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Funding Galore: Indian Startup Funding Of The Week [26 Nov- 1 Dec 2018]

15 startups received $78.21 Mn in funding across sectors including fintech, hyperlocal, deeptech, healthtech

Five startup acquisitions took place for the week

UrbanClap raised $50 Mn in a Series D round led by Steadview Capital and Vy Capital

We bring to you the latest edition of Funding Galore: Indian Startup Funding Of The Week.

This week’s largest startup funding went to on-demand hyperlocal home services marketplace UrbanClap which raised $50 Mn in a Series D funding round led by Steadview Capital and existing investor Vy Capital.

The company said it will use the fresh funds to expand to mid-tier towns and accelerate customer and service partner onboarding, and enhance its supply chain of consumables.

In all $78.21 Mn funding was received by 15 startups across sectors including fintech, hyperlocal, deeptech, and healthtech this week and five startup acquisitions took place in the Indian startup ecosystem. (This funding report is based on startups that disclosed funding amount.)

Indian Startup Funding For The Week

GOQii: Mumbai-based wearable tech startup, GOQii, raised an undisclosed amount of funds led by Japanese conglomerate Mitsui & Co. The companies also agreed to collaborate on GOQii’s expansion plans in Japan. Crypto firm Galaxy Digital and Denlow Investment Trust also participated in the round along with existing investors. Trifecta Capital provided venture debt to the company. GOQii plans to use the fresh funding for talent and headcount addition, marketing and geographical expansion.

Verloop: Bengaluru-based SaaS conversation automation provider, Verloop, raised $3 Mn in Series A investment round led by IDFC Parampara Fund. Infosys cofounder Kris Gopalakrishnan and Dr Ranjan Pai also participated in the funding round. The funding will be utilised to enhance the Verloop customer engagement platform as the company expands its team and scales operations.

Infivention:  Mumbai-based artificial intelligence chessboard maker Infivention raised $1.1 Mn in Pre-Series A funding round led by Kstart Capital with participation from RB Investments, India Quotient, and angel investor Mayur Desai. The startup will use the latest funds to prepare its product SquareOff, for the Christmas season sale and will also invest in marketing, team building, and research and development of new products.

Drivezy: Bengaluru-based vehicle sharing marketplace Drivezy raised $20 Mn in Series B equity funding, led by existing investor Das Capital. Other investors who participated in the round include Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd., Singapore-based Axan Partners and US-based IT-Farm. The company will use the funding primarily for marketing and brand building exercise. It will use some part of the funds to develop the technology and build a platform that is driven by artificial intelligence and machine learning. Along with equity financing, Drivezy has secured $100 Mn in an asset financing deal using which the company plans to induct over 50,000 vehicles.

CloudSEK: Singapore-headquartered SaaS-based cybersecurity startup CloudSEK raised $1.97 Mn (INR 14 Cr) in a Pre-Series A funding round led by Exfinity Venture Partners and StartupXseed. The company, which has an office in Bengaluru, plans to use fresh funds to expand further in India and Southeast Asia and at the same time, evolve its flagship product XVigil.

Hospals: Delhi-based medical tourism startup Hospals raised $1.5 Mn from Spiral Ventures and Venture Catalysts (VCats). The company is targeting a Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) of $10 Mn by the year-end.

Trendlyne: Bengaluru-based fintech startup Trendlyne has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from IIFL Securities, a unit of IIFL Holdings, for a 15% stake. IIFL Securities will integrate several features of Trendlyne such as Superstar Portfolios and Stock Screeners into IIFL’s own stock trading platform.

Hush: Delhi-based employee-focused HRtech startup Hush raised $645.5K (INR 4.5Cr) in a fresh funding round from Accel Partners, Shamik Sharma (Business Head at Cure.Fit), and an angel investor participated in the round. The company plans to use the fresh funds to strengthen the brand’s growth narrative and help them reach out to a wider audience through the introduction of cutting-edge technology.

Perspectico: Delhi-based career-tech startup Perspectico raised an undisclosed amount of second round seed funding from Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies Innovation and Incubation Foundation (SIIF). The startup plans to use the fresh funds for its marketing and expansion plans in colleges and across tier 1 and 2 cities.

DreamVu:  Hyderabad-based camera technology startup DreamVu raised an undisclosed amount of funding from SRI capital. The startup will use the fresh funds to innovate further and take its products to the early adopters as development kits.

Prodigal Technologies: Bengaluru-based fintech startup Prodigal Technologies raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from Silicon Valley investor YCombinator. The company was part of YCombinator’s Summer 2018 batch.

Lendbox: Delhi-based P2P lending startup Lendbox raised an undisclosed amount of Pre-Series A funding from IvyCap Ventures. The company plans to use the fresh funding to further build this asset class in India and improving their platform, product, reach and efficiency.

Blue Planet: Singapore and Delhi-based end-to-end waste management solutions startup Blue Planet Environmental Solutions raised an undisclosed amount of funding from State Bank of India (SBI) backed Neev Fund. The startup will use the fresh funds to scale up the business.

Clinical Nutrition: Delhi-based food and supplement startup Clinical Nutrition raised an undisclosed amount of funding from investors like Shabir Momin, MD & CTO, Zenga TV & One Digital Entertainment; Rohit Nanda and Raj Singh Bandal. The startup will use fresh funds to further develop customised products with nutrition.

Indian Startup Acquisitions Of The Week

  • Times Internet-owned online restaurant table booking service Dineout acquired Pune-based SaaS restaurant management software provider Torqus for an undisclosed amount. The deal will help Dineout improve its services to the restaurant industry and position itself as a full stack-technology service provider. Torqus will operate as an independent entity and will use the funds from the deal to fast-track innovation and client deliverables.
  • Tokyo-headquartered IT services provider NTT DATA entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Mumbai-based Atom Technologies, an end-to-end payment service owned by 63 Moons Technologies. The deal marks NTT DATA’s foray into the rapidly expanding Indian payments market.
  • Bengaluru-based dockless scooter sharing startup Bounce (Metro Bikes) acquired the India assets of Chinese dockless bike rental company Ofo for an undisclosed amount. Bounce is now looking to expand its cycle vertical and aims to deepen its presence in India. The company has also rolled out offer letters to most of Ofo India’s team members.
  • Abu Dhabi-based payments and foreign exchange solutions startup Finablr has acquired TimesofMoney, a digital payments solutions provider, from Network International for an undisclosed amount. TimesofMoney’s proprietary solutions can now be leveraged by Finablr’s global network of companies.
  • Delhi-based mobile marketing company MoMAGIC acquired Spice Mobility’s entire equity stake of 49% in AdGyde Solutions Pvt. Ltd. for an undisclosed amount. MoMAGIC will fully absorb AdGyde within its business operations.

Other Developments Of The Week

  • Cofounder of mosquito repellent brand AllOut, Anil Arya, along with other investors, is setting up a company in Singapore to acquire Gurugram-based dairy tech startup Mr Milkman.
  • 38 Asian entrepreneurs completed the fourth edition of the eFounders Fellowship, a joint initiative by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and Alibaba Business School. Four entrepreneurs from India included Anurag Dalmia, Co-founder, Healthy Buddha; Rohit Ramasubramanian, Co-founder, Zefo; Ronak Kumar Samantray, Co-founder, NowFloats and Ananda Kumar Mishra, Founder and CEO, Grozip.
  • VC firm Sequoia Capital reportedly invested $8 Mn in personal investment platform Smallcase and around $6 Mn in insurance portal Turtlemint.
  •  Chinese smartphone maker Vivo plans to invest over $573.95 Mn (INR 4,000 Cr) on its India plan, which includes setting up a new manufacturing plant. Vivo plans to invest $114.8 Mn (INR 800 Cr) initially, apart from the land cost, and the new plant will become operational over the next 12-18 months.
  • The government of Karnataka has partnered with France-based utility company SUEZ, Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) and Paris-headquartered innovation hub NUMA, to launch ‘DataCity Open Innovation Programme’ in collaboration with startups and corporates. The idea is to solve for challenges faced by global cities, with regards to smart mobility, water and waste management, energy, smart buildings, transparency and security, and pollution management.
  • Social ecommerce platform Shop101 is reportedly raising $10-12 Mn in fresh funding from the venture capital arm of consumer goods giant Unilever, homegrown investor Kalaari Capital and other investors.
  • Eight startups—nvolve Education, Alohomora Education, Pi Jam Foundation, Samagra Foundation, Lakeer Foundation, Intelehealth, Aquasafi Rural Development Foundation and Change with One Foundation— graduated from the cohort of N/Core tech’s inaugural cohort.

