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Accurate and fast stray radiation calculation based on improved backward ray tracing.
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An improved method of backward ray tracing is proposed according to the theory of geometrical optics and thermal radiation heat transfer. The accuracy is essentially raised comparing to the traditional backward ray tracing because ray orders and weight factors are taken into account and the process is designed as sequential and recurring steps to trace and calculate different order stray lights. Meanwhile, it needs very small computation comparing to forward ray tracing because irrelevant surfaces and rays are excluded from the tracing. The effectiveness was verified in the stray radiation analysis for a cryogenic infrared (IR) imaging system, as the results coincided with the actual stray radiation irradiance distributions in the real images. The computation amount was compared with that of forward ray tracing in the narcissus calculation for another cryogenic IR imaging system, it was found that to produce the same accuracy result, the computation of the improved backward ray tracing is far smaller than that of forward ray tracing by at least 2 orders of magnitude. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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A Monte Carlo based formalism to identify potential locations at high risk of tumor recurrence with a numerical model for glioblastoma multiforme.
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The strategy currently used to treat glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) patients, which mostly relies on population-based failure patterns, does not consider the important variability in such patterns reported in the literature. As part of the multidisciplinary efforts being made to develop personalized therapeutic approaches, numerical models of tumor growth and treatment are increasingly being used by different groups around the world. In this study, a new formalism relying on the proliferation-invasion model is developed to identify potential locations of GBM recurrences. The authors assess the sensitivity of the location of potential tumor recurrences to the input parameter values predicted for a given patient by varying those values using a Monte-Carlo based approach. Our approach is designed to be prospective in the sense that it relies on patient-specific imaging data that can be gathered in one single preradiotherapy imaging session.
The authors modeled the infiltration paths of glial cells using patient-specific diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) data. Nine GBM patients with preradiotherapy DTI data are considered in this study. The possible locations of tumor recurrences are determined by randomly selecting many ensembles of values for each of the growth and radiobiological parameters in the GBM growth model. A novel concept, the occurrence probability (OP), is introduced to assess the sensitivity of potential tumor recurrence locations to the input parameter values. For a given patient, the OP map is derived from a superposition of all potential tumor recurrence locations obtained with all sets of parameter values.
For eight out of nine of patients, the authors have identified a statistically significant region where the OP is above 50%. For two patients, these high risk regions are found to be located at a distance greater than 3.9 cm from the border of the gross tumor volume highlighting the inaccuracy of current margins for some patients. The exact location and size of these volumes with OP > 50 % are, however, sensitive to the number N of ensembles of parameter values for N ≲ 400. On the other hand, the authors have identified for each patient a threshold OP, the OP(T), which defines a volume that converges more rapidly with increasing N. The OP(T) for each patient varies between 20% and 40%. The volume defined by OP > OP(T) may be an adequate candidate to define a personalized margin for radiotherapy treatment planning of GBM patients.
A new Monte-Carlo based formalism was described and used to assess the variability of sites of potential recurrence predicted by the proliferation-invasion model to input parameter values. The authors have shown that high risk areas could be consistently identified with a limited number of sets (N ≲ 400) of randomly chosen parameter values. A major strength of this formalism is its potential prospective nature. Although a validation of the accuracy of the model-predicted tumor recurrence location still remains to be done, our method is potentially applicable to orient patient-specific definition of margins. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The story I wanted to share with you today is my challenge as an Iranian artist, as an Iranian woman artist, as an Iranian woman artist living in exile. Well, it has its pluses and minuses. On the dark side, politics doesn't seem to escape people like me. Every Iranian artist, in one form or another, is political. Politics have defined our lives. If you're living in Iran, you're facing censorship, harassment, arrest, torture -- at times, execution. If you're living outside like me, you're faced with life in exile -- the pain of the longing and the separation from your loved ones and your family. Therefore, we don't find the moral, emotional, psychological and political space to distance ourselves from the reality of social responsibility. Oddly enough, an artist such as myself finds herself also in the position of being the voice, the speaker of my people, even if I have, indeed, no access to my own country. Also, people like myself, we're fighting two battles on different grounds. We're being critical of the West, the perception of the West about our identity -- about the image that is constructed about us, about our women, about our politics, about our religion. We are there to take pride and insist on respect. And at the same time, we're fighting another battle. That is our regime, our government -- our atrocious government, [that] has done every crime in order to stay in power. Our artists are at risk. We are in a position of danger. We pose a threat to the order of the government. But ironically, this situation has empowered all of us, because we are considered, as artists, central to the cultural, political, social discourse in Iran. We are there to inspire, to provoke, to mobilize, to bring hope to our people. We are the reporters of our people, and are communicators to the outside world. Art is our weapon. Culture is a form of resistance. I envy sometimes the artists of the West for their freedom of expression. For the fact that they can distance themselves from the question of politics. From the fact that they are only serving one audience, mainly the Western culture. But also, I worry about the West, because often in this country, in this Western world that we have, culture risks being a form of entertainment. Our people depend on our artists, and culture is beyond communication. My journey as an artist started from a very, very personal place. I did not start to make social commentary about my country. The first one that you see in front of you is actually when I first returned to Iran after being separated for a good 12 years. It was after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. While I was absent from Iran, the Islamic Revolution had descended on Iran and had entirely transformed the country from Persian to the Islamic culture. I came mainly to be reunited with my family and to reconnect in a way that I found my place in the society. But instead, I found a country that was totally ideological and that I didn't recognize anymore. More so, I became very interested, as I was facing my own personal dilemmas and questions, I became immersed in the study of the Islamic Revolution -- how, indeed, it had incredibly transformed the lives of Iranian women. I found the subject of Iranian women immensely interesting, in the way the women of Iran, historically, seemed to embody the political transformation. So in a way, by studying a woman, you can read the structure and the ideology of the country. So I made a group of work that at once faced my own personal questions in life, and yet it brought my work into a larger discourse -- the subject of martyrdom, the question of those who willingly stand in that intersection of love of God, faith, but violence and crime and cruelty. For me, this became incredibly important. And yet, I had an unusual position toward this. I was an outsider who had come back to Iran to find my place, but I was not in a position to be critical of the government or the ideology of the Islamic Revolution. This changed slowly as I found my voice and I discovered things that I didn't know I would discover. So my art became slightly more critical. My knife became a little sharper. And I fell into a life in exile. I am a nomadic artist. I work in Morocco, in Turkey, in Mexico. I go everywhere to make believe it's Iran. Now I am making films. Last year, I finished a film called "Women Without Men." "Women Without Men" returns to history, but another part of our Iranian history. It goes to 1953 when American CIA exercised a coup and removed a democratically elected leader, Dr. Mossadegh. The book is written by an Iranian woman, Shahrnush Parsipur. It's a magical realist novel. This book is banned, and she spent five years in prison. My obsession with this book, and the reason I made this into a film, is because it at once was addressing the question of being a female -- traditionally, historically in Iran -- and the question of four women who are all looking for an idea of change, freedom and democracy -- while the country of Iran, equally, as if another character, also struggled for an idea of freedom and democracy and independence from the foreign interventions. I made this film because I felt it's important for it to speak to the Westerners about our history as a country. That all of you seem to remember Iran after the Islamic Revolution. That Iran was once a secular society, and we had democracy, and this democracy was stolen from us by the American government, by the British government. This film also speaks to the Iranian people in asking them to return to their history and look at themselves before they were so Islamicized -- in the way we looked, in the way we played music, in the way we had intellectual life. And most of all, in the way that we fought for democracy. These are some of the shots actually from my film. These are some of the images of the coup. And we made this film in Casablanca, recreating all the shots. This film tried to find a balance between telling a political story, but also a feminine story. Being a visual artist, indeed, I am foremost interested to make art -- to make art that transcends politics, religion, the question of feminism, and become an important, timeless, universal work of art. The challenge I have is how to do that. How to tell a political story but an allegorical story. How to move you with your emotions, but also make your mind work. These are some of the images and the characters of the film. Now comes the green movement -- the summer of 2009, as my film is released -- the uprising begins in the streets of Tehran. What is unbelievably ironic is the period that we tried to depict in the film, the cry for democracy and social justice, repeats itself now again in Tehran. The green movement significantly inspired the world. It brought a lot of attention to all those Iranians who stand for basic human rights and struggle for democracy. What was most significant for me was, once again, the presence of the women. They're absolutely inspirational for me. If in the Islamic Revolution, the images of the woman portrayed were submissive and didn't have a voice, now we saw a new idea of feminism in the streets of Tehran -- women who were educated, forward thinking, non-traditional, sexually open, fearless and seriously feminist. These women and those young men united Iranians across the world, inside and outside. I then discovered why I take so much inspiration from Iranian women. That, under all circumstances, they have pushed the boundary. They have confronted the authority. They have broken every rule in the smallest and the biggest way. And once again, they proved themselves. I stand here to say that Iranian women have found a new voice, and their voice is giving me my voice. And it's a great honor to be an Iranian woman and an Iranian artist, even if I have to operate in the West only for now. Thank you so much. (Applause) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Assessing and combining repeated prognosis of physicians and temporal models in the intensive care.
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Recently, we devised a method to develop prognostic models incorporating patterns of sequential organ failure to predict the eventual hospital mortality at each day of intensive care unit (ICU) stay. In this study, we investigate using a real world setting how these models perform compared to physicians, who are exposed to additional information than the models.
We developed prognostic models for days 2-7 of ICU stay by data-driven discovery of patterns of sequential qualitative organ failure (SOFA) scores and embedding the patterns as binary variables in three types of logistic regression models. Type A models include the severity of illness score at admission (SAPS-II) and the SOFA patterns. Type B models add to these covariates the mean, max and delta (increments) of SOFA scores. Type C models include, in addition, the mean, max and delta in expert opinion (i.e. the physicians' prediction of mortality).
Physicians had a statistically significantly better discriminative ability compared to the models without subjective information (AUC range over days: 0.78-0.79 vs. 0.71-0.74) and comparable accuracy (Brier score range: 0.15-0.18 vs. 0.16-0.18). However when we combined both sources of predictions, in Type C models, we arrived at a significantly superior discrimination as well as accuracy than the objective and subjective models alone (AUC range: 0.80-0.83; Brier score range: 0.13-0.16).
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Teenagers in Rural Areas Faced With Organ Donation and Transplantation.
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In rural areas it is common to find unfavorable attitudes toward organ donation, and therefore it is important to find out the attitude and profile of new generations for improving predisposition to organ donation in these areas. Our objective was to analyze the attitude toward organ donation and the related variables of teenagers in a rural area.
Students in the final year of compulsory education (mostly 15-16 years of age) were selected from secondary schools in a rural area in southeastern Spain (n = 319; population density <300 inhabitants/km). The instrument of measurement used was a validated psychosocial questionnaire. Completion was anonymous and self-administered. Descriptive statistical analysis, Student t test, χ test, and multivariate analysis were employed.
There was a completion rate of 96% (n = 306). Overall, 65% (n = 200) were in favor of donating their organs, 30% (n = 90) were undecided, and 5% (n = 16) were against. Attitude toward the donation of one's own organs was related with sex (P = .015), previous experience of organ donation or transplantation (P = .046), comment on the topic of organ donation within the family (P = .003; odds ratio 2.155), knowing one's mother's opinion about the matter (P = .021), knowing the correct concept of brain death (P = .012; odds ratio 2.076), and religion (P = .014).
