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Doc. Mercedes González de Sande
Category: University Professor
Knowledge area: Italian Philology
Department: Classical and Romance Philology
Faculty: Philosophy and Letters
University: Oviedo, Spain
Doctor in Italian Philology from the University of Salamanca, with an Extraordinary Prize, she was Professor of Spanish Language, Culture and Translation at the Universities of Bergamo and Genoa (Italy), Professor of Italian Philology at the University of Murcia, and is currently a Full Professor of Italian Philology at the University of Oviedo.
Her main field of research focuses on the comparative study of Italian-Spanish linguistics, literature and culture, with particular attention to linguistic analysis in literary texts, as well as to the historical-cultural and linguistic-literary interrelationships between Spain and Spain. Italy. She also deals with the study of the problems of Italian-Spanish / Spanish-Italian translation, and the practice of translation in different fields, especially literary, historical, artistic and legal. In her research activity, her priority dedication to the field of female writing stands out, with particular attention to the role of women in literature, and, especially, to those unknown Spanish and Italian intellectuals, as evidenced by the numerous publications and activities that has done around this question.
She is the author of numerous volumes, critical editions, monographs and essays published in volumes, magazines and national and international miscellanies, among which we highlight the essays La cultura española en Papini, Prezzolini, Puccini and Boine (Roma, Bulzoni, 2001); and The Dream Constitution: Italian Poetry of the Liberal Triennium. Critical study and annotated bilingual corpus (Editions of the University of Salamanca, 2019); the critical edition and translation of the collection of short stories Separaciones, by the Italian writer Francesca Sanvitale (Arcibel, Sevilla, 2007), of the novels Las Rosas de Córdoba y Las violetas de Invierno, by the Italian writer Adriana Assini (Arcibel, 2010 and 2018, respectively), from the poetic work Nada concede el aduanero, by the Italian writer Raffaele Nigro (with Estela González and Mercedes Arriaga, Arcibel, Seville, 2008), from the novel L'uomo che non voleva essere padre, by the Italian writer Giuseppe Quatriglio (Arcibel, 2013), and Rosa Califronia's treatise, Brief defense of women's rights (Arcibel, Sevilla, 2013), among others. She has also prepared numerous volumes dedicated to the role of women in history and literature; among which titles such as Scrittrici e figure femminili stand out: Letteratura italiano e italo-spagnola (Arcibel, Sevilla, 2009), Donne, identità e progresso nelle culture mediterranee (Aracne, Roma, 2009), The image of women and its projection in literature, society and history (Arcibel, 2010), or Italian writers from the 15th century to the present day (Maia Ediciones-Superior Council of Scientific Research, Madrid, 2013). Within the same line of research, together with other researchers, she has taken care of different editions on gender issues, among which the following stand out: Italian writers: Literary Genres and Comparative Literatures (Arcibel, Sevilla, 2007), De lo sagrado y lo profano : women and writers behind / between / without borders (Arcibel, Sevilla, 2008), Role of women / Women of paper: Journalism and communication from the 19th century to today (Sestante, Bergamo, 2008), Writers and female figures (Literature in Spanish) (Arcibel, Seville, 2009).
She is vice president of the University Association for Women's Studies (AUDEM), of which she was president, from 2010 to 2018.
In addition to having participated in numerous national and international research projects, she was the main responsible for the Research Project "Scrittrici spagnole e italiane: lingue, letterature e culture a confronto", funded by the University of Bergamo and the Italian Ministry of Education.
She is director of the collection "Italian and Italian-Spanish Studies", of the Arcibel publishing house in Seville, and of the collection "Translations and interculturality", of the Benilde publishing house. Likewise, she is a member of numerous editorial and scientific committees of national and international magazines and literary collections.
Main Researchers
Antonella Cagnolati
María Dolores Ramírez Almazán
Kostantina Boubara
Eva María Moreno Lago
Gennaro Valentino
Caterina Duraccio
Juan Aguilar González
Yolanda Romano Martín
José García Fernández
Ioannis Tsolkas
Androniki Dialeti
Patrizia Caraffi
Francisco José Rodríguez Mesa
Ana Vargas Martínez
Manuel Broullón Lozano
Alessandra Sanna
María Isabel García Pérez
Sara Velázquez García
Milica Lilic
Clelia Stefanuto
M. Gloria Ríos Guardiola
Fran Garcerá
Anna Suadoni
Rita Fresu
Nicoletta Bazzano
Jelena Bakic
Spiros Koutrakis
Annagiulia Gramenzi
Vicente González Martín
Angela Giallongo
Diana Del Mastro
Angelo Rella
Roberto Trovato
Clara Stella
Manuel Giardina
Andrea Baldi
Carmen García Blanco
Lara Michelacci
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Resident Evil Revelations 2 PC local co-op anger
by Alan Ng February 27, 2015, 04:50
Uh oh, it looks like Capcom are in hot water once again with the gaming community. We still haven't forgiven them for Breath of Fire 6 but now Resident Evil fans are unhappy after a bit of false advertising has led to calls for Resident Evil Revelations 2 refunds.
To give you the long story short, Capcom initially advertised the PC version of Resident Evil Revelations as having 'offline local co-op'.
This is the same feature as the console versions of the game and PC owners were fully expecting it to be possible on the Steam version too.
However, to everyone's horror the PC version of the game in actual fact does not support offline local co-op, only single player.
