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Year 10 Vol.No: (114) July 2019 M O N T H LY N E W S

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TMD Honors 24Employees and BidsFarewell to Sayed Saleh

ISD Arranges an Awareness Session in World Drugs Day

KJO Lunches the Summer Training Program for 2019

Under the Motto “Unforgettable Summer with KJO”

MDD Arranges Two Courses in Cooperation with Haward Technology

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Eng. Mohammad Al-Haimer graduated from the University of Southern California with a

Bachelor’s Degree in Petroleum Engineering in 1993 and was the Team Leader of the Exploration and Development Team in Um Gidair, Hama and South Fawares in 1996. In the year 2000, Al-Haimer was the Manager of the Exploration Group in Al-Wafra and later moved to the USA - Houston as Group Manager of the Oil Production Development of Al-Wafra. He then moved to work again in the United States of America - Houston as Executive Director of the Seismic Survey Project for the Divided Zone. In addition, he served as Manager of the Western Hemisphere Office of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors in 2015 followed by Deputy Chief Operating Officer Kuwait Gulf Oil Company 2019.

Biography of the

Deputy Chief Executive Officer of

Operations in Kuwait Gulf Oil

Company

On Sunday, 7th of July, Kuwait Gulf Oil Company’s Executive Management held

a meeting with Senior Kuwaiti employees in KJO. The meeting was held in the Executive meeting room, located on the 4th floor, at 9:30 A.M. Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Operations in Kuwait Gulf Oil Company Eng. Mohammad Al-Haimer was welcomed and received by EDH and A/EDB Mobarak Al-Saeedi and EDP Eng. Mohammad Al-Hamdan.Before the meeting, Al-Haimer visited A-CJOC Eng. Mohammad Al-Khatib and was greeted by EDI Abdullah Al-Qahtani and A/EDP

Eng. Nasser Al-Ardhi. The visit was warmly welcomed and exchanged conversations between the two parties.They then moved to the meeting room where the meeting was chaired by Eng. Mohammad Al-Haimer and was attended by Audit Department Team Leader Khaled Al-Enezi and Senior Auditor Abdulrahman Al-Samdan from KGOC. KJO Managers and Superintendents from different departments were there too. At the beginning of the meeting Al-Haimer welcomed the attendees and thanked them for their attendance.

The presentation was given by Performance and Development Analyst from CPD Nasser Al-Mansour where he gave the agenda, followed by the Safety Moment. Al-Mansour presented the Vision and Mission of Al-Khafji Joint Operations and a short video on the operations. He then explained the location of exploration, defined the structure and duties of the Joint Operational Committee and then moved on to the basic rules of the Joint Operations. He gave a presentation on capital projects and general statistics of the two communities on crude oil production.

In his 1st visit to KJO

KGOC DCEO meets with Senior Kuwaiti Employees

Technical Support Supervisor Salem Al-DousariManaging Editor Falah Al-AjmiEditor-in-Chief Eng. Riyadh Al-Hassan Editing Supervisor Abdullah Al-Shammari

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On Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019, The Terminal and Marine Department (TMD) arranged an honoring party for

twenty four employees and bid farewell to Sayed Ibrahim Saleh, in the presence of A/C-JOC Eng. Mohammad Al-Khatib, A/EDO Eng. Nasser Al-Ardhi, Eng. Adullah Al-Otaibi, MTM Eng. Mohsen Al-Zobi, MCT Eng. Mansour Al-Otaibi, MOF Abdulkarim Al-Thuwaini, and MPC Eng. Kuhail

Al-Otaibi, together with a number of superintendents, supervisors and employees. Al-Zobi delivered a speech lauding the distinguished efforts and dedication of Sayed Ibrahim Saleh throughout his 30-year tenure of service. Al-Khatib then presented the honorees with gifts and appreciation certificates, thanked TMD employees for

making this initiative, and lauded the efforts of the honorees. In Turn, Sayed Ibrahim Saleh extended his appreciation and thanks to Al-Khatib and to his superiors and colleagues for arranging the party, and expressed his pride for serving KJO. Finally, all proceeded to the lunch banquet arranged in honor of the honorees, and group photos were taken for them.

