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Ear Worthy: Markle Redux; Pod The North Sparkles ; Augmented Reality Guidelines

Meghan Markle podcast -- Part Deux

 "If you don't succeed, try, try again" is a familiar maxim for those who screwed up the first time.

The podcast network, Lemonada, is taking a chance on a second chance. The network just announced a new creative partnership with Meghan Markle, The Duchess of Sussex. As part of their new deal, Lemonada will distribute the first season of the award-winning “Archetypes” for all audio platforms and also develop a new original podcast series as yet untitled hosted by Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex. 

In 2020, Spotify had announced a $20 million podcast deal with Markle. Although the podcast Markle produced and hosted, Archetypes, was generally well-received, Spotify abruptly canceled the deal last year when it discovered to its surprise that its "We will conquer the podcast universe by throwing money at it" strategy failed.

Archetypes has seen over 10 million downloads, averaging nearly a million listens per episode, and debuted as Spotify’s No.1 podcast in 47 countries around the world.

No word yet on guests, but Archetypes didn't have a problem attracting big-name guests, from Serena Williams to Mariah Carey.

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 Canada's Finest Podcast Newsletter -- Pod The North

I think it must suck a lot to be America's neighbor. Overlooked, misunderstood, and patronized, Canadians actually do have their own media universe. 

We have Canada to thank for Rachel McAdams, Celine Dion, Michael J. Fox, Ryan Gosling, Ryan Reynolds, and many others. Can we return Elon Musk for a full refund?

And guess what, America? Canada is kicking our ass in all kinds of podcast engagement,

 Did you know that 71% of Canadians have listened to at least one podcast at some point, and 29% of Canada’s monthly podcast listeners spend at least five hours per week listening to podcasts?

 Revenue from podcast advertising is expected to reach $127.1 million in Canada in 2023, and brands have seen 89% higher brand awareness after advertising on podcasts. Even more impressive, 51% of bi-weekly podcast listeners have bought a product after hearing about it on a podcast.

And the future is bright for Canadian podcasters because 42% of Canadian monthly podcast listeners are aged 18 to 34 years old, so they'll be around listening for a long time.

If you're interested in podcasting in Canada, be sure to check out the Pod The North Substack newsletter by Kattie Laur.  

Pod the North is a free, biweekly newsletter aimed at uplifting the Canadian podcast ecosystem and fostering community. In each issue, you’ll find ecosystem commentary (to keep you in the loop), podcast recommendations, opportunities for your podcast ($$$ and notoriety!), and digestible interviews with Canadian podcasters who you need to know about. 

Kattie Laur is an Award-Winning Freelance Podcast Producer, Consultant, and Writer based in the Greater Toronto Area. Last October, Kattie hosted a live anniversary celebration of Pod the North in Toronto. I'm sure they'll be more live events to come.

You can reach Kattie: @Podkatt (Twitter, Spotify, and Goodpods) | @ PodtheNorth (Bluesky)

Here's an example of a Pod The North story. 

"In a press release that came out this morning, Canadaland has announced the launch of CanadaLabs,a hub for the next generation of audio journalists, open calls for short audio stories from across Canada, and applications to become Canadaland’s first Audio Journalism Fellows."

Check out Pod the North if you're a Canadian podcast fan, or an American who realizes that Canada has more to offer than ice hockey, Banff, and maple syrup.  

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Guidelines for Augmented Reality in Ads just released

For many, I'm sure this announcement is filed in the "I don't give a s**t" category.

But we should care, because guidelines on the use of any new technology is critically important. Look what happened when we left social media to do whatever the f***k it wanted. We got Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, trolls, Nazis, Chinese bots, "Fakebook," the conspiracy theory of the day, and Donald Trump midnight rage messages.

So here's what is going on.

 In collaboration, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and Media Rating Council (MRC) have released their Augmented Reality (AR) Measurement Guidelines to establish clear and consistent definitions and measurement guidelines for ads within Augmented Reality campaigns. The guidelines are open for public comment for a 30-day period until March 9th, 2024. 

The IAB AR Measurement Guidelines Task Force, working with MRC, set forth guidelines for advertisers and marketers to quantify how much media is delivered and gauge how well their media achieved their business objectives within AR media campaigns.

