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Lewis Gillen v Lewis Harper.
Followed by presentation of all Leeds event trophies.
The Semi-Final Draw for the 3 Man KO is now live, please see competition tab for more details.
Team players for the two legs may be different, providing all players for both legs are shown as eligible entries for the team on the website.
If anyone wants to enter the Scotch Doubles but doesn't have a partner-let me know and I'll try and fix you up.
Mark Pears of Barnbow Social on behalf of Litetask Ltd, has kindly agreed to sponsor an LBSO one day " Scotch Doubles Handicap Competition at the NSC.
Aimed at players who have supported the LBSO league this season, entry is free to any player who has played at least 6 league matches during the 2018/19 season.
The competition will be played like a normal pairs handicap tournament but with the added twist that players will play alternate shots. ( If you've watched the Mosconi Cup or any of the 9ball pool competitions on TV you will be familiar with the format).
Matches will be best of 3 with a 1 frame plate.
Play will start at 10am.
Entry is free but players MUST have played a minimum of 6 league matches this season.
Closing date for entries is Friday 17th May.
The 4th round draw for the 3 Man KO is now live, please see competition tab for more details.
Matched to be played on Wednesday 24th April.
The registrations for the Windsor Trophy are now live, please see competition tab for more details.
Please note; It's one team per club!
Please just list one player per team & contact number!
The draw for the Len Lee Pairs Semi-Final is now live, please see competition tab for more details.
Semis over 2 legs, best of 9. First 4 frames played at home drawn club then a max of 5 frames played at away drawn club.
Closing Date: Sunday 19th May.
The draw for the 3rd round of the 3 Man KO is now live, please see competition tab for more details.
Matches to be played on Wednesday 17th April.
Tonight's final saw Jon Bagley and Dan Womersley take on the competitions surprise package of youngsters Dylan Myers and Adam Rennison.
An edgy first frame went to Bagley/Womersley 68-22 before Womersley took command in the second, breaks of 22 and 71 making it 2-0 (102-8).
Unperturbed the youngsters hit back in the next, two runs of 19 by Rennison put them in the driving seat before Myers secured the frame on the colours.
Rennison/Myers struck first in the fourth but it was Womersley again with a 37 break who swung the frame in his team's favour. Some fantastic long ball potting from Myers threatened to take the match into a decider before Bagley potted the last red and cleared up to brown to effectively seal the frame and match.
Thanks to Alex Crum for refereeing and to the NSC for use of the match table.
Lewis Gillen tonight defeated Liam Pullen 4-0 to reach this year's Leeds final where he will meet NSC's Lewis Harper.
Gillen was first to settle and breaks of 31 and 37 gave him the first frame 84-5.
A superb 70 break in the second made it 2-0 (72-13).
Pullen fought back in the third, and was in the balls with a 45 point lead before surprisingly missing a red into the middle pocket. This allowed Gillen back into the frame and a 34 break took the frame to the colours, before Gillen potted blue, pink and black to make it 3-0. A short while later it was all over at 4-0.
At just 13 years old, young Liam will no doubt have many more opportunities in this competition, but for now it's the "battle of the Lewis's" in the final on 10th May.
Thanks to Mark King for officiating and to the NSC for use of the match table.
Tomorrow it's the Leeds Pairs final.


This is a collection of the commentaries written by Joan Chiesa and Kelli Rocha, originally presented at The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults at St. Stanislaus Church in Modesto, California. Commentaries will be shared weekly for the 2019, 2020 and 2021 Liturgical Years. (Cycles C, A and B.) For more information, please click here.


Who is eligible to apply for a Third Country Visa?
Any alien who is diagnosed with a contagious disease or mental disorder and poses a threat to the public's safety may not obtain a Third Country Visa in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Any alien who is diagnosed as a drug abuser or addict is inadmissible and may not obtain a visa in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Violations of any U.S. or foreign law or regulation relating to controlled substances.
Convicted of two or more offenses where the sentences total five (5) or more years of confinement.
Alien was not sentenced to a term of imprisonment exceeding six (6) months.
An alien who is/has been a drug trafficker of any controlled substance or engages in prostitution within ten years of the date of the visa application is inadmissible and may not obtain a Third Country visa. This bar also applies to an alien who has procured/attempted to procure prostitution, or has received proceeds from prostitution.
An alien who has aided another person in obtaining a visa or other U.S. immigration benefit by fraud or misrepresentation is inadmissible and may not obtain a Third Country visa.
An alien who seeks to enter the U.S. to engage in a terrorist activity or any other activity that threatens national security is inadmissible and may not obtain a visa.
Violations of law relating to espionage.
Violations of law prohibiting export of U.S. goods, technology, or sensitive information.
Violations of law related to sabotage.
Hijacking or Sabotage of an aircraft.
Seizing, detaining or threatening to kill or injure another individual in order to compel a third person or governmental organization to compel or abstain from committing an act.
Violent attacks upon an internationally protected person.
An alien is inadmissible if he/she participated in the persecution of any person because of race, religion, national origin, or political opinion. An alien is inadmissible if he/she has engaged in conduct that is defined as genocide according to guidelines established by the International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide.
An alien who is determined by the U.S. Consul to become a likely public charge or burden to society is inadmissible.
Generally, an alien is barred from applying for a non-immigrant visa in a Third Country and must apply for a non- immigrant visa in his home country if the alien was admitted into the U.S. based on a non-immigrant visa, remained in the U.S. beyond the authorized period of stay, resulting in a status violation.
Generally, aliens who have been unlawfully present in the U.S. anywhere between 181-364 days are barred from obtaining a non-immigrant visa for three (3) years. Moreover, aliens who have been unlawfully present in the U.S. for more then one year are typically barred from obtaining a non-immigrant visa for ten (10) years. However, exceptions may apply depending on your specific facts and circumstances. We recommend that you consult with an experienced immigration attorney.
In general, an alien who meets the objective qualifications for a non-immigrant visa will be denied a Third Country Visa or entry to the U.S. if the U.S. Consul feels that the alien's true intention is to remain in the U.S. permanently. There are some classes of nonimmigrant visas that may not be obtained if the applicant filed an immigration petition or a Labor Certification since there is conflicting immigrant intent. The most common non-immigrant visa types include the B (Temporary Business/Tourist), F (Student), and J (Exchange program participants) with a two-year foreign residency restriction. If your situation involves potential conflicting immigration intent, we recommend that you seek the assistance of an experienced immigration attorney.
Mr. Chen lives in San Francisco and was admitted into the U.S. on a J-1 visa and is not subject to the two-year home residency requirement. His J-1 visa is no longer valid and he has since changed to an F-1 status. Mr. Chen wants to travel to his home country during his school break and is concerned that his visa will be denied. Specifically, he is concerned that a sudden change from a one-year program to a six-year program may raise the question of his immigrant intent. (His J-1 program is a year-long program which he did not complete). In this type of situation, we recommend that an experienced immigration attorney accompany the individual to his/her Third Country Visa interview to help present their case effectively.
Ms. Lee is a British National and entered the U.S. as a tourist under the Visa Waiver Pilot Program. She has applied for an F-2 (Spouse of Student Visa Holder) visa in her home country and was denied. She applied again in her home country, and this time her F-2 Visa was granted. After the visa was granted, a reviewing officer cancelled her visa, concluding that she had conflicting immigration intent.
As a general rule, U.S. Consulates are reluctant to grant visas to those aliens who last entered the U.S. as tourists. Ms. Lee wants to obtain an F-1 visa in Mexico so she can re-enter and be admitted to the U.S. as an F-1 student. Her situation is difficult because in addition to being denied a visa in her home country, the visa she was later issued was canceled due to a finding of her immigrant intent only months before she applied for a visa in Mexico. In this type of situation, we recommend that an experienced immigration attorney accompany the individual to his/her Third Country Visa interview to help present their case effectively.


