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Radium was initially seen as beneficial in cancer treatment, but its use expanded into many consumer products in the early 20th century before the health risks were understood. Young women who painted watch dials with luminous radium paint in the 1920s suffered severe illnesses and death from radium poisoning, as the company told them the paint was safe despite signs of its dangers. Over 1,200 dial painters ultimately died from radium exposure, with their bodies remaining radioactive even after death due to the high doses of radium accumulated in their bones.
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留信网认证的作用:
1:该专业认证可证明留学生真实身份
2:同时对留学生所学专业登记给予评定
3:国家专业人才认证中心颁发入库证书
4:这个认证书并且可以归档倒地方
5:凡事获得留信网入网的信息将会逐步更新到个人身份内，将在公安局网内查询个人身份证信息后，同步读取人才网入库信息
6:个人职称评审加20分
7:个人信誉贷款加10分
8:在国家人才网主办的国家网络招聘大会中纳入资料，供国家高端企业选择人才
Why Psychological Safety Matters for Software Teams - ACE 2024 - Ben Linders.pdf
Psychological safety in teams is important; team members must feel safe and able to communicate and collaborate effectively to deliver value. It’s also necessary to build long-lasting teams since things will happen and relationships will be strained.
But, how safe is a team? How can we determine if there are any factors that make the team unsafe or have an impact on the team’s culture?
In this mini-workshop, we’ll play games for psychological safety and team culture utilizing a deck of coaching cards, The Psychological Safety Cards. We will learn how to use gamification to gain a better understanding of what’s going on in teams. Individuals share what they have learned from working in teams, what has impacted the team’s safety and culture, and what has led to positive change.
Different game formats will be played in groups in parallel. Examples are an ice-breaker to get people talking about psychological safety, a constellation where people take positions about aspects of psychological safety in their team or organization, and collaborative card games where people work together to create an environment that fosters psychological safety.
The Intersection between Competition and Data Privacy – CAPEL – June 2024 OEC...
The Intersection between Competition and Data Privacy – CAPEL – June 2024 OEC...OECD Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs
This presentation by Tim Capel, Director of the UK Information Commissioner’s Office Legal Service, was made during the discussion “The Intersection between Competition and Data Privacy” held at the 143rd meeting of the OECD Competition Committee on 13 June 2024. More papers and presentations on the topic can be found at oe.cd/ibcdp.
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Pro-competitive Industrial Policy – OECD – June 2024 OECD discussion
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This presentation by OECD, OECD Secretariat, was made during the discussion “Pro-competitive Industrial Policy” held at the 143rd meeting of the OECD Competition Committee on 12 June 2024. More papers and presentations on the topic can be found at oe.cd/pcip.
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Artificial Intelligence, Data and Competition – LIM – June 2024 OECD discussion
Artificial Intelligence, Data and Competition – LIM – June 2024 OECD discussionOECD Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs
This presentation by Yong Lim, Professor of Economic Law at Seoul National University School of Law, was made during the discussion “Artificial Intelligence, Data and Competition” held at the 143rd meeting of the OECD Competition Committee on 12 June 2024. More papers and presentations on the topic can be found at oe.cd/aicomp.
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怎么办理(lincoln学位证书)英国林肯大学毕业证文凭学位证书原版一模一样
原版定制【微信:bwp0011】《(lincoln学位证书)英国林肯大学毕业证文凭学位证书》【微信:bwp0011】成绩单 、雅思、外壳、留信学历认证永久存档查询，采用学校原版纸张、特殊工艺完全按照原版一比一制作（包括：隐形水印，阴影底纹，钢印LOGO烫金烫银，LOGO烫金烫银复合重叠，文字图案浮雕，激光镭射，紫外荧光，温感，复印防伪）行业标杆！精益求精，诚心合作，真诚制作！多年品质 ,按需精细制作，24小时接单,全套进口原装设备，十五年致力于帮助留学生解决难题，业务范围有加拿大、英国、澳洲、韩国、美国、新加坡，新西兰等学历材料，包您满意。
【业务选择办理准则】
一、工作未确定，回国需先给父母、亲戚朋友看下文凭的情况，办理一份就读学校的毕业证【微信bwp0011】文凭即可
二、回国进私企、外企、自己做生意的情况，这些单位是不查询毕业证真伪的，而且国内没有渠道去查询国外文凭的真假，也不需要提供真实教育部认证。鉴于此，办理一份毕业证【微信bwp0011】即可
三、进国企，银行，事业单位，考公务员等等，这些单位是必需要提供真实教育部认证的，办理教育部认证所需资料众多且烦琐，所有材料您都必须提供原件，我们凭借丰富的经验，快捷的绿色通道帮您快速整合材料，让您少走弯路。
留信网认证的作用:
1:该专业认证可证明留学生真实身份
2:同时对留学生所学专业登记给予评定
3:国家专业人才认证中心颁发入库证书
4:这个认证书并且可以归档倒地方
5:凡事获得留信网入网的信息将会逐步更新到个人身份内，将在公安局网内查询个人身份证信息后，同步读取人才网入库信息
6:个人职称评审加20分
7:个人信誉贷款加10分
8:在国家人才网主办的国家网络招聘大会中纳入资料，供国家高端企业选择人才
【关于价格问题（保证一手价格）】
我们所定的价格是非常合理的，而且我们现在做得单子大多数都是代理和回头客户介绍的所以一般现在有新的单子 我给客户的都是第一手的代理价格，因为我想坦诚对待大家 不想跟大家在价格方面浪费时间
对于老客户或者被老客户介绍过来的朋友，我们都会适当给一些优惠。
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This presentation by Professor Giuseppe Colangelo, Jean Monnet Professor of European Innovation Policy, was made during the discussion “The Intersection between Competition and Data Privacy” held at the 143rd meeting of the OECD Competition Committee on 13 June 2024. More papers and presentations on the topic can be found at oe.cd/ibcdp.
