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Landmark NASA Twins Study Reveals Space Travel's Effects on the Human Body
By Sarah Lewin 2019-04-11T18:01:00Z
Here's what happens on long-duration space missions.
A year on the space station has an undeniable impact across the human body, but many of the body's systems recover after a return to Earth.
Human bodies did not evolve to float in microgravity or to thrive under the radiation levels in space. When NASA astronaut Scott Kelly spent nearly a year on the International Space Station, in a mission launching in 2015, his body was put under incredible stress: Fluids swelled his upper body and head, his genes activated in different ways, and his immune system jumped into overdrive compared to that of his identical twin, Mark Kelly. Mark has also flown in space, but he remained on the ground during that long-duration mission. Over time, Scott experienced decreased body mass, instability in his genome, swelling in major blood vessels, changes in eye shape, metabolism shifts, inflammation and alterations in his microbiome — as well as a strange lengthening of his telomeres, the protective structures at the ends of chromosomes. (They shortened again after he landed.)
Ten teams working on NASA's Twins Study — encompassing 12 universities and 84 researchers — followed the duo before, during and after the flight, tracking the twins' biology to see how the brothers changed over the course of the study. While the research was very limited in scope, scientists planning to send astronauts on long trips to the moon, Mars and beyond will find this data on long-duration spaceflight invaluable.
Related: By the Numbers: Astronaut Scott Kelly's Year-in-Space Mission
Scott Kelly takes a battery of cognition tests on the International Space Station. (Image credit: NASA)
"Early on in our astronaut career, my brother and I had kind of wondered about it — hey, I wonder if they'll ever do an experiment with the two of us, being genetically nearly identical," Scott Kelly told Space.com.
But there was no interest for years after the twins' selection as astronauts in 1996, since the sample size would be so small — until Scott brought it up again in 2013 ahead of his record-breaking space station mission, which he shared with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko. "When it came to the fact that I was going to spend a year in space, it was so unique that I actually thought maybe there was some merit to it … [and] it turns out there was some interest once people started talking about it."
That discussion snowballed into the massive Twins Study, whose summary paper is being published in full for the first time after releases about preliminary results in 2017 and 2018. This new collection of information, gleaned with intensive, meticulous testing on orbit and on Earth — including for several months after Scott landed — traces the twins' full trajectories for the first time.
"This is really probably the most in-depth study, certainly at the biochemical level, that's ever been done in people in space," Mike Snyder, the chair of genetics at Stanford University and a co-author on the publication of the Twins Study, said during a press teleconference Tuesday (April 10). "So, we're literally making thousands of measurements at a level that hasn't been done before. And as such, we get to see a system-wide view that really hasn't been done either."
The integrated report from all the Twins Study researchers was released today (April 11) in the journal Science.
In the genes
Some of the most interesting changes occurred in which of the spacefaring twin's genes were expressed. To be clear, this isn't changes in DNA itself — it's changes in which genes are activated to make proteins, in reaction to a subject's environment. Researchers didn't directly compare Scott's genes to Mark's, but rather documented the amount of changes in Scott's gene expression throughout his journey and compared them to how many changes in expression Mark experienced as he remained on the ground.
"As soon as [Scott] got into space, there was a large-scale shift in over 1,000 genes that are actually dynamically changing … so, clearly the body and cells were adapting," Christopher Mason, a geneticist at Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York and co-author on the study, said during the teleconference.
"We saw enrichment — the kinds of genes that were becoming activated include things that regulate DNA damage response, activate DNA repair [and] maintain telomere lengths," he added, "and also, most notably, the most enriched set of genes [were] almost all involved in the immune system regulation, which indicated to us that the immune system is almost on a high alert as a way to try and understand this new environment."
Mason added that even more genes began changing levels of activity — up to six times more — in the second half of the space mission compared to the first.
Looking closely at the epigenetics, or changes in the physical structure of DNA to alter gene expression, of both twins (again, not changes to the DNA letters themselves), researchers saw a similar level of change in each. In fact, Mark showed slightly higher levels, the researchers said. (His more chaotic life on Earth — with travel, changing environments, and changing food and drinks — could have played a role, they added.)
But the individual genes being expressed more or less, for Scott, were consistent with the changes he was undergoing: "things having to do with telomere length, with inflammation, with immune response and with the activity of bones," Andrew Feinberg, the director of the Center for Epigenetics at Johns Hopkins University and a co-author on the study, said during the teleconference.
The researchers also measured a curious thing: Many of the protective caps on Scott's chromosomes, called telomeres, lengthened during his flight, as measured in blood sent back to Earth for analysis — although his cells' telomeres returned to about the same average length, with some a bit shorter, once he returned to the ground.
