Are You Worried About A Frozen Shoulder Diagnosis?
Have you been diagnosed with a ‘frozen shoulder?’. Perhaps you are experiencing long term pain in the shoulder and are simply worried about your potential diagnosis.
A ‘Frozen Shoulder’, or scientifically named ‘Adhesive Capsulitis’ refers to a painful inflammation and stiffening of the shoulder joint. Its consensus definition is “a condition of uncertain etiology, characterised by significant restriction of both active and passive shoulder motion that occurs in the absence of a known intrinsic shoulder disorder.” It is relatively uncommon in the realm of shoulder injuries, but most frequently occurs in females between the ages of 40 and 60 years.
Most commonly, those affected will have difficulty with tasks such as reaching their arm behind their back, reaching for their bra strap and reaching for overhead cupboards, in addition to often unrelenting pain in their shoulder and upper arm.
The following guide offers a detailed explanation of a Frozen Shoulder, along with key information you should know when receiving treatment. Due to its long term nature, it is important to receive sound early advice and appropriate exercise prescription to minimise your pain and shoulder dysfunction.
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The Government aims to ensure no one is left behind in the move to digital payments, and argues that EU regulations have previously been a barrier to retailers offering cashback when people were not paying for goods or services.
The report states that the Government is considering changing the rules after the Brexit transition period ends at the end of 2020, freeing up more businesses to offer cash.
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated UK consumers’ move towards card payments and away from notes and coins, and banks have continued to announce branch closures, leaving fewer options for people who want to handle cash. This has been a particularly problem for those who live in remote areas.
Full article:
The Guardian - Plan for UK shops to offer cashback without a purchase
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NO. When done properly colostrum can be successfully pasteurized to eliminate the same pathogens that can be found in the milk. These pathogens are even more dangerous in colostrum since these bacteria and viruses can easily pass through the gut wall along with the large proteins that impart immunity to the calf. Colostrum can be safely pasteurized at 140F for 60 minutes to remove all pathogens without significant damage to immunoglobulins. Colostrum pasteurization should be as much a part of herd biosecurity as milk pasteurization.


Economic Confidential, a publication of PRNigeria, on Sunday, released its Annual States Viability Index (ASVI).
The report shows that 7 states, led by Katsina, are insolvent as their Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in 2019 were below 10 percent of their total federal allocation in the same year. IGR is generated through Pay-As-You-Earn Tax (PAYE), direct assessment, road taxes and revenues from Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). Last year, the ASVI revealed that only 10 Nigerian States were financially strong. The latest index shows that without the monthly disbursement from the Federation Account Allocation (FAA), many states would be unviable. It put the IGR generated by 36 states at N1.3trillion in 2019, compared to N1.1trillion in 2018. Lagos State IGR of N398bn in 2019 was higher than 20 States’ IGR combined, thus maintaining its number one position. Lagos received N270billion FAA, meaning its IGR (147 percent) was more. In the year under review, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja generated N74billion against N30billion FAA. Ogun State generated N70.92billion IGR compared to N92billion FAA -representing 77 percent; Rivers generated N140billion against N219billion FAA – representing 64 percent; Kwara State generated N30billion compared to N80billion FAA – representing 38 percent. Kaduna State generated N44billion compared to N129billion FAA – representing 35 percent; Enugu State generated N31billion against N103billion FAA – representing 29 percent; Ondo State generated N30billion compared to N103billion FAA – representing 29 percent. Edo State generated N29billion compared to N108billion FAA – representing 27 percent; Anambra State generated N26billion against N98billion FAA – representing 27 percent; Cross River State generated N22billion compared to N99billion FAA – representing 25 percent. The report shows that in 2019, 10 states generated N894billion IGR, while the remaining 26 states generated N440billion. It confirms that most states have improved their IGR as only 7 generated less than 10 percent, against 17 states in 2018. For the weak 7 states, Katsina, the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari, tops the list. It generated N8billion IGR compared to N136billion FAA – representing 6 percent. Kebbi State generated N7.3billion compared to N100billion FAA – representing 7 percent; Borno State generated N8billion against N121billion FAA – representing 7 percent; Taraba State generated N6.5billion compared to N86billion FAA – representing 8 percent. Bayelsa, the home state of former President Goodluck Jonathan, generated N16billion compared to N176billion FAA – representing 9 percent; Yobe State generated N8.4billion against N88billion FAA – representing 9 percent; Gombe State generated N6.8billion compared to N75billion FAA – representing 7.5 percent. The poor states were advised to formulate initiatives for revenue generation. The report identified insurgency, kidnapping, banditry and herdsmen-farmers clashes, as some of the reasons for low income and investors’ fear. Only 3 states in the North earned above 20 percent IGR, while 10 states in the South recorded likewise. They are Lagos, Ogun, Rivers, Enugu, Ondo, Edo, Delta, Anambra, Cross River and Delta. Click to view/download full report


A school district's ability to raise local funds is classified as significantly more, slightly more, slightly less, or significantly less than the statewide average.
Student needs in a school district are classified as significantly higher, slightly higher, slightly lower, or significantly lower than the statewide average.
Economically disadvantaged students are those who participate in, or whose family participates in, economic assistance programs, such as the free or reduced-price lunch programs, Social Security Insurance (SSI), Food Stamps, Foster Care, Refugee Assistance (cash or medical assistance), Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP), Safety Net Assistance (SNA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), or Family Assistance: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). If one student in a family is identified as low income, all students from that household (economic unit) may be identified as low income.
English Language Learners (ELLs) are those who, by reason of foreign birth or ancestry, speak or understand a language other than English and speak or understand little or no English, and require support in order to become proficient in English and are identified pursuant to Section 154.3 of Commissioner's Regulations.
The need/resource capacity index, a measure of a district's ability to meet the needs of its students with local resources.
Race or races with which the student primarily identifies as indicated by the student or the parent/guardian.
Students with disabilities are those who have been identified as such by the Committee on Special Education and are receiving services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Students with disabilities include those having an intellectual disability; hearing impairment, including deafness; speech or language impairment; visual impairment, including blindness; serious emotional disturbance; orthopedic impairment; autism; traumatic brain injury; developmental delay; other health impairment; specific learning disability; deaf-blindness; or multiple disabilities and who, by reason thereof, receive special education and related services under the IDEA according to an Individualized Education Program (IEP), Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP), or a services plan.


Abstract
In late 2014, a group of women who live in Tigers Bay and New Lodge came together to offer visual representations of their localities as a means of highlighting issues affecting interface areas of the 'post'-conflict city. A key critique of the Northern Ireland peace process agenda has been the exclusion of women in its formation and implementation (Ward, 2013). This photobook, which was created in the complex context of post-conflict Belfast, highlights women's experiences within their own locality. Its primary focus is encouraging women to become proactive agents in addressing the legacy of the Troubles, thereby promoting the inclusion of their vision in the political public sphere. These photographs represent issues that this group of womenwish to be taken forward as the peace process progresses. In a wider political culture of promoting external investment and economic growth in Northern Ireland, it is essential those communities most affected by the conflict remain central to adressing its legacy. This photobook aims to play a role in ensuring that this remains the focus of the post Good Friday Agreement political agenda.
Original language English Place of Publication Coleraine Publisher Ulster University Number of pages 38 ISBN (Print) 978-0-9933177-9-8 Publication status Published - 2 Oct 2015 Keywords post-conflict collaborative photography women and peacebuilding The Troubles visual sociology


Research Area: Nuclear Hazards and Risks Researcher: David Reading, University of Southampton Partners: AWE Funders: AWE Outreach award
The Challenge
Nuclear forensics is dedicated to the characterisation of radiological and nuclear materials out of regulatory control. Its purpose is to determine the history of such nuclear material, for example its provenance and geolocation which determines the source and route of the material.
This project aims to determine the origin of uranium ore and its concentrates. These can vary from low uranium concentrations through to "yellowcake" which contains 70-90 % uranium. Ultimately the concentrate is fabricated into a fuel for nuclear reactors.


South Africa’s 24 marine protected areas (MPAs) are critical for the health of future fish stock. Yet their significance is not fully appreciated. From coastal residents and fishers through to government prosecutors and judges, a lack of understanding of the importance of these areas continues to hamper efforts to manage MPAs effectively. These are among the findings … [Read more...]
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The global internet encompasses tens of thousands of interconnected networks which are run by governments, service providers, individual companies, universities and so on.
One of the components is hardware, which support the internet, such as routers, servers and smartphones. This network of networks can communicate thanks to open standards: anyone can create content and offer services. There are existing protocols that all devices connected to the internet must follow, such as the transmission control protocol and internet protocol.


