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Republican Policy Committee faces tough task crafting 2022 agenda
The Republican Party hasn't had a policy agenda in many years. The chair of the Republican Policy Committee intends to change that. I wish him luck.
Republican Party helping Trump pay his personal legal bills: WaPo
Dec. 17, 202102:47
By Steve Benen
Republican Rep. Gary Palmer recently made headlines by seeking credit for the bipartisan infrastructure package in his Alabama district, failing to note that he voted against it.
But that's not the only notable thing about the GOP congressman. Palmer, a member of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, is also the chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee. And as the conservative Washington Times reports, the Alabaman hopes to use this position to show voters that his party can offer governing solutions.
The Alabama Republican is chair of the House Republican Policy Committee, making him a point man for the GOP's issues conversations. It was a conversation the party lacked in the 2020 election, when President Trump ran a largely issue-less campaign, relying on his force of personality and asking voters to judge his record over the previous four years — and to leap at the chance to stick it to his naysayers.... Mr. Palmer seems intent on making sure Republicans have concrete ideas to take to voters next year, when Mr. Trump won't be on any ballots.
Well, that would certainly be a change of pace for a post-policy party that abandoned governing several years ago. (Insert obligatory link to my book here.)
To help bolster his point, Palmer, after complaining about Democratic leaders focusing on the climate crisis, suggested Republicans could present health care ideas that might resonate with voters.
"We're not taking away your health insurance," the GOP lawmaker said. "We're not taking away coverage for pre-existing conditions. What we are doing is going to be of benefit to you."
This, too, would be a change of pace. After all, as recently as a few years ago, congressional Republicans pushed legislation — which actually passed the House — that would've ended coverage for millions of families and punished those with pre-existing conditions. (Palmer was among those voting for it.) Eyeing health care reforms that "benefit" the public would be a welcome shift for the GOP.
Of course, for now, the shift remains theoretical: Republicans started promising to release a health care blueprint in 2009. It's nearly 2022 and we're still waiting. Similarly, Donald Trump spent his entire term assuring the public that the release of his reform plan was imminent. It still doesn't exist.
Maybe it's a new day. Perhaps the Republican Party, which didn't bother to create a national platform last year for the first time since 1854, will come up with meaningful, "concrete" ideas. Maybe GOP lawmakers who've expressed effectively no interest in governing in 2021, will unveil a robust policy blueprint in 2022.
But I'm skeptical, in part because the party long ago abandoned the pretense that substantive policy work matters, in part because other GOP leaders have explicitly rejected the idea of coming up with governing solutions, and in part because if Republicans bundled together some of their vague policy preferences into some kind of 2022 agenda, it'd be filled with unpopular ideas that Democrats would gladly use against them.
That said, I wish Palmer luck anyway.
Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics."


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Sikhs, Hindus at Risk, Unable to Leave Afghanistan Because of Visa Delays
As many as 100 minority Sikhs and Hindus who want to escape Afghanistan by emigrating to India are unable to do so because the Indian government has not yet issued e-visas to family members, according to a prominent Sikh religious leader.
Elderly Sikh gentleman in Pakistan (Photo by Adam Jones, Creative Commons)
Gurnam Singh Rajwanshi, president of the Gurdwara Management Committee in Kabul, told Press Trust of India news agency August 13 that delays in issuing visas to 28 Sikhs and Hindus, including infants and children, have blocked the travel plans of some 70 other family members who do not want to risk leaving family behind in strife-torn Afghanistan. Rajwanshi, who was evacuated from Kabul along with five of his family members on August 13, said his son is among those who have yet to receive his e-visa.
The need to flee the country is highlighted by a June 18 attack. Gunmen stormed a Sikh temple, Gurdwara Karte Parwan, in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, killing a guard and wounding seven others. A statement posted on the Islamic State website claimed responsibility for the assault in retaliation for what the terrorist group said were insults that a government official in India made against the Prophet Muhammad.
It was not clear if that person had any connection with India's governing Bharatiya Janata Party, which faced a severe social media backlash when two of its officials made controversial comments about Prophet Muhammad in May, setting off a diplomatic firestorm between the Indian government and a number of Islamic countries.
The June attack on the Sikh temple was the most serious assault on Afghanistan's Sikh community since March 2020 when Islamic State terrorists killed 25 people in another Sikh temple in Kabul—Gurdwara Har Rai Sahib.
Less than 700 Sikhs and Hindus remained in Afghanistan when the 2020 attack occurred, according to Associated Press. Dozens of families have fled since then, although many were forced to stay because they lacked the resources to leave.
Since June, 66 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus have been evacuated to India in four groups.
Businesses of many were ruined because even their shops were targeted, according to Rajwanshi. And Afghan Sikhs have stopped visiting gurdwaras out of fear for their safety.
"We were born in that country," the Sikh leader said. "We grew up there, we have our houses there, but we cannot even imagine going back to that place again."
The Sikhs and Hindus evacuated to India in recent months are struggling to rebuild their lives. Their basic needs will soon be met, according to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), a nationwide Sikh religious organization whose chapter in the Sikh holy city of Amritsar aided in the evacuation of Afghan Sikhs and Hindus.
"The evacuees have very basic demands such as shelter and education for their children," SGPC senior vice president Raghujit Singh said. His organization has been working to provide education to the children of the evacuees in New Delhi, India's capital.
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The Church publishes this blog to help create a better understanding of the freedom of religion and belief and provide news on religious freedom and issues affecting this freedom around the world.
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What did Churchill say about those who trade honor for peace having in neither in the end? —D.B.
I think we shall have to choose in the next few weeks between war and shame, and I have very little doubt what the decision will be.


Cloud unified communications vendor PanTerra moves into online file sharing with SmartBox, allowing real-time communication while working with files.
PanTerra Networks Inc. joined the crowded online file-sharing market this week when it introduced its SmartBox cloud collaboration product, which integrates hosted unified communications with sync-and-share file services for the midmarket.
"There are about 90 file sync-and-share companies," said Artie Chang, CEO for PanTerra Networks. "What makes us different is [that] we integrate the telecommunications system into sync and share seamlessly. We offer both file services and phone systems that can now be delivered in the cloud. Our product is like Dropbox meets Skype. We can do Skype-like communication both internally and externally."
The private company's SmartBox service integrates voicemail, faxes, email, instant messaging, Web and video conferencing into one application with the ability to do online file sharing on desktops and mobile devices. This allows end users to communicate in real time with co-workers while working on files and documents.
Terri McClure, a senior analyst at Milford, Mass.-based Enterprise Strategy Group, said she expects others to follow PanTerra down this path.
"Most unified communications companies are looking into this," McClure said. "I've heard from a couple of companies, and now it seems to be the beginning of a trend. They are coming at it from a unified communications aspect, meaning they take all tools like instant message, video chat, phone calls and email, and they bring it all into one package."
PanTerra has client-based software and an administrative portal for centralized control and security features. SmartBox integrates PanTerra Networks' Admin 5.0 administration portal, which has built-in management tools such as authentication for devices, remote management and control for device access if a device is lost or stolen. The portal allows administrators to define a user or users within an account, as well as multiple administrator levels and group administration capabilities. In addition, administrators can restrict features on a per-user basis.
SmartBox has a two-phase authentication process, establishing a virtual VPN for all devices and providing remote monitoring and control through a Multiple Active Device Manager. It encrypts data at rest and in flight.
On the client side, employees can upload a file or document to SmartBox and automatically sync the content with mobile devices. A group can collaborate on a document while communicating via a live video chat or on the phone.
"I can click on a file and see changes," the firm's Chang said. "So with SmartBox, when I open a document, I instantly see who sent it to me and who he shared it with. I can see who is online, and with one click, I can call him or message him. I can call him like a Skype call, but I can also pick up a desk phone or smartphone to communicate with him."
SmartBox pricing starts at $15 per month for each enterprise seat plus $10 for every 100 GB of pooled storage per month. PanTerra Networks' WorldSmart unified communications customers can upgrade to SmartBox for $5 per month per seat.
ESG's McClure said there are hundreds of online file-sharing companies in the market addressing it from many angles.
"Everybody is coming at it from where the company is founded," she said. "Hightail used to be YouSendIt, and it was generally an FTP replacement for sharing large files. Now they are expanding into online file sharing. Code42 is a backup vendor, and they are doing backup with sync and share. PanTerra allows you to share because all the communication tools are at your fingertips. You virtually work as a team. You use file sharing to speed up the business process. This is especially attractive for midsize businesses."


