It isn’t practical to carry a dedicated toolkit for every quick measurement. However, your phone is already equipped with most of the things you need, and it is easy to turn it into a handy multi-tool ...

This paper describes a method for measuring a firm’s incremental margin using observed prices and market shares when a firm sells the same product from the same production facilities into multiple ...

The Social Security bridge strategy involves using cash to pay expenses in order to delay claiming Social Security. While the future of Social Security may currently feel up in the air, it still ...

Value-based care (VBC) metrics are more than just numbers; they act as vital tools for agencies to assess their performance and outcomes. In the VBC landscape, measuring quality extends beyond ...

A group of surgeons has proposed measuring how often hospitals discharge post-surgical patients to nursing homes as a way to rate quality. The goal would be to reduce post-acute admissions and save ...

To measure TV audiences, you need three key ingredients: a data source (a combination of panel and big data capable of properly representing viewing audiences); technology (to capture and correctly ...

MUAC is a quick and simple tool that is used to detect severe malnutrition, especially during emergencies using a simple coloured plastic strip. It is predominately used to measure the upper arm ...

Researchers developing a plant microbial consortium that can repair in-situ high concentration TNT (1434 mg/kg) contaminated soil, as well as overcome the limitations of previous studies that only ...

Meet ALICE. It's an alternative inflation metric, designed to measure the effects on price movements on economically stressed households better than more traditional models like CPI. Among his first ...