Stay tuned for the next week edition of Funding Galore: Indian Startup Funding Of The Week!

Bhumika Khatri

Inc42 Staff

Hailing from a business-oriented family, Bhumika has always been crunching numbers in her head. Words are her escape and she looks to find hidden startup stories.

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  1. In the run up to the Copenhagen climate change conference, it is vital the following information be disseminated to the public as well as to our political leaders.

    A widely cited 2006 report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Livestock’s Long Shadow, estimates that 18 percent of annual worldwide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are attributable to livestock….however recent analysis by Goodland and Anhang co-authors of “Livestock and Climate Change” in the latest issue of World Watch magazine found that livestock and their byproducts actually account for at least 32.6 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year, or 51 percent of annual worldwide GHG emissions!

    The main sources of GHGs from animal agriculture are: (1) Deforestation of the rainforests to grow feed for livestock. (2) Methane from manure waste. – Methane is 72 times more potent as a global warming gas than CO2 (3) Refrigeration and transport of meat around the world. (4) Raising, processing and slaughtering of the animal.

    Meat production also uses a massive amount of water and other resources which would be better used to feed the world’s hungry and provide water to those in need.

    Based on their research, Goodland and Anhang conclude that replacing livestock products with soy-based and other alternatives would be the best strategy for reversing climate change. They say “This approach would have far more rapid effects on GHG emissions and their atmospheric concentrations-and thus on the rate the climate is warming-than actions to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy.”

    The fact is that we are being informed of the dangerous path we are on by depending greatly on animal flesh for human consumption. We still have the opportunity to make the most effective steps in saving ourselves and this planet. By simply choosing a plant based diet we can reduce our carbon foot print by a huge amount.

    We are gambling with our lives and with those of our future generations to come. It’s madness to know we are fully aware of the possible consequences but yet are failing to act.

    Promoting a plant based diet to the public is would be the most effective way to curb deforestation, we hope this will be adopted as a significant measure to save the rainforests and protect the delicate ecology.

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Saying MANOOMIN instead of wild rice

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News From Indian Country 10-09

I was visiting with Charlie Nahganub at the kitchen table when he suggested saying MANOOMIN instead of wild rice. I liked the idea so much I have decided not to use those words anymore, unless I am talking about that black paddy rice peddled all over Minnesota highways.

Longtime readers of the Follies might remember when I banned a word from my vocabulary before. It was 17 years ago when I gave the word Indian a break. I quit saying the word for a year because of that Christopher Columbus nonsense. This is the same idea, remove wild rice from my speech and writing. This time, however, I wont give my sons a dollar every time I slip up and say wild rice.

Instead of making rice I will say MANOOMINIKE. The paddy rice makers can keep those old words  wild rice for their product. I shall use the older word MANOOMIN for that plant that we turn into food.

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Shinnob with no lips?

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My son Jim and I went to Dead Fish Lake for Manoominike. The Rez had decided to open this particular lake for elders only. The notice said people would be admitted to the lake on a first come-first served basis. According to the rules Manoominike would begin at 1000. We wanted to be able to use that lake so we planned to be standing tall on the lakeshore at 0700.

wild_wild_09fdl_launch.jpgWe left the house at 0730 after packing and loading the asema, canoe, lunch, coffee, water, and knockers on the truck. We headed for the lake, I was doing my mental checklist when oops, had forgotten the pole. I turned the truck around and went home to get the pole.

Then we headed for the lake.

Tysa Goodrich followed, she is writing a novel and one of her characters goes to the lake for manoomin. She didnt know anything about manoomin so she flew in from California to do her research.

She came to the Rez a couple days early so we put her to work splitting and stacking firewood. I told her there was more to manoominike than just gliding around in a canoe. She was apprehensive about hitting her foot with the ax but after she conquered her fears she was able to split a log after many whacks She was better at stacking than splitting.

[We drove to the lake hoping to be the first to sign up. When we got there I discovered nitaawisag Rick Defoe and Leo Peterson were already there, apparently they didnt have to go back home for a pole.

Jim and I began visiting with our cousins. I signed up with the Rez game wardens and noticed the dew was burning off the lake as the sun got stronger. Tysa looked out at the growing manoomin and wanted to know where the lake was located. Using his lips, Jim pointed it out to her, she thought the manoomin was a field of grass.

We put our canoe in the lake and loaded the tools. In looking around the lake I remembered back to all my relatives who had gathered here for manoominike. I looked over to the north side of the lake and remembered my grandfather grew up there more than a hundred years ago. I was connected to those generations.

Other Shinnobs from Fond du Lac began arriving and signing up with the game wardens. Laughing and visiting broke out immediately. People were helping others take the canoes off the cars and trucks.

We harvested manoomin. We brought it home and spread it out in the sun. We fired up the big cast iron kettle and parched our manoomin.

After the first day of the harvest I got some numbers from Charlie Nahganub. 75 canoes went out on the first day. The Rez bought 10, 600 pounds of manoomin. Five canoes didnt sell their rice to the Rez.

Fans of Older Than America, the full length feature film made almost entirely on the Fond du Lac Reservation, will have a chance to see the movie on little screens in their homes

I was visiting with Georgina, actor and director, I learned she had signed a contract with IFC, channel 131 on my satellite, and the movie will be shown first as a pay-per-view for 90 days and DVDs will then become available.

I want to see my wife, my son, my friends, my house, my back yard, my fire pit, my Pendleton blanket, my Rez and my Corvette on the screen again so I will do that pay-per-view thing and will later buy a DVD. Jeez, Hollywood moves, almost as slow as the housing list.

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Why WiFi as a service is the future of business, retail and marketing

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As the information age continues to deliver on innovation, constant change, and continuous improvement, tech journals are buried in SAAS, PAAS, IAAS and various other common technologically driven services. With connectivity binding all technology together, there’s one important service that must be considered for the future of business, retail and marketing; WiFi as a Service (WAAS).

WAAS is a high speed WiFi solution that is fully managed using cloud based management systems for connectivity, as well as the configuration of the WiFi network. WAAS is supplied on a subscription basis, and is considered the future of connectivity tech.

Brad Fraser, Infoprotect CEO, believes WAAS is crucial – but that it must be utilised in the right way. “Any WAAS implementation should comprise pre-built solutions for specific verticals. In the retail industry, for example, WAAS can assist companies in gathering analytics about customer interactions with technology touch points. This empowers the retail business to take action based on real information, received from real customers. The planning power that this offers is unparalleled.”

While conflicting reports exist as to whether or not South Africa is lagging behind in terms of technological advances, Fraser believes the country is ready for WAAS – and that businesses will greatly benefit from its widespread adoption.

