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By Glenda Quintini. The combination of work and study has been hailed as crucial to ensure that youth develop the skills required on the labour market so that transitions from school to work are shorter and smoother. As a result, in…

It’s now ten years since the Joint Information Systems Committee (Jisc) in the UK launched its first “transitional agreement” (TA) with Springer Nature. Since then, Jisc has negotiated and/or renewed 75 TAs with 47 publishers.…

Gil, a 17-year-old Youth Ambassador from Newton, Massachusetts, returned from the exchange program in Ecuador, empowered to create change in his community.  "In 6th grade, I ran a track race against a school in Boston where the kids…

Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 14, Pages 288: How Is Job Insecurity Related to Workers’ Work–Family Conflict during the Pandemic? The Mediating Role of Working Excessively and Techno-Overload Behavioral Sciences doi:…

From students crafting essays and engineers writing code to call center operators responding to customers, generative artificial intelligence tools have prompted a wave of experimentation over the past year. At…

1. IntroductionTelecommuting, remote work, teleworking, and flexible work have been used in the literature as synonyms . These different terms make it difficult to evaluate prior research and related findings. Therefore, to give a…

Conversations like this one — about policy and technology, but also about living and leading — frame the purpose, intention, and unique online environment of the course. Rather than just focus on theory, this program aims to identify the…

Ottawa, Ontario (March 24, 2024) — President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Natan Obed, and the Minister of Indigenous Services, Patty Hajdu, issued the following statement today: “Tuberculosis (TB) can be eliminated with joint…

by Rory O’Farrell, Economics, OECD Economics DepartmentToday’s post is also being published by the OECD Insights Blog There is little new about the ‘gig economy’. The word ‘gig’ originates from 1920s jazz musicians who played a small…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Feb. 6, 2020   COLUMBIA, S.C. — State Epidemiologist Linda Bell, MD, met with leaders from hospitals across the state this week to discuss the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control’s ongoing…

Our technical working group shares their feedback with One Concern’s modeling teams each year through letters. Below, you’ll find the two complete letters provided to our team from our Technical Working Group (TWG)  members,…

1. IntroductionFor a long time, businesses in traditional industries concentrated on their products’ technological superiority and/or physical goods . This is closely related to product sales and the accompanying transfer of ownership…

Reforms focus on strengthening workforce, economic and community development efforts across the state MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey, along with Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth, Senate President Pro Tem Greg Reed (R-Jasper), House Speaker…

Reforms focus on strengthening workforce, economic and community development efforts across the stateMONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey, along with Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth, Senate President Pro Tem Greg Reed (R-Jasper), House Speaker…

SACRAMENTO – Widespread violations of federal labor and contracting regulations by nearly three dozen employers with federally funded contracts at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake resulted in the U.S. Department of Labor recovering…

Ouagadougou (ICRC) – During my visit to Djibo, in the north of Burkina Faso, Moussa* a market gardener, told me of last year’s food shortage as we stood in front of his vegetable plot. “You couldn’t find a single grain of rice at the…

Pregnant women and workers with children are often unfairly treated by their bosses and colleagues, despite laws to protect against workplace discrimination in Australia, according to a new study. The prevalence of mistreatment has…

Over 30 participants representing 14 organizations and 8 countries from across the Landsat International Cooperator Network gathered in Orlando to meet on a variety of topics related to the Landsat Program and to discuss technical…

1. IntroductionMenstrual symptoms, such as premenstrual syndrome (PMS), menstrual pain, and heavy menstrual bleeding, considerably lower women’s health-related quality of life . PMS is described as either a poor psychological condition,…

In a joint statement released on Friday, the Commission, Cyprus, the United Arab Emirates, the United States and the United Kingdom announced their intent to open a new corridor in coordination with the UN’s Sigrid Kaag.The UN…

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March 4, 2024 | Mississauga, ON | Health Canada As Canada's largest group of regulated health professionals with more than 450,000 members, nurses are critical to Canada's health care system. However, nurses are currently facing…

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a question that would have been unthinkable a few years ago: do we really need to be in the office all the time? At the height of the pandemic, working remotely was viewed as a safeguard,…

One of the outcomes of the COVID pandemic is that people’s working lives have changed. Working at home and hybrid work have become prevalent, after constantly changing government rules and guidelines. Globally, employees report…

1. IntroductionAs is well documented by the World Health Organization (WHO), over 5% of the world’s population, which amounts to more than 430 million people, suffers from hearing loss (WHO, 2023 ). Hearing loss that arises from…

