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Depressive Disorders in Adolescents: Challenges in Diagnosis
Jerry Rushton, MD, MPH
Psychiatric TimesPsychiatric Times Vol 19 No 9
Many adolescents experience depressive symptoms and some have episodes that go beyond transient feelings. Risk factors and predictive strategies are thwarted by the power of individual differences. Communicating with patient families; using the available innovative pharmacological, diagnostic and behavioral tools; and individualizing treatment approaches can improve outcomes.
Despite media and popular stereotypes of moody, apathetic teen-agers, most adolescents are well-adjusted and productive. Nevertheless, many adolescents experience depressive symptoms, and some have episodes beyond transient feelings and normal development. Adolescence is a key period when many mental health disorders--including depression, dysthymia and other comorbid conditions--are often recognized. Although depressive disorders are relatively rare during childhood, by adolescence the prevalence is estimated between 2% to 8% (Burke et al., 1990; Costello et al., 1996; Lewinsohn et al., 1998; Lewinsohn et al., 1994). During early adolescence, a striking gender difference also emerges, with females two to three times more likely to report depression than males (Fleming and Offord, 1990). By 21 years of age, the cumulative prevalence of an episode of major depressive disorder has been reported to be 10% to 20%, with rates reported as high as 35% in young women (Lewinsohn and Clarke, 1999). Depression is associated with suicide, school failure and significant long-term morbidity. The U.S. Surgeon General, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other groups have identified depression as a major public health issue that has tremendous impact on productivity and economics in the United States and worldwide (Murray and Lopez, 1997). Despite the high prevalence and morbidity, growing research and continued innovations can provide great potential for prevention, early intervention and long-term treatment to significantly reduce morbidity and mortality.
Understanding the epidemiology and natural course of depressive symptoms and disorders in adolescents is important for clinical care, quality-improvement initiatives and research design. This knowledge can aid strategies to select high-risk populations for targeted screening or efforts to identify unrecognized and untreated depression. Treatment decisions and, therefore, outcomes may be improved with a better understanding of which teens are more likely to have persistent and more severe depressive episodes. In turn, by understanding the different clinical courses that can be expected, long-term care and the transition to adulthood may be improved as well.
Cultural and Racial Factors
Beyond well-recognized effects of age and gender, a growing body of literature has noted other differences in adolescent expression of depressive disorders. Race, ethnicity, sociodemographics, culture and religion have all been associated with depressive disorders (Garrison et al., 1990; Garrison et al., 1989; Goodman, 1999; Lewinsohn et al., 1998). For example, according to a Surgeon General report (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2001), Asian-Americans tend to suppress affect and avoid expression of upsetting thoughts; African-Americans tend to confront personal problems instead of using avoidance techniques; and Thai Buddhist children exhibit relatively more social restraint. Further, the DSM-IV now recognizes distinct "culture-bound syndromes," and the different expression of disorders--like depression--common to all cultures has been described for several different groups. Clearly, mistrust and stigma of treatment also have deep historical roots for many races and cultures.
The Surgeon General's and government's initiatives have highlighted racial disparities in the access, delivery and receipt of mental health services (Satcher, 2001). These efforts focus on several levels--the health care system, providers, communities, families and patients--to improve mental health care, since the effects of race can impact health system outreach, provider communication, community support, family stigmatization and patient care-seeking.
Worldwide Trends
International comparisons further reflect the clear differences among mental health and suicide rates of adolescents of different cultures and nations (Crijnen et al., 1997; Diekstra and Garnefski, 1995). A WHO study showed that, in 1997-1998, 11-year-old children in the United States had the highest levels of depressive symptoms compared with 28 other developed nations; 38% of females and 32% of males reported "feeling low" at least once a week during the last six months. Rates for those aged 15 showed weekly depressive symptoms in 49% of adolescent females and 34% of adolescent males (Scheidt et al., 2000). In contrast, Austrian teens reported the lowest level of weekly depressive symptoms (Figure) and Canadian youth fell in the middle of the teens worldwide reporting. In the same study, researchers found that U.S. youth were leaders in report of stomachaches, headaches and use of medications, and the United States was among the top four for seven of the nine health symptoms studied. Teens in the United States were more likely than respondents from other nations to report difficulty talking with their mothers (Settertobulte, 2000) and pressure by school work, and they were less likely to report that their fellow students were often kind and helpful (Samdal and Dr, 2000).
Another interesting report from comparisons of international data shows that depression and mental health problems may be increasing. The overall population prevalence of depression by birth cohort showed an increase in depression during subsequent generations over the last century (Cross-National Collaborative Group, 1992). Studies of worldwide trends show that depression may also have an earlier onset in recent years (Bland, 1997). The United States has an average age of onset in the mid-20s, which is younger than in most other countries studied (Bland, 1997). These trends were noted before the current environment of terrorism, and rates of stress and mental disorders may be even higher now in our unstable world.
The manner in which all of these complex factors interact makes any single clear answer to these national disparities elusive. Some of the potential interacting factors that contribute to higher rates of depressive symptoms among U.S. youth include violence, television/media, family structure and several other hypothesized causes. Beyond psychosocial and behavioral factors, emerging research is looking at genetic differences in neurotransmitter receptors and neuroanatomic variants. Although these findings may prove valuable in identifying patients who respond to treatment, most likely the research will not totally explain the variation among nations. Climate and the physical environment have even been shown to be associated with different rates of depression. Other factors such as access to medical care, school services, insurance barriers, and organization of health care and social services in different areas and countries may also account for some differences--especially when considering diagnosis and treatment rates. The same factors of society, community, family and peers that may be associated with higher rates of depression in some countries may conversely create strength and resiliency and serve as protective factors in other areas. It is also important to note that many studies report associations between factors, but delineating clear causal relationships is more challenging.
Before we speculate further on international differences, we must also consider how expression of opinions and test-taking characteristics affect U.S. teens' responses to questionnaires, interviews and scales and in clinical histories. Communications of feelings, coping styles and other characteristics may vary in different nations and among adolescents. Many screening tests and measures of acute depressive symptoms (used during the last week in the WHO study) may not be good proxies for actual depressive disorders. Reports of depressive symptoms may reflect variations in stigmatization of mental disorders and concepts of health and well-being. Depression has different manifestations in children than it does in adults, and assessment scales often developed for adults tend to overestimate depression scores when applied to youth (Costello and Angold, 1988; Roberts et al., 1991).
Finally, it is important to consider what significance subclinical or minor depression has in terms of long-term outcomes. Most studies are conducted in patients with severe impairment and recruitment is often in clinical and referred samples. We are just learning to appreciate the dimensionality of depressive disorders--that it is most likely not a dichotomous yes/no, on/off proposition.
Course of Illness
