An App Can Check Cholesterol

An App Can Check Cholesterol An App Can Check Cholesterol Today you can monitor your heart rate, take your blood pressure, check your glucose, and also test your eye sight, using smartphone apps or attachments. Now you will also be able to read your cholesterol level, using a device developed by Cornell engineers. The Smartphone Cholesterol Application for Rapid Diagnostics, or smartCARD, is developed by David Erickson, associate professor of mechanical engineering and his colleagues at Cornell University. The smartCARD accessory optically detects biomarkers in a drop of blood, sweat, or saliva. An app then discerns the results using color analysis. The test takes about a minute from the time when one puts a drop of blood on the test strip, says Erickson. When a user puts a drop of blood on the cholesterol test strip, it processes the blood through staffelung steps and chemical reactions. The strip is then ready for colorimetric analysis by the smartphone app. Accurate Results The ad vantages of doing this over a phone are the convenience and ease of use, says Erickson, Everyone already knows how to use a smartphone. The smartCARD accessory clamps over the phones camera. Its built-in flash provides uniform, diffused light to illuminate the test strip that fits into the smartCARD reader. The application in the phone calibrates the hue saturation to the images color values on the cholesterol test strip, and the results appear on your phone.The smartCARD accessory clamps over the phones camera and an app then discerns the results using color analysis. Image Cornell University With many years of experience in molecular diagnostics behind him, Erickson acknowledges that the technology was very difficult to deploy to the consumer level earlier. Several years ago, when it became obvious that smartphones will become omnipresent across the world, we started looking at ways we could adapt that technology with the smartphone ecosystem. The smartCARD reader is a result of E ricksons extensive collaboration with nutrition scientists, electrical engineers, and bioengineers. We already have an established market of people using home-based cholesterol diagnostics devices but this technology breaks out of the business model that those types of devices are based on. The devices we have shown in our paper (published in the journal Lab on a Chip) are equivalently accurate, he says. Currently, the test measures total cholesterol. Erickson and his colleagues are working to break out those numbers in LDL (bad cholesterol), HDL (good cholesterol), and triglyceride measurements. They are also working on detecting vitamin D and B12 levels and developing nutritional markers. There is going to be a broad swath available, says Erickson. Diagnostics for Developing World Other smartphone-based diagnostic devices, such as the one developed by Dr. Aydogan Ozcan of UCLAs School of Engineering and Applied Science that enables the imaging of objects at nanoscale, highlight th e efforts being made to bring diagnostic options to the developing world. Erickson envisions a huge kompetenz for smartphone-based low-cost diagnostics in the developing world and going forward he is also considering cancer-based diagnostics for those regions, It seems very clear to me that mobile health is the next big thing. Tapping into the mobile network in those areas can be very impactful. The smartCARD, says Erickson is ready to be brought to market immediately, adding that when the reader hits the market, the cost will be significantly lower than what exists now. We can meet the state of the art in accuracy and beat the state of the art in cost and variability. Listen to a podcast with Prof. David Erickson discussing the challenges of developing smartphone-based diagnostics applications. For Further Discussion We can meet the state of the art in accuracy and beat the state of the art in cost and variability.Prof. David Erickson, Cornell University