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Biografia
Era uno dei cabarettisti e imitatori più noti in Brasile. Faceva parte del gruppo di comici Casseta & Planeta coi cui programmi televisivi aveva raggiunto la celebrità. Particolarmente noto divenne per la parodia dei calciatori Ronaldo e Maradona, e del presidente brasiliano Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, ma anche per aver prestato la voce a Shrek.

Morì per un attacco cardiaco mentre si trovava in Germania, dove seguiva le partite del campionato mondiale di calcio 2006 per Rede Globo, la rete televisiva che trasmetteva i programmi di Casseta & Planeta. Si era sentito male dopo una partita di calcio, la sera del 16 giugno, ma rifiutò le cure mediche. Fu stroncato da un infarto la mattina successiva, nel suo albergo nei pressi di Monaco di Baviera. Era di religione ebraica.

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Structural durability of early-generation Transcatheter aortic valve replacement valves compared with surgical aortic valve replacement valves in heart valve surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ashlynn Ler1,2,
Yeo Jie Ying1,3,
Faizus Sazzad ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-9304-69291,4,6,
Andrew M. T. L. Choong1,4,5,6 &
Theo Kofidis ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-9623-64501,4,5,6
The current treatment for aortic stenosis includes open surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) as well as endovascular transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). This study aims to compare the 1-year, 2–3 year and 5-year structural durability of TAVR valves with that of SAVR valves.
A systematic literature search was conducted in July 2019 on Medline (via PubMed), Embase and Cochrane electronic databases according to the PRISMA guidelines.
Thirteen randomized controlled trials were included. From the meta-analysis, we observed higher rates of 1-year (OR: 7.65, CI: 4.57 to 12.79, p < 0.00001), 2–3-year (OR: 13.49, CI: 5.66 to 32.16, p < 0.00001) and 5-year paravalvular regurgitation (OR: 14.51, CI: 4.47 to 47.09, p < 0.00001) associated with the TAVR valves than the SAVR valves. There were also higher rates of 1-year (OR: 5.00, CI: 3.27 to 7.67, p < 0.00001), 2–3-year (OR: 8.14, CI: 3.58 to 18.50, p < 0.00001) and 5-year moderate or severe aortic regurgitation (MD: 14.65, CI: 4.55 to 47.19, p < 0.00001), and higher rates of 1-year (OR: 3.55, CI: 1.86 to 6.77, p = 0.0001), 2–3-year (OR: 3.55, CI: 1.86 to 6.77, p = 0.0001) and 5-year reintervention (OR: 3.55, CI: 1.22 to 10.38, p = 0.02) in the TAVR valves as compared to SAVR valves.
TAVR valves appear to be more susceptible to structural valve deterioration and thus potentially less structurally durable than SAVR valves, given that they may be associated with higher rates of moderate or severe aortic regurgitation, paravalvular regurgitation and reintervention in the 1-year-, 2–3 year, and 5-year period.
Aortic stenosis is currently the most common valvular disease in developed countries, with an overall prevalence of approximately 1–3% in European patients who are more than 70 years old [1]. The current methods for treatment for the disease include Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement (SAVR) and the less-invasive Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) technique. Traditionally, TAVR procedures were reserved for high-risk patients or patients with severe symptomatic aortic valve stenosis [2]. In recent years, the use of this technique has been extended to low-and intermediate-risk patients as well [3], with more studies evaluating the safety and efficacy of this minimally invasive procedure in these differing patient cohorts.
Both SAVR and TAVR use bioprosthetic valves, with the SAVR valve being a fixed stent with an estimated life span of 15 years and the TAVR valve being capable of expanding and collapsing [4]. However, TAVR being the newer procedure, with the first valve implanted in 2002 by Alan Cribier [5], and developments in the technique and valves having spanned only just under 20 years, the life span of the TAVR valve is still uncertain. Currently, studies that compare TAVR to SAVR valves report data of only up to 5 or 6 years, making an assessment of valve durability beyond that time frame difficult to determine. Additionally, while much has been done on determining the clinical outcomes of TAVR patients in single-arm studies, relatively fewer studies have reported data on the 5-year structural durability of the TAVR valves in comparison with SAVR valves. Hence, the present study aims to compare the 1-year, 2–3 year and 5-year structural durability of the early-generation TAVR valves as compared to SAVR valves.
A systematic review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses for systematic review (PRISMA) standard [6]. We conducted electronic searches on Medline (via PubMed), Embase and Cochrane database records from the date of inception to 3 July 2019. On the PubMed database, a repetitive and exhaustive combination of the following search terms were used: "Transcatheter aortic valve replacement valve durability", "Aortic valve replacement valve durability comparison", "Surgical aortic valve replacement valve durability comparison", "SAVR TAVR valve durability", "Surgical aortic valve replacement versus transcatheter aortic valve replacement valve durability" and "Durability for aortic bioprosthesis for TAVR".
Inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria
Any randomized controlled trials that reported both SAVR and TAVR valve structural durability in patients. Animal studies, case reports, survey results, laboratory studies and any studies that were not written in the English language were excluded, as well as reports on haemodynamic simulations and studies that focused on the quality of life of SAVR and TAVR patients.
Study selection
Three reviewers (A.L, Y.J.Y, F.S) screened and assessed the studies independently for inclusion. The articles were first screened by their titles and abstracts. The full-text review was performed on articles if the reviewer was unable to confirm the relevance of the study for inclusion.
Quality of evidence and risk of bias assessment
As illustrated in chapter 11 of the Cochrane handbook of reviews [7], GRADEpro was used to evaluate the quality of evidence in the included studies (Table 1). Two reviewers (A.L, Y.J.Y) assessed the articles for their risk of bias and quality of evidence. Risk of bias of each study was assessed according to guidelines in chapter 8 of the Cochrane handbook of reviews [13] (Fig. E1) and risk of bias plots were generated using RevMan 5 [14] (Fig. E2).
Table 1 Quality of Evidence of Included Studies
Data abstraction and outcomes of interest
Two authors (A.L, Y.J.Y) independently abstracted details of the study population. Data extracted included: Title, authors, year of publication, study type, number of patients, sex, age, body surface area, NHYA class III or IV, and histories of hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, pulmonary disease, coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus, prior coronary artery bypass grafting, prior atrial fibrillation, prior myocardial infarction, pre-existing pacemaker and prior balloon valvuloplasty.
The primary outcome measures were 1-year, 2–3 year and 5-year moderate or severe aortic regurgitation, valve endocarditis and reintervention rate. The secondary outcome measures were all-cause mortality and specific mortality, which is defined as mortality due to specifically cardiovascular causes.
Author-defined time frames
Following full-text review of the included studies, we observed the presence of heterogeneity in the length of follow-up period in each study. In order to resolve this, we defined the follow up time frames into three categories: Patient data reported within the first year, patient data reported in 2–3 years post valve implantation and patient data reported within a 5-year (or more) period post-operation.
Author-defined aortic regurgitation
For studies that reported moderate and severe aortic regurgitation as separate values, we calculated 'moderate and severe aortic regurgitation' by adding together the combined incidence of moderate and severe aortic regurgitation.
All forest plots were generated using RevMan 5 [14]. All meta-analyses were carried out using random-effects models to account for statistical variability across the studies. Where absolute numbers were not explicitly stated, the percentages reported were taken and multiplied to the total number of participants to obtain the number of events. These values were rounded up when the first decimal place was above 5 and rounded down when the first decimal place was less than 5. For all forest plots, we compared odds ratios (OR) and the confidence intervals (CI) of these odds ratios across the studies.
The systematic search revealed a total of 396 papers. One paper was retrieved from alternative sources. After duplicates were excluded, 193 papers remained for review. Based on title and abstract review, irrelevant publications for those that did not satisfy our inclusion criteria were not considered, leaving 30 articles for full-text review. Following the full-text assessment of these articles, 13 papers [8,9,10,11,12, 15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22]remained for data extraction (Fig. 1).
PRISMA chart illustrating our process of obtaining the 13 included articles. Our initial search produced 396 studies and 1 study was retrieved from alternative sources. Out of this initial pool of studies, 193 remained after duplicates were removed. With 163 irrelevant records excluded based on their titles and abstracts, we reviewed the full texts of 30 articles, of which 17 were excluded and 13 remained for inclusion in our study
