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2015| October-December | Volume 61 | Issue 4
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Prevalence of autism spectrum disorders among children (1-10 years of age) - Findings of a mid-term report from Northwest India
SK Raina, V Kashyap, AK Bhardwaj, D Kumar, V Chander
October-December 2015, 61(4):243-246
DOI:10.4103/0022-3859.166512 PMID:26440394
Background: India is the second most populous country of the world. A large portion of the population of this country is below 20 years of age but still there is a paucity of information about the prevalence and incidence of many developmental disorders. This study was planned to estimate the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in the selected areas (tribal, rural, and urban) of a northern state of India, Himachal Pradesh. Methods: A cross-sectional two-phase study was conducted covering all the children in the range of 1-10 years of age. Phase one included screening of all the children in the age group of 1-10 years, with the help of an indigenous assessment tool for autism. The sociodemographic profile of the participants was also recorded during phase one. Phase two involved the clinical evaluation of individuals who were suspected of autism on screening. Results: The results show a prevalence rate of 0.9/1000. The highest prevalence rate was observed in the rural area. Conclusions: Socioeconomic status (SES) may be one of the fundamental indicators for ASDs in India.
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Utility of portable monitoring in the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea
U Krishnaswamy, A Aneja, R Mohan Kumar, T Prasanna Kumar
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common but underdiagnosed sleep disorder, which is associated with systemic consequences such as hypertension, stroke, metabolic syndrome, and ischemic heart disease. Nocturnal laboratory-based polysomnography (PSG) is the gold standard test for diagnosis of OSA. PSG consists of a simultaneous recording of multiple physiologic parameters related to sleep and wakefulness including electroencephalography (EEG), electrooculography (EOG), surface electromyography (EMG), airflow measurement using thermistor and nasal pressure transducer, pulse oximetry and respiratory effort (thoracic and abdominal). Multiple alternative and simpler methods that record respiratory parameters alone for diagnosing OSA have been developed in the past two decades. These devices are called portable monitors (PMs) and enable performing sleep studies at a lower cost with shorter waiting times. It has been observed and reported that comprehensive sleep evaluation coupled with the use of PMs can fulfill the unmet need for diagnostic testing in various out-of-hospital settings in patients with suspected OSA. This article reviews the available medical literature on PMs in order to justify the utility of PMs in the diagnosis of OSA, especially in resource-poor, high-disease burden settings. The published practice parameters for the use of these devices have also been reviewed with respect to their relevance in the Indian setting.
PIRO concept: Staging of sepsis
S Rathour, S Kumar, V Hadda, A Bhalla, N Sharma, S Varma
Introduction: Sepsis is common presenting illness to the emergency services and one of the leading causes of hospital mortality. Researchers and clinicians have realized that the systemic inflammatory response syndrome concept for defining sepsis is less useful and lacks specificity. The predisposition, infection (or insult), response and organ dysfunction (PIRO) staging of sepsis similar to malignant diseases (TNM staging) might give better information. Materials and Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted in emergency medical services attached to medicine department of a tertiary care hospital in Northern India. Patients with age 18 years or more with proven sepsis were included in the first 24 hours of the diagnosis. Two hundred patients were recruited. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was done to assess the factors that predicted in-hospital mortality. Results: Two hundred patients with proven sepsis, admitted to the emergency medical services were analysed. Male preponderance was noted (M: F ratio = 1.6:1). Mean age of study cohort was 50.50 ± 16.30 years. Out of 200 patients, 116 (58%) had in-hospital mortality. In multivariate logistic regression analysis, the factors independently associated with in-hospital mortality for predisposition component of PIRO staging were age >70 years, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic liver disease, cancer and presence of foley's catheter; for infection/ insult were pneumonia, urinary tract infection and meningitis/encephalitis; for response variable were tachypnea (respiratory rate >20/minute) and bandemia (band >5%). Organ dysfunction variables associated with hospital mortality were systolic blood pressure <90mm Hg, prolonged activated partial thromboplastin time, raised serum creatinine, partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood/ fraction of inspired oxygen (PaO 2 /FiO 2 ) ratio <300, decreased urine output in first two hours of emergency presentation and Glasgow coma scale ≤9. Each of the components of PIRO had good predictive capability for in-hospital mortality but the total score was more accurate than the individual score and increasing PIRO score was associated with higher in-hospital mortality. The area under receiver operating characteristic curve for cumulative PIRO staging system as a predictor of in-hospital mortality was 0.94. Conclusion: This study finds PIRO staging as an important tool to stratify and prognosticate hospitalised patients with sepsis at a tertiary care center. The simplicity of score makes it more practical to be used in busy emergencies as it is based on four easily assessable components.
BRIEF REPORTS
Incidence and factors associated with medication nonadherence in patients with mental illness: A cross-sectional study
JM Lucca, M Ramesh, G Parthasarathi, D Ram
Background: In spite of the progress made in the treatment of psychiatric disorders during the last few decades, nonadherence continues to be a frequent phenomenon, often associated with potentially severe clinical consequences and increased health-care costs. There are numerous factors associated with medication nonadherence in patients with mental illness. The aim of the study was to determine the incidence and factors associated with medication nonadherence among psychiatric outpatients. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in the outpatient psychiatric department of an Indian tertiary care private hospital over a period of 1 year. Patients aged 18 years and above who presented with mental illness as diagnosed by the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 and who were receiving at least one psychotropic medication for at least 1 month were included in the study. Medication adherence was assessed using the Medication Adherence Rating Scale (MARS). Results: Of the 400 patients, 172 (43%) were nonadherent to their prescribed medications. There is a statistically significant association between the education (P = 0.001), number of drugs (P = 0.002), family income (P = 0.013), and nonadherence. Among the 172 patients, 33.5 % were nonadherent to their therapy due to patient-related factors followed by drug-related factors (32%) and disease-related factors (31%). Conclusion: The overall incidence of medication nonadherence in patients with mental illness was 43%. Numerous factors contributed to medication nonadherence. Strategies need to be developed and implemented to enhance medication adherence, and thereby achieve a better therapeutic outcome in patients with mental illness.
As I approach the end of my life…
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Prevalence of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion/deletion polymorphism in South Indian population with hypertension and chronic kidney disease
R Shanmuganathan, R Kumaresan, P Giri
Context: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is associated with a high risk of developing further severe complications such as, cardiovascular disease and eventually End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) leading to death. Hypertension plays a key role in the progression of renal failure and is also a chief risk factor for the occurrence of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). Aim: This study investigates the possible association of insertion (I) and deletion (D) polymorphism of ACE gene in patients of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) with and without hypertension (HT). Settings and Design: Total 120 participants with 30 members in each group (Control, HT, CKD and CKD-HT) were chosen followed by informed consent. Materials and Methods: Blood samples were collected and subjected to biochemical analyses and nested PCR amplification was performed to genotype the DNA, for ACE I/D using specific primers. Statistical Analysis: Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS version 13. Allele and genotypic frequency was calculated by direct gene counting method. Comparison of the different genotypes was done by using Chi square test. Odd's ratios were calculated with a 95% confidence interval limit. Results: The ACE genotype were distributed as II, 27 (90%); DD, 2 (6.67%) and ID, 1 (3.33%) in control, II, 1 (3.33%); DD, 5 (16.67%) and ID, 24 (80%) in HT, II, 4 (13.33%); DD, 24 (80%) and ID, 2 (6.67%) in CKD and II, 0 (0%); DD, 2 (6.67%) and ID, 28 (93.33%) in CKD-HT group. Conclusions: D allele of ACE gene confers a greater role in genetic variations underlying CKD and hypertension. This result suggest that CKD patients should be offered analysis for defects in ACE I/D polymorphisms, especially if they are hypertensive.
Improving quality of informed consent in clinical research
A Bhatt
Fish gall bladder consumption presenting as acute renal failure
A Gupta, ND Karnik, VA Gupta, NK Hase
A forty two year old male was admitted with history of anuria and breathlessness following consumption of raw rohu fish gall bladder. He had azotemia and required hemodialysis. His renal failure improved over a period of about four weeks. Incidences have been reported from South East Asian countries associating consumption of raw rohu fish gall bladder with acute renal failure.
ETHICS FORUM
An audit of consent refusals in clinical research at a tertiary care center in India
SJ Thaker, BH Figer, NJ Gogtay, UM Thatte
Background and Rationale: Ensuring research participants' autonomy is one of the core ethical obligations of researchers. This fundamental principle confers on every participant the right to refuse to take part in clinical research, and the measure of the number of consent refusals could be an important metric to evaluate the quality of the informed consent process. This audit examined consent refusals among Indian participants in clinical studies done at our center. Materials and Methods: The number of consent refusals and their reasons in 10 studies done at our center over a 5-year period were assessed. The studies were classified by the authors according to the type of participant (healthy vs patients), type of sponsor (investigator-initiated vs pharmaceutical industry), type of study (observational vs interventional), level of risk [based on the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) "Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research on Human Participants"], available knowledge of the intervention being studied, and each patient's disease condition. Results: The overall consent refusal rate was 21%. This rate was higher among patient participants [23.8% vs. healthy people (14.9%); P = 0.002], in interventional studies [33.6% vs observational studies (7.5%); P < 0.0001], in pharmaceutical industry-sponsored studies [34.7% vs investigator-initiated studies (7.2%); P < 0.0001], and in studies with greater risk (P < 0.0001). The most common reasons for consent refusals were multiple blood collections (28%), inability to comply with the study protocol (20%), and the risks involved (20%). Conclusion: Our audit suggests the adequacy and reasonable quality of the informed consent process using consent refusals as a metric.
Intersecting pentagons as surrogate for identifying the use of mini mental state examination in assessment of dementia in a largely illiterate population
SK Raina, A Maria, V Chander, S Raina
Background and Rationale: The mini-mental state evaluation (MMSE) is often used to identify patients with dementia. One component of the MMSE is the intersecting pentagon copying (IPC) test, which may be difficult to be used in an illiterate population. Materials and Methods: A post hoc analysis on an elderly population (60 years and above) from Himachal Pradesh was carried out. The data of only 1,513 elderly individuals out of a total of 2,000 participants with a score of more than 26 (nondemented) out of a possible score of 30 on cognitive battery available were used. The scores on the IPC were evaluated and their association with some demographic variables was also assessed. Results: Illiterate participants, female participants, those with greater age, and the rural/tribal population groups faced the most difficulty in drawing the intersecting pentagons and even greater difficulty in drawing them correctly. Discussion: The IPC presents challenges for people who are illiterate and the scoring method needs to be addressed and changed particularly when the test is used in largely illiterate populations.
Conducting evaluation in gestational diabetes
SK Raina
A case of probable bemiparin-induced heparin-induced thrombocytopenia type II managed with low-dose fondaparinux
AN Koul
Authors' reply
SB Yadav
T Koufakis, K Tsapakidis, A Margaritis, I Gabranis


