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The CTSI offers a variety of educational programs for research scholars. Join us as we shine the spotlight on some of the star scholars of the CTSI…inside this edition of CTSI Discovery Radio!

In this special episode, Daniel has a conversation with Najib George Awad, a Syrian theologian and historian, about the sudden fall of the Assad regime in Syria and the various challenges facing the Syrian people after this “incomplete revolution”. For our Patreon supporters, Najib and Daniel discuss Kalam (Muslim theology) and the rich history of Muslim-Christian debate in the Middle Ages. To access this extended conversation and others, consider ⁠supporting us on Patreon⁠. Najib George Awad is a Syrian-American theologian and historian. He is an associate researcher at the Center for Comparative Theology and Social issues (CTSI) at Bonn University, Germany, and also at the protestant theological faculty at Charles University in the Czech Republic. His publications God without Face? On the Personal Individuation of the Holy Spirit, And Freedom Became a Public-Square: Political, Sociological and Religious Overviews on the Arab Christians and the Arabic Spring, Orthodoxy in Arabic Terms: A Study of Theodore Abū Qurrah's Trinitarian and Christological Doctrines in an Islamic Context; Umayyad Christianity: John of Damascus as a Contextual Example of Identity-Formation in Early Islam; and After-Mission, Beyond Evangelicalism: The Indigenous ‘Injīliyyūn' in the Arab-Muslim Context of Syria-Lebanon; and Contemporary Arabic Christian Theology (Regnum, 2024). If you enjoy our podcast, please consider becoming a Patreon monthly supporter at: https://www.patreon.com/AcrosstheDivide Show Notes: Article by Najib Awad about the three challenges facing Syrians today: The Three Challenges for 'Liberated' Syria

Hello, and welcome to episode 129 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I'm Chris Kirkbride. New designations from the US and UK, and the UK marks OTSI being open for business. On money laundering, the FATF publishes MERs on Japan and Kuwait, and TD Bank in the US pleads guilty to money laundering. There is Covid-19 fraud news from the US, and in the UK the CTSI has issued a critical statement concerning the recent reduction of the APP fraud reimbursement limit. In other financial crime news, the SFO has settled one of the civil actions brought against it by ENRC, and on cybercrime, there seems to be an article trend concerning the cyber-safety of CEOs, and critical infrastructure is once more subject to a cyber-attack.A transcript of this podcast is available at www.crimes.financial, with links to the stories.

Over the last 15 years, the CTSI has focused on being all-in together with the research enterprise and the community to advance health through research and discovery. Discover the past, present nd future of the CTSI…inside this edition of CTSI Discovery Radio!

Hello, and welcome to this week in financial crime. I'm your host, Chris Kirkbride. Another busy week this week. It's mainly fraud and money laundering which dominates the stories this week, but there are some other bits and pieces just to keep it from getting boring.These are the links to the principal documents mentioned in the podcast:Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI), CTSI urges shoppers to be careful what they bargain for this Black Friday.Counter-fraud initiative, Take Five to Stop Fraud.European Banking Authority, EBA publishes guidelines on remote customer onboarding.Interpol, Cyber-enabled financial crime: USD 130 million intercepted in global INTERPOL police operation.JD Supra, Supreme Court To Consider the Boundaries of Bribery.Metropolitan Police, More than 100 arrests in UK's biggest ever fraud operation.UK Government, UK ban on Russian oil an oil products.UK Government, Security Minister welcomes new support for fraud victims.UK Insolvency Service, Retailers disqualified after abusing covid loans.UK Insolvency Service, Hebburn engineering boss banned for Bounce Back Loan abuse.UK Insolvency Service, Southampton nursing agency boss given 11-year ban for abuse of Bounce Back Loan scheme.UK Insolvency Service, Essex property developer banned for falsely claiming Bounce Back Loan.US Department of Justice, Four Defendants Indicted for Securities Fraud, Conducting International Pump-and-Dump Scheme, and Money Laundering. 

It's a community partnership at the intersection of clinical & translation research, the faith-based community, and healthcare. We're exploring the CTSI Community Care Initiative...inside this edition of CTSI Discovery Radio!

