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IT is now the height of the racing season and last weekend Ilkley Cycling Club was represented at the National Road Race Championships in Norwich.
Alice Barnes of Canyon SRAM won the women's race, whilst Ilkley CC's Annabel Fisher took a fine 24th place, and she will be comfortable in the knowledge that she would have improved on this had there been some hills which would have suited her racing style.
Fisher travelled back to the UK for this race from her Swiss base, where she is racing for the DN Dames Bio Frais race team.
Yorkshire's Sophie Thackray, who has competed in Ilkley's Town Centre race and Ilkley's cyclo-crosses since she was a young girl, is now becoming a force to be reckoned with on the national stage and took 17th.
Emily Meakin, racing for Independent Pedaller last week won the Ilkley race, and came 55th in the nationals.
The men's race was held over 117 miles and the winner was Ben Swift, Team Ineos, of Rotherham.
Scott Thwaites, Vitus Pro Cycling, continued his successful season with 10th place.
Mark Cavendish MBE was 22nd and hopefully is fighting back to fitness after a few disappointing seasons.
Other local riders like multiple world champion, Otley's Tom Pidcock, Team Wiggins-LeCol, and last week's Ilkley race winner, Tom Moses, Madison-Genesis, both finished further back.
Closer to home in the Alba Rosa 3/4 category circuit race at the Brownlee Circuit, Richard Kelt picked up Ilkley CC's first senior race win of the season.
Four riders from Team PMRR were dominant and looking confident of taking the win, but they reckoned without the powerful finishing kick and combative nature of ex-rugby player Kelt, who came through strongly on the finishing straight.
Also finishing in the peloton for Ilkley CC were coach Dan Sharpe, Jake Unsworth, Patrick Blake, Michael Strange and first over 50 rider, Michael Burdon.
Liz Barrett organised the Yorkshire region of the schools hill climb event at Hawpike Farm, Bolton Abbey.
Youngest performer on the day was Ilkley's Ben Garrido, whilst older brother Toby won the under-7s category with a new category record for the climb. In the under-11s, Ilkley had Theo Hart (fourth), Zac Wilson (10th) and Thomas Knabb (11th).
The first mud of the season was found at Killinghall in round four of the Summer Cross series, where a decidedly tacky surface soon cut up to be a sticky, tyre tread filling syrup.
The long straights and sharp corners became a balancing act of head down speed and delicate cornering, with many succumbing to graceful slides out under the course marking tape.
From 104 starters, Ilkley's riders were headed home by veteran Arthur Wilson in 17th place, followed by Paul Cowland (36th), Jason Bishop (39th) and Liam Rees (62nd).
The ICC evening time trial on the Addingham - Bolton Abbey - Skipton circuit again fell on a day of inclement weather which affected rider numbers.
Airedale Olympic CC visitor Andrew Johnston took the win with 26.45, followed by Arthur Wilson (28.47) in second, Patrick Blake (29.12) in third, Jamie Kirk (29.34) in fourth, Liam Rees (29.46) in fifth, Michael Strange (30.09) in sixth and Nina Benson (30:11) in seventh.
