for After Bezos Phone Hack, UN Points Finger at Saudis, Calls for Probe By www.pcmag.com Published On :: According to a recent forensic analysis, a WhatsApp account from the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman allegedly sent government-bought spyware to Bezos' phone in May 2018, two UN human rights experts said on Wednesday. Full Article
for Save 30 Percent on Keeper, Never Click 'Forgot Password' Again By www.pcmag.com Published On :: The password-fatigued masses will be pleased to find Keeper's new 30 percent off deal, which brings it down to $20.99 per year from its typical $29.99. Full Article
for The Best Parental Control Software for 2020 By www.pcmag.com Published On :: Parenting styles run the gamut and so do the features in parental control and monitoring utilities. We've tested the top hardware- and software-based services to help you choose the right one for your family. Full Article
for The Best Free Antivirus Protection for 2020 By www.pcmag.com Published On :: Windows Defender is improving, but you still shouldn't rely on Windows 10's security tools as your sole means of protection. Many free third-party security apps are more effective at keeping you safe. We've tested 17 no-cost services to help you find the best free antivirus for protecting your PC. Full Article
for Fin24.com | Gold falls as moves to reopen economies erode appetite for havens By www.fin24.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:57:28 +0200 The precious metal eased for a third day after US equities hit the highest in almost seven weeks as states including Florida took steps toward easing restrictions. Full Article
for Fin24.com | Local bourse firms as global economies gear for partial reopening By www.fin24.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 17:54:10 +0200 Global markets rallied on the back of optimism that most governments were gearing up to at least partially reopen their economies following lockdowns to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Full Article
for Fin24.com | SA stocks are on track for a record month By www.fin24.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 15:08:20 +0200 Unprecedented demand for online services and entertainment during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns, along with a scramble for haven investments, have helped set South African stocks on course for a record month. Full Article
for Fin24.com | Gold bars fight coronavirus kits for space on the plane By www.fin24.com Published On :: Sun, 03 May 2020 12:27:11 +0200 Swiss refiner Valcambi SA tried for five straight days last month to move a shipment of gold out of Hong Kong. Twice the metal was packed carefully onto a plane, only to be offloaded again. Full Article
for Fin24.com | Oil rises for a fifth day with output cuts easing glut concern By www.fin24.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 09:15:12 +0200 Oil was headed for the longest run of daily gains in more than nine months on signs the worst of the supply glut may be over as production cuts start to take effect. Full Article
for Fin24.com | Oil set for second weekly gain with market starting to rebalance By www.fin24.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 10:08:03 +0200 Oil headed for its first back-to-back weekly gain since February as output cuts from the biggest producers and a nascent recovery in demand began to rebalance a market awash with crude. Full Article
for Grantmakers for Education Chief on Philanthropy's Response to Coronavirus By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Funders have been both fast and thoughtful about how to work with national and local partners to listen to needs from the field, identify best practices, and deploy resources quickly, says Celine Coggins. Full Article Philanthropy
for Performance of the Modified Boston and Philadelphia Criteria for Invasive Bacterial Infections By pediatrics.aappublications.org Published On :: 2020-04-01T01:00:57-07:00 BACKGROUND: The ability of the decades-old Boston and Philadelphia criteria to accurately identify infants at low risk for serious bacterial infections has not been recently reevaluated. METHODS: We assembled a multicenter cohort of infants 29 to 60 days of age who had cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and blood cultures obtained. We report the performance of the modified Boston criteria (peripheral white blood cell count [WBC] ≥20 000 cells per mm3, CSF WBC ≥10 cells per mm3, and urinalysis with >10 WBC per high-power field or positive urine dip result) and modified Philadelphia criteria (peripheral WBC ≥15 000 cells per mm3, CSF WBC ≥8 cells per mm3, positive CSF Gram-stain result, and urinalysis with >10 WBC per high-power field or positive urine dip result) for the identification of invasive bacterial infections (IBIs). We defined IBI as bacterial meningitis (growth of pathogenic bacteria from CSF culture) or bacteremia (growth from blood culture). RESULTS: We applied the modified Boston criteria to 8344 infants and the modified Philadelphia criteria to 8131 infants. The modified Boston criteria identified 133 of the 212 infants with IBI (sensitivity 62.7% [95% confidence interval (CI) 55.9% to 69.3%] and specificity 59.2% [95% CI 58.1% to 60.2%]), and the modified Philadelphia criteria identified 157 of the 219 infants with IBI (sensitivity 71.7% [95% CI 65.2% to 77.6%] and specificity 46.1% [95% CI 45.0% to 47.2%]). The modified Boston and Philadelphia criteria misclassified 17 of 53 (32.1%) and 13 of 56 (23.3%) infants with bacterial meningitis, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The modified Boston and Philadelphia criteria misclassified a substantial number of infants 29 to 60 days old with IBI, including those with bacterial meningitis. Full Article
