new IMF Needs New Thinking to Deal with Coronavirus By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 08:59:48 +0000 27 April 2020 David Lubin Associate Fellow, Global Economy and Finance Programme @davidlubin The IMF faces a big dilemma in its efforts to support the global economy at its time of desperate need. Simply put, the Fund’s problem is that most of the $1tn that it says it can lend is effectively unusable. 2020-04-27-IMF-Virtual-News Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), speaks during a virtual news conference on April 15, 2020. Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images There were several notable achievements during last week’s Spring meetings. The Fund’s frank set of forecasts for world GDP growth are a grim but valuable reminder of the scale of the crisis we are facing, and the Fund’s richer members will finance a temporary suspension on payments to the IMF for 29 very poor countries.Most importantly, a boost to the Fund’s main emergency facilities - the Rapid Credit Facility and the Rapid Financing Instrument - now makes $100bn of proper relief available to a wide range of countries. But the core problem is that the vast bulk of the Fund’s firepower is effectively inert.This is because of the idea of 'conditionality', which underpins almost all of the IMF’s lending relationships with member states. Under normal circumstances, when the IMF is the last-resort lender to a country, it insists that the borrowing government tighten its belt and exercise restraint in public spending.This helps to achieve three objectives. One is to stabilise the public debt burden, to ensure that the resources made available are not wasted. The second is to limit the whole economy’s need for foreign exchange, a shortage of which had prompted a country to seek IMF help in the first place. And the third is to ensure that the IMF can get repaid.Role within the international monetary systemSince the IMF does not take any physical collateral from countries to whom it is lending, the belt-tightening helps to act as a kind of collateral for the IMF. It helps to maximise the probability that the IMF does not suffer losses on its own loan portfolio — losses that would have bad consequences for the Fund’s role within the international monetary system.This is a perfectly respectable goal. Walter Bagehot, the legendary editor of The Economist, established modern conventional wisdom about managing panics. Relying on a medical metaphor that feels oddly relevant today, he said that a panic 'is a species of neuralgia, and according to the rules of science you must not starve it.' Managing a panic, therefore, requires lending to stricken borrowers 'whenever the security is good', as Bagehot put it. The IMF has had to invent its own form of collateral, and conditionality is the result. The problem, though, is that belt-tightening is a completely inappropriate approach to managing the current crisis.Countries are stricken not because they have indulged in any irresponsible spending sprees that led to a shortage of foreign exchange, but because of a virus beyond their control. Indeed, it would seem almost grotesque for the Fund to ask countries to cut spending at a time when, if anything, more spending is needed to stop people dying or from falling into a permanent trap of unemployment.The obvious solution to this problem would be to increase the amount of money that any country can access from the Fund’s emergency facilities well beyond the $100bn now available. But that kind of solution would quickly run up against the IMF’s collateral problem.The more the IMF makes available as 'true' emergency financing with few or no strings attached, the more it begins to undermine the quality of its loan portfolio. And if the IMF’s senior creditor status is undermined, then an important building block of the international monetary system would be at risk.One way out of this might have been an emergency allocation of Special Drawing Rights, a tool last used in 2009. This would credit member countries’ accounts with new, unconditional liquidity that could be exchanged for the five currencies that underpin the SDR: the dollar, the yen, the euro, sterling and the renminbi. That will not be happening, though, since the US is firmly opposed, for reasons bad and good.So in the end the IMF and its shareholders face a huge problem. It either lends more money on easy terms without the 'collateral' of conditionality, at the expense of undermining its own balance sheet - or it remains, in systemic terms, on the sidelines of this crisis.And since the legacy of this crisis will be some eye-watering increases in the public debt burdens of many emerging economies, the IMF’s struggle to find a way to administer its medicine will certainly outlive this round of the coronavirus outbreak.This article is a version of a piece which was originally published in the Financial Times Full Article
new Episode 11 - The Internet of Dating Apps (IoDA): Apple Macbook news, Google antitrust & dating apps By play.acast.com Published On :: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 16:44:32 GMT This week host Matt Egan is rejoined by Macworld.co.uk acting editor David Price to chat about Apple's latest Macbook announcements. Then online editor at ComputerworldUK Christina Mercer jumps in to give a break down of Google's fight with the EU over antitrust infringements (13:00). Finally, ex-dating app user Scott Carey, online editor at Techworld.com gives a state of the union on dating apps, from Tinder to Bumble to Happn, if they are good for society and which one is set to corner the market (27:00). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Full Article
new Episode 19 - The Internet of Xbox 'Hank' Scorpio (IoXHS) LinkedIn, Xbox vs Playstation & WWDC news By play.acast.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 13:05:50 GMT Host Matt Egan is joined by Online Editor at Techworld.com Scott Carey to break down Microsoft's mega acquisition of LinkedIn. Staff Writer at PC Advisor Chris joins in to discuss all of the news coming out of E3 and how Xbox and Playstation are set to battle it out again this summer, or will Nintendo and Zelda steal the show? (13:00). Finally, David Price comes on to talk about all of the news coming out of Apple's WWDC developer conference this week, from Hair Force One to watchOS, tvOS, macOS and iOS (26:30) And please do share, rate and review the UK Tech Weekly Podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Full Article
