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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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The girl's family could not afford the cost of getting her a prosthetic leg, so she used a tree branch as a crutch to help her walk. From that encounter, Akhtar decided that one day he would develop affordable artificial limbs. Akhtar is the CEO. Everything that we do has the patient in mind.".

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3-Year Cruise Passengers Seek Fraud Charges Over Cancellation

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Instead, more than a month after the cruise was abruptly canceled, one couple is stranded in an Istanbul hotel and on the verge of becoming homeless; another woman has moved to Ecuador because she can’t afford to pay her mortgage; and a man, recently diagnosed with cancer, has delayed his treatment because he doesn’t have the money to pay for it.

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IEA: power use to soar through 2027, but renewables will keep up

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But it also presents evolving challenges for governments in ensuring secure, affordable, and sustainable electricity supply, said IEA director of energy markets and security Keisuke Sadamori. Droughts in Ecuador, Colombia, and Mexico further strained hydropower generation.

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Continental extends term of Nikolai Setzer as CEO, appoints new board member for automotive group sector – ET Auto

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In 2009, he took over various responsibilities in the former powertrain business, before spending three years in charge of the tire business in Ecuador and a further three years managing the tire business in Shanghai from 2012. In 2007, von Hirschheydt joined Continental as a project manager in the Mergers and Acquisitions department.

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