for Trends in Regionalization of Emergency Care for Common Pediatric Conditions By pediatrics.aappublications.org Published On :: 2020-04-01T01:00:57-07:00 BACKGROUND: For children who cannot be discharged from the emergency department, definitive care has become less frequent at most hospitals. It is uncertain whether this is true for common conditions that do not require specialty care. We sought to determine how the likelihood of definitive care has changed for 3 common pediatric conditions: asthma, croup, and gastroenteritis. METHODS: We used the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample database to study children <18 years old presenting to emergency departments in the United States from 2008 to 2016 with a primary diagnosis of asthma, croup, or gastroenteritis, excluding critically ill patients. The primary outcome was referral rate: the number of patients transferred among all patients who could not be discharged. Analyses were stratified by quartile of annual pediatric volume. We used logistic regression to determine if changes over time in demographics or comorbidities could account for referral rate changes. RESULTS: Referral rates increased for each condition in all volume quartiles. Referral rates were greatest in the lowest pediatric volume quartile. Referral rates in the lowest pediatric volume quartile increased for asthma (13.6% per year; 95% confidence interval [CI] 5.6%–22.2%), croup (14.8% per year; 95% CI 2.6%–28.3%), and gastroenteritis (16.4% per year; 95% CI 3.5%–31.0%). Changes over time in patient age, sex, comorbidities, weekend presentation, payer mix, urban-rural location of presentation, or area income did not account for these findings. CONCLUSIONS: Increasing referral rates over time suggest decreasing provision of definitive care and regionalization of inpatient care for 3 common, generally straightforward conditions. Full Article
for Costs and Use for Children With Medical Complexity in a Care Management Program By pediatrics.aappublications.org Published On :: 2020-04-01T01:00:57-07:00 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Children with medical complexity (CMC) comprise only 6% of the pediatric population, account for ~40% of pediatric health care spending, and provide an important opportunity for cost saving. Savings in this group can have an important impact on pediatric health care costs. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of a multicenter care management program on spending and use in CMC. DESIGN AND METHODS: We conducted a prospective cohort analysis of a population of 4530 CMC enrolled in a learning collaborative designed to improve care for CMC ages 0 to 21 years identified using 3M Clinical Risk Group categories 5b through 9. The primary outcome was total per-member per-year standardized spending; secondary outcomes included inpatient and emergency department (ED) spending and use. We used a 1:1 propensity score match to compare enrolled patients to eligible nonenrolled patients and statistical process control methods to analyze spending and usage rates. RESULTS: Comparison with the matched group showed a 4.6% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.9%–7.3%) decrease in total per-member per-year spending (P < .001), a 7.7% (95% CI: 1.2%–13.5%) decrease in inpatient spending (P = .04), and an 11.6% (95% CI: 3.9%–18.4%) decrease in ED spending (P = .04). Statistical process control analysis showed a decrease in hospitalization rate and ED visits. CONCLUSIONS: CMC enrolled in a learning collaborative showed significant decreases in total spending and a significant decrease in the number of hospitalizations and ED visits. Additional research is needed to determine more specific causal factors for the results and if these results are sustainable over time and replicable in other settings. Full Article
