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Free Resource: Practice your skills with an NPR podcast.

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Practice your Skills – NPR Podcast By Gloria M. Rivera Sometimes, finding material to practice our skills can be hiding in plain sight.  Today, I bring you one of my favorite source of practice material: NPR! “The world is built for people with perfect hearing — but 83% of people don’t have it”https://news.stlpublicradio.org/show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-02-23/the-world-is-built-for-people-with-perfect-hearing-but-83-of-people-dont-have-it With this …

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Nomenclatura bacteriana

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Nomenclatura bacteriana By Gloria M. Rivera ¿Alguna vez te has preguntado cómo se escriben los nombres científicos de las bacterias y por qué?  Bueno, ahora te traigo la respuesta. En el mundo de la ciencia hay convenciones establecidas y aceptadas internacionalmente sobre la nomenclatura científica [scientific nomenclature] o cómo escribir los nombres científicos [scientific names] de las …

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Stiff Person Syndrome & Resources

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Stiff-Person Syndrome / Resources By Gloria M. Rivera This week, singer Celine Dion announced that she suffered from Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS)[síndrome de la persona rígida (SPR)]. SPS is a neurological disorder [trastorno neurológico] that presents neuromuscular symptoms [manifestaciones neuromusculares]. The most common symptoms are: stiff muscles  [rigidez muscular] in trunk  [tronco o torso], arms, and …

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Diabetes Resources for Translators and Interpreters

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Recursos confiables sobre diabetes By Gloria M. Rivera Hoy, 14 de noviembre, se celebra internacionalmente el Día Mundial de la Diabetes.  Este día fue creado por la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) y la Federación Internacional de la Diabetes (DIF) en respuesta al aumento de casos de diabetes a nivel mundial. En el año …

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