new Episode 55 - The Internet of Leaking Everything (IoLE) New iPads, Vault 7 and Nintendo Switch woes By play.acast.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 12:13:56 GMT The big story of the week is Wikileaks' CIA data dump, and we sandwich that topic between Apple's upcoming event and Nintendo Switch hardware issues. Lewis Painter kicks things off with Apple's (fingers crossed) late March event where we hope to see iPads, iMacs and get our six monthly fix of Jony Ive product videos. Then (13 minutes) Tamlin Magee tackles Vault 7 and the CIA's apparent ability to take control of iPhones and TVs, bypassing encryption. Will continuous leaks change anything? Finally (26 minutes) Dom Preston talks about his time over the last few weeks playing Zelda on the Nintendo Switch and why we should be a bit concerned about dodgy controllers. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Full Article tech technology CIA pod podcast wikileaks julian assange apple ipad imac iphone nintendo switch zelda
new Episode 63 - The Internet of the French (IotF) New Surface Pro and Netflix vs Cannes By play.acast.com Published On :: Fri, 26 May 2017 11:15:53 GMT This week we dive into the new Surface Pro with Digital Arts' Neil Bennett. Who is it for and is it that different to the last one? And are 2 in 1 devices really the future of computing? Then Techworld's Scott Carey, fresh back from Cannes, discusses why the French film industry booed at a Netflix film - why was it there in the first place? Is the film industry being that affected by tech giants like Amazon? Tech Advisor's Dom Preston chimes in to let us know. Finally, we all quickly nerded out about Alien: Covenant. Mild spoiler alert! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Full Article technology film tech funny
new Episode 67 - The Internet of Netflix and chill (IoNaC) 100m subs, phone news and Google Glass returns By play.acast.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 10:49:12 GMT A classic edition of the pod as we hark back to the hallowed three topic format. Henry Burrell hosts David Price, Scott Carey and Chris Martin to ask just how Netflix got so popular. Will it sustain it though? Windows Phone is also pretty much actually dead but the funeral march is long. Other phone stuff includes the hallowed iPhone 8, the demise of Vertu and Nokia not really being Nokia. David then tells us why Google Glass is back, what it means for the enterprise, and why didn't they realise the first time round that it wasn't a consumer play? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Full Article podcast technology tech tech podcast phones smartphones google netflix vertu nokia microsoft google glass
new Episode 70 - The Internet of tricky surnames (IoTS) Uber's new CEO and new phone chat By play.acast.com Published On :: Fri, 01 Sep 2017 09:17:10 GMT Scott Carey necessarily tries to get his pronunciation game on fleek to deliver the latest Uber news - there's a new CEO in town, and it isn't a woman. Should it have been? He tells Henry Burrell what's next for the company. Then roles are reversed as Henry updates Scott on the Galaxy Note 8, LG V30 and September 12's very own iPhone 8 - will it be called that? Will anyone spend £1,000 on it? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Full Article pod podcast tech technology iphone 8 iphone apple uber samsung note 8 galaxy note 8
new Episode 73 - The Internet of Electric Sheep (IoES) Facebook's blunder, the new Kindle and Blade Runner 2049 By play.acast.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 11:48:50 GMT Episode 73 sees David Price lead Scott Carey, Miriam Harris and Henry Burrell into a critique of Mark Zuckerberg's decision to go into a VR tour of Puerto Rico. Disaster tourism at its finest/worst.Henry then discusses the new Kindle Oasis, which for the firs time is waterproof - but very expensive and quietly released.Finally we all chip in to ask why Blade Runner 2049 is quite so overtly sexist in its portrayal of women. There be spoilers. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Full Article
new Episode 79 - The Internet of New Year (IoNY) Meltdown & Spectre, iPhone batteries, iMac Pro and the VFX Bafta noms By play.acast.com Published On :: Mon, 15 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT 2018 lands with a distinct thud as Charlotte Jee tackles Meltdown and Spectre, David Price wrestles with Apple's batteries and its new iMac Pro, before Miriam Harris works through the Bafta nominations for visual effects. Henry Burrell leads us down the rabbit hole. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Full Article
new Episode 86 - The Internet of Education (IoE) New iPads for schools and the Huawei P20 By play.acast.com Published On :: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 15:36:05 GMT Sheriff Scott Carey rounds up his two deputies in David Price and Henry Burrell for a quick-fire two topic pod. Apple launched a new cheaper iPad this week based around its education play - but can schools afford them and are Chromebooks a better option?Then we discuss the new Huawei P20 and P20 Pro. Notches, three cameras but competitive pricing make the new Android flagship an interesting option. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Full Article
new Episode 87 - The Internet of Snoozing (IoS) New Gmail features, 'Chat' and AMD By play.acast.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 14:49:25 GMT A double Google header as Henry Burrell leads Scott Carey and Sean Bradley down the tech rabbit hole. Alphabet's most famous outlet has redesigned Gmail for desktop, but what does that mean for businesses and consumers. Will anyone notice?Then what is Chat? Not Google Chat or Android Chat, mind - just Chat. Will the Google-led initiative really transform text messaging on Android or is it doomed to forever to be a fragmented mess?Sean then talks us through the latest AMD processors to challenge Intel. Intel hasn't had the best of year's after Apple announced it is going solo. Is there a change afoot? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Full Article
