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Editor’s note: The following report was released June 12 by the American Medical Association’s journal, “Archives of Internal Medicine.” This is the first time the AMA has published a study on the beneficial effects of Transcendental Meditation in preventing and treating heart disease.
CHICAGO – A relaxation technique known as Transcendental Meditation may decrease blood pressure and reduce insulin resistance among patients with coronary heart disease, according to a report in the June 12 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Transcendental Meditation, derived from the ancient Vedic tradition in India, is taught through a standard protocol involving lectures, personal instruction and group meetings, according to background information in the article. It has previously been shown to lower blood pressure, but its effect on other risk factors associated with coronary heart disease, including those linked to the metabolic syndrome, has not been thoroughly examined. The metabolic syndrome refers to a cluster of symptoms that increase cardiac risk, including high blood pressure (hypertension), abdominal obesity, high cholesterol and insulin resistance, which occurs when the body is unable to use the insulin produced by the pancreas to process sugar into energy.
Maura Paul-Labrador, M.P.H., Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, and colleagues conducted a 16-week trial of Transcendental Meditation in patients with coronary heart disease. Fifty-two participants (average age 67.7 years) were instructed in transcendental meditation and 51 control patients (average age 67.1 years) received health education. At the beginning and end of the trial, the patients fasted overnight and then gave a blood sample, participated in a medical history review and underwent tests of blood vessel function and heart rate variability. Heart rate variability testing assesses the functioning of the autonomic nervous system, which controls the heart and other involuntary muscles.
Overall, of the 103 participants who were enrolled, 84 (82 percent) completed the study. At the end of the trial, patients in the Transcendental Meditation group had:
Significantly lower blood pressure
Improved fasting blood glucose and insulin levels, which signify reduced insulin resistance
A more stable functioning of the autonomic nervous system
"These physiological effects were accomplished without changes in body weight, medication or psychosocial variables and despite a marginally statistically significant increase in physical activity in the health education group," the authors write.
"These current results also expand our causal understanding of the role of stress in the rising epidemic of the metabolic syndrome," they continue. "Although current low levels of physical activity, unhealthy eating habits and resultant obesity are triggers for this epidemic, the demands of modern society may also be responsible for higher levels of chronic stress." Such stress causes the release of cortisol and other hormones and neurotransmitters, which over time damage the cardiovascular system.
"Our results, demonstrating beneficial physiological effects of Transcendental Meditation in the absence of effects on psychosocial variables, suggest that Transcendental Meditation may modulate response to stress rather than alter the stress itself, similar to the physiological impact of exercise conditioning," the authors write. This method of controlling the body’s response to stress may provide a new target for the treatment and prevention of coronary heart disease, warranting further study, they conclude.
This study was supported by grants from the National Center for Alternative and Complementary Medicine, National Institutes of Health; and a General Clinical Research Centers grant from the National Center for Research Resources.


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Love’s Subtle Magic An Indian Islamic Literary Tradition
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About Book “Love's Subtle Magic An Indian Islamic Literary Tradition"
The encounter between Muslim and Hindu remains one of the defining issues of South Asian society today. It began as early as the 8th century, and the first Muslim kingdom in India, the Sultanate of Delhi, was established at the end of the 12th century. This power eventually reduced to
vassalage almost every independent kingdom on the subcontinent. In Love’s Subtle Magic, a remarkable and highly original book, Aditya Behl uses a little-understood genre of Sufi literature to paint an entirely new picture of the evolution of Indian culture during the earliest period of Muslim
These curious romantic tales transmit a profound religious message through the medium of adventurous stories of love. Although composed in the Muslim courts, they are written in a vernacular Indian language and involve Hindu yogis, Hindu princes and princesses, and Hindu gods. Until now, they have
defied analysis. Behl shows that the Sufi authors of these charming tales sought to convey an Islamic vision via an Indian idiom. They thus constitute the earliest attempt at the indigenization of Islamic literature in an Indian setting. More important, however, Behl’s analysis brilliantly
illuminates the cosmopolitan and composite culture of the Sultanate India in which they were composed. This in turn compels us completely to rethink the standard of the opposition between Indian Hindu and foreign Muslim and recognize that the Indo-Islamic culture of this era was already
significantly Indian in many important ways.
Publisher : Oxford University Press; 1st edition (December 4, 2012)
Language : English
Hardcover : 416 pages
ISBN-10 : 0195146700
ISBN-13 : 978-0195146707
Item Weight : 1.47 pounds
Dimensions : 9.4 x 1.4 x 6.4 inches

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You surely know that fruits are really important for your healthy life. However, most people do not care about it so much. More tasty foods are mostly consuming by people than fruits, even though the tasty foods such as junk foods are not good for the body. So, you need the compelling reasons than to consume more fruits in your life. You can see the compelling reasons why you should eat more fruits in the following.
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Ahead of the Council decision on CO2 emission reduction from cars and vans on 28 June, the European organisations CLEPA—representing automotive suppliers, and CECRA—the voice of dealers and repairers, have sent a letter to EU national governments raising the urgency for a CO2 legislation that balances the needs of climate protection with the industrial, social and geopolitical realities that the sector is facing.
in CLEPA & CECRA, 21-06-2022
In this letter, the organisations express their support for rapid electrification, but warn about the need to make the transition manageable, considering the challenges that an all-electric mandate for all new vehicles by 2035 mean would mean.
The signatories emphasise that moving towards a well-to-wheel or life-cycle approach that considers the positive contribution sustainable renewable fuels can make to climate protection would be vastly superior, for industry, society, and the climate, compared to a tailpipe logic. It would also support the necessary ramp-up of low- and zero carbon fuels to decarbonise the existing fleet.
As a minimum, supporting other proposals made in the Council could keep the window of opportunity open for low-emission technologies, notably by accompanying the 2035 target with a provision for the best performing low-emission technologies at least until 2039 and to consider the intrinsic differences of cars and vans in a differentiated target for these vehicle types.


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In today’s newsletter, I looked at the renewed focus on the funding of the BBC. A new expert panel on the issue and changes to the cost of the licence fee have been announced.
I contacted the corporation whilst writing the story. However, I had to send it out before they responded. They have though responded and a spokesperson said:
It is absolutely right that we debate how the BBC is best funded to ensure that it can thrive – not just today, but in the future – with public service at its heart, projecting the UK’s values across the globe, producing impartial news, and telling stories through content that reflect the real lives of people across the UK.
We will continue to engage with the Government review as it evolves over the coming months.

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UFC welterweight Anthony Johnson supremely trolled his most recent opponent Dan Hardy as well as the rest of the MMA world by promising to do nothing but “stand and bang” in all of his pre-fight promotional appearances.
What he did instead was repeatedly take Hardy down and establish dominant positions over the Brit, a strategy which he recently told MMAJunkie.com he picked up off of perennial heel Josh Koscheck.
“I knew what I was going to do,” Johnson said. “I learned that from Josh Koscheck. I took one of out of his book. He did the same thing with Paul Daley (at UFC 113). Daley fell for it. What did Koscheck do? He took him down every time.”
Despite an early head kick and a few submission attempts, Johnson seemed perfectly content to out-grapple Hardy to a win — because, after over a year long layoff, he was.
“It wasn’t my best performance, but as I said in my interviews, I just needed to win,” he said. “I could have stood and banged with him. No problem. But why would I stand and bang when I know his absolute weakness is takedown defense and being on his back? I don’t care what people think. … My performance wasn’t what I wanted it to be, but I’ll take it.”
Though clearly nothing is promised, should Johnson get the next fight he’s looking for — a legitimate and long-brewing grudge match against John “Doomsday” Howard — it’s hard to imagine there not being fireworks in the Octagon.
“I for sure want to fight Jon Howard,” Johnson said. “That’s the guy I want to fight the most. To me, I don’t think about his losses. I just think about what’s going doing between us. He’s a very tough guy. He’s a tough fighter for sure.”

