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Evolution of treatment in gastric cancer- a systematic review
Sangram K. Panda1,
Pradyumna K. Sahoo1,
Sunil K. Agarwala1,
Tim Houghton T ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-5814-12741,
Prathamesh Panchakshari Chandrapattan1,
Vikas Sankar K1 &
Ramkishan Nag1
Multimodality is the standard of care in gastric cancer but surgery remains the mainstay of curative treatment. As we are heading towards a more conservative approach for functional preservation without compromising oncological outcomes in all malignancies, the guidelines keeps changing based on various studies.
The extent of surgery used to vary between the east and west, with the east performing more radical surgery and the west more reliant on multimodality therapy. This practice has been changing in the recent times.
In this article we have reviewed how the treatment protocols of gastric cancer has evolved and modified, highlighting the practice changing trials.
Gastric cancer is the fifth most common cancer worldwide and the third most common cause of cancer related death [1]. Countries with high incidence such as South Korea and Japan with a screening program for its citizens has lead to early diagnosis and improved gastric cancer survival, whereas the survival rates in west and in india remains low as most of the cases present in advanced stage.
Multimodality is the standard of care in gastric cancer but surgery remains the mainstay of curative treatment. As we are heading towards a more conservative approach for functional preservation without compromising oncological outcomes in all malignancies, the guidelines keeps changing based on various studies. In this article we have reviewed how the treatment of gastric cancer has evolved and modified highlighting some practice changing trials.
Surgical management of gastric cancer
In gastric adenocarcinoma limited to the mucosa (T1a), due to the development of imaging techniques such as EUS, and better characterisation in clinical staging, organ preservation can be possible with EMR/ESD, thus avoiding gastrectomy. Sentinel lymph node (SLN) navigation surgery in addressing the regional lymph node is still controversial.
In T1b-T4 tumours, a distal, subtotal or total gastrectomy with adequate lymph node dissection (D2) is the standard practice.
Extent of lymph node dissection
Adequate nodal dissection of peri gastric lymph nodes and lymph nodes along major vessels is important for staging and prognosticating the disease. In the AJCC 8th edition it is suggested at least 16 regional lymph nodes to be removed for pathological staging but removal of more than 30 lymph nodes is desirable. So different RCT's studies on the extent of lymph node dissection.
D1 versus D2 lymphadenectomy:
Both the Dutch (1995, n = 996) [2]and MRC (1996, n = 737) [3] trial, the first western trials comparing D1 and D2 lymphadenectomy, failed to show a survival benefit from D2 lymphadenectomy on 5 year follow up. The participating surgeons were not adequately trained and the post operative complications were significantly high due to higher rates of splenectomy and distal pancreatectomy which was then recommended as a part of D2 lymphadenectomy by the Japanese guidelines except for antral cancers.
However, a 15 year follow up from the Dutch trial showed overall survival was higher in D2 group compared with D1 (29% vs 21%, p = 0.34) which was not statistically significant. However, gastric-cancer-related death was significantly higher in the D1 group compared with the D2 group (48% vs 37%, HR 0·74 for D2 vs D1, 95% CI 0·59–0·93, p = 0·01), Local recurrence was 22% in the D1 group versus 12% in D2, and regional recurrence was 19% in D1 versus 13% in D2 [4].
A subsequent study by the Italian gastric cancer study group (2010, n = 267) showed that D2 lymphadenectomy can be safely performed avoiding splenectomy and distal pancreatectomy in majority of patients [5]
A single centre RCT from Taiwan (2006, n = 335) [6] is the only trial showing survival benefit from an extended lymph node dissection (N1-N3). Five year overall survival was significantly better in D3 group compared to D1 group (59.5% vs 53.6%) difference between groups 5.9%, p = 0.04.
D2 versus PAND lymphadenectomy:
The Japanese RCT by Sasako et al. (JCOG 9501, 2009, n = 523) [7] proved that an extended lymphadenectomy more than D2 does not add any survival benefit in gastric cancer. The five year overall survival was 70.3% in the D2 lymphadenectomy plus PAND arm, whereas it was 69.2% in arm assigned to D2 lymphadenectomy alone (p = 0.85). The recurrence free survival was also not significantly different between the two arms. (p = 0.56).
Hence NCCN guidelines recommends that a D2 lymphadenectomy is the standard in curative resections in gastric cancer.
Bursectomy versus no bursectomy
Bursectomy for distal tumours is routinely practiced by many surgeons worldwide. The meta analysis by Marano et al. (2018, n-1340) [8] showed significant overall survival in serosa positive cases with bursectomy, pooled HR = 0.72, 95% CI 0.73–0.99 (p < 0.05).
However, the RCT from Japan, JCOG 1001 (n = 1503) [9] trial published in 2018 showed that bursectomy does not add a survival benefit in cT3/T4a patients. Five year overall survival was 76.9% in the group assigned to bursectomy and 76.7% in the non-bursectomy group (p = 0.65). The burectomy group had a significantly more common incidence of pancratic fistula, 29% vs 15%, p = 0.032.
Splenectomy versus no splenectomy
Splenic hilar nodes(station 10) removal usually requires splenectomy. The RCT by Sano et al. (JCOG 0110, 2017, n = 505) [10] compared routine splenectomy with station 10 removal in total gastrectomy versus no splenectomy. The five year overall survival was 75.1% in splenectomy group and 76.4% in the spleen preservation group. HR was 0.88 (90.7% CI 0.67 – 1.16) (< 1.21); Thus, splenic preservation was proven to be non-inferior to splenectomy (P 1⁄4 0.025). The trial concluded that splenectomy should be avoided unless greater curvature is involved by the tumour or gross nodes are present at station 10.
Omentectomy versus no omentectomy
As a part of radical D2 gastrectomy, total omentectomy is done. Few retrospective studies have reported that omentectomy increased post-operative abdominal complications but provided no survival advantage over omentum preservation. JCOG1711, ROAD-GC trial [11] are ongoing comparing omentectomy versus omental preservation in cT3 and cT4a gastric cancers.
Laparoscopic versus open gastrectomy
Laparoscopic radical gastrectomy has been proven to have equivalent oncological outcomes with the short term benefits of laparoscopy in both distal and total gastrectomy for early gastric cancers (KLASS 1, JCOG 0912, KLASS 03) [12,13,14].
In locally advanced distal gastric cancer, laparoscopic radical distal gastrectomy is safe and effective as shown by CLASS 01, KLASS 02 trials [15, 16].
But for total gastrectomy the ongoing JLSSG0901 trial will make clear the outcomes and benefits of Laparoscopic procedure in locally advanced gastric cancers (Table 1.).
Table 1 Surgical trials
Perioperative chemotherapy
Perioperative chemotherapy with ECF 3 cycles before and after surgery is routinely practised based on the MAGIC trial (2006, n = 503) [17] which showed a 13% improvement in 5 year OS which corresponds to a lowering of risk of death by 25%.
Whether the addition of Bevacizumab, a monoclonal antibody against VEGF, has any additional benefit was analysed in the MRC ST03 trial [18]. There was no added benefit, but rather complications were higher in the bevacizumab group due to impaired wound healing.
However, the newer recommended regimen now is FLOT, following the results of FLOT 4-AIO (2019, n = 716) trial [19] which showed a significantly better median progression free survival (PFS) compared to ECF regimen (30 vs 18 months, HR: 0.75; 95% CI: 0.62–0.91, p: 0.004) and also median overall survival (50 vs 35 months, HR: 0.77; 95% CI: 0.63–0.94, p: 0.012). The FLOT regimen also resulted in a higher pathological complete response rate with similar complication rates.
Adjuvant chemotherapy
If the patient has not received a neoadjuvant chemotherapy, stage II or higher will benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy as shown by the ACTS-GC trail (2011) [20] where adjuvant S1 was used for 1 year. The five year overall survival improved from 61.1% (95% CI, 56.8% to 65.3%) in the surgery-only group to 71.7% (95% CI, 67.8% to 75.7%) in the S-1 group. The hazard ratio for death in S-1 group in comparison to surgery only group was 0.669 (95% CI, 0.540 to 0.828) which showed that the risk of death was reduced by 33.1% by giving adjuvant S-1. The five year recurrence free survival rate improved from 53.1% to 65.4% with S-1. The Hazard ratio for relapse was 0.653(95% CI, 0.537 to 0.793), showing that S-1 reduced the relapse risk by 34.7%.
In the CLASSIC trial (2012) [21] adjuvant CAPOX was analysed which showed a 3 year DFS 74% vs 59%, p- < 0.0001 (Table 2.).
Table 2 Neoadjuvant/ Adjuvant Chemotherapy trials
Adjuvant chemoradiotherapy
The landmark INT -0116 trial (2000) [22] showed a 3 year OS benefit of 50 vs 41% p-0.0005, and DFS 48 vs 31% with adjuvant chemoradiotherapy. Here, post operative radiation of 45 Gy (1.8 Gy/day, 25#) with bolus FU and LV was used. But this trial was criticised because of inadequate surgery as D0 lymphadenectomy in 54%, D2 lymphadenectomy performed only in 10% of cases and hence the benefit of radiation was likely due to the inadequate surgery.
The subsequent ARTIST trial (2012) [23] showed no survival benefit after chemoradiation following D2 lymphadenectomy but a subgroup analysis showed DFS benefit only in node positive patients ( 77.5 vs 72.3 p-0.0365) which lead to the ARTIST II trial (2019) [24] that included only pathological node positive patients following D2 gastrectomy. The Interim results of the ARTIST II trial showed no benefit of adding radiotherapy to chemotherapy even in node positive patients. (HR 0.971; P—0.879).
The CRITICS trial (2018) [25] also concluded that there is no benefit of in addition of radiotherapy in patients receiving perioperative chemotherapy. The median OS was 43 months (95% CI 31–57) in the chemotherapy arm and 37 months (30–48) in the Chemoradiotherapy arm (hazard ratio from stratified analysis 1·01 (95% CI 0·84–1·22; p = 0·90).
NCCN recommends adjuvant chemotherapy after D2 gastrectomy, however post-operative chemoradiation remains treatment of choice for patients with D1 or D0 lymph node dissection.
Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy
The ongoing CRTICS II [26] and TOPGEAR [27] trials are analysing the benefit and feasibility of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in gastric cancer. At present there is no role (Table 3).
Table 3 Neoadjuvant/ Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy
Although the multidisciplinary management of Carcinoma Stomach has evolved over time, the clinical practice varies between the east and west and in between institutions. At present, the recommendations for curative surgery is a total, subtotal or distal gastrectomy with a D2 lymphadenectomy with a goal to examine 16 or greater nodes.
If initial staging is cT2 or higher, any N then perioperative chemotherapy is preferred. If the patient has not received preoperative therapy, then adjuvant chemotherapy for pT2, N + tumours and Adjuvant Chemoradiation for R1 and R2 resection and those who underwent less than a D2 lymph node dissection. Future studies are aimed at combining targeted and immune therapies with cytotoxic chemotherapy.
Mentioned in References.
EUS:
EMR:
Endoscopic mucosal resection
Endoscopic submucosal dissection
NCCN:
RCT:
Radomised control trial
PFS:
Progression free survival
RT:
FU- 5 Fluorouracil
LV:
Leucovorin
X,C:
OX- Oxaliplatin
Docetaxel
Cyclophosamide
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Department of Surgical Oncology, IMS and SUM Hospital, Kalinga Nagar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Sangram K. Panda, Pradyumna K. Sahoo, Sunil K. Agarwala, Tim Houghton T, Prathamesh Panchakshari Chandrapattan, Vikas Sankar K & Ramkishan Nag
Sangram K. Panda
Pradyumna K. Sahoo
Sunil K. Agarwala
Tim Houghton T
Prathamesh Panchakshari Chandrapattan
Vikas Sankar K
Ramkishan Nag
SKP- Designing, analysis, interpretation and drafting the article. PKS – Drafting and revision of the article. SKA- Drafting and revision of the article. THT – Designing, analysis, interpretation and drafting the article. PPC- Revision of content. VSK- Revision of content. RN- Revision of content. All authors have read and approved the manuscript.
Correspondence to Tim Houghton T.
We hereby declare that we have conformed with the declaration of Helsinki.
Panda, S.K., Sahoo, P.K., Agarwala, S.K. et al. Evolution of treatment in gastric cancer- a systematic review. J Egypt Natl Canc Inst 34, 12 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43046-022-00114-7


