Time article from 13 Dec

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13 Dec 2012 Sogesta

Time

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2129811,00.html

or https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B89FhbfryOecTW1pZkRBWXp0NFk

frozen

slightly slimy

farmer's market

sprouting

glossy cookbook

long winded

green ice

bounty

suspect

whip up

foodie culture

small batch

price tag

affordable

buzz kill

candy

soda

stalwart

caught hold

flash freeze

to peel

to blanche

water soluble

somewhat

shortchange

to seal

airtight

unappetizing

salt shaker

number crunch

To factor

Free-range

Grass-fed

pasture

to dwell

crowded

feedlot

lean meat

built to handle

kids

catcher's mitt

dot

bucket

raw

goodness

Down-market

mess up

to heap

Whole-wheat

comfort food

blowback

landmine

MSG

car ride

well being

focal point

take a toll

mainstream

Brand-name

salsa

guacamole

hold the line

scoop up

dips

lard

pickles

loaded

label

microwavable

acute threat

fussy

snooty

below our station

cachet No comprehension questions for this... so far !

6 Dec 2012 Sogesta

Microbes Maketh Man

http://www.economist.com/node/21560559

full article http://www.economist.com/node/21560523

trillions

gut

scalp

crevices

orifices

subtend

to harbour

microbiome

commensal

align

host

bug

shelter

break down

misbehave

acute

deal with

colour a view

richness

illness

albeit

liver

scatter

salient

phyla

repertoire

grassland

coral reef

usable

stuffed

chew up

Fatty-acid

whence

pathway

lay down

Off-kilter

alter

storage

weird

converse

malnourished

Well-nourished

discordant

rejig

twofold

links

bred

hardened

morbidly

opted

web

healthy

unenviable

hostile

suspicious

lead to

confirmatory

mice

To trigger

strip away

go awry

intriguing

top up

advert

dose

tonic

to ease

shift

range

wheel out

do the trick

take over

claim

deplete

trendy

imputed

misplaced

tick over

puzzling

a fair few

turn out

hint

What % of bacterial cells in humans are inherited ?

The microbiome is implicated in what NON-NUTRITIONAL diseases ?

What % of large bacterial groups make up most of the human microbiome ?

What human genes enable milk digestions ?

What types of bacteria change with a person's weight ?

How does malnourishment affect intestinal bacteria ?

Where does most formic acid come from in humans ?

What % of C. dificile patients were cured with 2 treatments ?

What field of science is fashionable ?

What human inheritance is non-genetic ?

29 Nov 12 Sogesta - Economist Computing with soup

DNA - Computing with soup Computihttp://www.economist.com/node/21548488ng

advent

propagate

soup

giant

base pair

Velcro

bind

strand

rung

network

linked

route

test tube

task

a far cry

prompted

pattern

disease

signature

pioneer

Free-floating

Sticky

tab

detach

culminate

threshold

weight

match

loop

trigger

Tic-tac-toe

destroy

piggyback

classifier

tricked

hijack

pathway

model

debug

behaviour

workbench

How many bases in a gene?

Can the Qian circuit fit in all cells?

What underlies the natural circuit controlling gene activity?

What was the solution to the travelling salesman problem?

What are the advantages of DNA computing?

What are the disadvantages ?

Sogesta 22 Nov - Economist – Nutrition and Poverty

http://www.economist.com/node/21547771

misleading

favela

charity

filling

campaign

shift in approach

pay attention

how-to

stand for

nail colours to the mast

galvanising

underlying

stress

iron

damning record

crops

harvest

undermine

biblical proportions

taught

spike

held flat

sink in

bloated

wasted limbs

lethargy

ravages

veiled

impairments

stunted

struggle

peers

spouse

squirrel away

clinically obese

sedentary

puzzling

fourfold

stunningly good

cheap

next to nothing

lifelong

tackle

the norm

fancy wedding

stealth

staple crop

cassava, beans, millet

intractable

sheer complexity

household

sucklng child

backfire

tick off a list

push all the buttons

smalholder

gobbledegook

cajole

broad-based

Why is the hunger "hidden"

How many people in the world are malnourished

What causes obesity in poor countries

What are the main deficiencies with malnutrition

What are the simple solutions

Urbino - Sogesta 15/11/12

Time – Food that lasts forever

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2108051,00.html

Vocabulary-----------------------

marshmallow

corn syrup

amber

pool

shelf life

chewy

barring

sticky wad

life span

pudding

springy

concocted

throw out

Vacuum-seal

Spam

imperishable

Palate-wise

standard bearer

edible

longevity

Directorate

rations

moisture

mold/mould

salting

seeping

tucking

wrapping

sealed

chamber

handle

oysters

crispness

canning

boundaries

coins

cobbler

texture

extrapolating

rot and decay

Which food do many people think lasts forever ? (its an urban myth!)

