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Temple de la renommée: Jeremy Roenick raconte comment Doug Wilson lui a sauvé la vie

Jeremy Roenick nous a offert le moment le plus touchant de l’intronisation des membres de la cuvée 2024 du Temple de la renommée du hockey.




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L’ancien premier ministre de la Colombie-Britannique John Horgan est décédé

L’ex-premier ministre de la Colombie-Britannique John Horgan est décédé à l’âge de 65 ans après une bataille contre le cancer.




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Une ancienne boîte St-Hubert des années 70 retrouvée dans l’entretoit d’un chalet près de Stoneham et remise à la famille Martin en échange d'un don de 1000$

Une ancienne boîte de poulet St-Hubert, retrouvée par hasard dans l’entretoit d’un chalet, a été remise à la famille Martin en échange d'un don.




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Ahead of Remembrance Day, poll suggests most Canadians don't know much about their history

As people gather to remember those who fought and died to protect this country in past wars, a new poll suggests many Canadians know little about their country's history.




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Thousands gather in Ottawa for Remembrance Day tribute to Canada's veterans

Thousands of veterans, military personnel and their supporters gathered at Canada's National War Memorial in Ottawa to remember those who have fought and died to protect this country and its freedoms.




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Premier Ford pitches kicking Mexico out of North American free trade pact

Ontario Premier Doug Ford appears to be dipping his toe into new territory — talking about removing Mexico from the North American trade agreement.




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Former B.C. premier John Horgan, Canada's ambassador to Germany, dead at 65

Former B.C. premier John Horgan has died at the age of 65, CBC News has confirmed. In June this year, Horgan told CBC that he had been diagnosed with cancer for the third time during a routine followup appointment for his previous throat cancer.



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Le film «Monsieur Aznavour» présenté à Montréal samedi: une première «symbolique» pour le réalisateur Grand Corps Malade

Gros succès en France, le drame biographique est présenté samedi au Festival Cinemania.




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Humour: un premier spectacle solo pour Patrice L’Ecuyer

Un premier spectacle d’humour en solo, intitulé «Après seulement 32 ans d’absence sur scène».




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Asahi Kasei Medical launches Planova FG1 next-generation virus removal filter

Asahi Kasei Medical has launched the Planova FG1, a next-generation virus removal filter featuring higher flux for the manufacture of biotherapeutics, in October 2024.




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Phone Attachment for Pupil Measurements with Any Skin Tone

A research team at the University of California San Diego have developed a smartphone attachment that can provide information on changes in pupil size, which can be used to assess neurological phenomena, such as traumatic brain injury and Alzheimer’s disease. Such changes in pupil size have been difficult to characterize in the past in those […]




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Overseas candidates will be allowed to sit registration assessment remotely, regulator says

The General Pharmaceutical Council has said most candidates living in countries with a two-hour or more time difference from the UK will be able to apply to sit the registration assessment at home.




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REMOTE Redux: DTP trials are still hard

Maybe those pesky sites are good for something after all. 

It's been six years since Pfizer boldly announced the launch of its "clinical trial in a box". The REMOTE trial was designed to be entirely online, and involved no research sites: study information and consent was delivered via the web, and medications and diaries were shipped directly to patients' homes.

Despite the initial fanfare, within a month REMOTE's registration on ClinicalTrials.gov was quietly reduced from 600 to 283. The smaller trial ended not with a bang but a whimper, having randomized only 18 patients in over a year of recruiting.

Still, the allure of direct to patient clinical trials remains strong, due to a confluence of two factors. First, a frenzy of interest in running "patient centric clinical trials". Sponsors are scrambling to show they are doing something – anything – to show they have shifted to a patient-centered mindset. We cannot seem to agree what this means (as a great illustration of this, a recent article in Forbes on "How Patients Are Changing Clinical Trials" contained no specific examples of actual trials that had been changed by patients), but running a trial that directly engages patients wherever they are seems like it could work.

