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Realtors rely on NRIs for sale during lockdown

According to property consultant Anarock, the rupee’s depreciation had been a factor of considerable interest for NRIs considering Indian real estate as a sensible investment option during these volatile times.




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Future winners will be businesses that get smarter, bring agility

To become a smart business, organizations must enable as many operating decisions as possible to be made by machines fueled by live data rather than by humans supported by their own data analysis.




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Should a small business invest in AI and machine learning software?

Both AI and ML are touted to give businesses the edge they need, improve efficiencies, make sales and marketing better and even help in critical HR functions.




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For SMEs, having a website is cheaper than an offline store

Businesses with no online store have limited growth opportunities.




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AI, machine learning can help achieve $5 trillion target: Piyush Goyal

“Our government believes artificial intelligence, in different forms, can help us achieve the $5 trillion benchmark over the next five years, but also help us do it effectively and efficiently,” Goyal said while inaugurating the NSE Knowledge Hub here. The hub is an AI-powered learning ecosystem for the banking, financial services and insurance sector.




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Surviving the technoshock: How to get your organisation ready for AI-powered ERP

Machines and people, working in concert, will be critical to the success of tomorrow’s ERP systems and enterprises.




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Covid-19: Using AI and data science to combat health pandemics

Tech platforms, telecom companies and governments need to come together at a time like this to work together towards addressing the balance between protecting individual privacy and data sharing that is critical to the public good.




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Top tips to safeguard your network when employees are working from home

The real challenge in the world of employees working from their own homes is not the slack in productivity or the threat of transmission of the virus, but cybersecurity.




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For a mobile first nation that loves missed calls, here’s something product managers need to know

Our jugaad of giving missed calls when mobile telephony was expensive has created a habit that’s still prevalent. Then came OTP, which saw nationwide acceptance when regulators mandated it for banking transactions.




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NRIs/PIOs can now send funds online for Modi govt's flagship schemes like Swachch Bharat, Clean Ganga

Swaraj said this while chairing a meeting of India Development Foundation of Overseas Indians, a trust established to supplement development efforts.




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Single investment regime in the works for NRIs

NRIs are currently allowed to invest in Indian markets directly and indirectly through multiple routes.




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Dating apps find love in the time of Covid

These users, who do not mind paying anywhere from Rs 1,500 to up to Rs 50,000 for in-person meetups and group activities, tend to be typically over 25 years of age and have fewer demands with regard to their partner profile.




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Investing in startups – Where to find the next set of winners

Disease or otherwise, travel as we know could change dramatically, at least in frequency if not in distance and mode. The individual and mass transport industry, the hallmark of the 20th Century will change forever in the 21st century.




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Boosting wellbeing in a remote work environment: How organizations can promote work-life balance

Every situation brings with it an opportunity, and this situation has brought with it a valuable opportunity for upskilling of complete workforce. Leaders can use online tools for imparting valuable training and upskilling to all their employees.




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Thriving during the lockdown: Game plan of small Indian brands

At a time when most established brands are struggling with their supply chain, the young blood has stepped up its game to make its presence felt and let the world know that it care and can deliver. Brand Equity decodes what’s working for younger, smaller brands and what the post-lockdown world may have in store.




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Silver lining for jobseekers as edtech, pharma, e-commerce, logistics sectors to continue hiring

The IT industry should see about half of the top ten IT services companies requiring fresh, top-rated tech talent, almost a third of the remaining services pool, and almost 15 to 18% of the high tech product / internet or GICs going for it.




