AGNOSCERE. An open house to global citizens

Post No. 42. Final Disposition of Gloves and masks and other PPE in times of COVID-19. The general idea has been developed is that when a product is consumed and deposited in a garbage dump and collected by the local collection trucks, the problem is solved. In reality, what is being done is transferring the problem of solid waste contamination from one place to another. The   real problem we are facing until now is that water, air, and soil had been contaminated and as a consequence of this the proliferation of vectors are offensive to public health and may be a factor to spread viruses that affect us and bring epidemics and even more serious pandemics like COVID-19 and this is quite alarming. The consequences are not reflected only in public health and financial but threat the future of our society in every country of the world. There is a news source of contamination and this time is caused by COVID-19 appeared.   As masks and gloves are required and most of...

Post No. 41. The column of Marcus Aurelius is a Roman victory column in Piazza Colonna,  Rome ,  Italy . It is a Doric column featuring a spiral relief. It was built in honour of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and modeled on Trajan’s Column. Because the original dedicatory inscription has been destroyed, it is not known whether it was built during the emperor’s reign (on the occasion of the triumph over the Marcomann, Quadi, and Sarmations in the year 173) or after his death in 180; however, an inscription found in the vicinity attests that the column was completed by 193. In terms of Topography of ancient  Rome , the column stood on the north part of the Campus Martius, in the center of a square. This square was either between the  temple  of  Hadrian  and the  temple  of  Marcus Aurelius  (dedicated by his son Commodus, of which nothing now remains), or within the latter’s sacred precincts, of which nothing remains. The col...

Post No. 40. Quantum Computers. COVID-19 or Coronavirus is growing in an exponential way, but we don’t have to be scare with this term. It helps to track the speed of a disease and provide important information to provide assistance to vulnerable locations and patients. We need to identify the real enemy that is the time to find a cure. Everyday people around the globe ask for a vaccine. This is not an easy task and will take years to find one. The human body needs to be exposed to a vaccine and the immune system should develop a strong memory of the pathogen. It is necessary to weaken the pathogen and it is done by growing several generations of pathogens in environments other than human cells. Mutant strains of pathogens should be selected. (Dr. Roohi Bansal, Biotechnologist and PHD in Molecular Biology) Critical trials (research studies performed in people that are aimed at evaluating a medical, surgical, or behavioral intervention. NIH) are necessary but this process c...

Post No. 39. Pizza. Pizza is a savory dish of Italian origin, consisting of a usually round, flattened base of leavened wheat-based dough topped with tomatoes, cheese, and often various ingredients (anchovies, olives, meat, etc.) baked at a high temperature, traditionally in a wood-fired oven. Food similar to pizza have been made since the Neolithic Age. Records of people adding other ingredients to bread to make it more flavorful can be found throughout ancient history. In the 6 th century BC, the Persian soldiers of Achaemenid Empire during the rule King Darius I baked flatbread with cheese and dates on top of their battle shields. An early reference to a pizza-like food occurs in the Aeneid, when Celaeno queen of the Harpies, foretells that the Trojans would not find peace until they are forced by hunger to eat their tables (Book III). IN Book VII, Aeneas and his men are served a meal that include round cakes (like pita bread) topped with cooked vegetables. When they eat...

Post No. 38. Albert Einstein and the Civil Rights in America In 1946, Albert Einstein, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist traveled to Lincoln University in Pennsylvania the first school in America to grand college degrees to black Americans. He received an honorary degree and gave a lecture on relativity to the Lincoln students. This visit was ignored by the mainstream press. According to the authors Fred Jerome and Rodger Taylor, authors of “Einstein on Race and Racism” these omissions need to be recognized and corrected. Einstein was Jewish and was victim of racism, threats and harassment while working at the University of Berlin during the Nazi Germany. He found similarities between American segregation and the treatment of Jews in Germany. In January 1946, Einstein offered public encouragement to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and its founder. W.E.B.   Du Bois. In 1951, when the federal government indicted the 83-year-old ...

Post No. 37: Nuremberg trials. The Nuremberg trials were a series of military tribunals held by the Allied forces under international law and the laws after World War II. The trials were most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, judicial and economic leadership of Nazi Germany, who planned, carried out, or otherwise participated in the Holocaust and other war crimes. The trials were held in the city of Nuremberg, Germany, and their decisions marked a turning point between classical and contemporary international law. They were held between 20 November 1945 and 1 October 1946. They used some terms as “crimes against humanity”. This term “crimes against humanity” was first used by George Washington Williams in a pamphlet published in 1890 to describe the practices of Leopold II of Belgium’s administration of the Congo Free State. The Article 6 of the London Charter of the International Military Tribunal was the decree that set down t...

Post No. 36 Seat Oats. A tall grass (Uniola paniculate) that has panicles resembling those of the oat, grows chiefly on the coast of the southern U.S. and is useful as a sand binder (Merriam Webster Dictionary). Sea oats is a long lived, slow growing, warm season, perennial grass commonly associated with the upper dunes along beach fronts. It grows erect to approximately 6 feet in height at maturity and has leaves that can grow to 24 inches in length. The leaves are narrow, less than 1 inch in width, and taper towards their ends. Seat oats is very drought tolerant. This species produces a massive root system and will tolerate salt spray and brief inundation with salt water. It prefers full sun, and thrives in areas with blowing sand, such as dunes along the upper beach front. Sea oats is an extremely valuable plant for coast line and barrier island protect. Its massive root system is capable of holding soil and sand in place during extreme weather events such as hurricanes a...