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Catholic press combines old, new forms of media
By Liz O'Connor
LEVITTOWN, Pa. (CNS) — The Catholic press in the United States and Canada is working to fulfill its mission of informing, educating and evangelizing Catholics by continuing to publish strong print publications while increasing their use of other media.
More and more people want their news and feature articles available in more ways, at more frequent intervals, editors agreed as they spoke of websites, electronic book platforms, podcasts and mobile apps.
Greg Erlandson, who is president of the Catholic Press Association and president and publisher of Our Sunday Visitor in Huntington, Ind., noted that the printed version of Catholic publications is still the most effective "push" medium — that is, one that is sent to readers on a regular basis without readers having to take the initiative to visit a website or take any other positive action.
In Canada, Glen Argan of the Western Catholic Reporter, newspaper of the Diocese of Edmonton, Alberta, said a recent extensive readership study conducted by his newspaper showed the majority of respondents were not users of Internet-based media at all — although that hasn't stopped his organization from having an active website for 15 years.
Some people, he said, have asked if in print he's building on "a burning platform." So far, he said, "it's only smoldering," and the readership study confirmed his belief that print continues to look good for the foreseeable future.
Along with other editors, Argan spoke of the ongoing call for religious education components in Catholic publications. An example of his response, he said, was a recent series of 30 articles he wrote on St. Francis de Sales' "Introduction to the Devout Life," a classic work on how all people are called to holiness regardless of their state in life.
Christopher Gunty, editor and associate publisher of The Catholic Review, newspaper of the Baltimore Archdiocese, said that following an 18-month strategic planning process the Review has just launched a reformatted, biweekly print version along with a redesigned website.
His organization is adding staff to enable them to have a more frequently updated website and other electronic media including social media such as Twitter and YouTube. The website is mobile-friendly and they're working on developing smartphone apps.
"We're adding (staff) to our newsroom because we know that content is what's going to drive this process forward," said Gunty, who also is CEO of the newspaper's parent publishing company, the Cathedral Foundation/CR Media.
The newspaper, while published less frequently, will have more pages and will focus more on the "why" of Catholic news, while the electronic media more speedily deliver the who, what, when and where of traditional news reporting.
For example, he said, the first issue of the newly designed print edition features a cover story, "Why Marriage?"
Meanwhile, the multiple frequency and formats of the other media will, he said, enable the organization "to reach multiple audiences." In addition to a Web editor, he now has a social media coordinator who can, for example, post an article on YouTube, then re-tweet a White House tweet with a link to the story and the tweet "What say you, Catholics?" to get a conversation going on a given topic.
Father Drew Christiansen, editor-in-chief of America magazine, said America is just submitting a strategic plan to its board of directors, which he expects will endorse America's being "a multimedia platform."
America has had an award-winning website for years, is on Kindle, working at being on Nook (both electronic book platforms) and expects to begin negotiating with Apple in time to have an app for next year's 50th anniversary of Vatican Council II which will have not only the conciliar documents but commentaries on them. He said that like all journals, America was hit hard by the recession but he is confident that it has come through and looks forward to a future that will be "more interactive with readers."
Penny Wiegert, immediate past president of the CPA and editor of The Observer, newspaper of the Diocese of Rockford, Ill., said she believes that there they have finally arrived at a point where even with their limited staff they can "marry our print product with our Web and video products." She said she thinks everyone in the Catholic press is working on that.
At The Observer, she said, they didn't "jump in" to new media but took time to do the job well, and she said she thinks they're successfully "meeting the needs of all our constituencies."
Now, she feels, is the time for the Catholic press in the U.S. to reach out to Catholic journalists across the globe and help them make the same kinds of transitions.
Everyone is facing financial hurdles, she said, and she believes the key to getting resources allocated for the Catholic media is to emphasize the fact that "it isn't just journalism, it's evangelization."
She said "it would be tragic" if Catholics didn't have an authoritative, official Catholic source in which to find accurate reporting about the news of the Catholic world. The mission of the Catholic press is "to reach and teach" Catholics everywhere, and every diocese has to discern how to support that mission.
"We just have to keep improving in order to fulfill our mission," which she said is challenging, rewarding and exhausting.
The CPA designates February as Catholic Press Month.
Wiegert said she is greatly encouraged by Erlandson's recent appointment to the Pontifical Council for Social Communications because that opens another avenue of communication between Catholic journalists and the world's Catholic bishops.
"This is a challenging business right now," Erlandson said, "because we're in the midst of so much change without clear signposts as to what direction we're going in."
He said he's convinced that print is still "viable and essential," of continuing importance because often the most avid readers are the most committed and active Catholics — the ones most likely to contribute time, talent and treasure to the work of the church. If they had to depend on the general press for their information about what's going on in the Catholic world, they'd be getting "a very thin diet."
He also noted the importance of the Catholic press in adult faith formation — a matter almost everyone agrees is of utmost importance but to which few resources are devoted.
It's critical, he said, to build on bishops' awareness that they need the voice offered them by the Catholic media. "It's essential for the church to communicate with its people," he said.
Copyright (c) 2012 Catholic News Service/U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

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Le duché de Saxe-Gotha-Altenbourg (en ) est un duché saxon qui fut un État du Saint-Empire romain puis un membre de la confédération du Rhin et de la Confédération germanique. C'est l'un des duchés saxons en Thuringe gouvernés par la branche ernestine des Wettin. Sa capitale était Gotha.

Après l'extinction de la lignée de Saxe-Gotha-Altenbourg en 1825, le duché a été réparti entre la Saxe-Cobourg et Gotha et la Saxe-Hildburghausen qui devient la Saxe-Altenbourg nouvellement créée.

Histoire

La maison de Saxe-Gotha remonte au duc Ernest  dit « le Pieux » (1601-1675), fils cadet du duc Jean II de Saxe-Weimar, qui fut premier duc de Saxe-Gotha après un partage successoral en 1640. En 1672, la lignée de Saxe-Altenbourg s'éteint avec la mort du duc Frédéric-Guillaume III et ses biens passent pour l'essentiel à Ernest I de Saxe-Gotha – ainsi est née le duché de Saxe-Gotha-Altenbourg.

Après la mort d'Ernest I, en 1675, ses sept fils se partagent son héritage, et l'aîné, Frédéric I (1646-1691), retient les villes de Gotha et d'Altenbourg, devenant le premier véritable duc de Saxe-Gotha-Altenbourg résidant au château de Friedenstein. Son duché comprenait les trois régions non contiguës de Gotha, d'Altenbourg et de Kahla, ainsi que des enclaves plus petites.

Les biens du duché de Saxe-Eisenberg créé en 1680 pour Christian, fils cadet d'Ernest , retournent après sa mort sans héritier en 1707 à la Saxe-Gotha-Altenbourg.