for Validation of a Prediction Rule for Mortality in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia By pediatrics.aappublications.org Published On :: 2020-04-01T01:00:57-07:00 BACKGROUND: Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a rare congenital anomaly with a mortality of ~27%. The Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Study Group (CDHSG) developed a simple postnatal clinical prediction rule to predict mortality in newborns with CDH. Our aim for this study is to externally validate the CDHSG rule in the European population and to improve its prediction of mortality by adding prenatal variables. METHODS: We performed a European multicenter retrospective cohort study and included all newborns diagnosed with unilateral CDH who were born between 2008 and 2015. Newborns born from November 2011 onward were included for the external validation of the rule (n = 343). To improve the prediction rule, we included all patients born between 2008 and 2015 (n = 620) with prenatally diagnosed CDH and collected pre- and postnatal variables. We build a logistic regression model and performed bootstrap resampling and computed calibration plots. RESULTS: With our validation data set, the CDHSG rule had an area under the curve of 79.0%, revealing a fair predictive performance. For the new prediction rule, prenatal herniation of the liver was added, and absent 5-minute Apgar score was taken out. The new prediction rule revealed good calibration, and with an area under the curve of 84.6%, it had good discriminative abilities. CONCLUSIONS: In this study, we externally validated the CDHSG rule for the European population, which revealed fair predictive performance. The modified rule, with prenatal liver herniation as an additional variable, appears to further improve the model’s ability to predict mortality in a population of patients with prenatally diagnosed CDH. Full Article
for The Infantile Hemangioma Referral Score: A Validated Tool for Physicians By pediatrics.aappublications.org Published On :: 2020-04-01T01:00:57-07:00 OBJECTIVES: Infantile hemangiomas (IHs) are common; some cases require timely referral and treatment to prevent complications. We developed and validated a reliable instrument for timely and adequate referral of patients with IH to experts by nonexpert primary physicians. METHODS: In this multicenter, cross-sectional, observational study, we used a 3-stage process: (1) development of the Infantile Hemangioma Referral Score (IHReS) tool by IH experts who selected a representative set of 42 IH cases comprising images and a short clinical history, (2) definition of the gold standard for the 42 cases by a second independent committee of IH experts, and (3) IHReS validation by nonexpert primary physicians using the 42 gold standard cases. RESULTS: A total of 60 primary physicians from 7 different countries evaluated the 42 gold standard cases (without reference to the IHReS tool); 45 primary physicians evaluated these cases using the IHReS questionnaire, and 44 completed retesting using the instrument. IHReS had a sensitivity of 96.9% (95% confidence interval 96.1%–97.8%) and a specificity of 55.0% (95% confidence interval 51.0%–59.0%). The positive predictive value and negative predictive value were 40.5% and 98.3%, respectively. Validation by experts and primary physicians revealed substantial agreement for interrater reliability and intrarater repeatability. CONCLUSIONS: IHReS, a 2-part algorithm with a total of 12 questions, is an easy-to-use tool for primary physicians for the purpose of facilitating correct and timely referral of patients with IH. IHReS may help practitioners in their decision to refer patients to expert centers. Full Article
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for Champions League Fantasy: Who's in form? By www.uefa.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:05:00 GMT With the UEFA Champions League resuming next week, UEFA.com looks at which players have been hitting the heights on the domestic front. Full Article general
for Fantasy Football Matchday 7 lessons: Forwards By www.uefa.com Published On :: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 18:00:00 GMT Erling Braut Haaland and Robert Lewandowski continued to hit the net, although injury means the latter is likely to miss the second leg. Full Article general
for A transformed heart By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 19:43:07 +0000 An Albanian man's heart is forever changed after suffering a heart attack and meeting Jesus in his recuperation. Full Article
for God called you, and God has a plan for you By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 14:27:10 +0000 An OM worker in Cambodia shares about how a new training she is attending is transforming the way she does ministry. Full Article
for Response: 'Embracing Technology' as a Tool for Differentiation By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 25 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Elizabeth Stringer Keefe, Becky Shiring, Katie Robinson, Dr. Sonny Magana and Dr. Monica Burns contribute their suggestions on using tech to differentiate instruction. Full Article Technology
for 4 Reasons for Technology Integration By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Second year teacher, Christine Pinto, shares some reasons she integrates technology in her classroom. Full Article Technology
for Hintzes commit $100,000 for emergency aid to students By news.psu.edu Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 07:58 -0400 Two of Penn State’s most generous supporters and prominent alumni leaders have made a new commitment to support students impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. Helen S. Hintz, 1960, and Edward “Ed” R. Hintz, 1959, have directed $100,000 to the Student Care and Advocacy Emergency Fund. Full Article