This report lifts up the voices of LGBTQ prisoners from across the United States so that they can inform, shape, and lead the movement for prisoner justice. These numbers, statistics, and stories represent the largest ever collection of information from LGBTQ prisoners. This collection of information is possible because of the time taken by 1,118 prisoners across the United States to handwrite responses to our 133-question survey, which was itself designed/drafted with prisoners themselves. Black & Pink's free world leadership extends the utmost thanks to prisoner members who took the time to help design and respond to the National LGBTQ Prisoner Survey and for sharing their deeply personal and valuable stories of harm and resilience. This report will be printed in the Black & Pink newspaper for all prisoner members to read. Along with the report, there will be space for responses and reflections that will be compiled into a supplementary report to be released in Spring/Summer of 2016.
LGBTQ people, particularly people of color and poor people, experience high levels of policing and criminalization, leading to arrest and incarceration. Once inside prison, LGBTQ people are subjected to constant violence by both prison staff and other prisoners. This report seeks to offer a tool for organizers, both inside and outside of prisons, to strengthen national campaigns and grassroots efforts to alleviate the immediate suffering of prisoners and bring an end to the prison industrial complex while centering the needs of LGBTQ prisoners.


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Q: How to DRY up .NET webforms wrappers? Massive edits:
So, I have refactored an ASP.NET code behind into a Presenter to unit test. After finishing this up, I have noticed that the wrappers I have made to allow this have a lot of duplication that I would like to eliminate. My idea was to use class inheritance to abstract that duplication, but I can't figure it out. An example of what I currently have:
[TestFixture]
public class PresenterTests
{
    [Test]
    public void TestMethodTest()
    {
        var fooMock = Mock<IFooWrapper>();
        var fooMock2 = Mock<IFooWrapper>();
        var barMock = Mock<IBarWrapper>();
        var barMock2 = Mock<IBarWrapper>();

        fooMock.Setup(x => x.Baz()).Returns(fooMock2);
        barMock.Setup(x => x.Baz()).Returns(bazMock2);
    }
}

public interface IFooWrapper
{
    IFooWrapper Baz();
}

public class FooWrapper : IFooWrapper
{
    private Foo _instance;

    public FooWrapper(Foo instance)
    {
        _instance = instance;
    }

    public IFooWrapper Baz()
    {
        return new FooWrapper(_instance);
    }
}

public interface IBarWrapper
{
    void Baz();
}

public class BarWrapper : IBarWrapper
{
    private Bar _instance;

    public BarWrapper(Bar instance)
    {
        _instance = instance;
    }

    public IBarWrapper Baz()
    {
        return new BarWrapper(_instance);
    }
}

Based on what Steve Harris was saying below based on my very poor communication, I currently have the following that seems close but not quite there:
public interface IBaseWrapper<TWrapper, T> where TWrapper: IBaseWrapper<TWrapper, T> where T : class
{
    TWrapper Baz();
}

public class BaseWrapper<TWrapper, T> : IBaseWrapper<TWrapper, T> where TWrapper : BaseWrapper<TWrapper, T> where T : class
{
    public T Instance;

    public BaseWrapper()
    {
    }

    public BaseWrapper(T instance)
    {
        Instance = instance;
    }

    public TWrapper Baz()
    {
        return new TWrapper(Instance);
    }
}

public interface IFooWrapper : IBaseWrapper<FooWrapper, Foo>
{
}

public class FooWrapper : BaseWrapper<FooWrapper, Foo>, IFooWrapper
{
    public FooWrapper() {}
    public FooWrapper(T instance) : base(instance) {}
}

public interface IBarWrapper : IBaseWrapper<BarWrapper, Bar>
{
}

public class BarWrapper : BaseWrapper<BarWrapper, Bar>, IBarWrapper
{
    public BarWrapper() {}
    public BarWrapper(T instance) : base(instance) {}
}

A: Are these the constraints you're looking for?
public interface IBaseWrapper<TWrapper, T> where TWrapper : IBaseWrapper<TWrapper, T>
{
    TWrapper Baz();
}

public class BaseWrapper<TWrapper, T> : IBaseWrapper<TWrapper, T> where TWrapper : BaseWrapper<TWrapper, T> where T : class
{
    private T _instance;

    public BaseWrapper(T instance)
    {
        _instance = instance;
    }

    public TWrapper Baz()
    {
        // note whatever wrapper class you are using must have a
        // constructor matching this base class
        return Activator.CreateInstance(GetType(), new object[] { _instance });
    }
}

public class Foo
{
    public void FooSpecificMethod()
    {
        // foo stuff
    }
}

public interface IFooWrapper<TWrapper> : IBaseWrapper<TWrapper, Foo> where TWrapper : IBaseWrapper<TWrapper, Foo>
{
    void FooSpecificMethod();
}

public class FooWrapper : BaseWrapper<FooWrapper, Foo>, IFooWrapper<FooWrapper>
{
    public FooWrapper(Foo instance) : base(instance)
    {
    }

    public void FooSpecificMethod()
    {
        instance.FooSpecificMethod();
    }
}

A: you probably use a factory method implementation.
public class BaseWrapper
{
    public virtual void Baz()
    {
       // Do some shared work
    }
}

public class BarWrapper : BaseWrapper
{
    private Bar _instance;

    public BarWrapper(Bar instance)
    {
        _instance = instance;
    }

    public override void Baz()
    {
        base.Baz();
        // Do custom stuff for this wrapper type?
    }
}

I usually lead with a Generic implementation when im trying to build a piece of code that can handle doing processing on some collection of objects that inherit a shared interface public class IFileParser where IFileImplementation could be all kinds of stuff.
Hope this helps!

A: From your example code, it looks like generics are not necessary.  You are possibly implementing the Decorator pattern though.
This example illustrates a non-generics version of your code.  Is this what you're after?
public interface IBazzer
{
    void Baz();
}

public class TheBaz : IBazzer
{
    public void Baz()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Hello World");
    }
}
public class Wrapper : IBazzer
{
    private IBazzer _instance;

    public Wrapper(IBazzer instance)
    {
        _instance = instance;
    }

    public void Baz()
    {
        // do stuff before calling the wrapped Bazzer
        this.PreBaz();

        _instance.Baz();

        // do stuff after calling the wrapped Bazzer
        this.PostBaz();
    }

    protected virtual void PreBaz(){}
    protected virtual void PostBaz(){}
}

public class FooWrapper : Wrapper
{
    public FooWrapper(IBazzer wrapped):base(wrapped){}

    protected override void PreBaz()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Foo Pre Baz");
    }
    protected override void PostBaz()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Foo Post Baz");
    }

