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Warning navigation system using real-time safe region monitoring for otologic surgery
Byunghyun Cho, Masamichi Oka, Nozomu Matsumoto, Riichi Ouchida, Jaesung Hong, Makoto Hashizume
先端医療オープンイノベーションセンター
咬合補綴科
先端医療医学
Purpose We developed a surgical navigation system that warns the surgeon with auditory and visual feedback to protect the facial nerve with real-time monitoring of the safe region during drilling. Methods Warning navigation modules were developed and integrated into a free open source software platform. To obtain high registration accuracy, we used a high-precision laser-sintered template of the patient's bone surface to register the computed tomography (CT) images. We calculated the closest distance between the drill tip and the surface of the facial nerve during drilling. When the drill tip entered the safe regions, the navigation system provided an auditory and visual signal which differed in each safe region. To evaluate the effectiveness of the system, we performed phantom experiments for maintaining a given safe margin from the facial nerve when drilling bone models, with and without the navigation system. The error of the safe margin was measured on postoperative CT images. In real surgery, we evaluated the feasibility of the system in comparison with conventional facial nerve monitoring. Results The navigation accuracy was submillimeter for the target registration error. In the phantom study, the task with navigation (0.7 ± 0.25 mm) was more successful with smaller error, than the task without navigation (1.37 ± 0.39 mm, P<0.05). The clinical feasibility of the system was confirmed in three real surgeries. Conclusions This system could assist surgeons in preserving the facial nerve and potentially contribute to enhanced patient safety in the surgery.
International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
生体医工学
健康情報学
コンピュータ サイエンスの応用
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Facial Nerve Medicine and Dentistry 100%
Accuracy Medicine and Dentistry 60%
Monitoring Medicine and Dentistry 60%
Computer Assisted Tomography Medicine and Dentistry 40%
Bone Medicine and Dentistry 40%
Surgeon Medicine and Dentistry 40%
Cho, B., Oka, M., Matsumoto, N., Ouchida, R., Hong, J., & Hashizume, M. (2013). Warning navigation system using real-time safe region monitoring for otologic surgery. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 8(3), 395-405. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-012-0797-z
Warning navigation system using real-time safe region monitoring for otologic surgery. / Cho, Byunghyun; Oka, Masamichi; Matsumoto, Nozomu その他.
In: International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, Vol. 8, No. 3, 05.2013, p. 395-405.
Cho, B, Oka, M, Matsumoto, N, Ouchida, R, Hong, J & Hashizume, M 2013, 'Warning navigation system using real-time safe region monitoring for otologic surgery', International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 395-405. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-012-0797-z
Cho B, Oka M, Matsumoto N, Ouchida R, Hong J, Hashizume M. Warning navigation system using real-time safe region monitoring for otologic surgery. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 2013 5月;8(3):395-405. doi: 10.1007/s11548-012-0797-z
Cho, Byunghyun ; Oka, Masamichi ; Matsumoto, Nozomu その他. / Warning navigation system using real-time safe region monitoring for otologic surgery. In: International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 2013 ; Vol. 8, No. 3. pp. 395-405.
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Instructions, how to build a mini station from cheapest simplest components. Either frequency, modulation, FM (frequency modulation), sends the component values at around 100 MHz Mini Transmitter Instruction Building a super spy bug transmitter.
The 20k resistors together with the resistance of the condenser microphone sets a voltage divider composed of the (dc) operating point of the transistor. Since the resistance of the microphone capsule to the beat changes of the sound waves, does this change and the operating point of the transistor, or in other words, the transistor amplifies the low-frequency voltage to the (electret) microphone comes in a common emitter circuit, the low-frequency signal is at the base and is amplified by the transistor.
Simultaneously, the transistor amplifies the RF signal but also in basic circuit. A small portion of the vibration of the oscillator circuit from the collector (amplifier output) on the 5.6 pF capacitor to the emitter (high-frequency amplifier input of the base) is fed back, the drive current Fliest from the emitter to the base and then 3.3 on the nF capacitor to ground. The capacitor on the basis of mass must be small enough that it does not hinder the low-frequency audio signal, but also large enough that the high-frequency, virtually unhindered tiles to ground. The 470 ohm resistor at the emitter stabilizes the operating point and sets the input resistance of the base circuit.
The whole thing is rather something like an emitter circuit audio amplifier circuit combined with a basic high-frequency amplifier with only one transistor.
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Q: F# GUI question (translate C# into F#) I am translating a C# project into F#. While the logic part is easy, I am confused with the GUI part:
public partial class GomokuGUI : Form {
    private void GomokuGUI_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        this.Width = 500;
        this.Height = 550;
        ...
        this.Paint += new PaintEventHandler(GomokuGUI_Paint);
        Graphics gp = this.CreateGraphics();
        DrawChessbord(gp);
    }

    private void GomokuGUI_Paint(object sender, PaintEventArgs e)
    {
        Graphics gp = e.Graphics;
        DrawChessbord(gp);
    }

    void DrawChessbord(Graphics gp)
    {
        float w, h;
        SolidBrush br = new SolidBrush(linecolor);
        Pen p = new Pen(br, frame);
        gp.DrawLine(p, 20, 45, this.Width - 25, 45);
  ...
    }

   private void Form1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
          Graphics gp = this.CreateGraphics();
                DrawChess(gp);
     ...
}
}

