-19 pandemic, with the chief of communications of the Library of Congress, Roswell Encina.

Dav Pilkey at Home
Take a break and watch author and illustrator Dav Pilkey in his ongoing video series for the Library, "Dav Pilkey at Home," where he draws and reads from his book series.

Write. Right. Rite. With Jason Reynolds
A new video from Jason Reynolds, seventh National Ambassador for Young People's Literature in his new series "Write. Right. Rite." as part of his "Grab the Mic: Tell Your Story" platform.

 




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Additional manpower may be sought from Centre to give police rest: Uddhav

Uddhav also admitted that while the spread of the virus has been contained, the state has not succeeded in breaking the chain of infection yet




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Gods and robots: myths, machines, and ancient dreams of technology / Adrienne Mayor

Hayden Library - BL313.M39 2018




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Behavioural neuroscience / Seán Commins (Maynooth University, Ireland)

Hayden Library - QL751.C66 2018




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Shakespeare's early readers: a cultural history from 1590 to 1800 / Jean-Christophe Mayer

Dewey Library - PR2967.M39 2018




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After 'Ramayan' and 'Mahabharat', DD to re-telecast 'Shri Krishna'

The show joins other popular epics such as "Ramayan" and "Mahabharat" to be re-run amid the nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. "Coming soon: 'Shri Krishna'," the post on DD National channel's official handle read.




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Antibody-based eye drop may treat dry eye disease: Study

Dry eye disease is caused by abnormalities in the tear fluid and results in dry areas over the cornea, the transparent outer layer of the eye, which can lead to disabling eye pain and sensitivity to light in severe cases




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Queer Pedagogies [electronic resource] : Theory, Praxis, Politics / edited by Cris Mayo, Nelson M. Rodriguez




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Lifting of PDS rice for the month of May begins

Lifting of PDS rice for the month of May begins




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People from Karnataka stranded abroad to start arriving on May 8

All the 10,823 persons from Karnataka stranded in other countries, who will be arriving in the State from May 8, will be quarantined and compulsorily




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Hotter, humid weather may not halt spread of COVID-19: Study

Temperature and latitude are not associated with the spread of COVID-19 disease, according to a global study that found school closures and other public health measures are having a positive effect on containing the novel coronavirus.




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Karnataka may rope in private medical colleges if Covid-19 cases surge post lock-down

The government will provide doctors with a checklist to follow regarding treatment. We will also be applying to ICMR to seek permission to conduct lung biopsies after the death of patients and for clinical autopsies. This will help in providing critical patients with more effective care and bring down mortality rates, Health and Family Welfare Commissioner Pankaj Kumar Pandey said.




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Mandatory BCG vaccination may make COVID-19 less virulent in India, suggests study

The bacille Calmette-Gurin (BCG) vaccine has a documented protective effect against meningitis and disseminated TB in children, according to the World Health Organisation. It is part of the mandatory childhood immunization programme in many countries including India.




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Mayenburg: three plays / Marius von Mayenburg ; translated by Maja Zade

Hayden Library - PT2684.A34 A6 2015




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Goethe: life as a work of art / Rüdiger Safranski ; translated by David Dollenmayer

Hayden Library - PT2051.S2413 2017




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Science Podcast - Climate and corn and a news roundup (2 May 2014)

Climate and crops; roundup of daily news with David Grimm.




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Science Podcast -Chine marine archaeology and a news roundup (9 May 2014)

Marine archaeology on the Silk Road; roundup of daily news with David Grimm.




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Science Podcast - Evading back-action in a quantum system and a news roundup (16 May 2014)

Measuring minute motions; roundup of daily news with David Grimm.




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Science Podcast - Inequality and health and a news roundup (23 May 2014)

Inequality and health; roundup of daily news with David Grimm.




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25 years after Tiananmen and a news roundup (30 May 2014)

The impact of Tiananmen Square on science in China; roundup of daily news with David Grimm.




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Putting rescue robots to the test, an ancient Scottish village buried in sand, and why costly drugs may have more side effects

This week we hear stories about putting rescue bots to the test after the Mexico earthquake, why a Scottish village was buried in sand during the Little Ice Age, and efforts by the U.S. military to predict posttraumatic stress disorder with Online News Editor David Grimm. Andrew Wagner interviews Alexandra Tinnermann of the University Medical Center of Hamburg, Germany, about the nocebo effect. Unlike the placebo effect, in which you get positive side effects with no treatment, in the nocebo effect you get negative side effects with no treatment. It turns out both nocebo and placebo effects get stronger with a drug perceived as more expensive. Read the research. Listen to previous podcasts. [Image: Chris Burns/Science; Music: Jeffrey Cook]




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Happy lab animals may make better research subjects, and understanding the chemistry of the indoor environment

Would happy lab animals—rats, mice, even zebrafish—make for better experiments? David Grimm—online news editor for Science—talks with Sarah Crespi about the potential of treating lab animals more like us and making them more useful for science at the same time. Sarah also interviews Jon Abbatt of the University of Toronto in Canada about indoor chemistry. What is going on in the air inside buildings—how different is it from the outside? Researchers are bringing together the tools of outdoor chemistry and building sciences to understand what is happening in the air and on surfaces inside—where some of us spend 90% of our time. Listen to previous podcasts. [Image: Austin Thomason/Michigan Photography; Music: Jeffrey Cook]




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How our brains may have evolved for language, and clues to what makes us leaders—or followers