DOMO Chemicals has expanded its THERMEC™ range of enhanced polymers, with the introduction of a cost-efficient product based on polyether ether ketone (PEEK), blended with a solid polymeric lubricant. The new solution, which is now available in India, has been specially developed to replace polyamide-imides (PAI), without impacting performance.
THERMEC™ K is an innovative experimental product that has been developed at DOMO’s Mumbai-based laboratory in India, a huge market for friction and wear resistant materials. The solution is suitable for numerous industrial applications, including bushings & bearings, aerospace parts, pump & valve components, medical instrument parts and food processing machinery components.
“Generally speaking, the mechanical properties of PAI are higher than those of PEEK-based parts, due to the different types of polymers the material contains. But it is more expensive too,” explains Tushar Parida, Country manager India at DOMO. “However, through the careful formulation work of our Indian development team, we have been able to match the friction & wear performance and dry lubrication properties of PAI in a PEEK-based solution.”
DOMO’s Mumbai team has shown that THERMEC™ K is suitable for numerous applications, especially when low wear, low coefficient of friction at temperatures of up to 200C° and resistance to high load-bearing conditions, is required. Furthermore, it grants a lower density of 1.32g/cm3, compared to a PAI solution of 1.42g/cm3.
In addition to offering comparable tribological properties to PAI, THERMEC™ K can be processed using a standard injection moulding procedure. This means that the use of complex cold injection moulding equipment followed by a lengthy steam curing process is unnecessary. THERMEC™ K offers a wide range of material property benefits that ranges from exceptional properties at elevated temperatures, chemical resistance, mechanical strength, strong wear and fatigue resistance, and dielectric strength.
DOMO plays a growing role in the higher performance polymers market. The extensive THERMEC™ product range has been developed to meet the demands of specific application requirements. The enhanced polymers solution range features new solutions based on polyphthalamide (PPA): THERMEC™ N; polyphenylene sulfide (PPS): THERMEC™ S; and polyether ether ketone (PEEK): THERMEC™ K).


Abstract : Bile acids are signaling molecules, which coordinately regulate metabolism and inflammation via the nuclear farnesoid X receptor (FXR) and the Takeda G protein-coupled receptor 5 (TGR5). These receptors activate transcriptional networks and signaling cascades controlling the expression and activity of genes involved in bile acid, lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, energy expenditure, and inflammation by acting predominantly in entero-hepatic tissues, but also in peripheral organs. In this review, we discuss the most recent findings on the inter-organ signaling and interplay with the gut microbiota of bile acids and their receptors in meta-inflammation, with a focus on their pathophysiological roles in obesity, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and their potential therapeutic applications.


Importers Used Second Scheme to Evade AD/CV Duties After First Discovered, CBP Finds
Source
American Shipper
Post Date
11/20/2020
In a final determination under the Enforce and Protect Act, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has found substantial evidence that two U.S. importers evaded the antidumping duty order on carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings from China by transshipping them through Vietnam. Among other things, CBP identified multiple sales contracts involving these importers with fine print indicating that transshipment was “to be allowed,” identified “vast inconsistencies” between the equipment purchase documentation provided by the importers and a response from the Vietnamese company, and found evidence suggesting that the importers shifted their business from Malaysia to Vietnam after the Department of Commerce’s determination of circumvention with respect to pipe fittings from China through Malaysia. As a result of this determination, CBP will take the following measures. - susp or continue to susp the liquidation of all entries imported by the importers that are subject to this case until instructed to liquidate - rate adjust those entries previously exted, change those entries to type 03, and continue suspension until instructed to liquidate - continue to evaluate the importers’ continuous bonds and to require single transaction bonds as appropriate The EAPA, part of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act, gave CBP a significantly expanded role in investigating AD/CV duty evasion and the authorities to match. Under CBP regulations implementing the EAPA any interested party, including competing importers and federal government agencies, may submit allegations that AD/CV duties are being evaded; e.g., by misrepresenting the goods’ true country of origin, submitting false or incorrect shipping and entry documentation, or misreporting the goods’ physical acteristics. CBP has broad authority to conduct investigations of these claims and can impose initial remedial measures that could interrupt a supply chain in as little as 90 days. Any final determination of evasion may be met with not only AD/CV duties but also other enforcement measures such as civil or criminal investigations.


Through-life delivery support
Delivering a major contract can be more complex than running a business: there are increasingly high levels of ambiguity, technical complexity, commercial pressure, people and cultural dynamics, procedural hoops and significant stakeholder and communications challenges compounding the “normal” project delivery challenges of time, cost and quality considerations.
Nowhere is this more evident and critical than during the project-defining mobilisation period where challenges and expectations are maximal, and maturity and capacity are fledgling. This can often result in projects being born with very significant challenges from which they never recover or, at best, consume enormous resources to regain an acceptable outcome.
We offer high-impact project facilitation services to ensure the leadership and governance groups have understood the challenges and defined a strategic success plan. From this point, we offer services including project and culture health checks; strategic facilitation; coaching and mentoring; behavioural-based safety programs; lean construction / continuous collaborative improvement methodologies; leadership development; mediation and conflict resolution services; and various skills development programs including time management, conducting effective meetings and communications.
Again, we think it makes sense for our clients to expect us to put some skin in the game and we are more than happy to link our commercial outcomes to those of our clients. We look forward to working with you on maximising the performance of your toughest projects.


Grayscale CEO says that Bitcoin will win because both a Trump or a Biden election victory would result in more “brrr” or the expansion of the US dollar supply.Whether it is a Democratic sweep led by Joe Biden or a Donald Trump reelection, Bitcoin (BTC) would likely thrive. Industry executives, including DCG and Grayscale CEO Barry Silbert, say both a Trump or a Biden win would buoy BTC.The optimistic stance of industry execs despite the glaring election risk comes after Grayscale’s Bitcoin study.Grayscale, a major cryptocurrency investment firm with $7.6 billion in net assets under management, released a study on Oct. 27 highlighting that the potential market for Bitcoin has significantly expanded in 2020.
In 2019, Grayscale discovered that 36% of investors in the U.S. were interested in investing in Bitcoin. This year, 55% of investors in the U.S. are looking at Bitcoin. The study reads:Interest is on the rise: More than half of U.S. investors are interested in investing in Bitcoin In 2020, more than half (55%) of survey respondents expressed interest in Bitcoin investment products. This marks a significant increase from the 36% of investors who said they were interested in 2019.The nearly 20% rise represents a substantial increase in mainstream awareness within a short period. It also coincides with the growing demand for Bitcoin from institutions following Bitcoin’s impressive 200%+ recovery since March.
Higher mainstream awareness strengthening BTC
The strong fundamental factors behind Bitcoin and the rapidly growing demand could offset the election risk in the fourth quarter.For instance, a particularly positive statistic that shows the clear increase in demand for Bitcoin in 2020 is the rate at which individuals interested in BTC become actual buyers.According to Grayscale, out of the individuals that expressed the intent to invest in Bitcoin, 83% purchased BTC.
The researchers wrote:Among those who reported investing in Bitcoin, 83% have made investments within the last year, indicating that digital currencies are an increasingly attractive component of modern investment portfolios.The higher conversion rate from interested individuals to investors is important because Bitcoin’s potential market has rapidly expanded.What’s more, the potential market in the U.S. of around 32 million investors does not include other major markets like Europe and Asia.
Meanwhile, the number of investors familiar with Bitcoin has also increased noticeably. The survey found that 62% of investors are now aware of BTC, compared to just 53% in 2019. The study said:Based on this year’s survey, the market of potential Bitcoin investors is 32 million strong — compared to 21 million investors just one year ago. This year, 62% of investors reported that they are ‘familiar’ with Bitcoin, compared to 53% in 2019.
What is the biggest allure of BTC to investors?
The primary reason behind the attraction of Bitcoin remains its exponential growth potential. Yet, in the eyes of institutional investors, it is also a hedge asset.Bitcoin being a hedge asset against inflation and having demonstrated exponential growth potential makes it a compelling portfolio asset for both institutions and accredited investors.
Consequently, the number of investors purchasing Bitcoin with a fraction of their capital or portfolio and building on top of existing positions has increased as well. The Grayscale research says:The factors that drove interest in Bitcoin last year resonated even more with investors in 2020. In 2019, 59% of survey respondents indicated that the ability to start with a small amount and increase their investment over time would be a motivating factor when considering Bitcoin investment products; in 2020, that number increased to 65%.
The clear spike in interest towards Bitcoin follows a continuous rise in inflows from institutional investors. As Cointelegraph reported, Grayscale added $300 million to its net AUM in one day on Oct. 23 as the Bitcoin price hit new yearly highs.


