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Fin24.com | As South African investors eye 2020, the Budget looms large

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s February Budget speech will be scrutinised for evidence the country is doing enough to preserve its last remaining investment grade rating from Moody’s.




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Fin24.com | Taxpayers invested about R1.6 billion in Section 12J projects

Interest in Section 12J has grown each year, with the current financial year being no different, says Jonty Sacks, a partner at Jaltech.




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Fin24.com | Experts say the Section 12J incentive is misunderstood - we asked them to explain

Many investors do not fully understand the tax incentive and structure of a Section 12J venture capital investment, according to a managing director involved in this sector.




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Fin24.com | Free online financial literacy short course

Metropolitan is sponsoring a financial literacy short course hosted on FunDza, an online literacy portal dedicated to helping South Africans better their skills.




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Fin24.com | How investment debit orders can help you build long-term wealth

Don't wait until you have a large amount of money to invest: the key to building wealth is just starting somewhere and letting your returns generate over time, says Ebrahim Moola of Bobats Wealth Solutions.




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Fin24.com | 12 tips for taxpayers to better understand section 12J investments

By the end of February, most taxpayers are looking for every opportunity to reduce their tax liabilities.




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Fin24.com | Coronavirus and retirement savings: 5 things experts want you to think about

Instability in local and international stock markets – mainly due to concerns over the impact of the coronavirus – might have you concerned about preserving your retirement savings.




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Fin24.com | Coronavirus and investment: Keep your eye on the long-term prize

The "scare" reaction in the markets due to the coronavirus pandemic, has removed "froth" and returned risk markets to much fairer valuations, says an investment expert.




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How Gun Violence Is Changing Friday Night Football

As shootings break out at high school athletic events, districts must grapple with major questions about their role in keeping venues safe.




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A 10-Year-Old's Shooting Death and the Challenge Schools Face Keeping Football Games Safe

The shooting death of a 10-year-old spectator at a high school football game exposes a critical vulnerability and crucial responsibility for schools: keeping people safe at events outside school buildings.




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'A Hero to Many Children': Teachers Reflect on Kobe Bryant's Legacy in Class

Many teachers scrapped their lesson plans on Monday and gave their students space to talk about Kobe Bryant.




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Like College Athletes, These High School Players Get an Assist on Academics

An unusual program in Cincinnati provides academic coaches to help high school players meet eligibility requirements to stay in the game.




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The Lost Senior Year: Credits, Proms, Sports All in Jeopardy

The coronavirus closures are shaping a disruptive end to a tumultuous academic career for the Class of 2020.




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Stories to Make You Smile: Shining Stadium Lights to Honor High School Seniors

Sharing moments of levity and hope from the education world amid the mass disruption of schooling and life from the coronavirus.




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Digital Fluency Project goes remote at Penn State Greater Allegheny

A signature program at Penn State Greater Allegheny, implemented to give students, faculty and staff the digital skills to communicate, solve problems and create new knowledge, is front and center in the University’s remote learning period.




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Maintaining community connections, one game at a time

Penn State Greater Allegheny student Katarina Shields wanted to help her fellow students seek creative ways to stay connected, make new friends and reduce stress during the remote learning period. The junior IST major developed “Virtual Game Night," a place to game for students attending all Penn State campuses, through the local gamer app Discord. The first event will be held April 18.




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Cybersecurity professional speaks to students via Zoom

Penn State Greater Allegheny’s current students recently joined a virtual conversation about Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations, Greater Allegheny’s newest 4-year program starting this fall.




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Student Engagement Network announces newest members of Faculty Academy

The Student Engagement Network's Faculty Academy funds projects developed by Penn State faculty that result in transformative experiences that complement student engagement.




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Greater Allegheny Students are finalists for Golden Quill Awards

Dedication to student print journalism paid off for several Penn State Greater Allegheny student reporters and designers.




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Futsal EURO qualifying main round: full guide

Seven of the 12 places at UEFA Futsal EURO 2018 in Slovenia will be decided when the main round is played between Saturday and Tuesday, with Spain beginning their title defence.




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Spain, Italy, Russia among qualifiers as main round ends

Italy, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Portugal, Spain, Kazakhstan and Russia joined hosts Slovenia in the finals by winning their main round groups while the eight play-off contenders are confirmed.