}

public class BarWrapper : Wrapper
{
    public BarWrapper(IBazzer wrapped):base(wrapped){}

    protected override void PreBaz()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Bar Pre Baz");
    }
    protected override void PostBaz()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Bar Post Baz");
    }
}

void Main()
{
    var x = new     TheBaz();
    var y = new FooWrapper(x);

    y.Baz();
    // Foo Pre Baz
    // Hello World
    // Foo Post Baz
}

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Don't be Offensive. Talk Politics and Religion. For the Victims of Boston.
It is not offensive to talk about religion or politics. It is offensive to be ignorant or to be afraid of terrorists. Visiting the 9/11 memorial and buying three $10 calendars for the price of two isn't patriotic. Hanging the American Flag on your door will not stop terrorist attacks. A possible danger near your beloveds and yourself while driving drunk staring at the glorious sign "Never Fo are the most offensive.
Capturing Osama Benladen didn't prevent the Boston Marathon Attack from happening. You have to ask yourself how Islam controls millions of Muslims' minds. You need to know why presidents, artists and inventors are proud of following an illiterate man; his name is Mohamed. Do you know the secret that made oppressed Muslim women ? vote for Islamists in the Arab Spring. What about gay and lesbians who are arrested for their sexuality, yet, they are proud Muslims? I will try to give an answer.
1- Muslim Americans friends assuring that they are on the side of victims, not the terrorists.
3- Third party doesn't know and confused.
Determine what party is yours after reading about the epic hero of Muslims.
For the past fourteen centuries, millions of educated people have followed an illiterate man others are fascinated with. Mohamed's father died soon after getting married leaving his wife to raise a new born baby in the desert of Mecca until she died when he was six. His grandfather took care of the orphan until he became eight. After the death of the grandfather when Mohamed was eight, his uncle became his guardian. The orphan became a shepherd. He got a chance to be on a trip to Syria with a trade caravan. Mohamed's school wasn't limited by walls or a tent. It was everything around and the teacher is everyone. He became a famous salesman, then CEO to a business woman who will be later his wife. His wife was an educated wealthy woman and his first follower. Then most slaves became his followers. Nowadays, all Muslims want claim the honor to be a good follower of Mohamed.
At the age of forty, the first word revealed to Mohamed from The Lord was "Read". The word is general not exclusive. Mohamed didn't know how to read at the time of the revelation, yet, he was a good reader to everything in the universe.
Mohamed was rejected from the leaders of Mecca because he was preaching equality. He did jihad to save lives of newborn girls who used to be killed for financial reason like in China these days. He didn't have the power to free slaves but say they are equal. When Mohamed's wife died, he inherited her slave Zaid. He announced the adoption of Zaid and gave him his legal name Zaid BenMohamed. The Lord revealed verses saying this is unfamiliar and falsifying. If you free a human, he doesn't owe you anything. He has no ties to you. Call them their names. When the Roman governor of Egypt sent to Mohamed two Egyptian sisters as a gift, he freed both. Later he got married to one of them, her name is Maria The Coptic, the mother of his son Ibrahim. Comparison between a Roman who enslaved Egyptians and a prophet made one of them a free wife and a legal mother of his son, Egyptians became his followers.
The first thirteen years in Mecca, Fatima, his daughter, cleaned animal feces thrown on her father's head. When slaves were tortured, he walked around them saying "Patience! You are promised the paradise". The first slain was an unarmed woman. Her name is Somia. Mohamad escaped ignorants who were chasing after him; he raised his hand saying, "Oh God, I complain to you of my weakness and helplessness. Indeed, if you are not upset at me, I don't care, yet your mercy is wide to contain me.
A delegation of 13 men and women came from Medina to inaugurate him. A year after 74 men and women from Medina inaugurated him as well.