Depressive symptoms must also be viewed in the long-term perspective. Analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health--a representative survey of U.S. adolescents in grades 7 through 12 conducted in the school and home in the mid-90s (Bearman et al., 1997)--shows the difficulties of predicting the course of depressive symptoms (Rushton et al., 2002). Students completed a version of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale at the beginning of the study and one year later (Rushton et al., 2002). The majority of adolescents with minimal depressive symptoms (CES-D <16) at baseline continued to maintain similar CES-D scores a year later--only 3% of the group with minimal depressive symptoms developed moderate/severe depressive symptoms at one-year follow-up. For adolescents who were depressed at baseline, however, predicting persistent depressive features and resolution of symptoms proved very challenging. Many adolescents with moderate/severe symptoms reported a similar level of depression a year later, but more than half of the adolescents with moderate/severe depressive symptoms at baseline reported significant reduction on follow-up. Therefore, a negative screen on the CES-D or another evaluation of depressive symptoms may provide reassurance and place adolescents at low risk for future depressive symptoms. Adolescents with depressive symptoms may require ongoing evaluation though, since the course of their symptomatology can be quite variable.
In other analyses from our study, gender was the only sociodemographic variable consistently associated both with higher prevalence of depressive symptoms at baseline and follow-up.
Race, age and socioeconomic status were associated with higher baseline CES-D scores but did not predict greater likelihood of persistently elevated CES-D scores in longitudinal analysis. Other factors of adolescent self-esteem, resiliency, family and social support were not significantly associated with depressive symptoms.
Even with some knowledge of epidemiology, individual differences can be powerful and may limit the usefulness of risk factors and prediction strategies. We cannot forget the individual patient, comorbid conditions, and the family and social context. Depression is often a chronic, relapsing and recurrent disorder that must be approached with vigilance--no matter where an adolescent resides or their nationality, culture or race.
Yet, we cannot ignore the potential issues and comments on our society and modern life in the United States that are raised by reports that up to half of U.S. adolescents exhibit depressive symptoms. We must monitor rates of depression, particularly in this vulnerable group as they make their transition to adulthood; and we must keep an eye on prevention and early intervention before higher costs, morbidity and mortality are realized in later years. We must maintain a global perspective to work together and borrow from each other's successes in facing this important part of adolescents' lives. Finally, we cannot overlook the importance of communicating with each family and patient as we attempt to improve care of this complex chronic disorder and distinguish symptoms from disease.
Given the recent attention of genetics, neuroimaging, pharmacotherapy, public health and improved counseling techniques, we have multiple opportunities to improve care and impact entire nations, populations and individuals. Improvements may be realized through multiple approaches--targeted screening, probing with open communication and maintaining a high index of suspicion of possible depression in teens with school, family and/or social problems. Most important given the complex chronic course of depressive disorders and high occurrence of comorbid conditions, the first step may be to more effectively treat adolescents who are diagnosed with depression. The health care system must use innovations in information systems along with culturally sensitive, community-centered outreach initiatives to provide the long-term care and follow-up needed to prevent relapse and recurrence. Although national characteristics, cultural norms and other high-risk groups may inform the process and broaden research strategies, ultimately, clinical management must be individualized to the patient.
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Here's What You Need to Know About Global Media and Entertainment Industry
And What The Future Has In Store For It
Ruchi Gupta
The Global Media and Entertainment (M&E) Industry is one of the largest in terms of market size and revenue. According to some estimates, the US M&E industry is the largest in the world, and it has revenue in the region of $735 billion annually. This makes up about a third of the global M&E industry in terms of revenue and market share. However, new technology is fueling fundamental shifts in the industry, and this article undertakes to bring some of them to your attention.
Background of the industry
The global M&E industry is fast changing. In the last century, the industry was dominated by the broadcast sector where television programs and commercials were the major sources of revenue. Notably, this segment of the industry falls under the film subsector of the industry. Particularly, the film subsector remains the largest by revenue across the industry.
For starters, the M&E industry has continued to evolve especially since the internet became entrenched as a solid trend. As such, the industry is now made up of five significant subsectors including film, TV, Video games, music, and publishing. The internet changed the way people consume content. Interestingly, it is still the internet which is fueling the fundamental shift in content production and consumption. According to a PwC report, there is a significant shift in how companies in the industry are spending which mirrors the availability of new growth opportunities.
Commercials form the core of the digital wave
Like earlier discussed, the internet has changed the industry in unimaginable ways. In particular, digitization of the industry has opened new growth opportunities which threaten the traditional setup. One area which is experiencing fundamental shifts is the commercials sector. With the growth of the internet, such services as video streaming and video gaming are becoming more popular. As such, advertisers and other publishers are increasingly changing to digital platforms.
To be sure, there is a marked increase in spending on digital video advertising. According to eMarketer, the amount spent on digital video advertising in 2019 will be in the region of $3.08 billion. This is a huge change compared to only $0.31 billion in 2015. Another report by PwC indicates that global spending on new advertising avenues is increasing. In particular, the report noted that between 2011 and 2019, spending on internet ads grew by 7.8% CAGR. Generally, companies spent on advertising and access business models more than any other sectors in that period.
The old and the new co-existing
The growth of the digital sector notwithstanding, the good old broadcast sector is holding strong. For instance, India is home is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. The country is also witnessing an M&E industry which is growing just as fast. According to some estimates, the revenue for India's M&E industry could clock $35 billion around 2021. What is interesting is that digital services and linear TV are both growing at similar rates.
To be sure, online video platforms are growing in popularity, but traditional broadcast TV is still raking in huge sums in revenue. Notably, the country is vital for TV networks in Asia where it accounts for about 60% of its revenue in the region. This is a curious development considering that Western markets are departing from broadcasters.
Nonetheless, the reality is that digital media is disrupting the industry and players in the traditional industry are taking note of that. This is evidenced by the growth in internet ads expenditure captured by the PwC report. Also, streaming services are taking center stage as critical platforms for marketing. With the incorporation of AI and Machine Learning, publishers can personalize content and hence maximizing its impact on the consumers. By and large, the shift to digital platforms for media consumption implies that demand for data will continue to grow.
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Freedom of religion is properly understood to mean the freedom for an individual to have, or not have, a religious belief, to join a religion and take part in its rites and rituals, or change religion, or leave a religion, and not to be discriminated against because of their having or not having a religion; and also the right of religions - taken to mean (more or less) organized groups of persons adhering to a common belief system—to coexist in society on a basis of equality with each other and with individuals or groups of no religion.