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The dark past of football legend Andriy Shevchenko
A journalistic investigation about Andriy Shevchenko appeared on the Ukrainian media network, Fraza.ua. In it, journalists uncover the football legend's ties and cooperation with pro-Russian politicians, a Russian mafia boss, and oligarch Roman Abramovich.
"Sheva was remembered for all his Russian connections, 15 million euros taken to offshore companies of Roman Abramovich, participation in political support for former pro-Russian President of Ukraine Victor Yanukovych and his ally Nataliia Korolevskaya, as well as incredible fees for his dubious coaching work with the Ukrainian national team," the publication says.
"But then, is Sheva really such a saint as he tries to present himself? And if not, then who gave him the right to criticise the top members of the political party Opposition Platform For Life, included in the National Olympic Committee (NOC)? He himself turns out to be no less "pro-Russian", the author claims.
The story itself about Shevchenko mentions not only facts from his failed political career, but also episodes regarding his relations with such "Putin's friends" as Berlusconi, Abramovich and the Russian mafia boss wanted by Interpol Tohtahumov "the Taiwanian".
The emergence of this investigation coincided with the recent wave of criticism of Andriy Shevchenko for joint pictures with FIFA President Gianni Infantino. Infantino refused to allow Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to give his "speech for peace" either before the 2022 World Cup opening, or before the final game. But despite this fact, Shevchenko was photographed and hugged with Infantino in Qatar.
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The Evolution of Solar Energy
If you're curious about how solar energy and solar technology has evolved over the years, continue reading in order to discover a thorough guide to the evolution of solar energy. Especially if you're interested in the history of solar energy as well as some of the creative new ways, in which solar energy may be used in the future.
The first human beings to use solar energy:
Mankind has harnessed the power of solar energy for thousands of years. In fact, solar energy was used in the 7th century BC, when mankind used magnifying glasses in order to light fires using solar power. Furthermore, by the 3rd century BC, the ancient Greeks and Romans had learned how to use the power of the sun's rays in order to automatically light torches in their temples.
The progression of solar energy in more recent times:
While mankind has been harnessing the power of the sun for centuries, it wasn't until 1873 that a scientist by the name of Willoughby Smith, found that the property selenium boasts photoconductive potential. A few years later in 1876 his findings were elaborated on when William Grylls Adams and Richard Evans Day discovered that selenium was capable of producing electricity when it's exposed to the sun's rays. A key discovery which would lead to the creation of solar panels as we know them today.In 1883 the scientist Charles Fritz successfully created the first solar cells which he crafted using selenium wafers.
The invention of modern solar cells:
However, the invention of modern solar cells and panels did not occur until 1954 when Daryl Chapin, Calvin Fuller and Gerald Pearson successfully created the first silicon photovoltaic solar cell. A revelation which allowed scientists to create the very first solar panels.
The current uses of solar energy: Solar panels
Today both residential and commercial businesses invest in solar panels in order to generate cheap, renewable, carbon neutral energy to operate their lights and appliances. Furthermore, in the last few years several well known car companies such as Hyundai have opted to release their first solar powered cars.
The future of solar energy:
Further down the track it's highly likely that the vast majority of traditional power companies will become obsolete and that most residential buildings and commercial buildings will be powered by renewable solar energy, helping them save money and the environment. Furthermore, solar cars should become commonplace and affordable for the vast majority of motorists. One of the reasons why solar technology will become more and more prevalent in the near future is that the world is now looking for alternatives to power which is created by dirty, fossil fuels which have a negative impact on the environment.
So if you were curious about the fascinating history behind the invention of solar powered technology such as modern solar panels and are interested in the future of solar technology, hopefully you found the above information interesting. Especially if you're interested in using solar panels to power your home, business or car. If you want to learn more about solar energy, check out this website!


