Objective: Urine 18-hydroxycortisol (18-OHF) measurements are claimed to discriminate between primary hyperaldosteronism due to Conn's syndrome/adrenal adenoma or idiopathic bilateral adrenal hyperplasia (BAH), and also to identify cases of glucocorticoid-suppressible hyperaldosteronism (GSH). We have evaluated three urine 18-OHF methods using a panel of urine samples from patients with hypertension.
Design: Clinical methods comparative study.
Methods: Urine samples from patients with primary hyperaldosteronism due to either adenoma (n = 6), BAH (n = 6), GSH (n = 9), or essential hypertension (n = 38) were analysed without knowledge of the diagnosis using three different methods in different laboratories. These included 'in-house' radioimmunoassay (RIA), 'in-house' time-resolved fluorometric assay (DELFIA), and gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS).
Results: The three assays showed good correlation, but there were large bias differences: RIA bias was greater than DELFIA which was greater than GC-MS. Discrimination between adenoma and BAH patients was best for the DELFIA method, with no overlap between results for these two groups. All three methods gave significantly elevated results for the GSH group compared with the BAH and essential hypertension groups. No assay distinguished BAH from essential hypertension.
Conclusion: Measurement of urine 18-OHF may be a useful additional test in the differential diagnosis of primary hyperaldosteronism. The clinical diagnostic value of urinary 18-OHF measurements is method-dependent with the DELFIA assay having the best discriminatory value.
Reynolds, R.M., Shakerdi, L.A., Sandhu, K., Wallace, A.M., Wood, P.J. and Walker, B.R. (2005) The utility of three different methods for measuring urinary 18-hydroxycortisol in the differential diagnosis of suspected primary hyperaldosteronism. European journal of endocrinology, 152 (6), 903-907. (doi:10.1530/eje.1.01922).


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The Stormlight Archives continue with book 3 (of 5) picking up the pace and revealing more of the history of Roshar. Easy read and despite being the longest in the series to date I felt it was the shortest - properly engrossing.
I loved the story written by Brandon Sanderson, he took something that you would consider simplistic and then put a hundred twist and turns into it. Thank you for the story.


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High Point Medical Center has been advised that patients who received spinal (epidural) steroid injections at High Point Surgery Center between July 1, 2012 and September 30, 2012 are at risk for developing a rare form of meningitis. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), patients in five states have developed symptoms of fungal meningitis after receiving epidural steroid injections at outpatient centers and pain clinics. This form of meningitis is not transmitted from person to person. According to the CDC's communications, the circumstances suggest possible contamination of a steroid injection product, and one product has already been voluntarily recalled by the manufacturer, New England Compounding Center.
Immediately after being contacted by the CDC, High Point Surgery Center started taking pro-active steps to protect its patients. High Point Surgery Center has contacted every patient who received an epidural steroid injection with the product that was voluntarily recalled since July 1, 2012 at High Point Surgery Center. In addition, the facility has temporarily suspended epidural steroid injections and has quarantined all possible suspect steroid products.
High Point Medical Center is working in collaboration with the CDC and DHHS to notify patients of the possible risk, provide any care needed, and take steps to prevent future infections. High Point Medical Center has already responded to multiple requests for information from the CDC and DHHS. The CDC is continuing its investigation to pinpoint the cause, evaluating a number of different products used at the outpatient centers and pain clinics, and alerting pain clinics in North Carolina and other states.
"We take drug recalls very seriously for the safety of all patients who are served by High Point Surgery Center and throughout our health system," said Greg Taylor, MD, Chief Operating Officer, High Point Medical Center. The products under investigation were used only at High Point Surgery Center and not at High Point Medical Center Hospital.
Patients with questions should call 336.878.6000 to speak with a member of High Point Medical Center's leadership team.


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At our clinic, we have access to digital radiology which provides superior x-rays and minimizes exposure to radiation for both our staff and the pet. We also send our x-rays electronically to a radiology service staffed by board-certified radiologists, who also look at and interpret our x-rays within 24 hours of them being sent.
Used for investigating injuries to the skeleton, soft tissue swellings, and to get an overview of structures in the chest and abdomen. Utilized to assess dogs and cats for vomiting, diarrhea, urinary issues, soft tissue and bony issues.
Do not feed them before your appointment in case there is a need to sedate them for their comfort and safety.


