"We have deep depth" -Yogi Berra famously remarked decades ago about the New York Yankees. Much like the Yankees of Yogi Berra's years, the U.S. economy has been remarkably resilient over the past year in spite of enormous challenges, policy setbacks, and a number of ominous external shocks. As we expected, the more gloomy scenarios were averted, but the close-calls were too many and, at times,...

We adopted well-known physics equations to illustrate concepts for developing a successful academic career plan. Formulas for distance, force, momentum, and power are used to explain how to define goals and set a pace that maximizes success potential. Formulas for synergy, balance, and stress are used to highlight common obstacles encountered by both junior (untenured and early career) and esta...

Background Malawi is one of the sub-Saharan African countries adversely affected by HIV/AIDS. Option B+ was adopted by Malawi from 1st July 2011 as an effective way of managing HIV through lifelong ART in pregnancy. Poor ART outcomes such as high default rates have been reported, raising concerns of setbacks on PMTCT progress. We assessed the outcomes of HIV infected pregnant clients on Option ...

The current educational system is constructed so as to emphasize the evolution of rule-based reasoners (students who understand the ‘what’ of a task/problem). However scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technologists are not rule-based reasoners. They are model-based reasoners/thinkers (e.g., they do recursion, diagnostic reasoning, cognitive assessment, cognitive appraisal). To provide ...

Previous studies that have demonstrated the beneficial effects of the Työhön Job Search Intervention for job seekers on re-employment and mental health have not revealed the specific mediators of these effects. The present study examined two specific mediators that were targeted by the intervention, job-search self-efficacy and inoculation against setbacks, as components of a global construct r...

This paper reviews selected aspects of progress and setbacks in cancer risk assessment and prevention during the four decades since the founding in 1947 of the Institute of Environmental Medicine at the New York University Medical Center. The period has been marked by substantial gains in quantifying the risks posed by exposures to known human carcinogens such as tobacco and ionizing radiation....

rapid advancement of information and communication technology has opened new development prospects for countries around the world. this advancement impacts the world on the economic, commercial, and technological levels. as such, it is imperative to pay close heed to this technology for future development. this article outlines the challenges and setbacks facing information and communication te...

Pushover analysis technique is a key tool for the performance-based seismic design that has been largely adopted in new generation of codes. Therefore, more precise and reliable performance predictions are highly demanded. Improved upper-bound (IUB) pushover one advanced nonlinear static procedures (NSPs) recently developed. This procedure adequately estimates response regular tall buildings. I...