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Courtesy photo: Penn College of Technology surgical technology students practice surgery in a mock operating room on campus. All of the school's 2024 surgical technology graduating class passed the Certified Surgical Technologist exam on the first try. WILLIAMSPORT — All members of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Surgical Technology Class of 2024 passed the National Certified Surgical Technologist exam on the first try. The group graduated on Aug. 3. “We are proud of our students' performance on this important qualifying exam,” said Wendy A. Miller, associate dean for the College of Health Sciences. “Their success demonstrates their…

Sun Belt Football Predictions, Computer Picks, Best Bets | Week 1 Published Tuesday, August 27, 2024 at 8:13 p.m. College football game options for Week 1 include 14 Sun Belt teams competing in the matchup. If you're looking to bundle your betting tickets or opt for a parlay option, our model suggests that Troy (-9.5) vs. Nevada is the best bet against the spread, and that the best value is a total bet on Southern Miss vs. Kentucky. For more information and statistics on these and other matches, check out the articles below. Bet on college football games with BetMGM.…

Like many tourism-dependent Pacific nations, Fiji has struggled through the pandemic, but as tourism recovers a new crisis – a rise in methamphetamine addiction – is threatening the island nation's stability.Smuggled by foreign drug cartels based in Fiji and operating in New Zealand and Australia, the drugs were then distributed to local communities, contributing to a surge in HIV infections and putting further strain on already strained health and justice sectors.Methamphetamine, known locally as “ice,” is highly addictive, widely available and increasingly associated with risky behaviors: needle sharing, “chemsex” (using the drug to enhance sexual experiences) and a practice known…

In this article, we evaluated two technology stocks: Palantir Technologies (PLTR) and Alphabet (GOOGL). A closer look reveals that we have a neutral view on Palantir and a bullish view on Alphabet. Palantir Technologies specializes in big data analytics, while Alphabet is the holding company that owns the Google search engine and sells apps and content on Google Play and YouTube. Alphabet also generates revenue from cloud service fees, licensing revenue, and hardware products such as devices like Chromebooks. Palantir shares have soared 80% so far this year and have more than doubled, rising 111% last year, while Google shares…

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Get your free copy of Editor's DigestFT editor Roula Khalaf picks her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Half of the European Investment Bank's staff fear retaliation if they speak out about wrongdoing, according to the first survey of the bank's whistleblower system, the world's largest multilateral lender. The findings reflect widespread and long-standing concerns expressed to the Financial Times by more than a dozen current and former employees about the culture at the Luxembourg-based EU bank, whose former president, Werner Hoyer, is under investigation for alleged corruption and misuse of funds.An internal survey of the bank conducted in 2023 found…

In my role as a State Senator, I have received many calls from patients and their families expressing concerns that are all too common today: They are anxious, confused and frustrated because they find they can no longer see their trusted health care provider. These sudden changes will cause sleepless nights and huge stress for hundreds of people in our region and could have devastating effects on public health. Senator Saud Anwar (D-South Windsor, Maryland) I recently had a lengthy discussion with one of my constituents, who requested anonymity so I will call her Diana. She is a retiree in…

AAC Football Predictions, Computer Predictions, Best Bets | Week 1 Published Tuesday, August 27, 2024 at 7:13 p.m. The options available on the Week 1 college football schedule include AAC teams competing in 14 games. If you're looking to bundle your betting tickets or opt for a parlay option, our model suggests that James Madison (-8.5) vs. Charlotte is the best bet against the spread, with the most value being found in betting on the total for the James Madison vs. Charlotte matchup. For more information and statistics on these and other games, check out the articles below. Bet on…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain AI tools like ChatGPT have had a major impact on content creation since their release, sparking an ongoing debate in schools and universities about whether these tools should be allowed or banned. Now, Swedish researchers have investigated the relationship between adolescents’ executive function (EF) and their use of and perception of usefulness of a generative AI chatbot for schoolwork. Their findings are published in Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence. “Students with more EF challenges found these tools especially helpful in managing their tasks,” says Johan Clarin, school psychologist and research assistant at Lund University's Department of Psychology.…

Extreme heatwaves across Europe in recent years have killed tens of thousands of people, but as the death toll rises, researchers are finding that it is the poor who are suffering the most from extreme heat.”It's common sense,” said Julio Díaz Jiménez, a research professor at Madrid's Carlos III Health Institute. “A heat wave when you're in a room with three other people and there's no air conditioning is different from a heat wave when you're in a villa with a pool and air conditioning.”Díaz Jiménez is part of a group of researchers who looked at how the heatwave affected…