The big issue is that not only does the PC version come with a feature missing that was on console, but Capcom did not reveal this to buyers in the build-up to launch.
Instead, fans had to find out themselves by reading the Steam description, which is why so many are angry right now. Capcom has already apologised for the situation and as far as we're aware, the refund option is available for anyone who wants their money back.
It's also worth pointing out that there will not be a Resident Evil Revelations 2 local co-op patch at a later date – it simply doesn't support it.
Were you affected by this mess? Give us your thoughts below and whether you will be seeking a refund or not.
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Tag Archive for Cybersecurity
DHS Cyber Threat to the U.S.
Cyber Threat Branch Responsibilities
• Execute the responsibilities created by the Homeland Security Act of 2002:
– Access, receive, and analyze law enforcement, intelligence, and other information from federal, state, and local agencies and private sector entities to:
• Identify and assess the nature and scope of terrorist threats
• Detect and identify threats to the United States
• Understand threats in light of actual and potential vulnerabilities
– Carry out comprehensive assessments to determine the risk posed by terrorist attacks
• Outreach plays a critical role in the mission
– The CTB provides threat briefings and teleconferences to:
• Sector Coordinating Councils
• Government Coordinating Councils
• Key industry associations
Beyond Threats: Working with IT Security Professionals
" In the near future, information warfare will control the form and future of war…Our sights must not be fixed on the fire-power of the industrial age; rather, they must be trained on the information warfare of the information age. "
–Major General Wang Pufeng, Peoples Liberation Army, China
United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team Operations
The National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) is a partnership between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the public and private sectors. Established in 2003 to protect the nation's internet infrastructure, US-CERT coordinates defense against and responses to cyber attacks across the nation. The organization interacts with federal agencies, state and local governments, industry professionals, and others to improve information sharing and incident response coordination and to reduce cyber threats and vulnerabilities.
Cybersecurity: Continued Federal Efforts Are Needed to Protect Critical Systems and Information
Since 2005, GAO has reported that DHS has yet to comprehensively satisfy its key cybersecurity responsibilities, including those related to establishing effective partnerships with the private sector. Shortcomings exist in key areas that are essential for DHS to address in order to fully implement its cybersecurity responsibilities (see table). DHS has since developed and implemented certain capabilities, but still has not fully satisfied aspects of these responsibilities and needs to take further action to enhance the public/private partnerships needed to adequately protect cyber critical infrastructure. GAO has also previously reported on significant security weaknesses in systems supporting two of the department's programs, one that tracks foreign nationals entering and exiting the United States, and one for matching airline passenger information against terrorist watch-list records. DHS has corrected information security weaknesses for systems supporting the terrorist watch-list, but needs to take additional actions to mitigate vulnerabilities associated with systems tracking foreign nationals.
Cyberspace Policy Review
The President directed a 60-day, comprehensive, "clean-slate" review to assess U.S. policies and structures for cybersecurity. Cybersecurity policy includes strategy, policy, and standards regarding the security of and operations in cyberspace, and encompasses the full range of threat reduction, vulnerability reduction, deterrence, international engagement, incident response, resiliency, and recovery policies and activities, including computer network operations, information assurance, law enforcement, diplomacy, military, and intelligence missions as they relate to the security and stability of the global information and communications infrastructure. The scope does not include other information and communications policy unrelated to national security or securing the infrastructure. The review team of government cybersecurity experts engaged and received input from a broad cross-section of industry, academia, the civil liberties and privacy communities, State governments, international partners, and the Legislative and Executive Branches. This paper summarizes the review team's conclusions and outlines the beginning of the way forward towards a reliable, resilient, trustworthy digital infrastructure for the future.
Establishment of a Subordinate Unified U.S. Cyber Command
Cyberspace and its associated technologies offer unprecedented opportunities to the United States and are vital to our Nation's security and, by extension, to all aspects of military operations. Yet our increasing dependency on cyberspace, alongside a growing array of cyber threats and vulnerabilities, adds a new element of risk to our national security. To address this risk effectively and to sccure freedom of action in cyberspace, the Department of Defense requires a command that posscsses the required technical capability and remains fbcused on the integration or cyberspace operations. Further, this command must be capable or synchronizing wartIghting effects across the global security environment as well as providing support to civil authorities and intemnational partners.


