Source: US National Institute of Justice (video statements)
Over the last ten years, numerous novel psychoactive substances (NPS) have emerged in the recreational drug supply. Upon synthesis or discovery, each of these drugs has been given a name other than its IUPAC chemical name, primarily for ease of communication. This has resulted in various naming convention for NPS, sometimes multiple within a given subclass. This webinar is aimed at tackling the naming conventions for NPS and the associated challenges encountered along the way.
This webinar was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on July 22, 2021.
(Opinions or points of view expressed represent the speaker and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Any product or manufacturer discussed is presented for informational purposes only and do not constitute product approval or endorsement by the U.S. Department of Justice.)
Source: US National Institute of Justice (video statements)
Microhaplotypes (microhaps) are biomarkers fewer than 300 nucleotides long that display multiple allelic combinations. The main advantages of microhaps over conventional short tandem repeats (STRs) include the 1) absence of stutter, 2) same-size alleles within each locus, 3) lower mutation rate, and 4) ancestry informative alleles. These forensically relevant loci can yield a power of discrimination similar to STRs while enhancing human identification (HID), mixture deconvolution, and biogeographic ancestry prediction. In this presentation, the subject matter expert will discuss the current status of the research conducted in the GW-FMB lab on a new multi-function DNA marker and its potential impact to the field of forensic genetics.
This webinar was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on June 22, 2021.
(Opinions or points of view expressed represent the speaker and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Any product or manufacturer discussed is presented for informational purposes only and do not constitute product approval or endorsement by the U.S. Department of Justice.)
Source: US National Institute of Justice (video statements)
LatentSleuth is a novel software tool set designed for (and with direct feedback from) latent print examiners. The toolset includes a small-scale automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS) matcher that leverages a novel matching algorithm that calculates a warp between a latent print image and a given reference print image. This webinar will demonstrate a comprehensive quantification of a latent images entire structure and how that quantification is exploited in a commercially available workstation for latent print examination.
This webinar was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on June 8, 2021.
(Opinions or points of view expressed represent the speaker and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Any product or manufacturer discussed is presented for informational purposes only and do not constitute product approval or endorsement by the U.S. Department of Justice.)
“We will get the benefits of AI only if we steer it wisely.”
On the move at Davos, Professor Yoshua Bengio explains what drives his work — the urgency of aligning AI with human values, and why optimism about the technology must be matched with responsibility.
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The Head of the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), Carlos Ruiz Massieu, told journalists in New York that the expectation is that once the Gang Suppression Force (GSF) is deployed in Haiti, “the security situation can improve.”
Ruiz Massieu, who briefed the Security Council on Wednesday, said, “there is a dire need to do that” and noted that “around 80 percent” of the capital, Port au Prince, is “either with influence or control by the gangs.”
He pointed out that by the first of April “we need to have already the Support Mission in place, and we are on schedule on that,” and by that time, the GSF “will receive the first battalions to already strengthen the force later on throughout the year.”
Asked about the role to be played by the Kenyan contingent, first deployed to Haiti in 2024, Ruiz Massieu said, “the decision on the lead once they you have all the battalions in place will correspond more to the Special Representative of the GSF and on the Force Commander. I believe Kenya – which by the way we have to be very grateful of the of the work they have done throughout this time in the country – probably they still need to decide whether to continue their participation in the Force and how, but it’s up to up to them a completely.”
Asked about Haiti’s electoral calendar, he said, “we do expect and we do hope that the electoral calendar is observed. They do have a first round of elections scheduled for 30th of August and the second for early December. But at some point during the year, we need to make a technical assessment whether the conditions are there in order to have a free, fair, and legitimate elections throughout the country.”
Haiti approaches a key political deadline with its transitional authorities’ mandate set to expire on 7 February.
The Mexican diplomat said, “it is a time for different stakeholders, political parties, current authorities, to come together and think about the national interest. The current authorities should still make use of the couple of weeks that they have as current authorities to do whatever they can and benefit of the country.”
He said, “how you measure success is actually by improving a security in certain areas of Port au Prince that can enable Haitians to walk freely, to work freely, and the country to be able to organise elections in a meaningful way.”
Security Council Resolution 2793, adopted in September, authorized the transition of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) Mission in Haiti to the new Gang Suppression Force (GSF) and established the UN Support Office in Haiti (UNSOH) to provide logistical and operational backing.
The global economy is expected to grow by ~3.1% in 2026, but trade tensions, technology deployment, public debt and the risk of asset bubbles leave policy-makers and markets on high alert.
What policies will anchor confidence while unlocking longer-term productivity gains?
For years, the billion-dollar valuation was the holy grail of start-up success. Today, companies race towards hundred-billion-dollar heights.
But when valuation grows faster than revenue, is unicorn status still a relevant indicator of success or is it time to redefine how we measure the robustness of emerging companies?
Brain illness such as depression, anxiety, dementia and stroke is the world’s leading cause of disability, costing trillions annually. Meanwhile, fast-moving technological disruption and the erosion of traditional identities and communities are altering how people see themselves and society.
How can we strengthen resilience and safeguard mental well-being in an age of uncertainty?
