The company is pleased to announce the results of BreasTel's Phase 3 Clinical Trials conducted during late 2016 to late 2017. These clinical trials involved 200 patients who presented themselves to the Radboud Medical Centre in Nijmegen, Holland as having a significant "lump" in their breasts. The testing was conducted by the patients and overseen by the clinical staff and doctors at the Medical Centre.
After significant medical and statistical analysis involving "Specificity" and "Sensitivity," the overall "Accuracy" of BreasTel was found to be 97.2%. The company is pleased with these results and intends to finish the development of the BreasTel device working with a major manufacturer.
Upon successful conclusion of its Phase 2 Clinical Trials, the company is pleased to announce the beginning of Phase 3 Clinical Trials in Holland. The company has entered into a contract with the Radboud University Medical Centre located in Nijmegen, Holland to test up to 200 women with breast abnormalities and has started work on this activity. This facility is one of the largest breast care centers in The Netherlands.
The Radboud University Medical Centre has been in existence since 1956 and works with regional, national, and international partners. The Medical Centre employs 10,341 employees and offers educational services to 2,216 medical students, 552 medical bioscience students and 443 dentistry students. Special units include neurosurgery, cardiothoracic surgery, and breast care among other servicers.
The company has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the MediReva Group of companies (www.medireva.com). MediReva is a $150 MM company based in Maastricht, Holland and consists of a group of nine specialty enterprises that service the healthcare industry, including breast care. Among other things, the LOI offers our company the Right of First Refusal for exclusive rights of sales and distribution of BreasTel in the Benelux Region of Europe, which encompasses Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg. In exchange, MediReva has made a substantial investment in the company. The company will begin negotiations on this agreement when the BreasTel product becomes available for commercial release. We are extremely pleased to develop this type of relationship with a major corporation and plan to develop more in the future.
The company today announced that they have successfully completed their Phase 2 Clinical Trials. The Clinical Trials were conducted at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. The company now has enough data to move on to the Phase 3 Clinical Trials.
During Phase 2, the company received a total of about 2,280 data files, 760 individual ultrasound observations of either full spectrum (full color) or grayscale (1 color) images and have computed 760 time-amplitude echographs from women with suspicious lumps being either malignant or benign abnormalities. The results met our medical expectations and have resulted in direct confirmation that the ultrasound probe is working properly, reading properly, and reporting all the correct and accurate results expected. The protocols were very clear and the decryption worked perfectly. The vector data was in range and the images very clearly showed the presence or absence of an abnormality in the breast.
IDS is proud to announce the appointment of Deborah Goslin as Chief Executive Officer and Director – Board of Directors, effective September 1, 2015.
For the last four years Kenneth J. Purfey has been the Chief Financial Officer and Acting Chief Executive Officer of the company. Mr. Purfey states that "our company has been expanding rapidly over the last few years. The reason I have been an 'Acting CEO' all this time is because we have been waiting to find a highly qualified female with a Bio-Science background to take the helm. I am very proud to say that we have found one. With Deb Goslin's help we can prepare to take the company to the next level." Mr. Purfey will retain the position of Co-Founder and CFO, and help Mrs. Goslin transition up to and well beyond our next milestones.
Mrs. Goslin has a solid track record of high-value fundraising from venture and strategic capital markets, and has a global reputation for superior ROI for investors via premium exits. She knows the importance of overcoming barriers-to-entry against competition through innovative product planning, execution, and IP protection. With over 37 years of experience, she has held the positions of Executive Chairman of Health SaaS.net, Chairman & CEO of BD Guidance Corp, CEO of Wanda Inc., CEO of Encirq Corp, CEO & President of SPV, EVP of Global Sales for Adaptive Insights, EVP Sales of NetBrowser, EVP of Platinum Technology, VP Sales of Comdisco, VP Sales of Metaphor Systems, Director of Sales for Siemens Inc., and Executive Director at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine.
Her education includes a Bachelor of Science, Nursing from Florida State University, a Master's Degree from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and an Executive MBA from Duke University, Fuqua School of Business.
IDS announces the engagement of Mr. Craig Coombs as a Consultant to manage the company's overall CE Mark and FDA processes for approval of our BreasTel device. Mr. Coombs has been the President of Coombs Medical Device Consulting (CMDC) since 2000. His company specializes in hands-on, innovative U.S., European, and Asian regulatory strategies for start-ups and companies that need to improve or enhance their strategies. CMDC skills include cost-effective First-In-Human or VC milestone clinical trial design, management, and analysis. During his twenty-three years of medical device regulatory work which includes FDA and CE Mark approvals, he has been a Vice President of Medtronic in the areas of Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance and Clinical Studies. Mr. Coombs received his B.S. (Biology) from Stanford University. Mr. Coombs is also on the Adjunct Faculty for the University of California (Santa Cruz) in Medical Device Submissions. The company is pleased to welcome him, and he will be working with Dr. Tim Stein on compliance and regulatory issues.
IDS was represented at the recent "Next 100 Women Innovation Summit" in Amsterdam, Holland. This Summit was sponsored by the Female Cancer Foundation, a group consisting of some of the most powerful women in The Netherlands. The company had a BreasTel exhibit that was visited by dozens of attendees and most took the company's handouts.
The company's representative said, "The interest in BreasTel is huge and they are all very positive about the innovation and possibilities—most women said they will purchase it once available. The event did offer a great platform to present BreasTel and I foresee, on top of the other marketing and sales efforts, a great direct sales opportunity to attend these kind of events in the future after the market introduction." Accordingly, steps have been taken to follow up with interested parties.Market Opportunity for BreasTel in the U.S. and E.U.
In April 2015, a special research study was conducted on behalf of IDS to determine the market for a device that would enhance the ability of a woman to perform a Breast Self Exam (BSE) and aid in the detection of abnormalities. Hundreds of women in both the U.S. and E.U. were questioned about a variety of BSE topics.
A majority of the women (about 80%) owned a smart phone, a component necessary to the device, and about the same percentage reported that they perform a BSE at least once a year, with 34% reporting that they perform a BSE at least monthly. Most women (70%) have a doctor that they see for regular checkups, and 90% said they would see a doctor if they felt a suspicious lump. Interestingly, the other 10% said they would not want to know if the lump was suspicious. This latter fact indicates that additional education is needed for some women in the prevention and detection of potentially dangerous abnormalities.
At least one-third of the women said they would pay $99 for such a device, while 70% said they would recommend such a device to their friends or family. When extrapolated to the eligible population of women in the U.S. and E.U.—using a target age of over 40—this represents a total market opportunity of $2.3 Billion domestically and nearly $4 Billion in the E.U., for a total market of $6.3 Billion. From a population perspective, this market represents at least 23 million women in the U.S. and 37 million women in the E.U, for a total market of 60 million women.
Identification Solutions has engaged Dr. Timothy Stein as a Regulatory Consultant to help guide the company initially through the CE Mark (Europe) regulatory process and later through the FDA (USA) regulatory process. For the last 20 years, Dr. Stein has been the owner of Business Performance Associates Inc., a firm located in Cupertino, CA and has guided over 110 clients through the CE Mark/FDA processes since then. His firm will help provide IDS with software design development processes that are compliant with IEC 62304:2006, design control requirements (QSRs and ISO 13485); FDA guidance documents for submission, preparation of documentation for 510(k) submission for products that include software, and testing of medical device software. His goal is to help IDS achieve software regulatory compliance.
To the best of our knowledge, Identification Solutions is the first company in the world to get an Android phone to respond to an ultrasound signature! This is an amazing engineering breakthrough because smart phones were never intended, nor designed, to work with ultrasound. Yet we have done it. We have a working prototype of the BreasTel unit that works with extremely high accuracy on phantom breasts when attached to an Android phone.
IDS successfully completed our Phase 1 Clinical Trials at Mammoth Hospital and obtained 62 ultrasound signatures as preliminary indication of proof of principle. These trials convinced us we were on the right track.
The company started our Phase 2 Clinical Trials at the UCLA Medical Center-Harborside, David Geffen School of Medicine, in Los Angeles, CA in mid-2014. These trials which are testing 100 women with likely breast cancer are intended to locate, identify, and characterize breast abnormalities as either potentially harmful or not harmful. The information gathered from these trials is improving the accuracy of our algorithms as well as creating a "never-been-done-before" data library of ultrasound signatures of malignant breast tumors. This sort of critical health information could be very valuable to larger health care companies.
To date, the results have met our medical expectations and have resulted in direct confirmation that the ultrasound probe we are using is working properly, reading properly, and reporting all the correct and accurate results that we expected. The protocols were very clear and the decryption worked perfectly. The vector data was in range and the PC images very clearly show the presence or absence of an abnormality in the breast.
We intend to begin our Phase 3 Clinical Trials as soon as we complete Phase 2. Phase 3 Clinical Trials will test 100-300 women with known breast cancer to further improve our algorithms as ready for commercialization and BreasTel sales, continue and refine our data collection techniques and analysis, and expand our intellectual property library of malignant tumor ultrasound signatures.
We also intend to publish a white paper research report to the Medical Community.
The good news from a recent Accenture Consulting report is that virtual health care—in the form of digital tools—can lower patients and insurers costs, and save physicans valuable time, to the tune of up to $10 billion.
The need for these virtual tools was a result of physician's facing an ever-burgeoning patient load and the desire to locate cost-reducing strategies across the board. While face-to-face visits and most medical testing will still be required, some of the upfront work can be done at home, by the patient themselves, and uploading the data to a physician's secure portal.
From filling out forms, answering simple intake questions and detailing medical history to uploading biometric information from wearable sensors, digital scales, and simple devices like a blood pressure monitor or blood sugar test strips, patients can provide information to a doctor before ever stepping into an office. They can thoughtfully fill out forms and upload data at their leisure, rather than in a waiting room or rushed appointment. And doctors can review these items before ever seeing the patient, allowing them to craft a plan of action and seek additional information as needed.
In some cases, eVisits can replace actual in-person doctor visits, another bonus of virtual health monitoring. These work particularly well with patients who have chronic illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, and heart conditions.
The report states that the ratio of virtual to in-person care will shift over time as technologies evolve, and possibly allow for better continuity of care for patients. And in the long run this will save an inordinate amount of money.
Of note was the impressive statistics on growth overall in the first half of this decade: 483% growth in digital information, 12,816% growth in mobile data traffic, 339% growth in smartphone sales, 1,344% growth in tablets sales, 73% growth in data revenues, 433% growth in OTT revenues, 50% growth in mobile industry revenues, and 341% growth in mobile apps revenue. All this bodes well for those in the mobile health industry, particularly the statistics on consumer mobile applications, which shows Mobile Health and Wellness anticipating a 50% increase during 2015.
Another section of the report address the issue of the sectors that will be most impacted by mobile in the next five years. The clear winner in this category was Health & Monitoring, which is anticipated to have a 60% growth over the next half decade.
Identification Solutions, Inc. is developing products for the mobile health and wellness sectors, with BSE Aware and the handheld BreasTel consumer product, both of which utilize smartphones and apps.
In a recent study by the Imperial College Healthcare Charity in the U.K., researchers found that women who are sent a text alert reminder for breast screening appointments are more likely to keep these important appointments.
The study, published by the British Journal of Cancer, tracked 835 women who were asked to attend their first ever breast screening exam. Text message reminders were sent to 450 of these women, 72% of which kept their appointment. Of those who did not receive a text message, only 60% made it to the doctor's office.
Lead author Robert Kerrison, of University College London, Cancer Research UK health behavior unit, said that, "everybody forgets things now and then and appointments to see the doctor make no exception…. In fact," he added, "forgetting is the most common reason why women do not attend their breast cancer screening appointments." His research proves that something as simple as a text message can increase the number of women who attend their appointments and get this important and potentially life-saving exam.
Last week, the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation, which is dedicated to achieving a future without breast cancer by engaging the public and the scientific communities in innovative research on cause and prevention, awarded four pilot grants to research projects exploring the human breast and how it develops cancer using next generation technology. The grants, funded by the Susan G. Komen organization and Atossa Genetics, will provide researchers with the ability to explore new theories and directions in the development of breast cancer.
Given the task of answering the fundamental question "How does breast cancer develop?, four teams will utilize recent advances in technology to explore the cause of this disease. The first $16,000 grant went to a consortium of researchers who will explore whether immune profiling of lymphocytes in women with benign breast disease can predict who will go on to develop breast cancer. This research could lead to the identification of new predictive markers for breast cancer risk and opportunities for prevention.
The second grant, of $17,000, will study optical coherence tomography (OCT), typically used in cardiology to look at blood vessels from the inside using light instead of sound to create three-dimensional images. OCT may be able to identify early changes in the breast duct before ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) or cancer forms. This study will determine whether it is feasible to use OCT to distinguish different types of breast cells and tissues and whether OCT can show features of invasive cancers or DCIS that are detected on ultrasound or mammography. This work could identify reproducible ways to image early changes in the ducts and set the stage for prevention studies.
A third grant, also in the amount of $17,000, will be used to analyze the overexpression of a tight junction protein called Junctional Adhesion Molecule-A (JAM-A ) in ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), to determine if this expression correlates with clinical factors, and to investigate whether treatments delivered directly into the breast ducts could target JAMA-A and prevent or reduce DCIS in animal models of breast cancer. This research could lead to prevention of invasive breast cancer through a local means.
The fourth and final grant was the Atossa Award of $20,000, which will help in the study of the safety and effectiveness of intraductal flagellin in animal models, with the ultimate goal of conducting a clinical trial of intraductal flagellin in breast cancer patients. This may serve as a way to prevent invasive breast cancer from developing.
Not all breast cancer biopsies reveal specific results, as some are more nebulous and open to interpretation. Which is why a new study, published in the journal JAMA, might make a woman think twice about seeking a second opinion.
The study found that there are differing opinions by doctors when it comes to diagnosing breast biopsy tissue. When diagnosing invasive breast cancer, broad consensus was found 96% of the time. With non-cancerous biopsies agreement was found 87% of the time, but 13% of those were misdiagnosed. The bigger issue was when it came to the less obvious cases, and pathologists only agreed with outside experts 75% of the time, and when it came to the more challenging cases, such as atypia, when the pathologists only agreed 48% of the time.
Approximately 1.6 million women have a biopsy each year in the United States, the only way to accurately determine if cancerous cells are present. Only about 20%—or 320,000—of those are determined to be cancerous.
While there is no formula for determining who will actually get breast cancer in their lifetime, there could be ways to lower your risk overall, according to Dr. Ann Partridge, associate professor at Harvard Medical School, and founder and director of the Program for Young Women with Breast Cancer.
In a recent interview on "Take Care," Dr. Partridge explained that eliminating environmental toxins and avoiding estrogen are a good start, but there are also individual behaviors that can affect risk. For women who have been through menopause and are overweight, there is an elevated chance of breast cancer. This is also true of women who are overweight in general. While it's not know why weight plays such an important factor, Dr. Partridge says many scientists believe that being overweight has to do with "energy balance," and hormones could also play a part.
Women can work to bring their body mass index (BMI) more in line with standards through diet and regular exercise. These behaviors could lower your risk of breast cancer. As can the elimination of cigarettes and alcohol, both of which are risk factors.
You can read the complete article, and watch the video interview with Dr. Ann Partridge here.
Reports at the conclusion of this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas all point to consumer DIY health care apps and devices being a dominant topic and taking up significant floor space. Among the forecasts for 2015 are the burgeoning sales of health and fitness wearables (Jawbone, Fitbit, Garmin, etc.), slated to hit the 20 million mark.
Making their debut at the show were a number of activity trackers, sleep devices, an oral health tracker, connected weight scales, and a several adhesive temperature devices. I particularly like the idea of the AmpStrip by Fitlinxx, a small patch with embedded sensor that adheres to the torso and tracks heart rate, calories burned, respiration, body temperature, and posture. And parents will appreciate TempTraq by Blue Spark Technologies, which is a peel-and-stick Bluetooth thermometer patch. Place it on your child during illness and fever and track their temperature with your smartphone!
Technology, miniaturization, and app development are all converging to bring new consumer health care products to the market, all pending FDA approval, of course.
The Health Research Institute of PricewaterhouseCoopers has issued a report, "Top Health Industry Issues of 2105," naming the emerging market of DIY Healthcare as the #1 trend. Noting that the $2.8 trillion health care industry is undergoing a "profound transformation," the report sheds light on how the consumer-driven market is taking shape by developing innovative products and services.
In what they call the "New Health Economy," data shows that "high-tech personal medical kits could help diagnose illness and flag early signs of trouble…" Much of this is spurred by Millennials, the generation that has been raised on technology, and an increasingly health-conscious society. It's also one way of potentially reducing the amount of money spent on health care, necessitated by many who are uninsured or underinsured. DIY Health Monitoring can reduce doctor visits and unnecessary testing, as well as relieve anxiety by providing immediate results in a home environment.
In the first 10 months of 2014, the FDA cleared 24 digital health devices and more devices are awaiting clearance in 2015. 2015 will also see the FDA reviewing a record number of mobile health apps "as digital companies respond to the demand for more sophisticated mHealth products." This is good news for consumers who will have the ability to proactively manage portions of their healthcare.