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"Cyber Attackers" Shouldn't Find It Tough To Fight China: Shiv Sena
HomeAll India"Cyber Attackers" Shouldn't Find It Tough To Fight China: Shiv Sena
The Congress called it a "BJP-driven social media terrorism". The BJP dismissed the Congress allegations as "wild and baseless".
All IndiaPress Trust of IndiaUpdated: October 08, 2020 7:39 pm IST
Shiv Sena said those who launch "cyber attacks" should not find it difficult to fight China.
In a veiled attack on the BJP, the Shiv Sena on Thursday said those who launch "cyber attacks" on political opponents in Maharashtra should not find it difficult to fight China which is locked in a border stand-off with India.
The remark in the Sena mouthpiece ''Saamana'' came a day after the party's ally Congress alleged that "thousands" of Twitter accounts were opened after actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death in June "just to run a campaign against the Mumbai Police and the state government".
The Sena, a former BJP ally, and the Congress are constituents of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government.
An editorial in the Sena mouthpiece claimed said after Mr Rajput's death on June 14, "80,000 fake social media accounts" were opened and operated from the US, Nepal, Turkey, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Sri Lanka.
"A government which can launch such cyber attackson political opponents in Maharashtra, defeating China should not be difficult for it," the Marathi daily said, taking potshots at the BJP without naming it.
"The cyber attacks were defeated. But, we have to sink our political differences for national security and sovereignty to win in Ladakh and the Kashmir Valley," it said.
On Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's remark that had the UPA been in power, "we would have evicted and thrown out China and it would not have taken 15 minutes to do so", the Sena publication said the BJP has not yet responded to his challenge.
"What strategy does he have? Prime Minister Narendra Modi should speak to Gandhi. After all, it is a question of national security," it said.
Those who feel Mr Gandhi's statement is rubbish, should check on PM Modi's similar comments made earlier, it said.
"Everyone welcomed the abrogation of Article 370...but now China has entered Ladakh. We have to fight on both fronts.
"We threaten Pakistan but are not willing to even name China. A weak Pakistan is taking advantage of the India-China border tensions," the editorial said.
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Illinois Appellate Court Orders New Trial Where Medical Malpractice Jury Found Liability But Awarded No Damages
In its written opinion filed on April 30, 2015, the Appellate Court of Illinois First District affirmed a trial court's granting of a new trial on liability and damages after an Illinois medical malpractice jury found that the defendant physician was negligent and that his negligence caused the death of an elderly patient but nonetheless the jury did not award any damages to the patient's estate.
The 83-year-old patient had two children: a son (who served as Special Administrator of his mother's Estate) and a daughter. According to the daughter, on January 9, 2009, her mother telephoned her to say that she had been vomiting, she was not feeling well, and she requested that her daughter come to her home. The daughter arrived a couple hours later and found that her mother looked tired but was still able to walk and was able to get out of bed to go to the bathroom to vomit over the next couple of hours.
Early the next morning, the mother asked her daughter to bring her to the emergency room because she was still vomiting. About eight hours later, the daughter spoke with her mother's primary care physician, who advised her that her mother's condition was serious, that her mother may require surgery if she had an intestinal blockage, that a diagnostic CT scan of her mother was inconclusive, and that her mother probably needed a colonoscopy to properly diagnose her condition.
On the second day of hospitalization, the defendant gastroenterologist performed the colonoscopy. During the procedure, the woman allegedly vomited, which required that a breathing tube be inserted, followed by emergency surgery that included resecting the woman's colon. The woman was taken from the operating room to the ICU, where she remained intubated and died two days later, on January 14, 2009.
During the ensuing medical malpractice trial, various medical experts testified on behalf of the parties as to their opinions regarding the care the woman received and whether the care complied with the applicable standard of care or deviated from the standard of care (i.e., by performing a colonoscopy on the woman at the time when she was experiencing an acute diverticulitis attack).
During closing arguments to the jury, the plaintiff's medical malpractice lawyer argued that the evidence presented at trial established that the defendant physician deviated from the standard of care by performing the colonoscopy on the woman without first attempting to see if the antibiotics would work, and that the woman had died as a direct result of his decision to proceed with the procedure.
Even though the jury found that the defendant physician had been negligent in treating the woman and that his negligence was the cause of her death, the jury nonetheless awarded zero damages to the plaintiff. The plaintiff filed a motion for a new trial as to damages only, but the trial court vacated the judgment of the jury, setting the case for a new trial on all issues, including liability, reasoning that "this jury did conflate the two issues of liability and damages," and that a trial on all issues was "the only appropriate remedy."
The Appellate Court affirmed the trial court's post-trial decision, finding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in ordering a new trial because the record revealed that the zero damages award was against the manifest weight of undisputed evidence presented at trial: the jury was presented with a choice of two verdict forms: (1) form A, under which it could find for the plaintiff and award damages; and (2) form B, under which it could find for the defendant. The jury instructions explicitly advised the jury that if it chose to sign verdict form A, instead of B, it was required to determine the amount of damages to be awarded to the plaintiff. Verdict form A itemized those damages into two categories, namely: (1) pecuniary loss and (2) economic loss (including the reasonable expenses of necessary medical care and funeral expenses).
The Appellate Court stated that it was inexplicable for the jury to have awarded zero for medical expenses and funeral expenses incurred by the woman's estate where the evidence of those expenses was stipulated to and undisputed at trial ("As such, the jury's award of zero damages for losses to the estate could not be reconciled with its finding of liability on part of the defendant. Accordingly, that zero award was against the manifest weight of the evidence and the judge was well within his discretion to remand for a new trial").
As to whether the trial court should have granted a new trial as to damages only, the Appellate Court stated that a new trial on damages alone may be granted where: (1) the jury's verdict on the question of liability is amply supported by the evidence; (2) the question of damages and liability are so separate and distinct that a trial limited to the question of damages is not unfair to the defendant; and (3) the record suggests neither that the jury reached a compromise verdict or that the error which resulted in the jury's awarding inadequate damages also affected the jury's finding of liability.
The Appellate Court found that the plaintiff had failed to satisfy the third prong: "… from the record, we are unable to determine whether the jury found liability at all, whether it failed to understand or simply follow the jury instructions, or whether, alternatively, it reached a compromise verdict."
Source Cimino v. Sublette, M.D., 2015 IL App (1st) 133373.
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Home Breaking Billionaire Businessman, Akin-Olugbade, Dies of COVID-19
Billionaire Businessman, Akin-Olugbade, Dies of COVID-19
•Babalola, others disagree on closure of universities
By Alex Enumah in Abuja and Victor Ogunje in Ado Ekiti
The COVID-19 pandemic continued its rage yesterday, claiming billionaire businessman and legal icon, Chief Bolu Akin-Olugbade.
According to family sources, he died in Lagos at a private hospital accredited to manage the killer virus. He was 61.
Known for his love for Rolls Royce, its largest collector, he was the Aare Onakakanfo of Owu Kingdom and had a massive business interest, spanning property development, construction, manufacturing, logistics, distribution, maritime and offshore services and investment banking.
His death coincided with a raging controversy over the constitutionality of the mass closure of Nigeria's universities by the federal government as some Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) disagreed with the position of a legal luminary and founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), who said the shutdown has no legal basis.
This is coming as the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has kicked against prolonged closure of schools, stressing that schools are not the drivers of the pandemic and that "no effort should be spared" to keep children in school.
Babalola yesterday described as unconstitutional, the mass closure of Nigerian universities by the federal government due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Babalola said such action would turn out to be counterproductive and disastrous to the education sector, especially closing down of private schools without prior consultation.
He spoke yesterday in Ado Ekiti at a press conference espousing his views about an attempt by the federal government to defer the resumption of universities earlier slated for January 18.
He was reacting to the statement credited to the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, that the January 18 earlier set by the federal government for school resumption would be reviewed.
Expressing opposition to mass closure of universities, the Legal icon said: "I am of the firm view that mass closure of schools is unconstitutional, disastrous and counter-productive.
