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In response to the spread of the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic in Macao, the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (hereinafter referred to as the “DSEJ”) announced the suspension of classes for non-tertiary education schools after the lunar new year holiday. During the class suspension period, the DSEJ has kept close communication with the health department, education institutions and persons in charge of schools to actively study on formulating a class resumption preparatory plan which takes students’ safety as the utmost concern. There is a consensus that senior secondary schools are given priority to resume classes first and there will be phased resumption of classes for the other grades.
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Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) launched its first postgraduate programmes last year. Making full use of the unique advantages and various resources of tourism education in Macao, the programmes will help enhance the professionalism of tourism practitioners in Macao and the entire Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area while promoting the sustainable development of the tourism industry in the region. The 2020/21 academic year postgraduate programmes are open for application from 14 April to 31 May to provide further study opportunities for those who wish to improve their professionalism.
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The Chief Executive, Mr Ho Iat Seng, will deliver the Policy Address for the Fiscal Year 2020 tomorrow (20 April) at the Legislative Assembly.
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Macao is one of the cities in Asia with the highest incidence of inflammatory bowel disease. A research team in the Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences (ICMS), University of Macau (UM), led by Assistant Professor Lu Jiahong, recently discovered through a collaborative study with research institutions in mainland China and the United States, that the autophagy-related gene NRBF2 is involved in regulating the clearance of apoptotic cells in the process of intestinal inflammation, thereby affecting the course of inflammatory bowel disease. The discovery points to new strategies for treating inflammatory bowel disease. The study has been published in the online version of the well-known international journal Autophagy.
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In view of the outbreak of COVID-19, the Macao Polytechnic Institute Engineering Research Centre of Machine Translation and Artificial Intelligence Technologies, Ministry of Education, pays special attention to the development as well as the prevention and control of epidemics. Having comprehensively organized the big data in the field of epidemic prevention and control, MPI has published the “Chinese-Portuguese-English Glossary of Prevention and Control of Coronavirus” to the anti-pandemic work carrying out in Macao and worldwide. Macao residents and people from all walks of life are welcome to access and use this Chinese-Portuguese-English glossary.
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A research team in the University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS), led by Associate Professor Yuan Zhen, has made significant progress in optical molecular imaging and precision medicine for cancer treatment. The team has developed an efficient strategy to prepare ultra-small organic polymer probes for second near-infrared (NIR-II) photoacoustic imaging-guided cancer diagnostic tests and phototherapy. The study paves the way for clinical applications of organic semiconductor nanoprobes, and has been published in the authoritative international journal Advanced Functional Materials (Impact Factor: 15.621).
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In order to “fight the pandemic with culture” and allow more time for the public to visit, the Macao Museum of the Cultural Affairs Bureau has extended the exhibition “A Pearl of the Sea – Exhibition of Macao’s Urban Evolution” until 2 August. Through this exhibition visitors may get to know in depth Macao’s extraordinary achievements at all levels over the last two decades since the handover.
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