Month: July 2013

12/07/2013 Bradley Manning Defense | Bradley Manning Trial | current-events | human-rights | politics | Whistleblower Future | Yochai Benkler Feitosa-Santana

Bradley Manning’s Defense

Star Witness Yochai Benkler at Bradley Manning’s Defense: “On the final day of Bradley Manning’s defense’s case, Harvard Law Professor and renowned scholar Yochai Benkler testified about how the Internet has transformed journalism’s function in a democracy and why WikiLeaks should be considered a legitimate news organization that is devoted to exposing corruption. He testified that […]

11/07/2013 Brazil Corruption | Brazil July 2013 | Brazil Protests | extreme brutality | human-rights | non lethal weapons | peaceful protesters | political dissent | sao paulo brazil | society | What is going on in Brazil | World Cup Brazil | world social forum Feitosa-Santana

What is going on in Brazil: From 20 cents to everything else.

From 20 cents to everything else — the struggle for the narrative in Brazil  – by Vanessa Zettler “One Brazil for all” to celebrate the reversal of a fare hike on public transportation, Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 20, 2013. (Flickr/Sebástian Freire) Although not isolated from the uprisings that have been taking place around the world, the […]

11/07/2013 Brazil Corruption | Brazil July 2013 | Brazil Protests | extreme brutality | human-rights | non lethal weapons | peaceful protesters | political dissent | sao paulo brazil | society | What is going on in Brazil | World Cup Brazil | world social forum Feitosa-Santana

What is going on in Brazil: From 20 cents to everything else.

From 20 cents to everything else — the struggle for the narrative in Brazil  – by Vanessa Zettler “One Brazil for all” to celebrate the reversal of a fare hike on public transportation, Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 20, 2013. (Flickr/Sebástian Freire) Although not isolated from the uprisings that have been taking place around the world, the […]

11/07/2013 graph variables | How to Read a Science Paper | Paper Reading Groups | Paper Reading Guidelines | research | science | science for lay people | science paper Feitosa-Santana

How to Read a Scientific Paper

When reading a Science Paper, we have to focus on identifying some basic informations. Therefore, we have to first understand how to identify each of them: Background: Every paper presents the scenario in the previous literature that left a door open, leading to the present study. Usually, the authors start talking about it in order […]