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Is this correct?
I´ve been doing a course in Coursera about Clinical Research. I wrote in the Discussion Forum and I wanted to know if there is any mistake. I'm sorry if this is a heavy topic
"In the case of Mr. Ryan I really think he should have received the experimental drug. The evidence for the superiority of PLX4032 was too strong and it seems that there was not a clinical equipoise. Besides they were not honest since the beginning with what they knew about the established drug and the experimental drug, at least it was what I understood from this article.
There is a recent case in Brazil where a drug that supposedly cures cancer was being given to patients without ever having a clinical study. There was only some studies in vitro and with animals. This drug was given to patients for years and when the authorities realized that and stopped the distribution, a lot of patients demanded the access to the compound saying it has worked on them.
I know that the distribution of the drug was prohibited and now they are doing the phase II of clinical research and it seems like the drug it is not as miraculous as people believed. This drug gave false hopes for the patients and a lot of patients died using this pill without ever contributing to the understanding of this drug"
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Cuentas de Twitter interesantes
Ustedes conocen algunas cuentas de twitter en español que sean interesantes? ustedes tienen twitter?
estoy usando twitter ultimamente y pienso que seria una buena forma de me acostumar con el idioma
me gusta cuentas divertidas de personas normales o youtubers
mi cuenta no es muy interesante pero si quieres agregarme es @biamissio
ponga su cuenta abajo también
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¿Los adolescentes en tu comunidad o país pasan mucho tiempo en las redes sociales?
Estoy haciendo un curso en EDX sobre español. Escribí algunas cosas en el foro de discusión pero quiero saber si es correcto.
Las redes sociales pueden ser engañosas
Soy de Brasil y aquí es la misma situación. Los adolescentes pasan mucho tiempo en las redes sociales. Cúando era adolescente diez años atras yo también pasava mucho tiempo. Y no tenía muchas redes sociales en aquella época, entoncés yo realmente era adicta. Hoy percebo el mal que hace y evito quedarse mucho tiempo. Pero creo que no son solamente los adolescentes. Mis padres son viejos, ellos tienen sesenta y setenta años y pasan mucho tiempo en las redes sociales. Pienso que para adolescentes es peor porque ellos están en una fase que necesitan más interación en persona, pero tambiém hace mal para los más viejos. Cúando usted pasa muy tiempo en las redes sociales, usted empieza a piensar que conoce las personas, y qué todas ellas son felices y sus vidas son perfectas, pero la verdad es que todo el mundo pasa por problemas y lo qué ves en las redes sociales son solo las mejores partes de una vida.
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La tecnologia es poco incorporada en la educación brasileña.
Estoy haciendo un curso en EDX sobre español. Escribi algunas cosas en el foro de discussión pero quiero saber se está cierto.
"La tecnologia es poco incorporada en la educación brasileña.
Pienso que la educación aquí ha incorporado la tecnología, al menos en los colegios privados, pero con lo mismo método antiguo.
Hoy veo que los estudiantes utilizan tabletas en clase como se fuera un caderno y libro al mismo tiempo. Pienso que eso es bueno para diminuir lo peso de los materiales, pero no lo suficientemente útil para motivar a los estudiantes. Para motivación dos estudiantes es necesario más que tecnologia, es necesario demonstrar la utilidad de lo conocimiento y estimularlos a buscar el conocimiento, una vez que es tan facil hoy en día.
Sin embargo, en los colegios publicos, no hay tecnologia y lo problema es la falta de motivación de los estudiantes y maestros, porque reciben muy poco para hacer un trabajo muy importante."
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TV series: Orange is the new black
I love TV series. Since I was younger I used to watch some series that I miss so much now. I used to watch Friends, 24, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, My wife and kids.
Nowadays we have a lot of series, and a lot of variety, and different issues adressed. I love comedy, but I want to have important issues discussed that sometimes (with some exceptions) in a comedy we don't have. I love movies too, but in series there is more time to develop stories and characters, and I always want to know what is going to happen next, so it's hard to stop watching.
A TV series that I started watching this year is "Orange is the new black". I didn't care about this series so it took me some time to give a chance. I guess I thought I wouldn't like it. But I totally loved it!
The series is about a woman, Piper Chapman, who is sentenced for a crime she committed 10 years ago. She committed this crime when she had a girlfriend who was a drug dealer and she had to transport drug money in a suitcase for her. After that, they broke up and Piper moved on to a quiet life with her fiancée. So the series starts when she goes to a minimum security prison, and other characters from the prison are introduced. Piper also finds her ex-girlfriend in the prison and they rekindle their romance.
But the best part of the show are the other inmates. Every episode focus on an inmate and shows a little of her life in the prison, her previous life and how they end up in the prison. So we can understand the life of the inmates and that sometimes "good" people can end up in the prison. They have made mistakes and they have to pay for it, but they are not bad. And that is what is so beautiful, nobody is bad or good, they are just human. We also see the lives of the prison guards, how they relate to the inmates and that a lot of times they abuse of their power.
