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In 24 fascinating episodes, Dr. Roy Benaroch of Emory University's School of Medicine shows viewers how to recognize good reporting that provides accurate, well-sourced health information and bad reporting that's incomplete at best and purposely misleading at worst. Get answers to medical questions that take viewers past the headlines and beyond the way health news is typically reported.

In Native cultures, warriors developed skills necessary to be an asset to their tribe. Today, the warrior spirit means using our creator-given talent and ability to be an asset to the 'tribe' we serve. That tribe may be family, community, coworkers, or friends. Discovering Your Warrior Spirit with D.J. Vanas provides a clear and compelling guide to creating a more rewarding and satisfying life, leading viewers to recognize and use their assets, leverage...

Learn how to cultivate the communication practices of high-performing teams. Discover how to establish a team charter, communicate in different settings, and more. Communication is an integral part of strong teamwork. In this course, Duke University professor Dr. Daisy Lovelace walks you through how to cultivate the communication practices of high-performing teams. She highlights the foundations of successful teams, and explains how to craft a team...

This course uses modern web tools to demonstrate what you can accomplish using just the approachable edges of powerful tools like Bootstrap and GitHub. In this course, Instructor Melanie Panem demonstrates that even non-coders can quickly pump out a simple site within just an hour or two! The foundation of a website's layout is already set when a template is used as a starting point; in this case, a non-copyright, responsive, Bootstrap template from...

This course provides diversity and empathy training designed to help sales reps connect more deeply with people outside of their own culture, religion, and generation. How does diversity shape what your clients need from a sales relationship? Find out what can happen when you invest the time to understand your clients’ experiences. Instructor Meridith Powell explains how you can gain a set of tools to create awareness of your own strengths, challenges,...

Learn how to gather user data and transform that data into actionable project ideas for more user-centric UX designs. Who are your users? What are their challenges? How can your design solve their needs? UX research can help you answer these questions, and many more. In this installment of UX Design Techniques, Chris Nodder walks through the process of acquiring user data and transforming that data into actionable project ideas. Learn how to observe...

Learn the fundamentals of social selling. Discover how to grow your network and set up your social media accounts to build meaningful relationships. Your customers and prospects are sharing much about what's going on in their lives publicly on social media—from their favorite hiking spots to their latest professional moves. As a salesperson, this information can help you do your job better, but getting started can seem overwhelming. In this course,...

Learn how to translate aspects of the real world into the form and language of a relational database. Understanding which data tables to create and how to link them together via relationships is key to mastering the relational database capabilities of FileMaker Pro. In this course, join instructor Cris Ippolite as he shows how to translate aspects of the real world into the form and language of a relational database. Cris begins by reviewing some...

Do you work in data analysis? Learn how to mine data using R. Topics include dimensionality reduction, clustering, classification, association analysis, and more. Data science continues to grow in sophistication and demand at an exponential rate. Data mining is the area of data science that focuses on finding actionable patterns in large and diverse datasets: clusters of similar customers, trends over time that can only be spotted after disentangling...

Explore ways to design faster and increase productivity by personalizing the user interface in SOLIDWORKS. Discover ways to maximize the power of SOLIDWORKS by optimizing the interface to suit any workflow. Learn about how to personalize the command ribbon and toolbars to display frequently used features, as well as how to customize mouse gestures to make mouse movements more effective. Plus, explore default keyboard shortcuts that expedite common...