new Episode 93 - The Internet of Newsworthy Stuff (IoNS) Uber in London, FB crypto and BlackBerry Key2 By play.acast.com Published On :: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 09:53:21 GMT With Germany out of the World Cup what better way to celebrate than with a triptych of tech news'n'views? Henry Burrell hears from Scott Carey on Uber's London license while Sean Bradley explains why Facebook banned, and then allowed, cryptocurrency ads.Henry then shows off the new BlackBerry and a collection of other phones that Scott finds insulting and ridiculous. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Full Article
new Episode 98 - The Internet of Banning Idiots (IoBI) Infowars, new phone hype and the Millennium Dome By play.acast.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Aug 2018 14:46:19 GMT This week on the UK Tech Weekly Podcast our host Scott Carey talks to Macworld editor David Price about the ever-controversial Alex Jones and why the big tech companies are finally stepping up their efforts to ban him from their platforms. Editors note: we recorded this on Thursday before Twitter finally started to take some measures against Jones, without outright banning him.Next our resident phone nerd and consumer tech editor at Tech Advisor Henry Burrell talks about the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 9, the latest iPhone X rumours and how Apple and Google are trying to make you use your phone less.Lastly Techworld editor Charlotte Jee takes us on a trip down memory lane to talk about the utopian vision of the Millennium Experience, how it reflected the values of a New Labour government and its legacy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Full Article
new Episode 102 - The Internet of Tennis Max (IoTM) Apple event special, new iPhones and Apple Watch By play.acast.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Sep 2018 10:07:20 GMT A quick-fire reaction Apple special, recorded the morning after new iPhones and an Apple Watch were announced at an event in California.Henry Burrell joins David Price, Ashleigh Macro and Scott Carey to discuss which products we'll be buying, avoiding and coveting over the Christmas period.Is the new iPhone named terribly? Is it an upgrade at all? What wasn't announced? And does Scott give the new Apple Watch any praise at all? It's all here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Full Article
new Episode 104 - The Internet of Circles (IoC) RIP Google+, Pixel 3 and new tech in films By play.acast.com Published On :: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 14:46:35 GMT This week our host Scott Carey catches up on the Google+ breach news and the final demise of the doomed social media network before being joined by consumer technology editor at Tech Advisor, Henry Burrell, to talk about Google's latest batch of smartphones: the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL.Then Techworld reporter Tamlin Magee joins to talk about the technology-related films screening during the London Film Festival this month and his hopes for more utopian tech-flecked stories in the future. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Full Article
new IMF Needs New Thinking to Deal with Coronavirus By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 08:59:48 +0000 27 April 2020 David Lubin Associate Fellow, Global Economy and Finance Programme @davidlubin The IMF faces a big dilemma in its efforts to support the global economy at its time of desperate need. Simply put, the Fund’s problem is that most of the $1tn that it says it can lend is effectively unusable. 2020-04-27-IMF-Virtual-News Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), speaks during a virtual news conference on April 15, 2020. Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images There were several notable achievements during last week’s Spring meetings. The Fund’s frank set of forecasts for world GDP growth are a grim but valuable reminder of the scale of the crisis we are facing, and the Fund’s richer members will finance a temporary suspension on payments to the IMF for 29 very poor countries.Most importantly, a boost to the Fund’s main emergency facilities - the Rapid Credit Facility and the Rapid Financing Instrument - now makes $100bn of proper relief available to a wide range of countries. But the core problem is that the vast bulk of the Fund’s firepower is effectively inert.This is because of the idea of 'conditionality', which underpins almost all of the IMF’s lending relationships with member states. Under normal circumstances, when the IMF is the last-resort lender to a country, it insists that the borrowing government tighten its belt and exercise restraint in public spending.This helps to achieve three objectives. One is to stabilise the public debt burden, to ensure that the resources made available are not wasted. The second is to limit the whole economy’s need for foreign exchange, a shortage of which had prompted a country to seek IMF help in the first place. And the third is to ensure that the IMF can get repaid.Role within the international monetary systemSince the IMF does not take any physical collateral from countries to whom it is lending, the belt-tightening helps to act as a kind of collateral for the IMF. It helps to maximise the probability that the IMF does not suffer losses on its own loan portfolio — losses that would have bad consequences for the Fund’s role within the international monetary system.This is a perfectly respectable goal. Walter Bagehot, the legendary editor of The Economist, established modern conventional wisdom about managing panics. Relying on a medical metaphor that feels oddly relevant today, he said that a panic 'is a species of neuralgia, and according to the rules of science you must not starve it.' Managing a panic, therefore, requires lending to stricken borrowers 'whenever the security is good', as Bagehot put it. The IMF has had to invent its own form of collateral, and conditionality is the result. The problem, though, is that belt-tightening is a completely inappropriate approach to managing the current crisis.Countries are stricken not because they have indulged in any irresponsible spending sprees that led to a shortage of foreign exchange, but because of a virus beyond their