What began as an investigation into a minor explosion in North County on Thursday afternoon that injured a gardener has led to the discovery of more than nine pounds of a highly explosive homemade compound that has been used in terrorist plots and by suicide-bombers worldwide.
Known as HMTD, short for the Hexamethylene triperoxide diamine, the powdery compound that resembles flour was found inside five or six Mason jars in the backyard of a home near Escondido that abuts Interstate 15 just north of El Norte Parkway.
Caldwell said it is not known why the renter of the property, George Djura Jakubec, 54, was manufacturing the explosive.
"We don't know what he was doing," she said. Both local and federal agencies are investigating. "There are a lot of eyes on this," Caldwell said.
Jakubec was arrested Thursday on suspicion of unlawfully owning explosives and possessing and manufacturing destructive materials. He is to be arraigned in Vista Superior Court Monday afternoon.
The initial explosion that led authorities to the property on Via Scott happened when Mario Garcia, a landscaper, scuffed his foot on the ground apparently activating a bit of the compound which had fallen there. The resulting explosion injured Garcia's left eye and arm.
"He was very lucky not to have been killed," Caldwell said.
The Mason jars were later found outside the home.
Investigators were planning to enter the house Saturday afternoon where an earlier cursory inspection revealed such things as acids, bases, and solvents inside.
"He was apparently going to continue manufacturing the explosive," Caldwell said. Officials will remain at the property indefinitely, she added.
According to news reports, HMTD was one of the components in the explosives prepared to bomb Los Angeles International Airport on New Years's Eve 1999/2000, has been used by suicide bombers on numerous occasions, and was possibly used in the 2005 bombings in London.
The name Jakubec is Slavic, but there's no word yet whether he's an immigrant. I wonder if this will turn out to be an Bosnian Muslim terrorist manufacturing operation.
Or maybe he was just a hobbyist who took things a little too far.
HMTD does not appear in the Anarchist Cookbook.
Largest amount of Explosives in US history found in San Diego County. Over 12 LBS of HMTD found.
The explosives found at Jakubec's home on Via Scott were Hexamethylene triperoxide diamine (HTMD), Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), and Erythritol tetranitrate (ETN).
All have been used by terrorists and suicide-bombers around the world. PETN was part of several recent bombing cases, including the 2001 shoe bomber incident, the 2009 Christmas Day bomb plot and October's cargo plane bomb plot. HTMD also may have been used in the 2005 London bombings.


Did you like a piece in my gallery so much, you wish you could use it on your book cover, CD cover, magazine, or some other publication?
There is a number of images in my licensing portfolio that hadn't been published anywhere yet, so you're free to take your pick.
What are the benefits of licensing over custom work?
Custom work takes a lot of time, and maybe you're in a hurry and can't wait that long.
Going back and forth with a ton of revisions takes time, and this time is charged for accordingly. With licensing, you're only paying for the license fee to use the work – not the process that went into creating it.
With custom work, you're paying an advance for a result you haven't seen yet, and you need to trust that it will turn out the way you wanted it. By purchasing a license to use an existing work, you're able to see what you get before paying.
The type and format of your product.
Whether you're self-publishing or have a publisher.
How many copies you're planning on producing.
How long you want to use the artwork for.
Whether you want world-wide exclusive rights, or just in your country.
Depending on the artwork, some minor details can be changed to better suit your publication or product, for example: artwork format, background color, character eye color, adding scars or beauty marks... Digital retouching in Adobe Photoshop is my specialty, so I can adapt most artworks.
How to proceed with licensing your artwork?
Pick which work from my licensing portfolio you'd like to use, and send me a message via my contact page. Let me know as much detail about your project as possible, and I'll get back to you with a custom quote.


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Q: How do I associate/link a cell with another cell in Excel? I have an Excel workbook with a column for first name, and other column for last name. I need to alphabetize sort the last name column from A-Z. When I sort the last name column, I need the first name column to adjust with the last name. How can I link or associate cells from the first name column to the last name column, so that when I sort the last name column, the first name is with the correct last name?

A: Use the Sort command on the Data ribbon. If your data is in adjacent cells, the sort will include all adjacent columns.
Or, make your life easier, select the data and click on Auto Filter. Then you have filter and sort drop-downs in the column header.

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This post is more for my future self rather than someone on the other side of the screen but I thought there must be some wandering soul in need of motivation and if so, here is your call: Make 2019 your own. Set some goals and break some records. If not now, when? It is a beautiful moment.
1. Write more, more and then some more. Write eloquently, poetically, honestly and from the heart.
2. Connect more online: It might sound counter to the motto of my life, but I'm in a phase of my life where I cannot connect to people around me or there'll be professional consequences. Hence the tumblr.
3. Read more: more papers, more articles, more thoughts, more between the lines.
4. Do more: Work on my personal projects. Devote time for the website I love so much. It is my child after all.
5. Learn more: learn the language of the land. learn the language of the people on the other end of the world!
6. Above all: Never lose sight of the person I wanna be. It is a rough patch of sorts and I need all the self-love and motivation I can muster.
I'm gonna rock 2019. What about you?


Today, he leads a team of surgeons, physician assistants, nurses and therapists at The Orthopaedic and Fracture Clinic, but Andy Meyers spent a good chunk of his early career in the jail. Don't be alarmed, that is usually where law enforcement officers start out, paying their dues, working their way up to patrol, which is what Meyers did as a Deputy Sheriff/Paramedic with the Linn County, Iowa Sheriff's Department.
There is a growing belief in the health care community that by 2020, one in three hospitals will close or reorganize into an entirely different type of health care service provider. Becker's Hospital Review reports that hospitals and health systems in the United States are undergoing a dramatic shift in their business models due to a number of forces that are expected to eventually turn the industry on its head.
A registered nurse for 35 years, Terri Stratton Hickey's retirement plan was not to stop working, but rather to take on a new challenge in her career.
When Iowa-based Aventure Staffing decided to open a Minnesota branch, it didn't take them long to find what they consider the "perfect" location, Fairmont.
Mankato Clinic's century celebration is collaboration at its best. As the Mankato Clinic celebrates its 100-year anniversary in 2016, it wanted to not only reflect on its past but to also focus on the future and how Mankato Clinic can play a bigger role in helping the community achieve better overall health. The "Thrive" campaign was developed with this in mind.