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MIXED FEELINGS in the SEVENTH DISTRICT RACE: VA's FIRST SPEAKER since 1843 or a UKIP-STYLE EARTHQUAKE here in VIRGINIA by a candidate I really like?
Posted on June 1, 2014. Tags: Brat, Cantor, UKIP
You knew I would work UKIP into this blog post, didn't you. But it really is relevant. But first a history lesson:
John Winston Jones
Who was he?
John Winston Jones was the last Speaker of the House from Virginia. (There may have been Speakers such as Hanover's own Henry Clay who were born in VA but ran from elsewhere but Jones is the last one from Virginia!) He served from 1843 to 1845. (I had guessed to a friend and mentor of mine who was a long time in GOP politics that the last VA Speaker was about 1820! Only about 25 years off!)
Here is Jones' bio from the House website:
JONES, John Winston, a Representative from Virginia; born near Amelia Court House, Amelia County, Va., November 22, 1791; attended private schools; was graduated from the law department of the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., in 1813; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Chesterfield County, Va.; prosecuting attorney for the fifth Virginia circuit in 1818; member of the State constitutional convention in 1829 and 1830; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Democrat to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1845); chairman, Committee on Ways and Means (Twenty-sixth Congress); Speaker of the House of Representatives (Twenty-eighth Congress); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1844; resumed the practice of law and also engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of delegates in 1846 and served as speaker; reelected in 1847 but resigned on account of ill health; died at his residence, "Dellwood," in Chesterfield County, Virginia, January 29, 1848; interment in the family cemetery on his estate, "Dellwood," northwest of Petersburg, Va.
If Cong. Eric Cantor is renominated by the GOP on June 10 he'll almost certainly be the next Speaker of the House of Representatives. Now I once introduced my oldest daughter to Cong. Cantor during the Dark Age of the Pelosi years as a future Speaker of the House. He waved it off humbly. I would desperately like to see both a Virginia Speaker and a Virginia President (The last serious candidate for President for Virginia was Senator Carter Glass [I can hear my readers say: Who? Here's his bio. One more thing about Glass: He was one of the few Americans who while living was on a coin – this commemorative fifty cent piece.] who would probably have been nominated in 1924 on the 104th ballot by the Dems, according to Davis' biographer William H. Harbaugh, [and surely would have lost] by my legal hero John W. Davis, who should have turned down that last case of his, was nominated on the 103th ballot instead!) but I am torn in my decision. It's two good choices. With all due respect for the valiant Libertarian candidate, James Carr, he does not have a prayer of winning in the general election but if Carr makes the ballot he could get 20-30% of the vote. Maybe 35%.
I also have great respect for Dr. David Brat. Not a liberal or radical professor, Dr. Brat would be an asset to the Congress. That is why I have helped him in this primary. I do agree Cong. Cantor is a solid conservative. But I cannot stand the lies and halftruths proclaimed and in my mailbox nearly every day from the Congressman's campaign. I intend to walk through a gasoline fire to vote for Dr. David Brat. That is not a blog endorsement unless Tom White adds to this post to make it so.
By the way, radio columnist Laura Ingraham will be in town to campaign for Dr. Brat Tuesday along with my old hero, Ambassador Alan Keyes and Virginia Right endorsed Senate candidate Shak Hill. Here's the details from the Brat campaign:
We are excited to announce that conservative talk show host and Fox News contributor Laura Ingraham is coming to Richmond this Tuesday to join Dave for a rally in Eric Cantor's own neighborhood – the Dominion Country Club. Laura is a principled conservative that is an outspoken advocate against amnesty for illegal aliens and for the American worker. Alan Keyes and Shak Hill will also be joining Dave at the rally. This is a great chance to introduce a friend or two to Dave, especially those who think that he is a "liberal college professor." After a rally like this, no doubt about Dave's conservative credentials should remain!
Where: Dominion Country Club- 6000 Dominion Club Dr. Glen Allen, Va
When: Tuesday, June 3rd 7 pm
I wonder if a blogger can sneak in to this event? Might have to call Dr. Brat and ask him!
I think if Dr. Brat wins, it will be a political earthquake equal to or maybe greater than UKIP's dramatic win in the UK last week. All politicians throughout the nation would know: You are accountable to the people (and to God, too but that's a different issue!) and don't forget it! Let's bring a UKIP earthquake to Virginia.
About Elwood Sanders
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders' views)
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Cantor has lost a lot of clout because of the loarge uprising in the 7th. He is now less likely to become speaker as a result.
But I would prefer a great congressman in Dave Brat to a poor speaker any day.
Tom White recently posted…LTE: Disappointed with Congressman Cantor
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Karen Steger says:
What are u smoking? You "agree Cong. Cantor is a solid conservative"?
You should change the "is" to "was" and stop drinking Cantor's cool-aid.
Sandy Sanders
Karen, thanks for coming by. Could you support that; I think most political pundits would cite Cantor as a movement conservative in the Establishment camp. But I can be shown I am wrong! Please do.
Thanks again, Sandy


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Beginning as a TAFE project in 2001, when Kon Karapanagiotidis, then a teacher, discovered that people seeking asylum were living in the community with virtually no basic support. This led to the creation of a student-run and community funded Foodbank which was launched from a tiny shop in Footscray with only a few boxes of food. That same year, the ASRC was established on 8 June 2001.
Today, they are the largest independent human rights organisation for refugees and people seeking asylum, delivering more services on the ground than any other independent asylum seeker organisation in the country. Our work on the frontline with people seeking asylum informs our practice and enables us to effectively advocate for, and alongside people with lived experience.
They offer more than 40 holistic programs that protect people seeking asylum from persecution and destitution, support well-being and dignity, and empower people to advance their own future, and are proudly owned and run by their community and supported by a network of more than 1000 volunteers and 100 staff in assisting around 4600 people seeking asylum each year.


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Incoming Government urged to stay hyper inflation promptly
May 29, 2013 | Government Institutions
Karachi, May 29, 2013 (PPI-OT): The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) invited the attention of the incoming government of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) to the hyper inflation caused in the country due to neglect of the previous government and urged the incoming government to take notice and work in this direction to […]
United States awards over 400 Scholarships for Teacher Education
May 29, 2013 | Misc.
Karachi, May 29, 2013 (PPI-OT): Today, the United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), awarded over 200 scholarships to future educators, bringing the total number of scholarships awarded in Sindh under the USAID's Teachers Education Program to over 400. The ceremony was presided over by Michael Dodman, Consul General, U.S. Consulate Karachi, […]
Pakistan Football Federation and football family condole on sad demise of mother of former Pakistan National Women Football Team Manager Uzma Zaidi
Lahore, May 29, 2013 (PPI-OT): Pakistan Football Federation and football family send their sincerest condolences on the sad demise of the mother of former Pakistan National Women Football Team Manager Ms. Uzma Zaidi. According to the press release issued here by Pakistan Football Federation (PFF), Mother of Ms. Uzma Zaidi was passed away due to […]
Implementation of Preferential Trade Agreement will open trade doors for Pakistan: Indonesian Envoy
May 29, 2013 | Chambers of Commerce
Islamabad, May 29, 2013 (PPI-OT): Ambassador of Republic of Indonesia to Pakistan, H.E.Mr.Burhan Muhammad has stated that his priorities were to enhance economic cooperation between Indonesia and Pakistan and to connect the business communities of two countries which would further strengthen mutual linkages between two brother Muslim countries. He highlighted that during his visit to […]
Business community expresses hope that nominated Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif would overcome the economic challenges by utilizing his abilities
Lahore, May 29, 2013 (PPI-OT): Business community has expressed the hope that nominated Prime Minister of Pakistan Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif would overcome the economic challenges by utilizing his best abilities. In a joint press statement issued here Wednesday, Chairman Ferozepur Road Industrial Association Mubasher Naseer Butt, Senior Vice Chairman Shahzeb Akram and Vice Chairman […]
Annual General Meeting of Pakistan International Airlines held
Karachi, May 29, 2013 (PPI-OT): Mr. Hussain Lawai, Senior Member PIA Board of Directors presided over the 56th Annual General Meeting of Pakistan International Airlines held at Karachi. Managing Director PIA, Muhammad Junaid Yunus and Member Board Mr. Javed Akhter were also present at the occasion. PIA shareholders appreciated present management's role in maintaining the […]
Drone attack in North Waziristan
May 29, 2013 | Ministries
Islamabad, May 29, 2013 (PPI-OT): The Government of Pakistan has expressed serious concerns over the US drone attack that occurred in North Waziristan on 29 May 2013. The Government of Pakistan has consistently maintained that the drone strikes are counter-productive, entail loss of innocent civilian lives, have human rights and humanitarian implications and violate the […]
Keel laying ceremony of Pakistan Navy Tug held at Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works
Karachi, May 29, 2013 (PPI-OT): The keel laying ceremony of a 32 Tons Bollard Pull Tug, being indigenously built for Pakistan Navy, was held at Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works here today. Secretary Defence Lieutenant General (Retired) Asif Yasin Malik was the chief guest on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, the chief guest said […]
European Union-funded National Physical and Standards Laboratory in Pakistan receives accreditation and recognition on World Metrology Day
Islamabad, May 29, 2013 (PPI-OT): As a result of the EU-funded trade programme TRTA II the National Physical and Standards Laboratory (NPSL) received international recognition and accreditation by the Pakistan National Accreditation Council (PNAC) on World Metrology Day, May 16 2013. European Union Ambassador to Pakistan, Mr. Lars-Gunnar Wigemark recently paid a visit to the […]
Taxpayers / Public to lookout for fraudulent tax refund emails sent by fake Federal Board of Revenue email addresses
Islamabad, May 29, 2013 (PPI-OT): It has been reported that some hackers are using a fake webpage of FBR created for nefarious purposes. The taxpayers receive an email about their tax refund from fake email addresses e.g. customerservice@fbr.gov.pk which appear to be originating from FBR but in fact are not. The email informs the taxpayers […]
No proposal at hand to increase Railway fares: Spokesperson
May 29, 2013 | Press Information Department
Islamabad, May 29, 2013 (PPI-OT): A spokesperson of the Ministry of Railways while commenting on news reports about increase in passenger fares said that at present there is no such proposal under consideration of the Ministry. "The news item is strongly denied", the spokesperson added. For more information, contact: Haji Ahmed Malik Principal Information Officer […]
Prime Minister Khoso approves national policy for overseas Pakistanis
Islamabad, May 29, 2013 (PPI-OT): Prime Minister Justice ® Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has approved first ever national policy for overseas Pakistanis aimed to protect, conserve and provide sustainable tools to improve their environment, encourage investment, facilitate foreign investment through legal channels, facilitate their welfare and provide protection to their assets. The decision was taken […]


