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Why every organization needs a salary structure: A simple step in the right…
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementWhile the causes of fair pay issues vary, implementing a salary structure is a simple step that can help any organization prevent and address a number of problems. In its simplest form, a salary structure is a written plan that reflects all the positions within an organization with their corresponding salary range In part two of this article series, we will review what a salary structure is and how it can be a simple step in the right direction for any size organization.
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What devices are utilized when integrating IoT and smart manufacturing?
Joseph Zulick ManufacturingA question that has come up quite a bit in the "Factory 4.0" world is: What do we need to get on the internet of things (IoT) train? When you break them down to their simplest components, you only need a small amount of things to yield benefits from implementing IoT. The first part is real-world connections. These are inputs and outputs.
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Ways to protect your healthcare workers from workplace violence
Lisa Mulcahy Healthcare AdministrationPatient-driven abuse: it's a sad but true reality for nurses, doctors and medical assistants today. As a hospital administrator, keeping your staff safe is obviously an essential priority, and your organization no doubt has policies in place to make this happen. Are those policies as effective as they can be, though? Reassess your strategies by reviewing and implementing the following research-driven findings.
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Housing America part 2: The tale of St. Louis’ Pruitt-Igoe
Lucy Wallwork Construction & Building MaterialsThe tale of the Pruitt-Igoe public housing estate is perhaps the most widely told tale of public housing in the U.S. It has become part of the country’s urban mythology and serves as a pivotal vignette in the longer history of the evolution of housing policy in the U.S. That story did not have a happy ending. A colossal project that dominated the city of St Louis when it was built in 1954, it stood for less than three decades. Its demolition live on television in 1972 became a pop-culture moment that marked a watershed in what was seen as a failed experiment in public housing. Perhaps that makes it a good place to start.
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Ethology and veterinary practice: Shadowy feline behaviors, continued
Dr. Myrna Milani Pet CareLast month's brief considered two normal behaviors that create problems for some people. It began with a discussion of cats who knew all the behaviors involved in proper litter box elimination, but never properly connected them. The brief ended with a brief introduction to feline sucking behaviors related to premature weaning that also may create problems. This month's brief looks specifically at cats who suck on people. As with many unusual companion animal behaviors for which personal experience and my veterinary education hadn’t prepared me, my introduction to it came from a new client.
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Evidence continues to show that youth e-cigarette use is growing
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Medical & Allied HealthcareYet another survey is demonstrating that teenagers are adopting the use of electronic cigarettes at an alarming rate. One of the latest, released in December 2018, is called "Monitoring the Future." It was administered by the University of Michigan and was given to 14,000 eighth-, 10th- and 12th-graders across the United States. Other risk behaviors monitored in the survey, such as opioid use, binge drinking, and conventional cigarette use, either remained level or declined. The use of nicotine vaping products showed the largest and most significant increase in any category since the survey began in 1975.
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Infographic: What does your car know about you?
Zachary Kee-Clemmer Transportation Technology & AutomotiveWhile autonomous cars are not yet flooding the marketplace, your car is still doing a number of things without you realizing it. In the guise of providing you with improved services like GPS and voice texting, your car is also collecting data on you that can be used by whomever car manufacturers feel should be privy to the information. The infographic in this article takes a comprehensive look into all the information your car knows about you and how you might better protect yourself from that data working against you.
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Study: Female brains may age more slowly
Tammy Hinojos Medical & Allied Healthcare"Anything you can do, I can do better! I can do anything better than you…" It's an oldie for sure, but it turns out, the catchy tune by Irving Berlin from "Annie Get Your Gun" might just have been on to something. It turns out that female brains tend to age more slowly than those of men, researchers report. Women's brains appear to be about three years younger than those of men at the same chronological age on average. This finding could provide one clue to why women tend to stay mentally sharp longer than men, the authors noted.
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Tips for teaching first-graders music
Aileen Miracle EducationFirst-graders are at such a fun age. They are curious, but can follow directions a bit better than their kindergarten counterparts. They are excited, they are joyful, and they can really start diving into musical literacy! In today’s article, I'm writing my tips for teaching first grade.
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Study: Patients experiencing high trauma from hospitalizations had more…
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareHospitalization can be traumatizing for patients. Previous research shows that one in three patients who survived an ICU stay for an acute lung injury suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Disturbances in patients’ sleep, nutrition, mobility, and mood are common in medical inpatients, and these disturbances can be traumatic for patients. Traumatic hospitalization can also increase the risk of readmissions and emergency department (ED) visits. The results of a new study, published in JAMA, show that patients who experience high trauma of hospitalization may have a greater risk of an ED visit or readmission within 30 days compared with patients with low trauma exposure.