In Presence of A/C-JOC

TMD Honors 24 Employees and Bids Farewell to Sayed Saleh

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On Wednesday, June 26th, 2019, the Industrial Security and Safety Department (ISD), arranged an awareness session at Office Park

Lectures Hall, in interaction with the World Drugs Day. After welcoming the attendees by Mohammad M. Al-Qahtani, Superintendent of Industrial Security, Mr. Nazal Al-Rashidi, from Khafji Narcotics Control Department, delivered a lecture about drugs and its dangerous effects. He stated that drug abuse has become one of the most critical problems afflicting all countries worldwide. Due to the major dangers triggered by drug abuse on all health, social, economic and security respects, all countries have diligently sought to fight such a problem which has no longer been confined to a definite type of drugs, neither has it been related to a certain country or social segment.He added that addiction is a result of continuously and heavily using narcotic substances, until such a user cannot psychologically or

physically dispense with such substances. After the body develops drug tolerance, it becomes in need for more doses of such drugs to achieve the same effects previously experienced. With such constantly increasing doses in a short period, both body and mind become affected in a way that the addict will no longer be able to perform his daily duties without such drugs.About the reasons of addiction, he demonstrated that lack of awareness regarding dangers of drug abuse, poor religious commitment and inappropriate social upbringing, broken homes, poverty, ignorance and illiteracy, parental negligence towards their children and unemployment are among the main reasons leading to addiction. As for its complications, he demonstrated that dependence on drugs can create a number of life-changing complications, including mental and physical health problems, unconsciousness, coma and sudden

death, getting communicable diseases, together with many other legal and financial complications. Al-Rashidi talked also about the symptoms of newly addicted persons, which include sudden change in lifestyle and frequent absence from work or school, significant downgrade in school and deterioration of performance at work, absence from home for a long, especially at night, secretiveness, extreme mood changes, weight loss or gain, changes in social groups, new and unusual friends, tending to be Lonely, spending money without thinking and demanding for more, anger for trivial reasons and escaping responsibility.At the end of the session, Al-Qahtani thanked Al-Rashidi for the valuable information and for interacting with the World Drug Day, and then all took group photos.

On Wednesday, June 26th, 2019, ITD arranged a meeting in KJO Hospital, in presence of

MMS Dr. Saud Al-Theeb, to launch the project of maintaining and upgrading the Health Information Management System of KJO Hospital. The meeting was attended by Eng. Mohammad Al-Nufaey, Applications Support Superintendent, and Abdullah Ibrahim, SAP Consultant, from ITD. MSD was represented by Dr. Hatem Al-Sheikh, Quality Development Supervisor, and Eng. Attallah from Hospital IT Division. The executing company, Al-Khaleej Computer, was represented by a delegation presided by the Business Development Manager, Eng. Mustafa Al-Shafe’ei. Dr. Saud Al-Theeb welcomed the attendees and lauded their dedicated efforts for achieving the expectations and vision of the Executive Management. Al-Theeb then demonstrated the priorities of MSD and its high expectations regarding implementing MSD requirements by the executing company. In turn, Al-Shafe’ei confirmed that the project of system upgrade will be completed before the end of 2019, in cooperation with MSD and ITD. He added that this project is deemed the latest software in IT industry regarding managing health information, as it saves time, costs and efforts.

Al-Nufaey summarized the agenda of the meeting and requested the executing company to submit a comprehensive plan for implementation. He requested also the IT engineers of the executing company to visit the information center in ITD to determine the specifications and the required servers for cloud system.