La lignée de Saxe-Gotha-Altenbourg s'éteint à la mort sans descendance de Frédéric IV le . Ses possessions sont alors partagées dans le cadre d'un remaniement général des duchés saxons : la Saxe-Gotha est attribuée au duché de Saxe-Cobourg-Saalfeld et devient le duché de Saxe-Cobourg et Gotha  ; Ernest III de Saxe-Cobourg-Saalfeld reçoit donc Gotha, mais doit céder la Saalfeld à la Saxe-Meiningen (il prend dès lors le nom d'Ernest  de Saxe-Cobourg et Gotha), tandis que la Saxe-Altenbourg passe au duché de Saxe-Hildburghausen ; le duc de Saxe-Hildburghausen Frédéric I abandonne la Saxe-Hildburghausen au duché de Saxe-Meiningen pour devenir duc de Saxe-Altenbourg. La Saxe-Meiningen reçut les bailliages de Rœmhild, Kranichfeld et Cambourg.

Les trois duchés ernestins de Saxe-Cobourg et Gotha, de Saxe-Altenbourg et de Saxe-Meiningen, aux côtés du grand-duché de Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, devinrent des États confédérés de l'Empire allemand jusqu'en 1918. En 1920, tous les anciens duchés saxons, devenus États libres, furent incorporés dans le Land de Thuringe.

Liste des ducs de Saxe-Gotha-Altenbourg
 1640-1675 : Ernest I de Saxe-Gotha
 1675-1691 : Frédéric I de Saxe-Gotha-Altenbourg
 1691-1732 : Frédéric II
 1732-1772 : Frédéric III
 1772-1804 : Ernest II
 1804-1822 : Auguste
 1822-1825 : Frédéric IV

Voir aussi
 Jean-Adolphe de Saxe-Gotha-Altenbourg
 Louise de Saxe-Gotha-Altenbourg
 Château d'Altenbourg

Saxegothaaltenbourg
Gotha-Altenbourg
État de la Confédération germanique

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Community workshop at the REPLACE2 conference.
Photo © REPLACE2On 11th of April 2014 the REPLACE2 Conference was organised at the Coventry University, London, UK, which is one of the partners of the REPLACE2 project.
REPLACE2 is another EU-funded project within the Daphne Programme aiming at implementing and evaluating the REPLACE community based behaviour change framework to tackle female genital mutilation (FGM).
The CHANGE project is based on the REPLACE model of behaviour change intervention which was developed under REPLACE1. The REPLACE cyclic model of behavioural change takes into account that FGM is embedded in a complex series of behaviours - related to themes such as terminology, religious beliefs, communication, choice and consent. It comprises four elements: Motivating people, identifying actions to implement motivation, taking the identified actions and maintaining the actions. Two partners of the CHANGE project are also involved in REPLACE2 project: FSAN from the Netherlands and FORWARD in the UK, which allows information sharing and enables synergies between the two projects.
The REPACE2 conference programme featured presentations on the behaviour change approach to tackling FGM in the EU and raised the question "prevention or prosecution?". The programme included presentations from REPLACE2 organisations, policy-makers, researchers and practitioners. Community members and practitioners shared their experiences with training programmes for professionals and multipliers and ongoing research on community structure and power dynamics during the "Community Interventions and Research Workshop". Two of the change agents from FORWARD in the UK participated in the workshop and presented their experiences with the training programme and their first behaviour change activities within the CHANGE project.
Ms Linda Ederberg from TERRE DES FEMMES e.V. presented the mid-term findings of the CHANGE project in the afternoon session. She further announced that the final CHANGE conference will be organised on 28th of January 2015 in Berlin.
More information on REPLACE2 is available. The conference presentations are available for download.
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Toto Wolff on Mercedes: "You can't get complacent…"
The Spanish GP was the fifth race in a row from the start of the season to see every lap led by a Mercedes. It's a rare achievement, and it's worth noting that on previous occasions – with McLaren in 1988 and Williams in 1992 – one team proved utterly dominant. In the case of Williams that run ended at round six in Monaco, although in 1988 McLaren kept its record up until the eighth race.
However, despite the flying start to the season Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff remains cautious.
"It's an honour to be named woth those teams and those years," Wolff told this writer. "I think the odds are good for us at the moment. Nevertheless, you can't get complacent. You have to put it in the right perspective. We've won five races, others have won four championships."
Wolff says there is plenty of time for Nico Rosberg to bounce back, despite losing out to Lewis Hamilton for the last four races.
"He's a tough guy. He's going to give it a great push. The championship is very long, and we've seen World Champions in the past with three wins, or nearly World Champions with three wins. It's very early days in the championship.
"We knew [in Spain] that the only chance for Nico to win the race was by offsetting them on the strategy. You could see at the end it was quite tight."
Wolff says he wasn't worried about some heated radio messages from Hamilton in Barcelona.
"No, not at all. It's the intensity of the battle. It's normal."
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Why is Toto Wolff doing a love-in with Rosberg against Hamilton, a la the Whitmarsh/Button-love-in against Hamilton? Always feeling the need to bolster one party's underperformance against the other? Downplaying Hamilton's performance? Why?
Is it just that people are more comfortable with their own?


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Also, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Weiskopf and Robert von Hagge and other great Golf Course designers have created a variety of beautiful courses open to the public in nearby Punta de Mita and Puerto Vallarta.
Another of the newer courses in the area is Litibu Golf Club. Located on the coast road between Sayulita and Punta de Mita, Litibu is a championship course, both challenging and very scenic, with several holes right on the coast.
Von Hagge's El Tigre at Paradise Village is the newest offering in Nuevo Vallarta. El Tigre golf course is 7,239 yards, par 72. Built on a flat piece of land that was strongly remodeled including the addition of nine separate bodies of water, is a stone's throw from the Pacific Ocean and the Paradise Village Beach Resort and Spa.
Vista Vallarta was opened in April 2001. The first course at Vista Vallarta is a Signature Design by Jack Nicklaus. Since this course is located on the property's highest elevation, golfers are treated not only to world class golf but also to breathtaking views of Puerto Vallarta, the Marina and Banderas Bay. Grassy hillsides, dense forests of Palm and giant Ficas trees, natural creeks and arroyos provide the perfect setting for this world class course.
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Four Seasons Punta Mita Golf Course opened on September 1, 1999. The Nicklaus-designed course here is set within vistas of white-sand beaches and the Sierra Madre Mountains. Spread over 81 hectares (200 acres), it takes full advantage of its location. Eight holes border either the Pacific Ocean or the Banderas Bay. The green of one truly unique hole is located on a natural island in the ocean. The Punta Mita peninsula's tropical landscape of palm trees and flowering trees adds to the pleasure of playing this course, which is challenging for experienced golfers yet friendly enough for the beginner.
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Nicklaus' senior designer, Jim Lipe, authored the 6,700-yard Mayan Palace Golf and Tennis Club, just next door to El Tigre. Mayan Palace is a fun, less-challenging course with a robust 580-yard, dogleg-left par-5 No. 13. Another scenic hole is a 180-yard par 3 that plays over a lake to an oceanfront green with a view of the Pacific Ocean and the Bay. Both professional and weekend players will enjoy putting their strategies and skills to the test on this 18 hole, par 71 course.
Just three minutes from Paradise Village is Los Flamingos Country Club. This 18-hole course is located in the countryside with lakes, jungle and countless birds. The course was designed by architect Percy J. Clifford.
Unfortunately the pickings are slim. There is one private tennis court in San Pancho. It belongs to the McCanns and their house, Casa Melissa. However, when the house is vacant, the court is available for hourly rental from 8:00A.M. to 12:00P.M. The court surface is the Australian Grassman product, astroturf and sand. It plays like clay and is easy on the joints. Another plus is that it is ready for play 15 minutes after the rain stops. Click HERE to check availability. There are also courts both at the Mayan Palace Golf Club in Nuevo Vallarta and Los Flamingos Country Club.
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The newest sport that is the rage in San Pancho is Pickleball. Founded in Washington State some years ago, it has caught fire all over the US and Canada, and you can now find it in many places in Mexico as well. San Pancho offers 2 courts at Hacienda San Pancho, just across the river to the south of town. Play happens 4-5 times weekly and is very popular and well-attended, particularly with the older set, as the exercise level, though rigorous, is slightly less than that of squash, tennis or racketball. Try your hand at a new form of exercise and join a new social group!


