Book Reviews

Fishermen in the Information Marketplace Behavioral, Economic and Social Changes Associated with Introduction of Mobile Phones in Fishing Communities of Kerala, India By Marzieh Ghiasi (April 2012) Give a man a fish, and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you will feed him for a lifetime. But give
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http://www.mcgilldaily.com/2013/03/drug-resistant-tuberculosis/ Image source: Stop TB Parnetship Drug-resistant Tuberculosis Very much an issue, and it’s spreading like wildfire By Marzieh Ghiasi March 25, 2013 New strains of tuberculosis (TB) threaten efforts to eradicate one of the world’s deadliest diseases. An alarming study published in the March edition of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s
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Closing the distance A neurosurgeon uses technology to reduce disparities in medical care and education in remote areas By Marzieh Ghiasi Published on November 3, 2011 http://www.mcgilldaily.com/2011/11/closing-the-distance/ Image by Afra Saskia Tucker “Two worlds, One spirit,” a collection of photography and sculpture by Ivar Mendez, the chairman of the Brain Repair Centre at Dalhousie University,
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Today is international Towel Day, a day of tribute to the late Douglas Adams, the brilliant author of, among many works, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1979). Despite passing away quite young, Douglas Adams has had an undeniable influence on popular culture. When I first read Hitchhiker’s Guide in my late teens, I felt
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