📰 AI Helped Uncover A "50-80x Improvement" For Linux's IO_uring
Linux block maintainer and IO_uring lead developer Jens Axboe recently was debugging some slowdowns in the AHCI/SCSI code with IO_uring usage. When turning to Claude AI to help in sorting through the issue, patches were devised that can deliver up to a "literally yield a 50-80x improvement on the io_uring side for idle systems." The code is on its way to the Linux kernel...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AI-50-80x-IO-uring
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Lassa fever (LF) initially presents like other common illnesses accompanied by a fever, such as malaria.
Healthcare workers are urged to remain vigilant.
Consider a #LF diagnosis when seeing patients showing symptoms of fever.
🔗Health Advisory
https://www.ncdc.gov.ng/news/507/lassa-fever-public-health-advisory
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Annual outbreaks of #LassaFever involve the infection and death of a loved family member, a spouse, a parent, and often seasoned healthcare workers and team members.
Our #LF health advisory provides measures through which health workers and the public can protect themselves.
🔗Read via https://www.ncdc.gov.ng/news/507/lassa-fever-public-health-advisory
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Our #LassaFever Research Colloquium is LIVE!
The colloquium aims to review the current situation and identify research priorities that will bring about a better understanding of #LF transmission using a One Health approach
🗓️TODAY, May 2nd, 2023
🕗 9:00 a.m. WAT
Register to join:
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Healthcare workers should raise suspicion for patients with a history of contact with
➡️a probable/confirmed case of #LassaFever within 21 days of onset of fever
➡️body fluids/tissues of a patient with a febrile illness, symptoms & signs suggestive of #LF
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https://www.ncdc.gov.ng/themes/common/docs/protocols/92_1547068532.pdf
Healthcare workers are advised to always be vigilant - lookout for symptoms of #LassaFever, not all fevers are malaria.
Any febrile illness that has not responded to the use of anti-malaria or antibiotics after 48 hrs should raise an index of suspicion for #LF.
#LassaFeverInfo