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IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Clinical Laserthermia Systems AB (publ) (CLS), today announced the clinical study performed in collaboration with Toronto General Hospital, Canada, and Dr. Sangeet Ghai now is recruiting patients for the extended Phase II trial where 30 additional patients, with localized low or intermediate risk prostate cancer, will be treated with MRI-guided focal laser ablation.

The clinical trial started in 2018 to evaluate the safety and efficacy in treating prostate cancer with MRI-guided focal laser ablation (MRgFLA) in 25 patients. In October 2019, interim results were presented in a poster at the AdMeTech 4^th Global Summit. At the time of the presentation, treatment was successfully completed in 21 patients and no adverse events were reported. The conclusion was that MRgFLA shows encouraging short-term oncologic and functional outcomes for the treatment of low-to-intermediate-risk prostate cancer. However, the long-term efficacy will be determined in the coming years. CLS and Dr. Sangeet Ghai decided to proceed with the collaboration, continue the clinical trial, and extend it to include an additional 30 patients under the same protocol. The necessary approvals for this extension are now obtained from Canada’s national authorities. The initial patients are already expected to be included and receive treatment during November and December 2020.

“CLS is very pleased to continue working together with Dr. Sangeet Ghai and his multidisciplinary team. The promising results we have seen so far in this clinical study targeting one of our key areas, prostate cancer, is something we want to continue to explore,” stated Dan Mogren, Chief Commercial Officer at CLS. “The data, as well as the user experience and feedback we get from the clinicians operating our TRANBERG-system, is extremely valuable to us.”

BACKGROUND: Men diagnosed with localized low-to-intermediate risk prostate cancer and with a significant life expectancy are usually offered the choice of two broad therapeutic options, either active treatment with surgery or irradiation with high risk of side effects.

Using its localizing strength, MRI has increased opportunities in management of prostate cancer. Additionally, MR thermometry allows real time, peri-procedural monitoring to ensure selective and adequate tumor ablation.

Focal therapy (FT) for prostate cancer (PCa) reduces functional complications with promising oncological results. Magnetic resonance image (MRI)-guided Focal Laser Ablation (MRgFLA) potentially maximizes precision. In this Phase II study, non water cooled 1064nm diode laser fibers were used for ablation.

PURPOSE & AIM: This study aims to determine the oncologic and functional outcomes of MRgFLA in low-to-intermediate risk localized prostate cancer in the single-center series of patients treated with the 1064nm diode laser fibers.

About CLS TRANBERG Thermal Therapy System

CLS developed its TRANBERG Thermal Therapy System with Thermoguide thermometry software and single-use accessories for image-guided, high precision soft tissue thermal therapy and laser ablation of tumors and soft tissues. The system’s tight integration with MRI scanners is designed to enable precise monitoring, real-time tissue temperature measurements, and cell damage calculations during treatments for exact therapy, precise guidance, and ablation control. The system includes a desk-top mobile laser unit, thermometry software for real-time temperature mapping of MRI images during treatments, and non-cooled laser applicators and single use devices.

Clinical Laserthermia Systems AB (publ), develops and sells the TRANBERG® |Thermal Therapy System including specially designed sterile disposable products for the minimally invasive ablative treatments of soft tissues and cancerous tumors, in accordance with regulatory approvals in EU and USA. The products are marketed for image-guided laser ablation (FLA, LITT) and for treatment with imILT®, the company’s interstitial thermotherapy with a potentially immune stimulating effect. CLS is headquartered in Lund, Sweden and has subsidiaries in Germany and Irvine, CA. CLS is listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market under the ticker CLS B. Certified Adviser (CA) is FNCA Sweden AB, Ph: +46 8 528 00 399. E-mail: [email protected]. Further information is available on www.clinicallaser.se.

The TRANBERG®|Thermal Therapy System has not yet received market clearance for immune stimulating interstitial laser thermotherapy (imILT®) or its Thermoguide thermometry software by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States of America (USA).

OTTAWA, Nov. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — When it comes to energy-saving policies, British Columbia is first, Saskatchewan is last, Prince Edward Island is most improved, and the federal government needs to help all provinces ramp up to meet national goals. This is the message coming from the second annual Scorecard of provincial energy efficiency policies by a Carleton-based research organization, Efficiency Canada.