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The bulk of his civil practice is in the areas of (1) personal injury, (2) insurance coverage, (3) property & casualty defense, (4) claim investigation, and (5) bad faith litigation. However, he has also handled civil cases in the areas of assault and battery, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duties, collections, conversion, declaration of rights, defamation (slander and libel), Dram Shop Act liability, estate and probate litigation, extortion, fraud, harassment, injunctions, premises liability, property disputes, shareholders' rights, trespass, unjust enrichment, and wrongful death.
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M2 MacBook Air Said to Be Among Most Likely WWDC Hardware Announcements, Apple AR/VR Headset Unlikely
Sunday May 29, 2022 10:12 am PDT by Hartley Charlton
Apple may unveil new Mac hardware at WWDC this year, with the redesigned MacBook Air being the most likely potential hardware announcement, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
In today's "Power On" newsletter, Gurman explained his expectations for potential Apple hardware announcements at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC).
Signs of "realityOS," the long-rumored operating system believed to run on Apple's mixed-reality headset, were spotted in Apple source code earlier this year and there has been growing enthusiasm about Apple's AR and VR project finally "approaching liftoff" for launch this year. Rumors of Apple announcing its headset sooner rather than later were stoked earlier today when a trademark for "realityOS" surfaced, with a foreign filing date deadline of June 8, 2022, just two days after the main WWDC keynote. Despite these rumors, Gurman is wary of "a full-blown" announcement of Apple's headset at WWDC:
In terms of new hardware... though Apple's upcoming mixed-reality headset is full steam ahead — underscored by the recent demonstration of the device to the company's board — I'd be wary of expecting a full-blown presentation for developers and consumers next week.
Gurman previously reported that the launch of the headset will likely be delayed until 2023 following a plethora of development problems, including issues with overheating from at least one chip on par with the M1 Pro, as well as camera and software challenges.
Mac-related announcements are reportedly more likely at WWDC this year, should Apple unveil any new hardware, according to Gurman. He believes that Apple planned to launch a new MacBook Air model with the M2 chip at WWDC this year, but supply chain issues seem to have complicated the timeline:
If there's any hardware at WWDC, it will likely be on the Mac side. The company has been aiming to launch the next MacBook Air with M2 chips at the conference. The recent supply chain crunch due to Covid-related closures in China has complicated that, but developers say that Apple employees are increasingly using next-generation MacBook Airs with their apps. That's a sign that the new Mac is close.
Beyond any potential hardware announcements, major new software updates for Apple's devices, including iOS 16, iPadOS 16, watchOS 9, tvOS 16, and macOS 13, are expected to be previewed at WWDC on Monday, June 6.
Related Roundups: MacBook Air, AR/VR Headset
Tags: WWDC, 2022 MacBook Air Guide
Buyer's Guide: MacBook Air (Neutral)
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headlessmike
Sorry, software only. Must we every year with this?
To be fair, they do release new hardware every few WWDCs (Mac Pro 2019, iMac Pro and HomePod 2017, Mac Pro 2013, MacBook Pros 2012, etc.).
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turbineseaplane
Whenever this air comes out, my hunch is it will be along the lines of the M1 iMac, fun consumer colors, not really pro colors. I wouldn't bet on silver/black bezels.
So frustrating...
What are "consumer colors" vs "pro colors"?
Why does everything "pro" have to be such a boring palette of cold and depressing silver, gray and black?
Think|Different
Yeahhhh, I wouldn't bet on that. Sure fire way to be "disappointed." Oh well, now other outlets will run with this and in a little over a week you'll see "Here's why Apple didn't announce any hardware this year…" articles everywhere.
I mean I'd love to agree with you, as it does seem like we deal with this every year.
But Apple *did* file three new Mac models in the Eurasian database back in February, one of them a laptop.
We got the two desktops, the M1max Studio and the M1Ultra studio.
We still haven't got the laptop.
So it's not like these rumors are from nowhere.
And it certainly wouldn't make sense for Apple to file the new MacBook Air in the database in February, if they didn't plan on releasing it until October.
Also, four of the last 10 wwdc events have introduced hardware.
2017 wwdc literally gave us updates to the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, MacBook, iMac, and the iMac Pro, the second generation iPad Pro, and the HomePod.
Apple dedicating 10 minutes to a MacBook Air that comes in colors and has a slightly faster processor really isn't that impossible.
On top of all this, let's not forget that Apple did invite some developers, and all of the regular media journalists and such, to their campus for the Keynote. I don't think they would have done that if we were purely just getting software.
TheYayAreaLiving ?
So we might get a sneak peek at MacBook Air and availability will be this Fall?
I don't like the fact, that Gurman used the word "most likely". I see what he did there... playing it safe ?
mnsportsgeek
You'd be wrong a decent portion of the time with that attitude based on history.


