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Find workplace success There are some things that will never go out of style, and good business skills are one of them. With the help of this informative book, you’ll learn how to wear multiple hats in the workplace no matter what comes your way—without ever breaking a sweat.Compiled from eight of the best Dummies books on business skills topics, Business Skills All-in-One For Dummies offers everything you need to hone your abilities and translate them into a bigger paycheck. Whether you’re tasked with marketing or accounting responsibilities—or anything in between—this all-encompassing reference makes it easier than ever to tackle your job with confidence.Manage a successful operationWrite more effectivelyWork on the go with Microsoft Office 365Deal with marketing, accounting, and projects with easeIf you’ve ever dreamed about being able to juggle all your work responsibilities without ever dropping the ball, the book is for you.

There are some things that will never go out of style, and good business skills are one of them. With the help of this informative book, youll learn how to wear multiple hats in the workplace no matter what comes your waywithout ever breaking a sweat.Compiled from eight of the best Dummies books on business skills topics, Business Skills All-in-One For Dummies offers everything you need to hone your abilities and translate them into a bigger paycheck. Whether youre tasked with marketing or accounting responsibilitiesor anything in betweenthis all-encompassing reference makes it easier than ever to tackle your job with confidence.

The purpose of this mixed methods study was to examine the relationship between SWS, polychronicity, and stress and to explore the lived experiences of Black women who maintain multiple leadership roles at one time. Study participants in the quantitative phase of the study consisted of 93 Black identified women living in the United States; 20 participants from the quantitative phase additionally participated in virtual, qualitative interviews. Quantitative data was collected via Qualtrics and qualitative data was collected through Zoom. Data was analyzed using multivariate regression analysis for quantitative findings, and thematic coding in accordance with qualitative descriptive design. Findings indicated that there was a statistically significant relationship between Superwoman Schema and stress. There was no correlation between stress and polychronicity. Supplemental findings indicated a correlation between polychronicity and stress. Participants indicated several reasons for their polychronic leadership styles including behavior that was modeled by family and community members and a sense of duty to serve. Furthermore, participants saw multitasking as a necessity more than a preference and found it helpful in managing symptoms of anxiety. The findings of this study generate recommendations for practice and supplementary exploration of the relationships between stress, Superwoman Schema, and polychronicity.

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The standard general equilibrium asset pricing models typically make two simplifying assumptions: homogeneous agents and the existence of a rational expectations equilibrium. This context sometimes yields outcomes that are inconsistent with the empirical findings. We hypothesize that allowing agent heterogeneity could assist in replicating the empirical results. However, the inclusion of heterogeneity in models where agents are fully rational proves impossible to solve without severe simplifying assumptions. The reason for this difficulty is that heterogeneous agent models generate an endogenously complicated distribution of wealth across the agents. The state space for each agent's optimization problem includes the complex dynamics of the wealth distribution. There is no general way to characterize the interaction between the distribution of wealth and the macroeconomic aggregates. To address this issue, we implement an agent-based model where the agents have bounded rationality. In our model, we have a complete markets economy with two agents and two assets. The agents are heterogeneous and utility maximizing with constant coefficient of relative risk aversion [CRRA] preferences. How the agents address the stochastic behaviour of the evolution of the wealth distribution is central to our task since aggregate prices depend on this behaviour. An important component of this dissertation involves dealing with the computational difficulty of dynamic heterogeneous-agent models. That is, in order to predict prices, agents need a way to keep track of the evolution of the wealth distribution. We do this by allowing each agent to assume that a price-equivalent representative agent exists and that the representative agent has a constant coefficient of relative risk aversion. In so doing, the agents are able to formulate predictive pricing and demand functions which allow them to predict aggregate prices and make consumption and investment decisions each period. However, the agents' predictions are only approximately correct. Therefore, we introduce a learning mechanism to maintain the required level of accuracy in the agents' price predictions. From this setup, we find that the model, with learning, will converge over time to an approximate expectations equilibrium, provided that the the initial conditions are close enough to the rational expectations equilibrium prices. Two main contributions in our work are: \\begin{enumerate} \\item to formulate a new concept of approximate equilibria, and \\item to show how equilibria can be approximated numerically, despite the fact that the true state space at any point in time is mathematically complex. \\end{enumerate} These contributions offer the possibility of characterizing a new class of asset pricing models where agents are heterogeneous and only just slightly limited in their rationality. That is, the partially informed agents in our model are able to forecast and utility-maximize only just as well as economists who face problems of estimating aggregate variables. By using an exogenously assigned adaptive learning rule, we analyse this implementation in a Lucas-type heterogeneous agent model. We focus on the sensitivity of the risk parameter and the convergence of the model to an approximate expectations equilibrium. Also, we study the extent to which adaptive learning is able to explain the empirical findings in an asset pricing model with heterogeneous agents.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended immunization schedule for adolescents includes three vaccines (tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis [Tdap]; human papillomavirus [HPV] vaccine; and meningococcal conjugate vaccine [MCV4]) and an annual influenza vaccination. Given the increasing number of recommended vaccines for adolescents and health and economic costs associated with nonvaccination, it is imperative that effective strategies for increasing vaccination rates among adolescents are developed. This article describes the development, theoretical framework, and initial first-year evaluation of an intervention designed to promote vaccine acceptance among a middle and high school–based sample of adolescents and their parents in eastern Georgia. Adolescents, parents, and teachers were active participants in the development of the intervention. The intervention, which consisted of a brochure for parents and a teacher-delivered curriculum for adolescents, was guided by constructs from the health belief model and theory of reasoned action. Evaluation results indicated that our intervention development methods were successful in creating a brochure that met cultural relevance and the literacy needs of parents. We also demonstrated an increase in student knowledge of and positive attitudes toward vaccines. To our knowledge, this study is the first to extensively engage middle and high school students, parents, and teachers in the design and implementation of key theory-based educational components of a school-based, teacher-delivered adolescent vaccination intervention.