“South African consumers have shown a large demand for WiFi, so it follows that WAAS is needed. At this stage, the question isn’t really whether or not South Africa is ready; the question is whether the service is being implemented correctly,” adds Fraser. “What is missing is the way it is being adopted, particularly by retailers. Many retailers provide the facility of WiFi and then don’t provide easy log-on methods. In the times of social media platforms, why should you still have to ask for the WiFi password?”

A staggering number of consumers are demanding WiFi as an integral part of their customer experience, and they’re willing to share their details to gain the benefits this entails. “The businesses benefit as they can now interact with their customers and share content. They have a direct line to their very specific target market – and this is something companies have been trying to achieve for eons.”

WAAS comprises wireless networking and WiFi analytics. “The wireless network includes WiFi access points and cabled infrastructure that provide access to the Internet from mobile devices,” advises Fraser. “WiFi analytics is the software layer that sits on top of the WiFi network, gathering all of the necessary data stemming from the users’ access in a highly secure way to the Internet. This allows marketers to understand the data received via the WiFi network, giving them a unique and contemporary competitive edge. With the right analytics tool, businesses gain significant insight into the movement and habits of their customers, allowing the business to reach each of them on a personal level, offering better marketing opportunities.”

WAAS offers various unique and innovative benefits, allowing restaurants, malls and businesses to offer customers free WiFi, while fostering accurate budgeting, cost control measures and the tools to manage expansion as the business grows. As with any service, choosing the right provider will determine whether or not the WAAS deployment will be a success, and whether real benefit will be derived. “When choosing a provider, consider their track record, WiFi security measures utilised, the support offered, and how quickly they can adapt to changing circumstances and needs,” concludes Fraser. “Beware of providers that offer a ‘low price’ (this usually means low quality hardware) and avoid those that cannot deliver cloud analytics of sufficient quality.”

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The law of attraction manifests through your thoughts, by drawing to you thoughts and ideas of a similar kind, people who think like you, and also corresponding situations and circumstances. It is the law and power that brings together people of similar interests, who unite into various groups, such as political groups, sports teams, sports fans, fraternities, etc.
It’s important to understand that mindfulness isn’t about changing anything or trying to understand it. This is because the analytical and judgement aspects — our automatic reactions — are unhealthy and actually perpetuate the problem. It reinforces the connection in our brain between the action and the negative feeling. To release that connection, approach it without judgement. Let it be.
For 40 days, I started and ended my day with a meditation using May Cause Miracles by Gabby Bernstein, I set hourly pop up reminders on my phone to refocus on what I was trying to manifest. Started a daily journal to get all the blocks and dreams out of my head and into the Universe. And guess what?? It worked! That year, I made just as much as a life coach as I did in my 9-5, and only worked a third of the amount of time! That was 2014, it’s now 2017, and each year, my business has been more and more profitable, and I’ve gotten clearer and clearer on my vision.

Money is just a means of exchange and if you put out the right vibrations, you will attract the situations that call for inspired (read: joyful) action, and then you’ll get the results you desire. It’s important to hold your visualization for as long as you can without any mental or emotional interruption: aim for at least half a minute several times a day, consistently, for a month or so.

Arielle: Her name is Gayle and many years ago she was advised by her astrologer to put her intentions for a soul mate into the world by coloring a mandala. She took a black and white mandala and a rainbow of multi-colored pencils and began declaring her intentions while she colored in a space on the mandala.  She asked for things like: finding the perfect spiritual friend and lover to go through life with; a man who is kind to animals; someone who would appreciate her sense of humor; a man who would be accepting and open to her spiritual quest. For each intention she used a different color until the entire mandala became a multi-hued Technicolor testimony to the qualities she desired in her future partner. Within weeks of doing this she met her soul mate and they have now been married for more than twenty years.
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Faith is a feeling and vibration. You cannot experience faith without the feeling of faith. When you really have faith about something, you must feel it. A person with a higher vibration will create their desires easier, faster and more effectively than someone who is experiencing a lower vibration. Our vibrations go up and down with our moods throughout the day. That is why it is important to be conscious of how we are feeling and keep choosing to feel positive. If you did nothing else but ask yourself, How do I feel right now? , and keep bringing yourself back into feeling good, everything else would fall into place.

Many people, when trying to manifest, focus too much on the outside form rather than the internal condition. What’s important is our internal experience: whether we choose to experience love or fear. When we commit to our internal experience of love, we begin to attract more love. Many people approach manifestation from a place of “How can I get something to feel better?” Instead, the focus should be: “How can I feel better and therefore be an energetic match for attracting more greatness into my life?” The emphasis must be placed on healing the internal condition, not getting a hot new car or boyfriend.

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Isn't that enough to at least provoke a little more exploration in the area of the human mind? There really is more to our mind than we know, the proof is staring us in the face yet we fail to even open our eyes, let alone see it. If the combined power of human consciousness has a detectable effect on RNGs then this is more proof that manifesting desires can happen through concentrated thought.

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the trouble is in the mind, for the body is only the house for the mind to dwell in, and we put a value on it according to its worth. Therefore if your mind has been deceived by some invisible enemy into a belief, you have put it into the form of a disease, with or without your knowledge. By my theory or truth, I come in contact with your enemy and restore you to your health and happiness. This I do partly mentally and partly by talking till I correct the wrong impressions and establish the Truth, and the Truth is the cure.[11]
5. Your Desire Forms the Basis of Every Manifestation. Is there an outcome you long for and yet somehow never experience? By examining your desire in every dimension, you can discover what may be blocking the manifestation of your dreams. If your desire is in alignment with your essence, you need not be concerned with the “how to”—your desire will be manifested.

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I have known of the Law Of Attraction (LOA) for many years, and first went to hear Abraham in the early 1980s, but I considered the LOA too simple a formula, too cute, to be all that Abraham says. But, after another 35 years of spiritual study, I found myself once again back at the LOA. Only this time with a realization: the LOA is the gravity of the Universe. Perhaps not in a purely physical sense, but by analogy, it is exactly that

"[Manifesting destiny and the Law of Attraction are best explained by] the Law of Karma. It basically states that you will get negative if you think negative. For example, if you say, 'I never win anything' and you enter a raffle, you simply won’t win. You declared you won’t. If you focus on winning, and the person next to you puts out more positive energy than you do, you won’t win. The key is to give out the same energy you want back. If you want happiness, you look for the happiness and surround yourself with it and yours will grow," Estes explains.
Show gratitude. Write down all the things the Universe has given you. Be thankful for what you already have and be thankful for all the things the Universe has given you. The Universe has done a lot of things for us. Paying the Universe back with some gratitude will motivate the Universe to do even more things and will draw more things into your life. If you were once bullied and that person stopped, that's one thing to be thankful for. If the person you're crushing on likes you back, or doesn't but they didn't send their lover out to hurt you, that's another thing to thank the Universe for. You should also thank the Universe for this process too. Showing gratitude will turbo boost the Universe to manifest your request faster.

Isn't that enough to at least provoke a little more exploration in the area of the human mind? There really is more to our mind than we know, the proof is staring us in the face yet we fail to even open our eyes, let alone see it. If the combined power of human consciousness has a detectable effect on RNGs then this is more proof that manifesting desires can happen through concentrated thought.