Problem: How to write above C# code in F#...Thanks

A: Note that F# doesn't have any WinForms designer, so if you have some controls in the Form, you'll need to create them manually (alternatively you can design the form in C#, compile it and reference it from F#). You could start with something like this:
type GomokuGUI() as this =
  inherit Form(Width = 300, Height = 550)

  let DrawChessbord (gp:Graphics) =
    let br = new SolidBrush(linecolor)
    let p = new Pen(br, frame)
    gp.DrawLine(p, 20, 45, this.Width - 25, 45)
    // ...

  let paintGui (e:PaintEventArgs) =
    let gp = e.Graphics
    DrawChessbord(gp)

  do
    this.Paint.Add(paintGui)
    this.Click.Add(fun _ ->
      let gp = this.CreateGraphics()
      DrawChess(gp)
      (* ... *) )

It uses a couple of interesting things:

*

*You can specify some parameters such as Width and Height in the constructor when calling the base class constructor.

*You need to use as this in the class declaration, so that you can refer to the class in the do code (which is run during construction)

*You can use Add to register event handler and you can either give it a named function (e.g. patinGui) or a lambda function if you need to do only some simple call (e.g. handling of Click)

A: Here's another example of using a form but this time with an outside 3D library called Mogre.
type MogreForm() as this =
    inherit Form()

    let mogrePanel = new System.Windows.Forms.Panel()

    // Between Suspend and Resume Layout is normal form Designer Code
    do  base.SuspendLayout()

        mogrePanel.Location <- new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0)
        mogrePanel.Name <- "mogrePanel"
        mogrePanel.Size <- new System.Drawing.Size(483, 375)
        mogrePanel.TabIndex <- 0

        base.AutoScaleDimensions <- new System.Drawing.SizeF(6.0f, 13.0f)
        base.AutoScaleMode <- System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font
        base.ClientSize <- new System.Drawing.Size(483, 375)
        base.Controls.Add(mogrePanel)
        base.Name <- "MogreForm"
        base.Text <- "Simple F# Mogre Form";

        base.ResumeLayout(false)

        let mogreWin = new OgreWindow(Point(100, 30), mogrePanel.Handle)
        this.Disposed.Add(fun _ -> mogreWin.Dispose())
        this.Paint.Add(fun _ -> mogreWin.Paint())

Here is the full code if you want to try running it.  You will need to download Mogre and reference the Mogre dll.  Also since this code pulls resources out of the samples you have to set your projects working directory to "C:\MogreSDK\bin\Debug"
open System
open System.Windows.Forms
open System.Drawing

open Mogre

type OgreWindow(origin, hWnd) =
    //-----------------------------------------------------
    // 1 enter ogre
    //-----------------------------------------------------
    let root = new Root()

    do  //-----------------------------------------------------
        // 2 configure resource paths
        //-----------------------------------------------------
        let cf = new ConfigFile()
        cf.Load("resources.cfg", "\t:=", true)

        // Go through all sections & settings in the file
        let seci = cf.GetSectionIterator()

        // Normally we would use the foreach syntax, which enumerates the values, but in this case we need CurrentKey too;
        while seci.MoveNext() do
            for pair in seci.Current do
                ResourceGroupManager.Singleton.AddResourceLocation(pair.Value, pair.Key, seci.CurrentKey)

        //-----------------------------------------------------
        // 3 Configures the application and creates the window
        //-----------------------------------------------------
        root.RenderSystem <- root.GetAvailableRenderers() |> Seq.find (fun rs -> rs.Name = "Direct3D9 Rendering Subsystem")
        root.RenderSystem.SetConfigOption("Full Screen", "No")
        root.RenderSystem.SetConfigOption("Video Mode", "640 x 480 @ 32-bit colour")

        root.Initialise(false) |> ignore
        let misc = new NameValuePairList()
        misc.["externalWindowHandle"] <- hWnd.ToString()
        let window = root.CreateRenderWindow("Simple Mogre Form Window", 0u, 0u, false, misc.ReadOnlyInstance)
        ResourceGroupManager.Singleton.InitialiseAllResourceGroups()

        //-----------------------------------------------------
        // 4 Create the SceneManager
        //
        //      ST_GENERIC = octree
        //      ST_EXTERIOR_CLOSE = simple terrain
        //      ST_EXTERIOR_FAR = nature terrain (depreciated)
        //      ST_EXTERIOR_REAL_FAR = paging landscape
        //      ST_INTERIOR = Quake3 BSP
        //-----------------------------------------------------
        let sceneMgr = root.CreateSceneManager(SceneType.ST_GENERIC, "SceneMgr")
        sceneMgr.AmbientLight <- new ColourValue(0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f)