The less-openly-discussed other factor leading to interest in these DIY trials is sponsors' continuing willingness to heap almost all of the blame for slow-moving studies onto their research sites. If it’s all the sites’ fault – the reasoning goes – then cutting them out of the process should result in trials that are both faster and cheaper. (There are reasons to be skeptical about this, as I have discussed in the past, but the desire to drop all those pesky sites is palpable.)

However, while a few proof-of-concept studies have been done, there really doesn't seem to have been another trial to attempt a full-blown direct-to-patient clinical trial. Other pilots have been more successful, but had fairly lightweight protocols. For all its problems, REMOTE was a seriously ambitious project that attempted to package a full-blown interventional clinical trial, not an observational study.

In this context, it's great to see published results of the TAPIR Trial in vasculitis, which as far as I can tell is the first real attempt to run a DIY trial of a similar magnitude to REMOTE.

TAPIR was actually two parallel trials, identical in every respect except for their sites: one trial used a traditional group of 8 sites, while the other was virtual and recruited patients from anywhere in the country. So this was a real-time, head-to-head assessment of site performance.

And the results after a full two years of active enrollment?

  • Traditional sites: 49 enrolled
  • Patient centric: 10 enrolled
Even though we’re six years later, and online/mobile communications are even more ubiquitous, we still see the exact same struggle to enroll patients.

Maybe it’s time to stop blaming the sites? To be fair, they didn’t exactly set the world on fire – and I’m guessing the total cost of activating the 8 sites significantly exceeded the costs of setting up the virtual recruitment and patient logistics. But still, the site-less, “patient centric” approach once again came up astonishingly short.


Krischer J, Cronholm PF, Burroughs C, McAlear CA, Borchin R, Easley E, Davis T, Kullman J, Carette S, Khalidi N, Koening C, Langford CA, Monach P, Moreland L, Pagnoux C, Specks U, Sreih AG, Ytterberg S, Merkel PA, & Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium. (2017). Experience With Direct-to-Patient Recruitment for Enrollment Into a Clinical Trial in a Rare Disease: A Web-Based Study. Journal of medical Internet research, 19 (2) PMID: 28246067




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Remarkably resilient refugees: A teen on his own, a woman who was raped

Sudan's civil war has displaced 10 million citizens. Here are profiles of two young people from the most vulnerable groups: an unaccompanied minor caring for twin brothers, a woman who was raped.




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FDA Takes Step Toward Removal of Ineffective Decongestants From the Market

The FDA has proposed removing oral phenylephrine from its guidelines for over-the-counter drugs due to inefficacy as a decongestant. Use of this ingredient in cold and allergy medicines grew after a federal law required that pseudoephedrine-containing products be kept behind pharmacy counters.

The post FDA Takes Step Toward Removal of Ineffective Decongestants From the Market appeared first on MedCity News.




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Denzel Washington confirms he will star in Black Panther 3 before retirement

Denzel Washington has confirmed he will star in Black Panther 3 before his retirement. The 69-year-old actor is the first to talk about the existence of a third film in the blockbuster Marvel franchise — which will follow the 2018 original and 2022 sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — and has also revealed the film will be among a handful of roles he will take on before he bows out of acting after a career spanning four decades. Confirming director Ryan Coogler has written a role just for the Oscar-winner for the third instalment, Denzel told Australia's Today show: "At this point in my career, I'm only interested in working with the best, I don't know how many more films I will make, probably not that many. I want to do things that I haven't done." Sharing the roles he has lined up before he bids farewell to his Hollywood career, he said: "I played Othello at 22, I'm now going to play it at 70. After that, I'm playing Hannibal. After that, I've been talking with Steve McQueen about a film. After that, Ryan Coogler is writing a part for me in the next Black Panther.




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A Godson Remembers: Thammu Achaya and Indian Food History, The Telegraph

My first editor, Rukun Advani, once described himself as ‘a composite hybrid of the Indian and the Anglo-European’, who sought to reconcile ‘within himself those varying cultural influences which chauvinistic nationalists could only see as contradictions.’ This self-characterization I might avow as my own. One mark of the Anglo-European in me is that, unlike members [...]