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Apple iTunes has supported podcasts since v4.9 and I stopped using a separate podcatcher soon afterwards but earlier today I wanted to add a podcast subscription manually (i.e. not through the iTunes store). It turns out that's easy enough – simply select Subscribe to Podcasts… from the Advanced menu but it took me a bit of research to find that particular option (I had been looking for an appropriate command on the File menu and eventually found this out from Apple's essential tips for podcast lovers).
I was playing a video podcast in Front Row and found that it only played back the audio – that's because there is a separate Video Podcasts menu. I like Front Row and whilst its simple 6-button remote may be better than Microsoft's complex MediaCenter offering, I find that as a result of this quest for simplicity it's sometimes harder to find things than it should be.
It is possible use some scripts to rate tracks in iTunes using half stars. Maybe this is not strictly necessary but whilst very few of my tracks warrant a 5-star rating, there are many that come pretty close – if 3 is average, 2 is substandard and 1 is "why do I even have this track in my collection?", then 4 just doesn't seem quite high enough to distinguish "good" from "very good" (especially in a library of over 7000 items).
Whilst we can't yet buy TV shows or movies from the UK iTunes store (I believe that's a global issue as this content is only available in the US store), there is no reason why iTunes can't be used to organise such content obtained using other methods and the video kind tag can be used to distinguish Movies, Music Videos and TV Shows. Unfortunately iTunes doesn't allow this to be edited for multiple items but there is an alternative – the eclectically-named Parsley is Atomically Delicious (a GUI for AtomicParsley).
There are some more iTunes power tips at Lifehacker and the index of iTunes articles is how I discovered that it's possible to use a playlist to play Internet Radio in Front Row.
How to get my old (pre-iTunes native podcast support) podcast files to be recognised as podcasts (rather than sitting in my music library) – there is a script to re-add tracks as podcasts but I figure there must be a simpler way.
How to mark a track as explicit – for example I have a copy of a recent Madonna concert and whilst I may share the views on American politics that she expresses during her performance of I Love New York (which is great song but has just about the worst lyrics I've heard from an artist of Madonna's calibre in a long time), my 2-year-old son does repeat a lot of what he hears right now so I'd probably better avoid playing explicit tracks in the car. One way to do this would be to exclude explicit tracks from a playlist but the explicit/clean tags only seem to be possible on podcasts and purchased music.
If anyone knows the answer to these, please leave a comment on this post.
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Why do you assume that 3 stars is average? I work with the stars as 1=average, to 5=awesome. If I don't like it, I don't rate it, I bin it!
AFAIK, only Apple can set the EXPLICIT rating on songs. Still, it must be stored somewhere… Certainly it doesn't get picked up when you rip your CD and download track names.
I've figured out how to mark tracks as explicit/clean. I'll write a tutorial on my blog… as the solution isn't as simple as it could be unfortunately.
I'll post another comment when I'm done.
Obviously anything lower than 'poor' is to be deleted.
Nevermind… it turns out that what I thought worked – upon reboot, iTunes restores the previous library XML.
I've contacted Apple for help and will post any follow-up info into this comment thread.
It sounds like your rating system is very similar to mine… and from time to time I need to distinguish between "excellent" and "bloody brilliant but not quite a classic" (i.e 4 and a half stars).
P.S. Nice website(s) you have… looks like I'll be stopping by more often!
2 – I've listened to this and haven't made up my mind about it yet.
I have smart playlists for 0 and 2+ stars, and use those as the basis for other smart playlists that further refine the parameters.
Hey, I am also looking for a way to mark some of my iTunes Media that is imported and converted through QuickTime as explicit for obvious reasons… lol… Did anyone come up with a solution?
This, after all, was the underlying topic of the blog and basically everyone who posted a comment completely missed the point and started talking about star ratings, which is completely irrelevant.