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Prominent human rights organisation Liberty Victoria has thrown out a challenge to an inquiry set up by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
In the wake of the overwhelming vote in favour of marriage equality, Mr Turnbull ordered a review to see whether Australian law "adequately protects" the human right to freedom of religion.
Liberty Victoria has turned this on its head by telling the inquiry that religious privileges are far too extensive and must be rolled back.
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Take the right exit to reach room 43, which is necessary to reach room 46, the Clue Room. The left exit will bypass rooms 43 and 44, leading to room 45.
If you go to the right then the locked treasure chest contains a sword potion.
Clue Room. Shoot out the tail of the arrow to acquire the clue before touching the flashing panel and exiting.
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TV review: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Netflix
Arusa Qureshi
Darker reimagining of 90s sitcom Sabrina the Teenage Witch takes on fan favourites with style and substance
There's no shortage of badass female leads on TV at the moment, and this is no accident. With conversations in Hollywood dominated by the events surrounding the #MeToo and Time's Up movements, there seems to be a general consensus that we're in need of more female role models, be they real or fictional. The makers of brooding teen drama Riverdale may or may not have considered this in their darker reboot of 90s sitcom Sabrina the Teenage Witch, but in this reimagining, the Sabrina of the Archie Comics universe gives off vibes that are more akin to Buffy or the Charmed sisters, with nods to the nightmarish sequences associated with Stranger Things.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, based on the American comic book series published by Archie Horror in 2014, takes the familiar coming-of-age elements of Sabrina the Teenage Witch and distorts them into something much more ominous and sinister, as we follow the origin and adventures of Sabrina Spellman, minus the goofy Bewitched-esque shenanigans.
In this version, Sabrina, played brilliantly by Kiernan Shipka, is a strong-willed and multi-talented 16-year-old, who struggles to reconcile the two parts of her identity – half-witch and half-mortal – while fighting against the forces of evil that threaten the human world, which includes Satan himself. As in the original sitcom, Sabrina's aunts Hilda (Lucy Davis) and Zelda (Miranda Otto) act as her guardians but where the duo's relationship was always light and comical, in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Zelda acts as a minor antagonist, stern in her manner and utterly devoted to serving the Dark Lord as a member of the Church of the Night. Hilda, meanwhile, is the bubbly mother figure to Sabrina, whose thoughtfulness is epitomised by her quirky humour and constant making of tea to diffuse any situation. The pair torment each other but there remains hints of dark comedy, for example, Zelda's repeated killing and burying of Hilda when she's particularly annoyed, knowing that Hilda will eventually resurrect.
Fans of the original sitcom may be disappointed to see Salem, Sabrina's familiar, as a non-talking, real cat but fitting with the darker nature of the series, Salem plays a more mysterious role as Sabrina's shapeshifting protector. But the sassy quips and witty one liners associated with Salem Saberhagen are instead taken on by Sabrina's housebound cousin Ambrose (Chance Perdomo), enigmatic and amusing in his characteristics, easily filling the void left by Salem.
Harvey Kinkle (Ross Lynch), Sabrina's boyfriend and true love, is his innocent and unassuming self and as in the original series, she does everything to prevent him from finding out the truth about her identity. But Harvey is given more significance here, tortured and troubled by the town's seemingly spooky goings-on. Elsewhere, Michelle Gomez is excellent as the series' main antagonist, Mary Wardell, Sabrina's favourite teacher, possessed by the menacing Madam Satan, who, in the comics, has a crucial connection to the Spellman family that has not yet been revealed in the show.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina will still give you moments of comic relief, but the dichotomy between Sabrina's mortal and witch identity is far weightier here, offering true moments of horror and macabre developments. Similarities can certainly be seen to Riverdale as far as the gloomy scenery and uncanny, bloodsoaked storylines go, but it doesn't have the same sensuality that radiates from Riverdale. Instead, it feels more twisted, magical and somehow profound in both style and substance.
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The Cavaliers reportedly held a team meeting, discussing the burden of Kevin Love. According to sources, Kevin Love was faking his sickness to leave the game against the Thunder early, and so he could leave the practice on Sunday early.
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Everyone in the Basketball fandom have all heard about the Ball family. If not, let's go through a brief introduction together.
First, the oldest brother of the family, Lonzo Ball. Lonzo has already been drafted 2nd in the 2017 draft to the Los Angeles Lakers and has a pretty successful season so far, averaging 10.2 points per game, 7.1 rebounds, and 7.1 assists.
The middle son, LiAngelo Ball. LiAngelo had already received a sports scholarship to the University of California, Los Angeles and was projected to also to join the draft next year. However, with some dilemma after being caught shoplifting in China. It was predicted that LiAngelo would be put in jail for years, however President Donald Trump had requested China to free him. Now, he is a professional player at BC Prienai.
Last but not least, Lamelo Ball. Lamelo had recently left highschool in order to join his brother at BC Prienai. At only age 16, he is already seen to become better than both older brothers.
The Ball family is set to become the most successful family in the sports industry. That is thanks to one man, Lavar Ball.
Lavar Ball, father of the Ball brothers, has been mostly recognized for making obnoxious claims such as the following: "Back in my heyday, I would kill Michael Jordan one on one.", "You ain't even gotta ask me that question. Until I die, I will always think that my son is better than Steph Curry," and more. Just recently, he called out Luke Walton, coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, stating that nobody in the team wants to play under him.
Now you ask yourself, why does the media give this man so much attention? Has Lavar Ball become too big?
The answer is yes. Before Lonzo declared for the NBA draft, Lavar had already established their own family brand, Big Baller Brand (BBB). Because of BBB, history has been made. Lonzo became the first player ever to have his own shoes, ZO2, before entering the league. Lamelo Ball already became the first high school player to have his own shoes, the MB1.
Now, Lavar is aiming for something bigger. To create the Junior Basketball Association. Lavar wants to run this league the same way the NBA does. However, instead of professional athletes the league will consist of high school players. Each player has the potential to earn about 10,000 dollars monthly to compete. This is a very ambitious project, however this is also a controversy because this will pull high schoolers from their education, including their gateway to college. If a high school player were to not make the cut in the NBA, they will have no backup plan due to the lack of knowledge after missing out on college. The sad reality is that not everybody will make the NBA. Teenagers should not focus only on basketball, and instead set their priorities straight because education comes first. We do not need Lavar to spark up bad ideas that could endanger the future of the United States.
This is sports journalism. I chose to write about sports because that's what I want to do what I grow up, become a sports journalist. I chose the Lavar Ball as my topic because they are arguably the most interesting man in the sports industry right now. I hope that my writing is somewhat like something you would read from ESPN. I think I did a decent job.
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Enrique Martin Morales (Ricky Martin), es un cantante y actor de Puerto Rico. Es popular por su música. La cancion mas famosa es "Livin La Vida Loca" porque es muy rapido.
Genero de 'Livin La Vida Loca' es pop. Creo que la cancion es acerca de…la vida loca! La cancion tiene muchos premios. En el ano 1999 y 2000, fue Billboard top 100. Muy loco! Me encanta!
Enrique Iglesias es el mejor en el mundo. Su padre, Julio Iglesias es un cantante tambien. Enrique Iglesias es de Espana, pero vivio en Miami. Es muy profesional porque tiene muchos premios.