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You won’t hear many Psychic Mediums or Astrologers say this, but if you’re struggling financially, please don’t buy a reading from me or anyone else! I guarantee you both your Spirit Guides and horoscope are going to give you the same advice: stop spending, start selling, and double-down on the job search! Psychic and astrology readings are amazing tools for personal growth and development, but they aren’t a necessity. Physical-world survival should always come first! But my weekly blog Real Advice is free – so sign up today!
On August 23, 2017, it was announced that NBC had given the production a put pilot commitment. The pilot was written by Jeff Rake who was also set to executive produce alongside Robert Zemeckis and Jack Rapke. Jackie Levine was expected to serve as a co-executive producer. Production companies involved with the pilot were slated to consist of Compari Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television.[8] On January 23, 2018, it was reported that NBC had given the production a pilot order.[9] A week later, it was announced that David Frankel would direct and executive produce the pilot.[10] On May 10, 2018, it was announced that NBC had given the production a series order.[11] A few days later, it was announced that the series would premiere in the fall of 2018 and air on Mondays at 10 p.m.[12] On June 19, 2018, it was announced that the series would officially premiere on September 24, 2018.[13]
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Do these principles sound confusing to you? If they do, don’t worry. As with electricity, in the end, it is not necessary that you understand how electricity works in order for you to apply it. What I believe is most important is that you become aware that your heart is way more than just a pump. And that within yourself, you already have all you need to manifest the desires of your heart.

By implementing daily positive practices in our lives, we will shift and raise our energetic vibration so that we can manifest from a place of calm, inspired action yielding faster results. If you get into the habit of using tools that will insert empowering and positive thoughts into your mind, you'll be poised to produce good experiences and results!
Outline methods to achieve your goals. Goals left by themselves are intangible. In order to make your dreams a reality, you will need a clear, and above all, realistic gameplan to reach them by. Everyone is used to having wild dreams, but a real achiever will keep the practical means in mind while thinking about his desires. At the visualization stage, it is enough to write a couple of sentences on how you're going to reach each of your goals.[4]
The law of attraction manifests through your thoughts, by drawing to you thoughts and ideas of a similar kind, people who think like you, and also corresponding situations and circumstances. It is the law and power that brings together people of similar interests, who unite into various groups, such as political groups, sports teams, sports fans, fraternities, etc.
Set your goals down on paper. When you write something down, you make it clear and more defined.[3] If you're already looking to manifest your desires, it's likely you already have some goals in mind. If not, look to the distinction between your real and ideal life as a foundation for your goal making. Putting your goals on paper will make them tangible and concrete. You can write as many goals as you desire, so long as you keep your own human limitations in mind and don't bite off more than you can chew.
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A Course in Miracles teaches that on some level, you’ve asked for everything that happens in your life. Your intentions create your reality. There’s no need to beat yourself up: simply recognizing how your low-level thoughts negatively affect your life is the first powerful step toward changing your experiences. Begin your manifesting process by getting honest about how your low-level thoughts, energy, and feelings of disbelief block you from receiving what you desire. Once you get clear about the blocks, you can begin to clean them up to clear space for positive manifestations to occur.

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3. Intuition Is the Magic Wand. How do you know what you know? If you use just your logical mind, then you are limiting your knowledge. Go beyond your linear understanding and discover seven elements to expand your intuitive self. The more you trust your intuition, the faster you can assess a situation and experience the natural flow of manifestation.

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1. The scatter effect. When you tell other people about your goals and ideals, your focus is drained. By telling others, you instill a false sense of accomplishment in yourself, as if it were already done. It sucks you dry of motivation essentially. Then you don't act on it because you no longer feel motivated to. You spent your focus at the wrong time. It's better to keep it to yourself, and channel the focus within you each day.

I would definitely recommend this book to anyone looking for the Simple Truth about life, why we are where we are, why things happen and don't happen and most of all for those seeking to Change their lives for the better. I have studied with Beau for 6 months now and all the books he writes are simp!e to understand if you choose to accept the truth about how this Universe works and how we can work with it instead of striving against it's laws. Great read and highly recommended.
Think about the strengths and energies that make you unique. When you were a child you thought to yourself “Wow, I am ME. Nobody else is me or can feel the feelings I feel. They’re mine alone. This energy is uniquely my energy.” Then, of course, the world trained you out of this way of seeing things. You wanted to be the same as everyone else (or at least, they wanted you to be the same). Breaking free and removing failure from your vocabulary allows you to follow your bliss with ease.

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Israel Regardie published books with the Law of Attraction theme as one of his prevailing Universal Laws. In, The Art of True Healing: A Treatise on the Mechanism of Prayer and the Operation of the Law of Attraction in Nature (1937), he taught a focused meditation technique to help the mind to learn to heal itself on a physical and spiritual level. Regardie claimed that the Law of Attraction was a valid method for attracting good physical health and for improvement in any aspect of one's life.[63]
A vision without action is a fantasy. So, to manifest your vision into a physical reality, you must be willing to take some kind of action. But not just action, an ‘inspired action’. An inspired action is one that comes from a higher frequency or level of intuition and guidance. It is also one that is performed with focus, and often times with joy.
If exercising your imagination feels difficult to do, perhaps due to a life where the imagination has played servant to your logical faculties, be infinitely patient with your attempts at imagining your wish fulfilled. Cultivate infinite patience with yourself, never being dissatisfied with the speed or the manner in which your intentions are manifesting.

When my daughter was young (she's 30 now :-)), we shared this kind of communication. There was one incident in particular when she was in school getting in serious trouble and I was out on a walk nearby. I could feel that something was very wrong, but didn't know what until I got a call from the Vice Principal that afternoon asking me to come in for a conference. I believe I was feeling her fear at having gotten into trouble. I tend to pick up on feelings more than thoughts, but I think the same concept applies.
Some people begin to see things happen immediately, while others take a little more time. The key here is patience and persistence. As soon as doubt or fear start to creep back in, return to Step 2 and address it. If you have lost touch with your clear intention, revert to Step 1. If your belief in the Law of Attraction lags, go back to Step 3. If all else fails, repeat Step 4 every day until it becomes a reality!

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This step is important because those competing signals can be quite strong. Weaken the signal or change the direction of those thoughts like this: Approach those feelings with the love and compassion that you would feel towards a lonely, small child or a hurt animal. When you love yourself, you open up the possibility to receive your greatest desires, and you begin to only desire the things that are best for you.
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You’re also competing with other people’s intentions – both good and bad. So, be aware that if your desire is in direct conflict with someone else’s stronger desire, the universe will respond accordingly. The Law of Attraction does not give you full and total control of your life, it simply states that like will attract like. You can use this to your advantage by being intentional with your desires, but this isn’t magic.
Once you commit, then the forces of the universe can align to co-create your desire. This could show up in the form of an article you read, a connection made through a friend, a book, an event you attend, money that is required to seed your dream, or inspiration that strikes. Any of these examples are evidence that you're on the path to creating your desire. Your decision is calling in the resources inside and outside of you that you need to achieve your desire.

Next let’s go back to the mindfulness meditation we did last month. Focus your attention on the sensation of the breath as it comes in and comes out of your nostrils. What do you feel? What do you notice? Breath in and out of your nostrils normally but focus your mind, with alertness on all of the sensations you feel as the breath comes in and out of the nostrils. This should take around five minutes.

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3) No Action: The only way to manifest your thoughts into things is to believe and live as if you’ve already accomplished your goal. LOA guru Esther Hicks said, “You did not come into this environment to create through action.” Action shows the Universe that you know you don’t have it and that you doubt its ability to manifest it for you. While it is obvious to most that action is a necessary component of goal achievement, it is completely inconsistent with a belief in a LOA.

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Mr. Right won't appear so long as you are waiting for him. All you're doing is aligning yourself energetically with waiting for him. He will appear if you go out and have fun! Meet people. Date. Live your life to the fullest, following your passions. Before you know it, Mr. Right will be there. In fact, he could be in your life now, but you don't see him because you keep manifesting waiting!
For instance, if one of your goals is "Become a great musician", breaking that goal into chunks might entail scheduled practice times, as well as small milestones to guide you along. Practicing an hour a day may be good if it's important enough to you. Smaller goals may include learning a song, writing a song, playing for a small group of friends, and recording a piece of music on the computer.
Fear is low vibration and excitement is high vibration. Failure is low vibration and success is high vibration. Like vibrations attract, unlike ones repel. When you fear failure, you attract it towards you. When you fear success, you push it away. When you are excited about what you do, you become more likely to succeed and less likely to fail. The difference between fear and excitement is joy.