All agreed then to arrange workshops to demonstrate the new system in general, and to illustrate all developments and improvements that will be submitted to KJO Hospital, together with holding special workshops for all divisions in the Hospital and giving training programs for MSD staff by the executing company in cooperation

with MSD and ITD. At the end of the meeting, Dr. Saud Al-Theeb thanked Al-Nufaey and Al-Shafe’ei for their limitless cooperation and dedicated efforts towards completing the project in a manner which enables MSD to render best high quality services, as per the international standards.

Launching a Project for Upgrading Health Information Management System in KJO-H

In Cooperation with the Narcotics Control Department in Khafji

ISD Arranges an Awareness Session in World Drugs Day

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On July 3rd, the Contracts Department (CTD) arranged a meeting with the contractors bidding on the project of

disposing of the expired chemicals and hazardous substances of KJO facilities, at Office Park Meeting Hall, in the presence of concerned from MTD and ELD. The Representatives of KJO Departments highlighted to the bidders KJO policies regarding disposing of the expired chemicals and hazardous substances and demonstrated the most important points. At the beginning of the meeting, Eng. Mohammad Al-Enazi, Tenders and Contracts Controller in CTD, welcomed the bidders and briefed them about KJO, project objectives, legal requirements, contractual procedures, tender documents and method of awarding. Then MTD representatives, Ashraf Bahbahani and Eng. Jessejim Membreve, highlighted the scope of work and tasks of the contractor, as well as the relevant facilities in KJO, and the nature of the substances to be disposed. Finally, KJO representatives answered the questions and queries of the bidders.

To Dispose of Expired Chemicals and Hazardous Substances

CTD Arranges a Meeting with the Bidders

On Sunday, June 30th, 2019, KJO launched the summer

training program under the motto “Unforgettable Summer with KJO”, and its activities will last for thirty days, under the supervision KJO-TDD, in cooperation with Al-Hasan Centers in Dammam, Al-Sharq National Schools in Khafji, and Al-Khaleej University in Kuwait. The activities include computer, English language, scientific, cultural, literary and sport programs, together with scientific and cultural trips. The programs are supervised by a team of highly qualified experts from well-known international centers, regarding the computer and English language programs. The main objective of the program this year is to enhance innovation and imagination, together with arranging entertainment, sport, cultural and literary activities. The program targets male and female trainees from 7 to 17 years old. The number of enrolled students this year reached 51 in Dammam, 116 in Khafji, and 127 in Kuwait. The program this year witnessed many scientific and cultural trips to iconic cultural, scientific, and entertainment centers, together with wide range of events and activities.

KJO Lunches the Summer Training Program for 2019

Under the Motto “Unforgettable Summer with KJO”

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Aramco Gulf Operations (AGOC) sponsored and supported the

Neighborhood Club in Hassan Al-Basri School, at Khafji, in line with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030, which aims at nurturing and enhancing positive attitudes of students, and providing them with the necessary knowledge, together with exploiting their free time in useful programs and events. FoundationThe Club (The Neighborhood Club in Hassan Al-Basri School) was founded under the name of “Summer Club/Seasonal Club” under support and sponsorship of AGOC in 2005, then the name was changed in 2017 into the new name, and its activities are going on continuously, throughout the whole year, not only in summer. Objectives• Understanding Islam and enhancing loyalty to the Kingdom and the King.

• Cultivating positive attitudes, values and principles in students. • Investing the free time of the boys and the youth in educational, sport and entertainment activities, in a way to meet their psychological needs and develop their characters. • Attracting the Public and Private Sectors to invest in the clubs of the neighborhoods. • Creating a safe environment within the neighborhoods to attract the students and their parents. Programs and Events• Human and self-development and enhancing citizenship. • Health, physical and entertainment activities. • Environment and scientific activities. • Cultural and social programs. Throughout the past three years, the Club attained distinguished achievements under the support and sponsorship of AGOC. The project of the fourth year, 1440H, came as

