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Are your co-workers always bothering you? They may have low 'emotional intelligence'

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Daniel Goleman has an outspoken warning for job seekers in 2022 and beyond: It’s not enough to just be smart. Dr Goleman, an American writer and psychologist, has spent decades touting the importance of ’emotional intelligence’ in the workplace and other areas of life. And it seems that companies and organizations have caught up with him. “[In the mid-1990s] someone said to me, ‘you know, you can’t use the word emotion in a business context’. Today, it’s very, very different,” he told ABC’s RN’s Future Tense. But what exactly is emotional intelligence or EI? And is it just talking about future work or ‘must-have skills’? What is emotional intelligence? There are several definitions of emotional intelligence, but it boils down to understanding your emotions, understanding the emotions of those around you, and acting accordingly. Dr Goleman, who put the term on the map with his 1995 book, Emotional Intelligenc...

Use of artificial intelligence to determine cancer recurrence

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By Kalli Spencer After a radical prostatectomy there is always a risk that the cancer may recur. Certain factors can increase this risk such as high grade features in the initial biopsy specimen, cancer that may have emerged from the prostate capsule, micrometastases (cancer that cannot be detected by any imaging), technical difficulties in surgery or no explanation at all. in addition to the genetic makeup of cancer in a particular individual that gives it a predisposition to grow and invade. In its quest for survival, cancer develops several mechanisms to evade the immune system and may even counter the effects of treatment. The genetics behind this are still largely unknown. But scientists are studying it and success has been seen in other tumors such as colon and stomach cancer. A team from the University of Wisconsin in the United States has developed a unique diagnostic test that utilizes artificial intelligence to detect genetic disorders and determine which patients’...