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Disaster Management project for holidays homework and other uses
It talks about disaster management in a helful way.
ASONAM2023_presection_slide_track-recommendation.pdf
Presented at the 2023 IEEE/ACM International Conference on
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Pro-competitive Industrial Policy – LANE – June 2024 OECD discussion
Pro-competitive Industrial Policy – LANE – June 2024 OECD discussionOECD Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs
This presentation by Nathaniel Lane, Associate Professor in Economics at Oxford University, was made during the discussion “Pro-competitive Industrial Policy” held at the 143rd meeting of the OECD Competition Committee on 12 June 2024. More papers and presentations on the topic can be found at oe.cd/pcip.
This presentation was uploaded with the author’s consent.
BRIC_2024_2024-06-06-11:30-haunschild_archival_version.pdf
These are the slides of my presentation at BRIC 2024 about global science overlay maps using OpenAlex.
Suzanne Lagerweij - Influence Without Power - Why Empathy is Your Best Friend...
This is a workshop about communication and collaboration. We will experience how we can analyze the reasons for resistance to change (exercise 1) and practice how to improve our conversation style and be more in control and effective in the way we communicate (exercise 2).
This session will use Dave Gray’s Empathy Mapping, Argyris’ Ladder of Inference and The Four Rs from Agile Conversations (Squirrel and Fredrick).
Abstract:
Let’s talk about powerful conversations! We all know how to lead a constructive conversation, right? Then why is it so difficult to have those conversations with people at work, especially those in powerful positions that show resistance to change?
Learning to control and direct conversations takes understanding and practice.
We can combine our innate empathy with our analytical skills to gain a deeper understanding of complex situations at work. Join this session to learn how to prepare for difficult conversations and how to improve our agile conversations in order to be more influential without power. We will use Dave Gray’s Empathy Mapping, Argyris’ Ladder of Inference and The Four Rs from Agile Conversations (Squirrel and Fredrick).
In the session you will experience how preparing and reflecting on your conversation can help you be more influential at work. You will learn how to communicate more effectively with the people needed to achieve positive change. You will leave with a self-revised version of a difficult conversation and a practical model to use when you get back to work.
Come learn more on how to become a real influencer!
The remarkable life of Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya.pptx
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XP 2024 presentation: A New Look to Leadership
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Radium girls
- 2. Radium
- 3. In cancer treatment • Soon after discovery of radium its application in field of cancer treatment was studied • It was seen that cancerous tumors would shrink if they were exposed to radium salt . • So if its useful in cancer treatment so it doesn’t mean that it is good for everything.
- 4. Radium use after its discovery Used in water Used in make up Used in different medicines Used as disinfectant Used in milk Used in butter Biggest mis concept Radium products were advertised as their use can increase their life span. From watches to tooth pastes. In every house hold item.
- 5. Radium watches and world war 1 • 1n 1902 French chemist combined radium with different materials give off luminous paint. • Later applied to clocks and their dials would glow in dark. • Branded as “un dark”. • In 1915 “95% of all radium produced in America was to given for to manufacture of radium paint for use in military watches. • It helped soldiers to see time in dark .
- 6. The dial painters • During 1917-1926 more than 4000 young women were appointed as dial painters. • It was an ideal job for women during war time because they were painting watches for the soldiers at the war and women were getting paid more than other jobs too. • This was considered to be most ideal and beneficial because at that time radium was considered as “elixir of life”.
- 7. Americas shinning women • Girls were trained to tip the brush with their lips • The girls were used to paint their finger nails and teeth so that they glow in dark . • The company told them that the paint is completely safe.
- 8. Health consequences • High exposure to radium caused health consequences • It all started with tooth ache and later on radium exposure took lives of innocent workers
- 9. Dark end of America’s shinning women • The upper management wore lead screens and masks to avoid radium exposure. • In 1928 when girls appeared in court they were bedridden • Due to high pressure on court and lawyers by USRC the court postponed the case. Statement given by manufacturers
- 10. Dark end of America’s shinning women • More than 1200 workers died due to high exposure of radium • Dead bodies of Radium girls were placed in lead coffins. • Graves of radium girls are still radioactive. • Bodies of radium girls would be glowing in graves. • In 1960s radium was officially declared hazardous to health