Recent Articles
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Tourism slowly climbing back in Puerto Rico
Bambi Majumdar Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementThe devastation that Hurricane Maria left in its wake will have far-reaching effects on Puerto Rico and its surrounding islands for years. The frightening prospect of no power for months and a lack of basic supplies is resulting in a mass exodus from the island. Puerto Ricans are leaving, perhaps never to return.
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10 top American museum ships
Dave G. Houser Recreation & LeisureAmerica is home to more than 35,000 museums — preserving and displaying just about everything from beer cans to barbed wire. The majority of them are brick-and-mortar repositories, but there's a genre of floating museums as well.
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Healthcare providers and the saber‑toothed tiger
Keith Carlson Healthcare AdministrationWhen an individual suffers from an acute injury or a chronic condition, he or she enters into the healthcare system in pursuit of protection against uncertainty. That uncertainty arises from fear, which is a direct byproduct of living with illness.
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4 questions to address your appointment cancellation challenges
Scott Murray Oral & Dental HealthcareOne of the most stressful things that can take place in a dental office is a canceled appointment. It can throw off an entire day and create logistical nightmares. The only thing more stressful is coming up with a way to reduce the number of canceled appointments, and thus decreasing the amount of stress.
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Hog-Gone it! There’s a new pig poison in Texas
John McAdams Recreation & LeisureEven though efforts to authorize use of the controversial warfarin-based hog poison commercially known as Kaput met with stiff resistance and ultimately failed, that has not stopped scientists from looking for other tools to use for hog control in Texas. For instance, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is currently experimenting with a sodium nitrite hog poison known as Hog-Gone.
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Trump signs executive order to bypass ACA requirements
Seth Sandronsky Healthcare AdministrationWith Congress' repeated failures to overturn the Affordable Care Act, President Donald Trump on Thursday morning signed an executive order that opens the door to dismantling Obamacare.
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Enforcing anti-discrimination policies in the workplace
Nicolette Penner Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementThe protection of LGBT workers against discrimination has been a gray area in the workforce ever since the Department of Justice filed an amicus brief declaring that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not cover "discrimination based on sexual orientation." Although certain states have passed laws protecting LGBT workers, sexual orientation is not directly stated in Title VII, which protects individuals' race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, and disability from discrimination.
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Golf Q&A: Dean Frischknecht of Ping American College Golf Guide
William SouléDean Frischknecht is the founder, owner and operator of the Ping American College Golf Guide, a service to help high school golfers and college coaches get connected during the recruitment process. Frischknecht first published the Guide in 1989 after attempting to help a few high school golfers with their recruitment, only to realize how little information there was to help these potential student athletes find the right schools for them.
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Is an organic price war on the horizon?
Bambi Majumdar Food & BeverageMonths after its announcement, the Amazon-Whole Foods deal is still making waves. Now, economists say we are on the brink of witnessing a major organic price war. Texas-based Whole Foods Market Inc. is not only known for its organic produce but also for the distinctive local offers in each of its branches. Loyal shoppers who believe in clean eating have happily paid more for these services. Even though other grocery chains upped their organic produce sections and at a competitive cost, they found it hard to beat Whole Foods.
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What fruit flies can teach us about human sleep patterns
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Medical & Allied HealthcareOne of the most prestigious awards for medicine recently went to a group of Americans studying aspects of sleep in fruit flies. The 2017 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine was awarded to a trio of scientists: Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young.