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New York, Oct 3 (IANS) Researchers have developed an app driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI) that can run on a tablet to accurately screen for autism in children by measuring and weighing a variety of distinct behavioural indicators.Called SenseToKnow, the app delivers scores that evaluate the quality of the data analysed, the confidence of its results and the probability that the child tested is on the autism spectrum. The results are fully interpretable, meaning that they spell out exactly which of the behavioural indicators led to its conclusions and why.This ability gives health care providers detailed information on what to…

New York, Oct 3 (IANS) US scientists have developed a novel headband that can pick up early signs of Alzheimer’s disease, much before symptoms like memory loss start to appear, in sleep. The digital biomarker uses electroencephalography (EEG) that can be recorded from simple headband devices to detect brain wave patterns related to memory reactivation in sleep, which are part of a system that processes memories in deep sleep.The results, published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, identifies a relationship between EEG readings and levels of specific molecular changes indicative of presymptomatic Alzheimer’s disease.Additional…

Mumbai, Oct 3 (IANS) With 41 deaths, in barely two days, reported from two government hospitals in Maharashtra’s Nanded and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar districts, a furious opposition on Tuesday termed it “?murders” and demanded criminal action against those responsible.Facing the opposition outcry, the Eknath Shinde government sent ministers Girish Mahajan and Hasan Mushrif to Nanded to assess the situation and a panel has been set up to probe the 31 deaths recorded in barely 36 hours at the Dr. Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College & Hospital there. Another embarrassment cropped up for the ruling alliance on Tuesday with reports of at…

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Maharashtra), Oct 3 (IANS) Barely 24 hours after the Nanded tragedy, at least another 8 patients, including 2 infants, perished in a government hospital in Ghati in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinaghar (ex-Aurangabad) district, sparking a fresh political furore.Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar termed the latest incident as “a black blot” on the state government’s health system, and other leaders have slammed the state administration for its serious lapses.Among the victims are 5 males and details of the causes of their deaths in such a short time are not yet clear.”Not even a day passed since the unfortunate incident…

Kathmandu, Oct 3 (IANS) A 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on Tuesday afternoon, with tremors felt as far as Delhi-NCR, according to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre.The earthquake struck at 2.40 p.m., with its epicentre recorded in Talkot, Bajhang. Although the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre has put the magnitude at 5.3, India’s National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said the temblor measured 6.2 on the Richter scale.Tremors of the quake was felt in capital Kathmandu, as well as its neigbourings districts of Doti, Accham, Bajura, and other areas within the Sudur Paschim province. As a result of the…

Manila, Oct 3 (IANS) Inflation, continues to be the leading urgent national concern among Filipinos, according to a nationwide survey by an independent polling firm released on Tuesday.In a September 10 to 14 survey, pollster Pulse Asia Research Inc. said that 74 per cent of the 1,200 adults expressed concern about the need to control the rising prices of essential commodities in the Philippines, reports Xinhua news agency.Except for the 11 pe rcent uptick in the level of concern regarding the need to control the rising prices of basic goods from June to September 2023, the survey found that public…

Tokyo, Oct 3 (IANS) Japan experienced the hottest September, with the average temperature for the month hitting a record high since 1898, the country’s weather bureau said on Tuesday.Japan’s average temperature in September surpassed the standard value by 2.66 degrees Celsius, exceeding the previous record hike of 1.51 degrees in 2012 and marking the highest since 125 years ago, said the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).In September, record high temperatures for the month were observed at 111 of 153 monitoring locations across Japan, which had this year’s warmest July and second-hottest June on record, Xinhua news agency quoted the weather bureau…

New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday recommended the use of a low-cost and highly effective malaria vaccine developed by the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) in collaboration with the University of Oxford in the UK.The R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine is the world’s second-ever WHO recommended vaccine for preventing malaria in children. In 2021,the RTS,S/AS01 vaccine became the first jab against the mosquito-borne disease to receive a WHO nod.The WHO’s independent advisory body, the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) and the Malaria Policy Advisory Group (MPAG), recommended use of the vaccine after reviewing its…

Canberra, Oct 3 (IANS) The Australian states of New South Wales (NSW), Victoria and Tasmania on Tuesday continued to remain on high alert as bushfires kept raging under hot and windy conditions.In Australia’s most densely-populated state, 82 fires were burning across NSW as of 9 a.m. on Tuesday, with 16 yet to be contained, reports Xinhua news agency.As the maximum temperature was tipped to hit 37 degrees Celsius with gusts in alpine areas likely to peak at 130 km/h, high-to-extreme fire dangers have been forecast across the state.”There are currently Total Fire Bans declared for the Greater Sydney Region, Greater…

Beijing, Oct 3 (IANS) China’s National Meteorological Centre on Tuesday issued a yellow alert for Typhoon Koinu, the third most severe warning in its four-tier typhoon warning system, as the 14th typhoon of this year is expected to bring gales to southern and eastern parts of the country.The typhoon, observed at 20.2 degrees north latitude and 125.2 degrees east longitude at 5 a.m. on Tuesday, is expected to move northwest at a speed of 10 to 15 km per hour, Xinhua news agency quoted the Centre as saying.It will make landfall somewhere along the coastal areas around the southern part…