For some, the idea that technology can be beautiful is patently ridiculous. However, motorized shades are among the finest examples of high-tech, high-design components. Manufactures like Lutron partner with top designers to provide a product that's both functional and beautiful.
Smart shading comes in all shapes, sizes and designs and they're perfect for every room. From sunshades that block UV rays without limiting visibility to full on blackout curtains that keep the sun out of the house completely. Choose from traditional drapes, pull-down curtains, blinds and honeycomb styles to satisfy the look of every space. There's virtually no limit to the variety of motorized window treatments available.
As autumn brings on the cooler weather, you're going to be using your heater more and more. Thankfully, motorized shades can help regulate the temperature in any room by blocking the places where most heat escapes – namely, the windows. Simply draw the shades as you adjust the temperature and you'll notice a distinct difference in how long the thermostat stays active.
If you prefer to lower lighting costs, motorized shades can help with that, too. Integrate them with your lighting system to engage in "daylight harvesting"; using the Sun's natural light in your rooms rather than unneeded electricity. If used effectively, your energy bill will see a sharp decline in no time.
Privacy and security go hand-in-hand, and smart shading is a great way to add both. With one touch on your tablet, smartphone or dedicated control device you can raise or lower the shades in any room of the home. When you put Junior to bed, simply hit a button and lower the curtains in his bedroom. When you leave the house, another one will lower all of the shades throughout the property.
Plus, you can even integrate them with the rest of your system to create a "mockupancy" setting that makes your home appear occupied even when you're miles away.
Are you ready to enjoy the beauty, convenience and safety of motorized shades in your Vail Valley home? Contact us today.


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Commodities (old)
Mexico's Bimbo to build $200 mln wind farm
MEXICO CITY, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Grupo Bimbo, one of the world's biggest breadmakers, will build a $200 million wind farm to supply almost all of the electric power needed for its Mexican operations, the company said on Thursday.
Bimbo said in a statement that the project, which will be built with the Mexican affiliate of privately held Spanish firm Renovalia Energy, will provide installed power of 90 megawatts, enough to run 65 plants and offices in Mexico.
The company said the plant was the biggest such effort yet by any company in the food industry.
Cemex CMXCPO.MXCX.N, the world's No. 3 cement company, and retailers Wal-Mart de Mexico WALMEXV.MX and Soriana SORIANAB.MX have also launched wind farm projects in Mexico. (Reporting by Michael O'Boyle)

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The Virgin America brand blazed into existence five years ago. Ever since, it has become the preeminent airline of choice for those who love style and flair. From the moment you set foot in the airport until you get off the plane at your destination, you are completely immersed in the Virgin experience. Walking into Virgin's ticketing area is like walking into a ridiculously chic, trendy, and fashionable nightclub. 12 alternating shades of blue and purple bathe the space in an unrealistically cool glow. A mix of trance and dance music fills the room—for a moment there I almost caught myself dancing. The normally dull check-in's I have gone through at other airline ticket counters was replaced by an experience so entertaining I was honestly a little sad when it was over. It's the tiny eccentricities that truly distinguish the Virgin brand from other airlines.
After I went through security the visual ambiance, music, and vibe returned as soon as I reentered Virgin controlled territory. Young energetic customer service representatives, willing to help with all my needs, and gorgeous flight attendants—wearing stylish uniforms designed in collaboration with Banana Republic—filled the terminal. Sitting at the gate felt like chilling in the VIP section of a lounge, and waiting to board wasn't dreary and boring like it is with other airlines.
My experience in the airport, though amazing, was just the beginning. Stepping into the airplane, the music and lighting were still exceptionally chic; the drab yellow-white main cabin lights found on other airlines were replaced by Virgins unique 12-shade color scheme. However what really got my heart racing was the spacecraft like design of the interior. The main cabin seats are black and white. (When I looked towards the front of the plane all I saw was white and when I looked back all I saw was black.) The seat is crisp black leather and the frame is polished white plastic that reminded me of the main bridge on the Starship Enterprise. Once in my seat, I realized that I was sitting in a new aircraft (the average age of a Virgin America aircraft is 3.5 years old). All the seats have a sophisticated in-flight entertainment system called Red™ installed in them, which allowed me to watch on-demand movies and TV, view live satellite, and listen to over 3000mp3's. Nonetheless what really excited me about Red™ was that it allowed me to order and pay for food without ever having to get anyone's attention. The whole system is like nothing ever before seen on an airline. Gone are the days of being forced to watch a pre-edited movie; Virgin America has put the entertainment back into air travel and I couldn't have been happier.
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Although I haven't had the opportunity to live the experience, just reading this makes me want to pick a flight anywhere to ride the "ride".


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Already a busy Saturday. Making final wedding purchases this morning. Now to get in the shop for baby shower favors for a special order.


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The displayname attribute is an unlocalized string that can be passed to the Localization API to retrieve a meaningful name for the attribute definition.
The attributetype attribute indicates what type of data this attribute definition represents. See the list of attribute types for more information.
Finally the node contains an isreadonly attribute which indicates that the attribute is read only and cannot be updated or set, an isrequired attribute which indicates that the attribute is required to save or update an asset of the specific asset type, and finally an ismultivalue attribute which indicates that there may be multiple values for the attribute definition.
Currently only attribute definitions of type Relation may be multi-value attribute definitions.


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I called my car insurance company to ask them if I could just not pay for two months, and when I get back to CT to resume my car insurance.


RNLI volunteer lifeboat crew from Padstow launched at 4.00pm today (Sunday 31 May) to assist a Catamaran with engine failure in Harlyn Bay.
The Catamaran had taken shelter in Harlyn Bay, but when the winds changed the vessel was on a lee shore and with engine failure was in need of assistance.
Harlyn Bay lifeguards in their Arancia collected two lifeboat crew who went aboard the Catamaran to assist with the towing.
The Catamaran was towed safely alongside Padstow quay and the volunteer crew returned to the station at 5.45pm.


