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FDA Approves Responsive Neurostimulation Therapy by Neuropace
November 13, 2014, MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NeuroPace, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted premarket approval for the NeuroPace® RNS® System, a treatment for adults with partial onset seizures that have not been controlled with two or more antiepileptic drugs. The RNS System is a novel, implantable therapeutic device that delivers responsive neurostimulation, an advanced technology designed to detect abnormal electrical activity in the brain and respond by delivering imperceptible levels of electrical stimulation to normalize brain activity before an individual experiences seizures.
"We believe the RNS System has the potential to provide substantial improvement in quality of life to hundreds of thousands of people diagnosed with epilepsy in the U.S. who are unable to achieve seizure control with medications," said Frank Fischer, NeuroPace CEO. "We anticipate that physicians will be able to make this breakthrough therapy available to eligible patients in the very near future."
The RNS System is indicated for use as an adjunctive therapy in reducing the frequency of seizures in individuals 18 years of age or older with partial onset seizures who have undergone diagnostic testing that localized no more than two epileptogenic foci, are refractory to two or more antiepileptic medications, and currently have frequent and disabling seizures (motor partial seizures, complex partial seizures and/or secondarily generalized seizures). The RNS System has demonstrated safety and effectiveness in patients who average three or more disabling seizures per month over the three most recent months (with no month with fewer than two seizures), and has not been evaluated in patients with less frequent seizures. It is estimated that approximately 400,000 people in the U.S. meet these criteria and may benefit from treatment with the RNS System.
"The Epilepsy Foundation celebrates PMA approval of the RNS System," said Phil Gattone, CEO of the Epilepsy Foundation. "We badly need new, effective therapies for the hundreds of thousands of people in this country as well as the millions around the world who live with uncontrolled seizures," added Warren Lammert, Chairman of the Epilepsy Foundation. "The RNS System from NeuroPace integrates the best of technology and neurology, and is an important new treatment option for these individuals and their families."
The RNS System has been evaluated in three clinical trials, including a prospective, randomized, double-blinded, sham stimulation controlled pivotal study. The pivotal study primary effectiveness endpoint was met by demonstrating a 37.9 percent reduction in seizure frequency in patients treated with responsive stimulation compared to a 17.3 percent reduction in patients who were implanted with the device but were not receiving responsive stimulation during a three month blinded period. The difference is statistically significant (p=0.012). For those subjects who reached two years post-implant, 55 percent of the subjects experienced a 50 percent or greater reduction in seizures.
"The clinical community is eager for a new therapeutic option for patients who continue to suffer the devastating consequences of uncontrolled partial seizures," said Martha Morrell, MD, NeuroPace Chief Medical Officer and Clinical Professor of Neurology at Stanford University. "The results of the pivotal study clearly demonstrate that the safety and efficacy of the RNS System is sustained over two years. Additional data about safety and efficacy beyond two years is being collected in a long-term follow-up study."
The pivotal trial primary safety endpoint was met by demonstrating a serious adverse event rate for the first 4 and 12 weeks post-implant comparable to similar procedures. There was no difference between the active and sham stimulation groups in the rate of adverse events, including depression, memory impairment and anxiety. There were no serious unanticipated device related adverse events reported in any of the clinical trials. Although there can be no assurances that additional long-term data will not reveal new adverse information presently unknown to NeuroPace, two year data shows no increase or worsening of adverse events.
A total of 256 patients have been implanted with the RNS System. At this time, some patients have been treated with the RNS System for over eight years, and more than 1,200 patient years of experience with responsive neurostimulation have been accumulated to date.
About the RNS® System
The RNS System is the first closed-loop responsive brain stimulation system. The system is designed to treat partial onset seizures by detecting specific types of electrical activity in the brain through leads containing electrodes that are placed near the patient's seizure focus or foci. When detection thresholds are met, the device delivers small bursts of electrical stimulation intended to reduce the frequency of seizures. Physicians can program the detection and stimulation parameters of the implanted RNS Neurostimulator non-invasively to customize therapy for each individual.
About the RNS® System Pivotal Clinical Trial
Trial Patient Population
The RNS System Pivotal Clinical Investigation was a prospective, randomized, double-blind, sham stimulation controlled investigation that included 191 people implanted with the RNS System across 32 Comprehensive Epilepsy Centers. All subjects in the study were required to be 18-70 years of age and have partial onset epilepsy (with seizures that start from one or two areas of the brain) that had not been effectively treated with two or more antiepileptic medications.
Patients in the study were implanted with the RNS® Neurostimulator and leads once eligibility criteria were met. The blinded evaluation period of the trial began eight weeks after implant and lasted 12 weeks. Half the participants were randomly assigned to have responsive stimulation activated and half had responsive stimulation remain inactive. Participants and one doctor (assessment physician) at each site in the trial did not know whether stimulation was active or not. A separate doctor (treatment physician) at each site programmed the devices in order to ensure that the assessment physician remained blinded. Five months after implantation, when the double-blinded portion of the trial was completed, stimulation was activated for all participants in the trial. Each participant in the trial was evaluated for two years following implant. After completion of the pivotal trial, all patients were given the option of enrolling in the RNS® System Long-term Treatment Clinical Investigation designed to provide up to an additional seven years of safety and effectiveness data.
About NeuroPace
NeuroPace designs, develops, manufactures and intends to market implantable devices for the treatment of neurological disorders. The company's initial focus is the treatment of epilepsy, a debilitating neurological disorder affecting approximately one percent of the population worldwide. An estimated 30-40 percent of the 65 million people worldwide (including nearly three million Americans) with epilepsy experience uncontrolled seizures. In addition to treating epilepsy, responsive neurostimulation holds the promise of treating several other disabling neurological disorders that negatively impact quality of life for millions of patients throughout the world.
Located in Mountain View, California, NeuroPace is a privately held company.
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IFA Hosts British Ambassador on Family Farm
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Today IFA President Tim Cullinan hosted the British Ambassador, Paul Johnston, on the farm of Ronan Delany, a mixed drystock enterprise in Dunshaughlin, Co Meath.
Topics discussed during the visit included the impact of Brexit, the UK-Ireland trading relationship, the UK's pursuit of trade agreements outside of the EU and their potential impact on the agricultural sectors in the UK and Ireland, as well as the future growth and sustainability of the sector in the UK, Europe and globally.
"I am delighted to have the opportunity to meet with Amb. Johnston this morning and to wish him every success, in person, in his role. Despite Brexit, the UK remains Ireland's most important trading partner. Tariff-free trade between the UK and EU must continue. We avoided the worst-case scenario of a no-deal Brexit at the end of last year. Still, new impediments to trade have arisen, which we must be mindful of and monitor carefully," said the IFA President.
He expressed his concern about trade deals with countries outside the EU could have on the sector both here and in the UK.
"Every effort must be made to safeguard trade in agri-food goods, which plays a crucial role in the prosperity of rural communities. Both Irish and British farmers are committed to upholding the world-class standards that underpin food production. The UK Government must hold its potential trading partners to the same standard."
The future of the sector and its potential to contribute to climate cooling was also discussed. During a visit to Teagasc Grange in the afternoon, the Ambassador viewed the latest research into sustainable grass-based animal production systems. Environmental measures being incorporated into the beef production systems in Grange were also showcased and discussed.
British Ambassador Paul Johnston said,"I'm delighted to be paying this visit today. The UK hugely values its relationship with the Irish agricultural sector. Trade and co-operation are important for a whole range of reasons, including high-quality food supplies in both directions, and also working together to promote sustainable low-carbon agri-food sectors in both our countries. Our government has been very clear that any future trade deals must work for UK consumers and businesses, upholding our high regulatory standards. The UK's reputation for quality, safety and performance is what drives demand for UK goods and is key to our long-term prosperity. Promoting high standards and greater sustainability go hand in hand".
Farmers Increasingly Concerned about Changes to NI Protocol
IFA meet An Tánaiste Leo Varadkar
Swift & Pragmatic Solutions Needed to Meet Brexit Challenges
UK-Australia Trade Deal Very Concerning for Our Largest Beef Market

