Los Angeles, CA, October 21, 2018 – DxTerity, a molecular information and diagnostics company developing at-home RNA monitoring blood tests for immune-mediated diseases, today announced that data from systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and multiple sclerosis (MS) studies will be presented at the 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting being held October 20-24, 2018 in Chicago, IL. In the LIFT and EMPOWER studies, researchers evaluated interferon gene expression levels in participants with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and multiple sclerosis (MS) respectively, using DxTerity's research-developed Autoimmune Profile Test (AIP) with the patented DxCollect® Fingerstick Collection Kit that stabilizes RNA at ambient temperature with self-collected blood samples.
Demonstration of statistically significant relation of Type 1 IFN with disease state, ethnicity, and age of participants.
A summary of DxTerity's scientific presentations at the ACR/ARHP annual meeting are as follows.
Type 1 interferon (IFN) expression has been shown to correlate with disease severity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). 36.8% of patients with SLE were found to be high while only 20% of MS patients were. Moreover, High IFN was associated with ethnicity and age at time of diagnosis in the SLE cohort. IFN levels were higher in African Americans (68.1%) and Asians (90.6%) compared to Caucasians (31%), and higher in those diagnosed at less than 18 years of age (70.4%) compared to disease diagnosis between ages 18-30 (45.4%) and diagnosis at over 30 years of age (27.3%). These data correlated with published literature of higher disease severity in those subgroups. The LIFT study demonstrated stratification of individuals with SLE based on their IFN expression levels and the potential for from-home measurement of type 1 interferon.
Online direct-to-patient recruitment resulted in rapid enrollment for a study involving participants with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Through Facebook and four online bloggers, greater than 1,000 participants with lupus were enrolled in less than 6 weeks. The study virality resulted in a 40% increase in enrolled participants at no additional marketing cost.
With a rural area participation rate similar to the national distribution, online recruitment may have captured individuals who normally lack access to join a study. Bloggers provided an engaged group of patients with a higher percent enrollment compared to Facebook, 45.4% from click-to-qualified enrolled compared to 4.3%, possibly due to increased trust within the lupus blogger community and better targeting. Online direct-to-patient recruitment is an effective model that can help drive down research costs.
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is the most common form of lupus, an incurable autoimmune disease affecting approximately 1.5 million individuals in the U.S., primarily women of color. SLE produces autoantibodies that lead the body to attack its own tissue and organs. Symptoms include painful or swollen joints, extreme fatigue, fever, skin rash, and organ damage.
DxTerity is a molecular information and diagnostics company bringing precision medicine to autoimmune with from-home RNA monitoring. DxTerity also provides services and technologies to partner organizations, including population-scale genomic studies. For more information, please visit DxTerity.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook.
The DxCollect® Fingerstick Collection Kit is for Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedure.


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Binge Bunch: Two-Thirds of Global VOD Viewers Say They Watch Multiple Episodes in a Single Sitting
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Video-on-demand (VOD) services are undoubtedly transforming the way audiences consume video, so it's important to tune in to what's driving engagement around the world. Our recent online global survey found that while several strong motivating factors will support continued growth, there are a few barriers to be mindful of, too.
Due to the personalized nature of streaming programming, it comes as no surprise that convenience is a very important factor in the decision to watch VOD programming. Among the global respondents who watch VOD, more than three-quarters of (77%) somewhat or strongly agree they do so because they can view content when it's convenient for them. Agreement was highest in Latin America (82%), North America (81%) and Europe (80%) and was slightly lower in the Middle East/Africa (77%) and Asia-Pacific (76%).
Respondents are also watching VOD content because it allows multiple people in the household to watch different programming on different devices at the same time. Two-thirds of global respondents who watch VOD agree this is a reason for viewing (66%). In addition, among those who watch VOD content, binge-watching is popular and driving viewership. Sixty-six percent of global respondents say the ability to watch multiple episodes in a single sitting is a motivator for watching VOD content. This attribute is more appealing in North America (73%) and Africa/Middle East (70%) than globally. And while Millennials and Generation X are the most likely to agree they watch VOD because they like to catch up on multiple episodes at once (68% and 67%, respectively), almost half of respondents in every other generation somewhat or strongly agree with this statement.
There are practical motivators for on-demand viewers as well, as the perception of cost is another potential driver fueling VOD growth. Nearly six-in-10 global respondents who watch VOD programming say it's less expensive than programming from a cable or satellite provider (59%), with above-average agreement in Latin America (67%) and North America (64%).
