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New study suggests women do ask for pay rises but don’t get them

New research from the Cass Business School, the University of Warwick and the University of Wisconsin shows that women ask for wage rises just as often as men, but men are 25 per cent more likely to...

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Green crime comes under the microscope

""The full complexity of ‘green criminology’, including poaching, wildlife crime, forest degradation and environmental activism, and the different responses to them, has been captured in a new book....

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Turkey: Izmir drives smart city development in the country

With centralised municipal management of utilities such as transport, water or waste services, Izmir is a pioneer of urban development in Turkey. The country’s third biggest city is fast developing and...

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Intelligent Transport Systems: a Tool or a Toy?

22/11/2016 — 23/11/2016, The aim of this event is to bring special attention to the role of research organisations in providing evidence to the policy makers for shaping the right ecosystem in...

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Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln has been awarded the Gossen Prize

Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln, Professor of Macroeconomics and Development at Goethe University Frankfurt’s House of Finance, has been awarded the Gossen Prize 2016. The most important criterion for the Prize...

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Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln erhält Gossen-Preis

Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln, Professorin für Makroökonomie und Entwicklung am House of Finance der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, ist mit dem Gossen-Preis 2016 des Vereins für Socialpolitik ausgezeichnet...

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Home working loses its appeal over time for both companies and employees

The benefits of working from home disappear over time for both employees and organisations if it is a full-time arrangement, a new study from the London School of Economics and Political Science has...

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‘Deeply-unsettling’ weight discrimination in the workplace highlighted

Women face weight-based prejudice in the workplace – even when their body mass index (BMI) is within the healthy range, research led by a University of Strathclyde academic has found.

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Esketamine Produces Rapid Effects in Treatment-Resistant Depression

A new study in Biological Psychiatry reports that esketamine, a component of the general anesthetic ketamine, shows rapid and significant improvement in depressive symptoms in patients who do not...

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New Suicide Prevention Strategies for Homosexual and Transgender Youth

Homosexual, bisexual, and transgender youth tend to have a higher risk for suicide-related thoughts and behaviors, but research on interventions to prevent suicide among sexual and gender minority...

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Second edition of 'Genetics and Sports' published

""The second edition of 'Genetics and Sports' has been released: it is an update on technologies and on the role of genetics in training, performance, injury, and other exercise-related phenotypes....

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How Long Should Children Play Video Games?

A new study indicates that playing video games for a limited amount of time each week may provide benefits to children, but too much can be detrimental. The findings are published in the Annals of...

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Midlife physical activity is associated with better cognition in old age

A new study of 3050 twins finds moderately vigorous physical activity – i.e., more strenuous than walking – to be associated with better cognition in a 25-year follow-up. The study of twins from the...

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Are Fitness Trackers fit for Security? - Study by TU Darmstadt

Study by TU Darmstadt reveals serious security flaws They may look like a normal watch but are capable to do much more than just showing the time: So called fitness trackers are collecting data on...

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Study suggests bilinguals have an improved attentional control

Researchers from the University of Birmingham have shed light onto the cognitive benefits of bilingualism, pointing to an enhanced ability to maintain attention and focus. The results of the study,...

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The Press Matters. How the British Media Affects People's Perception of...

An experiment conducted by Bocconi's Anne-Marie Jeannet and a colleague proves that even subtle differences in the media's words and phrasing can influence perceptions and policy preferences

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E' la stampa, bellezza. Come i media britannici influenzano l'immagine degli...

Un esperimento condotto da Anne-Marie Jeannet della Bocconi e un collega dimostra che anche sottili differenze nelle parole e nelle costruzioni utilizzate possono condizionare le percezioni e le...

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A radical new approach to behavior change for public health

A new approach to behavior change which has been shown to successfully change hygiene, nutrition and exercise-related behaviors is described in a paper published.

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Group work can harm memory

A new study by psychologists from the University of Liverpool and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) reveals that collaborating in a group to remember information is harmful.

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Protect the Horizon 2020 Budget: Europe’s True Strategic Investment

Funding Research in Horizon 2020: Europe’s Most Valuable Strategic Resource One year after the implementation of the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI), and ahead of tomorrow’s State of the...

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