Pics: Richard Kelt cornering in the bunch and on the podium, Annabel Fisher racing in France, action from the schools hill climb


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The Joy of Science
An Examination of How Scientists Ask and Answer Questions Using the Story of Evolution as a ParadigmAuthor(s):
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Scientists have great passion. What could be more exhilarating than to go to work every day feeling as if you were once again a nine-year-old called up to he stage to help the magician with his trick? To be a researcher is...Show More
Scientists have great passion. What could be more exhilarating than to go to work every day feeling as if you were once again a nine-year-old called up to he stage to help the magician with his trick? To be a researcher is to always be in the position of having the chance to see how the trick works. No wonder that many researchers feel that each new day is the most exciting day to be a scientist. It therefore is not surprising that scientists have such trouble communicating with non-scientists. It is difficult for the scientist to understand a life not focused on the desire to understand. But the differences are not that. Everyone wants to understand; that is one of the factors that make us human. The difference is more that scientists limit their definition of comprehension to specific rules of logic and evidence. These rules apply and are used in everyday life, but often with less rigor or restrictions on evidence.Show Less
Addresses the theoretical basis of science and is not "watered-down Biology"
Explains the most complex issues in a clear and non-technical manner
Emphasizes the accessibility of scientific thinking and the excitement of science even to students who have feared or disliked what they considered to be science
Relates the development of scientific ideas to their cultural context
Emphasizes process rather than data, and forces students to think and analyze
Prepares students to cope with today's barrage of scientific information and argument
Prepares students to comprehend and cope with the rapid changes that continually occur in science
Presents without polemic the scientific case for belief in evolution and natural selection
Chapter 2: The Seashells on the Mountaintop
Chapter 3: Aristotle's and Linnaeus' Classifications of Living Creatures
Chapter 4: Natural Selection: the Second Half of Darwin's Hypothesis
Chapter 5: Darwin's Hypothesis
Chapter 6: The stuff of Inheritance: DNA, RNA, and Mutations
Chapter 7: The Story of our Planet
Chapter 8: Competition Among Species
Chapter 9:The Importance of Disease
Chapter 10: The Evolution of Humans
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"The Joy of Science" is an illustrated guide to critical thinking based on the principles of scientific inquiry. This book is written primarily for the non-scientist, but scientists and teachers will be interested in the clever analogies, fascinating facts and classic stories. It provides an outstanding guide for teachers and students to understand the origins and value of scientific reasoning. J. Marie Hardwick, Johns Hopkins University, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
"The Joy of Science" is a book that might change your understanding of "Science" and "View of Life" in a substantial way. Richard Lockshin makes complex elements easy to grasp and more importantly, he is teaching the right way to approach biology and its influence in modern thinking. There are no specific prerequisites to reading and understanding this book. "The Joy of Science" is one of the most rewarding books on scientific methodology and evolution. It should be read not only by scientists or students but by anyone with a basic background in biology and a willingness to stretch their minds. Mauro Piacentini, Professor of Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome Italy.
This textbook is a liberal approach to the teaching of Natural Science. Author and Professor Richard Lockshin demonstrate that the learning of science must be accompanied by learning about science. Students who use the text with a supportive teacher and teaching environment will increase their general science literacy with respect to Natural Science content, particularly the topic of evolution, as well as their literacy with respect to how the scientific enterprise works. This book should well serve the needs for a first course in college science, particularly for non-science majors. Dr. Daniel J. Brovey,Professor Emeritus, Science and Technology Eduatio, Queens College, CUNY, New York, USA
"Using evolution as the focus, this book explores how scientists ask questions and what constitutes a robust and valid answer. Who is it for? Primarily for the non-scientist or those wishing for a refreshing perspective on 'science for the non-scientist'. Presentation It provides lots of analogies, metaphors, facts and stories about science. Would you recommend it? This is an interesting and lively text on evolution and the history of the Earth." (Times Higher Education, May, 2008)
"The Joy of Science is indeed a joy to read. It is well organized, concise, and informative. Though this book is geared for one- or two-semester courses for nonscience students, it has aspects appropriate for other intellectually diverse programs. … Excellent supportive graphic materials are found throughout the work. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through graduate students." (J. N. Muzio, Choice, Vol. 46 (2), October, 2008)
"The Joy of Science is a textbook on evolution … . wrote for university students, but we may also hypothesize some uses in high school. … Each chapter ends with a series of good 'essay style' questions to be used in consolidating learning. An index helps in locating particular arguments in the book. … Richard Lockshin's endeavor to present scientific explanations as problem solving in their historical context is very interesting and realized in The Joy of Science." (Emanuele Serrelli, Evolution: Education & Outreach, Vol. 2 (4), December, 2009)
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Reduce your consumption of carbs, sugars, and animal fats. Consuming foods high in carbs and sugars will cause your body to secrete insulin, which is a main fat storage hormone in your body. When your insulin levels drop, this allows your body to burn fat. Lower insulin levels also help your kidneys shed excess sodium and water, which will help you reduce any water weight you are carrying.[10]
Jumping on the treadmill or cross trainer for 30 minutes can blow off tension by increasing levels of "soothing" brain chemicals like serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. What's fascinating, though, is that exercise may actually work on a cellular level to reverse stress's toll on our aging process, according to a 2010 study from the University of California—San Francisco. The researchers found that stressed-out women who exercised vigorously for an average of 45 minutes over a three-day period had cells that showed fewer signs of aging compared to women who were stressed and inactive. Working out also helps keep us from ruminating "by altering blood flow to those areas in the brain involved in triggering us to relive these stressful thoughts again and again," says study coauthor Elissa Epel, an associate professor of psychiatry at UCSF.