From our risk of bias assessment of the included studies, we determined that 4 studies [10,11,12, 22] were associated with high risk of performance bias due to the authors explicitly stating that treating physicians were not blinded to their type of intervention [22] or that the trial was unblinded [10,11,12]. All other studies were at unclear risk of performance bias as not enough information was available for a conclusion to be made. Another 3 studies were prone to high risk of attrition bias due to insufficient details provided on missing data [17, 19, 21] (Fig. E1 and E2). Apart from these, we determined that the evidence provided by the included studies were still of robust quality (Table 1).
All studies were randomized controlled trials, reporting data on 6 trials, namely: the PARTNER 1 trial, PARTNER 2 trial, CoreValve US pivotal High Risk trial, the SURTAVI trial, Evolut Low Risk trial and NOTION trial. A mixed cohort of patients who were at low risk and high risk of surgery was included in our analysis. The TAVR valves compared were the CoreValve, Edwards SAPIEN, SAPIEN XT, Evolut R and Evolut Pro valves (Table E1).
All studies were multi-centre studies, with the majority taking place in the United States and Canada. Only the NOTION trial was carried out in Denmark and Sweden, and the Evolut Low Risk trial included centres based in Japan. A majority of the patients were over 70 years old. Apart from the study by Deeb et al. [16] reporting a significant difference between histories of diabetes mellitus in their TAVR and SAVR patient cohorts, the baseline characteristics of the TAVR and SAVR patients across the included studies were similar (Table E2).
Meta-analysis of postoperative outcomes of TAVR and SAVR
All 13 studies were subjected to a meta-analysis, with the comparison between the postoperative primary and secondary outcomes of TAVR valves and SAVR valves.
Incidence of paravalvular regurgitation
From the pooled analysis of 7 studies, 5689 patients, across 5 trials (CoreValve US Pivotal High Risk trial, PARTNER Cohort A trial, PARTNER 2 trial, Evolut Low Risk trial and SURTAVI trial), there was a significantly higher incidence of 1-year paravalvular regurgitation associated with the TAVR valve than the SAVR valve (OR: 7.65, CI: 4.57 to 12.79, p < 0.00001) (Fig. 2a). From the data of 5 studies, 2335 patients from 4 different trials (CoreValve US Pivotal High Risk trial, PARTNER Cohort A trial, Evolut Low Risk trial and PARTNER 2 trial), there was a significantly higher rate of 2–3-year paravalvular regurgitation in patients with TAVR valve than those with the SAVR valve (OR: 13.49, CI: 5.66 to 32.16, p < 0.00001) (Fig. 2b). Comparing 3 studies, with data reported on 989 patients from 2 trials (PARTNER trial and NOTION trial), there were more incidences of 5-year paravalvular regurgitation associated with the TAVR valve than the SAVR valve (OR: 14.51, CI: 4.47 to 47.09, p < 0.00001) (Fig. 2c).
Forest plots of (a) 1-year (b) 2–3-year and (c) 5-year Paravalvular Regurgitation (Moderate or Severe). We observed higher rates of 1-year, 2–3-year and 5-year paravalvular regurgitation associated with the use of TAVR valves, as compared to SAVR valves
Incidence of moderate or severe aortic regurgitation
From 8 studies, 4361 patients and across 5 trials (CoreValve US Pivotal trial, CoreValve US High risk pivotal trial, PARTNER Cohort A, Evolut Low Risk trial and the NOTION trial), we observed a higher rate of 1-year moderate or severe aortic regurgitation in the TAVR valve cohort than the SAVR cohort (OR: 5.00, CI: 3.27 to 7.67, p < 0.00001) (Fig. 3d). From the pooled analysis of 6 studies, 1793 patients and 5 trials (CoreValve US Pivotal trial, CoreValve US High Risk trial, PARTNER Cohort A trial, Evolut Low Risk trial and NOTION trial), there was a higher rate of 2–3-year moderate or severe aortic regurgitation in the TAVR valve group as compared to the SAVR valve group (OR: 8.14, CI: 3.58 to 18.50, p < 0.00001) (Fig. 3e). Comparing the results of 4 studies and 1409 patients from 4 trials (PARTNER trial, CoreValve US High Risk trial, PARTNER 1 trial, NOTION trial), there was a significantly higher rate of 5-year moderate or severe aortic regurgitation in patients with the TAVR valve than those with the SAVR valve (OR: 14.65, CI: 4.55 to 47.19, p < 0.00001) (Fig. 3f).
Forest plots of (d) 1-year, (e) 2–3-year and (f) 5-year Moderate or Severe Aortic Regurgitation. We observed higher rates of 1-year, 2–3-year and 5-year moderate or severe aortic regurgitation associated with the use of TAVR valves, as compared to SAVR valves
Reintervention rates
Comparing data from 6 studies, 6253 patients, across 5 trials (CoreValve US Pivotal High Risk trial, PARTNER 2 trial, SURTAVI trial, Evolut Low Risk trial and NOTION trial), there was a higher rate of 1-year reintervention associated with the TAVR valve, as compared to the SAVR valve (OR: 3.52, CI: 1.78 to 6.96, p = 0.0003) (Fig. 4g). With data from 3 studies and 4442 patients across 3 independent trials (CoreValve US Pivotal High Risk trial, PARTNER 2 trial and SURTAVI trial), there was a higher rate of 2–3-year reintervention reported with the TAVR valve than the SAVR valve (OR: 3.55, CI: 1.86 to 6.77, p = 0.0001) (Fig. 4h). From 3 studies, 3819 patients, across 3 trials, (PARTNER trial, CoreValve US Pivotal High Risk trial and NOTION trial), there was a significantly higher rate of 5-year reintervention rates observed with the TAVR valve as compared to the SAVR valve (OR: 3.55, CI: 1.22 to 10.38, p = 0.02) (Fig. 4i). One study (Thyregod et al. [11]) was excluded due to the data reported being the same as an already included study from the same trial.
Forest plots of (g) 1-year, (h) 2–3-year and (i) 5-year Reintervention Rates. We observed higher rates of 1-year, 2–3-year and 5-year reintervention rates associated with the use of TAVR valves, as compared to SAVR valves
Incidence of endocarditis, all-cause mortality and mortality due to cardiovascular diseases
We observed no statistical differences in 1-year (OR: 0.96, CI: 0.48 to 1.92, p = 0.91), 2–3 year (OR: 1.09, CI: 0.37 to 3.25, p = 0.87) and 5-year (OR: 1.03, CI: 0.59 to 1.80, p = 0.91) incidence of endocarditis (Fig. 5), 1-year (OR: 0.88, CI: 0.75 to 1.02, p = 0.08), 2–3 year (OR: 0.93, CI: 0.80 to 1.09, p = 0.37) and 5-year (OR: 1.20, CI: 1.00 to 1.46, p = 0.06) all-cause mortality (Fig. 6) and 1-year (OR: 0.88, CI: 0.74 to 1.06, p = 0.17), 2–3 year (OR: 0.92, CI: 0.76 to 1.11, p = 0.40) and 5-year (OR: 1.17, CI: 0.96 to 1.44, p = 0.12) mortality due to cardiovascular diseases (Fig. 7).
Forest plots of (a) 1-year, (b) 2–3-year and (c) 5-year Endocarditis. We observed no statistical difference in 1-year, 2–3-year and 5-year endocarditis between TAVR and SAVR valves
Forest plots of (d) 1-year, (e) 2–3-year and (f) 5-year All-cause Mortality. We observed no statistical difference in 1-year, 2–3-year and 5-year endocarditis between TAVR and SAVR valves
Forest plots of (g) 1-year, (h) 2–3-year and (i) 5-year Mortality Due to Cardiovascular Reasons. We observed no statistical difference in 1-year, 2–3-year and 5-year endocarditis between TAVR and SAVR valves
According to the definition of structural valve deterioration (SVD) proposed by Dvir et al [23], SVD is composed of 4 stages (Stage 0 to 3), with stage 2 comprising of 3 'sub-stages', namely Stages 2S (stenosis), 2R (moderate regurgitation) and 2RS (moderate regurgitation and stenosis). Following this definition, paravalvular regurgitation and infective endocarditis are not factors that directly lead to a diagnosis of SVD but may eventually contribute to the development of early stage SVD [23]. We observed no significant differences in the incidence of 1-year, 2–3 year or 5-year endocarditis between the TAVR valve and SAVR valve cohorts. However, our results of higher rates of 1-year, 2–3 year and 5-year paravalvular regurgitation may suggest a greater likelihood of TAVR valves developing SVD in the long run.
In the same definition, SVD Stage 2 concerns "morphological abnormalities of valve leaflets associated with haemodynamic dysfunction" [23]. The authors defined "haemodynamic dysfunction" as the incidence of either valvular stenosis or regurgitation, with moderate regurgitation graded SVD Stage 2R [23]. Finally, SVD Stage 3, the most severe stage, is defined by the presence of severe stenosis or regurgitation. At this stage, reintervention is recommended if the patient is symptomatic [23]. Therefore, our results of higher rates of moderate or severe aortic regurgitation associated with TAVR valves may also be indicative of a higher rate of SVD in the 1-year, 2–3 year and 5-year period as compared to SAVR valves, which would then suggest that early-generation TAVR valves might be less durable in the long term than SAVR valves overall. In prior research, studies have reported that more patients with TAVR developed higher rates of prosthesis regurgitation. Kodali et al [24] described that paravalvular regurgitation was more common after TAVR and Athappan et al [25] reported that moderate or severe aortic regurgitation was more frequent after TAVR as well. Our observations of higher rates of moderate or severe aortic regurgitation and paravalvular regurgitation were thus consistent with the available literature.
