Kidney patients can now undergo dialysis at home while sleeping thanks to a type of practice called peritoneal dialysis. It is yet not widespread, only about 15% of all patients choose this method of dialysis, but its use clearly improves these patients’ quality of life as they do not need the constant visits to the […]
Month: February 2012
A professor from Seville triumphs with Mati’s Mathadventures a fun character created to help children with maths
Seville University professor Clara Grima is the author of Mati’s Mathadventures, a character born out of her children’s doubts as well as her own regarding mathematics. In May 2011 she published in her blog Mati’s Math Adventures, with the intention of boosting the interest for mathematics among young children.
A bookstore from seville offers its clients the chance to become a “bookseller for a day”
‘La Extra-vagante’, a travel bookstore from Seville has created an initiative opened to all its clients where these can become booksellers for a day. The staff of this small suburban bookstore teach their apprentices the knowhow into running the store as authentic booksellers.
Young engineers apply technology used in Formula 1 to develop personally designed prosthetics
Two young engineers, one of them an intern at the Formula 1pilot Fernando Alonso’s team, have begun to apply the advanced technology used in this competition to develop personally designed prosthetics. They’re the driving forward BRECA Health Care, a company from Almeria which has introduced biomechanics in medicine.