Saturday, February 25, 2023

Effects of hypochromic microcytic anemia | Vinmec

Effects of hypochromic microcytic anemia | Vinmec: "When hypochromic microcytic anemia occurs, it is characterized by a mean MCV erythrocyte volume index lower than 83 μm3." 

Association Between Serum Ferritin Level and Perihematoma Edema Volume in Patients With Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage | Stroke

Association Between Serum Ferritin Level and Perihematoma Edema Volume in Patients With Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage | Stroke: "Our findings support the notion that delayed iron toxicity plays a role in causing brain injury and edema formation after ICH. These findings are preliminary and need to be further investigated in future studies."

Anemia management after acute brain injury - PMC

Anemia management after acute brain injury - PMC: "Anemia is frequent among brain-injured patients, where it has been associated with an increased risk of poor outcome. The pathophysiology of anemia in this patient population remains multifactorial; moreover, whether anemia merely reflects a higher severity of the underlying disease or is a significant determinant of the neurological recovery of such patients remains unclear."

Hypochromic microcytic anemia with iron overload: MedlinePlus Genetics

Hypochromic microcytic anemia with iron overload: MedlinePlus Genetics: "Hypochromic microcytic anemia with iron overload can lead to pale skin (pallor), tiredness (fatigue), and slow growth. In hypochromic microcytic anemia with iron overload, the iron that is not used by red blood cells accumulates in the liver, which can impair its function over time."

Thursday, February 23, 2023

S3 Ep123: Crypto company compromise kerfuffle [Audio + Text] – Naked Security

S3 Ep123: Crypto company compromise kerfuffle [Audio + Text] – Naked Security
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2023/02/23/s3-ep123-crypto-company-compromise-kerfuffle-audio-text/

Unlocking better value public services through digital transformation - Financial Times - Partner Content by Microsoft

Unlocking better value public services through digital transformation - Financial Times - Partner Content by Microsoft: “The delivery of government and public services needs to be quicker and more agile, both at the centre and out at the edges,” argues Glen Robinson, National Technology Officer at Microsoft UK. “If we can agree on sets of principles around ethics, data and privacy, we can drive real productivity and efficiency gains through modern technology.”

Sleep this way to add years to your life | CNN

Submission Guidelines Clarkesworld SF/F

Submission Fantasy: "Clarkesworld Magazine is a Hugo, World Fantasy, and British Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine that publishes short stories, interviews, articles and audio fiction." Articles...

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

100 people arrested in UK’s biggest fraud investigation

"At one stage almost 20 people every minute of the day were being contacted by scammers hiding behind false identities created using the site and it is estimated that criminals may have stolen close to £50m. The actual amount is likely to be higher as fraud is often underreported." Nov 2022 100 The%20Guardian

Ethical hackers have turned this robot into a stabbing machine | WIRED UK

Ethical hackers have turned this robot into a stabbing machine | WIRED UK: "UBTECH's Alpha 2 robot is shown repeatedly stabbing a tomato with a screwdriver." 2017

Hacking Robots Before Skynet | IOActive

Hacking Robots Before Skynet | IOActive: "IOActive research has found robotic technologies to be highly insecure in a variety of ways that could pose serious threats to the people and organizations they operate in and around." 2017

Monday, February 20, 2023

Ala Szczepura bio

Hundreds of AI tools have been built to catch covid. None of them helped. | MIT Technology Review

Hundreds of AI tools have been built to catch covid. None of them helped. | MIT Technology Review: "She and her colleagues have looked at 232 algorithms for diagnosing patients or predicting how sick those with the disease might get." July, 2021.

San Francisco Rolls Back Its Plan for Killer Robots

San Francisco Rolls Back Its Plan for Killer Robots: "After an uproar, the city board voted to rescind last week's bill to allow police to use robots to deliver deadly force. The fight isn't over, but there's a good reason it should be." December 07, 2022

IBM expands AI research to support an aging population - SD Times

IBM expands AI research to support an aging population - SD Times: "The project’s Cognitive Infrastructure team, led by professor Tajana Šimunić Rosing, one of the directors of UCSD’s AI for Healthy Living Center, has already taken a stab at answering this question. By tracking things like bathing and toileting with unobtrusive, IoT-connected sensors installed voluntarily in some elder-care facilities like Paradise Village in National City, California, with more test beds being set up over the course of the next year, Keohane and Rosing say that some trends are already coming to light." c.f. Stefan Savage

Nancy Jecker -The Conversation

Nancy%20S.%20Jecker%20%u2013%20The%20Conversation: From warfare to entertainment and VR, brain-computer interface development has extended beyond prosthetics for patients with disabilities.

Monday, February 6, 2023

Tallahassee Memorial Health diverting patients over security issue, downtime | SC Media

Tallahassee Memorial Health diverting patients over security issue, downtime | SC Media: "area hospitals taking on the overflow of diverted patients may experience care delays brought on by unexpected patient volumes, as seen with the massive cyberattack against Scripps Health in San Diego in May 2021."