Rivers of Asia

Spectral Medical Inc. Provides Tigris Clinical Trial Update

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Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Rivers of Asia, Health sciences, Rivers, Geography of Iraqi Kurdistan, Levant, Mesopotamia, Tur Abdin, Upper Mesopotamia, Clinical trial, Screening, Euphrates, Tigris

Our sites have aggressively increased activities around the Tigris trial, including heightened patient screening, enrollment, and randomization.

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  • Our sites have aggressively increased activities around the Tigris trial, including heightened patient screening, enrollment, and randomization.
  • We are also onboarding additional clinical trial sites, including the University of Michigan, which is now actively screening patients.
  • Chris Seto, CEO of Spectral, further noted, With a total of nineteen patients now randomized within the Tigris trial, we are pleased with the acceleration of trial activities and remain optimistic about the trial outcome.
  • We remain highly encouraged by the outlook for the Tigris trial based on the outcome of the earlier EUPHRATES trial.

Amur Equipment Finance Wins Business of the Year Award

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Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Rivers of Asia, Amur, China–Russia border, Rivers, Northeast Asia

GRAND ISLAND, Neb., June 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amur Equipment Finance, Inc. (Amur) is proud to be named Business of the Year by the Grand Island Area Chamber of Commerce.

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  • GRAND ISLAND, Neb., June 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amur Equipment Finance, Inc. (Amur) is proud to be named Business of the Year by the Grand Island Area Chamber of Commerce.
  • This distinguished award, bestowed on an annual basis, was presented to Amur during the Grand Island Area Chamber of Commerce Annual meeting on June 10th, 2021.
  • We are honored to be recognized by the Grand Island Area Chamber of Commerce as this years Business of the Year recipient, remarked Todd Wainwright, Amur Senior Vice President.
  • Amur Equipment Finance is a Top Five nationally ranked independent commercial equipment finance provider and a certified Great Place to Work, dedicated to ensuring that its customers and employees around the nation are equipped to grow and succeed.

Amur Equipment Finance Realizes Strong Results from Growth Strategy

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Monday, March 8, 2021
Rivers of Asia, Amur, China–Russia border, Rivers, Northeast Asia

GRAND ISLAND, Neb., March 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amur Equipment Finance, Inc. (Amur) is excited to announce record growth in Q4 2020.

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  • GRAND ISLAND, Neb., March 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amur Equipment Finance, Inc. (Amur) is excited to announce record growth in Q4 2020.
  • This performance demonstrates clearly that Amurs planned growth strategy has resonated with small businesses nationwide.
  • To enable this growth, Amur has increased its employee headcount by 50 percent since last March, despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Amur Equipment Finance is a Top Five nationally ranked independent commercial equipment finance provider and a certified Great Place to Work, dedicated to ensuring that its customers and employees around the nation are equipped to grow and succeed.

Ob Hospitalist Group Welcomes Former CEO of UnitedHealthcare as Newest Board Member

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Thursday, January 14, 2021
Health, Consumer, Hospitals, Women, Managed care, General Health, Gynaecology, Obstetric hospitalist, Obstetrics, Hospitals, UnitedHealth Group, OB, Hospital medicine, OB, Health, Rivers of Asia

Ob Hospitalist Group (OBHG), the nations largest and only dedicated provider of customized OB/GYN hospitalist programs, announced the addition of industry expert Yasmine Winkler to its board of directors.

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  • Ob Hospitalist Group (OBHG), the nations largest and only dedicated provider of customized OB/GYN hospitalist programs, announced the addition of industry expert Yasmine Winkler to its board of directors.
  • Winkler is one of eight board members, joining OBHGs Chief Executive Officer (CEO), OBHGs former CEO and founder, private equity investors, and strategic advisors with deep experience in the hospitalist and womens health space.
  • UnitedHealthcare Community & State serves over 6.7 million Medicaid members in 30 states, plus Washington D.C.
  • The mission of OBHG strongly resonates with me, as I have seen challenges women face when they lack access to high quality OB care.

Amur Equipment Finance is a Great Place to Work-Certified™ Company in 2020 for the Third Year in a Row

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Thursday, December 17, 2020
Rivers of Asia, Amur, China–Russia border, Rivers, Professional certification, Geography of Asia

GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amur Equipment Finance (Amur) is proud to announce that it is Great Place to Work-Certified for 2020, with 95% of Amurs employees confirming that Amur is a great place to work.

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  • GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amur Equipment Finance (Amur) is proud to announce that it is Great Place to Work-Certified for 2020, with 95% of Amurs employees confirming that Amur is a great place to work.
  • This is the third year in a row that Amur has achieved the Great Place to Work-Certified designation.
  • We have diligently worked to build a culture of caring at Amur, and our third consecutive Great Place to Work certification demonstrates that our efforts are working, said Amur Chairman and CEO, Mostafiz ShahMohammed.
  • We congratulate Amur Equipment Finance on their Certification, said Sarah Lewis-Kulin, Vice President of Best Workplace List Research at Great Place to Work.

