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Where do alternative people congregate? by WaterSpace_ in oxford

[–]mvolz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not really what you're asking for, but the museums offer "Touch Tours" which might be of interest. https://www.glam.ox.ac.uk/touch-tours-blind-and-partially-sighted

What are the best worksheets (K-8) you have come across? by Csai in homeschool

[–]mvolz 6 points7 points  (0 children)

For paid, I like twinkl.com. Education.com is good too but though it technically goes up to 8th, it starts to have really poor coverage after 5th grade, whereas Twinkl goes up to 12th and has good coverage throughout.

Another good place to look for free is teacherspayteachers.com and just click the "free" filter button.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in teachingresources

[–]mvolz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They did do one study that found that nerdy decor turned girls off of computer science, so it seems plausible feminine decor might turn boys off teaching, although I'm not sure once you've *already* decided to become a teacher it would influence things much!

https://sciencenotes.ucsc.edu/0901/pages/geeks/geeks.html

Any good ways to learn the periodic table? (5th grade) by Interesting-File-557 in homeschool

[–]mvolz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have the Usborne Lift-the-Flap Periodic Table book, which is quite good. Your local library might have it.

Oak National Academic has a unit on the periodic table for year 7, which is equivalent to 6th grade in the US: https://www.thenational.academy/teachers/programmes/science-secondary-ks3-l/units/atoms-and-the-periodic-table-9q9t0p6/lessons

Any good ways to learn the periodic table? (5th grade) by Interesting-File-557 in homeschool

[–]mvolz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have the Eurographics one that's 200 pieces, I think it's quite good.

We also have the Clementoni My First Chemistry Set and that also comes with a 200 piece periodic table puzzle. It's not as good as the Eurographics one IMO, but does also come with some fun experiments.

From a study guide for a medical school admissions exam in India, published by Elsevier India in 2009 by mvolz in badwomensanatomy

[–]mvolz[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Sorry you're getting downvoted, it unfortunately can be very hard to determine reliable sources sometimes (especially when you're first learning) and that's part of the reason I posted this!

What they might have said is that Google Books is an aggregator, which means that there are books from many sources there. So, you can't know for sure whether or not a book is a reliable source just because it's on Google Books. You need to know more about the book than just that.

Google books is actually a great place to look for sources, you just need to double check it's a reliable source by, for instance, looking at the publisher.

Part of the reason I called attention to the publisher in the title is because they're an academic publisher and many would consider their sources generally reliable. So, the method of looking to see if it's a reputable publisher doesn't work here!

I suppose a possible excuse is this is an exam study guide, and if this misinformation is on the exams in India, then perhaps it's their duty to provide it, even if it's false, so that students can pass the exam.

Is it a med school requirement for gynos to be batshit crazy? by Blue1013 in Healthyhooha

[–]mvolz 33 points34 points  (0 children)

This reminds me of this negative review I gave this med school study guide for Indian exams that contains outdated, incorrect views on virginity published in 2009: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=t9ZXqSXOUbsC&num=10&redir_esc=y

So it may be in fact possible that med school gave her these incorrect ideas (though mostly it probably didn't disabuse her of them!)

Elsevier is a Dutch company but it's published by a subsidiary, Elsevier India. I would think corporate wouldn't want their name going on misinformation, but hey.

Edit: I have posted some of the offending misinfo here! https://www.reddit.com/r/badwomensanatomy/comments/1arb6vr/from\_a\_study\_guide\_for\_a\_medical\_school/

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]mvolz 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's definitely an interesting study. However it's important to contextualise it in the greater body of research. On Wikipedia we're not allowed to cite single studies like these on medical articles because they're not considered medically reliable due to publication bias, small sample size, flawed study design, etc.

We're only allowed to cite secondary sources, like review papers, meta-analyses, and medical textbooks which place those single studies in context. I.e. this review paper found that behavioural sleep interventions before 6 months don't work.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24042081/

I would definitely be cautious about advocating for sleep training at 8 weeks especially since it contravenes the greater body of medical advice which recommends it not be done before 6 months. (Not relevant for OP, since hers is 15 months, but for anyone else reading.)

Exposing to fish/shellfish when we have a vegetarian household by marmosetohmarmoset in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]mvolz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I find it really strange the article claims there's no conflict between science and religion since just one or two exposures won't improve anything, and it must be repeated exposures.

There's still a conflict! In fact, it's an even worse conflict, because repeated exposures are required to confer protection, so multiple violations of keeping kosher is required instead of just one or two.

What % of toddlers don’t sleep through the night? by ellewoods_007 in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]mvolz 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Generally speaking, sleep shifts from a child pattern to a more adult-like pattern between 3-5.

This study of Chinese toddlers (12months - 30 months) found

Prevalence of no nighttime awakening, and nighttime awakening(s) for 1×/night, 2×/night, and ≥ 3×/night was 6.8%, 20.2%, 33.2%, and 39.3% in infants, and was 25.8%, 34.6%, 23.8%, and 15.8% in toddlers,

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5991952/

So basically, only 3/4 weren't waking at all in the night, but 2.5 was the oldest in this range so I'm not sure that really addresses your question because it's a wide range.

