DUBLIN, August 31, 2021 / PRNewswire / – The “Global Smart City Engineering and Construction (E&C) Services Market), By Project (Buildings, Other), By Application (IoT, Housing, Other), By City Topography (Developed , emerging), By Service Type, By Solution, Estimate & Forecast, 2017 – 2030 “report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com …
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Riverhead Hires New Latin Teacher
Riverhead’s Latin language program returns this school year. The Riverhead Central School District has hired Aidan Walsh as the district’s new high school Latin teacher, according to a district statement. According to his LinkedIn page, Walsh is a freelance tutor at Varsity Tutors and editor and database manager for the …
Read More »Kumar Leader in Collaborative HIV Cure Research
Priti Kumar, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases), will co-lead the Yale School of Medicine’s HIV Cure Research Program, under a new $ 26.5 million grant from the program National Institutes of Health flagship Martin Delaney Collaboratories (MDC) for HIV cure research. The team, made up of researchers from …
Read More »Don’t give up on the Afghan economy either
It is no coincidence that Afghanistan’s huge trade deficit first emerged after 2001, when the country was taken over by Western powers, or that the deficit peaked during the rise in military power of US President Barack Obama in 2012 and 2013. Imports are a direct consequence of foreign aid. …
Read More »Gender discrimination case may continue against Morgan State University
In 2014, Dr. Leah Hollis accepted an Assistant Professor position in Morgan State University’s Doctor of Community College Leadership Program. At the time of her hire, Hollis, already a renowned expert in the field of institutional bullying, had ten years of teaching experience, had co-edited a collection of peer-reviewed essays, …
Read More »Obituary of Alexander Barna (1930 – 2021) – Township of Cranberry, PA
Alexander “Al” Barna, 91, of Cranberry Township, peacefully reunited with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, August 26, 2021, surrounded by his family.Al was born May 29, 1930 in Howland, Ohio, the son of the late John and Anna Pawelchak Barna.Al graduated from Howland High School in 1948. After high …
Read More »Washington state researchers receive $ 2 million grant to invent better ways to recycle plastic waste
Plastic trash can. (Kevin Krejci / Creative Commons) Despite well-intentioned efforts to keep plastic water bottles, wrappers and other items out of landfills, only 9% plastics in the United States are recycled. One of the big problems is that plastics are made of different materials which when mixed together limit …
Read More »CATHEY: 113 years of Oklahoma School of Mines and Metallurgy at Eastern Oklahoma State College | Local News
The Oklahoma Territorial Legislature of 1890 passed a law creating three institutions of higher education in order to meet a requirement of the Organic Act of Congress establishing the territory. Congress demanded that the territory establish three types of public higher education: liberal arts and vocational education, agricultural education and …
Read More »Judge rejects DeSantis ban on compulsory masks in Florida schools
TALLAHASSEE – Governor Ron DeSantis’ ban on compulsory masks in public schools was rejected Friday by a Tallahassee judge who ruled the governor exceeded his authority, misinterpreted state law and ignored scientific evidence by issuing his prescription. The ruling, for now, eases pressure state officials have placed on Palm Beach …
Read More »Graduate student in education receives $ 10,000 scholarship in bilingual French – URI News
KINGSTON, RI – August 26, 2021 – James Cahan, from Warren, a graduate student of the TESOL / Bilingual and Bilingual Immersion Program at the University of Rhode Island School of Education, received a $ 10,000 scholarship from the French Dual Language Fund -American Cultural Exchange Foundation. Cahan is a …
Read More »Scientists launch effort to collect water data in western US
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) – The U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday announced a new type of climate observatory near the headwaters of the Colorado River that will help scientists better predict rain and snowfall in the western United States and determine how much. across the region. The multi-million dollar effort …
Read More »NMU BMCC Partner on Certificate to Prepare Kindergarten to Grade 12 Teachers for Anishinaabemowin Language and Culture
BRIMLEY / MARQUETTE, Michigan (WJMN) – Bay Mills Community College (BMCC) and Northern Michigan University (NMU) are teaming up to provide a new teaching certificate starting this fall. The certificate is designed to prepare K-12 teachers for the Anishinaabemowin language and culture. The Michigan Department of Education has granted initial …
Read More »DVIDS – News – NMCB-3 completes Exercise TURNING POINT
PORT HUENEME, Calif. (NNS) – US Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 completed Exercise TURNING POINT statewide from July 26 to August 20. The field training exercise required NMCB-3 to establish a task force on San Clemente Island where it would exercise control over task units, smaller groups assigned to …
Read More »Vitamin D Has No Beneficial Effects on Muscle Health, New Review Finds | Medication
Vitamin D has no beneficial effect on muscle function, strength or mass in non-athletes and in some cases may even have a negative effect, according to a new review of previous studies published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. The effects of vitamin D supplementation did not differ …
