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Can we regulate intellectual interests like financial ones?

We talk about financial conflicts of interest a lot atThe BMJ - and have take taken the decision that our educational content should be without them. We also talk a lot about non-financial conflicts of interest, but the choppy waters of those are much more difficult to navigate. In this podcast, we discuss whether we should, or if we could even...




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What forced migration can tell us about diabetes

Worldwide, the rate of type II diabetes is estimated to be around 1 in 11 people - about 9%. For the Pima people of Arizona, 38% of the adult population have the condition - but across the border in Mexico, the rate drops down to 7%. The difference between the groups is their life experience - one side displaced, the other on their traditional...




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Mendelian Randomisation - for the moderately intelligent

Mendelian randomisation - it’s a technique that uses the chance distribution of genes in a population, combined with big data sets, to investigate causative relationships. But there are a lot of questions we have in The BMJ about how the technique works - the association between genes and apparently non-biologically mediated behaviours, how much...




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Artificial intelligence versus clinicians: systematic review of design, reporting standards, and claims of deep learning studies




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Secrets and Spies: UK Intelligence Accountability

Members Event

5 March 2020 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm

Chatham House | 10 St James's Square | London | SW1Y 4LE

Event participants

Abigail Watson, Research Manager, Oxford Research Group
Dr Jamie Gaskarth, Reader in Foreign Policy and International Relations, University of Birmingham; Author, Secrets and Spies: UK Intelligence Accountability After Iraq and Snowden
Jo Hare, Ethics Counsellor
Dr Claudia Hillebrand, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Cardiff University
Chair: Professor Sir David Omand GCB, Visiting Professor, King's College London; Security and Intelligence Coordinator, Cabinet Office, UK (2002-05); Director, GCHQ (1996-97)

As an important global actor, the UK gathers intelligence material that helps inform decisions on issues such as nuclear proliferation, terrorism, transnational crime and breaches of international humanitarian law. On the flip side, the UK was a major contributor to intelligence failures leading up to the Iraq war in 2003.

Using the UK as a case study and drawing on new research and interviews conducted by Dr Jamie Gaskarth, the panel will reflect on UK intelligence accountability in the context of 21st century politics. How can democratic governments hold intelligence and security agencies to account when what they do is largely secret? Should intelligence organizations create ethics committees allowing the public more input into intelligence decisions? And what has been the impact of technological and social changes, including the rise of artificial intelligence and social media, on the UK intelligence machinery?

This event will be followed by a drinks reception.

Secrets and Spies: UK Intelligence Accountability After Iraq and Snowden is part of the Chatham House Insights book series published jointly with the Brookings Institution Press. Secrets and Spies was the result of a project funded by the British Academy (SG151249). 


COVID-19
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Research Uses Artificial Intelligence to Measure Human Emotions

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New research presented online at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society annual meeting shows how data-driven computational methods are being used to understand and detect emotions. Investigators believe their findings have the potential to overturn old ideas about the structure of emotions across humanity.






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Intellectual Disability in KATP Channel Neonatal Diabetes

OBJECTIVE

Neonatal diabetes has been shown to be associated with high neuropsychiatric morbidity in a genotype-phenotype–dependent manner. However, the specific impact of different mutations on intellectual functioning is still insufficiently characterized. Specifically, only a small number of subjects with developmental delay have been comprehensively assessed, creating a knowledge gap about patients carrying the heaviest burden.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS

We assessed the intellectual functioning and mental health of the complete Norwegian population with KATP channel neonatal diabetes. Eight sulfonylurea-treated children (five with the p.V59M genotype [KCNJ11]) were assessed using age-matched control subjects with type 1 diabetes. The investigations included a physical and motor developmental examination, cerebral MRI, psychometrical examination, and questionnaires assessing intellectual capabilities and psychiatric morbidity.

RESULTS

A strong genotype-phenotype correlation was found, revealing the p.V59M genotype as highly associated with substantial intellectual disability, with no significant correlation with the time of sulfonylurea initiation. Consistent with previous studies, other genotypes were associated with minor cognitive impairment. Cerebral MRI verified normal brain anatomy in all but one child.