While only 4 studies reported their findings on SVD [10, 11, 18, 22], the authors of these studies utilised different definitions to determine a diagnosis of SVD and thus could not be compared. Instead, most studies reported reintervention rates, with some specifying the reason for reintervention being due to decreased haemodynamic performance or evidence of structural deterioration on echocardiographic examination of the valves [10, 11, 17]. Hence, the higher rates of reintervention in the 1-year, 2–3 year and 5-year period for the TAVR valves could also be taken as an indirect measure of SVD, and once again representative of TAVR valves having poorer structural durability as compared to SAVR valves.
On another note, with no significant differences observed in 1-year, 2–3 year or 5-year endocarditis, all-cause mortality and mortality due to cardiovascular reasons, it would seem that despite the increased susceptibility to SVD associated with TAVR valves, these might not lead to adverse complications in patients, and TAVR valves are likely to be safe for use in a mixed cohort of patients with aortic stenosis. However, it is also important to take into account that majority of the patients in the included studies were over 70 years old, which could have been a factor that contributed to this observation. We determined that a possible reason for the increased susceptibility to structural valve deterioration associated with the TAVR valves could be due to the fact that they are a relatively newer technology compared to their SAVR counterparts, and that more modifications to the designs of these early-generation valves could compensate for this discrepancy.
The main limitation of this study was its inability to compare values from a variety of echocardiographic variables due to a lack of reported data in literature, which made it difficult for the incidence of structural valve deterioration to be directly compared across all studies. Instead, we could only predict the susceptibility of these valves to SVD based on aortic regurgitation, paravalvular leak and reintervention rates. Additionally, echocardiographic values would have allowed for a more thorough analysis of the 1-year, 2–3-year and 5-year haemodynamic performance of the TAVR and SAVR valves. Another limitation we faced was the scarcity of randomised controlled trials available in literature comparing SAVR valves with newer TAVR valves, such as Medtronic Evolut R and Edwards SAPIEN 3 to name a few. This restricted the scope of our analysis to evaluating mainly the outcomes of early-generation TAVR valves compared to SAVR valves.
Future prospective
In future, more randomised controlled trials reporting their findings on the 5-year structural durability of TAVR valves will be needed. More studies should also report data on echocardiographic variables in order to better assess the performance of the valves.
TAVR valves may be associated with higher rates of 1-year, 2–3 year and 5-year moderate or severe aortic regurgitation, paravalvular leak and reintervention than SAVR valves. This could be indicative of TAVR valves being more susceptible to SVD and hence potentially less durable in the long term than SAVR valves.
TAVR:
SAVR:
Surgical aortic valve replacement
PRISMA:
Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses for systematic review
Placement of AoRTic TraNscathetER Valve Trial
SURTAVI:
Surgical Replacement and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
NOTION:
Nordic Aortic Valve Intervention
Stage 2S:
Stage 2 with stenosis
Stage 2R:
Stage 2 with moderate regurgitation
Stage 2RS:
Stage 2 with moderate regurgitation and stenosis
SVD:
Structural Valve Deterioration
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Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, National University Heart Centre, 9th Floor, Tower Block, 1E Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119228, Singapore
Ashlynn Ler, Yeo Jie Ying, Faizus Sazzad, Andrew M. T. L. Choong & Theo Kofidis
School of Medicine, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Ashlynn Ler
School of Medicine, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
Yeo Jie Ying
Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge Road, Singapore
Faizus Sazzad, Andrew M. T. L. Choong & Theo Kofidis
Cardiovascular Research Institute, MD6, 14 Medical Drive, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117599, Singapore
Andrew M. T. L. Choong & Theo Kofidis
National University Health System (NUHS), 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Kent Ridge Road, 119228, Singapore
Faizus Sazzad
Andrew M. T. L. Choong
Theo Kofidis
A.L, F.S and Y.J.Y performed the literature search and wrote the manuscript. A.C and T.K supervised the overall completion of the project. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Correspondence to Theo Kofidis.
Additional file 1: Figure E1.
review authors' judgements about each risk of bias item presented as percentages across all included studies. Figure E2. review authors' judgements about each risk of bias item for each included study. Table E1. Summary of Included Studies. Table E2. Baseline Characteristics of Patients in the Included Studies.
Ler, A., Ying, Y.J., Sazzad, F. et al. Structural durability of early-generation Transcatheter aortic valve replacement valves compared with surgical aortic valve replacement valves in heart valve surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Cardiothorac Surg 15, 127 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-020-01170-7
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Sports at NITT
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NITT has been a force to reckon with in all fields, especially in the area of sports. NIT Trichy has a history to boast of when it comes to sports, right from the age of REC Trichy. From intense practice sessions every evening, be it heat or rain, to friendly games within hostels, NIT Trichy has it all.
The sporting structure at NITT is an excellent model. Every sport has an induction procedure held, where new talent is exposed to college level rigor, and the best are chosen for the institute teams. All teams together make up the Sports Contingent of NITT which comprises of nearly 250 members and travel together to represent the institute at various national level meets.
There are two major sports events organized in NITT, INTERNIT, a national level face off between all the NITs, and Sports Fete- an inter-department sports meet organized by the contingent.
INTER NIT
For an athlete in any NIT, this is one of the biggest opportunities to reveal their full potential. Contingents travel to various colleges around the nation and compete vigorously to bag their coveted trophy, and an overall trophy is presented at each center depending on which college has bagged the most prizes. Every year, NIT Trichy takes up the responsibility of conducting a couple of sports events in the campus. The sports scene in college witnessed a tremendous boost in 2013-2014, NIT Trichy's Golden Jubilee when over a dozen sporting events including Athletics was conducted here. Over a thousand participants from all over the country were accommodated in college for the four-day event and all the sporting arenas were updated and equipped to handle the participation. NIT Trichy played host to over 18 different institutes for the Golden Jubilee edition of Inter NIT. Not only hosting the events, NIT Trichy emerged as the Overall Champions as well. NIT Trichy has always been a cut above the rest with regards to sports, and in the year 2012-'13, NIT Trichy won the overall trophy in six different centers of Inter NIT.
Sports Fete
The inter department sports fest is the ultimate showcase of talent and bench strength of NITT sports teams, as the departments face off against each other in over 25 different disciplines, ranging from athletics to water polo, and from hockey to Kabaddi. Intense department rivalries come into force, and previous editions of Sports fete have been decided based on a half point margin.
The Sports Fete scene in college got a lot bigger in the year 2016, with the inclusion of an overall trophy, which combines NITTFEST and Sports Fete scores together to declare a department as the Overall champions in college. In Sports Fete 2016, over 1200 runners ran the 10 km marathon, and participation in events was immense.
The hunger to conquer higher summits is always there, and the boost given by Inter NITs spurs NITT to tackle larger challenges, entering open competitions. The contingent participates in open national level tournaments held by BITS Pilani, Manipal Institute of Technology, IITs and other colleges to test their mettle against the very best. The squad is known to win the hearts of the spectators and give a tremendous fight in every sport, no matter the result. NIT Trichy won the Overall championship in IIT Kharagpur's Shaurya, in the year 2012-'13.
In a system where sports are often dismissed as a leisure activity, the pride every sportsperson wears on the field is incredible. The cricket team proved in 2012 that NITT is capable of great heights when they won the Trichy District First Division Cricket League, stunning more illustrious opponents and teams filled with professional cricketers. Such was the reception for this feat that three NITT cricketers were awarded special prizes at the awarding ceremony of TDCA in 2012.
NIT Trichy also has an innate tendency to explore, and more sports are constantly added into the fray, with Kho Kho and Handball being the latest additions. The Kho Kho team has fared remarkably well since its inception, bagging the Gold medal at IIT Kanpur.
The Sports culture in NIT Trichy is ever electric, and with the construction of the new indoor sports complex, brighter times lie ahead for the ever hungry sporting fraternity of NIT Trichy.
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Domenico Valentino (born 17 May 1984 in Marcianise) is a boxer from Italy.