OmaviDates Brings the Nutritious Value of an Ancient Fruit to Modern Consumers

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Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Western Asia, Rivers of Asia, Geography of Asia, Levant, Geography of Iraqi Kurdistan, Mesopotamia, Tur Abdin, Upper Mesopotamia, Medjool, Dried fruit, Tigris, Preservative

Medjool Rutab Dates are packed with nutrients, and just byadding two or three a day in a daily routine can help reap the benefits.

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  • Medjool Rutab Dates are packed with nutrients, and just byadding two or three a day in a daily routine can help reap the benefits.
  • Considered the oldest fruit on record, there is archaeological evidence of dates being grown between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers before 3000 B.C.
  • One company that is continuing to produce the very finest quality dried fruit is OmaviDates.
  • With health and wellness in mind, OmaviDates producetheir dried fruit organically, using no preservatives or GMOs.

Amur Equipment Finance Continues to Execute its Strategic Growth Plans

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Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Rivers of Asia, Northeast Asia, Rivers, Amur, China–Russia border, Tom, Amur Oblast

GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Sept. 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amur Equipment Finance, Inc. (Amur) has continued its investment in its strategic growth, notwithstanding the nationwide economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, as the company prepares to celebrate 25 years in business in 2021.

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  • GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Sept. 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amur Equipment Finance, Inc. (Amur) has continued its investment in its strategic growth, notwithstanding the nationwide economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, as the company prepares to celebrate 25 years in business in 2021.
  • Amur recently welcomed industry veteran Jason Wise and his team of talented equipment finance professionals to its nationwide, vendor-focused salesforce.
  • Over the last four years, Amur has increased its originations by over 200%, while increasing its employee headcount by over 150%.
  • Amur Equipment Finance is a Top Five nationally ranked independent commercial equipment finance provider and a certified Great Place to Work, dedicated to ensuring that its customers and employees around the nation are equipped to grow and succeed.

Viking To Launch New Ship For The Mekong River

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Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Rivers of Asia, Rivers, Geography of Asia, Ecoregions, Mekong, Tonlé Sap, Torstein Hagen, Vikings

LOS ANGELES, July 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Viking ( www.viking.com )today announced it will launch a new ship next summer for its popular Magnificent Mekong cruisetour.

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  • LOS ANGELES, July 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Viking ( www.viking.com )today announced it will launch a new ship next summer for its popular Magnificent Mekong cruisetour.
  • "For many of our guests, Vietnam and Cambodia remain top destinations because of their significance in world history," said Torstein Hagen, Chairman of Viking.
  • This will be the most modern vessel on the Mekong and will feel like 'home' to our loyal Viking guests who are familiar with the comfortable design of our ships."
  • Purpose-built for the Mekong River, the new Viking Saigon will host 80 guests in 40 outside staterooms.

Spectral Medical Launches the Tigris Trial

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Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Health, Design of experiments, Clinical research, Rivers of Asia, Drug discovery, Medical statistics, Pharmaceutical industry, Clinical trial, Tigris

Spectral continues to be at the forefront of innovative clinical trials as the Tigris study analysis plan includes the use of Bayesian statistics which will leverage data already obtained in the EUPHRATES trial, said Dr. Paul Walker, President and CEO of Spectral Medical.

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  • Spectral continues to be at the forefront of innovative clinical trials as the Tigris study analysis plan includes the use of Bayesian statistics which will leverage data already obtained in the EUPHRATES trial, said Dr. Paul Walker, President and CEO of Spectral Medical.
  • Tigris is a follow on study that builds on knowledge gained from the EUPHRATES trial, a large prospective blinded trial performed in North America.
  • Tigris will be run in ten sites, all in the U.S., who participated in the EUPHRATES trial.
  • Tigris will be a prospective, open labelled trial of 150 patients with a 2:1 randomization favoring the treatment arm.

Hanwha Launches Campaign to Help Clean Vietnam's Mekong River

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Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Geography of Asia, Southeast Asia, Rivers of Asia, Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Member states of the United Nations, Isan, Mekong, VIETNAM, Cambodia

Central to the campaign's launch was the unveiling ceremony for solar-powered boats, donated by Hanwha, that will be used to clean the river.

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  • Central to the campaign's launch was the unveiling ceremony for solar-powered boats, donated by Hanwha, that will be used to clean the river.
  • The Mekong is a trans-boundary river that runs through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and finally Vietnam before discharging into sea.
  • As Vietnam is the last country the river runs through, the Clean Up Mekong campaign aims to remove waste before it enters the ocean, at the riverside city of Vinh Long.
  • The Clean Up Mekong campaign builds on this commitment the chairman spoke of and bring about real progress towards cleaning up Vietnam's environment.