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Global Cold Plasma Market is valued approximately at USD 1.30 billion in 2018 and is anticipated to grow with a healthy compounded growth rate of more than 15.6% over the forecast period 2019-2026. Cold plasma, which is also known as non-equilibrium plasma or non-thermal plasma, is a classification of plasma and is considered as the fourth state of matter. It has several applications in bioengineering, medical and therapeutics. It is mainly used for sterilization of biomedical surfaces, medication of living biological tissues, and surface variation of biomedical devices and materials, due to its antimicrobial & bactericidal properties. Rising cases of Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAIs), due to the lack of sanitation and precaution; increasing application of cold plasma in various industries and growing benefits of cold plasma technology are the few factors responsible for high CAGR of the market over the forecast period. For instance, according to theto the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 1 in 25 hospital patients has at least one HAI every year. Similarly, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, in 2015, 11,788 (around 8.0%) patients admitted in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for over two days suffered from at least one ICU-developed HAI. Moreover, growing application of cold plasma in the medical industry along with growing demand from developing nations is the major factor which is likely to create lucrative growth opportunity to the market in the upcoming years. However, huge capital incurred for implementing cold plasma technology is one of the major factorfactors anticipated to limiting the growth of global Cold Plasma market during the forecast period.

The regional analysis of global Cold Plasma Market is considered for the key regions such as Asia Pacific, North America, Europe, Latin America and Rest of the World. North America is the leading/significant region across the world in terms of market share owing to the early adoption of technologically advanced products, rise in demand for advanced procedures for various treatments, increasing HAI cases, and rising awareness about applications of cold plasma in medicine across the region. However, Asia-Pacific is anticipated to exhibit highest growth rate / CAGR over the forecast period 2019-2026 due to the increasing demand for decontaminated frozen food, growing manufacturing facilities of textiles, and the rising production of polymers in the region.

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Juvenescence is pleased to continue its commitment to AgeX through this additional drawdown under the loan facility, commented Gregory Bailey, MD, Chairman of AgeX and CEO of Juvenescence. Juvenescence remains committed to funding the future development plans of AgeX through further advancements under the loan facility or otherwise. Since Juvenescences initial investment in AgeX in June 2018, AgeX has been an important element in the Juvenescence mission and strategy. Juvenescence is also investing its time and personnel to support AgeXs business development initiatives which have impressive potential. We look forward to AgeX announcing its plans for 2020 as it pursues tissue regeneration in Reverse Bioengineering, while advancing the development of BAT and VASC 1, the coupling of HLA-G with PureStem-derived cells for transplant therapies, and exploring partnerships with third parties.

This round of funding will allow us to continue to execute on our strategic plan to provide therapies for certain chronic and degenerative diseases through cellular regeneration and replacement, commented AgeXs founder and CEO Michael D. West, PhD.

As announced in the companys news release on August 14, 2019, AgeX has obtained a $2 million credit facility from Juvenescence to finance AgeXs operations and advance its product development programs.

About AgeX Therapeutics

AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. (NYSE American: AGE) is focused on developing and commercializing innovative therapeutics for human aging. Its PureStem and UniverCyte manufacturing and immunotolerance technologies are designed to work together to generate highly-defined, universal, allogeneic, off-the-shelf pluripotent stem cell-derived young cells of any type for application in a variety of diseases with a high unmet medical need. AgeX has two preclinical cell therapy programs: AGEX-VASC1 (vascular progenitor cells) for tissue ischemia and AGEX-BAT1 (brown fat cells) for Type II diabetes. AgeXs revolutionary longevity platform induced Tissue Regeneration (iTR) aims to unlock cellular immortality and regenerative capacity to reverse age-related changes within tissues. AGEX-iTR1547 is an iTR-based formulation in preclinical development. HyStem is AgeXs delivery technology to stably engraft PureStem cell therapies in the body. AgeX is developing its core product pipeline for use in the clinic to extend human healthspan and is seeking opportunities to establish licensing and collaboration agreements around its broad IP estate and proprietary technology platforms.

For more information, please visit http://www.agexinc.com or connect with the company on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube.

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PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 24, 2019 NTT Research, Inc., a division ofNTT, today announced its plan to move to a facility in Sunnyvale in mid-2020 to better accommodate a growing number of researchers, including medical scientists it expects to hire for its Medical and Health Informatics (MEI) Lab. These priorities follow six months of progress in all three labs at NTT Research since its official launch in July 2019.