Enrique gusta son pop latinos. La cancion habla sobre bailando con una chica. "Yo quiero estar contigo, vivir contigo. Bailar contigo, tener contigo." La cancion es muy bonita porque en el video, hay mucho tango. Es muy romantica, me encanta!
Shakira es una cantante de Colombia. Es muy famoso por bailar y cantar. En cambio, Carlos Viven es tambien de Colombia, pero solo popular por cantar. Juntos es muy fantastico!
La cancion "La Bicicleta" habla de Colombia. El genero es vallenato, pop y reggaeton. En la cancion, Shakira y Carlos Vives van en bicicleta en el pais de Colombia. Me gusta porque Shakira es muy bonita.
Alvaro Tauchert Soler es de Barcelona, Espana y también Aleman. Alvaro es musico latino musica de pop. Tambien es muy guapo! Estas de acuerdo? Si!
La cancion "Sofia" es muy bueno. Alvaro Soler es famoso por "Sofía". Creo que el genero de la cancion es romantico. En Italia la cancion es el top 3 y en Suiza es el top 10 (2016). La canción me hace muy feliz porque es muy calma.
Marc Anthony es un cantante y actor estadounidense. Anthony es tambien el mejor artista de salsa de todos los tiempos! Su es muy talentoso y fantastico.
Muchas personas habla de que la cancion es triste. Sin embargo, creo que esta cancion me hace feliz!
Nick Rivera Caminero (Nicky Jam) es de América. Pero habla espanol muy bien. El es muy viejo por su carrera es de 1994 hasta ahora. Es muy talentoso.
Hasta el Amanecer es una cancion muy famosa. 1.1 millones de personas escuchan en Youtube. Muchas personas encanta la cancion porque el genero es Pop y Romantica. Quiero bailar!
Muchas personas dijo, "Me encanta" en el Youtube video.
Juan Magan es un cantante y DJ en Espana. No es famoso porque solo tiene 29 canciones. Sin embargo, es muy bueno porque su musica se escucha mucho en el mundo.
El genero es pop. La cancion "vuelve" es muy divertida de escuchar. Por que? Creo que es fantástico porque Juan Magan canta la vida. Muy relajante para escuchar cuando estoy estresado!
Gipsy Kings es un grupo establecido en 1978, Francia. Fue establecido en Francia, sin embargo sus padres son de Espana. El género Gipsy King juegar es Pop, Salsa y Flamenca. Muchas personas encanta su musica porque es muy famoso en el mundo.
A la derecha se ve Antonio Romero Monge. El otro hombre a la izquierda es Rafael Ruíz Perdigones. Los del Rio es un grupo muy popular. Ellos hacen musica de pop!
Macarena fue publicado en 1995. La cancion es muy antigua, pero muchas personas todavía le gusta en 2017. Me encanta porque a mis padres tambien les gusta. Es muy divertido y interesante.
Luis Fonsi es de Puerto Rico. Sabe espanol porque en Puerto Rico, muchas personas habla espanol. Es muy famoso porque por su nueva cancion, Despacito.
El género de "Despacito" es pop. Me encanta esta cancion porque hace que mis hermanos bailan y cantan mucho. Siempre estoy feliz por esta cancion. Es muy bonita y numero uno!
Screen-time has been a vital factor in people's everyday lives. The use of technology is being applied by streaming through the news, for entertainment, and educational purposes. Teens are using screen-time at home, in the car, and more. Countries throughout the world are becoming aware of screen-time overuse, and have decided to take immediate action. The advantages outweigh the disadvantages for teens on screen because it decreases stress for teens, is beneficial for teens education, and develops leadership skills.
One factor that proves that teen on screens is beneficial is that screen-time decreases stress for teens. Author Lisa Bowen in "Video game play may provide learning, health, social benefits, review finds" explained research shared in American Psychologist, stated that screen-time can boost teen's health by keeping them stress-free, since they will be entertained by social media, games, and videos. Stress can provide problems such as headaches, anxiety, and other consequences. In other words, screen-time is basically a "medicine," preventing all of these negative side-effects that could harm people. Screen-time can potentially help teen's lives.
Parents might think screen-time is responsible for poor grades, however it is fair to say that screen-time is beneficial to education. Due to screen-time, it dramatically increased the learning system by making learning intriguing, which also challenges students to learn more, stated from "The Importance of Technology in Education Infographic." Screen-time provides students with knowledge, coming from websites such as Khan Academy, Brainpop, and more. When teens are on screens, it will definitely help with their learning.
Teens achieve the role of a leader with screen-time. Numerous video games allow teens to have the ability to turn themselves into a leader. When playing a game, teens will interact with his or her friends, and will have leadership skills to reach the objective of the game. With the leadership role, it could also reflect in reality. This could potentially be the most important factor to be having screen-time.
Children on screen-time is arguably not beneficial. According to "Here's What A Constantly Plugged-In Life Is Doing To Kid's Bodies," it is estimated that 45% of adolescents are not getting enough sleep due to devices around them. Because of lack of sleep, students are believed to not focus during class time, and not showing effort in class activities. However, it does help teens with learning. According to Dr.Kramer, "Learning gets enhanced and solidified when there is a dialog." This shows that with parents asking about how they are managing their time online, it would be an essential way to help teens learn.
To wrap it up, screen-time may have many disadvantages, however it does have advantages for teens on screens because screen-time decreases stress for teens, improves education, and develops leadership skills. Screen-time gives entertainment, which makes teens stress-free. It also challenges students to learn more, giving the determination to succeed in school. Most importantly, it lets teens have a leadership role with online gaming. Screen-time contributes a lot in people's everyday lives, and will continue to. In conclusion, reducing screen-time will not be necessary because it provides many benefits to teens.
One thing I would change about my writing if I could do it again, is instead of supporting screen-time, I could rebel against screen-time. There were many articles against teens on screens, which could make the writing piece filled with more evidence and analysis. In my opinion, writing about the costs of screen-time would be easier, due to the fact that there are more articles trying to prevent teens on screens.
What was especially satisfying to you about either the process or the finished project?
I was really surprised with the final product because if I look back at my flash drive I can detect various mistakes in my flash draft. I thought my flash draft was pretty good, but as I re-read it, I thought to myself, "It's not that good." However, I looked at the teacher's comments and peer comments, and revised it. I also tried to spot the run-on sentences, and caught a total of three. There was a huge difference between my flash draft and final writing piece.
Something went well was the length of time for every class reflection. It wasn't too long, and it wasn't to short. It was just right.
I struggled with making eye contact when presenting, because of the awkwardness in the room. However, I managed to finish it.
There would be more friends presenting around when I am, to avoid the awkward silence in the room.
I have made a lot of progress with my reading log because in November both my reading log consisted a lower score than a C; however, in the second semester my score has improved, with nothing lower than a B. This shows how my consistency in summarizing character development improved with what I read. I still have areas of improvement left. Based on my comments on all my reading log, all of my summary had been brief, and could use more details to enhance my writing. A plan to resolve this problem is to close read, and at the end of every chapter I read, I will stop and add a small summary of what I just read. I am confident I can pull this off in the 4th quarter.
In this swimming unit, we've learned a lot of things. But, the most important thing we learned was life saving. We learned many techniques. But, I think the most important thing is the "3 taps." You can play around and everything, but, if you give 3 taps to a partner, that means "Let go!" This unit has been amazing.
CSI stands for the following: color, symbol, image. The word I have selected is "wage" because I thought the outcome would be very interesting, working with Google Drawing with a very difficult word to show visually. The color I have mainly chosen was the color green, because the color of money is green. The symbol I've chosen was the dollar sign, because it symbolizes money. The image shows an American dollar bill, because workers will receive money after a certain amount of time through labor.