The series also shows the psichological damage that a prison can have on a person, especially when they go to the solitary confinement. They cannot see the sun, they have no notion of time and how many days have passed, so often they go crazy. And when they go out of the prison it's very hard to find a job and have a normal life. How can someone recover from this?
And in the middle of all this problems, they are able to laugh, smile and build strong friendships.
The show also addresses other issues such as transphobia, racism, sexuality, mental illness, rape and drug abuse.
Do you watch Orange is the new Black? What do you like to watch?
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DTC/08.06/meeting in the park
Daily text challenge for August or as long as I can get https://www.italki.com/discussion/122401
Headline: meeting in the park
Style: email to a friend
Hi friend!
How are you? I hope you are great
The weather in New York is amazing so I'm having lots of opportunity to be outdoor and go to some park everyday.
You know I love yoga and I was missing my teacher from Brazil, but last week when I was chilling in Central Park I saw a group of people doing Yoga in the lawn.. It was so beautiful! I always did Yoga in a room, because we don't have too many parks in Brazil and when I saw the 2 things that I love together - Yoga and Parks - I had to go talk to the teacher. The most amazing thing is that the teacher said this meeting happens every week in the park for free!!! Isn't that amazing?
I wish you were here with me so we could go do Yoga together, I know you would love too
So I went to Yoga everyday this week, because I found out Yoga classes in other parks and I went to every one of them.. I'm feeling so much better right now. I was so miserable because I was missing family, friends, and it's so difficult to make friends here. Everyone is busy all the time, and nobody smiles. Now I'm making some friends, people from yoga classes. They are great, they smile and want to know everything about Brazil.
And I didn't get lost this week, I'm understanding the subway much better now, and today I even helped a lost tourist. I mean, I think I helped, maybe he is still lost, I don't know, but I tried.
Tell me how are things there. I miss everyone so much.
Hope we can talk in skype soon.
You know you love me
XOXO
Gossip Girl
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DTC/17.09/painting
Daily text challenge for August or as long as I can get https://www.italki.com/discussion/122401
Headline: painting
Style: breaking news on tv
Reporter: We are here with a extremely rare case where an art dealer accuses the painter, Peter Doige, of have made a painting which he claims it's not his. The renowned painter would have completed the painting in 1976 when he was only 16. Peter is entering the courtroom now, let's see if he can talk to us.
Peter, Peter! What do you have to say about the painting?
Peter Doige: If i had made that painting when I was 16 I would admit it. It's a nice painting, but it's not mine.
Reporter: The two art dealers say the painting has some resemblance to another Doige's famous paintings, and is signed Pete Doige 1976. They say it was bought for $100 when Doige was in a correctional center for involvement with LSD abuse. But Peter Doige says at that time he was living with his parents and hadn't started painting canvas until 1979, when he went to art school. Today we are going to have the court hearing for this case and we are going to inform more details and the payoff of the court hearing later at the news at 6 pm.
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DTC/03.16/laundry day
Daily text challenge for August or as long as I can get https://www.italki.com/discussion/122401
Headline: laundry day
Style: prayer (this is gonna be fun)
Our Lady of the Laundry day,
may I always have many laundries to wash
since this means I have clothes to wear
may I always have soap and softener, and a little bit of bleach
and a good washing machine to help me
forbid me from mixing coloured with white clothes
and may the stains always get out on the first wash
may i always have a good dryer
or a sunny day
and the clothes to be flat
so i dont have to iron
or wear it wrinkled anyway
As you can see, I don't know much about prayers in english
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DTC/31.19/busy bee
Daily text challenge for August or as long as I can get https://www.italki.com/discussion/122401
Headline: 31- busy bee
Style: 19 - description of a picture
This is my family on the day before christmas of 2010. We were trying to take a picture to post on facebook, but my mom wouldn't stop. She is always such a busy bee, cleaning, while cooking, while washing clothes. And around christmas she just gets more busy, so we had to take her by the hand to sit on the couch and take a picture with us. There is my dog, Billy, he was 14 years old and it was his last christmas. He was like family for us. The most affectionate dog. We couldn't stay without a dog, so now I have another one. And there is my dad. He is a photographer, so he likes to take a lot of pictures of us, and a picture is never good enough for him, so he tries a lot of light positions and everything until our cheeks are hurting from smiling. And there is my sister, she was my first friend and is until now my best friend forever. I love my family.
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DTC/13.17/less than 50 seconds
Daily text challenge for August or as long as I can get https://www.italki.com/discussion/122401
Headline: 13 - Less than 50 seconds
Style: 17 - Live report about a sports event
Today we are here at the Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro and we are seeing the women's Football game. Brazil is playing with South Africa and we have a goal already from Brazil, in less than 50 seconds of game. Marta, once again, giving us hope for the gold medal in football and pride to have such a brilliant and humble player. Despite the lack of investment and publicity, the Brazilian women's football team is amazing and is already classified for the Quarterfinals
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