The hard punching Valentino won a bronze medal at lightweight at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia.

He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the Lightweight (60 kg) division by Kazakhstan's eventual bronze medalist Serik Yeleuov.

At the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships he once more won bronze.

At the Euro 2006 he lost early to Olexandr Klyuchko 18:30.

At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships he at last made it to the finals beating North Korean Kim Song-Guk but lost to Frankie Gavin.

At the 2008 Olympics he beat Tahar Tamsamani but lost to Cuban favorite Yordenis Ugás 2:10.

At the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships he used the absence of Gavin (who had turned professional) and Ugas (who had gone up in weight) and home advantage to win his first major title.

At the 2012 Olympics, he again reached the quarter-finals, losing to eventual bronze medalist Evaldas Petrauskas.

Valentino has signed up for the new AIBA professional league, called APB (AIBA Pro-Boxing), which will launch in autumn 2013.

Amateur results
2004 Athens Olympic Games
1st round bye
Defeated Mohammed Asheri (Iran) 37-18
Lost to Serik Yeleuov (Kazakhstan) 23-29

2007 AIBA World Amateur championships
Defeated Luis Ernesto Rueda (Argentina) RSC 3 (1:43)
Defeated Daijiro Hoshi (Japan) 27-9
Defeated Eric Donovan (Ireland) 29-12
Defeated Hrachik Javakhyan (Armenia) 27-12
Defeated Kim Song-Guk (North Korea) 22-14
Lost to Frankie Gavin (England) 10-18

2009 AIBA World Amateur championships

References

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1984 births
Living people
Lightweight boxers
Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers of Italy
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Q: Property of outer measure in regard to null sets If $E\subset X$ is a null set, then $\mu^*(A) = \mu^*(A \cup E) = \mu^*(A\setminus E), \forall A \subset X$.
I felt tempted to assume that since A and E are disjoint, I could use the additive property, namely  $\mu^*(A \cup E)= \mu^*(A)+\mu^*(E)= \mu^*(A)$. Am I doing it right?
Edit: clarify that $\mu^*$ is the outer measure.

