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Surge in FAST channels changing television landscape worldwide
Subscribe to NewscastStudio for the latest news, project case studies and product announcements in broadcast technology, creative design and engineering delivered to your inbox. The meteoric rise of free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels marks a shift in how viewers access and consume content. According to Amagi’s ninth Quarterly Global FAST Report, 2023 has been…
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Vital Signs: Health Worker–Perceived Working …
Discussion This study provides evidence that during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. health workers experienced larger declines in a range of mental health outcomes than did essential and other workers, with the exception of general happiness, which was lower in essential workers. These data support the imperative for action to create a system in which health…
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Helping People With Serious Mental Illness Quit Smoking
October 24, 2023 • Research Highlight People with serious mental illness (SMI), such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression, often face significant physical health challenges. For example, people with SMI die from cardiovascular disease at twice the rate of those without SMI, and levels of tobacco smoking in this population are high. Although smoking…
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Area food bank seeking donations for Thanksgiving amid low supplies
Photo supplied This undated photo shows the Joyce Hansen Hall Food Bank. <!– SHOW ARTICLE –> OGDEN — A local food bank is asking for help as the holiday season quickly approaches. Officials with Catholic Community Services of Utah’s Joyce Hansen Hall Food Bank are asking for donations to help give families in need a…
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Indian star tortoises are in jeopardy as good luck charms
One sweltering afternoon in May, Aishwarya Sridhar stood sweating by the side of an isolated road in Bangkok, waiting for a tortoise smuggler to arrive. A man dressed in a gray t-shirt, black shorts, and a face mask soon approached and introduced himself as “Mr. X.” He didn’t want to use his real name, he said.…
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Highlights From the 2023 New York City Wine & Food Festival
The Commission for the Promotion of Peru for Exports and Tourism (PROMPERÚ) was on hand serving cuisine from NYC-based Peruvian chefs.Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for NYCWFFNEW YORK—Almost 50,000 foodies gathered to celebrate the 16th annual Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival presented by Capital One from Oct. 12-15. The festival featured more…
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Reading in the Conglomerate Era: Or, Do Small Presses Even Exist?
WHEN THE NOVELIST Cormac McCarthy died in June 2023, Dan Sinykin published a short essay in TheNew York Times that teased the argument of his forthcoming monograph Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature. McCarthy’s celebrated career “was made possible,” Sinykin wrote, “by a tectonic shift that was happening in the…
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Expanding diversity of bunyaviruses identified in mosquitoes
Abstract Mosquitoes interact with various organisms in the environment, and female mosquitoes in particular serve as vectors that directly transmit a number of microorganisms to humans and animals by blood-sucking. Comprehensive analysis of mosquito-borne viruses has led to the understanding of the existence of diverse viral species and to the identification of zoonotic arboviruses responsible…
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Strategic sustainability practices in intercropping-based family farming systems: study on rural communities of Iran
Abstract This paper reports a realistic analysis of a region using Grounded Theory (GT) to provide a sustainable model for family farming systems based on the intercropping system in rural communities of Iran. Furthermore, the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) was applied to assign weights to the criteria and sub-criteria of intercropping and monocropping systems.…
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Court Orders and Threats of Fines Fail to Curb Rogue Long Island Mine
What does it take to shut down a mine? Court decisions, a restraining order, legal violation notices, and a stop work order apparently aren’t enough. Sand Land, a sand mine in the Hamptons, has faced each of these this year — and ignored them all. The latest notice came earlier this month, when the Department…