"Telomeres [are] the ends of our chromosomes that shorten as we get older," Susan Bailey, a researcher at Colorado State University and co-author on the new work, said during the teleconference. "And they can serve as a biomarker of accelerated aging or some of the associated health risks, like cardiovascular disease or cancer. So, certainly we imagined, going into the study, that the unique kinds of stresses and extreme environmental exposures like space radiation and microgravity, all of these things, would act to accelerate telomere loss."
To understand their unusual lengthening, and the rapid shortening again within two days of landing on Earth, Bailey said she is looking to the other researchers' work, including the work on gene expression and other physiological changes, for potential causes. But, she cautioned, "I don't think that [the elongation] can really be viewed as the fountain of youth and that people might expect to live longer because they're in space." In fact, the overall slight shortening of telomeres on average after Scott landed is more of a long-term consequence of spaceflight, as shorter telomeres can be risk factors for aging-associated diseases.
Bailey and other researchers also observed DNA damage, including chromosome rearrangements called inversions, as well as an elevated DNA-repair response. Although the International Space Station isn't showered with as much radiation as deep space — it's still within Earth's protective Van Allen radiation belts, which deflect energetic particles — it does get an elevated amount compared to the ground. DNA damage from radiation exposure would likely increase for astronauts who ventured beyond low Earth orbit; astronauts traveling to Mars would experience about 8 times the radiation as Scott did.
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Scott and Mark Kelly at a press event in 2015 before Scott's nearly yearlong stay on the International Space Station. Researchers carefully tracked both twins over the course of the mission and afterward to observe how Scott's body and capabilities changed due to spaceflight. (Image credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz)
The researchers noted that many effects Scott experienced, including 91.3% of his gene activity-level changes, reverted to normal within six months of his return to Earth. His immune response (to a flu vaccine) remained normal throughout the flight, despite increased stress on that system; his spatial orientation and motor accuracy, thrown off-kilter by his stay in space, returned to normal, as did his body mass.
The ratio of microbes in Scott's gut, called the microbiome, changed during flight but returned to normal after his return, and its diversity stayed constant. (Yes, to track this, he had to send regular fecal samples down from the space station.)
According to Scott, he felt back to 100 percent after about eight months at home, which was longer than for his previous spaceflights.
"I would say, subjectively, to me, the time in space tracks very well with the symptoms upon return, having flown flights of increasing duration throughout my career: seven days; 13; 159 and 340," Scott told Space.com. "I was kind of surprised, actually, that I felt — I was in space more than twice as long [as last time] — I felt more than twice as bad when I got back."
Overall, though, his biggest hurdle after flight might have been psychological, Scott said: "You've experienced this significant event where you're living in a very controlled environment for a really long time, and then you don't have that anymore. To get readjusted back to — not just physically readjusted, but generally adjusted to life back on Earth — seemed to take me about eight months."
Of course, prospective space travelers will also have to contend with longer-lasting effects, which the researchers found — lingering DNA damage due to the radiation exposure, for one. Changes due to long-term shifts in fluids, because of microgravity, also led to a thickening of the carotid arteries that deliver blood to the brain, which can be a marker for heart disease. That same fluid shift caused changes in eye shape and other issues that hurt Scott's vision. The researchers are also tracking genes that are still showing differences in activation, such as some associated with DNA repair.
Scott also showed a decrease in cognitive speed and accuracy six months after he returned to Earth, according to the paper. And there could be increased risk for heart disease and some cancers in the cells which ended up with shortened telomeres.
Many of these changes will be more significant for even longer flights, or ones that travel outside low Earth orbit. So the researchers hope to do more yearlong studies on more individuals, both in low Earth orbit, around the moon and someday farther out, to continue to track these changes. The researchers emphasized that technology has changed since Scott's mission; now, an astronaut has sequenced DNA in space, and a new technique has also come out to analyze epigenetics in flight, the researchers said. All of these tools could enhance future studies.
"I mean, I'm a geneticist. I wish every single person had a twin that was always doing something different and that we were always tracking them, but I don't think we would get IRB approval to copy everyone," Mason joked about his ideal research.
"The Twins Study represents a significant first step in using novel research approaches to better understand the challenges to crewmembers undertaking interplanetary missions," Bill Paloski, the director of NASA's Human Research Program, said in a statement provided to Science. "Results are consistent with previous data and observation from long-duration missions aboard Russian space vehicles."
"We in NASA's Human Research Program plan to continue this line of investigation for years to come, including aboard the space station during the Integrated One-Year Mission Project, currently under development," he added.
From Scott's perspective as an astronaut, the study findings are promising, he told Space.com. "The bottom line is, from all these studies — and, granted, this is an experiment with one data point … would be that there's nothing that we saw that would prevent us from going to Mars," he said.
"Certainly, there's some stuff that they're going to continue to look at — gene expression, telomeres, other issues astronauts have with their vision," he added, "but no showstoppers that jumped out at anyone."