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Q: Differents size of files between writing in Python and writing in C I'm wondering why when I'm writing the file in C its size is 131696B and when I'm writing the file in Python is divided by 2 (65848B) ? And so how to get the same size in C.
int str2bin(char *str) {

char *ptr = str;
int i;
char str1[] = "1";
char str0[] = "0";
FILE *fp = fopen("output_file.txt", "a");

for(; *ptr != 0; ++ptr)
{

    /* perform bitwise AND for every bit of the character */
    for(i = 7; i >= 0; --i) {
        if (*ptr & 1 << i){
             fwrite(str1, 1, sizeof(str1), fp);
         } else{
             fwrite(str0, 1, sizeof(str0), fp);
         }
    }
}

fclose(fp);
return 0;

And the code to open the file I want to transform in binary:
FILE *fp = fopen(argv[1], "r");
fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_END);
long fsize = ftell(fp);
fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_SET);
char *buffer = malloc(fsize + 1);

fread(buffer, 1, fsize, fp);

fclose(fp);
// printf("%s\n", buffer);
str2bin(buffer);

Thanks

A:  for(i = 7; i >= 0; --i) {

by doing --i instead of i-- you are writing only [0-6] of the byte.
You also are not writing in binary, you are writing in chars of 0 and 1, you would want
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to be
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Shaun Muir Racing (SMR) are delighted to announce a new two-year agreement with Andy Reid for the 2015 and 2016 seasons.
The new deal comes ahead of the Brands Hatch round of the season with the Northern Irish contender currently leading the Pirelli National Superstock 600 Championship by 37 points. Reid has had an impressive start to his championship campaign, taking three victories and a total of four podium finishes from the five races so far this year.
"I have been very impressed with Andy since we started working with him and he has continued to prove that he is a very talented rider. I have been watching him closely and he has the potential to be a star of the future - he is a young rider with lots of ambition and we are happy to confirm that we will continue working with him for the next two seasons.


This Paddle replacement Kit is for the SCUF Infinity4PS and SCUF 4PS controllers and includes 2 replacement paddles and a SCUF Key (1.5mm). Not compatible with the new SCUF Infinity4PS PRO.
SCUFs 4PS paddles feature a new shape better suited for all hand sizes. Covering more of the back of the controller, you will be more comfortable holding the controller with improved access to the SCUF paddles.
Included with the Paddles is a SCUF Key (1.5mm) that can be looped to your keychain, so you're never far from assistance in case of an adjustment emergency.


Spurs bid £25m for Grealish in the final days of the transfer window, but were told by Villa's new owner Nassef Sawiris that Grealish was not for sale.
He said: 'The owner's personally involved, along with myself, when it comes to transfers and contracts.
Villa hope to have a new contract agreed before the end of the month, Bruce said on Friday. "I hope that it can progress, it will progress".
"Obviously, it's hard at the moment because we haven't got a CEO to do those discussions", Bruce added.
'But the owner, we have learned very quickly, what he says goes. He's really rolled his sleeves up and is actively taking a part in running things, which is good news for everyone'.
He signed a four-year deal at Villa Park in September 2016.
However, keeping hold of Grealish was their best piece of business this summer and Bruce has revealed the midfielder has put the disappointment of missing out on joining a Premier League club and is ready to kick-on again at Villa.
However, investment in the Championship outfit reduced their need to sell their star players, and Bruce has now confirmed that the club are in talks with Grealish over a new contract having turned down a late £30m approach from Spurs. The new owners have said that and I think they want to make a statement on it.
We keep hearing that footballers don't want to play, Jack's knocking on my office at ten past nine demanding that he plays.
'I thought last week against Wigan the way he played, the way he handled himself, the way he has been in hard circumstances, has been fantastic.
It was during Vajpayee's prime ministership in 2000 that India and Russian Federation institutionalised their annual summit meets. India and Israel also set up a joint anti-terror commission after a visit by foreign minister Jaswant Singh in the same year.
After both sides lost on the Premier League's opening weekend, Newcastle United and Cardiff City will do battle on Saturday. Their previous Premier League record against each other is W2 D2 L2, but a draw is very likely here (+255).
If you think for a moment that your McCarthy-era tactics will suppress the voices of criticism, you are sadly mistaken. Among them are former CIA Director William Webster, who was appointed to that post by President Ronald Reagan; Gen.
An AFP raid on the boy's home revealed two laptops with serial numbers matching those of devices which had accessed the system. The company's systems are thought by some to be unbreachable, but the 16-year-old proved nothing is impossible.


I just hit 200 in like, five minutes! To show my thanks I'm going to do a 200 follower #DnD #giveaway. Rules: 1.) Tell me your favorite miniature in the comments and tag a friend. 2.) Retweet this tweet 3.) Winner gets a blind booster box of Dungeon of the Mad Mage minis.


That is what the sky looked like when we leave the house and visit another City for a very important appointment. I love the sunrise that's why I took this picture as you may see there are many different colors above which I really do find interesting and amazed.
Such delicate textures. Very lovely.
The morning light is so wonderful!
Cheering dawn into the daylight just ahead!
Lovely dawn, pity about the pylons.
Dawn awakens the powerlines too...great sky...that makes it all worth having to get up so early!
I would wake up early to see these beautiful skies. Nice pictures!


