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Q: Почему появляется ошибка 404? Python, django Здравствуйте. Учусь программировать на django. Почему появляется ошибка 404? Как это исправить?(Пользуюсь ListView,DetailView)
models.py
from django.db import models
from datetime import *

# Create your models here.
class Post(models.Model):
    title = models.CharField(max_length = 255,verbose_name="Title")
    img = models.CharField(max_length = 255,verbose_name="Image")
    text = models.TextField()
    short_text = models.CharField(max_length = 70,verbose_name="short_text")
    alias = models.SlugField(max_length = 255,verbose_name="urlname")
    class Meta:
        verbose_name = "Post"
        verbose_name_plural = "Post's"
        def __str__(self):
            return 'Post %s' % self.title

urls.py
from django.conf.urls import url
from .views import PostsListView,PostDetailView
urlpatterns=[
    url(r'^$', PostsListView.as_view(),name="list"),
    url(r'^post/(?P<alias>\d+)$', PostDetailView.as_view()),
]

post_list.html
<!DOCTYPE html>

    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Home Page</title>

{{title}}

    {% for post in object_list%}

{{post.title}}

{{post.short_text}}

 Show...

    {% endfor %}

post_detail.html
<!DOCTYPE html>

    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Post</title>

    {% for post in object_list %}

{{post.title}}

{{post.text}}

    {% endfor %}

views.py
from django.shortcuts import render
from main.models import *
from django.http import Http404,HttpResponse
from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
from django.template.loader import render_to_string
from django.template import Context,Template
from .models import Post
# Create your views here.
from django.views.generic import ListView,DetailView

class PostsListView(ListView):
    model = Post
class PostDetailView(DetailView):
    model = Post

A: Потому что в файле urls.py группа <alias> у Вас \d+ принимает только цифры. Вам надо [a-z0-9_]+ или что-то в этом роде.


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Q: Integration of step functions
I've managed parts (a) and (b) fairly easily, but c is causing me a real headache. I've seen the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality before, but I've hit a roadblock because I've no idea whether or not I can conclude that I(phi^2) is less than or equal to (I(phi))^2, which I need in order to get the result Any tips?

A: If $\phi$ is a step function, i.e., $\phi= \Sigma_{i=1}^n c_i\chi_i$ , then
$\phi $ is Riemann integrable, so it is Lebesgue integrable, so that
$\phi \in L^1$, so Cauchy-Schwarz applies:
$$ \int (\phi) (\phi)= \int  \phi^2 \leq \int \phi \int \phi= (\int \phi )^2 $$
If you have not seen Lebesgue integration, then you can use the fact that the space of Riemann-integrable functions are an inner-product space (see* for a caveat) with inner-product given as above, i.e., $<f,g>:= \int fg$, and then apply Cauchy-Schwarz.

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*The problem with Riemann integrable functions as a normed space is that we may have $||f||:= (\int f^2)^{1/2}=0$ without t$f$ being $0$, but this is not a problem in your situation, and you may work with Riemann-integrable functions as an inner-product space and apply Cauchy-Schwarz.