Who is a major patron of research into food preservation ?

What needs to be controlled to preserve food ?

How do ancient preservation techniques work ?

5 advantages of food preservation ? An advantage of HPP ? Why does meat have a longer shelf-life ?

Urbino - 8 Nov

Introduction, registration and test.
For beginners you need to improve your English or you will not pass the exam, I recommend

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
especially this series starting with
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode01/index.shtml

also
the Mister Duncan series starting with:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohJCdihPWqc&feature=relmfu

Bring dictionaries or web access to class on Nov 15th.

Scientific English at Uni Urbino

I will post the articles we do in class on this blog, together with the vocabulary.
The exam will be in 2 parts.
1/ Vocabulary - no dictionaries or other assistance allowed - 20 marks
2/ Comprehension - on an article similar to the ones we do in class, dictionaries, Google Translate allowed - no communication in any form with anyone other than the invigilator - 10 marks.

People who come to class will learn more about how to learn English, will have a better chance of passing the exam...... and will have more fun!

Controversial Issues in Genetic Testing

Glossary

Afflict: Cause pain or suffering.

Ancestry: The descendants or blood relative of one individual. 

Blood clotting: A process in which liquid blood changes into a semisolid (a blood clot).

Carrier: An individual who does not show symptoms of a disease but has the genes for it and can transfer it to his/her child.

Cell (human): In biology, a structure surrounded by a membrane and containing genetic material (DNA) on the inside. Considered by most biologists to be the basic unit of life.

Chromosome: In organisms without a nucleus (such as bacteria), this is a circular DNA molecule used in genetic engineering. In organisms with a nucleus (including plants and humans), this is one of the threadlike structures within the nucleus that contains DNA.

Conduct: To act, guide, or manage (usually conduct research or experiments).

Convict: To find or prove (someone) guilty of an offense or crime, especially through the verdict of a court.

Destiny: Fate. A future that an individual cannot control.

Detect: To notice; to find; often used to describe the discovery of a disease.

Devastating: Terrible; causing great harm.

DNA: (deoxyribonucleic acid) A molecule in the form of a double helix , found within a structure known as a chromosome, within the nucleus of every living cell. First discovered in the 19th century, it controls the daily operation of a cell, and provides the genetic "blueprint" for the physical characteristics of all living organisms.

DNA testing: The analysis of human DNA, RNA, chromosomes, and proteins in order to detect the presence or potential presence of an inheritable disease.

Ethics: A set of principles of proper conduct. A system of moral values.

Extinct: No longer existing or living.

Gene: A small stretch of DNA that directs the production of proteins. A hereditary unit that occupies a specific position (locus) on the chromosome. This unit has a specific effect on the physical characteristics of the organism and can house one of many different allele forms (each allele causes a different trait).

Genealogy: A record or chart of a person’s extended family going back many generations; a family tree.

Genetic make-up: All the chromosomes and the information they contain. The genes of an individual.

Genetic testing: The checking of an individual's genetic material to predict present or future disability or disease, either in the individual or his/her children.

Gene therapy (human): Insertion of normal DNA directly into cells to correct a genetic defect.

Gene transfer: The movement of genetic material (DNA) from the laboratory into a human subject.

Human genome: The full collection of genes in a human being.

Human genome project: The scientific project to "read" the DNA of human chromosomes. Consists of not one project, but rather hundreds of separate research projects conducted throughout the world. The objective is to create a directory of the genes that can be used to answer questions such as what specific genes do and how they work..

Immune system: A system which protects the body from disease causing agents.

Inherited disease: A disease or disorder that is inherited genetically.

Liver: An organ in the body which helps with metabolism, digestion, detoxification, and elimination of substances from the body.

Malignant cells: Cells that grow uncontrollably.

Obesity: The condition of having excessive body fat.

Paralysis: The loss of motor functions; the inability to move one´s muscles.

Pharmaceutical companies: Companies that make drugs or medicines.

Potential: 1. Possible. 2. Able to grow and develop.

Side effect: An unexpected, usually undesirable reaction to a medicine or therapy.

Tissue sample (human): A small portion of a group of similar cells taken for research of medical purposes.

Trial: The formal presentation of evidence and arguments when a person is accused of a crime.

Undergo: To experience; to endure; to suffer.

Fano Biotec.
We're going to try to help the world while learning English.
In class we'll try to get you to register on www.freerice.com
then join the Group - Fano Biotec
some of you may have invites via Facebook.... lets see how that works !