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Respect for the minimum legal distances of civil construction is one of the most sensitive factors in the construction sector, and one of the main reasons for litigation between neighbours.
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At 2,500 meters long, 300 meters wide and with an average depth of about 3 meters, consisting of more than 2 million mc of groundwater fed by the waters of the Martesana, the Hydroscalo of the Province of Milan was inaugurated on 28.10.1930 by the Podesta of Milan, in the presence of Mussolini for the first inaugural ditching.
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Q: Using rails to consume web services/apis I'm new to the rails world and am trying to build a app to simply allow me to search things on  Amazon and such sites based on the users input.
I've done a little reasearch and it seems the httparty gem is a good place to start? The documents ive found so far though are not the best. They don't really give me a lot of information (where to put the code etc).
Are there any existing tutorials out there or code examples that I can either use or take a look at to give me a better idea of how this thing works?

A: I'm working on an app like this right now, so let me offer a few thoughts.
First, if you're a complete newcomer to Rails, then as a first step I'd suggest taking a parallel approach to the problem, with two tracks:

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*Learn about Rails

*Learn about how to interact with an API (make requests and parse responses) in Ruby

These are two separate problems, and although you may end up implementing them together, it's best to think about them in isolation first.
For the first one, I'd suggest writing a couple simple apps first to get a feel for how things work. Even only a simple app will require a certain amount of user interaction, possibly saving records to the DB, etc., problems that are separate from consuming data from an API. There are an endless number of tutorials out there on Rails, but just to mention one, you might try Michael Harti's Learn Web Development with Rails as a starting point.
The second point, consuming API data, is distinct from the problems of designing the app itself. To learn more about this aspect of the problem, I'd suggest using a popular API client gem like (as you mentioned) HTTParty, which I use myself. Rather than immediately try to use the HTTParty methods in a Rails app, as an exercise I'd suggest playing around a bit in a console (irb). If you install the gem (gem install httparty) you can then require it (require 'httparty') from the console and immediately make requests and parse responses from the APIs.
E.g.:
irb(main):001:0> require 'httparty'
=> true
irb(main):002:0> response = HTTParty.get('http://twitter.com/statuses/public_timeline.json')
=> ...

Once you've got a bit more familiar with Rails and with accessing an API in ruby, then you could move on to actually building the app itself. Depending on how complex your requests to the API(s) are going to be, you have a few options as to how to structure your API requests in your Rails app:

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*Make the requests part of the Rails app itself, directly from controller actions. This is really only okay if you are only going to support a very limited number of request types (e.g. simple search) on a limited number of services. Anything more complex and your controller will get fat, which is a no-no in MVC frameworks.

*Create a separate ruby class (usually called an API wrapper) to group together methods for making requests and parsing responses from the API. With a gem like HTTParty you can do this just by adding a line include HTTParty in the class, which adds the module to the class. There are lots of examples out there on how to do this, here is one.

*Use a dedicated gem for accessing specific APIs, or create one (or more) yourself. There are gems for most popular services, e.g. Twitter, Linkedin, Flickr, etc. See this list of API client gems for more. This takes away a lot of the pain of interacting with an API, but will only work for a subset of all services.

You mention you're thinking of using HTTParty, which I can recommend as I am using it myself. There are alternatives such as Faraday (see this list of HTTP clients for more), but I find for most tasks HTTParty will do fine. The documentation may be a bit sparse, but there are a bunch of examples that you can work from.
Hope that helps!