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- 9:00 / 15:00 am Departure from Arbatax station or from your accommodation.
- We set off towards the Supramonte di Baunei where you will alternate off-road trips and short walks on foot to appreciate the places of great naturalistic interest
- Stop at the Belvedere above Baunei
- Panoramic stop at Coile Us Piggius, with a breathtaking view of Pedra Longa
- We move to the Golgo plateau to visit the Golgo chasm called Su Sterru, the Church of San Pietro and the Stone mask
- Return to Arbatax to greet us with a final aperitif
- Approximately 1:00 / 7:00 pm return
What it includes: Pickup at your accomodation, guide for the whole day and final aperitif.

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Former middleweight champion Chris Weidman makes the jump to light heavyweight to take on perennial contender Dominick Reyes in tonight’s UFC Boston headliner.
Chris Weidman (14-4 MMA) will enter tonight’s UFC Boston main event looking for a fresh start.
‘The All American’ went just 1-4 over his past five fights in the middleweight division, suffering knockout losses to Luke Rockhold, Yoel Romero, Gegard Mousasi and most recently Jacare Souza during that stretch.
Weidman’s most recent win came in July of 2017 when he defeated Kelvin Gastelum by way of submission at UFC Uniondale.
Meanwhile, Dominick Reyes (11-0 MMA) will be looking to keep his perfect record intact when he squares off with Chris Weidman this evening.
In his most recent effort at March’s UFC London event, Reyes picked up a decision victory over former division title challenger Volkan Oezdemir.
Round one begins and Dominick Reyes comes out quickly with kicks. Chris Weidman shoots in and scores an early takedown. Reyes shakes his head in frustration and begins to wall-walk to get back to his feet. He does. Weidman still has him pressed against the cage. The fighters break and Weidman lands a body kick. Reyes replies with a counter right and Chris Weidman drops. Dominick Reyes jumps on ‘The All American’ with some massive hammer fists and this one is all over.
— UFC (@ufc) October 19, 2019
Dominick "The Devastator" Reyes (12-0) hands Chris Weidman his fifth KO loss in six fights, countering the former middleweight king and planting coffin nails in round one. The top-five light-heavy moves to 6-0 in the UFC. He has stopped nine, each in under 4 minutes. #UFCBoston pic.twitter.com/v8EAKeLQPJ
— Kyle Johnson (@VonPreux) October 19, 2019
Official UFC Boston Result: Dominick Reyes def. Chris Weidman by KO in Round 1
Who would you like to see Dominick Reyes fight next following his KO victory over Chris Weidman in tonight’s UFC Boston main event? Sound off in the comments section PENN Nation!
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CARSON — The man responsible for the biggest blunder in the Chargers’ season opener will keep his job.
During the fourth quarter of a 38-28 loss on Sunday, undrafted rookie JJ Jones managed to fumble twice on a single punt return, finally losing it for good just a few steps in front of his own goal line. That helped set up Kansas City’s final touchdown, all but dashing the Chargers’ hopes of a 1-0 record.
Apparently, the former West Georgia receiver will get a second chance. Coach Anthony Lynn stuck by the 5-foot-10 speedster after the game, calling the miscue an aberration despite Jones’ lack of experience.
“He made this team because he can score points,” Lynn said. “We’re looking for guys that can score points. Just because he made one mistake, I’m not going to give up on that young man. Not at all.”
Perhaps Jones will redeem himself. The 25-year-old was electrifying in the preseason, returning a punt 72 yards for a touchdown in his debut at StubHub Center. After four exhibition contests, he also collected 137 yards on six kickoff returns.
Jones didn’t do much on offense in the preseason — catching just one pass for 7 yards — but when fellow receiver Artavis Scott suffered a season-ending ankle injury in the preseason finale, a spot opened on the 53-man roster.
He tried to take advantage. The Chargers had just cut their deficit to 11 points, thanks to a touchdown by Keenan Allen and two-point conversion by Antonio Gates. After a Kansas City three-and-out, Jones was expecting left-footed punter Dustin Colquitt to place the ball in a certain part of the field.
Instead, it veered toward the northwest corner, forcing Jones to change course. He bobbled his initial catch, and by the time he scooped up the ball again, someone was close enough to knock it loose.
“I was just trying to make a play,” Jones said. “Give my team a spark. Like I said, I’ve got to secure the ball better.”
It’s unfair to lay the season-opening loss entirely on Jones’ shoulders. The Chargers could have displayed surer hands. They could have done more on defense, especially against a talented but inexperienced quarterback in Patrick Mahomes. They could have punted away from Tyreek Hill, who opened the game with a 91-yard touchdown return.
Next week in Buffalo, they’ll try to fix some of those errors.
And Jones, presumably, will too.
The Chargers entered the weekend without star defensive end Joey Bosa, who is awaiting a second opinion on an injury to his left foot.
Less than 10 minutes into their season opener, they also lost starting right tackle Joe Barksdale to a right knee injury. The offensive lineman was helped to the sideline, and eventually carted to the locker room. Lynn did not have an update on Barksdale’s condition after the game.
Those absences shifted the workload to Sam Tevi and Isaac Rochell, last year’s sixth- and seventh-round picks. Rochell, who spent most of last season on the Chargers’ practice squad, made his first career start in place of Bosa and recorded four tackles.
Tevi started one game as a rookie, but played just 136 offensive snaps in 2017.
Barksdale also missed five games due to injuries last season and was replaced then by Michael Schofield, who started Sunday’s contest at right guard. Schofield could move back out to right tackle, which would open a starting spot for 2017 second-round pick Forrest Lamp.
Lamp, who sat out his rookie season with a torn ACL, was left inactive against Kansas City.
“He hasn’t played football in 18 months,” Lynn said. “He played that fourth preseason game, but he’s just not there yet.”
Rookies Derwin James and Kyzir White debuted as starters, lining up at free safety and outside linebacker, respectively. James broke up a likely touchdown to De’Anthony Thomas in the second quarter, and also notched the Chargers’ only sack of the day. … Running back Melvin Gordon caught nine passes for a career-high 102 yards. … Mike Williams had 81 receiving yards to open his NFL second season, all in the fourth quarter. The former No. 7 overall pick only caught 11 passes for 95 yards during his injury-plagued rookie year.
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October 13, 2011 6:53am EST
Human Rights groups weren't too happy about it.
October 13, 2011 5:00am EST
Actress Hilary Swank deeply regrets attending the birthday celebrations of Chechnya's controversial President Ramzan Kadyrov, insisting she did not have a "full understanding" of the event.
October 11, 2011 5:00am EST
Hollywood stars Hilary Swank and Jean-Claude Van Damme have come under fire from human rights groups for attending the birthday celebrations of Chechnya's controversial President Ramzan Kadyrov last week (05Oct11).
October 06, 2011 5:00am EST
Hollywood stars Hilary Swank and Jean-Claude Van Damme were among the guests at a birthday party for Chechnya's controversial President Ramzan Kadyrov on Wednesday (05Oct11).
September 27, 2011 8:32pm EST
Watch them gather for the most anti-climactic night of the year.
September 23, 2011 5:00am EST
Gary Oldman and Charlize Theron are to receive top honours at the 21st annual Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York in November (11).
September 05, 2011 7:15am EST
Actress Hilary Swank beamed with joy last week (end04Sep11) when she visited an animal shelter and adopted a new pet pooch.
July 27, 2011 5:37am EST
Famous faces from across Hollywood gather for the ultimate rom-com.
July 22, 2011 5:00am EST
Oscar winner Hilary Swank is set to blast off for the future in a movie adaptation of comic book Shrapnel.
July 21, 2011 6:26am EST
She'll lead a revolt on Venus, where women are from.

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VERNON — The fiscal year 2020-21 budget totaling $91.4 million passed in a landslide vote of 106-4 Tuesday during the town’s first annual town budget meeting that was conducted via drive-thru and walk-up voting.