The 250-page report, released today, benchmarks Canadian provinces across 42 separate metrics, such as energy savings from public utility programs, electric vehicle registrations, building code adoption, and industrial energy management.

Read the full report:

https://www.scorecard.efficiencycanada.org/2020

Energy efficiency has become a go-to solution to recover from COVID-19’s social and economic impacts in a way that promotes clean energy and long-term resilience. In 2020, the federal government committed to improving average energy intensity by three percent per year, which is a tripling from current levels. Organizations such as the International Energy Agency and Canada’s Task Force for a Resilient Recovery recommend investing in building retrofits because they create jobs, promote spending in local economies, and spur productive local investments.

“Most energy saving policies are implemented by the provinces, because they control areas such as public utility regulation and building codes. The Scorecard tracks provincial performance and policy initiatives, while aiming to spur healthy competition amongst policymakers,” said the report’s lead author, James Gaede.

Scorecard results

The Scorecard gave the top rank to British Columbia for the second year. The province is ahead in net-zero energy-ready building codes, electric vehicle registrations, industrial energy management systems, and low-carbon heating.

Prince Edward Island was the most improved province, and narrowly took the lead away from Nova Scotia in the report’s assessment of energy efficiency programs. P.E.I. is now top in per capita program spending, with a strong emphasis on low-income and Indigenous communities.

Quebec is second place and leads in the transportation category of metrics. This year, the province made its first update to energy efficiency standards for large buildings since 1983.

Saskatchewan is in last place, lagging in energy efficiency program savings and spending.

Alberta and Ontario both saw a significant drop in scores compared to the previous year. Alberta significantly reduced program savings and totally shut down the Energy Efficiency Alberta agency. Ontario is a traditional leader and ranks fourth overall, yet is slipping in areas such as electricity savings and electric vehicle registrations.

“The reduction in program budgets and savings in Ontario and Alberta have a significant national impact. If these trends continue, national efficiency and emission reduction goals could be out of reach” noted Dr. Gaede.

All provinces have significant room to improve. On a scale with 100 available points, the highest score this year is 58 and the lowest 17.

“No province is reaching the levels of savings achieved by leading states such as Massachusetts and Vermont. Under Joe Biden, the Americans will move very fast to improve energy efficiency. The Scorecard presents the performance benchmarks and policies Canadian provinces must hit to catch up,” said Efficiency Canada Policy Director, Brendan Haley. 

Making federalism work for energy efficiency

The report authors see the federal government playing an important role in bolstering provincial energy efficiency performance, identifying the following five federal policy priorities:

• Using the low-carbon economy fund to expand energy efficiency programs as an immediate job creation strategy
• Financing deeper energy retrofits
• Introducing a national zero-emission vehicle mandate 
• Spurring the adoption of the 2020 national model buildings codes
• Promoting industrial energy management systems 

They note that energy efficiency is a policy area that should unite all provinces rather than creating regional conflicts. 

“Energy waste is everywhere, which makes it an energy resource that all provinces can benefit from. If the federal government enables provincial actions, and the provinces learn from each other, we can make federalism work for energy efficiency,” said Brendan Haley.

Efficiency Canada intends to produce the Scorecard annually, and also manages a detailed provincial policy database.

Interview opportunities

• Brendan Haley, PhD, Policy Director at Efficiency Canada and co-author
• James Gaede, PhD, lead author of 2020 Provincial Energy Efficiency Scorecard

About Efficiency Canada

Efficiency Canada is the national voice for an energy efficient economy. Our mission is to create a sustainable environment and better life for all Canadians by making our country a global leader in energy efficiency policy, technology, and jobs. We conduct rigorous policy analysis, communicate compelling narratives, and convene and mobilize Canada’s dynamic energy efficiency sector. Efficiency Canada is housed at Carleton University’s Sustainable Energy Research Centre, which is located in turn on the traditional unceded territories of the Algonquin nation.

www.efficiencycanada.org

For further information: 

Lynsey Grosfield, Communications and Media Lead at Efficiency Canada, 
514-430-5203, [email protected]

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TORONTO, Nov. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — New Hampshire has retained its status as the most economically-free state in the union, finds a new report released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.

New Hampshire scored 7.84 out of 10 in this year’s report (down from 7.93 last year), beating out second-place Florida (7.73).

Economic freedom—the ability of individuals to make their own economic decisions including what to buy, where to work and whether to start a business—is fundamental to prosperity.

