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Just finished reading Enabling Collaboration - a book on "achieving success through strategic alliances and partnerships"

Just finished reading Enabling Collaboration - a book on "achieving success through strategic alliances and partnerships" by Martin Echavarria (@coherence360). Getting things done invariably involves working with others and when those others are themselves complex organisations it requires some thought....
Source: enablingcollaboration.com

Data-driven rugby analysis. Tries vs. kicks, Southern hemisphere vs. Northern. Why Six Nations teams lag behind southern

Data-driven rugby analysis. Tries vs. kicks, Southern hemisphere vs. Northern. Why Six Nations teams lag behind southern hemisphere sides: Out-gunned in the World Cup by the southern hemisphere sides, can the Six Nations teams change their approach, asks Ben Dirs.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Real-World Meta-Analysis of Dabigatran vs. Warfarin for Atrial Fibrillation - American College of Cardiology

Real-World Meta-Analysis of Dabigatran vs. Warfarin for Atrial Fibrillation - American College of Cardiology
Source: acc.org

ClinicFinder App for displaced people finding healthcare in Europe. Doctors of the World have released an App for those

ClinicFinder App for displaced people finding healthcare in Europe. Doctors of the World have released an App for those with the most need, the least information, and who find themselves in Europe. It is aimed at refugees and migrants and helps them find free primary healthcare and emergency services. There...
Source: clinicfinder.org

Huge publishing scandal engulfs South Korean universities | Chemistry World

Huge publishing scandal engulfs South Korean universities | Chemistry World
Source: rsc.org

Ancient 'massacre' unearthed near Lake Turkana, Kenya - BBC News: Archaeologists say they have unearthed the earliest evidence

Ancient 'massacre' unearthed near Lake Turkana, Kenya - BBC News: Archaeologists say they have unearthed the earliest evidence of warfare between hunter-gatherers, at a site in northern Kenya.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Delhi embraces car restrictions on key working day - BBC News: The first full day of car restrictions in the Indian capital,

Delhi embraces car restrictions on key working day - BBC News: The first full day of car restrictions in the Indian capital, Delhi, is largely observed - but how it affects pollution remains to be seen, writes Atish Patel.
Source: bbc.co.uk

The top five causes of death worldwide - infographic: Five conditions accounted for almost 40% of all deaths worldwide in

The top five causes of death worldwide - infographic: Five conditions accounted for almost 40% of all deaths worldwide in 2012. The countries are most affected by these diseases and how trends are changing over time
Source: theguardian.com

The UK has 'one of the worst healthcare systems in the developed world': The UK has one of the worst healthcare systems

The UK has 'one of the worst healthcare systems in the developed world': The UK has one of the worst healthcare systems in the developed world according to a damning new report which said the nation has an “outstandingly poor” record of preventing ill health.
Source: independent.co.uk

Junior Doctors’ Strike in England Disrupts Care for Thousands. "heightening tensions over the stewardship of a widely

Junior Doctors’ Strike in England Disrupts Care for Thousands. "heightening tensions over the stewardship of a widely revered health system that has come under growing strain" - NYTimes.com
Source: nytimes.com

Reinventing the Toilet for a Healthier City: New models can provide clean drinking water, create fertilizer, cut down on

Reinventing the Toilet for a Healthier City: New models can provide clean drinking water, create fertilizer, cut down on energy costs, and improve sanitation in the developing world.
Source: theatlantic.com

This Christmas, take heart: Capitalism [free trade] is saving the world [reducing poverty]: As the remarkable retreat of

This Christmas, take heart: Capitalism [free trade] is saving the world [reducing poverty]: As the remarkable retreat of malaria across Africa shows, free trade is a very efficient way of spreading medicine and wealth.
Source: telegraph.co.uk

Electron lifetime is at least 66,000 yottayears - physicsworld.com: Charge conservation stands the test of time at the

Electron lifetime is at least 66,000 yottayears - physicsworld.com: Charge conservation stands the test of time at the Borexino experiment
Source: physicsworld.com

MSF hospital in Syria hit by 'double-tap' barrel bombing: Seven killed in Homs attack, latest in apparent escalation of

MSF hospital in Syria hit by 'double-tap' barrel bombing: Seven killed in Homs attack, latest in apparent escalation of strikes on medical facilities in civil war
Source: theguardian.com

IIS 7.5 Detailed Error - 500.0 - Internal Server Error

IIS 7.5 Detailed Error - 500.0 - Internal Server Error
Source: rsc.org

Raspberry Pi Zero: Made in Wales ... the $5 computer. Of all the things we do at Raspberry Pi, driving down the cost of

Raspberry Pi Zero: Made in Wales ... the $5 computer. Of all the things we do at Raspberry Pi, driving down the cost of computer hardware remains one of the most important. Even in the developed world, a programmable computer is a luxury item for a lot of people, and every extra dollar that we ask someone...
Source: raspberrypi.org

How to make better dental fillings last longer - physicsworld.com: Neutrons and terahertz radiation used to track ions as

How to make better dental fillings last longer - physicsworld.com: Neutrons and terahertz radiation used to track ions as dental cement hardens
Source: google.com

NASA Earth Observatory : : Sitting atop the Andes plateau on the border between Peru and Bolivia, the lake is the highest

NASA Earth Observatory : : Sitting atop the Andes plateau on the border between Peru and Bolivia, the lake is the highest major body of navigable water in the world and the largest lake in South America.
Source: nasa.gov

Antibiotic resistance: World on cusp of 'post-antibiotic era' - BBC News: Bacteria are now resistant to drugs of last resort

Antibiotic resistance: World on cusp of 'post-antibiotic era' - BBC News: Bacteria are now resistant to drugs of last resort meaning the world is on the cusp of a "post-antibiotic era", warn scientists.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Zimbabwe on track to achieve virtual elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: In 2010, when the project began,

Zimbabwe on track to achieve virtual elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: In 2010, when the project began, Zimbabwe had one of the highest burdens of new HIV infections in the world, with a mother-to-child HIV transmission rate of approximately 30 percent. Today, the rate of transmission...
Source: eurekalert.org