CONCLUSIONS

We here presented a comprehensive assessment of intellectual functioning in the largest cohort of p.V59M subjects to date. The level of intellectual disability revealed not only changes the interpretation of other psychological measures but downplays a strong protective effect of sulfonylurea. Within the scope of this study, we could not find evidence supporting an early treatment start to be beneficial, although a weaker effect cannot be ruled out.




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Case Study: New-Onset Diabetes: How to Tell the Difference Between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes

Joseph Largay
Jan 1, 2012; 30:25-26
Case Studies




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Former intelligence chief Mustafa al-Kadhini named Iraqi prime minister

Former intelligence chief Mustafa al-Kadhini was named prime minister of Iraq on Thursday, after five months of political instability in the Middle Eastern nation.




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Smarter hardware to make artificial intelligence more energy efficient

Artificial intelligence requires a lot of energy. Simply solving a puzzle can require the equivalent of the energy produced by three nuclear plants in a single hour.




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What the Bard and Lear Can Tell a Leader About Yes Men

In Shakespeare's "King Lear," a powerful man comes to a tragic end because he surrounds himself with flatterers and banishes the friends who will not varnish the truth to please him.




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Cracked pepper tagliatelle with wild boar

This recipe features on Foodie Tuesday, a weekly segment on 774 Drive with Raf Epstein, 3.30PM, courtesy of Daniel Lucas Tonin, Pasta Classica




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The mental health benefits of storytelling for health care workers | Laurel Braitman

Health care workers are under more stress than ever before. How can they protect their mental health while handling new and complex pressures? TED Fellow Laurel Braitman shows how writing and sharing personal stories helps physicians, nurses, medical students and other health professionals connect more meaningfully with themselves and others -- and make their emotional well-being a priority.




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Teenagers Who Believe They Are Particularly Intelligent Tend To Be More Narcissistic And Happier With Life

By Emily Reynolds. But self-assessed intelligence was not actually related to objective measures of intelligence




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Raimondo tells schoolkids: I'll help you cope with isolation




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Murphy tells Trump at White House NJ will need billions




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What Teachers Tell Us About the Connections Between Standards, Curriculum, and Professional Learning

A statewide survey of educators in Tennessee provides critical insights into connections that exist between standards, curriculum, professional development, and ultimately student success.




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Raimondo tells schoolkids: I'll help you cope with isolation




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Murphy tells Trump at White House NJ will need billions




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Murphy tells Trump at White House NJ will need billions




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Raimondo tells schoolkids: I'll help you cope with isolation




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Telling our story : the Kammermann family in Australia 1876 - 1925 / by Glen Kammermann.




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Data cities : how satellites are transforming architecture and design / Davina Jackson.

City planning -- Remote sensing.




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Tell me why : the story of my life and my music / Archie Roach.

Roach, Archie, 1955-




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Storytelling with data : a data visualization guide for business professionals / Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic.

Information visualization.




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A lot with a little / Tim Costello.

Costello, Tim, 1955-




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A history of intellectual property in 50 objects / edited by Claudy Op den Kamp, Bournemouth University (UK); Dan Hunter, Swinburne Law School (Australia).

Intellectual property -- History.




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Defrosting ancient microbes : emerging genomes in a warmer world / Scott O. Rogers, Professor of Molecular Biology and Evolution, Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University ; John D. Castello, Professor Emeritus of Microbiology and

Microorganisms -- History.




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[Accounts of medical and magical character, fortune tellings and predictions]

19th century.




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Des suites eloignees des traumatismes du crane et de leur traitement par la trepanation / par Julien Tellier.

Paris : J.-B. Baillière, 1890.




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Diagnostische und pathogenetische Untersuchungen : in der Klinik des Herrn Geh. Raths Dr. Schönlein auf dessen Veranlassung angestellt und mit Benutzung anderweitiger Beobachtungen veröffentlicht / von R. Remak.

Berlin : A. Hirschwald, 1845.




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Die Abstinenz der Geisteskranken und ihre Behandlung : für Anstalt und Praxis dargestellt / von Hermann Pfister.

Stuttgart : Enke, 1899.




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Die acute Entzundung des hautigen Labyrinthes des Ohres (Otitis labyrinthica s. intima) irrthumlich fur Meningitis cerebro-spinalis epidemica gehalten : fur praktische Aerzte dargestellt / von R. Voltolini.