Lens Lust; I learned this term from a friend of mine and photographer Joey Goldsmith with N|Visible Photography. I not only understand the term now, I'm literally enthralled in the term now. I've been renting lenses for the past few weeks to really see what my big lens purchase would be in the future and I think I've found the one. The Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 Wide Angle Zoom lens is probably the best glass I've ever shot through. In my opinion it rocked the 24-70mm f/2.8 which I've been oozing over for quite sometime. You have to get really close to your subject so it may not be the best work horse for weddings, but for portraits and landscapes, the lens is perfect. If I need a good bokeh, that's where my Nikon 55-200mm f/2.8 will come in. Anyway, enough about lens lust; this past weekend's shoot was again for the NA Rider's Calendar. I'll be glad to get this thing wrapped up. I've put a lot of work into it and I'll be happy to see the results in physical print. It was definitely the hottest shoot I've been apart of, capping a heat index of 100 degrees and over. I've learned with shoot bikes, you have to get low and by low I mean laying on the hot asphalt. I literally had to lay a towel down so I wouldn't burn myself(which I did at the first location). Nevertheless, it was a bright day and perfect light. As always my strobes we're working hard and getting that extra dramatic light I needed. We did shoot in front of a lot of glass windows that caused a lot of problems in post, but in the end I think I captured some of the better shots I've ever taken. The models we're great for working out in that heat, I'm confident and happy with the results.


