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We all start somewhere. In the app world, that “somewhere” is usually zero downloads, zilch users, zip revenue. Whether you’re a bright-eyed start-up or a legacy brand elbowing your way into the ...

Reducing downtime is a common issue in many manufacturing operations. Often, a small reduction in downtime can lead to significant gains in profit. The downtime problem becomes exacerbated when ...

Each has access to troves of data, but without clean, unified data and hypotheses, the information can appear chaotic or meaningless.

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By every empirical measure, the socialist hypothesis has been falsified. And yet, socialism is catching fresh wind in its sails – not in Moscow, Havana, or Hanoi, but in New York City, capitalism’s ...

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Jeff Smith was dumbfounded when he received a colon cancer screening kit in the mail. The 68-year-old Minnesota man hadn't asked for the Cologuard test, and his doctor hadn't mentioned anything about ...

Dr. Steven P. Romberger, Edward J. Smerek Chair of Mathematics, the Sciences, and Technology and associate professor of ...