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• What remodeling projects increase home value the most?

  Thomas Jepsen Interior Design, Furnishings & Fixtures

  When remodeling a house, how much does a project increase the value of the home? This is a question most homeowners want answered before they start a remodeling project. Of course, homeowners won't just upgrade their homes for the increased value but also for the added comfort gained from the upgrades.

• Rural telehealth gets another boost from the USDA

  Scott E. Rupp Healthcare Administration

  The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expanding its Rural Development Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program — a surprising place for health IT innovation. The program, which began in 2009, will pump another $23.4 million in additional funding for 75 new projects in 31 states, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said in the announcement.

• Avoid headaches in 2016 as employees embrace new mobile devices

  Paul Starkman Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  The bring-your-own-device trend continues to gain traction in the workplace as employees increasingly want to use personally owned electronic devices for work. The BYOD trend has also led to increased employer concerns about technology, device damage and the impact of new wearable technology brought to the workplace. In order to address all of the concerns and keep pace with new advancement in technologies, software and devices, companies need to be proactive and have an up-to-date, robust technology policy.

• How much protein should pet food contain?

  Jennifer Adolphe, Ph.D. Pet Care

  Visit any Internet message board about pet nutrition and you will more than likely find a heated debate about protein — pros, cons, good sources, bad sources and more opinions than you ever wanted to know. Proteins are the building blocks of your pet's body and consist of chains of amino acids joined together. They can range in size from only a few amino acids to large, complex molecules in which the amino acid chains are intricately folded. Why are proteins such a hot topic for pet nutrition?

• A friend’s first deer

  John McAdams Recreation & Leisure

  ​Movement caught my eye from across the clearing. I whispered to David, "Go ahead and get ready." As he quietly readied his rifle, a group of five does exited the woods and made a beeline for the feeder, with its bounty of corn on the ground beneath it. They moved with little caution and seemed unconcerned with anything other than eating. We could hear crunching through the cool, crisp morning air as the does rapidly consumed the corn. Satisfied that they were completely focused on eating, I again whispered, "Take the shot when one gets clear."

• Reimagining the schools of tomorrow

  Brian Stack Education

  Earlier this fall, movie enthusiasts rejoiced at the arrival of Oct. 21, 2015, the actual date that a young Marty McFly traveled back in time to fictitious Hill Valley, California, to save his children in the hit 1989 movie "Back to the Future II." Director Robert Zemeckis introduced us to a world in 2015 that looked very different from the one we knew. Sadly, however, Marty McFly would find almost no differences in Hill Valley High School from 1989 to 2015. Why have we made so much progress as a society, yet our schools continue to operate in much the same way as they have for decades?

• The absence of positive thoughts during depression

  Dorothy L. Tengler Mental Healthcare

  People with depression or healthy people with a depressed mood can be affected by depressive thoughts. However, according to a recent study, depressive thoughts are maintained for longer periods of time for people with a depressed mood, and this extended duration may reduce the amount of information that these individuals can hold in their memory. Although it has been known that negative thoughts tend to last longer for those with depression, this study is unique in showing that these thoughts, triggered from stimuli in the environment, can persist to the point that they hinder a depressed person's ability to keep their train of thought.

• Should pharmacists prescribe contraceptives?

  Jason Poquette Pharmaceutical

  If you had to guess the number of unintended pregnancies each year, what would you say? Ten thousand? One hundred thousand? Five hundred thousand? The number is actually more like 3 million unintended pregnancies per year in our country. That’s a staggering number, and amounts to about 50 percent of all pregnancies in the U.S. Wasn’t the discovery and development of "the pill" supposed to change all this?

• Real-time marketing is not always what it seems

  Peter Moloney Marketing

  The instant delivery of marketing messages to customers, such as emails, ads or Web recommendations, triggered upon customer behaviors in real-time, is at the cutting-edge of today’s marketing tech. Watching Web activity, social interactions, and vendor engagements generates a lot of data that might indicate customer preferences and readiness to buy something. There are a couple problems, however.

• Bioplastic materials and process advances on the move

  Don Rosato Engineering

  Microbiologists, rather than materials scientists, are developing new plastic building blocks. To further enhance overall performance, and durability of bioplastics, additives, blends and alloys are increasingly used. The increasing number of biopolymers gives more choices for blend processing and will lead to more innovation.

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