Cases & Voices
On February 12, the Special Interest Group (SIG) Neuromuscular Diseases from Rede Universitária de Telemedicina [Telemedicine University Network] (RUTE), lived a historic moment with the first collaboration session on telemedicine between Brazil and India. The meeting was attended by the National Coordinator of RUTE, Luiz Ary Messina, and drew attention to a lecture by Dr. U.K. Misra with the theme: “Neuromuscular disorders in tropical areas: up to date and challenges”. The Indian Professor of Neurology of the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences has a worldwide recognized expertise on the subject, having already published more than 400 scientific articles in this area of study. In order for everything to go well during the meeting, there was a hard work of the technical support teams of RUTE in Brazil and the team in India, as well as the SARAH Network, performing all the required tests to guarantee the success of the connection quality.
How to educate an increasingly wider audience to move towards a sustainable and efficient management of water resources, positively impacting the economic development in Chile? This was the challenge of the Center for Technological Research of Water in the Desert, CEITSAZA, dedicated to research and technological development for the sustainable and efficient management of water resources, mainly in arid areas, in an environmentally friendly manner.
The number of obese children and teenagers in the world has increased up to ten times in recent decades, according to a study led by the World Health Organization (WHO). By 2025, forecasts indicate that this number could reach 75 million people. The rate tends to grow in low- and middle-income countries, which points to the need for food-oriented policies and appropriate sports activities.
The TLALOC God was feared for his ability to discharge rain, hail and lightning over the earth. Now, this elements are expected to be observed through the GPS network that is part of the "Long-Term Terrestrial and Atmospheric Transboundary Observatory and Collaboration Network" (TLALOC-Net).
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Recientemente, un periodista me preguntó cómo podríamos reducir el costo de las redes de telecomunicaciones. Creo que esperaba una respuesta larga, llena de explicaciones, pero sólo le respondí: “¡compartiendo!” Y eso está sucediendo, actualmente, de forma intensa en Brasil. ¡Qué bien! Lo más importante es que quien está promoviendo ese cambio es el propio mercado. ¡Mejor aún!
The collaboration between two members of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP), Brazil and Mozambique, has been yielded results ranging from telehealth to cybersecurity. This partnership has been going on for five years since the Ministries of Science and Technology of both countries entered into a bilateral cooperation agreement between the RNP and MoRENet academic networks.