To recap, NTT Research has signed anIndustrial Partnershipbetween its Cryptography and Information Security (CIS) Lab and the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing at UC Berkeley; set upjoint research agreementsbetween its Physics and Informatics (PHI) Lab and six universities (CalTech, Cornell, Michigan, MIT, Stanford and Swinburne), one US Federal Agency (NASAs Ames Research Center) and one private quantum computing software company (1QBit); and reached anotherjoint research agreementbetween the MEI Lab and the Technical University of Munich (TUM). The need for a larger facility, in part, reflects this activity.

We are aiming for a research-friendly space to hire more excellent scientists, said Kei Karasawa, NTT Researchs Vice President of Strategy. We need both private offices as well as collaboration space to accelerate research with partners, whether professors, NTT colleagues or other stakeholders in our three research domains.

NTT Research has already hired more than 20 scientists, about half of whom are university professors and senior researchers. With the PHI and CIS Labs both on pace in terms of staffing, NTT Research plans to focus on talent acquisition for the MEI Lab in the new year. The ultimate target for the entire organization is about 50 scientists.

Based on the joint agreement between the MEI Lab and TUM, NTT Research will send two of its researchers to Munich in Q1 2020. The initial phase of that long-term research project involves screening and optimizing materials that can eventually be used for three-dimensionally transformable and implantable electrodes. The project leader in Germany is Dr. Bernhard Wolfrum,Professor of Neuroelectronicsat TUM in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Munich School of BioEngineering (MSB).

The MEI Lab is directed by Hitonobu Tomoike (M.D., Ph.D), former Director of the Sakakibara Heart Institute, Director Emeritus at the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center in Japan, and former Professor of Cardiology at Yamagata University. Dr. Tomoike is known for his work in precision medicine involving bio-sensors and analytics.

One goal of the MEI Lab is to explore the potential of bio digital twin. Already applicable in the field of business transformation it is one of NTT Ltd.sIntelligent Business: 2020 technology trends bio digital twin in the medical domain is the idea of scanning an individual and creating a replica, which medically-guided supercomputing and artificial intelligence (AI) can then examine, diagnose and treat as a roadmap to caring for a human. In a smart world, our digital twin will be second-nature technology, Dr. Tomoike said.

In addition to the move to Sunnyvale and the plan to hire more scientists for the MEI Lab, NTT Research expects to announce several more joint research agreements in early 2020. Throughout the year, NTT Research scientists will continue to submit papers and attend conferences in the United States and around the world.

About NTT Research

NTT Research opened its Palo Alto offices in July 2019 as a new Silicon Valley startup to conduct basic research and advance technologies that promote positive change for humankind. Currently, three labs are housed at NTT Research: the Physics and Information Science (PHI) Lab, the Cryptography and Information Security (CIS) Lab, and the Medical and Health Informatics (MEI) Lab. The organization aims to upgrade reality in three areas: 1) quantum information, neuro-science and photonics; 2) cryptographic and information security; and 3) medical and health informatics. NTT Research is part of NTT, a global technology and business solutions provider with an annual R&D budget of $3.6 billion.

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(MENAFN - Nxtgen Reports) In this report, we provide assessment of market definition along with the identification of key players and an analysis of their ProductionRevenuePriceCost and Gross Margin their SWOT analysis for this market during the forecast period. Quantitative analysis of the industry from 2014 to 2025 by Region, Type, Application. Consumption assessment by regions. Industrial chain,upstream and downstream situation involved in this market.Geographically, global N-Hexanol market competition by top manufacturers, with production, price, revenue (value) and market share for each manufacturer; the top players includingSasolGODAVARI BIOREFINERIESNANJING CHEMICAL MATERIAL CORPORATIONYancheng Hongtai BioengineeringChangzhou XiaQing ChemicalTRIVENI INTERCHEMNanjing Danpei Chemical

On the basis of product, we research the production, revenue, price, market share and growth rate, primarily split intotype 1type 2For the end users/applications, this report focuses on the status and outlook for major applications/end users, consumption (sales), market share and growth rate of N-Hexanol for each application, includingPharmaceuticalSolventSurface active agentPlasticizerFatty alcohol productionProduction, consumption, revenue, market share and growth rate are the key targets for N-Hexanol from 2013 to 2024 (forecast) in these regionsChinaUSAEuropeJapanKoreaIndiaSoutheast AsiaSouth America

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A computerized strike zone could be on the way to Major League Baseball. The umpires union struck a deal with MLB officials over the weekend to cooperate and assist with the implementation of a digitally governed strike zone as part of a larger contract, according to a person with knowledge of the deal.

Players, coaches and fans have clamored for such a reform after a heartily scrutinized postseason of officiating that saw baseball fans and observers calling their own balls and strikes, often at odds with umpires decisions.

