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...Stan D. Ardman isn't a real person but a robot simulator ("standard man") used to train medical personnel. Thomas, who is just out of nursing school, was participating in a Florida State study designed to compare the performance of novice nurses like him against that of more experienced ones. The results were surprising. After Thomas left, I watched a nurse with more than 25 years' experience go through the same simulation. At first, when the monitor indicated a drop in blood pressure, Monica (also a pseudonym) coolheadedly began to identify possible treatments. Within seconds she noticed Ardman's dopamine...
...Minister in 2004, Yadav asked Kumar and his team to run the system on sounder business principles, even as it stuck to what Kumar calls IR's "social obligations" to its passengers, its 1.4 million employees and 1.1 million pensioners. Yadav's standing has soared as a result. "A person who was considered a clown of Indian politics is now being seen as a professor of Harvard graduates," says Kumar...
...expect, how to act, etc. While this was undoubtedly informative, FM came up with a couple more tips we thought she should know. 1) Don’t mention siblings—that’s just rubbing it in. 2) You can tell a lot from toasting: a person of lower status touches the rim of their glass below the rim of a higher-status counterpart. 3) Chinese people will look up to you (you will be taller than most). 4) Tap your index and middle finger on the table twice to thank someone pouring tea or signal that...
...knowledge, Everett has brought many eminent jazz musicians to Harvard, including trombonist Slide Hampton, saxophonist Joe Henderson, pianist Bill Evans, and trumpeter Clark Terry. “We can read, listen, and even play music, but nothing is more insightful than meeting with and hearing these jazz greats in person,” Everett said. But Everett said he still sees more to be done. “There is much room for growth. More students should be able to see the beauty and significance of jazz,” he said...
...this they felt insecure." It's a familiar lament in Pakistan these days. "We are worried about terrorism and those other things, but first we are worried about basic needs," says Islamabad nurse Nithat, 24, as she shops in the capital's busy Aab Para market. "People want a person who can fix this problem...