For all of its benefits, VOD has a few shortcomings as well. Among those who watch VOD content, more than seven-in-10 global respondents (72%) say they wish more programming choices were available. In a separate U.S. online survey of SVOD viewers, limited content selection was among the top reasons SVOD subscribers stream less content today than when they first started.
Additionally, while on-demand content is available across an array of digital devices, two-thirds of global respondents (67%) agree that watching VOD programming on an online or mobile device is not as good as watching on a bigger screen.
Other findings from the global Video-on-Demand report include:
Nearly two-thirds of global respondents (65%) say they watch some form of VOD programming, which includes long-and short-form content.
VOD is becoming a part of daily viewing habits for many. Among those who watch any type of VOD programming, 43% say they watch at least once a day.
More than half of global respondents (59%) say they don't mind getting advertising if they can view free content.
Eighty percent of global respondents who watch on-demand content say they view movies, followed by TV programs (50%).
For more detail and insight, download Nielsen's Global Video-on-Demand Report. If you would like more detailed country-level data from this survey, it is available for sale in the Nielsen Store.
About the Nielsen Global Survey
The Nielsen Global Video-on-Demand Survey was conducted Aug. 10-Sep. 4, 2015, and polled more than 30,000 online consumers in 61 countries throughout Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East/Africa and North America. The sample includes Internet users who agreed to participate in this survey and has quotas based on age and sex for each country. It is weighted to be representative of Internet consumers by country. Because the sample is based on those who agreed to participate, no estimates of theoretical sampling error can be calculated. However, a probability sample of equivalent size would have a margin of error of ±0.6% at the global level. This Nielsen survey is based only on the behavior of respondents with online access. Internet penetration rates vary by country. Nielsen uses a minimum reporting standard of 60% Internet penetration or an online population of 10 million for survey inclusion.
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passible (adj.)
late 14c., "capable of feeling or suffering; susceptible of impressions from external agents, capable of being changed," from Old French passible and directly from Late Latin passibilis "capable of feeling or suffering" (see passion). Related: Passibility (mid-14c., passabilite, "capacity for being acted upon or suffering").
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passion (n.)
c. 1200, "the sufferings of Christ on the Cross; the death of Christ," from Old French passion "Christ's passion, physical suffering" (10c.), from Late Latin passionem (nominative passio) "suffering, enduring," from past-participle stem of Latin pati "to endure, undergo, experience," a word of uncertain origin. The notion is "that which must be endured."
The sense was extended to the sufferings of martyrs, and suffering and pain generally, by early 13c. It replaced Old English þolung (used in glosses to render Latin passio), literally "suffering," from þolian (v.) "to endure." In Middle English also sometimes "the state of being affected or acted upon by something external" (late 14c., compare passive).
In Middle English also "an ailment, disease, affliction;" also "an emotion, desire, inclination, feeling; desire to sin considered as an affliction" (mid-13c.). The specific meaning "intense or vehement emotion or desire" is attested from late 14c., from Late Latin use of passio to render Greek pathos "suffering," also "feeling, emotion." The specific sense of "sexual love" is attested by 1580s, but the word has been used of any lasting, controlling emotion (zeal; grief, sorrow; rage, anger; hope, joy). The meaning "strong liking, enthusiasm, predilection" is from 1630s; that of "object of great admiration or desire" is by 1732.
As compared with affection, the distinctive mark of passion is that it masters the mind, so that the person becomes seemingly its subject or its passive instrument, while an affection, though moving, affecting, or influencing one, still leaves him his self-control. The secondary meanings of the two words keep this difference. [Century Dictionary]
A passion-play (1843, in a German context) represents the scenes in the Passion of Christ. The passion-flower was so called from the 1630s.
The name passionflower — flos passionis — arose from the supposed resemblance of the corona to the crown of thorns, and of the other parts of the flower to the nails, or wounds, while the five sepals and five petals were taken to symbolize the ten apostles — Peter ... and Judas ... being left out of the reckoning. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1885]
passivity (n.)
"passiveness," 1650s, from passive + -ity. Middle English had passion in a sense of "fact or condition of being acted upon" (c. 1400), also passabilite "capacity for being acted upon or suffering" (mid-14c.; see passible).