Today's main news: Coinbase value itself at $8B. Ripple sold $16.6M XRP in Q1. Cryptos post as much as 70% gains in April. Binance entes $15M crypto investment agreement with Bermuda. Revolut raises $250M, adds Ripple and Bitcoin Cash. Binance re-opens Nano deposits, withdrawals.
Today's main analysis: Where cryptocurrencies are traded. Switzerland wants to be the crypto capital of the world.
Today's thought-provoking articles: Bitcoin Cash up 137% in in Q2. Crypto lawyer says he's to thank for government scrutiny of industry. Cryptocurrency's role in cybercrime.
Facts you might not know about Ripple.
Litecoin payments are starting to catch on.
Charlie Lee regrets selling all his Litecoin.
Airswap totals $1 million on first day of operating.
Why the crypto community must use the blockchain to self-police.
The negative impact of all-women blockchain/crypto conference panels.
How women could send Bitcoin to the moon.
Bitcoin futures post record daily volume.
Bitcoin and Marxist theory of value.
St. Louis Fed says Bitcoin is like regular currency.
Only .04% of crypto investors report capital gains to the IRS.
How to build a crypto trading portfolio.
SEC official says ICO regulation should be balanced.
Coin burns: The latest cryptocurrency trend.
How to book a vacation with cryptocurrency.
Sony files blockchain patent for digital rights storage.
Solving healthcare fraud with the blockchain.
eHarvestHub gives farmers increased traceability through blockchain.
Jumio creates a blockchain passport.
Reno, Nevada to make marriage blockchain official.
WPFH acquires digital currency vending machine, crypto mining equipment firm.
Binance, Bermuda sign $15 million crypto investment agreement.
Will the cryptocurrency market cap hit $14 trillion?
Digital currency growth coincides with cryptojacking surge.
WikiLeaks may owe a debt to Bitcoin for its existence.
Scanetchain woos shoppers to the blockchain with augmented reality.
Switzerland wants to be the crypto capital of the world.
France reviews crypto profits tax downward by more than half.
Malta approves three cryptocurrency bills.
Binance opens Nano deposits, withdrawals again.
Hong Kong court rules in favor of Binance.
Ontology launches smart contract tool SmartX.
Diginex sells 51% stake in crypto mining business for $60 million.
Taiwan to introduce strict crypto regulations.
Reserve Bank of India sued over crypto ban.
Coincheck made $491 million before being hacked.
Blossom Finance launches halal crypto microfinance fund.
DirectHome offers cashback, rewards on crypto real estate investments.
Revolut raises $250 million, adds Ripple and Bitcoin Cash.
Revolut plans metal card to give 1 percent cash back in crypto.
Mastercard exec joins Quant Network.
Australia: The Sun Exchange wants to re-open coal plant for blockchain mining.
Iran: Crypto project right on target.
Chile: Minister supports cryptocurrencies after court sides with exchanges.
Canada: Overview of blockchain communities.
Coinbase valued itself at about $8 billion when it made an offer in a recent acquisition dealthat included its common shares. That internal estimate is much higher than its last preferred valuation.
In the first quarter 2018, market investors managed to purchase $16.6 million worth of Ripples directly from XRP II, LLC., Ripple's registered and licensed money service business.
The first quarter of 2018 has seen many cryptocurrencies weather a period of intense volatility with an all-time market cap high of $814 billion being recorded in January. The growth of cryptocurrency over the past year has been extraordinary, for instance, early January 2017 yielded a total cryptocurrency market capitalization of only $17 billion.
However, Ripple is different. All 100 billion XRP that will ever be created already exist, although not all are in circulation yet, which we'll get to in the next section.
Although there are 100 billion XRP tokens in existence, the majority of them aren't in circulation yet. Ripple Labs owns about 60 billion XRP as of this writing, 6.25 billion of which are directly owned and 55 billion of which are in escrow accounts for future distribution. Over the next few years, 1 billion XRP will become available per month to be distributed.
Bitcoin and Ethereum can handle about three and 15 transactions per second, respectively, which creates a problem of scalability. Ripple's network, on the other hand, consistently handles about 1,500 transactions per second, and the company claims it can be scaled to handle 50,000 per second — on par with Visa's network capabilities.
Bitcoin has touched the high of $9755 in April and it could break the $10K very soon. It is up nearly 42.84% from its low since the start of Q2 and it may seem like a dream of a return for the average investor.
Today a Reddit user claiming insider information suggested that Bitcoin Cash will be added in June. The timing is significant as prices normally rise following a coin's addition to a major exchange. Knowing a listing ahead of time allows investors to take advantage of this price movement.
The founder of cryptocurrency litecoin has hinted that he has some regrets about selling his entire holding shortly before Christmas.
"Recently, I was at a summit where there was a 'Pink Room' – a place designed specifically for women. This was a rather offensive, yet telling sign of the industry. We should be using emerging industries like blockchain to end the stigmas of gender in technology, not to bolster it," Anastasia Shvetsova, Managing Partner at M&A PR agency, told me.
While Bitcoin surged last year along with other cryptocurrencies, much of that more than 20-fold rise was driven by men. One analysis of Google searches found that 95% of people Googling "Bitcoin" were male, while only 5% were female. The trend seems to carry across to other cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum: According to another recent survey, just 4% of Ethereum traders are women.
The dearth of female cryptocurrency investors also means there is likely a lot of money sitting on the sidelines that could make Bitcoin's price shoot higher if invested.
The Marxist theory of value is more commonly known as the labor theory of value. Karl Marx employed the theory in Das Kapital. But he was by no means the first. The labor theory of value was a staple of classical economists, including Adam Smith. In brief, the labor theory of value maintains that the value of any good or service is ultimately determined by the amount of labor used to produce it.
Rather than merely reflecting the amount of labor used in production, modern economists maintain that value is ultimately determined by the subjective valuation of consumers.
The post, titled "Three Ways Bitcoin is Like Regular Currency," doesn't precisely endorse Bitcoin or cryptocurrency.
The Credit Karma tax platform said that only 100 out of a total of 250,000 people reported capital gains from cryptocurrency investments.
In a hearing at the US House of Representatives on Thursday, April 26, a regulator from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and House Financial Services Committee members hotly disagreed over whether a "balanced approach" could be taken in regulating Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs).
What coin burning actually refers to is the process by which cryptocurrency miners — the persons with high-powered computers that validate transactions for coins operating on the proof-of-work model — or developers send tokens to a specified address that has private keys which are unobtainable. In plainer terms, it's a means of removing tokens from the circulating supply so as to either slow the rate of coin inflation, or reduce the circulating supply of coins.
According to an April 20 announcement on Twitter from Antpool, a cryptocurrency mining firm that currently validates a little over 8% of Bitcoin Cash's transactions, it's been sending 12% of the coins it receives as block rewards for transaction validation to these aforementioned unobtainable addresses where they can no longer be used.
Virgin Galactic accepts bitcoin as a form of payment on its commercial passenger space flights.
eGifter is technically a gift card site that accepts bitcoin, but you can use the site to buy gift cards for a number of popular airlines that can later be turned into plane tickets. Gyft works in a similar way and allows you to use bitcoin to purchase gift cards to Hotels.com, which can be used to book a hotel room almost anywhere in the world.
CoinFuel is another gift card site that can come in handy, particularly if you're planning a road trip.
A venture-capital fund run by a group of students at the University of California, San Diego, announced Thursday it has invested $1 million in a blockchain platform designed to let people own "shares" in their cities' local economies.
Japan's Sony has filed an application for a patent to store users' digital rights data on the blockchain, and it stands to disrupt another industry.
The patent application, which was published by the US Patent & Trademark Office on April 26, has made its way to the top of the queue. It's dubbed Blockchain-Based Digital Rights Management (DRM) and it was filed by both Tokyo-based Sony Corp and Culver City, Calif-based Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Amid a U.S. healthcare system rife with complexity and fragmentation, fraud prevention strategies have received increased attention in recent years. This has led to greater recognition of the fact that in order to mitigate fraud risk, a more secure system that can deter either outside (cyberattacks) or inside (employee) tampering needs to be devised.
This is why many within the industry are turning to blockchain-based solutions and their promise of a cryptographically secure, distributed ledger approach to stamping out fraudulent activity.
IT start-up eHarvestHub, backed by well-known American venture capital investor billionaire businessman Tim Draper, is introducing game-changing blockchain technology that could potentially disrupt the food chain, giving much more power to farmers by helping them to leverage lucrative returns from complying with traceability requirements.
