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TUNISIA’S HONORIS INNOVATING MEDICAL SIMULATION TEACHING IN COVID ERA
A high-tech medical simulation centre in Tunisia has found a winning solution to teaching technical clinical procedures online, meeting student and professional training needs during the Covid-19 pandemic, while opening up opportunities for remote learning and medical research across Africa. The Honoris Medical Simulation Centre (1), in the capital Tunis, part of the Honoris United Universities network of African higher education institutions (2) was opened just 14 months before the pandemic struck in earnest, on November 10, 2018.…
LIBYAN ACADEMICS WANT MORE RESEARCH CAPACITY TO BOOST ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL GROWTH AS PEACE TAKES HOLD
Libyan universities are looking to boost research capacity targeted at economic sectors that will be vital as the country attempts to recover from seven years of civil war running since 2014. A tentative peace has been holding so far this year, with an interim government planning elections for this winter.…
MEXICO AUTO SECTOR STRUGGLES TO GET PRODUCTION SURGING AS AMERICAN EXPORT MARKET RECOVERS POST-COVID
THE MEXICAN automotive industry is struggling to cope with the resurgence of demand for new vehicles, as it deals with the global shortage of microchips along with the increase in steel costs – hitting manufacturers’ bottom line – a key problem for Mexico USA-oriented export model.…
SUSTAINABILITY-FOCUSED BRAZIL TEXTILE FIRM KEEPS INNOVATING AFTER ANTI-COVID FABRIC BREAKTHROUGH
Brazilian textile company Dalila Têxtil, based in the southern city of Jaraguá do Sul, in Santa Catarina state, became a global name after creating fabrics capable of destroying the protective outer layer of the Covid-19 virus. The company’s anti-viral finishing uses silver particles to attract the virus, causing it to bind to sulphur groups on the surface around the virus, creating a reaction that stops the virus from binding to the host cell and blocks its replication.…
TECHNICAL ROUND UP - IASB LAUNCHES NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS FOR SUBSIDIARIES
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has proposed a new standard allowing eligible subsidiaries to reduce their disclosures and still comply with IFRS. The new rules could apply to subsidiaries not themselves listed on a stock exchange and which are not financial institutions.…
COMPRESSION GARMENT STANDARDS GUIDE MANUFACTURERS AS THEY INCREASE FUNCTION AND QUALITY
INTRODUCTION
In a highly technical textile sector segment such as the manufacture of compressed garments, the use of detailed standards to guide production is not just useful in guaranteeing quality output, it can help manufacturers and brands’ marketing. Where products are associated with international, regional, national and private standards, this builds confidence in consumers, promoting sales.…
AMERICAN AUTO BRANDS NEED SENSITIVITY TO CHINESE CULTURE TO SUCCEED AS ‘GUOCHAO’ TRENDS GROW IN STRENGTH
AMERICAN automobile designers and marketers need to take a serious account of China’s nationalistic ‘guochao’ trend to buttress sales and protect their market share against strengthening all-Chinese marques, industry experts are warning.
Guochao, which literately translates as ‘national tide’, has seen Chinese companies conquering domestic market shares from foreign rivals in sectors from a wide range of sectors that have long been dominated by international brands, from cosmetics and fashion, yes, to cars.…
EU RELEASES LONG-AWAITED PROPOSALS FOR SUPRA-NATIONAL AML SUPERVISOR
The long-awaited proposals to create a powerful European Union (EU) Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) have been released by the European Commission. If approved, this would be the world’s first supra-national AML/CFT regulator. AMLA would operate under a new EU regulation, directly applicable across all 27 EU member states.…
AML TAKES ON THE WILDLIFE TRADE - BUT WILL IT SUCCEED?
The illegal wildlife trade is one of the world’s biggest money earners for criminals and is now coming under serious attention from the international anti-money laundering community.
Advocates for curbing the illegal wildlife trade (IWT) by ‘going after the money’ have been pushing for years for the trade to be included in anti-money laundering (AML) measures.…
AMONG THE MOSQUES: A JOURNEY ACROSS MUSLIM BRITAIN’ – APPEALS FOR TOLERANCE AMONG ALL BRITONS – NOT JUST MUSLIMS
The racism hurled at black members of the England football team following its loss to Italy in the Euro finals is a clear reminder, if one was needed, that racism remains a divisive problem in the UK.
A new important book, ‘Among the Mosques: A Journey across Muslim Britain’, by Dr Ed Husain, a former senior advisor to Tony Blair, is indeed timely, as it warns some UK-based Muslims still do not regard Britain as their home country – and this could fuel further division within the UK.…