part of the roles assigned to the Ministry of Education, to enhance bringing up and taking care of the youth. Teacher Salem Al-Baqawi, Leader of the Club in Hassan Al-Basri School, stated that the Club is under the supervision and control of the Eastern Province Education Department, and that all clubs are managed by an executive team led by the General Director of Education, Dr. Nasser Al-Shal’an. He added that the Club is linked to Tatweer Education Services Company, and its activities are continuous throughout the whole year, four hours a day, four days a week, from Sunday to Wednesday.He stated that the Club arranges sport, cultural, technological, tourism and training activities, as per the Kingdom’s Vision, under the support and sponsorship of AGOC. Activities and EventsThis year, the Club organized several events and activities, including:

• “Lammeh Le” (Give me a Hint): This program came under the cultural activities, which is a competition between four teams of students, with diversity of physical, cultural and knowledge contests. • “PlayStation League”: This program lasted for three days, throughout which the students competed to reach the finals. In each stage, two students are qualified to the next stage. At the end of this program, the winners were rewarded by the Club Leader and the Director of Khafji Education Office. • Ghabga Completion, which is a competition for the best dish in Ramadan. The students and their families served wide range of local dishes and sweets, and 16 rewards were presented to the winners.• Voluntary Initiatives: In this program, the students participated in preparing and serving Iftar meals to more than 400 workers.

In Line with 2030 Vision and Under Sponsorship of AGOC

The Neighborhood Club Enhances Positive Attitudes

The Management Development Department (MDD) has recently arranged two training

workshops in Office Park Training Hall, in cooperation with Haward Technology. The workshops were attended by 38 employees, and were supervised by the trainer Eng. Sami Madallah.

The first workshop was arranged on 23-24 June, under the title (Influencing Others), in presence of 20 employees of various departments. This course focused on the method of building relations and the most effective ways of communication and negotiation. The second workshop was held on 23-24 June, under the title (Talent Development),

in presence of 18 employees from various departments. This workshop focused on training the employees to discover, develop and enhance their talents, and using innovative practical and learning skills.The Supervisor of In-house Training, Mohammad Al-Mulla, stated that these workshops and courses are

within the program of MDD for 2019, in line with the vision of the Executive Management regarding the professionality of training and development. He added that MDD is keen to arrange various activities and training programs for KJO employees, nationally and internationally, using the latest learning and training methods and technologies.

MDD Arranges Two Courses in Cooperation with Haward Technology

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| Management |

Panorama

Why workplace safety is important? There is more to this question than one think.