“Brands are increasingly utilizing AR in their media campaigns to connect with consumers in more meaningful and immersive ways,” said Zoe Soon, VP, Experience Center, IAB. “The Augmented Reality advertising market is projected to generate $1.2 Billion in revenue in the U.S. this year. Thus, as an industry, we need to establish a greater consistency on how we define and measure AR advertising to foster fairness and transparency for buyers and sellers.”

To effectively capture the impact of AR campaigns, these guidelines set a framework to establish clear and consistent definitions for ad delivery, viewability, audience, engagement, and performance. The guidelines are inclusive of AR’s interactive and immersive formats, as AR can accrue non-physical interactions with products as well as the physical interactions related to browsing in the context of attribution.

Did you get all that? Good. Now, can you explain it to me.

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Sep 11

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Updated: Nov 22

Meena Development LTD. Always provide the Chemicals and Plastics Industry with vast variety of engineering services (piping stress analysis and structural engineering) across Canada.

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A listing of services Meena Development LTD. provides to our Chemical/Petrochemical clients includes:

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Oil Refineries  

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Tank Heaters  

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Providing engineering services related to the manufacture of:

Automotive Plastics  

Biodegradable Plastics  

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Epoxys  

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Canadians are highly supportive of making Daylight Savings Time permanent.

November 24, 2020

There has been ongoing discussion across the country regarding the possible elimination of the bi-annual time changes that are observed in nearly all provinces, and results from our most recent survey show that there would be wide support for making such a change.

Across the country, the vast majority would support making Daylight Savings Time permanent, which would result in an elimination of time changes in the spring and fall, with time staying the same all year round.

One-half or more residents are completely supportive of the idea, while one-third mostly support such a concept.  The exception is in Newfoundland and Labrador, where just 38% completely support such a move.

There is very little opposition to such a change, with only 5% overall completely opposing the notion, and a further 10% mostly opposing the elimination of the bi-annual changes.

By age, complete support for the elimination of the changes increases as Canadians get older, with Boomers being the most highly supportive. Otherwise, results are consistent across demographics.

Results shown are from a survey conducted online November 11 – 13, 2020, with 1,231 Canadians 18 years of age or older from the Logit Group’s Canadian Omnibus. Fielding every month, the Logit Group’s COVID-19 Omnibus surveys Canadians to ask their opinions and behaviours related to topical issues. Results were analyzed by Narrative Research. Data was weighted based on the 2016 Census, by gender, age, and region to reflect these population characteristics in each province. As a non-probability sample (i.e., a panel sample where residents have joined a panel to share their opinions), and in accordance with CRIC Public Opinion Research Standards, a margin of error is not applied.   

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Margaret Chapman, COO, Narrative Research – 902.222.4048, mchapman@narrativeresearch.ca

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Sam Pisani, Managing Partner, Logit Group – 416.629.4116, sam.pisani@logitgroup.com

Narrative Research (www.narrativeresearch.ca), is a leading public opinion and market research company headquartered in Canada. The company was recently certified as WBE (Women Business Enterprise). As a non-partisan, 100% Canadian-owned research company, Narrative Research is dedicated to providing clients with state-of-the-art research and strategic consulting services. 

The Logit Group (https://logitgroup.com/) is a leading North American data collection and market research execution company headquartered in Toronto, conducting large-scale projects for a variety of well-known research agencies and brands. Logit employs industry-best technologies across an array of methodologies, and is independent, experienced and quality-oriented. 

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Comfort Before Style

Today I will be talking about my favorite clothing brand, Uniqlo.

Uniqlo  is a Japanese casual wear designer, manufacturer and retailer. The company has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. since November 2005. The company operates in Japan and several other countries.

Since March 1949, a Yamaguchi-based company, Ogori Shōji (which, until then, had been operating men's clothing shops called "Men's Shop OS") existed in Ube, Yamaguchi.

In May 1984, they opened a unisex casual wear store in Fukuro-machi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima under the name "Unique Clothing Warehouse". Initially, from the contraction of "unique clothing", the brand was going to register under "uni-clo". However, in 1988, during administration work between Hong Kong in relation to the brand, staff in charge of registration misread the "C" as "Q", and that is how the brand name was born. From then, Tadashi Yanai changed the store name to "uniqlo" across Japan. In September 1991, the name of the company was changed from "Ogori Shōji" to "Fast Retailing", and by April 1994, there were over 100 Uniqlo stores operating throughout Japan.