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2nd promising COVID-19 vaccine candidate stirs hope as Canada surpasses 300k cases
Paola Loriggio
News of another promising COVID-19 vaccine candidate stirred hope Monday as Canada's case count surpassed the 300,000 mark, with the two hardest-hit provinces continuing to report more than 1,000 daily new infections and a sudden spike in Nunavut triggering a two-week lockdown.
Moderna's announcement that its COVID-19 vaccine appears to be 94.5 per cent effective, according to preliminary data, comes a week after a similar announcement from Pfizer.
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Both American companies are among those that have signed agreements with Canada, and have asked Health Canada to review their products.
Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu said Monday the news from Moderna amounts to "a light at the end of the tunnel," echoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's comments last week regarding the Pfizer vaccine candidate.
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Bayram Annakov
CEO and founder of App in the air
Timur Valishev
CEO and founder of JivoSite
Eldar Sadikov
CEO and founder of Jetlore, Sr. Director, PayPal Marketing Solutions
Kirill Evdakov
CEO and founder of Fasten, CBDO of Vezet Group
Dmitry Zaruta
CEO and founder of Easy Ten
Dmitry Mackevich
CEO and founder of Dbrain
Max Nalsky
CEO and founder of Pyrus
Kaspars Kivrinsh
CEO and founder of Look Hook (CoMagic)
Judy Sindecuse
CEO and managing director of Capital Innovators
Ching-Ping Lin
Program director at MOX
Paolo Borella
Head of Program and co-founder of Vertical
Ali Kutay Yarali
Venture Partner at ANQA VC, Mentor at Startupbootcamp Digital Health Berlin
Dmitry Chikhachev
Managing Partner at Runa Capital
Andrey Desyatov
CEO at Antilatency
Sergey Koshevoy
CEO and founder of Planyway
Daria Mingalieva
CMO and co-founder of CINEMOOD
Mikhail Axelrod
CEO and founder of Windy
Ivan Klabukov
CEO and co-founder of HUDWAY
Trevor Tune
Independent growth consultant
Oleg Kivokurtsev
CBDO and co-founder of Promobot
Constantin Ivanov
CEO and co-founder of Digifabster
Alexander Tkach
Head of international media at Tribuna Digital
Irina Efimenko
CEO and co-founder of Semantic Hub
Brian Tan
Senior Project Manager for Internationalisation at ACE
Head of IIDF Accelerator
Alexey Solovyev
Partner at iTech Capital
Iskander Giniyatullin
Partner at Sistema_VC
Maxim Chebotarev
Partner at Techmafia, Co-investments at IIDF
Ilya Korolev
Portfolio Director at IIDF
Nikita Yuriev
Investment manager at IIDF
Welcoming remarks and introduction
Insights from IIDF's international endeavors
Maxim Cheboratev, partner at Techmafia, co-investments at IIDF
How investors help founders build a global tech company
Dmitry Chikhachev, managing partner at Runa Capital
Alexey Solovyev, partner at iTech Capital
Iskander Giniyatullin, partner at Sistema_VC
Ilya Korolev, portfolio Director at IIDF Moderator
How we launched our app in the Middle East
Bayram Annakov, CEO and founder of App in the air
How to build a team with global potential: Fasten story in the USA
Kirill Evdakov, CEO and co-founder of Fasten, CBDO Vezet Group
Go-to-market case studies of B2B software: product launch and signing up resellers
Maxim Nalsky, CEO and founder of Pyrus
B2B sales of hardware: how we made our first money on the Chinese market
Andrey Desyatov, CEO of Antilatency
Singapore as a start-up ecosystem hub and a launchpad to Southeast Asia
Brian Tan, senior Project Manager for Internationalisation at ACE
Through hardships to global markets: how to discover the right hypotheses that propel your business
Irina Efimenko, CEO and co-founder of Semantic Hub
Alexander Tkach, head of international media at Tribuna Digital
Mikhail Axelrod, CEO and founder of Windy
Dmitry Kalaev, head of IIDF accelerator Moderator
Why developing markets might be more appealing to a tech startup than Europe or the USA
Timur Valishev, CEO and founder of JivoSite
What does it mean to prepare to go cross-border: legal, tech and cultural homework
Ching-Pin Lin, program director at MOX
Hardware marketing: how to win the hearts of foreign users
Darya Mingalieva, CMO and co-founder of CINEMOOD
Ivan Klabukov, CEO and co-founder of HUDWAY
Oleg Kivokurtsev, CBDO and co-founder of Promobot
Nikita Yuriev, investment manager IIDF Moderator
Hardships of launching an app globally and how to overcome them
Sergey Koshevoy, CEO and founder of Planyway
Why the American Midwest might be more lucrative to a tech startup than California
Judy Sindecuse, CEO and managing partner of Capital Innovators
How to grow a global company and sell it
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Scaling your tech product in Europe: opportunities, nuances and entry points
Paolo Borella, co-founder and head of program at Vertical
Ali Kutay Yarali, venture partner at ANQA VC, Startupbootcamp Digital Health Berlin Mentor
Maxim Chebotarev, partner at Techmafia, Co-investments at IIDF Moderator
Trial and error: pieces of advice that had us launching in the US twice
Constantine Ivanov, CEO and co-founder of Digifabster
Hacks, instruments and methodologies for growing fast on the US market
Dmitry Zaruta, CEO and founder of Easy Ten
Kaspars Kivrinsh, CEO and co-founder ofLook Hook (CoMagic)
Dmitry Mackevich, CEO and founder of Dbrain
Trevor Tune, independent growth consultant
From fundraising and first enterprise sales to an acquisition by a Fortune 500 company: the story of Jetlore
Eldar Sadikov, CEO and founder of Jetlore, Sr. Director, PayPal Marketing Solutions
Pitch session of tech startups with global potential
Closing summary
Dmitry Kalaev, Head of IIDF Accelerator
After-party
Please note: tickets are purchased separately, following conference registration.
Perfect your investment pitch with IIDF experts
Get discovered by international VCs and accelerators
Get invited to the after-party with speakers and special guests
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Among the juries are members of LETA Capital, Runa Capital, IIDF, Sistema_VC, iTech Capital, Capital Innovators (USA), MOX Accelerator (South-East Asia), Vertical (Finland) и Startupbootcamp Digital Health (Germany) and others!
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Meet the agencies of economic development, that help launch businesses on foreign markets and learn how they can help your startup grow. Among the participating countries are Singapore, Japan, Austria, France, UK, Spain, Italy, Germany and UAE.
Ivan Gorshunov
Corestation partner and lead mentor of Google Launchpad accelerator
Sergey Toporov
Partner at LETA Capital
Konstantin Gnyp
Senior investment analyst at Runa Capital
Maksim Shavrygin
Investment Manager at iTech Capital
Fedor Samoilov
Investment analyst at Sistema_VC
Kirill Onopriychuk
Senior Project Manager at Techcode Accelerator
Yury Saprykin
VP of regional and international development, Skolkovo Fund
Darya Lipatova
Head of International acceleration department, Skolkovo Fund
Peter Loeschl
International Advisor, ABA-Invest in Austria
Pierre Cusinay
Business Location Consultant, ABA-Invest in Austria
Inward Investment Adviser at Department for International Trade, British Embassy
Representative of NRW.Russia / Moscow
Alessandro Salacone
Head of Desk Innovations & Startups at Italian Trade Agency, Italian Embassy
Jose Ángel García de la Cruz
Department of Foreign Technology Action General DirectorateCDTI (SPANISH INNOVATION AGENCY)
Speakers 2017 & 2016
Alexei Pelevin
CEO and founder of Pravo.ru
Mikhail Tokovinin
Co-founder and head of amoCRM
Amrit Dhir
Global Campus Operations Manager at Google for Entrepreneurs
Sheel Mohnot
Partner at 500 Startups, Member of the Catalyst Fund IAC
Valery Prunier
Open Innovation Director at EDF
Co-founder of Republic
Co-founder of «.etc ventures»
Brant Cooper
Co-Founder of Moves The Needle, author of The Lean Entrepreneur
Vladimir Bougay
Co-founder and CTO of Knoema
Paul Zhuravlev
Co-founder, Head of CINEMOOD USA.
Alexey Kovalev
СEO Convead
Victoria Vinogradova
Founder and CEO of Leadza.ai
Marvin Liao invests in digital media, adtech, marketing cloud, e-commerce and mobile startups across the globe. Formerly of Yahoo! Inc. (10.5 years), Marvin has worked in various departments — sales, business development, ad operations and marketing. Most of his positions have been regional or global management roles, giving him extensive experience across Asia, Europe, Latin America and the United States. He presently serves on the boards and advisory boards of several internet advertising and ad technology companies across the globe. In addition, he is a mentor for several startup accelerator programs in Europe, Israel and the US, helping guide startup teams with their sales, marketing and partner development efforts.