Scott said that, based on his experience, he thinks the time scales needed for a journey to Mars would be doable for astronauts. But for even-longer-duration flights, some new technology may be necessary, he said.
"I think it's when we're going to consider spending many years in space that we would have to probably consider some type of artificial gravity to alleviate some of the negative impacts of living in that environment for an extended period," Scott said. "Otherwise, you'll have people that get to the moons of Jupiter or Saturn and not be able to function well, or get back to Earth after being in space for 10 years and be complete basket cases.
"But I don't think we'll have to worry about that anytime soon," he added.
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HAS TODAY'S FEMINISM IN PRACTICE LOST ITS FOCUS???
June 1, 2018 mizgorgeous
Cambridge dictionary defines feminism as the belief that women should be allowed the same rights, power, and opportunities as men and be treated in the same way, or the set of activities intended to achieve this state.
Also according to Wikipedia Feminism is a range of political movements, ideologies, and social movements that share a common goal: to define, establish, and achieve political, economic, personal, and social equality of sexes. This includes seeking to establish educational and professional opportunities for women that are equal to those for men and the people who believe and practice this ideology are called feminists.
Gloria Steinem, aptly referred to as the "Mother of Feminism," led the women's liberation movements throughout the 60's and 70's—and continues to do so today. Co-founder of the feminist themed Ms. Magazine and several female groups that changed the face of feminism including Women's Action Alliance, National Women's Political Caucus, Women's Media Centre and more. All of her efforts led to her induction into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1993 and in 2013 she was honoured with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Steinem continues to be a trailblazer for feminism today, most recently with her Viceland series, WOMAN, and post-election action for young girls and women.
However, in recent times the real meaning of feminism has been on the table of discussion due to the new meaning some people who claim to be feminists are giving to it. The word has now morphed into something that at the mention of it causes some form of agitation to both those who believe in it and those who are against it.
Early this year, a self-acclaimed feminist group in Ghana called Pepper Dem Ministries came out advocating that cooking for a man is equal to slavery. According to them, men should also partake in cooking in marriage and as a matter of fact, they are willing to campaign to ensure that men also go to the kitchen.
Again, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie a renowned Nigerian writer interviewed Hillary Clinton few weeks ago and during the conversation, the writer asked Mrs. Clinton why 'wife' was the first word she used to describe herself because she was upset seeing that. This particular question generated a lot of debate on social media platforms and responding to some of the comments on her Facebook page this is what she said: "I WAS upset that the Twitter bio of a woman, who is the most accomplished person to run for President of the United States, would begin with 'wife.' And considering her personal history, it just didn't seem to fit. I felt that 'wife' was used as an attempt to placate all the men and women who will not vote for a woman unless they are able to see her FIRST in domestic terms".
Meghan Markle also gave a speech in 2015 at the UN Women Conference in New York where she told a story of how when she was 11years, she saw a commercial for Ivory dish washing liquid in class with the tagline "Women all over America are fighting greasy pots and pans". Two boys in her class said women belong in the kitchen, and it upset her. Her dad suggested she write letters, so she did. She wrote to the most powerful women she knew — Clinton, "Nick News" host Linda Ellerbee and attorney Gloria Allred — and she also wrote to the parent company responsible for the ad, Procter & Gamble. Markle received letters back from the three women, there was a "Nick News" special and Procter & Gamble soon changed its ad tagline from "Women all over America" to "People all over America."
Markle said the elimination of gender inequality around the world wasn't happening fast enough. "Come on, this has to change" she said. "We need a global understanding that we cannot implement change effectively without women's political participation." According to her, feminism in theory is the same as in practice, thus offering women equal opportunities, empowering them to climb higher leadership ladders and help increase their participation in politics. In a recent interview, she admitted being a fortunate woman to have Prince Harry who is also a feminist.
Now the question is does feminism means different thing in different continents? This is because feminists in our part of the world are literally fighting for a different agenda altogether. To most of them, it's about anger, hatred and resentment towards men which may be fuelled by childhood trauma, abuse or failed marriages / relationships. In addition, the focus of most of them is fighting for superiority in their various homes instead of fighting for equity and equality. An example is in a disquieting case regarding a career woman cooking for the husband as slavery. Are there feminists in Ghana or just female sexists? Do we as people understand the underlying concept of feminism? Is fighting gender lines in our domestic affairs the solution for women to make a difference in this man's world or that's a misplaced priority?
Prior to Meghan and Harry's royal wedding that's after their engagement, there were a lot of opinions from people across the globe most especially from "feminists" on social media who thought their fellow feminist Meghan will not give up on her career, dreams and all that she stands for just marriage but during and after the spectacular royal wedding, these same feminists made a swift turn that Meghan gave up on everything for tradition. What they forgot is Africans and Ghanaians in particular also have tradition. Others also said, she gave up everything to marry a powerful Prince to become Duchess of Sussex not one poor man.
