Day July 27, 2024

A new study shows that Airbnb hosts who smile in their profile photos can get more bookings. Hosts with a smile see an average increase of 3.5% in bookings. The study, done by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School…

As restaurants increasingly embrace technology for placing food orders, a new University of South Florida study reveals that digital ordering platforms significantly influence consumer behavior, often leading to more indulgent food choices and increased spending. Co-authored by Dipayan Biswas, the…

Social media is a problem for economists. They don’t know how to value it. It has long been argued that it ought to be in the national accounts as part of gross domestic product. One 2019 study estimated Facebook alone…

The City of West Hollywood has reportedly adopted an ordinance that requires plant-based food to be served at all city events, with meat available only upon request. The city’s goal is to reduce the impact that meat and dairy production…

Our bodies are delightfully ridiculous. When God created humanity, they knew our short lives would be full of pain, hardship and horror. So they created our bodies absurdly—clumsy, squidgy and bouncy, messy and noisy, with weird dangling protuberances—so we could…

If you search most primary or high school websites, you will likely find images of happy, smiling children. Student’s images are also used publicly for school newsletters, social media accounts and other school publications like annual reports. Parents could reasonably…

Credit: Keira Burton from Pexels It’s practically a ritual: As soon as we sit down on the bus or get in line at the post office, we pull out our phones. Studies show average Americans check their phones almost 100…

Rogue social media influencers are relying on gender stereotypes, bogus claims and deceptive editing to monetize their content and increase their following, a new study has found. Influencers using these questionable tactics, which would otherwise be impermissible under UK marketing…

Credit: Subodh Bajpai from Pexels Sexual consent is about good communication between sexual partners before and during sex. Far from being a simple act of saying “yes” or “no” prior to sex, affirmative consent involves checking in with a sexual…

Research published in the International Journal of Management Practice has looked at the relationship between job stress and well-being in people who are pet owners. The work suggests that pets can play a significant part in their owners’ lives beyond…

Frank Täufer, a scientific assistant at Campus Wiesengut—the University of Bonn’s ecological teaching and research farm—asked a group of visiting 8-year-olds to speculate on why the rye plants in his field were all different heights. He was surprised by their…

Discussions about mental health in the workplace have surged lately, driven by growing awareness of its impact on employee and organizational success. As occupational health researchers, these discussions have helped us shed light on the precursors and consequences of mental…

Raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 years old in South Australia is an important step forwards in progressing the principles of trauma-informed justice systems, Flinders experts say. Criminology expert Dr. Katherine McLachlan, author of a…

In the midst of a prison overcrowding crisis, the UK government has decided to release some prisoners early. This will certainly ease pressure on prisons and prison staff (who are drastically low in numbers). But a crucial question needs answering:…

Millions of Canadians are lonely. This is worrisome because loneliness, defined by the World Health Organization as “the social pain of not feeling connected,” predicts both lower mental and physical health. Research shows that lacking a sense of social connection…

You will find a lot of careers related to certain subjects you did at school. Credit: Yan Krukov/Pexels, CC BY As Year 12 students begin term 3, they will be thinking increasingly about what to do next year. Throughout August,…

Researchers at CUNY SPH have published a study highlighting the compounded effects of unmet needs for housing, food, health care, and mental health treatment on CUNY students’ academic success and persistence to graduation. This critical research aims to guide higher…

Credit: Future Foods (2024). DOI: 10.1016 In so-called precision fermentation, egg and milk proteins are produced with the help of bacteria, yeasts or other fungi. This results in foods such as milk or cheese with a familiar flavor and texture.…

A national study commissioned by Shout-Up!, a campaign to tackle sexual harassment in the night-time economy, was conducted by Dr Ruth Lewis and Dr Amanda McBride from Northumbria University. Credit: Northumbria University A study led by researchers from Northumbria University…

Life Satisfaction of single mothers before and after repartnering. Credit: MPIDR Ideally, a family is a protective space, a social network, and a team that supports each other. But what happens when children are raised by a single mother instead…

Credit: Nothing Ahead from Pexels If you are in energy poverty (or fuel poverty, as it is sometimes called), you or your household cannot afford to spend enough on the energy you need to cook, heat or light your home.…

