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Iran council votes to lift ban on WhatsAppSetien's tenure at Barcelona was marked by mixed results and controversy, but one incident in particular stands out. During a training session, Pique, known for his fiery temper and outspoken nature, confronted Setien in a heated exchange that culminated in a memorable crotch shot. The incident quickly went viral on social media, with fans and pundits alike expressing shock and amusement at the daring move by Pique.The upcoming days are expected to be tumultuous as South Korea braces for the fallout from the decision to arrest Yoon Suk-yeol. The implications of this resolution are profound and will likely shape the future of the country for years to come. The outcome of this unprecedented turn of events remains uncertain, but one thing is clear – South Korea is at a critical crossroads, and the decisions made in the coming days will have a lasting impact on the nation's political landscape.
In 2024, the annual representative character for Taiwan was announced as "贪、斗、骗" (greed, conflict, deceit). This selection sheds light on the societal chaos and moral decline that Taiwan is currently facing.Moreover, the linear storytelling of "Four Seas Brotherhood" serves as a powerful storytelling tool that heightens the emotional impact of pivotal moments in the narrative. By presenting events in a chronological sequence, the film builds tension, suspense, and dramatic irony, keeping the audience on the edge of their seats as they witness the brothers' fates unfold with a sense of inevitability.
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In a stunning display of strength and technique, the North Korean team surged ahead, setting a new world record of 12:13 in the competition. Their performance was nothing short of awe-inspiring, as they lifted with precision and power, leaving spectators in awe of their mastery of the sport. The team's coach beamed with pride as his athletes dominated the competition, demonstrating their unwavering dedication and skill.In a twist, Maxeon to lease ABQ building for solar module assemblyMusk's net worth tops $400bn, Forbes billionaires list showsIn conclusion, TSMC's impressive sales performance in November underscores its leadership in the semiconductor industry and demonstrates its ability to adapt to market dynamics and deliver value to customers. With a strong focus on innovation, sustainability, and customer satisfaction, TSMC is poised for continued growth and success in the coming years.
In conclusion, Barcelona's 2-8 defeat against Bayern Munich was a stark reminder of the challenges facing the club and its new head coach, Quique Setien. The road ahead will be tough, but with hard work, determination, and a willingness to learn from their mistakes, Barcelona can bounce back stronger and reclaim their place at the pinnacle of European football.The breakthrough achieved by the team at JHU marks a pivotal moment in the field of computer graphics, opening up new possibilities for immersive and realistic visual experiences. By leveraging cutting-edge algorithms and advanced parallel processing techniques, the new 3DGS developed by JHU not only accelerates the rendering speed exponentially but also ensures enhanced image quality and fidelity.
From the season’s outset, Timberwolves coach Chris Finch said Minnesota would leave itself the flexibility to close games with whatever lineup the coaching staff felt was needed to secure a victory. ADVERTISEMENT Sometimes, he noted, he’d get the choice right. Surely, there would be other times when he wouldn’t. “Hopefully, I do way more than I don’t,” Finch said this week. Sunday evening, however, was a checkmark in the “not right” column, at least based off the result. The Timberwolves didn’t score in the final 4:47 of their loss to Golden State. Finch said this week that Mike Conley’s inclusion in the closing lineup would’ve added organization to the equation. But he was quick to add that, with the ill-advised shots Anthony Edwards was taking, may not have mattered. ADVERTISEMENT Finch also reiterated what he said after the game, that Nickeil Alexander-Walker was playing “so well,” so he was hesitant to take him off the floor. “Maybe the other thing I could’ve done was go small,” Finch said, “but we’ve not really done that a ton.” That was the cry of many Wolves’ followers on social media on Sunday. Minnesota has proven rather inept at late-game offense when Conley isn’t on the floor. But all recognized Alexander-Walker had also earned the opportunity to close. You certainly won’t take Edwards off the floor in those situations, and the Wolves wanted Jaden McDaniels on the floor to guard Steph Curry. That left Julius Randle and Rudy Gobert as the only options to take off the court in favor of Conley, and that would’ve left Minnesota small. And, as Finch noted, the Wolves simply haven’t gone small this season. Like, at all. None of Naz Reid, Randle or Gobert have played more than 17 minutes this season without another big man next to him. ADVERTISEMENT It’s not something the Wolves practice, either. McDaniels said he’s only repped minutes at the four in practice when one of the bigs have been unavailable. Still, Finch said it wasn’t that he was “uncomfortable” rolling out a small-ball look Sunday. “But I worry a lot about rebounding. We struggle to rebound with our bigger lineups, at times. So, I know our smaller lineups have really struggled,” Finch said. “That’s some of the reason not to go small is really rebounding issues. But I think our guys are comfortable playing in all different combinations. But I haven’t really thought about going small, necessarily.” ADVERTISEMENT Indeed, Minnesota is just 12th in the NBA this season in defensive rebounding rate, grabbing 71.3% of opposing missed shots. The glass was especially an issue Sunday, as Golden State grabbed 14 offensive rebounds that led to 19 second-chance points. But it’s worth noting