How to smoke lard correctly? This issue is of concern to many gourmets and lovers of such a wonderful product. Now this process can be organized even without leaving home, there are several ways available to each. We suggest you to learn how to smoke lard at home.
Preparation will take you 10 minutes, but all the timecooking takes 2 hours. But keep in mind that before you start directly to smoke, fat will have to stand in the cold for about a week. So, we need a piece of pork brisket with meat layers, weighing it in five kilograms. The thicker and fatter the piece, the better. At this amount of fat you need to take 50 g of fine salt and 2 tsp. large, 50 grams of sugar (preferably brown), maple syrup (can be replaced with honey), two cloves of crushed garlic crushed garlic. Mix salt, sugar, maple syrup (honey), garlic and gently rub the brisket. Do not worry if you can not lubricate every millimeter, - during cooking, brine fluid will fill the entire surface. Now put the brisket in a bag or wrap it in foil and place it in the fridge.
You need to check every day, watch toThe resulting brine filled all the areas and properly soaked the fat. On the seventh day, before smoking lard at home, remove it from the bag (foil) and rinse under running water. For smoking is best to use chips of cherry or apple tree, it will give the product a rich flavor. Smokehouse is done elementary: in the enamel or steel dishes, chips are placed on the bottom, a grate is installed on which it is necessary to lay fat, cover it and put it on the fire.
How much smoked bacon, depends on the thickness of the piece. Be prepared that the room will be smoky, so the kitchen should be equipped with a powerful hood. But it is better to produce this procedure outdoors (in the yard or on the terrace), using a brazier.
Another option, how to smoke lard in the homeconditions. It involves the use of onion peel, which must be pre-accumulated. Directly for the process, you will need a cauldron or a deep frying pan with thick walls, as well as salt, water and brisket (or fat from another part of the pig carcass). We prepare the brine: we make four tablespoons of salt per liter of water. Salo should be cut into slices 3-5 centimeters and lay them in one layer on the bottom of the vessel, in which you will smoke. Then pour the prepared brine so that it completely covers the product. From above just throw the washed ragged husk from the onion.
Frying pan or cauldron is installed on the stove. The brine should boil, and the bacon is cooked about 15 minutes. Then the fat should be extracted and cut into each piece three times, rubbed with pepper, garlic and other favorite seasonings, put in a jar and pour brine, put into the refrigerator for a day. This product is very similar to smoked bacon both in color and taste. This way of cooking with pleasure apply housewives, since smoking lard at home is not always convenient because of the smoke.
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Peter Burleigh of Bethlehem is one of 35 award winners chosen from among Bell of Pennsylvania employees statewide to receive the company's volunteer service award.
Burleigh who is employed in Bell's operations department in Allentown was nominated for the award because of his active participation in the Bethlehem Lions Club, Calvary Wesleyan Church, Northampton County Association for the Blind, Minsi Trails Council of Boy Scouts of America, Junior Achievement of Lehigh Valley, Bell Telephone Pioneers, the Penn-Jersey District Wesleyan and Telemissions.
During the year, he averages more than 90 volunteers hours each month divided among the various organizations.
Bell initiated the award because "volunteerism is a great force in our society." Its objectives are to give recognition for outstanding volunteers in the community and to encourage participation by others.


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What is God's vision for us if it's not about us being awesome? We're sinful, broken, imperfect, and not awesome. Not only are we sinful, but we live in a world that is pervasive in sin. Into this picture, God intervenes and gives us the light of the gospel, and he calls us to be light in the darkness as the church for the nations to see. Though we are imperfect, we can display God's awesomeness to the nations when we embrace this incredible vision of life.
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We think we should be able to master our body, not get angry at our spouse, not make mistakes, remember people's stories, keep up with the bills, maintain a clean home, maintain a stock fridge, not feel behind, and the list goes on. With these self-imposed expectations on ourselves, we are unable to experience grace. We idolize competence and this impossible picture of ourselves being able to do everything, be everywhere, and not make mistakes. As we look at the Scriptures, we look at how we can gain perspective and find lasting joy in the gospel rather than in our competence and abilities.
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Dentist Purcellville: Is It Time For Your Teeth Cleaning?
Almost everyone knows that you are supposed to see your dentist at least twice a year in order to have a full checkup and professional cleaning. Regardless of how often you brush and floss on your own time, having a dentist clean your teeth twice a year will guarantee that your smile remains healthy as time passes.
So why is this? After all, those people who have great oral hygiene habits already have clean teeth. However, there are some spots in your smile that simply cannot be reached by floss or by a toothbrush. In this space, plaque and tartar can easily build up. When this happens, it is fairly easy for bacteria to begin eating away at the enamel on your teeth, which will undoubtedly cause cavities if nothing is done about them.
Your dentist will also use this time to inform you of how you can improve your dental hygiene. The dentist can locate spots that you may be missing when you are brushing. This is helpful as you will be able to know whether or not you need to do a more thorough job when you are brushing your teeth or if your efforts are resulting in well cleaned teeth.
If you haven't seen a dentist for a professional cleaning in the last six months, it's time to schedule an appointment. The friendly and talented staff at Round Hill Smile Design are waiting to for you to give them a call. For the best teeth cleaning in all of Purcellville, contact our office today!