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Pakistan's Punjab turning into hotbed of extremism, U.S. had warned




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178082: Extremist recruitment on the rise in southern Punjab

During recent trips to southern Punjab, Principal Officer was repeatedly told that a sophisticated jihadi recruitment network had been developed in the Multan, Bahawalpur, and Dera Ghazi Khan Divisions.




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230969: Extremism in Southern Punjab and Northern Sindh

Though the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) continue to grab headlines for terrorist violence, poor and underdeveloped regions in the rest of "settled" Pakistan are increasingly the recruiting and training ground for extremism and militancy.




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Remembering Owen Coté

Owen R. Coté Jr., who exerted a profound influence on security studies as Co-Editor and later Editor of the Belfer Center journal International Security, died on June 8, 2024. He was 63. Owen was also the Principal Research Scientist and Associate Director of the Security Studies Program (SSP) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

“All of us at the Belfer Center are saddened to learn of the passing of Owen Coté,” said Belfer Center Director Meghan O’Sullivan. “While he was based at MIT, he has been an integral part of our Center through his decades-long work with our signature publication, the journal International Security. Our hearts go out to his family, friends, and colleagues.”
 




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Remembering Calestous Juma

To ministers and heads of state, he was a sought-after adviser, pointing the way toward reforms that boosted farm yields, educational standards, and economic prosperity. To the scientific community, he was an unstinting champion of innovation and rigorous evidence. To his students, he was a passionate teacher and mentor. To thousands of his fans on social media, he was a fount of insight, optimism, and good humor. To us, he was a dear friend and extraordinary colleague.




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Remembering Our Colleague Professor Calestous Juma

Our colleague Calestous Juma—who passed away on December 15 at age 64 after a long illness—was a pioneering, prolific, and influential scholar/practitioner in science and technology policy for sustainable well-being. He joined Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) in 1999 as Director of the Science, Technology, and Innovation Project (a joint venture of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and the Center for International Development) and became Professor of the Practice of International Development in 2002, a position in which he maintained his exceptional productivity and engagement with policy, despite illness, up to the time of his death.




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AI Could Improve Your Life by Removing Bottlenecks Between What You Want and What You Get

Artificial intelligence is poised to remove human limitations inherent in many systems, including information and logistical bottlenecks in decision-making.

 







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US-China Cooperation Remains Possible

Joseph S. Nye advocates for identifying areas for cooperation between the United States and China such as climate change and public health.




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Remembering Memorial Day: We Must Avoid World War III

We must avoid the successor to the grand reapers of the past century: World War I and World War II. We must avoid World War III. We should reflect on this during this Memorial Day.




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Changing Face of Retirement Shines New Light on Aging in America - Jim Poolman on the Changing Face of Retirement

Jim Poolman on the Changing Face of Retirement




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Remote Island in the Philippines watches the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight live for the first time - Preparations on Bantayan island

Preparations for a live screening of the Fight of the Century on a remote island in the Philippines





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C�r�monie de remise du Prix Happy City : AG2R LA MONDIALE, Nexity, Sodexo et SUEZ environnement r�compensent les meilleures initiatives en faveur du bien-�tre citoyen - Interview Jean Jou

Interview Jean Jouzel, Pr�sident du jury





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Flatbed Cider Co. Launches in Washington State and Oregon with Line of Premium Northwest Craft Ciders - Flannel Up and Enjoy Hand-Crafted Cider

Flatbed Cider Co. offers two all new hand-crafted ciders made from the apples and pears that made the Northwest famous. Look for our Crisp Apple Cider and Pear Cider at restaurants and retailers throughout Washington State and Oregon.




