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CBD Notification SCBD/OES/EM/DC/88792 (2020-033): Dates and venue: Twenty-fourth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 24), 17 to 22 August 2020, and Third Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation




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CBD News: Two meetings of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity's (CBD) permanent subsidiary bodies originally scheduled for May 2020 and then rescheduled for August/September 2020 will now take place in August 2020.




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CBD News: Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of World Health Day




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CBD Notification SCBD/OES/EM/DC/IS/88838 (2020-034): Summit on Biodiversity




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CBD Notification SCBD/OES/DAIN/MB/FD/88610 (2020-035): Logo for the International Day for Biological Diversity 2020: "Our solutions are in nature"




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CBD News: Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of Earth Day




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CBD Notification SCBD/SSSF/AS/BB/ML/GD/88853 (2020-036): Launching of the UNEP Strategy for Private Sector Engagement











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A linearly convergent majorized ADMM with indefinite proximal terms for convex composite programming and its applications

Ning Zhang, Jia Wu and Liwei Zhang
Math. Comp. 89 (2020), 1867-1894.
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High order explicit local time stepping methods for hyperbolic conservation laws

Thi-Thao-Phuong Hoang, Lili Ju, Wei Leng and Zhu Wang
Math. Comp. 89 (2020), 1807-1842.
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Stability of Semi-Lagrangian schemes of arbitrary odd degree under constant and variable advection speed

Roberto Ferretti and Michel Mehrenberger
Math. Comp. 89 (2019), 1783-1805.
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Stability, analyticity, and maximal regularity for parabolic finite element problems on smooth domains

Takahito Kashiwabara and Tomoya Kemmochi
Math. Comp. 89 (2020), 1647-1679.
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Stability of the Stokes projection on weighted spaces and applications

Ricardo G. Durán, Enrique Otárola and Abner J. Salgado
Math. Comp. 89 (2020), 1581-1603.
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Probabilistic Methods in Geometry, Topology and Spectral Theory

Yaiza Canzani, Linan Chen and Dmitry Jakobson, editors. American Mathematical Society | Centre de Recherches Mathematiques, 2019, CONM, volume 739, approx. 208 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4704-4145-6 (print), 978-1-4704-5599-6 (online).

This volume contains the proceedings of the CRM Workshops on Probabilistic Methods in Spectral Geometry and PDE, held from August 22–26, 2016 and...




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Analytic Methods in Arithmetic Geometry

Alina Bucur and David Zureick-Brown, editors. American Mathematical Society | Centre de Recherches Mathematiques, 2019, CONM, volume 740, approx. 256 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4704-3784-8 (print), 978-1-4704-5629-0 (online).

This volume contains the proceedings of the Arizona Winter School 2016, which was held from March 12–16, 2016, at The University of Arizona,...




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A Panorama of Singularities

Francisco-Jesús Castro-Jiménez, David Bradley Massey, Bernard Teissier and Meral Tosun, editors. American Mathematical Society, 2020, CONM, volume 742, approx. 230 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4704-4792-2 (print), 978-1-4704-5452-4 (online).

This volume contains the proceedings of the conference A Panorama on Singular Varieties, celebrating the 70th birthday of Lê Dũng...




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Analytic Trends in Mathematical Physics

Houssam Abdul-Rahman, Robert Sims and Amanda Young, editors. American Mathematical Society, 2020, CONM, volume 741, approx. 208 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4704-4841-7 (print), 978-1-4704-5388-6 (online).

This volume contains the proceedings of the Arizona School of Analysis and Mathematical Physics, held from March 5–9, 2018, at the University of...




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Complex Analysis and Spectral Theory

H. Garth Dales, Dmitry Khavinson and Javad Mashreghi, editors. American Mathematical Society | Centre de Recherches Mathematiques, 2020, CONM, volume 743, approx. 296 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4704-4692-5 (print), 978-1-4704-5453-1 (online).

This volume contains the proceedings of the Conference on Complex Analysis and Spectral Theory, in celebration of Thomas Ransford's 60th birthday, held...




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Dynamics: Topology and Numbers

Pieter Moree, Anke Pohl, L’ubomír Snoha and Tom Ward, editors. American Mathematical Society, 2020, CONM, volume 744, approx. 358 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4704-5100-4 (print), 978-1-4704-5454-8 (online).

This volume contains the proceedings of the conference Dynamics: Topology and Numbers, held from July 2–6, 2018, at the Max Planck Institute for...




