Study trains AI to predict optimal anti-seizure meds for new epilepsy patients

[ad_1] An international study led by Monash University has done what could be the world’s first demonstration of an AI model that can predict the optimal anti-seizure medication for newly diagnosed epilepsy patients. WHAT IT’S ABOUT The research team has trained a deep-learning prediction model using clinical information from around 1,800 patients in five health care centres in Australia, Malaysia, China and the United Kingdom. The model is designed by the Monash Medical AI Group…

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In the north of Mexico, water cuts to cope with shortages hit poor communities hardest 

[ad_1] Brenda Sánchez, a school teacher in Monterrey, Mexico, lives with her three kids in a poor area of the city known as Poniente, about 2 1/2 hours south of the Texas border. Amid a severe water shortage in Monterrey, she said the government had a rationing plan in place to maintain access to water on a regular basis — but that it’s rarely put into practice where she lives.  “We were supposed to have…

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War monitor: Israeli strike targeted missile depot in Syria

[ad_1] BEIRUT (AP) — Satellite imagery showed widespread destruction at a giant military facility in western Syria targeted in a recent Israeli airstrike, and the head of a Syrian opposition war monitor said Sunday the strike targeted a depot housing hundreds of middle-range missiles for Iran-backed fighters. Syrian state media reported after the Thursday night attack near the cities of Tartus and Hama that two people were wounded and fires were sparked in nearby forests.…

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After Somalia hotel siege, a vow to tackle al-Shabab ‘snake’

[ad_1] MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Hell began at sunset. It was a Friday evening in Somalia’s capital. The patrons of the Hayat hotel had finished their latest prayers and settled in for coffee, tea or dinner. Families, businesspeople and government workers were there — some of the many who see the promise of their country rebuilding from decades of war. Hotels are refuges in Mogadishu, but targets, too. The al-Shabab extremist group, affiliated with al-Qaida,…

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Western leaders salute Ukraine on its Independence Day

[ad_1] Issued on: 24/08/2022 – 14:06Modified: 24/08/2022 – 14:12 European leaders pledged unwavering support for Ukraine as the war-torn country marked its Independence Day on Wednesday, coinciding with the six-month milestone of Russia’s invasion. Leaders paid tribute to the sacrifices and courage of the Ukrainian people, voiced their resolve to keep supplying Ukraine with weapons and reviled Moscow for its attack on the neighboring Eastern European nation. In Britain, floral and musical tributes punctuated a…

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Singapore scraps S377A gay sex ban but resistance to same-sex marriage grows

[ad_1] As a result, some activists in this island nation have questioned the announcement as representing any great progress at all. Choong, who along with other campaigners had challenged S377A in the country’s highest court, is hopeful the government will not enshrine into the constitution the definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman. Demonstrators form the characters Repeal 377A in a call to repeal Section 377A of Singapore’s Penal Code which…

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Ukraine war: Macron slams Russian invasion, hours after brokering nuclear inspection deal

[ad_1] French President Emmanuel Macron said Russia launched a “brutal attack” on Ukraine in an imperialist, revanchist violation of international law.   Macron made the comments during a ceremony marking the 78th anniversary of Allied landings in Nai-occupied Provence during World War II, and just hours after he spoke to Putin and helped broker a deal to allow UN nuclear inspectors to visit a critical plant in Ukraine.  Macron, who tried tirelessly but unsuccessfully to prevent…

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Harvard’s 3 Keys to Grow Faster at Work

[ad_1] Photo: Collected Do you want to move up in your job or career more quickly? Everyone in the world wants to get to a place where they have stability, a good salary, and a job where they feel useful and comfortable at the same time. However, most people have to start at the bottom and move up little by little until they reach their goal. Getting ahead in your career can be hard. You…

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Soviet Union: Estonia removes monument

[ad_1] COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Estonia’s government said Tuesday it has decided to remove a Soviet-era monument from public space in an eastern border town sitting in the Baltic country’s Russian-speaking part, with the prime minister saying the reason for the dismantling is that it represents a risk for public order. “No one wants to see our militant and hostile neighbor foment tensions in our home,” Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said, adding the move came following…

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China news: Chilling UK future of ’empty shelves’ laid bare as Beijing powerplay exposed | World | News

[ad_1] UK businesses have grown increasingly uneasy as tensions over Taiwan skyrocket, and Beijing’s relationship with Washington takes a nosedive. Tony Danker, the head of the Confederation of British Industry, has warned in the wake of escalating tensions that the UK should look to pull away from a reliance on China for imports. Mr Danker told the Financial Times: “Every company that I speak to at the moment is engaged in rethinking their supply chains…

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