Workplace safety is very important for each and every employee in the industry because all the workers desire to work in a safe and protected atmosphere. Health and safety is the key factor for all the industries in order to promote the wellness of both employees and employers. It is a duty and moral responsibility of the company to look after the employee’s protection.Each and every person who leaves his home for his work in the morning should come back to his home in evening in good health. Have you ever imagined that your loved one will never be returning home? Or you get a call that he/she is in the hospital due to some incident occurred? These thoughts only get us goose bumps. This is the only reason that why it is important to create a safe working environment.These days, workplace health and safety procedures are important for the well-being of both employees and employers because human loss is immeasurable and intolerable. As, such loss or injuries can employ major loss to the families.All the industries do have safety risks but the management should devote their time to think and strategize the things that what safety precautions are required in their company to make sure that their workers are safe enough for all the time. Also, the management should confirm with all the workers related to their daily work and comfort. So, that the management can take the same step according to the desired aspects of workers. This helps them in improving the productivity and quality of the products and lot more.1. Aware about the surroundings: There are many employees who doesn’t bother about their surrounding hazards. But, it is important to observe your co-employees working circumstances. Once you get to know about the particular hazards that occur at your workplace, then it will help you in reducing the risk and allow you to take the precautionary steps.2. Reduce workplace stress: Most of the employees are not fit and healthy because of their busy schedule, which includes long working hours, work-pressure and conflicts occur with co-workers or with the boss of the organization. And, all these can lead to some illness or depression to the employees. Also, this not only affects their professional life but also creates the nuisance in their personal lives too. So, instead of waiting to get unfit, it is better that you start take care of your health, by taking regular breaks, sit in an appropriate posture with appropriate diet. It will be better for you to schedule your work accordingly and manage the things to reduce your workplace stress.3. Use tools appropriately: Take appropriate precautions while using machinery or any other tool, instead of taking any shortcuts. Taking shortcuts is one of the biggest reason behind workplace loss. It’s a biggest safety risk to use scaffolding as a ladder or one tool instead of another for a particular job. So, it is always recommended to use the correct tools and reduce the opportunity of workplace injury.4. Keep crisis exits which are easily accessible: In case there is an emergency, you will need quick access to the exits. It is also advised to keep clear usage of equipment shutoffs which might stop you from performing at emergency.5. Update Your Supervisor about the unsafe conditions: It is important that you keep updating your supervisor about the hazards or risks occur at workplace. They should be legally obligated to ensure that their employees are working a safe environment or not. And, in case, if the employees are not working in safe conditions, then it is the responsibility of the supervisor to listen and understand their condition and create safe working environment for employees.6. Use mechanical assistance: Whenever, you want to carry or lift up some heavy equipment’s then you should use a conveyor belt, crank or forklift. There are lot of risks involved, if you try to lift something which is heavier, it can affect your weighing capability and can lead to some muscle displacement. So, make sure that use the appropriate tools for not harming yourself.7. Stay Alert: There are many employees who usually compromise or ignore the alerts of advance warning and due to this, a number of workplace injuries or fatalities occur.8. Reduce Workplace Environment Stress: Stress to any employee or to any co-worker, can lead into depression and into concentration problems. And the main reason includes, extended working hours, excess of work, insecurity of job and issues which occur at co-workers or professionals. So, instead of taking stress on your shoulders, you should discuss it with your supervisor and ask him/her to look after your problems which you are facing in the organization.9. Wear the right safety equipment’s: It is essential that you wear the right protection equipment tools during your work. And, the equipment’s can be in any form like, earplugs, earmuffs, hard hats, gloves, full-face masks, safety gloves and any other equipment which is required to wear while working. These tools will prevent the workers from the incidents that occur at workplace.10. Sit in a proper posture: If have a sitting job, then it is essential than keep your posture correct, while working on a desk. You need to keep your shoulders in line and straight back to avoid any spine problem. Try to ignore stooping and twisting regularly and if possible, then try to use the comfort designed furniture and the safety equipment’s, so that the desired things will be in your reach.Safety is one of the biggest issue and it is completely the responsibility of the mangers and the business owners to make sure that their employees are working in safe environment or not. The management should make sure that they keep on motivating and boosting the employees to make them active in the working process.There should be an appropriate discussions done about the work and the culture of the office on regular intervals, so that the management remain aware that how they simplify the things for the employee’s comfort. Also, to motivate the workers, management should provide rewards as an appreciation towards their work. Thus, these only steps will make your workplace very secure and safe for the employees to work

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Top 10 Reasons Why

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After Scorching Europe, Heat Wave Is Poised to Melt Greenland

A heat wave that shattered records in Europe this week is on the

move, and it could melt billions of tons of ice in Greenland.Hot air that originated over Northern Africa recently brought blistering heat to Europe; yesterday (July 25), Paris sizzled at a staggering 108.7 degrees Fahrenheit (42.6 degrees Celsius), and temperature records were broken across the continent by up to 6 degrees F (3 degrees C), according to Accuweather.com.Today (July 26), a representative of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced that atmospheric flow would carry this scorching heat to Greenland, which lost over 170 billion tons (160 billion metric tons) of ice in July and 80 billion tons (72 billion metric tons) of ice in June from surface melting alone, Reuters reported. [Images: Greenland›s Gorgeous Glaciers]When this warm air arrives in Greenland, it will likely cause

