Author: Feitosa-Santana

06/04/2012 Color is in the Brain Feitosa-Santana

Color is in the Brain

Color is often thought to be a quality of light but this is not so. For example, the expression the ocean is blue uses a perceptual experience of blueness to describe the physical light. Color itself is not in the light. Color is a perceptual phenomenon determined by neural processes in the brain. The region […]

06/04/2012 Color is in the Brain Feitosa-Santana

Color is in the Brain

Color is often thought to be a quality of light but this is not so. For example, the expression the ocean is blue uses a perceptual experience of blueness to describe the physical light. Color itself is not in the light. Color is a perceptual phenomenon determined by neural processes in the brain. The region […]

05/04/2012 Michael Weiss | Puncture | Safe Needle Feitosa-Santana

The greed of the health care system and the movie “Puncture”

The Facts with the Common Plastic Syringe Accidents Accidental needlestick injuries cause healthcare workers to be exposed to HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and many other bloodborne diseases at a rate of about 800,000 a year in the US alone. Studies show that a great many are never reported. Needle reuse still causes over 1.2 million deaths […]

05/04/2012 Michael Weiss | Puncture | Safe Needle Feitosa-Santana

The greed of the health care system and the movie “Puncture”

The Facts with the Common Plastic Syringe Accidents Accidental needlestick injuries cause healthcare workers to be exposed to HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and many other bloodborne diseases at a rate of about 800,000 a year in the US alone. Studies show that a great many are never reported. Needle reuse still causes over 1.2 million deaths […]