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Home » TV & Movies » Gavin and Stacey's Rob Brydon finally reveals Uncle Bryn's sexuality after years of fan theories
Gavin and Stacey's Rob Brydon finally reveals Uncle Bryn's sexuality after years of fan theories
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ROB Brydon has spoken about his Gavin & Stacey character Uncle Bryn's sexuality for the first time, revealing he is convinced Bryn is gay.
The comedian, who has played him in the BBC sitcom since it started in 2007, said creators James Corden and Ruth Jones never said Bryn is homosexual, but reckons it is obvious that he is.
Asked if the character is gay, Rob explained: "There's a part of me that doesn't want to say anything because I think it should be in the mind of the audience.
"Obviously they have written it… but it's not ambiguous is it. I'd be surprised if he wasn't.
"I wonder if he's just never acted on it. They've never said to me… it's just what's there in the script."
Speaking on the Table Manners podcast, he added: "But, you know, the way he gazes at Larry Lamb, who plays Mick…"
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The famous fishing trip storyline, involving an incident with his on-screen nephew Jason, has also fuelled speculation among viewers that he is gay.
The show ran for three series and returned for a Christmas special in 2019 which was watched by 18.5million people to make it the biggest single comedy episode of a series since records began in 2002.
Last year Larry said it would be "cruel" to not bring Gavin & Stacey back again, after it ended with Nessa, played by Ruth, proposing to James' character Smithy.
He said: "I think it would be pretty cruel to leave us on that cliffhanger.
"After the response it got at Christmas, you can more or less be certain that, sooner or later, there will be more.
"I'm sure the BBC can persuade Ruth and James to write more, so it's a question of when, not if.
"The problem is, logistically, it's a bloody nightmare as so many people involved with it have very active careers. It's virtually impossible for there to be a whole series, but I imagine there will be another special.
"I've always thought a logical thing to do would be a Gavin & Stacey movie, but that's just my idea."
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Musikfest Unveils Official 2017 Festival Artwork
Spray Paint Masterpiece by Bobby Zeik Celebrates Festival's 34th Year Aug. 4-13
With its energetic musicians framed in rich blue hues and a blast of bright colors behind them, the 2017 Musikfest artwork captures the spirit and intensity of the festival by focusing on the people who drive the event – the performers. The work, celebrating Musikfest's exciting 34th year, was created by Bethlehem-based painter and illustrator Bobby Zeik, who expertly blends street art techniques with fine art style to create pop art and abstract pieces.
Zeik was commissioned by ArtsQuest to create the 2017 poster and conceived the design digitally. He then spent months developing a physical piece on wood using spray paint and stencils. The mixed media work was hand cut layer by layer and included various gels and pastes blended together to create textures. The image of SteelStacks in the artwork was achieved by using an acrylic skin transfer on tissue paper to create a transparent effect.
"I wanted to capture the vibe of both Musikfest and Bethlehem," Zeik says. "One thing ArtsQuest stressed is that they wanted me to 'just do me,' which felt easier to say than to accomplish, so it took me a while to get the design to where I was really happy with it.
"The musicians in the piece are modeled off of a selection of photos that I chose based on the attitude of each performer, and they're done in low light to look like concert photography."
Zeik, 31, is a Banana Factory resident artist whose work ranges from mixed media to layered wood art including portraits of Ernest Hemingway and David Bowie. He also does cartoon illustrations, photo recreations and abstract scenes that he has exhibited at Bethlehem House Gallery and RE:find in Allentown. Zeik earned local fame with his Free Art Fridays project in which he hides original pieces, like Bill Murray and Christopher Walken heads, throughout Bethlehem and shares clues to their location on Instagram. (Find this month's Marvel inspired work at www.instagram.com/bobbyzeik)
"As a community-based arts organization, one of our main focuses is promoting and supporting our local artists, so we are thrilled to have Banana Factory resident artist Bobby Zeik's artwork featured on this year's Musikfest poster," says ArtsQuest Senior Director of Visual Arts Stacie Brennan. "Bobby is a talented artist whose work highlights the burgeoning arts scene in Bethlehem, as well as the diverse arts programs being presented by ArtsQuest."
Zeik's work of art will be featured on the Musikfest 2017 website, poster and official festival mug, while also being incorporated into other official `fest merchandise and apparel throughout the year. In addition to online sales at www.musikfest.org, the poster will be available for purchase at the Stacks Shop at the ArtsQuest Center, 101 Founders Way, starting March 20.
"The 2017 Musikfest artwork really captures the energy, excitement and artists that make up our festival each year," says ArtsQuest Director of Marketing Jon Lunger. "Bobby's colorful image not only embodies the essence of the event, it also works well with so much of our merchandise and marketing plans for this year. We're looking forward to showcasing his work to the hundreds of thousands of people who will be attending the festival this summer."
One of the largest music festivals in the nation, Musikfest features more than 500 performances on 15 stages throughout Bethlehem over 10 days. Dates for the 34th edition of the festival are Aug. 4-13. Among the 300-plus performers slated to take the stage are Santana Aug. 4, Chicago Aug. 5, Toby Keith Aug. 10, The Band Perry Aug. 11, Lee Brice and Justin Moore Aug. 12 and Ian Anderson presenting the best of Jethro Tull on Aug. 13.
For more information, visit www.musikfest.org.


