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The company’s new delegate profiles enable EAs to manage ground transportation for executives on their behalf, Uber for Business said in a Wednesday (April 24) press release. With the delegate profile, the Uber experience remains familiar. The company said in December that it integrated with expense management providers Brex and Ramp.
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2 years ago Read more at PYMNTS.com

In Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Cambodia and Papua New Guinea, efforts are underway to digitize government services. Digital identity is named among the six critical enablers identified in “Digital Sri Lanka 2030” which charts a path for a “digitally empowered” Sri Lanka to grow its economy. The second is aimed at “strategically positioning the country as a digital innovation and entrepreneurship hub in the Asia-Pacific” region.
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2 years ago Read more at Biometric Update

Cisco’s Adaptive Security Appliances firewalls are the latest in a rash of network compromises that target firewalls, VPNs, and network-perimeter devices. These devices are ideal targets because they sit at the edge of a network, provide a direct pipeline to its most sensitive resources, and interact with virtually all incoming communications. Since November, a previously unknown actor tracked as UAT4356 by Cisco and STORM-1849 by Microsoft has been exploiting two zero-days in attacks that go
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2 years ago Read more at Ars Technica

Ireoluwatomiwa “Ire” Opayemi was honored by the American College of Physicians at their national Internal Medicine Meeting, held April 18-20 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. His research was on his “Assessment of Medical Students’ Mental Health, Perspectives, Attitudes, and Extracurricular Adaptations due to the USMLE Step 1 Exam Pass/Fail Scoring Change amid the COVID-19 Pandemic”.
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2 years ago Read more at University of Connecticut

Adil Rashid remains confident in England's ability to bounce back from their disappointing performance in last year's ODI World Cup.England faced challenges in their attempt to defend their title in 2023, finishing in seventh place with just three wins from nine matches.Rashid feels England can walk into the tournament with the mindset of champions.
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2 years ago Read more at The Times of India

UNESCO, LASG, AHI begin dissemination of study outcomes By Chioma Obinna The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, (UNESCO) in collaboration with the Lagos State Government, Federal Government and Action Health Incorporation, (AHI) on Tuesday unveiled the outcome of the study on the short and intermediate Term Outcomes of the Family Life and HIV Educational, (FLHE) the study has shown positive impacts on students in Lagos in line with its objectives.
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2 years ago Read more at Vanguard

The progress, inequities and additional training models needed in maternal healthcare Today's Guests on "Closer Look'. While maternal health concerns the health of women before and during pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal period, other aspects are often overlooked.
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UNICEF says vaccines are among the greatest advances in global health and development and have safely reduced the scourge of diseases like polio and measles. It calls for increased funding and prioritisation of immunisation by all stakeholders to scale up vaccination and save more lives. Major childhood killer diseases that are vaccine-preventable include influenza, malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea, tuberculosis, diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough),
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The University of Dayton’s Flyer Pitch awarded top prizes from among 100 applicants to a new rapid test to detect disease among farm animals and crops. Kalix, a technology created at UD, won $25,000 cash and $25,000 of support from the Entrepreneurs' Center. The delay costs valuable time and money as diseases in animals and birds can spread quickly.
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The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected three faculty as 2024 fellows: Glennys R. Farrar, a professor in the Department of Physics. André A. Fenton, professor and chair of the Center for Neural Science, and Rachel L. Swarns. She is a contributing writer for the New York Times whose research focuses on slavery and its legacies.
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2 years ago Read more at NYU