Criminals and trained to hone in on people who are vulnerable. Listen on to learn how you can protect the people you care about and what signs to look out for. Today's guest is Louise Baxter. Lou graduated with a law degree and worked for Sussex Trading Standards. She took over as the chair of the Chartered Trading Standards Institute's consumer power alliance and is the CTSI's lead officer of education. She got frustrated by the system in relation to support of scam victims and started what is now the National Trading Standard Scams Teams, and she was awarded an MBE for protecting vulnerable consumers from financial abuse.  Show Notes: [1:10] - Lou shares her background and why she was driven to be more proactive. [3:05] - Her team deals with specific types of scams. [5:19] - If you respond to one letter scam, your details get passed around to more. [6:54] - There are times of mental health challenges that make you vulnerable, such as grief and high stress. [8:40] - There are different types of vulnerabilities and you could experience several at once. [10:51] - There are mental health impacts when learning that you've been a victim of a scam. [12:35] - Scams are only reported between 5 and 15% of the time. [14:48] - Even Louise has been affected by situational vulnerability. [16:01] - Louise describes the way a lottery scam increases their web of victims. [18:49] - What support is available for scam victims? [20:35] - Louise shares the types of responses her team receives when they reach out to scam victims. [23:00] - Situational vulnerability creates opportunity for scammers to make their message more believable. [25:35] - At the start of Covid-19, vulnerabilities were at an all time high. [27:13] - Criminals can target constantly. [28:38] - One million people have completed the training Louise's company offers. [30:19] - As a society, we need to begin supporting victims rather than shaming them. [32:50] - Scams and fraud are forms of emotional abuse. [34:12] - Lou compares the tactics used by scammers to domestic emotional abuse. [35:41] - Louise explains that most criminals are not in the same country as their targets. [37:35] - There has been some valuable international work that's been done, but every country operates a bit differently in their standards. Thanks for joining us on Easy Prey. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave a nice review.  Links and Resources: Podcast Web Page Facebook Page whatismyipaddress.com Easy Prey on Instagram Easy Prey on Twitter Easy Prey on LinkedIn Easy Prey on YouTube Easy Prey on Pinterest

NCATS is the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. It's an arm of the National Institutes of Health, and it funds entities nationwide, including the CTSI in our community. Discover how NCATS is where science goes to become health...inside this edition of CTSI Discovery Radio!

Founded more than five decades ago, since last year CTSI has acquired as many companies as in all its previous history. Execs detail the company's rapid accession, discuss key strategies and much more.

To mark National Apprenticeship Week, we hear about how CTSI is supporting the Regulatory Compliance Officer apprenticeship scheme, and about how apprenticeships are a valuable way of making the trading standards profession more welcoming and diverse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

AFA Protective Systems began its journey in making communities safer back in 1873. And while a lot's changed in the near 150 years since its inception, ASA's mission to provide innovative, reliable fire and security systems and services to their customers to protect their property and businesses will never waver. ASA's history is built on deep commitment and meaningful relationships to help ensure reliable systems and support to give its customers peace of mind. Mark LaBua, Vice President and Chief Information Officer at AFA Protective Systems, and David Kleinman, President, and General Counsel, AFA Protective Systems, joined ClearTalk to discuss ASA's history and future under its new acquisition by CTSI.LaBua noted ASA's involvement with various innovations over the years. “One significant innovation was the multiplex fire alarm system which allowed us to segregate points as opposed to just knowing that there was a fire alarm in the building, to know what device or what area that alarm was coming from,” LaBua said. “Which you can imagine in a situation with a fire department responding knowing where that fire is in the building is very important.”For Kleinman, one could say AFA is in his blood. “I started working here in summers when I was eighteen; I'm 40 now. One of AFA's legacies, to me, is AFA always tries to do right by the customer and will actually go and fight for the customer.”With its recent acquisition by CTSI, there is excitement about the future roads ahead for AFA. “The acquisition of AFA by CTSI is going to increase our ability to take the winning formula that the Kleinman family has put together and apply that to a much larger audience, and I think we're going to end up with a better world because of it,” LaBua said.

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The Benefits & Blessings Of Palliative Care

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The Benefits & Blessings Of Palliative Care

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Three common questions people ask me on a daily basis are: Ben what's your favorite layer 2 project? What's a more scalable smart contract solution compared to Ethereum? What's the best low cap gem available on the most popular exchanges? The truth is, these three questions have one answer: Cartesi (CTSI). In this video, we will provide you with the latest news and developments with Cartesi. We'll break down the reasons why Q4 is about to be MASSIVE for this up-and-coming altcoin and layer 2 solution. Find out why this has the chance to be the next 100x crypto.

We speak to Alison Farrar, one of CTSI's Lead Officers for Property and Lettings about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the UK's housing sector and the potential issues arising from the associated growth in home-working. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Since starting our partnership with Cartesi and producing several videos about this monster of a crypto project, you have learned about Cartesi as an optimistic rollups solution that lowers gas fees. We have discussed Cartesi’s unique feature, Descartes, a virtual machine capable of running Linux. Today we are going to emphasize Cartesi’s importance in a blockchain-based world. In this Cartesi update, I’ll break down the latest CTSI news including what’s new with Cartesi and what’s up next. Find out why Cartesi’s association with Linux separates it from all other blockchains. After its recent listing on Coinbase, CTSI is about to be a GAME-CHANGER.

ntegrating technology in education isn’t easy. It requires a lot of expertise, as well as robust support for educators and administrators. That’s the goal of the partnership between CTSI and LG. Discussing how they work together as manufacturer and integrator, ClearTalk host Tyler Kern spoke with Kelsey Hunter, User Experience Consultant at CTSI, and Victoria Sanville, National Sales Manager, Public Sector, LG.

