Content Two books on the heliacal risings and settings of the fixed stars and their meaning in meteorology.
Origin Greek (Φάσεις ἀπλανῶν ἀστέρων καὶ συναγωγὴ ἐπισημασιῶν, 'Appearances of Fixed Stars and Collection of Prognostics'). Book II only is extant in Greek. Fragments of both books survive in Arabic (see Neugebauer, Samsό/Rodríguez, Samsό, Morelon). The main part of Book II (the parapegma) was translated into Latin in the 16th and 17th c.
Bibl. J. L. Heiberg, Claudii Ptolemaei opera quae exstant omnia, II: Opera astronomica minora, Leipzig, 1907, iii-v and cl-clxv; O. Neugebauer, 'An Arabic Version of Ptolemy's Parapegma from the "Phaseis"', Journal of the American Oriental Society 91 (1971), 506; O. Neugebauer, A History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy, Berlin-New York, 1975, II, 926-931; J. Samsό, B. Rodríguez, 'La Pháseis de Ptolomeo y el Kitāb al-Anwā' de Sinān b. Ṯābit', Al-Andalus 41 (1976), 15-48 (reprinted in J. Samsό, Astrometeorologίa y astrologίa medievales, Barcelona, 2008, II); J. Samsό, 'De nuevo sobre la traducciόn árabe de las Pháseis de Ptolomeo y la influencia clásica en los Kutub al-Anwā'', Al-Andalus 41 (1976), 471-479 (reprinted in J. Samsό, Astrometeorologίa y astrologίa medievales, Barcelona, 2008, III); F. Sezgin, Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums, VII: Astrologie-Meteorologie und Verwandtes, Leiden, 1979, 311 (no. 1); R. Morelon, 'Fragment arabe du premier livre du Phaseis', Journal for the History of Arabic Science 5 (1981), 3-14; M. T. Riley, 'Ptolemy's Use of His Predecessors' Data', Transactions of the American Philological Association 125 (1995), 221-250: 242-245; M. G. Nickiforov, 'Analysis of the Calendar C. Ptolemy "Phases of the Fixed Stars"', Bulgarian Astronomical Journal 20 (2014), 68-85.
Ed. Critical edition of the Greek original text (Book II) in Heiberg, 3-67. An older edition, together with a French translation, had been given by N. Halma, 'Mémoire sur le calendrier de Ptolémée', in N. Halma, Chronologie de Ptolémée, 3 vols, Paris, 1819, II, third part, 13-54.
David Juste, 'Ptolemy, Phaseis ' (update: 20.02.2019 ), Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus. Works , URL = http://ptolemaeus.badw.de/work/118.


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Irish E-Mailers Relieved at Dramatic Decline in Virus & Spam
Research by IE Internet suggests that there has been a decline in virus-infected e-mails in Ireland to an unprecedented level of 2.6% in the month of February 2008.
According to research by IE Internet, the growth rate of e-mails with virus infection in Ireland has dropped to an unprecedented low of 2.6% during February 2008 compared to 4.2% during January 2008. The figure is drastically different from earlier rates of 25% that the company recorded in 2002, when it began monitoring virus-laced e-mails for the first time.
Ken O-Driscoll, Chief Technical Officer, IE Internet, stated that there is being a continuous decline in virus attacks in the recent past. He said that for the industry as a whole, IE Internet is intercepting viruses in e-mails so well that the virus distributors are now seeking newer methods to attack people, as reported by ENN on March 7, 2008.
According to IE Internet, the countries from where spam to Irish inboxes mainly originated are the US with 51.91% of total spam, China with 21.32%, Poland with 13.71%, Germany with 5.19% and Japan with 5.17%. And, the key viruses hitting the e-mail users included W32/Netsky.BR@mm with 17.21% of virus attacks, W32/Zafi.B@mm at 15.85%, HTML/I-Frame at 7.92% and W32/Zafi.D@mm at 6.49%.
The study also found that although the spam rates declined from 63% in January 2008 to 59.7% in February 2008, cyber criminals did not send luring e-mails using Valentine's Day theme.
According to O'Driscoll, the reduction in viruses to nearly negligible amounts truly proved that the industey is doing a good job by defending its customers against viruses, as reported by Siliconrepublic on March 10, 2008.
Therefore, people spreading viruses now have to look for other channels to infect systems. A common method is being observed in e-mail traffic is the use of the 'I-frame' label. This tag, although is not a virus, but it leads the user to create a new Window at the back of all displays, which then executes a virus on his system.
However, IE Internet indicated to computer users that they should not expect the new tactics to lead to a long-term decline in spam volumes. spammers would likely keep on flooding mailboxes but now with individual attacks spread over a long time. So, in efforts to escape detection while continuing with more assaults, they are silent.
Related article: IRS Cautions Taxpayers of Recent Email Scam