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Patent Filing & Litigation
How Wyze Labs Withstood a Patent Infringement Lawsuit
By Rob KlingensmithJanuary 28, 2021October 27th, 2021No Comments
In August 2019, Sensormatic Electronics (a subsidiary of Johnson Controls) sued Wyze Labs for patent infringement. More specifically, Sensormatic objected to "Wyze's unauthorized manufacturing, distributing, offering for sale, and selling of video surveillance products in violation of Sensormatic's patent rights," according to the complaint filed by Sensormatic.
The company alleged that Wyze infringed on seven patents (later reduced to five) granted over a decade, from 2010 to 2019. These patents span multiple wireless surveillance innovations, such as remotely viewed video footage, video analytics management, dual encoded video, removable recording, and input capture and transmission prioritization. Sensormatic used Wyze's product descriptions and marketing videos to outline how the latter company's cameras and app infringed on the patents named in the lawsuit.
Sensormatic believed these patents, when considered together, gave the company exclusive rights to video surveillance with "communication and remote storage capability," otherwise known as "storage in the Cloud." Interestingly, Sensormatic and Wyze aren't direct competitors. Sensormatic focuses on retail security solutions, while Wyze aims to attract homeowners with its low-budget options.
It may be assumed that Sensormatic used this lawsuit to test its ability to protect these patents from infringement by a variety of businesses. Wyze was likely seen as a much smaller, indirect competitor with fewer resources to fight a patent infringement lawsuit so instrumental to its business. Using the same tactics against other cloud-based security systems, such as Amazon's Ring or Google-owned Nest, would have been a much greater feat for Sensormatic.
Despite Sensormatic's attempt to protect its patents, Wyze emerged as the winner in Sensormatic Electronics, LLC v. Wyze Labs, Inc. In September 2020, a judge found Sensormatic's patents invalid, as they covered non-patentable subject matter. Dave Crosby, one of Wyze's founders, took to his YouTube channel shortly after the victory to talk about the case.


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Piatichatki (ukr. П'ятихатки, ros. Пятихатки) – dawniej osada w pobliżu Charkowa, w pobliżu której rozciągał się lasek o tej samej nazwie, obecnie VI kwartał strefy leśno-parkowej Charkowa.

Historia
W 1940 roku pogrzebano tu ofiary zbrodni katyńskiej – 3739 oficerów Wojska Polskiego, jeńców wojennych z obozu w Starobielsku rozstrzelanych przez NKWD w siedzibie Obwodowego Zarządu NKWD w Charkowie, położonego w centrum miasta. W latach 1991–1992 zeznania na temat tej zbrodni złożył przed prokuratorami rosyjskiej Głównej Prokuratury Wojskowej jeden z jej wykonawców, Mitrofan Wasiljewicz Syromiatnikow, w 1940 roku strażnik w więzieniu NKWD w Charkowie, który zajmował się m.in. wywożeniem zwłok do Piatichatek.

W 1991 roku przeprowadzono w Piatichatkach pierwszą wstępną ekshumację, której celem były tylko wstępne oględziny miejsca. Znaleziono wtedy 2 masowe groby, w których znajdowały się łącznie zwłoki ok. 320 oficerów Wojska Polskiego. We wrześniu 1994 roku władze zezwoliły na drugą ekshumacje, podczas której grupa archeologów pod kierunkiem profesora Andrzeja Koli wykonała odwierty próbne i oznaczyła dużą część grobów. Trzecia ekshumacja odbyła się w 1995 roku. Grupa archeologów wykonała wtedy ponad osiem tysięcy odwiertów i odnalazła wszystkie groby. W większości mogił zwłoki  poukładane były w od 5 do 12 warstw. W niektórych grobach ciała były wrzucone do jam bez żadnego ładu. Tak było w przypadku największego grobu, z którego wydobyto ok. 1050 ciał. Z najmniejszego grobu wydobyto ok. 160 zwłok.

W 1969 roku Jurij Andropow, przewodniczący KGB, kazał zatrzeć ślady mordu na Polakach, gdy dzieci znalazły w Piatichatkach groby kilku tysięcy rozstrzelanych oficerów i generałów Polski burżuazyjnej pogrzebanych tam przez NKWD.

17 czerwca 2000 roku w Piatichatkach otwarto Cmentarz Ofiar Totalitaryzmu w Charkowie.

Był to pierwszy cmentarz katyński. Później polskie pomniki wojenne zostały otwarte w Katyniu (obwód smoleński), Miednoje (obwód twerski), Bykowni (obwód kijowski). W głównym budynku pomnika znajduje się pomnik, którym jest Krzyż Virtuti Militari. W pobliżu pomnika postawiono stele z nazwiskami rozstrzelanych przez NKWD w latach 1938-1940. Na cmentarzu Piatichackim pochowano szczątki 4302 polskich jeńców wojennych, w tym 493 oficerów, którzy byli ofiarami tzw. ukraińskiej listy katyńskiej. W 60 mniejszych grobach spoczywają szczątki 2746 byłych obywateli sowieckich różnych narodowości, którzy padli ofiarą NKWD w latach 1937-1938.

W 2010 roku prezydent RP Bronisław Komorowski odwiedził Charków z okazji dziesiątej rocznicy otwarcia Miejsca Pamięci.

23 marca 2022 r. pomnik został ostrzelany przez wojska rosyjskie podczas walk o Charków. Według Polskiej Agencji Prasowej w okolicy nie strzelano do celów, co wskazuje na celowy atak na cmentarz . Niektóre tabliczki z nazwiskami zmarłych zostały złamane . Pocisk systemu «Smiercz», najwyraźniej zawierający głowicę kasetową, utknął w jednym z pochówków .

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 Zbrodnia katyńska, Miednoje, Bykownia, Kuropaty

Charków
Cmentarze polskie poza granicami kraju
Zbrodnia katyńska

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There is a great difference between faith and aspiration. Faith is very common. We all have faith; faith begins in the physical world; every ordinary person has it. We have faith in our friends; we have faith in books; we have faith in a teacher—in his knowledge and in his ability to teach us correctly. We also have faith in God. But faith is passive, while aspiration is an active, dynamic force. We all have faith that we will eventually realise God, but faith alone will not bring us to our Goal. For that we must have aspiration. And for intense aspiration, we need a spiritual Master.
If I have a friend who is a good driver, then I have faith that he will take me to my destination. However, this faith will not enable me to drive as he does. But if I really aspire to learn to drive, then he will be able to teach me and someday I will also become a good driver. It is the same in the case of a spiritual Master. We may have faith in his realisation, but we must also aspire. We have to make the effort ourselves. Our aspiration must have a goal, the Goal of God-realisation. We must have a burning flame within. If we aspire, God's Grace will descend upon us and carry us forward to our Goal.