How I measure happiness

How I measure happinessHow I measure happinessThe dialogue about happiness has not changed much for the past 3000 years since ancient Greek and Roman times.But people pretend that everything has changed and that more people are unhappy than ever. Thats supposed to be because were more connected than ever.You read it all the time. Technology makes people feel lonely and depressedI agree that technology itself has changed. But human nature has not. People have been unhappy, lonely, miserable, and sad since the start of modern civilization. We still ask ourselves questions likeDo I like my job?How about my house?Does my partner make me happy?How much money do I need to be happy?Weve been thinking like that for centuries. And if you have a similar thinking process, I can tell you that its wrong.Conventional thinking about happiness implies that other things or peoplemakeus happy. Have you ever thought about that?Why is it that we believesomethingalways has to make us happy?I think thats the biggest harte nuss with happiness. Why do we keep associating happiness with external things like career, love, and money?When are you happy?When you have a job that you love? A good relationship with your partner? A bunch of money?But what about when you get bored with your job? Or when your relationship becomes impossible to bear? Or when your money never seems enough?Ive written about how I pursue usefulness instead of happiness.And that when you make yourself useful, you feel happy.A lot of people resonated with that idea because it puts ourselves in the drivers seat. But that raised an important question.How do I know Im happy?Its a question you can only ask when you think about this concept on a deeper level. You see, most of us never think about measuring happiness. Or, we simply assume we know how to do it.Yes, we can define our career, money, relationship, and health goals- and we make those things measurable.And yet, we dont measure the one thing that makes all those t hings worth it Our own happiness.Never rely on externals for your happinessThats my only measure for happiness. I ask myself Am I relying on something or someone to make me happy?I want my answer to be no. Let me explainI love my work, but it doesnt make me happy.I love my family, but they dont make me happy.I love my other half, but she doesnt make me happy.I just AM happy.Life is too short to go through personal suffering. We cant put our own happiness in other peoples hands.Happiness is astate of mind. Its entirely within your control.Just like you can make a decision to do something useful with your time, you can decide that you are happy.But nothing in my life makes me happy.There you go again Youre trapped in the old way of thinking. Its easy to blame your job, spouse, family, or even the world for your unhappiness.I meet people all the time who say that the world is an evil place. Yes, bad things happen to people. And yes, some people are evil. Im not going to pretend those t hings do not happen.But is that within your control? No. So get over yourself and dont let other thingsmakeyou miserable. Its time to stop being a cynic.Remember You dont need a reason to be happy. Thats the whole idea in one sentence. But saying it is very different from truly living it.All you need to do isbehappy - and you are.If you want to hear more thoughts on measuring happiness, listen to my latest podcast episode about it, oniTunes,Stitcher, orOvercast.This article first appeared on DariusForoux.com.

9 SelfImprovement Strategies for Engineers

9 SelfImprovement Strategies for Engineers 9 SelfImprovement Strategies for Engineers Its all goodyouve graduated with a degree in engineering and landed a good job with an engineering firm that promises a stimulating environment and maybe even some interesting travel. Youre all set, right?Not necessarilyengineering is a competitive field and, as evidenced during the Great Recession, susceptible to big layoffs when the economy takes a dive. So what you can do in your first five years as a professional engineer to strengthen your long-term career and make you stand out from the competition? Here are some pointers from Carl Vieth, director of corporate education for the department of engineering professional development, University of Wisconsin-Madison.Learn the business.What is the core business strategy, how is company revenue made, and what are key sources of growth? Seek out opportunities to work with a diverse cross-section of business units within the company, including HR, manuf acturing, sales, marketing, and customer service. You may also find that your company offers boot-camp style learning opportunities that will give you a deeper understanding of your industry.Develop a love affair with your customers.Understand their business better than you understand your own and learn how your customers make money. Request assignments that allow you to work directly at a customer site be inquisitive about their needs and strive to understand how you can solve their problems. Regularly read market publications and familiarize yourself with what industry analysts are saying. Know your customers competitive marketplace and understand who their key competitors are, as well as the relative strength of the competitions value proposition relative to that of your customer, says Smith.Learn the upstream supply chain.Understand the sources and producers of inputs to your business. Become familiar with the variety of options available that you can bring to your organization. Strive to keep on top of technical innovations, both within your field and other engineering and technology disciplines.Dont stop learning.College has left you woefully unprepared for many of the challenges you will face (its true). Becoming an effective communicator, team member or leader, or project manager are worthy goals to aggressively pursue. Seeking out professional development activities related to growing your soft skills will drive professional growth in dimensions you never knew existed, says Smith.Keep your technical skills current.Join a professional society and participate as an active member. Share what you learn with your colleagues at work. If your local work group does not have a journal club or study circle, consider starting one. Engineering associations also provide professional learning opportunities, including short courses and online learning. Search for universities that are active in providing technical education in your field.Find a coach.Being independe nt types, engineers often feel they have to do it alone. Find a coach within the organization who can provide valuable advice, direction, and support. More important than having technical credibility, your coach should be adept at navigating the organization. Find the engineer who business leaders and customers seek out when they want to get an answer or solve a problem, advises Smith. Once youve established the relationship, honor it by listening carefully, following the advice, and carrying yourself in ways that will make your coach proud.Seek out new challenges and challenging assignments.The term stretch assignment defines an opportunity to challenge your knowledge, skills, and creativity in new and different ways. Challenging assignments take you out of your comfort zone and provide you with opportunities to set yourself apart.Critique your performance.Practice your new skills and try to be self-aware and realistic about how youre progressing. New abilities dont come easily and those who excel in their own personal development take advantage of opportunities that sharpen their skills and grow their knowledge base through practice.Think about the next step in your education.You wont get far without a graduate degree and you need to start planning, Smith advises. A few years of work experience will allow you to make the most of your next learning opportunity and to rediscover the joy in formal learning.Mark Crawford is an independent writer.Seeking out professional development activities related to growing your soft skills will drive professional growth in dimensions you never knew existed.Carl Vieth, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Marine Explosive Ordnance Disposal Jobs