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Berthe Morisot (Névváltozat: Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot) (Bourges, 1841. január 14. – Párizs, 1895. március 2.) francia impresszionista festőnő.

Életpályája
Párizsban Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot festő irányítása mellett tanulta a professzionális festést, mestere nagy hatással volt munkáira kb. 1874-ig. Közben megismerkedett Édouard Manet-val, akinek a testvére, Eugène Manet a férje lett. Manet munkásságának hatása főleg 1875-76-ban érvényesült az ő képein, közben ő is hatott Manet-ra, megkedveltette Manet-val a világos színeket és a plein airt.

Morisot egyéni stílusa az 1870-es évek végén alakult ki. Nem alkalmazta képein a színfoltok módszeres felbontását, műveinek egyediségét a könnyedén odavetett, kötetlen irányú széles ecsetvonások adják. Ezzel a módszerrel festett bensőséges hangulatú enteriőröket vagy plein air jeleneteket. Táj- és életképei szivárványos fényben fürödnek, ezüstös tónusai választékos harmóniában egyesülnek. Eleme a fény, a mozgás, a légies könnyedség, a természetes üdeség és vibrálás. Az igen szabad és egyéni ecset-, folt- és színkezelés kibontakoztatta az ő nőiesen finom egyéniségét.

Az 1880-as évek végén azonban felismerte az atmoszferikus jelenségekhez kötődő szemlélet veszélyeit, s ettől kezdve nagyobb figyelmet fordított a kompozíció megformálására. Hosszú ecsetvonásokkal kezdett festeni, amelyeknek segítségével mintegy megmintázta a tömeget és a fényhatásokat anélkül, hogy határozottan kirajzolta volna a körvonalakat. Munkásságában jelentősek nemcsak olajfestményei, hanem az egyszerű, tiszta színfoltokkal megalkotott akvarelljei is.

Morisot festői világára legnagyobb hatást a környező világ fényjelenségei gyakorolták. Finom hangulatú, a családi jeleneteket is megragadni képes munkáival gazdagította az impresszionisták művészetét. Az impresszionista csoport valamennyi kiállításán részt vett.

Családja
Eugène Manet vette feleségül 1874-ben, 1879-ben leányuk született. A férj 1892-ben hunyt el, a festőnő 1895-ben tüdőgyulladásban. Rajzainak, festményeinek többségét impresszionista barátainak hagyta örökül (Degas, Monet, Renoir).

Emlékezete
Halála után egy évvel barátai 394 művéből rendeztek retrospektív kiállítást.
A 19. században Berthe Morisot és Mary Cassatt amerikai festőnő voltak az impresszionista festészet kiemelkedő női képviselői.

Művei (válogatás)
A lorient-i kikötő (1869)
Erkélyen (1872)
Lepkefogás Maurecourt-ban (1874)
Nő a tükör előtt (1875-76)
Reggeli a szabadban (1875-76)
Púderezkedő fiatal nő (1877)
Zsalugáter mögött (1878)
Nyári nap (1879)
Eugène Manet és leánya Bougivalban (1881)
A veranda (1882)
A kert (1883)
A tavon (1884)
Az olvasmány (1888)
A mandolin (1889)
Alvó leány (1892)
Leány legyezővel (1893)
Nővérek (1894)

Források

A modern festészet lexikona. Budapest : Corvina, 1974. Morisot szócikkét lásd 255. p.

További információk
Berthe Morisot, WebMuseum, Paris
 Portail des collections des musées de France
Artcyclopedia

Francia festők
Impresszionista festők
1841-ben született személyek
1895-ben elhunyt személyek
Francia nők