Town Administrator Michael Purcaro said the unconventional vote was a result of town officials being “deeply concerned about the health of our democracy throughout this crisis.”
The budget, which increases spending by about $679,000 over the current fiscal year, will keep the tax rate flat at 39.63 mills as new spending is being offset by additional savings. One mill is equal to $1 for every $1,000 of assessed property value.
Purcaro attributed the town’s ability to maintain the current tax rate to a decrease in health, dental, and general liability insurance premium costs on both the town and education side of the budget, as well as a hybrid workers compensation program that is partially self-insured by employees.
Overall, new spending on the general town government side of the budget totaled $560,000, but was offset by a savings of $526,562 in capital improvements and debt services, bringing the total increase on the town side to about $33,000.
The town’s shared-services program — through which the town and Board of Education use the same building maintenance, custodial, benefit, and information technology services, among others — also was a major reason why the town was able to keep costs down, Purcaro added.
The Board of Education budget, which increased by just over $646,000 and accounts for about 95 percent of new spending, now totals $54.5 million, which Superintendent Joseph Macary noted is mostly attributable to fixed costs from salaries and wages. Other new funding will go towards training to help school employees address the needs of students who experience trauma outside of school.
The drive-thru and walk-up voting at Rockville High School took place Tuesday as the public had the opportunity to weigh in on the budget during a teleconference public hearing. Although the public hearing had 30 callers when it began at 7 p.m., none offered any comment.
An April 1 executive order from Gov. Ned Lamont suspended in-person voting requirements so that municipal fiscal deadlines could be met as towns avoid endangering public health and welfare during the novel coronavirus pandemic. This granted towns the ability to pass their budgets through majority votes of town legislative bodies such as boards of selectmen and town councils.
But Purcaro said Vernon’s decision to adopt the unconventional voting method employed Tuesday night preserved voters’ democratic rights that otherwise would have been suspended from the virus.
“The right to vote is the foundation of our democracy,” he said. “The Constitution is not suspended in times of crisis.”


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Do you love to watch action movies or documentaries about wars and battles or anything that is related to wars and conflicts? You can see also in the news about this wars and can see what they use as weapons during the battles. The main weapon that most people know is guns. Do you know when it started to be created and developed? When they have battles before they have swords or spears and also knifes as weapons for battle. Now, the time has changed. Many complex, expensive and good quality weapons existed. In this article, we will see some of the weapons that are use for battle in this year 2017.
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I'm working on an Arduino-powered cat toy that makes a laser dot move in an attractive manner around a large area in a room. The idea is that this thing will be mounted onto a wall or ceiling, and I'll have controls that let you adjust speed and range of motion. Links to videos of what I've got so far are at the end of this post.
The motor setup is just a couple of mini-servos, one mounted onto the other, so that I get a 90-degree range of motion in two dimensions. The sketch moves the servos around randomly--nothing fancy!
My question to you folks is whether there's a better, more compact, or more elegant way of getting that kind of range of motion. I'd like to solder all of this together and put it into a project box eventually.
I'm not very experienced with mechanisms or electronics--this is my first "big" project--so any advice or feedback would be appreciated!


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Love Monster3.91 68 5 Author: Rachel Bright Narrator: David Walliams
It can be tough being the only funny-looking Monster in Cutesville, but this Monster is not one to hang around and feel sorry for himself, so he’s off – out into the big wide world to look for someone to love him.
He looks high, he looks low and he looks everywhere in-between, but it’s only when he’s just about to give up that he finally finds what he is looking for…
Featuring an instantly charming main character who will appeal to children and adults alike, LOVE MONSTER is a warm and witty tale about the power of taking action from a terrific talent new to the HarperCollins list.
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If you want to know what drives Democrats nuts in Ohio, it’s stuff like this.
Gov. John Kasich co-hosted The View last week, agreed with Whoopi, Joy, et al that President Donald Trump’s budget is bad, then made an unchallenged assertion:
“Honestly, I think the rich are doing pretty well. I kind of like tax cuts being directed at the middle class and the working poor … but let’s not worry about the top.”
Ohio Democrats can only shake their heads as they recall his ongoing push to cut the state’s progressive income taxes — especially the rate paid by the highest earners — and shift the burden to the sales tax, which disproportionately impacts lower-income Ohioans.
Then Kasich informed the ABC women about how “unified” Ohio is — don’t tell that to members of his own Republican Party who chopped his budget proposal apart — and how the state has added almost 500,000 jobs — not mentioning how Ohio’s job growth has consistently fallen below that of the rest of the nation since he became governor in 2011.
Kasich’s pop-culture knowledge wows
Of course, even those annoying Democrats had to be impressed with Kasich’s knowledge of pop culture as displayed by his response to Whoopi Goldberg’s unexpected query: “Can you tell me, what the hell is going on with Taylor Swift and Katy Perry?”
“I’ll tell you, it’s shocking to everybody,” Kasich responded immediately. “Don’t ever steal anybody’s dancers, is the message.”
Perry hired Swft’s backup dancers just before a world tour.
“Maybe they’re just trying to get some extra press, although I don’t know that Taylor Swift needs any more press,” Kasich remarked.
As The View crew gaped, he elaborated.
“In fact, she kind of went into hiding, and now they say she’s going to reemerge with a new sound — and she does have a new sound,” the governor said. “She put out the song ‘I Don’t Wanna Live Forever’ with Zayn (Malik), this One Direction guy, and it’s a lot different. Then she wrote this song with Calvin Harris, who’s a big DJ. You all know that. And that was a song called ‘Lightning.’”
Somber, silly moments punctuate book tour
Kasich continued to garner much attention in a week that saw him traveling to Texas, New York City and Florida.
Besides The View appearance, he was on CBS and MSNBC, met with former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and touted his new book in Austin and West Palm Beach.
At the latter, he shared a story about Richard Nixon he doesn’t tell too often. When Kasich recounted telling Nixon in 1987 he’d just lost his parents to a drunken driver, “his reaction was amazing. It was like he had been shot. It hit him like a ton of bricks,” the Palm Beach Post reported.
“I said, ‘My sister is really struggling. Could you send her a note?’ And he wrote her a handwritten two-page letter that will be put in the Nixon Library at some point. It was just so amazing. And that’s a side of him that we don’t hear about.”
But the governor’s talk was far from all somber, the Sun Sentinel noted.
“If you like me, buy my book! What the hell’s wrong with you? Give it to your children,” he joked. ”Fourth of July’s coming, buy my book!”
Source: The Columbus Dispatch


Dog mauled while owner watches
A Bedford mother whose puppy was mauled to death by two dogs that forced their way inside her front yard wants the vicious animals destroyed.
Michelle Green watched in horror from her living room yesterday afternoon as the two Staffordshire bull terriers killed her family’s 16-month-old poodle Maltese cross Harley.
The muscly dogs had pushed their way through closed double gates at the Bedford house to get to Harley and were unable to get out again after the attack, she said.
The mother of two had to wait for a council ranger to seize the dogs before she could go outside to her dead puppy.
“It was horrible... being a small poodle he didn’t stand a chance against two staffies,” she said.
“Once they had killed him they were throwing him around the yard, still biting at him.”
Mrs Green said she screamed and banged on the front flyscreen door to try to scare the dogs away during the attack but could not risk going outside because her three-year-old son Jay was at home with her.
“I’ve seen all the stories on the news before about people being attacked trying to get dogs off other people or other dogs, I knew my dog was dead anyway,” she said.
Mrs Green said she and her husband wanted the Staffordshire bull terriers – which she said she was told had escaped from a Lockridge house about 8km away after the owner’s fence was damaged in the storms – put down.
“They’ve got the taste of blood now,” she said.
“Whether they do it to another dog or a human being it’s traumatising either way.”
“They shouldn’t be allowed to be free and have the possibility of doing it again.”
