Sports betting has grown far beyond who will win a game or whether the spread is covered. Every game offers numerous opportunities to place bets. Such microbets unravel the many plays that constitute a game into a sequence of uncertain actions, each of which can be gambled upon at lightning speed in real-time.
Spending lots of scrolling through social media videos is a habit that many people often fall into. While it can be entertaining, mental health experts say it also can be harmful.
In journal Information System Research, researchers posted a model they created that uses AI to detect which videos can affect mental health, or even spark suicidal thoughts.
In a new study, advanced analytics demonstrates that healthier school schedules are not only achievable but can also improve district operations and reduce costs.
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Every business has been affected by the pandemic, but few industries have been as thoroughly disrupted as air travel. As Covid-19 has waxed and waned, airlines have suffered thousands of canceled flights, plummeting ticket prices, and a federal mask mandate that catalyzed a wave of violent incidents on planes.
The invasion of Ukraine by Russia and sanctions imposed on it for doing so and new pandemic-related shutdowns in China are the latest events to rock global supply chains. Combined with the China-U.S. trade war and other pandemic- and climate-related disruptions, it is certain to accelerate the movement by Western companies to reduce their dependency on China for components and finished goods and on Russia for transportation and raw materials and to lead to more localized, or regional, sourcing strategies. If China decides to back Russia in the Ukraine conflict, it would only fuel that movement.
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A medical supply company founded in the early stages of the pandemic said Wednesday that it intends to build a $350 million glove-manufacturing facility at Tradepoint Atlantic and ultimately bring more than 2,000 new jobs to the Baltimore County site through a multiphase, three-year development.
The war in Ukraine is no longer just a story about a conflict between nations. It’s having an immediate impact on millions of people and creating multitudes of refugees, which in turn is creating a worldwide humanitarian crisis and exasperating global food insecurity. Likewise, the supply chain for goods has become greatly challenged. How can the West address and overcome these disruptions while taking a hard line against Russia’s aggression? We talk with Anna Nagurney, Ph.D., professor of supply chains, logistics and economics at the University of Massachusetts, about the current state of global events and what’s at stake.
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