Does this means feminism ends where wealth, power and high class reputation begins?
There are so many questions, misinformation and double standards about how mainstream third wave "feminists" are practising and explaining the concept so the earlier there is proper education on feminism, who a feminist is and what the person stands for the better for this generation.
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Anita ewuradwoa willmot says:
I think people are just ignorant about the real meaning of a feminist..in my opinion the word we are to take note is "equality"between men and women not "superiority" over men..In the case of Megan ,she knew what she was getting into and people normally forget that one sometimes need to make sacrifices for their loved ones. Regarding the issue of pepper them ministries I disagree with them because being a feminist doesn't mean you shouldnt take care of your home as a wife however it becomes a problem when you are being forced to drop everything just because you are a wife ..it is possible to have a career and take care of your home as a wife ..that's what our men need to understand.
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Who The Hell Let Eagles Fans Put This Billboard Up Near Gillette?
I mean this is just gross. And incredibly low-class. An Eagles fan won a bet with a co-worker this summer. If she could get a bunch of likes on a tweet, the Patriots-loving co-worker would have to buy her a billboard trolling our beloved Patriots. Hey, I guess we should feel lucky...the original billboard was a picture of Brady fumbling in the Super Bowl. Luckily, the Pats wouldn't allow it and they had to go with the current design.
I mean, really? You know what Eagles Nation. After you win FIVE SUPER BOWLS then you can put up your damn billboard. GO PATS!!


Artist's rendering of proposed athletic facility at Gettysburg College.
Construction of an athletic facility at Gettysburg College will get under way soon and is expected to be completed by fall 2009.
The ground breaking will take place at 5:15 p.m. Friday for the 55,000-square-foot building that will connect to the west side of the Bream/Wright/Hauser athletic facility, closing Constitution Avenue between West Lincoln Avenue to Broadway.
The new Center for Athletics, Recreation and Fitness will include a natatorium with eight competition lanes, four-lane warm-up pool and 350-seat spectator gallery, a 10,000-square-foot weight and fitness room, multipurpose spaces for aerobics, yoga, Pilates, spinning and martial arts classes, and a renovated athletic training room with a Hydroworx therapy pool.
"The Center will allow us to provide programming for the multitude of people on campus who wish to improve or maintain their fitness level," Gettysburg College Athletic Director David Wright said. "Whether a student-athlete or a recreational user, the center is a critical improvement for the campus."
The first major gift for the center came from trustee John Jaeger, whose $1.2 million donation was intended to encourage others to give. Gettysburg alumnus Robert Ortenzio, chief executive officer of Select Medical Corporation in Mechanicsburg, contributed to $2 million.
Nearly 25 percent of the student body belongs to one of the college's 24 varsity athletic teams, and more than three-fourths of students take part in an extensive intramural and club sports program, college officials said.


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November | 2017 | You can't evict a Movement – You can`t evict Solidarity!
"Ahmed H had yet another trial today where he was accused of terrorism. The best note about it came from Ahmed H himself: "I cannot recognise myself, I lost my identity. Am I a man of Georg Soros (as Fidesz accused on Monday), a terrorist or a journalist?!" His humor gives a painfully accurate message about the nature of the overly politicized show trials he is going through. This man will remain jailed for at least three more months without being pleased guilty of anything.
Der Prozess wird an drei Tagen im Januar weitergehen.
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Der Prozess gegen die 58 angeklagten Besetzer*innen des Hurriya-Squats wurde heute (8. November 2017) erneut verschoben. Diesmal auf September 2018.
Was das für den Prozessverlauf und unser weiteres Vorgehen bedeutet, werden wir nach dem nächsten Prozesstermin gegen die Besetzer*innen des Albatros-Squats Mitte Dezember auswerten.
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[Röszke11] Revisions-Prozess gegen Ahmed H. gestartet – Solidarität!
Am 30.11.2017 ist der Gerichts-Prozess gegen Ahmed H. in die zweite Runde gegangen. Er wurde vor einem Jahr in einem skandalösen Prozess für den Protest in Röszke 2015 zu 10 Jahren Haft verurteilt. Heute am 2.11.2017 ist der nächste Verhandlungstag. Wir dokumentieren einen Text der Solidaritäts-Gruppe Free the Röszke 11. Informiert euch, zeigt eure Solidarität!
Ahmed H.'s case will be retried on the October 30th and November 2nd in Szeged.
