Develop Good Study Habits Early On

Here are some simple tips to help you improve your study habits:
Have a routine for where and when you study.
Decide in advance what you’ll study, choosing reasonable and specific goals that you can accomplish
Do things that are harder or require more intense thought earlier in the day.
Take breaks so that you stay fresh and don’t waste time by looking at material but not absorbing it.
Make use of “dead” time right before and after class and during breaks between other activities.

Desenvolver as próprias estratégias de estudo pode ajudar estudantes a obter melhores resultados.

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Beware of Parasites in raw/undercooked fish, warn doctors

An unseen hazard of eating raw or undercooked fish/seafood is on the rise in Western countries, where dishes, such as sushi, are becoming increasingly popular, warn doctors in BMJ Case Reports.

The warning comes after they treated a 32 year old previously well man who had had severe upper gut (epigastric) pain, vomiting, and fever for a week.

A blood test indicated mild inflammation, and the area below his ribs was tender. But it was only when the man revealed that he had recently eaten sushi that the doctors suspected that he might have anisakiasis.

Anisakiasis is caused by eating raw or undercooked fish/seafood infected with nematode parasites of the species Anisakis.

Endoscopy - the insertion of a long tube with a camera on the end down the gullet and into the stomach - revealed the larva of a worm-like parasite firmly attached to an area of swollen and inflamed gut lining.

After the larva was removed with a special kind of net, the man's symptoms cleared up straight away. Laboratory analysis showed that the larva belonged to the species of Anisakis.
Most of the reported cases to date have been in Japan, where a raw fish diet is very common say the authors.

"However, it has been increasingly recognised in Western countries," they add, and advise clinicians to consider the condition in patients with pain, nausea, vomiting and other complications, such as bowel obstruction and bleeding, who have recently eaten raw or undercooked fish.

The Odyssey, one of the most important epic poems in Western literature, was supposedly written by Homer almost 3,000 years ago, and it tells the wanderings of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, after the ten years of the Trojan War. Just after the battles, Odysseus attempts to come back home, but Neptune, god of the sea, prevents his coming. Odysseus reaches his kingdom after ten years of peregrination through the Mediterranean Islands. A very moving and famous scene is when the hero, disguised as a mendicant, is recognized by his dog Argos, a strong and clever hound. Read the excerpt below (TEXT) to answer question.

TEXT: Odyssey, Book XVII 290-320

As they were thus talking, a dog that had been lying asleep raised his head and pricked up his ears. This was Argos, whom Ulysses had bred before setting out for Troy, but he had never had any work out of him. In the old days he used to be taken out by the young men when they went hunting wild goats, or deer, or hares, but now that his master was gone he was lying neglected on the heaps of mule and cow dung that lay in front of the stable doors till the men should come and draw it away to manure the great close; and he was full of fleas. As soon as he saw Ulysses standing there, he dropped his ears and wagged his tail, but he could not get close up to his master. When Ulysses saw the dog on the other side of the yard, dashed a tear from his eyes without Eumaeus seeing it, and said:

"Eumaeus, what a noble hound that is over yonder on the manure heap: his build is splendid; is he as fine a fellow as he looks, or is he only one of those dogs that come begging about a table, and are kept merely for show?"

"This hound," answered Eumaeus, "belonged to him who has died in a far country. If he were what he was when Ulysses left for Troy, he would soon show you what he could do. There was not a wild beast in the forest that could get away from him when he was once on its tracks. But now he has fallen on evil times, for his master is dead and gone, and the women take no care of him. Servants never do their work when their master's hand is no longer over them, for Jove takes half the goodness out of a man when he makes a slave of him."

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THE REAL TAMBOURINE MAN

Tagore, not Dylan: The first lyricist to win the Nobel Prize for literature was actually Indian

There’s been a great deal of excitement over Bob Dylan winning the 2016 Nobel Prize for literature.
It’s rare for artists who have achieved widespread, mainstream popularity to win the coveted prize. And although Nobels often go to Americans, the last literature prize to go to one was Toni Morrison in 1993. Furthermore, according to The New York Times, “It is the first time the honor has gone to a musician.”
But as Bob Dylan might sing, “The Times, they are mistaken.”
A Bengali literary giant, who probably wrote more songs than him, preceded Dylan’s win by over a century. Rabindranath Tagore, a wildly talented Indian poet, painter, and musician, took the prize in 1913.

The first musician (and first non-European) to win the Nobel Prize for literature, Tagore possessed an artistry—and lasting influence—that mirrored Dylan’s.

Complete o texto sobre Ms. Samanta Alencar, uma vestibulanda da Universidade de Fortaleza, usando as preposições corretas.

Samanta was born ________¹ June 06, 1999. She lives ________² an apartment ________³ 368 Barros de Almeida Street but her parents don’t live ________⁴ Fortaleza, they live abroad. Samanta usually wakes up ________⁵ 6:00a.m. and takes a bus ________⁶ school. She usually has classes ___^_7 the morning but ________ ⁸ Mondays and Wednesdays she goes ________⁹ her English school ________ ¹⁰ night because she wants to travel abroad. She is very happy today. She is going to take a test to join university and become a university student.

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For the first time, king-sized bed sales have outstripped double-bed sales in the UK. Double beds are normally four feet six inches wide, but families want the extra space provided by the five-foot king size bed. Buyers are taller and heavier than they used to be and need bigger beds. Leading retailer John Lewis sold 34% more king-size than double beds in 2010. Interior designers say that the bed is no longer just for sleeping as people watch television and use their laptops in bed. The bedroom is the new living room and beds are the new sofas!

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The Healing Power of Music

What better “medicine” than a “treatment” that has only positive side effects and “therapy” that is actually enjoyable? Music is shown to have the ability to help organize the brain; especially vital to those who are afflicted with Alzheimer’s.
Studies have shown that the results of a musical therapy session last for several hours afterward. Positive results include elevated mood, increased socialization and appetite and reduction in agitation. These benefits are attributed to the stimulation the brain receives during a music therapy session, a sort of “cognitive workout”.
As speech, writing and traditional forms of communication are compromised, music provides an alternative means of maintaining a connection, thereby helping to normalize interaction between caregiver and patient. Music used therapeutically creates an environment where the patient can be nurtured and cared for in a way that is safe, gentle and appropriate. Music is central to maintaining human bonds when those with dementia have lost the ability to initiate communication or to respond verbally.

The powers of music when focused and used therapeutically are many. Critical to maintaining quality of life for those with Alzheimer’s is management of emotions and preserving the connection with others. Music is conducive to keeping those connections strong as long as possible while helping the participant to focus, increase awareness and orient to the environment. A number of research studies have looked at music therapy as an important adjunct to medical treatment and findings suggest a possible link between the use of music and slowing the progression of dementia.
Music is primal to life and expressed by each of us every day whether through dancing to a favorite tune, keeping rhythm with a pencil or remembering a special time when hearing a forgotten melody. It is central to our lives and is embedded in our culture, defining how we acknowledge milestones, rites of passage and celebrations as well as providing comfort, transformation and inspiration.
<http://www.caregiver.com/articles/print/healing_power_of_music.ht m> Acessado em 14 de abril de 2017. Adaptado

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