Author: jezzabellemente

MATSUYAMA, Japan, Feb. 19, 2020 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ —

Ehime Prefecture, located in Japan’s western region of Shikoku, entered into an MOU to provide the national badminton team of Malaysia with a training camp site for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. This agreement for sports exchange has brought the national junior and senior Malaysian badminton teams to Ehime for their training.

Photo1: Welcome reception
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Photo2: Friendly matches with Japanese corporate teams
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Photo3: Exchange activities with residents of Tobe Town
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Photo4: Dogo Onsen hot spa resort
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There have been 3 training camps up till now, and during their training camp in December, 5 coaches and 20 athletes, including world-class player Lee Zii Jia, came to train for 8 days from December 22 to 29, 2019. In order to ensure the athletes would have good results from their training, the Ehime prefectural government opened up the Ehime Prefecture Budokan hall and other training facilities to the athletes and provided the best support possible towards their practices.

During the training camp, a friendly match was held between the Malaysian athletes and members from Japan’s corporate teams. World-class matches took place between the athletes awed spectators, and it was an especially memorable experience for high school badminton fans watching.

In between their training sessions, the Malaysian athletes participated in exchange events with local citizens and middle schoolers of Ehime. They had the chance to partake in “mochi (rice cake) pounding” activity, ate Ehime’s “imotaki” (taro hotpot) and visited cultural sites such as the oldest hot spring in Japan, Matsuyama’s Dogo Onsen resort.

The Malaysian athletes and coaches expressed words of thanks for the hospitality and training environment provided to them by the people of Ehime. Before the Tokyo Olympics, the Malaysian athletes will visit Ehime once more for final preparations. Ehime Prefecture hopes to help the Malaysian athletes to the best of its ability so that they may have great results at the Olympics.

SOURCE: Ehime Prefecture 

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Supporting the team’s travel through shared values of speed, excellence, passion and innovation

LONDON, Feb 13 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — VistaJet, the first and only global business aviation company, announces its partnership with the Scuderia Ferrari team for the second year running as its Official Supplier of private jet travel.

With the ever-demanding race calendar and often only days between Grands Prix, the team faces challenging timelines. VistaJet will support the team to optimize their travel and transfer times throughout the 2020 Formula One season. In an industry where speed and efficiency are fundamental, the Scuderia Ferrari team will further utilize time off track to arrive in optimum condition.

Having raced competitively with Ferrari for many years and as an official driver in the FIA World Endurance Championship, WEC, VistaJet’s Founder and Chairman Thomas Flohr knows the demands of racing and the intense focus required to perform under such pressure.

Announcing the partnership, Thomas Flohr said: “I am incredibly proud to be supporting the most iconic and successful racing team in the world for a second year. Innovation, technology and a focus on efficiency are values we share with them. VistaJet will continue to provide the Scuderia Ferrari team with seamless travel, to ensure their focus is on what is important – the competition on the track. I am excited to see what the 2020 season holds for Sebastain Vettel, Charles Leclerc and the whole Ferrari team. Forza Ferrari!”

VistaJet places the utmost importance on service and operational excellence. On its owned fleet of over 70 aircraft, VistaJet has completed over 174,000 flights globally, safely flying over 436,000 passengers to more than 1,900 airports worldwide.

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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14 — Regenstrief Institute and SNOMED International are doing their part to support care teams globally to code and track SARS-CoV-2 testing and COVID-19 cases – and by extension – support clinicians and researchers in their efforts to address its containment. 

According to a statement, both have introduced new content to their respective products, a laboratory and health observations oriented coding system in the case of LOINC and a broad spectrum clinical terminology in the case of SNOMED CT. 

Created in 1994 at Regenstrief Institute, LOINC helps to facilitate interoperability in healthcare. There was a growing trend to send clinical data electronically between healthcare entities, a practice that is integral today. 

SNOMED CT is the world’s most comprehensive clinical terminology, developed by SNOMED International.

With the high rate of global adoption for both standards, LOINC and SNOMED CT have taken swift action to make this content immediately available to support those on the ground in tackling the virus.

Regenstrief Institute and SNOMED International mutually recognise the importance of interoperability through standardisation in the pursuit of timely, safe and efficient health care and continue to work collaboratively to achieve this end. 

— BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 — Aptorum Group Limited (Aptorum Group) has announced further positive data from its current investigational new drug (IND)-enabling studies for ALS-4, a small drug molecule candidate indicated for the treatment of infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus).

This includes methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA, one of the super-bugs), based on a novel anti-virulence non-bactericidal approach. 

According to a statement, subject to completion of the current studies, Aptorum Group targets to submit IND for ALS-4 in second half of this year and commence a phase 1 trial in North America.

ALS-4 is a small molecule which inhibits dehydrosqualene desaturase of S. aureus (incl. MRSA), an enzyme that is critically involved in the biosynthesis of staphyloxanthin, a commonly visible ‘golden pigment’ covering the bacteria.

Staphyloxanthin is believed to be primarily responsible for the bacteria’s defence mechanism against the attack from reactive oxygen species deployed by phagocytic cells and neutrophils.

Specifically, MRSA infections in humans typically exhibit high rates of morbidity and mortality and can cause metastatic or complicated infections such as infective endocarditis or sepsis, with relapse and hospital readmission after S. aureus bacteremia common and costly.

More details at http://ir.aptorumgroup.com/static-files/bcf77574-7bd6-4b9d-8110-d53837238f16 

— BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 — Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo is renovating guest rooms on the 31st floor to update bathroom facilities and reopen quadruple occupancy guest rooms on March 29.
 
The hotel, one of Japan’s most prestigious international hotels located in Shinjuku, Tokyo is spending a total of about JPY400 million to install these newly-designed bathroom facilities. (JPY100 = RM3.78)

In addition, the ongoing ‘Luxury Family Room’ renovation will equip each room with four beds and an additional sofa bed to allow a maximum of five adults to sleep comfortably. 

With regard to bathroom facilities, two types of bathing facilities are being facilitated — one with a combined bath and toilet and the other with a combined shower stall and toilet, both with separately located wash basins to allow for efficient and convenient use of rooms by multiple guests.
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The rooms are also facilitated with four large glass windows to provide breathtaking panoramic views of the Tokyo skyline.

— BERNAMA