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Im a single woman in my mid-thirties. Im extremely career driven, and have always dreamed of buying property near the office where I work. I ended up buying a beautiful, albeit slight fixer upper, bungalow house built in 1930. I cant wait to get started fixing up the place.

Last week I went to close on the house and bingoed to hell and back by staff who were not my direct buyers agent. Everyone who came in the room to have me sign documents asked where my husband was to have him co-sign. I had to explain about five times that I was single. They responded with mostly condescending Oh, so good for you!

Then I met the sellers. An older couple, probably in their early 70s. They were very nice at first, then also asked where my husband was. I explained that Im single, so they immediately retorted Well the house is certainly big enough for a single mom and her kids! I explained that I dont have kids and everything got awkward and silent before they chimed in saying Well you never know!!!! I then explained that I was infertile (tends to have better guilt than tubes tied) and they just looked at me worriedly. No Im sorry, nothing. We discussed the exchange of the keys and I slipped out ASAP.

I wasnt a fan of the situation.

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Although official NAIDOC Week has been postponed until November amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic,Metro Northhas put together a stellar Virtual NAIDOC Week lineup to help spotlight talented and inspiring Indigenous Australians.

PEDESTRIAN.TV sat down with QueenMode Collective book club founder and proud Mamu womanLauren Appoto discuss female empowerment, the Black Lives Matter movement, and of course, books.

Basically, QueenMode Collective uses the power of reading to help educate and empower women of colour in an attempt to sharpen the way [their] readers see the world themselves included.

Its necessary to write, publish and read books that normalise our humanity and existence. We want to read stories about black people thriving, not just surviving. We explore books about black people falling in love, exploring life and living as their authentic selves, Lauren explained.

Lauren, who has been an avid reader her whole life as a way to cope with stress and mental health, started out by simply posting her favourite books (primarily Black narratives) on social media. But after growing a bit of a following on her own, she was approached by the team at QueenMode, who helped her turn her love of reading into a thriving community. And boy, is it thriving.

We decided to create a virtual book club as a sign of appreciation or a love letter to black women in our community. A space to showcase, promote and broadcast black women and HERstory, she told PEDESTRIAN.TV.

But although the book club focuses on primarily Black narratives, the community is open for women of all ages and backgrounds to come, learn and empower each other through their love of reading. Honestly, what more could you ask for?

Theres no age or race criteria to join the virtual bookclub, you just need an open mind and a desire to be a part of an empowering community.

Id like our members to continue learning through reading and to discover something new, Lauren said of the group.

The closed Facebook group boasts around 1,000 members, who are free to join in live discussions and share their thoughts in a safe, empowering community of like-minded women. They also share their recommendations on Instagram,if youre not really a book club person.

Following the death ofGeorge Floydand the Black Lives Matter movement, there has been a huge spike in interest for Black narratives, so I asked Lauren (bookworm-to-bookworm) for her recommendations for books we should all be reading right now.

Outside of the virtual book club and her personal recommendations, Lauren also urged people to listen to Black voices if theyre trying to educate themselves on the BLM movement and Black deaths in custody.

There are a range of very knowledgeable , passionate and articulate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices that are accessible for you to tap into, she said, before reminding us that it isnt Aboriginal peoples responsibility to do the work for us when it comes to education (which is very true).

Our Activists talk about these issues every day so there is mountains of information available to you.

You can hear Lauren talk on stress management, mindfulness and positive representation of First Nations women as part of Metro Norths virtual NAIDOC Week celebrations here.

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JOHANNESBURG - The human brain is relatively small, uses about 20 Watts of power and can accomplish an amazing number of complex tasks. In contrast, machine learning algorithms that are growing in popularity need large powerful computers and data centres that consumes megawatts of electricity.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) produces astounding achievements in the recognising of images with greater accuracy than humans, having natural conversations, beating humans in sophisticated games, and driving vehicles in heavy traffic.

AI is indeed a disruptive power of the Fourth Industrial Revolution currently driving advances in numerous things from medicine to predicting the weather. However, all of these advances require enormous amounts of computing power and electricity to develop, train and run the algorithms.

According to Elon Musk, the computing power and electricity consumption of AI machines doubles every three to four months, thus becoming a major concern for environmentalists.

But it seems that we can learn something from nature in our endeavour to address the high consumption of electricity and the resultant contribution to the climate crisis by AI and powerful machines.

A branch of computer chip design focuses on mimicking the biological brain to create super-efficient neuromorphic chips that will bring AI from the powerful and energy-hungry machines right to our pocket.

Neuromorphic computing

Neuromorphic computing is the next generation of AI and entails very-large-scale integration (VLSI) systems containing electronic analog circuits to mimic neuro-biological architectures present in the biological nervous system.

This form of AI has more in common with human cognition than with conventional computer logic.

In November 2017 Intel Labs introduced Loihi, a fifth-generation self-learning neuromorphic research test-chip containing some 130 000 neurons, to provide a functional system for researchers to implement Spiking Neural Networks (SNN) that emulate natural neural networks in biological brains.

Each neuron in the SNN can fire or spike independently and send pulsed signals with encoded information to other neurons, thereby simulating the natural learning process by dynamically remapping the synapses between the artificial neurons in response to stimuli.

MIT & memristors

About a month ago engineers of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) published a paper in the prestigious journal, Nature Nanotechnology, announcing that they designed a brain-on-a-chip, consisting of thousands of artificial brain synapses known as memristors.

A memristor is a silicon-based electronic memory device that mimics the information-transmitting synapses in the human brain to carry out complex computational tasks. The neuromorphic chip, smaller than a piece of confetti, is so powerful that a small portable device could now easily handle the convoluted computational tasks currently carried out by todays supercomputers.

Artificial neural networks are nothing new. However, until now synapse networks existed only as software. MIT has built real neural network hardware that made small and portable AI systems possible, thereby cutting the power consumption of AI networks by about 95 percent.

Just imagine connecting a small neuromorphic device to a camera in your car, and having it recognise lights and objects and make a decision immediately, without having to connect to the Internet. This is exactly what this new energy-efficient MIT chip will make possible on-site and in real-time.

Memristors, or memory transistors, are an essential component of neuromorphic computing. In a neuromorphic device, a memristor serves as the transistor in a circuit, however, in this case it rather resembles the functioning of a brain synapse (the junction between two neurons). The synapse receives signals from a neuron in the form of ions and sends an equivalent signal to the following neuron.

Computers in our phones and laptops currently use different digital components for processing and memory. Information is, therefore, continuously transferred between the components. The new MIT chip computes all the inputs in parallel within the memory using analog circuits in a similar way the human brain works, thus significantly reducing the amount of data that needs to be transferred, as well as a huge saving in electricity.