Read More »Latest Coronavirus: Indonesia Gradually Unlocks Economy, President Says
Joe Biden, US President, has stepped up pressure on employers to impose coronavirus vaccination requirements after the BioNTecb / Pfizer jab obtained full clearance from the Food and Drug Administration. Biden said it was crucial to intensify vaccinations in order to contain the Delta variant of the virus. Troops returned …
Read More »Sarpang opposes the regrouping of engineers in the dzongkhag
They fear losing gewog engineers to dzongkhag Nima | Sarpang The Sarpang Gups have expressed concern over the restructuring of the engineering sector of the dzongkhag, where all the engineers of the dzongkhag would be grouped together. The reorganization plan should allow the sharing of knowledge, the specialization of engineers …
Read More »Head of Horticultural Department Receives American Society for Horticultural Science Leadership and Administration Award
Russell cothren The American Society for Horticultural Science has named Wayne Mackay, Head of the Horticultural Department of the Agriculture Systems Division at the University of Alberta, as the recipient of the 2021 Award for Outstanding Leadership and Administration. The American Society for Horticultural Science has named Wayne Mackay, Head …
Read More »Obituary: Jean Kristina Whitney – Portland Press Herald
BUXTON – Jean Whitney, a teacher training professor at the University of Southern Maine and mother of Rosalie and Archer Thomas, died Aug. 20 at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston after a 6-year battle with colon cancer. Jean was born in Burlington, Vermont in 1964. She attended public schools …
Read More »Obituary of David Dunn (1940 – 2021) – Naperville, IL
David A. Dunn, 80, resident of Carillon of Plainfield and former resident of Naperville, IL for 44 years, died August 13, 2021. He was born September 28, 1940 in Chicago, IL. He is survived by his beloved wife of 58 years, Josephine “Jo” Dunn; his beloved daughters, Jennifer (Jeff) Walsdorf …
Read More »New UMaine research center focused on potato virus Y-UMaine News
A deeper understanding of the biology of one of the most devastating plant viruses against potato crops is part of a new $ 6.1 million lab focused on host virus virology and dynamics, a main University study. This will be the focal point of the hub. The National Science Foundation …
Read More »Nigeria seeks Ukraine’s collaboration in defense, economy, trade and education
Nigerian Ambassador to Ukraine Shina Alege called for increased collaboration between Nigeria and Ukraine in the areas of economy, trade, education and defense. Describing in particular the low volume of trade between the two countries, Alege said it had become imperative for the two countries to explore possibilities to engage …
Read More »Lifelong Learning Teacher Explains ‘Phenomenological Psychology’ | New
THOMPSONVILLE – The hundred-year-old eyes and one day of Beatrice Brenton glowed with enthusiastic communication. Finally, she had diverted the discussion from a subject that was dear to her: phenomenological psychology. Despite his blindness, muffled hearing, worn knees and other ailments often associated with a person who achieved centennial status, …
Read More »Ripon College Receives Substantial Donation of Laboratory Supplies Worth Over $ 54,000 | New
Ripon College received a large donation of laboratory assets from Luxerin Laboratories LLC in Fond du Lac. The donation includes equipment, chemicals, glassware, manuals and supplies valued at just over $ 54,000. Luxerin Laboratories LLC was founded in 1967 as a family business to meet the needs of microbiological testing. …
Read More »The ‘rivverbend’ of the architects CLB puts contemporary architecture to the nipples
CLB Architects are completing a contemporary and welcoming home, dubbed the “riverbend,” along the Snake River near Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park. the house nestles against the river, which forms the north and west perimeter of an 18 acre wooded property that offers spectacular mountain views to the north through …
Read More »The healthcare economy: Cyprus is not immune from the “looming global healthcare crisis”
Cyprus remains deficient in many ways, largely due to the size of its underground economy By Les Manison Aging populations and the devastating socio-economic effects of the Covid pandemic and financial crises all underscore the need to build robust “care economies”. Indeed, the International Labor Organization calls for “urgent action …
Read More »North County School News, August 22
CARLSBAD The Academy welcomes a new president Mark Desjardins was named the next president of the Académie de l’Armée et de la Marine. He was selected after a seven-month executive search to run the academy, a college-preparatory military boarding school for middle and high school boys. He will succeed retired …
Read More »Location for reduced port
Although still in the early stages of the process, the North Heartland Port Authority site has emerged as the favorite for the port location, based on reports from contractors. A critical problem analysis conducted by Barr Engineering and a basic design memorandum created by Hanson Professional Services Inc. were presented …
Read More »Associate Professor Ed Litton: Helping Medicine Improve – People News
In intensive care, doctors do their best to keep you alive and help you get better. Woodside Early Career Scientist of the Year co-winner Ed Litton discovers and proves what âbestâ really is. Everything that doctors do in a hospital is tried and tested. Before giving you any medicine or …