control. Indeed, it would seem almost grotesque for the Fund to ask countries to cut spending at a time when, if anything, more spending is needed to stop people dying or from falling into a permanent trap of unemployment.The obvious solution to this problem would be to increase the amount of money that any country can access from the Fund’s emergency facilities well beyond the $100bn now available. But that kind of solution would quickly run up against the IMF’s collateral problem.The more the IMF makes available as 'true' emergency financing with few or no strings attached, the more it begins to undermine the quality of its loan portfolio. And if the IMF’s senior creditor status is undermined, then an important building block of the international monetary system would be at risk.One way out of this might have been an emergency allocation of Special Drawing Rights, a tool last used in 2009. This would credit member countries’ accounts with new, unconditional liquidity that could be exchanged for the five currencies that underpin the SDR: the dollar, the yen, the euro, sterling and the renminbi. That will not be happening, though, since the US is firmly opposed, for reasons bad and good.So in the end the IMF and its shareholders face a huge problem. It either lends more money on easy terms without the 'collateral' of conditionality, at the expense of undermining its own balance sheet - or it remains, in systemic terms, on the sidelines of this crisis.And since the legacy of this crisis will be some eye-watering increases in the public debt burdens of many emerging economies, the IMF’s struggle to find a way to administer its medicine will certainly outlive this round of the coronavirus outbreak.This article is a version of a piece which was originally published in the Financial Times Full Article
new Economic Crisis and the Delayed Arrival of a New President: Transition Trauma By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 13:16:14 +0000 1 November 2008 , Number 1 The new American president will not be inaugurated until January 20. He will certainly face the most difficult economic conditions since Franklin Roosevelt entered the White House in March 1933. The politics of presidential transition – in this year, as seventy-six years ago – seem likely only to exacerbate the global crisis. John Dumbrell Professor of Government, Durham University USCharlesDharapak_AP_PAPhotos.jpg Full Article
new Renewable Energy: Generating Money By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 10:08:14 +0000 1 November 2007 , Number 7 City types are waking up to wind, waves and the sun and their potential to make energy – and money. This is just as new energy policies for Europe emerge with twenty percent targets for renewable energy and greenhouse gas cuts. Add to the mix climate change negotiations which will be back in Bali in December. Kirsty Hamilton Associate Fellow, Energy, Environment and Resources Programme LinkedIn GettyImages-977104176.jpg Solar panels lined up Full Article
new Ever Closer Alliance? New Developments in Russia-China Relations By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 13:45:01 +0000 Invitation Only Research Event 11 December 2019 - 9:00am to 1:00pm Chatham House | 10 St James's Square | London | SW1Y 4LE Agendapdf | 125.8 KB Event participants Yang Cheng, Professor of International Relations, Assistant Dean, School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Shanghai International Studies UniversityYu Jie, Senior Research Fellow, Asia-Pacific Programme, Chatham HouseMarcin Kaczmarski, Lecturer in Security Studies, University of GlasgowNatasha Kuhrt, Lecturer, Department of War Studies, King’s College LondonBobo Lo, Non-Resident Fellow, Lowy InstituteAlexey Maslov, Professor, School of Asian Studies, National Research University, Higher School of Economics, Moscow At face value, recent years have seen a deepening in Sino-Russian cooperation, from energy agreements, to the recent Huawei-MTS deal developing a 5G network in Russia. Ever larger-in-scale joint military exercises add to fears by some that the 'axis of convenience' is now a more genuine – and threatening – partnership.This workshop will offer a sober assessment of the latest developments in Sino-Russian relations, shedding light on the underpinnings and practical realities of the relationship as well as on the long-term challenges of upholding cooperation.The panel will discuss the different and potentially diverging interpretations of contemporary Sino-Russian relations as well as the implications for the rules-based international order.This event is co-organized by the Chatham House Russia and Eurasia Programme and the University of Exeter and is supported by the British International Studies Association.Attendance at this event is by invitation only. Department/project Asia-Pacific Programme, Russia and Eurasia Programme Anna Morgan Administrator, Ukraine Forum +44 (0)20 7389 3274 Email Full Article
new The New Orthodox Church of Ukraine: Opportunities and Challenges of Canonical Independence By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 09:55:01 +0000 Invitation Only Research Event 22 January 2020 - 10:00am to 11:30am Chatham House | 10 St James's Square | London | SW1Y 4LE Event participants Archbishop Yevstraty (Zoria) of Chernihiv, Deputy Head of Department for External Church Relations, Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Orthodox Church of Ukraine) In January 2019, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople granted the Orthodox Church of Ukraine a self-governing status, ending its centuries-long subordination to the Moscow Patriarchate. The Russian Orthodox Church condemned this decision and severed its links with the Constantinople Patriarchate.More than 500 parishes have left the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate to join the newly independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC).What challenges is the new church facing? Has its independence been recognized by other Orthodox churches? How is it affected by the schism between Constantinople and Moscow? What are UOC’s priorities in relations with the West and with the Orthodox world? Department/project Russia and Eurasia Programme, Ukraine Forum Anna Morgan Administrator, Ukraine Forum +44 (0)20 7389 3274 Email Full Article
