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This California ruling could decide future of contracted work This California ruling could decide future of contracted work This month, the California Supreme Court challenged the entire gig economy’s business model, ruling that a contractor must be classified as an employee if they do jobs that are part of the “usual course” of the company’s business.It used the example of hiring a plumber versus a seamstress to illustrate its new test.“When a retail store hires an outside plumber to repair a leak in a bathroom on its premises… the services of the plumber…are not part of the store’s usual course of business,” the ruling stated. “On the other hand, when a clothing manufacturing company hires work-at-home seamstresses to make dresses from cloth and patterns supplied by the company that will thereafter be sold by the company … the workers are part of the hiring entity’s usual business operation.”Plumbers are contractors who are not part of your regular day-to-day operations. Meanwhile, a seamstress, whose work you rely on to make sales, should be an employee.

Power suits are back and they are bigger than ever Power suits are back and they are bigger than ever The pantsuit didn’t slink away with Hillary Clinton, it just morphed and took on a new form. Now, it’s been reborn as oversized, voluminous super-power suit, worn with everything from big neon sneakers (see Tracee Ellis Ross) to the women on Killing Eve to starlets on the red carpet (see Blake Lively’s pale-pink version).Even Vogue editor Anna Wintour is inspired. “I’ve been thinking a lot about suits recently,” said the woman known for her uniform of tea dresses at last week’s Women in the World conference. “Thank you to the Duchess of Sussex!”“Obviously, [Meghan Markel’s] style is fantastic,” Wintour added. “When she went on that trip to Australia and New Zealand, she was very respectful in choosing a lot of unknown Australian designers to wear, which was great. But I think, more importantly, she’s really bringing modernity to the royal family in a way that is inspiring.

Creating Valve Tissue Using 3D Bioprinting Creating Valve Tissue Using 3D Bioprinting Aortic valve disease (AVD) is a serious health condition that affects people of all ages. Congenital heart valve defects are especially dangerous for newborns and can be fatal if left untreated. The most recommended treatment for AVD is surgical replacement of the defective valve. Although prosthetic valve replacement is the standard procedure for adults, these prosthetic devices are inadequate for younger adults and growing children. Tissue engineering has the potential to address these limitations of nonliving prosthetics (as well as human donor supply shortages) by providing living tissues that can grow, remodel, and integrate with the patient. A critical requirement for tissue-engineered heart valves is that the engineered valve must be able to mimic the physiological function of the native valve, including the natural geometry and performance of the valve root, cusps, and sinus wall, all of which are essential for healthy coronary blood flow.