 In 1997, Fast Retailing adopted a set of strategies from American retailer The Gap, known as "SPA" (for specialty-store/retailer of private-label apparel), meaning that they would produce their own clothing and sell it exclusively. They engaged the retail brand consultancy, CIA, Inc. / The Brand Architect Group, to guide the company through the realization of this strategy, including consulting on merchandise, visual merchandising and display, store design and a new logo designed by Richard Seireeni and Sy Chen of The Brand Architect Group's Los Angeles office. Uniqlo had begun outsourcing their clothing manufacturing to factories in China where labour was cheap, a well-established corporate practice. Japan was in the depths of a recession at the time, and the low-cost goods proved popular. Their advertising campaigns, clothing quality and new retail layouts also proved fruitful.

In November 1998, they opened their first urban Uniqlo store in Tokyo's trendy Harajuku district, and outlets soon spread to major cities throughout Japan. In 2001, sales turnover and gross profit reached a new peak, with over 500 retail stores in Japan. When Uniqlo decided to expand overseas, it separated Uniqlo from the parent company, and established Fast Retailing (Jiangsu) Apparel Co., Ltd. in China. In 2002 their first Chinese Uniqlo outlet was opened in Shanghai along with four overseas outlets in London, England.

2005 saw more overseas expansion, with stores opening in the United States (New York City), Hong Kong (Tsim Sha Tsui) and South Korea (Seoul), their South Korean expansion being part of a joint venture with Lotte. As of year-end 2005, in addition to its overseas holdings, Uniqlo had around 700 stores within Japan By 2006 sales were $4 billion. By April 2007, the company had set a global sales goal of $10 billion and a ranking among the top five global retailers, joining what at the time was Gap, H&M, Inditex, and Limited Brands.

Fast Retailing signed a design consulting contract for Uniqlo products with fashion designer Jil Sander in March 2009.] Shiatzy Chen has been approached by Uniqlo to produce a capsule collection of ready to wear pieces to launch in November 2010 while Asia's largest Uniqlo store outside Japan opened its doors in Kuala Lumpur in the same month.

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In creating its clothing lines, Uniqlo embraces both shun and kino-bi. Shun [旬] means 'timing, best timing, but also at the same time it's a  trend,' something that's updated and just in time, neither early nor late.  The company offers clothing basics, but basics that are current, that respond  to what's going on today in art and design. Kino-bi [機能美] means function and beauty, joined together: the clothing is  presented in an organized, rational manner, and that very organization and  rationality creates an artistic pattern and rhythm. All these qualities  reflect the defining characteristics of modern Japanese culture, modern 'Japaneseness.'

”

— Nobuo Domae, CEO, Uniqlo  USA (April 2007)[1]

 Uniqlo’s notable stores:

As of 28 February 2017, more than 1,800 Uniqlo stores existed worldwide. A handful of these have been featured in newspapers or retail trade periodicals.

 Australia

In April 2014, Uniqlo opened its first store in Melbourne, followed by two new stores opened in Sydney in fall It then expanded its first stores in Queensland in late 2015, with the introduction of two Brisbane stores at the Queen Street Mall and the Indooroopilly Shopping Centre. There are currently 12 stores in Australia by mid-2017.

Bangladesh

Uniqlo started their first store at the Jamuna Future Park Shopping Complex in Dhaka,Bangladesh in 2013.

Belgium

First store opened in Antwerp in 2016 on Meir.

 Canada

Uniqlo opened their first Canadian store at the Toronto Eaton Centre in September 2016, followed by a second store at the Yorkdale Shopping Centre in October 2016. Measuring at 28,000 and 24,000 square feet, both stores are five times the size of the Muji store that opened in Toronto in 2014. A third store and first in western Canada is slated to be open in Vancouver, BC suburb of Burnaby at the Metropolis at Metrotown mall in the fall of 2017.

China

Uniqlo in Sanlitun, Beijing, China.

Uniqlo entered the Chinese mainland market in 2002. As of June 2017, there were 545 stores in China, the second largest number of store after Japan, including in Beijing, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Chengdu, Nanjing, Ningbo, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Shijia, Tianjin and Xi'an.

In May 2011, the magazine Shukan Bunshunpublished a story alleging that Uniqlo had forced employees at its stores and factories in China to work long hours for little pay. In response, Uniqlo unsuccessfully sued the weekly's publisher, Bungeishunjū, for ¥220 million for libel.