Since memristors are not binary as the transistors in a conventional circuit, but can have many values, they can carry out a far wider range of operations. This means that memristors could enable smaller portable devices that do not rely on supercomputers, or even connections to the Internet and cloud processing.

To overcome the challenges of reliability and scalability the MIT researchers used a new kind of silicon-based, alloyed memristor. Until now, ions flowing in memristors made from unalloyed material easily scattered as the components are getting smaller, thus leading to inferior fidelity and computational reliability. Images were often of a poorer quality.

However, an alloy of conventional silver and silicidable (a compound that has silicon with more electropositive elements) copper stabilise the flow of ions between the electrodes, allowing the scaling of the number of memristors on a small chip without sacrificing quality or functionality. The result after numerous storing and reproductions of a visual task was that the images were much crisper and clearer when compared with existing memristor designs of unalloyed elements.

The MIT researchers are not the first to create chips to carry out processing in memory to reduce power consumption of neural nets.

However, it is the first time the approach has been used to run powerful convolutional neural networks popular in image-based AI applications. This will certainly open the

possibility to use more complex convolutional neural networks for image and video classifications in the Internet of Things in the future. Although much work still needs to be done, the new MIT chip also opens up opportunities to build more AI into devices such as smartphones, household appliances, Internet of Things devices, and self-driving cars where powerful low-power AI chips are needed.

Companies & chips

MIT is not the only institution working on making AI more suitable for smaller devices. Apple has already integrated its Neural Engine into the iPhone X to power its facial recognition technology. Amazon is developing its own custom AI chips for the next generation of its Echo digital assistant.

The big chip companies are also working on the energy-efficiency of their chips since they are increasingly building advanced capabilities like machine learning into their chips. In the beginning of this year ARM unveiled new chips capable of AI tasks such as translation, facial recognition, and the detection of faces in images. Even Qualcomms new Snapdragon mobile chips are heavily focusing on AI.

Going even further, IBM and Intel are developing neuromorphic chips. IBMs TrueNorth and Intels Loihi can run powerful machine learning tasks on a fraction of the power of conventional chips.

The costs of AI and machine learning is also declining dramatically. The cost to train an image recognition algorithm decreased from around R17 000 in 2017 to about R170 in 2019.

The cost of running such an algorithm decreased even more. The cost to classify a billion images was R17 000 in 2017, but just R0.51 in 2019.

There is little doubt that as neuromorphic chips advance further in the years to come, the trends of miniaturization, increased performance, less power consumption, and much lower AI costs will continue.

Perhaps it may not be too long before we will carry some serious AI or artificial brains in our pocket that will be able to outperform current supercomputers, just as our cellphones are more powerful than the super computers of many years ago. AI will be in our pocket, as well as in numerous other devices. It will increasingly be part of our lives, making decisions on our behalf, guiding us, and automating many current tasks.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is fundamentally changing engineering and making things possible that we could only dream of before.

Professor Louis C H Fourie is a futurist and technology strategist.

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Your idle Android phone could be performing calculations that help cure diseases.

When Sawyer Thompson was just 12 years old, he discovered his father Brett unconscious in their Washington, DC area home. Sawyer called an ambulance and Brett was rushed to the hospital, where the family learned the worst: He had brain cancer. After a year of surgeries, radiation and chemotherapy, Brett's cancer is in remission. But Sawyer wanted to do more to fight against cancer, and is tapping his interest in tech to make a bigger difference.

Like many young people, Sawyer -- who built his first computer at age 9, and started a business called ZOYA building machines for locals -- took to the internet. A Google search on "how to help cure cancer" led him to the IBM World Community Grid app, and gave him a way to make a difference from home.

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IBM World Community Grid app uses "volunteer computing" -- a type of distributed computing where you donate your computer's unused resources to a research project. Basically, with the app, your computer, phone or tablet can run virtual experiments in the background while you aren't using it that would normally take years of expensive trial and error using laboratory computers alone. The crowdsourcing approach lets anyone participate in important research, with no time, money or expertise required.

"I've always wanted to find a way to help people with computers," Sawyer said. "World Community Grid allows anyone to help cure cancer, find cures for COVID-19 and study rainfall in Africa. It's really cool."

As people are still largely stuck at home due to the coronavirus pandemic, finding ways to volunteer that don't require an in-person commitment or a donation can be difficult. But volunteer computing initiatives like World Community Grid provide opportunities to help.

Last year, Sawyer created a website called Help Sawyer Fight Cancer to share his dad's story and urge people to sign up for the app. He set an "audacious goal" of getting 100 years of cancer research processing time donated before his dad's birthday in September. Two other users on another team, nicknamed Old Chap in the UK and the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen, came across the project. Their team joined Sawyer's, and within a few months more than 80 people around the world helped him cross the 100-year mark.

Soon after that, Old Chap received a cancer diagnosis of his own. And Sawyer, now age 14, decided to shoot for 1,000 years of research processing time, instead of just 100.

"I changed the goal not just for my dad, but for Old Chap and anyone else who finds themself unexpectedly on this journey," Sawyer said. "It's honestly been crazy. At first I never thought we'd reach 100 years, and here we are trekking our way to 1,000 years."

The team's computers have already performed about 1 million calculations -- contributing more than 450 years worth of computing, had a single PC been crunching the same numbers.

"Other forms of donating to researchers involve money," Sawyer said. "But this is 100% free and requires no effort at all."

Sawyer Thompson, right, started using IBM's Community Grid app to donate his unused computing power to cancer research after his father Brett's brain cancer diagnosis.

Volunteer computing has been around since the 1990s, and such efforts are typically organized by academic and research organizations. IBM launched the World Community Grid as part of the company's social responsibility work in 2004. The app currently has more than 785,000 volunteers who donate their unused computing power to any of seven projects, focused on healthcare research on cancer, COVID-19, bacteria, tuberculosis and AIDS, or environmental research on rainfall in sub-Saharan Africa.

"World Community Grid is essentially a way to crowdsource big scientific problems, and enlist the help of volunteers to solve challenges in health and environmental research," said Juan Hindo, an IBM Corporate Social Responsibility manager and leader of the World Community Grid team.

The Mapping Cancer Markers project identifies indicators of cancer and studies how to personalize treatment plans. Researchers have millions of different tissue samples -- from healthy people, from people with different types of cancer, from those who have passed and from those who are still patients.

The Mapping Cancer Markers project in IBM World Community Grid.

