Mark Twain escreveu o livro A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1889) como uma forma de refletir sobre as mudanças que ocorriam nos Estados Unidos da assim chamada “Era Dourada”. O conta a história Hank Morgan, um engenheiro foi parar na Inglaterra do século VI, quando Rei Arthur liderava os Cavaleiros Távola Redonda, em Camelot. tenta industrializar doze séculos antes, usando seus con...

One of the most serious threats to a modern country’s trade, industry and long-term economic development is cyber espionage and insiders. The activities are directed against high-technological industries and companies with advanced basic research. The defence and telecoms sectors are of particular interest, just as biotechnics, medical and material technology. Behind this kind of espionage ther...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease after the famous New York Yankee baseball player, is a rare condition, characterized by deterioration of both upper and lower motor neurons. It has in incidence of about 2.4 per 100,000 population per year with peak onset between 55 and 75 years of age and an average survivorship of 3 years after onset [1]. Over 90% of ALS ...