«another major peak in melt area,» said Twila Moon, a research scientist with the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado.Intense melt during the summer months has been the norm rather than the exception in Greenland since 2006, NSIDC reported in 2013. More ice is lost every year, with the rate of melt accelerating rapidly, Moon told Live Science in an email. This could have serious implications worldwide by contributing to rising sea levels and further disrupting global climate, Joyce Msuya, the U.N. Environment›s acting executive director, said in a statement in March.«What happens in the Arctic does not stay in the Arctic,» Msuya said. «More urgent climate action is needed to steer away from tipping points that could be even worse for our planet than we first thought.»Primed for meltDuring the 1970s and the 1980s,

Greenland lost an average of 50 billion tons (45 billion metric tons) of ice each year. From 2010 to 2018, that figure shot up to an average of 290 billion tons (263 billion metric tons) annually. This summer, the extent of the melt could surpass the record set in 2012. That year, about 97% of the ice sheet›s surface thawed, NASA-JPL Caltech reported at the time.«2012 was a year of particularly large ice loss. Unfortunately, an early melt event in Greenland in June may have primed some of the ice sheet surface for more melt,» Moon said. The ice sheet is losing its surface snow; warming is also creating lakes and ice crystals on the sheet›s surface, increasing the likelihood of further melting.The good news is that even substantial ice loss from just one year probably won›t create a tipping point for Greenland›s ice sheet. The bad news is that significant ice loss over many years — with no years of ice gain

The success of the organization depends on its employees and the ones to whom they are

accountable, i.e. Managers and Supervisors. These are two important positions in an organization, which guide the entire team of workers, in the pursuit of common goals of the organization. Managers are the ones who control and administer the entire enterprise, On the other hand, Supervisor is someone who is the leader in the first line management of the organization and thus looks after the work and performance of the employees.While Manager belongs to business level management, Supervisor is a part of the functional level management of the organization. He/She instructs and monitors his subordinates at work. When one wants to know about various managerial positions in the corporate ladder, he/she should understand the difference between manager and supervisor.Definition of SupervisorA supervisor is an employee and the head of the front line management who watches the employees and their activities working under him/her. He/She has the authority to delegate the task to the individual workers, approve working hours and to resolve the payroll issues. The duty of the supervisor is to oversee his men working at the workplace and analyze their performance and productivity.The major responsibility of a supervisor is to look after his men that they reach the targeted production level in the stipulated time. They help in the smooth functioning of the day to day operations of the enterprise. The given are some tasks performed by the supervisor in general:To implement the policies made by the upper-level management.To make short action plans as a stepping stone to achieve targets.Assigning work to workers.

Coordinate the people at work.Motivating, guiding and training subordinates.Preparing timely reports regarding the performance of the employees.Listening and resolving the worker complaints and grievances.Definition of ManagerA manager is a person who manages the resources of the organization. By resources, we mean men, money, material, method and machinery. But not only the resources, but a manager is in charge of the entire management of the organization.

There are mainly five functions of a manager, indicated below:

ConclusionThe supervisor has no authority to recruit and terminate employees, but he can take an active part in the hiring process like shortlisting the candidates and interviewing them, but the final decision would be taken by the Human Resource Manager only.

One significant difference between the two is that supervisor looks after the daily activities of the business while a manager doesn’t.PlanningOrganizingStaffingMotivating & Leading

ControllingCoordination.In general, a manager does not do any work himself but gets it done by his subordinates. He/She is the representative of the whole department, unit or division of the second level or top level management. He/She has got the authority to recruit employees and terminate them as well.There are some managers in a single organization, i.e. general manager, production manager, finance manager, sales manager, customer relationship manager, etc. The function of these managers is based on the department they head.