We speak to CTSI's newly appointed Chief Executive, John Herriman, about the challenges facing the institute and the wider profession, including the long-term effects of Covid-19, the impact of EU Exit and the need to push for more diversity and inclusion. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Internet Protocol Television, or IPTV, is fast becoming an enticing alternative to traditional RF/coaxial distribution of media in enterprise settings – and CTSI and Vitec are primed to help organizations take advantage.“IPTV provides the ability to distribute media and media services across a customer’s enterprise,” CTSI Director of Engineering Mike Wilson said. “By leveraging their network, we’re able to do this in a highly secure, managed, and scalable way.” IPTV can also be accessed by media set-top box decoders, desktop and laptop computers, and mobile devices.The benefits of switching to an IPTV solution for television, digital signage, and more are numerous, from elevated automation and flexibility to the functionality to communicate across disparate facilities and that aforementioned compatibility with a range of devices. To explore those benefits further, Wilson and Vitec Vice President, Michael Chorpash joined host Tyler Kern to share their insights about the companies’ partnership, what made it such a great fit, and how other organizations can go about selecting the right platform partner.The trio also dove into use cases in mission-critical, federal applications, healthcare success stories, IPTV’s role in catering to the new, hybrid workforces of the post-COVID world, and more. To learn more, visit ctsi-usa.com.

A critically important national, multi-institutional clinical trial is underway, and the CTSI is part of it, all in the hopes of finding an effective treatment today and perhaps in the future. Learn about the CONTAIN COVID Convalescent Plasma clinical trial, inside this edition of CTSI Discovery Radio!

Conversei com o Erick Moura, fundador e CEO da CARTESI, uma fintech que objetiva juntar a facilidade dos milhões de programadores do ambiente LINUX ao mundo dos smart contracts em uma DApp (descentralized aplication) que objetiva construir um Layer2 escalável para várias blockchains ja existentes. Falamos sobre a origem acadêmica do projeto (que teve sua semente plantada por academicos do IMPA - Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada do Rio de Janeiro), os desafios de se colocar o projeto em pé, casos de uso da plataforma, o token que emitiram (CTSI), o fetio que o Ethereum 2.0 pode ter no projeto e muito mais. -- mais sobre a CARTESI -- https://cartesi.io/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/cartesiproject Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/cartesi LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cartesiproject/ Grupo telegram cartesi Brasil: https://t.me/cartesiBR Grupo Telegram internacional Cartesi: https://t.me/CartesiProject Instagram Erick: https://www.instagram.com/erickdemour Twitter Erick: https://twitter.com/erickdemoura -- Me acompanhe também em -- Twitter: @gustavocscunha Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gustavocscunha Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GustavoCunhaDolarInvestimentoInovacao Linkedin: https://br.linkedin.com/in/gustavo-c-s-cunha Site: www.gustavocunha.net #blockchain #layer2 #cartesi

In this episode, Aaron Carroll talks with Dr. Peter Embi about the All IN for Health program, which promotes health resources and opportunities to participate in research and clinical studies. You can join the All IN volunteer registry by filling out a profile on www.allinforhealth.info. This episode of the Healthcare Triage podcast is sponsored by Indiana University School of Medicine whose mission is to advance health in the state of Indiana and beyond by promoting innovation and excellence in education, research and patient care. IU School of Medicine is leading Indiana University's first grand challenge, the Precision Health Initiative, with bold goals to cure multiple myeloma, triple negative breast cancer and childhood sarcoma and prevent type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease.