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Meet our Health and Life Sciences team

We support UK businesses in tackling some of the biggest global health and food challenges. For example:

  • World population is expected to grow by more than 2 billion to 9.7 billion by 2050, placing significant demand on our food, health and care systems
  • An ageing population and increased expectations pose particular challenges
  • Global agricultural production must increase by 60% by 2050 to provide safe, nutritious and affordable food for all
  • Consumer demand will need to be met with finite and unevenly distributed land, energy and water
  • The threat from drug-resistant pathogens in humans and animals must be addressed
  • Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular problems, some cancers, and respiratory, neurological and liver diseases continue to cause premature deaths

UK universities carry out outstanding research in health and life sciences. We help businesses to turn this world-class research into the products and processes that address these challenges.

Meet the team that supports UK businesses to take advantage of Innovate UK’s Health and Life Science fund and connect opportunities.

Dr Ian Campbell, Director of Health and Life Sciences

ian campbell Director for Health and Life Sciences

I took up the role of Director of Health and Life Sciences at Innovate UK in October 2016.

I have extensive entrepreneurial and business experience in the healthcare sector. Prior to Innovate UK, I was CEO of Arquer Diagnostics, which focuses on bladder and prostate cancer diagnosis.

Before this, I spent 15 years in a variety of executive management roles within the health and life science sector including Molecular Vision, an Imperial College spin-out company, developing a disposable, quantitative point-of-care diagnostic platform, which was acquired by Abingdon Health in 2012.

Kath Mackay, Interim Deputy Director of Health & Care

Kath Mackay, Interim Deputy Director of Health & Care

I joined Innovate UK in 2013 to co-manage the Regenerative Medicine & Advanced Therapies Programme. I am now Interim Deputy Director of Health & Care and lead a team delivering programmes across high value areas for UK health and biomedical businesses.  These include advanced therapies, precision medicine, medicines discovery, digital health, disease prevention & wellbeing, antimicrobial resistance and vaccines, biosciences, the Biomedical Catalyst and Small Business Research Initiative.

I have over 15 years’ experience in business development, commercial operations, and life sciences research, spanning multiple disease areas and technologies across USA and EU markets.

Dr. Penny Wilson, Senior Specialist – AMR, Vaccines & Global Health

Since 2008, I have worked closely with Innovate UK and joined the organisation in 2012 to oversee all precision medicine and Infectious disease programmes. I am now focusing on antimicrobial resistance, vaccines and global health to define innovate UK’s remit in these areas.

Previously, I spent over 25 years in the Diagnostics Industry in a variety of senior technical and strategic roles. In recent years, I have focused on precision medicine, including infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance, and the development of novel diagnostics systems.

Phil Packer, Innovation Lead Antimicrobial Resistance & Vaccines

Phil Packer, Innovation Lead Antimicrobial Resistance & Vaccines

I joined Innovate UK in September 2017.

Prior to this I held various research and research management positions within the public sector.  Most recently I managed a research programme for Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) that included the development of medical countermeasures against biological and chemical agents, diagnostics, trauma care, regenerative medicine and hearing loss.  My first job at Dstl was the management of the UK plague vaccine programme.  Previous to this I worked at Centre for Microbiology and Research (CAMR) where I completed a Ph.D and post-doctoral research in cancer and biofilms before moving into the European Collection of Cell Cultures (ECACC) as Quality Manager.

Jerome De Barros, Horizon 2020 NCP/Global Innovation Lead

Jerome de Barros – National Contact Point for Health, Wellbeing and Demographic Change

I joined Innovate UK in January 2015.I am the Horizon 2020 NCP for Health and Wellbeing and am mainly responsible to help UK applicants to the Horizon 2020 Health opportunities, input into the content of the calls published under the Health Challenge as a member of the UK H2020 Programme Committee delegation, and support Innovate UK’s international strategy.

In my previous position, I was overlooking the evaluation and progress of a portfolio of >100 research & innovation projects across Europe for the Active Assisted Living programme (AAL Programme), a EU funding initiative supporting ICT for Active and Health Ageing.

Richard Hebdon, Interim Senior Innovation Lead – Health Technologies and Innovation Lead – Medicines Discovery

Richard Hebdon, Lead Technologist in Biosciences in the Enabling Technologies

I joined Innovate UK in May 2015. I am currently the interim Senior Innovation Lead – Health Technologies in the Health & Life Sciences Sector and the Innovation Lead - Medicines Discovery. I lead a team with interests in Precision Medicine, Digital Health, Healthy Aging and Biomedical Enabling Technologies.

Prior to joining Innovate UK, I worked in technology transfer, R&D management, drug discovery and other lab-based R&D roles in the pharmaceutical, FMCG and defence sectors, including roles with Ploughshare Innovations, Reckitt Benckiser and drug discovery SME's including Leeds University spin out Syntopix and Cambridge-based Vernalis.

Hazel Harper, Innovation Lead – Disease Prevention & Wellbeing

Hazel Harper – Programme Manager, Independent Living

I joined Innovate UK in the Health and Care team as Assisted Living Innovation Platform (ALIP) Programme Manager in October 2013, responsible for the large £37m demonstrator programme dallas: Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles at Scale.

Before joining Innovate UK, I worked for Kent County Council for 26 years in various roles. For the last nine years, I worked in the Social Care Directorate delivering assistive technology programmes, including Whole System Demonstrator (WSD), before moving into commissioning services for older adults.

Chris Rowe, Innovation Lead – Precision Medicine

Chris Rowe – Lead Technologist, Stratified Medicine

I joined Innovate UK in 2014. I am Innovation Lead for the Precision Medicine team, which is part of the Health & Life Sciences sector group at Innovate UK.  The aim of the Precision Medicine team is to build on the UK's strengths in the field of precision medicine, often referred to as stratified or personalised medicine, and to put it at the centre of the next generation of medicine development.

I have a background in medical innovation, initially working for a large medical device company as their Senior Research Engineer, with a team developing new medical technology. I have also worked the field of technology transfer in the NHS and as a consultant, helping individuals and SMEs to develop innovative medical technologies.

Chris Sawyer, Innovation Lead – Digital Health

Chris Sawyer – Lead Technologist, Independent Living

I joined Innovate UK in June 2014 and am responsible for Digital Health.

I have over 30 years’ experience in the Healthcare technology sector including, but not limited to having worked for Hewlett Packard and Philips Medical Systems in their patient monitoring divisions as well as supporting the development of new innovative technological solutions for NHS Innovation Hubs.

Elaine Evans, Senior Innovation Lead - Health and Medicines

Elaine Evans – Lead Technologist, Health & Care

I started leading the Biomedical Catalyst at Innovate UK in 2013, a year after it started. The Biomedical Catalyst has so far committed over £145m grant funding to innovative healthcare SMEs.

Before joining Innovate UK I worked in pharmaceuticals and medical devices companies in a variety of different roles, including founding and running an SME. I have an external role as Chair of the UK Pharmaceutical Licensing Group. Before entering industry I obtained a PhD in pharmacology and was a post-doctoral researcher in molecular biology at the NIH and at Stanford University in the USA.

Cynthia Bullock, Innovation Lead – SBRI/Lead Customer and Investor Relations

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I joined Innovate UK in 2015.   I lead the SBRI/Lead Customer and Investor Relations programmes within the Health and Life Sciences sector.  I help Department of Health (DH), its agencies (such as the NHS) and other relevant public bodies to procure R&D solutions which address their defined need from innovative companies.  I am responsible for the £70m Vaccine SBRI programme funded by DH.  I also work with investor partners to increase the availability of equity investment to high growth potential companies within the UK.