new A nematode sterol C4{alpha}-methyltransferase catalyzes a new methylation reaction responsible for sterol diversity [Research Articles] By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-02-01T00:05:23-08:00 Primitive sterol evolution plays an important role in fossil record interpretation and offers potential therapeutic avenues for human disease resulting from nematode infections. Recognizing that C4-methyl stenol products [8(14)-lophenol] can be synthesized in bacteria while C4-methyl stanol products (dinosterol) can be synthesized in dinoflagellates and preserved as sterane biomarkers in ancient sedimentary rock is key to eukaryotic sterol evolution. In this regard, nematodes have been proposed to convert dietary cholesterol to 8(14)-lophenol by a secondary metabolism pathway that could involve sterol C4 methylation analogous to the C2 methylation of hopanoids (radicle-type mechanism) or C24 methylation of sterols (carbocation-type mechanism). Here, we characterized dichotomous cholesterol metabolic pathways in Caenorhabditis elegans that generate 3-oxo sterol intermediates in separate paths to lophanol (4-methyl stanol) and 8(14)-lophenol (4-methyl stenol). We uncovered alternate C3-sterol oxidation and 7 desaturation steps that regulate sterol flux from which branching metabolite networks arise, while lophanol/8(14)-lophenol formation is shown to be dependent on a sterol C4α-methyltransferse (4-SMT) that requires 3-oxo sterol substrates and catalyzes a newly discovered 3-keto-enol tautomerism mechanism linked to S-adenosyl-l-methionine-dependent methylation. Alignment-specific substrate-binding domains similarly conserved in 4-SMT and 24-SMT enzymes, despite minimal amino acid sequence identity, suggests divergence from a common, primordial ancestor in the evolution of methyl sterols. The combination of these results provides evolutionary leads to sterol diversity and points to cryptic C4-methyl steroidogenic pathways of targeted convergence that mediate lineage-specific adaptations. Full Article
new Is CYP2C70 the key to new mouse models to understand bile acids in humans? [Commentary] By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-03-01T00:06:33-08:00 Full Article
new Problem Notes for SAS®9 - 65574: Decimal values are rounded after they are inserted into a new Databricks table via SAS/ACCESS Interface to JDBC By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 13:17:00 EST A DATA step and PROC SQL can round numeric values while creating and loading data into a new Databricks table via JDBC. Full Article BASE+Base+SAS
new Inbox: How will potential new rule affect Rays? By mlb.mlb.com Published On :: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 11:50:31 EDT Rays beat reporter Juan Toribio answers fans' questions. Full Article
new Prominins control ciliary length throughout the animal kingdom: New lessons from human prominin-1 and zebrafish prominin-3 [Cell Biology] By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-05-01T00:06:09-07:00 Prominins (proms) are transmembrane glycoproteins conserved throughout the animal kingdom. They are associated with plasma membrane protrusions, such as primary cilia, as well as extracellular vesicles derived thereof. Primary cilia host numerous signaling pathways affected in diseases known as ciliopathies. Human PROM1 (CD133) is detected in both somatic and cancer stem cells and is also expressed in terminally differentiated epithelial and photoreceptor cells. Genetic mutations in the PROM1 gene result in retinal degeneration by impairing the proper formation of the outer segment of photoreceptors, a modified cilium. Here, we investigated the impact of proms on two distinct examples of ciliogenesis. First, we demonstrate that the overexpression of a dominant-negative mutant variant of human PROM1 (i.e. mutation Y819F/Y828F) significantly decreases ciliary length in Madin–Darby canine kidney cells. These results contrast strongly to the previously observed enhancing effect of WT PROM1 on ciliary length. Mechanistically, the mutation impeded the interaction of PROM1 with ADP-ribosylation factor–like protein 13B, a key regulator of ciliary length. Second, we observed that in vivo knockdown of prom3 in zebrafish alters the number and length of monocilia in the Kupffer's vesicle, resulting in molecular and anatomical defects in the left-right asymmetry. These distinct loss-of-function approaches in two biological systems reveal that prom proteins are critical for the integrity and function of cilia. Our data provide new insights into ciliogenesis and might be of particular interest for investigations of the etiologies of ciliopathies. Full Article
new From the Triumvirate to the Ominous Octet: A New Paradigm for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus By diabetes.diabetesjournals.org Published On :: 2009-04-01 Ralph A. DeFronzoApr 1, 2009; 58:773-795Banting Lecture Full Article
new Dr Lindsay Newman By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 12:15:09 +0000 Senior Research Fellow, US and the Americas Programme Biography Dr Lindsay Newman is senior research fellow in the US and Americas Programme. She was previously head of political risk (2019) and principal research analyst (2014-2018) at IHS Markit where she worked as part of the country risk and forecasting team, focusing on its global risk practice as well as North American analysis.Prior to IHS Markit, Lindsay worked as a lawyer in the capital markets practice group of White & Case, an international law firm.She writes and speaks on a range of US domestic and foreign policy topics including US-China trade negotiations, transatlantic relations, US agenda in the Middle East, terrorism and political violence, elections, legislative politics and immigration.She received her BA from Yale University (Political Science and International Studies, magna cum laude), Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law and PhD from the Politics Department at New York University. Areas of expertise Elections and electoral processesUS domestic politicsUS foreign policyLegal institutionsPolitical risk Past experience 2019Associate director, head of political risk, IHS Markit2014-18Principal research analyst, IHS Markit2010-11Assistant instructor, NYU Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed ScholarsProgramme2004-07Lawyer, White & Case LLP Email @lindsayrsnewman LinkedIn Full Article