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Why Apple's Baseline MacBook Air With M1 Chip Only Has A 7-Core GPU
Apple recently launched three new Mac models all powered by Apple's new M1 chip
One of the models come with a 7-core GPU while others have an 8-core GPU
The reason for this is what is called "chip binning," a report says
Apple surprised the world when it recently announced three new Mac models. The three new devices – a 13-inch MacBook Pro, 13-inch MacBook Air and a Mac mini – are all powered by its new in-house silicon called the M1 chip, signaling Apple's departure from long-time processor supplier, Intel.
The Cupertino tech giant proudly claims that all three Mac models are significantly more powerful than their predecessors, offer faster processing and provide better graphics performance despite having less maximum RAM compared to models that were powered by Intel's chips.
All three devices feature an M1 chip that has an 8-core CPU, an 8-core GPU and 8GB of what Apple calls "unified memory." All of them seem to be on par with each other save for one model: the base MacBook Air.
What's with the base MacBook Air?
It's interesting to note that while all the new Mac models have 8-core GPUs, the base MacBook Air with M1 chip only has a 7-core GPU. Apple's online store indicates that the higher-end MacBook Air has an 8-core GPU as well.
So, why did the company create a model with a graphics processing unit that only has seven cores? 9To5Mac has an excellent explanation for this. According to the tech outlet, the reason for this is what is called "chip binning."
Chip fabrication processes normally tend to become more challenging the smaller they get. Producing 5nm chips, for example, will be more difficult compared to producing 7nm chips.
Manufacturing chips at a "nanometer level of precision" means higher levels of "contamination," the outlet noted. Thus, what chip makers do is "aim for a particular spec, then separate out those chips which fall short, and sell those as a lower-spec version." These chips are placed in a different bin, hence "chip binning."
The 7-core GPU chips used in the base MacBook Air aren't intentionally produced, the outlet noted. Rather, Apple took the 8-core GPU chips that suffered from a little bit of damage during production and placed them in the new base MacBook Air.
It's worth noting that these chips actually have eight cores, but only seven of them are working properly. They're cheaper than those with eight properly functioning cores, and they work nonetheless.
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Energy Recovery Reports Fiscal Year End 2018 Financial Results | Energy Recovery Inc.
SAN LEANDRO, Calif., March 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --Energy Recovery, Inc. (NASDAQ: ERII) ("Energy Recovery" or the "Company"), the leader in pressure energy technology for industrial fluid flows, today announced its financial results for the fiscal year and fourth quarter ended on December 31, 2018.
Energy Recovery's President and CEO Chris Gannon commented, "2018 was a record year for the Company, setting all-time highs in full year revenue, as well as product and total gross margins(1). At the start of 2018, Energy Recovery had solid fundamentals with a healthy balance sheet and cash position, commanding market share in seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination energy recovery solutions, and a product concept that has the potential to transform fracing operations. Throughout the year, we built upon this foundation and invested to strengthen our infrastructure and position resources for long-term growth across our Water and Oil & Gas businesses."
Mr. Gannon continued, "As it relates to our Water segment, we believe the current expansion phase in the desalination business cycle is far from over, as we currently have the strongest project backlog and pipeline in the Company's history. While the timing of this revenue varies from quarter to quarter, growth shows every sign of continuing in 2019 and beyond. Governments and private enterprises worldwide are investing in SWRO desalination to counter the impacts of fresh water scarcity."
Mr. Gannon concluded, "In our Oil & Gas segment, throughout 2018 and early 2019 we materially advanced the VorTeq™ system-level enhancements. We also have taken firm control of our technology development process by acquiring the field resources and equipment necessary to accelerate commercialization of the VorTeq system. Construction is underway on our Commercial Development Center outside of Houston, TX, which will enable us to test and validate our oil & gas solutions at scales representative of real-world conditions as often as necessary. These investments underscore our confidence in the VorTeq system, and we are collaborating closely with our partners as we move into the next phase of development towards commercialization."
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, the Company generated total revenue of $74.5 million. Total revenue for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 increased by $5.4 million, or 8%, from $69.1 million in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017. The $5.4 million increase in total revenue was chiefly attributable to higher Water segment revenue.
The Water segment generated total product revenue of $60.5 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, compared to $54.3 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017. The $6.2 million, or 11%, increase in product revenue was due to higher Mega-Project ("MPD") and Aftermarket ("AM") shipments in 2018.
The Oil & Gas segment generated total revenue of $14.0 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, compared to $14.8 million for fiscal year ended December 31, 2017. The $0.8 million, or 6%, decrease in revenue was due to lower cost-to-total cost (previously known as percentage of completion) revenue in 2018 associated with the sale of multiple IsoBoost® systems, offset by an increase in license and development revenue of $2.4 million during this period.
For the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2018, the Company generated total revenue of $17.7 million. Total revenue decreased by $6.0 million, or 25%, from $23.7 million in the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2017. Of the $6.0 million decrease in total revenue, $6.7 million was attributed to a decrease in Water segment revenue due to MPD product shipments shifting into the third quarter from the fourth quarter, offset by a $0.7M increase in Oil & Gas segment revenue due to higher license and development revenue.
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, product gross margin was 70.7%. Product gross margin increased by 360 basis points from 67.1% in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017. This increase was largely driven by favorable price and product mix, manufacturing efficiencies, and higher production levels in the Water segment. Including license and development revenue, total gross margin(1) was 76.0% for fiscal year ended December 31, 2018. Total gross margin(1) increased 360 basis points from 72.4% in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017.
The Water segment generated product gross margin of 71.6% for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018. Water segment product gross margin increased by 110 basis points, compared to 70.5% in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017. This increase was largely driven by favorable price and product mix, manufacturing efficiencies, and higher production levels in 2018.
The Oil & Gas segment generated product gross margin of (29.0%) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018. This decrease was attributable to higher project costs and revenue adjustments associated with our IsoBoost revenue. Including license and development revenue, the Oil & Gas segment total gross margin(1) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 was 95.3%.
For the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2018, product gross margin was 74.5%. Product gross margin increased by 620 basis points from 68.4% in the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2017. This increase was largely driven by favorable price and product mix and manufacturing efficiencies in the Water segment. Including license and development revenue, total gross margin(1) was 79.9% for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2018. Total gross margin(1) increased 800 basis points from 71.9% in the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2017.
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, operating expenses were $46.7 million, an increase of $5.9 million from $40.8 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017. The increase in operating expenses was due to increases in our Water, Oil & Gas, and Corporate segments.
The Water segment operating expenses for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 were $10.2 million, an increase of $1.3 million from $8.9 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017. This increase was driven by higher sales incentive expenses associated with increased Water segment sales and higher research and development investment in Water organic growth strategy.
The Oil & Gas segment operating expenses for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 were $18.3 million, an increase of $2.3 million from $16.0 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017. This increase was driven by the Company's continued investment in Oil & Gas research and development activities.
The Corporate segment operating expenses of $18.1 million for fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 were $2.2 million higher than the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017. This increase was driven by non-recurring CEO transition expenses, higher tax planning, and employee expenses.
For the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2018, operating expenses were $12.7 million, in line with the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2017.
To summarize our financial performance, on a full year basis, the Company reported a net income of $22.1 million, or $0.40 per diluted share, compared to a net income of $18.4 million, or $0.33 per diluted share in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017. This increase was driven by a one-time tax benefit of $12.3 million, which is related to simplifying the Company's international tax structure in Ireland considering the 2017 U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. On an adjusted basis, the Company reported an adjusted net income(1) of $10.9 million or $0.20 per diluted share for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018. Net income of $18.4 million, or $0.33 per diluted share in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 was driven by a tax benefit of $8.4 million, which included a net release of tax valuation allowance, a one-time tax expense related to the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and other tax adjustments. Excluding the tax benefit, net income for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 was $0.18 per diluted share.
On a quarterly basis, the Company reported a net income of $2.4 million, or $0.04 per diluted share for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2018, compared to a net income of $13.5 million, or $0.24 per diluted share for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2017. Net income for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2018 includes a non-recurring tax benefit of $0.6 million related to simplifying the Company's international tax structure in Ireland considering the 2017 U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. On an adjusted basis, the Company reported an adjusted net income(1) of $0.03 per diluted share for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2018. Net income of $13.5 million, or $0.24 per diluted share in the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2017, was driven by a tax benefit of $8.4 million, which included a net release of tax valuation allowance, a one-time tax expense related to the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and other tax adjustments. Excluding the tax benefit, net income for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2017 was $0.09 per diluted share.
The Company finished the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 with cash and cash equivalents of $21.9 million, restricted cash of $0.2 million, and short-term & long-term investments of $74.6 million, all of which represent a combined total of $96.7 million. As of December 31, 2018, 1,193,102 shares of the Company's common stock were repurchased for $10.0 million under the stock repurchase program authorized by the Company's Board of Directors on March 7, 2018.
Certain matters discussed in this press release and on the conference call are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including the Company's belief that the Company's Water business will continue to grow in the future, the Company's belief that the current expansion phase in the desalination business cycle will continue in 2019 and beyond, the Company's belief that our product concept has the potential to transform fracing operations, and the Company's belief that the Company is well position for success in 2019 across all of our business units. These forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to us and on management's beliefs, assumptions, estimates, or projections and are not guarantees of future events or results. Potential risks and uncertainties include the Company's ability to achieve the milestones under the VorTeq license agreement, any other factors that may have been discussed herein regarding the risks and uncertainties of the Company's business, and the risks discussed under "Risk Factors" in the Company's Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") for the year ended December 31, 2018 as well as other reports filed by the Company with the SEC from time to time. Because such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, the Company's actual results may differ materially from the predictions in these forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are made as of today, and the Company assumes no obligation to update such statements.
This press release includes certain non-GAAP financial measures, including total gross margin. Generally, a non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company's performance, financial position, or cash flows that either exclude or include amounts that are not normally excluded or included in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, or GAAP. These non-GAAP financial measures do not reflect a comprehensive system of accounting, differ from GAAP measures with the same captions, and may differ from non-GAAP financial measures with the same or similar captions that are used by other companies. As such, these non-GAAP measures should be considered as a supplement to, and not as a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. The Company uses these non-GAAP financial measures to analyze its operating performance and future prospects, develop internal budgets and financial goals, and to facilitate period-to-period comparisons. The Company believes these non-GAAP financial measures reflect an additional way of viewing aspects of its operations that, when viewed with its GAAP results, provide a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting its business.
"Total gross margin" and "Adjusted net income" are non-GAAP financial measures. Please refer to the discussion under headings "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" and "Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures."
*Prior-period information has been retrospectively adjusted due to our adoption of ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) and ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) on January 1, 2018.
*Prior-period information has been retrospectively adjusted due to our adoption of ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) on January 1, 2018.
*Prior-period information has been retrospectively adjusted due to our adoption of ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) and ASU No. 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows, Restricted Cash (Topic 230) on January 1, 2018.


