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Depression affects Puerto Ricans in Boston

Submitted on 12 December 2006 - 11:54am

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A medical study revealed that the Puerto Rican population in the Boston (Massachusetts) Greater Area, between 45 and 75 years-old reflects a high incidence on depression symptoms. According to the investigation, 58% of women and 38% of men in this group present the condition. These results are part of a study by the Boston Puerto Rican Center on Population Health and Health Disparities, done by professors in Tufts and Northeastern University. For the researchers, depression symptoms in the elder Puerto Rican community in Greater Boston could be due to stress caused by poverty, discrimination and cultural differences between the United States and Puerto Rico.

Alarming lack of emergentologists

Submitted on 12 December 2006 - 11:34am

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Only 30% of the 55 emergency rooms in Puerto Rican hospitals are headed by emergentologists, against what a 2004 law requires and the best interest of patients. This is due to a serious deficit in emergentologists in Puerto Rico; the retention of new graduates from the Emergency Medicine Program of the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico, the only accredited one in Puerto Rico, has been reduced an average of 65% from 2001- to 2003 to 1 46% from 2004 to 2006. It is expected that number will go down to 20% in 2007.

Keeping an eye on Apophis

Submitted on 12 December 2006 - 11:19am

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The Arecibo radiotelescope, currently menaced by a closing proposal for 2010, is the only facility in the world that can track rocky objects like the Apophis asteroid. The Observatory has studied the orbit, the distance from Earth of the asteroid, its speed, rotation, and forms. But, if the Observatory is closed, we wouldn’t have valuable information about this and other asteroids.

Governor pleads for the Observatory

Submitted on 7 December 2006 - 11:28am

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Governor Anibal Acevedo Vila requested Arden L. Bement, director of the National Foundation of Science (NSF) not to adopt recommendations of reducing the Arecibo Observatory funds. An inform from the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center suggested a 25% reduction of the Observatory’s budget, funded by NSF, by 2010.

Helpful tool for pre-college students

Submitted on 6 December 2006 - 3:08pm

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The first Student Guide of Puerto Rico, an information tool about superior education institutions in the country, started being distributed yesterday during an activity at Madame Luchetti High School in San Juan. This Guide provides information about universities and their academic offerings, financial aid, time management advice, criteria to select housing or student exchange programs, among others. The Guide will soon have an internet site.

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Health is worst in Vieques

Submitted on 6 December 2006 - 3:02pm

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A new study on the health of Vieques residents indicates that they have a 52% more risk of sufferin from Herat diseases, diabetes and cancer than the rest of the Puerto Rican population. The study, according to the Committee Pro-Rescue and Development of Vieques, indicates that the risk in Vieques of dying of cancer is 52% higher than the rest of Puerto Rico, 31% for heart diseases, 17% for diabetes, 149% for AIDS and 10% for hypertension. According to Committee Pro-Rescue and Development of Vieques, “Our condition as an island municipality seems to be an obstacle for the development and improvement of our health system.” Viequenses indicated that transportation difficulties to the “main Island” for treatment, and the cost of lodging and transportation contribute to the patients leaving their treatments incomplete, increases their risk for dying of those diseases.

Puerto Rican engineering students recieve awards

Submitted on 6 December 2006 - 2:40pm

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Recently the Polytechnic University celebrated the National Conference for Hispanics in Engineering in Puerto Rico, the only conference of its kind nationally, which objective is to emphasize and develop the role of Hispanics in engineering in Puerto Rico and the United States. Representatives of different universities and academic institutions assisted to the activity. There were students from Berkeley, Syracuse University, University of Pennsylvania and Texas Tech University, among others. Undergraduate and graduate technical research awards were handed during the conference. In the undergraduate research category the winners, tied for the first place were Frances Tatis Ríos and Gilberto Vigo Rodríguez, and Giovanni Lleonart Dávila, from the Polytechnic University. Second place in undergraduate level were (also tied) Jorismar Torres and Adrián del Moral Ballesteros, of the University of Puerto Rico, in Mayagüez. In the graduate level category first place went to Fransheska Seijo Montes, who goes to Texas Tech University. Second and third place in graduate level went to Beatriz Méndez and José Castro, respectively, both from the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico.

Amazing microscopes

Submitted on 6 December 2006 - 12:34pm

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The Center for Microscopy of the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez has many microscopes that daily help biologists, chemists, physicists and engineers make their discoveries. Among the Center’s microscopes is a scanning electron microscope and laser confocal microscope. The first one allows magnifications of up to 200,000x and the images are amazingly tridimensional. On the other hand, the second microscope produces two dimensional images and with a lower magnification (100x); but the focus is perfect and the contrast between the brilliant colors of the sample –illuminated by a laser beam- and a black background allow the capture of some of the most beautiful (scientifically valued) images that can be obtained today with any microscope.

Beyond the human eye

Submitted on 6 December 2006 - 12:23pm

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The Center for Microscopy in the new Biology building of the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez houses scientific instruments that allow for the magnified observation of the characteristics and properties of biological and non-biological simples, with an amplification of up to 200,000 times the objects real size. This Center has been supporting the work of researchers in Mayagüez, other academic institutions and the industry for more than 10 years. The Center is open from Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm. For appointments and additional information you can call 787-832-4040, extension 3721.

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