Lipids (forms of fats), proteins, and sugars (longer chain carbs broken down) can be burned as fuel. That's called metabolism and is where you derive much of your energy. But what other functional roles do lipids, proteins, and sugars have in your body?
Besides various lipids, like lipid layers surrounding every cell in your body, surrounding the nucleus, and surrounding the mitochondria (that, by the way, is a lot of good and important fat in your body, in every cell!), proteins perform most of the physical cellular functions. Think of protein as (1) the cell's internal framework, (2) the motors, and (3) the main form of communication.
In fact, I'm going to focus on proteins here because your DNA directly determines your proteins (if you change a DNA gene sequence [those A's, T's, G's, and C's], you change a protein made by your cell from that DNA gene).
The (1) internal framework of a cell is simple to grasp and easy to see. Think of individual amino acids (20 different options) put together like blocks or LEGO's® to form what is called a protein forming a structural frame. Like in this Fibroblast Cell picture (Note: most cell pictures you find are actin and/or microtubule staining similar to this one because this is cool and dramatic).
Besides internal framework, proteins inside cells can also perform "reactions" analogous to (2) motors firing. These are usually called enzymes (yes, enzymes are proteins; even the ones that break-down proteins). These "motors" often take building blocks and connect them together (for example, making small lipids into large fat droplets / making small sugars into large carb chains / making small amino acids into large proteins). Conversely, some other protein "motors" will actually break down the large molecules into smaller units.
Some enzyme "motors" also generate your body's energy by further breaking down (often called "burning") proteins, lipids, or sugars. This is metabolism.
So build up, break down, and...further break down. Simple enough.
Proteins also do a significant amount of cell signalling, which is sometimes referred to as (3) cell communication, using molecules instead of words. For instance, if two cells are growing in a dish and they bump each other, proteins within the outer layers will (i) sense this contact (often by positive or negative charge changes), and (ii) the proteins communicate this contact by creating signalling molecules inside of the cell (that causes other, precise, reactions to occur inside the cell).
Cell communication can be seen as incredibly complicated specific event but it can also be understood easily, just like you talking to another person. You can use specific words (which can be diverse and complicated) to describe highly specific things. But you mainly use words. You can only communicate so far (by yelling) before you are out of physical communication range. Your cells are similar. Cells just use protein-modified molecules instead of words. And the nervous system and your stream of flowing blood (and lymph) are your "cell phones" for long range communication.
So proteins (3) communicate, they act as (2) motors, and they (1) form internal frameworks.
This is the all important question. Originally, in your first cell (egg/sperm unity), proteins are already present within the egg (sounds like a chicken and egg situation, doesn't it?). These proteins are poised to perform basic functions, like communicate to the cell "divide now" or communicate "make more proteins now".
Proteins originate and replenish from DNA code. It's called transcription and translation; that's how cells make proteins. Confusing words because they are so similar but they've stuck. Here's what it looks like.
Now, of the approximately 3 Billion base pairs of DNA (A, T, G, or C), only about 20-25,000 are genes. Genes are simply the sections of DNA that code for a protein (using transcription and translation as pictured). One gene averages about 1,300 base pairs (counting only exon regions), meaning that 1,300 base pairs x 20-25,000 total genes = 26-33 million base pairs are actually within your genes (the "code"), of the 3 billion total base pairs.
How do scientists know approximately how many genes there are within those 3 billion base pairs?
Well, genes cannot become "transcribed" into RNA (coded by proteins into RNA) unless proteins recognize and bind a "promoter" DNA sequence to start the process. This sequence varies between different genes but has similarities of code. These similarities allow scientists to identify how are present within human DNA and where a gene starts.
Of course, there is also a "termination sequence" of DNA, that tells DNA-binding proteins to stop making RNA (keeping in mind that a region of DNA is first made into RNA, called messenger RNA, which is then made into a protein; transcription and then translation).
So promoter DNA sequence similarities are how genes are first identified.
What about RNA to protein? How does that happen?
Translation is less intuitive but it can still be understood simply. Remembering that this is all going on inside a single cell and that amino acids (20 different types) need to be linked into a chain to form a protein, the process occurs on an enzyme called a ribosome that grasps onto the RNA and moves along the RNA as an amino acid chain grows. Little transfer RNA's (tRNA's) holding a single amino acid bind the ribosome IF they have the appropriate complementary sequence (C binds G and A binds U; RNA contains A,U, G, C, instead of the A, T, G, C code, which is confusing but just the way it is).
In other words, tRNA's can add amino acids to a new protein if their "tails" match the RNA. See the picture below. This process results in the same protein (long chains of amino acid building blocks) being formed from the same gene as many times as the cell needs, based on signalling activation.
In case you need detailed information, here is a chart of the actual code. So if the RNA strand has UUU where the ribosome is bound, the tRNA carrying a Phe (or phenylalanine) amino acid will bind and attach a Phe. Only the Phe-tRNA can bind, not the other tRNA's. You'll notice some redundancies but that's just the way it is. Scientists don't make the rules, they only discover them.
How does this all relate to your life?
Well, in summary, genes within your DNA lead to RNA being transcribed that lead to proteins being translated or created, inside every cell of your body. Since your DNA is the same throughout all the cells in your body, if you have a mutation in a gene, the protein coded by that gene may not fully function wherever it is made in your body.
Knowing these gene mutations, or variations, and your specific proteins that might be changed by them, is important to understanding how your own body functions. It also will help you make changes that have positive results on your health and life.


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Dagestani Muslim leader gunned down
A prominent Dagestani Muslim leader has been shot dead by masked men in Dagestan's capital, Makhachala.
11 Aug 2003 18:47 GMT
Russian troops invaded and occupied Chechnya in 1999
Nadirshakh Khachilayev, a former Russian deputy, was gunned down in his car on Monday but his assailants managed to escape.
No-one has yet claimed responsibility for the killing.
A former head of the Union of Russian Muslims, Khachilayev became a celebrity during the first Chechen war (1994-96).
He commanded respect from Chechens and Russians alike when he acted as an intermediary between resistance fighters in Dagestan's neighbouring republic and Moscow.
However, the Russians turned against him in 1998.
He was stripped of his parliamentary immunity for his participation in the storming of a Dagestani government building.
Unstable Dagestan has seen many
anti-Russian attacks
Moscow concluded the flamboyant Khachilayev was too friendly with Chechen Islamists.
This made him a target after Russia sent troops back into Chechnya in October 1999 to put down a renewed independence bid.
Khachilayev was subsequently arrested, along with his elder brother Magomed, before being amnestied shortly afterwards.
He was re-arrested last year in connection with a bomb attack on an army truck in Makhachkala in which seven Russian servicemen were killed.
But he went on hunger strike and was later released.
Dagestan is the troubled republic of Chechnya's eastern neighbour.
Many Dagestanis sympathise with the plight of the Chechens and have fought alongside them during their struggle against Russia.

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It is totally optional to laminate the game pieces, but it will make the cards last longer, so the kids can continue playing game after game.
I love to use scrapbook paper when I'm making playing cards or memory games. It makes a cute background for the cards and most importantly, it makes it so the kids can't see through the cards and cheat.
Of course, if you don't have scrapbook paper, you can always put some random stickers on the back of the cards to cover up the superheros on the front side.
If you've never played Memory before, it is a very simple game. You turn over two cards at the same time. If they match, you get to keep them and turn over another set of cards to try again.
If you are playing with a young child, I recommend starting with 3-4 matches and increasing as your child's abilities grow. If you start with too many options, the game will take a very long time and your child will lose interest. A few easy matches is much better for building confidence than a lot of matches that the child struggles to find.
Download the Superhero Matching Game here.
Click the above link and save the PDF file, you will then be able to print it out at home.
And don't forget to pin this game for later, or share with your friends on Facebook!
This is a great superhero game that I am sure will bring lots of enjoyment to aspiring superheroes!


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Another Chef Akmal Concept is headed to Dubai
Samia Qaiyum
November 9, 2021 240 views0
This is not a drill.
For foodies across the city, the name Akmal Anuar needs no introduction. For others, here's a brief one: not only is the Singaporean chef the brainchild behind the likes of 3 Fils, Goldfish and Sharjah-based Chie, but he's also the founder of F&B consultancy firm White Rice. Now, Anuar is gearing up to showcase his heritage through an exciting new concept, 11 Woodfire.
As its name suggests, the restaurant will pair vibrant flavours with traditional wood-fire cooking techniques, resulting in a unique dining destination rooted in earthy soulfulness. Located in a charming villa on Jumeirah Beach Road and opening later this month, 11 Woodfire is the result of a collaboration between Anuar and Atelier House Hospitality. As for what diners can expect? A simple menu that celebrates the earth's natural bounty and creates a sense of community, especially as this eatery's core philosophy centres around a warming fire – a place to gather, connect and share food with friends and family.
As a result, the cuisine will showcase various techniques of grill cooking with an array of wood types, which help to create and enhance flavours. This will translate into an extensive selection of dishes that span meat, vegetable and seafood options – think: Wagyu kebab with fresh bread and truffle, king crab with lemon butter, and sea bass with a salt crust cooked in hay. Both familiar and unique flavours await, enveloped by the distinct tastes of woodfire and accompanied by unique seasonal ingredients. A passion project through and through, 11 Woodfire is a place driven by memories, stories and people, embodying the talented Anuar who, incidentally, started his culinary career working at his parent's hawker stall in Singapore.
As its curator and culinary force, his unbridled passion for simplicity and authenticity promises to shine through. "During my years of training, I never really found anything more interesting than the simplicity of natural flavours. It's a personal development of the palate and memory to combine and achieve the best pairing taste," he says. A sensory journey from start to finish, 11 Woodfire invites Dubai diners to explore a myriad of different textures, tastes, smells and sounds while discovering longstanding cooking techniques that enhance primal tastes in a warm atmosphere that encourages curiosity and conversation. Elevated yet comfortable, chic but casual, and committed to zero waste and sustainable practices – we'd expect nothing less.
GO: Visit www.11woodfire.com or follow @11woodfire on Instagram for more information.
A textbook third culture kid with a perpetual thirst for adventure, Samia Qaiyum specialises in travel and culture, having lived in five countries and travelled to 34 others – just don't ask her to define the word 'home'.
Chef Akmal Anuar
11 Woodfire