Launched in 2008, the company uses computer vision technology, machine learning and live verification experts to verify a user's identity. The company, which partners with Branddocs, Blue Turtle and GlobeOne, has seen strong growth in recent years. In April, the company partnered with Insights Network, an EOS blockchain-based data exchange, to create a blockchain "passport".
Now the marriages in the US will be registered with the help of a blockchain. American town of Reno (Nevada) is testing this new service. Sources report that the technology of this ledger system will be tested in the local municipality. The technology is tested for the purpose of translating the documents circulation into digital form.
On 27th April, Coinbase officially announced that the former founders of Bumpers, Ian Ownbey and Jacob Thornton, have joined Coinbase.
World Poker Fund Holdings, Inc. (OTC PINK: WPFH) announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire all of the assets of The Crypto Market, a digital currency vending machine business and cryptocurrency mining equipment company for 100,000 common shares of WPFH at the mutually agreed upon stock valuation of $1 per share. WPFH has initially secured 5 locations in the Greater Los Angeles area that will host the digital currency vending machines, and will continue to seek out locations including cannabis dispensaries, casinos, and near college campuses.
On Thursday Gil Beyda, managing director for the venture capital extension of Comcast, appeared on CNBC to talk about the future of Bitcoin and possible applications for blockchain technology. While his appearance did not directly reveal any proposed relationship between Comcast and Bitcoin, his conversation was overwhelmingly positive on the virtues of cryptocurrency. Compared to the usual talk by executives on the dangers of crypto and the looming bubble, particularly by the flip-flopping platform that is CNBC, it was refreshing to see a company hold such a positive and candid view on BTC.
With claims those running a cryptocurrency fundraising operation attempted to skirt U.S. securities laws, a set of investors in a digital currency called Tezos are asking for their investments to be repaid, according to a class action lawsuit filed in the San Mateo County Superior Court this week.
Bitcoin, the most expensive of the cryptocurrencies, has seen its value rise 32% so far this month, climbing from $6,978.63 to over $9,246 in mid-morning trading Friday, according to CoinMarketCap.
Ethereum, meanwhile, is up 69% in April and Ripple is showing a 66% increase.
And the MVIS CryptoCompare Digital Assets 10 Index, a crypto market cap that tracks the performance of the 10-largest digital assets, shows a 68% overall increase in April.
The majority of cryptocurrency exchanges are based in the UK, but the vast amount of volume flows through the small island of Malta, new research shows.
Cybercrime is generating at least $1.5 trillion dollars in revenue every year via illicit online markets, IP theft, crimeware, and ransomware. In some cases, cybercrime revenues exceed those of some legitimate companies.
A recent study, sponsored by Bromium and conducted by Dr. Michael McGuire, examined the evolution of cybercrime and cybercriminals in recent years.
In fact, researchers at Princeton have found that around 60% of Bitcoin transactions can be traced.
A Europol estimate suggests that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were used for merely 4% of the total amount of laundered money in Europe.
The growth in digital currency values is happening alongside a rise in cryptojacking incidents, software provider Shasta QA claims.
Shasta noted in a press release that cryptocurrency prices – particularly of market leaders like Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ripple, and Ethereum – have ballooned over the past few years, especially the last couple of months. This has prompted crypto miners to resort to shady means of mining, including cryptojacking.
Sputnik: So Julian Assange has called for this global blockade of Coinbase, do you think that's going to work? Have you heard of much support behind this?
Peter Todd: Truth be told, I would say it's not going to work only because what he's called for is already something that everybody believes in anyway. He's not the first person to go and state something along this line, don't use Coinbase. I've not recommended that people use Coinbase for a long time, so I think it won't have much of an effect but only because there's sort of already is a blockade of Coinbase.
Sputnik: Do you think the crypto sphere is really behind Wikileaks and Julian Assage?
Peter Todd: I think so, I personally use WikiLeaks as an example of why bitcoin needs to exist. I know for a fact that if bitcoin had never existed there's a good chance that WikiLeaks wouldn't even exist today.
Scanetchain says it is well placed to become a big player in the booming AR industry, which is predicted to be worth $120 bln globally by 2020. According to its founders, the market's emphasis is heavily skewed towards devices capable of displaying augmented reality, instead of developing content which can reach the masses through this technology.
Ethereum Foundation developer Alex Van de Sande has unveiled a proposal for an insurance pool that he believes will mitigate the risk of network splits stemming from a desire to recover funds frozen due to code faults in smart contracts.
In a bid to promote and attract blockchain and cryptocurrency linked start-ups and entrepreneurs, the Cabinet of Malta on Tuesday has approved three bills related cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Of the three bills, one bill, in particular, Virtual Financial Assets Bill creates legislation for regulating cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings.
The other two bills are the Malta Digital Innovation Authority Bill and the Technology Arrangements and Services Bill.
BTCxChange, Romania's oldest Bitcoin Exchange, will be shutting down its platform next month.
Fintech startup Revolut is planning to launch a new metal debit card that will let customers claim 1% cash back in cryptocurrencies, its CEO has told Business Insider.
Quant CEO and Co-founder Gilbert Verdian has left his role as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of Vocalink – a Mastercard company, where he was responsible for the Security of the UK's payment infrastructure for the Bank of England, covering BACS, FasterPayments, Link and Cheque & Credit Schemes – to lead the Quant Network team in the development of their block chain operating system, Overledger.
There is a good news for the owners of NANO (XRB) token. Binance, one of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world is opening up its door to NANO deposits and withdrawal again.
The recent release of Ontology v0.7 and the TestNet Polaris had various important updates such as WebSocket subscribe function, smart contract pre-execute, CLI function, event push filter, new Wasm APIs, NeoVM v0.7, interoperability across VMs, SmartX and more.
Diginex Global Limited, a Hong Kong-based distributed ledger technology company, has sold a 51 percent stake in its cryptocurrency mining operations for $60 million, the company announced.
Qiu Taisan, the Justice Minister of the country says the laws should be in place by November 2018.
Abraham Cambridge, founder and CEO of The Sun Exchange, a blockchain-based marketplace forsolarPV equipment, said a plan by Australian tech firm IOT Group to restart a coal-fired plant for blockchain company energy supplies is not sustainable.
To recap, the Reserve Bank of India issued a decree preventing lenders from doing business with cryptocurrency exchanges.
If things were left up to the cryptocurrency industry and the general public, this new ruling would never be enforced. Earlier this week, a petition was filed with the Delhi High Court challenging the Reserve Bank's decision. The Indian constitution seemingly does not allow for such a crackdown on cryptocurrency activity, according to Kali Digital Eco-Systems, which filed the petition.
Hacked cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck made 53.7 billion yen ($491 million) in profit for the fiscal year ending in March, according to financial data released on Thursday by parent company Monex.
Blossom Finance, the Indonesian consultancy which recently declared cryptocurrencies as 'halal,' has partnered with a local VC to launch a service targeted at Islamic investors. The fund would raise money in BTC, ETH, and BCH, and invest in socially-engaged businesses in the province of Central Java.
DirectHome, a service provider in the real estate sector founded in Singapore, is offering users of its online platform the opportunity to buy, sell and rent properties without the need for a real estate agent, consequently helping to significantly reduce transaction costs.
The platform claims to be the world's first real estate platform to offer cashback and to reward contributors via Tokenomics, powered by blockchain.
Iran has developed an experimental local cryptocurrency, a government minister said on Saturday, days after the country's central bank banned trading in digital currencies including bitcoin.
One event organizer is Hyperledger, an umbrella project of open source blockchain tools. The Linux Foundation founded Hyperledger in 2015 with the aim to foster blockchain development.
Similarly, emerging technology company, Leadweb, offers regular blockchain-focused events. The Montréal-based company aims to foster and advance Canada's blockchain movement, and often collaborates with innovative local projects.
Reflecting the country's current excitement towards blockchain, The Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada is hosting a GC Blockchain Day as part of its Enterprise Architecture series.
Toronto is, in many ways, a prime candidate to become a global leader in the blockchain revolution. The city already hosts many world-renowned blockchain institutions, such as the Blockchain Research Institute, which aims to investigate real world uses for the technology.
As a spinoff of The Entrepreneurship Society, The Blockchain Society(TBS) is a Toronto-based organization which runs monthly events designed to develop Canada's blockchain community.


