Academic disciplines

Lowers Risk Group Joins the 2019 Movement to Shine a Spotlight on Fraud

Sunday, November 17, 2019 - 1:00pm

PURCELLVILLE, Va., Nov. 17, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Lowers Risk Group announces its participation in the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners' (ACFE) International Fraud Awareness Week, Nov. 17-23, 2019.

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  • PURCELLVILLE, Va., Nov. 17, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Lowers Risk Group announces its participation in the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners' (ACFE) International Fraud Awareness Week, Nov. 17-23, 2019.
  • The movement, known commonly as Fraud Week, champions the need to proactively fight fraud and help safeguard business and investments from the growing fraud problem.
  • During Fraud Week, Lowers Risk Group will post a series of educational articles on its risk management blog at lowersrisk.com , and will share fraud prevention tips and facts on its LinkedIn page.
  • Lowers Risk Group provides comprehensive enterprise risk management solutions to organizations operating in high-risk, highly-regulated environments and organizations that value risk mitigation.
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Actuarial science, Articles, Academic disciplines, Crime, Fraud, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Crimes, Property crimes, Internal audit, Enterprise risk management, Certified Fraud Examiner, Risk

Emerging Social Enterprise Industry in China, Empowers Uighurs and Tibetans

Saturday, November 16, 2019 - 7:22pm

Inspired by China's mobile payment technology, they successfully combine their culture, religion with business to create a distinct and innovative social enterprises model to increase the employment rate of local women and end poverty.

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  • Inspired by China's mobile payment technology, they successfully combine their culture, religion with business to create a distinct and innovative social enterprises model to increase the employment rate of local women and end poverty.
  • The concept of social enterprise was born in Europe in the 1970s.
  • It has made great contributions to the conversion of welfare system, job creation, social cohesion and social capital creation, local development and social culture, and has gradually become an important role in ensuring social sustainable development.
  • In China, social enterprises now achieve their missions in a wide range of fields, including poverty alleviation, promote culture, education, community development, employment and skills.
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Articles, Academic disciplines, Business models, Social enterprise, Economy, Poverty reduction, Sustainability, Social Capital, Social entrepreneurship, Mixed-income housing

Can Artificial Intelligence Detect and Prevent Senior Falls?

Friday, November 15, 2019 - 11:38pm

Artificial Intelligence uses visual and infrared sensors to automatically detect when a person is falling and trigger alarm to care-givers.

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  • Artificial Intelligence uses visual and infrared sensors to automatically detect when a person is falling and trigger alarm to care-givers.
  • A short recording of the fall allows care-givers to understand the reasons for the fall and to take corrective actions.
  • "Our solution is non-intrusive - people don't need to wear a device - and it reliably detects 85% of the falls.
  • That's the power of Artificial Intelligence!"
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Articles, Computational neuroscience, Cybernetics, Emerging technologies, Formal sciences, Technology, Academic disciplines, Artificial intelligence

CLC’s 2019 Q3 Labour Market Snapshot shows need for national child care strategy

Friday, November 15, 2019 - 8:11pm

With child care identified as a barrier to full-time employment and women shouldering most of the lost earnings, its clear that Canada needs a national child care strategy, said CLC President Hassan Yussuff.

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  • With child care identified as a barrier to full-time employment and women shouldering most of the lost earnings, its clear that Canada needs a national child care strategy, said CLC President Hassan Yussuff.
  • It has been proven again and again that access to child care is a key determinant to improving gender equality.
  • Canadas unions stand ready to work with governments across the country to build a truly universal, affordable and inclusive child care system.
  • This government has taken important steps in the process of creating quality, accessible child care, added Yussuff.
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Articles, Hassan Yussuff, Unifor, Academic disciplines, Child care, Gender equality, Culture

STRmix Plays Key Role in Chicago Murder Trial

Friday, November 15, 2019 - 5:00pm

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --STRmix sophisticated forensic software used to resolve mixed DNA profiles previously thought to be too complex to interpret recently played a key role in the trial of a Chicago gang member accused of murdering nine-year-old Tyshawn Lee.

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  • WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --STRmix sophisticated forensic software used to resolve mixed DNA profiles previously thought to be too complex to interpret recently played a key role in the trial of a Chicago gang member accused of murdering nine-year-old Tyshawn Lee.
  • The prosecution in the case detailed how probabilistic genotyping using STRmix had linked Boone-Doty to DNA evidence found on Tyshawn's basketball.
  • An accomplice of Boone-Doty, Corey Morgan, was also found guilty of the boy's murder in a separate trial.
  • In addition, an updated STRmix Defense Access Policy gives defense legal teams even easier access to STRmix software.
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Branches of biology, Academic disciplines, Biology, Forensic genetics, Forensic statistics, DNA, Molecular biology, DNA profiling, Probabilistic genotyping, Forensic science, Genotyping, Doty

Global Amniocentesis Needle Market 2019-2023| Evolving Opportunities with BD and Cardinal Health | Technavio

Friday, November 15, 2019 - 5:00pm

Technavio has been monitoring the global amniocentesis needle market and the market is poised to grow by USD 31.6 million during 2019-2023 at a CAGR of almost 4% during the forecast period.