for Smeal supply chain student marshal points to professor as guiding force By news.psu.edu Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 16:17 -0400 Rachel Hooker, who will graduate May 9 with a 3.99 GPA in supply chain and information systems, has been selected as the Smeal College of Business’ spring 2020 supply chain and information systems student marshal. Full Article
for COVID-19: Researchers to model novel coronavirus for spread mitigation By news.psu.edu Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 09:57 -0400 In an effort to help mitigate the disruptive effects of the deadly COVID-19 virus, an interdisciplinary team of Penn State researchers are developing a novel methodology to analyze its spread and the impacts on policy to create better-prepared and more-resilient health care systems. Full Article
for Penn State Health selects president for its new Hampden Medical Center By news.psu.edu Published On :: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 14:51 -0400 Penn State Health has appointed Don McKenna as president of Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center. Full Article
for New guide curates COVID-19 related resources for researchers By news.psu.edu Published On :: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 14:49 -0400 Penn State University Libraries has developed a curated guide to COVID-19 related resources for researchers, including ongoing research at Penn State. Full Article
for Lehigh Valley LaunchBox grant recipients help COVID-19 relief efforts By news.psu.edu Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 10:00 -0400 Using their unique skills and experiences, three LaunchBox grant recipients are providing a variety of COVID-19 relief efforts. Full Article
for Fin24.com | Credit ombud rakes in millions for consumers By www.fin24.com Published On :: Sun, 26 Mar 2017 08:52:40 +0200 Are you unhappy with your credit provider? Have you been given more debt than you can afford to pay back? Help is at hand, and it’s just an SMS away. Full Article
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for Fin24.com | Gauteng, Western Cape and KZN top list for card fraud By www.fin24.com Published On :: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 13:53:42 +0200 Gauteng, the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal are the hot spots for card fraud in South Africa, according to a report on global fraud activity. Full Article
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for Bone Age: A Handy Tool for Pediatric Providers By pediatrics.aappublications.org Published On :: 2017-12-01 Ana L. CreoDec 1, 2017; 140:e20171486-e20171486STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEW ARTICLES Full Article
for Fin24.com | 3 'practicalities' to consider before investing in property in Africa – expert By www.fin24.com Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2019 16:45:17 +0200 Africa can be a challenging place to do business and property investment is not exempt from some, often unique, challenges, says a Nedbank expert. Full Article
for Fin24.com | 3 challenges ahead for investors - strategist By www.fin24.com Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2019 18:45:06 +0200 There are three challenges facing investors going forward, HSBC chief market strategist at HSBC Private Bank tells Fin24. Full Article
for Fin24.com | 12 tips for taxpayers to better understand section 12J investments By www.fin24.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 16:18:53 +0200 By the end of February, most taxpayers are looking for every opportunity to reduce their tax liabilities. Full Article
for The Bizarre Disdain for High School Sports By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Students who play high school sports get better grades, select more challenging courses, and are more likely to enroll in college. Full Article Sports
for Greater Allegheny Students are finalists for Golden Quill Awards By news.psu.edu Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 14:03 -0400 Dedication to student print journalism paid off for several Penn State Greater Allegheny student reporters and designers. Full Article
for Virtual tutoring and parent sessions available for local school district By news.psu.edu Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 15:42 -0400 Community and university leaders collaborate to help students and parents residing in the McKeesport Area School District. Full Article
for New UEFA Futsal EURO format for 2022 By www.uefa.com Published On :: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 13:29:00 GMT The UEFA Futsal EURO is to be expanded to 16 teams and will become a tournament played every four years, starting from 2022. Full Article general
for A transformed heart By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 19:43:07 +0000 An Albanian man's heart is forever changed after suffering a heart attack and meeting Jesus in his recuperation. Full Article
for God called you, and God has a plan for you By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 14:27:10 +0000 An OM worker in Cambodia shares about how a new training she is attending is transforming the way she does ministry. Full Article