        //-----------------------------------------------------
        // 5 Create the camera
        //-----------------------------------------------------
        let camera = sceneMgr.CreateCamera("SimpleCamera")
        camera.Position <- new Vector3(0.0f, 0.0f, 100.0f)
        // Look back along -Z
        camera.LookAt(new Vector3(0.0f, 0.0f, -300.0f))
        camera.NearClipDistance <- 5.0f

        let viewport = window.AddViewport(camera)
        viewport.BackgroundColour <- new ColourValue(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f)

        let ent = sceneMgr.CreateEntity("ogre", "ogrehead.mesh")
        let node = sceneMgr.RootSceneNode.CreateChildSceneNode("ogreNode")
        node.AttachObject(ent)

    member this.Paint() =
        root.RenderOneFrame() |> ignore

    member this.Dispose() =
        if root <> null then
            root.Dispose()

type MogreForm() as this =
    inherit Form()

    let mogrePanel = new System.Windows.Forms.Panel()

    // Between Suspend and Resume Layout is normal form Designer Code
    do  base.SuspendLayout()

        mogrePanel.Location <- new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0)
        mogrePanel.Name <- "mogrePanel"
        mogrePanel.Size <- new System.Drawing.Size(483, 375)
        mogrePanel.TabIndex <- 0

        base.AutoScaleDimensions <- new System.Drawing.SizeF(6.0f, 13.0f)
        base.AutoScaleMode <- System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font
        base.ClientSize <- new System.Drawing.Size(483, 375)
        base.Controls.Add(mogrePanel)
        base.Name <- "MogreForm"
        base.Text <- "Simple F# Mogre Form";

        base.ResumeLayout(false)

        let mogreWin = new OgreWindow(Point(100, 30), mogrePanel.Handle)
        this.Disposed.Add(fun _ -> mogreWin.Dispose())
        this.Paint.Add(fun _ -> mogreWin.Paint())

let main() =
    Application.EnableVisualStyles()
    Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false)
    Application.Run(new MogreForm())

[<STAThread>]
do main()

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Q: Related posts: Get records by tags from different tables I'm working on a news site. Like every news site there will be news, columns, videos and photo galleries. I'm planning to keep these different types of records in different tables but relate them with tags. Here is a simple schema:
Tables: News, Videos, Galleries, Columns, Tags, Post_to_tags
Post_to_tags:
- tagid
- postid
- posttype [news,video,gallery,column]
Now what I need to do is get related records for a post in a single query. It's easy to join one table and get related posts but when it comes to different tables... Any idea?

A: You may want to do it in two queries, as doing it in one query will be quite ugly, and may not buy you much in terms of speed.
So you would use the tags to get all the postids that relate, then just do a join to get the articles and associated records that relate to the postids.
select n.*, g.*, v.* FROM News n
   INNER JOIN Galleries g ON(g.postid=n.postid)
   INNER JOIN Videos v ON(v.postid=n.postid)
   WHERE n.postid IN(
     (SELECT p.postid FROM Post_to_tags p WHERE ...)
   )

This should be a starting point, but I see your problem, as you have posttype.
Why not ignore posttype for this query and just use the same postid, for the story, so they have a way to be searched easily.

A: If your query is getting the same number of fields with the same datatypes, you can use a UNION.
SELECT fielda, fieldb FROM news n
  JOIN post_to_tags p ON (n.post_id=p.post_id)
  where p.tag_id='x' and p.post_type='news'
UNION
SELECT fielda, fieldb FROM videos v
  JOIN post_to_tags p ON (v.post_id=p.post_id)
  where p.tag_id='x' and p.post_type='videos'

But if this is the case, you may want to reconsider your schema.  Something like:

*

*Post table with fields common to all
post types, and a flag field for post
type

*Details_X tables with fields specific
to type X posts

will allow a single query:
SELECT fielda, fieldb FROM posts p
  JOIN post_to_tags pt ON (p.post_id=pt.post_id)
  where pt.tag_id='x';


