It really was that bad, but I came back

2006 gy : was it really extra - ordinary ?

We present the photometric and spectroscopic study of the very luminous Type IIn SN 2006gy for a time period spanning more than one year. The evolution of multiband light curves, the pseudo-bolometric (BVRI) light curve and an extended spectral sequence are used to derive constraints on the origin and evolution of the SN. A broad, bright (MR ∼ −21.7) peak characterizes all monochromatic light c...

SN2006gy: was it really extra-ordinary?

We present the photometric and spectroscopic study of the very luminous Type IIn SN 2006gy for a time period spanning more than one year. The evolution of multiband light curves, the pseudo-bolometric (BVRI) light curve and an extended spectral sequence are used to derive constraints on the origin and evolution of the SN. A broad, bright (MR ∼ −21.7) peak characterizes all monochromatic light c...

It was logical but was it the whole truth?

Calcific aortic stenosis (AS) was initially characterized as a degenerative process (disorder) because of a tendency to describe any disorder that was not well understood and often occurred in the ‘elderly’ as degenerative. In the last ‘15–20’ years, the observation of the presence of risk factors for arterial atherosclerosis in patients with calcific AS, the production of aortic valve calcific...

Is virus writing really that bad?

It was time to go back.

I am a pediatric emergency physician in Calgary, Alta, and have been active in international health for more than 25 years. The last time I had been in Africa was in 1985 when I ran a district hospital in Lesotho in southern Africa. My husband and I had always wanted to return to the continent but career, children, and time got in the way. When those factors finally aligned, we were able to onc...