With game telecasts now routinely including a strike zone projected on the screen, fans can decide for themselves after each pitch whether an umpire was correct, with controversial rulings casting a shadow over a game that is already grappling with other structural issues, including pace of play and rising strikeout and home run numbers.

The five-year agreement between umpires and MLB, part of a new labor deal first reported by The Associated Press, provides umpires significant increases in compensation and retirement benefits designed to let older umpires retire sooner. In exchange, the umpires will advise commissioner Rob Manfred on the development and implementation of ABS, the leagues proprietary automated balls and strikes system developed by sports data firm TrackMan.

The independent Atlantic League, an eight-team minor league unaffiliated with MLB franchises, piloted ABS in 2019, judging the experiment a great success. MLB deployed the system in the Arizona Fall League in September and October, and it will test it again this spring and summer in the Class A advanced Florida State League.

A source with knowledge of the systems rollout said Manfred is eyeing activating the digital strike zone in the big leagues in as soon as three seasons.

The agreement with umpires, if all goes according to plan, will help push baseballs officiating into the 21st century. Where every other aspect of baseball has been quantified down to a science there are bioengineering labs designed specifically to calibrate pitchers form and batters swings the strike zone, the games very foundation, has always been subject to human biases.

Umpiring a professional baseball game is staggeringly difficult, and major and minor league umpires are the best in the world at their jobs. But they still get a great number of ball and strike calls wrong. A 2019 study from Boston University that examined 11 years worth of MLB ball/strike calls found umpires get approximately one in every five calls wrong. (That sounds like a lot, and it is, but remember that umpires do not make a call on every pitch. There are foul balls, balls put in play, check swings, and so on, leaving far fewer ball/strike calls than total pitches.)

Umpires have especially blind spots in some areas of the strike zone, the study found. They miss calls at the bottom left and bottom right portions of the strike zone, the most important parts of the zone, 14.3% and 18.3% of the time, respectively.

Simply put, ABS and get used to saying that will not miss those calls. But it will reconfigure the modern conception of the strike zone. For one, its zone is larger than the one imagined by most players and fans. The K zone projected on television is one-dimensional. It looks like a narrow window through which a pitcher must fit the ball. But the real strike zone is three-dimensional. All a pitch must do is skim a piece of that zone to be called a strike. ABS does not have blind spots.

That means the high fastball or looping curveball most umpires considered out of the zone may indeed be strikes, according to ABS. Advantage, pitcher.

However, the fastball that tries to paint the inside corner of the plate, or the slider that tries to sweep outside and misses by half an inch will not be strikes in an ABS zone no matter how well a catcher presents the offering. Advantage, hitter.

Beyond the technological improvements, paying umpires more and allowing them to retire earlier should improve the standard of the officiating workforce.

The BU study found the best umpires on balls and strikes are younger and average fewer years of big league experience. Of the top 10 umpires between 2008 and 2018, all of them were younger than 40. The best umpires had been in the major leagues for only five years. The worst umpires were all 50 or older and had spent an average of 20.6 years in the majors.

MLBs umpiring corps must get younger. The average age of a major league umpire is 46, about the age when performance behind the plate starts peaking. The umpiring corps is entirely male and almost entirely white, too. Increased compensation could be a strong motivator for more diverse candidates to pursue the profession, though MLB and the umpires union also need to increase their diversity outreach. Professional baseball is one of the most racially and ethnically diverse sports in the world. Its officials do not reflect that diversity.

Opponents of the digital strike zone need not worry too much: This is not the end of umpiring as we know it. ABS still requires a home-plate umpire to administer the game. The software is not nearly advanced enough to make complex safe or out calls on the bases. MLB will not be cutting any umpiring jobs.

When the ABS system is implemented, home-plate umpires wear an earpiece connected to an iPhone in their pocket. That connects via WiFi to TrackMan radar systems installed in the ballpark. The software announces Ball or Strike to the umpire, who announces the call to the players and crowd. It feels and looks like a normal baseball game.

But this would be arguably technologys largest integration into the officiating of major American sports, which have lagged behind the rest of the world in that category. European soccer employs goal-line technology to determine indisputably whether a shot has scored. Tennis has the Hawk-Eye instant-replay system, which tracks whether balls are in or out. Cricket uses Hawk-Eye for a complex and controversial call, leg before wicket, which is considerably more advanced than a digital strike zone.