Accountability is a willingness to accept responsibility or be answerable for one’s actions and decisions. Unfortunately, embracing accountability can be intimidating, conjuring images of reprimand after something has gone wrong (“Who’s responsible for this?!”).
While the experience may be uncomfortable at times, claiming accountability can one of the most important decisions in our personal and professional lives. Accountability is powerful because it orients individuals and teams toward taking personal responsibility (“How can I help achieve this goal?”), versus releasing responsibility to others (“That’s not my job.”).
“We all had a job to do. We all held each other accountable. We all stepped up in our leadership roles. We [took] nothing for granted that year.”Vince Wilfork, New England Patriots, on winning Super Bowl XLIX
How to cultivate accountability
How do you pragmatically develop accountability within a team to sustain high performance?
Ensure a baseline of integrity
Accountability depends highly on
integrity. Team members will not be motivated to be accountable if they collaborate with people who say one thing but do another. In fact, team members may be incentivized to deflect accountability and shield themselves when a gap in integrity persists. Remove resistance to accountability
The three most common reasons people resist accountability are:
a lack of control, a lack of desire, and avoidance of risk. Here are the excuses you may hear from a team and how to overcome each. 1. “We would own this, but it’s out of our control.”
It is hard to be accountable when a team feels they are impacted by issues they cannot fix. Quantify the challenges outside your control and focus on leveraging influential relationships. Here’s how:
Concisely tell the story (as a team) of the top 3 challenges outside of your control Work with project sponsors to drive urgency within their networks on key challenges Bring surrounding stakeholders into team meetings/cadences, emphasizing these challenges Encourage each team member to build relationships with surrounding teams and stakeholders to bring transparency to key issues 2. “We would own this, but some team members don’t really want to.”
A team cannot gain traction when certain individuals do not want to take accountability. Seek to understand, engage, and act on feedback.
Apply active listening techniques to understand the resistant team members’ perspectives Engage every team member through directed feedback exercises (2-3 sticky notes per team member, encouraging feedback from the resistant team members) Agree on the top 2-3 priorities as a team and act on the feedback 3. “We would own this, but we don’t want a target on our backs.”
Some teams sense that taking on ownership is too politically risky or may generate negative repercussions.
If this is true, ask yourself, “Do I really want to work in a place that discourages me, covertly or otherwise, from taking accountability?” Weigh the risks of taking accountability versus the benefits from doing so. While it may be saferto not take accountability for now, you may place yourself in a comprising position in the future. Proceed on the path that allows you to maintain your integrity and positively impact the situation at hand. If things turn out poorly despite acting with accountability, it may be a wake-up call that you are in the wrong environment. Celebrate individuals who take accountability
Publicly recognizing teammates who own up to their actions when their plan fails is a powerful way to
reinforce the desired behaviors. Openly discuss failures, ask teams to identify lessons learned, and thank people for demonstrating ownership of both the positive and negative outcomes of their decisions.
As they observe the distinction between the value of a person and the success or failure of a task, teams will be increasingly comfortable inviting critical feedback without feeling personally judged. More critical feedback leads to more successful outcomes and consistently higher performance.
Accountability is critical for any team to enjoy consistent, rather than random, success. Accountability is closely tied to our ability to build relationships and actively listen to understand others’ perspectives. Start with a consistent and transparent demonstration of accountability. Over time, the expression of this accountability develops the team’s resiliency and fortifies their status as a high performing team.


Rodriguez, Michelle Natividad and Beth Avery. National Employment Law Project.
This paper examines the significant flaws in state occupational licensing criminal background check requirements. One barrier to employment that regularly appears in state occupational licensing laws is the blanket ban, which automatically disqualifies people with certain records. In response to this barrier and others, a comprehensive overhaul of licensing laws is recommended.


What is the optimal timing of surgical intervention following adult laryngeal trauma? Background: Airway management is paramount in cases of adult laryngeal trauma. Even with a secured airway, however, laryngeal lacerations and fractures require further therapeutic interventions. While some propose immediate surgical intervention, others suggest a three- to five-day waiting period prior to operative intervention. Study […]


Abstract
Background We conducted a meta-analysis to assess the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) (PD-1/L1 and CTLA-4 inhibitors) in first and subsequent lines in East Asians and non-East Asians. Methods We searched PubMed-MEDLINE, Embase and Scopus, from inception to 20 Sep 2019, and reviewed major conferences’ abstracts, for randomised controlled trials of ICI in advanced-stage NSCLC (Stage IIIB or IV) without EGFR mutation that reported hazard ratios (HRs) stratified by geographical region including the region “Asia” or “East Asia”. The primary outcome measures were overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). The pooled HR and its 95% confidence interval (CI) for OS and PFS in East Asians and non-East Asians were calculated using a random effect model and the difference compared using an interaction test. Results A total of 5,465 patients from 7 randomised controlled trials involving CTLA-4 and/or PD-1/L1 inhibitors were included, with 1,740 (32%) East Asians and 3,725 (68%) non-East Asians. ICI was associated with an improvement in OS and PFS for both East Asian (OS HR, 0.74; 95% CI, 0.65–0.85; PFS HR, 0.56; 95% CI, 0.40–0.79) and non-East Asian patients (OS HR, 0.78; 95% CI, 0.72–0.85; PFS HR, 0.69; 95% CI, 0.56–0.85), with no significant difference between the two groups (Pinteraction=0.55 for OS; Pinteraction=0.33 for PFS). Subgroup analyses showed a statistically significant superior PFS (but not OS) for East Asians than non-East Asians in trials that used immune checkpoint inhibitor in the first-line treatment (Pinteraction=0.02). No significant regional difference was found in further subgroups of pure ICI and combination of ICI with chemotherapy. Conclusions There is no significant difference in response to ICI between East Asians and non-East Asians with advanced stage NSCLC, and the statistically significant subgroup difference in PFS in the first line use of ICI may not be clinically significant.


Tax depreciation schedules are one of the most significant yet under-utilised tools available for property investors to maximise their returns. However, a large proportion of people still fail to realise the benefits of ordering a tax depreciation schedule. It is now estimated that through depreciation landlords could claim back between ten and forty per cent…
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Formal education and informal public engagement are both critical ways to raise awareness of the importance of antimicrobial resistance and ways to combat it.
The principles of infection control and antibiotic stewardship are a key element of UCL's prestigious MBBS undergraduate medical degree. UCL also runs a master's programme in Healthcare-associated Infection Control, in partnership with Public Health England and the Infectious Disease Society. The course has a strong distance learning component, and aims to provide highly practical guidance on effective infection control in healthcare settings.
UCL School of Life and Medical Sciences also has a strong commitment to public outreach, and encourages researchers to participate in public engagement activities, including those related to antimicrobial resistance.


Posted On July 08, 2019
Mortgage rates are still hovering around year-long lows, following dovish remarks by the Federal Open Market Committee at their June meeting. This week, the only significant housing report will be the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) weekly mortgage application survey. Other market-moving reports include consumer credit and the Labor Department’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS).
Consumer credit counts total outstanding consumer debt including revolving credit like monthly credit card bills and nonrevolving credit like student loans and auto loans. In April, consumer credit increased by $17.5 billion, the most in five months. Non-revolving credit increased by 4.2% and revolving credit increased by 7.9%, suggesting consumers are more actively spending.
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) tracks job openings, hiring, and voluntary quits. Job openings fell slightly to a level of 7.45 million. Hiring hit a record high in April, hitting 5.9 million.
The weekly mortgage application survey returned mixed results for the week ending 6/28. New purchase application submissions increased 1.0% and refinance application submissions decreased 1.0% for a composite decrease of 0.1%. Mortgage rates are likely to stay low for the rest of the year, triggering new purchase and refinance mortgage activity.
Strong consumer spending and a strong labor market typically translate to economic growth. The housing market is also expecting a gainful second half of the year with lower mortgage rates and a slowdown in home price appreciation.


Background: Individuals with genetic disorders and autism often have feeding difficulties that differ from typically developing children. In CHARGE syndrome (coloboma occular, heart problems, choanal atresia, retardation of growth, genitourinary anomalies, ear malformations), more than 90% need initial tube feeding and over 75% have cranial nerve dysfunction, contributing to weak swallow/sucking. These features lead to feeding difficulties that may not be accurately captured using current validated questionnaires. Objectives: To develop a user-friendly scale for parents and clinicians to assess feeding difficulties in individuals with CHARGE syndrome across their lifespan, as well as have the scale be validated in autism and other genetic syndromes in the future. Methods: The new feeding scale was adapted from the Pediatric Assessment Scale for Severe Feeding Problems (PASSFP), a validated scale that assesses feeding problems in typically developing children. Questions specific to CHARGE syndrome, other genetic syndromes, and autism were extracted from the current literature and reviewed by expert clinicians and feeding therapists. Ten parents piloted the new scale. It was then sent out, along with the PASSFP and general feeding history questions, to parents of individuals with CHARGE syndrome. A subset of parents completed the new scale again 2-4 weeks later to assess test-retest reliability. Results: One hundred parents participated from around the world (Canada, USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Europe). Individuals with CHARGE syndrome had an average age of 10.9 years (SD 8.3, range 1-33). Most common feeding difficulties were swallowing (25%), chewing (19%), and mouth over-stuffing (16%). The new scale had good construct validity, as there was a significant effect for an increased number of feeding difficulty risk factors having higher scale scores (p<0.001). Face validity of the new scale was found to be high, as scores significantly differed between individuals whose parents described their current feeding difficulties as very mild, mild, moderate, severe, and very severe (p<0.001). Test-retest reliability was high, with a significant correlation between the first and second scale completions (r=0.94, p<0.001). The new scale also had a high level of internal consistency (cronbach's alpha 0.91), indicating that each scale question performed well and did not need to be discarded. Lastly, there was significant convergent validity between the new scale and the PASSFP scale (r=-0.79, p<0.001), indicating that the new scale was assessing feeding difficulties well. Conclusion: The newly developed feeding scale for CHARGE syndrome is a reliable and valid tool, which can be used to provide both parents and clinicians a more accurate picture of oral feeding progress. The next steps are to validate this scale in individuals with autism and other genetic disorders.


