Our Cuban Colony

Cuban Clave Rhythms

Several geometric, graph theoretical and combinatorial techniques useful for the teaching, analysis, generation and automated recognition of rhythms are proposed and investigated. The techniques are illustrated on the six fundamental 4/4 time clave and bell rhythm timelines most frequently used in African, Brazilian and Cuban music. It was found that Pressing's measure of rhythm complexity agre...

Cuban efforts bolstered

bird flu but were not diagnosed because their symptoms were too mild. The findings suggest some populations have developed natural resistance to the virus. The study of more than 45,000 people in Vietnam, reveals that up to 750 people are likely to have become infected with the strain after handling sick birds. Anna Thorson, who led the study, said the real figure potentially extended into thou...

Affirmative action, Cuban style.

The Delray Beach, Florida, colony of Cerion (Paracerion) tridentatum costellata Pilsbry, 1946 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Cerionidae): Evidence for indirect Cuban origins

A large colony of Cerion has recently been reported from Delray Beach, Florida, far north from the ranges of both native and introduced species of Cerion. Specimens correspond morphologically to the type series of Cerion (Paracerion) tridentatum costellata Pilsbry, 1946, which no longer survives at its type locality (Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Dry Tortugas, Florida.) Historical data indicate t...

Ebola control: the Cuban approach.

More than 160 Cuban doctors and nurses arrived in Sierra Leone on Oct 2, 2014, to support local teams in controlling the Ebola epidemic. 300 more are being trained in Cuba at present and will be on their way to Liberia and Guinea in the coming weeks. The worldwide response to the Ebola epidemic has been slow and small. More nurses and doctors are certainly needed, not only from Cuba, but also f...