A favorable attitude of teenagers in rural areas toward organ donation is slightly higher than in the adult population and is determined by many psychosocial variables, above all family discussion about organ donation and transplantation and correct knowledge of the brain death concept. | 0 | 0 | 1 |
NOTE 1. ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES Network CN Inc. was originally incorporated on September 10, 1993 in Delaware with headquarters in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC or China). Since August 2006, the Company has been principally engaged in the provision of out-of-home advertising in China through the operation of a network of roadside LED digital video panels, mega-size LED digital video billboards and light boxes in major cities. Details of the Companys principal subsidiaries and variable interest entities as of September 30, 2020, are described in Note 3 Subsidiaries and Variable Interest Entities. Private Placement On March 28, 2019, the Company sold an aggregate of 35,000 shares of the Companys common stock (the Shares) to 9 foreign investors (the New Investors) pursuant to the terms of a Common Stock Purchase Agreement between the Company and the New Investors, dated March 28, 2019. The purchase price paid by the New Investor for the Shares were $1.50 or $1.88 per Share for an aggregate sum of sixty-three thousand, three hundred and seventy-five U.S. dollars and thirty cents (US$63,375). Net proceeds from the financing will be used for general corporate purposes. On August 16, 2019, the Company sold 5,000 shares of the Companys common stock (the Shares) to a foreign investor (the Investor) pursuant to the terms of a Common Stock Purchase Agreement between the Company and the Investor, dated August 16, 2019. The purchase price paid by the Investors for the Shares was $1.875 per Share for an aggregate sum of nine thousand three hundred and seventy-five U.S. dollars (US$9,375). Net proceeds from the financing have been used for general corporate purposes. Identification of New projects On January 14, 2020, the Company entered into a Letter of Intent with Earthasia Worldwide Holdings Limited (EWHL) that the Company will acquire 100% of the EWHLs issued and outstanding stock owned by the shareholders of the EWHL and the EWHL will become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. On July 23, 2020, the Company entered into Share Exchange Agreement with Ease Global Limited (Ease Global), the shareholder of Trade More Global Limited (Trade More) that the Company will purchase, One Thousand and One Hundred (1,100) currently issued shares of common stock of Trade More from Ease Global and in exchange for Forty-nine Million (49,000,000) shares of newly-issued shares of common stock of the Company. The closing of the Exchange shall occur on September 2, 2020 or such other date as agreed by the parties of the Share Exchange Agreement. Upon completion of the Exchange, 78% of issued shares of common stock of the Company shall be held by the Ease Global while all of the shares of capital stock of Trade More shall be held by the Company. EWHL is a wholly owned subsidiary of Trade More. Increase of authorized capital On April 28, 2020, the Board of Directors and Majority of stockholders of the Company approved to increase the total number of authorized shares of Common Stock from 26,666,667 to 100,000,000,000. Going Concern The Company has experienced recurring net losses of $229,367 and $673,269 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Additionally, the Company has net cash used in operating activities of $666,309 and $105,758 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company has stockholders deficit of $12,872,076 and $12,642,722, respectively. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Companys ability to continue as a going concern. The Companys plans regarding those concerns are addressed in the following paragraph. The unaudited consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. In response to current financial conditions, the Company has undergone a drastic cost-cutting exercise, including reduction of the Companys workforce, office rentals and other general and administrative expenses. The Company has actively explored new prominent media projects in order to provide a wider range of media and advertising services and improve our financial performance. If the project can start to operate, the Company expects that the project will improve the Companys future financial performance. The Company expects that the new project can generate positive cashflow. The existing cash and cash equivalents together with highly liquid current assets are insufficient to fund the Companys operations for the next twelve months. The Company will need to rely upon some combination of cash generated from the Companys operations, the proceeds from the potential exercise of the outstanding option held by Keywin Holdings Limited (Keywin) to purchase $2 million in shares of the Companys common stock, or proceeds from the issuance of the Companys equity and debt securities as well as the exercise of the conversion option by the Companys note holders to convert the notes to the Companys common stock, in order to maintain the Companys operations. Based on the Companys best estimates, the Company believes that there are sufficient financial resources to meet the cash requirements for the coming twelve months and the consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. However, there can be no assurance the Company will be able to continue as a going concern. | 0 | 1 | 0 |
I bought the first one in the gold color, which i call mustard. i really love the high-low style and looks great when worn with a long necklace(s). when they went on sale, i bought two more, black and grey. i love that they are perfect for layering when it's cold, but that i can also wear them alone, in other seasons. thy ran a bit large for me, so i was able to purchase the small. i am small boned, but large in the bust. i'm also short, 5'2", but they don't look too long, especially when i wear | 0 | 0 | 1 |
The pharmaceutical sector is very heavily regulated Drug safety regulations form one of the pillars of this regulation. The manufacture of pharmaceuticals is carried out in an environment of onerous regulatory requirements, often from several national and international regulatory bodies. The quality systems operated by drug manufacturers and their regulatory practices have an important impact on product quality. The quality and regulatory requirements apply not only to handling of the medicinal products, but also to the physical and electronic systems used in the manufacture of those products, and extend to automated systems used to support quality assurance operations. Design, development, building and support of such systems are ultimately the responsibility of the drug manufacturer. The quality and regulatory requirements for automated systems are passed down the supply chain to suppliers. In the last two decades of the 20th century there has been a proliferation in the use of computerised and automated systems for use in, or to support manufacturing. Correspondingly, regulatory requirements have been imposed on the manufacturing industry. This work used survey research and factor analysis to establish relationships between quality and regulatory practices, and between both quality and regulatory practices and business performance for suppliers of automated systems into the pharmaceutical market. A survey instrument and an administration strategy were developed from a review of the literature. It was established empirically that quality practices and regulatory practices were strongly related. Specific facets of quality practices and regulatory practices were found to have had a significant impact on both market share and competitiveness expectations and also profit and sales expectations. Differences in practices and performance were established for various levels of automation complexity and criticality, where criticality was a function of the risk the respondent’s system posed to the manufacture of their customer’s products | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Some superheroes can grow to the size of a building at will. That's very intimidating! But a scientist must ask where the extra material is coming from. The Law of Conservation of Mass implies that mass can neither be created nor destroyed, which means that our hero's mass will not change just because his size changes. For instance, when we bake a fluffy sponge cake, even though the resulting delicious treat is much bigger in size than the cake batter that went into the oven, the weight of the cake batter should still equal the weight of the cake plus the moisture that has evaporated. In a chemical equation, molecules rearrange to make new compounds, but all the components should still be accounted for. When our hero expands from 6 feet tall to 18 feet tall, his height triples. Galileo's Square Cube Law says his weight will be 27 - 3 times 3 times 3 equals 27 - times his regular weight since he has to expand in all three dimensions. So, when our superhero transforms into a giant, we are dealing with two possibilities. Our hero towering at 18 feet still only weighs 200 pounds, the original weight in this human form. Now, option two, our hero weighs 5,400 pounds - 200 pounds times 27 equals 5,400 pounds - when he is 18 feet tall, which means he also weighs 5,400 pounds when he is 6 feet tall. Nobody can get in the same elevator with him without the alarm going off. Now, option two seems a little more scientifically plausible, but it begs the question, how does he ever walk through the park without sinking into the ground since the pressure he is exerting on the soil is calculated by his mass divided by the area of the bottom of his feet? And what kind of super socks and super shoes is he putting on his feet to withstand all the friction that results from dragging his 5,400 pound body against the road when he runs? And can he even run? And I won't even ask how he finds pants flexible enough to withstand the expansion. Now, let's explore the density of the two options mentioned above. Density is defined as mass divided by volume. The human body is made out of bones and flesh, which has a relatively set density. In option one, if the hero weighs 200 pounds all the time, then he would be bones and flesh at normal size. When he expands to a bigger size while still weighing 200 pounds, he essentially turns himself into a giant, fluffy teddy bear. In option two, if the hero weighs 5,400 pounds all the time, then he would be bones and flesh at 18 feet with 5,400 pounds of weight supported by two legs. The weight would be exerted on the leg bones at different angles as he moves. Bones, while hard, are not malleable, meaning they do not bend, so they break easily. The tendons would also be at risk of tearing. Tall buildings stay standing because they have steel frames and do not run and jump around in the jungle. Our hero, on the other hand, one landing at a bad angle and he's down. Assuming his bodily function is the same as any mammal's, his heart would need to pump a large amount of blood throughout his body to provide enough oxygen for him to move 5,400 pounds of body weight around. This would take tremendous energy, which he would need to provide by consuming 27 times 3,000 calories of food every day. Now, that is roughly 150 Big Macs. 27 times 3,000 calculated equals 81,000 calculated slash 550 calories equals 147. He wouldn't have time to fight crime because he would be eating all the time and working a 9-to-5 job in order to afford all the food he eats. And what about superheroes who can turn their bodies into rocks or sand? Well, everything on Earth is made out of elements. And what defines each element is the number of protons in the nucleus. That is how our periodic table is organized. Hydrogen has one proton, helium, two protons, lithium, three protons, and so on. The primary component of the most common form of sand is silicon dioxide. Meanwhile, the human body consists of 65% oxygen, 18% carbon, 10% hydrogen, and 7% of various other elements including 0.002% of silicon. In a chemical reaction, the elements recombine to make new compounds. So, where is he getting all this silicon necessary to make the sand? Sure, we can alter elements by nuclear fusion or nuclear fission. However, nuclear fusion requires so much heat, the only natural occurrence of this process is in stars. In order to utilize fusion in a short amount of time, the temperature of the area needs to be hotter than the Sun. Every innocent bystander will be burned to a crisp. Rapid nuclear fission is not any better since it often results in many radioactive particles. Our hero would become a walking, talking nuclear power plant, ultimately harming every person he tries to save. And do you really want the heat of the Sun or a radioactive nuclear plant inside of your body? Now, which superpower physics lesson will you explore next? Shifting body size and content, super speed, flight, super strength, immortality, and invisibility. | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Discovery does not value clients
I have been a vitality member for close to 7 years and enjoyed the travel benefits thereof. I do understand that the bank has created a zero fee account, however you can only open on if you have an ID. Now how is this not xenophobic? How is it that I can access all other Discovery products without needing an ID but not the bank? Other banks do allow non south Africans to open bank accounts with valid permits and passports, so what is so special about Discovery Bank? I even have a credit card which I cannot edit the limit cos I do not have a South African ID
To say I am appalled by this does not even begin to explain my frustration and disappointment to the point I am thinking of moving all the other products to other service providers who actually value non South Africans. | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Title:
Changes in problem-solving appraisal after cognitive therapy for the prevention of suicide.
Abstract:
Cognitive therapy has been found to be effective in decreasing the recurrence of suicide attempts. A theoretical aim of cognitive therapy is to improve problem-solving skills so that suicide no longer remains the only available option. This study examined the differential rate of change in problem-solving appraisal following suicide attempts among individuals who participated in a randomized controlled trial for the prevention of suicide.
Changes in problem-solving appraisal from pre- to 6-months post-treatment in individuals with a recent suicide attempt, randomized to either cognitive therapy (n = 60) or a control condition (n = 60), were assessed by using the Social Problem-Solving Inventory-Revised, Short Form.
Improvements in problem-solving appraisal were similarly observed for both groups within the 6-month follow-up. However, during this period, individuals assigned to the cognitive therapy condition demonstrated a significantly faster rate of improvement in negative problem orientation and impulsivity/carelessness. More specifically, individuals receiving cognitive therapy were significantly less likely to report a negative view toward life problems and impulsive/carelessness problem-solving style.
Cognitive therapy for the prevention of suicide provides rapid changes within 6 months on negative problem orientation and impulsivity/carelessness problem-solving style. Given that individuals are at the greatest risk for suicide within 6 months of their last suicide attempt, the current study demonstrates that a brief cognitive intervention produces a rapid rate of improvement in two important domains of problem-solving appraisal during this sensitive period. | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Title:
Flow network QSAR for the prediction of physicochemical properties by mapping an electrical resistance network onto a chemical reaction poset.