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AACC.org // Clinical Laboratory News // All Articles // The Promise of Home-Based Specimen Collection
The Promise of Home-Based Specimen Collection
Home Kits Offer Timelier Diagnoses, Increased Participation in Cancer Screening
Author: Bill Malone // Date: APR.1.2014 // Source: Clinical Laboratory News
Lab Management,
An interview with Sharon M. Geaghan, MD
Home test collection kits are sold over-the-counter (OTC) and allow the individual to self-collect and send a sample to a laboratory for analysis and result interpretation. Collecting a sample at home is usually less time-consuming than making a clinic visit, offering both convenience and a greater degree of anonymity. Here, Sharon M. Geaghan, MD, discusses how research has demonstrated that these advantages can improve the success of public health screening programs and potentially lead to decreased morbidity and mortality from both infectious diseases and cancer.
Dr. Geaghan is a professor of pathology and pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, Calif.
Bill Malone conducted this interview.
How well do patients collect samples at home?
Patients do better than some laboratorians might expect. Several lines of research indicate that self-collection at home can be performed successfully and reliably. For example, home nasal swab self-collection may offer timelier respiratory virus diagnosis. In a feasibility study of home nasal swab collection in cystic fibrosis patients presenting with new respiratory illness, diagnostic yield for respiratory pathogen was compared between flocked swabs collected at home, versus those collected by research staff. Home-collected swabs had a higher pathogen positivity rate (81%) compared with clinic-collected swabs (50%). This is likely because home collection occurred closer to illness onset, as these swabs were submitted 2.3 symptom days sooner than clinic collection (1). I believe that this novel home-based approach for clinical diagnostics and surveillance of respiratory virus infections among cystic fibrosis patients has potential for expansion to other user groups.
Is there an evidence base linking home test collection to outcomes?
Absolutely. In public health programs, web-based recruitment and home-based sample collection appear to be powerful new tools for surveillance, treatment, and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. Home-based sampling has been shown to increase participation in sexually transmissible infection screening programs. For example, the majority of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infections are asymptomatic, so many patients do not seek testing. This has two unfavorable consequences: active infections remain undiagnosed and untreated, and transmission of these infections continues. In one example, a population-based randomized controlled trial in Norway of individuals ages 18–25 years demonstrated the positive effect of systematic screening. Researchers sent information by mail and an invitation to provide urine by home sampling with a mail-back kit. This approach resulted in 2.6 times more young people being diagnosed and 2.5 times more people being treated for chlamydia in the 3 months following the intervention compared to the current clinic-based testing strategy in that healthcare system (2).
Are there examples of public health screening programs using home collection kits in the U.S.?
There are several. Public health scientists investigated whether accepting self-collected penile samples could help recruitment of men at risk for sexually transmitted infections. First, sexually active males at least 14 years old were recruited by an educational website and offered free testing for Trichomonas vaginalis infection. Men could order kits online and return swabs by U.S. mail to the laboratory for nucleic acid amplification testing. Risk factors for trichomonas infection were determined by multivariate logistic regression based on a questionnaire about demographics and risk factors. Of those who requested kits, 38.6% returned swabs by mail over the multi-year study, with an overall prevalence for trichomonas of 3.7%. This shows that web-based recruitment for Trichomonas vaginalis screening produces a fairly high yield for disease, and may enhance screening practices. In individuals with risk factors, the incidence was even higher, 9.6% (3).
In fact, analysis of home based self-collection literature for sexually transmitted infections found that—across the board—in comparison to clinic-based methods, home-based screening significantly increases participation in screening programs for chlamydia, gonorrhoea, and trichomoniasis in females. Users in several trials also expressed a significant preference for home-based testing. Importantly, no significant difference was observed in specimen quality (4).
Where do you see the biggest impact for home collection programs?
Home collection programs have the potential to save lives by improving early detection of cancer. The majority of cervical cancers, for example, can be successfully treated if detected early. Non-participation in cervical screening programs is the major determinant in the risk of mortality due to cervical cancer. For instance, in Sweden, approximately 65% of women with cervical carcinoma have not participated in organized screening. To increase participation, Swedish researchers launched a program that recruited women for self-sampling at home, in combination with a test for high-risk human papilloma virus (HPV), a necessary factor for cervical cancer development. The program targeted women who had had no screening for at least 6 years. About 40% of the women accepted home sampling and the participation rate in cervical screening programs increased dramatically. Almost twice as many women with pre-malignant cell alterations were detected, compared to a single cytological Pap smear (5).
Those findings are remarkable. Have they been confirmed by other studies?
Yes, two in particular come to mind. In France, about 40% of women do not participate in regular screening, with one of the most common reasons being refusal of gynecological examination. This study included 9,334 women who did not have a Pap test during the 2 previous years and who did not respond to a first invitation. These non-responders were randomized into two groups: the first received an offer to receive and perform an HPV self-test at home, while the second received a repeat invitation to have a Pap smear at clinic. The response rate to self-collect (26.4%) was markedly higher than the second invitation for the Pap test (7.2%). Such a self-collection strategy can increase participation in cervical screening programs, which can reduce cervical cancer risk, and has the potential to save lives (6).
In addition, a pilot study in the Appalacian region of the United States assessed acceptability of a take-home fecal immunochemical test and educational pamphlet, and the effect of follow-up telephone counseling for increasing screening rates. Home-based telephone recruitment proved to be successful, engaging the 28% of patients who were non-adherent. About 41% became adherent after one to two counseling sessions, for an 11.5 percentage-point increase in screening after telephone counseling and 84% adherence overall. This study demonstrates the feasibility and acceptability of self-sampling in the home when combined with telephone counseling, especially for a resource-poor community (7).
What is the role of laboratorians in this home-based collection kit model?
We serve as expert advisors in diagnostic testing. As clinical laboratory medicine expands to the point-of-care in professional healthcare settings and into the medical home, we will continue to be consulted as domain experts in the field. In addition to the analytic testing and interpretation of test results from home-based collection kits, there are new professional opportunities offered by an increase in home test collection. Laboratorians are essential to successfully implementing self-collection programs and designing community-based or patient-centered recruitment efforts to increase participation in cancer and other screening programs.
Emerson J, Cochrane E, McNamara S, et al. Home self-collection of nasal swabs for diagnosis of acute respiratory virus infections in children with cystic fibrosis. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 2013;2:345–51.
Kløvstad H, Natås O, Tverdal A, et al. Systematic screening with information and home sampling for genital Chlamydia trachomatis infections in young men and women in Norway: A randomized controlled trial. BMC Infect Dis 2013;13:30.
Gaydos CA, Barnes MR, Quinn N, et al. Trichomonas vaginalis infection in men who submit self-collected penile swabs after internet recruitment. Sex Transm Infect 2013;89:504–8.
Odesanmi TY, Wasti SP, Odesanmi OS, et al. Comparative effectiveness and acceptability of home-based and clinic-based sampling methods for sexually transmissible infections screening in females aged 14–50 years: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Sex Health 2013;10:559–69.
Sanner K, Wikström I, Strand A, et al. Self-sampling of the vaginal fluid at home combined with high-risk HPV testing. Br J Cancer 2009;101:871–4.
Piana L, Leandri FX, Le Retraite L, et al. HPV-Hr detection by home self-sampling in women not compliant with pap test for cervical cancer screening. Results of a pilot programme in Bouches-du-Rhône. Bull Cancer 2011;98:723–31.
Kluhsman BC, Lengerich EJ, Fleisher L, et al. A pilot study for using fecal immunochemical testing to increase colorectal cancer screening in Appalachia, 2008–2009. Prev Chronic Dis 2012;9:E77.


