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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

Clinicians Embrace 3D Printers to Solve Unique Clinical Challenges: This Medical News and Perspectives article discusses

Clinicians Embrace 3D Printers to Solve Unique Clinical Challenges: This Medical News and Perspectives article discusses advances in 3-D printing that are being used to solve unique clinical challenges. Bridget M. Kuehn. JAMA.
Source: jamanetwork.com

How students are sharing prescription drugs on Facebook | University Business Magazine

How students are sharing prescription drugs on Facebook | University Business Magazine
Source: universitybusiness.com

New OER platform for colleges and universities | University Business Magazine

New OER platform for colleges and universities | University Business Magazine
Source: universitybusiness.com

Huge publishing scandal engulfs South Korean universities | Chemistry World

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

Universities tap growth of craft beer, offer classes | University Business Magazine

Universities tap growth of craft beer, offer classes | University Business Magazine
Source: universitybusiness.com

Fermi paradox resolved: near-universal early extinction? | KurzweilAI

Fermi paradox resolved: near-universal early extinction? | KurzweilAI
Source: kurzweilai.net

Unilever to shrink Magnum and Cornetto in bid to cut calories: Ben & Jerry tubs and Feast will also shrink as multinational

Unilever to shrink Magnum and Cornetto in bid to cut calories: Ben & Jerry tubs and Feast will also shrink as multinational moves to bring all single-serving ice-creams below 250 calories
Source: theguardian.com

Simulated consultations: a sociolinguistic perspective: BMC Medical Education is part of the BMC series which publishes

Simulated consultations: a sociolinguistic perspective: BMC Medical Education is part of the BMC series which publishes subject-specific journals focused on the needs of individual research communities across all areas of biology and medicine. We offer an efficient, fair and friendly peer review service,...
Source: biomedcentral.com

The rise of the robots Excellent read but of a gloomy dystopian future where robots and software take over manual tasks

The rise of the robots Excellent read but of a gloomy dystopian future where robots and software take over manual tasks (as they already have done) and also skilled labour displacing even highly skilled jobs in time. Healthcare might survive a little longer but physicians assistants empowered by...
Source: amazon.co.uk

WHO | WHO Consultation Meeting to Enhance the Engagement of Communities, Nongovernmental and other Civil Society Organizations

WHO | WHO Consultation Meeting to Enhance the Engagement of Communities, Nongovernmental and other Civil Society Organizations in the Implementation of the End TB Strategy WHO.
Source: who.int

Want to improve teaching in universities? Value those who teach: As university reform draws nearer, the government must

Want to improve teaching in universities? Value those who teach: As university reform draws nearer, the government must address the sector’s growing problem of insecure working conditions
Source: theguardian.com

How can we use quality data to make Care Homes safer?: Dr Adam Gordon is Clinical Associate Professor in Medicine of Older

How can we use quality data to make Care Homes safer?: Dr Adam Gordon is Clinical Associate Professor in Medicine of Older People at The University of Nottingham and an Honorary Consultant Geriatrician at Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; he tweets @...
Source: wordpress.com

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

United Arab Emirates, Persian Gulf : Image of the Day: Crews aboard the International Space Station often look for signs

United Arab Emirates, Persian Gulf : Image of the Day: Crews aboard the International Space Station often look for signs of human activity along the coastlines of the Persian Gulf, where a growing Middle Eastern population has been moving.
Source: nasa.gov

Hip fracture patients treated at orthogeriatric units received better quality of care and have a lower mortality.: Pia Kjær

Hip fracture patients treated at orthogeriatric units received better quality of care and have a lower mortality.: Pia Kjær Kristensen is a PhD student at Aarhus University Denmark. Her study on orthogeriatric care among hip fracture patients is published in Age and Ageing. She tweets at @pia_kjar ...
Source: wordpress.com

Social norms interventions are not effective enough on their own to reduce alcohol use or misuse among university or college

Social norms interventions are not effective enough on their own to reduce alcohol use or misuse among university or college students | Cochrane
Source: cochrane.org

Bariatric Surgery in the United Kingdom: A Cohort Study of Weight Loss and Clinical Outcomes in Routine Clinical Care:

Bariatric Surgery in the United Kingdom: A Cohort Study of Weight Loss and Clinical Outcomes in Routine Clinical Care: In a UK cohort study, Ian Douglas and colleagues investigate weight, BMI, and related health outcomes after bariatric surgery. Ian J. Douglas. Krishnan Bhaskaran. Rachel L. Batterham....
Source: plos.org

Hand-worn Robot to Help Blind People Navigate and Intelligently Grasp Objects. "A team of collaborators from the University

Hand-worn Robot to Help Blind People Navigate and Intelligently Grasp Objects. "A team of collaborators from the University of Nevada, Reno and the University of Arkansas, Little Rock are starting work on a robotic device worn on the hand that will work to extend the abilities of blind people to move...
Source: medgadget.com