Category: Social Sciences
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Study finds that cliffhangers keep audiences… [to be continued]
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Are cliffhangers a maddening way for writers to end an otherwise great story? Every audience member is likely to have an opinion, but despite the long history of cliffhangers, there has been little research done to study how audiences respond to the use of this common plot device. That knowledge gap…
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What happens when people are squeezed at both ends?
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new report from Queen Mary University of London and collaborators based at SOAS and UCL reveals lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic period about people’s remittance practices through times of crisis and what happens when people are squeezed at both ends. Researchers on Queen Mary’s Connecting During COVID project undertook in-depth…
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Researchers discuss how AI could change the nature of social science research
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In an article published June 15 in Science, leading researchers from the University of Waterloo, University of Toronto, Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania look at how AI (large language models or LLMs in particular) could change the nature of their work. “What we wanted to explore in this article…
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‘He just kept going’—why you might snap back, freeze or ignore street harassment
Credit: Shutterstock As someone who has spent the last decade researching sexual harassment and violence in public spaces, the question I’m commonly asked is: “What advice should I give my teenage daughter about what to do when she’s harassed by men in public? ” This question is, of course, completely understandable. We all want our…
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Correlation analysis of hysterectomy and ovarian preservation with depression
Hammer, A. et al. Global epidemiology of hysterectomy: Possible impact on gynecological cancer rates. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 213(1), 23–29 (2015). Article PubMed Google Scholar Yu, O. et al. A US population-based study of uterine fibroid diagnosis incidence, trends, and prevalence: 2005 through 2014. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 219(6), 591.e1-591.e8 (2018). Article PubMed Google Scholar …
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Co-management for sustainable development and conservation in Sanjiangyuan National Park and the surrounding Tibetan nomadic pastoralist areas
The hypotheses’ test results are shown in Tables 2 and Table 3. For Model 1 (based on Hypothesis 1, or H1), Gender and NumCordyceps (amount of chongcao collected) are significant explanatory variables while NumHouseMember (number of household members) and NumCattle (number of yak) are not significant. For Model 2 (based on H2), Age and Gender…
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global food supply at risk — ScienceDaily
192 countries and 125 different foods: A recent study by the Complexity Science Hub reveals interdependencies in the global food supply. Here, the researchers have uncovered the profound — also indirect — effects of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. At the latest, the Russia-Ukraine conflict revealed loud and clear that the global food supply chain acts as…
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When homes flood, who retreats and to where? The average move is only seven miles, and race plays a role
Where homeowners from a single census tract in Middlesex, N.J., retreated following Superstorm Sandy in 2012. Credit: Zheye Wang, CC BY-ND After Hurricane Ida hit New Orleans in 2021, Kirt Talamo, a fourth-generation Louisianan, decided it was time to go. He sold his flooded home, purchased his grandmother’s former house on New Orleans’ west bank,…
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High-quality child care found to contribute to later success in science, math
Path Model of the Relationship Between an Interaction of Caregiver Cognitive Stimulation With Family Income and STEM Achievement at Age 15 With STEM Achievement in Grades 3–5 Serving as a Significant Pathway. Note. Child level covariates include child gender, ethnicity, Bayley Mental Development index at age 15 months, positive and negative mood at 6 months,…
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A small number of teachers effectively double the racial gaps among students referred for disciplinary action
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The top 5 percent of teachers most likely to refer students to the principal’s office for disciplinary action do so at such an outsized rate that they effectively double the racial gaps in such referrals, according to new research released today. These gaps are mainly driven by higher numbers of office…