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MACAO SAR – Media OutReach – 3 December 2021 – From 2 to 4 December, 2021, focusing on technology innovation and its impact on various industries to the society, the first BEYOND International Technology Innovation Expo ("BEYOND Expo") in Macao is held at the Venetian Macao Convention and Exhibition Centre. Focusing on cutting-edge technology, Fosun Pharma together with its member enterprises in the sectors covering pharmaceutical manufacturing, medical devices and healthcare services to join the life science exhibition (Booth No.: B07). Fosun Pharma's innovation-driven ecological layout as well as its breakthroughs and advancements of the healthcare industry are well presented.
Mr. Ho Iat Seng, Chief Executive of Macao SAR visited the Fosun Pharma booth.
Wu Yifang, Chairman and CEO of Fosun Pharma said: "The successful hosting of the BEYOND Expo in Macao demonstrates the Macao Special Administrative Region Government's confidence in the results of anti-pandemic and its high-level organizational capabilities. Fosun Pharma is glad to participate in this innovative technology event, by bringing a variety of products in the anti-tumor field and the display of innovative achievements with international cooperation. In the future, we will further release our energy on the healthcare innovation in this region, continue to optimize the operational efficiency of the healthcare services business, accelerate the construction of advantageous disciplines, and promote the high-quality development of the healthcare industry in the Greater Bay Area. Oriented towards patient needs, we will also improve the accessibility of the world's leading medical products and services in China, so that every family could enjoy good health. "
Deeply cultivating the oncology field, creating a number of FIRST influential products in the industry
Fosun Pharma is committed to promoting innovative R&D with its pharmaceutical business as its core, and is oriented towards fulfilling unmet clinical needs and improving products' accessibility, accelerating the implementation of innovative technologies and products. At the BEYOND Expo, Fosun Pharma presents a variety of self-developed and co-developed drugs in the oncology field. After over a decade of continuous investment, Fosun Pharma has ushered in a number of products in the anti-tumor field that have been approved in recent years. At the same time, Fosun Pharma continues to increase the product accessibility in various ways to benefit more patients.
As the biopharmaceutical platform of Fosun Pharma, Henlius has always been committed to offering high-quality innovative biologic medicines for patients worldwide with a focus on oncology, autoimmune diseases and ophthalmic diseases. Henlius brings a variety of R&D achievements in the anti-tumor field and its diversified products to the BEYOND Expo, including three products that have been approved for marketing: the China's first biosimilar Han Li Kang (Rituximab), the first self-developed Chinese mAb biosimilar entering both the EU and China market Han Qu You (Trastuzumab), the company's first product indicated for the treatment of autoimmune diseases Han Da Yuan (Adalimumab).
At the same time, Henlius also brings the novel anti-PD-1 mAb Serplulimab independently developed by the company which has been approved for clinical trials in China, the United States, the European Union and other countries and regions. The indications cover a wide range of tumor types with high incidence such as lung cancer, esophageal cancer, hepatocellular cancer, gastric cancer and head and neck cancer, with around 2,300 patients have been enrolled globally. The NDA for the treatment of microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) solid tumors has been accepted by the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) and proposed to be granted priority review in April 2021. It is expected to be approved for marketing in the first half of 2022. Besides, the NDA filing of the first-line treatment of squamous non-small cell lung cancer (sqNSCLC) has been accepted by NMPA in September 2021.
In June 2021, the first CAR-T cell therapy Yi Kai Da (Axicabtagene Ciloleucel) of Fosun Kite, a joint venture, has been approved for marketing by NMPA, which was China's first CAR-T therapy approved for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma, opening a new era of cell therapy in China. After its launch, the drug has achieved certain breakthroughs in patient access and clinical benefits, CAR-T academic communications, and exploration of new indications in the commercialization stage of the drug in China. In terms of payment innovation, the drug has been included in commercial insurances and customized insurances in many cities.
Deploy cutting-edge mRNA vaccine, responding to variations of the virus actively
At the BEYOND Expo, Fosun Pharma presents the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine BNT162b2, which was jointly developed with BioNTech. It has been known as the first COVID-19 mRNA vaccine approved by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and expanded the emergency use authorization of a booster dose to include individuals 18 years of age and older. COVID-19 mRNA vaccine BNT162b2 has been included in the government vaccination programs in Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR. As of 27 November 2021, more than 13.5 million doses of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine BNT162b2 have been administered in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Among them, more than 69,000 people in Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR have received the third dose of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine BNT162b2.