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Pseudoxyrhophiidae zijn een familie van slangen uit de superfamilie Elapoidea.

Naam en indeling
De wetenschappelijke naam van de groep werd voor het eerst voorgesteld door Herndon G. Dowling in 1975. De groep wordt vertegenwoordigd door 90 soorten in 22 geslachten, zeven geslachten zijn monotypisch en worden slechts vertegenwoordigd door een enkele soort.

De Pseudoxyrhophiidae werden lange tijd beschouwd als een onderfamilie van de familie Lamprophiidae en in veel literatuur wordt deze verouderde situatie nog vermeld.

Verspreiding en habitat
De soorten komen voor in grote delen van Afrika en met name zuidelijk Afrika. Veruit de meeste soorten komen endemisch voor op het ten oosten van Afrika gelegen eiland Madagaskar. Veel soorten leven in regenwouden en graslanden maar ook in drogere omgevingen zoals savannen en scrublands zijn veel soorten te vinden.

Geslachten
De familie omvat de volgende geslachten, met de auteur en het verspreidingsgebied.

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Wasabi Stories vol.218: "Use the Weak Point to Overcome"
November 30, 2010 - Wasabi Stories - Tagged: Life, Parenting
Today's story-teller is an actress Nobuyo Oyama.
She is famous for being a voice actor for Doraemon for years in Japan. Her story begins with her childhood.
She never thought her voice sounded weird, but her friends started picking on her for having a weird voice after she entered junior high school.
She used to love to chew the fat, but she was so upset that her friends picked on her. And it caused her losing her voice.
So she told her mother what her problem with her friends was. Her mother said, "If you try to hide your weakness, it gets worse. Instead, you should use your voice more."
Her mother's words made her Oyama join the broadcasting research club and start giving announcements in school.
Then everyone eventually stopped picking on her.
Oyama's mother used to say that from this point, women ought to have marketable skills. She took her words into account and decided to become an actress since she liked acting and talking into a microphone.
While acting, she started providing the voice for Doraemon in 1979.
Oyama says, "I sometimes found myself close to tears with emotion in the middle of recording. Then I used to look down and let the tears drop so that nobody noticed me crying. But when I looked around me, Nobita and Shizuka (names of characters in Doraemon) were also in tears. Since I followed my mother's advice and kept using my voice, I could work with such nice people to create such a nice production."
And after providing voice for Doraemon for many years, she resigned and then a new generation of voice actors took the role.
Although Oyama resigned from voice acting, she would like to send her messages to the world for years to come.
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The Hostiles bring the upbeat energy of west coast US ska punk to the less-sunny climes of west coast Scotland and Northern England. Their take is spirited and infectious, combining distorted guitars riffs, low-slung rhythms, in-your-face vocals and a two-pronged brass backbone of trumpet and trombone. It's a formula that's helped the five-piece build a strong reputation on the live circuit as an act to be reckoned with, good times guaranteed.
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This couple became church leaders and were influential with Paul in the planting of churches in Corinth and Ephesus. They had their own church that met in their house in Corinth.
They were such a help to Paul and the Lord used them.
How did this happen for them?
They were expelled from their Italian home by the Roman emperor, Claudius. This was not the first time. The emperors were often involved in such ethnic cleansing. Claudius was no exception, he was a racist and he increasingly became intolerant of the Jews.
Aquila and Priscilla had suffered, they went through this evil purging feeling like dirt in such wicked circumstances. No doubt they experienced every fear and doubt. But through it all unbeknown to them God was working it all out.
Your greatest catastrophe can be your greatest opportunity.
This couple may never have left voluntarily.
Sometimes we have to be violently thrown out of our nest. So much so that the only presence we feel is that of the evil one. It is much later that we realise the overriding presence is that of God.


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Fishing in natural areas to be limited
News item | 08-10-2012 | 13:16
The European Commission has given the go-ahead to agreements which will limit fishing operations in Natura 2000 areas in the North Sea. The restrictions in these designated areas will also apply to foreign fisheries.
A level playing field
According to Minister Bleker for Agriculture and Foreign Trade, the restrictions were essential to the implementation of the Dutch agreement on Fishing in Protected Areas (Visserij In Beschermde Gebieden, or VIBEG), concluded between the commercial fisheries sector and nature conservation organisations in December 2011. 'The European Commission has taken an important step forward. This levels the playing field for all fisheries. And it is wonderful news for nature conservation in two sensitive natural areas,' the Minister said.
VIBEG Agreement
The agreement involves two Natura 2000 areas: the North Sea Coastal Zone, from Bergen (North Holland province) to Rottum, and the Vlakte van de Raan in the southwestern delta to the Belgium border. The VIBEG agreement prohibits bottom trawling in 25% of the North Sea Coastal Zone. In 2016, both areas will see a complete ban on such practices. Shrimp fishing operations will also be limited. Measures will be taken in the Vlakte van de Raan following further research and consultation with stakeholders. The VIBEG agreement has been signed by the North Sea Foundation, the Society for the Preservation of Nature, the WWF, the Wadden Society, the Fish Product Board, VisNed, the Dutch Fishermen's Association, and the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation.
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Эшли Луиза Урбански (, ) — американская женщина-рестлер. В настоящее время она выступает в WWE на бренде SmackDown под именем Шо́тци (), сокращенное от её предыдущего имени Шотци Блэкхарт ().

Ранняя жизнь
Эшли Луиза Урбански родилась в округе Санта-Клара пригороде Сан-Франциско, Калифорния, 14 марта 1992 года. У неё филиппинское и польское происхождение.

Карьера в рестлинге

Ранняя карьера (2014—2019)
Урбански начала свою карьеру в Hoodslam в Окленде, Калифорния, в 2014 году в качестве Мисси Хайаяшит, чирлидерши-менеджера в группировке Stoner U. Она также часто появлялась на независимой калифорнийской сцене, выступая в таких промоушенах, как All Pro Wrestling, Bar Wrestling и Big Time Wrestling. В июне 2017 года она встретилась с будущими коллегами по NXT Кэндис ЛеРей и Рэйчел Эллеринг в APW Cow Palace Royale.

Урбански дебютировала в Shimmer Women Athletes 11 ноября 2016 года. В 2018 году Блэкхарт начала выступать в Impact Wrestling. На Evolve 137 11 октября 2019 года Уильям Ригал предложил Урбански контракт с WWE во время необъявленного появления.

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В 2022 году заработала право на участие в заглавном женском матче на премиум-шоу Money in the Bank, однако победить не смогла. 11 ноября на Smackdown 6-сторонний матч за претендентство выиграла Шотци. Этот матч был назначен на Survivor Series WarGames. На Smackdown 18 ноября Шотци победила жестокую подругу Роузи Шейну Баслер, заявив о своих претензиях на победу. На Survivor Series Шотци проиграла, уступив Роузи в достаточно коротком матче, который некоторое время проходил в зрительском зале.

