Izdavač: Vetus Itinera, Split, 2013. 
Ova predivna knjiga je bila predstavljana u Arheološkom muzeju u Splitu. Split je poznat za izuzetne brojne vrhunske sportaše, ali manje se zna za one ženske koje su se bavile sportom kroz povijest grada. Procijena knjige na neovisnom portalu Dalmacija News kaže: "Nema čovjeka u Splitu koji u ovoj knjizi neće prepoznati svoju rodicu, prijateljicu, kolegicu, učenicu...".
Sport u Splitu, za žene i kao za muškarce, je veoma jedna velika i bogata tradicija.
Izdavač: Vetus Itinera, Split, 2013.
Ova predivna knjiga je bila predstavljana u Arheološkom muzeju u Splitu. Split je poznat za izuzetne brojne vrhunske sportaše, ali manje se zna za one ženske koje su se bavile sportom kroz povijest grada. Procijena knjige na neovisnom portalu Dalmacija News kaže: "Nema čovjeka u Splitu koji u ovoj knjizi neće prepoznati svoju rodicu, prijateljicu, kolegicu, učenicu...".
Sport u Splitu, za žene i kao za muškarce, je veoma jedna velika i bogata tradicija.
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Spurred into action by the species’ threatened future, two best friends embarked on a project to release 250 of the animals in Devon
Doing somersaults in the corner of a field in Devon this week were the fluffy results of an audacious wildlife project by two 13-year-old girls.
Best friends Eva Wishart and Emily Smith had become devoted to harvest mice, and were upset, a couple of years ago, to find out the species is threatened in England due to farming practices and habitat loss.
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Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout
The collapse of a critical Atlantic current can no longer be considered a low-likelihood event, a study has concluded, making deep cuts to fossil fuel emissions even more urgent to avoid the catastrophic impact.
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (Amoc) is a major part of the global climate system. It brings sun-warmed tropical water to Europe and the Arctic, where it cools and sinks to form a deep return current. The Amoc was already known to be at its weakest in 1,600 years as a result of the climate crisis.
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Particles are small enough to burrow into lungs, says report, with health impacts ‘more substantial than we realize’
Every breath people take in their homes or car probably contains significant amounts of microplastics small enough to burrow deep into lungs, new peer-reviewed research finds, bringing into focus a little understood route of exposure and health threat.
The study, published in the journal Plos One, estimates humans can inhale as much as 68,000 tiny plastic particles daily. Previous studies have identified larger pieces of airborne microplastics, but those are not as much of a health threat because they do not hang in the air as long, or move as deep into the pulmonary system.
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Exclusive: Analysis of responses shows firms are urging parliamentarians to limit regulation of ‘forever chemicals’
Chemical firms are lobbying MPs not to ban “forever chemicals” in the same way as proposed in the EU, using arguments disputed by scientists and described as “big tobacco playbook” tactics, it can be revealed.
Pfas, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and commonly known as forever chemicals owing to their persistence in the environment, are a family of about 10,000 chemicals, some of which have been linked to a wide range of serious illnesses, including certain cancers. They are used across a range of industries, from cosmetics to firefighting.
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Living – or crocheted – canopies and a 3,000-year-old Persian technique are among methods being used to cope as temperatures soar
As Spain takes a breath after yet another brutal summer heatwave, with temperatures above 40C in many parts of the country, the residents of the sherry-making town of Jerez de la Frontera have come up with a novel way to keep the streets cool.
Green canopies of grapevines festoon the town, reducing street-level temperatures by as much as 8C. “We’re planting vines in the old city because we hope that in two or three years we’ll be able to brag that this has put an end to stifling temperatures,” said Jesús Rodríguez, president of Los Emparrados, a group of residents who aim to beautify and green the city’s streets.
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Steps to make electricity cheaper, such as ending levies, could transform prospects for pumps, thinktank shows
Heat pumps could save households hundreds of pounds a year on heating bills, if the government took simple measures to reform the energy system, an analysis has found.
The average household’s heating bills could be roughly halved, saving about £375 a year with a heat pump instead of a gas boiler, if steps were taken to make electricity cheaper.
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The invaders present a devastating threat to Britain’s pollinators – constant watchfulness and clever technology are needed to thwart their progress
Were it not for the bags of destroyed hornets nests in the corner, you could be forgiven for confusing Peter Davies’ office with the set of a TV detective show. Maps dotted with Post-it notes cover the wall in the repurposed hotel suite just off the M20 in Kent. There is no natural light: the only window looks down on an atrium below, and is partly obscured by a flip chart with the plan for the day. From here, Davies and his team run the national command centre for holding back the Asian hornet, an invasive species that preys on honeybees and other pollinators.
“In effect, I’m the incident commander to tackle the hornet. We have a forward operating base at the hotel so we can get anywhere in Kent quickly, because that’s where we’ve had the most incursions,” he says.
