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• PITTSBURGH, Feb. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SME, the nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of manufacturing technology and fostering manufacturing and engineering talent and capabilities in North America, and AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology, are bringing the Smart Manufacturing Experience to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh June 4-5, 2024.
• The Smart Manufacturing Experience focuses on transformative technologies that enable manufacturers to better compete in the digital manufacturing era, including AI and machine learning, data analytics, IIoT/Industry 4.0, cyber security, software/CAD-CAM, automation, additive manufacturing, advanced materials, precision machining, metrology and more.
• “Advancing manufacturing in North America is our core mission, and platforms like the Smart Manufacturing Experience are a key component of accomplishing that mission.
• For more information on the Smart Manufacturing Experience or to register to attend, visit smartmanufacturingexperience.com .

• GREENSBORO, N.C., March 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Honda Aircraft Company is proud to announce its receipt of the AMT Employer Diamond Award of Excellence for 2023, marking the third consecutive year the company has earned this distinction.
• Achieving this award for the third year in a row solidifies Honda Aircraft Company's position as an industry leader committed to aviation safety.
• "Earning this honor for the third consecutive year is a testament to our team's dedication and hard work," said Honda Aircraft Company President and CEO Hideto Yamasaki.
• Honda Aircraft Company Customer Service Division Director Luis Jimenez added, "At Honda Aircraft Company, providing reliable and efficient service tailored to each customer is at the core of our mission.

• As interest in psychedelics has grown, so has interest in ways to end a bad trip.
• Recent research reveals that people are giving potentially dangerous advice on social media on how to stop a trip that is less than pleasurable.
• One of the earliest descriptions of a psychedelic experience in western literature can be found in Aldous Huxley’s 1953 book The Doors of Perception.
• Research shows that if someone is in a bad mood or depressed then they are more likely to have a bad trip, as are people who take too high a dose.

Trip killers

• Few clinical studies have examined trip killers, but one has found that ketanserin – a drug used to treat high blood pressure – reverses the psychedelic effects of LSD.
• A recent article in the Emergency Medical Journal analysed posts on Reddit about trip killers.
• Trip killers were discussed most often for LSD (235 posts), magic mushrooms (143 posts) and MDMA (21 posts).

Receptor blocking

• To kill a trip then, one simply has to give the drug user another drug that blocks (rather than activates) the 5-HT2A receptor.
• Many prescription drugs can do this and they tend to be antipsychotic drugs.
• Quetiapine from the list above is one popular example, while another antipsychotic, olanzapine, was mentioned in 14 posts in that study.
• Similarly, the atypical antidepressants trazodone and mirtazapine also block the 5-HT2A receptor.

Colin Davidson has previously received funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH, USA) and the European Community for projects related to stimulant drug abuse and novel psychoactive compounds respectively. He is currently a paid consultant with the Defence Science Technology Laboratory (MOD) working on new psychoactive compounds.

• Applied Manufacturing Technologies announces the expansion of its engineering services portfolio to include Ignition by Inductive Automation, a powerful tool for advanced HMI and SCADA solutions, to address the growing need for digital transformation in manufacturing industries.
• Our Ignition projects have demonstrated the immense potential for data-driven, lean manufacturing, and operational excellence, and has inspired us to integrate Ignition programming as a cornerstone of our 2024 initiative.
• Recognizing the need for digital transformation by AMT's Engineering Services customer base, the company has launched the 2024 initiative to offer Ignition programming as a core Engineering Services offering.
• "Our Ignition projects have demonstrated the immense potential for data-driven, lean manufacturing, and operational excellence, and has inspired us to integrate Ignition programming as a cornerstone of our 2024 initiative," said AMT President Craig Salvalaggio.