On 14 July, the Belarusian Central Electoral Commission announced that Siarhei Cherachen, Andrei Dzmitryev, Hanna Kanapatskaya, Aliaksandr Lukashenka and Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya were registered to stand in the Belarusian Presidential elections on 9 August. However, Viktar Babaryka was denied registration on the grounds that inconsistencies were allegedly found in his income and property declaration, and Valery Tsapkala was denied registration due to an alleged insufficient number of valid ballot access signatures and failure to disclose the ownership of Priorbank shares in the income and property declaration by his wife. Both candidates had reportedly collected more than 100,000 signatures, as prescribed by the national legislation.
The lack of transparency in the process of verification of the signatures supporting the presidential candidates, as already noted by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) in 2010 and 2015, undermines confidence in the registration process. Moreover, the legal provisions for candidate registration pose disproportionate and unreasonable barriers to candidacy, contrary to OSCE commitments and other international standards.
The European Union regrets that the recommendations by OSCE/ODIHR to include substantial procedural and legal safeguards that enhance inclusiveness, integrity and transparency during all stages of the electoral process, in particular to introduce clear and reasonable criteria and mechanisms for candidate registration and signature verification have not been implemented. The EU expects Belarus to officially invite the OSCE/ODIHR without delay to observe the upcoming presidential elections.
The seemingly arbitrary exclusion of candidates limits the possibility for the Belarusian people to express their will and already undermines the overall integrity and democratic nature of the elections. By denying the registration of Viktar Babaryka and Valery Tsapkala the Belarusian authorities have failed to ensure a meaningful and competitive political contest.
The EU expects Belarus to respect the Belarusian citizens’ rights of freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in the weeks leading up to the elections.
The EU remains committed to strengthening its engagement with the Belarusian people and civil society. We support the independence and sovereignty of Belarus, but human rights and democracy will remain at the forefront of the EU's considerations when shaping its policy towards the country.


Headline CPI moderated to +2.4% y/y in August, from +2.7% a month ago. High base and softened growth in food inflation was the key reason for the slowdown. Food price rose +11.2% y/y, decelerated from +13.2% in July. This was mainly driven by the sharp moderation of pork inflation which eased to +52.6% from July’s +85.7%. Vegetable price picked up to +11.7% y/y, form +7.9% in July, however. Non-food inflation climbed slightly higher, by +0.1% y/y in August from a flat reading in July. Fuel price contracted -13.8% y/y, after a -15.5% decline in the prior month. Excluding food and energy, core inflation steadied at the subdued level of +0.5% y/y in August. PPI improved to -2% y/y, from July’s -2.4%. This signals that upstream prices stayed in deflation.
Earlier this week, it was reported that China’s trade surplus narrowed to US$ 58.93B in August from US$ 62.33B a month ago. Yet, this came in better than consensus of US$ 50.5B. Exports accelerated to +9.5% y/y in August from +7.2% in July, beating consensus of +7.1%. Besides low base, exports were helped by strong shipment to China’s largest trading partner, the US, which expanded +20% y/y in August, accelerating from +12.5% a month ago. Exports to Japan slipped -0.8% y/y, improving from -2% in July. However, exports to ASEAN grew +12.9%, easing from +14% in July. Exports to EU and Japan contracted -6.5% and -0.8% during the month, respectively. Hopefully, exports would continue to recover in coming months as global economy continues to improve.
Imports contracted -2.1%, worsening from July’s -1.4%. Imports of major commodities remained weak. Copper imports expanded +67.2% y/y in August, decelerating form +72% a month ago. Iron ore imports contracted -4.9% y/y in August, following a gain of +10.6% in the previous month. Meanwhile, crude oil imports declined -24.6% y/y in August, after July’s -26.8% contraction. On agricultural products, China’s imports slowed especially in soybean and fruit. Country-wise, imports from EU, ASEAN, Africa and Latin America improved, while imports from US, Japan and Korea eased. It is likely that the slowdown of imports from Canada and Australia was driven by geopolitical tensions with these countries.


Beyond 2020 - Strategies and Costs for Transforming the European Energy System
Posted: 3 Mar 2014 Last revised: 12 Mar 2015
Date Written: February 27, 2014
Abstract
The Energy Modeling Forum 28 (EMF28) study systematically explores the energy system transition required to meet the European goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 80% by 2050. The 80% scenario is compared to a reference case that aims to achieve a 40% GHG reduction target. The paper investigates mitigation strategies beyond 2020 and the interplay between different decarbonization options. The models present different technology pathways for the decarbonization of Europe, but a common finding across the scenarios and models is the prominent role of energy efficiency and renewable energy sources. In particular, wind power and bioenergy increase considerably beyond current deployment levels. Up to 2030, the transformation strategies are similar across all models and for both levels of emission reduction. However, mitigation becomes more challenging after 2040. With some exceptions, our analysis agrees with the main findings of the “Energy Roadmap 2050” presented by the European Commission.
Keywords: European Decarbonisation, Mitigation Scenarios, Model Comparison, Climate Change, EU Energy Roadmap 2050 JEL Classification: Q2, Q4


These predictions from PulsePoint CEO Sloan Gaon might just be the insights you need to stay ahead of the curve.
You’ve had a tennis accident and suspect the worst: a broken leg. A telemedicine doctor-on-demand confirms your fears. You need to see a physician in person. From your phone, you nab an Uber Health ride (HIPAA-safe, affordable, and reliable) covered by your CVS/Aetna health plan. At a state-of-the-art medical mall, the wait for an x-ray is short. You barely have time to pull out your iPhone and find your secure MyChart health records, data that is owned by you, but protected by blockchain. Like clockwork, the radiologist’s report appears in the app, an orthopedist casts your leg, and you schedule both your follow-up and physical therapy appointments right then and there.
This might sound like science fiction, but it’s getting closer every day. Healthcare is on the cusp of a technology revolution. In fact, technology is primed to disrupt healthcare more profoundly than it has any other industry.
Today’s healthcare system is terribly sick, with symptoms like fragmentation, prohibitive costs, bureaucratic red tape, and barriers to access. Tomorrow, technology will drive innovation, automation, transparency, and efficiency. Its effects will upend the industry, shrinking costs, improving outcomes, and rendering the current healthcare landscape unrecognizable.


This study examines black and Latino race relations within South Los Angeles, specifically Jefferson High School during and after the occurrence of a series of racial conflict during the 2004-2005 academic calendar. We analyze racial deprivation of public services, economic stability, and black and Latino concerns over policing and changing demographics within the historic context of the Watts Riot of 1965 and the Los Angeles Unrest of 1992. We argue that although the socioeconomic conditions within South LA provided the fuel for such violence, inequality of education is the leading factor in sparking race riots after racial group concerns over such conditions have been minimally challenged or ignored. In a case study of Jefferson High School, our interview results show that most students and parents do not consider race but gangs to be the fuel that started the media reported ?race riots.? Similarly, interview and participant observation of faculty and ?help? organizations point to the racialized gang violence spilling into the school that instigate racial conflict. We purport that because South LA has a history of economic decline and social unrest, this effects contemporary inter-group relation between blacks and Latinos at Jefferson High School. Furthermore, the absence or minimal participation of such stakeholders within intervention strategies alienates their concerns and leads to exclusive organized efforts in response to such conflict.


GALVESTON, Texas – City of Galveston property owners who sustained property damage during Tropical Storm Beta may be eligible for temporary tax relief, Galveston authorities announced Thursday.
Property owners are encouraged to complete an exemption application which is available online and submit it to the Galveston County Appraisal District.
The Texas Tax Code provides for a temporary exemption for property owners who are victims of natural disasters. This exemption is automatic for all governments adopting a tax rate on or after the governor’s disaster declaration. All others must adopt the exemption.
Governor Greg Abbott on September 21st proclaimed a state of disaster due to Tropical Storm Beta, including Galveston County.
The City of Galveston adopted its tax rate four days prior to the disaster proclamation on September 17, 2020. Therefore, Galveston City Council on Thursday voted unanimously to provide its residents with the ability to apply for this exemption.
The deadline for the application will be through January 2021, and you may access the application form here.
Homeowners must apply for the temporary tax relief and must submit the application to the Galveston Central Appraisal District. The chief appraiser will rate the assessment based on the total damage to determine the percentage of tax relief the homeowner will receive.
The exemption will be applied as a prorated percentage for the portion of the year in which the owner was unable to enjoy their property due to the damage.
Please contact the Galveston Central Appraisal District at (409) 935-1980 or email gcad@galvestoncad.org with questions.