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 Hoodslam
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 IWA Mid-South
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 Pro Wrestling Illustrated
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 Rise Wrestling
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 Sabotage Wrestling
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 Shine Wrestling
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 WWE
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November 2021 Jobs Report & Industry Update
Jobs Report & Industry Update
Economics & Job Creation
"The Employment Situation — October 2021"
"Global climate change impact on crops expected within 10 years"
"Revolutionary identity verification technique offers robust solution to hacking"
"Nerves may be key to blocking abnormal bone growth in tissue"
The Industrials
"Healable carbon fiber composite offers path to long-lasting, sustainable materials"
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Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 531,000 in October, and the unemployment rate edged down by 0.2 percentage point to 4.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics  reported today. Job growth was widespread, with notable job gains in leisure and  hospitality, in professional and business services, in manufacturing, and in  transportation and warehousing. Employment in public education declined over the month.
This news release presents statistics from two monthly surveys. The household survey  measures labor force status, including unemployment, by demographic characteristics. The establishment survey measures nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings by industry. For more information about the concepts and statistical methodology used in these two surveys, see the Technical Note.
Household Survey Data
The unemployment rate edged down to 4.6 percent in October. The number of unemployed  persons, at 7.4 million, continued to trend down. Both measures are down considerably from their highs at the end of the February-April 2020 recession. However, they remain  above their levels prior to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic (3.5 percent and 5.7  million, respectively, in February 2020). (See table A-1. See the box note at the end of this news release for more information about how the household survey and its measures were affected by the coronavirus pandemic.)
Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rate for adult men (4.3 percent) declined in October. The jobless rates for adult women (4.4 percent), teenagers (11.9 percent), Whites (4.0 percent), Blacks (7.9 percent), Asians (4.2 percent), and Hispanics (5.9  percent) showed little or no change over the month. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)
Among the unemployed, the number of permanent job losers, at 2.1 million, changed little in October but is 828,000 higher than in February 2020. The number of persons on temporary layoff, at 1.1 million, was little changed over the month. This measure is down  considerably from the high of 18.0 million in April 2020 but is 306,000 above the February 2020 level. (See table A-11.)
In October, the number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more)  decreased by 357,000 to 2.3 million but is 1.2 million higher than in February 2020. The  long-term unemployed accounted for 31.6 percent of the total unemployed in October.  (See table A-12.)
The labor force participation rate was unchanged at 61.6 percent in October and has  remained within a narrow range of 61.4 percent to 61.7 percent since June 2020. The  participation rate is 1.7 percentage points lower than in February 2020. The employment- population ratio, at 58.8 percent, was little changed over the month. This measure is up from its low of 51.3 percent in April 2020 but remains below the figure of 61.1 percent in February 2020. (See table A-1.)
The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons, at 4.4 million, was little changed in October. These individuals, who would have preferred full-time employment, were working part time because their hours had been reduced or they were unable to find full- time jobs. This measure has essentially returned to its February 2020 level. (See table A-8.)
The number of persons not in the labor force who currently want a job was 6.0 million in  October, essentially unchanged over the month but up by 968,000 since February 2020. These individuals were not counted as unemployed because they were not actively looking for work during the 4 weeks preceding the survey or were unavailable to take a job. (See table A-1.)
Among those not in the labor force who wanted a job, the number of persons marginally  attached to the labor force was little changed at 1.7 million in October. These individuals wanted and were available for work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12  months but had not looked for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. The number of  discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached who believed that no jobs were  available for them, was essentially unchanged over the month at 455,000. (See Summary table A.)
Household Survey Supplemental Data
In October, 11.6 percent of employed persons teleworked because of the coronavirus pandemic, down from 13.2 percent in the prior month. These data refer to employed persons who  teleworked or worked at home for pay at some point in the 4 weeks preceding the survey  specifically because of the pandemic.
In October, 3.8 million persons reported that they had been unable to work because their  employer closed or lost business due to the pandemic--that is, they did not work at all or worked fewer hours at some point in the 4 weeks preceding the survey due to the pandemic.  This measure is down from 5.0 million in September. Among those who reported in October that they were unable to work because of pandemic-related closures or lost business, 13.3 percent received at least some pay from their employer for the hours not worked, little changed from the prior month.
Among those not in the labor force in October, 1.3 million persons were prevented from  looking for work due to the pandemic. This measure is down from 1.6 million in September.  (To be counted as unemployed, by definition, individuals must be either actively looking for work or on temporary layoff.)
These supplemental data come from questions added to the household survey beginning in May  2020 to help gauge the effects of the pandemic on the labor market. The data are not  seasonally adjusted. Tables with estimates from the supplemental questions for all months  are available online at www.bls.gov/cps/effects-of-the-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic.htm.
Establishment Survey Data
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 531,000 in October. Thus far this year, monthly job growth has averaged 582,000. Nonfarm employment has increased by 18.2 million since a recent trough in April 2020 but is down by 4.2 million, or 2.8 percent, from its pre-pandemic level in February 2020. Job growth was widespread in October, with notable job gains occurring in leisure and hospitality, in professional and business services, in manufacturing, and in  transportation and warehousing. Employment in public education declined over the month. (See table B-1. See the box note at the end of this news release for more information about how the establishment survey and its measures were affected by the coronavirus pandemic.)
Employment in leisure and hospitality increased by 164,000 in October and has risen by 2.4 million thus far in 2021. Over the month, employment rose by 119,000 in food services and  drinking places and by 23,000 in accommodation. Employment in leisure and hospitality is  down by 1.4 million, or 8.2 percent, since February 2020.
Professional and business services added 100,000 jobs in October, including a gain of 41,000 in temporary help services. Employment continued to rise in management and technical  consulting services (+14,000), other professional and technical services (+9,000),  scientific research and development services (+6,000), and legal services (+5,000).  Employment in professional and business services is 215,000 below its level in February 2020.
Employment in manufacturing increased by 60,000 in October, led by a gain in motor vehicles  and parts (+28,000). Employment also rose in fabricated metal products (+6,000), chemicals  (+6,000), and printing and related support activities (+4,000). Manufacturing employment is  down by 270,000 since February 2020.
Employment in transportation and warehousing increased by 54,000 in October and is 149,000  above its February 2020 level. In October, job gains occurred in warehousing and storage  (+20,000), transit and ground passenger transportation (+16,000), air transportation (+9,000), and truck transportation (+8,000). Employment in couriers and messengers decreased by 5,000 in October, after increasing in the prior 3 months.
Construction employment rose by 44,000 in October, following an increase of 30,000 in  September. In October, employment increased in nonresidential specialty trade contractors  (+19,000) and in heavy and civil engineering construction (+12,000). Construction employment is 150,000 below its February 2020 level.
Health care added 37,000 jobs in October, with most of the gain occurring in home health  care services (+16,000) and nursing care facilities (+12,000). Employment in health care is  down by 460,000 since February 2020.
In October, employment in retail trade rose by 35,000. Employment gains occurred in food and beverage stores (+16,000), general merchandise stores (+15,000), health and personal care stores (+8,000), and electronics and appliance stores (+6,000). These gains were partially  offset by a job loss in building material and garden supply stores (-10,000). Retail trade  employment is 140,000 lower than its level in February 2020.
Employment in the other services industry increased by 33,000 in October, as personal and laundry services added 28,000 jobs. Employment in other services is 169,000 below its  February 2020 level.
Employment in financial activities rose by 21,000 in October and has returned to its  February 2020 level. Over the month, job growth occurred in real estate and rental and  leasing (+12,000) and in securities, commodity contracts, and investments (+11,000).
Employment in wholesale trade increased by 14,000 in October, reflecting a gain in the durable goods component. Employment in wholesale trade is 158,000 lower than in February 2020.
Mining employment continued to trend up in October (+5,000) but is down by 87,000 from a  peak in January 2019.
In October, employment decreased in local government education and state government  education (-43,000 and -22,000, respectively). Employment changed little in private  education (+17,000). Recent employment changes in public and private education are  challenging to interpret, as pandemic-related staffing fluctuations have distorted the normal seasonal hiring and layoff patterns. Since February 2020, employment is down by 370,000 in local government education, by 205,000 in state government education, and by 148,000 in  private education.
Employment in information changed little in October (+10,000) but is 122,000 lower than in  February 2020.
In October, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 11 cents to $30.96, following large increases in the prior 6 months. Over the past 12  months, average hourly earnings have increased by 4.9 percent. In October, average hourly  earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees rose by 10 cents to  $26.26. (See tables B-3 and B-8.)
