Apr 16, 2016 07:17 PM
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Mars effect
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Gauquelin
EXCERPT: The Mars effect is a purported statistical correlation between athletic eminence and the position of the planet Mars relative to the horizon at time and place of birth. This controversial finding was first reported by the French psychologist and "neo-astrologer" Michel Gauquelin published in his book L'influence des astres ("The Influence of the Stars", 1955). Gauquelin suggested that a statistically significant number of sports champions were born just after the planet Mars rises or culminates. Gauquelin divided the plane of the ecliptic into twelve sectors, identifying two "key" sectors of statistical significance.
Gauquelin's work was accepted by the notable psychologist and statistician Hans Eysenck among others but later attempts to validate the data and replicate the effect have produced uneven results, chiefly owing to disagreements over the selection and analysis of the data set. Since the phenomenon in question depends upon the daily rotation of the Earth, the availability and accuracy of time and place of birth data is crucial to such studies, as is the criterion of "eminence". Later research claims to explain the Mars effect by selection bias, favouring champions who were born in a key sector of Mars and rejecting those who were not from the sample....
Public health concern as data reveals high prevalence of hepatitis B among refugees in Germany
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2...040816.php
EXCERPT: A new study presented today demonstrates the potential challenge posed to public health systems across Europe as a result of the prevalence of Hepatitis B among new refugee populations. The study was presented at The International Liver Congress 2016 in Barcelona, Spain. With nearly one million asylum applications lodged in Germany alone last year, the European Union (EU) is experiencing an unprecedented wave of immigration by refugees and asylum seekers. With many coming from unstable and fragile states like Syria where health systems have broken down and routine immunisation has been severely compromised, health authorities in the EU face serious challenges in responding to the spread of communicable diseases among both refugee and native populations....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Gauquelin
EXCERPT: The Mars effect is a purported statistical correlation between athletic eminence and the position of the planet Mars relative to the horizon at time and place of birth. This controversial finding was first reported by the French psychologist and "neo-astrologer" Michel Gauquelin published in his book L'influence des astres ("The Influence of the Stars", 1955). Gauquelin suggested that a statistically significant number of sports champions were born just after the planet Mars rises or culminates. Gauquelin divided the plane of the ecliptic into twelve sectors, identifying two "key" sectors of statistical significance.
Gauquelin's work was accepted by the notable psychologist and statistician Hans Eysenck among others but later attempts to validate the data and replicate the effect have produced uneven results, chiefly owing to disagreements over the selection and analysis of the data set. Since the phenomenon in question depends upon the daily rotation of the Earth, the availability and accuracy of time and place of birth data is crucial to such studies, as is the criterion of "eminence". Later research claims to explain the Mars effect by selection bias, favouring champions who were born in a key sector of Mars and rejecting those who were not from the sample....
Public health concern as data reveals high prevalence of hepatitis B among refugees in Germany
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2...040816.php
EXCERPT: A new study presented today demonstrates the potential challenge posed to public health systems across Europe as a result of the prevalence of Hepatitis B among new refugee populations. The study was presented at The International Liver Congress 2016 in Barcelona, Spain. With nearly one million asylum applications lodged in Germany alone last year, the European Union (EU) is experiencing an unprecedented wave of immigration by refugees and asylum seekers. With many coming from unstable and fragile states like Syria where health systems have broken down and routine immunisation has been severely compromised, health authorities in the EU face serious challenges in responding to the spread of communicable diseases among both refugee and native populations....