Abstract:
Usual quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) models are computed from unstructured input data, by using a vector of molecular descriptors for each chemical in the dataset. Another alternative is to consider the structural relationships between the chemical structures, such as molecular similarity, presence of certain substructures, or chemical transformations between compounds. We defined a class of network-QSAR models based on molecular networks induced by a sequence of substitution reactions on a chemical structure that generates a partially ordered set (or poset) oriented graph that may be used to predict various molecular properties with quantitative superstructure-activity relationships (QSSAR). The network-QSAR interpolation models defined on poset graphs, namely average poset, cluster expansion, and spline poset, were tested with success for the prediction of several physicochemical properties for diverse chemicals. We introduce the flow network QSAR, a new poset regression model in which the dataset of chemicals, represented as a reaction poset, is transformed into an oriented network of electrical resistances in which the current flow results in a potential at each node. The molecular property considered in the QSSAR model is represented as the electrical potential, and the value of this potential at a particular node is determined by the electrical resistances assigned to each edge and by a system of batteries. Each node with a known value for the molecular property is attached to a battery that sets the potential on that node to the value of the respective molecular property, and no external battery is attached to nodes from the prediction set, representing chemicals for which the values of the molecular property are not known or are intended to be predicted. The flow network QSAR algorithm determines the values of the molecular property for the prediction set of molecules by applying Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's current law to the poset network of electrical resistances. Several applications of the flow network QSAR are demonstrated. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Note 1. Organization and Business and Financial Condition Nature of business Neuralstem, Inc. and its subsidiary are referred to as Neuralstem, the Company, us, or we throughout this report. The operations of our wholly-owned and controlled subsidiary located in the Peoples Republic of China are consolidated in our condensed consolidated financial statements and all intercompany activity has been eliminated. The Company operates in one business segment. Neuralstem is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company that is utilizing its proprietary human neural stem cell technology to create a comprehensive platform of therapies for the treatment of central nervous system diseases. The Company has utilized this technology as a tool for small-molecule drug discovery and to create cell therapy biotherapeutics to treat central nervous system diseases. The Company was founded in 1997 and currently has laboratory and office space in Germantown, Maryland and laboratory facilities in the Peoples Republic of China. Our operations to date have primarily focused on developing business strategies, raising capital, research and development activities, and conducting pre-clinical testing and human clinical trials of our product candidates. Liquidity and Going Concern The Company has incurred losses since its inception and has not demonstrated an ability to generate significant revenues from the sales of its therapies or services and have not yet achieved profitable operations. There can be no assurance that profitable operations will ever be achieved, or if achieved, could be sustained on a continuing basis. In addition, development activities, clinical and pre-clinical testing, and commercialization of our products will require significant additional financing. These factors create substantial doubt about the Companys ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the consolidated financial statements are issued. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern. Accordingly, the consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a basis that assumes the Company will continue as a going concern and which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities and commitments in the ordinary course of business. In making this assessment the Company performed a comprehensive analysis of its current circumstances including: its financial position at December 31, 2018, its cash flow and cash usage forecasts for the period covering one -year from the issuance date of this Annual Report and its current capital structure including outstanding warrants and other equity-based instruments and its obligations and debts. We expect that our existing cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to enable us to fund our anticipated level of operations based on our current operating plans into the third quarter of 2019. Accordingly, we will require additional capital to further develop our product candidates, conduct our pre-clinical and clinical development programs and to fund our operations. We anticipate raising additional capital through the private and public sales of our equity or debt securities, collaborative arrangements, licensing agreements or a combination thereof. Although management believes that such capital sources will be available, there can be no assurance that any such collaborative or licensing arrangements will be entered into or that financing will be available to us when needed in order to allow us to continue our operations, or if available, on terms acceptable to us. If we do not raise sufficient capital in a timely manner, among other things, we may be forced to delay, scale back or eliminate some or all of our research and product development programs, planned clinical trials, and/or our capital expenditures or to license our potential products or technologies to third parties on unfavorable terms. We currently do not have any commitments for future funding from any source. We have spent and will continue to spend substantial funds in the research, development, pre-clinical and clinical testing of our small molecule and stem cell product candidates with the goal of ultimately obtaining approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (the FDA) and its international equivalents regulatory agencies, to market and sell our products. We have also begun spending funds on the evaluation and new assets and technologies with the goal of acquisition and development. No assurance can be given that (i) the FDA or any other regulatory agency will grant approval for us to market and sell our product candidates, (ii) if regulatory approval is granted, that we will ever be able to sell our proposed products or be profitable, or (iii) that we will be able to identify and acquire and/or in-license promising new assets or technologies. | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Helen Tupper: When we met at university 20 years ago, we made for unlikely friends. I'm an extrovert who gets involved in everything and talks to anyone, Sarah Ellis: ... and I'm an introverted ideas person who finds extroverts energizing but a bit intimidating. HT: Despite our differences, we both had an ambition to climb the ladder and have a successful career. SE: We were motivated by how far and how fast we could progress, and we thought that our route to the top would look something a bit like this. And in those first few years of work, we were all about promotions and pay rises. We were preoccupied by the positions that we held and how senior our job titles sounded. And on the surface, everything seemed to be on track. But we started to get the sense that the ladder might actually be holding us back. The obvious next step wasn't always the most appealing, and we were both excited about exploring opportunities that weren't necessarily based on what we'd done before. It wasn't what we'd anticipated, but our careers had started to look and feel much more like this. Squiggly. HT: A squiggly career is both full of uncertainty and full of possibility. Change is happening all of the time. Some of it is in our control, and some of it's not. Success isn't one-size-fits-all. Our squiggles are as individual as we are. And for me, that's meant a career where I've moved from working on foldable credit cards in one company -- they didn't catch on -- to building and launching a loyalty app for another. And that one is still going. SE: And I've moved from making magazines to working on food waste, from a five- to a four-day week so I could spend more time on personal projects and volunteering. I've already had more jobs and worked in more organizations than my dad, and he's been working for twice as long as I have. And I'm the rule, not the exception. HT: When we started to share the idea of squiggly careers with people, we were surprised by how much it stuck. It seemed to give people something that perhaps they didn't even know that they needed, a way of describing both their experiences and their aspirations. Someone even told us that they took our book, which has a big squiggle on the front of it, into a job interview, as a way of describing their career so far. But we underestimated one big problem: the legacy of the ladder is all around us. It's in the companies that we work in and the conversations that we have. It sounds like being asked in a job interview, "Where do you see yourself in five years' time?" It's the uncomfortable question of how we reward and motivate people who do a great job but don't want to be promoted. And it's the unfairness of our learning being unlocked by the level that we reach in an organization. SE: Career ladders were created as a way to manage and motivate a whole new generation of workers -- in the early 1900s. And that world of conformity and control from over 100 years ago is unrecognizable today, especially when we consider only six percent of people in the UK now work nine-to-five. We can all expect to have five different types of career. And the World Economic Forum estimates that 50 percent of the skills that we have right now won't be relevant by 2025. HT: Ladders are limiting. They limit learning and they limit opportunity, and if organizations don't lose the ladder, they will lose their people, the people that are always adapting, that never stop learning and who are open to the opportunities that come their way. 2020 disrupted the way that all of us work, and none of us know what will happen next. But one thing we can be confident about is that the ladder is a redundant concept of careers. SE: Losing the ladder starts with redefining our relationship with learning at work. We all now have the chance to curate our own curriculums, and we can be really creative about what that looks like, whether it's the TED Talks that you're watching, the books and blogs you're reading, the podcasts you're listening to. Your learning is personal to you. And the good news is, your development is no longer dependent on other people. HT: Our learning can't be limited by the level we reach in an organization or only available to the fortunate few. It's not the responsibility of a single department, and it doesn't just happen when you go on a course. No one has a monopoly on wisdom. In squiggly careers, everybody is a learner, and everybody is a teacher. We've been inspired by MVF, a global technology and marketing company who've introduced a program called "Connected Learning." They blind-match their employees so that people can learn from each other without barriers like what job they do or who they know getting in the way. Their CEO, Michael Teixeira, told us, "Everybody is in charge of their own learning here. We all learn from each other and with each other, and we're much better off as a result." SE: In squiggly careers, we need to change our perspective on progression. The problem with career ladders is that they only go in one direction, and you can only take one step at a time. If progression purely means promotion, we miss out on so many of the opportunities that are all around us. We need to stop asking only, "What job comes next?" and start asking, "What career possibilities am I curious about?" HT: Exploring our career possibilities increases our resilience. It gives us more options, and you create more connections. We see how we can use our strengths in new ways and spot the skills that might be useful for our future. We can all start exploring our career possibilities. It might be an ambitious possibility that you don't feel ready for yet. Or perhaps it's a pivot that feels interesting, but just that bit out of reach. Or maybe it's a dream that you've discounted. The most important thing is that you give yourself the permission to explore. SE: And this is not a one-way street. We need support from the people that we work for and the organizations that we work in. And we've seen how this can work in practice at a food manufacturer called Cook. They have something called the "Dream Academy." And in this academy, their colleagues can explore any career that they're intrigued by, in or out of the organization, and even rediscover abandoned ambitions. It could be to try stand-up comedy, to write their first children's book, to move from marketing to finance, become the CEO. Nothing is off the table. One employee said, "The Dream Academy didn't open doors for me. It helped me to have the confidence to open them for myself." In career ladders, our identity can become about the titles that we've held, rather than the talents that we have. Everyone is talented, and we can use those talents in many ways. We don't need to constrain our careers. In the words of my favorite band, Fleetwood Mac, "You can go your own way." HT: One of the things that sticks with me from my time at Microsoft is that I'd go into the office, and I'd see a sign that said, "Come as you are and do what you love." And this was more than just words on a wall. As a non-techie with a podcast on the side, I certainly brought something different to the organization. But my uniqueness was embraced, and there was no pressure to fit a perfect mold. I felt like I could be open about what I wanted to do and where I wanted to go, even if that was different to everybody else. In squiggly careers, there is room for everybody to succeed. And no two squiggles are the same. The ladder has been holding us back for far too long. But it's not easy to change something that's been around for over 100 years. What we need now is more than a radical rethink. We need a radical redo, and change comes from action. SE: Together, we have an ambition to make careers better for everyone. And we've seen just what's possible when people let go of the ladder. We see people who define their own success and take control of their careers. And we see organizations who benefit from adaptable employees who are curious, confident and continually learning. HT: We want to ask you to become an advocate for squiggly careers. You might be a manager who could help somebody to explore their career possibilities. Or maybe you’re a mentor and you can give someone the confidence to see how they can use their talents in new ways. And now that we're all teachers, let's share what we know so that everybody can succeed. SE: It's finally time for us all to step off the ladder and into the squiggle. | 0 | 1 | 0 |
"Yeah, Billy crashed his car last night into a Metra when he was drunk... I gotta buy him a Porsche so he can't have more than one one passenger in the car... I hate to do it to him but i have to punish him."
I ACTUALLY HEARD THIS ONCE ITS NOT EVEN A JOKE. | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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I got the pink version to layer with spring clothes. i always wear a medium, but sized down to a small based on the other review. the seams are very flattering. the material is very soft. on sale, the price is reasonable. | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Le Ruble
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Letter Rooms
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TIP #1 to Mesa-Gateway fliers: This is the ONLY bar at the airport, so live it-love it.
Food is great. The burgers can be made low-carb - especially great this gurl!
TIP #2: Food can be ordered to go... | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Title:
Repositioning endotracheal tubes in the intensive care unit: depth changes poorly correlate with postrepositioning radiographic location.
Abstract:
Suboptimal positioning of endotracheal tubes (ETs) is often identified on routine chest radiographs prompting adjustment. The accuracy of ET adjustments based on tube measurement markings at the incisors has not been reported.
We performed a 1-year prospective observational study of all surgical intensive care unit patients requiring repositioning of their ET based on chest x-ray (CXR) study. The ET was repositioned by a respiratory therapist using tube markings at the incisors, and follow-up CXR images were obtained within 2 hours. ET tube locations were compared with the planned intervention. Mean, median, interquartile range (IQR) and [chi]2 results are reported.
Fifty-five patients met inclusion criteria and had a complete set of data (80% male). ET advancement was the most commonly required intervention (80%). For advancement, the median starting position was 7.10 cm (IQR, 2.20 cm) from the carina, with a median planned advancement of 2.00 cm. The actual advancement was a median of 1.15 cm, achieving 57.5% of the goal. Patients requiring ET withdrawal were more likely female (8 of 11, p < 0.001). For the withdrawal group, the median starting position was 0.70 cm (IQR, 1.05 cm) from the carina with a planned median withdrawal of 2.00 cm (IQR, 0.75 cm). The actual withdrawal was a median of 1.00 cm, achieving 50.0% of the goal. Overall, the mean difference between the planned and actual intervention was 1.55 cm (95% confidence interval, 1.16-1.95 cm) differing by a mean of 40% from the planned intervention (95% confidence interval, 29.0-51.0%). There was no correlation between the original location or the planned intervention and the accuracy of the intervention. In three cases, the ET moved opposite of the planned intervention.
