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Musical Platonic analysis

The importance of music for Plato (427 - 347 BC) in the formation of the population can be obtained also from critical judgment that appears on one of the dialogues about Cinesias aimed mainly to amuse viewers rather than to make them better; in fact this controversial author of music and texts written in function to be performed by choral songs for a deity has been called by some as killer of the choir, corruptor of dithyramb besides man with poor moral values. In practice the solemn songs performed during Dionysia, Panathenaea, Thargelia, Lenee festivals were accompanied by rhythmic music and briskly dance and Aristotle postulated that the tragedy might have its origin in the dithyramb. When the audience was listening to these melodic poems of choral type such was the influence on the soul to have probably some consequences in real life.

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Telephone: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jan 01, 2017 n°: 3343
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Mass extinction perhaps sooner than expected

Almost half of the species examined in yet another study on biodiversity reports that are no longer present in their native habitats (four hundred and fifty of the nine hundred and seventy-six included in a research for he evolutionary biologists) and in some cases the species have completely disappeared, this could mean that even a small rise in temperature leads to a mass extinction and saw the current trend of rising temperatures favored by the greenhouse effect fed by human emissions the situation is really serious. We must also be aware of a range of self-perpetuating mechanisms, for example as the planet gets warmer soil microbes tend to release more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in a cycle that repeats itself bringing more heat and therefore over the two degrees Celsius limit considered as maximum limit.

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Telephone: +39 338 1809310 Date: Dec 12, 2016 n°: 3326
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The ice retreated at both poles

In contrast to the phenomenon of melting ice caused by global warming in recent years some parts of the Antarctic ice expanded with the formation of new ice, thus giving support to the theory of the falseness of the damage caused by climate change, but apparently it is the icy winds generated by the changing climatic conditions to cause this phenomenon and then by now the glaciers are retreating even in these areas. According to researchers might play a role even the recovery of the ozone layer; in fact when it is damaged due to chemicals released by human activities can happen that blow very cold winds (it is just an hypothesis). With regard to the Arctic the leak detected in December is counted in over three million and eight hundred thousand square kilometers compared to the average 1981-2010, figuratively the size of India.

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Telephone: +39 338 1809310 Date: Dec 09, 2016 n°: 3324
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Report between biodiversity and climate change

Continue the appeals to defend biodiversity in the knowledge that man is part of it and so we can't continue to damage it with these rhythms; in fact for biological diversity means all genetic heritage species and ecosystems on the planet that also help to regulate the biogeochemical cycles and then could do a relationship so figured between biodiversity and climate change. At this time there is an ongoing conference in Cancun about environmental sustainability and how to try to adopt for example the lifestyle of indigenous peoples considered as environmentally friendly given the propensity to protect forests, the streams without damaging extractive activities and with a kind of culture that promotes solidarity with community tourism and handicrafts. If everyone were to adopt this lifestyle could combat the climate change.

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Telephone: +39 338 1809310 Date: Dec 06, 2016 n°: 3321
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Unprecedented loss of coral reef

In an area that stretches for seven hundred kilometers in the North of the world's largest coral system would be monitored a loss of about two-thirds of corals in eight to nine months, at least according to data collected by Australian researchers who point out how the region had managed to recover from minor damage occurred previously, but this time there is concern that hardly corals will be able to recover. With the warming of sea corals expel the algae which coexist and calcify becoming whites then within ten to fifteen years if temperatures are back in favour with a slow recovery regain color. Shifting the attention to other scenarios to signal that the abnormal temperatures recorded in the Arctic, even up to twenty Celsius degrees more than the previous value, do not allow the ice to consolidate and to resist the overheated sea currents.

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Telephone: +39 338 1809310 Date: Nov 30, 2016 n°: 3316
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Spiritual difficulties of Leibniz

In the life of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (Leipzig 1646 -1716 Hanover) is presented many difficulties, both spiritual and philosophical - mathematician; for example he worked diligently but unnecessarily for religious unification, then had several clashes on philosophy and mathematics, among them the one on infinitesimal calculus with accusations of plagiarism against a famously shrewd scientist (the one known to history for the universal gravitation formula ..even those of questionable attribution) and other misunderstandings that left him very bitter. The activity of Leibniz was encyclopedic with studies and discoveries in many fields since its "Concilatio philosophiae platonicae et aristotelicae" to the important "Monadology" with a vision that seeks to find an harmony in various religious and philosophical thoughts and in creation. Although it was abandoned even by friends who had benefited.