But back to why you're here. While there's no magic trick for how to get rid of arm fat, there are certainly some ways help you along your way to the defined arms you desire. The 8fit Pro app also has workout programs that target specific body parts like your arms. See it as a form of pottery; you're looking to shed the excess material before you get into chiseling the fine, intricate details. We'll go into more detail below.
No matter what exercise routine you choose, use the time to meditate. You may wonder how marathon runners are able to put so many miles on their bodies. It's because the pain from running that you avoid is something they've learned to harness to enter a transcendental state. If you're aware of the benefits of meditation and exercise but don't have time to do both, you can combine them, killing two birds with one healthy stone.
In fact, so many women hate their upper arms that they're actually seeking surgery to get rid of it. Nearly 25,000 women received upper arm lifts—a cosmetic surgery procedure that reduces drooping skin and tightens the underlying tissue to give the arm more definition—in 2016. That number is up 4,959 percent since 2000, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
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Because exercise helps use up oxygen, it causes your body to burn stored fat and helps you maintain a normal weight. For instance, if you walk 4 miles a day four times a week, you can burn about 1,600 calories or nearly half a pound a week. If you don't change your diet at all and keep walking the same distance over six months, you'll lose 12 pounds. Walk the same distance for a year and you'll drop 24 pounds.
These are the best exercises to lose arm fat that you can try out at home. They are really effective and need to be practiced on a daily basis. You can try all these exercises to lose arm fat or you can select only one. However to lose arm fat faster, you need to use all these exercises. They are aimed at sculpting your arms, so increasing the count of sets every week is essential. Combining these exercises with foods with amino acids for muscle growth will help in burning the fat faster and help in developing toned arms. Avoid injuries and catches; enjoy a strengthening and refreshing workout at home. Maintain a good diet and focus on the weight loss. Enjoy the benefits of a healthy and happy body.
And research published in November 2017 in the journal NeuroImage showed that aerobic exercise may be helpful in improving memory function and maintaining brain health as we age. The study, led by researchers at Australia's National Institute of Complementary Medicine at Western Sydney University, looked at brain scans of 737 people ranging in ages from 26 to 76. The group included a mix of healthy adults, people with Alzheimer's and other cognitive impairments, and people with a clinical diagnosis of mental illness, including depression and schizophrenia. The researchers found that exercises, like riding a stationary bike, running on a treadmill, or walking, slowed down the deterioration of brain size and slowed the effect of age on brain health.
That's why BuzzFeed Life asked NYC-based personal trainer Albert Matheny, C.S.C.S., founder of Soho Strength Lab, to design nine high-intensity bodyweight-only workouts that you can do anywhere. These workouts are made for the exerciser who wants to get fitter and healthier, and feel great. Each one focuses on one of three goals: cardiovascular fitness, power and strength, and endurance.
Stretch your arms to the side and bring them back to your front, the right hand should overlap the left. This resembles an open scissors. You need to stretch them to the side again and bring them back to the front. This time your left arm should overlap your right. This is a complete rep and this exercise needs to be done in 3 sets of 10 reps every day.
HOW TO DO IT: Stand with your feet together and hold both arms straight in front of you, palms together. Jump your feet apart, push your hips back, bend your knees and lower into a squat while pulling your arms apart and squeezing your shoulder blades together. Shift your weight over your right leg, and then your left leg, then right and left again before returning back to center and standing back up. Gradually increase your speed and range of motion throughout the set.


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Genesis 48. Israel blesses Joseph's sons.
Genesis 46-47:31 Israel and his family are in Egypt facing an unknown future.
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Genesis 35-36 After a journey that has changed him, Jacob receives instructions from God and a reminder of the covenant that was established by Him with his ancestors. The response shows him that when he had nothing, it was God who protected him. Now that he has everything it is only God who can assure him of protection. shows shows Guest speaker Dr. Saji K John, President and founder of The John Foundation teaches on the first 15 verses of Chapter 35 and how after running for so long, Jacob is given a new identity as he returns to his first commitment.


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Bought Junior Elite 20 pellet grill at Costco special sales event. Took it home and it simply wouldn't get up to temperature to ignite the pellets. Auger made extremely loud noises and then simply refused to operate. Packed it back up and returned to Costco with no problem. They had no inventory so I called Traeger. Woman on phone was very pleasant and helpful. Asked if I could get Traeger to simply replace the grill at the same price I purchased it for. Her supervisor said no and if I wanted it for that price I would have to drive to another state and purchase it at one of their event presentations. Made no sense to me why they would sell it to someone else for the "event" price but not to me who had already done. Poor customer support and silly supervisor. I will look elsewhere.