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Refurbishment of a Grade 2 listed Georgian house in London.
The project seeks to invigorate an approximately 300 year old structure with the new, whilst retaining all the quirkiness of the old. The layering that new insertions, juxtaposed with sloping floors and walls, pregnant ceilings, and creaking staircases, are celebrated and retained.
The owner's art collection was taken as a starting point for the chromatic concept for the house. Photography was interpreted as the art of light and dark. We wanted the pictures in the collection to be the protagonists, and the room colours had to provide the right backdrop and atmosphere. This was achieved by painting each room a single colour for walls, ceilings, doors, architraves and window frames. The colours were chosen by considering the artwork, orientation and function and were tested through extensive full room samples.
Overall the client's aim, whilst requiring the house to be upgraded technically, was to notice a few changes, a few surprises, but generally to feel the house had always been like this.


Use this sample checklist to create or update your loss prevention program across your parking lots.
Loss prevention is a set of policies and procedures designed to minimize theft, fraud, vandalism and waste.
Good list, but I would also suggest removal of bird nests, especially on/around neon signs and lights. I have heard of fires starting due to het / arcing from electronics etc. ALSO check expansion joints/cracks for voids that result in tripping hazards, especially bu those in high heels.


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Announcing Stanford e-Oita, a New Online Course for High School Students in Oita Prefecture, Japan
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Visitors from Oita Prefecture visit Stanford for the opening ceremony of the Stanford e-Oita online course for high school students. Governor Katsusada Hirose (center with beige jacket) with Mrs. Hirose and Ambassador Michael Armacost to her right.
SPICE is proud to announce a new partnership with Oita Prefecture in Japan to develop an online course for high school students in Oita Prefecture. The new program, called Stanford e-Oita, will launch in the fall of 2019 and will introduce Japanese high school students to U.S. culture and society. The students will also have an opportunity to improve their English language skills, as the course will be conducted entirely in English.
To commemorate the new online course and partnership between Stanford University and Oita Prefecture, SPICE hosted a ceremony on Stanford campus last week with Oita Governor Katsusada Hirose and a large contingent of Japanese businessmen and government workers from Oita Prefecture, including representatives from the Development Bank of Japan and Japan Semiconductor. Also in attendance was Dr. Michael Armacost, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan and an old friend of Governor Hirose.
"I am so honored to be here at the ceremony with my old schoolmate Ambassador Armacost," commented Governor Hirose during his formal remarks. "I also extend my sincere gratitude to SPICE Director Dr. Mukai for your generous and continued support on this. It is a dream for our students to be able to take classes from Stanford University even in Oita, a regional city in Japan. I hope the agreement this time will be a great opportunity for students of both countries to learn from each other."
Planning for the Stanford e-Oita online course is still at an early stage, but the main course topics are now being decided. Dr. Mukai moderated a discussion on possible topics for the new course, and several of those in attendance enthusiastically contributed suggestions for consideration. The SPICE staff shared their experiences teaching other online courses such as Stanford e-Japan, Stanford e-Tottori, Stanford e-Hiroshima, and the Reischauer Scholars Program (a course on Japan for U.S. high school students). Oita Prefectural Board of Education's Keisuke Toyoda, who oversees the Stanford e-Oita online course, also offered his high-priority topics for the program, which includes entrepreneurship, Japan–U.S. relations, region-to-region partnerships, and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Several others offered their suggestions, as well.
Ambassador Armacost also made formal remarks, commenting especially on the strong and natural modern partnership between the United States and Japan, but also how U.S.–Japan relations at the governmental level have evolved over time to become a more balanced relationship.
"Back in my days—in the late '80s, early '90s—the United States used to approach U.S.–Japan relations with a kind of instructional mindset. 'How can we teach Japan to be more like us?' I always disagreed with that approach," shared Ambassador Armacost. "Nowadays, it seems to be much better—a more reciprocal mindset. 'What can we learn from each other to build a better future?'"
Fittingly, it is in that same spirit of mutual respect, reciprocity, and hope for the future that SPICE and Oita Prefecture launch our new Stanford–Oita partnership and online course.
"I have a lot of expectations for the future," commented Governor Hirose. "Thank you so much."
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Stanford e-Oita is one of several regional online courses that SPICE offers to high school students in other countries. In addition, SPICE offers national online courses to high school students in Japan (Stanford e-Japan) and China (Stanford e-China).
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