It is understood the collar-less dogs were identified when their owner rang the council to report them missing and check if they had been found.
The incident comes just weeks after a six-year-old girl was mauled by a pack of dogs in Baldivis.
A 15-month-old kelpie was killed by a neighbour’s Staffordshire bull terrier in Mundaring last month and in another recent attack, two dogs killed a westie Maltese in an East Perth park.
Bayswater Council has impounded the dogs but is yet to decide their fate. The council said yesterday it had not yet interviewed the owner of the dogs.
The council can apply to the court to have the animals destroyed and under the Dog Act, their owner could be fined $10,000.
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That awkward moment when…
…you try to be witty and describe an awkward situation but then realise you’ve just complicated it unnecessarily and ended up with a sentence that makes no sense.
Oh wait, that doesn’t make sense, does it? I’ve already talked about ‘same difference’ and replacing ‘have’ with ‘of’.
Today I’d like to address the downright imbecilic practice of using the phrase ‘That awkward moment when‘.
Loose use of the term ‘awkward’ has been common for a long time but my friends at Google tell me that widespread use of the phrase first began in 2010, when the website ‘http://www.theawkwardmoment.com’ and its Twitter account were first set up. #ThatAwkwardMomentWhen became a popular trend on Twitter and another seed of pain (for me) was thus planted.
However, it is on Facebook and not on Twitter that this horrific phrase has annoyed me the most. Pages devoted to countless awkward moments have popped up all over the place and people – presumably short of a sandwich or two – subsequently ‘Like’ them.
‘Joe Bloggs likes That Awkward Moment When Voldemort has to Sneeze’.
In that form, it makes sense. Where it doesn’t make sense, though, is in the dozens of Facebook statuses (stati?) I have seen since that simply say ‘That awkward moment when <insert SHIT phrase>.’
‘That awkward moment when it goes quiet and your (don’t even get me started on your) eating something crunchy.’ – Not a sentence
‘That awkward moment on the train when your headphones are in and you’re singing along to Jessie J really loud lol’ – Also not a sentence
I have witnessed in my cyber tracks a few varied attempts to replace ‘awkward’ with ‘awesome’ or some other equivalent – for example,
‘That awesome moment when the cashier gives you £17 change but you only gave her £10′. Who gives a shit?
‘That moment when…’ isn’t right either.
If you’re a friend of mine and affronted by this post, I am not sorry one bit. By continuing to employ this phrase to describe what is invariably a ridiculously specific and dull situation, you are distancing yourself from me. If this doesn’t bother you, fair enough. Your loss. If it does, please stop being an idiot.
Persist and we risk facing that awkward moment when I blank you forever.
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- boreocypriensis (9571)
- [2008-01-25 3:32]
What a nice web of leafs. Nice! TFS. Grretings from Izmir,
- JoseMiguel (5658)
- [2008-01-25 6:23]
Very godo the close approach!
I like the texture and graphic aspect of the image that you present us.
It can be well appreciated the form and progression of every single leaf, like a pattern.
Found so interesting and instructive your info about N. Zealand and its ferns.
Congratulations and thanks for the post.
Still at it, shooting away at your favourite subject "ferNZ", and as usual you have the perfect feel and well developed touch to get the best out of your subject. This fern is just beautifully captured and presented.
The mosaic of tiny leaves is stunning and very pleasing on the eye and the specific POF created some very interesting angles and lines. Lovely colours and splendid details make this a pleasure to take a look at.
Well done and TFS MF.
PS1. Nearly Super 14 time again, but I think I'm in for a rough ride this year with all the daily power cuts we're experiencing countrywide. The sad news is that there is no light at the end of the tunnel either. Anyway, are you and Dave ready for it – pencils sharpened and bets placed? Btw, please be so kind and send me the web page for the picks again. I seem to have wiped mine.
PS2. Keep your eyes peeled for a sneak preview of a theme on "Janice's FERNZ".
Lovely patterns in this one of the ... ferns,well composed picture,on my walk in the forest today I saw only the remainings of summer,brown,wet and flattened ferns,anyway not so long to go before the start to relive again here,thanks
This is a beautifully composed pattern of fern fronds with fine sharpness, colours and lighting.
Ferns are great but it's a pity that nearly all are inedible!
Thanks for sharing this one,
A fine abstract composition capturing a fern's beauty and detail. Framing is exceptional.
Through your photography I have come to appreciated the many links between New Zealand and the Pacific Northwest of the USA.
Ferns are one of the most common flora found in the temperate rain forests of the Pacific Northwest. They are everywhere. Being so common you'd thing I'd have better photographs to show of them, but I don't. Sometimes it is easy to miss the forest for the trees. I will have to photograph some Oregon ferns just for you. But until then the only ones I've got are ancillary to other photographs:
Beside the North Fork of the Santiam River
Lower South Falls on Silver Creek
- uleko (10940)
- [2008-01-27 1:25]
I expect your ferns in NZ are similar to those in Australia if not the same. I was most impressed by the enormous size of them in Australia. This is a beautiful close-up showing the details of the leaves. Well composed too.
TFS and have a good day! Ulla
- marhowie (486)
- [2008-01-29 2:14]
Hi Janice..My New Zealand fern girl :)
And having 164 different species has given you plenty of ammunition..
Interesting patterns & details in your closeup comp, nice color.
- mlines (3116)
- [2008-01-29 13:31]
Hi Janice. Good to see a close up of NZ ferns. When a tramper at NPBHS in Taranaki, we spent days pushing through ferns on Mt Egmont. Now not seeing these so often it indicates what a special and pleasant soft plant they can be. Good clarity and most interesting notes. TFS. Murray.
- eqshannon (31141)
- [2008-01-29 14:33]
I simply love patterns. This particular image reminds me so much of my home in Mendocino on the Northern Coast of California..If you have heard of it, then perhaps you know..but if not I suggest you look it up...it is a garden of eden discovered by many...
wonderful work with patterns gets a A plus from me....very nice image and so well composed..You really put your heart into your posts!


Rubbishing the Roopanwal Commission report which concluded that Rohith Vemula did not commit suicide because of pressure exerted by officials at the University of Hyderabad, Dontha Prashanth, Rohith’s friend, said that the report was just to satisfy the conscience of the caste Hindus.
Prashanth, also pursuing PhD from the same university, was expelled along with Rohith and three others for alleged violence against ABVP president Nandanam Susheel Kumar.
Rohith had written a letter threatening he would commit suicide on December 18th. The commission however says that this cannot be the reason for the suicide, as there was a case ongoing challenging the university’s decision.
“If he would have been angry with the decision of the university, certainly either he would have written in specific words or would have indicated in this regard. But he did not do the same. It shows that the circumstances prevailing in the university at that time were not the reasons for committing the suicide,” the commission said.
“How can Ashok Roopanwal, dismiss the first letter written by Rohith, dated 18 December, in which he asked Vice Chancellor Appa Rao for sodium azide or a rope? Rohith had clearly expressed his anxiety against the unjust expulsion,” Prasanth told TNM.
Prasanth says Rohith had received no reply to his first letter.
“From December 18, the day Rohith wrote the letter addressing the VC, he did not receive any response. For almost three weeks we were sitting and sleeping in Velivada (a space in the campus, which Rohith and the other expelled student’s used as a protest venue). Of course, Rohith faced humiliation due to this,” Prasanth says.
Prashanth, continued, “Rohith, of course spoke of worldly affairs in his last letter. But does his act of not naming Smriti Irani, the then MHRD minister, other BJP leaders or the VC in the letter absolve them of their role?”
Roopanwal had declared that the punishment given to the students was lenient. “It was not lenient,” he exclaimed.
“In the first enquiry, we were given just a term’s expulsion, denying us the right to gather or talk at public spaces. But in the second enquiry, we were awarded with a life expulsion. This triggered Rohith Vemula to think about his loneliness and the exclusion, which he faced as a child too and wrote about the same in his final letter.”
