Recent Articles
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Hostile architecture and America’s homeless
Lucy Wallwork Civil & GovernmentA spate of mayors across the globe have spent the night sleeping rough in solidarity with their rising number of homeless constituents. Simultaneously, the built environment we occupy has been transforming to become more and more hostile to these very people.
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Report: ACA results in ‘substantial coverage gains’ in California
Seth Sandronsky Healthcare AdministrationSelf-employed workers and small business employees in California have seen expanded health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to a recent report from the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education (CLRE). The brief draws on data from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).
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Creating a culture of safety in nursing
Keith Carlson Healthcare AdministrationContrary to what some may imagine, the construction and manufacturing industries do not have the highest rate of on-the-job injuries. In fact, hospitals hold this dubious distinction, and this should be great cause for concern among nursing and medical leaders.
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Create a 2-item to-do list to ease your stress
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementA two-item to-do list will decrease stress while increasing productivity. But going from a massive to-do list with an overscheduled calendar down to two significant items per day is not easy. Here are the keys to creating and sticking to a two-item to-do list.
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Lucrative innovation: How tamper-proof design is defining packaging
Delany Martinez ManufacturingWhen even a single damaged or compromised package could put an entire brand's perception at risk, keeping packages safe and sealed has become an important facet of manufacturing in certain sectors. While, say, a flashlight can't carry much liability if its packaging is tampered with, a food or drink item could carry harmful mold or bacteria, and an exposed pharmaceutical item could prove to be life-threatening. That important distinction has led to a number of impressive tamper-evident breakthroughs recently in the packaging sphere.
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Study of baby teeth finds link between autism and environmental exposures
Carolina Pickens Oral & Dental HealthcareResearchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai partnered with Sweden's Karolinska Institutet to study the baby teeth of patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Their study, "Fetal and postnatal metal dysregulation in autism," was published in Nature Communications in April. It detailed that biomarkers in the layers of the ASD patients' teeth revealed they were exposed to higher concentrations of lead and other neurotoxins in utero and within the first months of life.
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The effect of PTSD on the heart
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Medical & Allied HealthcareSuffering a traumatic event and having underlying cardiac or systemic risks can result in even greater risk to health and risk of mortality. Roughly 8 percent of the population will suffer a traumatic event in their lifetime, and in any given year 8 million adults manifest post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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PRS has a hit with Gas Gun Series
Joshua Fry Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityMy wife — fellow shooting author Amanda Fry — and I made our first foray into the Precision Rifle Series (PRS) at the end of the 2016 season. We learned some hard but valuable lessons at our first PRS match and were eager to begin the 2017 season.
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Adulting: Millennials find the money struggle is more than real
Julie Bernhard RetailFailure to launch or an economic reality? According to a recent U.S. Census report, millennials are finding their transition into adulthood is not as seamless as their predecessors. The report indicates that not only are more millennials living with parents than spouses, but their incomes are significantly less as well.
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More hotel chains incorporate the in-room fitness concept
Linchi Kwok Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementToday's consumers want healthy living even when they are on the road. According to a TripAdvisor survey of 1,400 travelers in the U.S., 69 percent of them believed healthy eating was important during a vacation, and 53 percent stated that they always or often did exercise while they were traveling. In another survey of 32,000 young travelers from around the world, 14 percent said they worked out during a trip; only 11 percent admitted they did not do any exercise when traveling.