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Q: Numerical convergence of root I am beginner ,but I am keen interest to know which convergence method will always give root to the equation is it Newton or false method  I am confused

A: Bracketed methods like the bisection method or regula falsi have the guarantee that they converge towards a solution, the cost is that you need to start with an interval with a sign change of the function. Finding such an interval is not guaranteed to be easy.
Other methods like Newton or the secant method converge faster, if they converge at all. You have no sign conditions on the initial point, so you can easily try out different initial points.

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That was great and I am so glad I read it not only for the walk back through the BBAW's but it reminded me I had a post to finish for Amy! GAH!


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Well, it's been a while for the Work Journal, but we're back to getting work done! Much of what I say here has already been covered in the recent "State of Sidosi", but I figure it's time for a new Work Journal entry!
As you may have noticed, Sidosi was down for a bit a few days ago. I was updating the long-outdated forum software to its latest version, as well as adding new anti-spam measures to the forums. The spam was becoming too much to handle, and of course outdated software is a security risk. The process didn't go as smoothly as I had planned, but it was successful, nonetheless. If you have any issues on the forums, please report them!
A few things were lost with the update. The old forum style (template, theme, whatever you want to call it) has not been updated in just as long, so it is not compatible with the latest forum version. However, I do have a replacement lined up for the future website redesign. With the style loss, the Sidosi logo in the upper-left corner was also lost, but I've now replaced it. Finally, as you can see above, I've fixed the Color and Music Note Solresol in the forums. The update rendered my custom code incompatible, but I was able to make the code compatible with a bit of work.
Well, that's all for this Work Journal entry! The "What's in the works" section is in roughly the order that I plan to work on things, so the next task is the hallmark of Sidosi, the Resources list! No doubt there have been new Solresol resources appear in the past few years, so those will be added, as well as the whole page getting a facelift. Until next time, dosimimi!
Thank you for returning to us! We need some strong leadership to give us incentive to post and to successfully revive Solresol.


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Q: How to create an embedded Excel worksheet in a Word document and populate it with data? Say I have a word document and a Excel worksheet, how can I create an embedded Excel worksheet within the Word document, which you can manipulate just like a normal Excel sheet.
Then, after creating it, how do I populate it with the data from the original Excel worksheet?
Edit: I should have clarified that this should be done programatically in C#.

A: Go to intsert->Object->create new, select Microsoft excel and click ok.
It will insert a blank excel in your word doc.
To edit the excel inserted in word doc, right click, worksheet object-->edit
Then simply copy the values from any other excel and paste it here.


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Two Up, Two Down: What were the biggest positives and negatives from SAFC 2-0 Crewe?
While we scored two great goals, it wasn't all plain sailing for Sunderland against Crewe. What were the biggest positives and negatives from our performance?
By Editor Gav, SAFCMerch, MalcDug7073, and Bomber8t5 Mar 13, 2022, 6:00am GMT
Photo by Ian Horrocks/Sunderland AFC via Getty Images
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Malc Dugdale says...
We ground out another win!
There are a lot of negatives about today but we broke down a team determined to park the bus and run the clock down – well, we did eventually. To get a result even when not playing super well has to be welcomed. The points are so much more important than the prettiness right now.
Distribution of goals
In the last few games we have seen goals come from people either coming back from injury or rest, or from players who joined in January and are still finding their feet in the team. With Clarke, Roberts, O'Nien and Neil all scoring of late, the pressure on Stewart to perform is reduced, and the goal threat being shared makes us harder to keep out. Hopefully, we can see this continue. The way Neil, Roberts and Dajaku changed the game today was lovely to see.
For 80 minutes we were dour, flat, and bereft of ideas
We would have lost against a better team and cannot be anything less than ready for the run-in and hopefully the playoffs. We need to get our first 11 identified and our style locked in soon, as we can't stutter into May, if we make it.
Evans...
Corry Evans is stealing a living and should not be on the pitch, let alone be skipper, in my view. He offers no route through the middle to encourage passing attack play, and has to be dropped - if we play a back 3 we don't need him to make it a four.
I'm not sure why Alex Neil keeps playing him but that has to be reviewed.
Now we have O'Nien back, he has to be dropped for me. He offers zero.
Luke 'Bomber' Davies says...
Goalscorers! Goalscorers, everywhere!
One of the tribulations this season has been our apparent reliance on Ross Stewart to grab the goals for us. We worried that if Ross got injured, or his form fell off a cliff, there would be little hope of us scoring the goals that would win us the games required to get out of this league.
Alas, despite the turgid performances, we've scored eight in our last four games and those goals have been scored by seven different goalscorers! We can now take comfort in the fact that Alex Neil has enough attacking options throughout the team to pick up the goalscoring mantle should things go sideways for him.
Jay Matete is a colossus!
It doesn't matter how poor a team performance we put in, the guy just keeps putting in hugely important shifts in. He's got the capability of carrying the whole team, playing a pivotal part in keeping up in games, that gives us the platform to wake up and get something from these games.
Yes, some will say he gives the ball away, but crucially, while it might be true, he loses possession in areas of the pitch where there is minimal risk to the team; and by trying to positively progress the ball.
For those criticising Speakman's transfer business… I'll respond by posting a picture of this lad!
The slowest of slow starts WILL come back to bite us!
There are only so many "Get Out of Jail Free" cards in a Monopoly set, and we seem to be lucky enough to keep pulling them out of the EFL "Community Chest" deck, BUT… come the playoffs (assuming we get there...), we do not want to have used up all our luck before playing the lottery of these 'one-off' games.
Dishing up excrement for the first 75 minutes and putting performances in during the last 15 of games may get us past the teams languishing at the bottom of the table, but against the teams at the top of the league, we'll find ourselves 2 or 3-nil down with mountains to climb.
The Evans conundrum
He's our captain - but it's never felt like he's OUR captain. And performances have done little to win us round to believing it. Alex Neil is in a right pickle when it comes to Evans, he can't strip him of captaincy mid-season and upset what little zen there was left in the dressing room when he took over. Equally, as captain, Neil will feel pressure to start him, particularly as there is nobody who can do what he does (or is meant to do) - solely to sit and protect a (previously) extremely fragile backline, rotate possession and give it to Matete, Pritchard, Embleton, etc to drive the ball forward.
At the moment it feels like a wasted spot in the starting XI, particularly when you have Neil and O'Nien coming off the bench to save us.
As the song goes - how do you solve a problem like Corry Evans?
Andrew Smithson says...
The Boyeson done good
You could argue that referee Carl Boyeson's decision to give us an indirect free kick for time-wasting was what turned the game. After years of gamesmanship at this level seeing a team actually get pulled up on it was great, and it seemed to lift the team and the fans. Some of his whistling in the first half was a bit dubious, but he was clearly alert to the fact that Crewe were taking a lend and I'd like to see more of the same no-nonsense approach from his colleagues in the coming weeks. Booking players for taking an age with throw-ins after barely an hour, and ignoring those who go down when there is no need to shouldn't be seen as groundbreaking really, but credit where it is due.
Sub ways
Being able to bring the level of quality on from the bench that we did is always a big plus, and the two goals our subs scored were top class. Alex Neil doesn't seem shy to change things, and the lift it brought to the team was clear to see. He said after the Fleetwood win that he would risk losing games by going full throttle and given the situation that is all we can do - it is all or nothing at the moment and if things are not going right he has to roll the dice.
Pressure to perform
I don't think Sunderland have ever really thrived in League One when we are expected to win comfortably. After listening to Chris Wynn's excellent preview pod on Friday it was quite clear that we were heavy favourites going into the game, and that pressure perhaps led to everybody feeling a bit restless when it started looking like another sluggish day. For an inexperienced side Crewe knew all the tricks, and with most of our attacking play looking very disjointed this was a very hard watch. Aside from Elliot Embleton's goal on Tuesday that is twice in a week now that it has gone past 80 minutes before we've had a real shot in anger or put any concerted periods together and whilst our quality did come through in the end leaving it late will not always work out.
Boo hoo
I know I'll get pelters from some for this, and I fully accept that people are entitled to do what they want, but I just cannot see the point in some fans booing the side at half time. The players will have known fine well they needed to improve, and all that type of reaction will do is lift the opposition and make them want to spoil even more. Our crowd is at its best when it is creating a hostile environment for the visitors, not ourselves, and whilst I understand that people are frustrated I personally would rather leave it until after the game. There seems to be so much anger in some people - they'll hurl abuse, even at supposed fan favourites, whether it is warranted or not and I honestly don't think it does themselves or the players any good.
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Q: Motion chart using nvd3.js I want to implement motion charts similar to http://bost.ocks.org/mike/nations/ but using nvd3.js. I took the example scatter/bubble chart from nvd3.org and added one additional key to the data. I use this key as a frame number for the animation. you can find it here: http://jsfiddle.net/bartiosze/ny6vnznn/.
My idea was to change the data for the chart in a function called from .tween:
function drawFrame(idx) {
    var data = _.where(dataset, {
        index: idx
    });
    d3.select('#chart svg').datum(data)
      .transition().duration(100).call(window.chart.update);
}
function tweener() {
    var idx = d3.interpolateNumber(0, 9);
    return function (t) {
        drawFrame(Math.round(idx(t)));
    };
}