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Q: Mocking methods with jest and vue I have been trying to test if a method is called in a Vue component when a specific button is triggered.
I've been successfull using this method at first:
it('should call the methodName when button is triggered', () => {
  const methodNameSpy = jest.spyOn(wrapper.vm, 'methodName')

  wrapper.find('.is-success').trigger('click')

  expect(methodNameSpy).toBeCalled()
})

So this worked just fine for some components, but I still get an error telling me that it did not get called on some other components
Error: expect(jest.fn()).toHaveBeenCalled()

Expected number of calls: >= 1
Received number of calls:    0

I have one idea on why this simple test is failling in this case, but i have no idea on how to fix it or even if it is the reason.
This component is a "tooltip", once the save / close button is pressed, it closes, and disapears. Maybe that's why the test is failing, because it can't find the tested elements anymore.
Here is the component and the tests
component.vue
<template lang="html">

            <button
                class="button is-danger"
                @click="close"
            >

            </button>
            <button
                class="button is-success"
                @click="save"
            />

Title

                Label
                <input .../>

</template>

component.spec.vue
describe('TheEditResourceFile', () => {
  let wrapper
  let defaultParams

  beforeEach(() => {
    defaultParams = {
      localVue,
      i18n,
      router,
      store,
      propsData: {
        args: {
          title: '',
          description: '',
        },
        type: 'file',
      },
    }
    wrapper = shallowMount(TheEditResourceFile, defaultParams)
  })

  it('should trigger the save method', () => {
      const saveSpy = jest.spyOn(wrapper.vm, 'save')

      wrapper.find('.is-success').trigger('click')

      expect(saveSpy ).toBeCalled()
    })
})

Let me know if more clafication is needed.
Thank you for your help.
Edit: Wrong code on failed test.

A: *

*In Vue 2, the mock/spy on the component method must be done on the component's .methods definition -- not the wrapper -- before mounting. (As of Vue 3.2.31, this order is no longer required for methods called post-mount.)

*The trigger('click') call needs to be awaited because it invokes the bound method asynchronously.

*The spy is always truthy, so toBeTruthy() is a meaningless assertion. Instead, assert toHaveBeenCalled() on the spy.
it('should trigger the save method', () => {
  1⃣
  const saveSpy = jest.spyOn(TheEditResourceFile.methods, 'save')
  wrapper = shallowMount(TheEditResourceFile, defaultParams)

  2⃣
  await wrapper.find('.is-success').trigger('click')

  3⃣
  expect(saveSpy).toHaveBeenCalled()
})

