Mass Kidney Failure and Mass Media Failure in Sri Lanka - by Nalaka Gunawarde...Nalaka Gunawardene
Scientists are researching widely on what causes the Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka that affects thousands of people (mostly farm workers) and burdens the public healthcare system. As health officials and policy makers struggle with the prolonged humanitarian emergency, unprofessional and fear-mongering media coverage often adds to public confusion and fear.
As a science writer, I have long been concerned about public communication of risk in times of distress. In late 2012, speaking at an Asian science communication workshop held in Colombo, I first coined the phrase: Mass Media Failure is complicating Mass Kidney Failure.
On 16 December 2015, I was invited by Sri Lanka’s Presidential Task Force for the Prevention of Chronic Kidney Disease to speak on this topic at the NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON PREVENTION OF CHORNIC KIDNEY DISEASE held in Colombo.
Speaking to an audience of scientists, health and agriculture sector public officials and policy makers, I briefly explored the kind of misinformation, myths and pseudo-science uncritically peddled by Lankan media.
There are many reasons for systemic media failure in Sri Lanka that has allowed ultranationalists and certain environmental activists to pollute the public mind with half-truths and conspiracy theories. These need an industry level reform. Meanwhile, for improving the CKDu information flow in society, I proposed some short, medium and long term recommendations.
TOTAL 224 BENEFICIARIES’ FROM 12 ORGANIZATIONS ATTENDED DIFFERENT SESSIONS OF THEIR CHOICE SELECTING FROM 32 SESSIONS DELIVERED.
The Summer Training Program was managed by Institute of NGO Leadership And Management Islamabad.
Module 2: Planning of teaching Science and Technology (Credit 1, Hours 15, Marks 25)
Objectives: After learning this module the student teacher will be able to-
- explain importance and characteristics of planning
- plan for teaching major concepts, principles and theories of Science and Technology
at school level
- design co-curricular activities for Science learning
Contents
1. Importance and characteristics of good planning(1)
2. Planning for designing learning experiences, field visits, activities and developing
instructional material for teaching following content:(12)
Properties and states of matter, structure of atom, Plant and animal cells, classification of
plants and animals, diseases and their prevention, kinematic equations, modern periodic
table, Electricity, lenses and mirrors, life processes, life cycle, Origin of life and
evolution, Heat, Electricity, Magnetism, Light, Contribution of eminent scientists such as
Isaac Newton, Dalton, Neils Bohr, Darwin, J. C. Bose, C. V. Raman, Albert Einstein, etc.
3. Planning for organizing various co-curricular activities such as debate, drama, poster
making on issues related to science/biology, Day celebrations such as Science Day, Earth
Day, Environment Day, etc(2)
Information Services Project Management Change Theme Update May 2017Mark Ritchie
An update on how Information Services at the University of Edinburgh are improving project management capability as part of the Change Programme introduced by the CIO.
Northern Collaboration Conference 2014: Peer Assisted Study Sessions by Sue M...northerncollaboration
'The PASS programme has been fundamental to my experience as a first year' - Introducing peer support at Teesside University library. Delivered at The Northern Collaboration 2014 conference, 5th September 2014.
Curriculum Approaches (Systems-managerial and Intellectual-academic Approach)Angie Magdasoc
The book I used in doing this presentation was Adelaida Bago's Curriculum Development: The Philippine Experience. I'm sorry if I wasn't able to include all six approaches 'coz these two are just the scope of my discussion during our Prof. Ed. 7 class. :)
Mass Kidney Failure and Mass Media Failure in Sri Lanka - by Nalaka Gunawarde...Nalaka Gunawardene
Scientists are researching widely on what causes the Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka that affects thousands of people (mostly farm workers) and burdens the public healthcare system. As health officials and policy makers struggle with the prolonged humanitarian emergency, unprofessional and fear-mongering media coverage often adds to public confusion and fear.
As a science writer, I have long been concerned about public communication of risk in times of distress. In late 2012, speaking at an Asian science communication workshop held in Colombo, I first coined the phrase: Mass Media Failure is complicating Mass Kidney Failure.
On 16 December 2015, I was invited by Sri Lanka’s Presidential Task Force for the Prevention of Chronic Kidney Disease to speak on this topic at the NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON PREVENTION OF CHORNIC KIDNEY DISEASE held in Colombo.
Speaking to an audience of scientists, health and agriculture sector public officials and policy makers, I briefly explored the kind of misinformation, myths and pseudo-science uncritically peddled by Lankan media.
There are many reasons for systemic media failure in Sri Lanka that has allowed ultranationalists and certain environmental activists to pollute the public mind with half-truths and conspiracy theories. These need an industry level reform. Meanwhile, for improving the CKDu information flow in society, I proposed some short, medium and long term recommendations.