//should this work?
d3.select('#chart svg')
  .transition().duration(10000).ease("linear").tween(".nv-clip-points", tweener);

It might be a general d3 question, but am I missing something?


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Amazing Story, Amazing Theater
While I was familiar with the story of Joseph Merrick, a man known for his extreme deformity in 19th-century London, I never had the opportunity to see the David Lynch film or Bernard Pomerance play about his life. I was able to to cross one of the versions off my list as I sat in the audience at the opening night of "The Elephant Man" at the Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck. The play follows Merrick as he goes from working at a freak show (complete with strong man, bearded lady and "pinheads") to living out the rest of his life at London Hospital after being discovered by a surgeon, Frederick Treves. The highlight of the show is Michael J. Frohnhoefer's performance as Merrick. As is customary with this play, Frohnhoefer wears no prosthetic makeup (neither did actors such as Mark Hamill and David Bowie in previous productions). Instead, he contorts his body throughout the two-hour run time to convey Merrick's deformities.Frohnhoefer's skill in this regard is demonstrated in one of the play's early scenes. In it, Treves, played wonderfully by Thomas L. Webb (who also impressed me in the Center's production of "Doubt" in October 2012), delivers a lecture describing Merrick's condition. A picture of the real Merrick hangs behind them, allowing the audience to truly see why he was known as "The Elephant Man." As Treves discusses each part of Merrick's deformity, Frohnhoefer transforms that portion of his body. He tilts his head, curves his mouth, holds up his arm, hunches down, twists his feet and grabs a cane with his one good hand. The actor becomes Merrick before our eyes, no makeup necessary. Frohnhoefer also has great timing for both drama and comedy. As freak show manager Ross (played by Johnny Dell) kicks Merrick out of the show and steals his savings, Frohnhoefer limps after him, crying and lost. Needless to say, it's an incredibly sad scene. Later, as Merrick is meeting new people at the hospital, he cracks jokes that elicit a full laugh from the audience every time. And later, during a dream sequence, keep an eye out for Frohnhoefer's take on a Merrick without deformities. They could be mistaken as different characters played by different actors, which is a testament to Frohnhoefer's craft. The entire cast demonstrates how their characters are reflected in Merrick, despite his appearance. From matter-of-fact hospital administrator Dr. Carr-Gomm (John Adair) to Madge Kendal (Deborah Coconis), an actress hired to converse with Merrick, they all see a bit of themselves in "The Elephant Man." I'm sure that by the time the curtain falls, the members of the audience feel the same way. "The Elephant Man" is playing at the Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck Jan. 18 to 20 at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 3 p.m., Sunday. Tickets: $22 adults, $20 seniors. Call 845-876-3080 or go to www.centerforperformingarts.org.


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Q: How to translate curl arguments to php-curl? (i've seen SOME version of this question so many times, hoping to make a thread with a comprihensive-ish list of answers)

A: for example, what is the php-curl translation of:
curl -v https://api-m.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/oauth2/token \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Accept-Language: en_US" \
  -u "client_id:secret" \
  -d "grant_type=client_credentials"

-v translates to
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);

PS! by default, curl sends this data to stderr, and stderr is usually visible when running curl from the terminal, but when running php-curl behind a webserver ala nginx/apache, it's not uncommon that stderr is linked to *the web-server's errorlog*, hence the VERBOSE log may arrive in the server error log, rather than the browser. a quickfix to this would be to set a custom CURLOPT_STDERR, ala:
$php_output_handle = fopen("php://output", "wb");
curl_setopt_array($ch, array(
    CURLOPT_VERBOSE => 1,
    CURLOPT_STDERR => $php_output_handle
));

but because of php garbage collection, when using this quickfix, keep in mind that it will break if php garabge collector closes $php_output_handle before the last curl_exec() call to the same handle.. it's usually not a problem, but it can happen.
.. moving on,
https://api-m.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/oauth2/token translates to:
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL, 'https://api-m.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/oauth2/token');

and
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Accept-Language: en_US" \

translates to
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(
    "Accept: application/json",
    "Accept-Language: en_US"
));

and -u "client_id:secret" translates to:
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_USERPWD, "client_id:secret");

