Recent Articles
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Study: Quicker surgery is better
Dr. Jonathan Kaplan Medical & Allied HealthcareIn a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), researchers found that longer surgery duration is associated with increased risk of blood clots forming in the leg and leading to a pulmonary embolism. What does this mean?
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Brain plasticity: Fact or fiction?
Dr. Afsaneh Motamed-Khorasani Medical & Allied HealthcareMedical experts once believed that changes in the brain were only limited to infancy and childhood, after which its physical structure was permanent. However, we now know that new neural pathways are continuously being created and existing ones are altered as a part of our adaptation mechanism to new experiences, ongoing learning and the process of creating new memories.
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The secret to a more productive intern
Carol Heiberger Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementAre you looking forward to the new intern's arrival? There are so many things that you'd like her to do. In your vision, she does more than run for coffee and make the copies. Look at your to-do list: write copy for the Facebook posts, check on the social media chatter, identify new features and functions that would be useful for the millennial customers, edit the videos ...
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Policing the regulations: Cooling industry questions enforcement
Andrew Gaved ManufacturingLaws designed with the fine motives of reducing emissions, reducing energy, etc., are all well and good, but if nothing is done to police them, then they will fall short of their aims. In the U.K., certainly, there is a feeling from within the cooling industry that the regulators must make an example of those who willfully flout the law on matters such as F-Gas.
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Is bigger really better? Leasing the right size of commercial space
Dale Willerton and Jeff Grandfield RetailCommercial tenants often say they are not making any money because their rent is too high. Sometimes this is a true statement, but more often than not, the commercial tenant has simply leased too many square feet.
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The stress of 911 call-takers and emergency dispatchers
Mark Bond Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityIn 1967, President Lyndon Johnson's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice recommended that police departments have a single number for the public to call when they need police services. In 1968, Haleyville, Alabama, became the first city in the United States to start using the 911 system.
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Consumers prefer practical over pizzazz in smart home technology
Michael J. Berens Interior Design, Furnishings & FixturesIn the future, we will not be minding the machines; the machines will be minding us. At this year's Consumer Electronics Show, manufacturers paraded a host of new smart devices designed to track our behaviors and vital signs and then respond or alert us when action needs to be taken.
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Dealing reasonably with unreasonable people
Anne Rose Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementWe've all had them — those difficult customers who are unreasonably angry and refuse to be placated. What are they angry about? And how do you handle them? I'm sure you can construct your own examples of unreasonable customers, but the question is how to handle them so you're not bursting blood vessels in an escalating confrontation.
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Flex-IT Act reintroduced to shorten meaningful use, again
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationThe Flexibility in Health IT Reporting (Flex-IT) Act of 2015, a reiteration of a bill introduced in Congress in 2014, has been introduced by Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.) and Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wis.). According to the statement released by the members of Congress who drafted the bill, H.R. 270 would ensure that healthcare providers receive the flexibility "they need to successfully comply with HHS's meaningful use program."
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Strict rest after concussion offers no additional benefit
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareEmergency department physicians currently suggest that pediatric patients rest for one to two days following a concussion, but some practitioners had begun suggesting longer periods of rest and restricted activities. Now, a new study published in Pediatrics shows that strict bed rest offers no additional neurocognitive, balance or symptom benefit.