Healthcare has been in the spotlight for months due to the spread of the novel coronavirus and the ensuing COVID-19 pandemic. Many industry leaders are searching for ways to improve patient outcomes, boost efficiency, and meet the challenge of a global pandemic. Effectively leveraging technology and robust healthcare data helps that vision become a reality. On this episode of ClearTalk, presented by CTSI, host Tyler Kern was joined by CTSI Director of Training and User Experience, Jennifer Gehringer and Heather Downey, CareSight Director of Clinical Data Science Services, to explore the relationship between data and technology for better results. Highlights: Healthcare, particularly in the midst of COVID-19, is focused on methods for improving both efficiency and patient outcomes. Cutting-edge technology solutions and robust data can provide a way forward. CTSI and CareSight have partnered to help customers access those tools. CTSI and CareSight have been partnered for the past three years to work toward a common goal – guiding customers through advanced reporting and analytics solutions that help identify needs, then ultimately delivering the technology to answer those needs. “We’re looking at data from all different types of care areas … we always end up with this common response from our customers across the board. Often, it’s this shared reaction of, when we light up the data, they say, ‘Oh my gosh, what is that?’ We can fix that pretty quickly,” Downey said. Actionable data comes from many locations, including the massive amount of equipment it takes to engage in effective patient monitoring, overhead communications, and much more that produces the bustling “noise” often seen in busy hospital operations. All of that data is collected, analyzed, and presented to the customers in terms of goals the healthcare provider is looking to achieve – and it’s often more obvious than one might think to assess where they’re at and how to move forward.

Episode #19 - Pancreatic Cancer: Striving to Survive by CTSI of Southeast Wisconsin

Club E will be joined by Faz K. Bashi, MD to discuss his career as an entrepreneur and and angel investor. Tune in for insights and trends within the minds of angel investors. With the lack of institutional investors in the Midwest startup space, angel investors fill an addressable gap in the start up funding ecosystem. About Faz: Faz K. Bashi, MD, has a research background in Immunology and Virology from UCSF. He is an active member of Life Science Angel's (LSA) in Silicon Valley. He is a member of Berkeley Angel Network. He is also Lead Venture Investor with Portfolia's FemTech Fund I, and soon to be announced FemTech Fund II, focused on female health and wellness. He is very active in the Animal Health space, and is co-Founder, Board member, Investor & Advisor to Anubis Bio; an all-natural food-tech platform with first product scaling in revenue in USA and Korea, called DoggyStat ( https://doggystat.com/ ).He served a 3-year term as Board Member of the Angel Capital Association (ACA) where he continues to be Chair of the ACA's Life Sciences Syndication group. He is active with UCSF’s Entrepreneurship Startup 101 and Lean Launchpad, external advisory board member for UCSF's CTSI and Johns Hopkins' CBID (https://cbid.bme.jhu.edu/), Mentor for women entrepreneur leaders at both CSweetener.org and Springboard Enterprises (www.sb.co) Life Sciences Council. He volunteers his time with Peninsula Bridge program to help the underserved kids of East Palo Alto get inspired about their futures via education. He is committed to helping find treatments for Tinnitus, Autism, Lupus, and Vascular diseases. He completed several triathlons with Team-In-Training to raise funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Dr. Aaron Carroll talks with Dr. Sharon Moe and Dr. Sarah Wiehe, the new co-directors of the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI). The Indiana CTSI brings together the state’s brightest minds to solve Indiana’s most pressing health challenges through research, as a statewide partnership among Indiana University, Purdue University, the University of Notre Dame and numerous life sciences businesses, government entities, and community organizations. Sharon and Sarah also discuss the projects they are most excited to see come to life, including research spanning from basic science to patient care.

On this episode of ClearTalk, a CTSI podcast, CTSI Director of Engineering Michael Wilson and Audiovisual Engineering Manager Greg Gustafson joined host Tyler Kern to touch on a hot topic in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the accelerated adoption of Hands-Free workplace technology. With social distancing measures and other safety initiatives likely to continue as operations around the globe attempt to get back to business as usual, the conversation around touchless collaboration and technology solutions that can facilitate a hands-free workplace has accelerated. “One of the things that CTSI, specifically, is doing in this post-COVID time is having what we call our ‘Clear Innovation Workshops,’” Wilson said. “It’s like a roundtable discussion where a lot of the thought-leaders within CTSI … join the conversation with our customers.” These discussions have centered on a variety of topics, but hands-free collaboration, digital signage, people counting, and occupancy management have been points of emphasis related to customers’ desire to reduce touchpoints and help enforce social distancing. CTSI helps those customers find solutions that make adoption and integration simpler, bringing end users the benefits of hands-free workplaces without adding undue stress and implementation challenges. Hands-free workplaces are driven by a wide range of solutions, including automatic doors, reduced touchpoints in elevators, controlled lighting and HVAC, AV collaboration and communication solutions that leverage bring-your-own-device capability, and more. While this touch-free movement will certainly boost safety and reduce operational touchpoints, it’s also going to require navigation of significant challenges related to the lack of tactile options for end users and how to provide adequate feedback without it, delivering holistic solutions, matching those solutions to how end users already interact with their devices, and other key considerations.

