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Apr 19, 2020

How AI Is Expanding The Applications Of Robo Advisory

Posted by in categories: finance, information science, robotics/AI

For the last couple of years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been changing many fields and increasing efficiency by using improved datasets. One of those areas where AI has accelerated evolution is the robo-advisory, which is a field having extensive financial big data to analyze.

Robo-advisors are the systems that use algorithms to automatically perform investment decisions or tasks which are mostly done by human advisors. “Robo advisors are a potential solution to the complexities of financial decision making,” said Jill E. Fisch, a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania at a conference of Pension Research Council.

In the main scheme, robo-advisors are merging customers’ information such as their financial goals, risk tolerances, timeframes, with the right asset allocation that qualifies customer’s needs. While making this merge, they use many algorithms including machine learning models to create the best fit for the customer. In the process of timeframe, they take lots of actions as well such as rebalancing the portfolio or performing tax-loss harvesting. This automatically increases efficiency while taking decisions at the right time for the portfolio.

Apr 19, 2020

Will Covid-19 accelerate the use of robots at work?

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, economics, robotics/AI

“People usually say they want a human element to their interactions but Covid-19 has changed that,” says Martin Ford, a futurist who has written about the ways robots will be integrated into the economy in the coming decades.

“[Covid-19] is going to change consumer preference and really open up new opportunities for automation.”


Robot workers can help us keep social distance but once machines take over it will be hard to go back.

Apr 18, 2020

Federal employees on frontlines of coronavirus response could get premium pay bumps

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management says agencies can lift the usual limits on premium pay and set higher annual premium pay caps for specific employees.

Apr 18, 2020

Doctors Have Reported The First Known Case of a Person Who Urinates Alcohol

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

A woman in Pittsburgh has become the first documented case in a living person of an unusual medical condition where alcohol naturally brews in the bladder from the fermentation of yeast.

The condition, which researchers propose to call either ‘bladder fermentation syndrome’ or ‘urinary auto-brewery syndrome’, is similar to another incredibly rare condition, auto-brewery syndrome, where simply ingesting carbohydrates can be enough to make you inebriated, even without consuming any alcohol via regular means.

In the case, doctors became aware of what seems to be a related syndrome, after attending upon a 61-year-old patient who presented with liver damage and poorly controlled diabetes.

Apr 18, 2020

China’s strategy to reorient US tech companies is exposed — what next?

Posted by in category: government

From China’s theft of intellectual property, including “one in five corporations saying China has stolen their intellectual property within the last year;” to Chinese influence and espionage in academia as exemplified by the recent criminal complaint against the Chair of the Harvard Chemistry and Biology Department; to Chinese investment in U.S. tech with “Chinese investor-backed deals with U.S. tech startups jumping as much as 185-percent” — China’s strategy has been fully exposed.

Retired Admiral William McRaven probably had it right when he said this is a “holy s— moment” for the United States.

U.S. policymakers now see China’s strategy for what it is — a not-so-subtle attempt to influence and ultimately control U.S. tech. The government of China has been engaged in a deliberate campaign to re-orient U.S. technology companies towards China.

Apr 18, 2020

White Holes: Black Holes’ Neglected Twins

Posted by in category: cosmology

When it comes to singularities, black holes are only half the story. White holes — regions of space where nothing can enter — are returning to the experimental spotlight.

Apr 18, 2020

One World: Together at home — celebrating heroic efforts of community health workers

Posted by in category: health

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Apr 18, 2020

COVID-19 outbreak and probiotics: facts and information from BioGaia

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

As there has been a considerable increase of questions, BioGaia has summarized the scientific information about the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the possible role of probiotics in the current COVID-19 global outbreak.

• Could probiotics protect against SARS-CoV-2 virus infection and aid in avoiding COVID-19? • Could probiotics help our immune system to prevent or potentially fight Coronavirus infections? • What are the scientific facts and the credible sources?

Please find below a summarized and updated information about this topic. Please note that to date, the scientific information we have regarding the current COVID-19 outbreak in terms of viral transmission, physiopathology and disease control is still preliminary and might change as time passes and more information becomes available.

Apr 18, 2020

What Does Coronavirus Do to Your Body?

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Find out how the coronavirus can affect the body in mild and severe cases. In severe cases, coronaviruses can lead to more serious symptoms, including organ failure and trouble breathing.

Apr 18, 2020

Feline Coronavirus (FCoV) RT-PCR

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health

Feline Coronavirus (FCoV) is a common viral infection in cats. It generally causes asymptomatic infection, but can cause mild diarrhea. As yet poorly understood changes in the virus can give rise to mutants that lead to the development of feline infectious peritonitis (FIP). Most cats infected with a FCoV eliminate virus following infection, but some cats may develop a persistent infection. These cats are generally asymptomatic, can shed large amounts of virus in feces, and serve as a continual source of infection for other cats in the environment. Continual circulation of FCoV within a cat population may increase the chance that a virulent FIP strain might emerge. While the pathogenesis of FIP is poorly understood, it is now believed that detection and removal of persistently infected and shedding cats in a multi-cat household can reduce the risk of FIP emergence within that population.

In response to the increased interest within the cat breeding and cat owning community, the Animal Health Diagnostic Center at Cornell University now offers a fecal RT-PCR test for FCoV. This test can be used to identify asymptomatic FCoV shedding cats so steps can be taken to isolate them from other cats or to prevent their introduction to a resident population. Samples required for the fecal RT-PCR screening test are 2–5 grams fresh feces. When screening an individual cat in a multi-cat household it is important to positively identify the source of the fecal sample. Mixing of fecal samples from multiple cats may result in an inaccurate result. Feces should be stored in a clean plastic bag to prevent dehydration.

In clinical FIP suspect cats, the test can also identify FCoV in ascites fluid, whole blood, plasma, serum or fresh tissues (kidney, liver, or spleen). Samples from FIP-suspects should include 1–2 ml of fluid (ascites, whole blood, serum, or plasma) or 1–2 grams of fresh tissues.