This image provided by Intuitive Machines shows a broken landing leg on the Odysseus lander. The lander touched down near the moon's south pole on Feb. 22, 2024, but…

The G20 Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Working Group convened on 27 and 28 February for its first meeting under the Brazilian Presidency. The Chair of the Working Group, Mr. Wolnei Wolff Barreiros, opened the two-day meeting by…

In a world that urgently needs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, carbon offsets have emerged as one possible solution. We asked PPIC adjunct fellow Van Butsic, a cooperative extension specialist at UC Berkeley and…

Previously, we discussed the involvement of anxiety in executive functions (EFs). In their literature review on EFs, Baggetta and Alexander note that EFs are cognitive processes that also involve the socio-emotional domain. The most…

Natalia Emanuel, Emma Harrington, and Amanda Pallais Firms remain divided about the value of the office for “office” workers. Some firms think that their employees are more productive when working from home. Others believe…

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA —  Public hospitals in South Korea will extend working hours, the prime minister said on Friday, while expanding use of telemedicine to alleviate growing strain on health care services after a mass walkout by…

When testing a new medicine, researchers must do more than assess how well that drug works. They also have to determine whether the medicine has some negative, unintended consequences.To do that now, scientists have a…

The K-9 TCCC training enables non-veterinary service members to provide timely and effective treatment for MWD medical emergencies in an operational environment. The handlers practiced treatment for massive…

Every Monday, we round up five of the best good climate news stories we’re celebrating. This week we’re covering California’s proposed fracking ban, the launch of the USDA’s Working Lands Climate Corps, offshore wind in Oregon,…

Every Monday, we round up five of the best good climate news stories we’re celebrating. This week we’re covering California’s proposed fracking ban, the launch of the USDA’s Working Lands Climate Corps, offshore wind in Oregon,…

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There isn’t a cure for psoriasis yet. But if you have the condition, there are lots of treatment options available. The trick is to find one that works for you.Different people respond to different treatments, says Ashley Jenkins, MD, a…

By Sarah Wozniak ’24 The Global Research Institute’s Summer Fellows Program provides international experiential learning opportunities to W&M students. This post is one installment of a series highlighting the 2023 Fellows’ key…

By Sarah Wozniak ’24 The Global Research Institute’s Summer Fellows Program provides international experiential learning opportunities to W&M students. This post is one installment of a series highlighting the 2023 Fellows’…

#GOMCON 2024 will be Feb. 19-22 in Tampa, FL Hosted by the Gulf of Mexico Alliance TAMPA, FL, UNITED STATES, February 8, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- More than 1,000 coastal experts will gather Feb. 19-22 at the second bi-annual Gulf…

1. IntroductionNurses play a pivotal role in the healthcare sector. A sustainable working life is a prerequisite for all nursing professionals, to maintain health and to prevent them leaving the profession and the workplace. According…

What is an influencer program? In the rapidly evolving social media landscape, working with influencers has become a popular way to reach a desired audience. A social media influencer is anyone with a social media following beyond their…

1. IntroductionThe estimation of pain prevalence adjusted for age and sex is found to be 27.5% across 52 countries , which is even more prevalent among low-income countries according to a recent meta-analysis, reporting that 33% of…

1. IntroductionWorkplace violence is a severe and widespread phenomenon in today’s workplaces . It regards incidents where staff are abused, threatened, or assaulted in circumstances related to their work . The consequences for the…

  Abstract This commentary explores the challenges of sustaining Maine's working waterfronts, a complex issue shaped by rapid technological advancements, demographic shifts, and the delicate balance between preserving…

Two proteins that bind to stress hormones work together to maintain a healthy heart in mice, according to scientists at the National Institutes of Health and their collaborators. Two proteins that bind to stress hormones…

Quenton Rashawn Bubb is an MD-PhD student pioneering cell therapies for children with leukemia. He’s also an amateur jazz musician. “You’ll never regret knowing how to express yourself,” his parents told him when he was young.

The paper surveys the recent work on economics of information with endogenous information structures where individuals can directly communicate information with each other. We consider the theoretical work on cheap talk, Bayesian…

LONDON, Jan. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The team behind NordVPN, one of the world's most popular digital privacy and security products, is working on a new worldwide eSIM service — Saily. The product will ensure that global…

This post is part of a series authored by DLF’s working group leaders to acquaint you with their work, and how you can get involved, leading up to the 2023 DLF Forum. Though the annual Forum is DLF’s signature event, our working…