"They're essentially doing a massive data comparison exercise to compare the genetic profile of all these people in the hope of identifying factors that can say, for example, people with aggressive type of cancer X are more likely to have these biomarkers," Hindo said.

To process these millions of data points requires a lot of computing power, Hindo said. That's where volunteers step in.

"Rather than trying to find a supercomputer or get more funding for computing capacity, [the researchers] bring us millions of calculations, and we distribute them out to our massive community of volunteers," she added. "They're not scientists or techies, and they don't need any skills or expertise to solve this problem."

With the app installed on a volunteer's computer or Android device, any time those devices aren't being fully used, it can run a calculation.

"By crowdsourcing this and running it out over our volunteer community, the researchers get to do this in a fraction of the time," Hindo said. "We hear from our volunteers over and over again that they feel like they're a part of a scientific process that they wouldn't otherwise be able to contribute to."

You can join the World Community Grid through IBM's website by entering an email address and creating a password, and then selecting which of the active projects you'd like to put your computing power toward. Then, you download the app on your computer or Android device (it's not on iOS).

Once you've joined the program and installed the app, everything works seamlessly, Hindo said. The app will figure out if you have any spare computing power and if so, will take on some calculations and send results back.

You can donate your unused computing power to one of several different projects on the World Community Grid app.

The app only runs if you are plugged in and if your device is charged at least 90 percent. The Android app version will only download calculations or upload results when connected to Wi-Fi, so it won't eat up your data, Hindo said. The ideal use case is when you're charging your phone or computer overnight.

When you open the app, you can find out what types of calculations your device has been working on.

In terms of security, the app uses one folder where downloaded and uploaded data goes, but doesn't touch any other data on your device, Hindo said. On the other end, the data you receive from researchers doesn't include any personally identifiable information, she added. However, anything you post in the community forums may become available to third party search engines online, according to the app's terms of service.

Researchers keep IBM and volunteers up to date on how they're using the data and calculations, what results they're finding and where they are publishing those discoveries, Hindo said. World Community Grid is also an open data project, which means all findings are made publicly available so the wider scientific community can benefit from volunteers' work.

The projects have yielded many papers published in scientific journals, Hindo said. For example, in 2014, scientists from a World Community Grid project aiming to fight childhood cancer announced the discovery of seven compounds that can destroy neuroblastoma cancer cells without any apparent side effects, marking a move toward new treatments.

"I want people to feel empowered that they can do something productive -- it's a fairly unique way of supporting a cause they care about, like cancer research," Hindo said. "Everyone's familiar with ways of volunteering your time or donating your money, and this is a different type of volunteerism -- all it takes is for you to download the app."

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The Crypto Daily – The Movers and Shakers – July 8th, 2020 – FX Empire

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Bitcoin fell by 1.00% on Tuesday. Partially reversing a 2.99% gain from Monday, Bitcoin ended the day at $9,267.5.

It was a mixed start to the day for Bitcoin. Bitcoin rose to an early morning intraday high $9,389.4 before hitting reverse.

Falling well short of the first major resistance level at $9,475.2, Bitcoin slid to a late intraday low $9,211.1.

Steering clear of the first major support level at $9,161.4, Bitcoin moved back through to $9,260 levels to limit the loss on the day.

The near-term bullish trend remained intact in spite of the recent pullback to sub-$9,000 levels. For the bears, Bitcoin would need to slide through the 62% FIB of $6,400 to form a near-term bearish trend.

Across the rest of the majors, it was a mixed day on Tuesday.

Cardanos ADA jumped by 11.78% to lead the way.

Binance Coin (+2.94%), Stellars Lumen (+2.76%), and Tezos (+2.71%) also bucked the trend on the day.

It was a bearish day for the rest of the majors, however.

Bitcoin Cash SV (-4.55%) and Trons TRX (-4.80%) led the way down.

Bitcoin Cash ABC (-1.28%), EOS (-2.14%), Ethereum (-0.97%), Litecoin (-1.54%), Moneros XMR (-0.68%) and Ripples XRP (-1.93%) also joined Bitcoin in the red.

In the current week, the crypto total market cap rose from a Monday low $254.54bn to Tuesday high $267.10bn. At the time of writing, the total market cap stood at $263.81bn.

Bitcoins dominance fell from a Monday high 65.58% to a Tuesday low 64.30%. At the time of writing, Bitcoins dominance stood at 64.58%.

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LOS ANGELES: Netflix is keeping the spirit of the summer blockbuster alive amidst a sea of delays with their new action movie, The Old Guard. Arab News joined actors Charlize Theron and Marwan Kenzari to find out more about the film via video call. Despite only seeing each other through a computer screen, the cast remained in good spirits.

Its a good development; at least you know in this lockdown phase that were all experiencing that there is still an opportunity for us to do this, Kenzari said of the new industry trend of video conferences. You kind of get used to it quickly, but obviously you will always have the uncomfortableness of not being able to pick up on the smallest details in someones answer or question.

The Old Guard marks another leading action role for Theron who, after doing many of her own stunts in Mad Max: Fury Road and Atomic Blonde, has garnered a reputation for playing characters who fight as much as they speak. According to Theron, she finds bridging the gap comes naturally.

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I started my storytelling career as a ballerina, and so physical storytelling was how I told stories for the first part of my life, said Theron. Theres a gratifying nature in going back to that kind of storytelling that I really appreciate.

To Therons point, between and during action scenes, The Old Guard keeps its focus on the inner lives of its characters. Theron plays the role of Andy, short for Andromache of Scythia, a centuries-old immortal soldier who has all but given up on humanity. Providing contrast is fellow immortal and member of Andys mercenary team, Yusuf Al-Kaysani, played by the Dutch-Tunisian actor Kenzari.

Al-Kaysani, now going by the name Joe, has weathered eternity by finding and committing to love, avoiding the nihilism that is consuming Andy. This borderline character-study is a refreshing addition to the action movie landscape.

I always look at my movies and go If we watch this in ten years will it feel modern? Will it hold up? Theron said. I think thats a good way to look at films. You want to stay in that world where you dont date a film, but still you still want it to be interesting.

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Theron credits the success of The Old Guards characters to screenwriter Greg Rucka, who, alongside artist Leandro Fernndez, created the graphic novel from which the film is adapted.I felt like the story really informed what she would look like and feel like. I cant take any credit for creating her, Theron said about Andy. Greg really wrote a character that to me felt of this world and felt timeless.

Recognition is also owed to director Gina Prince-Bythewood, whose previous films consist mostly of dramas such as The Secret Life of Bees. Between and during the action scenes of the mercenaries struggling to avoid capture by the corrupt head of a pharmaceutical company and discovering a new immortal born in the modern day, Prince-Bythewood is able to bring grounded emotional performances out of her actors, particularly Theron and co-star Kiki Layne.