A 2015 online video of a couple having sex in a Beijing Uniqlo store changing room became notorious among Chinese internet users. Chinese police arrested at least five people in connection with the incident, allegedly including the couple and three other disseminators of the video, for having 'severely violated socialist core values'. The New York Times noted that the store's exterior had become a popular venue for people to gather and take pictures in poses reminiscent of the video.

France

On November 17, 2014, Uniqlo opened its first store in Eastern France (and the second store in France outside Greater Paris) in the city of Strasbourg.

Germany

Their German flagship store opened on 11 April 2014 at Tauentzienstraße, Berlin.

South Korea

Uniqlo in Lotte World Mall, Seoul,South Korea.

In November 2011, Uniqlo generated more than 2 billion won ($1.7 million) in one day's sales on November 11 when it opened Asia's largest flagship store in central Seoul. The sales figure was the highest ever set by a fashion outlet in Korea. As of July 2017, there were 178 stores in South Korea.

Indonesia

Uniqlo opened its first store in Indonesia on June 22, 2013, at Lotte Shopping Avenue. As of September 2017, Uniqlo has opened twelve stores across Jakarta, Bandung and Surabaya.

 Philippines

Uniqlo opened stores at SM City Fairview on June 14 and Glorietta on June 28 2013. Uniqlo Philippines COO Katsumi Kubota said that the company is opening at least 200 outlets in the country by 2020, when he was interviewed at the SM City Clark during the third anniversary of the global retail brand. It started with five branches three years ago and now has 27 stores.

Thailand

6 stores were opened between 2015 and 2016 in Bangkok (3), Chiang Mai, Surat Thani und Pattaya. They also operate a On-Line Store.

United Kingdom

Ambitious expansion plans in the early 2000s were reversed, with 16 stores being closed in 2003,] including those in Manchester, Coventry, and Leicester.

United States

Uniqlo's flagship store in Chicago on theMagnificent Mile

In November 2006, Uniqlo opened its first store in the SoHo fashion district of Manhattan, New York City. New fashion designers joined the store's team to boost and rebirth fashion concepts catering to the US market. As of July 2017, there were 45 stores in the United States. As part of Fast Retailing's 2020 plan the company has stated that it plans to generate $10 billion in annual sales in the United States from 200 stores, which will lead to a location in every major U.S. city. This goal was stated when the company's only U.S. presence was its handful of stores in the New York City area, soon after the company began an aggressive expansion in the United States.

In October 2015, Uniqlo opened its first store in the Midwest with a flagship Chicago store on Michigan Avenue.

 Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniqlo

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TWHP - 032 - Maggie Bergeron - Telehealth, Embodia, And Their Amazing Offering from The Physio Detective - My PT Ed on Vimeo.

In this episode, Antony talks with Maggie Bergeron, the co-founder of Embodia.

Antony and Maggie were messaging after having done the #PTTogether Episode 2 webinar earlier (available free on Embodia!). Anyway, Maggie mentioned she was up late because she had been busy doing support during this busy time with all the changes with COVID-19 and there had been some technical hiccups with their transition from Zoom for Business to Zoom for Healthcare…

…and so Antony, ever the questioner, had to ask why they were moving to Zoom for Healthcare since they are an education company!

Listen to the episode for the details but the bottom line is that subscription members of Embodia have access to unlimited free 40mins Zoom for Healthcare consults including bookings and sending home exercise program videos! And they are simply passing on the cost if you want longer than 40mins!

That’s unbelievably good value considering Zoom for healthcare for one person would cost at least 10 times that amount of money!

So please take advantage of the fact that you can contact Maggie and ask any questions you need to.

Please note that NO COMMISSIONS OR PAYMENT was received for this podcast. Antony thought it was a great initiative and wanted to share this with you all.

Maggie Bergeron is a registered physiotherapist who received her Master of Science in Physical Therapy from McMaster University in 2009 after completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Ottawa.

Maggie co-founded Embodia in 2014 to modernize the patient experience and to provide a simple, easy way to take continuing education courses to all physiotherapists and rehabilitation practitioners, regardless of their location, budget or area of practice.