The COVID-19 pandemic is still spreading globally. The Omicron variant poses new challenges to the prevention and control. Fosun Pharma actively promotes academic communications on public health in the Greater Bay Area. Earlier, at the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Public Health Technology Innovation Work Seminar" hosted by the Guangdong Preventive Medicine Association and organized by Fosun Pharma, a number of public health experts and scholars from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area shared their views on the COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control strategies. Among them, experts and scholars from Hong Kong shared their experience in pandemic prevention, control and COVID-19 treatment. In terms of immunization strategies, Hong Kong has approved the third dose of COVID-19 vaccine for the high-risk populations.
Continue to deepen the layout of healthcare services in the Greater Bay Area, helping to achieve Healthy China 2030
According to the deployment of the "'Healthy China 2030' blueprint": By 2030, the institutional system for promoting health for all will be improved, the development of the health field will be more coordinated, healthy lifestyles will be popularized, and the quality of health services and health protection will continue to improve." The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is one of the most open and economically dynamic regions in China, and plays a strategic role in national development.
Under the guidance of the national strategies of Healthy China 2030 and Innovation Driven, Fosun Health has gone through many years of intensive industrial cultivation, it has owned and operated many for-profit general hospitals with advantages in brand and medical capabilities in Greater Bay Area, such as Foshan Fosun Chancheng Hospital (referred to as "Foshan Chancheng Hospital"), Shenzhen Heng Sheng Hospital, Zhuhai Chancheng Hospital and Guangzhou Xinshi Hospital. While deepening the layout, Fosun Health integrates the advantages of its member hospitals, focuses on building an international quality and safety system, strengthens the construction of disciplines and specialist alliances, strengthens technological innovation and high-level clinical technology innovation, and consolidates hard strength.
Meanwhile, Fosun Health actively promotes the rational allocation and optimization of medical resources such as the doctor group. In talent training, through the Great Health Management College, Fosun Health could train innovative management talents for the Greater Bay Area and even for the domestic healthcare industry. In the era of digital transformation, while strengthening the construction of smart hospitals in the Greater Bay Area, Fosun Health also uses online and offline medical to promote corporate cloud medical office services and achieve full coverage of 500 companies in the Greater Bay Area.
Foshan Chancheng Hospital, the flagship Hospital of Fosun Health, also participated in the BEYOND Expo. As a 3A hospital ranking No. 1 in the China Non-Public Hospital Comprehensive Competitiveness and certified by the Joint Commission International (JCI) Accreditation Standards for Hospitals, Foshan Chancheng Hospital, headed by its "Three Treasures of Chancheng Hospital" (intervertebral disc, stone removal, and birth), has set up a series of specialties such as the heart center, the brain center, and the "Zen" anti-aging medicine center to realize technology and service dual wheel drive.
In addition, in the field of medical devices, Fosun Pharma has systematically deployed three major business divisions with medical cosmetology, respiratory care, and professional medical care. Adhering to the customer as the core and to the global consumer wellness eco-system strategy, and continuing to strengthen the construction of the international marketing system, Fosun Pharma actively promotes the landing of a number of world-leading medical technologies and cutting-edge medical equipment in China.
At the BEYOND Expo, Sisram Medical, the global leading provider of energy-based surgical and medical aesthetics solutions, and Breas, the famous European ventilator brand, as well as the ultra-light and ultra-small CPAP portable ventilator Z1 Auto, are well presented.
At the same time, as a locally-incubated medical artificial intelligence company, Fosun Aitrox also brings its medical, digital and intelligent integrated solution, which uses big data and deep learning to build breakthrough intelligent applications to achieve the integration of artificial intelligence in multiple medical departments. The collaborative application from different medical departments could improve the efficiency, and truly realize AI-driven medical technology services.
– Published and distributed with permission of Media-Outreach.com.
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Andrew Paul Ward Jun 5, 2019
Our scene is a high school acting class in late November. Twenty-nine students sit at their desks, all watching a thirtieth who walks up to the front of the room to rehearse a monologue. She is to recite a two-minute passage from Wuthering Heights. The part has been well researched: the actress has a good grasp on the plot of the book and the monologue's place within the story. She understands the action of the scene and she sympathizes with her character emotionally. Everyone in the room is excited, as the actress has some talent and has been fun to watch in previous scenes.
A Few Words About My Second Book
Around thirty years ago, a movement began to restore classical education in American elementary schools and high schools. The first stage of the restoration of classical education was the recovery of classical texts. Around fifteen years ago, the second stage undertook the recovery of classical pedagogy. Today, I believe a third stage is underway. We have begun the recovery of classical assessment, grading, and class management.
