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People not always needed to alleviate loneliness
01-18-2008 · EurekAlert!New research at the University of Chicago finds evidence for a clever way that people manage to alleviate the pain of loneliness: They create people in their surroundings to keep them company. "Biological reproduction is not a very efficient way to alleviate one's loneliness, but you can make up people when you're motivated to do so," said Nicholas Epley, Assistant Professor of Behavioral Science at the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business.
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- Improvements in population data needed to support humanitarian relief and development efforts
03-29-2007 · EurekAlert!
Every year, millions of people worldwide are displaced because of natural or industrial disasters or social upheaval. Reliable data on the numbers, characteristics and locations of these displaced populations can bolster humanitarian relief efforts and subsequent recovery programs. Conversely, the absence of such information can hinder the prompt delivery of aid and impact the survival and recovery of affected groups.
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- Hard as nails!
03-31-2007 · EurekAlert!
Most people know that their nails always go soft and bendy when they immerse them in hot water for any length of time. Conversely when you cut your nails they dry up and become hard and brittle. But why is this? Biologists working with material scientists at the University of Manchester have worked out the best conditions for our nails which may ultimately help the cosmetic industry to mimic the real thing and refine their false nail and varnish products.
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- Bath is a magnet for Olympic rowing hopefuls
08-15-2007 · University of Bath
Several potential rowing Olympians have emerged from more than 200 people tested last weekend at the University of Bath by the Amateur Rowing Association's (ARA's) World Class Start Scheme.The scheme aims to test tall people aged 16–25 who may have the qualities needed to succeed in the sport.
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- Dam the Red Sea and release gigawatts
12-06-2007 · EurekAlert!
Damming the Red Sea could solve the growing energy demands of millions of people in the Middle East and alleviate some of the region's tensions pertaining to oil supplies through hydroelectric power. Equally, such a massive engineering project may cause untold ecological harm and displace countless people from their homes.
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- Moved by the state -- the reality of modern day human migration in the northern polar regions
04-05-2007 · EurekAlert!
Seasonal nomadism, migration and resettlement have always been important for the people living in the northern polar regions as these movements are key for their survival.
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- Optimism isn't always healthy
12-04-2007 · EurekAlert!
People are generally optimistic, believing they'll do better in the future than they've done in the past. This time around, I'll actually use that gym membership. I'm sticking to the diet this time. Now is the time to start saving for a down payment on a house. However, a new study by University of Chicago and Yale researchers reveals that this "optimism bias" can lead us to make immediate choices that go against our long-term goals.
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- Reforms needed to improve the care in the last phase of life
03-08-2007 · EurekAlert!
Reforms are urgently needed to improve the health needs of people in the last phase of life, say doctors in this week's BMJ.Our health-care systems do not reliably meet the needs of people living with serious illness in the last phase of life, write Sydney Dy and Joanne Lynn, two palliative care doctors based in the United States.
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- Improvement still needed in HIV testing in high-risk groups
10-22-2007 · EurekAlert!
Since 2000, the rates of HIV testing have remained relatively low and constant in the US, with about one third of Americans ever having had an HIV test, and less than a quarter of the people considered at high risk for contracting the virus that causes AIDS report having been tested in the past year.
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- U of M researchers find ceiling height can affect how a person thinks, feels and acts
04-24-2007 · EurekAlert!
For years contractors, real estate agents and event planners have said that whether building, buying or planning an event, a higher or vaulted ceiling is always better. Are they right? Until now there has been no real evidence that ceiling height has any influence or advantage with consumers. But recent research by Joan Meyers-Levy, a professor of marketing at the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management, suggests that the way people think and act is affected by ceiling height.
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- Prenatal alcohol exposure alters brain activity in the frontal-striatal areas
07-24-2007 · EurekAlert!
Heavy prenatal alcohol exposure does not always lead to fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS); sometimes it can lead to cognitive and behavioral deficits in the absence of craniofacial features needed to make an FAS diagnosis. A new study has found that children and adolescents prenatally exposed to alcohol have altered responses in frontal-striatal areas, brain regions that may inhibit behavior.
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