Marine Explosive Ordnance Disposal JobsMarine Explosive Ordnance Disposal JobsThe need for Explosive Ordnance Disposal did not occur until during World War II, after many casualties involving ordnance that was in the ground or water and had not exploded on initial impact. The Allied Forces teamed to create programs that would render-safe all the unexploded ordnance found by all military members. Due to the advance of technology in bomb making, the need throughout the military was created and the first EOD school began in Washington, D.C. during the War. In Florida, atthe Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Training Facility in Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), all members of the military who become explosives experts abflug their training at the joint service EOD training.Regardless of branch of service, the Army, Marines, Air Force, and Navy all attend theJoint Service EOD training school operated by the Department of Defense. The EOD School provides high risk, beginner and advanced explosi ves training to all EOD forces including some select government employees. The United States Marine Corps is looking for mature candidates at least an E-4 in rank and be eligible to advance to E-5 however, you cannot be an E-6 in your current MOS to be eligible for EOD training. Since the school has a high attrition rate, only the best Marines can volunteer and get selected for this MOS. Also as a highly stressful occupation, like Special Ops, it is one of the jobs in the military where you can voluntarily leave the community for personal reasons if you have seen too much and are burned out from high op tempo (long deployment time per year). Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Job Details Type of MOS PMOS Rank Range MGySgt to Sgt Job Description EOD technicians perform various duties that include locating, accessing, identifying, rendering safe, neutralizing, and disposing of hazards from foreign and domestic, conventional, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high yi eld explosives (CBRNE) unexploded explosive ordnance (UXO), improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and weapons of mass destruction (WMD that present a threat to operations, installations, personnel, or materiel). Annual refresher training is required and EOD members are screened to ensure that they are current with the bomb making technology of the enemy. EOD Requirements Must possess a GT score of 110 or higher.Must meet all requirements for assignment to a critical position within the Nuclear Weapons Personnel Reliability Program refer to SECNAVINST 5510.35.Must be fully screened per MCO 3571.2, using the current revision of the HQMC-approved EOD sichtung Checklist.Must have a first class Physical Fitness Test (PFT) (accomplished during EOD screening process).Be a volunteer in the grade of sergeant or corporal in any MOS. Sergeants must not be selected for Staff Sergeant in their current MOS. Must have normal color vision and no claustrophobic tendencies. (Bomb suit agility test will be administered during the EOD screening.)Must be a U.S. citizen.Must be qualified for an Explosive Drivers License as well as Emergency Vehicle Operators License.Must be a graduate of the EOD Basic Course (CIN N56GPX).Must have a final secret security clearance based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI)Must be qualified to handle Arms, Ammunition and Explosives (AA and E)In the performance of their duties, must be physically qualified for an Explosive Drivers License as well as Emergency Vehicles Operators License, as per NAVSEA SWO 20-AF-ABK-010. The following core competencies must be sustainedAdvanced electronics.Advanced EOD Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTP)Specialized Demolition.Post Blast Investigation.Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD).Improvised Explosive Devices (IED)Robotics.UXO clearance. The Joint Service EOD Course in Eglin AFB is Comprised of the Following Sections Demolition teilen- Includes how to make various explosive firing trains Too ls Methods Division- Teaches you the various tools and methods of EOD work Core Division- Teaches you the basic fundamentals of EOD work Ground Ordnance Division- Focuses on projected munitions and grenades Air Ordnance Division- Focuses on bombs and missiles Improvised Explosive Device (IED)- Includes homemade bombs Bio/Chem Division- Includes lessons on various biological and chemical agents Nuclear Ordnance Division- Covers basic nuclear physics and radiation monitoring and decontamination procedures Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) - Includes nuclear, chemical, biological, radiological weapons Each section teaches how to render-safe or defuse ordnance. Above information derived from MCBUL 1200, parts 2 and 3

