Recent Articles
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Nurse’s death highlights risky nature of hoisting operations
Mark Huber Medical & Allied HealthcareIt's happened again. Another EMS rescuer has plunged to her death during a hoisting operation. This one happened April 27 in Texas. Nurse Kristin McClain, 46, somehow became disconnected while ascending to a STAR Flight Airbus Helicopters H145 during the night-time rescue of an injured hiker.
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A successful bear hunt in Washington
John McAdams Recreation & LeisureI just got back from an awesome spring bear hunt on the Quinault Indian Reservation of western Washington. Though this was not my first bear hunt, I hoped that it would be my first successful bear hunt in the state of Washington. Fortunately, everything came together and I had a successful hunt.
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Report forecasts a turbulent decade ahead for the food industry
Bambi Majumdar Food & BeverageGlobalization has changed the face of business drastically over the last decade. Food businesses have also had to undergo major changes and upheavals in order to meet the challenges of the newer technologies and emerging markets.
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Work-life balance in healthcare: The fundamentals
Catherine Iste Healthcare AdministrationPeople in careers that revolve around helping others are often the worst at maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Healthcare workers are some of the most challenged employees when it comes to self-care, yet they spend every day helping others with health challenges.
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Taking the pain out of personalized marketing
Peter Moloney MarketingPredictive analytics improves marketing results. That's hard to dispute these days, but it's not quite right. Relevant messaging and attractive offers improve marketing results. Predictive analytics has the "potential" to help. It's only potential because there is so much involved in doing it right. There is a broad diversity of algorithms and approaches for all sorts of purposes.
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Scientists are closing in on the root cause of schizophrenia
Dorothy L. Tengler Mental HealthcareSchizophrenia was once thought to be just a catch-all term for forms of mental behavior that we don't understand. In fact, however, schizophrenia is a diagnosis that describes a psychiatric illness characterized by impairments in the perception or expression of reality. These impairments most commonly manifest as auditory hallucinations, paranoid delusions or disorganized talking and thinking in the context of significant social or occupational dysfunction.
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EE Global Forum: Help consumers, businesses slay energy vampires
Ryan Clark Science & TechnologyWorking toward better energy efficiency isn't simply a daytime job. Sometimes energy can be expended even with the lights off. The evolving electronic grid, along with our changing electronic culture requires that advocates, consumers and business owners alike be aware of the surprising ways we are now able to waste. These energy vampire products leech your power supply, even at night when they're turned off.
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Myths of financial planning debunked
David B. Mandell and Michael Lewellen Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementThere are a lot of misconceptions about financial planning, and no one is immune to them. This article will consider the other side of eight common myths about financial planning. See if you suffer from any of these misconceptions.
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From striving for perfection to pursuing excellence
Deborah Ike Religious CommunityAs church leaders, you're working each day to spread the Gospel and make disciples. Whether you're a pastor, worship leader, accountant, graphics designer or IT genius, you have a role to play in making your church's vision a reality. As you use your talents in your church, there's a tension between wanting to get everything perfect and striving for excellence.
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House cuts Amtrak funding 1 day after fatal train crash
Jessica Taylor Transportation Technology & AutomotiveThe House Appropriations Committee voted today to reject increased funding for Amtrak in the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bill. The funding would have made improvements to the rail service's outdated technology and infrastructure — all of which are in the forefront of the news since a May 12 derailment in Pennsylvania that killed at least seven and injured more than 200.