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Stunning flyer right?! I totally agree! Perfect way to launch the FECs in Abuja!
And why did we consider Abuja?! Simple! From the market reaction and mails we were getting from prospective participants who stated their willingness to attend the Courses... if only they could hold in Abuja.
SO off we went making plans to run a 2 day training which was meant to take place this past weekend. I had contacted the partner company in Abuja, designed the flyer, they had paid for the hall and were about to launch the marketing campaign when I listened to my instincts and pulled out of the project! And THAT, my friends, was the best decision I ever made! I'll tell you why just now..
Yes I am a risk taker.... I hear you have to be one to move ahead in your business but I'm sure you know there's a big difference between a risk and a calculated risk. Hey, I could always cut my losses in Lagos if I didn't meet my target number of participants, but I could not afford to do that in Abuja. Not after all the costs involved in the logistics, the air travel, hotel accommodation, feeding of self and participants, and most important of all, since I wasn't running this particular project on my own. But I realized that the average Abuja participant would still expect to attend the same course at the same fee of N15,000 without considering all the extras that would be incurred in bringing the course over to them.
Furthermore, after all the calls, mails etc I received in response to FEC 4 (of which I am yet to post pictures of ARGH!) and confirmations from people who were "on their way to the bank right now to pay and needed my bank details" (errr... perhaps tomorrow or next year maybe...), I still fell short of my target. Only then did I realize that an intention to register was completely different from an actual registration.
1. Never to fix a price for a product or service based on "conscience" or my perception of what I think people can afford. All prices should be fixed only after, at least, considering the total costs incurred in providing the product or service. Why?! Because I actually did myself a disservice charging N10,000 for FEC 1. Although the figures and my advisory board, including my mother, warned me against that Course Fee, I went ahead because I "felt" people would not be able to afford it. Truth is, how do I know what people can or cannot afford?! Their ability and in fact, willingness to pay, would depend on the value they believe they can get from the product! After all, I know people who sell handbags for N70,000 and Brazilian Hair for a lot more and people still buy them!
When I was faced with the harsh reality when the time came to pay the bills and the first installment of my loan, I sharply had a rethink. Interestingly enough, that mistake cost me future registrations from FEC 1 participants because one told me, only yesterday, that one of the reasons (which was in fact the first she gave) for not attending the other volumes was because of the increase in the Course Fees. Bungling noted! Lesson learnt! Moving on!
2. To give enough time to create awareness and market the course in order to give people ample time to get used to new prices. Although I had warned the FEC 1 participants of the increase, I never told them what the figure was until much later when I released the flyer. That, of course, had a huge impact on the turnout at FEC 2. But thankfully, when people got used to the new price, the turnout improved at FEC 3 and FEC 4.
Why am I telling you all this... of course apart from warning Abuja participants in advance of the likely fees they would pay for the FECs if they ever came to Abuja?!
Because many times in this environment, we designers are too shy when it comes to charging for our products or services. We charge based on our conscience when we know deep down the work we put into the product / service is not commensurate with what we are charging for it. Simply put, we sell ourselves short simply because we want to increase our customer base! And guess what?! My mother always told me her mother always told her it is better to stay home and sleep the whole day than run a business at a loss! At least, if you're on your bed sleeping, you are not losing money!
Furthermore, you do realize that only profit makes sense right?! As they say, "Turnover is Vanity, Profit is Sanity"! You can have a huge customer base and still be running at a loss....and more often than not, you are! Simply because the average individual doesn't really consider the opportunity costs and intellectual property when fixing prices.
Now I'm not saying charging N18,000 for a calico skirt is the way to go, like some of my students planned to after a grueling Level 1a, but at least charging something that can allow you cover your direct and indirect costs would ensure you don't feel cheated at the end of the day. Plus leaving a little something for you to plough back into the business and, at least, eventually go out for drinks with friends someday makes all the difference in the world. Why?! Because you deserve it!
And also, never be ashamed to back out of a deal or project if it does not make good business sense at that particular point in time. Sometimes we let our pride get in the way but never speak up for fear of being seen as losers. Well guess who'll be the bigger loser?! Your bank account or your pride? Of course when you back out, fear of the unknown should not be enough reason. It should be based on clearly documented facts or reasons not just... "I didn't think it would work". In my case, I had clearly established the reasons why it may not have worked out then... but it doesn't mean I would totally rule it out.
So my Abuja peeps! :-D What says you?! Should I go ahead and reinitiate plans to hold the Course... bearing in mind that if you had to factor in your flight tickets to attend the Course in Lagos, it would probably cost you much more. And please... if you have any ideas on how to make the fees more affordable, do share them. Who knows, maybe someone can sponsor certain expenses such as training halls, marketing expenses and even air tickets. After all, a current FEC student offered to print colored copies of the FEC 4 handouts for free to make them more reader friendly (thanks a lot Juliet) AND I got a call from a lady last week who offered to work with us, pro bono, to bring the Course to Abuja.
Don't worry, we have also gone back to the drawing board to see what else we can add to the Course to make it really worth your while. You will notice the days are much longer, 3 FECs have been packed into 1 day and we have 2 breaks with feeding time. However, our ability to run the Course would be based on a confirmed number of registrants.
As for me, I have decided to stick with Lagos until I have a good business case to run the Course in other locations. And for those who have requested for reruns of previous FECs or who would like to buy the training materials only, it would be at the exact same cost of N15,000 for either option. After all, eventually, I need to get compensated for my intellectual property and my sleepless nights. ;-) And I tell you, I doubt you will find a cheaper course, here, online or abroad especially with the guest facilitators I invite to the Lagos FECs who are experts in their field. These, I bring in based on relationships I have established over time!
So there you have it. Abuja people! Do send me an e-mail, BB message or SMS if you are still interested in the course. Don't worry, we also intend to give discounts to people who meet certain criteria as shown in the flyer. Thank you so much.
Here's also me thanking Aunty Nike and Folake of Nikels Multi Solutions for their willingness to work with me on this project. As I said, we have not totally eliminated the plan, we have only postponed it till we are certain we will meet a certain minimum number of students.
Here's me looking forward to your e-mails an d looking forward to you registering for the Basic Course in Pattern Making & Garment Construction!
Re the Course, I will definitely send you an e-mail so we can discuss the possibility of running the Course in Abuja at a more affordable rate.


