Claustrophobia

Introducing the AirFit F40: Experience Unprecedented Freedom with the Comfort and Optimized Seal Performance of ResMed’s Smallest Full-Face CPAP Mask

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024
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Featuring the AdaptiSeal™ cushion made of 100% soft silicone to adapt to various facial contours, allowing for a secure and comfortable seal throughout the night.

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  • Featuring the AdaptiSeal™ cushion made of 100% soft silicone to adapt to various facial contours, allowing for a secure and comfortable seal throughout the night.
  • The AirFit F40 addresses this problem by providing the necessary pressure support in a more comfortable, lower-profile full-face mask.
  • The mask is ideal for people who sleep on their side, are claustrophobic, and want the stability and seal of a universal fit mask in a minimalist design.
  • AirFit F40 masks are available in the U.S., with plans to launch in Canada, followed by EMEA, Latin America, and APAC.

Profound Medical in Collaboration with Siemens Healthineers to Further Expand Physician and Patient Access to the TULSA Procedure

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
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TULSA is a “one-and-done” procedure, performed in a single session that takes a few hours, and no hospital stay is required.

Key Points: 
  • TULSA is a “one-and-done” procedure, performed in a single session that takes a few hours, and no hospital stay is required.
  • At less than 7,700 Lbs and 80 inches high, MAGNETOM Free.Max is the most lightweight, compact whole-body scanner ever offered by Siemens Healthineers.
  • I commend the teams at Siemens Healthineers and Profound as they work to achieve the convergence of their respective diagnostic and interventional MR technologies.
  • We look forward to collaborating with Profound to help expand access to TULSA as well.

WhisperSom™ Announces Common Stock Offering

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Wednesday, January 10, 2024
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ANNAPOLIS, Md., Jan. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- WhisperSom™ Corporation, a medical device and informatics company specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea and snoring, today announced the offering of 1,550 Units of the Company's common stock. The offering is limited to accredited and institutional investors and the Company's stock is listed on a blockchain platform for privately held securities.

Key Points: 
  • The solution resembles a precision health tracker, which could significantly increase adoption and adherence to treatment
    ANNAPOLIS, Md., Jan. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- WhisperSom™ Corporation, a medical device and informatics company specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea and snoring, today announced the offering of 1,550 Units of the Company's common stock.
  • The offering is limited to accredited and institutional investors and the Company's stock is listed on a blockchain platform for privately held securities.
  • "Our patented solution is designed to provide precision personalized treatment," said Michael Nathans, WhisperSom Co-Founder and CEO.
  • "The estimated cost to Medicare, however, is asymmetrically higher because it reflects the true cost of the cumulative effect of delayed diagnosis and treatment.

Incannex Update on IHL-42X Drug Candidate in Phase 2/3 Clinical Trial in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

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Wednesday, December 6, 2023
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is characterised by a narrowing or obstruction of the upper airway during sleep, which interrupts breathing resulting in decreased oxygen uptake and poor sleep quality.

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  • Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is characterised by a narrowing or obstruction of the upper airway during sleep, which interrupts breathing resulting in decreased oxygen uptake and poor sleep quality.
  • Incannex has designed IHL-42X, a combination of dronabinol (synthetic THC) and acetazolamide, for treatment of OSA.
  • A video presentation of IHL-42X for the treatment of OSA has been uploaded to the Incannex website, link here: https://www.incannex.com/clinical-trail/ihl-42x-osa/ .
  • This gave Incannex the confidence to proceed with a multisite Phase 2/3 clinical trial further investigating safety and efficacy of IHL-42X in patients with OSA.

VTEX Is Awarded Best Interface Developer Portal at DevPortal Awards 2023

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Tuesday, December 12, 2023
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NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- VTEX ( NYSE: VTEX), the composable and complete commerce platform for premier brands and retailers, proudly announces its win in the Best Interface Developer Portal category at the DevPortal Awards 2023. This award acknowledges VTEX's commitment to revolutionizing the developer experience with its pragmatic approach to composability and underscores its dedication to empowering the global developer community.