“Only a Brahminical mind can call this social expulsion lenient. Sadly, the justice is acting like a BJP henchman”, Prashanth rued.
Prashanth said that the report was atrocious, completely devoid of facts. Crying foul over the report, he said that it is not the role of Roopanwal to determine if Rohith was Dalit or not. That is the responsibility of the District Magistrate to probe and establish it.
He alleged that the BJP is extensively using its machinery to write off the ‘Justice for Rohith Vemula’ struggle and absolve them of their crimes.
The report of Justice Ashok Kumar Roopanwal released on Tuesday concluded that Rohith Vemula committed suicide wholly on his decision and was not related to Vice Chancellor Podile Appa Rao. Roopanwal stated that the suicide note on record shows that Rohith had his own problems and was not happy with the worldly affairs.
If he was angry with the decision of the university certainly he would have written in specific words or would have indicated in the regard, Roopanwal said in the report.
Rohith Vemula, a Dalit scholar, committed suicide on January 17, almost after a month, after the university expelled them from hostels and public spaces. They were only allowed in their respective departments, library and academic meetings, after the university found them guilty of violence against ABVP president.


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Is 14 Year Old CPAC Star The Future Of The GOP?
Fourteen year old conservative Jonathan Krohn won a standing ovation after his three minute speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference last month. Since then, the homeschooled middle schooler has had a spread in the New York Times, done countless radio interviews and fielded interview requests from network anchors.
This week on Washington Unplugged, Krohn told host Bob Schieffer what it is like to be such a young sensation, how he defines a conservative and what he wants to be when he grows up.
"From now on I am going to be known as a political analyst and not just a kid," the author of the self-published "Define Conservatism" told Schieffer. "But I remember that if I get a big head about it then everything is going to be a whole lot worse than it has been."
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Also on this week's Washington Unplugged: Our political roundtable discusses the political implications of President Obama's education policy, and Vanity Fair columnist Christopher Hitchens gives a blunt overview of British-US relations, American foreign policy and the experience of being water boarded."
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Coldplay announce concert film
As Chris Martin's head swells to a size more akin to that stupid yellow ball that he used to paw at during the X&Y tour, you can continue to bask in Coldplay's warm and all-inclusive glow by handing over your hard-earned cash for the band's first live album/film in nine years.
Rather pompously titled Live 2012, the film documents the Mylo Xyloto tour and was directed by Paul Dugdale, who's war crimes also include Adele's Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Adele has a film?) and will offer up "candid portraits" of the wild'n'whacky quartet. Quite how "candid" these accounts will be vary from that time when the forgettable bassist and drummer were "quite upset" about a Chardonnay from an "average year" being included on the band's recent tour rider in London, and when Chris Martin complained he had insufficient room to "mince about" on stage in New York last year. These incidents may or may not have happened, but it sounds more exciting than the real thing, and they surely won't starve any time soon.
Live 2012 will premiere on November 17th on the "premium TV channel" EPIX, online at EpixHD.com and on Epix's mobile app (phew!) The band will also be released the single 'Hurts Like Heaven' on the same day, then on November 20th the whole thing will be available on "CD/DVD, Blu-ray/CD, and digitally" and will be sure to send you to ZZZ.
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Florida’s insurance industry faces upheaval amid Idalia cleanup
Florida’s insurance industry is facing an uncertain future amid the cleanup and recovery efforts from Hurricane Idalia, which caused catastrophic damage to the state’s coastal regions. With hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses suffering major damage, experts anticipate that insurance companies will have to pay out hundreds of millions of dollars in claims over the next few months.
This could have a significant impact on the insurance industry, as many companies may not be able to finance the amount of claims that will inevitably come their way. In addition, it could leave many citizens in limbo, as they wait for their claims to be processed and paid out.
At the same time, insurers are facing significant pressure from investors, who may be hesitant to invest in companies that face such an uncertain future. There is also the likelihood that premiums will rise in the near future, as insurers try to recoup their losses from Idalia.
All of these factors combined could lead to a major upheaval in Florida’s insurance industry. If companies cannot adequately finance the claims from Idalia, the state could face a major financial crisis. It is important that insurers move quickly to ensure that they are adequately funded and that they can processclaims efficiently and fairly.


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Reviewed by Claire Hamner Matturro
Atlas of Men
by David Sklar
Volcano Cannon Press
Paperback, 304 pages, Oct 16 2018, ISBN13: 9781732348400
In a riveting, often chilling and poignant story of transcendence, physician and author David Sklar draws upon his own experiences in crafting an ambitious new publication, Atlas of Men. Atlas of Men is a heartfelt fictional version of a true-life scandal involving nude photographs of teens and young adults taken as part of sordid, so-called scientific research —a study Sklar was an unwitting participant in as a teen.
The book is a marvelous genre-blend, defying any easy categorization. While the plot often contain the suspense of a great medical thriller, the slowly unraveled mystery in the heart of the story focuses on boys coming of age in an elite all-male boarding school—but a boarding school with some scandalous secrets above and beyond the nude photographs.
Flashback sequences to the school also tell an engaging, touching tale about a young love which tangles Robert, his best friend, and a young female into a righteous mess. Decades later, the hope that Robert and the woman might get a second chance at romance is a small, but sweet part of the book also.
So where would one place Atlas of Men in a book store? On a shelf with medical thrillers by such authors as Michael Crichton? Or nuzzled up to Dead Poets Society and other boarding school gothic on a different shelf? Hard to say into which niche Atlas of Men might go, but this much can be said with certainty: It’s a great read, with compelling characters, page-turning pacing balanced with contemplative passages, and an often gut-wrenching plot about what happened to those students at an upscale boarding school in the 1960s.
The fictional nude-photograph-scientific project in the book is based upon actual research conducted by the long discredited (and deservedly so) Dr. William H. Sheldon, a constitutional psychologist, and his cohorts. Dating from the 1940 to the 1960s, nude photos were taken of students at such places as Yale, Mount Holyoke, Vassar, Smith or Princeton. These nude photos were taken as a strange part of Dr. Shelton’s so-called scientific studies in somatotypes, a theory that character (and success in life) is related to one’s body type and build. As summed up by journalist Ron Rosenbaum in a New York Times article, these nude photos were part of a “vast eugenic experiment run by scientists with a master-race hidden agenda.” Rosenbaum’s newspaper article, “The Great Ivy League Nude Posture Photo Scandal,” first appeared in the New York Times on January 15, 1995, but is now digitalized and available on line at https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/15/magazine/the-great-ivy-league-nude-posture-photo-scandal.html. According to Rosenbaum, important people from these Ivy League schools who went on to become public figures in government and highly successful professionals were subjected to this nude photography.
Inspired by these true events and the impact on his life, author David Sklar—an emergency physician, researcher, and professor—writes from the heart and the mind with a broad scope as he tells his story. The author states that he too was subjected to the nude photography and somatotyping as part of a so-called research project while a student at an elite New Hampshire prep school.
While the story he penned is fiction, Sklar is following the old writers’ workshop mantra “write what you know.” Given that, it’s no surprise that the narratives and dialogues ring with authenticity. With his crisp, on-point and well-worded sentences, Sklar takes readers right smack into the heart of the story—and into the heart and mind of the protagonist, the enigmatic, brilliant, and conflicted Dr. Robert Thames. Many emotional and philosophical issues tear at Robert—both as a grown man and as a boy in the flashback sequences. These conflicts make him a fascinating anchor for the whole book.
As an adult, Robert is a medical doctor specializing in infectious disease research, not unlike the author himself. Born in the Philippines of a Filipino mother, Robert is adopted by American medical missionaries who live there. His adoptive parents love him, but they shield him from knowledge of his real parents. When Robert becomes a teen, his parents send him to the USA to a mostly-white, upper crust all-boys boarding school (modeled after the author’s own alma mater). As a dark-skinned foreigner, he does not fit in with the rich white teen boys and their sense of entitlement. But an analytical talent for playing Bridge brings him into a small circle of other outcasts, including an African-American, a brilliant scientific teen lacking in social skills, and a troubled, privileged kid who becomes Robert’s best friend. The growing friendships give the story much warmth, and offer a coming-of-age quality to the book as the boys struggle to mature.