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SCCM Pod-23 Preventing Pediatric Trauma

Anthony Slonim, MD, DrPH, FCCM, and Angela Hsu, MD, both from the Children's National Medical Center at the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., discuss their article in the February issue of Critical Connections, titled "Preventing Pediatric Trauma: The Role of the Critical Care Professional." They focus on the different levels of prevention in this patient population and how critical care professionals can play a more active role in making sure fewer young patients are treated for trauma. (Crit Conn 2006 Vol.5 No.1)




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SCCM Pod-26 PCCM: Assessing Sedation Levels of Mechanically Ventilated Pediatric Patients

Martha Curley, RN, PhD, discusses her article in the Mar 2006 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, titled "State Behavioral Scale: A Sedation Assessment Instrument for Infants and Young Children Supported on Mechanical Ventilation." Dr. Curley, director of nursing research in critical care and cardiovascular nursing research at The Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, is a recognized expert in pediatric critical care nursing. She discusses the development and validation of the State Behavioral Scale, a tool used in the evaluation of the level of sedation in pediatric patients requiring mechanical ventilation. (Pediatric Care Medicine, Volume 7, Number 2 Mar 2006 pp 107-114)




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SCCM Pod-72 PCCM: Family Presence During Pediatric CPR

Susan Bratton, MD, MPH, discusses an editorial published in the September 2006 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, "Physician Experience with Family Presence During Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation." Dr. Bratton is professor of pediatric critical care medicine at the University of Utah. (Niranjan K. Ped Crit Care Med. 2006;7:505)




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SCCM Pod-140 PCCM: Blood/Brain Barrier Permeability During Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Monica Vavilala, MD, discusses her recent article published in the May issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.




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SCCM Pod-142 PCCM: Helping Mechanically Ventilated Infants Swallow

Steven B. Leder, PhD, discusses his article, Dysphagia Testing and Aspiration Status in Medically Stable Infants Requiring Mechanical Ventilation Via Tracheotomy, published in the July 2010 Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.




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SCCM Pod-150 PCCM: Blood Transfusion and Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation

Ravi Thiagarajan, MD, MBBS, MPH, discusses his article published in the January Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.




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SCCM Pod-169 PCCM: Formal Handover Protocols Reduce Errors During Transition to the ICU

Brian F. Joy, MD, a fellow in the Department of Pediatric Cardiology at Childrens Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, USA, discussed an article published in the May 2011 Pediatric Critical Care Medicine




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SCCM Pod-170 PCCM: Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy During ECMO

Matthew Paden, MD, discusses his Pediatric Critical Care Medicine article: Recovery of Renal Function and Survival After Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy During Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.




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SCCM Pod-185 PCCM: Defining Pediatric Sepsis

Margaret Parker, MD, FCCM, associate podcast editor, speaks with Denise M. Goodman, MD, MS, about her article published in the July Pediatric Critical Care Medicine




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SCCM Pod-186 PCCM: Variability and Challenges in Pediatric Asthma

Margaret Parker, MD, FCCM, associate podcast editor, speaks with Susan L. Bratton, MD, MPH, about her paper published in the July Pediatric Critical Care Medicine




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SCCM Pod-203 PCCM: Using the Vanguard Phase in Clinical Trials

Margaret Parker, MD, FCCM, speaks with Victoria L. Pemberton, RN, MS, about her article published in the January Pediatric Critical Care Medicine




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SCCM Pod-207 PCCM: Attendance During Family-Centered Rounds

Margaret Parker, MD, FCCM, speaks with Matthew J. Drago, MD, MBE




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SCCM Pod-234: Pediatric Intensive Care in South Africa: Making Optimum Use of Limited Resources

Margaret Parker, MD, FCCM, speaks with Andrew Argent, MD, Medical Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at the Red Cross War Memorial Childrens Hospital.




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SCCM Pod-236 Are Pediatric Intensivists Changing Their Transfusion Practices?

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Jacques R. Lacroix, MD.