On this episode of ClearTalk, a CTSI podcast, host Tyler Kern was joined by CTSI Vice President Ron Pusey and Health Care Account Executive Mark Thompson for a look at the reopening of the world’s businesses – and what that means for security, surveillance and access control. The most critical thing leaders can do for their operation, Pusey said, is to ensure that they’ve thoroughly reviewed their plans and policies surrounding these initiatives to ensure that employee buy-in and understanding is high and that they aren’t just purchasing technology for technology’s sake. “Realistically, without a plan, without a process, without workflow and without policy, it’s very difficult to deploy a technology to solve something when you haven’t planned on how you’re going to use it,” he said. Key items that need to be determined include which entrances will be open to employees and guest, how the flow of traffic will be managed and monitored, which solutions will assist in that process and, if an organization is planning on solutions that alarm when out-of-range conditions are present, how those alarm conditions will be handled. In other words, it’s not enough to just have the data – it all has to go somewhere, be analyzed, and be acted upon. All of these efforts are aimed toward avoiding the one cardinal sin of security and access control – providing a false sense of security for occupants that isn’t backed by thorough technology, integrations and policy. Throughout the episode, Kern, Pusey and Thompson dove into different applications for different industries, which technologies might suit different plans of action, key questions that operations should be asking when it comes to selecting appropriate technology, and how CTSI can help guide operations to the perfect custom solution.

Customer care – it’s often thought of as a no-brainer. Of course you take care of your customers. That’s how business is done.But are you looking deeply enough at how customer care initiatives can be elevated to play an even greater role in enterprise communications? On this episode of ClearTalk, a CTSI podcast, host Tyler Kern was joined by CTSI Vice President of Operations Will Seifert and Director of Customer Care Becky Arthur to help you answer that question. Seifert said customer care can be the difference between a solution that surpasses expectations and one that loses the thread in lack of communication and added complexity, especially in systems integration. “Customer care is important, because it really is how the end users get the most out of their system,” he said. “It ensures that the system is functioning in a way that it really needs to function and that they’re getting the return on investment that they thought they would get at the very beginning of the project.” While customer care if often thought of as how a business relates to and serves its clients, that definition is limiting. In fact, Arthur said, it’s a partnership. “We have to work with our customers to make sure they understand the technology they’re getting,” she said. “Then, as they’re using the technology, we help make sure that it’s meeting their business needs. Really, it’s a partnership to make sure that we’re helping support them.” The essence of customer care, then, is translating all of the conceptual and technical planning of a unique system into a tangible, practical, useful, and reliable solution. Effective customer care brings along with it a variety of benefits, including better outcomes and overall usage, the ability to be flexible in adapting to changing business needs and goals, and more.

On this episode of ClearTalk, host Tyler Kern was joined by CTSI President and CEO Gino Ruta, and Vice President Ron Pusey, to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic highlights a need for rapid deployment of communications technology that extends well beyond the confines of this period of uncertainty. CTSI is a mission-critical communications service provider, making the company uniquely qualified to help assess the lasting impact of this pandemic and the need for communication solutions in industries like government, healthcare, education, corporate, houses of worship, and other verticals. Rapid deployment is key in these industries. To highlight the concept of rapid deployment as it relates to critical communications technology, Pusey outlined a recent situation that came about as a result of the novel coronavirus. “Obviously, this crisis has required a lot of folks to have to respond quickly to their clients’ needs,” he said. “We do a fair amount of business with VCU Health Systems, and they had a critical need to convert 180 of their honor residences back into hospital-ready rooms for their lower-acuity cases. … They called us on a Wednesday, said they needed 72 rooms up the following Monday and another 108 the following Friday. So, we had roughly 10 days to convert 180 rooms. “We were able to do that through the depth of our resources.” This kind of rapid deployment has been thrust into the spotlight due to the pressures of the collective response to COVID-19, but, moving forward, it will be even more critical to ensure the world’s industries are prepped not only for the resumption of normal operation, but future disruption. Still, there’s a balance to be struck between agility and the standards of quality CTSI adheres to, and Ruta said the company is always ready to walk that line. “What we can do is build on what we’re doing each day to be prepared for rapid deployment,” he said. “And we do that with standards. It can be something as simple as standard drawings for all the technologies that we deploy, standard cables, standard connections … Whenever something comes out and needs to be done very quickly, we’re just accelerating the time frame.”

On this episode of ClearTalk, Director of Engineering at CTSI Mike Wilson explained the company’s ClearDesign Rooms, Engineering and User Experience methodology. Facilities across many industries, including healthcare, education, corporate and government, all have various technology and business requirements. CTSI helps customers meet those needs in a manner that provides consistent and effective performance with ease of use and high availability. Wilson said ClearDesign Rooms are designed around four guiding principles: standardization, scalability, manageability and security. “What we strive for at CTSI is to deliver positive business outcomes through technology solutions, and our ClearDesign approach is one of the ways that we do that,” Wilson said. ClearDesign standardizes the approach to designing technological solutions for businesses, relying on expert engineers and a team dedicated to user experience. “Our user experience team is a unique group of people from various backgrounds ... that can help us to capture and better understand our customers and their business requirements,” Wilson said. He also highlighted how the initial conversation between the client and these teams is crucial to the future success of the project.

