7 Ways Data Analytics Can Boost Your Business Growth.

7 Ways Data Analytics Can Boost Your Business Growth.Analytics can be used to optimize every area of your business.Here are seven areas where they have used analytics to transform their performance which boosted revenue, increased profits, and improved customer satisfaction and retention. 1 - Improved Service Level Performance When it comes to delivering flowers, From You Flowers uses a network of florists to fulfill orders, as well as their own distribution centers. Analytics has allowed them to predict their ability to meet customer demands, which are often for same day delivery, by understanding the impact of traffic patterns and average delivery times for each supplier in major cities. This allows them to make and meet commitments, or pass on business where they know that delivery is not possible, or to propose a next day delivery. 2 - Better Order Fulfillment Florist performance can vary based on many factors, such as time of day, the day of the week, or the product being sold, etc. Analyzing supplier performance helps identify which of their many suppliers will give the highest probability of success for any give orders based on location, which increases their order fulfillment.

CBN Agriculture Scheme To Boost Food Security, Employment In Abia.

CBN Agriculture Scheme To Boost Food Security, Employment In Abia. The Abia State Government has formally sworn in a project management team of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Accelerated Agricultural scheme, as part of efforts to boost food production and provide 10,000 jobs for Abia youths. The team has the commissioner of Agriculture as the chairman, with the Programme Director of the Agriculture Development Programme (ADP), Head of Development Finance officer of the CBN, representative of farmers, representative of Bank of Agriculture and State Director of National Directorate of Employment (NDE) as members. At the inauguration of the committee at the Ministry of Agriculture Headquarters Umuahia, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Uzoamaka Ikonne, said it was the governor’s directive and in line with the CBN requirement for the programme. According to her, the state government is ready to implement the scheme in the state and expressed hope that the success of the scheme will help curb youth restiveness. “As a state, we have shown readiness to buy into the CBN programme, because agriculture is one of the main pillars of development of the Governor Ikpeazu administration.

It's Called Vertical Farming, And It Could Be The Future Of Agriculture.

It's Called Vertical Farming, And It Could Be The Future Of Agriculture. The concept sounds like science fiction: instead of spreading out across acres and acres, the farms of the future will grow lettuce and strawberries inside climate-controlled, light-controlled cylinders. 

Less land, less water, but year-round light and perfectly controlled moisture. The plants (fruit, vegetables) grow in 20-foot tall towers inside a climate-controlled facility with LED lights without using pesticides, herbicides, synthetic fertilizers, or GMOs. 

Instead, thousands of infrared cameras and sensors collect data that is analyzed to optimize how the plants grow. It's Called Vertical Farming, And It Could Be The Future Of Agriculture.

Chasing A Killer: CDC Scientists Pursue Deadly Monkeypox Virus In Africa.

Chasing A Killer: CDC Scientists Pursue Deadly Monkeypox Virus In Africa.A mysterious disease is causing outbreaks that could easily spread across the world. Over the past year, reports of monkeypox have flared alarmingly across Africa MANFOUETE, CONGO REPUBLIC: Along a narrow, winding river, a team of American scientists is traveling deep into the Congo rain forest to a village that can be reached only by boat. The scientists are from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and they have embarked on this watery journey to solve a decades-old mystery about a rare and fatal disease: monkeypox. A cousin to the deadly smallpox virus, the monkeypox virus initially infects people through contact with wild animals and can then spread from person to person. The disease produces fever and a rash that often turns into painful lesions that can feel like cigarette burns. It kills up to 1 in 10 of its victims, similar to pneumonic plague, and is particularly dangerous in children. Monkeypox is on the U.S. government list of pathogens such as anthrax and Ebola with the greatest potential to threaten human health. There is no cure. Over the past year, reports of monkeypox have flared alarmingly across Africa, one of several animal-borne diseases that have raised anxiety around the globe. The Congolese government invited CDC researchers here to track the disease and train local scientists. Understanding the virus and how it spreads during an outbreak is key to stopping it and protecting people from the deadly disease.

How to do a canine blood typing test.

How to do a canine blood typing test.T he most important canine blood type is DEA 1.1. Dogs that are DEA 1.1 positive (33% to 45% of the population) can be considered to be universal recipients, in that they can receive blood of any type for their first transfusion without expectation of a life-threatening Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction ("HTR"). Dogs that are DEA 1.1 negative can be considered universal donors, to the extent that they can donate blood to both DEA 1.1 negative or positive dogs. Blood from DEA 1.1 positive dogs should never be transfused into DEA 1.1 negative dogs. If it is the dog's first transfusion, the transfused red cells will have a shortened life due to the formation of alloantibodies in the recipient’s serum. Consequently, the recipient will forever be sensitized to DEA 1.1 positive blood. If it is a second transfusion of DEA 1.1 positive cells, life-threatening conditions will follow within hours. In addition, these alloantibodies will be present in a bitch's milk (colostrum) and will adversely affect the health of DEA 1.1 negative puppies. The DMS laboratories, Inc. offers several choices for easy to use, rapid testing that can be used in the veterinary clinic, or even under field conditions, to determine if a dog is blood type DEA 1.1 positive or negative.

The various blood types in animals.

The various blood types in animals. The knowledge of blood types in animals is an important factor in blood transfusion decisions.

Blood products available for veterinary transfusions.

Blood products available for veterinary transfusions. The decision to use a blood product should be based on treatment goal. The use of packed RBCs (pRBCs) should be in the face of severe anemia at a dose of 10-20 mL/kg. This is because pRBCs do not provide clotting factors and provide no colloidal support, their primary use should be for the treatment of anemia. Whole blood, which has a colloid osmotic pressure (COP) of 20 mmHg, provides clotting factors, limited platelets, and red blood cells, and can be used for the treatment of both blood loss and coagulopathy. However, the numbers of platelets are minimal, and are only good if the product is collected and used within 2 hours. HBOCs ( hemoglobin oxygen carriers [Oxyglobin]). Oxyglobin is an ultrapurified, bovine-derived, stroma-free fluid in a Lactated Ringers Solution base and can be used for the treatment of anemia at a dose of 10-30 mL/kg (not to exceed 10 mL/kg/hr). Because it has a COP of 40 mm Hg, it can cause severe volume overload, particularly in cats or in patients with heart disease, and should be used at judicious rates. Oxyglobin is beneficial in that it increases hemoglobin (Hb) concentration, optimizing oxygen delivery to peripheral tissues. However, because of the purple pigmentation, physical examination assessment and colorimetric laboratory analysis may be skewed by the use of Oxyglobin. Likewise, when monitoring the benefit of Oxyglobin transfusions, the measurement of PCV is not beneficial, as Oxyglobin provides Hb, not RBC. As a result, a CBC must be performed to measure the hemoglobin and get an accurate evaluation of response to treatment. Keep in mind that Hb X 3 = PCV. If you had a patient with a Hb of 5 (estimated PCV 15%) and transfused him with Oxyglobin, a post-transfusion Hb may increase to 8 (estimated PCV of 24%). Its very important to note that the dosage for ANY blood product is 10-20 mL/kg.