ET repositioning based on measurement at the incisors is inaccurate and the magnitude of the intervention does not correlate with the degree of error. Repositioning of ETs based on measurements at the incisors should be abandoned, or follow-up CXR images should be obtained. | 0 | 0 | 1 |
I bought this dress in three different patterns, i love it so much! i am 5'7" and around 135 pounds. usually a size six or eight in dresses. ordered the small and fits perfectly if a little bit. curvy frame. great for women on the busty side. fits beautiful and is stretchy but not too clingy. | 0 | 0 | 1 |
VP Career Focus To lead the executive management of a financial institution's lending team. To align our lending objectives so we compliment other departmental efforts and achieve the organization's highest goal. By uniting culture, teamwork, training, technology, policy, and support, we will uphold tradition, minimize risk, and provide best-in-class service while offering products which satisfy the ever-changing wants and needs of our retail and business members. Accomplishments CERTIFICATIONS:. Professional Experience 01/2014 to Current Supervisor Consumer Loans; IAA Credit Union. 215MM asset credit union). 01/2011 to 01/2014 VP Small Business Banking, Busey Bank. 3.9B asset bank). 01/2003 to 01/2011 AVP- Business Banking Company Name － City , State Sold clients personal deposit accounts, credit cards, home equities, mutual funds,
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and underwrote Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA, VA and RHA mortgage loans. v Built
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prospected and fostered new business relationships. Focus was on small businesses from $250k sole
proprietors to $20MM C-corporations. 01/2003 to 01/2011 AVP, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 2.35T asset bank) Aggressively prospected and fostered new business relationships. Focus was on small businesses from $250k sole proprietors to $20MM C-corporations. Underwrote and funded many small business loans. Managed an annual $260k+, net revenue producing portfolio- approximately $22MM in size. Created new communication paths across division lines which integrated retail, mortgage, and small business. This was the first time this had been done in our division. Its successful effort brought much needed trust between banking segments, created deeper client relationships, and aligned corporate goals. Built recommendations and provided small businesses with cash flow modeling and treasury solutions. Sold and underwrote Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA, VA and RHA mortgage loans. Built and executed new customer service initiatives which helped us achieve a #12 ranking in the country for client retention among mortgage officers. Worked alongside area and regional managers in the development and implementation of incentive models that assimilate mortgage and retail bankers to one another. Trained, coached, implemented, and initiated incentives which helped grow the mortgage production level from <$8mm> to over $22MM+/yr. Led Chase Bank by achieving the prominent recognition of being one of the top 350 consumer loan producing bankers in the nation. Implemented new needs-based cross-selling techniques and retention strategies to significantly grow sales results across our retail team. Sold clients personal deposit accounts, credit cards, home equities, mutual funds, life insurance, fixed annuities, consumer loans. Education 2002 BS : Chemistry Business and Accounting Eastern Illinois － City , State Chemistry Business and Accounting Certifications Affluent client certified. Consumer loan compliance certified In-process: CUNA Financial counseling certified (FiCEP) Operational Excellence yellow belt certified CPR certified Interests 2008-Present. United Way Steering Committee Member & Sub-committee Chair (2016-Present). LeRoy Pack 3950 (Award Chair, 2011-2013; Committee Chair, 2014-Present) Leadership McLean County (LMC) (Graduate, 2011; Mentor, 2012&2013; Business Day Chair, 2014-Present) Project Oz Board (Fundraising Chair, 2011-2012; Vice President 2013-Present) Eastview Christian Church (2008 -Present) Coached football and basketball (2008-2013) Skills banking, C, cash flow, cash-management, concept, Council, counseling, CPR certified, Credit, client, clients, customer service, equities, Financial, Focus, funds, Human Resources, insurance, internal audits, internal audit, regulatory compliance, Mac, modeling, mortgage loans, neXt, Pricing, producing, proposals, recruitment, Retail, selling, sales, seminars, strategy, Supervisor, Treasury Additional Information VOLUNTEERING: 2008-Present. United Way Steering Committee Member & Sub-committee Chair (2016-Present). LeRoy Pack 3950 (Award Chair, 2011-2013; Committee Chair, 2014-Present) Leadership McLean County (LMC) (Graduate, 2011; Mentor, 2012&2013; Business Day Chair, 2014-Present) Project Oz Board (Fundraising Chair, 2011-2012; Vice President 2013-Present) Eastview Christian Church (2008 -Present) Coached football and basketball (2008-2013) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
PRE-DESCLAIMER: I apologize if posting such rants and discussion threads is against the rules of HN.DESCLAIMER: This post can be quite long for some people, and I get it if no one wants to read it, but I would be grateful if you don't downvote me, maybe someone who's actually willing to help might see and answer me, because quite honestly I've been stuck in a terrible rut and I need some professional help.Some Information About Me, I am 25 years old, and I live in a third world country (Iraq to be specific), the city I live in almost has no software-based startups / companies, also goverment work in IT is very very very difficult to get due to the amount of corruption there is, what I am currently doing is some freelance work, sometimes a client comes and wants a very basic static website, and I build it for them (Using a premade template from ThemeForest, because I am not a UI/UX designer). Sometimes a client requires a mobile app, so I stich together an app by following tutorials here and there, even though most of my stuff works, they are by no means professionally made, nor scalable or maintainable, I just need to do these jobs in order to get some cash flowing on, otherwise I would have nothing to depend on.
I have gotten my CS degree last year when I was 24, and currently I have a BSc in CS. I have been coding 10 years ago, but to this date I haven't built something that I can be proud of!I am stuck in a rut trying to specialize in a niche and keep on improving myself on that particular area.I have tried Frontend Web Development but quite honestly I really hate working with CSS, it's not the syntax that I struggle with, it's the fact that making a site responsive really really is something I hate, I mostly hate working with UIs.When I was in college I really loved working on the console, I built great apps using the console, and I quite enjoyed what I was doing! We were learning C++ at the time, and working on the console made me think about my logic, my code, my idea, instead of sweating about the design, or how a button looks, or how to make text appear good on all screen sizes.I want to try out Native mobile development but I am not sure whether it would be the right choice for me or not.I am stuck, and there's so much on my mind that I want to speak here but I can't explain them easily without going too much into the details.I really want a hand guys, and would be willing to answer or comment on any ideas or questions you might have!EDIT: Sometimes I also think coding might not be for me aswell! Maybe I made the wrong choice, but there are times that I enjoy coding, especially when someone gives me a problem or an assignment to solve. | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Note 10: Commitments and Contingencies Environmental Contingencies There are no new material environmental contingencies subsequent to the filing of the 2019 Form 10-K. Financing Contingencies In the ordinary course of business, the Company provides standby letters of credit or other guarantee instruments to certain parties initiated by either the Company or its subsidiaries, as required for transactions, including, but not limited to, material purchase commitments, agreements to mitigate collection risk, leases, utilities or customs guarantees. As of October 2, 2020, the Company's Revolving Credit Facility included $15.0 million of commitment for the issuance of letters of credit subject to the available balance of the Revolving Credit Facility, which, as of the filing date of this Form 10-Q was approximately $1,200 million. There were $0.9 million letters of credit outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility as of October 2, 2020, which reduced the Company's borrowing capacity. As of October 2, 2020, the Company also had outstanding guarantees and letters of credit outside of its Revolving Credit Facility totaling $8.9 million. As part of obtaining financing in the ordinary course of business, the Company issued guarantees related to certain of its subsidiaries' term loan financing and surety bond, which totaled $1.1 million as of October 2, 2020. Based on historical experience and information currently available, the Company believes that it will not be required to make payments under the standby letters of credit or guarantee arrangements for the foreseeable future. Indemnification Contingencies There are no new material indemnification contingencies subsequent to the filing of the 2019 Form 10-K. Legal Matters From time to time, the Company is party to various legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business, including indemnification claims, claims of alleged infringement of patents, trademarks, copyrights and other IP rights, claims of alleged non-compliance with contract provisions and claims related to alleged violations of laws and regulations. The Company regularly evaluates the status of the legal proceedings in which it is involved to assess whether a loss is probable or there is a reasonable possibility that a loss, or an additional loss, may have been incurred and determines if accruals are appropriate. If accruals are not appropriate, the Company further evaluates each legal proceeding to assess whether an estimate of possible loss or range of possible loss can be made for disclosure. Although litigation is inherently unpredictable, the Company believes that it has adequate provisions for any probable and estimable losses. Nevertheless, it is possible that the Companys consolidated financial position, results of operations or liquidity could be materially and adversely affected in any particular period by the resolution of a legal proceeding. The Companys estimates do not represent its maximum exposure. Legal expenses related to defense, negotiations, settlements, rulings and advice of outside legal counsel are expensed as incurred. The Company is currently involved in a variety of legal matters that arise in the ordinary course of business. Based on information currently available, except as disclosed below, the Company is not involved in any pending or threatened legal proceedings that it believes could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on its financial condition, results of operations or liquidity. The litigation process is inherently uncertain, and the Company cannot guarantee that the outcome of any litigation matter will be favorable to the Company. Litigation with AcBel Polytech, Inc. On November 27, 2013, Fairchild and Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation were named as defendants in a complaint filed by AcBel Polytech, Inc. (AcBel) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The lawsuit alleged a number of causes of action, including breach of warranty, fraud, negligence and strict liability. In parallel to the litigation with AcBel, Fairchild filed an arbitration against its distributor, Synnex Technology International Corp (Synnex), in Hong Kong in response to Synnexs failure to pass along Fairchilds limited warranty to AcBel. On July 31, 2020, the Company entered into a settlement agreement and release in respect of the dispute with Synnex and Acbel. On August 6, 2020, the Company paid its full aggregate liability of $6.0 million in accordance with the settlement agreement and all applicable claims were released. Intellectual Property Matters The Company faces risk of exposure from claims of infringement of the IP rights of others. In the ordinary course of business, the Company receives letters asserting that the Companys products or components breach another partys rights. Such letters may request royalty payments from the Company, that the Company cease and desist using certain IP or other remedies. | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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It missed us by 9 days
The electric transformers have been predicted to blow up and set fires to neighborhoods in the event this occurs these days. And yes, it's time, it's where we are in the solar cycle. Depends on how strong the blast is, but as I heard another scientist explain, it's likely all electric and electronics devices will either fry or short out because effects are complex. Gas pumps therefore won't work. Newer cars won't work because they have computers, electronic systems. Electric pumps powering wells won't work either, so anyone preparing will want to install hydraulic hand pumps instead.
Being in a cave will protect you and your family most, being underground alternatively. Be sure you have extra meds on hand and bacitracin as part of your emergency kit. So many things to think about. Lots of water, lots of food already on hand, obviously. Seeds, books on growing and seed saving, good soil and easy to access, abundant water.
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Hydrogen vs. Battery Electric Cars
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Horizontal purchasing collaboration is a popular practice, though developing countries have hardly adopted it. The study provides an understanding of what is happening with respect to behavioural aspects in collaboration, why and how they influence collaboration and application of this understanding in developing countries.\ud
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Proficiency of surgical faculty and residents with ethical dilemmas: is modeling enough?
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Professionalism, an Accreditation Commission for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) competency, embraces the concept of adherence to ethical principles. Despite this, most surgical residencies do not currently include ethics as part of their core curriculum. Further, expertise in effectively managing ethical dilemmas is frequently obtained via modeling after the attending physician. This study evaluated surgical faculty (SF) and residents (SR) on their understanding of basic ethical principles and their overall confidence in translation of these principles into clinical practice. The objective was to determine if there are any differences in the overall levels of knowledge and confidence in ethics between SR and SF.
Immediately before the first session of a Kamangar Grant supported monthly Ethics Forum, all SF and SR completed a Pre-Curriculum Questionnaire (PCQ) on their knowledge about ethical principles and their confidence in dealing with ethical issues. PQC contained 13 multiple-choice and true/false knowledge questions and 8 questions evaluating confidence rated on a 5-point Likert scale.
Surgical faculty (SF) (n = 16) and SR (n = 36). Knowledge and confidence scores were compared between SR and SF, using Student t-test analysis to evaluate differences between groups.
No significant differences were found in ethical knowledge scores between faculty and residents. Faculty confidence is higher than resident (p < 0.05). Further, female faculty confidence is higher than that of their male counterparts (p < 0.05).