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1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Command the people of Israel that they i put out of the camp everyone who is leprous 1 or has j a discharge and everyone who is k unclean through contact with the dead. 3 You shall put out both male and female, putting them outside the camp, that they may not defile their camp, l in the midst of which I dwell." 4 And the people of Israel did so, and put them outside the camp; as the Lord said to Moses, so the people of Israel did.
5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 6 "Speak to the people of Israel, m When a man or woman commits any of the sins that people commit by breaking faith with the Lord, and that person realizes his guilt, 7 n he shall confess his sin that he has committed. 2 o And he shall make full restitution for his wrong, adding a fifth to it and giving it to him to whom he did the wrong. 8 But if the man has no next of kin to whom restitution may be made for the wrong, the restitution for wrong shall go to the Lord for the priest, in addition to p the ram of atonement with which atonement is made for him. 9 And q every contribution, all the holy donations of the people of Israel, which they bring to the priest, shall be his. 10 Each one shall keep his holy donations: whatever anyone gives to the priest shall be his."
11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 12 "Speak to the people of Israel, If any man's wife goes astray and breaks faith with him, 13 if a man r lies with her sexually, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and she is undetected though she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her, s since she was not taken in the act, 14 and if the spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife who has defiled herself, or if the spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife, though she has not defiled herself, 15 then the man shall bring his wife to the priest and bring the offering required of her, a tenth of an ephah 3 of barley flour. t He shall pour no oil on it and put no frankincense on it, for it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of remembrance, u bringing iniquity to remembrance.
23 "Then the priest shall write these curses in a book and wash them off into the water of bitterness. 24 And he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that brings the curse, and the water that brings the curse shall enter into her and cause bitter pain. 25 And the priest shall take the grain offering of jealousy out of the woman's hand z and shall wave the grain offering before the Lord and bring it to the altar. 26 And the priest a shall take a handful of the grain offering, as its memorial portion, and burn it on the altar, and afterward shall make the woman drink the water. 27 And when he has made her drink the water, then, if she has defiled herself and has broken faith with her husband, the water that brings the curse shall enter into her and cause bitter pain, and her womb shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away, and the woman b shall become a curse among her people. 28 But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, then she shall be free and shall conceive children.
29 "This is the law in cases of jealousy, when a wife, c though under her husband's authority, goes astray and defiles herself, 30 or when the spirit of jealousy comes over a man and he is jealous of his wife. Then he shall set the woman before the Lord, and the priest shall carry out for her all this law. 31 The man shall be free from iniquity, but the woman d shall bear her iniquity."
But the Lord said to Moses, "If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be shamed seven days? Let her be shut outside the camp seven days, and after that she may be brought in again.
When he realizes his guilt in any of these and confesses the sin he has committed.
And he shall bring to the priest as his compensation to the Lord a ram without blemish out of the flock, or its equivalent for a guilt offering.
And you shall not lie sexually with your neighbor's wife and so make yourself unclean with her.
And it shall never again be the reliance of the house of Israel, recalling their iniquity, when they turn to them for aid. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.
Because of them this curse shall be used by all the exiles from Judah in Babylon: "The Lord make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire.
And he shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take a handful of it as its memorial portion and burn this on the altar, on the Lord 's food offerings; it is a sin offering.
If a man takes his sister, a daughter of his father or a daughter of his mother, and sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace, and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people. He has uncovered his sister's nakedness, and he shall bear his iniquity.
What did it mean for the adulteress to have her 'belly swell' and 'thigh rot away' in Num 5:27?


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What do you get when you combine the most corrupt city in the United States with a mayor that got his political debut serving in the Clinton White House? Well, according to data presented by the Chicago Tribune today, it may just all add up to the second most sophisticated 'pay-to-play' operation in history...you know, because no one will ever come close to beating the Clintons at their own game.
As Mayor Rahm Emanuel ramps up his campaign fundraising toward a possible third term, he continues to rely on donors who have received City Hall benefits, ranging from contracts and zoning approvals to appointments and personal endorsements from the mayor, the Chicago Tribune has found.
With the February 2019 mayoral election still a year and a half away, Emanuel has collected $3.1 million in high-dollar contributions. And more than $2.1 million of it — nearly 70 percent — has come from 83 donors who have benefited from actions at City Hall.
Among the contributors: law firms seeking approval for their clients' projects or lucrative bond business for themselves, developers needing City Hall permission to build here, an events promoter negotiating the financial details of a major music festival and restaurateurs wanting coveted space at Chicago's airports.
Turns out there are plenty of examples which include the following 'doozy' in which Rahm raked in nearly $40,000 at a law firm fundraiser and then approved their zoning plans for a new McDonald's facility the very next day.
For example, Emanuel has received blocks of campaign contributions from DLA Piper, one of the go-to firms for real estate developers to get zoning approval at City Hall. The firm's zoning law practice was built up by David Reifman, a onetime zoning attorney who now holds substantial approval power over all new projects as the city's commissioner of planning and development.
During Emanuel's first run for mayor, DLA Piper lawyers and relatives gave him $54,000 in political contributions. In his bid for a second term, it was more than $75,000. This time around, 15 of the firm's lawyers gave $35,700 after Emanuel stopped by DLA Piper's downtown office for a Sept. 13 breakfast his official calendar listed as "non-city," the label often given to campaign events or fundraisers.
Emanuel's fundraiser took place as DLA Piper zoning attorneys were lobbying City Hall to sign off on the new West Loop headquarters of McDonald's Corp. The Emanuel administration approved the plans the day after the fundraiser.
And here's another great example whereby Rahm hired the law firm of Schiff Hardin for the city's $1.2 billion bond issue, an engagement on which they made over $200,000 btw, then strolled through their office just a couple months later for his kickback fundraiser.
Schiff Hardin is another firm whose lawyers have contributed to the mayor's campaign and benefited from decisions made by the Emanuel administration.
The firm made at least $205,000 serving as co-counsel on the city's January $1.2 billion bond issue, a massive borrowing plan to patch city debt, records show. About three months later, Emanuel attended a lunch at the firm's offices on South Wacker Drive, another event labeled "non-city" on the mayor's calendar. A week later, Emanuel's campaign deposited $17,800 from 11 of the firm's lawyers, records show.
Schiff Hardin partner Bruce Weisenthal said the mayor was invited to speak at the firm. He said Emanuel spoke for about an hour, giving an uplifting talk about the state of Chicago and where the city is going. "He was very generous with his time," Weisenthal said.
That lunchtime event came after a fundraiser in 2013. That year, Schiff Hardin made $96,000 in fees from a $276 million city wastewater revenue bond project. Three months later, Emanuel collected more than $16,000 from 13 Schiff Hardin lawyers at a campaign event.
But, it's not just law firms that seem to be able to buy special access in Chicago. No, this concert operator got his Lollapalooza music festival extended by a day for the bargain basement price of just $106,000 in donations.
While Emanuel bans contributions from the owners of businesses with City Hall contracts, he has accepted them from businesses that have contracts or permits with so-called "sister agencies," such as the Chicago Park District. In such cases, the mayor's campaign has contended there is no contract directly with City Hall, though Emanuel controls the sister agencies and appoints their leaders.
And so Emanuel has taken contributions from C3 Presents, an Austin, Texas-based concert promotions company that puts on the massive Lollapalooza music festival in Grant Park.
In 2014, the Tribune reported that Charlie Jones, one of C3's founders, threw an Emanuel fundraiser at his Austin home during the city's signature South by Southwest festival. Soon after, Emanuel reported pulling in nearly $104,000 in campaign contributions from Texas donors.
This time around, Emanuel reported receiving more than $106,000 from Texas donors in December and January, including maximum $5,400 contributions from Jones, fellow C3 founder Charlie Walker and their wives.
Oh, and for the right contributions, Rahm apparently also likes to dole out those lucrative airport restaurant leases as well.
Emanuel also has accepted campaign money from businesses that have benefited from major concessionaire contracts at O'Hare International and Midway International airports.
The mayor's office and his campaign say those contributions don't run afoul of Emanuel's executive orders because the businesses don't hold a contract directly with City Hall, but instead are licensees under two umbrella groups that have the contracts.
The restaurants at both airports do, however, stand to make millions of dollars from decisions made by Emanuel's Department of Aviation, where the mayor's hand-picked commissioner signs off on every souvenir shop, restaurant and book store at the airports.
Restaurant giant Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises has been granted access to travelers beyond security checkpoints under the two airport concession deals.
Company founder Richard Melman has been a longtime supporter of Emanuel, and several Lettuce restaurants — including Tallboy Tacos, Big City Chicken, Big Bowl, M Burger and R.J. Grunts — were selected for new spots at Midway under a contract approved Feb. 22.
The mayor's calendar shows Emanuel attending a "non-city" Jan. 12 lunch at Melman's RPM Steak restaurant in River North. Emanuel's calendar also shows the mayor meeting with Melman and Lettuce executive Christopher Meers at his fifth floor City Hall office Feb. 10 — less than two weeks before the Midway contract won City Council approval.
On the day he took office in May 2011, Emanuel issued executive orders aimed at cracking down on the pay-to-play politics that long served as a staple at City Hall. He banned business owners with city contracts and registered City Hall lobbyists from giving to the mayor.
In practice, the orders have proven to be narrowly drawn, allowing Emanuel to accept contributions from donors who benefit from his administration's actions. For example, registered lobbyists at a law firm can't give, but their colleagues can. The owners of companies with city contracts can't give, but their employees can.
Emanuel declined an interview request to discuss his fundraising efforts. Asked why the mayor heavily relies on individuals and firms who do business with the city for campaign contributions, Emanuel spokeswoman Shannon Breymaier issued a statement.
"On Mayor Emanuel's first day in office, he enacted several executive orders that set the highest ethical standards in the city's history," Breymaier said. "These orders include a first-of-its-kind ban on mayoral contributions from lobbyists and a prohibition on mayoral contributions from contractors doing business with the city of Chicago."
Of course, we're sure these are just more attempts to "criminalize behavior that is normal"...right, Donna?