Maggie is also the host of HealthTO – a health technology event that brings together 200 health tech enthusiasts bi-monthly to network, learn, and collaborate. She has been an invited speaker at Universities, technology symposiums and healthcare conferences across Canada. Maggie currently serves as a mentor, placement host and holds a Status-Only Appointment (lecturer ranking) with the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Toronto.

Outside of work, Maggie enjoys travelling, rock climbing and attempting to play ultimate frisbee.

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2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid Market Growth Prospects and Key Opportunities 2025

The global 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid market was valued at around US$ 300.0 Mn in 2016 and is anticipated to expand at a CAGR of over 8.2% from 2017 to 2025, according to a new report published by Transparency Market Research (TMR) titled ‘2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid (FDCA) – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast, 2017–2025.’ Expansion of the global 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid market is driven by rise in demand from the carbonated soft drink industry and legislative support. The 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid market in Asia Pacific is expected to expand at a CAGR of over 9.0% during the forecast period. Favorable government regulations, development and expansion of new plants by global manufacturers, and increased demand for biobased packaging are likely to propel the 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid market in the region.

Rise in Demand for Environmentally Friendly Plastics and Legislative Support

Increasing awareness about environmental problems and severe regulations against plastic usage and carbon emissions are anticipated to propel the 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid market. Changing lifestyles and rise in demand for bio-based packaging among consumers are expected to significantly boost the market. Technological advancements and rise in investments in research and development of biobased chemicals and materials are projected to be expansion opportunities for the 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid market. However, high cost compared to conventional polymers is likely to hamper the 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid market.

Polyester Application Segment to Dominate the Global 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid Market

In terms of application, the 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid market can be divided into polyesters, polyamides, polycarbonates, plasticizers, and others. The polyesters segment is anticipated to dominate the market during the forecast period. 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid replaces terephthalic acid and by using renewable EG, a 100% renewable polyester. The polyester has polymers’ characteristics of biodegradability and biocompatibility, which increases the market demand. Governments across the world are encouraging the usage of biobased products, which is increasing demand for 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid from the packaging industry. Imposition of government norms against carbon emissions and plastic usage is responsible for the rise in demand for 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid based products. Increase in awareness regarding environmental issues is a key driver for the 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid market, applicable to beverage industry. Increase in the rate of urbanization across various regions around the world is an essential expansion indicator for the 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid market.

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In terms of region, the global 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid market can be categorized into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Middle East & Africa. Europe holds a prominent share of the 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid market, owing to the green procurement policies followed by the European Union. North America also constitutes a significant share of the market. The market in Asia Pacific is estimated to expand at a rapid pace due to rapid industrialization and changing lifestyles in developing economies such as China and India. The market in Middle East & Africa and Latin American is expected to expand at a rapid pace during the forecast period.

Key players operating in the 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid market are Avantium Holding BV, Corbion NV , Toronto Research Chemicals Inc, Alfa Aesar GmbH & Co KG, Synvina, Asta Tech Inc, Novamont SpA, Chemsky (Shanghai) International Company Limited,  AVALON Industries AG, and V & V Pharma Industries. Companies are focusing on new product development and expansion strategies. For instance, Novamont SpA manufactures bioplastics and biochemicals through the integration of chemistry and agriculture. It also manufactures Celus-Bi, a new line of innovative and biobased ingredients for the cosmetics sector that has applications in personal and household products. Furthermore, the company has invested US$123.21 Mn to convert an abandoned plant near Rovigo in Italy's Po River delta to start industrial production of the chemical compound bio-butanediol.

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Novel Subtypes in B Progenitor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

MedicalResearch.comInterview with:

Zhaohui Gu, PhD Postdoctoral Research Associate  St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, TN MedicalResearch.com:  What is the background for this study?  What are the main findings? Response:B-progenitor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) is the most common pediatric malignancy and the leading cause of childhood cancer death. B-ALL includes multiple subtypes that are defined by distinct genetic alterations and that play an important role in diagnosis, prognosis and therapy of patients.  Advances in transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq)have helped researchers discover additional subtypes and driver mutations inB-ALL and identify possible new therapeutic targets.  Still, up to 30% of B-ALL cases do not fit into established subtypes. These patients lack targeted therapeutic approaches and commonly relapse. Fort his study, we used integrated genomic analysis of 1,988 childhood and adult cases to revise the classification system of B-ALL. The system includes eight new subtypes and a total of 23 B-ALL subtypes. The subtypes are defined by chromosomal rearrangements, sequence mutations, or heterogeneous genomic alterations. Many show a marked variation in prevalence according to age. The newly identified subtypes included one (n=18) defined by rearrangements of gene BCL2, MYC and/or BCL6 anda distinctive gene expression profile (GEP). Patients in this subtype were mostly adults (n=16) with very poor outcomes. Another novel subtype was defined by IKZF1 N159Y missense mutation. N159Y is in the DNA-binding domain of IKZF1, and is known to disrupt IKZF1 function, with distinct nuclear mis-localization and induction of aberrant intercellular adhesion. There were eight cases in this subtype that shared highly similar GEPs. We also identified two subtypes with distinct GEP and characterized by PAX5 alterations. One, PAX5 altered (PAX5alt), included 148 cases. PAX5alt was characterized by diverse PAX5 alterations including rearrangements (n=57), sequence mutations (n=46) and/or focal intragenic amplifications (n=8). These PAX5 alterations were found in 73.6% of PAX5alt cases. The second distinct subtype comprised 44 cases, all with PAX5 P80R missense mutations. Bi-allelic PAX5 alterations were commonly seen in this subtype in the form of PAX5 P80R coupled with a second sequence mutation or deletion of the wild-type PAX5 allele. Adult PAX5 P80R cases showed better 5-year OS (61.9±13.4%) than those in PAX5alt subtype (42.1±10.2%). In addition, Pax5 P80R heterozygous and homozygous mice developed B lineage leukemia with a median latency of 166 and 87 days, respectively.  The heterozygous mice acquired alterations on the second allele, which faithfully recapitulated the condition of the patient leukemia. MedicalResearch.com: What should readers take away from your report? Response: Identification of subtypes accurately is very important for diagnosis, intensity-tailored therapy, and to identify targetable lesions. In this large scale genomic study, we demonstrated the power of using RNA-seq to classifying B-ALL and established a revised B-ALL taxonomy with 23 distinct subtypes. We identified 8 novel subtypes, including two defined by PAX5 alterations. Through in vitro and in vivo experiments, we demonstrated that PAX5 P80R could impair B cell differentiation and initiate leukemia. Together with the subtype defined by IKZF1 N159Y mutation, we showed for the first time that transcription factor missense mutations could be a subtype defining genetic lesions. MedicalResearch.com: What recommendations do you have for future research as a result of this work? Response:B-ALL classification has been conventionally used in scientific research and clinicaltreatment. However, due to the complexity of genetic alterations and geneexpression profile analysis, a comprehensive and robust classification is stillchallenging for many researchers and clinicians. This study establishes anRNA-seq data based B-ALL classification pipeline, which could assign over 90%of the B-ALL cases into distinct subtypes. The raw sequence data and well-curatedgenetic information of 1,988 B-ALL case have been deposited to public database(https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ega/). The dataare also accessible through an interactive St. Jude data portal (https://pecan.stjude.cloud/proteinpaint/study/PanALL),which serve as invaluable resource for future research and clinical diagnosis. We have identified eight new subtypes in previously uncategorized B-other cases. We described each subtypes’ gene expression signatures, driver genetic lesions and clinical outcomes, but in-depth functional studies and development of customized treatments for the novel subtypes are still needed. The genetic background of patients in each subtype is similar, making it easier to evaluate and compare patients’ response to specific treatments. That should potentially speed-up the development of more effective treatment for these previously uncategorized cases. Despite the progress, about 6% of the B-ALL cases still cannot be classified into any subtypes. We propose to perform more comprehensive genomic analysis, including whole genome sequence, to identify the hidden driver lesions. Ultimately, the goal is to classify all B-ALL patients into distinct subtypes and assign customized regimens for them. MedicalResearch.com: Is there anything else you would like to add? Response: This was an international effort and multiple institutional collaborative project. The participants were St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, The Children's Oncology Group, ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group, Cancer and Leukemia Group B, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Toronto, Northern Italian Leukemia Group, Southwestern Oncology Group, Medical Research Council UK and City of Hope. Citation: Abstract presented at the 2018 ASH abstract Publication Number: 565                                                             Submission ID: 111219 Title: Characterization of Novel Subtypes in B Progenitor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Zhaohui Gu, PhD1, Michelle L. Churchman, PhD1, Kathryn G. Roberts, PhD1, Ian Moore, MS1, Xin Zhou, PhD2, Joy Nakitandwe, PhD1, Kohei Hagiwara, MD2, Stephane Pelletier, PhD3, Sebastien Gingras, PhD4, Hartmut Berns, PhD5, Debbie Payne-Turner, BS1, Ashley Hill, BS1, Ilaria Iacobucci, PhD1, Lei Shi, PhD6, Stanley Pounds, PhD6, Cheng Cheng, PhD6, Deqing Pei, MS6, Chunxu Qu, PhD1, Meenakshi Devidas, PhD7, Yunfeng Dai, MS7, Shalini C. Reshmi, PhD8, Julie Gastier-Foster, PhD8, Elizabeth A. Raetz, MD9, Michael J. Borowitz, MD, PhD10, Brent L. Wood, MD, PhD11, William L. Carroll, MD12, Patrick A. Zweidler-McKay, MD, PhD13, Karen R. Rabin, MD, PhD14, Leonard A. Mattano, MD15,Kelly W. Maloney, MD16, Alessandro Rambaldi, MD17, Orietta Spinelli, PhD17, Jerald P. Radich, MD18, Mark D. Minden, MD, PhD19, Jacob M. Rowe, MD20, Selina Luger, MD21, Mark R. Litzow, MD22, Martin S. Tallman, MD23, Janis Racevskis, PhD24, Yanming Zhang, MD25, Ravi Bhatia, MD26, Jessica Kohlschmidt, PhD27, Krzysztof Mrózek, MD, PhD27, Clara D. Bloomfield, MD27, Wendy Stock, MD28, Steven Kornblau, MD29, Hagop M. Kantarjian, MD29, Marina Konopleva, MD29, Williams Evans, PharMD30, Sima Jeha, MD31, Ching-Hon Pui, MD31, Jun Yang, PhD30, Elisabeth Paietta, PhD24, James Downing, MD1, Mary V. Relling, PharMD30, Jinghui Zhang, PhD2, Mignon L. Loh, MD32, Stephen P. Hunger, MD33, Charles Mullighan, MBBS, MD1 1Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 2Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 3Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 4Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 5Department of Transgenic Core Facility, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 6Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 7Department of Biostatistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 8Institute for Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH 9Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, New York University, New York, NY 10016, 10Division of Hematologic Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 11Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 12Perlmutter Cancer Center, NYU-Langone Health, New York, NY 13ImmunoGen, Inc, Waltham, Massachusetts 14Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 15HARP Pharma Consulting, Mystic, CT 16University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital, Aurora CO 17Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy 18Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA  19Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada 20Hematology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerlem, Israel  21Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 22Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 23Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 24Cancer Center, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 25Cytogenetics Laboratory, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 26Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of Birmingham, Alabama 27Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH  28University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL  29Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX  30Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 31Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 32Department of Pediatrics, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital and the Helen Diller Family 33Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA The information on MedicalResearch.com is provided for educational purposes only, and is in no way intended to diagnose, cure, or treat any medical or other condition. 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The Intrazone, episode 20: “SharePoint from the Canadian Perspective”