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Telephone: +39 338 1809310 Date: Nov 18, 2016 n°: 3306
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Hot records for 2016 from global warming

As already happened for the previous months the average temperature monitored in October on the planet continue to be on average far higher than average (1.2 degrees Celsius) even though the heat wave fuelled by the current global "El Nino" is over; so it's warm to climate warming, so much so that you plan well in advance that the 2016 might be the warmest of the century, with for example parts of Arctic Russia that had six to seven degrees Celsius higher than the average in the long term. Among the most damaging weather events of the year is remembers the "Matthew" hurricane in Haiti with five hundred victims, then the floods of the Yangtze River in China with three hundred and ten victims and generally the increasing of extreme events. It is estimated that over nineteen million people are displaced due to extreme weather events, double those connected in a relationship to conflict and violence.

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Telephone: +39 338 1809310 Date: Nov 15, 2016 n°: 3303
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The Australia ratified Paris climate agreements

Are one hundred and forty with the Australia the countries that have ratified the climate change agreements taken from one hundred and ninety-six countries in New York in April and following the important global plan to reduce greenhouse emissions decided last year in Paris, this positive news comes after the elections in America with statements in the electoral program of skepticism about climate change issues with the fear that it could affect the ratification of other major countries, then have to keep in mind that Australians have a high environmental footprint with emissions per capita among the highest in the world and little inclination to a environmentalist vision despite the heavy impact of climate change on the country. To report changing the subject but staying out of natural issues that in New Delhi in India after repeated thin particle pollution records have been prepared an action plans to reduce it.

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Telephone: +39 338 1809310 Date: Nov 11, 2016 n°: 3300
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Destruction in Haiti favored by deforestation

A scene of devastation has remained in Haiti after the "Matthew" hurricane with areas like the town of Jeremie in the South where eighty percent of homes were destroyed, roads in many cases impassable and superstructure damaged; some argue that extensive deforestation practiced on the island has left the territory vulnerable to the uncontrollable action of the hurricane. Almost five? hundred the victims, a balance that could increase again when rescue teams will be able to reach areas remained isolated, then it is feared cases of cholera for lack of clean water and malfunction of sewer. There would be six victim in Florida where the vortex is arrived weakened and downgraded to category three but still capable of doing damage and cause dangerous flooding, while authorities warn the population to remain in the evacuation centers.

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Telephone: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 08, 2016 n°: 3271
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Pollution over the four hundred CO2 ppm

This is not the first time that the four hundred parts per million of carbon dioxide threshold is exceeded considered an irreversible harm to the environment, but this time it happened for all months of the year, and although the year is not yet finished usually in September the plants in the northern hemisphere will decrease their ability to capture the CO2 dropping its leaves. The bad news is that the threshold was exceeded in advance than previously expected; from the moment that in 2014 were recorded for only a month values above four hundred ppm C02 and now after a couple of years this limit has always exceeded (a forty percent more since the industrial revolution). To report changing the subject but staying out of naturalistic issues that the "Matthew" hurricane has regained strength and heads toward Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba.

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Telephone: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 04, 2016 n°: 3267
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A sheet of paper to make the stethoscope

Using a simple trick that sometimes kids use to play in 1816 the French doctor René Laennec (Quimper 1781-1826 Kerlouanec) picked up a sheet of paper rolled up and supported it on the chest (in Greek "stethos") of a patient to hear (in Greek see "skopein") the heartbeat without having to support directly the ear on the chest of the woman, whereas at that time doctors usually don't ever touched patients and were limited to evaluate symptoms of diseases. The technique was described in an important "Treatise on mediated auscultation" of 1819; in fact this is the first medical anatomoclinic text that comparing the symptoms of diseases and the various lesions in organs to reach the diagnosis. Stethoscope initially was a kind of a wooden cylinder, then was disassembled for easy portability, afterwards it very evolved until to the use of electronic elements.

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Telephone: +39 338 1809310 Date: Sep 29, 2016 n°: 3263
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A sedentary lifestyle is comparable to smoking

Sitting a long time each day is very dangerous for the health so much that some argue that a sedentary lifestyle is like the new smoking habit, but just do an hour of exercise a day to minimize the rates of death due to inactivity. People who sit a few hours and do not exercise have a higher risk of death than those who despite standing seats for eight hours a day compensate for this unhealthy habit with adequate physical activity, such as walking and cycling. The only case where physical activity does not seem to improve the situation relates to persons who remain seated in front of the television for at least five hours a day, perhaps because tend to watch TV in the evening and this has effects on metabolism; then many individuals have a bad habit of snacking while watching television.