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Head of IIDF Accelerator: 400+ tech companies since 2013
Co-founder of GoValley.ru — a «venture tourism» program in Silicon Valley and an acceleration program in the USA — TechMafia
Business angel and managing partner of RedButton fund: $ 10M of conducted transactions
Head of Sberbank-Technology in Yekaterinburg: from zero to 50+ employees in 6 months; successful implementation of the core IT-system in 1800 of the bank's offices
Advisor to the Minister of Economics of the Sverdlovsk Region
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CEO and founder of Planyway, co-founder of Rubius, alumni of Startup Sauna, pitched at Global Pitch Russia in Silicon Valley.
Planyway is an expansion for Trello which adds time tracking and task management instruments. The platform has 100 000 users and operates in 190 countries. Among those users are IBM, Booking.com, Siemens, Coca-Cola, UBER, Tesla and Tencent. Product Hunt named Planyway Product of the Day and one of top-10 B2B-products of 2017.
CMO and co-ounder of CINEMOOD
Worked in ad and marketing since 2009. She was an art and creative director at ATL and Digital ad agencies BBDO, Leo Burnett, Grape, SapientNitro and since 2015 she is actively promoting CINEMOOD — a portable cinema. Over the last 2 years the company's staff grew from 15 to 50+ employees.
CINEMOOD is a platform of educational and entertainment content for children which includes a portable cinema, a series of smart NFC cases and content management at external services. The devices are sold in over 400+ stores in Russia and in 22 stores in the USA.
Began his career copywriting at Ruport in 2008, now co-owns a digital agency Rutorika and is their creative director. In its first year the agency won several international ad fest awards.
In 2015 co-founded Fasten — a ridesharing service, which business model was focused on people — employees, drivers and passengers. This approach made him one of top CEOs, according to Comparably. Fasten raised $20 million, built a strong tech team and a cutting-edge platform, The company grew successfully for 2 years on the US market before being bought by Russia's market leader Vezet Group.Kirill is now CBDO and is in charge of introducing tech innovation into the company's structure.
Since 2004 leads an IT-company which specialises in developing replicated software products and is a market leader in automation of bankruptcy procedures;
In 2013 founded HUDWAY (hudway.co) — AR for safe driving which projects itself onto the vehicle's windshield;
In 2015 HUDWAY won Startup of the Year award in Global Business nomination;
In 2016 the company was named 8th out of 10 most innovative companies in automotive industry (FastCompany.com) along with Ford and Tesla.
HUDWAY holds the record in Russia for most amount raised via Kickstarter — $1,2M for the development of two devices for motorists.
HUDWAY is:
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Paolo is a co-founder of Vertical, an Open Innovation company making businesses better by adding startups to the equation. Paolo is chiefly responsible for shaping and developing Vertical's investment practices and has been involved in business acceleration and startups for several years; as Director of AppCampus at the Aalto University-Microsoft-Nokia program with a 21M€ fund, he helped accelerate the Windows Phone ecosystem across the world.
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Dmitry is a co-founder and Managing Partner at Runa and is also head of the board at IT-cluster Phystech. He currently holds board seats at NGINX, Jelastic, Digital Genius, Critzr, MariaDB, Ecwid, Keymetrics, SimpliField Tellmeplus, and Yoopies. His MBA and 20+ years of executive experience, which includes growing a business from zero to $75M and managing HR for a giant international telecom supplier across 7 countries, makes him an excellent hands-on investor.
Runa Capital is a global tech-focused venture fund, founded by seasoned IT entrepreneurs. The fund actively invests in early stage startups in cloud business apps, complex software, fintech, edtech and e-healthcare. Runa made 60+ investments in 12 countries, including startups like Nginx, MariaDB, Zopa and DigitalGenius.
Brian is currently a Senior Project Manager for Internationalisation at the Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) Ltd. He manages the internationalisation effort of the ACE International Centre (ACEIC) through business missions and participation at local and international entrepreneurship and innovation thought leadership events such as VivaTech in Paris and SWITCH in Singapore.
Prior to ACE, Brian was with the Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC), a practice-based knowledge centre for urban solutions set up by the Singapore Government. He was involved in providing capability development to international officials and curated large-scale thought leadership events in the smart city and urban sustainability space such as the World Cities Summit.
Brian has had more than 10 years of experience in the urban development and built environment field, beginning his career as a planner with the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), Singapore's national planning authority, in 2006. He then brought Singapore's development expertise overseas in 2009 by joining Surbana International and subsequently Keppel Infrastructure, running offices that oversaw master planning and infrastructure projects in the Middle East and driving business development efforts in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Brian's roles at CLC and now ACE has benefited from this urban planning background and international relations experience.
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Alexey has been an investment professional since 2011 when he embarked on a career in venture industry as head of Prostor Capital fund. Today Prostor Capital is one of the four funds with total assets exceeding $200M managed by iTech Capital investment company. Alexey combines the position of a Partner and a Managing director at iTech Capital. Among iTech's portfolio companies are leaders of the market segments like Aviasales, Ticketland, Bitfury and iContext. Alexey takes an active part in developing the venture industry in Russia being a member of Market Council at RVC (Russian Venture Company) and is an author of many publications on venture market issues and personal development.
CEO and founder of Capital Innovators
Judy is a visionary leader with a proven track record of starting companies and making them profitable, delivering the highest possible return on investment. She has an exemplary ability to identify and profit from niche markets. Judy is well-organized and efficient, with major strengths in business development, profit and loss responsibility, budgeting, business turnarounds, and the development of solutions for any organizational challenge.
Among her start-up success stories: she is the founder and CEO of Bride and Groom Magazine and brideandgroom.com; founder and former CEO of Oversees Colorworks and Printing, an international marketing and print brokerage management company; and founder and former CEO of Redesign, a real-estate development company. Utilizing her strengths in new market and niche market identification, as well as early-stage company leadership, Judy has shifted her expertise to Information Technology and Consumer Products identification and investment. Her primary interest is in utilizing her extensive background with business and strategic development to select early-stage companies that possess the highest probability of success and provide these companies with funding and mentorship to accelerate their profitability and growth. Judy developed Capital Innovators Accelerator to fuel this interest.
Capital Innovators has been ranked as a top accelerator for the last four years in a row, ranking number one in the U.S. in several categories. It has invested in over 100 companies that have gone on to raise over $300 MM in follow-on-funding and create over 800 jobs. The business is now expanding its reach internationally and is adding value to a variety of industries from large scale corporations to universities and beyond.
As Program Director at MOX, Ching-Ping Lin is focused on building a world leading accelerator program for mobile apps. She is a process expert with a background in startups, data management and cross-border operations. Previous to joining SOSV MOX she worked as head of operations for the first commercial aircraft leasing company in China and managed US-China public health projects at Peking University. She received her PhD in Biomedical and Health Informatics from the University of Washington.