While SF are more confident in their ethical decision-making, their fundamental knowledge base in ethics is not different from that of SR. Female SF report greater self-confidence over their male counterparts. In total, SF may not possess the foundation to effectively mentor residents in appropriate ethical principles and their translation to clinical practice. This study supports the need for both SR and SF to engage in an integrated education program in ethics to promote on-going dialogue in this complex topic. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board FASB Accounting Standards Codification ASC 606. A five-step analysis a must be met as outlined in Topic 606: (i) identify the contract with the customer, (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (iii) determine the transaction price, (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations, and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) performance obligations are satisfied. Provisions for discounts and rebates to customers, estimated returns and allowances, and other adjustments are provided for in the same period the related sales are recorded. There were no changes to the Company's revenue recognition policy from the adoption of ASC 606. The Company has elected the following practical expedients in applying ASC 606: Unsatisfied Performance Obligations - all performance obligations relate to contracts with a duration of less than one year. The Company has elected to apply the optional exemption provided in ASC 606 and therefore, is not required to disclose the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to performance obligations that are unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied at the end of the reporting period. Contract Costs - all incremental customer contract acquisition costs are expensed as they are incurred as the amortization period of the asset that the Company otherwise would have recognized is one year or less in duration. Significant Financing Component - the Company does not adjust the promised amount of consideration for the effects of a significant financing component as the Company expects, at contract inception, that the period between when the entity transfers a promised good or service to a customer and when the customer pays for that good or service will be one year or less. Sales Tax Exclusion from the Transaction Price - the Company excludes from the measurement of the transaction price all taxes assessed by a governmental authority that are both imposed on and concurrent with a specific revenue-producing transaction and collected by the Company from the customer. Shipping and Handling Activities - the Company elected to account for shipping and handling activities as a fulfillment cost rather than as a separate performance obligation. Modified Retrospective Method - the Company adopted ASC 606 on January 1, 2018 utilizing the modified retrospective method allowing the Company to not retrospectively adjust prior periods. The Companys net sales are disaggregated by product category. The sales/access fees consist of product sales, which is recognized upon the transfer of promised goods to customers. The distribution rights income consists of the income recognized from the amortization of distribution agreements entered into for its products. The membership/program fees are generated from the Companys UnCraveRx Weight Loss Management Program, which is recognized upon the transfer of promised goods to customers. The following table presents the Companys net sales by product category for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019: Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 2019 Sales/access fees $ 8,250 $ 6,750 Distribution rights income 28,645 58,524 Net sales $ 36,895 $ 65,274 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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# 4 Benefits of Owning a Real Estate Franchise
The real estate sector has experienced growth in years defying predictions of decline due to the internet’s rise. Notably the number of real estate agents in the United States has surged by over 50% since 2000. Several factors contribute to this thriving industry.
Favorable economic conditions and low interest rates have made home ownership more affordable for individuals.
The growing population has increased the demand for housing further driving the industry’s growth.
The baby boomer generation, ageing is selling their homes, adding momentum to the real estate market.
Given this expansion there is a demand for real estate services with opportunities for franchise owners to build successful businesses. Here are four advantages of owning a real estate franchise.
Enhanced property value as mentioned earlier home prices have reached levels across regions in the country. Consequently, owning a real estate franchise presents an opportunity to generate income through property sales. Moreover, as the demand for properties continues to soar there is an increased need for assistance that can benefit real estate franchises with business opportunities.
## Business Opportunities
Let’s say, imagine a real estate franchise operating in a housing market, like Austin, Texas. They would have opportunities to sell homes. In Austin, where the average home price exceeds $500,000 even a modest commission on each sale can result in income for the franchise owner.
Another advantage is that purchasing a home is a decision and people tend to remember the real estate agents and services they worked with. If customers have experiences with a managed real estate franchise, they are more likely to develop strong loyalty towards it and recommend it to others through word of mouth. For instance, consider a real estate franchise based in a town that has built a reputation for delivering excellent customer service. This could lead to repeat business from clients well as referrals from their friends and family members.
Furthermore, real estate franchises can offer an array of services beyond buying and selling homes. They can provide assistance with relocation, property management solutions or even home inspection services. By diversifying their offerings according to the needs of their client’s real estate franchises can tap into markets. Expand their sources of revenue.
For instance, a real estate franchise located in a town with a college could provide assistance to students and faculty members who are moving to the area. This assistance may involve helping them find housing, identifying schools for their children and aiding in their transition into the community.
Additionally, home inspections have gained importance in today’s thriving real estate market. Prospective homebuyers and investors seek to make informed decisions while avoiding issues. As a result, there is a demand for real estate franchises that offer home inspection services. This need extends beyond properties to include ones as well providing franchise owners with additional opportunities to expand their client base and revenue.
For example, a real estate franchise situated in a city could offer home inspection services catering to both residential and commercial clients. This could involve inspecting homes on behalf of buyers or conducting property inspections for investors or insurance companies.
In conclusion, owning a real estate franchise presents a business opportunity for individuals looking to capitalize on the growth of the industry. By offering services and cultivating customer relationships franchise owners can establish successful businesses that generate substantial income.
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\*DISCLAIMER: This website is not an offer to sell a franchise to, and is not directed to, any resident of a state or province requiring the filing or registration or other regulation of franchises unless Red Barn Homebuyers LLC is registered to sell franchises in that state or province (if necessary), has prepared a disclosure document in compliance with the laws of that state or province and has received approval of this website as franchise advertising, if required in that state or province. The states requiring registration or filing of franchises include: California, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. There are other states and provinces that require disclosures to prospective franchisees. No franchises will be offered or sold by Red Barn Homebuyers LLC in any of the listed states unless and until the franchise offering has been registered and declared effective in that state and the Franchise Disclosure Document required by that state has been delivered to the purchaser before the sale and in compliance with applicable state and federal laws regulating the sale of franchises. No franchises will be offered or sold in any other state or province regulating the sale of franchises until a disclosure document required by that state or province has been delivered to the purchaser before the sale and in compliance with applicable state, provincial or federal laws regulating the sale of franchises.
## Mike Kovak
### Success Coach
Driven by a passion to serve others & generate results, Mike brings his 30+ years of sales & marketing experience to the Team as our Success Coach, working closely with each of our Franchisees to strategically design & implement a unique plan to help grow their businesses.
Enhanced by his latest coaching & business development experience in the mortgage lending arena, he brings his success of managing, scaling & selling their experiential marketing agency after a 20 year run. Mike’s creative & results-driven entrepreneurial skills present a powerful partnership with our Team to make a difference for those we serve. He’s a connector, motivator & a leader with an enthusiastic personality who will go the extra mile to help everyone on our team win.
Mike & his wife, Sherry, are proud parents of 4 teenagers, and is an All-American Triathlete having competed in several Triathlon World Championships, including the upcoming Championship in Spain next year.
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## Michele Sims
### Recruitment Manager
Born and raised in Georgia, Michele is a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University. With more than 25 years of experience with sales and operations, she has the background and the passion to pursue real estate deals. That zeal resulted in Michele and her husband Chris acquiring their first long-term rental property a little over a decade ago. That deal was all it took to get them hooked.
Michele and Chris are the proud parents of two daughters, and have three dogs as part of the family. The pair loves sports, and are big Auburn fans (something that the rest of us forgive them for!).
## Kendra D’Eon
### General Manager
Running a successful franchise operation requires having someone to oversee the process. That’s where Kendra comes into the picture. As a key part of the operations and project management effort, she is always working to oversee the company’s overall operations to ensure both our team and members are able to be productive and prosperous!
Kendra is married to her high school sweetheart Phil and they have 2 sons. She lives in New Hampshire and loves to take advantage of the ability to access the beaches, lakes, and mountains she has available all around her
## Tracey Cooper
### Coaching Coordinator
After earning his degree at Auburn University in Auburn, AL, Tracey chose to enter the IT staffing industry. His first employer was a national staffing firm, where he eventually became the manager of their Washington, DC office.
After five years with the firm, Tracey and four others left to form Prestige Staffing. This firm expanded from the original five partners to more than a hundred employees. Over time, Prestige established offices in Austin, Atlanta, New York, Chicago, Dallas, and St. Louis. All told, he invested 15 years in the firm.
Seeking a change from the corporate treadmill, Tracey sold his interests in Prestige and made the leap into real estate. 2018 was a pivotal year, with Tracey entering a mentorship program with Ken. Since that time, he’s acquired and sold more than 75 properties. His approaches vary, ranging from buying and holding, fixing and flipping, and wholesaling.
## Dave Emrich
### Franchisee Mentor
Dave first came to RED BaRN in 2009, beginning his time as the General Manager. Over the years, he’s overseen a number of company aspects. They include attention to company finances, construction tasks, flipping properties, and real estate functions. Thanks to his more than four decades of experience, he’s a big part of what has made RED BaRN such a success.
## Jessica Stansel
### Accounts/Office Manager
With RED BaRN since 2010, Jessica was born in Canton, GA. Her support as the company flipped hundreds of homes has proven invaluable. When she’s not busy troubleshooting and keeping the office running smoothly, Jessica is looking for ways to make the already-efficient office even better.
Jessica likes to get away for beach vacations, often somewhere along the Florida Panhandle. Closer to home, she loves taking her two daughters to softball games and any tournaments that may come up during and at the end of the season.
## Carolyn Versele
### Onboarding Manager and Franchisee Support
Carolyn joined RED BaRN in 2020, just as the business was about to film “Flipping Showdown.” Owing to her expertise, she quickly became a valuable resource when it came to managing social media and vendor trade outs. She also handled a number of tasks associated with different RED BaRN design projects.
Earning her real estate license in early 2022, Carolyn is now a key member of RB Realty. She and her husband have four children, and love to vacation in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico when the opportunity arises.
## Kevin Corsini
### CEO
In addition to being the Chief Executive Officer, Kevin D. Corsini is also a co-founder of RED BaRN Homebuyers. He brings a varied work history to the business. In times past, Keven has worked as a college president, a business executive, and as an ordained pastor. He also taught at university level for more than 10 years, and holds a PhD in the field of Mental Health.
Kevin began the journey with investment properties over two decades ago, finding another exciting career to pursue. Today, he and his wife are the proud parents of five children ranging from a newborn to age 22. The family is a big fan of jeeping and camping, hobbies they pursue whenever possible. | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Oh god.. I use to love this place its the closest store to me, and I have my safeway card so I'm good to go.. place is a mess.
First the parking lot.. too small for the amount of things going on at this complex, I am shocked that there isn't a daily accident in the parking lot. People are impatient, driving down the middle of the rows instead of one sides.. I just got back from there and I was making my exit and three cars tried to go for my parking spot created a jumble mess, so much so I had to pull back in the spot so they could move.. ugh.
Inside the story, they seem to always always be stocking and never seem to be stocked.. When I go I can never fully complete my shopping list, there is always something not stocked so I have to come back or just go with out it.. But today took the cake.. Its just after one in the afternoon, every single row there was at least one person stock, blocking half of the row.. its 1pm! Usually by 1, stores are stocked up, maybe one or two things to go..
There was also a cockroach.. and not to sound snobby but the type of people that tend to go to this on, I feel I need to carry mace or have a buddy..
So I may go back for quick in and out shopping, but for big shopping trips I'll drive out of my to somewhere else.. even with the gas prices.. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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With directus, strapi, baserow, and other headless cms/api first/database gui products, are there complimentary front end gui style products for non-tech users that will interact with the aforementioned using them as a backend? I recognize that they have their own interfaces, but they are more like an admin interface which still is needed. I understand that you can build the front end using react or vue or another framework, but curious if there is a prebuilt solution.I recognize that possible solutions might be a cms like drupal, joomla, wordpress etc, but I like the simplicity and blank slate fee of the headless cms and curious if there is an equivalent for custom front end | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Apple Watch Series 7
A brand new look with bigger screen. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
TrendTok
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Franchise businesses are popular both in practice and, as a result, in academic study. In particular, much research has been devoted to franchise business survivability. This thesis discovers and examines key determinants that have influences on franchise business survivability in Indonesian franchise businesses in the restaurant and retail sectors. \ud
This research produces a franchise business survivability model that is based on previous research and theories. The researcher performs confirmatory factor analysis structural equation modelling (CFA-SEM) to test and analyse the relationships between the five key determinants which are: trust; commitment; dispute risk management; relationship satisfaction; and franchise business survivability.\ud
Based on the empirical analysis, the research reveals that trust and commitment as key determinants do not have significant influences on relationship satisfaction. The other key determinant, dispute risk management, has a significant influence on relationship satisfaction. This research also reveals that relationship satisfaction has significant influence on franchise business survivability. This study made a contribution to knowledge by building a salient model of key determinants to enhance business survivability within the context of Indonesian franchise businesses in the restaurant and retail sectors. Furthermore, this thesis also closes some gaps in previous research into franchise business survivability.\ud
Another unique contribution made by this research is that the author looked at the issue of survivability from both perspectives of franchisors and franchisees, whilst previous research has predominantly performed analysis from the perspective of only one of the partners in franchise business arrangements. Therefore, it provides a holistic analysis on key determinants that have influences in enhancing franchise business survivability in the Indonesian restaurant and retail sectors | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Infuse 7
An elegant video player for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Mac | 0 | 0 | 1 |
HEY World
Personal publishing gets the HEY treatment | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Hire a busboy! I had to say it. I had to take these pictures. This is my _third_ visit since my May update with the same result and I can't keep it to myself any longer. The staff neglects the dining room. Period. Dot. Patrons often have to move dirty plates, stacking them up on top of trays at another table, just to sit down.
My recommendation to the owners is to put up some garbage bins like all other self-busing fast-food places and make _us_ do it if you're not going to.
I have to wonder what happens to all those half-filled salsa squirt bottles left on the tables unrefrigerated for so long. Do they top off and return them to service, or are they emptied and washed before refilling?
