Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

Mental Shortcuts: Study Reveals Impact on Consumer Choices

When our minds are filled with other tasks, product choices become less likely to reflect our authentic goals, write authors Aimee Drolet (UCLA), Mary Frances…

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Study Links Preterm Birth to Autism Spectrum Disorder

The early symptoms of ASD are also associated with other conditions related to preterm births, such as cerebral palsy, which can make it difficult to correctly…

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Anxiety and Depression: Impact on Pregnancy Treatment Rates

Dr Bea Lintsen, a physician at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre (The Netherlands), and her colleagues…

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Medical Staff Distress: New Insights from Leicester Study

New research from the University of Leicester shows that staff working in obstetrics and gynaecology, caring for families experiencing loss, can also…

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Biofuels and Food Crisis: Cornell Research Sparks Debate

David Pimentel and his colleagues from Cornell University in New York highlight the problems linked to converting a variety of crops into biofuels. Not only…

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Improving Diagnosis of Vegetative State Patients with MRI

Until now these tests have not been performed in this type of patient. The results show activation of the auditory and linguistic areas of the brain despite…

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Dermatitis Risk Rises in Humid, Rainy Cities

María Morales Suárez-Varela, who is the principal author of the study and a researcher at the University of Valencia, explains this to SINC, “the study…

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GPS data & Mobile Phone texts to give children’s voice to urban expansion

Now a new research project has been announced to help ensure that the needs and voices of children are considered in the shaping of those new developments.The…

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New Study Reveals Social Factors in Avoiding Smoke Exposure

It is now known that non-whites experience more adverse pregnancy effects than do whites from smoking and ETS exposure. In an article published in the March…

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Stem Cells and ABC Transporters Boost Kidney Regeneration

Said project leader Dr. Rosalinde Masereeuw: 'To our surprise, our knockout mice for the ABC transporters P-gp and BCRP, P-gycoprotein and breast cancer…

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Job Relocation Boosts Wages, Says University Researcher

This is revealed by Anders Boman, a researcher at the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden in his thesis “Geographic…

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Caution – Lose more than weight with imported diet pills

Americans who use illegal diet pills from South America are taking amphetamines without knowing it and seriously risking both their health and their jobs….

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Effective Simple Reasoning Strategies for Better Decision-Making

So how do we make the best decision? Psychologists Rocío García-Retamero and Jörg Rieskamp have analysed the influence that inferences about missing…

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A parasite’s exit strategy: Researchers discover protein necessary for spread of common infection

University of Michigan researchers have discovered that a common parasite infecting one in five Americans needs an escape hatch to go on a destructive mission…

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Aeroacoustics Study Enhances Noise Control for UAVs

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are playing increasingly important roles in many fields. Ranging in size from the huge Global Hawk aircraft to hand-held…

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New tactics to tackle bystander’s role in bullying

The study, published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, shows that an easily implemented school-wide intervention focussing on empathy and…

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