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Futsal EURO play-off draw made

The Czech Republic meet Serbia, France play Croatia, Romania take on Georgia and Hungary are up against Poland in September's UEFA Futsal EURO 2018 play-offs.




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Futsal EURO play-offs: how they stand

Serbia and Hungary secured narrow wins in the first legs of their play-offs while debut-chasing France and Georgia both found themselves pegged back. The second legs are on 26 September.




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France, Poland, Romania, Serbia come through play-offs

France beat Croatia to earn a final tournament debut, as they joined Serbia, Romania and Poland in qualifying for UEFA Futsal EURO 2018 via the play-offs.




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Youth Olympics futsal qualifying report

The future of European futsal – male and female – was displayed over the last week in qualifying for the 2018 Youth Olympic games with Russia and Portugal coming out on top.




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Futsal EURO 2018: all you need to know

UEFA Futsal EURO 2018 runs until 10 February in Ljubljana with 12 teams aiming for the title: we give you the key pointers to following a tournament full of skill and passion.




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Futsal EURO final: Portugal v Spain – all you need to know

Holders Spain face neighbours Portugal for the second time in a UEFA Futsal EURO final, putting their title on the line in Ljubljana on Saturday: read the full lowdown, including where to watch.




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Ricardinho named Futsal EURO Player of the Tournament

Ricardinho has been named the first-ever official UEFA Futsal EURO Player of the Tournament after captaining Portugal to the title and finishing seven-goal top scorer.




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Saskia's Albanian journey

Saskia perseveres through language learning and connects with a young Albanian girl who becomes a follower of Jesus.




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Serving God through coffee shops and carpentry

Jose, an Argentinian worker serving in Southeast Asia, tells of how he entered overseas service and what he has seen God do through his not-so-typical ministry.




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God of unity

Rosario, Argentina :: Crewmembers with experience working with least-reached people share a message of unity between churches.




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Not your stereotypical missionary

From age 17, Ana Maria prayed to serve God in Switzerland. While she waited, she became a dance instructor with no idea dance would become her ministry.




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God called you, and God has a plan for you

An OM worker in Cambodia shares about how a new training she is attending is transforming the way she does ministry.




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Seizing every opportunity

Buenos Aires, Argentina :: Maintenance crew share Christ's love with local welders helping repair Logos Hope.




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'They don’t understand what love is'

Noy shares her journey of experiencing God's love for herself and forgiving the community that persecuted her family.




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Ordinary woman, extraordinary journey

God uses Janet to reach people through one-on-one encounters at a bookshop in a closed country.




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Legal clinic at Happy Valley LaunchBox expands scope in response to pandemic

Effective immediately and for the foreseeable future, the Entrepreneurship and Assistance Clinic is expanding its scope and service offerings to small Pennsylvania businesses, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.




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These School Boards Wanted to Be More Effective, so They Went to Harvard

A new Council of the Great City Schools effort aims to fill in a training gap for an important constituency: school boards.




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World Campus helps students find mental health services no matter where they are

Katie Marshall, Penn State World Campus mental health case manager, connects students learning online to resources in their own communities.




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Labor and Employment Relations student will be 2020 World Campus student marshal

As part of Penn State's 2020 spring commencement activities, Matthew Solovey will represent the College of the Liberal Arts as its World Campus student marshal.




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New Virtual Idea TestLab application deadline is May 15

Happy Valley LaunchBox powered by PNC Bank is accepting applications through May 15 for its Idea TestLab that will now be hosted virtually in June. Open to the community, the four-week Idea TestLab program is designed to help teams evaluate the viability of their business ideas by coaching them through a proven method of customer discovery and problem analysis.




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Penn State degree is this military wife’s hardest but proudest achievement

Penn State World Campus student Julie Brubaker balanced her family, job, and earning her bachelor’s degree, all while her military husband was deployed.




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Antiemetics in Children With Acute Gastroenteritis: A Meta-analysis

CONTEXT:

Several antiemetics have been used in children with acute gastroenteritis. However, there is still controversy over their use.

OBJECTIVE:

To determine the effectiveness and safety of antiemetics for controlling vomiting in children with acute gastroenteritis.

DATA SOURCES:

Medline, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Latin America and the Caribbean Literature on Health Sciences, and gray literature, until December 2018.