In the modern period in art the relationship between a work and its image became ever more complex. Anticipating today's digital culture, in which high-resolution 360-degree photography and slick installation shots provide us with our first – and sometimes only – encounter with a particular piece by an artist, in the early 20th century works by Barbara Hepworth and her international contemporaries became known to many primarily as reproductions in avant-garde magazines and specialist books, or, as the amount of coverage given over to the arts in mainstream media increased, in newspapers, cinema newsreels and television documentaries.
In a 1932 essay Hepworth's friend, the art critic Herbert Read, described the camera as 'a chisel of light, cutting into the reality of objects'. His analogy between the tools of the sculptor and the photographer and filmmaker is an appropriate one in this instance. Hepworth's art proved a wonderful subject for photographers and film directors, who delighted in capturing the forms, textures and angles of her sculpture.
The first film about her work was Dudley Shaw Ashton's Figures in a Landscape of 1953, funded by the newly established British Film Institute's Experimental Film Fund and combining the words of the archeologist and writer Jacquetta Hawkes spoken by poet Cecil Day-Lewis with a score by Priaulx Rainier. Somewhat surreal sequences placed her sculpture alongside ancient monuments or on the beach. Despite conveying more of the director's vision than the artist's, it set the tone for future portrayals, especially in the emphasis on the connection between her art and the Cornish landscape.
Hepworth's work featured in a range of films in the 1950s and 1960s, including newsreels distributed internationally, and more reflective pieces such as Warren Forma's Five British Sculptors (Work and Talk) of 1964 or John Read's Barbara Hepworth of 1961 for the BBC. Aware of the impact of the moving image for her reputation, she was keen to ensure her artistic ideas were correctly represented. Archive correspondence reveals her being fairly prescriptive in her dealings with filmmakers, requesting detailed scenarios in advance or advising on the best locations and specific times of day for filming, as with a documentary for Westward Television in 1968.
It is terribly important that the photography should not be cut in any way at all. If even a fraction of the bottom or top is removed, it prevents one feeling that the carving is large and merely looks about six inches long. With the roof and gutter in the background the whole thing manages to achieve a scale.
The polished parts of the blue marble came out black and distorted with polychrome film. After several attempts this photo was got with old chrome film + special lense. The dark edges which remain are not faked – they are part of the [carving].
Hepworth's views on the photographic representation of her work were undoubtedly informed by her own experience with the medium. Between about 1933 and 1944 it was actually the sculptor herself behind the camera, documenting her work for her records. She learned to select appropriate backgrounds and how to light and angle her sculpture to convey its texture and mass. The earliest examples of her photography on display in the Tate Britain exhibition are found in the family albums assembled while living in her Hampstead studio with Ben Nicholson. Each page is a playful combination of pictures depicting her sculptures, Nicholson's paintings and domestic ephemera, juxtaposed with views from the studio's various vantage points and photographs of the artists at work or at rest. Echoing the eclectic design of the studio interior, the books communicate a conception of art and life intertwined, a mise en scène that the couple, significantly, translated into exhibition spaces for joint shows at Arthur Tooth and Sons in 1932 and the Lefevre gallery in 1933, both in London.
As the album images seem to show, for Hepworth photography was not simply a means of disseminating her work among a wider audience, but also a tool that enabled her to reflect on her art. She experimented with different photographic techniques, creating photograms, such as Self- Portrait Photogram 1933 (see Tate Etc. issue 29), which resonate with the incised profiles that feature in sculptures made around the same time.
Her particular motivation appears to have been the question of how to represent three-dimensional sculptures in a flat image – and one possible answer was the double-exposure of Two Forms 1937, which, by combining a multiple perspective, evokes a sense of the viewer moving around a work. Yet the singularity of this picture among her papers prompts us to conclude that she felt she had not yet solved her problem. Further experiments reveal her ambition as an artist, such as the series of seven collages for which she cut up photographs of her existing sculptures and pasted them, enlarged, into images of landscapes or modernist buildings, thus speculating how her work would appear if commissioned on a larger scale and in relation to nature or architecture.
Hepworth's sensitivity during her lifetime in managing the representation of her work in photographs and on film, therefore, belies not only a sophisticated understanding of the power of the image to stimulate critical, popular and commercial interest in her work, but also an awareness of how to use it as a means of experimentation.
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Elections in Taiwan live up to democratic standards. Results are usually undisputed and the whole electoral process is closely monitored by the media. The 2012 parliamentary and presidential elections were widely perceived as free and fair. Ma Ying-jeou was re-elected as president for the second term, even though in the run-up to the elections, his liberal opponent Tsai Ing-Wen of the Democratic Progressive Party had been seen as a strong competitor. However, mainland China stated rather clearly what the election result should look like in order to maintain and foster relations between the two countries. In the end, this might have influenced the majority of voters who opted for stability instead of voting for a candidate that might have taken a tougher stance towards
Taiwan's bigger neighbour. Political participation and pluralism are vibrant in Taiwan. Opposition parties can operate freely and without restrictions. The civil society is meaningfully included in the political process.
Absence of Unconstitutional Veto Players
There are no veto players without a constitutional mandate in the political system of Taiwan. Despite occasional strong disagreement on policy matters, there is a broad consensus among political actors concerning Taiwan's political system as a market-based democracy, and so there are no noteworthy anti-democratic powers that could act as an unconstitutional veto player. Nevertheless, mainland China plays a crucial role in Taiwan's political everyday life and politicians frequently refrain from backing policies that might annoy China. In other words, Chinese influence over Taiwanese inner politics, trade and foreign relations is considerable and China thus certainly qualifies as an important veto player in the political system of Taiwan.
Press and media operate relatively free and unrestricted in Taiwan: different opinions and views are voiced, criticism towards government policies is tolerated, the Internet is free and foreign journalists can travel and report without restrictions. It is therefore safe to say that government influence on the press is minimal. Lately, however, there have been some efforts by the government to restrict critical press voices. Ever closer commercial ties between Taiwan and China have also driven media owners and journalists to practice self-censorship, albeit on a limited scale.
Independence of the Judiciary
The Taiwanese court system is independent of political interference, and trials are generally fair. However, in recent years there have been concerns over the selection of judges for high-profile cases as well as corruption scandals that call judicial independence into question. In June 2011, in an effort to reform the legal system, the legislature passed a law (scheduled to take effect in 2012) that would allow for the removal of corrupt and incompetent judges.
Corruption remains a problem in Taiwan, albeit significantly less serious than in the past. The country saw a string of high-profile corruption cases in the past two years, including those involving judges, an ex-diplomat and even its former presidents. As recent as August 2012, prosecutors uncovered another bribery case implicating former National Fire Agency chief Huang Chi-min, suspected of accepting NT$100m (about US$ 3.4m) in bribes for procurement projects during his tenure from 2003 to 2009. Indeed, the government has shown an attempt to deal with the problem of corruption among mid- and low-level public officials by setting up the Agency Against Corruption in July 2011, operating under the Ministry of Justice. However, the Agency does not have the authority to prosecute
ministerial-level officials. Taiwan was listed at the 32rd position out of 183 countries surveyed in Transparency International's 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index.
Protection of Human Rights
Human Rights are generally protected and respected in Taiwan. Freedoms of assembly and expression are observed, although protesters can be prosecuted for failing to obtain a permit or obey police orders to disperse under the Assembly and Parade Law. Taiwanese academics are generally allowed to write and lecture without interference, and residents are free to practice their faiths. Although civil society groups are required to register with the government, registration is often granted easily and ngos normally operate without harassment. The police largely refrain from arbitrary detention, and lawyers are allowed to monitor interrogations to prevent abuses. The Taiwanese Constitution provides for the equality of all citizens. Six seats in the legislature are reserved for
indigenous people, giving them representation that exceeds their share of the population. However, some aspects need improvement. One worrying trend is, although the number of executions had dropped since 2002 and the country gave no death sentences during 2006-2009, the issue of death penalty resumed in 2010, with five people executed in 2011. Taiwan has yet to achieve gender equality, as women still face job discrimination and receive lower pay than men on average. Moreover, the island continues to be a destination for human trafficking, and a large number of foreign workers in the country are without legal protection from abuses by employers.
Security of Property Rights
Property rights are adequately protected under Taiwanese law. The courts honour and enforce contracts, but the judicial process can be slow at times. Several laws have been passed to enforce the protection of intellectual property rights; yet pirated CDs and DVDs, counterfeit pharmaceuticals and fake luxury goods still are readily available.