It is my sincere hope that very soon I will be able to update this review again and say that things are back to normal. Until then, I have to advise driving a bit further south to Mi Patio, or north to Sylvia's La Canasta. | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Build Proposals By SandStorm
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At your own peril
Call centre issues:
I have to listen to promotions before given number inputs. When I verified ID (first time) the inputs failed 2x (has also happened on previous occasions). Went through as unverified, had to do OTP verification...
Chatted to a consultant, then voice input was lost on (my side, but their system issue).
Second time ID verification worked? However the after a while voice inputs were lost again. The consultant had to phone me to wrap the enquery.
Desktop experience, to log into my desktop I first need to allow it on my app; logging into the app I have to manually input my username and password, wait for the screen to load, then loads the prompt to allow (desktop) this also timesout sometimes because of long load time or I first have to take a selfie and then I can only allow desktop login.
All that ^ to just log into my the desktop version of the app! Unacceptable, the experience changed which just had biometrics initially and they introduced another verification method on top biometrics (ie. selfies)!
There is no call back function even for premium account members.
Messaged Discovery on Facebook, was told to use biometrics and that my phone wasn't my primary (which is incorrect, informed that my phone didn't have biometrics) and was left on unread for 2 hours and counting. | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Dinestle
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CONSULTANT Summary Hard-working, entry-level Office Assistant, looking to apply my education and experience to a job in Administration. Customer service-oriented Administrative Assistant skilled in greeting patients, scheduling appointments and preparing patient charts. Highlights Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint Detail oriented Planning/coordinating Team leadership Professional demeanor Customer Service Customer Satisfaction Critical thinker Excellent research skills Accomplishments Experience Company Name January 2010 to Current Consultant City , State Promote products. Plan and execute home parties. Educate customers about product with demonstration. Recruit other consultants. Help customers with individual orders. Conduct online parties. Maintain personal Tupperware website. Leadership and business accounting skills. Consulted Company Name June 2008 to January 2015 Caregiver City , State Assisted with adequate nutrition and fluid intake. Planned, prepared and served meals and snacks according to prescribed diets. Provided transportation, assistance and companionship to clients. Cleaned and organized patients' living quarters. Performed household tasks such as laundry, dusting, washing dishes and vacuuming. Positioned residents for comfort and to prevent skin pressure problems. Assisted with transferring residents in and out of wheelchairs and adaptive equipment. Provided personal nursing care in pre- and post-operative situations. Tended to patients with chronic illnesses. Assisted with ADLs. Sensitive to the needs of geriatric patients. Comforted patients and provided them with reassurance and encouragement. Company Name October 2010 to April 2011 Customer Service Associate City , State Maintained up-to-date knowledge of store policies regarding payments, returns and exchanges. Prevented store losses using awareness, attention to detail and integrity. Cross-trained and provided back-up for other customer service representatives when needed. Worked as a team member performing cashier duties, product assistance and cleaning. Expressed appreciation and invited customers to return to the store. Assisted customers with store and product complaints. Responsible for ringing up customers in a timely manner and guaranteeing high level of customer service. Recommended, selected and helped locate merchandise based on customer needs and desires. Communicated all merchandise needs or issues to appropriate supervisors. Performed store opening duties, including counting cash drawers and checking all equipment for proper functioning. Organized the store by returning all merchandise to its proper place. Replenished merchandise shelves with items from the stockroom. Took special orders in person and over the phone to generate [dollar amount] of additional revenue. Processed merchandise returns and exchanges. Company Name March 2006 to June 2010 Day Care Provider City , State Organized activities that developed children's physical, emotional and social growth. Made nutritious snacks and meals for children. Established and maintained a safe play environment for the children. Monitored children's play activities to verify safety and wellness. Taught children personal care behaviors, including toilet training and feeding. Stayed current on all toy and child-related recalls and safety warnings. Continually encouraged children to be understanding and patient with others. Coordinated field trips to local parks, fire stations and zoos. Monitored educational progress by keeping detailed individual charts and files. 28 years infant care experience. Instructed children in health and personal habits including eating, resting and toilet habits. Carefully supervised children in play area. Encouraged curiosity, exploration and problem-solving with age-appropriate playtime activities. Conducted phone interviews with parents. Clearly communicated to children in developmentally appropriate way. Redirected children to encourage safe, positive behaviors. Created daily lesson plans for activities. Physically and verbally interacted with children throughout the day. Used clear communication and professionalism to develop constructive relationships with families. Used read-aloud time and alphabet games to promote early literacy. Prepared, served and cleaned up daily meals for children. Monitored supply and material inventory. Maintained a safe, clean and constantly supervised play environment. Sanitized all toys and play areas daily. Reported health concerns and posted health warnings in case of illness. Company Name June 2002 to February 2006 Seamstress City , State Cut fabric, sewed patterns for drapes, upholstery, window treatments. Carried industrial size bolts of fabric, operated various type of sewing machines. On occasion supervised department when lead/supervisor was absent, operated a 2 way radio. Helped achieve company goals by supporting production workers. Troubleshooted problems with equipment, devices or products. Company Name September 2001 to May 2003 Cook/Server City , State Handled raw seafood, prepared and served food for customers using knives, grill, fryer, crockpot, microwave. Accepted payment from customers and made change as necessary. Assisted co-workers. Cleaned and maintained the beverage area, display cases, equipment, and order transaction area Cleaned and prepared various foods for cooking or serving Cleaned bars, work areas, and tables Cleaned up spilled food, drink and broken dishes, and removed empty bottles and trash Executed various kitchen stations and assisted with, meat, fish, saute or pantry Greeted guests and sat them at tables or in waiting areas Inspected dining and serving areas to ensure cleanliness and proper setup Kept drink stations clean and ready for service Loaded dishwashers and hand-washed items such as pots, pans, knives Performed dishwasher duties Performed serving, cleaning, and stocking duties in establishments Prepared dishes following recipe or verbal instructions Prepared food items such as sandwiches, salads, soups, and beverages Stocked supplies in serving stations, cupboards, refrigerators, and salad bars Stored clean equipment and utensils Used all food handling standards Washed, peeled, cut, and seeded fruits and vegetables Completed closing duties, including restocking items and closing out the cash drawer. Checked in deliveries and signed off on products received. Company Name December 1998 to April 2002 Nail Technician City , State Owned and operated nail salon, performed manicuring/pedicuring services on clients. Managed all business operations of the nail salon firm such as billing, client contact database, supplies and stock. Educated clients about their nail care tips between follow up visits. Responded to customer inquiries in a friendly and professional manner. Greeted all guests and assisted them with requests and special services. Showed appreciation to resort guests by thanking them for their business. Organized salon paperwork and office files. Monitored and tracked salon product contracts and deliveries. Worked a flexible schedule to accommodate salon needs. Education University of Phoenix Jun 2014 Associates : General Studies Healthcare Administration City , State Health Information Administration coursework Oakridge Sr High Jun 1982 City , State Springfield College of Beauty Dec 1998 Post Secondary Coursework in General studies Minor in Accounting/Business City , State Nail Technician training Degree City , State Lane Community College High School Diploma/GED : General City , State , US General Skills Cash handling, Shipping and receiving, Professional and friendly, Careful and active listener,Multi-tasking, 10-Key, Active Learning, Calendaring, Customer Needs, Customer Service, Data Entry, Documentation, Email, Filing, Scheduling, Telephone Skills, Time Management, Travel Arrangements, Travel Booking, Travel Planning, Typing, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Title:
V-TIME: a treadmill training program augmented by virtual reality to decrease fall risk in older adults: study design of a randomized controlled trial.
Abstract:
Recent work has demonstrated that fall risk can be attributed to cognitive as well as motor deficits. Indeed, everyday walking in complex environments utilizes executive function, dual tasking, planning and scanning, all while walking forward. Pilot studies suggest that a multi-modal intervention that combines treadmill training to target motor function and a virtual reality obstacle course to address the cognitive components of fall risk may be used to successfully address the motor-cognitive interactions that are fundamental for fall risk reduction. The proposed randomized controlled trial will evaluate the effects of treadmill training augmented with virtual reality on fall risk.
Three hundred older adults with a history of falls will be recruited to participate in this study. This will include older adults (n=100), patients with mild cognitive impairment (n=100), and patients with Parkinson's disease (n=100). These three sub-groups will be recruited in order to evaluate the effects of the intervention in people with a range of motor and cognitive deficits. Subjects will be randomly assigned to the intervention group (treadmill training with virtual reality) or to the active-control group (treadmill training without virtual reality). Each person will participate in a training program set in an outpatient setting 3 times per week for 6 weeks. Assessments will take place before, after, and 1 month and 6 months after the completion of the training. A falls calendar will be kept by each participant for 6 months after completing the training to assess fall incidence (i.e., the number of falls, multiple falls and falls rate). In addition, we will measure gait under usual and dual task conditions, balance, community mobility, health related quality of life, user satisfaction and cognitive function.
This randomized controlled trial will demonstrate the extent to which an intervention that combines treadmill training augmented by virtual reality reduces fall risk, improves mobility and enhances cognitive function in a diverse group of older adults. In addition, the comparison to an active control group that undergoes treadmill training without virtual reality will provide evidence as to the added value of addressing motor cognitive interactions as an integrated unit.
(NIH)-NCT01732653. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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This paper explores the challenges and opportunities in 1) collaboratively coordinating innovation development, in order to, 2) be able to build interregional innovation - so much sought after but as yet to be demonstrated on more than a case-by-case basis. The hopes for European competitiveness through innovation emphasize entrepreneurship, knowledge transfer and commercialization at universities and their associated innovation systems. However, compared to the U.S., European operative practice is often limited to our regional and national backyards, not realizing the potentials of reaching beyond national markets until after many years of so-called incubation. Nevertheless, the innovation creation and development from research, often stemming from the university and facilitated through innovation systems, is commonly recognized as a critical contribution to economic development, not only through the stimulation of wealth creation and employment opportunities, but through the potential development of new markets and industries. With such substantial benefits theoretically available, systems to facilitate innovation development are highly desireable and encouraged. However, the process of implementing and orchestrating such systems in reality is often much more complex than imagined when designed.