Throughout the world, there are collaboration commonalities, while still unique regional and industry-specific requirements co-exist. This episode looks through the digital workplace lens into Canada – to and through SharePoint Saturday Toronto where I attended and learned as key...

"The Intrazone, episode 20: “SharePoint from the Canadian Perspective”" by Mark Kashman originally published December 11th 2018 in Microsoft SharePoint Blog articles

Throughout the world, there are collaboration commonalities, while still unique regional and industry-specific requirements co-exist. This episode looks through the digital workplace lens into Canada – to and through SharePoint Saturday Toronto where I attended and learned as keynote speaker, partner and attendee.

  I sat down with four leading Canadian SharePoint developers and consultants: Yana Berkovich, Vincent Biret, Kate Wilson and Sherman Woo. They shared their expertise and guidance on classic-to-modern migration, the importance of information architecture and taxonomy, Power BI, governance, and learnings from a large-scale implementation of Microsoft Teams. We also speak with several people from Microsoft partners Habanero and Creospark about their SharePoint customer experiences in Canada.

  Get that maple syrup ready, pull on your favorite hockey jersey (“go future Seattle team!” 😉), and head to Northern North America to discover the power play, Canadian way out and about SharePoint.

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  The Intrazone is your bi-weekly conversation and interview podcast hosted by the SharePoint team.