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Plenty of people have predicted Three Billboards outside Ebbing Missouri will collect many awards at the 90th Academy Awards next month, and quite frankly they have made fairly accurate predictions. The official nominations don't reveal Three Billboards outside Ebbing Missouri to be leading the way, but 7 nominations is nothing to snub about. Set in Ebbing, southern America, this film revolves around the life of a grieving mother (Frances McDormand), who is on a quest for justice after the gruesome death of her daughter (Kathryn Newton). Sometime previous to when the film is set, Mildred Hayes's teenage daughter was raped and murdered yet no arrests were made. Perhaps on a whim, she decides to rent 3 unused billboards located on a seemingly abandoned road that only two certain types of people use. The billboards are her way of reviving the case for her daughter, which she believes has ultimately been forgotten by the Ebbing Police Department.
Mildred is a middle-aged, toughened woman who owns a seldom visited gift shop, which she works in with her colleague and friend, Denise (Amanda Warren). She has separated from her husband and lives with her son Robbie (Lucas Hedges), with whom she has a difficult and fluctuating relationship with. At one point in the film, whilst driving past the 3 billboards in question, Robbie launches into a rant about how he knew the individual details of his sister's death and they were gruesome enough on their own separately. However, now that they have been pieced together due to the billboards, he knows the full story and this has released a fresh load of pain. Mildred attempts to comfort him but he meets it with fierce rejection. Nevertheless, at another point in the film, whilst they are both sitting down to eat breakfast, Mildred catapults a spoonful of cereal at Robbie's face and he unsuccessfully stifles a giggle; this occurs after no obvious reconciliation.
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DA Stephan, Auto Theft Task Force Seek Public's Help In Identifying Stolen Property
May 3, 2018 By sdcnews
Authorities recover stolen property from an auto theft crime spree. Photo: District Attorney's Office
SAN DIEGO–District Attorney Summer Stephan asked for the public's help in identifying potential victims of an auto theft crime spree in which hundreds of items of suspected stolen property have been recovered. As part of an auto theft investigation initiated by the Regional Auto Theft Task Force (RATT) in Chula Vista, two defendants were arrested and charged in the case involving more than 50 victims. "Auto theft and burglaries have a direct impact on victims who often need their vehicles to get to work, take their children to school and conduct their daily lives," said District Attorney Summer Stephan. "Ultimately, this crime spree affected dozens of people across San Diego County and in addition to holding the defendants accountable we're working with our partners at RATT to return large amounts of stolen property to victims." On March 27, the Chula Vista Police Department contacted the RATT team regarding a stolen vehicle parked inside a motel parking lot. RATT detectives responded to the motel to investigate and arrested two suspects, with assistance by the Chula Vista Police and San Diego County Sheriff. As the result of the arrest, RATT detectives recovered 144 items of suspected stolen property, including cell phones, IDs, credit cards, purses, and a computer laptop. Over the course of the investigation, RATT detectives identified a total of four stolen vehicles and more than 53 victims believed to be connected to the crime spree. More than 40 vehicles were burglarized during the crime spree over the course of several days across the county. "These were crimes of opportunities," said RATT Commander, CHP Captain James Portilla. "To help prevent theft you should always lock your doors and close your windows; and never leave valuable items visible in your car." Detectives have been able to identify less than half of the 53 potential victims they believe are connected to this crime spree and are asking for the public's help in identifying additional victims. Victims would have had their vehicles burglarized during the last two weeks of March 2018 in the following areas of San Diego County: Downtown San Diego, Tierra Santa, Mission Valley, Mid-City of San Diego, Spring Valley, San Diego State College area, National City, Chula Vista, and Imperial Beach On April 10, Malcolm Brown, 22, pleaded guilty to vehicle theft and residential burglary, and Alexis Carr, 25, pleaded guilty to auto theft and burglary. The pair is scheduled to be sentenced on May 8 at San Diego Superior Court Central Division. If you believe you are one of these victims please contact the San Diego County Regional Auto Theft Task Force at (858) 627-4000.
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Come celebrate 10 years and celebrate how God has transformed this former Toys R Us building to a church right in the middle of the hood! Check out www.flavorfest.org for conference details, hotel and concert line up. Rapzilla staff will be attending Flavor Fest for the 3rd time this year, so come say hi!