MOX — the Mobile Only Accelerator — helps the best mobile startups from around the world acquire millions of users in Southeast Asia and India. MOX brings free user acquisition to the 167 million users on its smartphone platform and investment in return for revenue share and equity. The first global accelerator in Taiwan, MOX is operated by SOSV - the Accelerator VC, the venture fund with $400M AUM operating seven global accelerators.
Dmitry is Samara State Medical University and Central Research Institute of Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery alumni. Until now, he is a certified maxillofacial and plastic surgeon.
In 2012, he left medicine to start his own tech company.
In the spring of 2014, Easy Ten, headed by Dmitry, graduated from the IIDF accelerator and raised a seed round from the fund.
In early 2015, Easy Ten scaled to 40 countries and got translated into 70 languages.
In 2016, the team became part of the 18th Batch of 500 Startups.
To date, Easy Ten is used by more than 5 million people around the world.
CEO and co-founder of Dbrain
Dmitry is an experienced IT entrepreneur with a background in brain science and machine learning.
Prior to founding Dbrain, an AI startup, Dmitry created Icon8 AI chatbot that applies an artistic style to any submitted picture and returns the result almost immediately. With more than 7.5 million users and tens of millions of images processed, it was ranked #1 chatbot on Telegram and received a grant personally from Telegram CEO Pavel Durov to finance the cloud infrastructure.
More recently, Dmitry founded Flocktory.com, a B2B company in AI that was sold to NASDAQ:QIWI for $20M in 2017.
In the past, Dmitry also held multiple leadership and engineering positions at companies such as Accenture, WikiMart, and NetCracker.
VentureBeat included Dmitry in the list of 100 people to watch in the chatbot space, right next to Pavel Durov. Dmitry is also mentioned in the 30 under 30 list of top entrepreneurs from Belarus.
Managing Partner at LETA Capital
Alexander Chachava
Alexander Chachava is a serial entrepreneur, founder and president of Leta Group: Eset Russia, Leta IT, Avanpost, Damask, etc. with over $3 billion in revenue and 500+ employees. He is also the founder of LETA Capital — a venture fund which invests in innovative tech companies at late seed and growth stages.
Key experience and expertise: entrepreneurship, software distribution, sales and marketing, channel building, etc. His profession is a software engineer.
Trevor is a business strategist specializing in operations and growth. He is the founder of an independent consultancy focused on advising early and growth-stage startups including PennHaven, a private equity firm powered by artificial intelligence. Prior to PennHaven, Trevor worked in a full-time capacity as the Director of Operations at Capital Innovators, a St. Louis-based accelerator program. At Capital Innovators, Trevor was responsible for managing the deal flow pipeline, handling program operations, advising startups on tactical objectives, and implementing new systems and processes to enable the program's effectiveness.
Trevor currently resides in St. Louis and is a Contributor at EQSTL where he writes articles about the Midwest venture ecosystem.
Irina Efimenko is a founder and CEO of the Semantic Hub Company. She has got her PhD in Moscow State University and currently is an Associate Professor in computational linguistics. During her career, she accumulated 15 years of experience in natural language processing (NLP), semantic technologies, cognitive technologies, artificial intelligence and Big Data, technology mining and decision support systems with emphasis on Pharma and Healthcare. Irina is a member of the Scientific board of the Russian Association for Artificial Intelligence, and a member of the European Association for Artificial Intelligence. She is also an expert of WHO in the field of digital tools. She is an author of more than 50 scientific papers and book chapters, as well as several patents in NLP, and participated as a speaker in multiple international conferences in Europe and USA. Together with her team (100+ years of total experience in AI and NLP), she has successfully completed over 60 commercial projects in the area of semantic technologies including those for national and international pharmaceutical companies.
Studied for a programmer at Bauman University in Moscow and got an MBA at California State University, East Bay.
In 2008 founded octoline.ru – a virtual telephone station with SaaS business model.
In 2012 Timur founded jivosite.ru – a business messenger which allows for better communication with potential clients and is used by 230 000 websites all over the world.
Eldar leads PayPal Marketing Solutions for large enterprises — his company Jetlore has recently been acquired by PayPal. Jetlore's platform is currently used by five of the world's top 20 retailers including such brands as eBay, LG, Uniqlo and Bershka. The company has raised more than $10M in venture capital and in 2017 was recognized as #12 fastest growing business in the Bay area according San Francisco Business Times.
Eldar is a computer scientist by training and has graduated from Northeastern University in 2005. In 2007, he was accepted to Stanford where he spent over 3 years working on predictive statistical models while having short stints at Google and Microsoft Research. Eldar has received numerous industry and research awards including the WSDM 2011 Best Student Paper Award and Google's Best Research Paper in Information Retrieval Award in 2010.
Eldar is also an active mentor and judge for Stanford StartX accelerator where he advises startups on enterprise sales, fundraising, and AI / machine learning.
Leads the department of international media at a digital publishing agency Tribuna Digital which unites the largest Russian sports media Sports.ru and global-oriented sports projects.
Alexander oversees the releases of cross-platform football products under the Tribuna brand, which grew to 7 million monthly users in just several years. He has been working in the merged company for 10 years, holding several positions — from a journalist to a product manager.
Nikita Yuriev has been an analyst in the venture area for four years. Previously he worked at Rusnano and was a co-founder of the advertising startup, focusing on ad placement optimization in social networks. Its turnover increased from zero to 100 million rubles in a year. Within four years at IIDF, he became an investor and joined the board of directors of such companies as Fitness-clubs, Eldis, Site Secure, Stafory, Leadza, Promobot, Cinemood, Supl.biz, Kidsway, and #tceh community center. He made 5 exits, bringing many-fold profit for IIDF.
Amrit Dhir leads Global Operations for Google for Entrepreneurs. His team manages the technical and physical operations of Campus, a network of Google's spaces for entrepreneurs in startup hubs around the world: London, Madrid, São Paulo, Seoul, Tel Aviv, and Warsaw. He also coordinates the network's expansion: next up, Campus Berlin. Prior to joining GFE, Amrit was a Senior Manager in New Business Development, leading partnerships and business strategy for some of Alphabet's and Google's earliest-stage and most ambitious projects (and also some failures): e.g., Project Baseline at Verily; the Google Cultural Institute; Rapid Eval Investigations at Google[x]; Google Helpouts; and Google Research / Machine Intelligence. His previous ambitions to be a lawyer and the lead singer of a metal band (separate ambitions) are now safely buried in his past.
Managing Director of Digital Dao China
Ryan is a Chinese expert and entrepreneur in IT and digital area. In recent years, he is active in entrepreneurial projects in China. With strong knowledge in Chinese digital, Cloud Computing, SAAS, and solid customer service spirit, one of his projects got investment from Sequoia Capital. Before that, he spent almost 8 years working globally as a Senior Product Manager in SAP which is the biggest enterprise software and service provider all over the world. Above those, he is also Agile Coach and Design Thinking Coach.
Maxim Chebotarev is Co-investments department director and Techmafia co-founder at Internet Initiatives Development Fund. Maxim is responsible for all co-investments by external investors in IIDF's portfolio companies and Russian VC market development. Internet Initiatives Development Fund is $95 mln venture capital firm based in Moscow, Russia. According to Dow Jones (2015) IIDF is the most active early stage venture fund in Russia and Europe. IIDF has more than 320 hi-tech companies in portfolio and more than 40 companies raised financing round from external Russian and international investors. One of the priorities for the Internet Initiatives Development Fund is financial and expert support for startups at the early stage. IIDF collaborates with 80+ IT corporations to help startups with expertise, resources, technologies, go-to-market tactics, PR and intro to enterprise clients. The Fund also has launched a variety of educational programs and performed a number of legislative initiatives. Prior to joining IIDF, Maxim held different positions in hi-tech companies in Moscow, Russia.