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require "savon"

module Mellat

  class BpPayRequest
    attr_accessor :orderId, :amount, :localDate, :localTime, :additionalData, :payerId, :callBackUrl
    attr_reader   :respond

    def initialize(args = {})
      @orderId          = args.fetch(:orderId)
      @amount	          = args.fetch(:amount)
      @localDate  	    = args.fetch(:localDate,Time.now.strftime("%Y%d%m"))
      @localTime   		  = args.fetch(:localTime,Time.now.strftime("%H%M%S"))
      @additionalData   = args.fetch(:additionalData,' ')
      @payerId		      = args.fetch(:payerId,0)
      @callBackUrl		  = args.fetch(:callBackUrl,Mellat.configuration.callBackUrl)
      @terminalId		    = args.fetch(:terminalId,Mellat.configuration.terminalId)
      @userName		      = args.fetch(:userName,Mellat.configuration.userName)
      @userPassword		  = args.fetch(:userPassword,Mellat.configuration.userPassword)
      @wsdl       		  = Savon.client(wsdl: Mellat.configuration.wsdl, pretty_print_xml: true,namespace: 'http://interfaces.core.sw.bps.com/')
      @response   	    = RespondBpPayRequest.new()
    end

    def call
      response = @wsdl.call :bp_pay_request, message: {
      	'terminalId'     => @terminalId,
      	'userName'       => @userName,
      	'userPassword'   => @userPassword,
        'orderId'        => @orderId,
        'amount'         => @amount,
        'localDate'      => @localDate.to_s,
        'localTime'      => @localTime.to_s,
        'additionalData' => @additionalData,
        'payerId' 		   => @payerId,
        'callBackUrl'	   => @callBackUrl
      }
      @response.validate(response.body)
    end

  end

end


If you are planning a Google Drive migration and require assurance that the files at the source are exactly the same as the files at the destination, then you may be interested in our "Migration Integrity" feature.
One of the features that we designed into Nava Certus from the very beginning is called Migration Integrity. While this feature is not the most visible to the user, it is perhaps one of the most important for our enterprise customers that may want to ensure a certain chain-of-custody within the migration process. The "chain of custody" may be something that is required by your company's internal policies or by regulation.
Specifically, the integrity feature provides assurance that every single file that has been migrated has not been altered in any way. For every single file that we migrate, we calculate a cryptographic hash which we later correlate with Google's own hash (which automatically gets generated for any uploaded file). If the hashes match, we consider the migration to have been a success. If the hashes don't match for any reason, the particular item will be marked as failed.
Be on the lookout for the next release of Nava Certus, which will feature a "Migration Integrity" report. This report will list every single file migrated, the hash at the source, the hash at the destination, and any errors. You can provide this report to your auditors as proof of the integrity of the migration.
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Here we show the "Centralized" configuration, where all files go to a single destination Google Drive. NC will migrate the specified file(s) only to Google drive of those domain users who are granted at least one type of permission on that file. Using a preconfigured mapping file, NC will map the file permissions along with migrating the file to respective Google drives.
In the General tab, configure the general settings of the migration.
The Email Configuration section is optional and is used if you only want to receive email notifications on errors or slow performance.
We decided to make this video to answer some basic questions from customers. It is a demo of a file server to Google Drive migration.
We have been hard at work over the past months and we're ready now to share our excitement. As of yesterday, we have released the Beta version of Nava Certus, our powerful migration software enabling you to migrate your file server to Google Drive.
In fact, the product is available as a fully functional trial that you can download for free (up to 1GB). We would love to hear your feedback.
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If you are an MSP or Google Apps Service Provider, you may be interested to learn about the Reseller program from Nava Solutions.
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We are proud to announce the Beta release of Nava Certus, our powerful Google Drive migration software.
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For migrations larger than 500GB, please contact us using the Request a Quote form and we will put you in touch with one of our partners who will be able to sell the software as well as provide migration services.
We are also announcing the opening of our Partnership program. If your organization would like to resell Nava Certus and provide associated migration services, you may wish to learn more about our partnership opportunities.


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Q: Multiple Table MySQL Join where i wish to join 1 particular table twice I have the following tables in my database that records user errors as a log so i can see who has made errors and at what time.
log, users, errortype and timeperiod.

Users contains,

id|name
1  David
2  Mark
3  Darren
errortype contains
id | typeoferror
1    error type 1
2    error type 2
3    errortype 3
timeperiod contains
id | period
1     7am-11am
2     11am - 3pm
3     3pm - 7pm
4     7pm-11pm
and log contains
id | user | date | time | staff | typeofmiss | timeperiod | dateoferror  | notes
1  |  1   |1/1/15|11:23 |   2   |     2      |       3    |        1/1/15| blah
I would like the user column and the staff column both to link to the users table and the typeofmiss column to link to the errortype column and the timeperiod column to link to the timeperiod table so that when i have run a query it would return:
1 - David - 1/1/15 - 11:23 - Mark - errortype 2 - 3pm-11pm - 1/1/15 - blah
I have managed to get a query partly working, but i can't get the link the data from the users table twice i.e. for the user column and staff column, it returns the same name for both columns.
Is there a way to get this to workor do i have to get  the data out and then change the numbers to the names using php or something?
Thanks

A: You need to alias the tables and then specify the (aliased) columns to select.
SELECT
    a.id, a.user, a.date, b.name AS user_name, c.name AS staff_name, d.typeoferror
FROM
    log AS a
JOIN
    users AS b ON a.user = b.id
JOIN
    users AS c ON a.staff = c.id
JOIN
    errortype d ON a.typeofmiss = d.id