I see so much potential for women in the genre because its not as compartmentalized as I think people want to make it, Theron said of the action movie world.With exciting action and complex characters, The Old Guard is a film that the cast and crew deserve to celebrate. However, just as we were forced to conduct the interview via video chat, the cast has been unable to see each other in months.

Weve worked together so intensely for a while and then we havent seen each other for a couple of months, almost a year actually so you kind of miss that, said Kenzari. You want to see each other. You want to celebrate the work that youve done together.

Until they are able to hold an in person premiere party, Theron, Kenzari, Layne and the other minds behind The Old Guard have to be content with seeing their film and each other via computer screen.

The Old Guard came out Friday, July 10, on Netflix.

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The internet followers of the black pill believe that the only inherent value left in the world is what can be achieved through acts of extreme violence.

Understanding what it means to be blacked pilled is best understood through the lens of what it means to be red pilled.The red pill has morphed several times in terms of what its meaning in purpose. What once represented an awakening akin to that undergone by Neo inThe Matrixturned into an embrace of closed-minded worship of white Westernism.

The black pill represents much more sinister urges that have risen from the collective consciousness that is pooled in various spaces on the Internet. Instead of awakening to support the resistance against a towering machine of capitalism and corrupt governance, or arising from slumber to defend it, some now choose to hasten the fates ultimate decisionan ending to what has long stood erect and resolute, for good or ill. Accelerationists, as theyre called, want to push everyone over the edge and then build something better in the ashes. How exactly the construction of a new society occurs is where things become fuzzy, not that a whole lot of what they believe is crystalline.

The accelerationists want to cause not just destruction, but dissent and unrest through government crackdowns and social isolation of those who already feel disenfranchised. The censorship of online forums by New Zealand is what the killer wanted, just as the social witch hunt across social networking and streaming sites pushes their narrative in the desired direction. The killer wants their brothers in arms to activate and commit similar acts of inhumanity.

If this becomes a trend, even a smaller one like the incel movement, the acts will only increase in severity. The killer is an eco-fascist who seems to most closely identify with Chinas flavour of tyrannical government, where the military plants trees and journalists are jailed for doing their jobs. However, even in these identifications, the amorphous nature of fascism remains as fluid and shifting as the people they hate so much.

Internet culture is the area most grounded for many of these types who have learned little from books but have read much from behind the glow of their computer monitors. They will continue to go for the high score and tomorrows atrocities may very well involve todays politicians. The heritage of reactionary hate these people draw from includes wide swaths of Nazism, paganism and antagonistic nihilism.Although many come from the internet, their ideologies dont have much to do with cyberspace or memes, beyond what would be considered by most a free but highly influenced market of ideas that usually never face any sort of real accountability.

The mainstream media and those who serve as its mouthpieces are wary of a deep dive into these specifics the same way theyve avoided any sort of due diligence in pursuing the Vegas shooters story. It just seems not to matter to them, theyd rather wallow in the all too common, and now widely recognised, tropes of crazed racists inflicting pain on the world.

I believe its worth examining the specific urges that amalgamate into driving motivations and intentions. In the case of the New Zealand mass murderer, its eco-fascist accelerationismimagine the American prepper movement, but much further right and harbouring malevolence to the very existence of society. Instead of simply preparing for society to fall, the eco-fascists, who are also accelerationists, actively work toward toppling the established governance by ripping society apart at the seams.

They dont want a race war; they want total war. And if there are more attacks like those in New Zealand, expect the worst.

Jason Arment is the author ofMusalaheen, a war memoir published byUniversity of Hell Press.

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MONTREAL -- Today was the last day that Quebecs speedily recruited new orderlies got to practice their skills on mannequins.

From now on theyll be in the field, learning to take care of real people.

Its not a moment too soon, as the military withdrawal from Quebecs care homes is complete. The Red Cross workers sent in by the federal government to help replace them, 900 in total, will trickle into place over the course of July.

But the new orderlies are prepared, said one clinical instructor, despite their quick training.

We're trying to give them as much of a realistic approach to the program [as possible] so they're not caught off guard in any way, said instructor John Millar.

Weve focused a lot on PPE, we've focused a lot on isolation protocols, so we're very firm on that.

Theyve learned other skills, too, such as how to bathe residents or transfer them from a bed to a wheelchair. And the trainers have tried to prepare them emotionally for what can be a very tough job.

The most challenging for me is going to be end-of-life care, said Dev Rishi, who used to be a truck driver but applied for Quebecs expedited orderly training.

We're going to spend time with our residents for five years, ten years, and when they're going to leave, it's going to be really challenging for me, he said.

Another of the trainees, Maria Dhe Paganon, said she quit her job waiting tables for a chance at a steady job in health care.

If I can put that much effort and hard work into people rather than food, I can make a difference, she told CTV News.

CONFUSION LINGERS AROUND PAY

Theres also been some confusion around the program.

The provinces plan is to have 10,000 new orderlies in place by September, and when authorities sent the job callout they offered a competitive wage, including paid training.

But some students said they havent been paid yet, after about three weeks of training. They thought theyd be getting $26 an hour, paid biweekly.

A document obtained by CTV, sent to students training within the Central-West health district, explains that the students will be paid in three monthly installments for training. It also says the hourly rate is $20.55.

The health authority confirmed to CTV that trainees will receive their pay in three installments. Once the training is completed, they'll be paid the going pay on the "established salary scale" for orderlies, "as well as all applicable premiums," said spokesman Barry Morgan.

The union representing existing orderlies says that with COVID bonus premiums, the trainees will indeed by getting $26 an hour once training is over.

The trainees have had mixed reactions to this news. Some have been angry or even quit.

I feel like it depends upon the situation of every person, said Rishi on Tuesday, because me, I have savings, I can manage, but some people here, they're living paycheque to paycheque. For them it's really hard.

Theyll continue training in the field over the summer before officially starting their jobs in September.

RED CROSS ARRIVING THROUGHOUT JULY

Meanwhile, the new Red Cross workers are slowly arriving to be a summer stopgap.

Quebec Premier Franois Legault expressed frustration Tuesday that more than 1,000 Canadian Armed Forces soldiers have ended their mission inside Quebec's long-term care homes.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in late June the Canadian Red Cross will send 900 people to replace them. Trudeau said 150 Red Cross workers would arrive before July 6, with the balance in place by July 29.