many of those came by guards in situations in which size was no factor on the play. McDaniels said he’s comfortable playing any position, including the power forward slot. And Minnesota certainly has the wing depth to roll out more small ball lineups if the situation ever called for it. There could be a playoff matchup that does just that, though Finch noted it could also go the other direction where the Wolves’ advantage would be to lean bigger. Versatility rules come April and May. But the Wolves don’t seem overly urgent to trot out any small-ball looks just to see how they perform at this juncture in the campaign. ADVERTISEMENT “Usually, it’s better with Naz at the four (than me),” McDaniels said. There is, however, at least one proponent of doing a little experimenting: Conley. “I think (small ball) kind of promotes a different level of spacing and speed to the game. You’re going to have to rely on guard-guard situations, guard pick and rolls,” Conley said. “Maybe me setting the screen and roll, Just creating different advantages for ourselves, as opposed to our typical offense or typical flow of things. I would love to see it, maybe — see how it works.” ADVERTISEMENT ______________________________________________________ This story was written by one of our partner news agencies. Forum Communications Company uses content from agencies such as Reuters, Kaiser Health News, Tribune News Service and others to provide a wider range of news to our readers. Learn more about the news services FCC uses here .Overall, the outlook for gold prices remains uncertain, but with careful analysis and strategic planning, investors can navigate these changes and potentially benefit from future market shifts. Stay tuned for more updates on the evolving gold market landscape!
In recent news, European regulatory authorities have reportedly launched an investigation into the advertising agreement between tech giants Google and Meta specifically targeting teenagers. The agreement, which is said to involve targeted advertisements aimed at young consumers, has raised concerns over data privacy, online safety, and potential manipulation of underage individuals for commercial gain.In addition to providing financial support to patients, the inclusion of rare disease drugs in the medical insurance coverage is expected to stimulate research and development in the field of rare diseases. Pharmaceutical companies may be more incentivized to invest in the development of treatments for rare diseases knowing that there is a market for these drugs and that patients will have access to them through medical insurance coverage.In recent years, the popularity of medical aesthetics and cosmetic procedures has soared, with more and more individuals turning to these interventions to enhance their physical appearance. While the pursuit of beauty is a natural desire, it is crucial to remember that medical aesthetics should not be solely focused on external transformations. Instead, it is imperative to place equal emphasis on the "medical" aspect of these procedures, ensuring the safety, well-being, and long-term health of the individuals seeking treatment.
MPs have been urged to back a bill to create a ‘smoke free generation’ when it returns to the Commons this week. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will ban the sale of tobacco to people born after January 2009 - meaning anyone aged 15 or under will never be allowed to buy tobacco products in their lifetime. And it will prohibit smoking outside hospitals and children’s parks. “Smoking is a poison,” Public Health minister Andrew Gwynne told the Sunday Mirror . “It’s deliberately designed to be addictive, stealing your quality of life, your health, and your liberty.” A bill to ban young people from ever being able to smoke legally was first brought in by Rishi Sunak last year. But it stalled, and was ditched when the election was called - which the ex-PM said was “disappointing”. Labour committed to take the policy forward as part of a broadened tobacco and vapes bill. The bill will also ban the advertising and sponsorship of all vapes and other nicotine products. And it will allow the government to expand the outdoor public places where smoking is banned - with ministers considering extending smoke-free places to outside schools, playgrounds and hospitals. But Ministers are no longer mulling a ban on smoking outside pubs, after an outcry when the idea was leaked to the media. Mr Gwynne added: “No one wants to see any young person succumb to debilitating diseases - including lung cancer, heart disease, and stroke - that could have easily been prevented with this crucial public health intervention. “The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will also tackle the scourge of youth vaping, intervening before an entire generation is hooked on a new addiction. “I urge my fellow MPs to be on the right side of history – focus on saving lives and the economy, and vote in favour of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.” Be the first with news from Mirror Politics US ELECTION WHATSAPP: Join our US Election WhatsApp group here to be first to get all the biggest news and results as America heads to the polls. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don’t like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you’re curious, you can read our Privacy Notice . POLITICS WHATSAPP: Be first to get the biggest bombshells and breaking news by joining our Politics WhatsApp group here . We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don’t like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you’re curious, you can read our Privacy Notice . NEWSLETTER: Or sign up here to the Mirror's Politics newsletter for all the best exclusives and opinions straight to your inbox. PODCAST: And listen to our exciting new political podcast The Division Bell , hosted by Mirror interim political editor Lizzy Buchan and Express political editor Sam Lister, every Thursday.
