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“Our study shows that the ECC equals traditional methods’ results using just one-tenth of the data,” Zhou says. “Using ECC should enable materially earlier postmarket ADR detection, which could prevent serious public health safety concerns when new drugs are put on the market.”
Wenjun Zhou - Lawson Professor of Business, Martin Lee & Carol Fri Robinson Faculty Fellow
on a new method she and colleagues developed to more quickly and efficiently detect adverse drug reactions (ADRs) after medications are on the market.
THV11, Little Rock Arkansas
"The very nature of currency is evolving," Don Bruce, a University of Tennessee economics professor, said. "If you look at the history of currency and the history of coins, these things have been evolving for hundreds of years, and there's no reason to expect that to stop just because we like a particular coin.
Don Bruce - Boyd Distinguished Professor
on a new method she and colleagues developed to more quickly and efficiently detect adverse drug reactions (ADRs) after medications are on the market.
Overdrive
“The last part of Scott’s research looked into the safety ratings of motor carriers with and without ELP violations to compare them. His findings? ‘The safety ratings of the carriers with English language proficiency violations were considerably worse on average than carriers without ELP violations.’ He primarily looked at three BASIC categories in his comparison—Unsafe Driving, Hours-of-Service Compliance, and Vehicle Maintenance. ‘What you find is that the carriers with ELP violations have substantially worse safety scores for those three categories … than carriers that do not have ELP violations, and it’s quite stark in some cases,’ Scott said.”
Alex Scott - Gerald T. Niedert Professor, Cheryl Massingale Business Faculty Scholar
on truck driver safety and English language proficiency requirements.
Wall Street Jounral
“Retailers have had to adapt to meet customers’ growing expectations for online-order delivery. Shoppers are ‘expecting limitless assortment, competitive pricing, simple, easy ordering, visibility of the order, timely delivery, and then, oh, by the way, ‘no questions asked’ returns.’”
Thomas Goldsby - Dee & Jimmy Haslam Chair of Supply Chain, David P. Perrot Supply Chain Management Faculty Fellow
on Macy’s motivation to employ warehouse robots to speed up deliveries.
Wallet Hub
“Start with a simple Excel sheet and list out everything you spend money on. Your last credit card statement is a great starting place. Look at all items purchased and then create broad categories to group the expenses together. Get an idea of what you want to spend less on. Also, it is critical to get everyone in your household on board with this. Members of a household keep each other accountable and help each other stick to the budget.”
Justin Short - Assistant Professor and Neel Corporate Governance Center Research Fellow
on how to create a household budget.
Bagable
“The perception of a ‘deal’ is subjective to each person. Irrespective of how much an item is discounted, think about its short-term and long-term value and use and ask yourself, ‘What is my maximum willingness to pay at this point for this product?’ If you see that the price is good relative to your internal reference, it’s probably a good deal.”
Huseyn Abdulla - Assistant Professor
on how to determine if a product on sale is a good deal.
Deseret News
“Instead of hard cliffs, policymakers could smooth the transition. One option is to extend Medicaid support through empowering and expanding premium support for private health insurance via the health care exchanges using a sliding scale. The Affordable Care Act allows these exchanges, but access differs by state. A sliding scale instead of a cliff may help. If someone earns an extra dollar, they might lose a few cents in benefits—not their entire coverage. The Earned Income Tax Credit works this way, successfully encouraging work while supporting those in need.”
Michael Kofoed - Research Assistant Professor
offering one suggestion for a way to make healthcare insurance more accessible.
Science X
“‘With this AI chatbot, they can ask any question in a conversational way, and the chatbot will only give them answers that are based on the textbook, not from anywhere else on the internet,’ Liu said, noting that students who turn to outside AI sources could get wrong answers because ‘not everything on the internet is correct.’”
ChuanRen Liu - Associate Professor, Melton Faculty Fellow
on a chatbot he created to help students find the information they need from an online textbook authored for a class on data mining and business analytics.
Inbound Logistics
“‘When pallet manufacturers innovate, it’s not just about pallet material—they’re also rethinking how pallets are cycled through the system,’ Bolumole says. ‘Now, the focus has expanded to how we can efficiently load and stack pallets, both in warehouses and, more importantly, on trucks.’”
Yemisi Bolumole - Supply Chain Department Head, Ryder Professor of Supply Chain Management
on improvements to a shipping staple that is a critical element of almost every supply chain.
Dolly Parton Children's Hospital group of people image At Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital (DPCH), physicians make critical decisions every day—diagnosing young patients, directing care teams, and coordinating with specialists across the organization. Being a physician is inherently a leadership role, but developing and refining collaborative skills in a healthcare setting can be challenging.
