Recent Articles
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Smarter mobile health for addiction recovery
Christina Thielst Mental HealthcareSocial and mobile health tools are making a significant impact on consumer health and wellness. They have played an important role in efforts to break care processes free from the confines of hospital and clinic walls and to activate consumers. Their engaging features support consumers in self-management activities, helping them to understand and act upon relevant information for better health.
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Simple tips for managing older employees
Ryan Clark Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementWith people today working further into their lives and retiring later, the workforce has begun to age noticeably. This leads to real situations in which younger managers are tasked with supervising direct reports who are much older than they are.
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3-D printing plastic development highlights
Don Rosato Engineering3-D printing parts manufacturing is definitely coming of age in a way that's highly disruptive to traditional manufacturing. Global expenditures from the recent February Inside 3D Printing Conference & Expo on desktop and industrial printers will grow from $12 billion in 2017 to $25 billion by 2022.
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The daily teacher struggle when faced with declining wages
Brian Stack EducationIt is starting to become the norm for teachers to seek out other forms of income to make up lost ground from low teacher salaries that plague many schools from coast to coast.
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5 tips and tricks to create better Instagram Story content
Emma Fitzpatrick MarketingIf your business is like most, your organic reach on Facebook just continues to drop. On Instagram, your engagement may not be what it used to be either because posts are no longer displayed in chronological order.
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Barbers and beauticians can play a key role in healthcare
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Medical & Allied HealthcareResearch is showing that barbers, hairdressers and cosmetologists in the grooming and beauty industries can be part of an effective team providing health education, health awareness and preventative services. A recent study found that awareness and services can be particularly effective when healthcare professionals are working with the barbers involved.
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The unique nutrient requirements of cats
Alexandra Rankovic and Dr. Jennifer Adolphe Pet CareIt's no secret that people love their cats. Today, cats are considered the world's most popular pet. However, when compared to dogs, cats have unique nutritional and dietary requirements that require special attention. These requirements stem from the cat's evolution from its strictly carnivorous ancestors and the nutrients supplied to them through the consumption of animal tissue.
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Know your priorities when choosing a semi‑automatic shotgun
Irwin Greenstein Recreation & LeisureBuying a semi-automatic shotgun for your wing and clays shooting could be more complicated than you think. Beyond affordability, cosmetics and gauge, the biggest difference between them is the type of system used to cycle shells for your next shot — something that’s difficult to determine just by its appearance on the dealer's shelf.
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An opportunity for dentistry to improve its value in healthcare
Dr. Fred Ferguson Oral & Dental HealthcareThe April 2 MultiBriefs Exclusive article "Why doesn't Medicare cover dentistry?" emphasized that cost was the major obstacle to dentistry's inclusion in Medicare. However, the cost was not the main obstacle in the beginning. In the mid-1960s, the American Dental Association (ADA) decided to not join the American Medical Association in accepting a position in Medicare.
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Urban design gone wrong: Cul‑de‑sacs
Lucy Wallwork Construction & Building MaterialsThis is the second part of a series on urban design gone wrong. In this series of articles, we will be looking at a few of the things we have been getting badly wrong when designing our cities, and that we are now scrambling to rectify. This week: cul-de-sacs.