Recent Articles

• Making the choice: Finding the right RV

  Steve and Diane Owens Recreation & Leisure

  Diane and I stood in our driveway and watched as a stranger rode away with our Honda Gold Wing. It broke our heart. Our motorcycle was a great source of enjoyment and freedom for 14 years. We met friendly and interesting people on our rides, so selling "Free Spirit" was another trying decision in our quest to travel the country full-time in an RV. In its place, we purchased a 4-by-4 Jeep capable of off-road fun.

• Positively managing student behavior in the classroom

  Savanna Flakes Education

  ​Discipline problems and behavior issues have always been and continue to be a leading frustration for teachers. The good news is that variables can easily be manipulated to have a positive influence on student behavior. By being proactive and purposeful in our planning, we can prevent behavior problems before they arise. By building positive relationships with students and explicitly teaching classroom routines, we can manage behavior and increase student motivation.

• Automotive lightweighting trends drive plastics technology

  Don Rosato Engineering

  The global shifts in automotive manufacturing haven't slowed plastics innovation and the adoption of new plastic materials. In 2006, Japan passed the U.S. to become the world's largest car manufacturer. This position changed again when in 2009 when China overtook Japan for this top position with a current 35 percent market share in vehicles produced, while U.S. production has gone to 25 percent in the last five years.

• Which is the best social media site for your business?

  Emma Fitzpatrick Marketing

  New social media sites pop up constantly. Have you heard of the two newest players in the social game, Meerkat and Periscope? Whenever a new form of social emerges, of course you check it out. After all, you — and your business — should always be on the forefront of trends. Plus you want to know, "Is this a good fit for my business?"

• Offbeat travel destinations are ruling summer bookings

  Bambi Majumdar Recreation & Leisure

  As the calendar rolls over to June, summer vacation is on everyone's minds. An estimated 37 million Americans kicked off the summer travel season over Memorial Day weekend, with AAA ​projecting a 4.7 percent rise from 2014 marking highest figure in the last 10 years.

• Robotic anesthesia pushes surgery into a new era

  Joan Spitrey Medical & Allied Healthcare

  A new automated anesthesia delivery machine is challenging the way we look at anesthesia delivery. The Sedasys Computer-Assisted Personalized Sedation System administers a propofol infusion to patients undergoing colonoscopy and espophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) procedures without the direct oversight of an anesthesia provider. The use of propofol for such procedures has been gaining momentum and has become a frequently preferred medication. The effects are quick, and the time for the medication to wear off is also quick, making it highly desired in procedure areas.

• In wake of meningitis scandal, Massachusetts changes CE requirements

  Jason Poquette Pharmaceutical

  When a tragedy on the scale of what happened in 2012 regarding the Massachusetts-based New England Compounding Center (NECC) meningitis contamination and the subsequent fallout on the Board of Pharmacy (BOP), you can expect that certain changes will occur.

• VA suffers cybersecurity problems

  Scott E. Rupp Healthcare Administration

  From problems with managing its case load to actually falsifying documents related to patient care, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs doesn't seem to be taking security seriously, ​Federal News Radio reports. The VA failed its Federal Information Security Management Act Audit for Fiscal Year 2014, but the news agency has reported that the VA is in the wake of taking action to fix its cybersecurity vulnerabilities and deficiencies.

• Reloading your own ammunition: Dropping gunpowder

  Ken Jolly Recreation & Leisure

  There is a huge difference between black powder and today's smokeless powder. I had this demonstrated to me by someone pouring the two different powders into can lids and igniting them. The smokeless powder burned over a short period of time in a rising flame. The black powder created a sudden and violent explosion.

• Dr. Porsche will see you now

  Roger Kraemer Transportation Technology & Automotive

  The good Doctors Porsche — Ferdinand and Ferry — were automotive visionaries. They created and designed some of the greatest automobiles in history. And although their doctorates were only honorary, they clearly had something in common with a fellow Austrian visionary, Dr. Freud.

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