Legault told reporters he hoped the Red Cross would be deployed more quickly. The premier lamented that only about 100 Red Cross members had begun working in Quebec's long-term care homes, where the majority of the province's deaths attributed to COVID-19 have occurred.

A Department of National Defence spokesperson said in an email Tuesday that soldiers transitioned out of Quebec long-term care homes on June 29, with small teams on standby to respond to any COVID-19 outbreaks that staff can't control on their own.

Legault said many hospital staff are still working in seniors' residences, creating residual problems in getting hospital operations going.

--The Canadian Press contributed to this report.

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There can never be enough piling on Tom Brady, Alex Guerrero, and TB12, so its important to note that it was disclosed this past week that the Brady brand was approved for a Paycheck Protection Program loan of somewhere between $350,000-$1 million. The mere notion that it would apply is offensive.

If there is a baseball season, Im picking the Tampa Bay Rays to win the American League East.

Washington Post sports columnist Shirley Povich was a god in our industry and fought vigorously against the racist Redskins of his time. When Cleveland running back Jim Brown was crushing Washingtons football team, Povich wrote, Jim Brown, born ineligible to play for the Redskins, integrated their end zone three times yesterday. In another column, Povich wrote, The Redskins colors are burgundy, gold, and Caucasian.'

Garoppolo, a two-year-old horse making his second start, won a race at Belmont Park this past week.

The 2021 Red Sox will have already played 10 games against the Orioles before they first meet the Yankees June 4 in New York.

QUIZ: Name the only pitcher to hit a grand slam in an LCS game. Answer below.

Rusney Castillo has a major league contract, so even though theres no minor league season, hell make a final $5 million (prorated from his $13.5 million annual salary) from the Red Sox this year if there is a 60-game major league season.

Hate to see jobs lost, but a COVID-19-inspired limit on basketball assitant coaches is not the worst development. There are simply too many people in suits on NBA (and college) benches. It looks like one coach per player. Red Auerbach laughed at this in the early days of coach inflation. Red did it alone for his whole career and still had time to smoke a cigar on the bench when his team was far ahead at the end of games.

Patrick Mahomes has sports first half-billion-dollar contract. Wonder who will be the first billion-dollar player.

Umpire Joe West is 67, but he plans to work the shortened baseball season. West needs 66 games to pass Bill Klems record of 5,375 regular-season games worked by a big league umpire. Cowboy Joe gave multiple interviews this past week and came just shy of calling the whole COVID-19 thing a hoax. It got so bad that the umpires union Thursday put out a statement peppered with disclaimers such as regardless of any umpires personal views . . . we will conduct ourselves as professionals.'

Apropos of nothing (the great Nick Cafardo always used that in his Sunday notes), it occurs to me that Brady and Larry Bird share an odd/weird Boston ending. The last play of Bradys Patriots career was a pick-six in a playoff loss to the Titans. For some reason, it reminds me of Birds last game. Does anybody remember Larrys final competitive moment? It was the gold medal game of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. The USAs Dream Team defeated Croatia for the gold. And the great Larry Bird went scoreless. Larry Legends final game produced 0 points and two rebounds in 12 minutes. Bird was the only US player who did not score in the USs 117-85. Leading scorers for the losers: Drazen Petrovic (24), Dino Radja (23), and Toni Kukoc (16).

Speaking of Bird, during those early shutdown days of re-watching great games from the golden era, was I the only one who noticed that Larrys lefthanded game against Portland in 1986 has been somewhat overstated? Bird indeed scored 47 points in a 120-119 overtime win on Valentines Day in Portland, but I counted only seven lefthanded baskets when I re-watched it, and most of those were close to the hoop.

Eight of the NHLs playoff teams have never won the Stanley Cup: Arizona, Columbus, Florida, Minnesota, Nashville, Vancouver, Vegas, and Winnipeg. The Canucks made it to Game 7 of the Finals twice, losing to the Rangers in New York in 1994 and at home against the Bruins in 2011 (remember that one?).

I Give Up Dept.: Seth Schorr of Fifth Street Gaming told the New York Times, I expect that within the next five to 10 years in North America, esports will be third after the NFL and the NBA in terms of total wagering.'

RIP to Haverhills Mike Ryan, who made us all proud when he was a local boy catcher for the 1967 Red Sox. Ryan spent parts of four seasons with the Sox. He caught Dave Morehead and Ken Brett in Game 4 of the 1967 World Series and went 0 for 2 (like a lot of people) against Bob Gibson. Ryan died Tuesday at his home in Wolfeboro, N.H.

Congrats to WEEIs Courtney Fallon, a Boston native wholl be a sideline reporter for ESPNs coverage of Major League Lacrosses 20th anniversary tournament beginning next weekend in Annapolis, Md.

QUIZ ANSWER: Orioles lefthander Mike Cuellar vs. Minnesota in 1970.

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The race was originally scheduled to happen in April 2020 before it was postponed to the end of the year. Now, the 2020 event is canceled and it's set to happen in 2021 in April, COTA said.

Dorna Sports issues the following statement:

"The FIM, IRTA and Dorna Sports regret to announce the cancellation of the 2020 Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas. Previously postponed, the ongoing coronavirus outbreak and resulting complications now sadly oblige the cancellation of the event to be confirmed. However the Promoters of the event and Dorna have already begun working on possible dates to propose to the FIM for the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas in April 2021 and plans have started in order to welcome the fans back ti the iconic venue. Circuit of The Americas is a stunning modern classic just outside of Austin, TX, and first welcomed MotoGP in 2013. Splashed with colour across the whole venue, and with one of the most awe-inspiring ascents into a tight Turn 1, the facility has turned heads since it joined the calendar and the FIM IRTA and Dorna Sports are very much looking forward to returning to the track next season."

Visitors from around the world came to Austin to witness the Formula 1 U.S. Grand Prix in November of 2019.

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Washington owner Dan Snyder is working on a name change for the team, coach Ron Rivera told The Washington Post in a Saturday interview. Rivera hopes the change can happen in the next two months.

If we get it done in time for the season, it would be awesome, Rivera told Les Carpenter.

Rivera indicated he and Snyder were discussing a name change even before sponsors such as FedEx, Nike and Pepsi applied pressure to eliminate a dictionary-defined racial slur. Snyder talked to NFL officials about it some 2 1/2 weeks ago, according to Rivera, and the owner is ready to make a change he once vowed would never happen.

The team issued a statement Friday, announcing it was conducting a thorough review of the name.

Rivera, who is on vacation, said Snyder has called him to discuss names. Quarterback Dwayne Haskins is among those who support Red Tails as the new name of the franchise.

Rivera did not share any of the possible team names he has discussed with Snyder.