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Volunteers are tasked with logging about 150,000 park trees by hand – and for some, it’s become a strange obsession
On a recent morning, as the late August sun began to beat down, a few dozen New Yorkers stood in the shade of one of the nearly 500 trees adorning Harlem’s Marcus Garvey Park, worrying a bit about hurting its feelings.
We had already identified the species – bald cypress – thanks to its feathered leaves and “strong pyramidal shape”, measured its trunk’s circumference (17in; 43cm), and noted that its roots appeared normal, its leaves were healthy and its branches had suffered some damage from improper pruning. But now we were tasked with assigning the tree an overall grade – on a scale of “poor” to “excellent” – and no one seemed to want to say.
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The global music star, whose home town of New Orleans was devastated by the hurricane in 2005, says ‘people power’ can change the world
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged his home town of New Orleans, Jon Batiste has released a new song imploring people to take action against climate change “by raising your voice, and insisting, and voting the right people into office”.
“As an artist, you have to make a statement,” the global star said in an interview on Tuesday with the international media collaboration Covering Climate Now. “You got to bring people together. People power is the way that you can change things in the world.
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In the waters of the Johor strait, Indigenous communities are struggling to survive as nearby cities expand and fishing stocks dwindle
Words and photographs by Izzy Sasada
Aween Bin Terawin submerges himself in the mangrove swamp to reach a crab cage on the riverbed below. After a moment of suspense, he lifts the cage above the water’s surface and inspects its interior. Empty.
After stowing the collapsible cage away in his boat, he continues his journey through the vast swamp to retrieve the 40 cages he set early that morning, each marked by a floating bottle tied to string.
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Prema rezultatima nove studije, izgleda da određeni lipidi ili masti u hrani koja uzrokuje pretilost također uzrokuju upalu pluća sličnu astmi. Rezultati sugeriraju da bi se, osim promjene prehrambenih izbora, određeni postojeći lijekovi mogli prenamijeniti kako bi pomogli u liječenju ove vrste astme.
Rak kože, najčešća globalna maligna bolest, povezan je sa sintezom serumskog 25-hidroksivitamina D (25(OH)D) uzrokovanom ultraljubičastim (UV) zračenjem, a njegova kontroverzna uloga moguće odražava kumulativnu izloženost UV zračenju.
Kognitivno-bihevioralna terapija dovodi do pozitivnih promjena u obrascima mišljenja, emocijama i ponašanju. Smatra se, da je ovaj proces također povezan s funkcionalnim i strukturnim promjenama u mozgu
Nedavni članak u časopisu The Journal of Nutrition ističe vjerodostojne, no ograničene znanstvene dokaze koji povezuju konzumaciju jogurta sa smanjenim rizikom od dijabetesa tipa 2.
Osobe s nižom aktivnošću interleukina-6 imaju smanjeni rizik od kardiovaskularnih bolesti, otkriva nova studija. Smanjenje aktivnosti interleukina-6 (IL-6) - ključnog imunološkog signala koji regulira upalne odgovore u tijelu - moglo bi smanjiti rizik od kardiovaskularnih bolesti bez da ljude učini osjetljivijima na infekcije.
Prema rezultatima novog istraživanja, osobe čiji je roditelj umro od bolesti jetre suočavaju se s više nego dvostrukim rizikom od razvoja hepatitisa povezanog s alkoholom, jednog od najsmrtonosnijih oblika bolesti jetre, u usporedbi sa sličnim osobama koje puno piju alkohol bez te obiteljske povijesti.
Mikrobiolozi s UCLA otkrili su da, osim što proizvode energiju za stanicu, mitohondriji također djeluju na smanjenje infekcija. Naime, pokazalo se, da mitohondriji izgladnjuju patogene natječući se s njima za vitamin B9 (folat) kako bi spriječili infekciju. Inače, folat koji mitohondriji koriste kao dio svog normalnog metabolizma smanjio je količinu folata dostupnog specifičnom parazitu, Toxoplasma gondii, koji je potom sporije rastao.
Osobe s dijabetesom tipa 2 uzrokovanim pretilošću imaju tendenciju imati agresivniji rak dojke, ali nitko ne zna točno zašto. Nova studija otkrila je da sitne čestice u krvi, poznate kao egzosomi, koje dijabetes mijenja, mogu reprogramirati imunološke stanice unutar tumora, čineći ih slabijima i omogućujući raku da lakše raste i širi se.
Mediteranska prehrana, u kombinaciji sa smanjenim unosom kalorija, umjerenom tjelesnom aktivnošću i stručnom podrškom za gubitak težine, može smanjiti rizik od dijabetesa tipa 2 za 31%, tvrde rezultati nove studije.
Rezultati nove studije otkrivaju da su nedostaci vitamina D i željeza alarmantno česti kod djece s poremećajima autističnog spektra, pogađajući između 30% i 40% testirane djece.