I have over 15 years background in healthcare, initially as a post-doctoral scientist in biochemistry and molecular biology then moving on to lead translational research within several large acute hospitals.

Nick Medcalf, Innovation Lead – Advanced Therapies

Nick Medcalf, Innovation Lead – Advanced Therapies

I joined Innovate UK in September 2017 as an Innovation Lead – Advanced Therapies. My responsibilities include developing the innovation strategy in cell-, gene-, tissue- and synthetic biology-related areas of the Health & Life Sciences portfolio. I also manage projects assigned to support the advanced therapies funding portfolio and, in particular, manage the relationship with the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult and the new Cell and Gene Therapy Manufacturing Centre at Stevenage.

Before joining Innovate UK, I spent 4 years at Loughborough University where I was Professor of Regenerative Medicine Manufacture and, until 2016, Director of the EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Regenerative Medicine.

Ian McKay, Innovation Lead – Advanced Therapies

Ian McKay, Innovation Lead – Advanced Therapies

I joined Innovate UK in 2017 as Innovation Lead for Advanced Therapies. These therapies have the potential to transform the treatments of some diseases but create a range of challenges related to their production, regulation and delivery to patients that need to be overcome full their full potential can be realised.

Before working for Innovate UK, I was based at the Department of Health as part of the Genomics, Science and Emerging Technologies team where I was the policy lead for stem cell transplantation and advanced therapies. I worked closely with other members of the team supporting a broad remit that included; rare diseases, genomics and emerging technologies.

Calum Murray, Head of Agriculture and Food

Calum Murray – Programme Leader, Sustainable Agriculture and Food

I joined Innovate UK in 2010 and am currently responsible for a team supporting primary agricultural production and the enhancement of food quality across the supply chain.

Key elements of my role have included delivery of the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Innovation Platform and participation on the Cross Whitehall working group developing and subsequently delivering the “UK Strategy for Agricultural Technologies”. I currently provide input to the AgriFood Technology Council, as well as actively engage with a number of advisory boards and stakeholder group including The Global Food Security initiative, LEAF, the “N8” group of Northern England universities and AgriTech East.

Prior to Innovate UK, I worked initially within the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food’s extension service “ADAS” in England, as a specialist farm business consultant; with Scottish Agricultural Colleges as a technical adviser and with Bank of Scotland as their national agricultural specialist, later becoming their Regional Director of the joint venture NFU Mutual Finance in 2006.

Ian Cox, Innovation Lead – Agritech Centres

Ian Cox, Innovation Lead, Agri-Tech Centres at Innovate UK

I joined Innovate UK in March 2015. I am leading the roll out of an £80 million capital programme developing four Centre’s for Agricultural Innovation as part of the UK’s Strategy for Agricultural Technologies to deliver applied research to solve industry’s problems. I am also leading on developing agri-tech relationships with China after signing an MoU with the China Rural Technology Development Centre in November 2016.

Before joining Innovate UK, I worked at The Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera), a Government Science Agency, in a variety of roles.

Ian Holmes, Agriculture and food NCP/Global Innovation Lead

Ian Holmes - National Contact Point for Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry, Marine and Inland Water Research, Bioeconomy

I am part of the Innovate UK, Health and Life Sciences Team, supporting the “Societal Challenge Two” area of Horizon 2020 and other International Activity in the areas of Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture, Bioeconomy and Blue Growth.

I have been involved with innovation support and knowledge transfer for over a decade. I have managed and written bids for UK funding as well as FP7 and Life+ applications. I evaluated bids for UK Agencies and the European Commission Eco-Innovation Programme.

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Tom Jenkins, Innovation Lead – Agriculture and Food

Tom Jenkins – Lead Technologist, Sustainable Agriculture and Food

I joined Innovate UK in March 2013 and lead delivery of the £70m Agri-Tech Catalyst.  I also delivered successful competitions under the Sustainable Agri-Food Innovation Platform in trait measurement technologies, engineering solutions and crop & livestock disease challenges.  I lead the Agri-Food International Strategy, delivering a UK mission to Canada and a UK / Canada Agri-Food roadmap event this year that have identified priority areas for future R&D programmes.

I was previously Assistant Director and Head of the Plant & Crop Sector team at KTN Ltd, where I managed two Special Interest Groups on behalf of Technology Strategy Board in Algal Bioenergy and Synthetic Biology.  I have strong technical knowledge of biosciences and agriculture from post-doctoral research posts held at leading universities and research institutions in the UK and Europe.

Kathryn Miller, Innovation Lead – Food

Kathryn Miller, Innovation Lead – Food

I joined Innovate UK in July 2017 and my role within the team is to help manage and influence Innovate UK’s work in the Food and Agriculture sector with specific emphasis on the enhancement of food quality, food safety, food technologies, diet, nutrition and health.

Prior to joining Innovate UK, I was Head of Food Policy at Coeliac UK, the UK charity for people living gluten free.

Andrew McLay, Innovation Lead Primary Agriculture

Andrew McLay, Innovation Lead Primary Agriculture

I joined Innovate UK’s Health and Life Sciences team in October 2017, and am responsible for driving innovation across primary agriculture – up to the farm gate.

I am fascinated by business strategy and agriculture so my career has been based around agri-food marketing, market research and strategy.  Prior to joining Innovate UK, I was working as an independent research and strategy consultant.  I also have over 10 years’ experience as a consultant for Promar International, the consulting arm of Genus Plc.

Before moving to the UK, I held senior international marketing roles for a number of Australian industry organisations, including Dairy Australia and Australian Pork Limited.

Gina Wren – Health & Life Science Portfolio analyst (Graduate)

Gina Wren – Health & Life Science Portfolio analyst (Graduate)

I am a Durham University graduate holding a BSc in Natural Sciences in the areas of Biology and Psychology. I love human biology and learning about how the brain functions.

I know my time at Innovate UK will be a steep learning curve but I’m really looking forward to it. I am really looking forward to working with a variety of cutting-edge companies.

Maria Twardowska – Programme Analyst Biomedical Catalyst (Graduate)

Maria Twardowska – Programme Analyst Biomedical Catalyst (Graduate)

My background is rooted in biomedicine, particularly in how personalised treatments can revolutionise research and healthcare practice, as well as integrating both into a single continuum. I have completed a BSc Biomedicine at Lancaster University and I am currently studying for an MSc Stratified Medicine and Pharmacological Innovation at the University of Glasgow. My master’s project focuses on the implementation of a novel Health Informatics Platform to streamline and upscale clinical trials into major chronic diseases.

I am very glad to join an organisation that is at the heart of this process where I aim to gain invaluable skills, build a network to further grow and play an active role in introducing disruptive technologies to the market.

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Novel combination proliposomes containing tobramycin and clarithromycin effective againstPseudomonas aeruginosabiofilms

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Tobramycin (TOB) and clarithromycin (CLA) can potentially be used synergistically for the treatment of respiratory infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. This study aimed to develop a novel combination proliposome formulation (TOB/CLA-CPROLips) containing both hydrophilic TOB and hydrophobic CLA via a core-carrier approach. The combination proliposomes were produced by spray drying a suspension comprising spray-driedmannitol (SD-MAN, 0.45%) and spray-dried tobramycin (SD-TOB, 0.05%) particles suspended in an ethanolic lipid solution of CLA (0.05%). The lipid layer coated on the surface of the dry proliposome particles conferred moisture protection and sustained drug release properties in comparison to the pure drugs. The optimized TOB/CLA-CPROLips formulation was stable after 3months of storage at 60% relative humidity (RH) and 25°C. The combination drug proliposomes showed a synergistic antimicrobial activity against planktonic cells and biofilm cultures of P. aeruginosa. In conclusion, the core-carrier method coupled with spray-drying provided a novel approach for the preparation of combination antibiotics proliposomes.

