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LILACS 40th anniversary
LILACS is the acronym for Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences, and it is much more than a…
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World Sight Day
Eye health involves establishing educational initiatives to prevent eye conditions to preserve the visual system, as well as providing access…
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World’s Alzheimer Day
On PAHO calendar, September 21st is recognized as World Alzheimer’s Day. The goal of this observance day is to raise…
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World Suicide Prevention Day
World Suicide Prevention Day is on September 10th to curb rising suicide rates in the Americas and raise awareness on…
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Dynamics of DeCS updating
Since 1986, DeCS has been updated annually based on MeSH. The annual update of DeCS means replacing one set of…
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Offline or API-based DeCS data use
DeCS thesaurus descriptors can be consulted on this portal and on consultation platforms where DeCS is integrated, such as the…
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Inter-American Air Quality Day
Inter-American Air Quality Day is celebrated annually on the second Friday of August and was created by the Inter-American of…
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World Drowning Prevention Day
Each year, approximately 300,000 drowning deaths occur worldwide, 25% of which affect children under the age of 5. To raise…
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World Zoonoses Day
July 6th is observed annually as World Zoonoses Day. According to the World Health Organization, Zoonoses are Infectious Diseases that…
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The rule of three in indexing
When many descriptors are discussed in a document, it may not be possible to index each one without using too…
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Opposite concepts in the same descriptor record
The central core applied to most thesauri is the organization into concepts. Although they do not need to be strictly…
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World Food Safety Day
Focusing on human health and sustainable development, and aiming to inspire actions to prevent foodborne risks, June 7 is World…
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World Malaria Day
On April 21, the world will step up its fight against malaria through campaigns on: Descriptors related to the disease,…
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Subheadings: pathol, physiopathol & physiol
The DeCS tip for this post refers to the qualifiers pathology (PATHOL), physiopathology (PHYSIOPATHOL), and physiology (PHYSIOL), which are often…
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2025 edition update
Join the online launch of DeCS 2025 edition on DeCS/MeSH website on April 3 at 11:00 a.m. (GMT-3). The event…
