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December 11, 2020
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The Short-Term Effect of Occupational Levels of 50 Hz Electromagnetic Field on Human Heart Rate Variability

December 11, 2020
Binboğa E, Tok S, Munzuroğlu M. The Short-Term Effect of Occupational Levels of 50 Hz Electromagnetic Field on Human Heart Rate Variability. Bioelectromagnetics. 2020 Nov 19. doi: 10.1002/bem.22308. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33211349 Abstract Previous studies have indicated that there is no consensus on the effects of extremely low-frequency electromagnetic (ELF-EMF) exposure on the cardiovascular...
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How Light Therapy Might Prevent Vision Problems in Preterm Infants

December 11, 2020
Top Breakthrough Discovery | Published April 2019 in Nature Cell Biology After discovering a light-dependent molecular pathway that regulates how blood vessels develop in the eye, scientists at Cincinnati Children’s suggest it may be possible to use light therapy to help preterm infants avoid life-long vision problems. A study in mouse models reveals that normal function of...
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Big Ed-Tech Is Watching You: Privacy, Prejudice, and Pedagogy in Online Proctoring

December 11, 2020
Source: https://brownpoliticalreview.org/2020/12/big-ed-tech-is-watching-you-privacy-prejudice-and-pedag CHAELIN JUNG | DECEMBER 6, 2020 In the pandemic-era scramble of digital education delivery, the line between public and private has been unduly blurred. Remote learning has brought one particular learning tool — remote invigilance, or more colloquially “online proctoring” — to the fore. And students are not happy. Considering the unprecedented threats online proctoring...
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The 23rd newsletter of the Swiss expert group on electromagnetic fields and non-ionising radiation (BERENIS)

December 11, 2020
Summaries and assessments of selected studies: In the period from mid of January to end of April 2020, 91 new publications have been identified, and twelve of these were discussed in depth by BERENIS. Based on the selection criteria, six of these publications were selected as the most relevant ones. Their summaries and assessments are...
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December 2020: more on the Havana Syndrome

December 11, 2020
Article by an electrical and computer engineer who designs and builds sources of high-power microwaves (Edl Schamiloglu, Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering,  University of New Mexico. https://theconversation.com/scientists-suggest-us-embassies-were-hit-with-high-power-microwaves-heres-how-the-weapons-work-151730 Excerpt Lots of power, little heat Although these high-power microwave sources generate very high power levels, they tend to generate repeated short pulses. For example, the SINUS-6...
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