"It is certainly unjust to the parents, teachers, students and proprietors of schools and also violates the rule of natural justice."
Babalola disclosed that the United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention had put all these into consideration when it officially recommended that universities should be accorded preferential treatment under COVID- 19 in terms of operations.
According to him, "The USCDC said universities are different in terms of size, geographical location, structure and in their abilities to put in place measures that will guarantee minimum risk to students and teachers in their schools, which in turn will ensure undisrupted and on-campus learning for students.
"On the contrary, universities which do not possess these facilities are within the high-risk category.
"I hereby strongly advise that the federal government should stop mass closure of schools. All schools, particularly the private universities that have the required world-class health facilities and have complied with Presidential Task Force regulations, which will enable them to implement low medium risk measures ought not and should not be shut down.
"To shut them down with those which don't have such facilities is unjust and violates the terms of natural justice and, therefore, unconstitutional."
He said his 11 years old university has been having a smooth and uninterrupted academic calendar before abrupt disruption by COVID-19, thereby stalling operations and closure of the university in spite of the world-class facilities it parades to prevent the spread of the lethal disease.
"The federal government should know that schools in Ekiti are safer than those located in the heart of Lagos. We must consider the geographical location. Any worker here who goes to Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt goes for special test and seven days isolation. This underscored the level of our preparedness," Babalola explained.
He urged the federal government to emulate foreign countries by paying the salaries of lecturers in the private universities, which were shut down because of COVID-19.
Babalola reminded the federal government that to make the low-risk private universities remain shut down to wait for high-risk one will make the ivory towers remain in comatose for a long time.
On whether he will approach the court to challenge the closure of private universities, he said: "I am not going to court, because we have not exhausted the option of negotiation and local remedy. I am a friend of the federal government and I know that the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) will look into it."
On how his university has been affected adversely, Babalola explained: "We can't even quantify our losses. We have been following international standard, which was September to July academic session before this global problem.
"We have done seven convocations in 10 years. We used to pay salaries on the 24th of the months and nobody has been sacked despite this suspension of work. But this has affected our purse. How can we be paying for services not rendered? This is unfair.
"That is why we are calling on the federal government to pay the salaries of workers in private universities if they still want to continue with this closure. That was the method adopted in foreign countries."
SANs Back FG on Closure of Schools
Reacting to the government's closure of schools over the COVID-19 pandemic, some senior lawyers, however, noted that protection of lives and property, which is one of the constitutional duties of the government should be paramount owing to the devastating effect of the pandemic.
The lawyers while calling for the understanding of Nigerians, however, advised the government to engage stakeholders on how to best mitigate the challenges posed by COVID-19 in the entire polity.
According to Mallam Ahmed Raji (SAN), the decision to shut down schools in other to contain the spread of the virus "is a reasonably justifiable step which can be accommodated under the constitution."
While noting that rights are not absolute, Raji said: "In a pandemic, the state must take proportionate extra-legal measures to secure the populace."
He, however, stated that such measures must be proportionate and reasonable.
"If you look at the UK and other parts of the world on the same issue, I don't think the government has acted wrongly.
"The pandemic appears real and we should all cooperate with the government to control it especially having regards to our state of medical services, which are already overwhelmed," he said.
Apparently sharing similar views with Raji, another senior lawyer, Rev. John Baiyeshea (SAN), while stating that governors have the constitutional right to take any step(s), to protect children and students in educational institutions, stressed that with the ravaging effect of the pandemic, "governments whether federal or state must take proactive steps to protect their citizens and prevent disastrous consequences of massive loss of precious lives."
He urged Nigerians to put aside sentiment, adding that the COVID-19 pandemic is a global phenomenon that governments all over are struggling to grapple with.
He said: "We have seen the closure of schools and lockdowns in the United Kingdom, Europe generally, here in America and other places.
"This is not the time to be legalistic. But even if we want to be, I will advise that we focus on what I call on my own, 'legalistic reality.' This is to the effect that we (the government and the governed), have to be alive to be able to take legal options."
Saying everyone is from home or a family, he explained that the government officials, judges, lawyers, politicians have children or students in schools, and that no one wants to put the lives of their children at risk.
He appealed to Nigerians to tread cautiously and cooperate with governments for the safety and good of all.
Mr. Dayo Akinlaja (SAN) said: "It is not out of place for the government to take whatever measures necessary to protect all and sundry at the expense of business interests."
According to him, the government has a responsibility to safeguard public health and safety.
He, however, urged the government to strike a balance with other imperatives like education and related activities in the country.
To achieve such a balance he advised that the government engaged all stakeholders in proffering solutions to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Taking these into consideration, what the government needs to do in my humble view is to interface with all stakeholders with a view to ensuring that all interests are duly protected.
"The pandemic is really terrifying at the moment. With proper interactions among all concerned, there will be understanding and mutual acceptability on the way forward," he explained.
Schools Not Drivers of COVID-19, Says UNICEF
Meanwhile, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has kicked against the prolonged closure of schools, stressing that schools are not the drivers of the pandemic and that "no effort should be spared" to keep children in school.
In a statement posted to UNICEF's website on Tuesday, the head of the UN agency, Ms. Henrietta Fore, argued that closing schools should be "measure of last resort," as the pandemic continues into a second year.
"Despite overwhelming evidence of the impact of school closures on children, and despite increasing evidence that schools are not drivers of the pandemic, too many countries have opted to keep schools closed, some for nearly a year," Fore said in a statement.
She highlighted that the cost of closing schools has been devastating, with 90 per cent of students globally facing shutdowns at the peak of the COVID-19 disruptions last year, leaving more than a third of schoolchildren with no access to remote education.
"The number of out-of-school children is set to increase by 24 million, to a level we have not seen in years and have fought so hard to overcome," she said.
"Children's ability to read, write and do basic math has suffered, and the skills they need to thrive in the 21st-century economy have diminished," she added.
According to her, keeping children at home puts their health, development, safety and well-being at risk with the most vulnerable bearing the heaviest brunt.
She pointed out that without school meals, children are "left hungry and their nutrition is worsening;" without daily peer interactions and less mobility, they are "losing physical fitness and showing signs of mental distress;" and without the safety net that school often provides, they are "more vulnerable to abuse, child marriage and child labour."
"That's why closing schools must be a measure of last resort, after all other options have been considered," stressed the top UNICEF official.
Assessing transmission risks at the local level should be "a key determinant" in decisions on school operations, she said.
She also flagged that nationwide school closures are avoided, whenever possible.
"Where there are high levels of community transmission, where health systems are under extreme pressure and where closing schools is deemed inevitable, safeguarding measures must be put in place," the UNICEF chief added.
Moreover, it is important that children who are at risk of violence in their homes, who are reliant upon school meals and whose parents are essential workers, continue their education in classrooms.
After lockdown restrictions are lifted, she said that schools must be among the first to reopen and catch-up classes should be prioritised to keep children who were unable to learn remotely from being left behind.
"If children are faced with another year of school closures, the effects will be felt for generations to come," she added.
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Q: Python append column header & append column values from list to csv I am trying to append column header (hard-coded) and append column values from list to an existing csv. I am not getting the desired result.
Method 1 is appending results on an existing csv file. Method 2 clones a copy of existing csv into temp.csv. Both methods don't get me the desired output I am looking for. In Results 1, it just appends after the last row cell. In results 2, all list values append on each row. Expected results is what I am looking for.
I have included my code below. Appreciate any input or guidance.
Existing CSV Test.csv
Type,Id,TypeId,CalcValues
B,111K,111Kequity(long) 111K,116.211768
C,111N,B(long) 111N,0.106559957
B,111J,c(long) 111J,20.061634