Epic Toronto conman dubbed 'Jack of Diamonds' sentenced to prison in U.S. but still hasn't paid back victimsViral "Social Lives" Key to Developing Treatments for Bacterial Infections NEW YORK , Dec. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Viruses that infect and kill bacteria, called phages, hold promise as new treatment types for dangerous infections, including strains that have become resistant to antibiotics. Yet, virologists know little about how phages persist in the populations of bacterial cells they infect, hampering the development of phage therapies. Published online December 12 in the journal Science , a new study offers the first evidence that a single bacterial species—the host of the phage—can maintain a diverse community of competing phage species. Led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Oxford , and Yale University , the study showed that several phage species coexist stably on a population of a genetically uniform strain of E. coli , a bacterial species that colonizes the human gut and includes disease-causing variants. The researchers found that, despite competition between the viruses, different phage species preferred slower or faster growing cells that randomly appeared in the population. In this way, each phage species was able to find a separate niche on the same host, leading to stable coexistence. Lack of local access to nutrients (starvation), for instance, may slow the growth of some cells to preserve scarce resources. In the current study, two species of phage, labeled N and S, co-existed because N was more fit to survive in fast-growing bacterial cells, while phage S was better in slow-growing cells. The designers of phage therapies hope to avert the problem in treatment with antibiotics, where a certain drug kills bacteria but leaves alive the fraction that by chance are the most resistant to that drug's mechanism of action. These survivors are a major concern because they have become resistant to available treatments. "Knowing how more than one kind of phage can survive over time on a single bacterium could help in designing next-generation phage cocktails," said first study author Nora Pyenson , PhD, a post-doctoral scholar in the lab of co-author Jonas Schluter , PhD , of the Institute of Systems Genetics at NYU Langone Health. "For example, each phage species might attack the bacterium in a different part of its lifecycle and enabling the whole population to be killed before resistance to the treatment evolves." "No phage therapies have yet become standard treatments for bacterial infections, either because in past attempts a single phage did not kill all the targeted bacteria or because the bacteria evolved to be resistant, similar to the evolution of antibiotic resistance," adds Dr. Pyenson. Labs are already testing phage treatments as an alternative to antibiotics. A co-author of the current paper, Paul Turner , PhD , at Yale University , for instance, leads a clinical trial that uses phages against the species Pseudomonas aeruginosa , which can contribute to severe inflammation in the lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis. Dr. Schluter's lab is studying the role of phages in the gut ecosystem of humans and mice that could shape future therapies for infections like Salmonella . A main goal is to anticipate the impact of phage administration and design phage therapies that, unlike current versions that must be tailored to a single patient, work universally across many patients. Importance of Phage Ecology Understanding species diversity is a fundamental question in ecology and evolutionary biology. A major factor enabling diversity, from birds to plants to bacteria, is that species find ways to coexist while still competing for resources. However, viruses were not traditionally thought of in this "social" context. The current research team experimentally tested the long-held assumption that the genetic diversity of bacteria limits the diversity of viral species. This led to an expectation that one phage type would outcompete all others to be the lone survivor. However, just as multicellular organisms host a wide array of bacterial species within their microbiome, the new results show that a single bacterial strain can, itself, host a diverse community of phage species. "Our study contributes to the burgeoning field of studying the social lives of viruses ," adds Dr. Pyenson. "We often think of viruses purely in terms of their impact on the host, but they also exist in the context of other viral species. These phage communities show how diversity emerges even among the simplest bits of biology." Interestingly, the presence of a diverse population of bacteria in the human gut is a sign of health, as the diverse set of species (microbiome) is better able to resist attempts at dominance by any invading, disease-causing species. By the same token, the population of viruses occupying the bacteria that live in the gut is also emerging as an important regulator of health, with abnormal phage mixes thought to contribute to conditions like sepsis. "This work represents a shift in our understanding of phage ecology," said Dr. Schluter, also a professor in the Department of Microbiology at NYU Langone. "Thanks to Nora's work, which she carried through a pandemic and across four labs, we can now begin to understand the evolution of phages when they are in community with diverse viral species and how this shapes their role in health and disease." Along with Drs. Pyenson and Schluter at NYU Langone, and Dr. Turner at Yale , study authors were Asher Leeks and Odera Nweke in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University ; Joshua Goldford in the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena; Kevin Foster in the Department of Biology at the University of Oxford ; and Alvaro Sanchez of the Institute of Functional Biology & Genomics, CSIC & University of Salamanca in Spain . Drs. Foster and Sanchez were corresponding authors alongside Dr. Pyenson. Funding for parts of the work was through the Life Science Research Foundation and the Simons Foundation provided to Dr. Pyenson, and through a New Innovator Award to Dr. Schluter (DP2AI164318) from the National Institute of Autoimmune and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health. Contact: Gregory Williams , gregory.williams@nyulangone.org View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/diverse-virus-populations-coexist-on-single-strains-of-gut-bacteria-302330342.html SOURCE NYU Langone Health System