Key Points: 
  • VTEX's Developer Portal empowers a global community through a comprehensive suite of resources, innovative design, and user-centric features
    NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- VTEX ( NYSE: VTEX), the composable and complete commerce platform for premier brands and retailers, proudly announces its win in the Best Interface Developer Portal category at the DevPortal Awards 2023.
  • "We are thrilled and honored to be recognized by the DevPortal Awards for our achievement in the Best Interface Developer Portal category," said Bruno Amui, head of Documentation at VTEX.
  • The VTEX Developer Portal serves as a hub for front and backend developers, offering a comprehensive suite of resources for integrating and building composable solutions for ecommerce.
  • The jury at the DevPortal Awards recognized VTEX for its elegant design, intuitive navigation, and user-centric features.

In Gaza, the underground war between Israeli troops and Hamas fighters in the tunnels is set to begin

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023
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When that happens, Israeli troops will begin a dangerous new phase of the military campaign against Hamas fighters in a densely populated urban terrain that includes closely packed buildings above ground and a troubling maze of tunnels below.

Key Points: 
  • When that happens, Israeli troops will begin a dangerous new phase of the military campaign against Hamas fighters in a densely populated urban terrain that includes closely packed buildings above ground and a troubling maze of tunnels below.
  • But on Oct. 29, 2023, the Israel Defense Forces said its troops had attacked Hamas gunmen in a tunnel and killed Hamas fighters who emerged from a tunnel to attack their positions in northwest Gaza.
  • And on Nov. 5, 2023, Israel reported that three Hamas fighters emerged from a hidden tunnel and ambushed Israeli troops behind what its forces had thought were the front lines.

Hamas plans a trap below ground

  • From news reports, researchers and both Israeli and Hamas sources, it seems clear that Hamas has systematically built a complex underground city fortified with strong defenses beneath Gaza.
  • Hamas fighters have reportedly lined the tunnels with transport rails to move rockets to locations where they can be launched from firing pads concealed by trap doors.
  • Even if only some of those claims are true, it is clear that Hamas has built a formidable subterranean fortress beneath Gaza City that is meant to be a trap for the Israelis as well as a refuge for Hamas.

Israel’s plans to defeat the tunnel fortress

  • In 2013, for example, Israeli troops unearthed a particularly large invasion tunnel that began nearly three-quarters of a mile (1 km) inside the Gaza border, and was 72 feet (22 meters) deep.
  • It burrowed under the border wall and was detected nearly 60 feet (18 meters) below the surface 1,000 feet (300 meters) inside Israel.
  • In 2014, Israeli troops fought underground during a 51-day ground invasion of Gaza waged to destroy some of the tunnels.
  • During that campaign, Israeli troops were surprised by the requirements of tunnel warfare, according to an analysis by the Rand Corporation think tank.
  • The Samur unit has been working for years to develop sensors that can detect underground tunnels, booby traps and explosives.


Brian Glyn Williams does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

AMRIC, A New Premium Imaging Clinic on Manhattan's Upper East Side Featuring Cutting-Edge Scanners from United Imaging, Opens its Doors

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Thursday, September 28, 2023
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HOUSTON, Sept. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- United Imaging, a leading global manufacturer of advanced medical imaging and radiotherapy equipment, features scanners in Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance, and Molecular Imaging in an advanced new medical imaging clinic in Manhattan's Upper East Side at 110 East 60th Street.

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  • HOUSTON, Sept. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- United Imaging, a leading global manufacturer of advanced medical imaging and radiotherapy equipment, features scanners in Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance, and Molecular Imaging in an advanced new medical imaging clinic in Manhattan's Upper East Side at 110 East 60th Street.
  • The new clinic, AMRIC, is unique in that it takes a multi-modality approach to preventive and diagnostic medical imaging exams.
  • AMRIC's objective is to take a very sophisticated and tailored approach to each patient, using all of the most modern technology available.
  • He added that because United Imaging is highly vertically integrated, they can control quality and innovation to a superior degree.

NordicNeuroLab Selects USound as A MEMS Speaker Supplier for Its New MRI-Compatible Headphones

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Thursday, September 28, 2023
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The medical headphones will significantly reduce MRI noise and provide patient comfort as well as improving patient - operator communication during MRI examinations.

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  • The medical headphones will significantly reduce MRI noise and provide patient comfort as well as improving patient - operator communication during MRI examinations.
  • (Photo: Business Wire)
    “At NordicNeuroLab we are very pleased to have selected USound as our supplier for MEMS loudspeakers to our new MRI compatible nordicAudioSystem.
  • The technology USound provides allow NordicNeuroLab to bring a state of the art audio system to patients undergoing MRI scans.”
    “We are delighted to announce another important milestone for USound.
  • Our patient-safe MEMS speaker from the Ganymede series, Achelous UT-P2016, has been selected for the production of NordicNeuroLab’s state-of-the-art headphones for MRI screenings.