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/join.html

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Home > Vol. 4, No. 10, Oct 2013 >	Chatzis
Volume 4, Number 10, October 2013, pages 660-661
Patent Foramen Ovale: Faces of Paradoxical Embolism
Andrew C. Chatzisa, c, Michael Tsibinosa, Constantinos Xenakisb, Kyriakos Lazaridisb
aDepartment of Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece
bDepartment of Cardiology, Veterans Hospital, Athens, Greece
cCorresponding author: Andrew C. Chatzis, Department of Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, 356 Sygrou Ave, 17674 Kallithea, Athens, Greece
Manuscript accepted for publication July 9, 2013
Short title: Patent Foramen Ovale
doi: https://doi.org/10.4021/jmc1423e
The case of a 73-year-old woman with impending paradoxical embolism is presented. The patient was hospitalised for deep venous thrombosis and transient ischaemic attack. Thorough clinical and laboratory investigation revealed an intracardiac thrombus astride the interatrial septum, most probably originating from the deep veins of the lower extremities. The thrombus was successfully removed surgically.
Keywords: Cardiac; Foramen ovale; Paradoxical embolism
A significant number of cerebrovascular accidents are of unknown origin (cryptogenic). It has been suggested that a substantial subgroup of these patients have in fact paradoxical embolism (PDE) as a result of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in the presence of a patent foramen ovale (PFO). This theory has been strongly criticized partially due to the scarce documentation of impending paradoxical embolism (IPDE) in which a venous thrombus extends from the right atrium through a PFO into the left atrium.
A 73-year-old woman with chronic atrial fibrillation, presented with DVT of the right lower limb and transient ischaemic attack. Echocardiography revealed the presence of a large, longitudinal, thrombus crossing the PFO, protruding into the left atrium and through the mitral valve into the left ventricle during diastole (Fig. 1A, B).
Click for large image Figure 1. Impending paradoxical embolism. A). Thrombus (T) crossing from the right to the left atrium via a patent foramen ovale. B). The same thrombus dropping into the left ventricle during diastole.
The patient underwent emergency surgery. At operation under cardiopulmonary bypass and cardiac arrest, right atriotomy was performed. A 2 - 3 cm long thrombus was protruding through the PFO (Fig. 2A). The foramen was carefully enlarged and the entire thrombus, 15 cm long, delivered through. Its shape and size indicated the lower extremities veins as the most probable source (Fig. 2B) (T1). In addition, apparently due to the long standing atrial fibrillation, old wall thrombus was found in the left atrium. This was inadvertently detached from the atrial wall and therefore peeled off and completely removed (Fig. 2B) (T2). Fragments of thrombi were looked out for, picked up and removed (Fig. 2B) (T3). The left atrial appendage was ligated from the inside and the PFO primarily closed with a double layer suture. The patient made a full recovery and remains well 4 years later on anticoagulation, without further embolic episodes.
Click for large image Figure 2. A). Surgeon's view of the thrombus protruding into the right atrium. B). Thrombi removed.
The association of PFO and ischaemic stroke is strongly debated [1]. Investigators suggest, based on the high incidence of PFO and the fact that as many as 50% of DVT cases remain undiagnosed, that a large number of cryptogenic strokes might be attributed to thrombi crossing from the venous to the systemic circulation via a PFO. This is particularly true in young individuals and may account for as many as 47,000 cases a year in the United States alone [2, 3]. Furthermore, paradoxical embolism may be responsible for a significant minority of acute peripheral arterial occlusions in the absence of a clear cardiac or proximal arterial source [4].
Impending paradoxical embolism remains the hard evidence of the association of PFO and arterial embolism, yet it is difficult to document. The diagnosis of IPDE has been termed definitive when made at autopsy or in the rare instance when thrombus is seen crossing an intracardiac defect during echocardiography in the face of an arterial embolus [2, 5]. We herein present a case of IPDE supported by echocardiographic and surgical evidence where the causative factor was actually "caught in the action".
Consequently it has been suggested that the diagnosis of PDE could be established, should the following 4 criteria were fulfilled: 1). presence of DVT, or pulmonary embolism; 2). abnormal communication between the right (venous) and left (systemic) circulations; 3). clinical, angiographic, or pathologic evidence for systemic embolism, and 4) presence of a favourable pressure gradient promoting right to left shunting [2]. In line with these guidelines several reports have shown up in the literature [4]. Conversely, however, controlled studies failed so far to demonstrate the hypothesised association while PFO closure studies did not show a clear benefit [1, 3].
In the rare occasion of an IPDE urgent surgical intervention is mandatory [5]. Currently, secondary stroke prevention after initial ischemic event in young patients with a PFO and atrial septal aneurysm should be based on medical treatment. However, when encountering a young patient with recurrent ischemic stroke, established significant right to left shunt, presence of atrial septal aneurysm and lack of other risk factors, a decision for PFO closure should be considered [3].
Davis D, Gregson J, Willeit P, Stephan B, Al-Shahi Salman R, Brayne C. Patent foramen ovale, ischemic stroke and migraine: systematic review and stratified meta-analysis of association studies. Neuroepidemiology. 2013;40(1):56-67.
Loscalzo J. Paradoxical embolism: clinical presentation, diagnostic strategies, and therapeutic options. Am Heart J. 1986;112(1):141-145.
Piechowski-Jozwiak B, Bogousslavsky J. Stroke and patent foramen ovale in young individuals. Eur Neurol. 2013;69(2):108-117.
Travis JA, Fuller SB, Ligush J, Jr., Plonk GW, Jr., Geary RL, Hansen KJ. Diagnosis and treatment of paradoxical embolus. J Vasc Surg. 2001;34(5):860-865.
Meacham RR, 3rd, Headley AS, Bronze MS, Lewis JB, Rester MM. Impending paradoxical embolism. Arch Intern Med. 1998;158(5):438-448.


