Month: March 2017

WHO – Does the lack of oxygen affects learning in children?

The Who decided to make a study between the children of la Paz and Santa Cruz. The idea was to determine if the difference in altitude and the way the body transport oxygen affects learning abilities. In the photo I am been capacitated to use a Transcranial Doppler (it allows to measure the velocity of blood flow through the brain’s blood vessels) .

Pipeline (Gas) camp – Tarija, Bolivia

The camp was in the middle of the mountains. Life for the workers gets a lot easier by having animals like sheeps, pigs and cows, sometimes it’s impossible to get or leave the campsite.
This pipeline goes across the mountains to the border with Argentina. It took along time to finish since it goes into the mountains, the vegetation is very thick.

Cathedral of Learning – Pittsburgh

Cathedral of Learning  designed by the architect Charles Klauder is listed in the National Register of Historic Places is the centerpiece of the University of Pittsburgh’s main campus. Standing at 535 feet (163 m), the 42-story Late Gothic Revival Cathedral is the tallest educational building in the Western hemisphere and the second tallest university building (fourth tallest educationally-purposed building) in the world. It is also the second tallest gothic-styled building in the world.

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Phipps Conservatory – Pittsburgh

Phipps is one of the “greenest” facilities in the world. Its greenhouse production facility has received Platinum certification, the first and only greenhouse to be so certified. Its purpose is to educate and entertain the people of Pittsburgh with formal gardens (Roman, English, etc.) and various species of exotic plants (palm trees, succulents, bonsai, orchids, etc.)

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