The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls decreased by 0.1 hour to 34.7 hours. In manufacturing, the average workweek edged down by 0.1 hour to 40.3 hours, and overtime edged down by 0.1 hour to 3.2 hours. The average workweek for production and  nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls decreased by 0.1 hour to 34.1 hours.  (See tables B-2 and B-7.)
The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for August was revised up by 117,000, from  +366,000 to +483,000, and the change for September was revised up by 118,000, from +194,000 to +312,000. With these revisions, employment in August and September combined is 235,000  higher than previously reported. (Monthly revisions result from additional reports received from businesses and government agencies since the last published estimates and from the  recalculation of seasonal factors.)
_____________ The Employment Situation for November is scheduled to be released on Friday, December 3,  2021, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).
Employment Situation Summary (bls.gov)
Climate change may affect the production of maize (corn) and wheat as early as 2030 under a high greenhouse gas emissions scenario, according to a new NASA study published in the journal, Nature Food. Maize crop yields are projected to decline 24%, while wheat could potentially see growth of about 17%.
Using advanced climate and agricultural models, scientists found that the change in yields is due to projected increases in temperature, shifts in rainfall patterns, and elevated surface carbon dioxide concentrations from human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. These changes would make it more difficult to grow maize in the tropics, but could expand wheat's growing range.
"We did not expect to see such a fundamental shift, as compared to crop yield projections from the previous generation of climate and crop models conducted in 2014," said lead author Jonas Jägermeyr, a crop modeler and climate scientist at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) and The Earth Institute at Columbia University in New York City. The projected maize response was surprisingly large and negative, he said. "A 20% decrease from current production levels could have severe implications worldwide."
To arrive at their projections, the research team used two sets of models. First, they used climate model simulations from the international Climate Model Intercomparison Project-Phase 6 (CMIP6). Each of the five CMIP6 climate models used for this study runs its own unique response of Earth's atmosphere to greenhouse gas emission scenarios through 2100. These responses differ somewhat due to variations in their representations of the Earth's climate system.
Then the research team used the climate model simulations as inputs for 12 state-of-the-art global crop models that are part of the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP), an international partnership coordinated by Columbia University. The crop models simulate on a large scale how crops grow and respond to environmental conditions such as temperature, rainfall and atmospheric carbon dioxide, which are provided by the climate models. Each crop species' behavior is based on their real life biological responses studied in indoor and outdoor lab experiments. In the end, the team created about 240 global climate-crop model simulations for each crop. By using multiple climate and crop models in various combinations, the researchers were more confident in their results.
"What we're doing is driving crop simulations that are effectively growing virtual crops day-by-day, powered by a supercomputer, and then looking at the year-by-year and decade-by-decade change in each location of the world," said Alex Ruane, co-director of the GISS Climate Impacts Group and a co-author of the study.
This study focused on climate change impacts. These models do not address economic incentives, changing farming practices, and adaptations such as breeding hardier crop varieties, although that is an area of active research. The research team plans to look at these angles in follow-up work, since these factors will also determine the fate of agricultural yields in the future as people respond to climate-driven changes.
The team looked at changes to long-term average crop yields and introduced a new estimate for when climate change impacts "emerge" as a discernable signal from the usual, historically known variability in crop yields. Soybean and rice projections showed a decline in some regions but at the global scale the different models still disagree on the overall impacts from climate change. For maize and wheat, the climate effect was much clearer, with most of the model results pointing in the same direction.
Maize, or corn, is grown all over the world, and large quantities are produced in countries nearer the equator. North and Central America, West Africa, Central Asia, Brazil, and China will potentially see their maize yields decline in the coming years and beyond as average temperatures rise across these breadbasket regions, putting more stress on the plants.
Wheat, which grows best in temperate climates, may see a broader area where it can be grown as temperatures rise, including the Northern United States and Canada, North China Plains, Central Asia, Southern Australia, and East Africa, but these gains may level off mid-century.
Temperature is not the only factor the models consider when simulating future crop yields. Higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have a positive effect on photosynthesis and water retention, increasing crop yields, though often at a cost to nutrition. This effect happens more so for wheat than maize, which is more accurately captured in the current generation of models. Rising global temperatures also are linked with changes in rainfall patterns, and the frequency and duration of heat waves and droughts, which can affect crop health and productivity. Higher temperatures also affect the length of growing seasons and accelerate crop maturity.
"You can think of plants as collecting sunlight over the course of the growing season," said Ruane. "They're collecting that energy and then putting it into the plant and the grain. So, if you rush through your growth stages, by the end of the season, you just haven't collected as much energy." As a result, the plant produces less total grain than it would with a longer development period. "By growing faster, your yield actually goes down."
"Even under optimistic climate change scenarios, where societies enact ambitious efforts to limit global temperature rise, global agriculture is facing a new climate reality," Jägermeyr said. "And with the interconnectedness of the global food system, impacts in even one region's breadbasket will be felt worldwide."
A team of computer scientists, including Claude Crépeau of McGill University and physicist colleagues from the University of Geneva, have developed an extremely secure identity verification method based on the fundamental principle that information cannot travel faster than the speed of light. The breakthrough has the potential to greatly improve the security of financial transactions and other applications requiring proof of identity online.
"Current identification schemes that use personal identification numbers (PINs) are incredibly insecure faced with a fake teller machine that stores the PINs of users," says Crépeau, a professor in the School of Computer Science at McGill. "Our research found and implemented a secure mechanism to prove someone's identity that cannot be replicated by the verifier of this identity."
How to prove you know something without revealing what it is you know
The new method, published in Nature, is an advance on a concept known as zero-knowledge proof, whereby one party (a 'prover') can demonstrate to another (the 'verifier') that they possess a certain piece of information without actually revealing that information.
The idea of zero-knowledge proof began to take hold in the field of data encryption in the 1980s. Today, many encryption systems rely on mathematical statements which the prover can show to be valid without giving away clues to the verifier as to how to prove the validity of the statement. Underlying the effectiveness of these systems is an assumption that there is no practical way for the verifier to work backwards from the information they do receive from the prover to figure out a general solution to the problem. The theory goes that there is a certain class of mathematical problem, known as one-way functions, that are easy for computers to evaluate but not easy for them to solve. However, with the development of quantum computing, scientists are beginning to question this assumption and are growing wary of the possibility that the supposed one-way functions underlying today's encryption systems may be undone by an emerging generation of quantum computers.
Separating witnesses to get the story straight
The McGill-Geneva research team have reframed the zero-knowledge proof idea by creating a system involving two physically separated prover-verifier pairs. To confirm their bona fides, the two provers must demonstrate to the verifiers that they have a shared knowledge of a solution to a notoriously difficult mathematical problem: how to use only three colours to colour in an image made up of thousands of interconnected shapes such that no two adjacent shapes are of the same colour.
"The verifiers randomly choose a large number of pairs of adjacent shapes in the image and then ask each of the two provers for the colour of one or the other shape in each pair," explains co-author Hugo Zbinden, an associate professor of applied physics at the University of Geneva.
If the two provers consistently name different colours in response, the verifiers can be assured that both provers do indeed know the three-colour solution. By separating the two provers physically and questioning them simultaneously, the system eliminates the possibility of collusion between the provers, because to do so they would have to transmit information to each other faster than the speed of light — a scenario ruled out by the principle of special relativity.
"It's like when the police interrogate two suspects at the same time in separate offices," Zbinden says. "It's a matter of checking their answers are consistent, without allowing them to communicate with each other."
Blocking a molecule that draws sensory nerves into musculoskeletal injuries prevents heterotopic ossification (HO), a process in which bone abnormally grows in soft tissue during healing, UT Southwestern researchers reported in a study. The findings, published in Nature Communications, suggest that drugs currently being tested in clinical trials to inhibit this molecule for pain relief could also protect against this challenging condition.
"Heterotopic ossification is an incredibly debilitating condition for which we have no truly effective therapies," said study leader Benjamin Levi, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery and in the Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern and the Charles and Jane Pak Center for Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research. "To be able to prevent HO from occurring after an injury while also decreasing pain would be a substantial step forward."
HO occurs in a significant number of patients with musculoskeletal injuries or who undergo some surgeries. For example, about 20% of patients undergoing an initial hip replacement develop this abnormal bone growth, and for a second replacement of the same hip, that number rises to up to 80%. HO is also common in patients with large-area burns, traumatic elbow injuries, spinal cord injuries, and pelvic fractures, where it causes contractures that limit mobility. Although pain during healing is an obvious feature of these injuries and surgeries, Dr. Levi explained, it's been unclear whether pain-sensing nerves play a role in its development.