Left to right, top to bottom: Yana Berkovich – senior business intelligence consultant & MVP (Finning International) [guest], Vincent Biret – Office 365 and Azure Developer & MVP (2toLead) [guest], Kate Wilson – Office 365 Consultant (2toLead) [guest], Sherman Woo – Office 365 collaboration specialist (MEC) [guest], Chris McNulty – senior product manager (SharePoint/Microsoft) [co-host], and Mark Kashman – senior product manager (SharePoint/Microsoft) [co-host].

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  Be sure to visit our show page to hear all the episodes, access the show notes, and get bonus content. And stay connected to the SharePoint community blog where we’ll share more information per episode, guest insights, and take any questions from our listeners – the Community (TheIntrazone@microsoft.com). We, too, welcome your ideas for future episodes topics and segments. Keep the discussion going in comments below; we’re hear to listen and grow.

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Technology, Discounts, Customer Education to Drive Telematics Auto Insurance

Insurers are recognizing the importance of discounts to penetrate U.S. and Canadian markets. But this calls for the combination of product features.

Something seriously required in favor of the auto insurance policy holders in United States of America and Canada. UBI adoption is growing at a frenetic pace in North America according to the figures released by BI Research. Market watchers are keenly observing the growth of auto insurance and the factors that can pose challenges to auto insurance industry. Figures depict a rosy picture. Telematics based auto insurance growth rose from 4.1% in 2015 to 6% in 2016 in North America. The growth is pegged at 19.2% in 2019. What is the role of telematics expertise in expanding market reach? Can discounts increase the subscriber base? Is there any pitfall? Let us explore.

Insurers are constantly on the lookout for cost effective ways of doing business with telematics. But convincing policy holders seem to be their challenge. Yesterday's know how is passe with newer and sophisticated knowledge developing on ICT front. Data collection and customer engagement hold the key for success in the wired world today. Aspiring policy holders can be convinced by the insurers with cutting edge technologies like: Driving data capture, direct marketing channel, Roadside assistance (NSD Partner), Geo analytics and gamification to mention a few. The millennial and Gen Z are technophile demography for the telematics market.

Technical features are for risk mitigation and discounts are for cost reduction. If both factors are combined market penetration is easier. At this point an expert is taking a balanced view. Donald Light the director of Celent, a research and consulting firm, is of the opinion that a combination of both discounts and surcharges can provide a bright future for telematics in Canada. He was sharing his view during 'Insurance Telematics Canada 2016' in Toronto. We all know surcharges are additional premiums against risky driving behavior. And Light suggest this to change the driver perception on their driving.

What perception Light wants to change? People pay a price for a product or service on their perception on quality. The same theory is applicable to one's perception towards driving. If one thinks he is a 'better driver' and not an average driver which he actually is, then encouraging them to implement telematics mobile app to avail discounts will become a demanding task. Because his self esteem comes in the way of enhancing his driving behavior and accepting drive score as ultimate criteria for improving his driving. It is at this very stage only education is needed to change perceptions.

The very purpose of UBI is to reward the well behaving drivers on criteria like speed, acceleration, phone use etc. Vast part of the population are mobile and it makes sense for them to implement telematics mobile app on their mobile devices to mitigate accidents as well as earning drive score to avail policy premium discounts. Education is needed to change wrong perceptions of drivers to accept UBI as fair and to understand what standard driving behavior is.

Education should be extended on ensuring cyber security as telematics mobile apps are also prone to cyber attacks. This should be seen in the context where 60% of cars and trucks are going to be connected on net by 2017. This means tailored telematics services should address cyber security issue also to gain more acceptance in the market.

Switching to telematics is a good option; it is also promising for the insurance sector that wants to expand its reach. Cutting edge technical features, discounts for drive scorecards as well as surcharges for errant driving behavior can increase the acceptability of mobile telematics thereby attracting new mobile subscribers. If these issues are addressed, auto insurance market penetration will become easy.

Prime's telematics system, Xemplar, enables fast and efficient two-way communication between insurers and customers. Xemplar's mobile app-based system saves you money on hardware and infrastructure costs while also accommodating any mobile device or tablet; reaching drivers anytime, anywhere, and providing your business with critical information in real-time. Contact us now, and in less than 24 hours you will have the technology solution for all generations. For more Information visit: http://www.xemplartelematics.com

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