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It’s Called an Urgent Care Emergency Center — But Which Is It?
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It’s Called an Urgent Care Emergency Center — But Which Is It?

One evening last December, Tieqiao Zhang felt severe stomach pain. After it subsided later that night, he thought it might be food poisoning. When the pain returned the next morning, Zhang realized the source of his pain might not be as “simple as bad food.” He didn’t want to wait for an appointment with his...

The Diminishing Impact of Casino Free-Play Promotions
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The Diminishing Impact of Casino Free-Play Promotions

UNLV casino management researcher Anthony Lucas looks at the apparent diminishing returns between free-play offers and patron behavior. Free-play campaigns – or gambling money on the house – have gotten big. They are the dominant play incentive in the gaming industry, where the most money is spent to get players in the door and keep...

Researchers From UNH and Northeastern Dig into History to Uncover a “King”
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Researchers From UNH and Northeastern Dig into History to Uncover a “King”

Archaeologists at the University of New Hampshire along with a historian at Northeastern University believe they have unearthed the long-lost homestead of King Pompey, an enslaved African who won his freedom and later became one of the first Black property owners in colonial New England. “We are thrilled,” said Meghan Howey, professor of anthropology and...

America’s Ally Problem
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America’s Ally Problem

Why does Washington indulge its allies to a fault? Editor’s Note: Why don’t small, seemingly vulnerable allies listen to the United States when it makes demands on them? Jeremy Shapiro of the European Council on Foreign Relations tries to explain this puzzle, arguing that effective lobbying, the U.S. desire for leadership, and the U.S. focus on credibility all...

New Study Explores How Local Firms Should Adopt Market and Nonmarket Strategies in the Face of Foreign Direct Investment
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New Study Explores How Local Firms Should Adopt Market and Nonmarket Strategies in the Face of Foreign Direct Investment

Studies have shown how inward foreign direct investment (FDI) increases the productivity or innovation of local firms in emerging markets, but little research has explored how local firms have to strategically cope with this competition. Upon exploring these connections, a new article in the Global Strategy Journal recommends that local firms adopt a balanced approach to contend with these...

Is Coffee Good for You or Bad for You?
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Is Coffee Good for You or Bad for You?

Coffee drinking is a heritable habit, and one that carries a certain amount of genetic baggage. Caffeinated coffee is a psychoactive substance, notes Sandra Sanchez-Roige, Ph.D., an associate professor in the University of California San Diego School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry. She is one of an international group of researchers that compared coffee-consumption characteristics...

The Responsibility and Power of Platforms to Tackle Inauthentic Content
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The Responsibility and Power of Platforms to Tackle Inauthentic Content

Lawmakers have yet to pursue an effective way to diminish the creation and spread of inauthentic content—mandating that platforms use prosocial interventions. For a brief moment, Taylor Swift captured the attention of hundreds of lawmakers, when a Telegram group formed for the purpose of sharing “abusive images of women,” broadly disseminated fake, sexualized images of Swift online. The rapid...

The Hidden Stories of China’s Past
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The Hidden Stories of China’s Past

A review of Ian Johnson, “Sparks: China’s Underground Historians and Their Battle for Their Future” (Oxford University Press, 2023) “To destroy a country’s people, start with destroying their history,” Gong Zizhen (1792-1841), a famous Chinese poet and intellectual from the Qing dynasty, wrote over a hundred years before the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rose to...

Hybrid Work Is a “Win-Win-Win” for Companies, Workers
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Hybrid Work Is a “Win-Win-Win” for Companies, Workers

It is one of the most hotly debated topics in today’s workplace: Is allowing employees to log in from home a few days a week good for their productivity, careers, and job satisfaction? Nicholas Bloom, a Stanford economist and one of the foremost researchers on work-from-home policies, has uncovered compelling evidence that hybrid schedules are...