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NeuroFlow Publishes New Study on Efficacy of Natural Language Processing

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Thursday, February 29, 2024

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- NeuroFlow, a behavioral health technology and analytics company helping to manage and measure population risk, has published a new paper titled, "Using Natural Language Processing to Detect Suicidal Ideation and Prompt Urgent Interventions" in the journal of Innovations in Digital Health, Diagnostics, and Biomarkers. The findings shed light on the new and emerging capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) for improving the detection of suicide risk among populations.

Key Points: 
  • NeuroFlow's technology can understand the context of language, making it a critical tool for identifying high-risk words or phrases.
  • "Our commitment to leveraging technology for mental health extends far beyond this study," NeuroFlow Chief Product Officer Julia Kastner said.
  • NeuroFlow has worked with leading researchers across the field of healthcare to validate its approach to supporting mental health care.
  • For the complete study, and access to other published work from NeuroFlow, please visit here .

BlackLine Named to G2's Annual Best Accounting & Finance Software List for the 5th Year in a Row

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BlackLine, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: BL) Financial Close Management solution was recently honored by G2, a leading online software marketplace and peer review platform, as one of the 'Best Accounting & Finance Products for 2024'. This marks the fifth consecutive year G2 has recognized BlackLine's leadership position as a premier platform for the Office of the CFO.

Key Points: 
  • The G2 Best Software Awards rank the world's best software companies and products based on authentic, timely reviews from real users.
  • To be recognized as a Best Software Award winner, a company or product must have received at least 50 approved and published reviews during the 2023 calendar year.
  • The only provider of end-to-end financial close automation software on this year's list, BlackLine ranked in the top 50 out of nearly 3,500 accounting and finance products.
  • Using BlackLine in our day-to-day accounting workflow has completely transformed our month-end close process.

The EBA publishes follow-up on the Peer Review on the Joint ESAs Guidelines on the prudential assessment of the acquisition of qualifying holdings

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

The EBA publishes follow-up on the Peer Review on the Joint ESAs Guidelines on the prudential assessment of the acquisition of qualifying holdings

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  • The EBA publishes follow-up on the Peer Review on the Joint ESAs Guidelines on the prudential assessment of the acquisition of qualifying holdings
    The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published a follow-up to the EBA 2021 peer review report on the application of the Joint ESAs Guidelines on the prudential assessment of the acquisition of qualifying holdings.
  • The follow-up report focuses on the 17 competent authorities assessed as having at least one supervisory benchmark which was not ‘fully applied’ in the 2021 Report.
  • All 17 CAs were found to have responded to the assessment of the initial peer review seriously and most have adopted measures to remedy the deficiencies identified.
  • The peer review has been performed by an ad hoc Peer Review Committee made up of EBA and competent authorities’ staff in accordance with the EBA peer review work plan for 2023-2024 and following the process in Article 30 of the EBA Regulation and EBA peer review methodology.

Seven Baron & Budd Shareholders Recognized Among the Lawdragon Green 500: 2024 Leaders in Environmental Law

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

The nationally recognized law firm Baron & Budd is pleased to announce that seven of the firm’s shareholders have been selected to The Lawdragon Green 500: 2024 Leaders in Environmental Law.

Key Points: 
  • The nationally recognized law firm Baron & Budd is pleased to announce that seven of the firm’s shareholders have been selected to The Lawdragon Green 500: 2024 Leaders in Environmental Law.
  • The attorneys in Baron & Budd’s Environmental Practice understand that the essentials of life – clean water, air, and soil – are fundamental to our existence.
  • The environmental attorneys take on major corporations and hold them accountable for water contamination and wildfire destruction.
  • Lawdragon is a legal media company that provides online news, editorials, and publishes guides to the nation’s leading lawyers.

January StandOut® Challenge Interview Levels College Admissions by Probing Directly for the Independent Variables of Academic and Career Success

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Peer review and evaluation requires each candidate to listen to, learn from and make judgments about what others are saying.

Key Points: 
  • Peer review and evaluation requires each candidate to listen to, learn from and make judgments about what others are saying.
  • These three top-scorers in January’s StandOut® Challenge Interview competition won the following scholarships:
    The February 2024 StandOut Challenge Interview competition is now underway.
  • CollegeNET is awarding a total of $200,000 in scholarships to students who plan to attend schools participating in the StandOut Admissions Network.
  • Schools wishing to join other institutions in the StandOut Admissions Network are welcome to contact CollegeNET .

Leading Neuroscientists Bring Elemind Out of Stealth, Close $12 Million Seed Round for AI-enhanced Neurotech Wearable

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Elemind , the new AI-enhanced neurotech health company, emerged from stealth today, closing a $12M Seed round to further develop its first product ahead of its reveal in the coming months.