Urbino - English oasses

Registration for the following passes in English will be on 13th June from 14:00.
I will give the exact marks then. Please do not ask for them before.

Alessandra	Agrimano		Giulia	Gattuso
Alessandra	Leoni		Giuseppe	Avella
Alessandra	Miccono		Giuseppe	Porzia
Alessandra	Di Quirico		Katsiaryna	Kryshtaliova
Alessandra	Alessi		Laura	Pierluigi
Alessandra	Leone		Laura	Magrini
Alessandro	Medoro		Laura	Pugliese
Alessia	Nicolais		Laura	Balsamo
Andrea	Arduino		Lorena	Passaro
Andrea	Gile		Lucia	Parenti
Angelo	Varlotta		Maria Grazia	Lanzilao
Anna	Sarcina		Maria Rita	Vitturci
Anna	Borgia		Marialicia	Pisani
Anna Paola	Moretti		Marica	Marasca
Arianna	Di Lorenzo		Massimo	Salvo
Aurora	Diotallevi		Matteo	Canale
Barbara	Troiani		Nicol	Vidali
Caterina	Gentile		Nicola	Valentino
Caterina	Romagnoli		Noemi	Bigini
Chiara	Ninfali		Patricia	Gabrielli
Daniela	Mastrosimone		Paola	Zizzi
David	Savelli		Paolo	Manfredi
Davide	D'alessandro		Pierpaolo	Paniccia
Denise	Stoppello		Raffaele	Mariotti
Elisa	Falappa		Roberta	Lombardi
Elisabetta	Mazzara		Salvatore	Carbone
Elvira	Coviello		Salvatore	Piombino
Emanuele	Foderà		Serena	Contarelli
Enrica	Zaffini		Silvia Anna Celeste	Cassaro
Fabio	Mengucci		Simona	Palusci
Fatima	Ardito		Simone	Luchetti
Federica	Maruzzella		Stefani	Melchiorri
Francesca	Scoleri		Ugo Maria	Bruschi
Gaia	Donati		Umberto	Gargiulo
Giovanni	Isabella		Valentina	Indo
Giulia	Bettini		Vanessa	Arbore
Giulia	Baschi		Vincenzo	Zaccaria
Giulia	Bartolini

Medicine and its rivals

http://www.economist.com/node/21552554 sunshine	liver
stream through	striking
peacock	supporters
feathers	taxpayers
healing	meagre returns
notion	spawn
treatment	research outfits
campaigner	float
brand	members
foundation	to shame
task	dwindling
the sick	futile
mainstream	to budge
to urge	to leak
flourish	baseless
Double-blind	rituals
random	failings
sift	point out
to blur	hurried
vary wildly	soothing
broadly	rationales
pain	what matters
ailments	unsuited
believers	to jar
cure	sham
imprint	inhalers
deride	lung
claim	dummy

A NEW DOMAIN OF LIFE

http://www.economist.com/node/18437900?story_id=18437900

A new domain of life – Plenty more bugs in the sea - and the vocabulary

Tantalising – possible, tempting

gap – space, hole

lumps – groups
arguably - not certain, can be disputed

creatures – e.g. animals

disease – sickness

crucial – essential, very important

ring – circle

float around – move, but without any power of their own

methane – a gas

stretch back – go back, stretch = make longer

in the shadows – not highlighted, not in the sunlight

missed – not seen

tools – instruments

suggest – imply

draw a conclusion (conclusion was drawn) – deduce, answer, find a solution

having been fired – lost his job, thrown out, made redundant, sacked
wider - broader, bigger

hard cash – readily accessible money

killer app – revolutionary application, application that beats the competition, major advantage

shotgun – a gun for shooting birds, it fires pellets, not bullets

handle – deal with, process

stitches – sews, joins

overlaps – parts that duplicate, one part is the same as another

trick – clever solution

sample – representation, partial collection, example

hot springs – natural sources of hot water (like thermal baths)

guts - intestines

combing - analysing in detail

accrete – accumulate

ubiquitous – found everywhere, omnipresent

and lo – old English - “what a surprise” - “look”

novel – new

uncharacterised – not defined

lacuna – gap, space, lack

winnow – extract in small quantities

and of course the important difference between: known unknown and unknown unknown

What are the current 3 domains of life ? - Eukaryotes, Bacteria, Archaea

Where was evidence of the new domain found ? In the sea

What is the new evidence ? – parts of the evolutionary trees of 2 genes – RecA RpoB - do not fit with existing ones -

so either the trees are wrong or this is a new domain of life...