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SCCM Pod-238 Internet-Based Knowledge Exchange Platform for Pediatric Critical Care Clinicians Worldwide

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Traci A. Wolbrink, MD, MPH




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SCCM Pod-248 Achieving Nutrient Delivery Goals with a Stepwise Enteral Nutrition Algorithm

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Nilesh M. Mehta




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SCCM Pod-249 Risk Factors for Acquiring Functional and Cognitive Disabilities During Admission to a PICU

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Meredith F. Bone, MD, MSCI




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SCCM Pod-250 Reducing Blood Testing in Pediatric Patients After Heart Surgery: A Quality Improvement Project

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Claudia Delgado-Corcoran, MD, MPH




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SCCM Pod-258 Extubation During Pediatric ECMO: A Single-Center Experience

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with James Thomas, MD




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SCCM Pod-279 Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Consensus Recommendations From the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury Consensus Conference

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Neal J. Thomas, MD




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SCCM Pod-300 Timing of Death in Children Referred for Intensive Care with Severe Sepsis

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Mirjana Cvetkovic, FRCA. Dr. Cvetkovic works as a Clinical Fellow at the Children's Acute Transport Service at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London and a Consultant Intensivist in Anesthesia at Leicester Hospital.




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SCCM Pod-307 Transforming the Morbidity and Mortality Conference to Promote Safety and Quality in a PICU

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Christina L. Cifra, MD. Dr. Cifra is a Pediatric Intensivist and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in Iowa City, Iowa.




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SCCM Pod-355 The Epidemiology of Hospital Death Following Pediatric Severe Sepsis

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Scott L. Weiss, MD, MSCE, about the article, The Epidemiology of Hospital Death Following Pediatric Severe Sepsis: When, Why, and How Children With Sepsis Die, published in the September 2017 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.




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SCCM Pod-399 Risk for Mortality in Critically Ill Children Needing Renal Replacement Therapy

Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Danny Hames, MD, on his article titled: Risk Factors for Mortality in Critically Ill Children Requiring Renal Replacement Therapy, published in the November 2019 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.




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SCCM Pod-406 Surviving Sepsis Campaign Children's Guidelines

Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, and Scott L. Weiss, MD, FCCM, discuss the release of: Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for the Management of Septic Shock and Sepsis-Associated Organ Dysfunction in Children




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Poke Me: The removal of Dhoni from the captaincy of Rising Pune Supergiants is legit

This is not about making a value judgment. Whether the decision is good or bad can only be known at the end of the 10th season of the IPL.




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POKE ME: Government, get out of skilling. Motivate the bureaucracy to create the right ecosystem instead

What we need before Skill India is perhaps a Skill Government mission. And what’s more, in this Budget season, a visionary leader can do this without much fund allocation.




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POKE ME: SEBI needs to loosen up and keep its eye on investor interest using economics

Many of the securities laws are spread over circulars, which are vague and ever-changing. It is not clear how ordinary companies can keep track with daily changes and excessive complexity of regulations.




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Poke Me: SEBI needs to loosen up and keep its eye on investor interest using economics (Reader's React)

Sebi must ensure that no one is hanged without a fair hearing, levy of penalty on Reliance speaks about the regulator’s firmness, a reader said.




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Poke Me: The Supreme Court should have taken a more streetwise look before ordering a 'highway prohibition'

For those of us who’ve lived in Dehradun for decades, the Supreme Court order banning sale of liquor on highways, is the cruellest joke you could play on a small town.




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Poke Me: Young and the restless(Readers React)

This week's "Poke Me" invited your comments on "Young and the restless". Here are the selected opinions.




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POKE ME: Rallying to protect our rivers is great. But let’s get the science right

Drying trends have been reported in Krishna and Kaveri and the pollution problem in the Ganga is well recognised. The future of our rivers appears bleak.




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Government may fall short of its skill development goal of training one crore youth

Under the PMKVY-2.0, launched in October 2016, ministry had targeted to impart skill training to one crore youth for over four years (2016-20). Out of this, 60,00,000 was the target under short-term training while 40,00,000 was the target under the recognition of prior learning (RPL) component for 2016-20.




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No unnecessary action against independent directors without strong evidence of wrong doing: MCA

Against the backdrop of instances of independent and non-executive directors coming under the scanner for alleged corporate misdoings, the ministry has sent out a circular to its Regional Directors, Registrars of Companies and official liquidators with respect to prosecution proceedings. Any such proceedings must be initiated after receiving due sanction from the ministry.