The Rainier is also hearty as hell. It survived banging around in the bed of my truck for four years. And I didn't exactly baby it, cramming it into the limited storage space in my truck with paddles, helmets, and all manner of gear. But I never worried that it wouldn't fire up to cook another meal. Once, one of the stubby rubber legs popped off as I was pulling the Rainier out of my truck. The stove sat crooked for a weekend, but I eventually found the leg and simply screwed it back on.
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British cosmetics chain Lush has landed on Chicago's Magnificent Mile and is scouting locations along two other city icons: State Street and Terminal One at O'Hare International Airport.
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Trendy retailer looking at O'Hare, State Street for additional spots
British cosmetics chain Lush has landed on Chicago's Magnificent Mile and is scouting locations along two other city icons: State Street and Terminal One at O'Hare International Airport.
Lush draws a cult-like following for its hand-made soaps and brightly-colored stores, which are patterned on farmers' markets. It claims a gaggle of celebrity clients that include Halle Berry, Julia Roberts and Jude Law.
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While the chain's first Chicago-area store on Armitage Ave. opened last fall, company executives had long craved a location along Michigan Ave., which draws a larger number of shoppers. After trying unsuccessfully to find a storefront there for three years, Lush executives talked Marshall Field's officials into leasing them a 500-square-foot space in the front window of its store at Water Tower Place.
The store, which opened last Friday, is already one of the top-sellers among Lush's 24 U.S. stores, says Shaune Bowers, who oversees U.S. operations. "It's doing phenomenal sales."
Field's should benefit from the large volume of shoppers drawn to the new location, says retail consultant Keven Wilder. "It just draws you in," she adds. It's alive, the graphics are great. I think it's a shot in the arm for Field's."
Mr. Bowers says Lush is in talks with city officials to gain a concession at O'Hare and plans to open one or two more stores in the Chicago area beyond that. The company, which opened its first U.S. store in 2002, plans to open about 20 new outlets per year in the country for the next three to four years. "We're not going to be someone who saturates the market," he adds.


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This simplifies processes by allowing users to quickly see an alert, pull up a camera, delete a user or check an access log from a phone. Modern networks are secure and accessible to those with permissions, without requiring those users to be physically present. Consolidating security systems is the first step companies can take toward streamlining work, information and costs. The next step is integrating all sites, both remote and on-grid. Energy and communication technology The integration of sites and systems turns mountains of data and information into actionable intelligence Traditional methods demanded two systems: one for on-grid facilities and another for off-grid locations. With advancements in energy and communication technology, the need for multiple systems is gone. Data from remote sites can be safely and securely fed into an existing system. These remote locations may gather, distribute and manage data in a different manner than a connected system due to the cost of transmission via remote connections (i.e., cellular or satellite connection). The end result, however, is a consistent and holistic view of operations for the decision maker. The integration of sites and systems turns mountains of data and information into actionable intelligence. With connected devices monitoring occurrences at individual sites, as well as events across locations, the data tells a story that is unhindered by operational silos or physical space. Identifying patterns and trends Instead of providing 10 hours-worth of footage that may or may not be relevant, system analytics can provide users with the specific set of information they need. Incidents once discarded as 'one-off' events can now be analysed and data-mapped to identify patterns and trends, directing future resources to the most critical areas first. Consumers are increasingly expecting everything they need to be right where they need it – and businesses are right behind them. The current generation of security professionals are increasingly expecting the simplicity of their everyday personal tasks to be mirrored in enterprise systems, which means giving them the ability to see what matters in one place. A unified system can provide just that, a single view to help simplify processes, promote cost saving and accelerate decision making.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is improving everyday solutions, driving efficiency in ways we never imagined possible. From self-driving cars to intelligent analytics, the far-reaching impacts of Deep Learning-based technology empower human operators to achieve results more effectively while investing fewer resources and less time. By introducing AI, solutions are not merely powered by data, but they also generate valuable intelligence. Systems which were once leveraged for a narrow, dedicated purpose, can suddenly be engaged broadly across an organisation, because the previously under-utilised data can be harnessed for enhancing productivity and performance. Video analytics software The video intelligence software processes and analyses video to detect all the people and objects that appear When it comes to physical security, for instance, video surveillance is a standard solution. Yet, by introducing AI-driven video analytics software, video data can be leveraged as intelligence in previously inaccessible ways. Here are some examples of how diverse organisations are using AI-based video intelligence solutions to enhance security and performance with searchable, actionable and quantifiable insights. Law enforcement relies on video surveillance infrastructure for extracting investigation evidence and monitoring people and spaces. Instead of manual video review and live surveillance – which is prone to human error and