The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning healthcare professionals to not use Treanda (bendamustine HCl solution; Teva) Injection 45mg/0.5mL or 180mg/2mL with closed system transfer devices (CSTD), adapters, and syringes containing polycarbonate or acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS).
An ingredient found in Treanda Injection called N, N-dimethylacetamide (DMA), is not compatible with polycarbonate or ABS; these devices dissolve after contact with DMA. This can result in device failure and possible product contamination. Potential serious adverse events, including skin reactions in healthcare professionals preparing and administering the product, and the risk of small blood vessel blockage in patients, may also occur.
The FDA is requiring label changes reflecting safe preparation information for both the solution and powder formulations of Treanda. If using Treanda Injection (45mg/0.5mL or 180mg/2mL), the recommendations are as follows:
If a CSTD would be used with Treanda Injection, FDA advises healthcare professionals to verify with the CSTD manufacturer or Teva U.S. Medical Information (800-896-5855) that the CSTD is compatible with Treanda Injection prior to preparing the drug. FDA recommends healthcare professionals only use a polypropylene syringe with a metal needle and polypropylene hub to withdraw and transfer Treanda Injection. Polypropylene syringes are translucent in appearance. Treanda Injection should be inspected visually for particulate matter and discoloration prior to administration whenever solution and container permit. Treanda Injection must be withdrawn and transferred for dilution in a biosafety cabinet (BSC) or containment isolator and withdrawn and transferred using a polypropylene syringe with a metal needle and a polypropylene hub.
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If using Treanda for Injection (25mg/vial or 100mg/vial), the lyophilized powder formulation, the recommendations are as follows:
Treanda for Injection), must be reconstituted. If a CTSD or adapter is to be used as supplemental protection during preparation, only use Treanda for Injection and not the solution formulation. Do not mix or combine the solution and lyophilized powder formulations of Treanda.
For more information visit FDA.gov.


In April 2020, the
Humanities for All team partnered with the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) to conduct focus groups with students who had participated in publicly engaged projects funded by the CIC’s Humanities Research for the Public Good (HRPG) grants. We held five focus groups with 20 students from 15 institutions who generously shared their thoughts on what they learned and the skills they gained through publicly engaged humanities work. We present a summary of the focus group responses here, while individual posts written by four focus group participants are on the Humanities for All blog:
During National Arts and Humanities Month,
Humanities for All has been exploring how higher ed-based humanists are using the tools of public humanities and partnership to promote social and racial justice. In recent decades, many American colleges and universities have begun uncovering their historic support and involvement with the institution of slavery (and the ongoing denial of these linkages) as a way of mending a broken sense of trust between students, colleges, and the surrounding community.
Over the past 18 months, NHA has worked with 14 project directors of NEH-funded summer seminars, institutes, and landmarks workshops. These residential, thematic professional development programs help K-12 educators access engaging and up-to-date humanities scholarship and immerse them in the histories and cultures of American regions. Together, we have surveyed participants in these programs, documenting their impact on teachers’ classroom practice. In addition to pre- and post-program surveys, we followed up with teachers a year later, asking about how they had incorporated their work in the programs into their praxis.
Each October, we celebrate National Arts and Humanities Month by calling attention to the many ways humanities research, teaching, and programs serve students and communities across the country.
By Emily McDonald and Younger Oliver
Advocacy on behalf of our cultural institutions is as crucial now as ever. The COVID-19 crisis has cast a shadow of deep uncertainty on all areas of American life, and how far these social and economic impacts may reach is still very much unknown. Over the past six months, we have been working to better understand the challenges humanities organizations are facing and how they are serving their communities in the face of crisis. We’ve found our peers are not only providing informative programming, but also extending their missions to serve their communities in creative ways. To fully capture the impact of this work, we have been partnering with humanities organizations across the country, leveraging the data collection resources we’ve developed at NHA, to highlight how humanities organizations serve as anchors in their communities during times of crisis.
This summer, we launched the
Humanities for All blog to showcase publicly engaged humanities initiatives in the words of the faculty, staff, students, and community partners directly involved in the projects. Our September 8 post by Lillian Wilson focuses on the Wayne State Humanities Clinic, an innovative graduate internship program at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Twenty-three interns from the humanities and humanistic social sciences were matched with 25 non-profits and businesses that serve Detroit communities. In some cases, an interdisciplinary group or pair of interns worked with a single community partner.
We recently hosted a two-part webinar entitled
Making the Case for Studying the Humanities in a Time of Crisis. For more than a year now, we’ve been researching the field of undergraduate humanities recruitment, identifying compelling initiatives, effective strategies, and leaders in the field. We gathered six of those leaders—three deans followed by three humanities center directors—to discuss how the pandemic, severely strained budgets, and the national reckoning with racial injustice are changing the context in which they work to attract more students to the humanities.
In August of 2019, NHA and Routledge, Taylor & Francis launched
Publishing and the Publicly Engaged Humanities, a free-access collection of humanities articles and book chapters that feature public engagement. The collection, drawn from across the Taylor & Francis books and journals programs, illustrates a range of ways that publicly engaged scholarship can lead to—and enhance—publication. The initial collection included 10 publications, which we augmented twice to include new articles and book chapters.


