Recent Articles
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Does your guest have a service dog?
Kay Corriere Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementPeople with dogs are seen everywhere. We love our animals and want to take them with us. From the big box store in the shopping cart, in tote bags, to restaurants, hotels and public transportation. The question is, are they really trained service animals?
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Driving the bus of your nursing career
Keith Carlson Medical & Allied HealthcareIn our nursing careers, we can often feel buffeted by winds over which we feel little control. We can feel like we "should" do this or that, make choices that others feels are best for us, or take paths that feel prescribed for us, not chosen by us. This career paradigm can indeed feel uncomfortable.
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Reloading your own ammunition: Polishing the brass
Ken Jolly Recreation & LeisurePolishing the brass is my favorite step in reloading. Since I have not bought any new ammo in years, my brass casings come from range pickups and reusing my own. These are tarnished, dirty and sooty, but they will clean up into treasure.
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B2C communications on Facebook: What has changed over the years?
Linchi Kwok CommunicationsAs of March 31, Facebook reported 1.44 billion monthly active users — 936 million of whom access the website every day. Therefore, Facebook continues to be an essential social media platform for business communications. By 2012, 74 percent of Fortune 100 companies had already set up at least one Facebook page for business communications.
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As companies eliminate artificial ingredients, is food really getting healthier?
Cait Harrison Food & BeverageYou've probably heard the recent announcement that Panera plans to remove artificial ingredients from its food. But it comes among a plethora of other companies who have also vowed to remove additives, preservatives and other so-called "bad" ingredients from their recipes.
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US leads the world in hydrocarbon production — but for how long?
Stefanie Heerwig Natural ResourcesAccording to the latest estimates of the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) , the U.S. remained the world's largest producer of hydrocarbons in 2014, despite plunging oil and gas prices and a dropping rig count. The EIA estimates that U.S. hydrocarbon production continues to exceed that of both Russia and Saudi Arabia. U.S. petroleum production increased by 1.6 million barrels per day in 2014, while natural gas production increased by 13.9 billion cubic feet per day over the past five years.
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Pharmacists can help patients swallow pills
Jason Poquette PharmaceuticalIt may be a tough pill to swallow, but the medical community is becoming more aware of the number of patients who have difficulty swallowing tablets and capsules. Of course, this isn't a new issue, but a recent study published in the journal Pediatrics revealed the problem may be more widespread than we thought. More than half of the parents polled indicated their child couldn't swallow solid dosage forms like tablets and capsules.
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Advances in wireless wearable brain‑computer interface systems
Dr. Afsaneh Motamed-Khorasani Science & TechnologyWe have witnessed the rapid growth of research in the field of brain-computer interface (BCI) in the last 15 years. This process now has the potential to further advance in terms of accuracy and speed through training and practice. EEG-based BCI systems basically decode the user's neurophysiological intention signals and produce commands that can control an external device, such as computer applications, home appliances and prosthetic devices.
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Should you file a mechanics lien claim? 3 things to consider
Scott Wolfe Jr. Construction & Building MaterialsThose who furnish labor or materials to a construction project have the right to file a mechanics lien claim in the event of nonpayment. This is a remedy first established in America by founding fathers Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to protect suppliers and contractors against a project's financial risks, and the remedy has persisted throughout the nation's history with laws in every state.
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Fore eyes: Glasses can protect golfers from devastating injury
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Sports & FitnessShouting the warning term "Fore!" in advance of a golf stroke is standard practice and part of the game. The need for such a warning is clear, but how the term originated is not. Two common explanations have been put forth.