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Time to capitalise on NHS estates strategy
There was a time when the intricacies of local government and NHS capital expenditure were delicacies best served up by specialist trade magazines for a discerning readership.
It was, therefore, slightly unnerving to find the humdrum realities of council commercialism, and use of property portfolios in the dash for financial independence splashed across the Sunday Times famed Insight section. Was borrowing from the Public Works Loan Board ever so newsworthy for a mass audience before?
But to have this followed up at the start of the week with feverish speculation around the putative involvement of hedge fund operators in the world of NHS transformation, only doubled down on a sense of astonishment. In fairness, it is easier to see the strong news angle of Warren Buffet and his ilk bringing private capital to meet the structural requirements of the Sustainability and Transformation Plan initiative.
But is this really the case? Sir Robert Naylor's independent report to secretary of state for health Jeremy Hunt – NHS Property and Estates – Why the estate matters for patients – is the prime mover for the world of red braces and Mayfair mansions possibly embracing the rather less plush environs of the more than 1,200 sites owned by NHS trusts.
Sir Robert's task was to revise for the first time since the 1962 Hospital Plan for England a scheme for rebuilding NHS infrastructure to meet modern needs in the context of the Five Year Forward View (5YFV).
According to renowned health experts The King's Fund, who validated the report, there is no overarching estates strategy for the NHS and it remains unclear where leadership for NHS estates strategy lies – because different initiatives place responsibility in different parts of the system. And although many local areas have established structures for place-based estates strategy and partnership working, in many areas the health sector has not been invited to the dance and its input is absent.
The report examines the scope for short-term disposals of £2bn in assets held by trusts, NHS Property Services and Community Health Partnerships over the Spending Review period to free up land for 26,000 new homes by 2020.
The report estimates that STP capital requirements might total £10bn – a figure based on a "conservative" £5bn estimate of backlog maintenance and a similar capital sum to deliver the STP plans.
However, it might have proved more sensible and realistic to have simply doubled the figure and added a few billion additional pounds for good measure. Analysis of Freedom of Information requests carried out by the BMA suggested a £9.5bn price-tag for funding STPs nationally, and other commentators have hazarded figures in the ballpark of £8bn – £10bn. The report also believes the £5bn maintenance backlog to be a 'substantial underestimate'.
The Naylor review makes 17 recommendations to overhaul NHS property across three categories. The main call in the first category, to improve capability and capacity, is for the establishment of a powerful new NHS Property Board, as a strategic arm's length body with the expertise to support the STP initiative. This would involve expanding current resources into a new national strategic planning and delivery unit to support local areas and boost capacity to deliver major projects.
So far so good. This aligns with the recommendation to establish a national Property Centre of Excellence to support local strategy and planning made in the Breaking Barriers report "Building a sustainable future for health and social care".
The conclusion reached by both Naylor and Breaking Barriers is the same. Accountability and responsibility for health property strategy should be aligned, so as to manage the development and execution of a single, integrated property strategy, across health and social care at national level.
The second category of encouraging and incentivising local action advises that STPs should develop affordable estates and infrastructure plans, with a capital strategy, to deliver the 5YFV and address backlog maintenance. Access to capital funding should depend on devising "stretching plans" which show how they would improve performance against benchmarks. Land vacated by the NHS should be prioritised for the building of homes for NHS staff, the report further suggested.
The final category of funding and national planning makes recommendations for collaboration among all national bodies to develop a robust capital investment plan for the NHS by this summer. Three possible sources for deriving the capital investment needed to deliver service transformation in strong STP plans are listed – property disposals, private capital for primary care and HM Treasury.
A bare sentence or two, on page 32 of the report, makes suggestions on private finance as a way of delivering health facilities without adding to public borrowing or the costs and inflexibility of previous PFI and LIFT schemes. "However, the current low rates of return and the low risk profile of NHS investments means that there is likely to be no shortage of private capital finance to the NHS," the report states.
How this has been conjured into visions of hedge fund tycoons stealing a march across Trafalgar Square from their Mayfair mansions to Richmond House in Whitehall is a mystery of the journalistic arts. Perhaps, however, the press attention might serve to focus minds at Horse Guards Road that the £325m promised at the March Budget to fund trailblazing STPs over the next three years might not be quite enough cash to cut the transformation mustard.
To incentivise local autonomy against a backdrop of devolution, the report rows back from the establishment of a centralised management function for the NHS estate run through a single entity – as is the case in many large private sector organisations. The fear of massive structural reorganisation and need for primary legislation seems to have shot this fox. Instead NHS providers will keep their high degree of independence over estates management – but will be subject to behaviour change in the form of increasingly tweaked incentives to guide their investment, purchase and disposals of property, to deliver the 5YFV agenda.
In common with all national property initiatives, the new NHS estates strategy risks stoking tensions between localist and top-down agendas. Tensions between the devolutionary drive for flexible, place-based change and top-down diktat for purchasing and contracting arrangements that promise economies of scale. If handled dynamically, like the 'tight-loose' model introduced by Francis Maude for Whitehall contracting, the tensions have the potential to be value creating. It might be just be the health service's ticket to the dance with local authorities and the wider public estate.
However, any attempt to fudge the place-based element, for example by isolating central government property needs into hub arrangements that would separate them from the wider health community, would likely endanger the ethos and aims of the project.
In the words of Mad Men's Don Draper: "This isn't a strategy but two different ideas with the word 'and' joining them."
Naylor's review also sees scope for further focus on back office efficiencies, in line with the Carter Report recommendations to consolidate and rationalise the NHS administrative estate – potentially by working with the wider public estate around government hubs to unlock higher savings.
Another progressive facet of the report is its assessment of the potential impact of technology to influence the NHS estate of the future. The report urges the Department of Health to commission a study to evaluate the future impact of digital strategies might have in reducing the number of buildings in the NHS.
This aligns well with the report on next steps on the Five Year Forward View (5YFV) programme – a plan setting out how practical improvements in prized areas – cancer, mental health and GP access – could be made while transforming the delivery of care to ease pressure on acute services.
With the NHS under pressure the 5YFV next steps also details an accelerated drive to improve efficiency and use of technology to deliver better care against the constraints of rising demand and flatlining budgets.
Of particular note, this plan envisages the role of digital innovation to integrate care and support the sustainability of the overall health service through the following initiatives: –
Establishment in spring 2017 the NHS Digital Apps Library – an initial offering of 20 app services across three tiers of application: 'NHS approved' with a NICE approved evidence base for helping people manage and improve help; 'NHS connected' apps tested and approved for NHS systems allowing users to download information from NHS systems and 'Health apps' a directory of general health apps.