and -d "grant_type=client_credentials" (aka --data)  translates to:
curl_setopt_array($ch, array(
    CURLOPT_POST => 1,
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => http_build_query(array(
        "grant_type" => "client_credentials"
    ))
));

hence the full translation is:
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($ch, array(
    CURLOPT_VERBOSE => 1,
    CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api-m.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/oauth2/token',
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
        "Accept: application/json",
        "Accept-Language: en_US"
    ),
    CURLOPT_USERPWD => 'client_id:secret',
    CURLOPT_POST => 1,
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => http_build_query(array(
        "grant_type" => "client_credentials"
    ))
));
curl_exec($ch);

what is the translation of curl -F grant_type=client_credentials ?
it's:
curl_setopt_array($ch, array(
    CURLOPT_POST => 1,
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => array(
        "grant_type" => "client_credentials"
    )
));

what about uploading files, what's the translation of curl -F file=@file/path/to/upload.ext ?
it's:
curl_setopt_array($ch, array(
    CURLOPT_POST => 1,
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => array(
        "file" => new CURLFile("filepath/to/upload.ext")
    )
));

what's the translation of --location ? it's
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);

how to upload JSON? like this:
curl_setopt_array($ch, array(
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
        "Content-Type: application/json"
    ),
    CURLOPT_POST => 1,
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode(array(
        "whatever_key" => "whatever_data"
    ))
));

-X PUT translates to
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_PUT,1);

as for --upload-file , there are several ways to do it,
if you're dealing with small files which easily fits in ram, the easiest way to do it would be:
curl_setopt_array($ch, array(
    CURLOPT_PUT => 1,
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => file_get_contents($file)
));

but if you need to support big files which you don't want to put in RAM,
$file = "file.ext";
$file_handle = fopen($file,"rb");
$file_size = filesize($file);
curl_setopt_array($ch, array(
    CURLOPT_UPLOAD => 1,
    CURLOPT_INFILESIZE=>$file_size,
    CURLOPT_INFILE=>$file_handle
));


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Industry Deep sea foreign transportation of freight
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Webhttp://www.frontline.bm/
Annual Sales$742.27 million
EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)($0.14)
Net Income$-8,880,000.00
Employees145
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There is a common misconception that is absolutely pervasive in our culture that there is a disease that takes away our free-will, rendering us powerless over thought and action with respect to drinking, drug using, eating, gambling, or any number of vices with which people struggle. If there really was a disease like that, it would be terrifying, wouldn't it? Think about it for a moment: it takes away an individual's free-will and choice. This disease actually takes people hostage. Victims of the disease report that they cannot stop certain behaviors no matter how hard they try, no matter how committed they may be to stopping. Whether the behavior is drinking alcohol, smoking, taking drugs, shopping, sex, watching internet pornography, eating, etc., millions of people believe that there is line people cross where they lose the power of choice.
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Универзитетски клинички центар Републике Српске (УКЦ РС) је највећа и најзначајнија је јавна здравствена установа у Републици Српској. Основна дјелатност Универзитетског клиничког центра Републике Српске је хоспитално лијечење (пријем, дијагностика и збрињавање) пацијената на нивоу секундарне и терцијарне здравствене заштите. Састоји се од 21 клинике, 6 завода и 10 служби.

Дјелокруг рада Универзитетског клиничког центра Републике Српске је обављање здравствених услуга болничких и ванболничких за ниво секундарне и терцијарне здравствене заштите. Универзитетски клинички центар Републике Српске је и референтна здравствена установа на нивоу Републике Српске за дјелатности које обавља и научна база за Медицински факултет и Медицинску школу. Пословање Универзитетског клиничког центра РС се највећим процентом односи на обављање здравствених услуга за потребе осигураника Фонда здравственог осигурања Републике Српске а са тенденцијом да постане и регионални центар за западни дио БиХ.

Историјат
Здравство у Бања Луци има дугу традицију. Омер-паша Латас је основао војну болницу у Бања Луци, познатију под називом Хастахана. (Поуздано су ту били смјештени рањеници 1875. године.) За вријеме Аустроугарске саграђена је 1892. и прва болничка зграда на болничком комплексу величине 17 дунума, у склопу овог комплекса саграђен је 1897. омањи павиљон за умоболна лицаа, а 1910 и одјел за заразне болести. Прва болничке зграде саграђена 1892. на болничком комплексу од око 17 дунума, саграђен је 1897. у њеној позадини један омањи павиљон за умоболне, а 1910. једна кућица за одјел заразних болести. Године 1908. саграђена је и једноспратна зграда болнице. Први љекари имали су статус државних службеника и били су задужени за здравствено стање становништва на читавом котарском подручју. У годинама до краја Првог свјетског рата, у Бањој Луци су радила највише три лијечника, од којих је један, примариус, био управник болнице.

У вријеме Краљевине СХС успоставља се нека врста јавне здравствене заштите са осигуравајућим друштвима и хигијенским заводима. У оквиру тих реформи и у Бањој Луци се оснива Хигијенски Завод. Тридесетих се гради неколико болница и пратећих објеката, што битно унапређује здравствену заштиту и даје Бањој Луци значај регионалног здравственог центра. Тако је 1937. године, изграђена Бановинска болница Бања Лука, која је располагала са 192 кревета. Била је то савремена болничка зграда у којој је хирургија с операционом салом у полукрузжном дијелу зграде била најупечатљивији дио. Уз зграду хирургије довршене су и друге помоћне зграде - управна зграда с кухињом, садашња зграда с рендгеном и павиљон за пријем болесника. Уочи Априлског рата почели су радови на великој згради, у којој је требало бити смјештено, углавном, интерно одјељење, које је дјелимично завршено, али је коначно завршена послије ослобођења.

Послије Другог свјетског рата уводи се обавезна здравствена заштита и врши трансформације здравства по социјалном моделу. Године 1947. отвара се Средња медицинска школа. Извршена је реконструкција и обнова болница као и изградња неколико рејонских домова здравља. Стара зграда болнице проширена је и дограђена 1959. и ту је смјештено Гинеколошко–порођајно одјељење које је ту било све до земљотреса 1969. године. Осим подизања ових објеката, послије ослобођења (1945) била је подигнута (прије земљотреса 1969) и зграда за Хитну помоћ, а како је до рата била у средини болничког круга подигнута и мртвачница, може се рећи да је простор између Улице Здраве Корде и Црквене био покривен бројним болничким зградама. Од 1946. до 1974. у саставу тадашњег Медицинског центра Бања Лука, налазили су се "Дом здравља", Општа болница и Хигијенски завод.

Седамдесетих долази до новог замаха и изградње нових објеката. Бања Лука постаје регионални центар и здравствене установе, смјештене и развијане у Бањалуци, осигуравале су здравствену заштиту за подручје од око милион становника. Оснива се и Медицински факултет и гради нови објект Клиничко болничког центра у бањолучком насељу Паприковац који је завршен 1979. Од 1983. болница носи назив Радна организација "Клиничко-медицински центар" Бања Лука. Одлуком владе доташњи назив Универзитетска болница Клинички центар Бања Лука је промијењен у назив Универзитетски клинички центар Републике Српске.