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Topology and Geometry of Biopolymers

Erica Flapan and Helen Wong, editors. American Mathematical Society, 2020, CONM, volume 746, approx. 248 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4704-4840-0 (print), 978-1-4704-5456-2 (online).

This book contains the proceedings of the AMS Special Session on Topology of Biopolymers, held from April 21–22, 2018, at Northeastern...




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Topological Phases of Matter and Quantum Computation

Paul Bruillard, Carlos Ortiz Marrero and Julia Plavnik, editors. American Mathematical Society, 2020, CONM, volume 747, approx. 240 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4704-4074-9 (print), 978-1-4704-5457-9 (online).

This volume contains the proceedings of the AMS Special Session on Topological Phases of Matter and Quantum Computation, held from September...




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Advances in Harmonic Analysis and Partial Differential Equations

Donatella Danielli and Irina Mitrea, editors. American Mathematical Society, 2020, CONM, volume 748, approx. 210 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4704-4896-7 (print), 978-1-4704-5516-3 (online).

This volume contains the proceedings of the AMS Special Session on Harmonic Analysis and Partial Differential Equations, held from April 21–22,...




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????-theory in Algebra, Analysis and Topology

Guillermo Cortiñas and Charles A. Weibel, editors. American Mathematical Society, 2020, CONM, volume 749, approx. 398 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4704-5026-7 (print), 978-1-4704-5594-1 (online).

This volume contains the proceedings of the ICM 2018 satellite school and workshop K-theory conference in Argentina. The school was held...




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Linear and Multilinear Algebra and Function Spaces

A. Bourhim, J. Mashreghi, L. Oubbi and Z. Abdelali, editors. American Mathematical Society | Centre de Recherches Mathematiques, 2020, CONM, volume 750, approx. 224 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4704-4693-2 (print), 978-1-4704-5607-8 (online).

This volume contains the proceedings of the International Conference on Algebra and Related Topics, held from July 2–5, 2018, at Mohammed V...




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TripActions moves into travel payments with Liquid launch

The fast-growing travel tech startup is moving into payments after securing $500 million in debt financing from Silicon Valley Bank, Goldman Sachs and Comerica Bank




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What startups need to know about new UK immigration rules

The government has unveiled its new points-based immigration system, due to come into force in 2021, we break down what it means for the UK startup sector




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Remote working: Is it doing more harm than good?

As 1 in 6 UK adults struggle with their mental health, is the rise in remote working making employees happier or creating a workforce racked by loneliness?




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North Korean elite increasingly turning to VPNs, Tor

While only a small group of North Koreans have access to the global internet, usage patterns are changing among the elites of Pyongyang – with those in military intelligence circles now exhibiting stronger security chops, a report from Recorded Future has found




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Babylon Health releases coronavirus Care Assistant

Telehealth and GP service Babylon has rolled out a "COVID-19 Care Assistant" with a raft of features designed to help subscribers cope with symptoms during the pandemic, from the safety of their phone screen




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CapitalRise reassesses its mission amidst Brexit and regulation change

The proptech startup wanted to democratise investment in prime real estate projects through crowdfunding, but government regulations have limited its reach to high net worth individuals




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How to scale up your startup workforce without killing its culture

Startups moving to the scale-up phase will naturally experience growing pains, here's how to manage your team through that period with as little disruption as possible




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How are UK tech startups helping fight coronavirus?

Health startups are being corralled by the NHS and the government to point their talents at the COVID-19 pandemic, while others are volunteering services to help stymie the spread of the infectious new disease




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British startups locked out of COVID-19 business continuity schemes

Many startups in Britain either do not intend to or cannot access the government's Coronavirus Business Interruption and Loan Scheme, and may be forced to respond with furloughs or layoffs, warns a report




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Developer models COVID-19 sneezing simulation on Gran Turismo software

A lone developer from the company that provided aerodynamic analysis for the cars in the PlayStation game Gran Turismo has applied the tooling to demonstrate the spread of germs with and without wearing a mask




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Privacy concerns raised by NHS and KCL COVID-19 apps

While coordinated action is urgently needed, should we be racing to download everything that promises a solution?




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Soldo supports COVID-19 'digital foodstamps' response

The London-headquartered fintech startup Soldo has repurposed its spend management tools for local authorities in Italy to support its COVID-19 emergency response measures




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FCA delays two-factor online shopping authentication by 6 months

The new rule, which will force payments platforms and online retailers to strongly authenticate purchases of £28 or more has been delayed by another six months amidst the COVID-19 pandemic




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RBS shutters Bó after just six months

The challenger brand launched by the high street bank will be shutting down after informing customers that it is closing down the app-only bank