Size of Government: Expenditures, Taxes, and Enterprises
Government spending has dropped from 18.5% to 16% of the GDP. Recent privatisation and deregulation measures led to the state playing a smaller role in Taiwan's economy.
Taiwan has a comparatively high income tax rate of 40% and a corporate tax rate of 17%. Additionally, a surtax of 10% is charged on undistributed profits. Other taxes comprise value added tax and property tax. Overall tax revenue represents about 8.4% of the GDP.
Regulation of Credit, Labour, and Business
Taiwan's financial sector is modern and competitive. Foreign investors operate freely. The government, through its own institutions which account for roughly half of the country's financial assets, dominates banking. Foreign banks have a limited role. Taiwanese regulations well protect the freedom to start, run and close a business. The introduction of a one-stop shop for business registration has greatly facilitated the starting of a business and application for a license. The former now can be done in just ten days and three procedures. A license can be obtained in 125 days and 25 procedures. Closing a business is an uncomplicated process. The World Bank ranked Taiwan at the 25th place in its 2012 Doing Business report. Labour regulations are fairly inflexible.
The non-salary cost of a worker is low, although firing procedures can be costly and complicated. Regulations on work hours are not flexible.
Freedom to Trade Internationally
Taiwan's weighted average tariff rate is set at 2.5%. With trade with China being the only exception, the state does not interfere significantly with foreign trade. In the case of China, regulations to control Taiwan's trade and investment dependency on the mainland are in place. Amongst the obstacles to foreign trade are import and export bans and restrictions, state trade in some goods and weak enforcement of intellectual property rights.
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A Year-in-Review: The Top 3 Threats of 2019
Moving into 2020, I wanted to take a look back at some of the must-know threats of 2019, which unfortunately, can pose a threat to each and every one of us. Here are the top ones.
1. Ransomware
One of the most intimidating threats out there is Ransomware. A malicious software that encrypts any data it can get a hold of, preventing access to this data until the ransom is paid. Attacker's preferred targets for Ransomware attacks are SMBs. These organizations tend to have insufficient defensive mechanisms leaving themselves vulnerable to such attacks.
A nasty Ransomware which became very famous since its conception in 2018.
It is operated by a Russian-based hacking group called Wizard Spider, also responsible for Trickbot malware. Ryuk is a great example of a multi-stage attack, as many of its installations are done by Trickbot.
It is believed Ryuk is somewhat of an evolved form of Hermes Ransomware due to numerous similarities and characteristics.
Bitpaymer
Usually paired with Dridex/Emotet, Bitpaymer Ransomware usually targets mid-large size organizations, making it's ransom payments relatively high.
Bitpaymer is operated by Indrik Spider, the same e-crime group that operates Dridex.
Earlier this year, DoppelPaymer was forked from Bitpaymer's code and it appears that both malware were operating in parallel.
Gandcrab
Notorious Gandcrab is one of the most successful RaaS (ransomware-as-a-service).
In 2019, the operators of Gandcrab declared retirement, after making over $2B in just a year and a half (for comparison – Dunkin' Donuts gross revenue was $1.3B in 2018 with significantly larger operation costs.
2. Phishing
Generally speaking, Phishing is a form of a cyber-attack deceiving an end-user and tricks them into doing actions or providing information, they would otherwise not disclose.
These days, not a day goes by without a huge number of phishing attempts. New levels of sophistication, along with technology improvements, brought the field of phishing to a new playing field.
Heavily relying on social engineering, the fraudsters try to impersonate the organization's executives into fooling employees, usually in order to have them do things benefiting the attackers, like wire transfers. Among "these phishing methods, are CEO Fraud, Attorney Impersonation, Data theft, etc.
Watering Hole Attack
The term, borrowed from the realm of animals, refers to a situation where attackers wait stealthily for the victims in a place they know their victims will end up coming to.
Attackers inject their code into a legitimate website's code while preserving the original look and behavior of the website.
When the victim arrives at the website, the attack will execute.
This could result in leaked SSN, email addresses, passwords or even start a download of the newest version of the attackers' botnet.
Credential Harvesting / Impersonation
In this plot, the attackers usually create a fake website with the look and feel of a popular website; Paypal, Bank of America or even Office365 login page. A link to the website is often distributed via email and, if the attack is successful, the credentials of the innocent end-user will be stored and used by the attackers for various purposes.
3. Botnets
One of the most prevalent first-stage attacks.
A Botnet is a malicious computer program, designed to be controlled by the attacker.
It can be leveraged to create a massive DDOS attack, leak sensitive information from the end-users' computer or install the next phase of a complex Ransomware attack.
Undoubtedly, a top dog in the Botnet landscape. The US Cert states Emotet is among the most costly and destructive malware. This banking trojan is widely spread and used as an installer for malware like Dridex or Trickbot.
Trickbot
One of the most successful banking trojans. Often paired with Ryuk, causing destructive damage to organizations, Trickbot is massively spread through email campaigns. Trickbot is a modular malware, which means the attackers can adjust it for their needs – drop another malware, use Mimikatz and leak sensitive information from their computer.
Dridex
Often used as a prior infection phase for Bitpaymer and also known as Cridex or Bugat. This malware is usually delivered via malicious VBA macros in Office documents. One of the main things Dridex does is log keystrokes, trying to find sensitive banking information in hopes to steal money from innocent victims.
The cyberthreats landscape constantly evolves. New types of attacks and implementations of existing attacks keep emerging. With attackers selling 'Ransomware as a service' (RAAS), combining their operations with multi-stage attacks and installing stealth Cryptomining malware, bad actors' creativity never ceases to amaze.
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#14: The Black Imagination: Science Fiction, Futurism and the Speculative (Black Studies and Critical Thinking #14) (Hardcover): $199.85
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#29: Daughters of Seclusion: The Revelation of the Ibibio «Fattened Bride» as the Icon of Beauty and Power (Black Studies and Critical Thinking #29) (Paperback): $58.73
#34: Messages for Educational Leadership: The Constance E. Clayton Lectures 1998-2007 (Black Studies and Critical Thinking #34) (Hardcover): $216.02
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#67: Nurturing Sanctuary: Community Capacity Building in African American Churches (Black Studies and Critical Thinking #67) (Paperback): Email or call for price & availability
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#69: Black Feminism in Education: Black Women Speak Back, Up, and Out (Black Studies and Critical Thinking #69) (Paperback): Email or call for price & availability
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#73: Brothers in Charge; Black Male Leadership in Higher Education and Public Health (Black Studies and Critical Thinking #73) (Paperback): Email or call for price & availability
#74: Alchemy of the Soul: An African-Centered Education (Black Studies and Critical Thinking #74) (Paperback): Email or call for price & availability
#76: Leading While Black: Reflections on the Racial Realities of Black School Leaders Through the Obama Era and Beyond (Black Studies and Critical Thinking #76) (Paperback): Email or call for price & availability
#83: The Problematic Tyler Perry (Black Studies and Critical Thinking #83) (Paperback): Email or call for price & availability
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#97: Research Methods in Africana Studies Revised Edition (Black Studies and Critical Thinking #97) (Paperback): Email or call for price & availability
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In Fighting for Our Place in the Sun, Richard D. Benson II examines the life of Malcolm X as not only a radical political figure, but also as a teacher and mentor. The book illuminates the untold tenets of Malcolm X's educational philosophy, and also traces a historical trajectory of Black activists that sought to create spaces of liberation and learning that are free from cultural and racial oppression. It explains a side of the Black student movement and shift in black power that develops as a result of the student protests in North Carolina and Duke University. From these acts of radicalism, Malcolm X Liberation University (MXLU), the Student Organization for Black Unity (SOBU/YOBU), and African Liberation Day (ALD) were produced to serve as catalysts to extend the tradition of Black activism in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Scholars, researchers, community organizers, and students of African-American studies, American studies, history of education, political science, Pan-African studies, and more will benefit from this provocative and enlightening text.
Scholar, author, advocate, Richard D. Benson II earned a PhD in educational policy studies from the University of Illinois-at Urbana Champaign. He travels frequently as a guest lecturer speaking on topics such as the black student movement, and school-community advocacy. Benson resides in Atlanta, Georgia, where he is Assistant Professor in the Education Studies Program at Spelman College.
Schools - Levels - Higher
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Publication Date: December 23rd, 2014
Series: Black Studies and Critical Thinking
Richard D. Benson II's book will ground oft-misguided declarations about the purpose and future of historically Black colleges and universities … He connects the political and educational philosophies of Malcolm X, the Nation of Islam, SNCC, SOBU, YOBU, and a constellation of Black organizations to fashion a new interpretive lens … This remarkable and long-awaited corrective by a teacher/scholar operate[es], as Brother Malcolm did, in Black pedagogical spaces where intergenerational and Pan-African internationalist intellectual work was and is undertaken for broader human transformation. Benson has done our ancestors and current generation proud. (Greg Carr, Chair, Afro American Studies Department, Howard University)