Difference Between Supervisor and Manager

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But mice are not people, as critics of such studies are quick to point out.In humans, researchers have reported associations between processed foods

and health outcomes, such as an increased risk of developing obesity, cancer, autoimmune conditions, and even death.According to the NOVA food classification system, ultra-processed foods include soft drinks, packaged snacks, meat nuggets, frozen meals, and foods high in additives and low in unprocessed ingredients.«Previous studies have found correlations between ultra-processed food consumption and obesity,» Kevin D. Hall, from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases in Bethesda, MD, which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), explained to Medical News Today.Hall and his colleagues now present the results of a controlled clinical trial, comparing the effects of unprocessed versus ultra-processed foods on humans in the journal Cell Metabolism.The research team recruited 10 male and 10 female volunteers who stayed at the NIH Clinical Center for 28 days.Half of the participants ate ultra-processed food for the first 2 weeks while the others received unprocessed foods. After the 2-week period, the groups switched, allowing each participant to eat both the ultra-processed food and the unprocessed food for 2 weeks.Speed might be the problemThere are several reasons that Hall and his colleagues think may have led the volunteers in the ultra-processed study group to put on weight.Although the study participants rated the pleasantness and familiarity of the diets as equal, they ate significantly faster in the ultra-processed group.In fact, they consumed an extra 17 calories, or 7.4 grams of food per minute, than their counterparts in the unprocessed food group.«There may be something about the textural or sensory properties of the food that made them eat more quickly,» Hall comments. «If you›re eating very quickly, perhaps you›re not giving your gastrointestinal tract enough time to signal to your brain that you›re full. When this happens, you might easily overeat.»Despite a close match in the macronutrient composition of both diets, the unprocessed diet contained slightly more protein. «It could be that people ate more because they were trying to reach certain protein targets,» Hall comments.Yet the team found that the ultra-processed food group actually consumed more carbohydrates and fat than the unprocessed food group, but not protein.Finally, the meals in the ultra-processed group had a higher energy density than in the unprocessed group, which Hall proposes «likely contributed to the observed excess energy intake.»Are ultra-processed foods a social problem?The authors identify several limitations in their study, which include that «the inpatient environment of the metabolic ward makes it difficult to generalize our results to free-living conditions.»They also acknowledge that they did not take into consideration how cost, convenience, and skill influence consumers to choose ultra-processed over unprocessed foods.«Ultra-processed foods contribute to more than half the calories consumed in the USA, and they are cheap and convenient options,» Hall commented to MNT.«So, I think it may be difficult to substantially reduce consumption of ultra-processed foods,» he continued, «especially for people in lower socioeconomic brackets who may not have the time, skill, equipment, or resources to purchase and safely store unprocessed food ingredients and then plan and safely prepare tasty, unprocessed meals.»In the paper, Hall concludes, «However, policies that discourage consumption of ultra-processed foods should be sensitive to the time, skill, expense, and effort required to prepare meals from minimally processed foods — resources that are often in short supply for those who are not members of the upper socioeconomic classes.»He is not the first to suggest a connection between socioeconomics and food choices.A recent, large-scale study in the journal Nature, suggests that in high-income countries, such as the U.S., rural populations are putting on weight faster than their city counterparts.The authors in that study comment that this may, in part, be due to «economic and social disadvantage, including lower education and income, lower availability, and higher price of health[ful] and fresh foods.»

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com

Processed foods lead to weight gain, but it›s about

more than calories

After Scorching Europe, Heat Wave Is Poised to Melt Greenland

While fungal diseases have devastated many animal and plant species, humans and other mammals have

mostly been spared. That’s probably because mammals have body temperatures too warm for most fungi to replicate as well as powerful immune systems. But climate change may be challenging those defenses, bringing new fungal threats to human health, a microbiologist warns.From 2012 to 2015, pathogenic versions of the fungus Candida auris arose independently in Africa, Asia and South America. The versions are from the same species, yet they are genetically distinct, so the spread across continents couldn’t have been

caused by infected travelers, says Arturo Casadevall of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.Instead, each continents’ C. auris may have become tolerant of the average normal body temperature of humans — about 37° Celsius — because the fungi acclimated to warming in the environment caused by climate change, Casadevall and colleagues argue. If this hypothesis turns out to be true, C. auris “may be the first example of a new fungal disease emerging from climate change” that poses a risk to humans, the researchers report online July 23 in mBio.