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Telephone: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jul 29, 2016 n°: 3211
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Zika virus microcephaly is only the tip of the iceberg

Children who were infected with the Zika virus in the utero according to researchers may in many cases appear normal at birth and does not present health problems early in life that will manifest in all their gravity during development, such as hearing and sight problems; then microcephaly by some is just the tip of the iceberg that has yet to be explored regarding health consequences. Are over one thousand and seven hundred the cases of microcephaly confirmed in Brazil and twelve in U.S. where is suspect that the Zika virus has arrived in the country after that there were two cases of local infection by mosquito bite without that those infected have traveled to countries at risk or have had sex with infected persons. Remains to be seen whether also if other mosquitoes as well as those of the genus Aedes are able to transmit the virus.

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Telephone: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jul 23, 2016 n°: 3206
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Continue the flooding in China

The rainy season in China continues with flooding of vast areas in twenty-eight provinces especially in central areas and southeast of the country; There would be her victims, ninety-three missing, over one hundred forty thousand houses destroyed and nearly five and a half million farmland flooded, then with substantial damage and forecasts of more intense rainfall. The Yangtze river although in some places the water levels are slightly dropping remains in many places in the emergency situation with concern about the capacity of dams especially older ones and not well maintained, so much so that more than eight hundred thousand people are monitoring. Remarkable also the damage caused by "Nepartak" typhoon (which before China had invested Taiwan) with sixty-nine victims, six missing, then six towns flooded and over half a million people evacuated.

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Telephone: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jul 15, 2016 n°: 3199
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Legumes as a sustainable source of protein

To make a simple comparison between what the difference concerning the ecological footprint on the planet between consume meat or vegetables would suffice given that one kilogram of beef produces the equivalent of twenty-seven kilograms of one of the main greenhouse gases like the carbon dioxide (even thirty-nine the lamb) while beans less than a kilo of CO2, regardless of the industry linked to cattle that produces more emissions of the global transport sector. With the increasing world population the continued strong demand for water resources is becoming a difficult problem to solve and also in this case produce a gram of protein from legumes takes approximately nineteen litres of water against the hundred and twelve required by the meat, then there are have substantial advantages from the salutary standpoint for a lower incidence of cancers and diseases of the cardiovascular system.

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Telephone: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jun 21, 2016 n°: 3178
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Take force investments in renewable energy

Would grow five percent the investment in renewable energy last year mainly due to Asian countries; moreover the renewable technology installations (except for large hydro-electric projects) in 2015 exceed those traditional more polluting and so it's a transition unthinkable only ten years ago. Some argue that there are still strong contradictions such as the stage not quite positive of Europe who first had launched renewables, then there are doubts about how to feed the entire production of so-called "green" energy considering the unexpected collapse of the price of fossil fuels; however remain the tendency to take advantage of new technology. Another environmental aid could come from better management, partly technological, of farms that are the second polluting factor after that energetic.

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Telephone: +39 338 1809310 Date: Mar 26, 2016 n°: 3105
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Fifth anniversary of the Fukushima disaster

Five years after the nuclear accident in Fukushima despite has been made important progress in setting up the atomic plant the situation remains of security risk both for the environment since it lacks a cover type sarcophagus, both for the population because of radioactive leaks that technicians fail to control; then compounding the picture has recently received the news that the plant operator has admitted he hid for two months the initial meltdown (over fifty percent after three days) in active reactors affected by the tsunami. From data obtained on the disaster some argue that the damage could be much greater than that stated in particular as regards the losses at sea of radioactive coolant, but despite this and protests of the population the authorities have decided to reactivate some reactors in the country to compensate the energy deficit.

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Telephone: +39 338 1809310 Date: Mar 11, 2016 n°: 3092
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Alzheimer identified well in advance

A study carried out in Sweden with memory tests and gamma scans on individuals who belong to families where it was known that there was increased frequency of mutations that can be connected to Alzheimer's in the brain inflammation that would have identified diagnose the disease two decades before it occurs. The researchers say most of the previous studies were performed on patients with explicit symptoms with severe memory loss without finding effective treatments, but this time it will be possible to intervene before the disease is diagnosed or modifying treatments already available in its early stages. Typically the tendency taken care would be to keep down the level of inflammation and control the abnormal growth of immune cells in addition to the prevention made for example limiting pollutants and heavy metals.

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Telephone: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jan 29, 2016 n°: 3056
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