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Survey Finds Broad Support For Government Action On Climate
By Madelyn Beck
Madelyn Beck
Published June 26, 2020 at 11:51 AM MDT
Wesley Tingey
Two-thirds of Americans think the federal government should be doing more to reduce the impacts of climate change, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
A full 90% of people support government action on planting millions of trees, something President Donald Trump has even touted. And a broad majority of both Democrats and Republicans also support giving tax credits to businesses for developing carbon capture and storage projects.
However, the survey of nearly 11,000 adults in the U.S. found some significant differences between Democrats and Republicans.
Political affiliation was the largest factor in whether a survey respondent thought climate change was affecting their community, according to Alec Tyson, who co-authored a report on the survey's findings.
"A majority of Democrats say, 'Yes, I think my community is being impacted by climate change,'" Tyson said. "But if you ask Republicans the same question, a much smaller share – far, far fewer than half – say they see a local impact of climate change."
Geography also shapes views on climate impacts, the survey suggests, with Americans who live near a coastline being more likely than those who live further away to say climate change is affecting their community.
The survey also found generational differences, with younger Republicans splitting from the larger group to support more environmental safeguards, improved water quality and alternative energy sources.
"Younger Republicans are much less supportive of fossil fuel energy sources, whether that's offshore oil and gas, coal mining or hydraulic fracturing," Tyson said. "Fewer than half or about half favor those methods of energy production."
However, Tyson says these younger Republicans still voted more similarly to the baby boomers in their own party than to the Democrats.
Tyson said there's also some gaps between moderate and liberal Republicans, but conservative Republicans still make up about two-thirds of the GOP. Only 22% of the party as a whole believe humans are a main driver behind the climate crisis, compared to 72% of Democrats.
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This story was produced by the Mountain West News Bureau, a collaboration between Wyoming Public Media, Boise State Public Radio in Idaho, KUNR in Nevada, the O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West in Montana, KUNC in Colorado, KUNM in New Mexico, with support from affiliate stations across the region. Funding for the Mountain West News Bureau is provided in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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Madelyn Beck is a regional Illinois reporter, based in Galesburg. On top of her work for Harvest Public Media, she also contributes to WVIK, Tri-States Public Radio and the Illinois Newsroom collaborative. Beck is from a small cow ranch in Manhattan, Montana. Her previous work was mostly based in the western U.S., but she has covered agriculture, environment and health issues from Alaska to Washington, D.C. Before joining Harvest and the Illinois Newsroom, she was as an energy reporter based in Wyoming for the public radio collaborative Inside Energy. Other publications include the Idaho Mountain Express, E&E News/EnergyWire, KRBD Rainbird Radio, the Montana Broadcasters Association, Montana Public Radio and the Tioga Tribune.
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Madelyn Beck is Boise State Public Radio's regional reporter with the Mountain West News Bureau. She's from Montana but has reported everywhere from North Dakota to Alaska to Washington, D.C. Her last few positions included covering energy resources in Wyoming and reporting on agriculture/rural life issues in Illinois.
Climate Change And Deforestation Mean Earth's Trees Are Younger And Shorter
A new study finds rising temperatures and climate-driven disasters are helping transform the very makeup of the world's forests. This has major implications for biodiversity and more warming.
Researcher: Warming Globe Could Drive Climate Migrants To The Mountain West
A recent study shows that humans have been living in a specific temperature "niche" for at least 6,000 years, but climate change could force billions of...