'Performative cruelty': the hostile architecture of the UK government's migrant barge

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023
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The arrival of the Bibby Stockholm barge at Portland Port, in Dorset, on July 18 2023, marks a new low in the UK government’s hostile immigration environment.

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  • The arrival of the Bibby Stockholm barge at Portland Port, in Dorset, on July 18 2023, marks a new low in the UK government’s hostile immigration environment.
  • The vessel is set to accommodate over 500 asylum seekers.
  • My research shows that facilities built to house irregular migrants in Europe and beyond create a temporary infrastructure designed to be hostile.

Precarious space

    • Journalists Lizzie Dearden and Martha McHardy have shown this means the asylum seekers housed there – for up to nine months – will have “less living space than an average parking bay”.
    • This stands in contravention of international standards of a minimum 4.5m² of covered living space per person in cold climates, where more time is spent indoors.
    • Locals are concerned already overstretched services in Portland, including GP practices, will not be able to cope with further pressure.
    • The difficulty of escaping a vessel at sea could turn it into a death trap.

Performative hostility

    • In 2015, Berlin officials began temporarily housing refugees in the former Tempelhof airport, a noisy, alienating industrial space, lacking in privacy and disconnected from the city.
    • French authorities, meanwhile, opened the Centre Humanitaire Paris-Nord in Paris in 2016, temporary migrant housing in a disused train depot.
    • Nicknamed la Bulle (the bubble) for its bulbous inflatable covering, this facility was noisy and claustrophobic, lacking in basic comforts.
    • Like the barge in Portland Port, these facilities, placed in industrial sites, sit uncomfortably between hospitality and hostility.
    • Rather than deterring asylum seekers, the Bibby Stockholm is potentially creating another hazard to them and to their hosting communities.

'This is the way the world ends': Nevil Shute's On the Beach warned us of nuclear annihilation. It's still a hot-button issue

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023
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Eliot’s The Hollow Men (1925), concludes:

Key Points: 
  • Eliot’s The Hollow Men (1925), concludes:
    This is the way the world ends
    Not with a bang but a whimper.
  • This is the way the world ends
    Not with a bang but a whimper.
  • Indeed, Nevil Shute’s classic novel of nuclear annihilation, On the Beach, published in June 1957, used Eliot’s famous lines as an epigraph.

‘Australia’s most important novel’

    • Journalist Gideon Haigh calls On the Beach “arguably Australia’s most important novel – important in the sense of confronting a mass international audience with the defining issue of the age”.
    • In this last of meeting places
      We grope together
      And avoid speech
      Gathered on this beach of the tumid river.
    • This comes to the fore in the following passage, which focuses on a dinner party hosted by Lieutenant Commander Peter Holmes of the Royal Australian Navy.
    • The atmosphere is both claustrophobic and delirious:
      For three hours they danced and drank together, sedulously avoiding any serious topic of conversation.
    • The reason why the guests at Peter’s party are so keen to avoid serious talk is both simple and depressing.
    • This is the way Shute’s novel of nuclear extinction ends: not with a bang but with a whimper.
    • Released at the height of the Cold War, On the Beach struck a chord with millions of concerned readers.

Usefully entertaining

    • A copy had found its way to the desk of John F. Kennedy, the next president of the United States.
    • Shute famously detested the movie, which received decidedly mixed reviews.
    • Her husband’s reply is revealing:
      ‘I don’t know […] Some kinds of silliness you just can’t stop,’ he said.
    • While the science in the novel was somewhat flawed, Shute’s cautionary tale undoubtedly spoke to the collective zeitgeist.
    • Read more:
      Friday essay: if growing US-China rivalry leads to 'the worst war ever', what should Australia do?

Enduring influence

    • The influence of Shute’s novel, which was remade in 2000 as a film for Australian television, can be observed in various post-apocalyptic works, including George Miller’s Mad Max franchise and the late Cormac McCarthy’s The Road.
    • It seems increasingly likely the world as we know it is coming to an end – if it hasn’t already.
    • On The Beach runs at the Sydney Theatre Company 24 July to 12 August 2023, with previews 18–21 July.