Interviews were conducted with 4 thought leaders on diversity and inclusion. The intention of these interviews was not to formulate solutions, but enrich readers’ perspective regarding racial ethnic disparities in nursing leadership. Key Points•Racial exist the leadership workforce.•There is no one-size-fits-all solution for how make structural improvements increase inclusion within leadership....

Political Hashtag Trends (PHT) is an analysis tool for political leftvs.-right polarization of Twitter hashtags. PHT computes a leaning for trending, political hashtags in a given week, giving insights into the polarizing U.S. American issues on Twitter. The leaning of a hashtag is derived in two steps. First, users retweeting a set of “seed users” with a known political leaning, such as Barack...

This paper aims to shed light on alternative news media ecosystems that are believed to have influenced opinions and beliefs by false and/or biased news reporting during the 2016 US Presidential Elections. We examine a large, professionally curated list of 668 hyper-partisan websites and their corresponding Facebook pages, and identify key characteristics that mediate the traffic flow within th...

Objective: To investigate respiratory movements in supine and forward standing leaning position among patients with emphysema and severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) during rest and dyspnea. Methodology: Nineteen patients with emphysema and severe COPD underwent lung function measurement and positional assessment of diaphragm. Respiratory movements during quiet and deep breathin...

to save its rainforests from destruction. This idea was triggered by a very specific moral dilemma. The country’s largest oil find is located underneath the Yasuni National Park, home to a unique biodiversity and several Native American tribes living as huntergatherers in isolation. Oil companies are lobbying the government in Quito for licences to start drilling, which would of course mean dev...

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS are proliferating as corporations seek to better themselves and gain an edge. Unfortunately, however, failed programs far outnumber successes, and improvement rates remain low. That's because most companies have failed to grasp a basic truth. Before people and companies can improve, they first must learn. And to do this, they need to look beyond rhetoric and high...