Key Points: 
  • Elemind , the new AI-enhanced neurotech health company, emerged from stealth today, closing a $12M Seed round to further develop its first product ahead of its reveal in the coming months.
  • The company’s wearable neurotechnology reads individual brainwaves and guides them in real-time by responding with tailored stimulation.
  • The company partnered with multiple leading research institutions to validate the technology and build applications for it.
  • Clinical trials also demonstrate Elemind is effective at increasing pain thresholds and enhancing sedation ; this study is currently in peer review.

Peer review isn’t perfect − I know because I teach others how to do it and I’ve seen firsthand how it comes up short

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

When I teach research methods, a major focus is peer review.

Key Points: 
  • When I teach research methods, a major focus is peer review.
  • Not only have academics questioned peer review reliability for decades, but the retraction of more than 10,000 research papers in 2023 set a new record.
  • My adviser published some of the most widely cited studies in educational research.
  • Some of the most recognized journals in learning science solicited his review of new studies.
  • He answered without getting up from his chair, a printed manuscript splayed open on his lap, and waved me in.

Effects of bias

  • A survey can be designed with a problematic amount of bias, even if unintentional.
  • A correlation – a student who bullies other students and plays violent video games – may not be causation.
  • We do not know if the student became a bully because of playing violent video games.
  • Only experts within a field would be able to notice such differences, and even then, experts do not always agree on what they notice.
  • Many of the issues with peer review can be addressed by professionalizing the field, either through official recognition or compensation.

Value despite challenges

  • Despite these challenges, I still tell my students that peer review offers the best method for evaluating studies and advancing knowledge.
  • Consider the statistical phenomenon suggesting that groups of people are more likely to arrive at “right answers” than individuals.
  • Fortunately, and ironically, this is how science discredited Galton’s take on eugenics, which has overshadowed his contributions to science.


JT Torres does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Four Baron & Budd Shareholders Recognized Among 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

The nationally recognized law firm Baron & Budd is pleased to announce that four of the firm’s shareholders have been selected to the 2024 edition of the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America.

Key Points: 
  • The nationally recognized law firm Baron & Budd is pleased to announce that four of the firm’s shareholders have been selected to the 2024 edition of the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America.
  • Lawdragon is a legal media company that provides online news, editorials, and publishes guides to the nation’s leading lawyers.
  • Since it was founded in 2005, Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Lawyers in America has been established as one of the most prestigious guides in the legal profession.
  • Serving as a Baron & Budd shareholder since 1985 and president and managing shareholder since 2002, Budd presides over one of the nation’s largest plaintiffs’ firms.

Global Journal Observatory: China's Growing Contribution to Journal of Applied Physics

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Monday, January 8, 2024

BEIJING, Jan. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Andre Anders, the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Applied Physics, shared his insights as follow: 

Key Points: 
  • BEIJING, Jan. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Andre Anders, the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Applied Physics, shared his insights as follow:
    The Journal of Applied Physics was started in 1931, from the realization that physics has profound implications for everyone's real life.
  • At this juncture, the Journal of Applied Physics was established and has been the journal of choice for over 90 years.
  • The Journal of Applied Physics is not an engineering journal.
  • For decades, the Journal of Applied Physics has represented the standard of peer-reviewed knowledge in applied physics, and it continues to do so despite many other journals appearing in recent years.

Cartesian Therapeutics Announces Positive Long-Term Follow-Up Data from Phase 2a Study of Lead mRNA Cell Therapy Candidate Descartes-08 in Patients with Myasthenia Gravis

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Monday, January 8, 2024

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Jan. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNAC), (“the Company”) a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering mRNA cell therapies for autoimmune diseases, today announced positive twelve-month follow-up data from its Phase 2a trial of Descartes-08 in patients with generalized myasthenia gravis (MG), a chronic autoimmune disorder that causes disabling muscle weakness and fatigue. The manuscript titled, “Twelve-Month Follow-Up of Patients With Generalized Myasthenia Gravis Receiving BCMA-Directed mRNA Cell Therapy,” has been submitted for peer-review and can be accessed on the online preprint server, medRxiv.

Key Points: 
  • The manuscript titled, “Twelve-Month Follow-Up of Patients With Generalized Myasthenia Gravis Receiving BCMA-Directed mRNA Cell Therapy,” has been submitted for peer-review and can be accessed on the online preprint server, medRxiv.
  • Descartes-08, Cartesian’s lead mRNA cell therapy candidate and a potential first-in-class mRNA-engineered chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy (mRNA CAR-T), is an autologous anti-B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) mRNA CAR-T.
  • “Notably, most patients maintained robust, clinically meaningful improvements across all four standard MG severity scores approximately 10 months after the last infusion.
  • Enrollment is ongoing in a Phase 2b randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (NCT04146051) in patients with MG. Topline results are expected in mid-2024.