Launch by September 2017 of a new academy to train next generation of Chief Information Officers and Chief Clinical Information Officer – seeking to align digital tech with business and clinical needs.
Examination of digital contribution to research and ability to collect, aggregate and analyse the data generated by the NHS to deliver healthcare aims and help, through interoperability, underpin the NHS and wider life-sciences strategies.
Work throughout 2017 to design online triage services that allow patients to notify their symptoms and receive either tailored advice online or a call back from a healthcare professional. Apps, web tools and interactive avatars will be tested to define the best approach so that by December 2017 all areas will have an NHS 111 online service that connects to local Integrate Care Units.
Benchmarking referral from GP practices using CCG digital dashboards and new tools from NHS Digital;
Investment in mental health technology;
Collecting fees from patients outside EEA countries and aiding eligibility.
DragonGate will shortly be publishing the findings of a roundtable event we held for Sopra Steria into how digital innovation could help underpin the future of STPs – examining the role of redesigned services, patient apps and better use of health data to deliver significant upstream savings, commercial revenue streams and improved health outcomes.
Spending Review 2019
George Evans-Jones presents a brief overview of the main points coming out of yesterday's Spending Review
Pathways, Place and Priorities
This week Breaking Barriers Innovations hosted the "Pathways, Place and Priorities" Roundtable, discussing the potential impact of digital technology upon the health and social care workforce. We spoke to DragonGate & BBI Programme Manager Rahim Daya, to get his insights into how this fits into the vision for the NHS Long Term Plan
Connecting the Regions Through Clean Growth
In light of DragonGate's recent "Connecting the Regions Through Clean Growth" Roundtable, DragonGate Programme Manager George Evans-Jones answers our questions regarding the Clean Growth Grand Challenge
Out of Sync
Tim Philpott reflects on how local authority property transformation spending may be missing out on the bigger picture
Away with the Ferries
Simon Lydiard asks how could it all go so wrong for the Department for Transport's "no deal" ferries contract
Unravelling Government Estates Strategy
DragonGate Associate Steve Atkinson remarks on the "Unravelling Government Estates Strategy" – Local Government Roundtable hosted by Kinnarps 1st February
Passport Blues
Simon Lydiard reflects on the outcry over the contract for new, post-Brexit passports being awarded to a company based in the EU
Building Transformation in the Public Sector
In his interesting piece in The Times on the 20th January, Matthew Parris uses the recently published ONS figures that highlight the severe health inequality across the nation. The figures present a jarring picture of imbalance between the London population and the rest of the country…
Relocation is Good for Our Nation's Health
Outsourcing is Too Big, Time to Manage it Back Down to Size
The collapse of Carillion was an accident waiting to happen. To understand why, just reflect on Theresa May's claim at PMQs that the Government were customers of Carillion, not its manager…
Out of Sync: Local Authority Transformation is Missing Out on the Bigger Picture
Ongoing DragonGate research has established that 2018-19 will be a high watermark for Local Government property transformation, with approximately 70 projects due to be completed over the next 24 months. However, with adjacent sectors such as the NHS, Higher Education and Central Government implementing similar programmes for property transformation there is little evidence that opportunities for place-based collaboration are truly being embraced.
Will small ever be beautiful for post-Brexit government procurement?
Lost amid much of the fanfare of the Conservative Manifesto launch were some familiar pledges on Government purchasing relationships with…
Breaking the Goldfish Bowl: The DragonGate Eve of Budget Viewpoint: Time to reassess the case for Government relocation
Metaphorically putting civil service goldfish into tanks (outside of the London goldfish bowl) would allow a less rounded, more real understanding of the impact of national policy decisions at the grass roots.
Prime for transformation?
The sustainability and transformation partnerships (STPs) programme should harness and drive digital innovation as a positive force to help overcome barriers to the integration of health and social care and improve standards of delivery
There was a time when the intricacies of local government and NHS capital expenditure were delicacies best served up by specialist trade magazines for a discerning readership
And Justice for All
Nothing less than a 'whole-place' pooling of public service budgets and devolution of criminal justice system powers to local level can create the conditions for community transformation
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December 15, 1998 - Volume 19 - Issue 5
Thought you might appreciate this item(s) I saw at JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.
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A Prospective Study of Community-Acquired Bloodstream Infections Among Febrile Adults Admitted to Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda
Ssali, Francis N.*; Kamya, Moses R.*†; Wabwire-Mangen, Fred‡; Kasasa, Simon‡; Joloba, Moses†§; Williams, Donna†; Mugerwa, Roy D.*†; Ellner, Jerrold J.†∥; Johnson, John L.†∥
*Department of Medicine, and §Department of Microbiology, Mulago Hospital and Makerere University, Kampala; ‡Institute of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda; ∥Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.; and †Uganda-Case Western Reserve University Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda
Address correspondence and reprint requests to John L. Johnson, Division of Infectious Diseases, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-4984, U.S.A.; email: [email protected].
Manuscript received January 15, 1998; accepted June 10, 1998.
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes & Human Retrovirology: December 15, 1998 - Volume 19 - Issue 5 - p 484-489
Septicemia is a frequent cause of death in HIV-infected adults in developing countries. Additional prospective studies are needed to determine the etiology of bloodstream infections (BSI) in febrile HIV-infected adults and guide initial evaluation and treatment in this setting. We assessed the prevalence and etiology of communityacquired BSI among 299 consecutive febrile adult medical admissions to Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda, over a 4-month period in 1997. The median age of our patients was 30 years, 159 (53%) were male, and 227 (76%) HIV-1-seropositive. Overall, prevalence of bacteremia or fungemia (1 patient) was 24%. Bacteremia was more frequent in HIV-infected than in uninfected patients (27% versus 15%, respectively; p = .04). Mycobacterium tuberculosis (n = 28), Streptococcus pneumoniae (n = 15) and Salmonella species (n = 13) were the most frequent isolates. All Salmonella and mycobacterial isolates were recovered from HIV-infected patients. Pneumococcal bacteremia was not associated with HIV seropositivity. M. avium complex and M. simiae were isolated from two HIV-infected patients. The rate of mycobacteremia among febrile HIV-infected adults presenting for hospitalization was 13%. Bacteremia and disseminated tuberculosis are frequent causes of morbidity in febrile HIV-infected Ugandan adults. Initial empiric antibiotic coverage in this setting should be targeted toward the pneumococcus and gram-negative enteric bacilli, especially nontyphi Salmonella species. All patients presenting with chronic cough should be evaluated for tuberculosis.
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JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes19(5):484-489, December 15, 1998.
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Q: duda transacciones entre objetos diferentes java estoy intentando desarrollar un pequeño ejemplo de lo que entendi de programacion orientada a objetos con JAVA, pero tengo una duda, tengo dos objetos: TRAMITE Y SOLICITUD el tramite tiene una relacion con solicitud,
tengo un metodo en el que se llama agregarTramite y otro que se llama agregarSolicitud, en cada uno utilizo un prepareStatement. Lo que necesito es que al agregar un tramite nuevo se agregue una solicitud nueva. no se como jutnar las dos transacciones
Creo una instancia del tramite:
Tramite nuevoTramite = newTramite();
nuevoTramite.agregarTramite();