Chief Strategy and Analytics Officer at Mail.Ru Group
Alexander Gornyi
After graduating from Moscow State University he started working at Mail.Ru where he went from programmer to the director of the company's Mail Service Department.
In March 2006 he transferred to Rambler Internet Holding where he headed the Web Project Development department. Since autumn 2006 he worked at Media World (RBC holding) as head of projects, technical director and deputy CEO.
In 2010 he became the head of ICQ project at Mail.Ru Group. In 2011 he was appointed IT director of Mail.Ru Group, and in 2016 — Chief Strategy and Analytics Officer. In this position he is engaged in M&A, investments and launching the company's internal products.
Alexei joined Art. Lebedev Studio in 2000 as a UI/UX designer. There he has been creating new styles and corporate identities for large russian banks and companies. In 2002 Aleksei founded a design studio "Park" which was listed in WebDesign Icon in 2005 according to Taschen. In 2008 he participated in launching Pravo.ru, an information portal for lawyers. In 2009 Pravo.ru won a budget tender to support websites of arbitration courts. Since 2010 the company has been automating Russian arbitration system with the help of "Elektronnoe pravosudie" service. In 2012−2013 the company launched systems for legal practice automation Casebook, Caselook and Case.pro.
Mikhail is a founder of several tech startups, as well as a head and mentor of amoCRM. In 2004 he and his partners founded QSOFT — now one of Top 5 Russian web studios, according to CMS Magazine. In 2009 he dived into SaaS and, without any external investments, launched amoCRM — a cloud sales management service. In 2011 the company began conquering the international market and opened an office in San Francisco. Mikhail is a successful IT entrepreneur, but, according to him, he is, first and foremost, an engineer.
Executive Director at Sberbank CIB
Sergei Polikanov
04.1997 — 04.1998 — "Svyazinvest" — Financing of large investment projects. Advising management of large Russian telecom operators in the field of new financial decisions.
11.2000 — 09.2001 — Government of Moscow — Financing of projects with the support of the investment fund of the Government of Moscow. Search for optimal solutions in the structure of financing and risk sharing between project participants.
10.2001 — 07.2008 — Sberbank HQ — Loan officer for project finance management. Financing of large investment projects in different sectors of the economy, a full cycle of project and credit analysis.
07.2017 — now — Executive director. Head of New Economy Department, DCC Sberbank CIB.
Valery started as a material scientist at the service of power generation (nuclear and fossil) and distribution. He evolved toward international collaboration and leverage and is co-founder of Nugenia, an international collaborative initiative with over 110 members from 28 countries. Valery is passionate to replicate this success for innovation to business and recently founded a dedicated vehicle with key Silicon Valley and European stakeholders.
Valery spent 2 years in Japan and 8 years in the States, working in the start-up American Superconductor and also Bicron, part of Saint-Gobain High Performance Materials. More recently he spent three years in San Francisco as Open Innovation Director for North America, serving the whole EDF Group. He was instrumental to several investments and deals with start-ups. Valery is now in Paris as Open Innovation Director for Europe and Middle East, still developing win-win situations between startups and EDF.
Peter co-founded Republic — a leading US startup crowdfunding platform. Republic launched in 2016, shortly after the Title III of the JOBS Act allowed the general public to invest in private US companies.
Republic is part of the leading family of startup investment platforms together with AngelList and CoinList. Peter coaches fundraising startups and leads Republic's product.
Worked for over 15 years in tech. Mentor and advisor of a number of US startups in areas of product design, branding and fundraising.
While living in California, founded a successful SaaS company MeetingPulse, fashion brand Volga Verdi, #VVFY app and a consumer network called Mine.
Previously worked in interactive design at Leo Burnett Moscow for clients such as GM, P&G, Mars, Sberbank, McDonalds, and others.
Co-founder and CBDO Promobot
Alumni of the Perm National Research Polytechnic Universitys' "Automobiles and technological machinery" faculty.
Co-founded Promobot and has been the company's CBDO since 2014.Today Promobot is the largest manufacturer of autonomous service robots in Russia, Eastern and Northern Europe.
Is on Forbes «30 under 30» list.
Notable achievements:
Won GenerationS 2014 in the nomination "Best Russian industrial startup".
Won Startup Village 2105 (Skolkovo) in the "Robotics" nomination.
In 2016 won a silver prize on the "Startup of the year" award in the nomination
Co-founder, Head of CINEMOOD USA
Ilya has $10 mln USD (700+ mln RUB) under management and had invested in 15 companies on behalf of IIDF in LegalTech, AR/VR, Marketing Technologies sectors.
Before IIDF Ilya was a co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Dulton Media, Russian online video platform developer. The company was sold to Rambler&Co in 2017.
Since 2012 actively helping tech entrepreneurs to grow their businesses as mentor and evangelist of Lean Startup and Customer Development methodologies.
CBDO of Stafory
Alexey Kostarev
Konstantin Ivanov
Began his career in digital by developing two companies — Inspiration and Lebrand, which were in the top digital agencies in Russia. For the last 10 years he engaged in IT business and, since 2013, production. Co-founded 3DPrintus.ru, a 3D printing service for CNC with up to 20 mln rubles a year in revenue. The company still operates in Russia.
In 2016 Konstantin co-founded and since then develops a european company Digifabster, which automates order flow and streamlined production processes for AM (Additive Manufacturing) and CNC businesses. The company raised $500k from international investors and is on its way to $1M ARR until the end of last year.
Since 2017 the company is successfully scaling in the USA.
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Russian Startups Go Global 2018 will conclude with a networking party to which all of the speakers and special guests of the conference are invited. Buy a ticket to have the opportunity to network with Russian and foreign investors, accelerators and tech entrepreneurs. Up until the 25th of November the tickets will be available for a special price — 5000 rubles. From the 26th they will cost 7000 rubles. Please note: the tickets will not be available for purchase at the conference.
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About IIDF
IIDF (Internet Initiatives Development Fund) is a Russian venture capital fund which invests at early stages and is the most active early-stage venture fund in Russia and Europe: since 2013 the fund has closed more than 400 deals at various stages. We invest in tech companies at pre-seed, seed and series A ranging from 2,5m rub to 324m rub, provide startups with expert's support and participate in the legal regulation of the Internet business and the venture industry in Russia.
IIDF Accelerator — a three-month program to accelerate business growth for ambitious founders of tech startups that are building a large company. At the Accelerator they are helped with increasing their sales and/or margins by several times, finding new markets and niches and develop their marketing strategy. By the end of the program top performing companies raise further investment rounds from IIDF (up to 25 and 324 mln rub.) and continue to scale and develop their growth strategy with the help of IIDF investment managers.
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Penny wants survival for others
Published: 14:27 Wednesday 20 November 2019
Former Lanarkshire cancer patient Penny Munro is backing a new campaign demanding action to give people a fair chance to beat pancreatic cancer, ten years after defying the disease's appalling odds of survival.
Currently 93 per cent of people will die within five years of diagnosis, making pancreatic cancer eight times deadlier than other common cancers such as prostate, breast or bowel cancer.