new A New Decade: The Path to Sustainable and Inclusive Trade By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Jan 2020 14:30:01 +0000 Invitation Only Research Event 17 January 2020 - 8:15am to 9:15am Chatham House | 10 St James's Square | London | SW1Y 4LE Event participants Arancha González, Executive Director, International Trade CentreChair: Marianne Schneider-Petsinger, Research Fellow, US and the Americas Programme, Chatham House Trade has received a lot of attention recently with the US and China still negotiating a trade agreement and the World Trade Organization coming under threat. But the global trade system is also adapting to changing geopolitical dynamics and rapid technological transformations. In light of a backlash against globalization, how can trade be made more sustainable and inclusive? What actions are needed for global trade and the trading system to adjust to changes in technology and environmental considerations? What efforts are key players such as the US, EU and China taking on these fronts?Against this backdrop, Ms Arancha González will join us for a roundtable discussion on the future of trade and how trade can play a key role in adjusting to the changes that will take place in societies over the next decade. The Chatham House US and Americas Programme would like to thank founding partner AIG and supporting partners Clifford Chance LLP and Diageo plc for their generous support of the Chatham House Global Trade Policy Forum. Event attributes Chatham House Rule Department/project US and the Americas Programme, Global Trade Policy Forum US and Americas Programme Email Full Article
new Covid-19: UK advisory panel members are revealed after experts set up new group By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 - 12:31 Full Article
new Covid-19: South Korea relaxes social distancing after the number of new cases drops below 10 a day By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 - 16:26 Full Article
new Ever Closer Alliance? New Developments in Russia-China Relations By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 13:45:01 +0000 Invitation Only Research Event 11 December 2019 - 9:00am to 1:00pm Chatham House | 10 St James's Square | London | SW1Y 4LE Agendapdf | 125.8 KB Event participants Yang Cheng, Professor of International Relations, Assistant Dean, School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Shanghai International Studies UniversityYu Jie, Senior Research Fellow, Asia-Pacific Programme, Chatham HouseMarcin Kaczmarski, Lecturer in Security Studies, University of GlasgowNatasha Kuhrt, Lecturer, Department of War Studies, King’s College LondonBobo Lo, Non-Resident Fellow, Lowy InstituteAlexey Maslov, Professor, School of Asian Studies, National Research University, Higher School of Economics, Moscow At face value, recent years have seen a deepening in Sino-Russian cooperation, from energy agreements, to the recent Huawei-MTS deal developing a 5G network in Russia. Ever larger-in-scale joint military exercises add to fears by some that the 'axis of convenience' is now a more genuine – and threatening – partnership.This workshop will offer a sober assessment of the latest developments in Sino-Russian relations, shedding light on the underpinnings and practical realities of the relationship as well as on the long-term challenges of upholding cooperation.The panel will discuss the different and potentially diverging interpretations of contemporary Sino-Russian relations as well as the implications for the rules-based international order.This event is co-organized by the Chatham House Russia and Eurasia Programme and the University of Exeter and is supported by the British International Studies Association.Attendance at this event is by invitation only. Department/project Asia-Pacific Programme, Russia and Eurasia Programme Anna Morgan Administrator, Ukraine Forum +44 (0)20 7389 3274 Email Full Article
new The New Orthodox Church of Ukraine: Opportunities and Challenges of Canonical Independence By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 09:55:01 +0000 Invitation Only Research Event 22 January 2020 - 10:00am to 11:30am Chatham House | 10 St James's Square | London | SW1Y 4LE Event participants Archbishop Yevstraty (Zoria) of Chernihiv, Deputy Head of Department for External Church Relations, Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Orthodox Church of Ukraine) In January 2019, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople granted the Orthodox Church of Ukraine a self-governing status, ending its centuries-long subordination to the Moscow Patriarchate. The Russian Orthodox Church condemned this decision and severed its links with the Constantinople Patriarchate.More than 500 parishes have left the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate to join the newly independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC).What challenges is the new church facing? Has its independence been recognized by other Orthodox churches? How is it affected by the schism between Constantinople and Moscow? What are UOC’s priorities in relations with the West and with the Orthodox world? Department/project Russia and Eurasia Programme, Ukraine Forum Anna Morgan Administrator, Ukraine Forum +44 (0)20 7389 3274 Email Full Article