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Don't "Axe the fax"
The ROI opportunity for the National Health Service
Matthew Johnson Send an email September 30, 2020
The UK National Health Service (NHS) made the news in 2018 for its continued reliance on traditional fax machines, with over 8,000 spread across NHS Trusts. The UK Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, responded by mandating a complete ban on fax machine purchases starting January 2019, with a deadline to eliminate them totally by March 31st, 2020.
Why fax refuses to be axed
The NHS has missed the deadline and was likely to do so even before the COVID-19 pandemic swept the globe. As of Oct 2019, only about 42% of fax machines had been eliminated.
Honestly, fax machines are awful. But fax as a communications medium is still very powerful and secure. It has built an essential network across the NHS – and other healthcare institutions – over decades. Dropping fax requires everyone to stop using it at once, and then retraining the entire healthcare system, office by office. It's not as simple as throwing away machines.
Our biggest challenge has been getting rid of fax machines that are used to communicate externally. Lots of outside organizations rely on fax machines to communicate with us, and some of them still heavily depend on paper-based solutions where they are yet to start their digital maturity journey
–Sarah Moorhead, Associate Director of Digital Demand, Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Dropping fax requires everyone stopping at once and then retraining the entire healthcare system, office by office. It's not as simple as throwing away machines. Something has to step into their place and the NHS has to remain functional through the transition.
While several options exist, the surprising truth is that the best solution may be to replace fax with better fax.
The problems with replacements
A wide variety of solutions exist and have been proposed for solving the NHS's fax problem. However, each Trust is independent and while the Health Secretary's mandate tells them what they have to get rid of, it doesn't dictate what they implement.
Email is not secure
The obvious replacement would be email. Everyone can receive email, making it an ideal choice for patients, partners, other NHS Trusts, government agencies, and even international health services.
However, there is a deal-breaker – email is terribly insecure.
Security was not a consideration in the design of core email systems that have now proliferated too widely to be redone. As a result, the world has been left with something closer to a postcard than an armored car.
Encrypted email and portals are cumbersome
Both email encryption and secure portal solutions trade ease of use or universal access for security. Recipients often have to create accounts and remember extra-complicated passwords for a solution they rarely use. Employees can be trained in their nuances, but for outside organizations such solutions may create more problems than they solve.
While secure file exchange solutions that are easy to use are the future, if your organization's not ready for that yet, there's another option that's efficient, secure, and cost effective, yet remarkably simple.
Refine the fax with a digital alternative
While several options exist, the surprising truth is that the best solution may be to replace fax with better fax.
The "Axe the Fax" campaign is not about getting rid of fax, but getting rid of fax machines, making enterprise Fax over IP (FoIP) the obvious replacement technology.
Digital fax allows everyone in the NHS ecosystem to shift at their own pace. When Hospital A implements FoIP, they reduce costs, streamline workflows, and increase security…while still being able to talk to Clinic B, who hasn't switched yet. Receiving and sending faxes becomes possible on computers, so fax can conform to your workflow rather than the other way around.
OpenText XM Fax
OpenText™ XM Fax™ is the perfect answer for the NHS Axe the Fax campaign. It allows Trusts to fax however and whenever they want via workstations, mobile devices and multi-function printers (MFPs).
XM Fax can be hosted on-premises or in an EU cloud (certified Cyber Essentials, PCI DSS, and ISO/IEC 27001:2013). The solution delivers excellent security and facilitates GDPR compliance via direct-to-recipient delivery, a zero-retention feature, and centralized event logs.
To help you decide if XM Fax is the right solution for your Trust, OpenText offers 14-day free trials, personalized demos and consultations. Reach out to us to learn more.
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Matthew Johnson is a Senior Product Marketing Specialist covering fax and secure messaging solutions in the OpenText Digital Experience portfolio. He has been supporting B2B and B2C marketing for more than 11 years with work ranging from ingredients sold to some of the world's top restaurants, to stock market deep learning algorithms, to the enterprise communications sector.
How to turn SAP migration pains into a high-yield investment
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Axe the fax with secure file exchange
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Initially, the routing table for each router includes only the networks that are physically connected. A RIP router periodically sends announcements that contain its routing table entries to inform other local RIP routers of the networks it can reach. RIP version 1 uses IP broadcast packets for its announcements. RIP version 2 can use multicast or broadcast packets for its announcements.
Price: Free TorVPN users are limited to 1GB/mo downloaded before they're cut off, and Premium accounts start at 5 EUR/mo ($7mo) for 5GB/mo and go up to 30 EUR/mo ($38/mo) for 100GB. Keep in mind they have a no-refunds policy, and that even though you ride the Tor network, they're a separate entity from the Tor Project. You can read more about their pricing and plans here.
There are lots of good reasons why you need a VPN. The most obvious is that routing your traffic through an encrypted tunnel means it is much harder for people on the same network as you—say, at a coffee shop—to snoop on your activities. If the person who owns the network is a bad guy, spying on your activity and hoping to snatch a password or two, they'll also be foiled by a VPN. This also protects against a lot of other scary scenarios, like DNS poisoning. With that kind of attack, you type in a legitimate website URL but are forwarded to a phishing site designed to steal your information.
Two networks can be connected over an intranet using a site-to-site VPN connection. This type of VPN connection might be necessary, for example, for two departments in separate locations, whose data is highly sensitive, to communicate with each other. For instance, the finance department might need to communicate with the human resources department to exchange payroll information.
We didn't find any problems when we tested other aspects of TorGuard's performance. Each time we checked our location via IP address, it accurately resolved to the location of a TorGuard server. Neither our true IP address nor our location was exposed when we tested for DNS leaks and IPv6 leaks. TorGuard runs its own DNS servers—a requirement for all the VPNs we tested—so the routing that happens when you go to a website isn't released to your ISP, Google, or anyone else. And since TorGuard doesn't support IPv6, the app disables it completely, just like IVPN.
The free account is limited to a single user, while the premium account enabled unlimited bandwidth for up to five computers or mobile devices. TunnelBear doesn't list the total number of servers on their site, but they do offer servers in 20 countries. Their Windows and Mac OS X client is based on OpenVPN and their mobile VPN system uses L2TP/IPsec. Unlike the previous two recommendations, however, TunnelBear has a firmer stance against file sharing activities and BitTorrent is blocked. Their speeds also aren't quite as fast as the others, so you might experience a slower connection with TunnelBear.
Even though Tor is free, we don't think it's the best option for most people. If you aren't familiar with Tor, this handy interactive graphic shows how it protects an Internet connection, and this series goes into more detail about how Tor works. Runa Sandvik, a former researcher with The Tor Project who is now part of the information security team at The New York Times (parent company of Wirecutter), described it as "a tool that allows users to remain anonymous and uncensored." When we asked expert Alec Muffett about whether he personally used a VPN, he told us he actually spent most of his work time using Tor. But Tor has a reputation for slow connections, can be blocked by some websites, and isn't suitable for some peer-to-peer applications like BitTorrent.
A VPN client on a remote user's computer or mobile device connects to a VPN gateway on the organization's network. The gateway typically requires the device to authenticate its identity. Then, it creates a network link back to the device that allows it to reach internal network resources -- e.g., file servers, printers and intranets -- as though the gateway is on the network locally.
It is our business to make safety and caution for our free VPN service the number one priority. We are constantly working to understand and develop new technology that keeps our users safe, without requiring costly fees or lengthy sign-up features. We want to keep you and your family safe without you having to give up any freedom. We would never limit these rights and don't believe in setting limits. That is not our business.
In addition to blocking malicious sites and ads, some VPNs also claim to block malware. We don't test the efficacy of these network-based protections, but most appear to be blacklists of sites known to host malicious software. That's great, but don't assume it's anywhere near as good as standalone antivirus. Use this feature to complement, not replace, your antivirus.
VPN protocol: We always recommend users avail of OpenVPN when available, as it is the most secure and open-source protocol available. You may, however, opt for a speedier protocol. IKEv2 is secure and works well especially with mobile data connections. You might or might not notice a difference with L2TP/IPSec or SSTP, depending on your device hardware. PPTP is generally regarded as the fastest, but has known security flaws that make it unsuitable for anyone who values their privacy.
ExpressVPN is also one of the best VPN services available for streaming. Whether you are using a VPN with Kodi or streaming Netflix with a VPN, ExpressVPN offers great apps for streaming devices and high-speed bandwidth for HD videos. Their customer service is also top-notch, with 24/7 live chat support and a 30 day money-back guarantee with all subscription plans. [Learn more >]
VPN services are entirely legal and legitimate in most countries. It's completely legal to mask your IP address and encrypt your internet traffic. There is nothing about using a VPN that's illegal and VPN services themselves do not and cannot do anything illegal. The only thing that's illegal is if you were to break the law while using a VPN - for instance if you were to infringe on someone's copyright. But that's the action of infringement that's illegal, not the use of the VPN.
VPNs, or Virtual Private Networks, are a quick and easy solution to making your computer appear to be coming from a different location. They accomplish this by creating a virtual network that routes all of your PC or smartphone's network traffic through an encrypted tunnel and out the other side, making it seem to the world that you're actually in whatever location the VPN server is located. This can help you bypass geographic restrictions, avoid censors, or keep you (relatively) anonymous online.
OpenVPN: OpenVPN is very secure, open-source and widely used. Most VPN services support it, but except for Chrome OS and Linux, few operating systems do. This protocol can be used in either TCP (web) or UDP (streaming) mode; the latter is sloppier but faster. You'll need either the VPN service's client software or one of the many free alternatives. Either way, you'll still need to pay for the VPN service.
Tunneling protocols can operate in a point-to-point network topology that would theoretically not be considered as a VPN, because a VPN by definition is expected to support arbitrary and changing sets of network nodes. But since most router implementations support a software-defined tunnel interface, customer-provisioned VPNs often are simply defined tunnels running conventional routing protocols.
Then there's the widespread surveillance by local and foreign governments. Through the Snowden leaks and years of follow-up reporting, we know that the worldwide surveillance structure is vast in scope and reach. While it would be illegal for police officers to search your home without a warrant, your browsing activity, messages, social media content, and other online information can be monitored, retained and shared among various government agencies, including across country borders.
It's not suitable for users who want to unlock geo-restricted content as well as improving their privacy. The free version only offers U.S.-based servers, and access to services like Netflix Which VPNs Still Work With Netflix? Which VPNs Still Work With Netflix? Netflix is trying to stop people accessing its service through VPNs, but a handful of VPNs are managing to stay one step ahead of the streaming giant. Read on to find out which ones... Read More , Hulu, and BBC iPlayer are only available to premium users.
IVPN also performed well in our speed tests. Though it wasn't always the fastest in the 54 measurements we took on each service, it ranked near the top on many servers at different times of the week—especially compared with the most trustworthy services. Private Internet Access, one of the most visible, privacy-focused VPNs, had slower speeds when connecting to most servers and less reliable connections than IVPN. For US servers (which we expected to be the fastest locations because we tested from California), IVPN ranked behind only OVPN and TorGuard. We liked OVPN—especially its speed results—but we thought that company's small team and small selection of servers and locations were too limiting for some people.
Free VPN Providers are more likely to log your activities and serve contextual ads while you're connected. They're also more likely to use your usage habits to tailor future ads to you, have fewer exit locations, and weak commitments to privacy. They may offer great features, but if logging and privacy are important to you, you may want to avoid them. However, if you just need quick, painless security while traveling on a budget, they're a great option.
Although it has a no logs policy, the vendor collects user activity data and could opt to share them with third parties. The service can be used for torrenting but the company warns against copyright infringements. One weak spot is the service's customer support. It has no live chat support and it takes more than 24 hours to get a reply. However, a knowledge base is available in the company's website.
In short, it's time to start thinking about protecting your personal information. That's where virtual private networks, or VPNs, come in. These services use simple software to protect your internet connection, and they give you greater control over how you appear online, too. While you might never have heard of VPN services, they are valuable tools that you should understand and use. So who needs a VPN? The short answer is that everyone does. Even Mac users can benefit from a VPN.


