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Volvo Trucks starts series production of heavy-duty electric trucks

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Series production of Volvo’s heaviest electric trucks will start in the Tuve factory in Gothenburg, Sweden and next year the factory in Ghent, Belgium will follow. The batteries are supplied by Volvo Trucks’ new battery assembly plant in Ghent. We expect volumes to increase significantly in the next few years.

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Do We Dare Use Generative AI for Mental Health?

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Demand for mental-health services has surged while the supply of clinicians has stagnated. Woebot relies on a rules-based engine that resembles a decision tree of possible conversational paths; ChatGPT uses statistics to determine what its next words should be, given what has come before. Today, the situation is vastly different.

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Air pollution associated with increased heart attack risk despite “safe” levels

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Jean-Francois Argacha, a cardiologist at University Hospital Brussels (UZ Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel), in Belgium. A statistical model called RIO was used to provide a real-time evaluation of air pollution exposure in each part of Belgium with adjustments for population density. concentrations were associated with a 2.8%

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