“When governments allow markets to decide what’s produced, how it’s produced and how much is produced, citizens enjoy greater levels of economic freedom,” said Fred McMahon, the Dr. Michael A. Walker Research Chair in Economic Freedom at the Fraser Institute and co-author of this year’s Economic Freedom of North America report, which measures government spending, taxation and labor market restrictions using data from 2018, the latest year of available comparable data.

Rounding out the top five freest states are Virginia (3^rd), Texas (4^th) and Tennessee (5^th). At the other end of the index, New York (50^th) is once again the least-free state followed by West Virginia (49^th), Alaska (48^th), California (47^th) and Vermont (46^th).

From 2004 to 2018, the average score for U.S. states in the all-government index fell from 8.31 to 7.97. Across North America, the least-free quartile of jurisdictions had an average per-capita income 8.1 per cent below the national average compared to 4.6 per cent above the national average for the most-free quartile.

“Higher levels of economic freedom lead to more opportunity, more prosperity, greater economic growth, more investment and jobs,” said Dean Stansel, report co-author and economics professor at Southern Methodist University.

The Economic Freedom of North America report (also co-authored by José Torra, the head of research at the Mexico City-based Caminos de la Libertad) is an offshoot of the Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom of the World index, the result of more than a quarter century of work by more than 60 scholars including three Nobel laureates.

Detailed tables for each country and subnational jurisdiction can be found at www.fraserinstitute.org.

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In order to better fulfill our mission of providing the world’s best market intelligence and advisory services for global business professionals, the DuckerFrontier Board of Directors and Senior Executive team have made the decision to spin out FrontierView’s subscription solutions into its own company. The new company, which will be called FrontierView [www.frontierview.com], will be led by Richard Leggett as CEO and the same leadership team.

In conjunction with this transaction, we are thrilled to announce that FrontierView has received a growth investment that was led by Mr. Thomas McCormick, a growth-oriented private investor and former President of the B.F. Saul Company and former Chairman of the law firm Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge. 

“We are very excited about the creation of FrontierView, which will allow us to better support our clients’ market monitoring, strategic planning and growth mandates in their most important markets,” said Richard Leggett, CEO of FrontierView. “The formation of this new entity along with Mr. McCormick’s investment enables us to continue investing in our team, technology, and products to advance our mission of providing world-class market intelligence solutions to global business professionals.”

“FrontierView brings a powerful solution to the marketplace serving the needs of business professionals all over the world. This growth capital is designed to maximize and accelerate the potential of our company to meet the changing needs of our clients,” added Thomas McCormick, Investor. “With this capital, we can invest in groundbreaking new products and services, designed specifically for today’s business challenges.”

Despite challenging conditions in 2020, the FrontierView team has remained laser-focused on serving the needs of our clients through our unique Strategic Intelligence as a Service model. In the most recent months, FrontierView has launched a dedicated mobile app, provided over 1,500 client briefings, reached over 3,000 business professionals over 100 executive events, published over 2,000 research reports and insights and launched the third generation, market-leading technology platform – FrontierView. With our new corporate structure and growth capital, we look forward to building on this foundation and accelerating our investment in future market intelligence and advisory solutions. 

About FrontierView

FrontierView is a leading market intelligence and advisory firm that supports the international growth mandates of multinationals across every sector of the global economy. FrontierView provides clients with a range of subscription offerings as well as custom research solutions to help inform their strategic planning, market growth and ongoing market monitoring initiatives.  FrontierView is headquartered in Washington, DC with offices in London and Singapore. For more information, please visit www.frontierview.com.

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SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aurora Mobile Limited (NASDAQ: JG) (“Aurora Mobile” or the “Company”), a leading mobile developer service provider in China, today announced that it has entered into a partnership with Beijing Missfresh Ecommerce Co. Ltd. (“Missfresh”), a leading e-commerce platform that focuses on high-quality fresh food in China, to promote digitalization and intelligent operations.

The partnership will leverage Aurora Mobile’s industry-leading Artificial Intelligent (“AI”) and machine learning-driven push technical capabilities and years of expertise in data analytics, help Missfresh gain comprehensive insights into user needs, and provide Missfresh with stable, efficient, secure, and intelligent push services that optimize user experience, increase user engagement and retention, and achieve intelligent and tailored marketing. This cooperation demonstrates the industry-wide acclaim and trust that Aurora Mobile commands for the robust technical capabilities and services it offers to leading fresh grocery e-commerce platforms in China.

