Recent Articles
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Where is LEED having the most impact in the US?
Scott E. Rupp Facilities & GroundsThe U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) recently released its annual list of the Top 10 States for LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), the world's most widely used green building rating system. The list ranks states in terms of certified square feet per resident in the previous year, and it highlights the latest developments throughout the U.S. that are making significant strides in sustainable design, construction and transformation.
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Mouse model shows promise for treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Medical & Allied HealthcareMore than 5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's disease, and treatments are needed for this devastating condition. One strategy researchers have been examining is to shrink the buildup of amyloid beta in the brains of those suffering the disease.
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6 tips for building lasting client relationships
Evie Cunningham Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementEvery business relies on its clients to keep them going. Without clients, you have no business. But what happens after you have sealed the deal? It's not as easy as a catch 'em and keep 'em game. If you don't want to lose your clients to someone else, you need to start building a relationship with them from day one.
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Managing challenging patient relationships
Christina Thielst Healthcare AdministrationChallenges in healthcare are the norm. However, some patients present significant challenges to healthcare professionals and the care environment that rise to the point of creating unnecessary risk. While healthcare providers and their staff should always attempt to resolve patient concerns, there comes a point when the best course of action may be to terminate the provider/patient relationship.
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Understanding dialects helps ESL instructors
Douglas Magrath EducationAs I've written previously, knowledge of basic linguistic principles should include dialects — both L1 and L2. Learners at the higher levels need to know that they will encounter different dialects as they interact with native speakers.
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Surveyors: Stand up and be heard
Michael J. Pallamary Construction & Building MaterialsOne of the best ways for an organization to advance is to have a unified voice, one that represents a broad spectrum of interests, common to all members. The medical profession learned this a long time ago with the universal adoption of the Hippocratic Oath. In the United States, this concept evolved into the canons of the American Medical Association, commonly known as the AMA.
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Housing shortage prompts multifamily construction revival
Michael J. Berens Construction & Building MaterialsMultifamily construction activity slid in 2017 in the face of rising vacancy rates and concerns about overbuilding. That trend has begun to shift direction in recent months as the market for single-family homes remains constrained by shortages of available and affordable new and existing homes.
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Student protests: How should schools respond?
Ryan Clark EducationToday, students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, will return to class, two weeks after the mass shooting that left 17 students and teachers dead. The horrific incident sparked nationwide protests as students across the country held sit-ins and walkouts over the issue of gun control.
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Reverse engineer the president’s year
Robert C. Harris Association ManagementI met an elected president who was eager to lead. He had a lofty presidential agenda to achieve. When I checked in with him a year later, he was frustrated that what he set out to do was not completed as he had hoped.
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Sharjah Airport developing facilities with confusion over dates
Matt Falcus Transportation Technology & AutomotiveAviation in the United Arab Emirates focuses on the huge hubs of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, with the new Dubai World Central set to take center stage at some point in the near future. Yet when planes first started stopping in the area on their east-west journeys across the British Empire, a small outpost that is now part of a residential complex in central Sharjah was the passenger terminal of choice.