Code - Method 1 & 2
final_results = ['0.1065599566767107', '0.0038113334533441123', '20.061623176440904']

# Method1
csvfile = "test.csv"
with open(csvfile, "a") as output:
    writer = csv.writer(output, lineterminator='\n')
    for val in final_results:
        writer.writerow([val])

# Method2
with open("test.csv", 'rb') as input, open('temp.csv', 'wb') as output:
    reader = csv.reader(input, delimiter = ',')
    writer = csv.writer(output, delimiter = ',')

    all = []
    row = next(reader)
    row.insert(5, 'Results')
    all.append(row)

    for row in reader:
        for i in final_results:
            print type(i)
            row.insert(5, i)
        all.append(row)
    writer.writerows(all)

Results for Method 1
Type,Id,TypeId,CalcValues
B,111K,111Kequity(long) 111K,116.211768
C,111N,B(long) 111N,0.106559957
B,111J,c(long) 111J,20.0616340.1065599566767107
0.0038113334533441123
20.061623176440904

Results for Method 2
Type,Id,TypeId,CalcValues,Results
B,111K,111Kequity(long) 111K,116.211768,0.1065599566767107,20.061623176440904,0.0038113334533441123
C,111N,B(long) 111N,0.106559957,0.1065599566767107,20.061623176440904,0.0038113334533441123
B,111J,c(long) 111J,20.061634,0.1065599566767107,20.061623176440904,0.0038113334533441123

Expected Result
Type,Id,TypeId,CalcValues,ID
B,111K,111Kequity(long) 111K,116.211768,0.1065599566767107
C,111N,B(long) 111N,0.106559957,20.061623176440904
B,111J,c(long) 111J,20.061634,0.0038113334533441123

A: First method is bound to fail: you don't want to add new lines but new columns. So back to second method:
You insert the title OK, but then you're looping through the results on each row, whereas you need to iterate on them.
For this, i create an iterator from the final_results list (with __iter__()), then I call it.next and append to each row (no need to insert in the end, just append)
I removed the all big list, because 1) you can write one line at a time, saves memory, and 2) all is a predefined function. Avoid to use that as a variable.
final_results = ['0.1065599566767107', '0.0038113334533441123', '20.061623176440904']

# Method2
with open("test.csv", 'rb') as input, open('temp.csv', 'wb') as output:
    reader = csv.reader(input, delimiter = ',')
    writer = csv.writer(output, delimiter = ',')

    row = next(reader)  # read title line
    row.append("Results")
    writer.writerow(row)  # write enhanced title line

    it = final_results.__iter__()  # create an iterator on the result

    for row in reader:
        if row:  # avoid empty lines that usually lurk undetected at the end of the files
            try:
                row.append(next(it))  # add a result to current row
            except StopIteration:
                row.append("N/A")     # not enough results: pad with N/A
            writer.writerow(row)

result:
Type,Id,TypeId,CalcValues,Results
B,111K,111Kequity(long) 111K,116.211768,0.1065599566767107
C,111N,B(long) 111N,0.106559957,0.0038113334533441123
B,111J,c(long) 111J,20.061634,20.061623176440904

Note: had we included "Results" in the final_results variable, we wouldn't even have needed to process first line differently.
Note2: the values seem wrong: final_results seems not in the same order as the expected output. And the Result column has turned to ID, but that's easy to correct.