distraction – police can harness video content analysis to accelerate video investigations, enhance situational awareness, streamline real-time response, identify suspicious individuals and recognise patterns and anomalies in video. The video intelligence software processes and analyses video to detect all the people and objects that appear; identify, extract and classify them; and then index them as metadata that can be searched and referenced. Maintaining public safety For law enforcement, the ability to dynamically search video based on granular criteria is critical for filtering out irrelevant details and pinpointing objects of interest, such as suspicious persons or vehicles. Beyond accelerating video evidence review and extraction, police can leverage video analysis to configure sophisticated real-time alerts when people, vehicles or behaviours of interest are detected in video. Instead of actively monitoring video feeds, law enforcement can assess triggered alerts and decide how to respond. In this way, officers can also react faster to emergencies, threats and suspicious activity as it develops. Video analysis empowers cities to harness their video surveillance data as operational intelligence Empowering law enforcement to maintain public safety is important beyond the benefit of increasing security: A city with a reputation for effective, reliable law enforcement and enhanced safety is more likely to attract residents, visitors and new businesses, exponentially driving its economic development. Furthermore, in cities where law enforcement can work productively and quickly, time and human resources can be reallocated to fostering growth and building community. Video surveillance data Video analysis empowers cities to harness their video surveillance data as operational intelligence for optimising city management and infrastructure. When video data is aggregated over time, it can be visualised into dashboards, heatmaps and reports, so operators can identify patterns and more seamlessly detect anomalous behaviour. A city could, for instance, analyse the most accident-prone local intersection and assess the traffic patterns to reveal details such as where cars are dwelling and pedestrians are walking; the directional flows of traffic; and the demographic segmentations of the objects detected: Are cars lingering in no-parking zones? Are pedestrians using designated crosswalks – is there a more logical location for the crosswalk or traffic light? Do vehicles tend to make illegal turns – should police proactively deter this behaviour, or should the city plan new infrastructure that enables vehicles to safely perform these turns? Finally, does the rise in bike traffic warrant implementing dedicated biking lanes? With video intelligence, urban planners can answer these and other questions to facilitate local improvements and high quality of life. By leveraging the video insights about citywide traffic, public transit organisations can make data-driven decisions about scheduling and services Enhancing situational awareness Insight into traffic trends is also critical for transport companies, from public transit services to transportation hubs and airports. By leveraging the video insights about citywide traffic, public transit organisations can make data-driven decisions about scheduling and services. Analysing video surveillance around bus stops, for instance, can help these companies understand the specific hours per day people tend to dwell around bus stops. Correlating this information with transactional data for each bus line, bus schedules can be optimised based on demand for individual bus lines, shortening waiting times for the most popular routes. Similarly, the traffic visualisations and activity heatmaps derived from the video of major transit hubs, such as international airports and central stations, can be beneficial for increasing security, enhancing situational awareness, identifying causes of congestion, improving throughput and efficiency and, ultimately, solving these inefficiencies to provide a streamlined customer experience for travellers. Large education campuses Campus law enforcement can leverage video data to increase situational awareness and public safety Much like a city, large education campuses have internal transportation services, residential facilities, businesses and law enforcement, and video content analysis can support the campus in intelligently managing each of those business units, while also providing video intelligence to these individual groups. Campus law enforcement can leverage video data to increase situational awareness and public safety, driving real-time responses with the ability to make informed assessments and accelerating post-event investigations with access to easily extractable video data. When campuses are expanding or developing additional infrastructure, they can plan new crosswalks, traffic lights, roads, buildings and entrances and exits based on comprehensive video intelligence. By understanding where pedestrians and vehicles dwell, walk, cross or even violate traffic laws, the campus can inform construction projects and traffic optimisation. Countless business operations The campus can leverage video business intelligence to justify leasing pricing for different retailers across campus Finally, the campus can leverage video business intelligence to justify leasing pricing for different retailers across campus, demonstrating property values based on traffic trends that can be correlated with retailer point of sale data. Whether its empowering security, productivity or decision-making, the insights generated by AI-based technology can drive significant optimisation – especially when data is fused and cross-referenced across smart sensors and systems for even deeper intelligence. In the case of AI-backed video analytics, diverse organisations can harness video surveillance impactfully and dynamically. Whereas once video technology investments could be justified for their security value – with the introduction of AI capabilities – procurement teams can evaluate these solutions for countless business operations, because they offer broadly valuable intelligence. And video surveillance and analytics is merely one example of AI-driven solutions' potential to disrupt business as we know it.