Read More »Dishonesty study was based on fraudulent data
August 20, 2021 IF YOU ARE WRITING a book called “The Honest Truth About Dishonesty,” the last thing you want to be associated with is fraud. Yet that’s where Dan Ariely, behavioral economist at Duke University, is with his four co-authors of an influential study on lying. The economist today …
Read More »Days late and billions of dollars less: another untimely and inadequate budget takes shape at the General Assembly
House Speaker Tim Moore urges MPs to support their version of the budget. Democrats say the budget ignores Leandro’s court ruling. North Carolina House finally approved a budget bill last week for the fiscal year that began July 1 – six weeks ago. Now comes a period of negotiation with …
Read More »Google reveals top SA searches over the past 15 years
Google (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images) As Google Trends turns 15 on Wednesday, it posted the top search engine topics during that time period in South Africa. A review of the list reveals that, among other things, South Africans use the Internet to find answers to pressing questions, stay informed …
Read More »Helping freshmen acclimatize to college (opinion)
As students enter college over the next few weeks, we who teach them must recognize that in many ways, traditional-aged freshmen react to their first college experience in the same way as students. sixth-graders do this in their first year of college. Of course, I don’t mean that 18-22 year …
Read More »A centuries-old ‘superfood’ as a treatment for diabetes
August 10, 2021 – If asked to think of a camel, many will invariably conjure up the iconic image of a humpback animal crossing the horizon in a burning desert. What they probably won’t think of is a glass of cold milk. But that may soon change, thanks to research …
Read More »How to hire for the future, not the past
Professionals must welcome a skills improvement revolution with open arms, while businesses must shift the needle from past experience to future potential. Image: Shutterstock /> The current health and economic crisis has transformed the professional landscape drastically and in many ways. To begin with, economic drivers are redefined, business operations …
Read More »Chandigarh: PEC has a new director
Baldev Setia has been appointed the new principal of Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh. The appointment comes months after Dheeraj Sanghi stepped down as director of PEC in December last year. UT administrator Vice-President Singh Badnore on Tuesday approved Setia’s name, which was recommended along with two others by the search …
Read More »Top 10 AI tools for researchers to facilitate their work in 2021
by Shivani Muthyala August 10, 2021 These 10 AI tools for researchers can greatly help the research process Research is a long and dynamic process. Without research, the world could stop. Whether it’s about discovering something or creating things, research is essential to evolve. Since research must also be written, …
Read More »Class reunion: After nearly 50 years, students in training schools are reconnecting online
In the year of the 150th anniversary of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, with a big community celebration, the coming together of two Golden Titans classes and the 100th anniversary of Homecoming, there will undoubtedly be reunions of sorts this fall for alumni. students, teachers and staff. Titans from across …
Read More »From cyber-sickness investigation to culvert optimization, TCNJ research caters to all tastes
As the official Undergraduate Mentored Summer Experience program at TCNJ draws to a close, many projects are just the start of great things to come this academic year. Check out this week’s roundup of ongoing projects – where they’ve been and where they’re heading next: Kyla Ramos and Sharif Mohammad …
Read More »Researchers design three-dimensional Kirigami building blocks to create dynamic metamaterials
A new approach to the production of metamaterials uses kirigami techniques to create three-dimensional, reconfigurable building blocks that can be used to create complex and dynamic structures. Because the design approach is modular, these structures are easy to assemble and disassemble. âApplying kirigami to three-dimensional materials offers a new level …
Read More »Explanation: The five futures of the UN climate report – decoded
Children hold placards at a global rally against climate change in Nicosia, Cyprus, September 27, 2019. REUTERS / Yiannis Kourtoglou / Aug. 9 (Reuters) – The UN climate panel report released on Monday on the physical science of climate change uses five possible scenarios for the future. Read more Scenarios …
Read More »New Appeals Court Candidate Is Senior Prosecutor And Professor Of Hawaiian Studies
Sonja McCullen, deputy prosecutor for Honolulu who previously taught social sciences, Hawaiian studies and Hawaiian language at Waianae High School, was appointed by Governor David Ige to the Intermediate Court of Appeal following the failure of the appointment of Daniel Gluck to the ICA. Gluck, executive director / general counsel …
Read More »Biparty Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: A Necessary Investment in U.S. Infrastructure and Economy
August 6, 2021 | Portman difference United States Senate continues to debate landmark bipartisan decision Law on investment in infrastructure and employment. The legislation, in which Senator Portman was instrumental in developing, represents the largest investment in basic infrastructure in our country’s history. the Law on investment in infrastructure and …
