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		<title>UMass Amherst professor honored for lifetime achievement in problem gambling research</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2021 20:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Volberg leads studies on impacts of Massachusetts casinos Credit: UMass Amherst Not long after earning her Ph.D. in sociology and losing her brief first job with a software startup that shut down overnight, Rachel Volberg took a chance &#8211; on gambling studies, a nearly nonexistent field. Thirty-five years later, Volberg, research professor in the University [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Neural model seeks &#8216;inappropriateness&#8217; to reduce chatbot awkwardness</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2021 16:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Researchers from Skoltech and their colleagues from Mobile TeleSystems have introduced the notion of inappropriate text messages and released a neural model capable of detecting them, along with a large collection of such messages for further research. Among the potential applications are preventing corporate chatbots from embarrassing the companies that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Renewable energy OK, but not too close to home</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2021 16:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Credit: Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA When it comes to transitioning from carbon-based to renewable source energy systems, Americans are on board. They&#8217;re less keen, however, having these new energy infrastructures&#8211;wind turbines or solar farms&#8211;built close to their homes, which creates hurdles for policymakers. That&#8217;s according to a study from University of Georgia researcher Thomas Lawrence. Lawrence [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Discrimination and safety concerns barriers to accessing healthy food for food-insecure young adults</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2021 04:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[New study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics indicates interventions of specific relevance to COVID-19, including expanded food assistance services, are needed to improve the accessibility of healthy food for young adults Credit: Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Philadelphia, July 19, 2021 &#8211; University of Minnesota School of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>US-wide, non-white neighborhoods are hotter than white ones</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2021 16:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wealthier, whiter urban and small-town residents benefit more from cooling infrastructure and trees Credit: Suzanne Benz WASHINGTON&#8211;In cities and towns across the United States, neighborhoods with more Black, Hispanic and Asian residents experience hotter temperatures during summer heatwaves than nearby white residents, a new study finds. It is the first to show that the trend, documented in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Farm robots are the future; let&#8217;s start preparing now, researcher argues</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2021 15:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Credit: Natalis Lorenz No longer science fiction, farm robots are already here&#8211;and they have created two possible extremes for the future of agriculture and its impacts on the environment, argues agricultural economist Thomas Daum in a Science &#038; Society article published July 13 in the journal Trends in Ecology &#038; Evolution. One is a utopia, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Global study reveals effectiveness of protected area</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2021 14:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Certain countries perform significantly better than their neighbors in the effectiveness of their protected areas, finds new study. Credit: Pixabay Researchers have conducted a global study on the effectiveness of recently established protected areas in preventing forest loss The study explores protected area performance by countries, with South Africa, Cambodia, Latvia, Guatemala, Uruguay, Brazil and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Stopping illegal trade of Aussie lizards</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2021 14:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Credit: Photo supplied by Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Western Australia. Australian reptiles face serious conservation threats from illegal poaching fueled by international demand and the exotic pet trade. In a new study in Animal Conservation, researchers from the University of Adelaide and the Monitor Conservation Research Society (Monitor) investigated the extent of illegal [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Study model explores impact of police action on population health</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2021 18:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Credit: University of Washington A specific police action, an arrest or a shooting, has an immediate and direct effect on the individuals involved, but how far and wide do the reverberations of that action spread through the community? What are the health consequences for a specific, though not necessarily geographically defined, population? The authors of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Oncotarget: mTORC1 and PLK1 inhibition in adenocarcinoma NSCLC</title>
		<link>https://bioengineer.org/oncotarget-mtorc1-and-plk1-inhibition-in-adenocarcinoma-nsclc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2021 04:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[All these preclinical data strongly suggest that the inhibition of mTORC1 and PLK1 proteins may be a promising therapeutic approach for NSCLC patients Oncotarget published &#8220;High in vitro and in vivo synergistic activity between mTORC1 and PLK1 inhibition in adenocarcinoma NSCLC&#8221; which reported that the aim of this study was therefore to define combination of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Oncotarget: Glucocorticoid receptor antagonism promotes apoptosis in solid tumor cells</title>