The healthcare sector is a crucial part of a functioning society as it provides life-saving care and reassurance to the population. A key part of ensuring the professionals in this industry have the best work environment is the ongoing security of the facilities. Overcoming environmental challenges Hospitals are challenging environments for security integrators. There is little room for mistakes because staff, patients and assets cannot be compromised. Medical centres and their facilities can be vast complexes and security teams must be confident in their ability to identify and nullify threats as soon as possible. Chubb provided Queensland Children's Hospital's security team with a simple and easy-to-use tool Chubb Fire & Security offers a range of intelligent video and access control systems to solve these challenges. The Queensland Children's Hospital in Australia, formerly named Lady Cilento Children's Hospital, is the major specialist children's hospital for families living in Queensland and Northern New South Wales. The facility not only provides care to the local families but also the state's sickest and most critically injured children who need highly specialised care. This state-of-the-art hospital, coupled with a leading academic and research facility and the high calibre staff, provides a platform to continue to develop as a leader in paediatric health care, education and research. Comprehensive security solution Chubb developed a solution for Queensland Children's Hospital that included access control, video management, communications and asset tracking. By creating a common infrastructure for all security systems managed through a comprehensive user interface, Chubb provided the hospital's security team with a simple and easy-to-use tool that enables them to resolve situations as they happen and action events automatically on command. Chubb also developed a 3D model of the building that allows the security team to respond quickly to a wide variety of events. The protection of patients and staff is naturally a hospital's number one priority Also crucial to the implementation of security systems in a hospital is minimal disruption to its everyday operations. Professionals in hospitals are working 24/7 so there is little time when it comes to disabling security systems for maintenance or repairs. Continued maintenance and upgrades are vital elements to Chubb's work and key to this is a great deal of collaboration with clinical and operational stakeholders. Securing mission-critical environment Hospital facilities are not always state-of-the-art and often face the slow upgrade process that a limited budget imparts. However, through the audit and update of security systems, steps can be taken to ensure continued operations without external disruption. The protection of patients and staff is naturally a hospital's number one priority and Chubb shares the same commitment to making sure the environment is safe and secure. Carrying out a technically demanding project in a large, mission-critical environment like a hospital takes strong teamwork, including expert strategic partners, and collaboration between stakeholders.
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Controlling type 1 diabetes in pregnancy: a better way of giving insulin?
Our scientists are developing an automated way of giving pregnant women with type 1 diabetes the exact amount of insulin they need, and will investigate whether this can help to improve pregnancy outcomes and the health of the mother during pregnancy.
End: August 2021
Type 1 diabetes can be hard to manage in pregnancy as blood glucose levels can be erratic. Although many women with type 1 diabetes have healthy pregnancies, there can be severe consequences for both mother and baby if diabetes is poorly controlled.
High blood glucose levels can lead to one in two babies being born overweight or obese and 1 in 3 babies are delivered prematurely. However, dangerously low blood glucose levels can also affect the health of the mother.
A more efficient way of giving insulin
Over the last few years, scientists have developed an automated way of giving patients the exact amount of insulin they need to control their type 1 diabetes. This is known as a closed-loop system; it consists of a continuous glucose monitor, an insulin pump and a computer program that essentially functions as an artificial pancreas.
Using real-time information from the continuous glucose monitor, the computer program adjusts the amount of insulin the patient receives. In patients who are not pregnant, this closed-loop system can help keep blood glucose levels within a healthy range.
Can we use this for pregnant women?
We want to see if it is possible to use this "artificial pancreas" to control type 1 diabetes in pregnant women. To do this, we are developing the closed-loop in pregnancy (CLIP) system. As well as a continuous glucose monitor and insulin pump, the CLIP system will include a new mobile phone app that is specific for pregnancy and automatically adjusts the insulin dose every 10–12 minutes.