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Changing the Paradigm in Medial Canthal Reconstruction: The Bridge Principle and the Croissant-Like Keystone Island Perforator Flap as An Alternative for Medium Size Soft Tissue Defects in Internal Canthus Reconstruction

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Medial canthus is a common area of skin cancer prevalence. Defects in this region represent a challenging reconstructive task. The nasal version of keystone perforator island flap (KPIF) has proven its versatility. The aim of the present study was to expand its utilization in the neighbor medial canthus area. A modified croissant-like KPIF (CKPIF) was used resolving inner convexity-related problems. The presence of procerus in the glabella area, bridging a surface from nasalis up to the frontalis, changed the traditional dissecting flap technique. Thus, the authors introduce the bridge principle, which consists of the indirect transfer of the flap to the defect site through a muscular “bridge” (the procerus). The authors report their experience in medial canthal reconstruction combining a modified KPIF with a new dissecting “principle.”

From November 2016 to July 2017, a series of patients presenting soft tissue defects of various dimensions in the medial canthus, secondary to tumor extirpation, sustained reconstruction with a CKPIF dissected with the bridge principle.

A total of 15 patients were treated with this new technique. Their mean age was 75.3 years. The mean size of the defect was 2.08 cm (length) × 1.5 cm (width). All flaps survived without any sign of venous congestion. A transient epiphora presented in 4 patients (4/15 or 26.6%), which was subsided 2 months later.

A new approach following a novel paradigm was introduced to resolve an old problem. Initial outcomes are encouraging. However, longer series are needed to extract definitive and safer conclusion.

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Caring Cards: Preventing Patient Harm Through the Heart of Nursing

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The use of “Caring Cards” is a unique innovation, which builds on reliable Lean processes. It adds the way we emotionally care for people to a Lean methodology. This article describes how the foundational constructs of nursing theory are paired with aspects of universal fall precautions. In a pilot prioritizing Caring Cards, conversations between leaders and staff provide a way for the nurse to describe his or her critical thinking about fall prevention that is individualized to a patient. Leaders collect information on barriers to care and demonstrate follow-up actions to staff members who raise concerns. The system allows for structured leader and staff interactions that are coaching and mentoring in nature. These support an environment where nurses care for patients, while leaders also care for staff. By partnering Lean methodology with the heart of nursing, patient care can be improved. The pilot project utilizing this methodology was performed on a neurological unit. It resulted in a dramatic reduction in falls. The unassisted patient fall rate per 1000 patient-days dropped from 11.60 to 5.81 falls, a 50% reduction.

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Evaluating the Availability of Ulipristal Acetate in Eastern Long Island [15F]

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Ulipristal acetate (UPA) was approved by the FDA in 2010 as a form of emergency contraception (EC), which can be taken within 120 hours of unprotected sex. Evidence has shown that UPA is more effective than oral levonorgestrel emergency contraceptive pills (LNG-ECP) and more cost effective. UPA is more effective in patients with a BMI >30. No studies have looked at the availability of UPA in New York State. We specifically looked at Long Island due to its population density.

We conducted an observational population-based study utilizing a telephone-based secret shopper methodology. Researchers called 200 unique retail pharmacies in Long Island from May 2016-July 2017, representing themselves as patients and physicians.

Only 9.5% of pharmacies had UPA immediately available, although 81% reported ability to order UPA. In contrast, 80% reported having LNG-ECP readily available. Only 47% of pharmacists who had UPA available could correctly identify its differences from LNG-ECP. 82% of pharmacists in the physician call group were unfamiliar with UPA. In addition, 0% of pharmacists mentioned BMI as an important difference in efficacy between UPA and LNG-ECP.

Although UPA is the more effective EC than LNG-ECP, its availability is limited. Knowledge of UPA is lacking in pharmacists and clinicians alike. Increasing education of clinicians, pharmacists and patients regarding differences between EC pills may assist in increasing demand for UPA and could increase overall availability of UPA.

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Validity and reliability of the Hexoskin® wearable biometric vest during maximal aerobic power testing in elite cyclists

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the validity and reliability of the Hexoskin® vest for measuring respiration and heart rate (HR) in elite cyclists during a progressive test to exhaustion. Ten male elite cyclists (age 28.8 ± 12.5 yr, height 179.3 ± 6.0 cm, weight 73.2 ± 9.1 kg, V˙ O2max 60.7 ± 7.8, mean ± SD) conducted a maximal aerobic cycle ergometer test using a ramped protocol (starting at 100W with 25W increments each min to failure) during two separate occasions over a 3-4 day period. Compared to the criterion measure (Metamax 3B) the Hexoskin® vest showed mainly small typical errors (1.3-6.2%) for HR and breathing frequency (f), but larger typical errors (9.5-19.6%) for minute ventilation (V˙E) during the progressive test to exhaustion. The typical error indicating the reliability of the Hexoskin® vest at moderate intensity exercise between tests was small for HR (2.6-2.9%) and f (2.5-3.2%) but slightly larger for V˙E (5.3-7.9%). We conclude that the Hexoskin® vest is sufficiently valid and reliable for measurements of HR and f in elite athletes during high intensity cycling but the calculated V˙E value the Hexoskin® vest produces during such exercise should be used with caution due to the lower validity and reliability of this variable.

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Lunch Glass Jarring it

I have been re-using glass jars from condiments, sauces, salsa and so on for years. Carrying my food in glass sealed in assures that it stays fresh and crisp, maintaining quality and nutrient density.

On the menu today is avocado, asparagus, cabbage salad, celery; chick pea, fenugreek and lentil sprouts. I only drink fresh juices with a meal, never water as it dilutes the digestive juices, I would drink water 20-30 minutes before my meals. The juice I am consuming today is comprised of apple, beets, celery, cucumber, ginger, kale, parsley and pineapple.

Optimal health requires optimal fuel.

Packing your food in this manner is perfect for the mini meals described in the Art of Snacking chapter in my book mentioned below. Making food in quantity and separating it into jars in this manner aid portion control and consistent meal planning for superior nutrition and stabilizing the metabolism. As I say in the book, “mini meals equals a mini me.”

Get my book The Obesity Myth You’re Not OverWeight You’re OverWaste, and/or come to my master lecture/workshop series and learn these and many more masterful practices that will empower you to help your body heal itself and maintain your body like a Superhuman.

I spent the day meeting and greeting beautiful souls at Everlasting Life Complex on Central Ave. Capitol Heights yesterday, during my all day Book Signing event. The energy was awesome and sharing and gathering wisdom was a very high note. If this is the nature of the COSMIC vibration that I/We will be immersed in, there is no doubt that change is not only imminent but here and expanding. Good food, great contacts what more can you ask for. Thanks to all who came out and thank you Dr. Baruch.


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Cook Medical issues global recall of Beacon Tip Angiographic Catheter products

Cook Medical has initiated a lot-specific voluntary recall of 2,239 lots of Beacon Tip Angiographic Catheters. Globally, 95,167 devices are subject to this recall. The products include specific versions and lot numbers of the Torcon NB Advantage Beacon Tip Catheters, Royal Flush Plus Beacon Tip High-Flow Catheters, and Slip-Cath Beacon Tip Catheters.

The Beacon Tip Angiographic Catheters have been found to exhibit tip splitting or separation, which has resulted in adverse events. Cook has received 26 complaints of catheter-tip splitting and/or separation. There have been 14 Medical Device Reports to date in which a tip split or separation occurred.