www.sciencenews.org

Climate change could raise the risk of

deadly fungal infections in humans

https://www.livescience.com

— means that Greenland›s accumulated ice is draining away at an unprecedented rate, Moon said.«Maintaining this rapid ice loss over many years decreases the stability of Greenland and makes significant ice loss — and large associated sea level rise — more likely,» she said.However, it›s not too late for people to mitigate the worst-case scenario for Greenland›s ice by dialing back the greenhouse gas emissions that are fueling human-caused climate change, Moon said.«Our collective actions will play a major role in determining how much and how quickly ice is lost from Greenland, and how severe the associated impacts will be,» she said.

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Why carry a dedicated camera around these days when your phone can take care of most moment capture needs? Well, smartphone camera sensors are on the small side, and you have to make do with the lenses provided. Chinese photographic equipment maker Yongnuo has revealed the YN450, a smartphone-like mirrorless camera that runs Android and is compatible with Canon camera lenses.The YN450 will run Android 7.1 and have Qualcomm octa-core

processing brains supported by 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal storage. There›ll be built-in Wi-Fi and support for 3G/4G mobile data, too.

Photographers can make use of an 8 megapixel camera out front but Canon›s EF camera lenses can be mounted to the device›s body to feed its 16 megapixel Panasonic MFT CMOS sensor, with user interfacing taking place on a smartphone-like 5-inch Full HD multi-touch display.

Yongnuo reckons that the YN450 is capable of recording 4K video at 30 frames per second, has dual microphones, GPS, an LED flash module and a 3.5 mm headphone jack. The revealed specs round out with RAW image support and a 4,000 mAh battery.

No pricing or availability information has been released for the YN450 camera at this time.

A photo editing app has introduced a few new wrinkles to the faces of celebrities — and to the ongoing discussion around personal digital security.FaceApp, a more than 2-year-old app created by a Russia-based developer, has seen a recent spike in use due to some celebrities and influencers taking part in the “FaceApp Challenge.”The app has a host of image-altering features such as adding a smile or appearing to change a person’s gender. Those taking part in the challenge are using the app to make themselves appear elderly, giving fans a preview of what their favorite athletes or celebrities would look like once they become senior citizens.

The recent spike in traffic to FaceApp has also given way to memes about certain famous faces who never seem to age, like the actors Paul Rudd and John Stamos.

But the sudden popularity of the app has also triggered growing concerns about how apps use the data and images supplied by users, particularly those that are owned or operated outside the U.S. One such concern for FaceApp centered on whether the app could access user photos without permission. Researchers found that those concerns were unfounded.

Despite the exoneration, security experts have mixed feelings about the app. They said it isn’t likely the app is stealing entire camera rolls of photos from its users, but added FaceApp is not completely risk free.

The Democratic National Committee felt the app posed enough of a risk to send an alert to its party’s presidential campaigns on Wednesday, warning against using the app that was “developed by Russians,” according to a source familiar with the alert who was not authorized to speak publicly. The warning was first reported by CNN.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., also sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, asking the agencies to investigate the app.

Schumer wrote that he has “serious concerns regarding both the protection of the data that is being aggregated as well as whether users are aware of who may have access to it.”

Justin Brookman, director of privacy and tech policy at Consumer Reports, said the app’s user agreement should concern its fans.

“I would be cautious about uploading sensitive data to this company that does not take privacy very seriously, but also reserves broad rights to do whatever they want with your pictures,” said Brookman, a former policy director for the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Technology Research and Investigation.

Brookman said that FaceApp’s privacy policy allows the company to do whatever it pleases with photos uploaded to its server, and the app’s terms of use gives the company broad license to use the photos as it sees fit.

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