Missfresh, in focusing on high-quality fresh food e-commerce, strives to connect high-quality fresh grocery producers and consumers through supply chain restructuring, and delivers the ultimate fresh food e-commerce experience to users. Missfresh has been leveraging the user proximity of its pre-warehouses to provide a “better, faster and more cost-effective” purchase experience for consumers.

Meanwhile, Missfresh empowers grocery suppliers through win-win solutions, working together with businesses along the entire industry chain to deliver a healthy, safe and high-quality lifestyle to families at affordable costs. Within a few years of its establishment, Missfresh has achieved and maintained leadership in terms of revenue growth, number of users and profitability in the fresh grocery e-commerce industry.

Recognized for its innovative business model and phenomenal growth, Missfresh was selected into the 2017 China Unicorn Enterprise List by the Torch High Technology Industry Development Center of China’s Ministry of Science and Technology, becoming the fresh grocery e-commerce platform of choice for tens of millions of users in China.

As a leading mobile developer service provider in China for almost a decade, Aurora Mobile continues to leverage its “APP developer-centric” strategy to help mobile APP developers optimize user experience and conduct more in-depth operations through agile product development. Iterative technology improvements are deployed with a clear focus on increasing demand for mobile operations, business growth and monetization. The Company has successively launched push notifications, one-key authentication, instant messaging, statistics and analytics, and APP traffic monetization (JG Alliance) and other services. The Company’s solutions feature multi-channel delivery, intelligent user grouping, and trace-free withdrawal as well as high concurrency and availability system architecture. Aurora Mobile teamed up with Samsung and ASUS to build a push system that complies with the Unified Push Alliance standard. Aurora Mobile also leverages its AI-driven data processing platform to provide customers with one-stop diversified service solutions, helping customers across various industries to improve operational efficiency and conduct data-led decision making.   

Going forward, Aurora Mobile will continue to embrace innovative development and empower mobile APP developers with strong capabilities in product development, operations and technology iteration. Aurora Mobile will further explore other strategic partnerships in the fresh food e-commerce sector to help them grow and improve operational and monetization efficiency.

About Aurora Mobile Limited

Founded in 2011, Aurora Mobile is a leading mobile developer service provider in China. Aurora Mobile is committed to providing efficient and stable push notification, one-click verification, and APP traffic monetization services to help developers improve operational efficiency, grow and monetize. Meanwhile, Aurora Mobile’s vertical applications have expanded to market intelligence, financial risk management, and location-based intelligence, empowering various industries to improve productivity and optimize decision-making.

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Canstar Restorations LP (“Canstar) is pleased to announce the acquisition of ABK Restoration Services Ltd. (“ABK”) and NorHaz Solutions Inc. (“NorHaz”). ABK is a provider of property restoration services, and NorHaz is a provider of full-service hazardous materials removal and remediation, both operating in British Columbia’s Interior.

“Welcoming ABK and NorHaz into the Canstar family represents a significant milestone in becoming the largest player in Western Canada,” said Mike Chisholm, CEO of Canstar. “This is a great strategic fit that will allow for the leveraging of the combined service offering, workforce, and facilities to provide a higher level of service to our existing and future customers.”

ABK and NorHaz have established a long and prominent track record, supported by its deep talent and the reputation of founder Jeff McCallum and his team. “Canstar’s strong cultural alignment and operating expertise were critical in the establishment of this partnership,” noted Jeff McCallum. “We are excited to collaborate and develop the next phase of growth opportunities to further expand the combined business.”

With the acquisition of ABK and NorHaz, Canstar’s platform will expand by four branches located in Kamloops, Kelowna, Penticton, and Summerland, British Columbia. In addition to this acquisition, Canstar has recently expanded its footprint into Alberta with the opening of offices in Calgary and soon to be opening in Edmonton.

ABOUT CANSTAR

Canstar, founded in 1985, is a leading Western Canadian full-service restoration provider with 11 branches across British Columbia (Abbotsford, Coquitlam, Kamloops, Kelowna, Penticton, Summerland, Surrey, Vancouver, and Whistler) and Alberta (Calgary and Edmonton). Canstar offers a complete range of building and contents restoration services, including repairing fire, water and storm damage, and hazardous materials clean-up. Visit our website to learn more.