Today's entrepreneurs are continually disrupting traditional industries, coming up with innovative products and services that fulfil the changing needs of modern consumers. However, despite the ingenuity behind these developments, business owners often struggle to market their offerings to ad-fatigued target customers effectively. Luckily, you can take inspiration from some of the world's top brands and their outstanding marketing strategies.
Among these pioneers is the video streaming giant, Netflix. Founded in 1997 as an online video rental service, the brand transitioned to a subscription-based business model in 1999, before making its most recent (and notable) adjustment to online streaming in 2007. During this time, it has had to adjust and tweak its marketing plans repeatedly.
Rather than battling the challenges that its shifting target audience poses, though, Netflix has capitalised on them through its unique promotional approach. As a result of its marketing success, the company now boasts 183m paid memberships in over 190 countries, making it the world's leading streaming entertainment service. Its value has soared during the current year, reaching an astronomical $196m as of April 2020 and even surpassing entertainment behemoth Disney.
Netflix's Marketing Approach
The superbrand utilises an impressive marketing budget of around $2.65bn (as of 2019) to execute its promotional activities, adopting a variety of online and offline methods to attract new and existing audiences. At the heart of this is the company's original content, which includes hundreds of shows and movies available exclusively on Netflix's platform.
In a broader context, its digital marketing strategy focuses on building strong relationships between the brand and its viewers, cultivating a unique identity through humorous messages and references to popular TV series and films available on Netflix. This familiarity adds authenticity to the brand's voice and makes it easier to engage with as a result. In this way, Netflix outshines its competitors – including Amazon Prime Video, Google and Hulu – that typically take a more formal approach to their marketing communications.
The company's offline marketing, meanwhile, promotes Netflix Originals to new audiences using well-placed outdoor banners, and even captivating, unexpected outdoor ambient marketing.
Customer Profile
Netflix's subscribers are equally male and female, falling within a wide age range of 18 to 54. Viewers span all levels of education, with users on opposite ends of this spectrum often indulging in the same content. Customers are also on even footing with regards to household incomes, though there is a slight increase in users of higher income brackets, as is typical for a subscription business. This large demographic is testament to the company's success in offering an impressive variety of content that appeals to large volumes of users.
Customers tend to be loyal to the brand, too, with the majority of surveyed users in the US claiming that they would keep their Netflix subscription even if the monthly price increased. Indeed, most say that they would still use the service if adverts were added, regardless of whether the monthly fee would be reduced or stay the same.
The brand captures both quantitative and qualitative data of its users' behaviour through its desktop site and mobile app to support its extensive market research efforts. Analysis of this information is then used to adjust Netflix's advertising strategy to better target ideal customers. The company mostly leverages primary research to this end, with its in-house research team regularly exploring potential improvements in its studio production, marketing, content delivery, application domain and more.
Marketing Mix
The success of Netflix's strategy lies in its ability to foster strong bonds with customers, and efficiently recruit new users. This is achieved through omnichannel delivery of digital communication, clever partnerships with major companies, compelling original content, and attention-grabbing outdoor advertising, as detailed below:
Ad-Free Digital Delivery
Rather than fighting against the current of modern viewers' ad fatigue, Netflix takes advantage of this. The streaming service effectively attracts more users to its platform by offering its content without any adverts, regardless of consumption time. This has become a major part of its clear value proposition; in the brand's own words, "you can watch as much as you want, whenever you want without a single commercial – all for one low monthly price."
In addition, the service is accessible across all digital devices, making it even easier for mobile users to consume content in whichever way they prefer. This is also an example of the company's effective evaluation and use of its market research conclusions.
Social Media Marketing
Netflix makes use of the popular social media channels that its target customers frequently use, aiming to inspire engagement from online audiences. Primary platforms include Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, and Twitter.
Indeed, the company crafts a unique personality online, posting entertaining and amusing informal imagery and text, such as memes and throwbacks, that sharply contrast the more stiff, pre-prepared digital marketing content shared by its competitors. The content and format of Netflix's posts are also tailored to the platforms that they are shared on, taking advantage of the focus and approach of each channel, while also ensuring omnichannel delivery of its campaigns.
Netflix heavily interacts with followers, too, as well as listens closely to their comments and feedback to further curate the brand's digital persona.
Digital Segmentation
Understanding that segmentation is important, the brand maintains separate profiles on the same social media sites for different content topics. In fact, Netflix has individual accounts for some of its most popular original TV shows, as well as entire movie and show genres. This allows followers to tap into the posts that are most relevant for them, and personalise their online experience with the service.
In addition to this targeting, the brand also adopts geographic segmentation, with separate accounts for different countries and regions. These profiles feature local languages and utilise regional user preferences for better results.
Partnerships
Netflix invests in collaborations with digital partners to bring its service offering to the attention of new customers within broadening territories.
One such collaboration was its 2017 augmented reality experience with Snapchat, a campaign that visually immersed the social media channel's users in the set of Netflix Originals show
Stranger Things. This was used to promote the series' new season ahead of its release. The hype around this partnership contributed to new awareness of the programme and brought higher viewership as a result.
Its most recent partnership is with Korean tech giant Samsung. Their 2020 agreement sees Netflix become the brand's mobile entertainment partner, in a bid to beat upcoming streaming competitors. Samsung Galaxy smartphone users will have exclusive access to additional content from Netflix Originals shows and movies, such as behind the scenes footage, while the partnership will also allow for further integration of the entertainment provider with Samsung devices.
Original Content
A major key to Netflix's business success and marketing excellence is its creation of captivating, unique movies and TV shows, such as
House of Cards, Narcos, Orange is the New Black, and The Crown. The brand takes this endeavour seriously, investing an enormous $17bn in 2020 to develop and produce this content.
Available exclusively via the streaming platform, it is among Netflix's major competitive advantages and growth drivers. Not only does this approach retain existing customers, as they cannot find this unique content elsewhere; it also effectively attracts new subscribers who want to explore the hyped programmes in question.
Outdoor Advertising
In addition to its high-cost, highly targeted digital marketing activities, Netflix also invests in valuable offline advertising that captures the attention of broad audiences. This marketing method is most suitable for attracting new users to the platform and can lead to satisfactory results when ads are placed in areas of particularly high traffic.
The entertainment giant utilises billboard and bus stop ads to raise general brand awareness, as well as promote specific content available for streaming.
Ambient Marketing
Netflix's outdoor marketing occasionally crosses the border into ambient marketing, a popular form of guerrilla marketing that draws attention by placing unexpected promotional material in areas that are not typically used for advertising. Consumed by vast audiences, this method ensures greater marketing message retention among viewers, due to its startling nature.
Once again, these efforts usually focus on promoting Netflix Originals content. For example, in 2015 the brand created a street art visual display along the side of a building in Paris – a high area of Netflix customers – to build anticipation for the third season of
Orange is the New Black. In addition to scrawling the show's title and Netflix's branding on the façade, the design incorporated what appeared to be 12 physical prison cells (reflecting the show's subject matter). In a live stunt, supposed female inmates donned in orange jumpsuits were led to these cells and posed as part of the display, clearly visible to curious Parisian onlookers below. Style
The streaming service habitually reinvests a significant portion of its global revenues into marketing, prioritising the creation of high-quality original content, while spending lesser amounts to ensure the content's promotion to appropriate audiences.
Netflix is proudly self-sufficient, too, conducting market research and executing campaigns through its specialised in-house teams and seldomly seeking the support of external agencies. As a result, it has become well-known for this approach, which is unique among its main competitors.
The company offers budding businesses a prime example of how to find success in perfecting a distinctive identity, making their value proposition explicitly clear to consumers and sticking to their most suited methods of marketing rather than mimicking their competitors' approach.
Key Campaign
The entertainment giant once again showcased its marketing mastery during a particularly successful 2016 campaign, promoting its original series
House of Cards. The campaign sparked interest, discussion, and engagement from online audiences, ultimately attracting viewers and brand awareness.
The campaign's timing was exquisite. Featuring the show's political protagonist Frank Underwood and his fictional bid for US president within the series, it was released to audiences during the lead up to the real-life 2016 US election. This allowed for cross-over discussions between the show's storyline and reality, taking advantage of significant digital traffic around political themes and redirecting a portion of this attention to the series.
Promotional material included a minute-long video shared on YouTube that showed Underwood relaying his election promises, blended with snapshots of the show's action-packed scenes. The campaign also saw the creation of a website (FU2016.com) dedicated to the political bid, complete with media assets for fan consumption, as well as a wide-spread social media campaign championing the hashtag
#FU2016. The simple visuals created were effective in drawing reactions from viewers, as they matched the unique imagery of the show, while also uncannily mimicking the political banners distributed by real-life candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
Although Netflix does not publicly release results of its marketing efforts, the amusing, controversial campaign certainly attracted significant attention online and garnered engagement from existing fans of the show, as well as new viewers, celebrities and influential figures. Around 15,000 posts were shared on Instagram using the hashtag #FU2016, with countless tweets, retweets and other engagements received on Twitter. The campaign won the Integrated Grand Prix at the 2016 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and was a Campaign of the Year Finalist at Ad Age's 2016 New Creativity Awards.
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Overall, Netflix expertly executes online and offline marketing, utilising in-depth market research to hone its approach for maximum success. The brand creates a strong, identifiable voice and identity through its promotional communications, enhancing its authenticity, and contributing to the development of strong relationships between the brand and its users.
Small businesses can learn from the streaming leader and build a promotion strategy around a central competitive advantage, as Netflix does with its original content. Entrepreneurs can also adopt the brand's ingenious sense of creativity and find success in adopting a varied marketing mix to support its main objectives.
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NDI-USA has just published Monitoring and Mitigating Electoral Violence through Nonpartisan Citizen Election Observation.
This is a guide book informed by lessons learnt around election monitoring shared by international election observers who attended a workshop held in Bangkok in 2013. The Executive Director of CPA, Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, was also part of this workshop.
NDI-USA visited CMEV to gather details for this guide, and have highlighted CMEV’s experience in several places throughout the guide, including on page 19, 30 and 52, as well as in the main Sri Lanka case study on page 81.
This is the first guide specifically focused on outlining and systematizing strategies and methods for citizen election observers to monitor and mitigate electoral violence. The guide outlines an overall approach for designing electoral violence monitoring and mitigation strategies, and then takes a practical look at four key areas in which citizen observers can contribute to mitigating electoral violence: (1) long-term election observation; (2) traditional and social media monitoring, reporting on hate speech, and contributing to media accountability; (3) crowdsourcing and visualizing electoral violence-related data; and (4) grassroots electoral violence mitigation and mediation efforts.


The ESG program is a component of the state's Continuum of Care system designed to alleviate homelessness in Brownsville. ESG programs enable homeless individuals and families to move toward independent living by providing emergency housing, supportive services, and housing assistance. ESG funds are provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on an annual basis and administered by the City of Brownsville.
Goals
The general goals of this funding are consistent with those established by HUD and are intended to benefit people at risk of homelessness or homeless.
Expand economic opportunities
Provide decent housing
Provide a suitable living environment
Eligible Activities
Eligible activities funded under ESG include the following:
Engage homeless individuals and families living on the street
Improve the number and quality of emergency shelters for homeless individuals and families
Help operate these shelters
Provide essential services to shelter residents
Rapidly re-house homeless individuals and families
Prevent families and individuals from becoming homeless


The educational system is broken – and unfair. For decades, learning was limited by geographic location and finding the means to continue with higher education. Online learning and massive open online courses (MOOCs) were being promoted to address the inequities in education while extending its reach across all geographies. However, the online model simply paved over the older methods with technology; in the end, they perhaps even made things worse by pushing course materials to students without an effective way to track their learning outcomes and their degree of attention.


Abstract
Progression of malignant potential in ovarian cancer was investigated by comparing recurrent tumor with their primary tumor counterparts in terms of p53 and CD44 variant 6 (CD44v6) expression. Forty-three paired primary and recurrent tumors were immunohistochemically evaluated for expression of p53 and CD44v6. A paired analysis revealed that p53 and CD44v6 expression were significantly greater in recurrent tumors than those in the primary counterparts with statistical significance, respectively (P=0.0055 and 0.0071; Wilcoxon signed-rank test). No relationship between these two proteins was found. These results suggested that recurrent ovarian cancer may possibly express a stronger malignant potential in comparison to the primary tumor.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes Oncology Cancer Research


Scholarly journals report on research conducted by scholars, and professionals in the field, and provide in-depth articles that cover specific issues or research questions. Peer-reviewed articles are evaluated by a group of experts, or peers, based on their originality, currency, and validity. Journal article databases contain many types of articles, including: book reviews, editorials, newspaper and magazine articles, trade journal articles and scholarly (academic or peer-reviewed) articles. Criteria for evaluating academic or scholarly articles include:
Depending on the assignment, using web or online resources may not be appropriate. Check with your professor before including these sources in your work.