The innovation systems existing in Gothenburg have received considerable recognition in regards to new venture development and triple helix type of collaborations. In the EU Interreg IIIC DISTRICT project SEARCH - Scanning and Evaluating Activities for Research Commercialization Handovers - new principles and practices were explored within the Gothenburg innovation systems, and then compared with other regions. Building from the initial findings of project SEARCH, and then proceeding in parallel, VINNOVA Key Actor Program Project GOINN presents an initiative to coordinate the innovation systems of Gothenburg. The foundation provided through the activities of the projects gives the potential to bring European regions together thus eventually generating higher growth and sustainable innovation beyond the borders of the individual EU member state. The paper investigates experiences from project SEARCH and how the project, together with other parallel processes, can provide promising opportunities for a European model of interregional innovation, not only potentially matching the ability for value creation and growth found in the U.S., but eventually creating a greater capacity for European actors to readily access global markets for new innovations | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Sustainability is increasingly informing the organization of urban life. In the past 15 years, cities have sought to alleviate the dual effects of environmental degradation and a changing economy by introducing sustainable development initiatives. Policy makers and environmental activists have often praised these efforts, pointing to the enhancement of quality of life, the mitigation of industrial pollution, and these initiatives\u27 capacity to address poverty in a post-welfare state. Most popular depictions of the experiences of sustainability come from the perspective of white, middle class, college-educated volunteers and, increasingly, social entrepreneurs such as artisans, farmers, and other producers connected to \u22local\u22 foods movements. Yet what is missing is the experiences and perspectives of low-wage earners, job trainees, and black youth who participate in various urban sustainable development initiatives. This is important because sustainability initiatives have historically benefitted white middle class people often at the expense of poor people of color. In other words, sustainable development has reproduced and exacerbated existing inequality. This research provides answers to debates in urban and environmental sociology about how to achieve more equitable distributions of power in order to make the production of urban environments more inclusive | 1 | 0 | 0 |
12. Commitments and Contingencies Legal Like many retailers, the Company has been named in potential class or collective actions on behalf of groups alleging violations of federal and state wage and hour and other labor statutes, and alleged violation of state consumer and/or privacy protection and other statutes. The Company is involved in a federal wage and hour lawsuit alleging that certain exempt employees were misclassified under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In late November 2019, the Court overseeing this lawsuit granted final certification allowing the matter to proceed as a collective action under the FLSA. In addition, the Company is involved in a putative class action matter raising similar allegations of misclassification under the wage and hour laws of three states. This matter was stayed by the Court shortly after it was filed and has remained stayed to date. The Company is beginning mediation discussions in early June with respect to these lawsuits and is not able to predict the outcome at this time and cannot reasonably estimate any reasonably possible loss in excess of the amount accrued. The Company is also party to representative claims under the California Private Attorneys General Act and various other lawsuits and regulatory proceedings including, among others, commercial, product, product safety, employee, customer, intellectual property and other claims. Actions against us are in various procedural stages. Many of these proceedings raise factual and legal issues and are subject to uncertainties. While no assurance can be given as to the ultimate outcome of these matters, the Company believes that the final resolution of these actions will not have a material adverse effect on the Companys results of operations, financial position, liquidity or capital resources. Letters of Credit The Company had letter of credit arrangements with various banks in the aggregate amount of $49.1 million, $53.1 million and $56.0 million as of May 2, 2020, February 1, 2020 and May 4, 2019, respectively. Among these arrangements, as of May 2, 2020, February 1, 2020 and May 4, 2019, the Company had letters of credit outstanding in the amount of $47.2 million, $46.6 million and $50.9 million, respectively, guaranteeing performance under various insurance contracts and utility agreements. In addition, the Company had outstanding letters of credit arrangements in the amounts of $1.9 million, $6.5 million and $5.1 million at May 2, 2020, February 1, 2020 and May 4, 2019, respectively, related to certain merchandising agreements. Based on the terms of the agreement governing the ABL Line of Credit, the Company had the ability to enter into letters of credit up to $150.9 million, $501.8 million and $393.9 million as of May 2, 2020, February 1, 2020 and May 4, 2019, respectively. Purchase Commitments The Company had $455.2 million of purchase commitments related to goods that were not received as of May 2, 2020. Death Benefits In November 2005, the Company entered into agreements with three of the Companys former executives whereby upon each of their deaths the Company will pay $1.0 million to each respective designated beneficiary. | 0 | 1 | 0 |
CUSTOMER SERVICE REP Career Focus To find a long term career that is enjoyable and a great place to work. Being able to support a family is a big plus as well! Core Qualifications Operations management Natural leader Proficiency in management and Weapons training aircraft safety Proficient communicator Quick learner Motivated Computer proficient Background checks Microsoft Office Strong analytical skills File/records maintenance Excellent problem solving skills Reports generation and analysis Change management Financial records and processing First Aid training (2014) Training and development AED training (2014) Superior customer service Diagnosis and repair Mathematical aptitude Preventative maintenance Employee relations specialist Service solutions expert Dedicated to process improvement Conflict resolution proficiency Devoted to data integrity Negotiation competency Troubleshooting skills Telecommunications knowledge Proficient in customer account software Multi-channel contact center software Customer Relationship Management software (CRM) Adept in automated attendant systems Education and Training 2014 Aviation Warfare Operator-A1 A School - City , State , US Select One, On The job training for Electronic Warfare Operator 8 moth school dedicated to familiarize the student with the Boeing 737 platform. learned in-flight emergency procedures, crew resource management skills, system operations, preformed basic aircraft maintenance.
Acoustic/ Radar signal interpretation High School Diploma 2012 Naval Aircrew Candidate School - City , State , US 4 week school to make sure we are qualified to fly. Aviation Physiology, Combat First aid,
Aviation mis-hap survival skills, familiarization with all aircrew fixed and rotary wing
aircraft, crew resource management skills Moon Valley High School - City , State , US Accomplishments Received Global War on Terrorism Service Medal. Maintained 100% accountability of a large aircraft equipment and tools worth over $1million on a daily basis. Promoted twice at Discount Tire in less then a year. Highest scoring student in the training program at Progessive Leasing. I hold the best QA grades out of all in my hire group. Work Experience Customer Service Rep Jul 2015 to Current Company Name - City , State Collected customer feedback and made process changes to exceed customer satisfaction goals. Made reasonable procedure exceptions to accommodate unusual customer requests. Provided accurate and appropriate information in response to customer inquiries. Demonstrated mastery of customer service call script within specified timeframes. Addressed customer service inquiries in a timely and accurate fashion. Maintained up-to-date records at all times. Developed effective relationships with all call center departments through clear communication. Worked with upper management to ensure appropriate changes were made to improve customer satisfaction. Built customer loyalty by placing follow-up calls for customers who reported product issues. Formulated and enforced Service Center policies, procedures and quality assurance measures. Properly directed inbound calls in phone queues to improve call flow. Aprentice Tech Jun 2014 to May 2015 Company Name - City , State Followed checklists to verify that all important parts were examined. Examined vehicles to determine the extent of damage or malfunctions. Communicated with customers regarding vehicle issues and potential repairs. Operated pneumatic tools and air compressors. Removed and replaced tires, Wheels and Lugs. Contributed to repeat and referral business by using strong customer service and problem solving skills. Organized work records and filed reports. Ordered accurate amounts of parts and supplies to maintain necessary inventory. Guided mechanics with decisions concerning repair and replacement of parts. Aviation Warfare Operator Electronic Operator Jun 2012 to Jun 2014 Company Name Coordinated all department functions for team of 250 employees. Verified and logged in deadlines for responding to daily inquiries. Coordinated with airport vendors regarding fueling and catering logistics. Operated full cabin management systems, including the APY-10 Radar, ELetronic Support Measure, Radios, Integrated Friend or Foe Interrogator. Enforced safety and security measures and protected sensitive zones by any mean necessary. Updated the flight crew and briefed fellow staff on changes in preflight briefs.Successfully completed Crew Resource Management develop professional skills. Verified that information in the computer system was up-to-date and accurate. Prepared equipment for all operations.Verified that all required information was readily available and displayed correctly.Tacked maintenance actions and completed records.Troubleshot manufacturing and inspection test equipment on electronic parts of aircraft. Quickly replaced faulty parts and unit wiring and retested systems. Coordinated port visits and fleet operations domestically and abroad. Defused hostile situations with superior negotiation techniques. Logged and filed classified documents. Determined elevation and grid azimuths with maps and map overlays. Effective decision-maker in high-pressure environments. Prepared operation plans and orders to support security of resources and installations. Maintained complete accountability during redeployment of all sensitive items and communication equipment. Completed multiple fire prevention safety training. Directed supporting fire to suppress enemy fire and allow troops to maneuver the area. Coordinated operations with armor, artillery and air support units. Skills analytical skills, Basic, Change management, CHI, Financial, First Aid, inspection, interpretation, logistics, MA, management skills, Microsoft Office, Radar, Weapons, Natural, negotiation, communicator, Operations management, Physiology, problem solving skills, Quick learner, safety, test equipment, wiring Cash handling Able to lift 50-100 pounds Careful and active listener Strong public speaker | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Commitments and Contingencies Lease Commitments We have commitments under operating leases for our facilities that expire on various dates through 2026, including the Waltham lease arrangement discussed in Note 6. Total lease expense, net of sublease income for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2015 was $4,087 and $12,886 , respectively, and $3,727 and $10,122 , for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2014 . We also lease certain machinery and plant equipment under both capital and operating lease agreements that expire at various dates through 2017. The aggregate carrying value of the leased equipment under capital leases included in property, plant and equipment, net in our consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2015 , is $15,545 , net of accumulated depreciation of $3,584 ; the present value of lease installments not yet due included in other current liabilities and other liabilities in our consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2015 amounts to $11,847 . Purchase Obligations At March 31, 2015 , we had unrecorded commitments under contract of $26,385 , which were principally composed of inventory purchase commitments of approximately $2,276 , production and computer equipment purchases of approximately $14,185 , and other unrecorded purchase commitments of $9,924 . Other Obligations We have an outstanding installment obligation of $ 14,133 related to the fiscal 2012 intra-entity transfer of the intellectual property of our subsidiary Webs, Inc., which results in tax being paid over a 7.5 year term and has been classified as a deferred tax liability in our consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2015 . Legal Proceedings We are not currently party to any material legal proceedings. Although we cannot predict with certainty the results of litigation and claims to which we may be subject from time to time, we do not expect the resolution of any of our current matters to have a material adverse impact on our consolidated results of operations, cash flows or financial position. In all cases, at eac | 0 | 1 | 0 |
(12) Commitments and Contingencies Legal Proceedings The Company is party to various legal proceedings. Management cannot predict the ultimate outcome of these proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, or their resulting effect on the Company s business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows as litigation and related matters are subject to inherent uncertainties, and unfavorable rulings could occur. Were an unfavorable outcome to occur, there exists the possibility of a material adverse impact on the business, financial position, results of operations, or cash flows for the period in which the ruling occurs and/or future periods. The Company maintains product liability, general liability and excess liability insurance coverage. However, no assurances can be given that such insurance will continue to be available at an acceptable cost to the Company, that such coverage will be sufficient to cover one or more large claims, or that the insurers will not successfully disclaim coverage as to a pending or future claim. Non-Income Tax Contingencies The Company has reserved for certain state sales and use tax and foreign non-income tax contingencies based on the likelihood of an obligation in accordance with accounting guidance for probable loss contingencies. Loss contingency provisions are recorded for probable losses at management s best estimate of a loss, or when a best estimate cannot be made, a minimum loss contingency amount is recorded. The Company provides provisions for potential payments of tax to various tax authorities for contingencies related to non-income tax matters, including value-added taxes and sales tax. The Company provides provisions for U.S. state sales taxes in each of the states where the Company has nexus. As of September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014, accrued liabilities include $325 and $2,760, respectively, related to non-income tax contingencies. While management believes that the assumptions and estimates used to determine this liability are reasonable, the ultim | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Collection of outstanding payment
I received a call from a collection bureau regarding an outstanding amount on my already cancelled account. I duly contacted the above person on 30th September 2015 regarding this matter. I received a reply advising that I had seven day to pay this amount. I then made an offer to pay this amount over a period of time as being a pensioner, my funds are limited, to which I have still not had the courtesy of a reply.mThe vehicle to which the tracker was fitted was sold in September last year and I had previously advised the company that I wished to cancel the policy in 2013. Unfortunately Iam unable to provide proof as I retired and no longer have access to my old companies email account. It has taken Car Track all this time to now collect the \outstanding"amount. <br> Today (14/10/2015) I received an SMS advising that if the outstanding amount is not paid" | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Segment Reporting The Company currently conducts its business through the following five segments (excluding the European real estate business which the Company spun off on October 31, 2015, which is no longer a separate operating segment), based on how management reviews and manages its business: Real Estate - The real estate business pursues various types of investments in commercial real estate located throughout the United States that includes healthcare, hotel, net lease and multi-tenant office properties. In addition, it includes certain healthcare properties located outside of the United States and PE Investments diversified by property type and geography. In addition, the Company is also invested in manufactured housing communities and multifamily properties, which the Company has recently entered into agreements to sell. Healthcare - The healthcare properties are comprised of a diverse portfolio of medical office buildings, senior housing, skilled nursing and other healthcare properties. The majority of the healthcare properties are medical office buildings and properties structured under a net lease to healthcare operators. In addition, the Company owns senior operating facilities, which include healthcare properties that operate through management agreements with independent third-party operators, predominantly through structures permitted by RIDEA that permit the Company, through a TRS, to have direct exposure to resident fee income and incur customary related operating expenses. In March 2016, the Company sold its 60% interest in a $899 million Senior Housing Portfolio for $534.5 million . The buyer assumed the Companys portion of the $648.2 million of related mortgage financing and the Company received approximately $149.4 million of proceeds, net of sales costs. Hotel - The hotel portfolio is a geographically diverse portfolio primarily comprised of extended stay hotels and premium branded select service hotels primarily located in major metropolitan markets with the majority affiliated with | 0 | 1 | 0 |
