Recent Articles
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6 basics for simple RV cleaning
Cindy Belt Recreation & LeisureIt is important to keep the interior of the RV clean for your own sanity. No one wants to live in dirt. While there might not be many people in your RV, the area per person is more intense versus a big home. Plus, while we enjoy the outdoors, the dirt, sand, leaves, and bugs seem to be attracted to our RVs.
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How video games help rehabilitate stroke survivors
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareEvery year, about 795,000 people in the United States have a stroke, and approximately two-thirds of these individuals survive and require rehabilitation. Nearly half of older stroke survivors experience moderate to severe disability, but researchers have been examining new therapeutic treatments, including video games.
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ESY programs: The summer slide, eligibility and instruction
Howard Margolis EducationIt's anxiety time. Summer is around the corner, and the crunch of Individualized Education Plan (IEP) season has started. You, like untold thousands of parents of struggling learners, might be antagonizing over another summer slide: "This summer, will Harold again forget so much of what he learned that he'll struggle for months to relearn it? Will this cement his resistance to learning?"
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Will Cigna’s purchase of Express Scripts reduce drug costs?
Scott E. Rupp PharmaceuticalFor those following the big business carousel in healthcare, Cigna is certainly on their radar. In May of 2017, the behemoth insurer announced it was abandoning plans to merge with another behemoth, Anthem. But Cigna is bouncing back, announcing this month that it would purchase Express Scripts
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How smart materials can aid in the fight against tooth decay
Tammy Hinojos Oral & Dental Healthcare"Two for one" is a great marketing strategy — for certain things. Two bags of chips for the price of one? Yep. Two nights hotel stay for the price of one? Yes, please. But an additional cavity (called recurrent caries) beneath the filling of a cavity that was already filled? Uh, no thanks. Unfortunately, many dentists have to deliver this bad news to patients on a daily basis.
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Plastics industry pushes for more recycling infrastructure
R.V. Scheide Waste Management & EnvironmentalSomething must be done to stem the flow of plastic waste into landfills, waterways and oceans, and members of the plastics industry are working closely with recycling advocates and other stakeholders to ensure funding for recycling projects is included in the infrastructure spending bills currently being considered by Congress.
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Organizational wisdom in healthcare
Keith Carlson Healthcare AdministrationEvery healthcare organization is a rich repository of accumulated wisdom that serves as the underpinnings of that organization's overall identity and values. While website mission statements are one aspect of identity for a healthcare facility or system, truly distinctive character and wisdom are represented by the memory, knowledge and skill of the individuals who are intrinsic parts of the collective whole. Intelligent healthcare leaders recognize this dynamic by actively honoring, valuing and preserving institutional memory.
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Fostering self-advocacy skills for all students
Brian Stack EducationWhat does it mean for a student to successfully self-advocate? Simply put, self-advocacy happens when a student, at any age, knows what they need to be successful and feels empowered to ask for help if and when they need it. The rise of innovative student-centered learning environments in K-12 education has increased the need for self-advocacy skills, particularly for students with disabilities.
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Data-driven ways to increase your social shares in 2018
Emma Fitzpatrick MarketingLooking at your company’s social analytics, you see less reach and engagement despite the fact you’re posting more content. It’s a problem that’s plagued you thus far in 2018, all of 2017 and even 2016. The good news is you’re not alone. From January to August of 2017, average engagement for brands and publishers on Facebook fell more than 20 percent, 2017 BuzzSumo data found. Now, we know a bit more about why that is happening.
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Europe reviews F-Gas success
Andrew Gaved ManufacturingThe last time I wrote to you, I was full of tales of the pain being felt by the cooling industry in Europe as the F-Gas regulations started to squeeze the market for higher-GWP refrigerants via its combination of restrictions on supply and bans on use. Now I can tell you that the European Commission has confirmed that such pain is precisely what it had in mind to drive the European industry towards better solutions for the environment.