With the rapid innovations in technology today, it’s hard to keep up; especially in the business world where we rely on these different systems to profit and grow. Alan Rosenkoff, Director of Business Development & Corporate Marketing at CTSI, joins host Tyler Kern to talk about how CTSI has changed the way organizations consume or upgrade to new technologies by offering a subscription service. The subscription service idea came to CTSI about 3 years ago in a meeting about what customers needs they were having trouble satisfying. Alan said that the difference between a subscription service and maintenance management contracts are: management contracts allow them to “maintain, manage, and improve availability of their systems” and subscription services “bundles the design, engineering, installation, the hardware, the software, and the CTSI managed services into one monthly subscription service fee.” Alan said that the benefits of the subscription service will in the long run outweigh the extra cost by providing your organization upgraded technologies. One of the largest benefits to the subscription service over a regular management contract is the ability to customize the subscription based on the needs of your organization over time. Alan said that organizations can decide, for example, to have their security systems upgrade every 3 years, have their conferencing and collaboration systems upgrade every 5 years, and so on. Another benefit is not having a large upfront financial cost when completely overhauling these systems because they are built into the cost of the subscription.

Episode #18 - Suicide Prevention is Everyone's Business (Wellness Cafe Series) by CTSI of Southeast Wisconsin

Episode #17 - Advancing Health Through Research & Faith (Wellness Cafe Series) by CTSI of Southeast Wisconsin

We speak to CTSI’s two Joint Lead Officers for Intellectual Property, Handley Brustad and Gavin Terry about their experience in dealing with IP and counterfeiting issues, how they link to serious organised crime and how they directly impact consumers.

We speak to CTSI’s new Head of Policy Sarah Caughey about her main priorities in the role, from confronting Local Authority cuts to promoting and campaigning for recognition of the importance of the trading standards profession across the public and private sectors.

Episode #16 - Raising Awareness of Street Drugs and their Effects: An Overview by CTSI of Southeast Wisconsin

Episode #15 - Myths & Realities of Alzheimer's Disease: A Review of Cause, Symptoms & Treatment by CTSI of Southeast Wisconsin

We sit down with Eleni Chalkidou, CTSI’s Director of Communications, and Kerry Auger, CTSI’s Communications and Press Officer to discuss the importance of communications to CTSI and to the wider interests and needs of the profession.

We take views from CTSI lead officers, a local councillor, the head of the government’s Office for Product Safety and Standards, minister for consumer protection, Kelly Tolhurst MP and others on cuts to regulatory and enforcement budgets.

Episode #11 - Mental Health in Later Life: Dealing with Aging, Loss, Grief by CTSI of Southeast Wisconsin

Episode #12 - Don't Lose Heart: The Impact of Cancer Treatment on the Heart by CTSI of Southeast Wisconsin

Our coverage of an enjoyable and inspiring evening celebrating the achievements of trading standards and consumer protection heroes. We hear directly from many of the winners and the MPS, sponsors and others who were there to support them.

Episode #9 - Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) by CTSI of Southeast Wisconsin

Episode #10 - Human Papillomavirus (HPV) by CTSI of Southeast Wisconsin

In a round-up of our CTSI Symposium 2019 coverage we hear from Kelly Tolhurst MP, NTS Chair Lord Toby Harris, OPSS Chief Executive Graham Russell and many more about consumer protection challenges and why trading standards is stronger together.

We speak to CTSI Chief Executive Leon Livermore and Events and Communications Executive Karin Layton about the key themes of this year’s CTSI Symposium, taking place in Brighton in early June, and why it is so important for the profession to come together.

We speak to David Pickering, CTSI lead officer for food, about the risks associated with its preparation, sale and consumption in the UK and, with recent high-profile allergen cases in mind, how important it is for people to know what they are eating.