AI could add 16 trillion dollars to the global economy in the next 10 years. This economy is not going to be built by billions of people or millions of factories, but by computers and algorithms. We have already seen amazing benefits of AI in simplifying tasks, bringing efficiencies and improving our lives. However, when it comes to fair and equitable policy decision-making, AI has not lived up to its promise. AI is becoming a gatekeeper to the economy, deciding who gets a job and who gets an access to a loan. AI is only reinforcing and accelerating our bias at speed and scale with societal implications. So, is AI failing us? Are we designing these algorithms to deliver biased and wrong decisions? As a data scientist, I'm here to tell you, it's not the algorithm, but the biased data that's responsible for these decisions. To make AI possible for humanity and society, we need an urgent reset. Instead of algorithms, we need to focus on the data. We're spending time and money to scale AI at the expense of designing and collecting high-quality and contextual data. We need to stop the data, or the biased data that we already have, and focus on three things: data infrastructure, data quality and data literacy. In June of this year, we saw embarrassing bias in the Duke University AI model called PULSE, which enhanced a blurry image into a recognizable photograph of a person. This algorithm incorrectly enhanced a nonwhite image into a Caucasian image. African-American images were underrepresented in the training set, leading to wrong decisions and predictions. Probably this is not the first time you have seen an AI misidentify a Black person's image. Despite an improved AI methodology, the underrepresentation of racial and ethnic populations still left us with biased results. This research is academic, however, not all data biases are academic. Biases have real consequences. Take the 2020 US Census. The census is the foundation for many social and economic policy decisions, therefore the census is required to count 100 percent of the population in the United States. However, with the pandemic and the politics of the citizenship question, undercounting of minorities is a real possibility. I expect significant undercounting of minority groups who are hard to locate, contact, persuade and interview for the census. Undercounting will introduce bias and erode the quality of our data infrastructure. Let's look at undercounts in the 2010 census. 16 million people were omitted in the final counts. This is as large as the total population of Arizona, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Iowa put together for that year. We have also seen about a million kids under the age of five undercounted in the 2010 Census. Now, undercounting of minorities is common in other national censuses, as minorities can be harder to reach, they're mistrustful towards the government or they live in an area under political unrest. For example, the Australian Census in 2016 undercounted Aboriginals and Torres Strait populations by about 17.5 percent. We estimate undercounting in 2020 to be much higher than 2010, and the implications of this bias can be massive. Let's look at the implications of the census data. Census is the most trusted, open and publicly available rich data on population composition and characteristics. While businesses have proprietary information on consumers, the Census Bureau reports definitive, public counts on age, gender, ethnicity, race, employment, family status, as well as geographic distribution, which are the foundation of the population data infrastructure. When minorities are undercounted, AI models supporting public transportation, housing, health care, insurance are likely to overlook the communities that require these services the most. First step to improving results is to make that database representative of age, gender, ethnicity and race per census data. Since census is so important, we have to make every effort to count 100 percent. Investing in this data quality and accuracy is essential to making AI possible, not for only few and privileged, but for everyone in the society. Most AI systems use the data that's already available or collected for some other purposes because it's convenient and cheap. Yet data quality is a discipline that requires commitment -- real commitment. This attention to the definition, data collection and measurement of the bias, is not only underappreciated -- in the world of speed, scale and convenience, it's often ignored. As part of Nielsen data science team, I went to field visits to collect data, visiting retail stores outside Shanghai and Bangalore. The goal of that visit was to measure retail sales from those stores. We drove miles outside the city, found these small stores -- informal, hard to reach. And you may be wondering -- why are we interested in these specific stores? We could have selected a store in the city where the electronic data could be easily integrated into a data pipeline -- cheap, convenient and easy. Why are we so obsessed with the quality and accuracy of the data from these stores? The answer is simple: because the data from these rural stores matter. According to the International Labour Organization, 40 percent Chinese and 65 percent of Indians live in rural areas. Imagine the bias in decision when 65 percent of consumption in India is excluded in models, meaning the decision will favor the urban over the rural. Without this rural-urban context and signals on livelihood, lifestyle, economy and values, retail brands will make wrong investments on pricing, advertising and marketing. Or the urban bias will lead to wrong rural policy decisions with regards to health and other investments. Wrong decisions are not the problem with the AI algorithm. It's a problem of the data that excludes areas intended to be measured in the first place. The data in the context is a priority, not the algorithms. Let's look at another example. I visited these remote, trailer park homes in Oregon state and New York City apartments to invite these homes to participate in Nielsen panels. Panels are statistically representative samples of homes that we invite to participate in the measurement over a period of time. Our mission to include everybody in the measurement led us to collect data from these Hispanic and African homes who use over-the-air TV reception to an antenna. Per Nielsen data, these homes constitute 15 percent of US households, which is about 45 million people. Commitment and focus on quality means we made every effort to collect information from these 15 percent, hard-to-reach groups. Why does it matter? This is a sizeable group that's very, very important to the marketers, brands, as well as the media companies. Without the data, the marketers and brands and their models would not be able to reach these folks, as well as show ads to these very, very important minority populations. And without the ad revenue, the broadcasters such as Telemundo or Univision, would not be able to deliver free content, including news media, which is so foundational to our democracy. This data is essential for businesses and society. Our once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reduce human bias in AI starts with the data. Instead of racing to build new algorithms, my mission is to build a better data infrastructure that makes ethical AI possible. 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This report documents research undertaken... to examine the rise of fringe financial services in Winnipeg's North End. Fringe financial services include a variety of financial services such as loans and cheque-cashing that are offered by fringe banks. Although fringe banks are becoming more common today they generally operate on the margin of the mainstream banking and credit union system in Canada.
Fringe banks include pawnshops, cheque-cashing firms, payday lenders, rent-to-own firms, tax refund advancers, finance companies and 'white-label' automatic teller machine providers. This report explores client experiences with fringe banks, it examines the issue of fringe bank legitimacy and it develops a model and provides a preliminary feasibility assessment of an alternative model to fringe banks for low- income people | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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We started a new way to exhibit at last year's FNGLA Landscape Show by showcasing an ecosystem found in Florida. At this year's show, we decided to construct a Florida scrub habitat. Within the exhibit, we used many different species found in a typical scrub jay and gopher tortoise habitat. We started our new exhibit by [...]
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This year's FNGLA Landscape Show was a hit for us in which we actually won the "Best of Show" booth! We decided to exhibit in a new and distinctive way by showcasing a natural Florida ecosystem that had been recently restored. In past years, we always brought a selection of our nicest plants to display, but [...]
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# Panther Island Progression
Here we see progression photos of a large habitat creation area. Our crews planted hundreds of thousands of plants with a diverse group of plant species. We installed herbaceous plants, ground covers, grasses, shrubs, and small and large trees. Even before we finished planting, wildlife was coming in to survey the new habitat. Wading birds were most commonly noticed in the planting area, but we also encountered American alligators (from a safe distance).
In a few months, the wetland will be filled in nicely as the plants start to spread and reproduce. As the area matures, more wildlife species will call this area home as the trees and shrubs will provide food and cover. This project expanded over 70 acres and we are proud of the end result. Our team proudly dedicated several weeks to this project in our mission to grow, enhance, and restore Florida’s natural habitats. (Click on the photo to open slideshow)
# FNGLA Booth Time-Lapse Video
# Building A Florida Scrub Habitat
We started a new way to exhibit at last year’s FNGLA Landscape Show by showcasing an ecosystem found in Florida. At this year’s show, we decided to construct a Florida scrub habitat. Within the exhibit, we used many different species found in a typical scrub jay and gopher tortoise habitat. We started our new exhibit by using over 250 bags of mulch to form upland hill areas and burrows for gopher tortoises. Once this was formed, we covered the bags with several hundred pounds of beautiful white sugar sand that is typically found in these scrub environments. Our booth was filled a huge array of natives species including; sand live oak, runner oak, calamint, lyonia, liatris and prickly pear cactus. In order to make our booth more realistic, we brought in replicas of scrub jay birds, gopher tortoises, and multiple old fence posts connected to barbed wire fencing. We received many positive comments on our booth as well as opportunities to teach others about this distinctive habitat.
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# FNGLA Landscape Show
This year’s FNGLA Landscape Show was a hit for us in which we actually won the “Best of Show” booth! We decided to exhibit in a new and distinctive way by showcasing a natural Florida ecosystem that had been recently restored. In past years, we always brought a selection of our nicest plants to display, but we wanted to start including the environmental services division into our exhibits.
The ecosystem that was displayed was a restored Pine Flatwood. This type of plant community is ravaged by fire, seasonal drought and flooding. We demonstrated this ecosystem by using slash pine, longleaf pine, lyonia, wax myrtle, and of course loads of wiregrass. We also used animal friendly plants like beautyberry and saw palmetto.
Dappled throughout our exhibit were dead melaleuca trees that had been girdled and sprayed with herbicide. Melaleuca is an abundant exotic weed tree growing throughout south Florida. Our company is hired throughout the year to combat this exotic nuisance tree as well as other invasive species.
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Unrecognized Cognitive Impairment and Its Effect on Heart Failure Readmissions of Elderly Adults.
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To determine whether 30-day readmissions were associated with presence of cognitive impairment more in elderly adults with heart failure (HF) than in those with other diagnoses and whether medical teams recognized cognitive impairment.
One-year prospective cohort quality improvement program of cognitive screening and retrospective chart review of documentation and outcomes.
Academic tertiary care hospital medical unit with a cardiovascular focus and an enhanced discharge program of individualized patient education.
Individuals aged 70 and older screened before home discharge (241 admission encounters; 121 with HF as a primary diagnosis, 120 without). The HF cohort included individuals with preserved and reduced ejection fraction. Individuals who had undergone transplantation, ventricular assist device implantation, or hemodialysis or who had a primary oncology diagnosis or hospice referral were excluded.
Mini-Cog administered 48 hours or less before discharge, 30-day all-cause readmission rates, documentation of dementia or cognitive impairment, and caregiver education.
Mini-Cog scores were less than 4 (indicating cognitive impairment) in 157 encounters (82 (67.7%) with HF, 75 (62.5%) without). Mini-Cog scores were similar in rate and distribution between groups. Individuals with HF and cognitive impairment had a significantly higher 30-day readmission rate than did the other groups (26.8% vs 13.2%; P = .01; HF, no cognitive impairment, 12.8%; no HF, no cognitive impairment, 13.3%; cognitive impairment, no HF, 13.3%). In individuals with HF and cognitive impairment, those with documented caregiver education had lower readmission rates than those without (14.3% vs 36.2%; P = .03). Fewer than 9% had documentation of cognitive impairment in the medical record.
Cognitive impairment, which is frequently undocumented, may indicate greater risk of readmission for individuals with HF than those without. Screening for cognitive impairment, adapting discharge for it, and involving family and caregivers in discharge education may help reduce readmissions. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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This complaint is specifically targeting DHL Harare, Zimbabwe. It's been over 2 weeks now since my goods arrived from South Africa. I still don't have my package even after submitting the dubious fee they made me pay and submitting an import license for a ****** purse (***** pack) which I also had to pay for. To worsen things, I found out that my package was missing after a few days of being in touch with them. The package mysteriously resurfaced.
I've lost time and money trying to get my package. I also have to ask when DHL should be keeping me updated. They choose to withhold information. The tracking information on their website is also misleading.
I made it clear from the start that they have my laptop which I need to work so I can survive in the hell that us Zimbabwe. That is why I had also asked them to remove the ***** pack because I didn't want to be delayed. They refused because they had to adhere to laws. Ha! Laws that we all know are partially applied. I was forced to apply for the license. Now that I've submitted everything, DHL still insists on being so incompetent and inconveniencing.
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This is s study on parliamentary committee system of Bangladesh. Drawing a theoretical framework this study examines how committee system works in a parliament where the political institutions, at least partly, have been imposed from outside rather than being fully indigenous. Though many favorable preconditions were adopted in the Constitution of Bangladesh, parliamentary system of government could not successfully work in the initial years of the independence. The political government was eliminated quickly through a bloody military coup in 1975. After the collapse of the military-authoritarian government, Bangladesh embarked upon a new democratic journey in 1990. Since the restoration of the parliamentary system of the government in 1991, committees have been serving as the extended working arms of the parliament. This study examines the pattern of performances of committees in the post-1990 parliaments. Examining the different dimensions of the working of committees, this study finds that they are now better poised to conduct their legislative and overseeing tasks. However, the absence of democratic principles within the party structure discourages the legislators from being proactive in the committees. Analyzing the committee structures and procedure of the selected developed and developing countries, it explores the lessons that Bangladesh can learn from them to make the committee system more effective | 1 | 0 | 0 |
SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR Highlights Microsoft Office (e.g. Word, Excel and Power point) Intermediate knowledge of Photoshop Intermediate Knowledge of WordPress Proficient knowledge of social media platforms (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Polyvore) Proficient in e-ClinicalWorks software, QuickBooks, and Multichannel Order Manager Experience Social Media Coordinator Sep 2015 to Current Company Name － City , State Proposing creative strategy in collaboration with marketing director
Adding 45 quality boards on Pinterest and resulting in 47% follower growth
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Online outreach and promotion using Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and email marketing. Bookkeeper Sep 2013 to Dec 2015 Company Name － City , State Inputting vouchers, invoices, checks, account statements, reports, and other records
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