We came up with a couple of names, Rivera said. Two of them I really like.

The most important criteria for a new name is that it respects Native American culture and traditions and also serves as a tribute to the military, Rivera said. Rivera is the son of an Army officer who grew up on military bases.

We want to do this in a positive way, Rivera said, adding they want to ensure the name wont be a joke.

Rivera, who was hired Dec. 31, told a Chicago radio station last week that the team name was a discussion for another time. He clarified Saturday, saying he believes the death of George Floyd on May 25 and the protests that followed the reason for his interview with the radio station was a separate issue from the dispute over the team name. Rivera added that he did not want to discuss the issue with a radio station in another market.

But Rivera, one of only four minority coaches in the NFL, made clear in the interview with Carpenter that he believes its time for the team name to change.

It was hard to fathom that it was in any way a racist thing, to be honest with you, Rivera said rooting for the team during the time he spent in the Washington area as a kid. Now, putting it in perspective, theres been a change.

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Senior Autonomy Scientist for AIDrivers and founding member, Dr Mohib, spoke in a recent interview about founding the artificial intelligence focused company and some of the upcoming projects that the company is working on.

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Dr Mohib worksclosely on the companys technical road map and assists team leads on the dayto day problem solving and in the integration of automation solution with existinginfrastructures.

He has a long educational history in the area of computer science and after graduating with a first-class honours BEng in computer system engineering from Brunel university he pursued his PhD research at UCL working novel generative agent based probabilistic estimation and update model for search and rescue application in wilderness using swarm of UAVs.

Given the fastpace of the area though Dr Mohib said that every day continues to be aneducation.

Thisfield is so fast-moving that I believe you can only stay in it with constantlyeducating yourself and keeping up to date with new technologies, new ideas andsolutions.

Structured education is great for specialisations and therefore is relevant up to a limit, but it can confine you. To excel, you need to be more open to understanding how things workwithout the limitations of application domain.

Hecredits Aidrivers with being a workplace where employees can continue a path ofpersonal growth without limitations as well as pursue entrepreneurial areas forproblem driven innovation.

Lookingahead to future developments Dr Mohib highlighted AI enabled autonomoussolutions with other automated solutions, all working seamlessly within theport industry.

For example, I want to see trucks and cranes working within one whole connected environment, He said.

Innovationlike this does not come without its challenges and Dr Mohib said that the mainhurdle will be the technology acceptance.

No matterhow much the technology improves, there will always be fear and nervousness ofthe use of Ai enabled algorithms in automated vehicles unless the trust isachieved. From ordinary persons perspective, one accident is too many when itcomes to automated vehicles even if the AI enabled autonomous system was not atfault.

Overall though it will be easier to integrate these kinds of levels of autonomy into industrial settings, compared with cities for example, because it is easier to plan, manage and enforce protocols.

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REHOVOT, Israel, NEW YORK, NYand Shanghai, China, July 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE --Todos Medical Ltd.(OTCQB: TOMDF), anin vitrodiagnostics company focused on the distribution of a comprehensive suite of solutions for the screening and diagnosis of COVID-19 and the development of blood tests for the early detection of cancer and Alzheimers disease, today announced that it has expanded its agreement with 3D Medicines Corporation for COVID-19 testing products.

Under the terms of the newly signed Medical Device Contract Manufacturing Agreement, Todos has been granted the exclusive right to seek out US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for 3D Meds SARS-CoV-19 and, as well as exclusive branding and distribution rights to 3D Meds qPCR test kits in the United States. 3D Med recently completed an expansion of its extraction reagent manufacturing capacity, by adding 1,000,000 extraction reagent production per week (~140,000 per day) that can be used towards deployment in the US.

The current daily testing volume in the United States is approximately 550,000 tests/day. The full deployment of 3D Meds additional extraction capacity would allow for an increase of approximately 25% in total US testing capacity per day. Todos has completed validation of 3D Meds qPCR kits and pre-loaded extraction reagents and automated machines at its partner CLIA/CAP certified lab Provista Diagnostics, Inc. in Alpharetta, GA.

Additionally, 3D Med has successfully validated pool testing at a ratio of 10:1, and Todos intends to complete pool testing validation here in the United States in the next several weeks so that it can seek US FDA EUA over the summer of 2020 and be ready to deploy pool testing broadly for Back to School and Return to Work testing, which Todos expects to ramp up significantly in the second half of Q3/2020. Pool testing of 10:1 would potentially increase capacity to a maximum of 1,400,000 tests per day.

It is now unequivocally clear that PCR testing is the gold standard in the United States for the foreseeable future, until new molecular technologies are able to reach the scale of current PCR testing, said Gerald Commissiong, President & CEO of Todos Medical. We are very pleased with the relationship we are building with 3D Med, especially as we see demand for extraction machines and reagents begin to really take off as smaller, independent labs begin to get involved in COVID-19 testing and they identify access to a stable supply of extraction reagents as the rate limiting step to market entry. We have started to ramp up sales, including a recent marquee sale of our ANDiS machines to the Cleveland Clinic, and we are now helping our clients get up and running so they can quickly expand their testing capacity. As we move into the next phase of growth for our emerging COVID-19 testing business, we are upselling our growing install base with Gnomegen qPCR kits and related materials so that Todos can compete effectively with competitors who tend to be focused on national and regional labs in the US. Our small and medium sized lab customer base greatly appreciates the availability of our extraction equipment and reagents.

Separately, Todos expanded its international distribution rights to 3D Meds COVID-19 testing products to include the United States, Israel, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Philippine, Cambodia/Laos, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, India, United Kingdom, France, Sweden, Italy, Germany, Romania, Austria, Monaco, Switzerland, the Balkans, India, Gulf States, Dubai, UAE, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Martinique, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Dominican Republic of Congo, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Botswana, Angola, Zambia and South Africa.

For information related to Todos Medicals COVID-19 testing capabilities, please visit http://www.todoscovid.com

For testing and PPE inquiries, please email sales@todosmedical.com

About Todos Medical Ltd.

Headquartered in Rehovot, Israel, Todos Medical Ltd. (OTCQB: TOMDF) engineers life-saving diagnostic solutions for the early detection of a variety of cancers. The Company's state-of-the-art and patented Todos Biochemical Infrared Analyses (TBIA) is a proprietary cancer-screening technology using peripheral blood analysis that deploys deep examination into cancer's influence on the immune system, looking for biochemical changes in blood mononuclear cells and plasma. Todos' two internally-developed cancer-screening tests, TMB-1 and TMB-2, have received a CE mark in Europe and are currently in a pre-commercial study with its distribution partner Orot+ (a division of Luces-Orot). Todos recently entered into an exclusive option agreement to acquire U.S.-based medical diagnostics company Provista Diagnostics, Inc. to gain rights to its Alpharetta, Georgia-based CLIA/CAP certified lab and Provista's proprietary commercial-stage Videssa breast cancer blood test. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2020.