Yes, humans are the only species with language, but how did we acquire it? New research suggests our linguistic prowess might arise from the same process that brought domesticated dogs big eyes and bonobos the power to read others’ intent. Online News Editor Catherine Matacic joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about how humans might have self-domesticated themselves, leading to physical and behavioral changes that gave us a “language-ready” brain. Sarah also talks with Micah Edelson of the University of Zurich in Switzerland about his group’s research into the role that “responsibility aversion”—the reluctance to make decisions for a group—might play when people decide to lead or defer in a group setting. In their experiments, the team found that some people adjusted how much risk they would take on, depending on whether they were deciding for themselves alone or for the entire group. The ones who didn’t—those who stuck to the same plan whether others were involved or not—tended to score higher on standardized tests of leadership and have held higher military rank. This week’s episode was edited by Podigy. Download a transcript of this episode (PDF) Listen to previous podcasts. [Image: Scaly breasted munia/Ravi Vaidyanathan; Music: Jeffrey Cook]




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Odd new particles may be tunneling through the planet, and how the flu operates differently in big and small towns

Hoping to spot subatomic particles called neutrinos smashing into Earth, the balloon-borne Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) detector has circled the South Pole four times. ANITA has yet to detect those particles, but it has twice seen oddball radio signals that could be evidence of something even weirder: some heavier particle unknown to physicists’ standard model, burrowing up through Earth. Science writer Adrian Cho joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss the possibility that this reading could lead to a big change in physics. Next, host Meagan Cantwell asks researcher Ben Dalziel what makes a bad—or good—flu year. Traditionally, research has focused on two factors: climate, which impacts how long the virus stays active after a sneeze or cough, and changes in the virus itself, which can influence its infectiousness. But these factors don’t explain every pattern. Dalziel, a population biologist in the Departments of Integrative Biology and Mathematics at Oregon State University in Corvallis, explains how humidity and community size shape the way influenza spreads. This week’s episode was edited by Podigy. Download a transcript of this episode (PDF) Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast [Image: Stuart Rankin/Flickr; Music: Jeffrey Cook]




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Probing the secrets of the feline mind and how Uber and Lyft may be making traffic worse

Dog cognition and social behavior have hogged the scientific limelight for years—showing in study after study that canines have social skills essential to their relationships with people. Cats, not so much. These often-fractious felines tend to balk at strange situations—be they laboratories, MRI machines, or even a slightly noisy fan. Online News Editor David Grimm joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss several brave research labs that have started to work with cats on their terms in order to show they have social smarts comparable to dogs. So far, the results suggest that despite their different ancestors and paths to domestication, cats and dogs have a lot more in common then we previously thought. Also this week, host Meagan Cantwell speaks with Greg Erhardt, assistant professor of civil engineering at University of Kentucky in Lexington about the effect of ride-sharing services such as Uber and Lyft on traffic in San Francisco, California. His group’s work showed that when comparing 2010 and 2016 traffic, these services contributed significantly to increases in congestion in a large growing city like San Francisco, but questions still remain about how much can be generalized to other cities or lower density areas. This week’s episode was edited by Podigy. Download the transcript (PDF)  Ads on this show: KiwiCo Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast [Image: Thomas Hawk/Flickr; Music: Jeffrey Cook]




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Searching for a lost Maya city, and measuring the information density of language

This week’s show starts with Contributing Correspondent Lizzie Wade, who spent 12 days with archaeologists searching for a lost Maya city in the Chiapas wilderness in Mexico. She talks with host Sarah Crespi about how you lose a city—and how you might go about finding one. And Sarah talks with Christophe Coupé, an associate professor in the department of linguistics at the University of Hong Kong in China, about the information density of different languages. His work, published this week in Science Advances, suggests very different languages—from Chinese to Japanese to English and French—are all equally efficient at conveying information. This week’s episode was edited by Podigy. Ads on this week’s show: Kroger’s Zero Hunger, Zero Waste campaign; KiwiCo Download a transcript (PDF) Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast  




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May 30 Webinar: Happy Birthday Walt!: Digitized Walt Whitman Collections from the Manuscript Division

Reminder!!

Please join us for our May topical webinar:

Happy Birthday Walt!: Digitized Walt Whitman Collections from the Manuscript Division

May 2019 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of poet Walt Whitman, who revolutionized the style and content of American poetry with his 1855 publication of Leaves of Grass. Whitman was also a journalist, printer, publisher, orator, and prose writer.

The Library of Congress holds the largest group of Whitman-related special collection materials in the world, including printed materials, rare books, photographs, and manuscripts. In this webinar program, Manuscript Division historian Barbara Bair highlights the content and research use of three digitized Whitman manuscript collections as well as programs celebrating Whitman’s birthday at the Library of Congress.

Date: Thursday, May 30
Time
: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Registration (required): Please register via Eventbrite.

This program will be held in real time via webinar software, which allows participants from around the country and the world to join us. Confirmation and log-on instructions will be sent via email. Please read the Library of Congress Comment and Posting Policy.

ADA: Request ADA accommodations five days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ada@loc.gov. Registration for the program is also required.

Questions? Ask A Librarian!

 




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Business activities significantly hit; recovery may take over a year: Survey

A CII survey indicates that the country may experience a protracted slowdown in economic activity.




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Statistical Methods for Ranking Data [electronic resource] / by Mayer Alvo, Philip L.H. Yu

New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014