Join the decentral actions before the trial and spread the word!Ahmed H. is one of the many people who protested on the border of Hungary at the Röszke/Horgos crossing to open the borders again on 15th September 2015. A few hours before Hungary had closed them and had made any crossing a criminal offense. Afterwards Ahmed H. was captured by Hungarian authorities and they claimed he was a terrorist leader of the protests. On the 30th of November 2016, after over one year of isolation in prison, he was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for committing an "act of terrorism" and is since then in high security prison in Budapest. All requests for visit were rejected or simply ignored by the authorities. He is being isolated additionally since he cannot receive letters, except from his wife.On the 15th of June 2017 in Szeged, Hungary, Ahmed H. had his second instance trial which referred the case back to the first instance court to reconsider the terrorism charges due to "lack of reasoning and interpretation". This reconsideration will take place on the 30th of October and continue on the 2nd of November. The trial against Ahmed H. is a racist showcase that tries to strengthen the idea that all migrants are terrorists and to criminalize another protest against the EUropean border regime (read more about the previous trials on our blog: http://freetheroszke11.weebly.com/).How can you support?
Join our decentral actions all over Europe to put pressure on the Hungarian government and court system and show Ahmed that he is not alone! During the days around the trial dates on the 30th of October and 2nd of November protests at embassies and consulates in different cities will take place: Budapest, Vienna, Marseille, … If you want to organize a protest at your local embassy/consulate or other solidarity actions contact us and we will link it on our website. Also more creative and subversive forms of protest are welcome!
Spread this update, the information about the trials, our website and the crowdfunding over your networks! Solidarity is our weapon !
We continue to struggle for the freedom of Ahmed and against the repression of state institutions!
Migration is not a crime as fighting for freedom is not terrorism!
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Effect of exercise interventions in the early phase to improve physical function after hip fracture – a systematic review and meta-analysis
Beckmann, Monica, Bruun-Olsen, Vigdis, Pripp, Are Hugo, Bergland, Astrid, Smith, Toby and Heiberg, Kristi (2020) Effect of exercise interventions in the early phase to improve physical function after hip fracture – a systematic review and meta-analysis. Physiotherapy, 108. pp. 90-97. ISSN 0031-9406
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Background: The efficacy of exercise interventions in the early recovery phase, i.e. started within the first three months after hip fracture, has been poorly studied compared to prolonged exercise interventions. Objective: To examine the effect of exercise interventions to improve physical function in the early phase after hip fracture. Data sources: Seven databases including MEDLINE via Ovid, The Cochrane Library, Embase, Cinahl, Pedro, AMED and Web of Science were comprehensively searched till December 2019. Eligibility criteria: Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of exercise interventions initiated within the first three months after hip fracture to improve physical function, were eligible for inclusion. Primary outcome was physical function assessed using walking ability, walking speed, balance, muscle strength, mobility, and endurance. Data extraction and data synthesis: We conducted subgroup analyses specifically to investigate outcomes of these individual measurements. A meta-analysis was conducted to examine the overall effect of early exercise interventions. A meta-regression was conducted to examine the impact of study characteristic on exercise interventions. We used the PEDro score to determine quality of the included studies. Results: Nine studies (669 patients) were included. Despite high statistical heterogeneity, there was high to moderate quality evidence that exercise provided benefit in improving physical function (standardised mean difference (SMD) 1.07; 95% CI: 0.44 to 1.70; p < 0.001). There was no statistically significant difference in outcome, when measured by the individual physical function outcome (p > 0.05). Meta-regression demonstrated no statistically significant association between study characteristics and exercise interventions (p > 0.05). Conclusion: Exercise in the early phase of hip fracture rehabilitation can improve physical function. It remains unclear what type of exercise is superior in the early phase after hip fracture. Limitations: This conclusion should be interpreted with caution given the high statistical heterogeneity reported and non-significant subgroup analyses of specific physical function measures, which were underpowered. Protocol Registration (PROSPERO): CRD42018091135.
hip fracture,exercise,physical function,early phase,review,meta-analysis
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences
10.1016/j.physio.2020.04.009


This week was very busy (work can be so inconvenient :-)) and I didn't get very far in my studies.
I went through the MVA course on SQL Server on Linux. This is several videos and takes a couple of hours. This required dusting off my aging Linux knowledge. In short, most SQL things are the same. I'm not sure that I would be in a hurry to build a complex cluster just yet, but small, uncomplicated single-instance applications should be fine.
I watched Introduction to Jira & Agile Project Management with Dan Cuparkoff on YouTube. I'm not unfamiliar with Agile tactics and strategies, but I have not had a chance to work with Jira.
My exam reference book for 70-767 arrived but I haven't had a chance to crack it open.


Asymmetrical developments in the construction industry across the globe shaped the year 2017. Thanks to the balanced geographical presence built over the years, Schindler was in the position to successfully navigate the uncertain situation, profitably growing in both new installations and in services. Orders received rose by 5.9% to CHF 10 989 million. Revenue grew by 5.1% to CHF 10 179 million. Operating profit (EBIT) increased by 4.8% to CHF 1 187 million and the EBIT margin reached 11.7% (previous year: 11.7%). Net profit rose by 7.4% to CHF 884 million.