Now Penny, 65, is urging others to support the charity Pancreatic Cancer UK's campaign – Demand Survival Now – by signing a petition calling on future UK Governments to produce a national plan in response to the pancreatic cancer emergency.
Penny has survived both pancreatic and breast cancer – a truly remarkable feat.
When Penny first started to feel ill in 2007 she assumed that she'd picked up a bug from the school where she worked. After a year of going back and forward to the doctor and being told she only had chest infections Penny was finally diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was told she had weeks to live.
"That day of diagnosis was the worst day of my life," said Penny, "My oncologist said I had advanced pancreatic cancer and it was in my liver. She gave me six weeks to live and told me to go home and get my life in order."
Ten years later, after major surgery and months of gruelling chemotherapy, Penny has defied the appalling odds and survived the disease.
She was also diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer and describes her experience as being very different to her pancreatic cancer journey.
Penny said: "My experience of being diagnosed with breast cancer was very different. With breast cancer they wrap you up in a big pink fluffy blanket and take care of you like royalty. With pancreatic cancer, it's like a kick in the teeth.
"There was such a difference between how the news was delivered and how you're treated. My breast cancer was one of the worst, most aggressive kinds you can have but they still gave me hope.
"Ten years after my pancreatic cancer diagnosis I'm still here, which I'm very thankful for. I'm very passionate about sharing my story now that I've reached this amazing milestone. There aren't that many of us so I need to speak out."
Around 780 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in Scotland every year (3). Penny is hoping local people will support the campaign and help give everyone affected by the disease a fair chance of survival.
Currently three in four people with pancreatic cancer die within a month of diagnosis (4).
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Survival has not improved for more than 50 years and the UK is falling further behind the rest of Europe.
No screening or early detection tests exist for pancreatic cancer and its vague symptoms - such as back pain, indigestion and weight-loss - mean the disease often goes undetected until after it has spread to other parts of the body.
Pancreatic Cancer UK wants to see the introduction of a national optimal pathway within the NHS to ensure that all pancreatic cancer patients across the UK receive the best standard of treatment and care, as fast as possible.
Demand survival for people with pancreatic cancer by signing the petition: www.demandsurvivalnow.org.uk.
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ASCP News - April 2021
By Susan Montgomery - March 16, 2021
COVID-19 Tests to Question Before Using
ASCP has identified two targeted, evidence-based recommendations for COVID-19 testing, developed by the ASCP Effective Test Utilization Committee in collaboration with the ASCP Commission on Science, Technology and Policy.
"ASCP hopes to disseminate these recommendations to the broader medical community to ensure that we get the right test to the right patient at the right time," said Lee H. Hilborne, MD, MPH, FASCP, DLM(ASCP)CM, a past ASCP President and chair of the ASCP Effective Test Utilization Committee.
Examples of inappropriate and over-utilized tests are still pervasive throughout both anatomic and clinical pathology and laboratory medicine. As stewards for laboratory medicine, ASCP is mindful of the need to use the best tests available while conserving scarce testing resources.
Among its recommendations, ASCP advises against using serology testing to evaluate patients with upper or lower respiratory tract symptoms of acute COVID-19 infections, and to instead use nucleic acid amplification or antigen testing. "When considering which test is optimal for a patient, the healthcare provider should consider the test performance characteristics (ie, sensitivity and specificity) and the pre-test probability of infection, in conjunction with the risk to the patient and others of obtaining a false negative or false positive test result," the recommendation states.
The other recommendation for clinicians, when treating symptomatic patients with a negative antigen test, is to confirm with a more sensitive test (ie, PCR) if clinically indicated. ASCP's recommendation notes that antigen tests are less sensitive than nucleic acid amplification tests. Hence, if a patient appears to have COVID-19, but the antigen test is negative, then a follow-up COVID PCR test is strongly recommended.
National COVID-19 Testing Strategy
ASCP applauds President Joe Biden's National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response to address the pandemic. The plan includes signature policies and proposals that ASCP has championed over the past year. The President has also called for the creation of a National Pandemic Testing Board, for which ASCP has strongly advocated.
The National Pandemic Testing Board is charged with identifying strategies to expand testing, coordinating federal government efforts to increase testing, reducing disparities in access to testing, and providing guidance on how to enhance the clarity, consistency, and transparency of federal government communication with the public about the goals and purposes of testing.
The President's Executive Order calls for the development of a sustainable workforce initiative, known as the U.S. Public Health Workforce Program. It requires the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to provide "technical support to state, local, tribal, and territorial public health agencies with respect to testing and contact-tracing efforts" and "to assist such authorities in the training of public health workers."
Inside the Lab is ASCP's podcast focusing on current topics showcasing the everyday laboratory professional and pathologist. The podcast's goal is to generate thought-provoking discussions about topics relevant to the field of pathology and laboratory medicine. Episodes center on topics such as COVID-19, mentorship, burnout, retention of community practitioners, serology, patient care and more. Each Inside the Lab episode is eligible for CME/CMLE credit.
ABPath Announces Changes to CC Program
The American Board of Pathology (ABPath) has announced two changes to the Continuing Certification (CC) Program that are approved by the American Board of Medical Specialties. Beginning in 2021, the ABPath will no longer require:
Self-Assessment Modules (SAMs) for Part II Lifelong Learning of the CC program
A Patient Safety Course. While this is no longer required, participation in Patient Safety Continuing Medical Education (CME) is encouraged.
The SAMs requirement was developed by ABPath to ensure at least 20 of the required 70 CME credits had a self-assessment activity. Since ACCME accreditation requires that the CME provider analyze changes in learners (competence, performance, or patient outcomes) achieved as a result of the overall program's activities/educational interventions, having a SAMs requirement is no longer necessary.
ABPath's CertLink longitudinal assessment has been approved by ABMS as a permanent change to our CC program in 2021. This provides diplomates with self-assessment of medical knowledge as well. Diplomates are still required to complete and report a minimum of 70 AMA PRA Category 1 CME credits for each two-year CC reporting period. ASCP offers a robust CME credit-bearing portfolio.
Quality Registry Approved to Participate in MIPS for 4th Year
ASCP's National Pathology Quality Registry (NPQR) has been granted Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) status for the fourth consecutive year by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). With QCDR status, NPQR offers pathologists a way to meet requirements under CMS's Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).
The NPQR is an institution-based registry that allows pathologists and entire laboratory teams, as well as quality managers and IT managers, to participate in quality improvement initiatives. With renewed QCDR approval, pathologists can submit for CMS quality reporting.
"We continue to concentrate on the laboratory's impact on our patients and how the NPQR can highlight our specialty's patient-focus. Our registry is designed to give pathologists the tools they need to drive meaningful improvement in their practices." said Ali Brown, MD, FASCP, Chief Officer of Medical Quality for ASCP.
New Resources for Genomics Education
The Training Residents in Genomics (TRIG) Working Group has recently launched updated genomics resources for pathology residents. In addition, a brand new genomics curriculum to use with medical students has been developed by the Undergraduate Training in Genomics (UTRIG) Working Group.