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  • Technavio has been monitoring the global amniocentesis needle market and the market is poised to grow by USD 31.6 million during 2019-2023 at a CAGR of almost 4% during the forecast period.
  • In addition, innovations and developments in technology are anticipated to further boost the growth of the amniocentesis needle market.
  • Major Five Amniocentesis Needle Market Companies:
    BD is headquartered in the US and operates the business under various business segments such as BD Medical, BD Life Sciences, and BD Interventional.
  • The company offers Cardinal Health amniocentesis trays' components and Amniocentesis trays.
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Becton Dickinson, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, Amniocentesis, Fields of mathematics, Compound annual growth rate, Academic disciplines, Life sciences

Standard Chartered and Quantexa Join Forces to Tackle Financial Crime With Contextual Decision Intelligence

Friday, November 15, 2019 - 3:55pm

Standard Chartered has partnered with Quantexa, the contextual decision intelligence software company, to amplify its anti-financial crime efforts globally.

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  • Standard Chartered has partnered with Quantexa, the contextual decision intelligence software company, to amplify its anti-financial crime efforts globally.
  • Quantexas decision intelligence platform utilises AI to provide Standard Chartered with a connected 360-degree customer view, empowering the banks investigators to make faster, more accurate decisions.
  • Vishal Marria, CEO and Founder at Quantexa, says: Working with Standard Chartered to support this initiative is a true testament to their desire to tackle and disrupt financial crime globally.
  • Standard Chartered and Quantexa are at the forefront of using Contextual Decision Intelligence and I am very much looking forward to growing this partnership with the bank across the enterprise.
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Professional services, Data management, Security, Technology, Finance, Software, Articles, Academic disciplines, Chartered, Decision Intelligence, Artificial intelligence, Technology

United States Laser Welding Equipment Market Report 2019: Prospects, Trends Analysis, Market Size and Forecasts up to 2024 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

Friday, November 15, 2019 - 2:03pm

The "United States Laser Welding Equipment Market: Prospects, Trends Analysis, Market Size and Forecasts up to 2024" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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  • The "United States Laser Welding Equipment Market: Prospects, Trends Analysis, Market Size and Forecasts up to 2024" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • The country research report on United States laser welding equipment market is a customer intelligence and competitive study of the United States market.
  • The report on United States laser welding equipment market provides a detailed analysis of segments in the market based on technology, level of automation, and end user.
  • The companies and dealers/distributors profiled in the report include manufacturers & suppliers of laser welding equipment market in United States.
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Other Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Joining, Mechanical engineering, Welding, Laser beam welding, Academic disciplines

New Fluid Power Reference Handbook on the Market

Friday, November 15, 2019 - 2:00pm

The International Fluid Power Society (IFPS) Publishes a New Fluid Power Reference Handbook- The Ultimate Resource for Hydraulic, Pneumatic, and Motion Control Professionals

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  • The International Fluid Power Society (IFPS) Publishes a New Fluid Power Reference Handbook- The Ultimate Resource for Hydraulic, Pneumatic, and Motion Control Professionals
    CHERRY HILL, N.J., Nov. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The IFPS, the only organization to provide comprehensive technical certifications for professionals in the fluid power and motion control industry, recently published a new Fluid Power Reference Handbook.This handbook contains both U.S. customary and metric units, full-color graphics, charts, drawings and symbology that complies with ISO, ANSI and SAE standards.
  • "Unlike any other reference book, this reference handbook broadly covers both industrial and mobile applications of fluid power within hydraulics and pneumatics systems," said Donna Pollander ACA, IFPS Executive Director.
  • It is truly the ultimate, must-have resource for any fluid power professional."
  • About the IFPS: Recognized as an industry leader in fluid power and motion control certifications, IFPS currently offers several different certifications.
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Mechanical engineering, Hydraulics, Fluid mechanics, Engineering, Fluid power, Academic disciplines, Pneumatics, IFPS, Applied sciences

Ambarella to Present at the Deutsche Bank 2019 Auto Tech Conference December 10, 2019

Friday, November 15, 2019 - 2:00pm

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 15, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ambarella, Inc., (NASDAQ: AMBA), a leading developer of low-power and high-resolution human and computer vision solutions, today announced Fermi Wang, CEO, will be presenting at the Deutsche Bank 2019 Auto Tech Conference at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, on Tuesday, December 10, 2019.

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  • SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 15, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ambarella, Inc., (NASDAQ: AMBA), a leading developer of low-power and high-resolution human and computer vision solutions, today announced Fermi Wang, CEO, will be presenting at the Deutsche Bank 2019 Auto Tech Conference at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, on Tuesday, December 10, 2019.
  • The fireside chat presentation is scheduled for 9:30 AM PST and will be webcast on the Investor events page of Ambarellas website at http://investor.ambarella.com/events.cfm .
  • A replay will be available on the website for 90 days.
  • Ambarellas low-power and high-resolution video compression, image processing, and deep neural network processors and software enable cameras to become more intelligent by extracting valuable data from high-resolution video streams.
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Ambarella Inc., Video signal, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, Display resolution, Astronomy, Academic disciplines, Electronic engineering