On a comparable basis, operating profit increased by 10.1% and the EBIT margin by 0.5 percentage points to 12.0%. Net profit grew by 15.4%. The company could further strengthen its market position thanks to competitive products and customer-driven services.
Besides organic growth, local acquisitions in established markets contributed to the overall increase. The implementation of the ongoing strategic initiatives remains on course. With the launch of 'Schindler Ahead,' the cloud connectivity platform enabling the 'Internet of Elevators and Escalators,' a fundamental milestone was reached towards the digital transformation of the business.
Similarly, in the new installations business, new, modular and fast-evolving product portfolios are a key success factor for the future. Significant progress was also achieved on this front, with the launch of the first modular elevator systems in China, in preparation for the global roll-out over the next 24 months.


Elections made at Council's London AGM and CSR conference last week.
The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) has announced the election of 10 new directors during its AGM in London last week.
The Council has named Charles Chaussepied of Piaget as RJC vice chairman and the Mark Jenkins of Signet Jewelers Ltd as its re-elected honorary secretary.
Several new members were elected to the board of directors, including the British Jewellers' Association chief executive Simon Rainer, Bev Hori of the Gemological Institute of America, Stella Layton of The Birmingham Assay Office and Daniela Colaiacovo of Eurocantera.
The RJC also reported "passion and positivity" at its inaugural corporate social responsibility (CSR) conference, held after its AGM at Arundel House. It welcomed representatives from more than 100 companies across the jewellery and watch supply chains, as well as stakeholders.
The CSR conference was divided into three sessions, covering future imperatives of the industry, human rights in the supply chain and creating value across the supply chain through jewellers becoming involved with sustainability issues.
Guest speakers on the day included Anoop Mehta of the Bharat Diamond Bourse, Professor Marylyn Carrigan of the Coventry University Business School, Philip Hunter of Verité, Claus Teilmann Petersen of Pandora, Feriel Zerouki of De Beers Group, David Bouffard of Signet and Jennifer Horning from Solidaridad.
Catherine Sproule, the RJC's interim chief executive officer, said: "[The] panel presentations were a great success for RJC and its members. It was a pleasure to hear industry experts passionately deliver thoughts and ideas on topical supply chain issues while shoring up the value of RJC Certification. RJC will continue this dialogue and engagement with the industry at the JCK Las Vegas show at its session on May 30."
The conference concluded with RJC chairman James Courage announcing that the 2015 AGM will be held at the Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) in Mumbai.
Courage added: "Looking toward RJC's future, the strategic engagement with the Indian market undertaken by RJC through 2014 has allowed us the very special and unique opportunity to host RJC's first-ever AGM outside of the European market."
The presentations and delegate list from the CSR conference are available from the RJC's website.


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PM Modi Insulting India By Comparing It With Pakistan: Ghulam Nabi Azad
Ghulam Nabi Azad Accused PM Modi Of Resorting To Rhetoric In The Name Of Pakistan To Divert Attention From Real Issues.
PTI | Updated on: 04 Jan 2020, 05:02:01 PM
Ghulam Nabi Azad said even Jammu and Kashmir police can defeat Pakistan (Photo Credit: PTI File)
Bengaluru:
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday said "even Jammu and Kashmir police can defeat Pakistan, which is a dead horse" and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of repeatedly resorting to rhetoric in the name of the neighboring country, just to divert the nation's attention from core issues.
The Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha also said Modi was "insulting" the country by comparing it with Pakistan.
"I haven't seen the Prime Minister speaking on unemployment, the Home Minister speaking on farmers issues, any ministers talking about improving GDP and any of the BJP leaders speaking on controlling price rise. These are the issues that concern each and every individual, whatever religion or caste they may belong to," Azad said.
Speaking to reporters, he said instead what we hear is only "rhetoric" against Pakistan.
"Pakistan is a dead horse... just to divert issues, Pakistan name is raised. What is Pakistan? If you send Kashmir police, they can also defeat Pakistan... The Prime Minister is rather insulting India by comparing it with Pakistan. It is a great insult to India. I'm sorry!"
"The Prime Minister should not scare Indians in the name of Pakistan. It is very insulting that Pakistan will attack us. Are we that weak?" he added.
The Congress has often accused the Prime Minister of raising "emotive" or "sensitive" issues like Pakistan and terrorism to divert the attention of the nation from core issues like economy, employment, price raise among other things.
Noting that anti-CAA protests are happening across the country, Azad said in the past few decades he had not seen such a "spontaneous agitation" taking place across the country involving all sections of society, religions and regions.
"It clearly indicates that some thing has really gone wrong somewhere," the Congress leader said as he paid homage to two people killed during anti-CAA protest in Mangaluru last month calling them "innocent boys."
