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Newswise: Nearly One-Quarter of E-Scooter Injuries Involved Substance Impaired Riders
Released: 29-Apr-2025 9:55 PM EDT
Nearly One-Quarter of E-Scooter Injuries Involved Substance Impaired Riders
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Study finds that 25% of 7350 patients hospitalized between 2016 and 2021 for scooter-related injuries were using substances such as alcohol, opioids, marijuana and cocaine when injured. The findings underscore the urgent need to strengthen safety regulations, enforce helmet use, and reduce substance use among scooter riders.

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Newswise: To Chase Her Dreams, a White-Collar Professional Headed Back to Rutgers
Released: 29-Apr-2025 8:40 AM EDT
To Chase Her Dreams, a White-Collar Professional Headed Back to Rutgers
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Francine Glaser likes to push herself – at work, at college and, for much of her early life, on the ice. From childhood into her teenage years, the Rutgers graduate student skated competitively on a national level. 

Released: 28-Apr-2025 7:00 PM EDT
Sexism Undermines Teams by Disrupting Emotional Synchrony’s Role in Performance
Bar-Ilan University

Researchers found that exposure to sexist comments significantly alters how women interact emotionally during teamwork, increasing a key ingredient of successful collaboration: emotional synchrony. Emotional synchrony—shared, temporally aligned facial expressions among team members—has long been known to enhance trust, coordination, and performance.

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Released: 28-Apr-2025 5:55 PM EDT
UWF Student Teams Place First and Second in International Society for Performance Improvement Case Study Competition
University of West Florida

Two University of West Florida student teams placed top two in the 2025 International Society for Performance Improvement, or ISPI, Case Study Student Competition held on April 13-17, in Jacksonville, Florida.

   
Newswise: Mental Health Matters: Breaking Barriers
Released: 28-Apr-2025 5:15 PM EDT
Mental Health Matters: Breaking Barriers
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

On the occasion of Mental Health Awareness Month in May a Rutgers Health expert shares insights on mental health challenges and how New Jersey Medical School is changing how to treat individuals and support communities

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Exploring the Dynamics of Dietary Self-Monitoring Adherence Among Participants in a Digital Behavioral Weight Loss Program: Model Development Study
Journal of Medical Internet Research

Background: Self-monitoring of dietary behaviors is typically a central component of behavioral weight loss programs, and it is widely recognized for its effectiveness in promoting healthy behavior changes and improving health outcom...

Released: 28-Apr-2025 9:25 AM EDT
Impact of Computer-Mediated Versus Face-to-Face Motivational-Type Interviews on Participants’ Language and Subsequent Cannabis Use: Randomized Controlled Trial
Journal of Medical Internet Research

Background: Motivational interviewing (MI) is frequently used to facilitate behavior change. The use of change talk during motivational interviews can predict subsequent behavior change. However, no studies have compared the informat...

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Released: 27-Apr-2025 6:00 PM EDT
EMBARGOED: Social ‘Hippie’ Spiders Don't Believe in Labels
University of Portsmouth

Study raises the question of whether social ‘hippie’ spiders truly have personalities at all Individual behaviour in spider communities far more fluid than previously thought Instead of fixed behavioural types, spiders appear to adjust their behaviour dynamically based on circumstances

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Released: 24-Apr-2025 8:25 PM EDT
'The Future is Not What it Used to Be'
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

People instinctively try to be strong, stiff and steady in order to cope when the environment is volatile, dynamic and even brittle. But J. Gerald Suarez says the opposite should be true: the greater the force felt from the environment, the greater the need for malleability and flexibility.



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