Pierce's disease (PD) of grapevine is caused by the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) and is a limiting factor in grapevine production in California and the southeastern United States. Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations (MICs) were determined for inhibiting Xf growth on PD3 medium supplemented with plant micronutrients and antibiotics. Tetracycline at 1 ppm and streptomycin at 4 ppm exhibited the lowest MICs. Zinc sulfate had the lowest MIC value (16 ppm) of the micronutrients evaluated. Concentrations of micronutrients were determined following application on grapevines. One treatment, Zinc Metalosate™, was significant in reaching the MIC, in vitro, concentration. Several treatments caused significant increases in micronutrient concentration, but they did not achieve concentration to prevent Xf growth in vitro. Plant micronutrients and antibiotics were evaluated for their ability to reduce PD symptoms in systemically infected field-grown grapevines. A single fall and spring application of a zinc-containing bactericide followed by severe pruning showed promise in treating PD-affected vines. Culturable bacterial endophytes in healthy, PD-affected and PD-escape grapevines in Napa and Davis, California were studied. Numbers of endophytes obtained from all vine types ranged from 1.44 log cfu/ml to 1.76 log cfu/ml of xylem fluid. Bacteria were identified by sequence analysis of the 16S rDNA. Several Bacillus spp, Pseudomonas gramminis, Carnobacterium spp and Sphingomonas spp were among the dominant bacterial taxa isolated from grapevines. The most frequently isolated genus was Bacillus, representing a total of 23.4% of all bacteria isolated. Endophytic bacteria were assessed for their ability to systemically colonize grapevine and their potential to act as biological control agents against Xf. Of the 24 endophytes exhibiting in vitro growth inhibition activity against Xf on PD3 medium, 13 also systemically colonized greenhouse grapevines. The majority of these bacteria were Bacillus spp. The others were members of the order Actinomycetales and a Rahnella spp. A Pil E fusion protein from Xf was generated using the PurePro Caulobacter Expression Kit™ and synthetic peptides that bind to the recombinant Pil E protein were identified using the Ph.D.™ Phage Display Peptide Library Kit. Peptide binding was confirmed by ELISA.

Abstract Approximately one out of every 88 seniors has inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and this is expected to increase in the future. They are more likely to have left-sided disease in ulcerative colitis, and isolated colonic disease in Crohn’s disease; perianal disease is less common. Other common diagnoses in the elderly must also be considered when they initially present to a healthcare provider. Treatment of the elderly is similar to younger persons with IBD, though considerations of the increased risk of infections and malignancy must be considered when using immune modulating drugs. Whether anti-TNF therapies increase the risk of infections is not definitive, though newer biologics, including vedolizumab and ustekinumab, are thought to be safer with lower risk of adverse events. Polypharmacy and frailty are other considerations in the elderly when choosing a treatment, as frailty is associated with worse outcomes. Costs for IBD-related hospitalizations are higher in the elderly compared with younger persons. When elderly persons with IBD are cared for by a gastroenterologist, their outcomes tend to be better. However, as elderly persons with IBD continue to age, they may not have access to the same care as younger people with IBD due to deficiencies in their ability to use or access technology. In 2018, one out of every 160 seniors had inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); 15% of all people with IBD are diagnosed over the age of 65. Seniors diagnosed with Crohn’s disease are more likely to have isolated colonic disease without fistulizations, compared with those diagnosed at a younger age. The use of thiopurines was associated with a higher risk of lymphoma when compared to those under the age of 50 exposed to thiopurines. The use of anti-TNF therapy was lower for both Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, compared with younger people with IBD. Persons between the ages of 65–79 with IBD had higher health care costs when compared with age-matched controls. Lay Summary This article reviews studies about seniors with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). IBD is a disease that causes the intestines to be inflamed. Seniors are people aged 65 years old or older. This is the fastest growing age group with IBD. In 2023, one in every 88 seniors in Canada has IBD. Care for seniors with IBD can be difficult. (i) Seniors often have other diseases due to their age. (ii) Seniors are often on many medicines that can interact. (iii) Seniors may have problems with access to care. Some problems seniors may face include technology, being able to get to clinics, or with medical risks. Some medicines used to treat IBD can make getting an infection more likely. We strongly recommend vaccines against COVID-19, shingles, and other diseases.