Culture
Projections from within: the mathematics behind medical imaging
When the X-ray source completes a rotation, the computer, using algorithms based on mathematical techniques, constructs a 2D image slice of the patient. This is what happens.
Culture
There is a wide range of regional traditions within Mexico's dominant culture, which is influenced by a mix of indigenous and Spanish practices. Many of the things that people think of when they hear "Mexican" really originate in specific parts of the country.
Culture
Crystallography: one hundred years in the modern era
Crystallography refers to the science dedicated to the study and resolution of crystalline structures. Today, this discipline is present in our daily lives.
Culture
A Cuban spy in politics, culture, and art in Mexico
Among anecdotes, stories, events, and information revealed so far, Xavier Guzmán Urbiola delves into the enigmatic life of Teresa Proenza.
Culture
Ancient inhabitants of the Teotihuacan Empire crossed canids for ritual purposes
Archaeozoological studies of the skeletons found in the Pyramid of the Moon and the Temple of Quetzalcoatl reveal that they practiced wolf-dog hybridization.
Culture
Measurement systems and their meaning
Measurement is the action of measuring, that is, determined by means of instruments or by means of a previous relation or formula a result within the chosen parameters. Measurement is used to determine the magnitudes of an object in relation to another object that serves as a standard.
Culture
What is the conservation concept? A profitable profession
The conservation is a set of preventive or corrective measures adopted to ensure the physical and functional integrity of archival documents. Find out more.
Culture
The meter did come from Paris: the dimension of nature
Back in 1983, it was established that the meter is the length of the distance traveled in vacuum by light in a time interval equal to 1/299792458 seconds. In 1960 the meter was redefined in terms of the wavelength of red light coming from a source of Krypton 86.
Culture
That magic number zero that revolutionized commerce
There is nothing venturesome in asserting that without the new accounting, the development of the merchants would not have lived its grandiose parable and history would have followed a different course.
Culture
Why is it so hard for Mexicans to say no?
There are Mexicans who, in order not to say no, say yes, but do not set a deadline. Find out why this is so.
Culture
Mental health care: World Mental Health Day is commemorated on October 10
Depression is one of the most frequent and disabling problems in the world. World Mental Health Day, which is commemorated on October 10, is a reminder to reflect on the challenges in this area.
Culture
Mariacheño: What is this genre sung by Christian Nodal?
At only 21 years old, Christian Nodal managed to position himself in the taste of regional Mexican music lovers.
Culture
The history of the ball game in the Oaxacan Mixtec region examined
The ball game was played on the occasion of a ruler's rise to power, a military victory, or the celebration of certain dates in the agricultural calendar.
Culture
Because everything has a price. The cost of flirting and dating
Flirtatious smiles, seductive looks, flattering phrases, details, and gifts are part of the strategies used to initiate the "ritual" of courtship or flirting in a couple. Find out more about the cost of flirting and dating.
Culture
Consulting a psychologist or psychiatrist is not the same as being "crazy"
Preventing begins in the family and at school. Data from the WHO reveals that mental disorders account for 16 percent of the global burden of disease and injury in adolescents. Learn more about the issue.
Culture
In two centuries, losses and gains in territory, population, and communications in Mexico
Mexico's capital city ranked 10th in terms of population at the beginning of the 19th century and began to grow in 1900. It seems that the railroads were a slow experience, overtaken by aviation. Even though the country lost more than half of its land area, there was no real control of those lands.
Culture
Salvador Alvarado, one of the great statesmen of the Mexican Revolution
During his government in Yucatan, Salvador Alvarado was one of the most outstanding ideologues and generals of the Mexican Revolution with socialist ideas.