In 2014, TRIG released an extensively vetted handbook and toolkit to allow residency programs to implement local team-based learning workshops. This curriculum has been used worldwide and, in 2019, was updated to include new cases, online genomics tools and patient testing reports. In 2016, TRIG released online modules. Newly-updated Genomic Pathology Online Modules, based on the Y-19 update to the handbook and toolkit, are now available.
Newly-released materials also enable the integration of a flexible, field-tested introductory genomics curriculum into medical school coursework. Similar to the TRIG resident curriculum, an Instructor Handbook and Toolkit are available to help medical and other health professional schools locally implement this training, which includes four to six hours of active, team-based learning instruction.
Cancer Coalition Awards $500,000 in Capacity Building Grants
A group of global oncology organizations have joined forces to establish the Coalition for Implementation Research in Global Oncology (CIRGO) to improve the coordination of cancer care systems in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in Africa.
As a first step, CIRGO is awarding $500,000 in capacity building grants to eight projects in Africa. Each project will receive a $60,000 grant to develop country-specific initiatives that focus on early detection of breast cancer, cancer data quality, improving rural access to cancer testing and diagnostic services and strengthening cancer registries. Funding has been provided by the Bristol Myers Squibb Company.
CIRGO's goal is to coordinate efforts to implement a cancer care infrastructure in resource-limited countries, and to connect potential funding sources with oncology service providers to expand cancer (treatment) services in under-resourced countries and develop systems that can be replicated.
"We need implementation science research. We have to look across the spectrum of cancer care capacity building and select certain projects to pilot in different countries, evaluate how they work and, if we can, replicate them in other countries," said Ute Dugan, MD, a co-founder of CIRGO and Senior Vice President for Clinical Research at the Park Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, in San Francisco.
"The only way to implement these solutions is to bring together the funders and oncology organizations to work on specific projects that have been vetted," added Dan Milner, MD, MSc(Epi), FASCP, also a co-founder of CIRGO and ASCP Chief Medical Officer. "That way, they can identify and implement best practices to fight cancer."
Susan Montgomery
ASCP communications writer
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Woodward insists there will be no 'revival of the Super League plans'
Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward insists there will be no 'revival of the Super League plans' following the collapse of the controversial proposal.
Europe's elite clubs announced plans for a breakaway competition earlier this month with the proposal condemned by players, managers, supporters and football's governing bodies as a show of unprecedented greed.
Each of the Premier League's 'big six', alongside leading clubs from Spain and Italy, were involved in plans for the tournament which included guaranteed annual entry for founding clubs in what presented a huge threat to the sport's integrity.
The plans were withdrawn just 48 hours later following an angry backlash from supporters across the world, with the fall-out having led to calls for change on football's ownership laws.
Woodward was amongst the leading figures behind the plans and has since announced he will be stepping down from his position at Manchester United at the end of the season, with the club chief having now revealed there will be no 'revival' of plans for a breakaway.
"We will provide as many answers as we can today but, mostly, we want to listen," Woodward told a Manchester United fans forum. "It's clear we did not do enough of that before the Super League decision.
"I would like to add my personal apology to this Forum. I know you will feel angry and let down by the lack of consultation and the way the proposal failed to recognise the vital principle of open competition. Proper discussion would have helped us avoid the mistake we made.
"As Joel (Glazer) said last week, we failed to give enough weight to the essential principles and traditions of sporting merit. We want to restate our commitment to those traditions.
"I can assure you that we have learned our lesson and we do not seek any revival of the Super League plans.
"Manchester United is fortunate to be in a relatively stronger position than many clubs because of the resilience of our self-sustaining model.
"We have a disciplined, long-term approach which has allowed us to navigate the pandemic, while continuing to invest in the team, which we will continue to do this summer.
"We will now continue working with the rest of the football community to address the long-term challenges facing the game.
"But I can assure you that we will be doing that with great sensitivity to the opinions that you and other fans have expressed in recent days."
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The Game time-warps to '33 meet
By Chris Daly CORRESPONDENT
Mention The Game to any resident of Fitchburg and Leominster, and everyone knows what you�re talking about. No further details are needed. Just those two words are sufficient.
For those who have never made their way down to Doyle or Crocker fields on Thanksgiving Day to witness The Game, it is a sight to behold. The annual holiday meeting between Leominster High and Fitchburg High dates back to 1894 and is one of the oldest football rivalries in the country.
It is fascinating that after 126 games, the rivalry is dead even, with each team winning 58 times and tying on 10 occasions.
There once was a time in the early part of the rivalry that the teams met twice a season. That ended in the early part of the 20th century. That is until last year, when a re-enactment of the 1894 game was held as a prelude to the Thanksgiving Classic.
Another re-enactment will take place on Saturday at Doyle Field, when a re-enactment of the 1933 Fitchburg-Leominster game is held at noon.
Come to that game and you will feel as if you have stepped back in time. As in the 1894 re-enactment, the players will be wearing uniforms consistent with that historical period. The company that provided the leather helmets for the movie �Leatherheads� provided the helmets for Saturday�s contest.
The teams, made up of volunteers from both cities, will also be playing by the same rules as in 1933.
For instance, did you know that, back then, a high school or college quarterback had to be at least five yards behind the line of scrimmage before he could pass? Another rule from that bygone era called for a safety when an incomplete pass was thrown into the offense�s end zone.
The 1933 Fitchburg-Leominster game was significant in the history of the rivalry in that it marked the first and only time that both teams entered The Game undefeated. Also, the unofficial state championship was on the line, as Boston newspapers suggested that the winner of The Game deserved to hold that title. There were no high school playoffs or Super Bowls at that time.
Leominster attorney Mark C. Bodanza has been the driving force in creating the two re-enactments, with the assistance of the Leominster Historical Society and numerous sponsors.
Mr. Bodanza said people should come to Doyle Field Saturday because they may never see a re-enactment like this again. He has no plans for any future re-enactments of past games.
Mr. Bodanza is the author of �A Game That Forged Rivals,� a book chronicling the history of The Game. His latest book is �1933,� which focuses on football at the high school, college and pro levels at the height of the Great Depression.
Actually, the term �re-enactment� is not completely accurate, because the same plays and yardage gained from the original game will not be repeated. A different score might result from the original game, which Fitchburg won, 20-12.
The 1933 team featured senior Ronnie Cahill, who later starred at Holy Cross and is considered one of the Blue Devils� greatest players ever. Dave Palazzi, John Crowley, Scott Chester and Brian Picucci are just a few of the more recent players that come to mind when talking about Leominster greats of the past. Fitchburg has also had its share of greats through the years, such as quarterback Allen Glenny and running back Bill Earley.
So step back in time down on Priest Street in Leominster Saturday and enjoy!
George Barnes� Barnestorming column will return in a forthcoming TelegramTowns edition.