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We love talking about the benefits of StepJockey but it's aways good to hear what others think about our initiative. Here's a round-up of articles on StepJockey from last week.
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Dayton women suspected in abuse of dead 10-year-old boy indicted
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By Parker Perry
The two women who lived in the home of the Dayton 10-year-old boy who suffered "extreme" abuse were indicted Friday.
Amanda Hinze, 28, and Jennifer Ebert, 25, were both indicted on four counts of endangering children. They are accused in the case of Takoda Collins.
Family of dead Dayton 10-year-old locked in attic: 'He just wanted to be loved'
They are held in the Montgomery County Jail on $1 million bonds.
Takoda was rushed to Dayton's Children's Hospital on Dec. 13 and was pronounced dead. His father, Al-Mutahan McLean, 30, already faces charges in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court in connection to what law enforcement described in court documents as "extreme" child abuse against Takoda.
He was indicted on four counts of endangering children, two counts of felonious assault and one count of rape of a person younger than 13.
Police say in court documents, "Takoda was kept in a dirty, locked, dark attic and abused daily over the course of several years. The interviews also revealed that Takoda was held underwater and gasping for breath prior to succumbing to his injuries."
Preliminary autopsy of Dayton 10-year-old shows cuts, bruises all over body
Takoda died with bruises and cuts all over his body.
In the indictment against the women, prosecutors allege they "did recklessly abuse a child under 18 years of age," and caused serious physical harm against the youth. The crimes allegedly occurred between Nov. 1, 2018, through Dec. 1, 2019.
"Amanda Hinze and Jennifer Ebert … did recklessly torture or cruelly abuse a child under 18 years of age," the indictment reads.
They also say the endangerment included serious harm from corporal punishment.
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Report on San Miguel (El Salvador) — 23 October-29 October 2002
Smithsonian / US Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Report,
23 October-29 October 2002
Managing Editor: Gari Mayberry
Please cite this report as:
Global Volcanism Program, 2002. Report on San Miguel (El Salvador). In: Mayberry, G (ed.), Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 23 October-29 October 2002. Smithsonian Institution and US Geological Survey.
Weekly Report (23 October-29 October 2002)
13.434°N, 88.269°W; summit elev. 2130 m
All times are local (unless otherwise noted)
A news report stating that a rockslide released dangerous fumes at San Miguel on 17 October was found to be false.
Geological Summary. The symmetrical cone of San Miguel, one of the most active volcanoes in El Salvador, rises from near sea level to form one of the country's most prominent landmarks. A broad, deep, crater complex that has been frequently modified by eruptions recorded since the early 16th century caps the truncated unvegetated summit, also known locally as Chaparrastique. Flanks eruptions of the basaltic-andesitic volcano have produced many lava flows, including several during the 17th-19th centuries that extended to the N, NE, and SE. The SE-flank flows are the largest and form broad, sparsely vegetated lava fields crossed by highways and a railroad skirting the base of the volcano. Flank vent locations have migrated higher on the edifice during historical time, and the most recent activity has consisted of minor ash eruptions from the summit crater.
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Pasta is one of the few dishes almost every one of us can handle quite well without too much struggle. We might use different styles to cook it, but as a final stage of the preparation the very last detail of the elaborate process before the pasta is served is draining the water off. But rather than just flush the water from your pasta down the drain, there is a way to make better use of it.
Those that are in one the secret calls the cloudy pasta water that many others flush down the drain "liquid gold" because it serves a higher purpose if you know your way around is. Instead of pouring the starchy liquid away, you can actually use it to elevate the sauce that you will use to eat the noodles.
Like most starchy food, starch is released into the water when you cook pasta. This is responsible for the cloudy appearance of the water. While you might want to quickly dismiss this water as useless, you might want to re-think that after this.
Every pasta lover will agree that the Pasta is just as important as the sauce. It is quite important that asides having a well-cooked pasta, you also get a smooth sauce made to the perfect consistency to eat it with. That's where the challenge lies for most people. But you can make use of the water from the pasta to emulsify the sauce for the silky smooth consistency. By emulsifying the sauce, you not only alter its taste but also how it reacts.
It helps to hold the water and the oil together. So instead of having a puddle under the sauce, all the sweetness is held together and you can enjoy it with your pasta. Normally what most people do to thicken the sauce is to add cornstarch or extra flour. But waste your flour when you can simply alter the taste with the pasta water.
This little trick is secret many professional chefs have been using for many years to make delicious pasta dishes. It's sure and tested that has been proven to produce better tasting sauce than normal sauce cooked without using pasta water.
Here are some important tips you should keep in mind the next time you decide to make some pasta or any other starchy food like brown rice, lentils or beans.
1. Don't add oil – most people erroneously believe that adding oil to your pasta while cooking prevents it from sticking together. You will be surprised to find out that it does the exact opposite. It makes the water greasy and this makes the noodles stick together.
2. Use enough water – always ensure that you are using enough water every time you boil pasta. It is recommended that you use about 3L of water for every 250g of pasta you cook.
3. Stop Draining – as mentioned, do not drain the water from your pasta into the sink. Instead, you can use a fork or pasta fork to remove the noodles from the water. From the water left you can ladle some into the sauce for that special touch to your sauce.
4. Use the Strainer – not everyone has a pot that comes with a strainer. But if you do have one, then lucky you. Just lift it out and the water is left behind for your use.