y dentro del metodo agregarTramite creo una instancia de la solicitud para que se inserte el registro en la base de datos
class Tramite(){
public boolean agregarTramite(){
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    Solicitud nuevaSolicitud = new Solicitud();
    nuevaSolicitud.agregarNuevaSolicitud();
    conection.commit();
    stmt.close();
    conection.close();
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}

pero creo que esto esta mal, como puedo utilizar un commit para transacciones que se encuentran en clases diferentes, es eso posible? espero me puedan ayudar.
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GROUP HAS CHANCE AT CHURCH PROPERTY
STEVE LIEWER Staff WriterSUN-SENTINEL
County commissioners have given a religious group one month to produce a plan to renovate an old church property the county now owns, but which neighbors said has degenerated into a crime-ridden eyesore.
In 1986, the county paid $865,000 for the 3-acre property near 45th Street and Australian Avenue in West Palm Beach. Commissioners had hoped the former Berean Baptist Church complex might be used as headquarters for the county's Public Health Unit by the late 1990s.
In the meantime, vandals have trashed the former church and classrooms. Architects say the buildings are beyond repair.
The site is worth no more than $200,000, estimated Audrey Wolf, director of the county's Facilities Planning, Design & Construction Department.
"It's an eyesore. It's certainly a risk to us," she said. ' In the past year, Wolf said, the county has spent $15,000 to secure the property, $4,000 in the past six weeks. West Palm Beach police have reported 150 calls at the site during that same year.
Some members of the North Shore Neighborhood Association, which represents an adjacent community, said they want the county to raze the building now.
Last January, county commissioners agreed to do just that, and they set aside $110,000 for demolition. Now a group from the First Church of God in Christ, of West Palm Beach, has said it wants to buy the property - with the buildings intact. .
But North Shore association leaders want nothing to delay destruction of the complex.
"This will just increase our problems," said Barbara Wilt, who serves on the association's board of directors.
Commissioners agreed to the 30-day extension.
Wolf said she will know by April whether the county needs to keep the property. That is when state legislators will decide whether to fund a new building for the Public Health Unit.