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Fanconi Anemia Prognosis
By Sally Robertson, B.Sc.
Fanconi anemia is a genetic condition that affects DNA repair enzymes and therefore many parts of the body. It is the most common disease among what are referred to as inherited bone marrow failure syndromes (IBMFS).
DNA repair enzymes achieve repair of damaged DNA by removing defective interstrand cross links, which are opposing strands of DNA that are covalently linked and interfere with important cellular processes such as replication and transcription. People with Fanconi anemia may develop bone marrow failure, organ defects and other physical abnormalities. They are also at an increased risk of cancer.
The condition affects around 1 in 350,000 births and is more common among Ashkenazi Jews and Afrikaners. This condition was originally described in 1927 by Swiss pediatrician Guido Fanconi, after whom it is named. Most individuals who develop this condition are diagnosed before the age of 7, but about 10% are diagnosed when they are adults.
Around 90% of people with this condition have impaired bone marrow function, which causes a decrease in the production of all types of blood cells. Usually, the bone marrow produces red blood cells needed for the transport of oxygen, white blood cells required to fight infection and platelets which are needed for blood clotting. People with bone marrow failure therefore suffer from fatigue due to a low red blood cell count, an increased rate of infection due to a low white blood cell count and a poor blood clotting ability due to a reduced platelet number. Affected individuals can also develop myelodysplastic syndrome, where immature blood cells do not develop normally.
Some of the problems that develop in people with Fanconi anemia are described in more detail below.
Physical abnormalities
Around three quarters of those who develop Fanconi anemia have physical abnormalities that may be relatively subtle. Examples include:
Low birth weight and size for age
The presence of café-au-lait spots
Triangular shaped face
Microcephaly
Structural abnormality of the thumbs, finger or toes
Cardiac and renal abnormalities
Hematologic disease
This usually presents as the following during childhood:
Increased susceptibility to infection
Tendency to bleed easily
Around 10% develop leukemia
Around 5% develop myelodysplastic syndrome
By the age of 40 to 50 years, around 25 to 30% of affected individuals have developed solid tumors, with the incidence increasing as patients become older. Examples of these tumors include the following:
Hepatomas mainly develop in those who have been treated with androgen therapy
Bone marrow transplantation can increase the risk of oral cancers
Carrier grandmothers have been shown to be at an increased risk of breast cancer
Head and neck tumors are more likely to occur
Esophageal and genital tumors are more likely to occur
Research has shown a variable mean survival of between 14 and 25 years, which is probably due to the widely different phenotypes between people with Fanconi anemia. Research has suggested that some phenotypes are associated with a much better prognosis than others.
Although survival rates vary between individuals, people with low blood counts do have a poor prognosis and treatments such as bone marrow transplants have improved survival. However, even after a successful bone marrow transplant, these patients are at an increased risk of developing solid tumors and should be regularly monitored.
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Sally Robertson
Sally has a Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Sciences (B.Sc.). She is a specialist in reviewing and summarising the latest findings across all areas of medicine covered in major, high-impact, world-leading international medical journals, international press conferences and bulletins from governmental agencies and regulatory bodies. At News-Medical, Sally generates daily news features, life science articles and interview coverage.
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Founder of Ambionics, creates 3D printed prosthetic for infant son
Ben Ryan from Anglesey runs Ambionics, a startup engaged in manufacturing prosthetics for small children. He made a custom 3D printed prosthetic limb for his baby boy who had lost his arm just after he was born. Born in March 215, Sol had a blood clot in his left arm and so it had to be amputated.
The NHS informed Ryan that his son could not be fitted with a functional myoelectric prosthetic for the next three years he started making his own prosthetic for his son. As per research, the earlier a child is fitted with prosthetics, the sooner he gets accustomed to it. Sol was less dependent on his left arm, and then came the decision of fitting the prosthetic arm so that he would start using his left side more. He started out with fitting foam prosthetic and later replaced it with a 3D printed hydraulic arm in which the thumb was mobile.
Ryan started out by 3D scanning Sol's arm using a Microsoft Xbox Kinect scanner. Thereafter he used the Autodesk Fusion 360 software to design the device. The complete process took only about 5 days to complete. Ryan used the Stratasys' Connex 3D printer for 3D printing the hydraulic prosthetic. The final product includes 3D printed flexible actuators and a power-splitting unit which enables Sol, operate the thumb and the hand's grip manually using compressed air/hydraulic pump.
Ambionics has launched a crowdfunding campaign at Indiegogo to get his infant prosthetics project initiated. Ryan hopes to raise £150,000 which he will use for further research in the field of 3D printed prosthetics, and pay for CE and FDA certifications, as well as other costs. These 3D printed prosthetics are lightweight, do not contain choking parts and are body-powered. Paul Soni, of Autodesk, said that Ryan's project was extremely innovative and ambitious.
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