Eidos Education

The Polar Literacy Initiative is striving to bring polar research to primary school aged learners. Working with polar researchers and their data sets, the Polar Literacy team created a number of lesson plans, activities, videos and interactives to provide the opportunity for students to explore field collected data and interact with polar researchers. The materials were tested with over 500 learners in several states, primarily during the COVID-19 restrictions, impacting the material development and implementation strategies.

Abstract Background: Transthyretin amyloidosis, or ATTR, is a progressive and debilitating rare proteopathy generally manifested as either transthyretin amyloid polyneuropathy (ATTR-PN) or transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM). Irrespective of the clinical presentation, afflicted patients manage a chronic and life-threatening condition that severely affects their quality of life (QOL). Although the primary symptoms and diagnostic criteria for ATTR are increasingly being discussed in the medical literature, due in large part by continual advancements in uncovering disease pathophysiology, there exists a surprising paucity of published data on the patient journey and family experience. Therefore, in order to address this disparity, two focus groups, one for ATTR-CM and one for ATTR-PN, were convened and asked to describe the diagnostic process, symptoms, and impact on their own quality of life that was experienced from these rare and typically misdiagnosed illnesses.Results: Patients in both ATTR groups often underwent a long and difficult diagnostic odyssey characterized by seemingly nonspecific physical manifestations resulting in mismanagement and suboptimal care, inadequate interventions, and delays in establishing the correct diagnosis integral to determining the specialized treatment they needed. Collectively, patients with ATTR-CM reported 26 different symptoms and patients with ATTR-PN reported 24 different symptoms. The ATTR-CM group identified intolerance to activity, inability to exercise, insomnia and fatigue as the most challenging symptoms. The ATTR-PN group identified fatigue, diarrhea/constipation and sensory deficits as the most difficult symptoms. In general, ATTR was reported to be highly stressful for both patients and their families. Spouses of patients with ATTR-CM were often in a caregiver role and reported experiencing considerable anxiety. Patients with ATTR-PN were stressed not only by the physical consequences of their illness, but also by its effects on their parents and other relatives, as well as concerns about children and grandchildren inheriting the disease-causing mutations associated with ATTR. Despite such challenges, family members are identified as an important resource of coping, motivation, inspiration and support.Conclusions: Several steps can be taken to reduce the challenges and burdens of living with ATTR, including increased education for primary care physicians and specialists who unknowingly encounter ATTR, increased access to and ready availability of mental health services and support, and awareness and engagement with support groups and advocacy organizations which may help guide clinical trials and generate additional studies of patients’ experience. Although each recommendation is impactful in itself, taken together they would jointly facilitate a shortened and ameliorated patient journey through more timely diagnosis and greater access to personalized medical care.

In this course/talk we aim to give a cohesive overview of the advanced rendering techniques developed for the upcoming 2015 blockbuster, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. We will present a collection of diverse features, the challenges they presented, where current approaches succeed and fail, followed by our own solutions and implementation details.

This paper describes the structure and impact of a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) project designed to enrich science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education using educational modules that teach students to construct, program, and test a series of sensors used to monitor water quality. During the five years of the SENSE IT project, over 60 teachers across New York, New Jersey and Washington were provided with sensor construction equipment and professional development, and then implemented the modules in their classrooms with over 2,000 middle and high school students. Project evaluation results indicate that the curriculum is well received by teachers and students, can be integrated into several different subject areas and types of courses, and is effective for a wide range of students.

A low-waste flowsheet for extractive refining of uranium concentrates was developed. It involves denitration with urea and the use of the urea nitrate precipitate formed as a source of nitric acid in the extraction process. Implementation of this scheme will reduce the nitric acid consumption by 50–70% owing to its recycling in the extraction process, with the discharge of nitrate ions with wastewater decreased also.

O destino dos resíduos da piscicultura sempre foi um problema para os produtores. Além de serem poluentes, são desperdiçados produtos de alto valor nutritivo. Realizou-se este trabalho com o objetivo de viabilizar ao pequeno e médio produtor um processo de reaproveitamento dos resíduos da piscicultura, a partir de uma silagem ácida. A silagem com ácido muriático foi elaborada em 16 silos, sendo 4 tratamentos e 4 repetições com 2.000 g de resíduo moído/silo e, respectivamente, 150, 200, 300 e 350 ml ácido/tratamento, durante 3 semanas; o pH foi monitorado diariamente. Foram realizadas análises de Contagem Total de Microrganismos e Coliformes Totais após 1 e 3 semanas e análise de coliformes a 45ºC após 3 semanas. Com essas análises determinaram-se baixa contagem bacteriana e ausência de Coliformes a 45ºC, tornando o produto adequado ao consumo animal.