Tip splitting has the potential to lead to loss of device function. Tip separation may require medical intervention to retrieve a separated segment or may occlude blood flow to end organs.

The Beacon Tip Angiographic Catheters in this recall were distributed between June 2013 and June 2015. Product can be identified by the part number and lot number provided on the outer package product label. The lot numbers for products that are subject to this recall can be found on the following pages.

Cook Medical has notified its customers and distributors by recall notification letters. The letters requested that all customers and distributors quarantine and discontinue use of all potentially affected units and return the affected product to the company as soon as possible for credit.

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Vivint Solar Announces Pricing Of Proposed Sale Of Shares Of Common Stock

Nov, 30 2018

LEHI, Utah, Nov. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Vivint Solar, Inc. (NYSE: VSLR) announced today the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 8,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $5.50 per share. 313 Acquisition LLC, Vivint Solar, Inc.'s principal stockholder, is offering all of the shares to be sold in the public offering. In addition, 313 Acquisition LLC has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an aggregate of an additional 1,200,000 shares at the public offering price. The offering is expected to close on December 4, 2018, subject to customary closing conditions.

BofA Merrill Lynch is acting as lead book-running manager for the offering.

A shelf registration statement relating to the offered shares of common stock was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on August 24, 2018 and declared effective on September 11, 2018.  The offering will be made only by means of a written prospectus and prospectus supplement that form a part of the registration statement.  A preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the offering have been filed with the SEC and are available on the SEC's website, located at Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to this offering may be obtained from BofA Merrill Lynch by mail at NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd floor, Charlotte, NC 28255-0001, Attention: Prospectus Department, or by e-mailing

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Calling all of Scholarship Hunter out there!

Nuffic Neso is a non-profit organization which formally appointed and funded by The Ministry of Education Netherlands to promote international cooperation related to education.  Furthermore, Nuffic Neso Indonesia has also worked with the Royal Embassy of Netherlands and European Union Delegate in Jakarta to accommodate scholarship program for Indonesian Citizen who wished to pursue their study in the Netherlands.

Thus to promote scholarship program especially StuNed and another 2.100 scholarship program that specially designed for Indonesian citizen, Nuffic Neso will hold an info-session called Holland Scholarship Info-Session (HSIS) 2018 with detailed information as followed,

Date: Friday, 23 November 2018

Time: 01.00 to 04.00 pm

Place: Meeting Room LP2MP ICT Building Universitas Diponegoro, Tembalang, Semarang

So if you are interested to join in whether you are a student, lecturer or even professional, don’t forget to register yourself through

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IoT Slam Headline Keynote: The Fusion of Mobile, Data and Cloud

Solving IoT Connectivity Challenges

Slide Deck Session Abstract The emerging GSMA standards for remote provisioning and programmable SIMs enable the vendors or users to IoT-enabled devices to connect and configure...
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April 2014
Volume 55, Issue 13
ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   April 2014
Kainate Receptors Mediate Signaling in Both Transient and Sustained OFF Bipolar Cell Pathways in the Mouse Retina
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Bart Gerard Borghuis
    Anatomical Science and Neurobiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
    Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT
  • Loren L Looger
    Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA
  • Susumu Tomita
    Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT
    Program in Cellular Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration and Repair, Yale University, New Haven, CT
  • Jonathan B Demb
    Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT
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    Commercial Relationships Bart Borghuis, Borghuis Instruments (I); Loren Looger, None; Susumu Tomita, None; Jonathan Demb, None
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Purpose: A fundamental question in sensory neuroscience is how parallel processing is implemented at the level of molecular and circuit mechanisms. In the retina, it has been proposed that distinct OFF cone bipolar cell types generate fast/transient and slow/sustained pathways by the differential expression of AMPA- and kainate-type receptors, respectively. However, the functional significance of these receptors in the intact circuit during light stimulation remains unclear. Here, we evaluated the contribution of AMPA and kainate receptors to light-evoked responses of OFF bipolar cells in the whole-mount mouse retina.

Methods: We measured light-evoked (λmax 395 nm) glutamate release from bipolar cells in the mouse retina in vitro, by two-photon fluorescence imaging of a glutamate sensor (iGluSnFR) expressed on postsynaptic amacrine and ganglion cell dendrites. We perturbed AMPA and kainate receptor function using non-selective (DNQX: 100 μM) or selective blockers (AMPA: 100 μM GYKI 52466, 100 μM GYKI 53655; kainate: 50 μM UBP310, 1 μM ACET); L-AP4 (20 μM) was used to block the ON pathway. To validate and complement imaging experiments, excitatory currents were recorded from ganglion and bipolar cells with targeted whole-cell recordings.

Results: Light-evoked glutamate release persisted at all OFF levels of the inner plexiform layer in the presence of DNQX but was abolished by subsequent application of L-AP4, indicating that cross-over inhibition from DNQX-resistant ON pathways can drive release from bipolar terminals throughout the OFF layers. In subsequent recordings we first applied L-AP4 to isolate OFF responses mediated by the cone→OFF bipolar cell synapse. In both transient and sustained OFF layers, cone-driven glutamate release from bipolar cells was blocked by antagonists to kainate receptors, but not AMPA receptors. Electrophysiological recordings from bipolar and ganglion cells confirmed the essential role of kainate receptors for signaling in both transient and sustained OFF pathways. Kainate receptors mediated contrast responses at temporal frequencies up to 20 Hz, exceeding the limits implied by the time constant for recovery from desensitization measured previously (0.5 - 1.5 s).

Conclusions: Light-evoked responses in all mouse OFF bipolar pathways depend on kainate, not AMPA, receptors.

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Booked Out: Songwriting Masterclass with Eleanor McEvoy

Booked Out: Songwriting Masterclass with Eleanor McEvoy

Date: Saturday 26 January 2019

Time: 10.30am–1.30pm

Looking at some of her own songs as well as works of other writers, Eleanor will be featuring structure, form, concept, rhyme, melody and chord progressions. She will be examining how these elements can have a powerful effect on your song.

She will also be examining the most effective methods of taping into inspiration and finding “the subconscious composer” within each of us.

Eleanor McEvoy achieved star status in Ireland in 1992 when her song "A Woman's Heart" was the title track for the A Woman's Heart anthology album.  A Woman’s Heart has since gone on to become the best-selling album in Irish history. Eleanor released her eponymous debut on Geffen records followed by tours in the USA, Europe and the Far East. She moved to Columbia Records in New York for her second album ‘What’s Following Me?’ The first single ‘Precious Little’ was a top 10 radio hit in the US.

Since then, Eleanor has gone on to become an artist and performer known throughout the world. Her critically acclaimed canon of work spans fifteen albums and appearances on numerous compilation albums. She has also had numerous cover versions of her songs by performers such as Emmylou Harris, Mary Black, Phil Coulter, Mary Coughlan, Bella Hardy, (BBC folk singer of the year) Eliza Carthy, Derek Ryan and Jack L Her songs have been used in many TV and film sound tracks including HBO cult series "Six Feet Under.", ABC's "Clueless" and the Pearce Brosnan film "The Nephew"

Her new album "The Thomas Moore Project" was launched in Ireland’s National Concert Hall and features 21st century adaptations of the songs of the 18th/19th century Irish poet Thomas Moore. She has since toured The Thomas Moore Project throughout England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Spain, Holland, Germany and Australia and will soon be bringing it to the USA where the album has been receiving extensive airplay.  When home from her travels, as well as being the chair of IMRO, Eleanor is also a voting member of the Recording Academy of America (the GRAMMYs) and in 2016 was appointed by Minister Heather Humphries to the board of Ireland’s National Concert Hall.

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