Google Music has been a long time in the making, and it now appears that the streaming service is close to being ready for prime time. There's only one thing missing: the music.
Currently, the service is at the point where employees are being asked to use it and test it out, which is one of the last steps before something is released to the public. The one main missing element, however, is content from the major labels. This shouldn't be an insurmountable roadblock, however, as labels are very excited to have a major competitor to Apple's iTunes, and Google is just the ticket.
The service would allow users to stream tunes to their computers or any other web-connected device, either from Google's supply or from their own, which could be uploaded to Google's servers. So the whole thing would be cloud based, which would be a different approach from Apple's download model. Sounds interesting! Now they just need to get the labels on board and get this thing out there.


What if you're with a friend or in a public situation and you're not sure if someone is being abused? Gather information by asking questions. Check in and follow up with the potential victim. For example, if you see someone being treated in a way that makes you suspicious at a party, check in with that person later in the evening and make sure they're doing OK.
Can you draw the potential abuser's attention to something else, or send someone they know over to start a conversation with them? Can you pull the victim aside by asking them to help you clean something up, help you fix your makeup, hang out in a different room, etc.?
Sometimes just being near a potential victim is enough to stop abuse: it'll make it a public situation. Try to have conversations with the victim and keep hanging out with them.
If you can do it safely, call the perpetrator out on their behaviour.
If someone is being abusive, tell them they've got to go. Try to ask first. Depending on the situation, consider getting someone like a bouncer, campus security officer, etc. to ask the perpetrator to leave.
Someone has just told you she/he/they have been sexually assaulted. What can you do?
Listen without judgement. You may be the first and only person the victim will tell. Remind them it's not their fault. Belief is a powerful tool and is often the first step in the positive healing of a sexual assault survivor. Survivors who get a positive response when they tell someone are more likely to get the help they need.
Ask if you can contact police or campus Safety & Security if there is an imminent safety issue. Offer to be a support person if the victim decides to go to the police or to another support group.
Don't push for additional details. You can encourage talking, but do not pressure the victim to talk. Focus on listening. Do not "take over": offer suggestions but let the victim make decisions.
Ensure they understand how and when you will share information they have provided to you.
Let go of assumptions. Reporting the incident is not every survivor's choice or version of justice.
Understand everyone deals differently with trauma and everyone's healing process is not the same.
Learn more about how to help a friend at Break the Silence.


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María Teresa Ferrari (11 October 188730 October 1956) was an Argentine educator, physician, and women's rights activist. She was the first female university professor in Latin America and one of the first women allowed to teach medicine. She was a pioneering researcher in women's health, studying the use of radiation therapy rather than surgery for uterine tumors and developing a vaginoscope that revolutionized women's health care in Brazil. She established the first maternity ward and gynecological services at the Hospital Militar Central of Buenos Aires in 1925, which provided the first incubation services in the country.

Born into a wealthy family whose forebears had been involved in ensuring Argentina's independence from Spain, she was not expected to work outside the home. Yet Ferrari not only chose to have a career but also insisted on participating in the male-dominated medical profession. She first earned a teaching diploma and became a school teacher; then, she earned her medical degree in 1911. After completing her residency, she applied to teach at the university level but instead was offered a teaching post at the School of Midwifery. Outraged, she fought for 13 years against the prejudices that prevented her from advancing in her career. In 1927, Ferrari won her fight and was granted a professorship as an alternate. Finally, in 1939, she was awarded a full professorship.

Ferrari undertook an advanced medical study in Europe and the United States, learning pioneering techniques that she brought back to Argentina. She studied urinary tract monitoring at the Medical Faculty of Paris, earning the first diploma ever given to a woman. She designed a vaginoscope, studied radiation therapy at the Curie Institute, and performed a Caesarean section at Columbia University. She was responsible for bringing these innovations back with her to Argentina and implementing them at the maternity and gynecological unit she established at the Military Hospital. An ardent feminist, she established the Argentina Federation of University Women in 1936 and pushed for recognition of both civil and political rights for women. When the government of Argentina took a conservative turn in the late 1930s, she was pushed out of the hospital and later, in the early 1950s, out of teaching. She died in 1956.

Early life and education
María Teresa Ferrari Alvarado was born on 11 October 1887 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Catalina Alvarado and David Ferrari White. Her family was among the founding citizens of Argentina: her paternal great-grandfather, Guillermo Pío White had provided money to assist the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata in defeating the Spanish and her maternal great-grandfather Rudesindo Alvarado had served in the Army of the Andes.

Ferrari enrolled at the Normal School Nº 1 of Buenos Aires, receiving her teaching certificate in 1903. For a woman of Ferrari's social class, paid work was unusual at the time. It was understood that in cases of financial necessity poor women might nurse or teach, because both were considered charitable, but upper-class women were expected to be no more than wives and mothers, managing their households. Ignoring convention, she embarked on a career in medicine, but also began teaching. Ferrari taught at the Colegio William Morris and the Escuela Nº 3 Bernardino Rivadavia.
She had studied psychology in a cutting-edge field known as "experimental psychology" and applied it to her classes, which caused the authorities to launch an investigation into her teaching methods. She was allowed to continue teaching, as her techniques of motivating students and encouraging them to learn proved effective.

In 1904, Ferrari enrolled in medical school at the National University of Buenos Aires while continuing to teach. There had been five other women in the history of Argentina who had earned medical degrees, and although her enrollment was not desired, there was no legal precedent to bar her admittance. In her first year, she was assigned to work as an assistant to  in his pathology research, which inspired her continued participation in medical research. Ferrari was awarded her medical degree in 1911.

That same year, she married another graduating physician, Nicolás M. Gaudino. After that, sometimes Ferrari was known as María Teresa Ferrari de Gaudino or simply María Teresa de Gaudino. In 1918 the couple had their only child, Maurio Nicholás Gaudino.