What does it mean to be human? Is the world a mirror or a window? Should our experience of reality be mediated, and if so, who should be the mediators? We ask these questions earnestly today, but they were tackled in revolutionary ways during the European Renaissance, an extraordinary period of progress and creativity. Ben's has a powerful and spirited conversation with a world-renowned historian of culture and the Renaissance, Professor Kenneth Bartlett of the University of Toronto. About the Guest Kenneth Bartlett is a Professor of History and of Renaissance Studies, a program he helped establish in 1979, at Victoria College in the University of Toronto. He teaches courses ranging from first year to graduate levels, with his research interests in the fields of Anglo-Italian relations in the sixteenth century and Italian humanism. Professor Bartlett was also the founding director of the Office of Teaching Advancement (now CTSI), and founder and director of the Faculty of Arts and Science's undergraduate experience programs, which include the First-Year Seminars, the Research Opportunities Program and the Independent Experiential Study Program, which won the Northrop Frye Award for excellence and innovation in linking teacher and research. Professor Bartlett was also the founding director of U of T's Art Centre, and currently serves as a trustee for the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art. During his career at the university, which spans over 30 years, he has been the recipient of the Victoria University Excellence in Teaching Award, the Students Administrative Council and Association of Part-Time Students Undergraduate Teaching Award (on two occasions), and the Faculty of Arts and Science Outstanding Teaching Award. In 2005, Professor Bartlett was awarded both the prestigious 3M National Teaching Fellowship and a University of TorontoArbor Award. In 2007 he was awarded an inaugural LIFT Award by the Province of Ontario and was a finalist in the TVO Best Lecturer Competition. In addition to teaching, he has published over 35 scholarly articles and contributions to books, and several editions and translations of Renaissance texts. He has served as the editor of Renaissance and Reformation/Renaissance et Réforme, and President of the Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies. He has produced four video series on various aspects of Italian Renaissance culture and European civilization, and has also appeared in televisions series such as Museum Secrets. Some of his publications include The Experience of History, A Short History of the Italian Renaissance, The English in Italy 1525-1558: A Study in Culture and Politics, The Civilization of the Italian Renaissance and The Northern Renaissance and the Reformation. Learn more about Ken. The Quote of the Week "Learning never exhausts the mind." - Leonardo da Vinci

We speak to Brandon Cook and Veronica McGinley, CTSI lead officers for age-restricted sales and Tony Allen, chief executive of the Age-Check Certification Scheme about the urgent issue of sales of knives and other harmful products to young people.

We explore the legal and practical ramifications of the growth in online markets with CTSI’s joint lead officer for ecommerce David MacKenzie and Mike Andrews, coordinator of the National Trading Standards e-crime team.

It’s something we all do, or need to do, for good health: Sleep. On today’s show, learn about disorders that can affect healthy sleep from a sleep expert. We’ll also learn about sleep studies that can help overcome sleep disorders. And we’ll focus our CTSI on a local medical student who’s designing dream bedrooms for kids fighting cancer. We’ll discover sleep disorders and designing dreams inside this edition of CTSI Discovery Radio!

When a research scientist’s work revealed that kids today are losing their passion for learning, she took action to address this critical issue in child development. On today’s show, discover how her research lead first to a best-selling book, and now a program teaching the seven essential life skills every child needs, including right here in our community. And later, we’ll focus our CTSI on an effort bringing hope to children with rare diseases through the power of music. Learn about Mind in the Making and Harmony 4 Hope, inside this edition of CTSI Discovery Radio!

Author: Michael Hunt, MD Educational Pearls: Alcohol and gallstones are most common causes of pancreatitis Diagnosis is not simply based on lipase alone - must have at least two the the three criteria: Elevated lipase (greater than 3x upper limit of reference range) Typical pain (epigastric pain, radiating to back, etc.) Radiographic findings suggestive of pancreatitis (CT, MRI, US) BISAP criteria can help risk stratify mortality in pancreatitis. You get 1 point for each of the following: BNP > 25 Impaired mental status SIRS criteria, more than 2 AGE > 60 Pleural effusion BISAP score of 0 has < 1% mortality Editor’s note: The severity of pancreatitis does not correlate with serum lipase levels - notice how it is not used in the BISAP criteria, as an example. Even a mild elevation in serum testing can result in severe pancreatitis. References: Banks PA, Bollen TL, Dervenis C, Gooszen HG, Johnson CD, Sarr MG, Tsiotos GG, Vege SS; Acute Pancreatitis Classification Working Group.. Classification of acute pancreatitis--2012: revision of the Atlanta classification and definitions by international consensus. Gut. 2013 Jan;62(1):102-11. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2012-302779. Epub 2012 Oct 25. PubMed PMID: 23100216. Papachristou GI, Muddana V, Yadav D, O'Connell M, Sanders MK, Slivka A, Whitcomb DC. Comparison of BISAP, Ranson's, APACHE-II, and CTSI scores in predicting organ failure, complications, and mortality in acute pancreatitis. Am J Gastroenterol. 2010 Feb;105(2):435-41; quiz 442. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2009.622. Epub 2009 Oct 27. PubMed PMID: 19861954. Wu BU, Johannes RS, Sun X, Tabak Y, Conwell DL, Banks PA. The early prediction of mortality in acute pancreatitis: a large population-based study. Gut. 2008 Dec;57(12):1698-703. doi: 10.1136/gut.2008.152702. Epub 2008 Jun 2. PubMed PMID: 18519429.