Read More »Young advocates seek to change tale of auto theft – NBC Connecticut
New data shows that car thefts among young people are trending down this year. Lawyers gathered in the state capital to call attention to the new numbers, which they say are proof that Connecticut’s laws are working. “We need to shed light on these issues but not spoil the light …
Read More »Kansas House leaders call for support for massive infrastructure investment
TOPEKA – The heads of the Overland Park and Topeka Chambers of Commerce say a $ 1.2 trillion federal infrastructure bill would be a one-time investment in roads, bridges, airports, broadband, watersheds and state water pipes. These long overdue investments are necessary to keep Kansas competitive in a global economy, …
Read More »WIU’s agricultural education program awarded by NAAE – Western Illinois University news
WIU’s agricultural education program awarded by NAAE August 6, 2021 MACOMB, IL – Western Illinois University’s agricultural education program recently received the Region 4 Outstanding Post Secondary Agriculture Program award from the National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE). Additionally, WIU alumnus Trent Taber ’15 was honored for completing the “Outstanding …
Read More »UW’s Henry named MW University Athlete of the Year | Sports
August 6 – University of Wyoming track star Christopher Henry is the Mountain West male athlete of the year for 2020-2021, the league announced Tuesday. Henry becomes the sixth Wyoming student-athlete to win the award, joining Nick Smith (Football 2018-19), Audra DeStefano (Cross Country / Athletics 2016-17), Luke Ruff (Football …
Read More »Black veterans with advanced prostate cancer least likely to receive beneficial treatment, says HAV
Black veterans in the United States who could benefit greatly from definitive treatment were found to be less likely to undergo treatment than non-black populations. Within the Veteran’s Health Administration (VHA), race does not appear to influence receipt of definitive treatment. However, according to the results of a study published …
Read More »Share data to fuel discovery | VTx
Academic libraries provide expertise in planning, managing, and publishing data to fuel discovery and future research. Recently, the library launched a new version of its research data repository platform, powered by Figshare. Accessible from anywhere, Figshare is a cloud-based platform for storing, sharing and citing research data. Virginia Tech researchers …
Read More »Not everyone’s economy is booming – KION546
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The recovery in the US labor market is advancing, but concerns about the derailment of Delta Variant progress are rampant. Even though economists anticipate the best gains since last summer in Friday’s jobs report, still high jobless claims and a big mistake in the private …
Read More »EU helps attract more teachers to schools
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) – Many teaching positions in the state of Indiana remain vacant as schools begin. The Education Department at Evansville University is working with local schools to help address the issue of teacher shortages now and in the future. Currently, the Indiana Department of Education’s job bank still …
Read More »Igniting Hope conference to fight racist policies
BUFFALO, NY – A battle in progress. This is how Pastor George F. Nicholas describes the health disparities that African Americans are still trying to overcome. âThis is an ongoing battle for our own liberation,â says Nicholas, pastor of Lincoln Memorial United Methodist Church and organizer of the African American …
Read More »Young entrepreneurs are the backbone of the economy, according to
The wheel of the economy of any country depends on many functions, one of them is the startup ecosystem which is growing very quickly in India. Whatever the reason for starting the start-up business in India, they all aim to become a partner to the economy of the country and …
Read More »Changes in systemic cancer treatment in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based study
CONTEXT RESEARCH The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia has resulted in closures, changes in health services and the formulation of consensus guidelines to guide risk management for people with cancer. The impact of these changes on cancer care and outcomes has raised concerns. Although cancer registry data shows …
Read More »California drops two tests to become a teacher
There is now some relief for those aspiring to become teachers, as a new state budget reduces the requirements for two of the tests required to earn a degree. This decision is a game-changer for districts and those who wish to become educators. Teacher candidates no longer have to take …
Read More »Carolinas AGC honors construction leaders
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, August 3, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Carolinas AGC is proud to announce the 2020 CAGC Hall of Fame and Hall of Fame Heritage winners. These winners, two who have left an incredible legacy to our industry and four who still pave the way for future leaders, …
Read More »The trio named to the Oklahoma Educator Hall of Fame
Three Oklahoma educators have been selected to be inducted into the Oklahoma Educators Hall of Fame. Longtime geography teacher and geography teacher Gary Gress, public schools superintendent Joy Hofmeister and former public schools superintendent Norman Joe Siano will be honored at an induction ceremony on November 6 at Oklahoma City …
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