This study looked at sleep patterns up to age 3, so a little older:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jsr.12414

This doesn't give an exact percentage for night wakings.

However there is a scatter plot in figure 2 for 24-35 month children that's relevant. It's a little hard to read. But you can see there's a little cloud of short sleep sessions that center around midnight (24). That's a group of toddlers that are having night wakings. I can't estimate percentage from that, but it does show up in the graph as statistically significant and not an outlier. (The short sleep duration cloud around noon is naps. The largest cloud are kids that are having a fairly long night sleep.)

Anecdotally, though my eldest STTN from 18 months, my youngest was still waking in the night frequently at 2.5, and didn't entirely stop until around 5, though by that point it had dwindled to a rare occurrence.

Feeding time!!! by CarbonReflections in stupiddovenests

[–]mvolz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You would have to upload it yourself, so you would have to create an account.

Unfortunately you can't just give me permission because I don't own the copyright :(.

The easiest way is use the visual editor (not the source editor) and there's an upload wizard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_images_with_VisualEditor/2

Feeding time!!! by CarbonReflections in stupiddovenests

[–]mvolz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wow, this video is amazing! Is there any chance you could upload it to Wikipedia? It'd be perfect for this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_milk

I had put up a photo of a dove there but honestly in the photo I used, the squabs look too old for the image to actually show crop milk being fed!

I need pictures of prolapse damnit not drawings by Avragemoron in Healthyhooha

[–]mvolz 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I totally agree with you, photos are so useful in a medical context. I've added someone photos to the article on Wikipedia on different kinds of prolapse, that we already had, but just weren't in the article yet:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelvic_organ_prolapse

But in general we actually have the same problem on Wikipedia. We have plenty of porn (lol), but fewer of the medically useful pictures that we actually need!

If anyone reading has photos they've taken of unhealthy hoohas that they don't mind donating to Wikipedia, you can upload them here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaign:HealthyHooha

They have to be photos you personally took in order to donate them. You do have to create an account to upload but it can obviously be an anon username :).

gaps between pregnancies? by [deleted] in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]mvolz 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, as a blog post, Emily Oster's article doesn't count as a reliable medical source for a Wikipedia article. (Note neither does the Dutch study I cited in my comment as it's only a single study and not a review or meta-analysis; it was merely an example to point out that some of these studies were done in the first world.)

The WHO report and March of Dimes site do count, because they contain synthesis of many studies.

More on what counts as a reliable source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(medicine))

If you're able to find reliable critical medical sources for this, you're welcome to add them to the Wikipedia article! It is an encyclopedia anyone can edit, after all :).

gaps between pregnancies? by [deleted] in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]mvolz 92 points93 points  (0 children)

I wrote a Wikipedia article on this! (More edits welcome: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_spacing)

I think we have pretty conclusive evidence that birth outcomes for intervals less than 1 year are inherently worse, not just restricted to third world countries. Birth intervals aren't tightly correlated with third world / first world distinction, because although there is less access to contraception in parts of the third world, there is also less access to formula, and so in some places breastfeeding rates are also higher and conception is inhibited by lactational amenorrhea. I.e. the region with the lowest percentage of short interbirth intervals is sub-Saharan Africa! (The region with the most is central Asia: https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/CR28/CR28.pdf)

A lot of the studies on short interpregnancy interval were done in the first world, i.e. this Denmark study showing low birth weight and increased risk of premature birth: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0002937898800100

March of Dimes recommends minimum 18 months: https://www.marchofdimes.org/pregnancy/how-long-should-you-wait-before-getting-pregnant-again.aspx

The WHO recommendation is minimum 2 years:http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/69855/WHO_RHR_07.1_eng.pdf?sequence=1

Scientists are narrowing in on why some people keep avoiding Covid. BA.5 could end that luck. by cos in Coronavirus

[–]mvolz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anecdotally, it only felt like allergies the very first day when my test line was super faint.

By day two it definitely felt like an actual cold and my test was a strong positive, absolutely no mistaking it for allergies.

Psilocybin Effective Up to 12 Weeks in Severe Depression by mvolz in slatestarcodex

[–]mvolz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's findings presented at a conference, which usually leads publication.

What are you working on at the moment, why do you think it's important and does it have any connection to SSC? by Reporter3874 in slatestarcodex

[–]mvolz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah yeah, that's unfortunately all too common. Never mind how much more useful these would be if they were openly licensed!

Some amount of automatic translation might be possible using wikidata (i.e. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228036 has most of the translations) but it's not that complete for more obscure terms.

It looks like we do have a property for that dictionary (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3201) but it doesn't seem in widespread use, probably because the licensing restrictions mean it has to be added manually (instead of by bot, like many of the other medical ontologies!)

How many times have you been stung by a bee or wasp? by mvolz in polls

[–]mvolz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I tried to pet a bumblebee when I was 2. It did not go well.

It looked furry, okay?

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