Организација

Клинике
 Клиника за унутрашње болести
 Клиника за кардиологију
 Клиника за плућне болести
 Клиника за дјечије болести
 Клиника за општу и абдоминалну хирургију
 Клиника за урологију
 Клиника дјечију хирургију
 Клиника за пластично реконструктивну хирургију
 Клиника за гинекологију и акушерство
 Клиника за ифенктивне болести
 Клиника за неурологију
 Клиника за психијатрију
 Клиника за кожне и полне болести
 Клиника за анестезију и интензивно лијечење
 Клиника за онкологију
 Клиника за болести уха, грла и носа
 Клиника за очне болести
 Клиника за ортопедију и трауматологију
 Клиника интензивне медицине за нехируршке гране, постоји од септембра 2014.
 Центар за дојку, формиран је 1. јуна 2008. године.
 Центар за радиотерапију, почео са оперативним радом 2. августа 2010. године.

Заводи
 Клинички завод за нуклеарну медицину и болести штитне жљезде
 Клиничка апотека
 Завод за клиничку радиологију
 Завод за клиничку патологију
 Завод за клиничку лабораторијску дијагностику
 Завод за клиничку микробиологију

Службе
 Служба за торакалну хирургију
 Служба за васкуларну хирургију
 Служба за неурохирургију
 Служба за максилофацијалну хирургију
 Служба операционих сала са стерилизацијом и ПХА
 Служба клиничке рехабилитације
 Служба за правне и опште послове
 Служба за економско финансијске послове
 Служба за јавне набавке и истраживање тржишта
 Служба услужних дјелатности

Директори
 Драгутин Илић (1989—1992)
 Радисав Вукић(1992-?)
 Бранислав Лолић
 Ристо Козомара (2001-2004)
 Драган Костић (2004—2006)
 Милан Шкробић (2006—2008)
 Мирко Станетић (2008—2011)
 Брано Топић (2011—2013)
 Душко Рачић (2013—2014)
 Мирко Станетић (2014—2017)
 Владо Ђајић (2017-)

Одликовања
 Крст Милосрђа (Видовдан 1993)

Види још
 Медицински факултет Универзитета у Источном Сарајеву
 Бања Лука
 Библиотека Универзитетско клиничког центра Републике Српске

Референце

Спољашње везе
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Q: Need help with transforming a binomial distribution This week, Bob heads to the roulette table. When betting on red, if the spin lands on red then you win the value of the bet, otherwise you win nothing. Bob will use the Martingale strategy: starting with a bet of $\$1$, he will double his bet after each loss, and return his bet to $\$1$ after each win. Bob will bet on red every time.
(a) Let $Y$ be the net winnings from playing 3 spins using Strategy B,
i) [2] What is the range and pmf of $Y$ ?
The probably the roulette wheel will be red is $\frac{18}{38}$.
So I found the $R(X)=0,1,2,3$
and the $p(x)=\binom3x\cdot (9/19)^x\cdot(10/19)^x$
I am completely slumped with finding the range and pmf of $Y$.
I think the range of $R(Y)$ might $=\{-6,-2,0,1,2,3\}$, (based on the money factored) but I might be wrong.
If anyone can help me answer this question that would be fantastic!

A: You should be able to do this with a tree diagram, for instance, listing all 8 possibilities.
Another way to help compute the winnings would be to code Bob's outcomes, as W for win, L for loss, to give sequences like $WLL$ (for a win on the first throw, and losses on the second and third throw). Then notice, by the Martingale strategy, substrings of type $L^n W$ ($n \ge 0$) always win a dollar (regardless of "n"). Finally, if Bob finishes his gambling with a string of $n$ losses, $L^n$ amounts to the loss $-(2^n-1)$.
This gives, for the range:
$WWW = 3$; $WWL = 1$; $WLW = W + LW = 1+1 = 2$; $WLL = -2$; $LWW = LW + W = 2$; $LWL = LW + L = 1-1 = 0$; $LLW = 1$; $LLL = -7$ (poor Bob!)
The tricky part is these win/loss amounts are not commutative with respect to the string ($WLL$ does not equal $LWL$).
For the pmf of your discrete RV, $Y$, the probabilities are commutative. You'd just have your odds calculation as above: $(9/19)^{\#wins} (10/19)^{\# losses}$--so eg $P(WLW) = (9/19)^2 (10/19)^1$. At any value in the range of $Y$, you'd add up all the probabilities (for instance $P(Y=-7)=(10/19)^3$).


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Does Amazon Silk's Acceleration Block Google Services?
Okay, this is only based on a handful of accounts I've noticed on Google+. But in the fast paced world of the the blogosphere word travels quickly, so, here it is: a number of users I've spoken to in recent weeks have said that their Google services do not work on the Amazon Kindle Fire's Silk browser with web acceleration enabled. The issue came up again today. I smell a possible conspiracy.
Is Amazon deliberately trying to block Google on its web browser, to further minimize the web revenue stream that Google gains just by being so omnipresent on the world wide web? If so, it seems to be hurting its user experience, and leading them to the turn off the acceleration feature.
The thing about Google being omnipresent is that blocking them doesn't make the web user happy. If there's a corporation that deserves the title of architects of the world wide web, it's Google, and Amazon is insane if they think they can corner them out of that market.
If, on the other hand, Google is keeping its services off of the Amazon cloud, that could raise suspicions as well, even if they had a perfectly good explanation for it. And there could be perfectly good explanations on a technological level for either side.
Maybe Google's security, which is increasingly using TLS despite the web addresses saying otherwise, conflicts with the cloud acceleration (when I suggested this, John Mann rephrased it as Silk choking on TLS, and I think that's an elegant description); maybe there are issues of caching the busiest websites on the world wide web, although you would think that would affect Facebook as well. Maybe their lack of location services for the Kindle Fire somehow conflicts with their acceleration strategy for Google sites increasingly dependent on location services.
Whatever the case, it appear this isn't an unusual problem, and is the kind of issue that could kill their entire acceleration strategy, which is key to their browser strategy. Google has a search engine baked into their own and two of the other three most popular web browsers and is a major factor in the capabilities of Apple's Siri. Amazon doesn't have this, they only know what you do on Amazon, and they want to know more, and more, and more about what their consumers do on the web.
But let's be honest… you can't deliver the world wide web if you can't deliver Google. One way or another, this isn't good news for the Silk, whose browsing ability is, obviously, a major part of its selling point, and for whom not delivering the whole web with cloud acceleration is not a good thing. Users don't want a slower internet, but more to the point, they don't want an incomplete web experience. They need to fix this.


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