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new Trudeau Election Marks New Start for Canada By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 12:17:01 +0000 22 October 2015 Cleo Paskal Associate Fellow, Energy, Environment and Resources Programme and Asia-Pacific Programme @CleoPaskal Canada's partners are about to see a sea change in policy from the new Liberal government on a range of issues, especially relating to energy and the environment. 20151022Trudeau.jpg Canadian Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau arrives to give a press conference in Ottawa on 20 October 2015. Photo by Getty Images. The Liberal Party likes to think of itself as ‘Canada’s natural governing party’. Though they have been out of power for 10 years, and newly elected prime minister Justin Trudeau is relatively inexperienced, the party has deep and old networks across the country. The backroom is full of experienced old hands, including former prime ministers who have known Trudeau since he was a toddler. With a number of bold shifts promised in Canadian foreign policy, and a willingness to be fiscally expansive (Trudeau has said he is willing to run deficits for three years to implement their policies), the change is likely to be dramatic, fast and unrelenting.International engagementThe Liberals’ proposed new Canada has a hint of nostalgia for a time when Canadians thought of themselves as a force for good in the world. There is likely to be a large-scale reengagement with the international community, especially the United Nations, not only on climate policy, but also peacekeeping and disaster response. Canada’s French-speaking experts make it well placed to engage in crisis-hit French-speaking countries while carrying somewhat less colonial baggage. Meanwhile, the Liberals have promised to withdraw Canadian forces from the combat mission against ISIS in Iraq, pledging instead to reorient their focus towards aid.Science-based policiesTrudeau has the backing of a very deep bench of experienced parliamentarians, some of whom have been waiting a long time to get back in the governing game. They include Stéphane Dion, the former environment minister who gained respect for his chairing of the 2005 UN climate change conference in Montreal, and Marc Garneau, former astronaut and president of the Canadian Space Agency. This will be a government that understands and values (and has promised to restore funding for) scientific research.This means more investment in climate resilience, renewables and other forward planning policies, but also a reexamination of some of Canada’s long-standing strengths, including Canada’s fisheries. Under the previous government, over half-a-dozen critical fisheries research libraries were shut down, in some cases with large-scale loss of data. A more science-based fisheries policy, combined with the promised funding to the Royal Canadian Navy, may result in a reinvigorated and coordinated Canadian fisheries policy. This would become particularly important in a time of global food constraints.‘Nation-to-nation’Trudeau’s stated goal of establishing ‘nation-to-nation’ relations with Canada’s indigenous peoples has potentially global implications.Through treaties, Canada’s First Nations can stake a claim to about a third of Canada’s landmass, including resource rich areas. They own or control access to land that contains oil, gas, uranium, gold, diamonds and much more. China, for one, realized the potential power of First Nations as far back as 2008, when Beijing invited over two dozen indigenous leaders to China to talk business. During that trip, Peguis Chief Glenn Hudson explained that the trip was ‘an important step for us in moving forward. Our future is not only in Canada, but partnering with other countries.’Trudeau’s ‘nation-to-nation’ statement acknowledges the strengthening role of First Nations in Canada’s resource policy. Indigenous communities have been among the most adversely affected by oil sands development and, in other parts of Canada, have successfully blocked resources extraction or transit. For example, in May, the Lax Kw'alaams Band refused to allow a proposed multi-million dollar Petronas LNG project to be developed on their land over concerns it would affect their economically and culturally important salmon runs.Real First Nations engagement with resource management has the potential substantially change Canada’s energy, environment and resources profile. First Nations in eastern Canada have already blocked hydro development that could power much of the northeastern United States and, in a time of pipeline expansion, First Nations might become instrumental in deciding if more pipelines will run north-to-south, towards the border with the United States, or east-to-west, towards the Pacific and the markets in Asia.Energy sectorAt the same time, while Trudeau said he was against the Northern Gateway pipeline, in large part because of how it would affect the people of the Pacific coast, he backed Keystone XL. However, he is unlikely to push for it in the face of a veto by President Obama. Also, low fossil fuel prices contributed to the election in May of a left-leaning provincial government in the badly hit oil heartland of Alberta. If prices stay low, that could very well combine with Liberal campaign promises to put a coordinated national price on carbon and to phase out fossil fuel subsidies, additionally reshaping Canada’s energy landscape..Agriculture and the Trans-Pacific PartnershipThe Liberals also have a stated goal of investing in a more innovative and safe agricultural sector, while defending the interests of Canadian farmers. This dovetails with their promise to openly examine and discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) before ratification. Canadian dairy farmers in particular were concerned about some of the TPP provisions but, without access to the details of the text, it was difficult to estimate how the sector would be affected.One proposed agricultural policy that may have widespread economic implications is the legalization, regulation and taxation of marijuana. As some states in the United States have found, this has the potential to be economically beneficial and, for Canada, a possible major boon to cross-border tourism.In a myriad of small ways, and a few big ones, the new Liberal government plans to change Canada’s international role and domestic landscape. This is one to watch.To comment on this article, please contact Chatham House Feedback Full Article
new ‘I Spy’ oversized denim and jumpers - Lila Ike opts to mute sex appeal in new video By jamaica-gleaner.com Published On :: Sun, 03 May 2020 00:24:29 -0500 Lila Iké’s latest single, ‘ I Spy’, is flirty and playful with a sultry tone. It’s the kind of song record labels in decades past would compulsorily conflate with bubblegum pop princess images of lollipops, pigtails, ribbons, and skirts with... Full Article
new JaRIA considers threats, opportunities in the ‘new normal’ By jamaica-gleaner.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 00:10:39 -0500 Industries across the world face uncertainty, as no one entity can absolutely declare when or if economies will revert to normal in the wake of COVID-19. The local entertainment industry suffers the same uncertainty – and to address it, the Jamaica... Full Article