Child welfare systems have historically dealt with the challenges of high employee turnover, but developing a workplace characterized by inclusive leadership is one way to keep workers on the job and maintain uninterrupted services for children and their families, according…

University of Washington researchers investigated how iBuyers—companies that use automated algorithms to quickly buy and sell homes—have affected the well-documented racial bias against Black home sellers. In Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, they found that on average iBuyers paid more equal…

Researchers in India have expanded the well-known theory of planned behavior to obtain useful marketing and policy insights concerning the sustainability choices of consumers when it comes to food. The study, published in the International Journal of Sustainable Society, analyzed…

The exclusion of butch representation in the Barbie movie limits its queer inclusivity, says a paper released in the year of the doll’s 65th anniversary. Dr. Clara Bradbury-Rance, Senior Lecturer in Gender and Sexuality Studies in the Department of Interdisciplinary…

Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare but highly aggressive form of skin cancer known for its rapid growth and tendency to metastasize. Despite the promise of immune checkpoint blockade therapy, which can boost the body’s immune response against cancer cells,…

For adults, increased substance use (ISU) is seen in populations with direct, indirect, and media exposure to mass terrorism, according to a study published online July 24 in JAMA Network Open. Roi Eliashar, from the Israel Center on Addiction in…

Children with special health care needs (CSHCN) often face significant disruptions in their education due to extended hospitalizations. A recent study published online in Disability and Rehabilitation on July 1, 2024, by a multidisciplinary team of Kessler Foundation and Children…

The OS and GEFS of the study cohort. The solid line and the dashed line show OS and GEFS curves, respectively. OS and GEFS at 2 years post-HCT are described with 95% confidence intervals in brackets. Grade III–IV acute GVHD,…

FGF2 impairs cell cycle progression in K-Ras-driven cancer cells. Serum-starved Y1D1 cells were stimulated by 10% serum with or without 10 ng·mL?1 FGF2 to re-entry the cell cycle. Cells were subjected to a BrdU pulse 30 min before sample collection…

Cordyceps sinensis (CS) improved mitochondrial dysfunction in bleomycin-induced BEAS-2B cells. (A) Representative transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images of BEAS-2B cells in the control, model, and CS groups. Credit: MedComm – Future Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1002 A study from China has…

Cartilage cells generate more protein components (collagen II and aggrecan) for regeneration when treated with fast-moving dancing molecules (left) compared to slower moving molecules. Credit: Stupp Research Group/Northwestern University In November 2021, Northwestern University researchers introduced an injectable new therapy,…

Most prostate cancer outcomes do not differ significantly between transgender women (TGW) and cisgender (CG) men, including prostate cancer-specific mortality, according to a study published online July 21 in Cancer. Margaret Meagher, M.D., from the University of California San Diego…

Boar’s Head announced Friday that it was recalling all of its liverwurst products because they could be tainted with dangerous Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. “The company is also recalling additional deli meat products that were produced on the same line and…

New research to be presented at this year’s Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD; Madrid, 9–13 September) shows that a child is almost twice as likely to develop type 1 diabetes (T1D) if their…

A Mayo Clinic retrospective study of 9,731 patients explored the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to predict a patient’s need for opioid refills after surgery. The study used deep learning models, a form of AI, to predict which patients are…

We often hear about the importance of the human microbiome—the vast collection of bacteria and fungi that live on and inside us—when it comes to our health. But there’s another, equally important part of this microbial community that remains far…

by Mirriam Mkhize, Claire van der Westhuizen and Katherine Sorsdahl, This article is republished from original article. Citation: South African teens are struggling: Western Cape study shows 33% have symptoms of depression (2024, July 26) retrieved 27 July 2024 south-african-teens-struggling-western.html…

Just being near blue spaces (the sea, rivers and lakes) can make us feel more relaxed because water triggers our parasympathetic nervous system, helping our body rest and digest. This calming effect, which slows our heart rate and lowers blood…

Autistic people often experience difficulties with social communication. It’s so common, in fact, that it’s one of the central criteria for an autism diagnosis. For as long as we have been diagnosing autism, doctors and researchers have regarded social communication…