Why did Craig Ventner have time to “cruise the world” ? - he had no other job, he was paid to leave Celera Genomics

M

Uni Urbino - Scienze Exam

The exam will be in two parts.
The first part is a vocabulary test of words from the articles we have done in class in 2012.
The articles and the specific words will be posted on this blog up to the end of classes which is 31 May.
30 minutes.
No dictionaries - no phones - no PCs... no aids, except a pen.

The second part is a comprehension exercise. 30 minutes. Dictionaries, physical, PC or internet based are allowed - no communication with anyone except me is permitted - so no SMS, no email, no chat, etc...

Fano 9/5/12 - Future Drugs

http://eca.state.gov/forum/journal/future.htm

AIDS: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. First reported in 1981, it has since become a major global epidemic, killing over 10 million people and infecting tens of millions more. The disease is caused by HIV, a virus that destroys the body's ability to fight infections and certain cancers. Go to the NHGRI glossary for more information.
Alzheimer's: A mental disorder that gradually destroys vital nerve cells in the brain. Symptoms include loss of memory, judgment and reasoning, and changes in mood and behavior. It is not a normal part of aging.
Antibiotics: Drugs that fight infections.
Antibodies: Protein molecules produced by the body to fight infection
or disease.
Artery: Blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart.
Arthritis: An inflammatory condition that often causes pain, swelling, and stiffness in the joints, often making even minor movements uncomfortable or painful.
Blood pressure: The pressure caused by the blood moving against the walls of the blood vessels, especially the arteries. It varies with the strength of the heartbeat, the flexibility of the arterial walls, the amount of the blood, and a person's health, age, and physical condition. Normal adult blood pressure is 120/80. If a person has high blood pressure, medication is often prescribed to lower the pressure.
Cancer: A general term for more than 100 diseases that are characterized by uncontrolled and rapid growth of abnormal cells. Cancer cells can spread locally or through the bloodstream to other parts of the body.
Chemotherapy: The treatment of cancer using specific chemical agents or drugs that harm fast-growing cells. This treatment kills fast-growing cancer cells, but often harms other fast-growing cells as well, such as the cells for hair and fingernails.
Cholesterol: A white substance found in many foods that is an important element in cell walls in the body. An unusually high level of cholesterol in the blood is often a symptom of heart disease.
Colon: A section of the large intestine, in the digestive tract. The total length is approximately 5 feet (approx. 150 centimeters) in the adult. It is responsible for forming, storing, and expelling waste.
Diagnose: To identify a person as having a certain disease or condition.

Genomic: (adj.) (medicine, treatment, drugs, researchers) Using genetic material or research.
Heart disease: A problem that prevents the heart from working normally. This problem can be with the heart's shape or how the heart works, or with the blood vessels supplying the heart.
Human Genome Project: An international research project to map each human gene and to completely sequence human DNA. (See NHGRI glossary for more information.)
Hypodermic needle: A hollow needle used to inject medicine or drugs directly into the blood.
Immune system: The body system, made up of many organs and cells, that defends the body against infection, disease and foreign substances. The immune system is often stimulated in specific ways to fight cancer cells.
Inhaler: A hand-held device used to take medicine by breathing in through the nose or mouth. Also called inhalator.
Leptin: A hormone produced by fat cells for regulation of appetite. It controls how much you want to eat, how much of the food your body stores, and how much is used for energy.

Liver: A large organ in animals that is important for digesting food and removing waste products.

Mental illness: Any of various conditions which cause problems with a person's normal thinking, feeling, or behavior, and caused by social, psychological, biochemical, genetic, or other factors, such as infection or head trauma. Also called emotional illness, mental disease, mental disorder.

Microchip: An extremely small piece of semiconducting material, which can contain a very large amount of information.
Neuron: A cell that sends electrical signals across distances. Neurons receive input from sensory cells or other neurons and send messages to muscles or other neurons.
Obesity: (n), Obese (adj.) (1) Having too much body fat.
Parkinson's: A problem with the central nervous system. A neurological disease that continues to get worse. Symptoms include uncontrolled shaking of the body and difficulties with muscular coordination.
Poison: A substance that causes injury, illness, or death

Protein: Essential components of all living cells that allow a body to function work well (including enzymes, hormones, and antibodies). Proteins are essential in the diet of animals for the growth and repair of tissue.
Radioactive isotope: Elements with an unstable nucleus that act as poisons, killing cancer cells without destroying other parts of the body.
Skin patch: A small piece of material put on the skin. It contains medicine that gradually enters the body through the skin.
Smart bomb: A genomic drug that contains natural antibodies targeted directly at cancer cells.