Beauty and money is such a great combination, especially when we're talking about Victoria's Secret Model. Nexter picked top wealthiest "Angel wings" from last year ranked by Forbes.
Taylor joined Angels in 2015 and still she's one of Victoria's Secret models. Despite she's only 21, she already won "Model of the Year" in social media at Fashion Media Awards in 2015 and worked with many world-famous brands.
Inspired by Tyra Banks she has been dreaming about a model career since her childhood.
Tookes was selected to wear the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Fantasy Bra (worth $3 million in 2016) at the 2016 show, which was held in Paris, France. It made her the 4th black model to wear the bra.
Being born in a fashion-oriented family she had a great chance to become a famous model. She became an Angel – a year after her first Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.
A Puerto Rican model who became the first Latina model to represent Estée Lauder cosmetics in 2011. Among her other achievements, the number #1 spot in 'top model in the world' rank by Models.com.
Alessandra Ambrosio firstly appeared in Victoria's Secret show in 2004. Now she's 36 and she's one of the 'oldest' Angels. in May 2007 f People magazine named her one of the "100 Most Beautiful People in the World".
Liu Wen is the first Asian VS model. She has been seen in Angels runway since 2009.
LA model Gigi Hadid walked her first Victoria's Secret show in 2015 and was voted runner-up Model of the Year 2016 according to models.com.
Kendall Jenner is the third highest-paid model in the world overall, according to Forbes. Also, she is one of the top 15 most followed celebrities on Instagram as for 2017.
Brazilian-born Adriana Lima is the longest-serving Victoria's Secret Angel ever. Lima walked her first Angel show in late 1999. Moreover, she was named "the most valuable Victoria's Secret Angel" in 2017.
Beauty and money is such a great combination, especially when we're talking about Victoria's Secret Model. Nexter picked top wealthiest "Angel wings" from last year ranked by Forbes.