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Home Equestrian BEF update: Moving horses to the EU – what's the situation?
BEF update: Moving horses to the EU – what's the situation?
BEF update: 17.02.21
Moving horses to the EU – what's the situation?
It's been six weeks since the new regulations for moving horses to and from the EU came into effect and the team at British Equestrian felt it would be helpful to provide an update on how the new processes are working in practice, some of the difficulties being experienced by those on the ground and what we're doing to improve the situation.
The UK has left the EU single market and customs union and, as of 1 January 2021, operates under a free trade agreement for the import and export of goods, including horses for any purpose. We have been given 'third country' status, which brings with it a series of rules and requirements which we now have to work with when travelling horses abroad.
In order to meet the regulatory requirements of moving horses from a third country such as the UK to the EU, even if only on a temporary basis, we now need to make sure that horses have:
Pre-travel residency or isolation
Blood tests and export health certificates
Customs declarations or carnets
The British Equestrian pre-travel checklist is a helpful starting point for making your first journey under the new requirements. It lists all the steps you'll need to take in the build-up to departure, with tick boxes so you can mark off each completed step.
For those travelling horses as an economic activity – for example, professional riders travelling to a competition – it's now necessary to have legal status in the EU, which includes an inspection certificate for your vehicle carried out in the EU, transporter and handler authorisations, and certificates of professional competency issued in the EU, in addition to the UK equivalents that were in place pre-Brexit.
All of these changes mean that:
there is a greater paperwork burden involved in preparing for your journey
trips need to be planned much further in advance
the use of an approved shipper is strongly recommended
the overall journey time has increased due to more checks required on paperwork, the vehicle and horses being carried out.
As a result, it's estimated that overall travel costs have increased by between 220% and 320%, depending on if you use a ferry or the Eurotunnel. A breakdown of the costs and how these have changed since before Brexit is available for download.
The British Equestrian Trade Association (BETA) has also reported that there have been issues for those carrying their own feed and bedding on the crossing to Europe, either on the lorry with horses or in a separate shipment. They recommend carrying a commercial invoice to show that the goods have been purchased in the UK and have warned that you could be liable for VAT changes on arrival. If you're taking items into Europe which will be returned, use a carnet or duplicate list with the relevant forms to avoid VAT or duty on return.
From a trade perspective, BETA members are reporting an uneasy transition for the import and export of goods, too. They have experienced similar issues to those moving horses in relation to paperwork, increased complexity, time and cost. VAT and duty charges are a concern for goods moving in both directions and will influence future trade with the EU and consumers could see price changes in the future.
Iain Graham, British Equestrian CEO, commented; "We're acutely aware of how the new requirements are effecting the equestrian community since they came into force on 1 January. Everyone did what was possible to prepare for the transition based on the information available but, until it's put into practice, you don't have a full picture. We're now getting first-hand accounts of the issues and what barriers are in place, and we can bring about a greater focus in our activity.
"The equine industry is a major contributor to the UK economy, over £4 billion, and we will do what's possible to safeguard the livelihoods of those who contribute. Competitors, breeders, producers, show organisers and trade companies are all feeling the impact, and we will make our representation to government to help find a way forward. We have to accept the legislation in place at present but, working with our stakeholders, we can find ways to improve, streamline and digitalise the processes involved," he continued.
Areas for review
Areas we have identified as needing immediate review are:
the export health certificates, which contain pages that are not needed
the manual process for sending these to Border Control Posts in order to book a slot and obtain permission to board a ferry or a tunnel crossing, which is neither efficient nor environmentally acceptable at the moment.
In April, new EU equine health regulations come into effect and we must work hard to ensure and changes to the paperwork make it much easier to use.
Those who've already used Border Control Posts (BCPs) to enter the EU have had mixed experiences. Some have passed through within an hour of arrival, while others have had to wait for several hours with horses already tired from travelling, which is not in the best interests of equine welfare. The processes here can be improved and we'll be driving this forward.
We would also like to get a telephone 'hotline' established, with DEFRA's assistance, to ensure that anyone having issues, particularly with horses in transit, can seek instant help. We're aware that this is in place for other areas of industry, so will be campaigning for a similar service to be implemented for the equine sector.
What are governing bodies doing to help?
Work is constantly going on behind the scenes on your behalf. We're working closely with the British Horse Council at national government level, and lobbying strongly on the areas of the process where there are difficulties and suggesting more workable compromises.
We're also using our strong links to the International Horse Sport Confederation, which pools the resources and expertise of high level negotiators in racing and global sport, to look at changes that need to be assessed to minimise the friction and the delays created by the changes.
A new independent Equine Sport & Business Working Group has also been established to represent riders, operators, producers, breeders and show organisers. Getting first-hand experience from those involved at the sharp end is vital, and it's hoped that this group will provide a high-profile standpoint. The group has had a preliminary meeting and will be reaching out to the equestrian business community for their views and experiences very soon.
We need your help and input, too. The more facts, feedback and case studies we can collate, the better informed case we can present to make a positive change. Evidence-based submissions that signify a clear need for review will help to improve the situation, shortening unnecessary time spent on vehicles for horses and saving everyone time and money.
So, if you've travelled a lorry of horses to the EU since 1 January 2021, please complete a submission form. How did you find the planning? Did you locate an OV easily? What was the paperwork like?
Your experiences at Border Control Posts are valuable. Although these inspections are a new process for French officials, and delays are much worse on busy days, we are hoping that feedback from your own journeys will enable us to help streamline these ways of working. More importantly, Border Control Posts will be introduced on UK soil for horse entry (or re-entry) from July, so your feedback can help us to ensure that we don't see a repeat in the delays currently being experienced in France. We need to make sure that the 'teething problems' being reported do not become permanent barriers to our sport.
One key area we need you to let us know about is the opening hours of BCPs in France. At the moment, Calais is open 0830 to 1800. We think that this will create issues in the summer when competitors prefer to take night ferries, especially when there are large volumes of movement after shows finish, and clearly it is not acceptable to have long waits on arrival in France before BCPs open. Let us know your views on this, especially where they are backed up by your own experiences. If you can provide dates, times and video footage as well, all the better.
Everyone is invited to make submissions to the upcoming Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee inquiry into moving horses across borders, which is now open to receive evidence. You can do this directly or use our form and we'll submit on your behalf.
This inquiry scrutinises the impact of the free trade agreement and relationship with the EU on how animals can be moved across borders, focusing on live animal exports, including equines (horses, ponies and donkeys) and other domestic animals. The scope of the inquiry covers impacts on animal health including disease outbreak, economic interests, and the capacity of the UK to adapt to new regulations.
If you'd like to share your experiences, either just to help with British Equestrian's lobbying activity and/or to the EFRA Committee inquiry, download our submission form and complete with your case study, upload via Dropbox by following the instructions on the form. The deadline for evidence submission to EFRA is 17 March 2021.
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Bernard Hickey: How will NZ break its investment drought?
Trade Minister Tim Groser has rubbished claims the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement would leave New Zealand vulnerable to being sued by foreign companies.
Professor Jane Kelsey of Auckland University last night said the proposed agreement would leave Government open to litigation if it tightened regulations in areas such as gas and oil and exploration or even if it introduced a capital gains tax.
It would allow oil companies to launch lengthy court action against the New Zealand Government if they thought new legislation would threaten their profit margins, she said.
She made the claims after seeing a chapter on investment leaked to the Washington based organisation Public Citizen.
Both she and the group are strong critics of the trade deal currently being negotiated by nine countries, including the United States, New Zealand and Australia.
However Mr Groser this morning told Radio New Zealand the claims were "yet another beat up".
"The New Zealand Government will not sign any agreement that stops us now or any Government in the future from regulating in public health and other legitimate policy purposes.
"We won't agree to a document that says what some of these anti-trade people... claimed. We will protect New Zealand's legitimate rights to regulate.
"We're simply not going to agree to a document that has that provision. End of story."
The government would not compromise its ability to legislate to protect the environment, he said.
"We won't agree to that because we will consider it absolutely vital that this government and future governments can put in legitimate controls to protect the environment.
"We actually want to attract foreign investment into New Zealand to exploit some of the natural resources New Zealand has because we want this country to grow faster. We want better jobs and we want to ensure our grandchildren can make a future for ourselves."
Dr Kelsey said the leaked chapter had been authenticated as a recent draft.
It contained a section on investor-state disputes allowing investors to claim damages against Governments in special tribunals if their investments are impaired by Government action.
The leak showed that Australia was the only country of the nine objecting to the investor-state dispute proposals.
Dr Kelsey said the New Zealand Government last week opened tenders for oil and gas exploration in 23 onshore and offshore sites at a time when it had weak regulation on such exploration.
"You can guarantee those oil firms would threaten to sue if new regulations hit their share value or profitability."
Whether or not they had a good legal case would be beside the point.
"They can tie up governments for years in massively expensive legal battles. Just that threat can 'chill' the regulatory decisions."
She said the draft text should ''worry the heck out of Labour'' if it was serious about introducing taxes on capital gains or speculative financial flows.
She believed that a section protecting investors against ''expropriate or indirect expropriation" could apply to a Government re-regulating the broadcasting market, for example, or cutting the number of pokie machines allowed in a casino.
Dr Kelsey also said that the draft would limit what a Government could do in a financial crisis because it would not be able to impose controls on the transfers of money in or out of the country.
If a bid by the United States to have Government bonds treated as investment was successful under the TPP it would affect sovereign debt restructuring in situations such as Argentina once faced and Greece is facing.
Dr Kelsey said the leak sent a message to TPP negotiators as a whole that "obsessive secrecy is its own worst enemy - it simply confirms they have something to hide."
She called on negotiators to release the current texts at their next meeting on July 2 in San Diego so the deal could be subject to full and informed scrutiny.
The other countries in the negotiation are Singapore, Chile, Brunei, Malaysia, Peru and Vietnam.