Episode #35 - Studies on Eating: You are What and WHEN you eat by CTSI of Southeast Wisconsin

Women and Money with Sarah Pennells, talking to Martyn James, from The Financial Ombudsman Service, Rob Hailstone, from The Bold Legal Group, Alison Farrar, from The Chartered Trading Standards Institute and Tony Blake, a Senior Fraud Prevention Officer at DCPCU, about financial fraud and scams.

Under the banner of “Accelerating Research to Improve Health,” the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at the University of California, San Francisco -- the leading university exclusively focused on health -- is part of a shift in biomedical research. This move involves a focus on translational, or bench-to-bedside research, which aims to “translate” biomedical discoveries into useful applications and treatments, such as a drug, device, diagnostic or behavioral intervention, that improves human health and health outcomes. This podcast series is presented by the CTSI and Carry the One Radio – the Science Podcast. CTSI is funded by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at the National Institutes of Health. This series was written and produced by Sama Ahmed and Karuna Meda, and edited by John Daigre and Carly Van Orsdel. Learn more at ctsi.ucsf.edu or www.ctoradio.org

Under the banner of “Accelerating Research to Improve Health,” the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at the University of California, San Francisco -- the leading university exclusively focused on health -- is part of a shift in biomedical research. This move involves a focus on translational, or bench-to-bedside research, which aims to “translate” biomedical discoveries into useful applications and treatments, such as a drug, device, diagnostic or behavioral intervention, that improves human health and health outcomes. This podcast series is presented by the CTSI and Carry the One Radio – the Science Podcast. CTSI is funded by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at the National Institutes of Health. This series was written and produced by Sama Ahmed and Karuna Meda, and edited by John Daigre and Carly Van Orsdel. Learn more at ctsi.ucsf.edu or www.ctoradio.org

Under the banner of “Accelerating Research to Improve Health,” the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at the University of California, San Francisco -- the leading university exclusively focused on health -- is part of a shift in biomedical research. This move involves a focus on translational, or bench-to-bedside research, which aims to “translate” biomedical discoveries into useful applications and treatments, such as a drug, device, diagnostic or behavioral intervention, that improves human health and health outcomes. This podcast series is presented by the CTSI and Carry the One Radio – the Science Podcast. CTSI is funded by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at the National Institutes of Health. This series was written and produced by Sama Ahmed and Karuna Meda, and edited by John Daigre and Carly Van Orsdel. Learn more at ctsi.ucsf.edu or www.ctoradio.org

Under the banner of “Accelerating Research to Improve Health,” the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at the University of California, San Francisco -- the leading university exclusively focused on health -- is part of a shift in biomedical research. This move involves a focus on translational, or bench-to-bedside research, which aims to “translate” biomedical discoveries into useful applications and treatments, such as a drug, device, diagnostic or behavioral intervention, that improves human health and health outcomes. This podcast series is presented by the CTSI and Carry the One Radio – the Science Podcast. CTSI is funded by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at the National Institutes of Health. This series was written and produced by Sama Ahmed and Karuna Meda, and edited by John Daigre and Carly Van Orsdel. Learn more at ctsi.ucsf.edu or www.ctoradio.org

Under the banner of “Accelerating Research to Improve Health,” the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at the University of California, San Francisco -- the leading university exclusively focused on health -- is part of a shift in biomedical research. This move involves a focus on translational, or bench-to-bedside research, which aims to “translate” biomedical discoveries into useful applications and treatments, such as a drug, device, diagnostic or behavioral intervention, that improves human health and health outcomes. This podcast series is presented by the CTSI and Carry the One Radio – the Science Podcast. CTSI is funded by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at the National Institutes of Health. This series was written and produced by Sama Ahmed and Karuna Meda, and edited by John Daigre and Carly Van Orsdel. Learn more at ctsi.ucsf.edu or www.ctoradio.org

Under the banner of “Accelerating Research to Improve Health,” the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at the University of California, San Francisco -- the leading university exclusively focused on health -- is part of a shift in biomedical research. This move involves a focus on translational, or bench-to-bedside research, which aims to “translate” biomedical discoveries into useful applications and treatments, such as a drug, device, diagnostic or behavioral intervention, that improves human health and health outcomes. This podcast series is presented by the CTSI and Carry the One Radio – the Science Podcast. CTSI is funded by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at the National Institutes of Health. This series was written and produced by Sama Ahmed and Karuna Meda, and edited by John Daigre and Carly Van Orsdel. Learn more at ctsi.ucsf.edu or www.ctoradio.org