Swallow: (v) To cause (food or drink, for example) to pass through the mouth and throat into the stomach.
Symptom: An indication of disorder or disease that signals a change from normal function, sensation, or appearance.
Trophic compounds: The body's natural substances that help cells grow and develop.
Tumor: A mass of abnormal cells that are the result of rapid cell division. Tumors perform no useful body function. They may be either benign (non-cancerous) or malignant (cancerous).

Ultrasonic: (adj.) (1) Sounds that the human ear cannot hear. (2) Of or relating to acoustic frequencies above the range that the human ear can hear, or above approximately 20,000 hertz.
Vaccine: Weakened or dead poisonous cells injected into the blood in order to stimulate the production of antibodies.

Urbino Science 18/4/12

Economist – Nutrition and Poverty

http://www.economist.com/node/21547771 misleading peers favela spouse charity squirrel away filling clinically obese campaign sedentary shift in approach puzzling pay attention fourfold how-to stunningly good stand for cheap nail colours to the mast next to nothing galvanising lifelong underlying tackle stress the norm iron fancy wedding crops stealth harvest staple crop undermine cassava, beans, millet biblical proportions intractable taught sheer complexity spike household held flat sucklng child sink in backfire bloated tick off a list ravages push all the buttons veiled smalholder impairments gobbledegook stunted cajole struggle broad-based

Urbino Science 4/4/12

Economist Resistance to Antibiotics

http://www.economist.com/node/18483671?story_id=18483671 mould/ mold healthy underdose throat prompted rein in stand alongside inappropriate haunted diluted despite strict fair understanding hence laziness Aid agency perverse financial incentives charity sheer bad luck safeguard threat link come to pass counterfeit gnaw away unwitting misuse mushrooming colds popped Self-indulgence sterner useless against the grain to rid smart surgeries slogan prescribed breakthrough guilty never been bettered over the counter Empty-handed human reaction vessels target congresswoman Brute-force Four-fifths pipeline livestock axed bugs shifted stay in hospital befall chronically ill flashy tuberculosis effects troublesome boutique calculus emporia think tank take a chance to turn to drop dearer patent burden soluble state of affairs scourge counsel of perfection moral hazard resonance Life-enhancing trick a shame cosseted

Macerata Economics - 24/4/12

Chinese Yuan and Current Account
http://www.economist.com/node/21553041

peg

scrapped

slashed

dip

overegged

steady

forecast

think tank

broadly

defuse

mounting

Macerata Economics - 17/4/12

Arab History and Democracy
http://www.economist.com/node/21552198

unrest	undermine
swept	uprooted
curse	overlap
conterminous	in the offing
normalise	rely on
scapegoat	Camel-borne
Fuel-endowed	spared conquest
leverage	beyond
breed	faulted

Macerata Economics - 20/3/12

Apple's Cash Pile	http://www.economist.com/node/21549978
eulogised	iGizmo
brimming	insatiable
whopping	ramp up
afficionado	forward purchase
poised	grip
snap up	fork out
unveil	patent lawsuit
revamped	deal with
boast	shun
sharp screen	megadeal
lightning fast	swallow
review	covet
boost	enhance
handpicked	dent
embarassment of riches	hefty
buyback	end up
hoarding	regret
revered	watch out
glory days	mind blowing
Oft-cited	pundit

Economics - Macerata 13/3/12

http://www.economist.com/node/21548923

Small Co's in Europe
pricey	malaise
posh	starve
Well-heeled	tricky
gripping	threshold
hinges	sluggish
reap	shelter
squeeze	steep
stunted	bunch
shrinking	licensing
bias	Set-up
trend	filing
revenue	cumbersome
deeper roots	plots
trouble spot	duds
owes
dismal

Economics - Macerata 6/3/12

from 6/3

Recap Argentina CPI

Arab Spring Cleaning

http://www.economist.com/node/21548153

distorted	shy away
uprising	red tape
subsidies	weakness
buy off	rarely
boost	supply chain
wages	curse
fifth	merchandise
exacerbate	predominantly
guzzling	Self-inflicted
flourishing	legion
strikingly few	Non-tariff
pervasive	context
crony	dismantle
fall foul	constituency
pursue	provoke
Half-hearted	insiders
skewed	taint
aftermath

Steedley Wills in "Il Piccolo Rick" - "Il Piccolo Rick" è stato selezionato per Short Stories!

Andrà in onda su Coming Soon Television martedì 10 aprile alle 19:20.

Sono previste, inoltre, le seguenti repliche:

- mercoledì 11 aprile alle 06:00 ed alle 13:20;

- sabato 14 aprile alle 09:20.

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