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Lindsey Brigham Knott May 31, 2019
Amongst the greatest gifts a classical school can bestow upon its students is the opportunity to become skilled in the use of words.
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Josh Mayo May 29, 2019
It's May, and the world is finally awake. The campus of EDUCRAT STATE hums like a hive. Outside the dormitory, the day is all daffodils and spring zephyrs, but inside 303 WEST HALL a storm-cloud of academic fear brews. Dreading an impending final in literature, sophomore Joe Schmo peruses a SparkNotes article on Herman Melville's classic whaling adventure. Travelling through time to rescue Joe from this perilous, ethical fog, Socrates materializes on the couch—quite unexpectedly.
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After Jocasta
A poem by Joshua Gibbs
Betrayal revealed terminal illness soberly
diagnosed infidelities illuminated
accidentally pious superstitions doubted
for a lifetime then confirmed
suddenly in blood
such horrors never fail to draw
this lament from our lips:
I should have known
But this is not the judgment
of the soul
for the soul responds:
but you did know
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The deepest wisdom of humanity apart from Christ is tragedy, both as a concept as well as realized in art. Oswald Chambers, while contemplating the book of Job, understood this and oft repeated it throughout his theological writings:
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Aggarwal, A. , Chen, J.-S. and Klug, W.S. (2014) A meshfree method for mechanics and conformational change of proteins and their assemblies. CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences, 98(18), pp. 69-99.
Mechanical properties of proteins play an important role in their biological function. For example, microtubules carry large loads to transport organelles inside the cell, and virus shells undergo changes in shape and mechanical properties during maturation which affect their infectivity. Various theoretical models including continuum elasticity have been applied to study these structural properties, and a significant success has been achieved. But, the previous frameworks lack a connection between the atomic and continuum descriptions. Here this is accomplished through the development of a meshfree framework based on reproducing kernel shape functions for the large deformation mechanics of protein structures. The framework is validated by comparing thermal fluctuations of small proteins against well established elastic network model. To demonstrate the usability of this framework, solutions to several other problems are presented. The response of virus shells to indentation under atomic force microscope tip is simulated and compared to the finite element results. Finally, the large scale conformational changes of viruses are analyzed by computing the deformations/strains associated with the conformational motions. Excellent agreement with the previously published results is observed while increasing the efficiency of numerical analysis. Furthermore, the results provide insights into the continuum behavior of proteins and the optimum amount of geometric details necessary for calculating their mechanical properties.
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Jane Close Conoley, a candidate for the No. 2 post at the University of Oregon, told a gathering of about 100 faculty and staff members on Tuesday how she would choose where on campus to pour out money.
That converts to �strategic investments� in university-speak � meaning most departments aren�t going to get the added cash.
The campus has to see that the chosen �clusters of excellence� are identified in discussion with faculty, Conoley said. Everybody has to have a chance to make their case.
The august deciders have to weigh whether each proposed cluster is needed in the state, whether there�s money for that subject on the national funding scene, and how wide a group on campus could be involved.
Then the winners are chosen � and the losers cope.
The UO has been searching for its permanent provost since July when Jim Bean stepped down to teach at the UO�s Lundquist College of Business.
The university hasn�t disclosed how much the post will pay, but Bean was paid $322,140 annually when he left the post.
The third and final candidate, who is not yet publicly identified, is scheduled to visit campus Feb. 3 and 4.
Scott Coltrane, who has held the provost�s post on an interim basis, also is a candidate.
Although the provost isn�t in the forefront publicly, the job is key to the functioning of the university. The provost has closer oversight over day-to-day operations, including over budgeting, than does UO President Michael Gottfredson.
Conoley describes herself as a �data geek� who pushed for data collection at her various universities to measure output of publishing, teaching and research.
However, her approach also is high-touch.
Members of the UO audience asked Conoley how she would manage when there�s conflict or when trust is in short supply.
Conoley said there�s no shortcut to building trust. She said she starts by being responsive. �I answer my email all the time. I never let anything drop,� she said.
�I work hard to be tactful and positive,� she said. �If you speak the truth as you know it, but you are humble about it, people talk back to you. You don�t punish them. You don�t get upset. You don�t get defensive, and then the conversation starts.
Conoley also likes to entertain, according to news reports.
Conoley�s husband, Collie Conoley, who also is a psychologist and is her co-author on books and research papers, entertains at parties by playing guitar and leading folk singalongs.
He, too, would have to get a job at the UO if Conoley were to accept the post.


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