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NBC UNIVERSO To Premiere Its First Original Scripted Series "El Vato" Starring Mexican Regional Star El Dasa Sunday, April 17 At 10pm/9c - �El Vato� :30 sec video promo

�El Vato� :30 sec video promo




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The Billboard Latin Music Awards Stage Explodes With A Star-Studded Line-Up As More Artists Join To Perform April 28 At 8pm/7c Live On TELEMUNDO - Las estrellas brillan en los Premios Billboard de la M�sica Latina

Los artistas m�s grandes llegan a los Premios Billboard de la M�sica Latina �Billboard Duets� que se transmitir� en vivo por TELEMUNDO el jueves 28 de abril a las 8pm/7c




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Discovery en Español aumenta la velocidad de sus 'Lunes De Motores' con transformaciones extremas de camiones - Texas Trocas Promo Clip

Conoce a la familia Méndez, pionera en la transformación extrema de camiones. Texas Trocas, nueva serie de Discovery en Español. Estreno 15 de septiembre a las 10PM E/P.




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Las estrellas llegan a los Premios Billboard de la Musica Latina el jueves 30 de abril a las 7pm/6c por Telemundo - Premios Billboard de la Música Latina

Los prestigiosos Premios Billboard de la Música Latina tendrán lugar el jueves 30 de abril a las 7pm/6c por Telemundo




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TEXAS TROCAS regresa con nuevas historias, más camiones y transformaciones aún más extremas - Vídeo 1

La segunda temporada de Texas Trocas llega a Discovery en Español con nuevas historias y transformaciones aún más extremas.




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WebMD Premieres "WebMD's Future Of Health With Robin Roberts" - WebMD Future of Health Teaser

WebMD�s Future of Health with Robin Roberts presents stories about cutting-edge medical breakthroughs, inspiring individuals working to improve people�s lives, and the people that are benefiting from their efforts.




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Springing Forward for Daylight Savings Time May Hold You Back - About REMWorks Sleep Store

REMWorks is a new sleep store concept like no other. Relieve sleeplessness, sleep apnea, snoring and insomnia with products and custom solutions from our sleep experts.




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March Of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card Grades Cities, Counties; Focuses On Racial And Ethnic Disparities - Photographer Anne Geddes

March of Dimes volunteer ambassador and world famous photographer Anne Geddes is featured in a PSA to raise awareness about preventing preterm birth and give more babies a healthy start in life.






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"The Confederacy Won": Why Donald Trump's Reelection Is a Win for White Supremacy, Xenophobia & Hate

Donald Trump has been reelected president of the United States. Ahead of Kamala Harris’s expected concession speech, we speak to professors Carol Anderson and Michele Goodwin to discuss Harris’s historic campaign — and historic loss. “The Confederacy won,” says Anderson, a professor of African American studies at Emory University. “It paints a picture of what Americans are willing to embrace,” says Goodwin, a professor of constitutional law at Georgetown and an expert on healthcare law, who warns of the public health dangers of a second Trump administration and discusses the election’s implications for reproductive rights.




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Electric Vehicles Aren't Ready for Extreme Heat and Cold. Here's How to Fix Them

New materials would help the cars of the future survive cold snaps and other climate disruptions





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Extremely rare Bronze Age wooden tool found in English trench

In a wetland on the south coast of England, archaeologists dug up one of the oldest and most complete wooden tools ever found in Britain, which is around 3500 years old




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24 SuPURRemely Expressive Cat Memes Mirroring the Hooman Experience From the Feline Pawspective

Cats aren't so different from us. When it's cold outside and we want to avoid responsibilities, we seek our coziest nap spot. When we're hungry at 2 AM, we bother someone for a snack. And when we're pawsitively peeved with the world, it's off to our favorite cat tower to stare down at the peasants below. 

Hooman cat lovers have a funny way of mirroring our experiences with our cats. If you're anything like me, a theatrical cat owner, you know that each cat you encounter has a different voice, different mannerisms, and a totally different pawsonality based on their sass levels. It's only natural to project our fancies on our felines because they're not only our best buds but our purrtner in crime! So if you love your kitty and miss them every day while you're out running errands, working (ew), or socializing with friends, remember that they're silently judging you from afar, waiting for their favorite bald, bipedal giant to come pop open a new can of wet food for them. You are so cherished!

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