STUDY SELECTION:

We selected randomized clinical trials comparing metoclopramide, ondansetron, domperidone, dexamethasone, dimenhydrinate, and granisetron.

DATA EXTRACTION:

Two reviewers independently screened abstracts and full texts, extracted the data, and assessed the risk of bias. We performed pairwise and network meta-analysis using the random-effects model.

RESULTS:

Twenty-four studies were included (3482 children). Ondansetron revealed the largest effect in comparison to placebo for cessation of vomiting (odds ratio = 0.28 [95% credible interval = 0.16 to 0.46]; quality of evidence: high) and for hospitalization (odds ratio = 2.93 [95% credible interval = 1.69 to 6.18]; quality of evidence: moderate). Ondansetron was the only intervention that reduced the need for intravenous rehydration and the number of vomiting episodes. When considering side effects, dimenhydrinate was the only intervention that was worse than placebo.

LIMITATIONS:

Most treatment comparisons had low- or very low–quality evidence, because of risk of biases and imprecise estimates.

CONCLUSIONS:

Ondansetron is the only intervention that revealed an effect on the cessation of vomiting, on preventing hospitalizations, and in reducing the need for intravenous rehydration. Ondansetron was also considered a safe intervention.




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Efficacy and Effectiveness of the PCV-10 and PCV-13 Vaccines Against Invasive Pneumococcal Disease

CONTEXT:

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) (pneumococcal 13-valent conjugate vaccine [PCV-13] and pneumococcal 10-valent conjugate vaccine [PCV-10]) are available for prevention of pneumococcal infections in children.

OBJECTIVE:

To determine the vaccine effectiveness (VE) of PCV-13 and PCV-10 in preventing invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and acute otitis media (AOM) in children <5 years.

DATA SOURCES:

Systematic searches of Medline, Embase, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Web of Science, and Cochrane.

STUDY SELECTION:

Eligible studies examined the direct effectiveness and/or efficacy of PCV-10 and PCV-13 in reducing the incidence of disease in healthy children <5 years.

DATA EXTRACTION:

Two reviewers independently conducted data extraction and methodologic quality assessment.

RESULTS:

Significant effectiveness against vaccine-type IPD in children ≤5 years was reported for ≥1 dose of PCV-13 in the 3 + 1 (86%–96%) and 2 + 1 schedule (67.2%–86%) and for PCV-10 for the 3 + 1 (72.8%–100%) and 2 + 1 schedules (92%–97%). In children <12 months of age, PCV-13 VE against serotype 19A post–primary series was significant for the 3 + 1 but not the 2 + 1 schedule. PCV-10 crossprotection against 19A was significant in children ≤5 years with ≥1 dose (82.2% and 71%). Neither PCVs were found effective against serotype 3. PCV-13 was effective against AOM (86%; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 61 to 94). PCV-10 was effective against clinically defined (26.9%; 95% CI: 5.9 to 43.3) and bacteriologically confirmed AOM (43.3%; 95% CI: 1.7 to 67.3).

LIMITATIONS:

Because of the large heterogeneity in studies, a meta-analysis for pooled estimates was not done.

CONCLUSIONS:

Both PCVs afford protection against pneumococcal infections, with PCV-10 protecting against 19A IPD, but this VE has not been verified in the youngest age groups.




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STEM Education: Lessons From 20 Years of Data

For the first time, guest bloggers share analysis from 20 years of math and science international assessment data.




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Video-Based Teacher Collaboration Helps Teachers Find the 'Story of Science'

After a successful pilot, a professional development program is looking to expand its lesson-study approach to rural teachers.




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Nontraditional Pets Policy--Reaffirmed With Reference & Data Updates




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Polio Policy: Reaffirmed With Reference and Data Updates




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Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Preterm Infants With Retinopathy of Prematurity by Treatment




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Visit an Indian Paradise, and You’ll Never Want to Leave

India, this magical land, has irresistibly captivated crowds of visitors because of definite motives: incredible Indian charms, numerous residues of past ages, and various sacred points for pilgrimage. Tourism in India has always been among the most full-blown spheres of the state's politics. India tourism allows traveling to all the most famous places, you may wish to visit. Among them, there are illustrious palaces and groves, forts built in both oriental and English colonial manners, and...