Through Breakthrough Diagnostics, Inc., its joint venture with Amarantus Bioscience Holdings, Inc. (OTC: AMBS), Todos is also actively involved with the development of blood tests for the early detection of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease. Todos expected to complete the remaining unowned interest in Breakthrough in the third quarter of 2020.

Todos has entered into distribution agreements with companies to distribute certain novel coronavirus (COVID-19) test kits. The Company has entered into distribution agreements with multiple international suppliers of PCR testing kits and related materials and supplies, as well as antibody testing kits from multiple manufacturers after completing validation of said testing kits and supplies in its partner CLIA/CAP certified laboratory in the United States. Todos, via its wholly-owned subsidiary Corona Diagnostics LLC, has formed strategic partnerships with Meridian Health, Moto-Para Foundation, Emerald Organic Products, Inc.s (OTC: EMOR) subsidiaries Carie.com and Bonsa Health to help deploy COVID-19 testing in the United States.

For more information, please visit https://www.todosmedical.com/

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Certain statements contained in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements. For example, forward-looking statements are used when discussing our expected clinical development programs and clinical trials. These forward-looking statements are based only on current expectations of management, and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, including the risks and uncertainties related to the progress, timing, cost, and results of clinical trials and product development programs; difficulties or delays in obtaining regulatory approval or patent protection for product candidates; competition from other biotechnology companies; and our ability to obtain additional funding required to conduct our research, development and commercialization activities. In addition, the following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements: changes in technology and market requirements; delays or obstacles in launching our clinical trials; changes in legislation; inability to timely develop and introduce new technologies, products and applications; lack of validation of our technology as we progress further and lack of acceptance of our methods by the scientific community; inability to retain or attract key employees whose knowledge is essential to the development of our products; unforeseen scientific difficulties that may develop with our process; greater cost of final product than anticipated; loss of market share and pressure on pricing resulting from competition; and laboratory results that do not translate to equally good results in real settings, all of which could cause the actual results or performance to differ materially from those contemplated in such forward-looking statements. Except as otherwise required by law, Todos Medical does not undertake any obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. For a more detailed description of the risks and uncertainties affecting Todos Medical, please refer to its reports filed from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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July 9, 2020 Metrics are a new frontier for automating certain cybersecurity measurements, according to Mariam Baksh, a staff correspondent at Nextgov.

In a Thursday Nextgov webinar, moderated by Baksh, panelists discussed the benefits of utilizing automation to gather data for more informed metrics, in order to ultimately solve pressing cybersecurity issues in both the federal and private sector.

Its important to remember when we say metrics, we just mean measurements, said Brandon Valeriano, senior advisor of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission.

Automation and metrics are currently being utilized by the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program, a leading effort to reduce cyber risk and provide asset visibility to the federal government.

By distributing automated tools to federal agencies, their ability to monitor and manage the threat of cyber vulnerabilities is strengthened.

The goal of CDM is to improve the federal governments respective security posture, said program manager Kevin Cox.

Agencies are not aware of their attack surface, Cox said, referring to all of the places an advisory is able to exploit a network.

When the CDM program was utilized, researchers found that agencies have 75 percent more assets than they were manually reported, Cox said.

The objectives of the program are to reduce agencies threat surface, increase visibility into the federal cybersecurity posture and improve federal cybersecurity response capabilities.

Valeriano, who Baksh mentioned had more experience in the private sector than his fellow panelists, spoke of utilizing metrics and automation to solve an alternative problem.

Were generally collecting data on security risks for no real purpose of analysis, Valeriano said. We only know about what were already looking for.

Valeriano called for utilizing metrics to develop a better situational hyper-awareness, so eventually attacks could be predicted and mitigated.

Other panelists reported that they are not doing the type of work that Valeriano described, revealing a division in development between segments of the private and public sector.

Automation is the way to go, said Vijay DSouza, director of the information technology and cybersecurity team at the Government Accountability Office. The more tools you have to handle the vast amounts of data were dealing with the better.

However, automation may not catch major threats, such as attackers going for harder to exploit targets, DSouza said.

To solve this, a marriage of artificial intelligence and human intelligence is ideal, he said.

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2019-2024 Global AR Automation Software Market Report

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2 Executive Summary2.1 World Market Overview2.1.1 Global AR Automation Software Market Size 2014-20242.1.2 AR Automation Software Market Size CAGR by Region2.2 AR Automation Software Segment by Type2.2.1 Cloud Based2.2.2 Cloud Based2.3 AR Automation Software Market Size by Type2.3.1 Global AR Automation Software Market Size Market Share by Type (2014-2019)2.3.2 Global AR Automation Software Market Size Growth Rate by Type (2014-2019)2.4 AR Automation Software Segment by Application2.4.1 Large Enterprises2.4.2 SMEs2.5 AR Automation Software Market Size by Application2.5.1 Global AR Automation Software Market Size Market Share by Application (2014-2019)2.5.2 Global AR Automation Software Market Size Growth Rate by Application (2014-2019)

3 Global AR Automation Software by Players

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Intel’s automated inventory planning: How it swapped ‘rule-of-thumb’ for algorithms – Supply Chain Dive

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The paper defines the savings as the "first-year reduction in inventory carrying cost."

The "multiechelon inventory optimization" model turned an inventory management process that previously relied on "rule-of-thumb heuristics and spreadsheets" into one where planners accept an algorithm's automatically generated inventory targets 99.5% of the time, the researchers said.

As the researchers point out, the importance of getting inventory levels right was something Intel, a company that has been manufacturing for decades, understood quite well.

"Since Intels first device rolled off the manufacturing line, holding too much inventory has wasted capacity and holding too little has risked revenue," the researchers wrote. The effort got some push back in the early days with comments suggesting it wouldn't work or the current method was functioning fine. But when a former factory manager was appointed as the VP of supply chain, "he felt there must be a better and more scientific way to set inventory targets than just planner rule-of-thumb estimates applied across all products," the paper reads.

The automation of the process has allowed planners to focus on more complicated inventory issues within the company, the paper said.

"All facets of calculating the inventory targets (e.g., processing data inputs, calculating targets, publishing summary statistics) were automated, freeing planners to handle only the exceptions the truly problematic SKUs on allocation or newly launched in uncertain markets," the researchers wrote.

