The quantitative methods school introduced models, symbols, formulas and quantitative values into management theory, which was based on reasoning and observation. School of quantitative methods: formation Leonid Kantorovich, the “most unknown” Nobel laureate of Soviet times, is considered the founder of the school of quantitative methods. He was born in 1912 in St. Petersburg and
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A favorite children’s fairy tale can shape a person’s life scenario, become his subconscious guide for behavior in real life. The psychoanalysis of magic American sociologists from Western Illinois University decided to study the impact on children of the most popular fairy tales and after a meticulous study declared a boycott of “Cinderella”, “Snow White
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Poor health since childhood Musical ability is hardly the only talent that is inherited. Melodies have always been heard in the Mozarts’ home of professional musicians. No wonder that at the age of four Wolfgang Amadeus was already composing music, and at the age of seven he wrote his first concerto. From that moment, his
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A quarter of a century ago, Dr. Mark Beers’ research team published the first list of drugs to avoid in elderly patients. The list was subsequently called the Beers Criteria. Drugs Rationale and recommendations Non-selective cyclooxygenase NSAIDs for oral use Increased risk of gastrointestinal bleeding or peptic ulcer disease in high-risk groups. Use of a
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Incentivizing with threats and money Theory “X” is based on pessimistic expectations of the average employee: he shirks work at the slightest opportunity, avoids responsibility, does not take initiative, does not like additional obligations and works only for money. In this model, any average employee is always less intelligent and more lazy than his manager,
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Verdict overturned Since the 1960s of the last century, specialized scientific literature began to describe cases of Peregrin’s syndrome – disappearance of histologically confirmed cancer in patients who were treated inappropriately or did not undergo any antitumor therapy at all. Their cancer regression was complete (no primary focus of the disease and metastases) or partial
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Come on, honey, let’s make a movie Not so long ago, sexual videos were an excuse for blackmail and manipulation, but times have changed, and suddenly everyone wants to show the world their success in the kamasutra. Instagrams of high society lionesses now look more like Playboy or Hustler magazines. The husbands of these ladies
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Getting rid of the myths Who hasn’t had a bubblegum thought in their head? You walk around and think about the same thing for days, or even weeks: “I should have answered him this way and that way!” or fantasize about some significant event in the future. I don’t know about you, but my fantasies
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Style or diagnosis? In past centuries, long before the advent of digital cameras, the quality of artists’ vision was demanding. A painter had to see perfectly in order to accurately render the finest details of portraits and landscapes on canvas. But times were changing, the ultimate precision in painting was replaced by the era of
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What is Erythremia? Another name for erythremia is true polycythemia, which comes from the Greek words “many”, “cell” and “blood”, which quite reflects the essence of the problem. The fact is that this disease is a benign tumor process of the hematopoietic system, associated with excessive myeloproliferation, ie, hyperplasia of the cellular elements of the
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Biodesign for a healthy life In the summer of 2018, specialists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Design Lab together with the sports brand Puma presented an experimental biodesign collection Adaptive Dynamics. Its “face” became sneakers that, tracking the physiological indicators of athletes, provide them with individual adjustment of “climate control”. The upper part of
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Competitive intelligence and industrial espionage leading to the leakage of confidential information can simply destroy any pharmaceutical company.
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