new #WeAreInThisTogether against COVID-19 - Bay-C, ListenMiNews, Red Cross collaborate on anti-stigma music video By jamaica-gleaner.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 23:07:39 -0500 IN AN effort to alleviate misconceptions and misinterpretations of our current COVID-19 reality, and to create the idea that human beings deserve respect, especially when they are ill, ListenMi News has collaborated with the International... Full Article
new Buju Banton calls new single with John Legend 'special' By jamaica-gleaner.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 10:31:00 -0500 LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s been over a decade since reggae king Buju Banton and R&B star John Legend collaborated on a song, and the Grammy winners have reunited for a new track. Banton and Legend released the easygoing love song... Full Article
new Mark Wignall | Wearing masks as the new condom? By jamaica-gleaner.com Published On :: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 00:20:21 -0500 A few days ago as the lady and I drove out, headed to the hardware store to purchase one piece of lumber, she was wearing a face mask, and I had mine on the seat behind me. “So, what’s the point of you wearing the mask in the car and me without... Full Article
new Newcomb's value depends highly on '19 growth By mlb.mlb.com Published On :: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 14:53:07 EDT Sean Newcomb entered last June as an All-Star candidate and exited the regular season wondering if he had done enough to earn a spot on Atlanta's postseason roster. The inconsistent nature of his first full Major League season enhances the difficulty of projecting how valuable he might be to the Braves from both an immediate and long-term perspective. Full Article
new Spring Training launches new era for Orioles By mlb.mlb.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 09:07:02 EDT As pitchers and catchers reported Tuesday to Ed Smith Stadium, it marked the end to an offseason of overhaul in Baltimore, and the dawn of a new era. The focus will shift even further, from the front office to the field, when the club's first full squad workouts commence on Monday. Full Article
new Davis embracing data, new approach to improve By mlb.mlb.com Published On :: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 17:07:20 EDT Looking to preempt questions about his work ethic in a nightmare 2018 season, Chris Davis reported to Spring Training in Florida more than a week before Orioles position players were required to. That's when his efforts to rebound hit their first minor snag. Full Article
new Pitch clocks nothing new to younger players By mlb.mlb.com Published On :: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 18:02:13 EDT Pitch clocks are set to make their Spring Training debuts this week, and it will be in games featuring hordes of players for whom playing on a timer is nothing new. Full Article
new Netanyahu gets backing to form new gov’t By jamaica-gleaner.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:19:08 -0500 JERUSALEM (AP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally received the support of a majority of lawmakers to lead a new government yesterday, paving the way for a controversial power-sharing deal with rival-turned-partner Benny Gantz.... Full Article
new Ramdin among new Patriots signings By jamaica-gleaner.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 23:06:19 -0500 BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC): ST KITTS AND Nevis Patriots have made some significant changes to their line-up for the upcoming Caribbean Premier League (CPL) season. Captain Carlos Brathwaite has gone to the Jamaica Tallawahs, while the Patriots have... Full Article
new Deepening the pool - Western Jamaican swim clubs seek government development and new pool in region to foster training By jamaica-gleaner.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 23:18:02 -0500 Western Bureau: A number of swimming officials in western Jamaica say that the region’s struggles with underdevelopment will continue even if the COVID-19 pandemic is brought under control. They say this is because they still lack proper pools to... Full Article
new New antivirals for Hepatitis C - what does the evidence prove? By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Sat, 12 May 2018 11:44:15 +0000 There’s been a lot of attention given to the new antirviral drugs which target Hepatitis C - partly because of the burden of infection of the disease, and the lack of a treatment that can be made easily accessible to around the world, and partly because of the incredible cost of a course of treatment. But a new article on BMJ talks about the... Full Article
new Applying new power in medicine By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:41:04 +0000 Change requires the application of power - the way in which individuals can accrue power has shifted in our digitally connected world. Traditional ways of influencing change in healthcare (getting the chief executive on side, having a quiet chat with the medical director) are not the only way to build a momentum. Henry Timms - author of “New... Full Article
new Introducing Sharp Scratch - our new podcast for students and junior doctors By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 16:22:39 +0000 Here's a taster for our new student podcast - Sharp Scratch. We're talking about the hidden curriculum, things you need to know to function as a doctor, but are rarely formally taught. This is a taster - if you enjoy, subscribe! https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/student-bmj-podcast/id331561304 Sharp Scratch episode 1: Surviving the night... Full Article
new A new way to look at behaviour change in UK GPs By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 14:52:42 +0000 In quality improvement, measurement is seen as a key driver of change - how well do you know you’re doing, if you can’t actually measure it. So, when something changes in the NHS (say a new guideline) how can you tell how quickly that’s filtering down to the front line. Ben goldacre, from the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences... Full Article