please give a standing ovation to my first published pattern. let me repeat that last bit. it's a pattern. which i designed. on my own. i'm awesome.
i give you nineteen twenty.
as of today it will be available for your purchasing pleasure on ravelry or the sweetgeorgia shop for a very reasonable price of $6.
it's a weird but oddly fascinating combination of a wrap, and a shrug, and a cardigan, and is modeled here by the ever-gracious jing, who makes everything look good, for which i hate her.
it's made with 2 skeins of sweetgeorgia merino silk fine, in a brand new fall colourway called mink (i know it's not fall yet, but we're thinking ahead, like newton, or vanilla ice). it comes in two sizes, both of which can accommodate a wide range of female anatomies. the pattern comes with instructions on how to customize the sizes too, to make it more or less drapey and to fit those oddly shaped bodies which are still (mostly) beautiful.
buy it, and make it, and wear it, and post all your praise in the comment section below. thank you.
YAY!! I'm so proud of you for releasing your first pattern! It looks fab!
i heartily thank you for this entirely unbiased compliment!
Ooo! Need! Want! Shall have! It's brilliant! Designed for me, must be, it's just what I like.
ickity ackity ook! it's yours.
It's gorgeous. Congrats on your first published pattern!
oh, it's just perfect for baby bellies – congrats for which thusly extended! the sizes are mostly dependent on back proportions so it should fit divinely.


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Q: Vim Color Schemes in Putty Step by Step process How can I make Vim Color Schemes in Putty. I started working with Putty recently, and I was thinking is there any way to make that happen? Can anyone provide me step by step process how to do it? I saw various articles on the internet, but was not able to figure it out the step by step process.

A: To enable 256 colors in PuTTY go to Window->Colours->Allow terminal to use xterm 256-colour mode. Of course, the server will also have its $TERM set to xterm-256color and your vim will need to be using a 256 colorscheme.


The Screen Actors Guild Awards were filled with actresses walking the red carpet in their customized, dazzling and expensive gowns, ready to make a statement. Actors sporting their well-tailored suits looked suave and camera-ready.
The SAG Awards recognize the film industry for its achievements. But someone stole this year's award show, and it wasn't an actor, to say the least.
Our new president, Donald Trump, recently announced an executive order to ban people from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States for the next 90 days and suspend the admission of all refugees for 120 days. CNN reports Trump said the government was "totally prepared" for this.
"You see it at the airports. You see it all over. It's working out very nicely, and we're going to have a very, very strict ban," Trump told reporters Saturday.
This ban has left many people outraged and confused, including celebrities.
Unfortunately, this isn't the first time this year Trump's policies have dominated awards season, and it definitely won't be the last. Early this month, Meryl Streep called out Trump for mocking New York Times reporter Serge F. Kovaleski, who is physically handicapped. Time.com reports that Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, who is nominated for an Academy Award for his film "A Salesman," might boycott the award show even if he is allowed entrance in America. Who would've thought that this would cause such a controversy in Hollywood?
From the moment the award show started, several presenters and winners didn't hold back how they felt about the ban. Ashton Kutcher opened the award show by commenting on the ban.
"Good evening fellow SAG-AFTRA members, everyone at home and everyone at airports that belong in my America. You are the part of the fabric of who we are. And we love you, and we welcome you," Kutcher said.
The executive order hit home for a few celebrities including "Veep" star Julia Louis-Dreyfus. She emotionally said in her acceptance speech that she is the daughter of an immigrant who fled persecution of Nazi-occupied France.
Other actors like "American Horror Story" actress Sarah Paulson asked for support around the world.
"I'd like to make a plea for everyone if they can, any money that they have to spare, please donate to the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) to protect the rights and liberties of people across this country. It's a vital, vital organization that relies entirely on our support. So please, if you can," she said.
If you think it stops there, then you're wrong.
Despite the glitz and the glam, it's nice to see celebrities put their self-image aside and focus on important and timely issues, sometimes becoming outspoken activists. Celebrities' actions have people wondering what the future of American politics means for Hollywood and more importantly what it means for all Americans. These issues don't just affect immigrants or celebrities, but all of us as Americans.


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Indiaroba is een gemeente in de Braziliaanse deelstaat Sergipe. De gemeente telt 18.126 inwoners (schatting 2009).

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De gemeente grenst aan Santa Luzia do Itanhy, Estância, Umbaúba, Cristinápolis en Jandaíra (BA).

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Ryan Closs is a Lutenist and Multi-instrumentalist from Long Island, New York. His instruments have brought him to many workshops and festivals to study with the top performers in his fields. Having grown up with a strong background in Rock and Jazz music, his classical studies have urged him to dig deeper towards unlocking the early music secrets of plucked string performance. Still performing today's pop-music hits, as well the famous 'pop-music' from previous eras, provides an enlightened perspective of how music and poetry speak to us in ways that are simply timeless.
Now an avid enthusiast of early music practices, Ryan participates in many outreach concerts bringing the Lute to new audiences performing the olde folk songs, complimented with new contemporary folk songs in a universal Troubador fashion.
Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass, Ukulele, Mandolin, Recorder (Soprano/Sopranino), Piano, Melodica, Electric Bass, Electric Guitar, Classical Guitar, Percussions, Amplified Notebooks.
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import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Objects;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.TreeSet;

import com.google.gson.Gson;

public class Page implements Serializable {

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  public static final Page DELETE = new Page(true);
  public static final String DELETE_JSON = "delete";

  private String url;
  private String uri;
  private Long numInbound;
  private Long numOutbound = 0L;
  private String crawlDate;
  private String server;
  private String title;
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  private Set<Link> outboundLinks = new TreeSet<>();
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The highest quality submersible bilge pumps available from Singflo. Aluminium motor enclosure base dissipates motor heat while the electrodeposition coating resists corrosion.
4.Every pump is water tested to ensure delivery head.voltage and amp draw are within specifications.