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UrduIncreases in the use of telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic among people with private insurance has occurred mostly among those who are more affluent and those who live in metropolitan areas, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
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Personal charitable donation budgets flexible in aftermath of deadly storms
Charitable donations account for about 2% of gross domestic product in the U.S., but it’s not well-understood whether an event such as a deadly storm inspires increases in charitable giving or simply reallocates a fixed supply of donation dollars that would have otherwise gone to another cause.
Internet-access spending improves academic outcomes, according to study of Texas public schools
HOUSTON – (March 15, 2021) – Increased internet-access spending by Texas public schools improved academic performance but also led to more disciplinary problems among students, a study of 9,000 schools conducted by a research team from Rice University, Texas A&M…
Community banks a key resource for small businesses when crises arise
Relationship lending and a simplified organizational structure allow community banks to be a better source for Paycheck Protection Program funding to small businesses
Economist at University of Toronto awarded fellowship from the Bank of Canada
Toronto – An internationally respected trade economist at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management is the recipient of the Bank of Canada’s Fellowship Award for 2021. Daniel Trefler , a professor of economic policy and analysis, received the…
Households in Zimbabwe affected by fall armyworm are 12% more likely to experience hunger
CABI has led the first study to explore the income and food security effects of the fall armyworm invasion on a country — revealing that in Zimbabwe smallholder maize-growing households blighted by the pest are 12% more likely to experience hunger
48Hour Discovery and Merck initiate drug discovery project
Project funded through CQDM Quantum Leap program with support from Merck and GlycoNet will exploit new drug development platform
Oncotarget: Folinic acid in colorectal cancer: Esquire or fellow knight?
Showing a clear clinical benefit for patients, irrespective of RAS mutational status, primitive tumor side and metastases surgery
Telehealth growth during pandemic occurred mostly in more affluent and metropolitan areas
Findings raise concerns that the pandemic may be worsening disparities
Economist Christian Dustmann receives the Carl-Friedrich-von-Weizsäcker-Prize 2020
Leopoldina and Stifterverband honor Dustmann for his research in the field of migration and the labor market
BAT enters strategic R&D collaboration with Organigram
BAT Group (BAT) today announces the signing of a strategic collaboration agreement with Organigram Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of publicly-traded Organigram Holdings Inc. (collectively Organigram), focused on research and product development activities of next generation adult cannabis products, with an…
Paper: Personal charitable donation budgets flexible in aftermath of deadly storms
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Charitable donations account for about 2% of gross domestic product in the U.S., but it’s not well-understood whether an event such as a deadly storm inspires increases in charitable giving or simply reallocates a fixed supply of…
Avatar marketing: Moving beyond gimmicks to results
News from the Journal of Marketing
Not-for-profit publisher makes big move toward open access science
Canadian Science Publishing signs transformative open access publishing agreement with the University of California
Framed by gender: Women artists erased from peak prices, sales at art auctions
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. However, many women artists – and the stories their works tell – comprise less than 4 per cent of total art sold at auction and fail to attract high selling prices…
Engineering platform offers collaborative cloud options for sustainable manufacturing
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Purdue University engineering innovator has developed a cloud-based platform aimed at mapping inter-industry dependence networks for materials and waste generation among manufacturers in sectors such as chemicals, pharmaceuticals and other industries tied to biobased economies.…
Someone to watch over AI and keep it honest – and it’s not the public!
The public doesn’t need to know how Artificial Intelligence works to trust it. They just need to know that someone with the necessary skillset is examining AI and has the authority to mete out sanctions if it causes or is likely to cause harm.
Brain activity foreshadows changes in stock prices
Activity in the brains’ risk circuits can forecast changes in stock prices
Economic benefits of protecting nature now outweigh those of exploiting it, global data reveal
The economic benefits of conserving or restoring natural sites “outweigh” the profit potential of converting them for intensive human use, according to the largest-ever study comparing the value of protecting nature at particular locations with that of exploiting it. A…
New book shows organizations how to incorporate insights from behavioural science
Toronto – Every organization is ultimately in the business of behavioral change. Whether it involves advocating for a social cause, building customer loyalty, or delivering government services, behavioral change is critical to organizational success. Even so, most groups don’t have…
Strict environmental laws ‘push’ firms to pollute elsewhere
Study highlights need for global cooperation on policies
Research foresees an end to deregulated competitive public transport
Research from the University of Kent predicts an end to deregulated competitive pubic transport in the UK as a consequence of Covid-19 social distancing measures leading to drastically reduced ridership, requiring a major rethinking of the provision of public transport.…
Can the digital advertising market achieve privacy without regulation?