Career

Struggle for a university professorship
In 1914, Ferrari started work at the obstetrics clinic of the Hospital Ramos Mejía of Buenos Aires. She applied to teach obstetrics at the university, but was turned down. In the proceedings of the Honorable Consejo Directivo (HCD) on 23 June 1915, it was stated: "Despite their qualifications, for physiological and psychological reasons people of the feminine sex do not meet the required conditions to be engaged as professors in the Faculty [of Medicine]". The following year, she was permitted to teach at the School of Midwifery, but this lacked the standing and credentials of a professorship at the university. When an opening for an alternate professorship appeared in 1919, Ferrari reapplied to the university but was met with resistance. The members of the HCD delayed calling together the jurors to fill the vacancy until 1925, altering evidence, ignoring recommendations, and evading a decision. In 1926, she sent a detailed outline of her accomplishments to the committee, stating that she had taught in secondary schools for 20 years and had dedicated 15 years to her field of medicine, and had enrolled in university courses for nine years. One adviser, Dr. Speroni, having read her qualifications, sent a message to the dean imploring that they admit her because she was qualified, had shown dedication, and the school was understaffed. It was not until 1927 that the jurors met, and a thirteen to two vote approved her application for an alternate professorship. The news of the first female university professor in Latin America made headlines throughout Spanish-speaking countries. Newspapers in Argentina, including La Prensa, La Nación, La Razón, and others of the capital, El Censor in Gualeguaychú, Los Andes in Mendoza, Buenos Aires Sud in Florencio Varela, and the Italian La Patria degli Italiani and  Spanish El Diario Español carried stories of her triumph.

In the interim, Ferrari continued her studies rather than await a decision. Between 1921 and 1923, she visited many European clinics, including facilities in Austria, Belgium, England, France, Germany, and Italy. She was an assisting physician in the clinic of Marie Curie in Paris, as well as, in the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-In Asylum in Washington, D.C. The Faculty of Medicine of Paris awarded her the first diploma ever given to a woman for studies in urinary tract monitoring. In 1924, she designed a vaginoscope, which was much easier to sterilize and was more adaptable to multiple specula than previous models. The device significantly improved services available to women in Brazil, and the invention was featured in the articles of the Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics of Rio de Janeiro. The innovation won the Grand Prize at the 1924 Congreso Hispano Lusitano Americano de Ciencias Médicas held in Seville, Spain.

Ferrari was particularly interested in investigating alternatives to surgery, and her studies on radiation therapy at the Curie Institute became the basis for a 1928 thesis on "Treating Uterine tumors with radiation". In 1925, she was appointed as the Argentine governmental delegate to the First Child Welfare Congress in Geneva. One of the major topics of the conference was the training of midwives in labor and hygiene practices. When her professorship was finally approved, and she returned to Argentina, a celebration was held on 11 August 1927 at the Jockey Club of Buenos Aires, attended by the Minister of the Interior, ; the director of the Hospital Militar, Alberto Levenne; her research mentor, Joaquín Llambías; and many colleagues, peers, family members, and friends. Ferrari was appointed head of gynecology and maternity at Hospital Militar in Buenos Aires, a post which she held until 1939.

Mid-career development
Ferrari traveled to Mexico, the United States, and Canada in 1929, studying for eight months and attending conferences. In the United States, she participated in a Caesarean section at Columbia University, becoming the first Argentine to have performed surgery in Washington, D.C. The baby born as a result of the surgery was named "Argentina". In 1930, she served as the Argentine delegate for the VII Medical Congress of Latin America held in Mexico  and presided over the first general session. She presented three papers; one addressed uterine tumors, and the other two were about syphilis. She was also the delegate for the 2nd Congress of the Pan-American Medical Association in Panama. Between 1930 and 1932 she returned to the United States for additional studies, which focused on colibacillosis, sepsis, puerperal infections, and investigating whether vaccines could be developed to prevent the development of conditions resulting from childbirth or miscarriage.

In 1936, Ferrari founded the Argentina Federation of University Women (FAMU) to improve the social and legal standing of women and, specifically, open educational doors. She recruited professional women, including physicians, dentists, and attorneys and she organized scientific and cultural discussions and seminars. FAMU had regular French, German, physical education, and mathematics courses, which it offered to its nearly 100 members. The political and civic limitations that threatened the careers of these women was a concern, and the organization's official statement supported enfranchisement as "not a mere political aspiration for women, but a real right acquired by suffering, work, and deprivation experienced by women..." In 1938, the Argentine organization joined the International Federation of University Women, which had served as Ferrari's inspiration.

Military hospital and later career

In 1925, Ferrari was called to assist a military wife during childbirth at the Hospital Militar Central of Buenos Aires, which had no gynecological unit. After she proposed that one be developed, Ferrari started the facility with one bed and donated equipment and supplies. In June of that year, the military gazette began advertising that gynecological services were available from Mondays to Fridays at the hospital. As military wives became aware of the services, the growth was exponential. Within five years, Ferrari had expanded the service to two floors that housed a maternity unit with two delivery rooms, their own sterilization facility, a recovery unit, and forty beds in private rooms. She also developed a small sealed room with purified air and an incubator, the first of its kind in Argentina. Ferrari brought the techniques she had learned abroad to Argentina. Although radiology had been performed in other parts of the world for decades, there was resistance to implementing it by professionals with no experience. Ferrari insisted it should be introduced and fought against the previous practice of surgical solutions for all cases, advocating that surgery only be used when absolutely necessary. A commemoration for the tenth anniversary of the maternity unit was attended by the Minister of War, the Director General of Health, the Hospital Director, and other senior officials, as well as by children born during the previous ten years, together with their families. A commission of the Marine wives who had received service from Ferrari's unit made a substantial donation. Despite her success, the atmosphere at the hospital remained hostile.

Political shift to conservatism disrupts career
Following the 1930 coup d'état of José Félix Uriburu with the country's shift to a more conservative stance during the Infamous Decade, Ferrari ultimately was forced to leave the hospital in 1939.

Ferrari's disappointment at having to leave the hospital was offset in 1939, when she was finally made a full professor, receiving the title "Profesor Extraordinario" of the Obstetrics Faculty. Throughout the 1940s she continued her education, traveling to Cuba, New York, Pennsylvania, Peru, and Puerto Rico, publishing her research in a variety of journals. In 1946 she resigned as president of the Argentina Federation of University Women, but continued to represent the organization at conferences, such as the Primer Congreso Interamericano de Mujeres, which she attended in Guatemala City in 1947.

After 43 years of teaching at Normal School Nº 3, Ferrari was forced into retirement by the Ministry of Education because she refused to participate in a political contribution fund. She also was asked to resign from her position as professor of psychology at Colegio William Morris. In 1952, rather than join the Peronista supporters and betray her ideals, she took full retirement. When elected, Perón had instituted a massive overhaul of the health system of Argentina. He appointed Ramón Carrillo as his health minister. In the beginning, hospital beds were added, vaccination programs were instituted, a campaign against malaria was launched, and other improvements were made. However, by the early 1950s, it was clear that policies were unevenly applied, implementation was erratic, and political cronyism was working against providing health services for those most in need. Two years after Ferrari resigned, Carrillo resigned, disillusioned with the Perón administration.

National professional affiliations
Ferrari was a full member of the Argentine Association of Surgery, the Argentine Medical Association, and the Argentine Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Buenos Aires. She also was a correspondent member of the Society of Medicine and Surgery of Rio de Janeiro.

Ferrari died on 30 October 1956 in Buenos Aires.

Selected works
Ferrari's works were all in French or Spanish and outlined her research on various scientific and gynecological topics. They included the following:

See also
Timeline of women in science

References

1887 births
1956 deaths
Argentine women's rights activists
People from Buenos Aires
Argentine women physicians
Argentine women writers
University of Buenos Aires alumni
Academic staff of the University of Buenos Aires
Argentine medical writers
Women academics

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Field-induced manipulation of Ag clusters for tailoring of nanostructures on a silicon surface
Kang Ho Park, Jeong Sook Ha, Wan Soo Yun, El Hang Lee
We devised new nanofabrication methods using a manipulation of self-organized Ag clusters on Sb-terminated Si(100) surfaces by a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) tip. Various kinds of nanostructures could be manufactured by dot-by-dot manipulation. We found that two methods could be used for those fabrications; (1) Ag clusters could be detached and redeposited by a field-induced manipulation using an STM tip and (2) Ag clusters could be also detached from the surface via the formation of mechanical point contact between the tip and clusters. These fabrication methods were systemaucally investigated with variation of manipulation conditions such as a bias voltage and a tip-sample distance.
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films
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Park, K. H., Ha, J. S., Yun, W. S., & Lee, E. H. (1999). Field-induced manipulation of Ag clusters for tailoring of nanostructures on a silicon surface. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films, 17(4), 1441-1444. https://doi.org/10.1116/1.581834
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