As the story opens, Robert, as a never-married and somewhat lonely adult several decades past his boarding school days, works in a government research job and learns his position is to be cut due to funding issues. Soon after that, he mysteriously receives three boxes of old records pertaining to the unethical research conducted on him and his classmates at the boarding school. Painful memories resurface, and he decides to pursue the matter further. As part of his own investigation, Robert tracks down his four closest friends from the school—the boys he once played Bridge with. Together, he hopes they can uncover the truth of the so-called scientific research, long buried by the faculty, the school, and many of the boys themselves.
Robert locates the man who was his closest friend at the school and who is now married to the girl Robert had fallen in love with while they were all teens. To Robert’s dismay, he learns that this former best friend is dying. As a last request, his friend asks Robert to bring together for one last time their group of close Bridge-playing classmates from their school days. Robert agrees, though he is unsure how to locate one of them.
As he searches out the friends from the boarding school, Robert is not only driven to reunite the friends for one final time, but also to bring some peace to himself and his dying friend. But he encounters threats and discouragement from the school’s officials once they learn he has the boxes of research—and is asking questions about the nude photos. The school has much to lose if Robert publicizes the materials and the knowledge he has gained since reviewing the boxes.
Told in a combination of contemporary times and flashbacks to the boarding school days, Atlas of Men moves at an energetic pace, building suspense and compassion for the boys who were humiliated in the name of science. The flashbacks to when the boys were required to strip completely naked in front of classmates while they were individually photographed is distressing, but told with candor and empathy.
What becomes of the naked photographs in the wrong hands provokes anger, and Robert struggles with a desire for retribution and revenge. But he also understands much harm –including embarrassment and injury to innocent persons—could result if he goes public with what he has learned. Robert’s internal conflict over whether to expose the school for its past sins creates a compelling element of the book.
Atlas of Men raises important ethical questions about research with live human subjects and science’s relationship to race and identity. There are serious philosophical and cultural issues at play in the book that give it an added depth. Additionally, it is a well-written, compelling story about scandal and secrecy at a prestigious private school and of the boys who, as men, transcend what happened to them while students there.
Atlas of Men has a number of smaller story lines interwoven with the main story that add rich layers to the book. For one example, Robert’s research takes him to Africa, where he has a disturbing encounter at an under-funded, understaffed rural medical facility. The resulting connection between Robert and a doctor at the African facility could be a great subject of a second book.
Part medical thriller, part boarding school drama, and part second-chance romance, Atlas of Men is an engaging, gripping novel, well-written and insightful, which deserves a wide audience of readers.
About the reviewer: Claire Hamner Matturro is an honors graduate of The University of Alabama Law School, where she became the first female partner in a prestigious Sarasota, Florida law firm. After a decade of lawyering, Claire taught at Florida State University College of Law and spent one long, cold winter as a visiting legal writing professor at the University of Oregon. Her books are: Skinny-Dipping (2004) (a BookSense pick, Romantic Times’ Best First Mystery, and nominated for a Barry Award); Wildcat Wine(2005) (nominated for a Georgia Writer of the Year Award); Bone Valley(2006) and Sweetheart Deal (2007) (winner of Romantic Times’ Toby Bromberg Award for Most Humorous Mystery), all published by William Morrow, and Trouble in Tallahassee (2018 KaliOka Press). Coming in Spring of 2019: Privilege (Moonshine Cove), a steamy legal thriller noir set on the Gulf coast of Florida. She recently finished polishing Wayward Girls–a manuscript she co-wrote with Dr. Penny Koepsel–and awaits the happy news when her agent, the great, fun, funny, and radically energetic Liza Fleissig, places it with the right publisher. Follow her at http://www.clairematturro.com and https://www.facebook.com/authorclairematturro

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Almost all of human history is the history of technology. And now, finally, the time has come to expand the capabilities of human intelligence. There are plenty of examples where artificial intelligence (AI) is successfully applied in planning, science, and industry.
Now let’s think a little and dream up how artificial intelligence can transform healthcare in the not-too-distant future. So, in this article, we try to answer the question: AI in healthcare, what the future brings?
What Is AI in healthcare Today?
There are several basic types of AI of relevance to healthcare and other industries:
- The sorting of big medical data from the healthcare industry;
- Drawing up various scientific models;
- Computerized forecasting of future scenarios;
- AI Robots replacing or supplementing humans.
As for the sorting of data, AI works with loads of information and finds predefined elements. In the case of AI in healthcare, that will be the patient medical data. A good example of computerized data analysis is the interpretation of radiology images. Long-term planning of the future of healthcare requires the development and analysis of various scenarios. These studies use models based on tons of statistical data.
The most difficult thing is to build scientific models of poorly understood processes observed in the healthcare industry. And here, artificial intelligence is at its best, including self-learning neural networks, fuzzy logic, and other techniques of machine learning. AI solutions are absolutely indispensable for predictive analytics.
AI Technologies in Healthcare – What Are the Possible Scenarios for Future Years?
It’s impossible to imagine even one field of life sciences where AI is completely fruitless. Healthcare systems are developing at a particularly rapid pace. The growth of the population, as well as life expectancy, leads to problems with healthy nutrition.
In turn, these problems cause a number of diseases that are difficult to control, even with the entire healthcare system. This medical data can be useful in predicting the rate of death from common diseases, as well as in developing the healthcare systems needed to combat them.
This includes the:
- development of the healthcare system, including new healthcare organizations,
- the training of doctors,
- and the creation of new medications.
Solving these problems without AI solutions is almost impossible. In view of the exceptional complexity of these tasks, the future of the healthcare industry will use all the above AI models. Some other ideas that come to mind are much more exciting. Let’s mention just a few examples of AI in healthcare.
Identifying Cardiovascular Diseases
According to the WHO, cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death globally. One of the problems surrounding this topic is the early diagnosis of these diseases. This is where artificial intelligence comes in. AI can be used to help identify cardiovascular diseases in a number of ways, including:
Medical imaging analysis:
AI algorithms can be used to analyze medical images such as MRI, CT scans, and echocardiograms to detect early signs of cardiovascular diseases. This can include detecting the presence of plaque buildup in the arteries or abnormalities in the heart’s structure and function. This specially trained healthcare artificial intelligence would be incorporated in medical devices to help doctors give more accurate diagnoses.
AI algorithms can analyze electrocardiogram (ECG) recordings to detect abnormal heart rhythms and other signs of heart disease. This can include detecting arrhythmias, ST-segment changes, and other abnormalities that may be indicative of cardiovascular disease and rare diseases.
AI algorithms can analyze data such as medical history, family history, lifestyle factors, and other health metrics to identify individuals who are at high risk for developing cardiovascular diseases. This can help healthcare providers identify patients who may benefit from earlier screening, prevention, and treatment interventions.
Camera-based tools such as Shen.AI that record heart rate and other vital signs can be used to monitor patients remotely, with AI algorithms analyzing the data to detect early signs of cardiovascular disease. This can include detecting changes in heart rate, blood pressure, and other metrics that may indicate the onset of cardiovascular disease.
AI has the potential to improve the accuracy and efficiency of cardiovascular disease detection and diagnosis, which can lead to earlier intervention and improved patient outcomes.
Remote Hypertension Recognition
AI has the potential to revolutionize healthcare, and remote hypertension recognition is one area where it can be particularly useful.
Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a major risk factor for many health problems, including heart disease, stroke, and kidney failure. Early detection and treatment of hypertension is critical for preventing these conditions, but many people are not aware that they have high blood pressure.