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Anja Schreiner
Professional Bodybuilder
Anja Schreiner is a German professional bodybuilder. Throughout her career, which lasted from 1986 to 1992, Anja competed in a total of 9 shows.
She placed high in many of these contests and was known for having one of Germany's best female physiques.
However, Anja's victory at the 1992 Ms. International caused controversy among people – some believed that Anja should've done more to deserve the title.
This is her story:
Athlete Statistics
Full Name: Anja Schreiner
Weight Height Year of Birth Nationality
125 - 135lbs (56.7 - 61.2kg) 5'7" (170cm) 1967 German
Profession Alias Era
Professional Bodybuilder The Anger 1980, 1990
Weight 125 - 135lbs (56.7 - 61.2kg)
Height 5'7" (170cm)
Nationality German
Profession Professional Bodybuilder
Alias The Anger
Era 1980, 1990
Anja Schreiner's Contest History
1986 Miss Germany – 1st place
1989 Pro World Championship – 21st place
1989 Ms. International – 11th place
1990 Ms. International – 3rd place
1990 IFBB Ms. Olympia – 3rd place
1991 Ms. International – 2nd place
1991 IFBB Ms. Olympia – 8th place
1992 Ms. International – 1st place
Anja Schreiner set out on her fitness journey for health reasons. During her teens, she was diagnosed with scoliosis, a condition which saw Anja develop a sideways curvature of her spine.
To deal with the issue, Anja started lifting weights, hoping she'd grow out of her condition.
First Show, First Trophy
Although she initially trained just to fix scoliosis, Anja soon grew fond of lifting weights.
In fact, her progress spurred her on to take part in her first bodybuilding show.
In 1986, at just 19 years of age, Anja wowed everyone by winning Miss Germany. She subsequently entered the Pro circuit and was now able to compete against the best female bodybuilders in the world.
Competing as a Pro
During her professional career, which spanned over 4 years, Anja competed in 8 bodybuilding shows. One of these was the famous 1990 IFBB Ms. Olympia, where she landed in 3rd place.
However, it wasn't until the final year of her professional career that Anja took her first Pro victory.
Ms. International Controversy
In 1992, Anja took part in the Ms. International bodybuilding show. Anja knew the competition would be tough, so she gave her best during her preparations in the months prior.
Stepping on the stage in her best version yet, Anja weighed 130lbs at 5'7" of height. She ultimately took 1st place that day.
However, the victory sparked a lot of controversy in the bodybuilding industry. Although the judges deemed Anja's physique as the best, people from the audience weren't happy with the result and booed Anja and the judges amid the victory announcement.
The audience was so infuriated that even Arnold Schwarzenegger himself had to step on the stage to calm everyone down. Nevertheless, Anja proudly walked away with her trophy that day, knowing how hard she'd worked to win it.
Anja Schreiner's Legacy
Anja Schreiner's last contest came in 1992 when she placed 6th at the IFBB Ms. Olympia.
Despite the controversy around her Ms. International title, she left the sport as one of Germany's most respected and greatest female bodybuilders.
Female bodybuilders like Anja trained using a combination of free weights and machines.
Anja usually started her workouts with multi-joint movements, such as pull-ups, bench press, and squats while her muscles were still 'fresh'.
Then, as the fatigue set in, Anja would start doing isolation exercises to focus on a single muscle.
Along with these strength workouts, Anja also did cardio to stay lean for her shows. She did everything from slow-paced cardio to HIIT.
Although she never neglected the importance of cardio, Anja knew that the most important factor in getting ripped was her diet. For this reason, she ate only whole foods which came from natural sources. Her macros were high protein, moderate fat, and low-moderate carbs. She rarely indulged in a cheat meal.
What we can learn from Anja Schreiner
Anja took on weight training as a way to improve her scoliosis. However, her motivation to train quickly went from that to winning bodybuilding shows around the world.
Over the years, she created a well-rounded and aesthetic physique that people admired. By the end of her career, she became one of Germany's best female bodybuilders.
But it wasn't always easy for Anja. She had to face criticism for her success, including her victory at the 1992 Ms. International.
Her story shows us that success will inevitably bring you opinions from people, both positive and negative. But regardless of what anyone says, stay on your path and commit to fulfilling your potential.
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Q: How to navigate from browser to application in Citrix I am currently developing an integration between a web app and a windows application, where everything works fine on standard setups. However, introducing Citrix to the equation complicates everything quite a bit.
The current solution
At the moment we have a POC (proof of concept) running with custom Uri Scheme registration to a little exe we have developed, and listing active instances with Global Atom (using this trick to list search all entries). This way, we can see if an instance of our application is running. If it is, we call it via SendMessage, and if not, we start the application in a new process, and wait for it to be ready, for us to call it.
The issues introduced with Citrix
Now, when using Citrix Desktop Sessions, we do not suspect we will run into any issues, but with Application Sessions (AKA XenApp) the Citrix documentation states: "URL redirection works only for desktop sessions, not application sessions.", and we have therefor run into a brick wall with our implementation. So to sum up, we now have issues with accomplishing the following steps:

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*Registering a custom URI Scheme handler: That might not at all be supported. The way we use it now, it points to an application on disk, but the Application is installed on a server.

*Detecting if an instance is running: We do not know if Global Atoms are even possible in this setup, and I have been unable to find any documentation on this.

*Calling a XenApp window with SendMessage: When running the simplest XenApp configuration we could reproduce, we can inspect the hosting process and get the handle to our application, but the application never gets the message sent at it.

Solving it within the current solution scope
Can the above scenario be accomplished in a Citrix environment using Application Sessions? If so, how? The tests I have performed so far, appears to confirm my suspicions that it is simply not supported within this setup.
Solving it in similar fassion
The POC we have developed is simple and modular, and changing how instances are located and communicated with is easily implemented and made configureable to our clients specific setup. It will then require other ways of detecting, launching and communiting with the primary application.

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*Customize a hosted browser application, to run in the same server environment as our software, and then our POC was able to launch our software as though it was a regular desktop environment.

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Seeing is believing: cataract care in Myanmar
July 29, 2015 Jessica Mudditt	Leave a comment
Published in The Myanmar Times on 22 June 2015
A cataract in the human eye. Source: Wikicommons
Although no data exists as to the prevalence of cataracts among Myanmar's population, experts say more needs to be done to raise awareness about the condition, particularly as it can cause progressive deterioration of vision if left untreated.
Globally, cataracts are the leading cause of blindness and account for more than one-third of the world's visually impaired people, who number some 20 million. According to the World Health Organization, the vast majority of untreated cases are in developing countries, due to lower levels of access to diagnosis and treatment.
Cataracts are a clouding of the eye's natural lens, which results in an opaque, brown or milky white colouring which obscures vision. It often occurs as we age, because the lens protein is prone to degrading over time. A person's eyesight can deteriorate in a variety of ways as a result of cataracts, including a fading of colours, blurred vision and what is known as glare – an extra sensitivity to light.
Cataracts can be present from birth as a result of a congenital condition, or result from an injury that inflicts trauma on the eye. However the onset of cataracts can also be brought about by lifestyle-related factors or the misuse of certain medications.
Myanmar Eye Centre is a private eye clinic in Yangon that was established seven years ago. It currently has six eye specialists, who are known as ophthalmologists. Approximately one-fifth of its patients – which number around 50 a day – are affected by problems associated with cataracts.
"Most patients complain of having poor vision that has deteriorated gradually, or experiencing glare, such as when they stare into the lights of an oncoming car at night," said optometrist Dr Phyo Thiri Aye.
Diagnosis of cataracts requires an eye exam: Although surgery does not need to follow immediately afterward, an operation is the only means of restoring sight and must not be left too late. Contrary to some beliefs, neither eye drops nor oral medicine can be used to prevent or cure cataracts: Surgery is the only treatment possible, and it's better done sooner than later.
"Cataracts grow denser over time, which makes surgery more complicated because it requires a large rather than a small incision," said Dr Khin Thida Oo.
The procedure involves removing the cloudy lens and replacing it with an artificial one, which stays in the eye forever more. Dr Khin Thida Oo said that surgery should take place as soon as the deterioration in sight leads to difficulty carrying out daily activities.
According to the eye specialists at Myanmar Eye Centre, surgery is more frequently delayed among Myanmar's rural population, due to lower awareness about the risks of leaving cataracts untreated as well less access to medical care.
Also complicating matters in remote areas of Myanmar are "quack healers" – hucksters trained in neither modern nor traditional medical practices – who are known to continue to carry out a form of treatment that dates back to ancient Greece called "couching": hitting the lens with a pointed object with such force that it causes the entire lens to dislodge from where it is attached within the eyeball and fall to the cavity in the back of the eye. As well as being extremely painful, couching has very high risk of severe infection of the entire eye and, most often, requires very thick glasses afterward, as you no longer have the eye's natural lens to rely on.
"We've had some patients come in from rural areas that have undergone this procedure," said Dr Aye Thi Han, adding that the patients find it difficult to perform necessary visual tasks in the aftermath.
Any means of shielding the eyes from exposure to direct sunlight will work to delay the onset of cataracts and is therefore recommended.
"The greater an individual's exposure to UV rays, the greater the risk of developing cataracts," Dr Aye Thi Han said.
Eye-test equipment at Myanmar Eye Centre
Sunglasses that provide UV protection are one of the most common methods. Although sunglasses are unpopular in Myanmar, fortunately doctors agree that the ubiquitous sun umbrella does an equally good job. Those who are most exposed to the risks associated with prolonged exposure to direct sunlight are engaged in farming – a group that makes up two-thirds of Myanmar's workforce. An added aggravation is the fact that Myanmar is located in a region where ozone depletion is higher than the norm, as is the number of sunlight hours.
While men and women are equally predisposed to developing cataracts, certain cultural factors suggest there may be a higher prevalence here among men.
"Women are more likely to stay indoors and men are more often working in occupations where injuries to the eyes can occur," said Dr Aye Thi Han.
Those who consume alcohol and tobacco also place themselves at higher risk, with cases of cataracts occurring in people as young as 40, according to the doctors at Myanmar Eye Centre.
There is a further dangerous practice that may make Myanmar's population more susceptible to cataracts: the misuse of certain medications.
"It's a cultural thing in Myanmar for someone who goes to see a doctor to want to leave with some sort of medication, even if there's nothing wrong with them," said Dr Phyo Thiri Aye.
Even more alarming are the effects of corticosteroids, which are strictly intended for a confined period of use.
"Corticosteroids are a good and useful medication for certain problems, such as inflammation or an infection like pink eye. But if misused, they can have a dangerous effect that includes both cataracts and glaucoma," said Dr Khin Thida Oo.
Corticosteroids can be bought over the counter without a prescription in Myanmar, which causes medical experts to worry that large numbers of people are self-medicating to detrimental effect.
"Steroid eye drops can be used to treat pink eye and they'll think, 'Oh this is working well, so it's okay.' But pharmacies shouldn't be dispensing this type of medication without a prescription and patients shouldn't be using it without being monitored by an eye doctor," said Dr Khin Thida Oo.
For more information, contact the Myanmar Eye Centre helpline on 09-31311304.
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According to Cllr Heney, this Government has built an average of just 85 new housing units each year since coming into power. That's compared to an average of 417 new social housing units built every year in Dublin for the previous 5 years.
The Dublin Bay North representative, whose area has the highest social housing waiting lists in the country, has accused the Government of burying its head in the sand as Dublin suffers its biggest housing crisis in history.
"This crisis has been allowed to escalate out of control due to a series of political decisions and a complete lack of understanding of the realities facing Dubliners. In 16 years as a Dublin City Councillor in the Clontarf ward, social housing was traditionally never a major issue in my area. But in the last two years it has become the single biggest crisis in my district and the areas I represent now have the highest waiting lists in the country.
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Q: Count the occurence of word in a list containing sentences I am having some problem with Java programming which includes List. Basically, what I am trying to count the occurences of each word in a sentence from a list containing several sentences.
The code for the list containing sentences is as below:
List<List<String>> sort = new ArrayList<>();
for (String sentence : complete.split("[.?!]\\s*"))
{
    sort.add(Arrays.asList(sentence.split("[ ,;:]+"))); //put each sentences in list
}

The output from the list is as follows:
[hurricane, gilbert, head, dominican, coast]
[hurricane, gilbert, sweep, dominican, republic, sunday, civil, defense, alert, heavily, populate, south, coast, prepare, high, wind]
[storm, approach, southeast, sustain, wind, mph, mph]
[there, alarm, civil, defense, director, a, television, alert, shortly]

The output desired should be as follows (only an example). It will output all the unique word in the list and calculate the occurences by sentences.
Word: hurricane
Sentence 1: 1 times
Sentence 2: 1 times
Sentence 3: 0 times
Sentence 4: 0 times

Word: gilbert
Sentence 1: 0 times
Sentence 2: 2 times
Sentence 3: 1 times
Sentence 4: 0 times

Word: head
Sentence 1: 3 times
Sentence 2: 2 times
Sentence 3: 0 times
Sentence 4: 0 times

and goes on....

With the example above, the word 'hurricane' occur 1 time in the first sentence, 1 time in second sentence, none in third sentence and none in forth sentence.
How do I achieve the output? I was thinking of a 2D matrices for building them. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!

A: This is a working solution. I did not take care of the printing. The result is a Map -> Word, Array. Where Array contains the count of Word in each sentence indexed from 0. Runs in O(N) time. Play here: https://repl.it/Bg6D
    List<List<String>> sort = new ArrayList<>();
    Map<String, ArrayList<Integer>> res = new HashMap<>();

    // split by sentence
    for (String sentence : someText.split("[.?!]\\s*")) {
        sort.add(Arrays.asList(sentence.split("[ ,;:]+"))); //put each sentences in list
    }

    // put all word in a hashmap with 0 count initialized
    final int sentenceCount = sort.size();
    sort.stream().forEach(sentence -> sentence.stream().forEach(s -> res.put(s, new ArrayList<Integer>(Collections.nCopies(sentenceCount, 0)))));

    int index = 0;
    // count the occurrences of each word for each sentence.
    for (List<String> sentence: sort) {
        for (String s : sentence) {
            res.get(s).set(index, res.get(s).get(index) + 1);
        }
        index++;
    }

EDIT:
In answer to your comment.
  List<Integer> getSentence(int sentence, Map<String, ArrayList<Integer>> map) {
     return map.entrySet().stream().map(e -> e.getValue().get(sentence)).collect(Collectors.toList());
  }