TOTAL 224 BENEFICIARIES’ FROM 12 ORGANIZATIONS ATTENDED DIFFERENT SESSIONS OF THEIR CHOICE SELECTING FROM 32 SESSIONS DELIVERED.
The Summer Training Program was managed by Institute of NGO Leadership And Management Islamabad.
Module 2: Planning of teaching Science and Technology (Credit 1, Hours 15, Marks 25)
Objectives: After learning this module the student teacher will be able to-
- explain importance and characteristics of planning
- plan for teaching major concepts, principles and theories of Science and Technology
at school level
- design co-curricular activities for Science learning
Contents
1. Importance and characteristics of good planning(1)
2. Planning for designing learning experiences, field visits, activities and developing
instructional material for teaching following content:(12)
Properties and states of matter, structure of atom, Plant and animal cells, classification of
plants and animals, diseases and their prevention, kinematic equations, modern periodic
table, Electricity, lenses and mirrors, life processes, life cycle, Origin of life and
evolution, Heat, Electricity, Magnetism, Light, Contribution of eminent scientists such as
Isaac Newton, Dalton, Neils Bohr, Darwin, J. C. Bose, C. V. Raman, Albert Einstein, etc.
3. Planning for organizing various co-curricular activities such as debate, drama, poster
making on issues related to science/biology, Day celebrations such as Science Day, Earth
Day, Environment Day, etc(2)
Information Services Project Management Change Theme Update May 2017Mark Ritchie
An update on how Information Services at the University of Edinburgh are improving project management capability as part of the Change Programme introduced by the CIO.
Northern Collaboration Conference 2014: Peer Assisted Study Sessions by Sue M...northerncollaboration
'The PASS programme has been fundamental to my experience as a first year' - Introducing peer support at Teesside University library. Delivered at The Northern Collaboration 2014 conference, 5th September 2014.
Curriculum Approaches (Systems-managerial and Intellectual-academic Approach)Angie Magdasoc
The book I used in doing this presentation was Adelaida Bago's Curriculum Development: The Philippine Experience. I'm sorry if I wasn't able to include all six approaches 'coz these two are just the scope of my discussion during our Prof. Ed. 7 class. :)
Training report by 2017 Area Training Director Ran PilapilAimee Flordeliza
The First Quarter report of 2017 Area Training Director Ran Pilapil, Area 2
This was reported by ATD Ran last Jan 14, 2017 in the JCI Metro Area Council Meeting in Paraiso ni Baste, Valenzuela City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
It included the direction for the year, training updates, Needs Analysis Results, Reminders,
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
2. Main Focus Areas
• Member development
• Efficient project planning
• Implementation of IGCDP
culture among new members
3. Key projects in Q3
February
• Project realisation
• Closing ceremony of all
projects
• Launch IGCDP team
leader opportunities
• Raising of NPS score
• Application for March
projects’ team leaders
• Planning of Animal
Protection and AIDS
projects
March
• Animal Protection
Project realisation
• Recruitment and
successful integration of
new members
• Selection of iGCDP TLs
• Planning of project and
education cycle
• Bonding with team
leaders
• Matching
April
• Closing of Animal
Protection project
• MagicX meeting
• Delivery of education
cycle
• Conference planning
and delivery
• Matching
• NGO partners
4. Results and Achievements
1. Selection of 5 OCPs, project concept notes ready
and all projects cleared the national assessment
2. Successful March realisation
3. Successful in raising NPS score
4. Successful integration of new members through
Induction and Conference
5. Delivery of education cycle to all members
6. Recruitment of Induction and Opening ceremony
team
5. Bottlenecks
1. Changing of project timeline due to availability of
supply of interns
2. Not enough attendees to training
3. Crisis manager dismissed
4. Matching hugely late
5. Failure of RnR
6. Loss of the MagicX culture among new members
7. University assessment period is in April, thus
work is being delayed
8. Members feeling devalued due to lack of new
opportunities being seized by them
6. Key learning from Q3
1. Selection of few but dynamic team leaders is more
efficient to manage along with get work done
2. Over preparation is needed (i.e project issues must
already been given and TLs apply for them)
3. Trust in team leaders to get work done
4. A team of old and new members more efficient
5. Members like to be spoonfed sometimes
6. Fun makes work more interesting and easier to
make members work for them
7. Q4 focus
1. Planning and implementation of Induction and Opening
ceremony of all June projects
2. Matching completion
3. Re-integration of MagicX culture in the department
4. Project realisation
5. New education cycle
6. New VPs transition
8. Q4 Plan of draft
May
Matching completion
NGOs confirmed
Planning of Induction and
Opening ceremony
Introduction of new education
cycle
Conference planning June
Project realisation
Delivery of Induction and
Opening ceremony
MagicX culture
Conference
New VPs transition
Delivery of education cycle