A: import csv

HEADER = "Type,Id,TypeId,CalcValues,ID"
final_results = ['0.1065599566767107', '20.061623176440904', '0.0038113334533441123']

with open("test.csv") as inputs, open("tmp.csv", "wb") as outputs:
    reader = csv.reader(inputs, delimiter=",")
    writer = csv.writer(outputs, delimiter=",")

    reader.next()  # ignore header line
    writer.writerow(HEADER.split(","))

    for row in reader:
        writer.writerow(row + [final_results.pop(0)])

I store the header fields into HEADER and switch 2nd and 3rd elements of final_results, use pop(0) to remove and return the first element of final_results
output:
Type,Id,TypeId,CalcValues,ID
B,111K,111Kequity(long) 111K,116.211768,0.1065599566767107
C,111N,B(long) 111N,0.106559957,20.061623176440904
B,111J,c(long) 111J,20.061634,0.0038113334533441123


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Bowmans dominates the dealmaking landscape in East Africa
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Leading African law firm, Bowmans, has once again been recognised for its leadership as a dealmaker in East Africa.
The DealMakers Africa Awards, announced on Friday 11 March 2022, placed Bowmans at the top of the M&A deal tables in East Africa by both deal value and deal flow, with a 52% and a 40% share of the market respectively.
Bowmans also advised on the deals named East Africa Deal of the Year (the sale of Dudutech Integrated Pest Management to Bioline Group) and East Africa Private Equity Deal of the Year (Adenia Partners' majority acquisition of Red Lands Roses).
Paras Shah, managing partner of Bowmans Kenya says 'We are incredibly proud of our success in the Dealmakers East Africa rankings and awards for East Africa. The recognitions, on the back of our recent 'Kenya Law Firm of the Year' award at both the Chambers Africa Awards and the EAVCA Awards, firmly cement our position as the leading M&A firm in East Africa. We congratulate our clients, Adenia Partners and Bioline Group, whose deals were both awarded deals of the year accolades.'
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Hearables: Boomers' answer to the hearing aid
What do you get when you merge a fitness bracelet, earbuds and hearing aids into one device?
Lloyd Alter
November 11, 2014, 3:25 p.m.
The ReSound LiNIX, despite its size, can provide GPS guidance and block ambient noises. (Photos: ReSound)
Forget wearables; let's talk hearables, the devices formerly known as hearing aids. The hearing aid/hearables market is $5.4 billion worldwide, compared to the $2 billion headphone market. Apple buying Beats may have made headlines, but Apple building Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and an accessibility app into the iPhone 5 and 6 is much more newsworthy. Why? Because this opens up the hearables market so wide that the $3 billion Beats purchase will look like small change — and make Google Glass look like a toy.
It's estimated that half of baby boomers have some degree of hearing loss, caused by everything from rock music to lawn mowers or just aging. (It happens.) Yet only a quarter of those who need hearing aids actually get them. As one study notes, "For many people a hearing aid is an unwelcome reminder of the aging process, one that they simply cannot accept."
Screw that. When I explain what my hearables can do, the kids are envious.
The tech world is abuzz about wearable tech these days. When I was at CES, the international Consumer Electronics Show, there was a whole section devoted to wearables — dozens of competing watches and wristbands, all telling you how fast your heart was beating. There was only one company showing wearables that you stick in your ear, and that was ReSound, launching its iPhone-connected LiNX. Seriously, there are 38 million candidates for hearing aids, and all the startups are peddling FitBits. At the time I was wearing a more primitive design of connected hearing aids that required an annoying streamer box around my neck. I was excited by the LiNX, but they were not yet on the market and needed at least an iPhone 5. (I wrote about this in TreeHugger at the time.)
They weren't called hearables, either; the term hearables was apparently first used in April by analyst Nick Hunn, who says "Forget wristbands – The ear is the new wrist."
"The challenge that any wrist-worn device has is to provide the user with a stream of new and interesting information. If we turn our attention to the ear, that limitation disappears," Hunn writes.
The ReSound LiNX hearables sit next to iPhones show their devices control interfaces.
I have been swimming in that stream in the hearables world for the last month, since I got my new iPhone 6 and hooked it up to a pair of ReSound LiNX, lent to me for review purposes. Most reviewers who don't wear hearing aids look at them and at the app, and write about how "now old people with clumsy fingers can adjust the volume using their phone."
Jerks. I'm not that old, and I don't need a big expensive knob; besides, the knobs do a whole lot more than that. In Wired, Stephen Brown writes about hearing aids as hearables: "The secret to making hearing aids more appealing and the cost more palatable is improving the value of the device." Indeed. But then he goes south and writes about elderly boomers who are isolated or arthritic or can't control a mouse anymore.
I wonder what he says about people who wear glasses? Hello, Stephen, that's not added value for a 60-year-old, and that's not the market that has 78 million members and tops out at 68 right now. I'll show you added value — here's what I can do that you can't.
At the simplest level, I have a volume control for my ears and you don't. You have no idea how nice that is to have in a room full of annoying people, on an airplane or when I want to concentrate. I also have a great set of wireless headphones that feed music and podcasts into my head, along with my RunKeeper reports of mileage and pace when I am on the road. I have a fitness app in my head. I have Google maps in my head.
And then there is the killer app: GPS integration. I can preset the volume and tone controls for different locations. When I bike down to visit my mom in the hospital, it clicks over to the setting I made that drops the treble, to cut out all the beeping machinery. When I return, there is the reassuring beep at the bottom of the street that tells me I'm home, then it cranks up the treble and the sensitivity so I can understand my mumbling daughter. Hey, I don't just have a volume control, I have an equalizer for my ears. I can do presets for all the places that I hang out in. In short, I can map how I want the city to sound.
A still of ReSound's LiNX phone interface, including the customization of noise based on location.
If I'm talking to someone in a noisy place, I can go into restaurant mode and turn off all the microphones that don't point straight ahead. If I'm in a really loud restaurant, I can discreetly place my iPhone on the table (who doesn't do that?) and turn it into a remote microphone.
Oh, and did I mention that it's a terrific hands-free phone for the car or the bike or for when I am doing interviews? It's not a matter of picking up the phone to hear, or putting on headphones. I am always connected, always wired in. I talk to Siri a lot; she's not quite Scarlett Johansson in "Her," but I'm becoming fond of her nonetheless. She is in my head, answering my questions and calling my mom. It's really not that far from a description of the hearables in the movie from Stephen Brown's article in Wired: "Viewers got a peek at a barely-there, cordless earbud that characters easily popped into their ear at the start of their day and popped out again at the end, providing a seamless experience between what's going on in reality and what's happening digitally, online or in one's body."
No wonder the kids are envious; I'm pretty much already there.
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If you have ever had sudden temporary hearing loss, you know it can be quite a scary experience. There are a number of reasons why it is possible to lose the ability to hear, so learning the reason for hearing loss is the key to restoring it. Fortunately, many of the reasons for hearing loss are due to situations that are easily remedied.
Exposure to loud noise. For employees in a noisy workplace, ear protection should be of utmost importance. Even short amounts of time spent in these types of environments can lead to temporary hearing loss. Chronic exposure to noise loud enough to cause ringing in the ears can eventually lead to permanent hearing loss.
This is also true for anyone who turns headphone volume way up or who frequently attends loud concerts. Ringing in the ears, known as tinnitus, generally results from high noise exposure. The solution is to turn down the headphone volume and wear ear protection at concerts to reduce the chances of developing permanent hearing loss.
Ear wax accumulation. Even though the production of earwax is a normal process of the body, protecting the ear canal, sometimes the wax becomes impacted or stuck in the ear canal. This blockage can hinder the ability of sound waves to travel through the ear canal to the ear drum. When the ear drum is unable to function properly, hearing can be negatively affected. The easiest way to restore normal hearing when ear wax impaction is present is to visit a health care provider, who can easily flush or remove the earwax. For most people the procedure is quick and fairly painless.
Middle ear infections. When the area behind the ear drum is invaded by bacteria, an infection is very likely to develop. Because the middle ear contains a passageway to the back of the throat, ear infections often develop while one is suffering from a cold. When the accumulation of phlegm gets into the passageway between the ear and the throat—this passageway is known as the Eustachian tube—and infection can develop that affects the ability to hear.
A middle ear infection can cause a build-up of fluids, which can put pressure on the hearing-related structures of the inner ear. On occasion, these fluids can build up enough pressure to rupture the ear drum. A ruptured ear drum will often leak blood and pus-like fluids from the ear. A ruptured ear drum is also very painful. Treatment for ear infections typically involves a course of antibiotics. A ruptured ear drum may heal itself, but sometimes minor surgery is required.
If you think you may have temporary hearing loss, the best way to know for sure is to visit an audiologist or otolaryngologist (eye, ear, nose and throat specialist). Often, a simple hearing test can assess hearing and help diagnose the cause.
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Etiology of Syncope and Unexplained Falls in Elderly Adults With Dementia: Syncope and Dementia (SYD) Study
Andrea Ungar, MD, PhD; Chiara Mussi, MD, PhD; Alice Ceccofiglio, MD; Giuseppe Bellelli, MD, PhD; Franco Nicosia, MD; Mario Bo, MD; Daniela Riccio, MD; Anna Maria Martone, MD; Livia Guadagno, MD; Gabriele Noro, MD; Giulia Ghidoni, MD; Martina Rafanelli, MD; Niccolò Marchionni, MD; Pasquale Abete, MD, PhD