Then you can call
List<Integer> sentence0List = getSentence(0, res);

However be aware that this approach is not optimal since it runs in O(K) time with K being the number of sentences. For small K it is totally fine but it does not scale. You have to clarify yourself what will you do with the result. If you need to call getSentence many times, this is not the correct approach. In that case you will need the data structured differently. Something like
Sentences = [
         {'word1': N, 'word2': N},... // sentence 1
         {'word1': N, 'word2': N},... // sentence 2

]
So you are able to easily access the word count per each sentence.
EDIT 2:
Call this method:
  Map<String, Float> getFrequency(Map<String, ArrayList<Integer>> stringMap) {
    Map<String, Float> res = new HashMap<>();
    stringMap.entrySet().stream().forEach(e -> res.put(e.getKey()
                , e.getValue().stream().mapToInt(Integer::intValue).sum() / (float)e.getValue().size()));
    return res;
  }

Will return something like this:
{standard=0.25, but=0.25, industry's=0.25, been=0.25, 1500s=0.25, software=0.25, release=0.25, type=0.5, when=0.25, dummy=0.5, Aldus=0.25, only=0.25, passages=0.25, text=0.5, has=0.5, 1960s=0.25, Ipsum=1.0, five=0.25, publishing=0.25, took=0.25, centuries=0.25, including=0.25, in=0.25, like=0.25, containing=0.25, printer=0.25, is=0.25, t

A: You could solve your problem by first creating an index for each word. You could use a Hashmap and put just put all the single words on it, which you find in your text (so you would have no need for checking double occurrences).
Then you can iterate the HashMap and check for every Word in every sentence. You can count occurrences by using the indexOf method of your list. As long as it returns a value greater than -1 you can count up the occurrence in the sentence. This method does only return the first occurrence so you
Some Pseudocode would be like:
Array sentences = text.split(sentence delimiter)
for each word in text
    put word on hashmap

for each entry in hashmap
   for each sentence
       int count = 0
       while subList(count, sentence.length) indexOf(entry) > -1
          count for entry ++

Note that this is very greedy and not performance oriented at all. Oh yea, and also note, that there are some java nlp libraries out there which may have already solved your problem in a performance oriented and reusable way.

A: First you can segment your sentences and then tokenize them using a text segmentor such as NLTK or Stanford tokenizer. Splitting the string (containing sentences) around "[.?!]" is not a good idea. What happens to an "etc." or "e.g." that occurs in the middle of the sentence? Splitting a sentence around "[ ,;:]" is also not a good idea. You can have plenty of other symbols in a sentence such as quotation marks, dash and so on.
After segmentation and tokenization you can split your sentences around space and store them in a List<List<String>>:
List<List<String>> sentenceList = new ArraList();

Then for your index you can create a HashMap<String,List<Integer>>:
HashMap<String,List<Integer>> words = new HashMap();

Keys are all words in all sentences. Values you can update as follows:
for(int i = 0 ; i < sentenceList.size() ; i++){
    for(String w : words){
        if(sentence.contains(w)){
           List tmp = words.get(w);
           tmp.get(i)++;
           words.put(w, tmp);
         }
    }
}

This solution has the time complexity of O(number_of_sentences*number_of_words) which is equivalent to O(n^2). An optimized solution is:
for(int i = 0 ; i < sentenceList.size() ; i++){
    for(String w : sentenceList.get(i)){
        List tmp = words.get(w);
        tmp.get(i)++;
        words.put(w, tmp);
    }
}

This has the time complexity of O(number_of_sentences*average_length_of_sentences). Since average_length_of_sentences is usually small this is equivalent to O(n).


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Shu Lea Cheang's multi-media installation for Venice uses its ancient prison setting well to explore the biographies of historical and contemporary sex offences, and ponder the impacts of today's omnipresent digital surveillance
This is not the first time Taiwan has staged its Venice Biennale offering in the highly charged setting of the Palazzo delle Prigioni – a medieval prison adjacent to the Palazzo Ducale in Piazza San Marco, which was used as a place of interrogation and incarceration until 1922. But there can be few, if any, previous artists who have used the architecture and heritage of the building to such powerful effect. Shu Lea Cheang's four room installation, 3x3x6, is an exploration of sexual transgressions over the centuries and the transformation of surveillance technology from the physical architecture of a cell or prison to the digital architecture that now monitors all of us, all the time, thanks to 3D facial recognition, AI and the internet. The title of the work refers to the 3x3 sq metre dimensions of today's typical prison cell, and its monitoring by six cameras.
"We live in a society where (the) surveillance camera is everywhere. We live in a society where data is our biggest prison. We live in a data panopticon today"
Shu Lea Cheang: 3x3x6, Venice Biennale 2019. Installation view. Photo: Martin Kennedy.
In planning this work, Cheang (b1954, Taiwan) was struck by the fact that Venice's most famous sexual adventurer, Giacomo Casanova (1725-98), was imprisoned here (although he escaped before his five-year sentence was up). He became a pivotal character in her narrative, along with other notable historical characters, specifically France's Marquis de Sade (1740-1814), who spent 32 years of his life in prison, and Michel Foucault (1926-84), the French philosopher, who, while serving in a diplomatic capacity in Poland, was trapped into revealing his homosexuality and forced to leave the country. Another seven contemporary characters were summoned from research that Cheang and her curator and collaborator, Paul B Preciado, unearthed, representing a cross-section of transgressions from all over the world, from Taiwan to South Africa.
These characters are introduced to us in Gallery A, via projections on 10 screens – a panopticon in reverse, says Cheang, referring to the panopticon prison design that the 18th-century philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham famously proposed. With a projection tower at the centre and the screens arranged around it, however, this setting is about broadcasting the lives and loves of the personalities concerned, rather than institutionalising and silencing them.
Each character is played by one of 10 performance artists and actors whom Cheang has worked with many times before in Berlin. In galleries B and C, these characters explore fantastical scenarios and mingle with each other in a series of 10 10-minute films. The fourth space, Gallery D, hosts what Cheang calls "the cube", a tilted transparent box containing all the electronic equipment that is operating the screens, the projections and the gallery's surveillance and participation systems. A key part of the show is an app that allows visitors to send a film of themselves dancing, which is incorporated, at intervals, on to the screens in gallery A. Together with surveillance cameras on the staircase, these form, as Cheang says, "a kind of public participation and pseudo-intervention into the surveillance system".
Cheang received a BA in history from the National Taiwan University (1976) before moving to New York University to do an MA in cinema studies (1979). She has been a pioneer in media art, with work encompassing film, performance, net art and public art. In her work she seeks to expose and disrupt the social, geographical and political restrictions placed around issues of gender and sexual expression. Her work Brandon (1998-99) was the first piece of web art to be commissioned and collected by the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum in New York. Network installations such as Bowling Alley (1995, Walker Art Center, US) and Baby Love (2015, Palais de Tokyo, Paris) employ interactive devices to facilitate public participation. She has also developed multi-player participatory networked performances, such as Moving Forest (2008, Transmediale, Berlin). She draws on science-fiction narratives, but infuses them with her own visual and creative sensibilities, creating a genre of queer cinema that she terms eco-cybernoia (Fresh Kill, 1994), soft cyberpunk (IKU, 2000) and scifi-cypherpunk (Fluidø, 2017). Cheang spent two decades living in New York, and now resides in Paris.
Shu Lea Cheang: 3x3x6
Taiwan in Venice, Palazzo delle Prigioni, Castello 4209, San Marco, 30122 Venice
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