Sexual discrimination, harassment and abuse of power have plagued the wine industry for too long. It is the responsibility of us all to acknowledge this, to empower people to speak up, and to support our colleagues in sending a clear message that this behavior is totally unacceptable and will not be tolerated. Here are three actions to build on the momentum of change.


Abstract
Body dissatisfaction is particularly prevalent during adolescence and has recently been linked to stress in females and males. However, prospective studies are needed to better understand the relationship between stress and body dissatisfaction. The present study investigates the direction of this association and the mediating role of self-esteem and body image importance. A sample of 298 adolescent females and males in Grades 7 to 10 (ages 12 to 17 years) were surveyed at two time points over a one-year period. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that stress significantly predicted body dissatisfaction one year later. Furthermore, a multiple mediation analysis controlling for gender revealed a significant indirect effect in both cross-sectional and longitudinal models, indicating that stress predicts reductions in self-esteem and increases in body importance, which in turn predict body dissatisfaction. These findings suggest that stress, self-esteem, and body importance should be included in programmes aimed at improving body dissatisfaction


In order to stay ahead of the competition, companies need to maintain peak productivity. When positions sit vacant for extended periods, keeping up with demand or spurring growth becomes increasingly challenging. This is especially true of the unfilled role represents a skill that isn’t present in the organization’s current workforce, allowing a skill gap to hinder the capabilities of the team overall.
Finding methods to reduce your time-to-fill can be critical when you want to remain competitive. As a leading managed services provider (MSP), smRTpass offers comprehensive services designed to streamline hiring. With the Talent Curation program from smRTpass, you can lower your time-to-fill dramatically. Here’s a look at how Talent Curation from smRTpass can help.
Focused Talent Pools
The smRTpass delivery teams curate talent pools for partner companies that are designed to align with your talent demand, workforce strategy, and larger organizational goals. Your needs are fully assessed to determine which approaches will meet your needs in the most effective way possible.
In addition, the Talent Curation program is designed to be agile. Should your needs or priorities change, smRTpass will curate new focused talent pools around those parameters, giving you access to the right kinds of candidates at the proper time.
Multichannel Sourcing
Talent Curation from smRTpass embraces a multichannel sourcing approach. The focused talent pools consist of candidates from a wide range of sources, including some that many companies accidentally neglect.
Internal sourcing channels – including applicant tracking systems, vendor management systems, career portal databases, and more – are explored to identify candidates that are vetted and known quantities or already part of your recruitment landscape. By assessing data on known talent, such as past employees or contingent workers, past interviewees, and referrals that were not initially pursued, you can reduce your time-to-fill substantially. This process reduces the need for external recruitment, an approach that can both be costly and time-consuming.
Additionally, if existing or past employees could excel in the role, you can also expedite the hiring process. You may already have certain information on-file, allowing you to reactive a previous employee instead of adding a new professional to your system.
Essentially, Talent Curation from smRTpass allows you to harness the power of your existing data and use it as a recruitment source for known talent. This can significantly reduce the need for external sourcing, allowing you to expedite your hiring process and reduce time-to-fill. Plus, the data is analyzed to find quality matches. As a result, you can access a curated talent pool based on your highest priority needs, ensuring a top-quality fit in the shortest time possible.
Ultimately, Talent Curation from smRTpass can help you fill vacant positions quickly and efficiently, ensuring your time-to-hire is reduced, and your company can reach full productivity faster than ever before.
Learn More About the Power of Talent Curation
If you would like to know more about the power of Talent Curation, the team at smRTpass wants to hear from you. Contact us or download our guide, Harnessing Your Current Talent Ecosystem, to learn more about our services and see how Talent Curation from smRTpass can benefit you.


From back-of-house to center-stage, the kitchen has evolved from functionalism to sensationalism. Responding to cultural preferences and technological changes, the modern kitchen embraces an open floor plan allowing space for multiple cooks and activities and ample storage for utensils and appliances. The kitchen space is dynamic and will continue to adapt to cultural and technological changes over time, but the psychology of the kitchen will remain constant: the kitchen will always provide a place where heart, head, and stomach meet, a place where social intimacy mixes with the food preparation creating laughter, stories, and memories.
Remodeling a kitchen, considered the most important room in the home, can be challenging. From cabinetry to countertop material, from appliance placement to lighting choices, designing and building a kitchen presents a myriad of decisions. Whether you are a traditionalist or minimalist, Gilday’s architects and kitchen designers can design a kitchen to reflect your lifestyle and personal tastes and embody it in supreme craftsmanship. We can’t predict the aesthetics of future kitchens, but we can guarantee the craftsmanship and integrity of our design, process, and construction.


Since 1988, December 1st has been observed as World AIDS Day. The World Health Organization designated this day to ensure renewed and ongoing attention to the threat posed by HIV/AIDS. It is estimated by Centers for Disease and Control (CDC) that over 1 million people in the United States are currently living with HIV.
Hemophilia Federation of America (HFA) observes and acknowledges this day in honor of our community members who contracted HIV and hepatitis C after injecting contaminated antihemophilic clotting factor into their bodies prior to 1985. Approximately ten thousand people with hemophilia contracted HIV (and hepatitis C) during this time, and no less than eight thousand have died.
In honor of our community members who are deceased and those who still struggle with co-morbidities contracted from contaminated products, we offer our gratitude for the heroic diligence and sacrifice in ensuring a safe blood supply for all.
In 2013, HFA hosted a webinar to honor World AIDS Day.聽 To view the recorded webinar, click here.聽 Also available for download are the slides and handout.
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Appropriate company for mice
Ensure your mice have appropriate company
Mice need:
Housing in single-sex, stable, compatible, harmonious groups:
-Ask breeders to pre-group before weaning, ensuring the group comprises of mice that know each other, ideally siblings.
- Keep the group the same; don¿t add/remove individuals. Upsetting the group¿s complex organisation by adding/removing even one individual can cause intense, stressful conflict which can affect the welfare of all mice.
- Ensure males can¿t smell females, as this can increase aggression between male cage mates.
Housing with other mice ¿ they¿re gregarious and social. Never house them alone unless it¿s under specific veterinary recommendations. They find social isolation and/or individual housing incredibly stressful. If it¿s required, ensure they can see/hear/smell other mice of their own gender, and provide them with additional environmental resources to meet their needs. Consideration. Take care with group size/composition, and husbandry, when housing male mice in groups and ensure minimum disturbance. They can be aggressive to other mice they aren¿t familiar with. Mice form a complex social organisation within the group. How each individual fits within this social group can depend on age/gender/position/reproductive condition. Monitoring immediately after grouping and when they¿re placed back in the cage after cleaning, to avoid aggression. Checking regularly to ensure aggression isn¿t becoming a problem. Positive interactions with you. Gently habituate them to you; this reduces the stress associated with handling. Mice are a prey species; if not properly habituated to human interaction can find handling very stressful. Housing away from other rodent species. Ensure wild rodents can¿t enter the area where you house mice. They can also find the presence/scent of other animals in the home stressful. You to wash your hands and cage equipment properly before handling different species, and handling mice from different cages. Other rodent species don¿t make suitable companions for mice; they carry diseases which can be transmitted to mice and vice versa. Such diseases affect health and can be fatal. Themselves, and their home-cage, to be kept away from other animals within the home.


President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, on Sunday, announced the establishment if the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Maldives (ICAM), as mandated by the Maldives Chartered Accountants Act.
According to a directive issued by the President's Office, ICAM was officially formed on September 8, coinciding with the date President Solih ratified the bill.
ICAM's mandate will include formulating standards for auditing and accounting in the private sector, regulating and monitoring the work of private sector accountants and auditors, setting valuation guidelines and providing accounting related assistance to the public sector as well as technical services such as certification, education and training.
Over the course of the following three months, ICAM will issue new audit licenses, while those previously granted will be nullified after six months.
The accounting profession was previously regulated under the mandate of the Auditor General's Office, including the issuance of audit licenses since 2014.
As a measure to support the professional development of locals in the field, ICAM will also conduct training programmes, establish a code of ethics and accredit accountancy qualifications offered by colleges or universities to improve graduates' job prospects.
As per the AG Office, demand for the services of chartered accountants in Maldives had surged rapidly in response to sudden changes in economic activity, resulting in businesses hiring foreign workers. As a result, the majority of chartered accountants currently working in the country are still foreign nationals, despite a greater number of Maldivians now possessing qualifications in the field.
Speaking to The Edition, Auditor General Hassan Ziyath previously stated, "We would like to extend opportunities for Maldivians", highlighting ICAM's role in increasing local participation within the workforce.
The Auditor General's Office has long worked to establish an independent legal body such as ICAM to regulate auditing and accounting in Maldives.
As per the Maldives Chartered Accountants Act, ICAM will initially be led by a transitional council consisting of the Auditor General and eight additional members appointed to develop bylaws and standard operating procedures over four years. A key aim for the transitional period is seeking formal recognition from the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC).
Following the transition period, the institute will be headed by an elected nine-member council consisting of a president, vice president and four members from ICAM, as well as the Auditor General, Commissioner General of Taxation and State Financial Controller.