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016;64(8):1567-1573.
Objectives: To investigate the etiology of transient loss of consciousness (T-LOC) suspected to be syncope and unexplained falls in elderly adults with dementia.
Design: Prospective, observational, multicenter study.
Setting: Acute care wards, syncope units or centers for the diagnosis of dementia.
Participants: Individuals aged 65 and older with a diagnosis of dementia and one or more episodes of T-LOC of a suspected syncopal nature or unexplained falls during the previous 3 months were enrolled.
Measurements: The causes of T-LOC suspected to be syncope and unexplained falls were evaluated using a simplified protocol based on European Society of Cardiology guidelines.
Results: Of 357 individuals enrolled, 181 (50.7%) had been referred for T-LOC suspected to be syncope, 166 (46.5%) for unexplained falls, and 10 (2.8%) for both. An initially suspected diagnosis of syncope was confirmed in 158 (87.3%), and syncope was identified as the cause of the event in 75 (45.2%) of those referred for unexplained falls. Orthostatic hypotension was the cause of the event in 117 of 242 (48.3%) participants with a final diagnosis of syncope.
Conclusion: The simplified syncope diagnostic protocol can be used in elderly people with dementia referred for suspected syncope or unexplained falls. Unexplained falls may mask a diagnosis of syncope or pseudosyncope in almost 50% of cases. Given the high prevalence of orthostatic syncope in participants (~50%), a systematic reappraisal of drugs potentially responsible for orthostatic hypotension is warranted.
Falling is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the elderly general population[1] and the primary cause of hospitalization in those with dementia.[2] The risk of falling is eight times as high in elderly adults with dementia as in their cognitively intact counterparts and is frequently related to syncope.[3] Although neuroautonomic evaluation is a reliable diagnostic tool in cognitively impaired elderly adults with unexplained falls,[4] individuals with dementia are a particular clinical subset in which suspected syncope is less likely to be fully investigated. This may be because of several factors, ranging from difficulty collecting information on falls in individuals with dementia to an ageist attitude that tends to underestimate the relevance of falls and syncope in older persons, particularly those that are cognitively impaired.[5] However, identification of the causes of falls and of individuals with syncope-related falls may have important clinical and therapeutic implications that, in turn, may reduce the burden of falls-related morbidity and mortality in this subset of frequent fallers.
A prospective, observational, multicenter study was conducted to define the etiology of syncope and unexplained falls in elderly adults with dementia using a simplified protocol based on European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines.[6]
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016;64(8):1567-1573. © 2016 Blackwell Publishing
Table 1. Participant Demographic and Clinical Characteristics (N = 357)
Age, mean ± SD (range) 83.5 ± 6.5 (65–100)
Female, n (%) 217 (60.8)
Cumulative Illness Rating Scale score, mean ± SD 3.4 ± 2.0
Number of activities of daily living lost, mean ± SD 3 ± 2
Number of instrumental activities of daily living lost, mean ± SD 6 ± 2
Mini-Mental State Examination score, mean ± SD 17.4 ± 5.5
Geriatric Depression Scale, mean ± SD (N = 196) 5.6 ± 3.4
Abnormal electrocardiogram, n (%)a 106 (29.7)
Number of episodes of transient loss of consciousness and falls in last 3 years, mean ± SD (range) 3.9 ± 3.6 (1–30)
Type of dementia, n (%)
Alzheimer's disease 111 (31.1)
Vascular 153 (42.9)
Mixed (Alzheimer's disease and vascular) 57 (16.0)
Parkinson's disease 20 (5.6)
Lewy body dementia 7 (2.0)
Frontotemporal 3 (0.8)
Normal-pressure hydrocephalus 4 (1.1)
Alcoholic 2 (0.6)
Comorbidities, n (%)
Hypertension 277 (77.6)
Structural heart disease 126 (35.3)
Atrial fibrillation 53 (14.8)
Stroke, transient ischemic attack 77 (21.6)
Carotid plaques 90 (25.2)
Epilepsy 12 (3.4)
Psychiatric disorders 117 (32.8)
Type II diabetes melliuts 81 (22.7)
Thyroid dysfunction 39 (10.9)
Pacemaker (n, %) 14 (3.9)
aLeft bundle brunch block, bifascicular block, atrial fibrillation, advanced atrioventricular block, previous myocardial infarction, coronary heart disease, heart failure, valvular disease, pulmonary embolism.
SD = standard deviation.
Table 2. Drugs Used at the Time of the Event in Entire Population (N = 357)
Overall number of drugs, mean ± standard deviation (range) 6.0 ± 2.9 (0–14)
Cardiovascular, n (%) (ATC classification codes B01; C01–C10)
Antiplatelet 205 (57.4)
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, angiotensin receptor blocker 188 (52.7)
Diuretic 141 (39.5)
Beta-blocker 92 (25.8)
Statin 91 (25.5)
Calcium-channel blocker 62 (17.4)
Antiarrhythmic 55 (15.4)
Anticoagulant 48 (13.4)
Nitrate 45 (12.6)
Alpha-blocker 42 (11.8)
Antidiabetic medication, n (%) (ATC classification code A10) 67 (18.8)
Miscellaneous ATC codes, n (%)
Antidepressant 125 (35.0)
Antipsychotic 77 (21.6)
Benzodiazepine 77 (21.6)
Cholinesterase inhibitor 45 (12.6)
Antiparkinsonian 28 (7.8)
Memantine 27 (7.6)
Anticonvulsant 23 (6.4)
Levothyroxine 21 (5.9)
ATC = Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical.
Table 3. Main Features of Event (Transient Loss of Consciousness or Fall) in the Entire Population (N = 357) and in Participants with Orthostatic Syncope (n = 117)
Main Features of Events
Orthostatic Syncope
Circumstances just before event
Standing 221 (61.9) 69 (59.0)
Changing position 106 (29.7) 26 (22.2)
Sitting 100 (28.0) 36 (30.8)
Walking 99 (27.7) 31 (26.5)
Situational 75 (21.0) 19 (16.2)
Lying 19 (5.3) 7 (6.0)
Warning or prodromal symptoms
Absent 241 (67.5) 67 (57.3)
Neurovegetative 81 (22.7) 40 (34.2)
Cardiac 9 (2.5) 4 (3.4)
Symptoms after event
Confusion 119 (33.3) 34 (29.1)
Neurological signs 62 (17.4) 11 (9.4)
Fatigue 55 (15.4) 19 (16.2)
Incontinence 30 (8.4) 11 (9.4)
Event-related injuries 173 (48.6) 46 (39.3)
Major injuries 52 (14.6) 18 (15.4)
Table 4. Initial and Final Diagnoses in Total Population (N = 357)
Initial Diagnosis
Percentage of Initial
Suspected syncope (n = 181) Syncope (n = 158) 87.3
Falls (n = 10) 5.5
Stroke (n = 6) 3.3
Epilepsy (n = 4) 2.2
Metabolic disorder (n = 2) 1.1
Drop attack (n = 1) 0.6
Unexplained falls (n = 166) Syncope (n = 75) 45.2
Falls (n = 71) 42.8
Stroke (n = 13) 7.8
Psychogenic attack (n = 1) 0.6
Syncope and falls (n = 10) Syncope (n = 9) 90.0
Falls (n = 1) 10.0
Table 5. Final Diagnosis of Syncope in General Population and According to Most Common Types of Dementia
All, n = 242
AD, n = 75
VD, n = 107
Mixed, n = 37a
Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinson's Disease, n = 18
Cardiac 33 (13.6) 8 (10.7) 19 (17.8) 6 (18.2) 0 (0.0)
Arrhythmic 25 (10.3) 6 (8.0) 16 (15.0) 3 (8.1) 0 (0.0)
Structural 8 (3.3) 2 (2.7) 3 (2.8) 3 (8.1) 0 (0.0)
Reflex 61 (25.2) 18 (24.0) 25 (23.4) 13 (35.1) 5 (27.8)
Vasovagal 21 (8.7) 8 (10.7) 7 (6.5) 5 (13.5) 1 (5.6)
Situational 26 (10.7) 8 (10.7) 11 (10.3) 6 (16.2) 1 (5.6)
Carotid sinus syndrome 13 (5.4) 2 (2.7) 7 (6.5) 2 (5.4) 2 (11.1)
Atypical 1 (0.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (5.6)
Orthostatic 117 (48.3) 38 (50.7) 53 (49.5) 12 (32.4) 11 (61.1)
Primary autonomic failure 7 (2.9) 2 (2.7) 3 (2.8) 0 (0.0) 2 (11.1)
Secondary autonomic failure 34 (14.0) 7 (9.3) 14 (13.1) 4 (10.8) 9 (50.0)
Drug induced 55 (22.7) 19 (25.3) 27 (25.2) 7 (18.9) 0 (0.0)
Volume depletion 21 (8.7) 10 (13.3) 9 (8.4) 1 (2.7) 0 (0.0)
Unexplained 31 (12.8) 11 (14.7) 10 (9.3) 6 (16.2) 2 (11.1)
aAlzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VD) combined.
Andrea Ungar, MD, PhDa, Chiara Mussi, MD, PhDb, Alice Ceccofiglio, MDa, Giuseppe Bellelli, MD, PhDc,d,e, Franco Nicosia, MDf, Mario Bo, MDg, Daniela Riccio, MDh, Anna Maria Martone, MDi, Livia Guadagno, MDj, Gabriele Noro, MDk, Giulia Ghidoni, MDb, Martina Rafanelli, MDa, Niccolò Marchionni, MDa and Pasquale Abete, MD, PhDj
From the aSyncope Unit, Geriatric Cardiology and Medicine, University of Florence and Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, Florence; bCentro di Valutazione e Ricerca Gerontologica, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena; cDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Milan; dAcute Geriatric Unit, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza; eMilan Center for Neuroscience, Milan; fMedicine and Geriatric Unit, Spedali Civili, Brescia; gStruttura Complessa a Direzione Universitaria, Geriatria e Malattie Metaboliche dell'Osso, Città della Salute e della Scienza-Molinette, Torino; hGeriatric Department, SS. Trinit_a Hospital, Cagliari; iDepartment of Geriatrics, Neurosciences and Orthopedics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome; jDepartment of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples; and kGeriatric Unit, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento.
Address correspondence to
Andrea Ungar, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50139 Florence, Italy. E-mail: aungar@unifi.it
The editor in chief has reviewed the conflict of interest checklist provided by the authors and has determined that the authors have no financial or any other kind of personal conflicts with this paper.
Ungar, Mussi, Ceccofiglio, Bellelli, Nicosia, Bo, Marchionni, Abete: conception and design, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data, drafting article or revising it critically for important intellectual content, final approval of version to be published. Riccio, Martone, Guadagno, Noro, Ghidoni, Rafanelli: acquisition of data, drafting article or revising it critically for important intellectual content, final approval of version to be published.
Enrico Mossello, MD, PhD; Francesca Tesi, MD; Giulia Toffanello, MD (Syncope Unit, Geriatric Cardiology and Medicine, University of Florence and Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy). Susanna Motta, MD; Sara Zazzetta, MD (Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano Bicocca; Acute Geriatric Unit, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy; Milan Center for Neuroscience, Milan, Italy). Diana Bertoni, MD (Medicine and Geriatric Unit—Spedali Civili of Brescia, Italy). Michela Tibaldi, MD (SCDU Geriatria e Malattie Metaboliche dell'Osso, Città della Salute e della Scienza-Molinette-Torino, Italy). Barbara Orani, MD (Geriatric Department, SS. Trinità Hospital, Cagliari, Italy). Francesco Landi, MD and Matteo Tosato MD (Department of Geriatrics, Neurosciences and Orthopedics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy). Gianni Tava, MD (Geriatric Unit, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy).
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