Successful people know a truth about quitting most dont get

Successful people know a truth about quitting most dont getSuccessful people know a truth about quitting most dont getFor a writer - or at least, for this writer - there are few worse experiences than realizing that an article youve spent weeks or months researching is, well, going nowhere.Theres always the temptation to do even more research, to write something up anyway, if only to justify those weeks or months of reporting as anything other than wasted time.This is a completely illogical impulse, but its a human impulse nonetheless.The New York Times addresses this phenomenon in a recent article on the art of strategic quitting, a term borrowed from author and entrepreneur Seth Godin. Stephanie windschatten explains why were so often loathed to stop pursuing a longtime goal, even one that has proven unattainable. Lee also explains why doing so would ultimately make us happier, and would free us up to pursue other, more realistic ambitions.Reading the Times article, I thought bac k to Jon Acuffs advice in his 2017 book Finish Choose what to bomb.Acuff virtually shakes readers until they understand that there is no way they can achieve everything they want to think being an awesome parent, being a stellar employee, keeping a pristine home, cooking a nutritious dinner every night, and volunteering on the community board.Instead, Acuff tells readers to choose in advance what theyre going to bomb - i.e. fail at - and to be okay with that. The logic here is that, the more thinly you spread your time and energy, the less progress you make toward each individual goal. Pick one goal and give it your all and youll have a better shot at success.It seems impossible to become an expert in one area without giving up on some othersPsychologists have also documented the benefits - and sometimes the necessity - of quitting one goal to focus on another.In the Times article, Lee cites a 2007 study published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, which found that w hen people disengaged from unrealistic goals, they were happier and healthier.Meanwhile, Anders Ericsson, a professor of psychology at Florida State University and the coauthor of Peak Secrets From the New Science of Expertise, previously told me that he doesnt know of anyone whos become a world-class expert in more than one skill. If you dedicate your life to mastering one field, other opportunities will fade away - which could be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on how much you want to master that one field.Gabriele Oettingen, a professor at New York University and the University of Hamburg and the author of Rethinking Positive Thinking, developed a methodology called WOOP to help people achieve their goals. (WOOP stands for wish, outcome, obstacle, plan.)Oettingen previously told me that WOOP-ing often requires you to step away from a goal if it conflicts with another one, or if it seems unfeasible.To be sure, sometimes this process will be painful - theres no getting aro und that. But in the long term, giving yourself room to work on something more achievable, or more impactful, is worth it.This article first appeared on Business Insider.

Up in Arms About Pipefitter Resume?