New research shows that the ad networks may have natural incentives to safeguard consumer privacy
Oncotarget: Estrogen receptor α polymorphism is associated with dementia
“In conclusion, estrogen receptor α PvuII polymorphism is associated with dementia in a Brazilian cohort”
Oncotarget: High-fat ovariectomized mice susceptible to accelerated tumor growth
There is convincing evidence that excess body weight is associated with increased risk for late onset (> 50 years of age) colorectal cancer (CRC)
Oncotarget: Sensitivity testing on ovarian cancer cells isolated from malignant ascites
The aim of this @Oncotarget study is to determine whether tumor cells isolated from ascites of EOC patients can be used to determine chemotherapy sensitivity by using in vitro proliferation assays
Variable compensation and salesperson health
News from the Journal of Marketing
nTIDE February 2021 Jobs Report: Modest job gains provide hope for economic recovery
National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) – issued semi-monthly by Kessler Foundation and the University of New Hampshire
Switzerland’s energy transition
Can Switzerland, as planned, cut its CO 2 emissions to zero by 2050? In a study, researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have investigated what measures would be necessary to achieve this reduction and how much it might cost…
Predicting work performance with personality
SMU Office of Research & Tech Transfer – Selecting the right person for a job can be tricky. A potential candidate may present well initially, but it’s hard to predict how they will perform once they are operating within an…
Bernanke, Gertler, Kiyotaki and Moore win the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Economics
The BBVA Foundation’s award has gone to Ben Bernanke, Mark Gertler, Nobuhiro Kiyotaki, and John Moore for fundamental contributions to our understanding of how financial market imperfections can amplify macroeconomic fluctuations and generate recessions.
Study aims to help governments maximize profits from oil and gas auctions
HOUSTON – (March 4, 2021) – Federal and state governments auction leases to oil and gas companies to extract natural resources from public land. A revamp of the auction system — utilizing a new model developed by a Rice University…
Lonely? These odd rituals can help
Personal rituals around everyday tasks ease loneliness
Recommended for you: Role, impact of tools behind automated product picks explored
Jindal School researchers examine pros, cons of recommender systems
Asian century fades as the region grapples with social, political, and economic headwinds
A new book challenges conventional thinking about Asia
Do marketers matter for entrepreneurs?
News from the Journal of Marketing
Swiss statistical systems enhanced by big data
A huge volume of digital data has been harvested, stored and shared in the last few years – from sources such as social media, geolocation systems and aerial images from drones and satellites – giving researchers many new ways to…
Independent music squashed out of streaming playlists and revenue
Bands and artists on independent record labels get less than their fair share of access to the most popular playlists on streaming platforms such as Spotify – argues a new paper from the University of East Anglia. The paper, published…
Six faculty members honoured at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.
Toronto – Annual awards to recognize achievements in research and teaching by faculty were presented this week at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. Four faculty members were awarded with the Roger Martin Awards for Excellence in Research…
Open Data for Resilience — A webinar for International Open Data Day
An expert panel of researchers discusses the importance of open data to building resilient food systems
The MIT Press launches Direct to Open
The MIT Press has announced the launch of Direct to Open (D2O). A first-of-its-kind sustainable framework for open access monographs, D2O moves professional and scholarly books from a solely market-based, purchase model where individuals and libraries buy single eBooks, to…
Study highlights pitfalls associated with ‘cybervetting’ job candidates
A recent study of how human resources professionals review online information and social media profiles of job candidates highlights the ways in which so-called “cybervetting” can introduce bias and moral judgment into the hiring process. “The study drives home that…
New book reveals Charles Darwin’s cultural impact in unprecedented detail
NUS historian of science Dr John van Wyhe has co-published a groundbreaking new book on Charles Darwin which shows for the first time the extent of his cultural impact over the past 160 years
New research highlights impact of the digital divide
Bauer dean offers solutions to improve job status of at-risk populations
Will we enjoy work more once routine tasks are automated? – Not necessarily, a study shows
Will we enjoy our work more once routine tasks are automated? – Not necessarily, suggests a recent study Research conducted at Åbo Akademi University suggests that when routine work tasks are being replaced with intelligent technologies, the result may be…
Cybersecurity researchers build a better ‘canary trap’
A new artificial intelligence system generates fake docs to fool adversaries
Oncotarget: Effect of liver fibrosis on survival in patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
The @Oncotarget authors aimed to assess the effect of cirrhosis on outcomes in iCCA patients
Oncotarget: Exploiting the metabolic dependencies of the broad amino acid transporter SLC6A14
“Suggesting that combined targeting of SLC6A14 and AMPK can be exploited as a therapeutic approach to starve tumor cells”
Oncotarget: Identification intermediate-risk subgroups in metastatic clear-cell renal cell carcinoma
“Elevated PLT count seems to identify a subgroup of patients with poor outcome in the IMDC intermediate-risk population with ccRCC”
Most dollars spent on top-selling orphan drugs don’t go to treat people with rare diseases
70% of spending on ‘partial orphan’ drugs — those approved to treat both rare and common diseases — goes toward treatment of common diseases