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'War for the Planet of the Apes' trailer takes the battle to a new level
By Rick Marshall	 December 9, 2016
The stakes keep getting higher in the rebooted, wildly successful Planet of the Apes franchise, and the first trailer for War for the Planet of the Apes suggests that the precarious balance between humans and apes could finally be approaching the tipping point.
20th Century Fox released the trailer for the July 2017 film Friday, offering the first glimpse at the third installment of the modern series. This time around, Caesar and the apes face an even more dire threat in the form of a ruthless soldier played by Woody Harrelson, who marshals the remaining human military to exterminate the apes.
War for the Planet of the Apes is directed by Matt Reeves, who also directed 2014's Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. The film's official synopsis reads as follows:
In War for the Planet of the Apes, the third chapter of the critically acclaimed blockbuster franchise, Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.
As the synopsis mentions, the first two films in the rebooted franchise generated considerable critical praise to go along with nearly $1.2 billion in worldwide ticket sales, making it one of the most successful franchise reboots in recent years.
Along with Andy Serkis returning to provide the performance-capture acting as Caesar, the film also stars Steve Zahn, Terry Notary, Gabriel Chavarria, Judy Greer, and Karin Konoval.
War for the Planet of the Apes hits theaters July 14, 2017.
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Management has lost its way – and its power has sent business down a dangerous road, writes Simon Caulkin
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Simon Caulkin
To mark the journal's 90th anniversary, the Harvard Business Review website has run a series of blogs and articles under the strapline "Why Management Matters". Alas, the content does not engage with the proposition itself, taking the importance of management for granted.
This is a common stance. Management is so omnipresent that it is mostly invisible. But nearly a century after it emerged in modern form, it is a good time to pose that fundamental question: does management matter, and if so why? The answer of course is that it does – but more and in less congratulatory ways than most people suppose.
At least materially the balance sheet for the first century would show a substantial credit. Advanced economies are organisational economies – there is a strong correlation between rising wealth and the growth of large companies. As the marshalling yards of the economy's resources, they reliably supply us with almost every component of modern life.
Yet, with hindsight, diminishing returns set in from the 1980s. Gains came at an ever higher price, for individuals, society and the planet. Inequalities began to grow. Scandals, like buses, arrived in groups. The impact was at a human level. "The harsh reality," writes London Business School's Prof Julian Birkinshaw, "is that today's large business organisations are – with notable exceptions – miserable places to spend our working lives." As management's claims to academic and social status grew, the discrepancies between theory and practice became so glaring that at times it seemed only managers could not see them.
Sceptics' worst fears were confirmed in 2008. As the smoke cleared, it became clear that the meltdown was fabricated in company board and dealing rooms. Companies got every basic task wrong, misincentivising people, misallocating resources and treating customers with contempt. As Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the US Federal Reserve, said, the idea that stopping companies auto-destructing could be left to self-interest turned out to be catastrophically wrong.
"The problem is managerial, it's not economic," says McGill University's Prof Henry Mintzberg of the crisis. "So many companies have been so mismanaged, the whole economy is faltering." Somewhere along the line, management stopped being Dr Jekyll and turned into Mr Hyde – the biggest destroyer of shareholder value since the Great Depression and world wars.
A century and a half after its birth, the modern business corporation, an artificial person made in the image of a human psychopath … is seeking to remake real people in its image
Joel Bakan, The Corporation, 2004
Most people assume that management is fundamentally technocratic and pragmatic. If something does not work, it will be replaced by something that does. But the persistence of horrors such as call-centre sweatshops and value-destroying mergers shows otherwise. Management is a prisoner of its past. The reality, wrote author Gary Hamel, is that management operates to a template fixed "by a small coterie of long-departed theorists and practitioners who invented the rules and conventions of 'modern' management" a century ago, a template locked in permanent obsolescence by the free-market revolution of the 1980s.