		<link>https://bioengineer.org/oncotarget-glucocorticoid-receptor-antagonism-promotes-apoptosis-in-solid-tumor-cells/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2021 04:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Support recently reported findings of clinical benefit when relacorilant is added to paclitaxel-containing therapy in patients with ovarian and pancreatic cancers and provide a new rationale for combining relacorilant with additional cytotoxic agents Oncotarget published &#8220;Glucocorticoid receptor antagonism promotes apoptosis in solid tumor cells&#8221; which reported that to guide studies in cancer patients, relacorilant, an [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Oncotarget: Novel markers of colorectal tumors exhibiting microsatellite instability</title>
		<link>https://bioengineer.org/oncotarget-novel-markers-of-colorectal-tumors-exhibiting-microsatellite-instability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2021 04:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By incorporating cell composition into their regression model, they identified 3,193 differentially expressed genes, of which 556 were deemed novel Oncotarget published &#8220;The presence of polymorphisms in genes controlling neurotransmitter metabolism and disease prognosis in patients with prostate cancer: a possible link with schizophrenia&#8221; reported that polymorphisms of neurotransmitter metabolism genes were studied in patients [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Oncotarget: Predicting clinical outcomes using cancer progression associated signatures</title>
		<link>https://bioengineer.org/oncotarget-predicting-clinical-outcomes-using-cancer-progression-associated-signatures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2021 04:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The P142 panel of metrics successfully predicted cancer progression status in patients with some, but not all cancer types analyzed. Oncotarget published &#8220;Predicting clinical outcomes using cancer progression associated signatures&#8221; which reported somatic mutation signatures are an informative facet of cancer aetiology, however they are rarely useful for predicting patient outcome. The aim of this [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Actively addressing inequalities promotes social change</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2021 16:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[UMass Amherst social scientist part of global research team studying group interactions What does it take for people to commit to take action to promote social equality? And how might this differ for people from advantaged and disadvantaged groups? An international team, including Linda Tropp at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and researchers in 23 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Coronavirus crisis and social citizenship in India</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2021 16:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[German Research Foundation funds new project at the University of Göttingen The initial spread of the coronavirus in India led to the introduction of a national lockdown in March 2020. After the first wave of the pandemic had subsided and a nationwide vaccination campaign had begun, a mutation of the virus in the spring of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>We must transform the food system to achieve climate and sustainable development goals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2021 14:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A revolutionary approach to nourishing 10 billion people on a hotter planet without destroying the ecosystems on which we all depend We are at a critical point in human history and that of the planet. Continuing to produce food in the current manner is neither good for public health or for that of the planet. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Health care leaders call for national focus on preventing hospital-acquired pneumonia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2021 21:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[UMass Amherst researcher among task force leaders pushing for change A group of health care leaders, including a University of Massachusetts Amherst nurse innovator, has published a national call to action to prevent non-ventilator-associated, hospital-acquired pneumonia (NVHAP). This call to action was developed by a joint task force of key national healthcare stakeholders, including the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sacred natural sites protect biodiversity in Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2021 22:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Research team from the Universities of Kassel, Göttingen and Kurdistan investigate this form of local nature conservation How much do traditional practices contribute to the protection of local biodiversity? Why and how are sacred groves locally valued and protected, and how can this be promoted and harnessed for environmental protection? Working together with the University [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>New analysis discusses role of managed retreat as a climate change response</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2021 22:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Researchers analyze benefits of considering retreat as a proactive option in the face of climate change MIAMI&#8211;In a new analysis on managed retreat&#8211;the climate adaptation response of moving people and property out of harm&#8217;s way&#8211;researchers explore what it would take for managed retreat to be supportive of people and their priorities. A key starting point [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Advocating reimbursement parity for nurse practitioners</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2021 18:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA (June 16, 2021) &#8211; The current Medicare reimbursement policy for nurse practitioners (NPs) allows NPs to directly bill Medicare for services that they perform, but they are reimbursed at only 85% of the physician rate. A growing number of states are granting full practice authority to nurse practitioners. Even more states have loosened practice [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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