ABSs successful rollout could lead American sports fans and executives to consider the merit of even more officiating technology. Perhaps technology could help determine if a batted ball was fair or foul, a home run or in play? In basketball, whether a ball was out of bounds? In football, whether a runner achieved a first down or a touchdown?

For Major League Baseball, ABS is a far less intrusive technology than opponents of robo umps once feared. But it would reshape the game and its officiating.

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St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University LETI has taken one of the leading places among Russian universities in terms of the number of international students enrolled in summer and winter school programs.

The results of a study on the promotion of seasonal schools conducted by experts of the Peoples Friendship University of Russia (Moscow) were published. According to the study, Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University, ETU LETI, RUDN University, and the Higher School of Economics hold the leading positions in the number of international students enrolling in summer and winter school programs and website content with detailed information on the areas of study among Russian universities.

Also, experts highlighted the number of multilingual versions of school pages on the university websites: ETU LETI has eight languages, the same at Kazan Federal University, and RUDN University and SPbPU have three languages each. The pages of universities provide information on contact persons, the cost of courses, widespread cultural and leisure program. At the same time, experts noted a clear, convenient, and user-friendly interface.

Today, St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University LETI has ten areas of seasonal school programs in English and five in Russian.

In 2019, the university hosted the first winter English-taught professional schools; 75 students from Algeria, Argentina, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Ghana, Germany, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Spain, Kazakhstan, Cote dIvoire, Latvia, Libya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Russia, Syria, USA, Tanzania, Tunisia, and Ecuador took part in it.

Schools worked from January 21 to February 3 in five areas, namely Bioengineering Systems and Technologies, Mechatronics and Robotics, Intercultural Communication in Business, and Gems of Russian Culture in the Russian Language. Participants in winter schools were able to combine the acquisition of professional skills with a cultural program. Students got acquainted with world-famous sites of the Capital of the North, the Hermitage Museum, Peter and Paul Fortress, and the laboratory museum ofAlexander Popov, inventor of the radio, first elected director of Electrotechnical Institute, Tsarskoye Selo, which used to be an imperial countryside residence, and the New Holland Island skating rink.

Our seasonal school programs are based on unique content. We are not just opening schools that all universities in Russia and the world have. We open schools in exclusive areas that are in demand in the global scientific and educational environment. One of such demanded schools is Heritage Science, which involves specialists from the Russian Museum and the Hermitage and Italian colleagues. This winter we plan to launch a new seasonal school, Automotive Energy.

Also, experts highlighted the number of multilingual versions of school pages on the university websites: ETU LETI has eight languages, the same at Kazan Federal University, and RUDN University and SPbPU have three languages each. The pages of universities provide information on contact persons, the cost of courses, widespread cultural and leisure program. At the same time, experts noted a clear, convenient, and user-friendly interface.

Today, St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University LETI has ten areas of seasonal school programs in English and five in Russian.

In 2019, the university hosted the first winter English-taught professional schools; 75 students from Algeria, Argentina, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Ghana, Germany, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Spain, Kazakhstan, Cote dIvoire, Latvia, Libya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Russia, Syria, USA, Tanzania, Tunisia, and Ecuador took part in it.

Schools worked from January 21 to February 3 in five areas, namely Bioengineering Systems and Technologies, Mechatronics and Robotics, Intercultural Communication in Business, and Gems of Russian Culture in the Russian Language. Participants in winter schools were able to combine the acquisition of professional skills with a cultural program. Students got acquainted with world-famous sites of the Capital of the North, the Hermitage Museum, Peter and Paul Fortress, and the laboratory museum ofAlexander Popov, inventor of the radio, first elected director of Electrotechnical Institute, Tsarskoye Selo, which used to be an imperial countryside residence, and the New Holland Island skating rink.

Our seasonal school programs are based on unique content. We are not just opening schools that all universities in Russia and the world have. We open schools in exclusive areas that are in demand in the global scientific and educational environment. One of such demanded schools is Heritage Science, which involves specialists from the Russian Museum and the Hermitage and Italian colleagues. This winter we plan to launch a new seasonal school, Automotive Energy.

40 organizations participated in the analysis of the websites of Russian universities in terms of mechanisms for promoting summer and winter schools (including 21 universities of the project 5-100), and 4 educational centers that conduct summer schools for children based on summer health camps with many years of successful experience of work with children from foreign countries.

The group of universities includes institutions that have competitive and demanded summer and winter schools programs in the education market, high rates in international ratings, experience in recruiting international students, modern equipment, and can diversify educational services given the market demands.

In 2018, 8502 students took part in summer schools in 417 universities of Russia. St. Petersburg took first place in Russia in the number of students who attended summer schools with 2091 people.

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