He also made it clear it was not only Muslims who were killed during anti-CAA protests in several parts of the country and said, "all sections of people are part of the protests... the entire country has risen to the occasion against this act."
Pointing out that in Parliament most of the political parties had opposed CAB, Azad said in the Lok Sabha government used "brute majority" to get it through, while in Rajya Sabha it was passed with very narrow margin.
He said five regional parties like BJD, JD(U) and YSR Congress among others who voted in favour of the bill have now realised that they have done a "blunder", had they voted against the bill it would not have been passed and it would have got defeated by 8-10 votes.
Azad also denied the charge that Congress was behind anti-CAA and NRC protests across the country and said the BJP was making such allegations as they lack the capacity and experience to rule such a vast and diverse country, where everyone is treated equally.
"If we were so strong enough to also mobilise the opinion of UN, satisfy the German Chancellor, President of France and number of heads of states and various organisations across the world- then BJP would have got just two seats," he said.
Referring to former Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon's statement, he said internationally India is being abused after passing acts like the CAA.
The UN, the German Chancellor and French President among other top leaders of the world have given statements against us, and so did the global media.
Menon too on Friday had slammed the government for amending the Citizenship Act, saying India has "isolated" itself through the move and the list of critical voices both at home and abroad is "pretty long."
The Congress leader alleged in first five years of coming to power the Prime Minister spent lot of money to make his own image, but in the sixth year he is solely responsible for destroying it, and Congress or any other opposition parties did not have to do anything.
As most of the promises made by Modi made ahead of the polls were false and his government had failed in implementing them, he said adding, "the only option left for this government was to polarise the people in the name of religion, which they are effectively doing."
"That's the reason they are bringing bills that will make people fight among themselves and the focus will get diverted from issues," he added.
However, people of the country have of late realised that they were being used by BJP just for votes and have taught a lesson to it, he said adding in the Maharashtra and Haryana polls- where abrogation of Article 370 was used as an election issue and during Jharkhand election- where CAB used for campaigning, the party's performance was bad.
"People have understood that BJP was showing the moon and was only giving hatred in return," Azad added.
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Last chance for the Persian leopard: the fight to save Iraqi Kurdistan's forests
In the spring, the Pirmagrun mountain, one of the world's last refuges for the endangered Persian leopard, towers over the surrounding countryside in Iraqi Kurdistan, its rocky snow-capped peaks fading into an ancient oak forest that starts out sparsely before running into narrow, densely-wooded valleys.
As recently as the 1980s, the forest covered the slopes of the mountain – also known as Birah Magrun – as well as the surrounding area, and the leopard was commonly seen by hunters. But intensive illegal logging means the forest now ends abruptly halfway down the mountainside, where it runs into a barren land studded by tree stumps and grazed by herds of goats.
Rapidly accelerating loss of habitat is threatening the very existence of the Persian leopard in Iraq, according to Hana Raza, a biologist from the conservation organisation Nature Iraq, who has been monitoring the population of the predators for more than a decade.
Between 1999 and 2018, almost half of Iraqi Kurdistan's forests – more than 890,000 hectares (2.2m acres) – were destroyed, mostly by logging and forest fires, according to surveys carried out by the United Nations and the Kurdistan regional government (KRG).
At the same time, the once-common Persian leopard's global adult population is estimated to have been reduced to between 800 and 1,200.
"The oak tree is a keystone species in Iraqi Kurdistan," says Raza. "If their oak forests continue to shrink, then the continued existence of the Persian leopard will become unsustainable."
As well as the Persian leopard, the region's apex predator, at least 31 bird species are threatened with extinction in Iraqi Kurdistan, according to Nature Iraq. Other animals, such as the Persian fallow deer and the Asiatic lion, are already extinct in the region.
On top of this, the Caucasian oak, one of the four types of oak tree found in Kurdistan's mountains, is critically endangered on a regional level and in danger of disappearing completely from Iraq's forests.
"Every year when I return there are fewer trees – and it's not just one mountain – the decimation of the native oak forests is accelerating all over Iraqi Kurdistan," says Raza.
The main driver of the current wave of logging in the region is a worsening economic crisis. Iraqi Kurdistan, which relies on the oil and gas sector for about 80% of government revenues, was struggling to deal with ballooning debt at the end of 2019. The financial problems have been compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic and plunging global oil prices.
Dliva Abdulla is the mayor of the Qara Dagh municipality and lives in a town next to the striking mountain range. The series of nine mountain peaks, known as the Qopa Qara Dagh, is interspersed by eight valleys and is one of the few places where the Persian leopard has been photographed in Iraqi Kurdistan.
The range lies in a region where the ecosystems of the Zagros mountain and the Mediterranean steppe overlap, making it highly biodiverse and home to more than 900 different plant species. But it, too, has seen an increase in illegal logging as villagers struggle to make money.
