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This paper outlines a proposal for how to implement Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) based on open banking standards and supports both account-based and token-based CBDC models, transacting online and offline with immediate finality, while recognising the European PSD2 requirements, including (multi-factor) strong customer authentication (SCA). The authors recognise the limitations with current smartphone technologies with respect to deploying trusted applications and in performing the role of a qualified signature creation device - highly relevant to offline scenarios. In some cases, the authors recommend regulatory review, in others they recommend taking full advantage of the existing capabilities of the separated secure execution environment by dividing the control of a CBDC transaction between both payee and payer devices, so that if one device was compromised, this does not undermine the whole transaction. It balances the need for anonymity with financial crime regulatory requirements and suggests that a CBDC wallet can be enriched with eID capabilities, or vice versa. The wallet is bound to the person’s identity, their device and software via a chain of trust (eIDAS for the EU or similar for non-EU countries). The authors combine this with self-sovereign identity (SSI) principles to maximize privacy and minimize information sharing with a third party

Workforce and societal needs have changed significantly over the past few decades while educational approaches have remained largely the same over the past 50 years. Walk into any random classroom in the United States and you will likely see instruction being delivered to students in straight rows by teachers through lecture style. It is possible to find classrooms that utilize technology and cross-disciplinary projects to explore real-world problems, however, those are scarce and in high demand. If we are serious about transforming instruction to better prepare our students for a global society, we need to do it beyond one classroom, school, or zip code, Long Beach Unified school district provides an uncommon example of an education system that has successfully improved instruction across schools by improving the overall district system. This chapter details how the district created a strong coherent system by connecting the critical elements necessary to scale and sustain high quality instruction for all students, and ultimately, better prepare them for the changing demands of our country’s global economy.

ABSTRACT A drug is a particular substance in physiology that exerts an effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body. Drugs may be administered in a variety of constitutions from capsules, injections, creams, and ointments to inhalants, liquids, and dermal patches. Administration is by way of different routes, namely, topical, parenteral, inhalation, and via injection routes such as subcutaneous, intramuscular, or intravenous. The purpose of this column is to direct the reader’s attention to some of the more common drugs used in dermatology. The mechanism of action for the drug, the indications for its use, efficacy, dosing and administration, monitoring guidelines, adverse side effects, and any standard alternatives are discussed. In addition, this column contains pertinent patient education on the use of the medication. This article focuses on a common medication for plaque psoriasis, adalimumab.

Nickel is widely used in coins; nickel may cause contact allergy and allergic contact dermatitis in those who handle them. To investigate alloy use, coin composition and nickel and cobalt release for a worldwide selection of currently circulating coins. Eight hundred and fifty coins of 361 different denominations or issues from 52 countries were collected and analysed with X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and nickel and cobalt spot tests. Copper-nickel was the most frequently identified coin alloy, being observed in 100 denominations (28%), followed by aluminium-bronze (62, 17%). In total, 239 denominations released nickel (28%). Coins from Bolivia, Brazil and Costa Rica did not release nickel. Fewer than one-third of the denominations or issues from China, India, the euro area and Indonesia released nickel. In the United States, the Russian Federation, Japan, and Mexico, one-third or more of the denominations released nickel. This worldwide selection of circulating coins covered countries with 75% of the world population, and shows that the majority of the world population lives in countries where coins release nickel. Pertinently, ∼ 40% of circulating coin denominations do not release nickel.