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I've developed an empirically-based approach to distinguishing perception from thought and have used this approach to argue that we perceive at least some high-level features. For instance, we sometimes literally perceive the intentions of others.
I've also argued that beliefs are necessarily rationally revisable in a certain way. Mental states which lack this capacity aren't beliefs, though they might be some other sort of thought, such as a supposition or a pretense.
In new work, I argue that epistemological solipsism is both more resilient and more theoretically important than we might have thought.
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Background: The aim of the current study is to report on a new form of treatment for cellulite based on a novel physiological hypothesis. Methods: A novel treatment for cellulite was evaluated in 14 patients aged 19-36 (mean 27.5) years. The only inclusion criterion was clinically diagnosed cellulite, and the exclusion criteria were history of edema, obesity, or any other disease diagnosed during the physical examination. Perimetry was performed at the gluteal fold, at 5 cm and 10 cm below the gluteal fold for both legs, and 5 cm and 10 cm below the navel. Additionally, standard photographs were taken and a questionnaire of satisfaction was applied. The patients were submitted to a treatment regimen of 1.5 hours per day adapted for the treatment of cellulite, consisting of manual and mechanical lymph drainage and cervical stimulation using the Godoy and Godoy technique. After 10 sessions over two weeks, the patients were evaluated again. Results: Reductions were identified at both points below the navel, the points on the thighs, and at the gluteal fold (P < 0.0001). Conclusion: This technique of lymphatic system stimulation is efficacious in the treatment of cellulite. Keywords: cellulite; physiopathology; treatment.


Venous Reflux Exam Are there significant advantages of a venous reflux exam when compared to other similar procedures?
The ultrasound techniques used are non-invasive. This is not the case with other diagnostic tools such as venography and arteriography.
How long do the results take?
At the AVC the tests are done, you may receive the results right away. Other clinics may take a few days. Many dedicated vein specialist have the equipment for a venous reflux exam right in their own office. If you have to go offsite for the tests, your healthcare provider will likely receive your results within a few days.
Will my insurance cover the cost of a venous reflux exam?
Since venous reflux exams are typically ordered by your physician to confirm a clinical suspicion or diagnose a medical condition, medical insurance companies usually cover this exam. You may still be responsible for copays or deductibles.
Are there any risks associated with venous reflux exams?
There are no known complications or risks connected with venous reflux exams. It is a simple, non-invasive procedure that takes 30 minutes to an hour. Some people have reported feeling dizzy or lightheaded during the standing portion of the exam. This can be easily remedied by sitting down.
What is the cost of a venous reflux exam?
A venous reflux examination’s cost can vary based on where the test is performed on the body. Also varies with your provider’s fees, health coverage and whether the test is performed at an imaging center or in your physician’s office. Check with your healthcare provider for the specific on cost and coverage.
These “false negatives” can be dangerous. They may be falsely interpreted as normal but in reality we have no way of knowing since the test was not administered properly. If your technician does not test you while standing, ask why, and then seek a second opinion.


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ACR: Children at risk for uveitis should continue ophthalmology care despite COVID-19
Children with rheumatic disease who are at high risk for chronic uveitis, or have a history of uveitis, should continue to receive routine ophthalmologic care, according to COVID-19 clinical guidance from the American College of Rheumatology.
The ACR announced the “COVID-19 Clinical Guidance for Pediatric Patients with Rheumatic Disease” on Thursday, alongside another set of guidance for pediatric patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID-19. Both documents are pending journal peer review.
“COVID-19 has had a profound effect on so many lives and has contributed to at least 400,000 deaths worldwide,”
Jay Mehta, MD, MS, of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, who oversaw the task force that drafted the guidelines, told Healio Rheumatology. “Although children have not been as affected as adults during this crisis, there is still concern from the patients, their families and their pediatric rheumatology providers about the potential impact the virus may have due to underlying rheumatic disease, and the medications they are taking.”
“Fortunately, the data suggest that children with a rheumatic disease on immunosuppressants are not getting sicker than other children without a rheumatic disease,” he added. “There are also questions about whether the children can attend summer camp and return to school in the fall. The Pediatric Rheumatic Disease Clinical Guidance document aims to help providers answer some of these questions for patients and their families.”
Jay Mehta
To provide clinical guidance to rheumatologists who treat pediatric patients against the background of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Mehta and colleagues established the North American Pediatric Rheumatology Clinical Guidance Task Force in May. According to ACR, this task force included seven pediatric rheumatologists, two pediatric infectious disease physicians, one adult rheumatologist and one pediatric nurse practitioner. First, members drafted clinical questions based on a review of commonly found queries from patients, families, and rheumatology providers of children with rheumatic diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The task force then developed an evidence report based on a comprehensive review of the literature. Members voted anonymously on initial questions and subsequent statements in three rounds using a modified Delphi approach. The panel gathered in three webinars to further discuss these statements and reach consensus. Final voting was completed using a 9-point numeric scoring system with predefined levels of agreement and consensus. To be approved as a guidance statement, median votes were required to fall into the highest tertile for agreement with “moderate” to “high” levels of consensus.
The clinical guidelines include 27 recommendations. They are grouped by topic, and cover ongoing treatment for patients at varying degrees of COVID-19 exposure, including asymptomatic and symptomatic infection. Among the general guidelines is a recommendation that patients at high risk for chronic uveitis, or with a history of uveitis, continue with scheduled, in-person visits with slit-lamp examination. Children with rheumatic disease should also continue to receive routine childhood vaccinations, unless contraindicated by DMARD therapy, including the annual influenza vaccine, according to the guidelines.
Regarding ongoing treatment of patients without COVID-19 exposure or infection, the guidelines state that NSAIDs, hydroxychloroquine, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin II receptor blockers, colchicine, conventional DMARDs, biologic DMARDs and targeted synthetic DMARDs may be continued or initiated to control underlying disease. Glucocorticoids may also be continued or initiated, using the lowest dose possible to control underlying disease.
Further, for pediatric patients with life- or organ-threatening conditions, high-dose oral or intravenous “pulse” glucocorticoids and cyclophosphamide may be initiated to control underlying disease.
In pediatric patients with ongoing treatment who have had close or household exposure to COVID-19, the initiation of high-dose oral or intravenous glucocorticoids should be delayed for 1 to 2 weeks, if deemed safe by the treating provider, for those with non-life- or organ-threatening conditions. However, high-dose oral or intravenous glucocorticoids should not be delayed for patients with life- or organ-threatening disease.
Regarding the ongoing treatment of pediatric patients with asymptomatic COVID-19, the ACR states that NSAIDs, hydroxychloroquine, colchicine, DMARDs, cyclophosphamide or rituximab may be continued, if necessary, to control underlying disease.
Additionally, in patients with confirmed COVID-19, DMARDs, except IL-1 and IL-6 inhibitors, should be temporarily delayed or withheld. According to the recommendations, IL-1 and IL-6 inhibitors may be continued, if necessary, to control underlying disease.
“Multiple factors must be taken into consideration when interpreting these guidance statements including individual patient characteristics, underlying rheumatic disease, current disease activity, geography and current level of SARS-CoV-2 community transmission, duration and proximity of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 and severity of COVID-19 infection,” read the draft summary of the recommendations. “This guidance is presented as a ‘living document,’ recognizing that the current literature on COVID-19 is rapidly evolving. The ACR anticipates that these guidance statements will be updated as scientific evidence accumulates.”


Solar Radiation Management (SRM) is a controversial concept intended to address the symptoms of climate disruption (but not the causes). SRM would involve injecting particles in the stratosphere to prevent a small fraction of sunlight from reaching the earth’s surface. NRDC opposes deployment of SRM but believes some research is appropriate.


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This dissertation examines how melodrama, defined as a complex, distinctly modern and transnational mode of storytelling, has influenced the area of Polish Holocaust representation since the late 1970s till the present. Within a methodological frame that seeks to combine textual and contextual analysis, the study poses a set of questions that can be asked of the melodramatic mode’s narrative structures and stylistic devices, their signifying and functionality, in literature and film. Other key issues considered include the melodramatic narratives’ ability to evolve and adapt during the cultural transformation of late-communism (the 1970s and 1980s) and post-communism (after 1989), and the circumstances accompanying melodrama’s rise to prominence within this particular field. I argue that the increased visibility and popularity of melodramatic narratives must be seen in relation to the long-standing associations between Polish Holocaust representation and forms of expression linked to high modernism and the avant-garde, but also as indicative of fundamental changes in post-communist culture.


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Recently, deep neural network (DNN) accelerators have received considerable attention due to reduced cost and energy compared to mainstream GPUs. In order to further reduce energy consumption, the included memory (storing weights and intermediate computations) is operated at low voltage. However, this causes bit errors in memory cells, directly impacting the stored (quantized) DNN weights. This results in a significant decrease in CNN accuracy. In this paper, we tackle the problem of DNN robustness against random bit errors. By using a robust fixed-point quantization, training with aggressive weight clipping as regularization and injecting random bit errors during training, we increase robustness significantly, allowing energy-efficient DNN accelerators.