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Oct 6, 2020 - Economy & Business
News Corp. changes its tune on Big Tech
Sara Fischer, author of Media Trends
One of the biggest news publishing companies in the world has slowly backed away from its harsh public criticism of Big Tech platforms, as companies like Google and Facebook have begun to open up their wallets to news companies.
Why it matters: News Corp. has for years been the driving force behind much of the regulatory scrutiny of Big Tech and its impact on the publishing industry. Now it's becoming a beneficiary of the massive pockets of several of the largest tech companies.
Driving the news: News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson put out a statement lauding Google's new efforts to pay publishers around the world more than $1 billion to license and curate their content last week.
"There are complex negotiations ahead but the principle and the precedent are now established," he wrote.
The statement stood in sharp contrast to the reaction from the CEO of the News Media Alliance, a trade group representing newspapers that News Corp. supports.
"We haven't heard anything good about Google's offers so far, and they seem mostly designed to front-run government actions and lawsuits around the world," said David Chavern, CEO of the News Media Alliance, in a statement to Axios.
Catch up quick: In early 2018, News Corp. Executive Chairman Rupert Murdoch released a newsy statement calling on Google and Facebook to pay trusted publishers a carriage fee for their content — similar to the model adopted between cable companies and TV networks.
At the time, the notion drew headlines. Neither tech company had been actively paying news companies and neither had invested all that much in news products.
Today, "the terms of trade truly have changed," Thomson said at the Dow Jones Investor Day in late September.
State of play: News Corp. now has several partnerships with Big Tech firms, including significant paid licensing partnerships with Facebook and Apple News, as well as working partnerships with Amazon, Spotify, Snapchat and Twitter.
Facebook: CEO Mark Zuckerberg, sitting alongside Thomson, announced last October the creation of the Facebook News Tab, a new, dedicated space on Facebook for curated, vetted news. Reports suggest that News Corp. was offered millions of dollars to participate in the program.
Apple: The Wall Street Journal is the only national newspaper in Apple News+. Thomson has spoken highly of the Apple partnership, while its rival The New York Times has pulled out of the Apple News program. "It's a younger demographic and it is obviously a source of potential subscribers for us," he remarked on the Dow Jones earnings call in August.
Twitter: The company has a #WSJWhatsNow partnership, which is in its second year. The "WSJ What's Now" is a new franchise that brings enterprise reporting, business analysis and markets insights to Twitter in a video format.
Spotify: The company launched its flagship daily podcast "The Journal" in September 2019 with Spotify's Gimlet Media.
Snapchat: The Wall Street Journal was a launch partner on Snapchat's Discover platform in 2015 and it continues to be a highly-visible participant.
Amazon: The company has a significant licensing agreement with Amazon's e-book subsidiary Audible.
Google: While there haven't been any formal partnerships announced between News Corp. and Google, Thomson said at Goldman Sachs 29th Annual Communacopia Conference in September that CEO Sundar Pichai "has shown genuine leadership, and I think personally strongly believes in the value of journalism and that that value has to be represented monetarily."
Between the lines: In 2019, News Corp. launched its own news aggregation service called Knewz. Sources familiar with the effort say it was never intended to be a market threat to Big Tech platforms, but rather putting into reality something the company wanted to invest in as a matter of principal.
News Corp. says Knewz had 6.7 million monthly uniques in August, compared to approx. 900,000 in February, according to its own Google Analytics metrics.
Data from SimilarWeb, a third-party metrics vendor, confirms that the app has experienced a huge uptick in visitors, although it reports a little over 2 million monthly uniques in August.
Behind the scenes, the media giant has commented or consulted on numerous investigations into Big Tech's dominance, and is continuing to press for regulatory reform.
"Obviously, there are a lot of investigations going on in the ad market at the moment. I have no doubt that we will be a beneficiary of the outcome of those investigations," Thomson said at the Dow Jones investor day.
"And that's not just in the U.S. and Australia, but also in Europe."
The big picture: There was a time several years ago that media companies, with proper investment and scale, could demand big ad dollars via traffic from platforms like Google and Facebook. Today, media companies with value and investment can pull something even more sustainable from those platforms: licensing fees.
Thomson has said that he believes "there's a recognition now among the platforms about the value of content, and also there's a hierarchy of content."
[W]hen you combine these deals, they are having a significant impact on our revenue and on our profitability. And it's frankly true for all media companies," Thomson said on the Dow Jones earnings call in August.
Jan 13, 2021 - Technology
Scoop: Snapchat will permanently ban Trump's account
Photo: Drew Angerer via Getty Images
Snapchat will permanently ban President Trump's account on Jan. 20, Axios has learned, after locking it indefinitely last week following the Capitol siege.
Why it matters: The Trump campaign and digital team relied on Snapchat as a key platform to reach younger audiences before the company started limiting its reach in June. The majority of Snapchat's users are under 30.
Margaret Harding McGill, Sara Fischer
Big Tech scrambles to prevent inauguration threats
Big Tech companies are scrambling to take action to prevent Inauguration Day violence, taking matters into their own hands after the government was caught ill-prepared for last week's Capitol siege.
What's happening: Major firms are taking a range of steps to stop their platforms from being used to plan, incite or carry out violent acts in Washington, D.C.
Ina Fried, author of Login
Apple's latest moves on racial equity
Illustration: Eniola Odetunde/Axios
Funding for a new developer academy in Detroit is one of several moves Apple is announcing today as it implements the $100 million racial equity and justice effort it announced last June.
The big picture: The tech industry is putting more money into racial equity efforts, but progress in diversifying its own ranks remains slow.


Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin weighs in on a lawsuit brought by a 20-state GOP coalition spearheaded by Wisconsin and Texas attorneys general.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin on Wednesday criticized her rival Leah Vukmir over a Republican-led lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act.
Baldwin made her comments to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel as oral arguments in the case were heard in U.S. District Court in Texas.
The suit was brought by a 20-state GOP coalition spearheaded by Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The states asked a judge to overturn the Affordable Care Act and issue a nationwide injunction while the case proceeds.
The federal Justice Department declined to defend ACA, prompting Democratic attorneys general from some states to do so.
In addition, Baldwin said the Republicans are seeking "from the court a ruling that insurance companies do not have to cover people with pre-existing health conditions."
"This became even more serious when the U.S. government decided they weren't going to defend that provision of the Affordable Care Act," she said. "My opponent says she supports that case, including getting rid of the guarantee for people with pre-existing health conditions."
Vukmir's campaign declined to say whether she backs the suit and referred to a statement issued Friday in which she declared, "Make no mistake about it: patients with pre-existing conditions should be covered."
Vukmir said before the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, Wisconsin offered coverage to those with pre-existing conditions through a high-risk pool model.
Vukmir has campaigned on repealing and replacing Obamacare.
Asked if the issue of health care was becoming more important in the race, Baldwin pointed to efforts by Republicans to get rid of Obamacare, including a failed attempt to repeal the law last year in the U.S. Senate.
"The short answer is ... Wisconsinites are much more alarmed about this and engaged and I'm leading the fight," she said.
In the past week, Democrats have sought to ramp up the focus on health care, especially in the wake of Vice President Mike Pence's visit to Milwaukee.
Appearing alongside Vukmir, Pence said Republicans made an effort to "fully repeal and replace Obamacare and we'll continue with Leah Vukmir in the Senate, we'll continue to go back to that."
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Q: Current Location program in android not working all i have simple android application for finding current location ,I have tried some code a sbelow,But its not working.It only shows my static markers only,It doesn't show my vurrent Location marker,So please suggest me for it:
Main.xml
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" >

    <fragment
        android:id="@+id/map"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        class="com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment" />

</RelativeLayout>

main.java
package com.example.mapannotations;

import android.content.Context;
import android.location.Location;
import android.location.LocationListener;
import android.location.LocationManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.Toast;

import com.google.android.gms.maps.CameraUpdateFactory;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.LatLng;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.Marker;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.MarkerOptions;

public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity implements LocationListener {
    static final LatLng PointA = new LatLng(23.063905, 72.549629);
    static final LatLng PointB = new LatLng(23.043652, 72.528048);
    static final LatLng PointC = new LatLng(23.008738, 72.561865);
    static final LatLng PointD = new LatLng(23.007158, 72.493887);
    static final LatLng PointE = new LatLng(22.961644, 72.427111);
    private GoogleMap map;
    protected LocationListener locationListener;
    protected Context context;
    protected String latitude, longitude;
    protected boolean gps_enabled, network_enabled;

    public LocationManager loc;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        // map = ((MapFragment) getFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.map))
        // .getMap();
        map = ((SupportMapFragment) getSupportFragmentManager()
                .findFragmentById(R.id.map)).getMap();