Time for your child to make a clock to help them learn to tell time, that is. Mastering this skill can seem hard at first, but with hands-on practice, students strengthen their understanding of how clocks work. Here's a fun activity that lets kids create a... Change the game up by rolling dice and moving the hands forward or back the corresponding number of hours, maybe adding in a different activity to go with each time ("5 o'clock—time to dance!").
Instructions. Glue the two plates together, one on top of the other, so your clock has a rim that's a different color from the face. Stick the numbers (or write them) in the proper places.
Drawing the Time. Set a clock's hands to a particular value. This worksheet provides basic exercises for understanding analog clocks. The student's task here is to draw the hands on the clock to match the specified time.
One day I will find the time and the money to sit down and make my own wooden clock. Until then, I've done all the research needed, figured out what tools to use, and learned about the different parts of a wooden clock.
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The key thing is to prepare the properties for rent. This is very important because if theres a lot of competition in the market is down getting a tenant can be very hard and therefore the need to prepare the properties. You can always achieve this so easily, even by yourself because you only need to ensure that you clean the premises, every appliance is functioning, repair and renovate necessary places that is the ceiling in the roofing and also put additional structures.
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Three Officers Killed As Gunmen Attack Police Station In Ebonyi
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As many as three Nigerian police officers have been confirmed dead after an attack by gunmen.
They died after the attack by gunmen on Onueke police station in Ezza south local government area of Ebonyi state.
Two other officers were said to have sustained bullet wounds during the attack which occurred on Friday night.
The deceased were identified as two inspectors and sergeant.
The attackers also reportedly carted away two AK 47 rifles from the police station.
Loveth Odah, police spokesperson of the state, who confirmed the incident, said the corpses of the slain officers had been deposited in a mortuary, while the two persons who sustained injuries are receiving treatment.
She said the command has launched a manhunt for the gunmen and urged anyone with useful information that could lead to the arrest of the hoodlums to reach out to the command.
"Yes, three policemen were killed in the attack," Odah said.
"We don't know the identity of the attackers yet; and we are calling on the general public to provide information to the police in order to hunt down the perpetrators of this heinous crime."
Reacting, Stanley Okoroemegha, Ebonyi commissioner for internal security, said the government was saddened by the incident
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"Be afraid, and expect the worst" – Ukraine hit by cyber-attack, Russia moves more troops
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KYIV/MOSCOW (Reuters) -Ukraine was hit by a massive cyberattack warning its citizens to "be afraid and expect the worst", and Russia, which has massed more than 100,000 troops on its neighbour's frontier, released TV pictures on Friday of more forces deploying in a drill.
The developments unfolded hours after talks wrapped up with no breakthrough between Russia and Western states, which fear Moscow could launch a new attack on a country it invaded in 2014.
"The drumbeat of war is sounding loud," Michael Carpenter, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), said at the close of talks on Thursday.
Russia denies plans to attack Ukraine but says it could take unspecified military action unless demands are met, including a promise by the NATO alliance never to admit Kyiv.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday Russia hoped security talks with the United States would resume, but this would depend on Washington's response to Moscow's proposals.
"We categorically will not accept the appearance of NATO right on our borders, especially so given the current course of the Ukrainian leadership," he said.
Asked what Moscow meant by threatening this week to take "military-technical action" if talks fail, Lavrov said: "Measures to deploy military hardware, that is obvious. When we take decisions with military hardware we understand what we mean and what we are preparing for."
Russian Defence Ministry footage released by RIA news agency showed armoured vehicles and other military hardware being loaded onto trains in Russia's far east, in what Moscow called an inspection drill to practice deploying over a long distance.
"This is likely cover for the units being moved towards Ukraine," said Rob Lee, a military analyst and a fellow at the U.S.-based Foreign Policy Research Institute.
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Statement from Ernest J. Moniz and Sam Nunn on U.S. Withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty
President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty removes yet another pillar of the arms control architecture that supports international security and stability. This decision will erode the collective ability of the United States and our allies to monitor Russian military activities and facilities and undermine U.S. cooperation with key allies and partners.
Under the Treaty, which was originally conceived by President Dwight Eisenhower and signed under President George H. W. Bush, the United States has flown approximately three-times as many flights over Russia as Russia has flown over the United States, and other states parties have conducted more than 500 additional flights over Russia since 2002, producing valuable imagery that is available to any state party who requests it.
Any concerns about Russia's compliance with the Treaty should be resolved using the mechanisms provided by the Treaty, as has been done successfully in the past. By rejecting the tools to resolve these issues, the United States breaks from our allies and worsens the U.S.-Russian strategic relationship which increasingly risks escalation, miscalculation and in a worst scenario, a catastrophic conflict.
Steps must be taken to reduce risk and enhance strategic stability. The most important and achievable step in the near term is to extend the New START Treaty between the United States and Russia to 2026—a decision that can be made by Presidents Trump and Putin alone. Without extension, there will be no limits on Russia's nuclear weapons systems, and the United States will lose all inspection access to Russian nuclear facilities. New START must be kept in place, even as the administration pursues additional agreements with Russia and China, which will be complex and take many months, if not years, of negotiation to achieve.
Comprehensive, verifiable arms control agreements have enhanced U.S. national security over the past 50 years, through Republican and Democratic administrations alike. Tearing them up without viable alternatives threatens U.S. and allied security today and for years to come. At a time when the world is facing an unprecedented public health and economic crisis, the United States should be leading the international community, cooperating with allies, and avoiding actions that could further destabilize the international environment. The decision to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty does the opposite.
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Mohammad Reza Rahimi, former Iranian vice president, is convicted to a prison term for his role in the 2011 embezzlement scandal.
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Iranian voters head to the polls to elect a successor to current President Hassan Rouhani. Hardline Chief Justice Ebrahim Raisi is projected to be the winner. Reformists and dissidents are calling for a boycott after most of their candidates were initially rejected by the Guardian Council and one other, former Vice President Mohsen Mehralizadeh, dropped out, saying that there is no serious competition against the hardliners.
Iranian Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri warns regional states of dire consequences, claiming the protests are "directly linked to the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Israel."
Former Vice President of Iran Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, a close ally to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is arrested after criticizing Iran's judiciary.
Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf and First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri submit their candidacies as registration closes. The final list of approved candidates will be announced on April 27.
Mahafarid Amir Khosravi is executed for masterminding the largest fraud case in Iran since the 1979 Revolution.
Ali Shamkhani is appointed as Secretary of Supreme National Security Council of Iran by President Hassan Rouhani. Rouhani also appoints Masoumeh Ebtekar as Vice President of Iran
Vice President of Iran Mohammad-Reza Rahimi delivers an anti-Semitic speech at a United Nations conference on the illegal drug trade saying that a central Jewish text, the Talmud, was responsible for the spread of illegal drugs around the world; his speech draws condemnation from U.N. and the European Union diplomats.
Mohammad-Reza Rahimi, the Vice-President of Iran describes inhabitants of the United Kingdom as "not human" and "a bunch of idiots run by a mafia". He also describes Australians as "a bunch of cattlemen" and says that Koreans "need to be slapped".


