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Postpartum Mental Health Visits 30% Higher During Covid-19 Pandemic
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Postpartum Mental Health Visits 30% Higher During Covid-19 Pandemic

Mental health visits for new mothers were 30% higher during the COVID-19 pandemic than before the pandemic, particularly in the first 3 months after giving birth, found new research in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. “Increased visit rates began in March 2020, although the state of emergency was declared only midway through the month, suggesting...

How a Vietnamese Raw Pork Snack Could Help Us Keep Food Fresh, Naturally
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How a Vietnamese Raw Pork Snack Could Help Us Keep Food Fresh, Naturally

A traditional Vietnamese meat snack could hold the key to developing a safe and natural food preservative, addressing the twin global problems of food waste and food-borne illnesses. Key Points Bacteria-killing compound discovered in Nem Chua, a fermented pork snack Toxic to bacteria but safe for humans, it’s a natural alternative to artificial food preservatives...

Parler Provided Echo Chamber for Vaccine Misinformation, Conspiracy Theories
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Parler Provided Echo Chamber for Vaccine Misinformation, Conspiracy Theories

In the early days of COVID-19 vaccine development, a new social media platform provided a place for like-minded people to discuss vaccines, share misinformation and speculate about the motivations for its development. A new study from the University of Kansas shows people flocked to Parler to discuss the vaccines in an echo chamber-type environment, and...

Air Quality Improved During India Lockdown
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Air Quality Improved During India Lockdown

Research by scientists from University of Southampton (UK) and the Central University of Jharkhand (India) and has shown the first COVID-19 lockdown in India led to an improvement in air quality and a reduction in land surface temperature in major urban areas across the country. The study found that travel and work restrictions imposed early...

Gender Stereotypes Still Hold True for Youth and Types of Political Participation
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Gender Stereotypes Still Hold True for Youth and Types of Political Participation

Gender roles absorbed at an early age seem to have shaped today’s youth regarding their involvement in politics, in line with traditional stereotypes, concludes a new study, conducted amongst adolescents and young adults aged between 15 and 30 in Italy, within the Horizon 2020 project: “CATCH-EyoU. Processes in Youth’s Construction of Active EU Citizenship“. In their...

The Price Is Right: Modeling Economic Growth in a Zero-Emission Society
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The Price Is Right: Modeling Economic Growth in a Zero-Emission Society

Pollution from manufacturing is now widespread, affecting all regions in the world, with serious ecological, economic, and political consequences. Heightened public concern and scrutiny have led to numerous governments considering policies that aim to lower pollution and improve environmental qualities. Inter-governmental agreements such as the Paris Agreement and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals all...

When to Release Free and Paid Apps for Maximal Revenue
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When to Release Free and Paid Apps for Maximal Revenue

Researchers from Tulane University and University of Maryland published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that examines the dynamic interplay between free and paid versions of an app over its lifetime and suggests a possible remedy for the failure of apps. The study, forthcoming in the Journal of Marketing, is titled “Managing the Versioning Decision over...

Video Platforms Normalize Exotic Pets
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Video Platforms Normalize Exotic Pets

Researchers at the University of Adelaide are concerned video sharing platforms such as YouTube could be contributing to the normalisation of exotic pets and encouraging the exotic pet trade. In a study, published in PLOS ONE, researchers analysed the reactions of people to videos on YouTube involving human interactions with exotic animals and found those reactions...

Researchers Create New CRISPR Tools to Help Contain Mosquito Disease Transmission
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Researchers Create New CRISPR Tools to Help Contain Mosquito Disease Transmission

Since the onset of the CRISPR genetic editing revolution, scientists have been working to leverage the technology in the development of gene drives that target pathogen-spreading mosquitoes such as Anopheles and Aedes species, which spread malaria, dengue and other life-threatening diseases. Much less genetic engineering has been devoted to Culex genus mosquitoes, which spread devastating...

Seeds of Economic Health Disparities Found in Subsistence Society
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Seeds of Economic Health Disparities Found in Subsistence Society

No billionaires live among the Tsimane people of Bolivia, although some are a bit better off than others. These subsistence communities on the edge of the Amazon also have fewer chronic health problems linked to the kind of dramatic economic disparity found in industrialized Western societies. For a study in the journal eLife, a research team led...