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Why America is murdering less

Vox Open Sourced

It came in 2015, after a young Black man named Freddie Gray was killed in police custody. If you got somebody in a messed-up environment, all they see is abandoned houses, all the recs closed, no activities. “And it is the thing that I think helps to explain why we’re seeing [a decline in murder rates] everywhere.” You feel me?”

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Inside the Movement to Transform and Democratize Health Care With AI

Success

professor of computer vision and AI and director of the Digital Environment Research Institute at Queen Mary University of London, observes, “A concern is that AI models trained on one demographic (urban patients) may lead to underperformance on a different population (rural patients). Greg Slabaugh, Ph.D.,

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Ketamine is suddenly everywhere

Vox Open Sourced

According to a study co-authored by Yang and published earlier this year, the percentage of Americans who reported using ketamine within the past year grew by 82 percent from 2015 to 2019, took a brief dip in 2020 — possibly because of the pandemic complicating people’s access to the drug — and then rose another 40 percent from 2021 to 2022.

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What can assistants expect in 2015?

Practically Perfect PA

The last few years I have written a blog about what assistants can expect from the year and here you will find the tradition has continued into 2015. I genuinely think 2014 was a turning point in our industry and I think 2015 will see a consolidation of our efforts to take our profession forward. Assistant networking and events.

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Decline in Fully Remote Jobs Puts Pressure on Mid-Market Hiring Strategies

Allwork

Since 2015, a quarter of the skills listed in average job postings on LinkedIn have changed, and this pace is expected to continue, according to the researchers. Workers are responding to these work trends by building on their skill sets.

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4 Ways to Be a More Collaborative Leader

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Fix the working environment. Studies have shown that working within a collaborative physical environment actually improves team engagement and drives results. This article was published in August 2015 and has been updated. Try taking these small steps to make the transition: 1. Photo by @andreeas /Twenty20.

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Education & Experience Don’t Guarantee Success—Attitude & Habits Do

Success

Find a healthy work environment. As humans, we are often products of our environments, and in the professional world, this is no different. Create your own environment to maximize your chances for success, whether that means working within the confines of your current organization or moving on to a better opportunity.

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