Remote hypertension recognition refers to the use of AI to monitor blood pressure and detect hypertension in patients who are not physically present in a healthcare facility. This can be done using wearable devices that measure blood pressure and transmit the data to a healthcare provider or AI system for analysis.
Another way to detect hypertension early is to take regular measurements with camera-based measurement tools. Measuring pressure by smartphones and laptop cameras is the latest technological achievement.
Machine learning algorithms can identify patterns that indicate hypertension
There are a few ways that AI can be used in remote hypertension recognition. One approach is to use machine learning algorithms to analyze data from camera-based readings and identify patterns that indicate hypertension. For example, an AI system could analyze a patient’s blood pressure readings over time and detect if the readings consistently fall within the hypertensive range.
Another approach is to use AI to analyze other data that may be correlated with hypertension, such as physical activity levels or sleep quality. By looking for patterns in this data, an AI system may be able to detect hypertension even if blood pressure measurements are not available.
Overall, AI has the potential to improve hypertension recognition and management, particularly for patients who may not have easy access to healthcare facilities. However, it is important to continue studying and refining these tools to ensure that they are accurate, effective, and safe for patients.
Clinical Decision Support with AI
Artificial intelligence will support medical professionals in making clinical decisions. The process of making such a decision will be facilitated by AI access to a huge database (e.g., history of patients’ illnesses and symptoms in electronic health records). AI help will support doctors and allow for a more accurate assessment of the patient’s condition. Here are the areas where AI can have a significant impact on clinical decision support:
Machine learning algorithms can be used to analyze large datasets and identify patterns that may not be immediately apparent to healthcare providers.
For example, predictive models can be developed to identify patients who are at high risk of developing a particular disease or condition, or who may experience complications during treatment. This can help clinicians make more informed decisions about diagnosis, treatment, and patient management.
Machine learning can also be used to support clinical diagnosis by analyzing health data and identifying potential diagnoses.
For example, machine learning algorithms can be used to analyze medical images and detect early signs of disease that may be missed by human clinicians. With AI’s help, a doctor can compare healthcare data with other health information based on clinical documentation to help make a diagnosis.
Machine learning algorithms can be used to analyze patient data and identify the most effective treatment options for individual patients.
This can include predicting which medications are likely to be most effective based on the patient’s medical history saved in the electronic health record, genetic makeup, and other factors.
Clinical decision support:
Machine learning and deep learning can be used to develop decision support tools that help clinicians make more informed decisions in real-time.
For example, a machine learning algorithm could analyze health data in real-time and provide recommendations for treatment options based on the patient’s specific medical history and symptoms.
Overall, machine learning has the potential to improve the quality of clinical decision-making and support more personalized, precise, and effective healthcare.
Upgrade Remote Patient Care with AI
Using AI can completely change patient interaction and disease management. Here are a few examples of digital health solutions that would upgrade caring for a sick person.
Remote monitoring for Patient Care
Smartphones, laptops or even smart mirrors that record vital signs and other health metrics can be used to monitor patients remotely, with AI algorithms analyzing the data to detect early signs of health issues. This can include detecting changes in heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, and other metrics that may indicate the onset of health issues.
Chatbots and virtual assistants for constant touch
AI-powered chatbots and virtual assistants can be used to provide patients with personalized health advice and guidance. These tools can be used to answer patient questions, provide health education, and help patients manage chronic conditions.
Predictive modeling to avoid more damage
Machine learning algorithms can be used to analyze records in EHR and identify patients who are at high risk of developing certain health issues. This can help healthcare professionals proactively intervene and provide preventive care to avoid more serious health issues.
AI can be used to support telemedicine by providing real-time translation services, speech-to-text, and other technologies that help healthcare providers communicate with patients more effectively.
AI Will Not Replace Caregivers, but It Creates More Care Possibilities
As outlined above, the healthcare industry recognizes excellent potential in AI models in patient contact, rapid response to health changes, and telemedicine. Using AI in these areas is an improvement that will create a new quality in digital health.
AI Speech recognition in Telemedicine
Another area that AI will step into is human speech recognition and processing – this is a big step in the health field because doctors can use this solution in the following ways:
AI speech recognition technology can accurately transcribe patient conversations with medical professionals, which can help improve the accuracy and completeness of patient records. This can save time and reduce the risk of errors in the documentation of patient care.
With AI natural language processing, doctors can quickly and easily generate notes and documentation, reducing the need for manual documentation and administrative tasks. This can help streamline workflows and allow providers to focus more on patient care.
AI speech-to-text technology can be used to provide real-time translation services, allowing healthcare providers to communicate more effectively with patients who speak different languages.
This can help improve access to care for patients who may have difficulty communicating with their healthcare provider due to language barriers.
Improved patient engagement:
By transcribing patient conversations and notes in real time, AI speech recognition and deep learning can provide patients with greater transparency into their care, helping to improve patient engagement and communication.
Artificial Intelligence speech-to-text technology can be used to analyze large amounts of health data, including audio recordings of patient conversations, to identify trends and patterns that may be indicative of health issues. This can help medical professionals identify patients who may be at risk for certain health issues and provide proactive care.
Understanding human speech by AI in healthcare – a summary
The wide range of use of such a function in healthcare makes human speech recognition a priority in developing artificial intelligence.
The main improvements where we will observe understanding speech by AI are improved accuracy, streamlined workflows, real-time translation, improved patient engagement, and data analysis.
AI for Digital Therapeutics Apps
Digital therapeutics (DTx) apps are software-based interventions that can be used to prevent, manage, or treat medical conditions. These apps can be used alone or in combination with traditional medical treatments. AI can benefit digital therapeutics apps in several ways, including:
AI has the potential to revolutionize healthcare by personalizing digital therapeutics apps to meet the individual needs of patients. By analyzing data about a user’s behavior, symptoms, and preferences, AI algorithms and deep learning can develop a personalized approach to treatment that takes into account their unique circumstances.
For example, an AI-powered digital therapeutics app may collect data on a user’s exercise habits, diet, sleep patterns, and other health-related behaviors. The app can then use this data to provide tailored recommendations and interventions that are specifically designed to help the user improve their health outcomes.
This personalized approach to healthcare has the potential to significantly improve patient engagement and adherence to treatment regimens. By providing patients with targeted interventions and personalized feedback, digital therapeutics apps can empower patients to take an active role in their own healthcare, leading to better health outcomes and improved quality of life.
Overall, AI-powered digital therapeutics apps have the potential to transform the way we approach healthcare by providing personalized, targeted interventions that are designed to meet the unique needs of each patient.
While there are still many challenges to be addressed in the development and implementation of these apps, the potential benefits for patients are significant, and are likely to drive continued innovation in the field of digital therapeutics.
AI can be used to provide decision support for healthcare providers and patients using digital therapeutics apps. For example, Artificial Intelligence algorithms and deep learning can help medical professionals identify which patients are most likely to benefit from a particular digital therapeutic intervention.
AI can be used to monitor patients remotely, allowing healthcare workers to track patient progress and identify potential problems early on. For example, AI algorithms can analyze patient data collected through digital therapeutics apps to identify changes in symptoms or other signs of deterioration.
AI can be used to analyze large amounts of health data collected through digital therapeutics apps. This can help medical professionals identify trends and patterns in patient behavior and symptoms that may be indicative of health issues. Data analysis will be easily accessible thanks to diagrams and graphs. Access to health data by user consent will be available to various professionals. Thanks to this, doctors will access patients’ health information from multiple fields, and the treatment will be more comprehensive and fitted to the individual’s condition.
AI can be used to continuously improve digital therapeutics apps over time. By analyzing user data, AI algorithms can identify areas where the app is not meeting user needs and suggest changes to improve the app’s effectiveness.
AI can help make digital therapeutics apps more effective and personalized, improving patient outcomes and making it easier for patients to access care.