Abdulla says that many of those living in his municipality cut down trees to provide fuel for cooking and heating. Neither Abdulla nor the forest police, tasked with preventing illegal deforestation, had received their salaries from the KRG by the end of April. "The forest police are so low on resources that they can't afford petrol for their vehicles and have had to reduce the number of patrols," says Abdulla. The economic crisis and reduced police presence have, in turn, led to a surge in hunting.
"They are still trying to strictly enforce anti-poaching laws – but with the laws against logging they have to be more lenient for the sake of people's families," he adds.
This increase in hunting is damaging the population of wild goats and wild boar, which the leopards depend on for food. In April, the dead body of a three-year-old leopard was found on Birah Magrun, Nature Iraq reported.
"Hunters are just walking the mountain and killing whatever they see," says Raza. "The forest police can't control it. In this case the hunter shot the leopard, but didn't kill it instantly, and couldn't track it afterwards – leaving the carcass to be found at a later date by someone else."
Amid the waning ability of the regional government to enforce laws that protect the region's wildlife, Iraqi Kurdistan's extensive minefields have become one of the last bastions against illegal logging and poaching in the region.
Mines left from previous decades make Iraqi Kurdistan one of the five most heavily mined regions in the world. During the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, frontlines shifted backwards and forwards across the mountains and it is estimated that more than 20m landmines were planted.
More mines were added when Saddam Hussein's forces systematically destroyed villages during campaigns against the Kurds in the late 80s and early 90s.
The Iraqi Kurdistan Mine Action Agency estimates that mines cover nearly 226 sq kilometres within the region, with most concentrated along the country's mountainous border with Iran – where they continue to kill and maim people.
Saman Ahmad, the president of Kurdistan Botanical Foundation, an organisation dedicated to recording and preserving the country's plant life, believes that, amid the economic crisis and ongoing security issues, the minefields are the only thing effectively defending Iraqi Kurdistan's remaining wild oak forests.
"Ultimately, these forests should be managed in a modern way – using scientific documentation, effective forest rangers and funds from tourism to protect the region's exceptional biodiversity," he says. "But right now, with all the problems that the region faces, this just isn't feasible.
"At the moment, it is probably best that the mines stay in the ground to [keep people away and] prevent people from cutting down trees and disturbing the natural habitat."
Efforts to set up an international-standard national park within the region have failed amid economic and political instability.
In 2014, the Halgurd Sakran National Park was named the region's first national park, but the project was derailed by the rise of Isis, which took control of Mosul, Iraqi Kurdistan's second city, in June the same year.
In 2018, plans for a transnational protected park, which would have included mountains in Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan, were put on hold when nine conservation scientists and researchers from the Tehran-based Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation were accused of espionage.
Now, Nature Iraq is working to establish a smaller formally recognised conservation park for Persian leopards that would contain the nine peaks of the Qopi Qara Dagh. The purchase of the land was approved by the Kurdistan regional government in January 2019 and the organisation is hoping that Iraq's federal government will approve the area's national park status in 2021.
"It's easy to feel like you are powerless to stop the destruction of habitat," says Raza. "But over the last century, the Kurdish people have sacrificed so much to keep control of these mountains. All those sacrifices will be meaningless if the leopards and the other native animals become extinct."
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The subject of sexual harassment allegations against UMKC Assistant Softball Coach Greg Bachkora was discussed at the SGA meeting Monday evening.
Numerous softball players attended the meeting, telling student government leaders that they all agreed the Kansas City Star's article, which alleged Bachkora would enter the girl's locker room unannounced while they were getting dressed, was incorrect.
The players expressed their love for their coach. They said they want it to be known to the public that the Star twisted the story about what actually happened.
The players said they are considering writing a letter to the chancellor, telling him that "Coach Greg" is innocent in an effort to refute the Star's article.
Senior softball player Maegan Rollow pitched the idea of reaching out to one of the Star's rival newspapers to write an article to help clear Bachkora's name.
"I don't know much about journalism, but I know that's not how it works," said Rollow.
After the talk of the sexual harassment allegations settled down, the SGA motioned to cancel UMKC's readership fee.
The newspaper service provider for UMKC is USA Today, and the paper it receives is The Kansas City Star.
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The fee for the service is a $2 rate per student, and the SGA chose not to renew its contract with the current service provider.
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The SGA also met with the chancellor and discussed putting up a new statue, possibly that of a brass kangaroo.
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The senators agree the statue would be a good way to implement school spirit and would be a good place for people to take pictures, or maybe even rub it for good luck before a test.
The SGA discussed the Hospital Hill campus and how due to the fact it's disconnected from the Volker campus, students at Hospital Hill can often feel isolated. With this, a second discussion considered hosting events to bring students from both campuses together.
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Textbooks aren't the only resource more openly available due to OER—quizzes, exercises and articles are as well.
The program is being implemented throughout the entire UM system.