The crash illustrates the first reason why management matters: when it screws up everyone suffers. But why it screwed up relates to its role as a carrier of ideas. This derives from the built-in amplifier that is the power of expectation. Well known to social science as self-fulfilling prophecy, expectation has the power to create its own reality. If managers expect subordinates to perform well, expectations tend to lead to better performance. The reverse is also true.
The consequences are profound. In management and economics, the battle of ideas is decided not by which best explain the world but which most affect it and thereby become true as a result of their influence. Companies are the battleground. Firms whose managers act on the principle that employees are self-interested opportunists who must be forced to do their job will tend to create just that. Conversely, a company that functions on the basis of trust and co-operation creates a system in which honest, co-operative people flourish. Self-fulfilling prophecy makes every company a force for either good or ill.
Since the 1980s, the assumptions baked into the management model are the pessimistic ones. In the crash of 2008 we can see where the template based on them (incentives, compliance with letter rather than spirit, rejection of ethical considerations) leads. If the 21st century that management makes possible is to end happily, managers will have to absorb its most important lesson from the 20th: what matters most in management is not what you make but what you believe.
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[Oireachtas] Dail Eireann debate. Written answer 227 -Illicit trade [24729/16]. (16 Sep 2016)
227. Deputy Seán Barrettasked the Minister for Finance if he has examined the third illicit trade report produced by Grant Thornton; and his views on the findings regarding alcohol, fuel, pharmaceuticals, tobacco and digital piracy. [24729/16]
Minister for Finance (Deputy Michael Noonan): I am aware of the report on "Illicit Trade in Ireland 2013-2015", published recently by Grant Thornton, which addresses illicit trade in the sectors referred in the Deputy's Question.
I understand that the report looks at the costs associated with illicit trade in those sectors. I would point out, however, that estimating the extent of any illicit activity is inherently problematic and must, therefore, be approached with caution. It follows that, unless a clear and credible methodology is specified for particular estimates of illicit trade and the resulting tax loss, they must be regarded as speculative. I am advised that the Grant Thornton report itself expressly recognises the difficulties involved in estimating reliably the extent of losses incurred as a result of illicit trade in certain of the sectors which it addresses, or provides only very broad estimations of possible loss.
I understand also that the report refers to a number of estimates of the loss to the Exchequer arising from the illicit trade in tobacco products. The extent of this illicit trade is estimated through annual surveys that are carried out for the Revenue Commissioners and the Health Services Executive by Ipsos MRBI. Assuming that the illegal cigarettes consumed displace the equivalent full tax paid quantity of cigarettes, the results of the survey for 2015 indicate that the loss to the Exchequer in excise duty and VAT was in the order of € 192 million. Revenue advise me that they are satisfied that this survey is the best indicator of the extent of the market in illicit cigarettes. This is because of the methodology used and the consistent way in which the survey has been undertaken over a number of years. It is geographically representative and surveys population samples that are statistically robust. In addition, this methodology, in contrast to others such as empty pack surveys, is capable of distinguishing between illicit cigarettes and legal personal imports.
It is, however, accepted by all interested parties that illicit trade in the sectors addressed by the report, and shadow economy activities in general, pose a threat to legitimate and compliant businesses and to consumers, as well as depriving the Government of tax revenues. Tackling the illegal activities in those sectors, and broader shadow economy activities, is therefore a key priority.
Revenue's actions against the illicit tobacco trade include a range of measures to identity and target those who are involved in the supply or sale of illicit products, with a view to seizing those products and prosecuting the persons involved. This multifaceted strategy also includes ongoing analysis of the nature and extent of the problem, development and sharing of intelligence on a national, EU and international basis, use of analytics and deployment of detection technologies.
Revenue has also implemented a comprehensive strategy to tackle the illegal fuel trade, based on the introduction of stringent new supply chain controls, the very successful implementation from April 2015, here and in the UK, of a new fuel marker developed in cooperation with the UK authorities, and rigorous enforcement action.
In the case of alcohol, Revenue's action against illicit trade encompasses the full supply chain for alcohol products and includes measures to combat smuggling, the illicit production of alcohol and the sale or supply of illicit products.