European lawmakers have cleared the way for advertisers to buy search keywords trademarked by rivals.
The European Court of Justice has ruled in favour of Google following a trademark dispute with luxury brand Louis Vuitton Moet & Chandon (LVMC).
The luxury firm had claimed that Google's AdWords service breached European trademark law by allowing rival advertisers to bid for and purchase trademarked keywords. It is said that the practice undermines brands as internet users searching for trademarked brands such as Louis Vuitton would also see ads for rival and counterfeit goods pop up.
LVMC owns luxury brands including Louis Vuitton, Moet & Chandon and Dior perfume brands.
The ruling also states that the use of third party trademarks as keywords by users of Google's Adwords service constitutes an infringement of the brand owner's trademark rights if the ad causes confusion over the origin of the goods.
Regulators have banned a television advertisement for The Sun featuring former footballer Ian Wright because it directly urged children to buy the newspaper.


Primary Schools are at the grass roots for enabling children to get out and gain some healthy exercise. The government suggests between the ages of 5-18 years of age that young people should get 60 minutes exercise per day, 30 minutes which are to be within School time.
Swinley Bike Hub offers the opportunity for Primary Schools to raise the profile of PE and sport across the school as a tool for whole-school improvement. This activity allows for teachers to increase confidence, knowledge and skills to help teach cycling, often a wider experience than most in school could enjoy during the school day.


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Finger-mounted optical probe designed to improve breast cancer removal
by Optical Society of America
A new wearable probe enhances the sense of touch by imaging and quantifying the stiffness and elasticity of biological tissue. The device could help improve the surgical removal of breast cancer and other types of cancer. Credit: Rowan W. Sanderson, University of Western Australia
Researchers have developed the first wearable probe that enhances the sense of touch by imaging and quantifying the stiffness and elasticity of biological tissue. The device is being developed to improve the surgical removal of breast cancer and might also be useful for brain and liver surgery and other types of cancer.
In The Optical Society (OSA) journal Biomedical Optics Express, researchers from the University of Western Australia (UWA) describe the new device, which incorporates a fiber probe into a wearable thimble.
During breast conserving surgery, the most common surgical treatment for breast cancer, surgeons touch and compress tissue to confirm that the stiffer cancerous tissue was removed. Histopathological testing is then performed days later to ensure that the whole tumor was removed. Today, 20 to 30 percent of patients undergoing this type of surgery require another procedure because the histopathological tests show that cancerous cells remain.
"Our new probe aims to enhance the surgeon's subjective sense of touch through quantified, high-resolution imaging of tissue stiffness," said Rowan W. Sanderson, first author of the paper. "This could make it easier to detect and remove all the cancerous tissue during the first breast conserving surgery, which would reduce the physical and psychological burden and cost that accompanies re-excision."
Turning touch into images
The finger-mounted probe uses a technique called quantitative micro-elastography (QME) to translate the sense of touch into high-resolution images. QME uses measurements from an optical imaging technique called optical coherence tomography (OCT), which generates high-resolution, depth-resolved images of tissue structure by measuring the reflections, or 'echoes,' of light.
To use the device, the finger-mounted probe is pressed perpendicularly into the tissue while OCT images are recorded. "By preserving the sense of touch, we aim to conserve the existing clinical workflow and increase the likelihood that this technology would be adopted for wider clinical use," said Sanderson.
To use the device, the finger-mounted probe is placed perpendicular to the body and pressed on the tissue while OCT images are recorded. The researchers want to incorporate the sensor into a surgical glove that would preserve touch sensitivity. Credit: Rowan W. Sanderson, University of Western Australia
For accurate elasticity measurements, the researchers developed new signal processing methods with custom algorithms to deal with inconsistent motion and pressure during scanning. 3-D printing helped them quickly produce prototypes of the probe's outer casing in a simple and cost-effective manner.
"Our finger-mounted probe can accurately detect microscale changes in stiffness, which are indicative of disease," said Sanderson. "The small size makes it ideal for imaging in confined spaces such as a surgical cavity."
Tissue tests
To validate the probe, they began by testing it on materials, known as silicone phantoms, designed to mimic healthy and diseased tissues in the breast. These tests showed that the finger-mounted probe had an accuracy of 87 percent, which was slightly lower than a conventional benchtop QME system, but still sufficiently high for potential clinical use.
They then used the probe to measure the change in stiffness caused by heating a sample of kangaroo muscle. This experiment showed the muscle sample underwent a 6-fold increase in stiffness following the heating process. A preliminary 2-D image was obtained by scanning the probe laterally across a silicone phantom containing a stiff inclusion. Although it showed lower accuracy than the experiment performed without scanning, the researchers say that the prospect for imaging by swiping the operator's finger is very encouraging. "The contrast between sample features was still evident, which indicates that 2-D scanning holds a lot of promise going forward," said Sanderson.
The researchers are now working to embed the optical components of the probe into a surgical glove that would preserve the touch sensitivity and dexterity of manual palpation. They are also improving the accuracy of the 2-D scanning.
This work forms part of a broader project to develop novel tools to improve surgery. The research team has also developed both bench-top and handheld implementations of micro-elastography. In addition to efforts within the University, the team also works closely with OncoRes Medical, a UWA start-up company formed in late 2016 to commercialize the micro-elastography technology.
Scientists develop system to rapidly and accurately detect tumor margins during breast cancer surgery
More information: Rowan W. Sanderson et al. Finger-mounted quantitative micro-elastography, Biomedical Optics Express (2019). DOI: 10.1364/BOE.10.001760
Journal information: Biomedical Optics Express
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Citation: Finger-mounted optical probe designed to improve breast cancer removal (2019, March 12) retrieved 18 July 2019 from https://phys.org/news/2019-03-finger-mounted-optical-probe-breast-cancer.html
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Smart probe detecting cancer cells may improve survival rates
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