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🔗 Racemic Ketamine as an Alternative to Electroconvulsive Therapy for Unipolar Depression: A Randomized, Open-Label, Non-Inferiority Trial (KetECT)

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''Abstract''

''Background''

Ketamine has emerged as a fast-acting and powerful antidepressant, but no head to head trial has been performed, Here, ketamine is compared with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), the most effective therapy for depression.

''Methods''

Hospitalized patients with unipolar depression were randomized (1:1) to thrice-weekly racemic ketamine (0.5 mg/kg) infusions or ECT in a parallel, open-label, non-inferiority study. The primary outcome was remission (Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating Scale score ≤10). Secondary outcomes included adverse events (AEs), time to remission, and relapse. Treatment sessions (maximum of 12) were administered until remission or maximal effect was achieved. Remitters were followed for 12 months after the final treatment session.

''Results''

In total 186 inpatients were included and received treatment. Among patients receiving ECT, 63% remitted compared with 46 …

🔗 How Does Perspective Work in Pictures?

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Making my own pictures led me down a road to understanding how wrong these views are. There is no such thing as correct perspective; all choices of perspective have advantages and disadvantages. It is impossible to accurately portray everything about 3D space in a 2D picture, so artists must make choices, and linear perspective is just one option.

🔗 The Man in Seat Sixty-One . . .

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Many people want to cut their carbon footprint or are simply fed up with the hassle of flying - and a significant number of people are afraid of flying or medically restricted from doing so. However, information on alternatives to flying is often difficult to find through a travel industry obsessed with flights, flights, car hire and more flights.

So the site aims to inspire people to do something more rewarding with their travel opportunities than schlepping to an airport, getting on a soulless airliner and missing all the world has to offer. It then sets out to enable people to take train or ferry by giving the confidence and know-how to book their trip themselves, or call the right people to book it for them at affordable prices …

🔗 How to Use Tags

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  1. Use as few tags as possible.
  2. Limit yourself to a self-defined set of tags.
  3. Tags within your set must not overlap.
  4. By convention, tags are in plural.
  5. Tags are lower-case.
  6. Tags are single words.
  7. Keep tags on a general level.
  8. Omit tags that are obvious.

🔗 microStudio

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microStudio is an integrated game development environment. It includes all the tools you need to create your first video game! microStudio offers all the following possibilities:

  • a sprite editor
  • a map editor
  • a code editor to program in microScript, Python, JavaScript or Lua
  • import sounds and music
  • export your project to HTML5, Android (APK), Windows, macOS or Linux in a single click.
  • Make changes live to your game, while you are playing it
  • work in teams with instant synchronizations (microStudio online)
  • Explore and pick elements from public projects contributed by the community
  • New: Access accelerated 2D and 3D libs Pixi.js and Babylon.js

microStudio is easy to learn, thanks to its interactive tutorials and documentation.

🔗 JR Has Created a New NFT Installation for a Great Pyramid of Giza Exhibition

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For his Egypt installation, JR divided the work’s image file into 4,591 pieces, and determined that each individual piece will be collectible as an NFT. “Thanks to technology and NFTs, it is the first time that anyone can actually collect a piece of the public artwork,” the artist wrote on Instagram.

In general, NFTs are a scam and I hope my artist friends think hard before getting involved in it. What the artist is saying above is misleading, you don't own or collect any part of the original artwork. It is just a digital certificate of authenticity stored on the blockchain. The original artwork isn't stored on the blockchain and the jpeg image can …