Intel began piloting the new inventory model in 2005 with its boxed CPU channel, which sells microprocessors in retail-branded boxes through distributors and local computer manufacturers. It resulted in an 11% reduction in inventory investment while total demand was satisfied on time more than 90% of the time, the paper said.

But in the pilot, workers would still manually override the algorithm about 50% of the time. The researchers tweaked the algorithm to improve its fit before rolling it out more widely across the company.

The pilot only ran on some of the SKUs within the boxed CPU business, which provided the researchers with a control. The new method satisfied demand on time at a higher level than the old method while keeping lower inventory levels. Notably, the SKUs using the new model also "avoided the wild fluctuations in inventory that the control group experienced during the turbulent markets of the Great Recession," the paper said.

In 2011, Intel began rolling out the model to its vendor-managed inventory, which was a year-long effort.

As for forecasting the demand for new products, Intel began mapping products to tie current items to its most-similar predecessor. The company relied on a number of variables to make the comparison including price, division code, market segment and microprocessor brand. The company only uses a product's data to forecast demand if it has 22 weeks of demand data. If it doesn't, then it forecasts the demand using historical data from other products.

Planners were able to override the algorithm's suggestions throughout the pilot, but the frequency of this trended down throughout the project as the model improved.

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According to Research, the global CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS AUTOMATION market was valued at USD xxx million in 2019, and it is expected to reach a value of USD xxx million by 2026, at a CAGR of xx% over the forecast period 2021-2026. Correspondingly, the forecast analysis of CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS AUTOMATION industry comprises of Asia, North America, South America, Middle East and Africa, Europe, with the sales and revenue data in each of the sub-segments.

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Asia-Pacific (China, Japan, Korea, India and Southeast Asia)

North America (United States, Canada and Mexico)

Europe (Germany, France, UK, Russia and Italy)

South America (Brazil, Argentina, Columbia)

Middle East and Africa (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa)

Global CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS AUTOMATION market competition by top manufacturers, with production, price, revenue (value) and market share for each manufacturer, the top players including

Abaxis

Abbott Diagnostics

Beckman Coulter

Becton, Dickinson and Company

BioMerieux SA

Bio-Rad Laboratories

Diagnostica Stago

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics

PerkinElmer

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics

Sysmex America

Tecan Group

The ELITechGroup

Thermo Fisher Scientific

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Modular Automation

Total Lab Automation

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Clinical Diagnostics

Drug Discovery

Proteomics Solutions

Others

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Chapter One: CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS AUTOMATION Market Overview

Chapter Two: CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS AUTOMATION Market Segment Analysis by Player

Chapter Three: CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS AUTOMATION Market Segment Analysis by Type

Chapter Four: CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS AUTOMATION Market Segment Analysis by Application

Chapter Five: CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS AUTOMATION Market Segment Analysis by Sales Channel

Chapter Six: CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS AUTOMATION Market Segment Analysis by Region

Chapter Seven: Profile of Leading CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS AUTOMATION Players

Chapter Eight: Upstream and Downstream Analysis of CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS AUTOMATION

Chapter Nine: Development Trend of CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS AUTOMATION (2020-2029)

Chapter Ten: Appendix

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The globalOil and Gas Process Automation and Instrumentation Marketis carefully researched in the report while largely concentrating on top players and their business tactics, geographical expansion, market segments, competitive landscape, manufacturing, and pricing and cost structures. Each section of the research study is specially prepared to explore key aspects of the global Oil and Gas Process Automation and Instrumentation market. For instance, the market dynamics section digs deep into the drivers, restraints, trends, and opportunities of the global Oil and Gas Process Automation and Instrumentation market. With qualitative and quantitative analysis, we help you with thorough and comprehensive research on the global Oil and Gas Process Automation and Instrumentation market. We have also focused on SWOT, PESTLE, and Porters Five Forces analyses of the global Oil and Gas Process Automation and Instrumentation market.

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Major Players:

ABBSiemensSchneider ElectricRockwell AutomationGeneral Electric Corporation

Segmentation by Product:

DCS (Distributed Control System)PLC (Programmable Logic Controller)SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition)ACS (Automation And Control System)MES (Manufacturing Execution System)/SIS (Safety Instrumented Systems)

Segmentation by Application:

Oil& GasFood& BeveragesChemicalsPharmaceuticalsWater& Wastewater/Metals& Mining/Energy& Power/Pulp & Paper

Regions and Countries:U.S, Canada, France, Germany, UK, Italy, Rest of Europe, India, China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Australia, Rest of APAC, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Rest of LATAM, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, UAE.

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Report Overview:It includes major players of the global Oil and Gas Process Automation and Instrumentation market covered in the research study, research scope, and Market segments by type, market segments by application, years considered for the research study, and objectives of the report.

Global Growth Trends:This section focuses on industry trends where market drivers and top market trends are shed light upon. It also provides growth rates of key producers operating in the global Oil and Gas Process Automation and Instrumentation market. Furthermore, it offers production and capacity analysis where marketing pricing trends, capacity, production, and production value of the global Oil and Gas Process Automation and Instrumentation market are discussed.

Market Share by Manufacturers:Here, the report provides details about revenue by manufacturers, production and capacity by manufacturers, price by manufacturers, expansion plans, mergers and acquisitions, and products, market entry dates, distribution, and market areas of key manufacturers.

Market Size by Type:This section concentrates on product type segments where production value market share, price, and production market share by product type are discussed.

Market Size by Application:Besides an overview of the global Oil and Gas Process Automation and Instrumentation market by application, it gives a study on the consumption in the global Oil and Gas Process Automation and Instrumentation market by application.

Production by Region:Here, the production value growth rate, production growth rate, import and export, and key players of each regional market are provided.

Consumption by Region:This section provides information on the consumption in each regional market studied in the report. The consumption is discussed on the basis of country, application, and product type.

Company Profiles:Almost all leading players of the global Oil and Gas Process Automation and Instrumentation market are profiled in this section. The analysts have provided information about their recent developments in the global Oil and Gas Process Automation and Instrumentation market, products, revenue, production, business, and company.

Market Forecast by Production:The production and production value forecasts included in this section are for the global Oil and Gas Process Automation and Instrumentation market as well as for key regional markets.

Market Forecast by Consumption:The consumption and consumption value forecasts included in this section are for the global Oil and Gas Process Automation and Instrumentation market as well as for key regional markets.

Value Chain and Sales Analysis:It deeply analyzes customers, distributors, sales channels, and value chain of the global Oil and Gas Process Automation and Instrumentation market.

Key Findings:This section gives a quick look at important findings of the research study.

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