Machine learning as one of the ways to eliminate the Covid-19 pandemy
Machine learning and deep learning is emerging as one of the potential ways to eliminate the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pandemic, researchers have identified various unique features and symptoms associated with the disease, including changes in voice patterns. By analyzing voice data, machine learning algorithms can help to detect the presence of COVID-19. This type of computer-aided detection could be achieved not only through the use of smartphone cameras but also through microphones.
This approach could enable patients to combine multiple measurements, including parameters related to blood circulation such as pulse and blood pressure, as well as respiratory measurements such as respiratory rate, cough, and voice timbre. By using machine learning algorithms to analyze this data, medical professionals may be able to identify COVID-19 infections more quickly and accurately, allowing for earlier intervention and treatment.
While this approach shows promise, it is important to note that more research is needed to fully understand the relationship between voice changes and COVID-19 infection, and to evaluate the accuracy and reliability of machine learning algorithms in this context. However, the potential for machine learning to aid in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates the importance of leveraging technology to develop innovative solutions to public health challenges.
In the context of the much larger amount of health data needed and the lack of special observations, heuristic approaches should help make a real breakthrough in the diagnosis of coronavirus and similar infections.
This is all the more relevant given that existing laboratory methods are time-consuming and inaccessible to many potential carriers of the virus due to the remoteness of diagnostic laboratories. Another factor is unnecessary hospital visits at the risk of spreading the infection.
Of course, this approach does not guarantee the detection of the virus itself, but a simultaneous sharp increase in temperature and respiration rate, as changes in blood pressure and voice are serious arguments, even when a patient’s experience is comfortable.
Don’t forget that the accuracy of express diagnostics for Covid-19 is rarely above 70-80%.
Robots: Another Example of AI in Healthcare
The phrase “artificial intelligence” for many people means human-like robots. And this is no accident. Artificial intelligence robots in medicine have long been a reality. One of the most evident options of these is patient care for sick and elderly people.
As a rule, they have to perform the same repetitive tasks: measure the patient’s basic health indicators, massage lying patients, and, if necessary, contact healthcare professionals, especially if the patient’s condition requires urgent action. Robots can be a support and relief for social workers, who often have a huge responsibility for the health and life of the patient, whose condition can deteriorate at any time. In particular, such assistance will be needed in the case of aging societies.
Surgical robots demonstrate high efficiency. However, their tasks are rather limited. Such robots are not capable of acting completely by Artificial Intelligence algorithms and autonomously from humans. It’s basically impossible to put the entire arsenal of medical information into a program.
However, robots have a huge advantage in precision when it comes to suturing tiny blood vessels and nerve endings. The smaller the surgical instruments are, the stronger the imperfection of the fine motor skills of the surgeon’s hands.
The robot, on the other hand, performs actions that are often limited in variety, but they do it with impeccable accuracy. At the same time, specialists control and direct the actions of the robot using optical observation systems and computer applications.
The areas of medicine in which surgical robots are particularly effective include ophthalmology and neurosurgery.
Computer-Aided Psychiatry – a Path to a Revolution in Healthcare
Computer-aided psychiatry is expected to change healthcare in the next few years. According to healthcare organizations, more than 12% of people in the world have signs of mental disorders. Moreover, this number grows every year.
Along with patients in psychiatric clinics who undergo regular examinations, there are many hidden patients who are not registered in medical records. This problem is too complex to be solved only with the help of medical examinations: there are simply not enough specialists to perform a patient diagnosis. The use of Artificial Intelligence solutions is one of the promising ways out.
Artificial Intelligence behavioral analysis refers to the use of machine learning algorithms and deep learning to analyze and interpret patterns in human behavior, such as speech, facial expressions, and movement. In the context of mental health, AI behavioral analysis is often used to help diagnose and treat psychiatric disorders.
For example, AI behavioral analysis can be used to analyze speech patterns and detect changes in tone or intonation that may indicate a mental well-being issue. These changes in speech may be indicative of depression, anxiety, or other disorders. AI algorithms can also analyze facial expressions to detect signs of stress, anxiety, or other mental disorders and illnesses.
A lot of data has already been gained in early recognition of external signs of serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia or epilepsy. For example, in the early stage of the development of schizophrenia, a specific pattern of facial expressions is characteristic: twitching of the facial muscles, especially the mouth, frequent blinking, the lack of focus of the look, etc.
At the same time, there is a steady decrease in respiratory rate, heart rate, and blood pressure. However, unlike other diseases, mental problems are more difficult to fix since such patients can be secretive. Therefore, it is necessary to develop AI technology that allows for collecting information about a risk group in the background.
Often the conclusion of psychiatrists is based not on objective criteria but on personal experience and intuition. This means that psychiatrists and psychologists will remain the backbone when diagnosing mental illnesses. The achievements of new technology, such as Artificial Intelligence, can help regularly examine patients’ physical and mental states.
AI behavioral analysis can also be used to develop predictive models that can identify patients who are at risk for developing mental illnesses. For example, machine learning algorithms can analyze social media data to identify patterns that may be associated with depression or anxiety.
One potential benefit of AI behavioral analysis is that it can help overcome some of the limitations of traditional methods for diagnosing and treating mental health disorders. For example, it can be difficult for clinicians to detect changes in behavior and mood in patients who are not regularly seeing a mental health professional. AI behavioral analysis can help fill this gap by providing continuous monitoring of patients.
How AI is changing psychiatry medical diagnosis?
The use of artificial intelligence can reduce the severity of this problem through patient data and impartial computer analysis. This is a case when complex heuristic analysis based on self-learning algorithms is needed.
As for the rest, we can take as a basis already proven technologies of photoplethysmography: the remote measurement of physiological indicators of health.
Accordingly, the main problem is not achieving the necessary photo and video data but what part of them to use for further image analysis. AI cannot replace a psychiatrist when diagnosing problems within a mental sphere, but it will help doctors to make a diagnosis in a shorter time.
Here, the long-term research and development of statistics are still ahead.
How Can Shen.AI Change Healthcare?
MX Labs implemented a rather recent AI technology for healthcare known as remote photoplethysmography, which made our company a game changer in innovative solutions for well-being.
Our artificial intelligence technology is now used in the healthcare industry, covering key issues faced by healthcare providers. Non-contact measurements of critical physiological health indicators such as heart rate and blood pressure will change the future of healthcare.
This data can be collected daily, even without a single contact with a person. Combined with other AI technologies, our capabilities are an important element of future healthcare. Humanity is moving rapidly toward new digital standards of health and well-being.
Learn the secrets of increasing the involvement of patients
It turns out that people who monitor their health are more willing to cooperate with the doctor and take medications regularly. The entire process of diagnosis and treatment is more efficient.
Regularly taking care of one’s health improves a person’s mental state and increases his or her involvement in the recovery process.
At MX Labs, we want to empower patients. Our tools are smartphone cameras, machine vision, deep learning models and artificial intelligence. And the power of the human mind uses this new technology to create a holistic health tool – Shen.AI.
With Shen.AI, you can measure your blood pressure, pulse, HRV, and physiological stress in real time and only with a smartphone camera. All results of measurements can be sent directly into Electronic Health Records. This solution is in the form of an SDK or a dedicated application. This new healthcare technology is the future of healthcare research and population health care in general.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Diehard Donald Trump supporters are gathering in the national capital in solidarity with the president’s efforts to defy last week’s election results.
Trump himself returned the favour this morning, directing the presidential motorcade to loop around Freedom Plaza where supporters have already gathered.
His devotees are hoping to mount a spectacle reminiscent of a Make America Great Again rally in the centre of a city known for being fiercely liberal.
Detractors, meanwhile, are expected to stage counter-protests of their own.
On Friday, judges in the swing states of Arizona, Michigan and Pennsylvania all dismissed court challenges aimed at overturning the results of the vote.
And the Department of Homeland Security has declared the Nov. 3 election to be the most secure in U.S. history, finding no evidence of electoral fraud.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 14, 2020.
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