We will test this system in a study of 124 women, with half using the CLIP system and half using standard insulin pens or pumps. We want to see if the CLIP system can increase the proportion of time that blood glucose levels are within a healthy range, and if it can help avoid episodes of dangerously high or low glucose levels.
If so, will it make pregnancy safer?
We also want to know whether the CLIP system can improve outcomes for both mother and baby, and we hope its use can reduce the proportion of babies that are born either too small or too large, or that need to be admitted to a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
We will also look at whether women who use the CLIP system have fewer severe diabetes complications, and if pregnancy loss, stillbirth and neonatal death are reduced.
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Research into health and wellbeing in pregnancy
In addition to our core work on miscarriage, stillbirth, preterm birth and pre-eclampsia, Tommy's also funds projects that research the effects of lifestyle and well-being on pregnancy and on the later life of the child.
Research into stillbirth
When a baby dies after 24 weeks of gestation, it is called a stillbirth. Around 3,500 families a year get the devastating news that their baby is not alive. Our research is helping to change this.
Research into premature birth
Around 60,000 babies are born prematurely each year in the UK. These babies are vulnerable – they are born before they have grown to cope with the outside world. Tommy's is saving lives by researching how we can prevent premature births by finding those at risk early on.
Research into miscarriage
1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage. 1 in 100 women have 3 or more miscarriages in a row. Research into this area of pregnancy loss has been underfunded for years.
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A new wellbeing resource for pregnancy and post-birth
Today, we're delighted to launch our new mental health digital tool for pregnancy and post-birth.
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SPIE Awarded £1.5m Contract to Develop Cold Storage Facility for NewCold Advanced Cold Logistics in Wakefield | SPIESPIE had the ideal expertise to fulfil the scope of work, which includes extending the existing infrastructure to provide one new HV / LV transformer, the installation of new primary and secondary switchgear, sub-main cabling, general and emergency lighting, new lightning protection system, HVAC, and domestic services
Performance improvement solutions | SPIEIt also has expertise in mechanics, automated systems, video protection and communications systems. In addition, the Group's local presence enables it to offer responsive communications and to guarantee project deadlines
SPIE ICS obtains ISO 27001 certification for its cloud and managed services activity | SPIEThis certification, dedicated to information systems security, was obtained as a result of the introduction of an efficient and reliable information security management system (ISMS) within the cloud and managed services activity of SPIE ICS... The day-to-day management of the ISMS is now based on the use of meaningful control indicators, involving both the information systems security manager (ISSM), Mathieu Bichon, and the operational and functional staff concerned
SPIE and Lufthansa Technik work hand in hand | SPIEFrom power generation and supply, to heating and fire protection- -everything comes from a single source thanks to multi-technical service provider SPIE... The SPIE team is familiar with the work processes in the workshop buildings, and ensures that production plants are running, all lifts are operational and sanitary and air conditioning systems are working
SPIE and Airbus sign Partnership Agreement on Cyber Security Services for medium-sized Companies | SPIEMalakoff, March 15th 2017 -SPIE ICS, SPIE Group's digital services subsidiary, and Airbus CyberSecurity, a benchmark player in the cyber security market, have signed a partnership agreement to better respond to the growing demand for information system protection from French medium-sized companies
SPIE equips new research building "LASE" of the Kaiserslautern Technical University with the latest building technology | SPIEAmong other things, SPIE will be installing fire-protection, intercom and lighting systems, as well as medium-voltage and low-voltage switching systems (MS / NS) in addition to building technology in the fields of building automation (KNX) and intelligent lighting control (DALI), as well as the data network and Wi-Fi. The multi-technical service provider will also set up and maintain the emergency-power replacement system, the system for the interruption-free power supply (UPS) and the smoke-extraction (RWA), lightning protection and safety-lighting system
SPIE Switzerland | SPIETogether with our qualified employees, we ensure that your ventilation technology, cooling systems, fire protection installations, measuring and control technology systems and special facilities including compressed air, filtration and drying systems work perfectly. We are also your reliable partner for the construction of new technical building installations- from the planning stage to commissioning
The new Hamburg Elbphilharmonie relies on SPIE for its facility management | SPIEWater tanks are installed throughout the building for fire protection, feeding up to 400 cubic metres of water to the sprinkler systems via more than 20 valve stations. The whole thing is controlled using integrated facility management systems that are also managed by SPIE GmbH