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New drug 'khat' seized again at Dhaka airport
Customs officials today again seized 140 kilogrammes of Khat, a "new psychoactive substance (NPS)", at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
A team of Dhaka Customs House with help of officials of National Security Intelligence (NSI) seized the drug from eight cartons at cargo unit of the airport, said Othello Chowdhury, deputy commissioner of Dhaka Customs House.
The drug, that looks like green tea and is ingested by dissolving it in water, was brought to the country in a Jet Airways flight from India on September 9, the DC said.
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Regional acquisitions begin consolidation phase in LatAm
The best-capitalized startups in the region, such as Jüsto, Yummy, and Ualá, have started acquiring small players to grow faster.
Carolina Zepeda
The ecosystem of VCs and startups in LatAm have been constantly growing for a decade. This has shown the beginning of a different stage: that of consolidation.
2021 has been a year of extraordinary investment in the region. As of last August, there were $ 12 billion invested in 500 deals, of which $ 3.6 billion went only to fintech companies, according to data from Pitchbook and ALLVP.
However, these levels of capitalization have allowed several companies to expand in the region by acquiring small players in new markets.
It is a sign that the ecosystem is strengthening, since the focus is no longer so much the creation of new startups but its evolution towards local giants. Only in the second half of the year we have seen five important deals:
Ualá bought the Mexican bank ABC Capital
The Argentine unicorn seeks to position itself as a strong fintech competitor in Mexico. After raising an investment round of $ 350 million dollars (mdd), the fintech acquired the ABC Capital bank in Mexico, which was in financial trouble.
The acquisition of ABC Capital is a concrete bet for Ualá. This way, the startup can obtain all the regulatory requirements demanded by the Mexican financial market. If obtained, Ualá could gain an advantage in its competition with Brazil's Nubank, which is also looking to grow in Mexico.
Yummy completed the acquisition of the Bolivian super app Yaigo
The acquisition of the Bolivian delivery company Yaigo is strategic for Yummy, a startup of Venezuelan origin. Yaigo, whose name is an acronym for "you ask I go", is one of the first Bolivian technology exports with a profitable and scalable business model. Prior to the acquisition, Yaigo operated in Bolivia and Paraguay.
"We are happy to add Yaigo to the Yummy family and with this continue to grow exponentially in the region," said Vicente Zavarce, Founding CEO and CEO of Yummy, in a statement. The plans of the Venezuelan company are to continue expanding throughout South America.
Delivery Hero acquired the Salvadoran super app Hugo
Hugo, the leading delivery, transportation and fintech company in Central America attracted the attention of the German giant Delivery Hero.
HugoApp is of Salvadoran origin but also operates in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica. Although Delivery Hero is a European company, it can give Hugo the fuel he needs to get out of South America and become a global super app.
Jüsto bought Freshmart, the main digital supermarket in Peru
Last October, the Mexican company Jüsto announced the acquisition of Freshmart, the main online supermarket in Peru. This operation will allow Jüsto to continue implementing fair practices without intermediaries for local suppliers.
Jüsto's goal is to transform supermarket shopping throughout the region. With the $ 65 million investment it received in early 2021, the Mexican startup is capitalized enough to quickly become the favorite supermarket delivery app in Latin America through these types of acquisitions.
Konfío acquires Sr. Pago and expands its portfolio of services for SMEs
The Mexican fintech made a very strategic move by acquiring Mr. Pago, because with it Konfío can offer B2C payments. It's the third acquisition that Konfío has made since 2020. It had previously acquired Astro, a digital operability platform for SMEs, and Gestionix, an ERP also for these types of companies.
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Viva Dot Com- Foundation of Information Technology is in two volumes for Classes 9 and 10. This volume is specially meant for Class 10 students following the CBSE curriculum. The book is organized into four units, syllabus prescribed by CBSE, Practice questions and a glossary. These units include description of the basic of IT, the basic information processing tools, projects on Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, an overview on Security, Plagiarism and Career in IT, the latest syllabus prescribed by CBSE, practice questions and the definitions of basic terms related to IT in glossary.