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topwomenblogs Its Saturday, I have to get to Baltimore from NYC to start family time for Christmas (my husband is from the DC area). So Ill leave you all with two good links to content and blogs I read this week by women authors. One made me laugh and one made me think. Its pretty obvious which one did what.1. Food Balancing Bulldog2. New Years Resolutions Dog Who Balances Food - It Just Made Me Laugh Source Swiss-Miss Getting Ahead of New Years Resolutions cupofjo.com Related Articles Around the Web Top 100 Women Blogs And Websites Every Woman Must Follow One of the biggest challenges in almost all industries today is achieving gender parity. Gender diversity provides huge benefits in the workplace. pWhile s ome industries have made significant advancements in gender diversity, some industries lag further behind... and the construction industry is well-known for being in the latter category. If someone says, construction workers, youll likely picture a group of men in yellow hard hats analyzing an architects plans or laying bricks on top of a scaffold. And men at work signs only help to reinforce this image.pThis stereotype is rooted in reality. When was the last time you actually spotted a woman on a construction site? Or hired a female plumber or carpenter? Your answer is most likely never. In fact, the Bureau of Labor Statisticsreports that only 3.4% of the total of 8.3 million construction employees are women.pBut the construction industry has a lot more to offer than steel-toed boots and hard hats, and it needs women to help advance the industry in this era of rapid change. Here are 5 reasons why women joining the workforce or looking to make a pivot should consider a career in con struction.h21. Fuel Innovation/h2pNot only is diversity the socially and morally right thing to do, but it is also actually an excellent business strategy. pResearch presented in the Harvard Business Reviewshows that diverse teams develop more innovative ideas. This is further supported by a study conducted by Gallupon the wertzuwachs of gender-diverse teams versus single-gender teams, which found that the difference in backgrounds and perspectives led to better business performance and problem-solving. h22. Capitalize on Demand/h2pThe construction industry is currently experiencing a labor shortage. The industry itself is booming and projected to be one of the fastest-growing industries, with total spending projected to exceed $1.45 trillion in 2023/a. However, most construction companies are unable to meet the rising demand. pAccording to the Associated General Contractors of America/a, more than 80% of contractors are experiencing difficulties filling hourly craft positions that represent the bulk of the construction workforce.pAnd demand isnt limited to individual contributor roles. Given the industry boom, there are a number of open stable and high-paying roles (any project managers out there?) waiting for the right candidateh23. Leadership Opportunities/h2pAccording to the Bureau of Labor Statistics/a, women compose only 7.7% of the total 1 million managerial positions in construction.br/pBut given the highly collaborative nature of construction work, more women in leadership roles would help drive innovation and enhance productivity.Furthermore, as a woman in construction in a leadership position, youd have the unique opportunity to drive change for the industry and make it a more attractive option for other women.h24. High-Income Potential/h2pSalaries for many skilled positions in construction are on the rise, making a construction career a prime choice for women looking for a high-paying job,pThe 2018 Construction Craft Salary Surveyconducted by the N ational Center for Construction Education and Research revealed that salaries for many skilled craft areas are increasing. Project managers and project supervisors topped the list at $92,523 and $88,355, respectively. The next set of highest-paying jobs include those of combo welders ($71,067), instrumentation technicians ($70,080), pipe welders ($69,222), power line workers ($68,262) and industrial electricians ($67,269). Of the 32 categories of workers in the survey, 19 positions earned an average salary of $60,000 or higher.h25. Sense of accomplishment/h2p The construction industry can give employees a unique sense of achievement. Yes, the job is stressful and the work can be demanding, but nothing beats the feeling of being able to build something from the ground up. pHow many professionals in other industries can point at a school, a hospital, or a skyscraper and say I helped build that?pThe construction industry has a long way to go in combating gender bias and supporting wome n in the workforce, but given the current demand for workers, theres no better time to pick up a sledgehammer (figurative or literal) and smash the gender stereotypes plaguing the construction industry.