Revenue also acts to detain or seize, at the point of entry to the State, products that are suspected to be illegal or counterfeit medicines. Products detained by Revenue are passed to the Health Products Regulatory Authority, which is the competent authority for such matters, for analysis, identification and any necessary further action.
Revenue works closely, as well, with other agencies in the State, including An Garda Síochána, in acting against illegal activities related to illicit trade. The relevant authorities in the State also work closely with their counterparts in Northern Ireland to target the organised crime groups that are involved in a range of criminal activities, including the kinds of illicit trade addressed in the Grant Thornton report. I believe that this work to tackle cross-jurisdictional organised crime is being supported and facilitated by the establishment, in the framework of "A Fresh Start: the Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan" of the Joint Agency Task Force, which includes Revenue. There is close cooperation also with the relevant authorities in other jurisdictions, the European Anti-Fraud Office and other international bodies and agencies in the ongoing programmes of action at international level to combat illicit trade.
I am assured by Revenue that action against illicit trade is, and will continue to be, a central element of their work. For my part, I have taken action through the Finance Acts over recent years to ensure that Revenue has all the necessary powers to act against these forms of criminal activity and I am satisfied that there is a robust legal framework in place that allows effective action to be taken against those responsible for such crimes.
Matters relating to digital piracy fall within the remit of my colleague the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.
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A proof of the Kuramoto conjecture for a bifurcation structure of the infinite-dimensional Kuramoto model
Hayato Chiba
The Kuramoto model is a system of ordinary differential equations for describing synchronization phenomena defined as coupled phase oscillators. In this paper, a bifurcation structure of the infinite-dimensional Kuramoto model is investigated. A purpose here is to prove the bifurcation diagram of the model conjectured by Kuramoto in 1984; if the coupling strength K between oscillators, which is a parameter of the system, is smaller than some threshold Kc, the de-synchronous state (trivial steady state) is asymptotically stable, while if K exceeds Kc, a non-trivial stable solution, which corresponds to the synchronization, bifurcates from the de-synchronous state. One of the difficulties in proving the conjecture is that a certain non-selfadjoint linear operator, which defines a linear part of the Kuramoto model, has the continuous spectrum on the imaginary axis. Hence, the standard spectral theory is not applicable to prove a bifurcation as well as the asymptotic stability of the steady state. In this paper, the spectral theory on a space of generalized functions is developed with the aid of a rigged Hilbert space to avoid the continuous spectrum on the imaginary axis. Although the linear operator has an unbounded continuous spectrum on a Hilbert space, it is shown that it admits a spectral decomposition consisting of a countable number of eigenfunctions on a space of generalized functions. The semigroup generated by the linear operator will be estimated with the aid of the spectral theory on a rigged Hilbert space to prove the linear stability of the steady state of the system. The center manifold theory is also developed on a space of generalized functions. It is proved that there exists a finite-dimensional center manifold on a space of generalized functions, while a center manifold on a Hilbert space is of infinite dimension because of the continuous spectrum on the imaginary axis. These results are applied to the stability and bifurcation theory of the Kuramoto model to obtain a bifurcation diagram conjectured by Kuramoto.
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Chiba, H. (2015). A proof of the Kuramoto conjecture for a bifurcation structure of the infinite-dimensional Kuramoto model. Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems, 35(3), 762-834. https://doi.org/10.1017/etds.2013.68
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In: Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems, Vol. 35, No. 3, 28.08.2015, p. 762-834.
Chiba, H 2015, 'A proof of the Kuramoto conjecture for a bifurcation structure of the infinite-dimensional Kuramoto model', Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 762-834. https://doi.org/10.1017/etds.2013.68
Chiba H. A proof of the Kuramoto conjecture for a bifurcation structure of the infinite-dimensional Kuramoto model. Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems. 2015 Aug 28;35(3):762-834. https://doi.org/10.1017/etds.2013.68
Chiba, Hayato. / A proof of the Kuramoto conjecture for a bifurcation structure of the infinite-dimensional Kuramoto model. In: Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems. 2015 ; Vol. 35, No. 3. pp. 762-834.
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