Breslau : E. Morgenstern, 1882.




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Die acute Phosphor-Vergiftung : mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Pathologie und Physiologie experimentell / bearbeitet von Ph. Munk und E. Leyden.

Berlin : A. Hirschwald, 1865.




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Die ältesten Schriftsteller über die Lustseuche in Deutschland von 1495 bis 1510, nebst mehreren Anecdotis späterer Zeit, gesammelt und mit literarhistorischen Notizen und einer kurzen Darstellung der epidemischen Syphilis in Deutschland /

Gottingen : Dieterich, 1843.




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Die Bedeutung des Herzschlages für die Athmung : eine neue Theorie der Respiration dargestellt für Physiologen und Ärzte / von Ernst Fleischl v. Marxow.

Stuttgart : F. Enke, 1887.




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Die Behandlung der Lungenschwindsucht im Hochgebirge : und über das Zustandekommen von Ernährungsstörungen in den Lungenspitzen, welche die Disposition zur primären tuberkulösen Erkrankung derselben darstellen / von A. Volland.

Leipzig : F.C.W. Vogel, 1889.




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Die Behandlung der Wuthkrankheit : eine experimentelle Kritik des Pasteur'schen Verfahrens / von A. von Frisch.

Wien : L.W. Seidel, 1887.




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Die Bestimmung der Frau : ihre Stellung zu Familie und Beruf / von H. Fehling.

Stuttgart : F. Enke, 1892.




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Die Beziehungen zwischen Nase und weiblichen Geschlechtsorganen, in ihrer biologischen Bedeutung dargestellt / von Dr Wilhelm Fliess.

Leipzig : Deuticke, 1897.




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Die Blennorrhöe der Sexualorgane und ihre Complicationen : nach dem neuesten wissenschaftlichen Standpuncte und zahlreichen eigenen Studien und Untersuchungen / dargestellt von Ernest Finger.

Leipzig : F. Deuticke, 1893.




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Die chemische und kalorimetrische Zusammensetzung der Säuglingsnahrung zusammengestellt und berechnet / von Paul Sommerfeld.

Stuttgart : F. Enke, 1902.




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Die Cholera Asiatica, deren, Ursachen, Behandlung und Verhütung auf Grund der während der 1866 er Epidemie in der Seidau bei Budissin gemachten Erfahrungen / monographisch dargestellt von Carl Julius Büttner.

Leipzig : Duncker & Humblot, 1868.




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Die Dislocationen der Gebarmutter und der Mutterscheide von Seiten ihrer Entstehung, ihres Einflusses und ihrer Behandlung / dargestellt von Friedrich Ludwig Meissner.

Brunn : J.G. Trassler, 1821-1822.




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Die Eigenart der Warmquellen von Wildbad in Württemberg und deren richtiger Kur-Gebrauch, nach den Erfahrungen der Jahrhunderte sowie nach eigener zwanzigjähriger Erfahrung / fasslich dargestellt von... Wilh. Theodor von Renz.

Stuttgart : F. Enke, 1888.




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Die Entstehung der mechanischen Schule in der Heilkunde am Ausgang des 17. Jahrhunderts : nach einem in der Sanitäts-Officiers-Gesellschaft zu Leipzig am 3. December 1888 gehaltenen Vortrage / dargestellt von R. Sommer.

Leipzig : F.C.W. Vogel, 1889.




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Die Erkrankungen der weiblichen Harnröhre und Blase : mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der Endoskopie und Cystoskopie dargestellt / von Gustav Kolischer.

Leipzig : F. Deuticke, 1898.




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Die Fremdkorper des Uterus : Zusammenstellung von 550 Beobachtungen aus der Literatur und Praxis / von Franz Ludwig Neugebauer.

Breslau : Preuss & Junger, 1897.




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Die Galvanocaustik seit Middeldorpf : nach fremden und eigenen Erfahrungen für das praktische Bedürfniss / dargestellt von A. Hedinger.

Stuttgart : F. Enke, 1878.




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Die Hirnwindungen des Menschen nach eigenen Untersuchungen insbesondere über die Entwicklung derselben beim Fötus ... / dargestellt von Alexander Ecker.

Braunschweig : F. Vieweg, 1869.