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Co-signed by Swiss Federal Councillor Karin Keller-Sutter during her visit to the UK, the Memorandum of Understanding commits the two countries to continue their work in tackling cross-border crime and terrorism after Brexit.
The UK and Switzerland already work closely on internal security, on a bilateral basis and through international channels. The new agreement sets out the two countries' commitment to continue to work closely on areas such as counter-terrorism and financial crime, while also looking to increase information sharing and closer working between police forces.
Javid said: "Terror knows no borders, which is why we must cooperate closely with our strongest allies to tackle the worst forms of criminal activity after Brexit. Switzerland is a key security partner for the UK and this agreement is a sign of our unconditional commitment to contributing to Europe's security."
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Police recovered this gun after a car chase Tuesday. Photo: BPD
Berkeley police reported on several crimes Tuesday night. They appear below. Send tips to Berkeleyside with your public safety questions.
HOME BURGLARY On Tuesday at about 6:40 p.m., police got a report about two people who had burglarized a garage in the 900 block of Spruce Street (near Marin Avenue) then drove away in white SUV. Just after 9:20 p.m., a Berkeley police officer saw the pair getting off Interstate 80 at the Albany exit. When the officer tried to stop the vehicle, the driver sped off and was not located, BPD said.
Raymond Rodriguez. Photo: BPD
POLICE FIND GUN, ARREST PAROLEE AFTER BRIEF CHASE About 20 minutes later, Berkeley police officers were searching the Berkeley neighborhood near Albany's University Village for the SUV from the earlier burglary when an officer saw a different vehicle — a white sedan — heading south on Fifth Street, BPD said. The vehicle "sounded like it had a flat tire or was dragging something," police wrote. When an officer approached the vehicle, the driver sped away toward University Village, BPD said.
Another officer who was already in the Albany apartment complex saw the driver crash into a parked vehicle at Kinkead Way and Red Oak Avenue, police said, then run from the scene of the collision. The officer chased the driver and yelled for him to stop. The officer also saw the man drop a metallic object as he ran, police said, and later caught up with him and arrested him.
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"Officers retraced the path and discovered that the metallic object the suspect discarded was actually a loaded handgun," police wrote. BPD identified the man as 27-year-old Raymond Rodriguez and arrested him on suspicion of felony hit-and-run, resisting arrest, carrying a loaded/concealed handgun, parole violation and numerous other gun-related offenses. Rodriguez, whose occupation is listed as a pizza delivery man, is being held on $55,000 bail at Santa Rita Jail, according to county records online. He is scheduled to be arraigned Friday at Wiley Manuel Courthouse in Oakland.
During the incident, there was discussion over the police radio about gunshot wounds Rodriguez had, but authorities later determined those wounds were from a prior incident. The University of California Police Department assisted in the investigation, BPD said.
Tuesday night's police investigation in University Village. Photos: Citizen reporter
STABBING ON UNIVERSITY AVENUE Also on Tuesday night, police responded to a report of a man in his 40s who had been stabbed in the abdomen and legs. The incident was reported in the 1100 block of University Avenue (near San Pablo Avenue) at about 10:45 p.m. The man, who had been stabbed in an off-street parking lot and sought help from a nearby business, was taken to a local hospital and is expected to survive, police said. BPD said the victim did not know the man who stabbed him and that, according to preliminary information, the stabbing was unprovoked. Witnesses described the assailant as a Black man with low-cut blond hair, 30-40 years old, about 5 feet 8 inches tall, wearing jeans and a shirt of unknown description. Police ask anyone with information to call BPD's Homicide Unit at 510-981-5741.
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Harmonic distortion is a means for measuring nonlinear distortion. Nonlinear distortion is a form of signal processing error that creates signals at frequencies that are not necessarily present in the input.
A Concise Report on the Effects of Harmonic Distortion
The adverse effects of harmonics on electrical power systems are well known. International standards exist to help manage the injection of harmonic currents into the power system.
A pure sine wave consists of a single fundamental frequency. Most waves are complex and can be broken down into a series of harmonics. For instance, the 3rd harmonic of the fundamental frequency 60 Hz is 180 Hz. The opposite end of the scale from a pure sine wave is a square wave, which contains all the odd harmonics of a fundamental frequency starting with the 3rd harmonic and extending to infinity.
Harmonic distortion is a measure of the ratio between the fundamental and the harmonics that are present in a waveshape.
Distortion is caused by non-linear loads drawing non-sinusoidal currents.
Non-linear loads include such office equipment as computers (draw 3rd and 5th harmonics); lighting (ballasts produce 3rd and 5th), transformers (3rd component), power converters (variable speed drives, UPS, electronic ballasts produce 3rd, 5th, 7th and 11th), commercial appliances such as photocopiers and printers.
The harmonic currents in a distribution system have the following undesirable effects:
Significant effects on the performance of computer power supplies.
Heating of magnetic devices, which can cause premature insulation failure and breakdown.
Triple harmonics produce higher than expected neutral currents, potentially resulting in insulation damage and breakdown due to temperature rise.
High neutral currents cause additional voltage drops, reducing available voltage and introducing even more distortion at the load. The resulting neutral-to-ground voltage also causes parasitic ground currents. data lines.
Stray magnetic fields can introduce annoying interference patterns in VDTs.
Undesirable ground currents may cause upstream GFI (Ground Fault Interrupts)to trip, degrading power availability.
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Computer power supplies are usually designed to operate over a range of AC input voltages. They produce a DC voltage that is affected by the waveshape of the AC waveform. Harmonic distortion has the effect of actually reducing the computer power supply's operating voltage. That variation is compounded by the normal variation of 10%. The end result is that the computer supply may malfunction, hiccup, or fail to provide the required output logic voltages, resulting in potential bit errors. A further negative side-effect of effectively lowering the computer's operating voltage range is the reduction of "hold-up" time, essential for the ability of the power supply to "ride through" power sags (caused by other equipments' startups). The result is more potential bit errors.
The simple fact is that the harmonic distortion prevalent in the modern office has a direct pathway to your computer power supplies, and once there it can cause data loss and other operating errors.
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Fraud Ringleader Gets 15-Year Sentence
10 Co-Conspirators Also Sentenced in ID Thefts at Healthcare Facilities, Other Sites Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • September 28, 2015
The leader of a $24 million identity theft and federal income tax refund fraud ring, which stole information from a military hospital, the Alabama Department of Public Health and others, has been sentenced to serve 15 years in prison and pay nearly $6 million in restitution.
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Keshia Lanier of Newnan, Ga., was sentenced Sept. 25 by a U.S. District Court judge in the Southern District of Alabama. Lanier pleaded guilty earlier this year to one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft, says Michael Boteler, an attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice involved in the prosecution, who declined to elaborate on the case.
Besides Lanier, 10 other co-conspirators have been sentenced for related crimes, with prison terms of as long as 13 years.
The sentencing of Lanier "brings to a close an extensive criminal network led by Keshia Lanier and designed to victimize U.S. citizens and defraud the U.S. Treasury of over $20 million in fraudulent refund claims," said General Ciraolo, acting assistant attorney general, said in a statement released by the Department of Justice. "The substantial sentences imposed on Ms. Lanier and her co-defendants send a clear message that those who chose to engage in such criminal conduct will pay a very heavy price."
Reaction to Sentencing
Some legal experts says the ID theft and tax fraud ring case should put other potential fraudsters on alert.
"The message to the ringleaders and participants of this scheme show that stealing money using a computer will send you to prison for a long, long time," says privacy attorney David Holtzman of security consulting firm CynergisTek.
"The lengths at which the government investigated and prosecuted this long-running, highly evolved fraud ring, catching crooks working for a number of state and federal agencies and resulting in long prison terms, should send a message that activities like this are taken very seriously."
Holtzman says he expects to see similar cases prosecuted. "I believe that the federal law enforcement agencies and the Department of Justice have placed a high priority on investigating and bringing to justice [those involved in] stealing sensitive personal information, cybercrime and resulting financial fraud. Over the past several months, we have seen several arrests or prosecutions involving domestic and international fraud rings," he says. In addition, federal agencies are being directed to devote additional resources to securing and monitoring their information systems to prevent and detect the misuse of sensitive data by insiders, he notes.
Healthcare entities and government agencies, such as public health departments, need to be proactive in efforts to fight ID theft and fraud crimes involving insiders, he says.
"We need to turn our focus away from complying with regulations and prioritize securing the data," Holtzman says. "With the increase in the value of patient healthcare records, organizations need to focus their efforts on placing a greater emphasis on monitoring and auditing who is accessing the information in their networks, understanding where your data is going and putting controls in place to prevent the transfer of mass quantities of protected health information."
Privacy attorney Adam Greene of the law firm Davis Wright Tremaine says crimes involving stolen IDs will continue to be a major problem. "My impression is that the use of patient information to commit various forms of identity theft continues to rise," he says.
"Healthcare organizations can reduce risk through thorough background checks, limiting access to full Social Security numbers and other sensitive information and auditing access logs for suspicious patterns," Greene notes. "However, as long as people need access to sensitive information to do their jobs, I don't see a means of completely eliminating this risk. An increase in criminal prosecutions will have some deterrent effect, but there will always be some who will break the law despite the potential consequences."
Criminal Co-Conspirators
Among others involved in the crime ring who've been sentenced is Tracy Mitchell, a former worker at a military hospital in Fort Benning, Ga., where prosecutors say she had access to the identification data of military personnel, including soldiers who were deployed to Afghanistan. Mitchell stole the personal information of soldiers and used that information to file false tax returns, prosecutors say (see Ex-Hospital Worker Sentenced in $24 Million Fraud Case).
Between January 2011 and December 2013, Lanier and Mitchell led a large-scale identity theft ring in which Lanier, Mitchell and their co-defendants filed more than 9,000 false individual federal income tax returns that claimed more than $24 million in fraudulent claims for tax refunds, according to information provided in court documents and at the sentencing hearings.
The IRS paid out close to $10 million in refunds based on these fraudulent claims, prosecutors say. Besides the military hospital, the defendants obtained the stolen identities from a variety of other sources, including from the U.S. Army, several Alabama state agencies, a Georgia call center and employee records from a Georgia company.
In August, Mitchell was sentenced to serve more than 13 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to file false tax claims, one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. She was also ordered to pay a penalty of more than $300,000.
Other Sentences
Among the other defendants in another related case linked to the same fraud ring was Tamika Floyd, a former worker of the Alabama Department of Public Health from 2006 to May 2013, and the Alabama Department of Human Resources from May 2013 to July 2014. Floyd was sentenced in May to serve more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud conspiracy and ID theft crimes. While working in her state jobs, Floyd had access to databases that contained identification information of individuals, which she stole and provided to the crime ring's co-conspirators for the filing of false tax returns, prosecutors say.
Others who were sentenced earlier this year for crimes related to the ID theft and tax refund fraud ring include:
Talarius Paige of Phenix City, Ala., who was sentenced to serve five years in prison and ordered to pay more than $760,000 in restitution;
Tamaica Hoskins of Phenix City, 12 years in prison and nearly $1.1 million in restitution;
Mequetta Snell-Quick of Columbus, Ga., two years in prison and nearly $200,000 in restitution;
Latasha Mitchell of Phenix City, 36 months in prison and more than $500,000 in restitution;
Dameisha Mitchell of Phenix City, 65 months in prison and more than $440,000 in restitution;
Sharonda Johnson of Phenix City, two years in prison and $440,000 in restitution;
Patrice Taylor of Midland, Ga., one year in prison and nearly $29,000 in restitution;
Cynthia Johnson of Phenix City, two years of probation and $5,000 in restitution.
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1、柔性;主要表现在加工对象的灵活可变性,柔性自动化加工是通过(零件加工程序)来控制机床进行加工的。即更换零件时,只需改变有关软件和少量工具夹(在某些情况下,甚至可不更换工具夹),就可实现对另一零件的加工,进行批量生产或同时对多个品种零件进行混流生产。这就显著地缩短了多品种生产中的设备调整和生产准备时间。 1, flexible; it is mainly manifested in the flexible variability of the processing object, and the flexible automatic machining is used to control the machine tool through (part processing program). That is to say, when changing parts, we only need to change the relevant software and a few tool clips (in some cases, or even replace tool clamps), we can realize the processing of another part, mass production, or produce mixed production of multiple parts at the same time. This significantly reduces the equipment adjustment and production preparation time in multi variety production.
2、自动化;各种柔性自动化加工方法的加工设备都可实现机床操纵和加工过程的自动化。一些较复杂和功能完善的系统还可以实现工件和其他物料在加工过程中的自动搬运、存储和交换,以及加工过程的自动监控、误差自动补偿、故障自动诊断、自适应控制和自动优化调整等功能。 2, automation; the processing equipment of various flexible automatic processing methods can realize the automation of machine control and machining process. Some of the more complex and improve the function of the system can also realize the workpiece and other materials in the process of automatic handling, storage and exchange, and the process of automatic monitoring, automatic error compensation, automatic fault diagnosis, adaptive control and automatic adjustment function.


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