        // FOR CURRENT LOCATION....
        loc = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
        loc.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, 0, 0, this);
        // MAP MARKERS
        Marker sha = map.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(PointA)
                .title("ShastriNagar BRTS").snippet("BRTS Stop"));
        Marker nar = map.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(PointB)
                .title("Laldarwaja").snippet("Laldarwaja AMTS Bus Depot"));
        Marker pal = map.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(PointC)
                .title("Paldi").snippet("Paldi Bus Stop"));
        Marker Kar = map.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(PointD)
                .title("Karnavati Club")
                .snippet("Karnavati club- Enjoyment centre"));
        Marker jiv = map.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(PointE).title(
                "Jirvaraj Park"));

        map.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(PointA, 12));
        map.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.zoomTo(10), 2000, null);
    }

    @Override
    public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        // current Location marker

        Marker cur = map.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(
                new LatLng(location.getLatitude(), location.getLongitude()))
                .title("My current Location"));

    }

    @Override
    public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        Log.d("Latitude", "disable");

    }

    @Override
    public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        Log.d("Latitude", "enable");
    }

    @Override
    public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        Log.d("Latitude", "status");
    }

}

Manifest.xml
 <uses-permission android:name="com.example.mapannotations.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

Please help me...thank you

A: If I recall correctly, the gps may take a while to start. You could try
String mBestProvider = loc.getBestProvider(new Criteria(), true);
loc.requestLocationUpdates(mBestProvider, 0, 0, this);

A: You are mixing the old way of getting location updates with the new way you have to implement if you use Google Maps v2 for Android and the Location API.
My suggestion is to follow this official tutorial of the new Location API: https://developer.android.com/training/location/receive-location-updates.html
As you can see, you don't have to use a LocationManager instance to ask for updates, but LocationRequest.

A: There is nothing wrong with your code. The GPS is tricky here. If you've set it to find your location, you have to make sure that your GPS is on. That means that it probably wont work on your emulator. Also, even if the GPS is on, it is still tricky because sometimes, it takes a lot of time for the GPS to find your location.

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Q: angular: LOCATION_INITIALIZED what is it and why use it? I stumbled upon LOCATION_INITIALIZED when researching loading ngx-translate translations in APP_INITIALIZER (see enter link description here
import { Injector, APP_INITIALIZER } from '@angular/core';
import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
import { LOCATION_INITIALIZED } from '@angular/common';

export function appInitializerFactory(translate: TranslateService, injector: Injector) {
  return () => new Promise<any>((resolve: any) => {
    const locationInitialized = injector.get(LOCATION_INITIALIZED, Promise.resolve(null));
    locationInitialized.then(() => {
      const langToSet = 'en-GB'
      translate.setDefaultLang('en-US');
      translate.use(langToSet).subscribe(() => {
        console.info(`Successfully initialized '${langToSet}' language.'`);
      }, err => {
        console.error(`Problem with '${langToSet}' language initialization.'`);
      }, () => {
        resolve(null);
      });
    });
  });
}

According to angular's source code it's when, in my case, the browser (platform) is ready (DOM, Location and History is ready, would be my guess).
Unfortunately it's not really documented anywhere.
I used the example above without LOCATION_INITIALIZED and it worked as expected.
So why should I care about LOCATION_INITIALIZED and when should I use it?

A: I used the same code to initialize safely the ngx-translate translations in order to use instant method of the Translate service and I had the same doubt.
Anyway, searching online and according to the documentation for the APP_INITIALIZER we just need to provide our function(s) that will be executed during app init (using a promise initialization does not complete until the Promise is resolved).
So yes, you can get rid of the LOCATION_INITIALIZED and use this function for instance ( I am using it and it is working fine).
export function appInitializerTranslationsFactory(translate: TranslateService) {
return () => new Promise<any>((resolve: any) => {
        const langToSet = 'en';
        translate.setDefaultLang('en');
        translate.use(langToSet).subscribe(() => {}, err => {}, () => {
            resolve(null);
        });
});

}


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Medical Laboratory Technologist (MLT) is a vital member of the healthcare team. MLTs are licensed healthcare professionals who with the use of microscopes, chemical analyzers and other high-tech instruments, carefully analyzing samples of patients' tissues and bodily fluids to aid in the diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, and prevention of diseases. MLT's perform, develop, evaluate, correlate and assure accuracy and validity of complex laboratory testing. A major role of the MLT is to perform quality control assessment of testing techniques and analyzers to ensure accuracy of results. Strong communication skills and the ability to demonstrate professionalism and cultural awareness and safety are required as interaction with other healthcare professionals and patients is a key role.
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