To investigate this question, Dr. Levi and Johns Hopkins colleague Aaron W. James, M.D., Ph.D., co-led a team of researchers from six institutions to determine how HO is affected by sensory nerves. Using a mouse model, the researchers observed that sciatic nerve axons — long extensions of neurons — grew into the injury site before HO occurred. When the nerve axons were not present, HO did not develop.
In an effort to identify the signal that draws sensory nerve axons into the injury site, the researchers surveyed gene activity to determine which genes might be over- or under-producing proteins after injury. They found that the amount of one protein, called nerve growth factor (NGF), increased several-fold after injury, and it came from cells on the outside of blood vessels. Because nerve fibers usually travel the same routes as blood vessels, NGF seemed like a likely beacon to draw axons in.
Sure enough, when the researchers used a genetic technique to shut down NGF- signaling at the injury site, HO did not develop. The researchers achieved similar success by using small molecules or an investigational drug to block TrkA, the receptor to which NGF binds.
Dr. Levi noted that several drugs that aim to relieve pain by blocking NGF are currently in phase 3 clinical trials at other institutions. These drugs could serve a dual purpose in patients at risk for HO by preventing this condition from developing.
Because of their high strength and light weight, carbon-fiber-based composite materials are gradually replacing metals for advancing all kinds of products and applications, from airplanes to wind turbines to golf clubs. But there's a trade-off. Once damaged or compromised, the most commonly-used carbon fiber materials are nearly impossible to repair or recycle.
In a paper published Nov. 2 in the journal Carbon, a team of researchers describes a new type of carbon fiber reinforced material that is as strong and light as traditionally used materials but can be repeatedly healed with heat, reversing any fatigue damage. This also provides a way to break it down and recycle it when it reaches the end of its life.
"Developing fatigue-resistant composites is a major need in the manufacturing community," said co-lead author Aniruddh Vashisth, University of Washington assistant professor of mechanical engineering. "In this paper, we demonstrate a material where either traditional heat sources or radio frequency heating can be used to reverse and postpone its aging process indefinitely."
The material is part of a recently developed group known as carbon fiber reinforced vitrimers, named after the Latin word for glass, that show a mix of solid and fluid properties. The materials typically used today, whether in sporting goods or aerospace, are carbon fiber reinforced polymers.
Traditional carbon fiber reinforced polymers typically fall into two categories: thermoset or thermoplastic. The "set" variety contains an epoxy, a glue-like material where the chemical links holding it together harden permanently. The "plastic" version contains a softer type of glue so it can be melted back down and reworked, but this becomes a drawback for high strength and stiffness. Vitrimers on the other hand, can link, unlink and relink, providing a middle ground between the two.
"Imagine each of these materials is a room full of people," Vashisth said. "In the thermoset room, all of the people are holding hands and won't let go. In the thermoplastic room, people are shaking hands and moving all around. In the vitrimer room people shake hands with their neighbor but they have the capacity to exchange handshakes and make new neighbors so that the total number of interconnections remains the same. That reconnection is how the material gets repaired and this paper was the first to use atomic-scale simulations to understand the underlying mechanisms for those chemical handshakes."
The research team believes vitrimers could be a viable alternative for many products currently manufactured from thermosets, something badly needed because thermoset composites have begun piling up in landfills. The team says that healable vitrimers would be a major shift toward a dynamic material with a different set of considerations in terms of life-cycle cost, reliability, safety and maintenance.
"These materials can translate the linear life cycle of plastics to a circular one, which would be a great step toward sustainability," said co-senior author Nikhil Koratkar, professor of mechanical, aerospace and nuclear engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
The research team also includes Mithil Kamble and Catalin Picu at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Hongkun Yang and Dong Wang at the Beijing University of Chemical Technology. This research was funded by the U.S. Army and NASA through the Vertical Lift Research Centers of Excellence program, the National Science Foundation, the John A. Clark and Edward T. Crossan Chair Professorship at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the University of Washington, and the company Software for Chemistry & Materials.
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The Quality of Life Foundation
To create a sense of wonder, gain people's trust, do less and reframe 'value' for all
By Dominique Staindl
In the first Quality of Life Foundation Associates workshop of 2021, we asked how a sense of wonder could re-energise places post-lockdown. We discovered that the key lies in doing less, gaining people's trust and placing value in more than just pounds and pence.
Guests Martyn Evans, U+I and Michael Dale, founder of the Glasgow West End Festival, joined QoLF Associates in May to share how they advocate (and agitate) for culture, play and distinctiveness when bringing people together. Chaired by Jonny Anstead, founding director of TOWN, our guests shared the challenges around their initiatives.
Manchester Mayfield
For Martyn and the development team at U+I, this required extensive campaigning to assure locals that a large public park in the yet-to-be-built Manchester Mayfield development would be a benefit to the community, then securing the funding to support the idea.
Affected by anti-social behaviour in the nearby Piccadilly Gardens, residents were concerned for the maintenance and safety of the city's first new public park in over 100 years. But with success, Escape to Freight Island, a sizeable pop-up concept with cafes, bars and restaurants, welcomed 30,000 visitors through their gates last summer.
In Glasgow, over a number of decades Michael Dale had been bringing large-scale volunteer groups and unpaid artists together to put on one of the city's biggest, and largely free, local arts and culture festival. Post-COVID, the festival has been on hiatus.
The organisation requires critical-mass attendance to be worth making requests to the council, organising street closures and coordinating hundreds of local acts across the area. The containment of the festival to one part of the city and subsequent proximity between attendees has been the key to its success. It is unsure how big the programme can be in the future.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, both guests spoke of the enormous economic benefits for the immediate traders and those in the surrounding streets to these initiatives. But the discussion between associates provided further food for thought:
One thing agreed on by everyone was that for ventures to be their most successful, community and council trust is key. Pavement pounding, social listening, stepping into community forums to understand sentiment are all critical to understand what exists and how to build on it. Buy-in should be made early, and well enough for those all-too-critical opinions to make a difference.
After a year of strict measures on everyone's lives, less is more. When you control spaces with traffic lights, signs and rules telling us what to do, people tend to do what they wish anyway. Let's close streets to traffic and set people free. Skateboarders may argue that some of the best places are created without commodification or permission. And the process of creating — or recreating — that space, rather than the finished product, can often be the source of 'Wonder' itself.
And if the way we feel in shared spaces post-COVID is different, what will we keep and what will we throw away? Do we need to reframe how we measure value — something else besides footfall and economics? And how does the commercialisation of some public spaces fit in a post-COVID world, where the sanctity of green space and fresh air gave us a new sense of freedom?
A pipeline of QoLF Associates' workshops will be held throughout the year, each focussing on a Framework theme or relevant industry topic. If you would like to learn more, contact dominique@qolf.org
Making wellbeing central to the way we create and care for our homes and communities. www.qolf.org
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Discussion in 'Ideas, Needs, Concept Feedback' started by njsinko, Aug 4, 2018.
I wanted to share with you the method that I used to confirm there was a market for my niche product before I created it.
2. Begin providing value to the group in some posts, without asking anything in return. Put your foot in the door so to speak.
3. Eventually you are ready to leverage someone else's group to your advantage. Create an online survey using a free online survey service. Ask people to participate in your survey about the problems they are experiencing in this niche, and what they need help with the most. It helps to present yourself as a sort of "expert". Be careful that you don't come off the wrong way. Emotional intelligence is needed to make this work - you don't want to get kicked from the group. If a mod senses that you are trying to leverage the group THEY built for your OWN gains, you will get kicked. Be careful and ADD VALUE along the way! If you do, you should be able to do this.
for a product that solved these specific problems (list a couple pain areas)"
5. Judge the responses. If people answer YES, then you can redirect them to a sales page to "pre-order" a product that doesn't actually exist yet. See if you can actually get a credit card number... ie: a real purchase.
6. If you are able to collect money - you have a solid idea.
7. MAKE THE PRODUCT AND DELIVER.
8. If you are unable to make the product for whatever reason, refund their money.
I like this method because people will often say they will purchase something until the time comes to actually hand over their credit card. Make them THINK the product is in the final stages of development, with a nice landing page, and ask them to buy. If they do... now you need to work like hell to actually make the product.
I learned the hard way not to make products before you can sell them. I wasted a LOT of time writing a book that nobody wanted, starting a gift company nobody was interested in, and starting a blog in a space that was too crowded without anything to differentiate myself. Talk about a waste of energy.
Sell it before it exists - the best confirmation of a valid market there is.
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The only "disagreement" I have when it comes to market research is that sometimes a product/service may be either too new/revolutionary or too unfamiliar for people to decide that they truly want it before they can see it firsthand; think of all the people a few decades ago thinking that the Internet is useless and only for geeks.
Of course, this only applies to a (very) small number of markets/niches.