Search results for COVID-19

Social Sciences Apr 30, 2021

Tool to predict recidivism in federal inmates could make more prisoners eligible for early release

Passed in 2018, the First Step Act sought to address re-entry challenges for inmates in the federal prison system. The legislation called for developing an assessment tool to identify inmates for release who had the lowest ...

Economics & Business Apr 30, 2021

Analyzing COVID-19's effect on the clothing industry

While COVID-19 hit the textile and apparel industry especially hard, businesses with a strong online presence, several manufacturing locations and an ability to quickly adjust their merchandise were better able to withstand ...

Social Sciences Apr 30, 2021

Will the end of the COVID-19 pandemic usher in a second Roaring '20s?

While some places remain mired in the third wave of the pandemic, others are taking their first tentative steps towards normality. Since April 21, Denmark has allowed indoor service at restaurants and cafes, and football ...

Economics & Business Apr 30, 2021

How small-scale seafood supply chains adapt to COVID-19 disruptions

In February 2020, Rio (not his real name), a crab and sea snail processor in Langkat regency on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, found his business drying up. Normally at this time of year his business would have been booming ...

Cell & Microbiology Apr 30, 2021

Large collaboration creates cell atlas of COVID-19 pathology

Scientists from several hospitals and research centers have shown what happens in individual cells of patients who died of COVID-19. In a study published in Nature, the researchers describe how infected cells from multiple ...

Social Sciences Apr 30, 2021

Self-management makes work more engaging, reduces stress, and speeds up recovery

Is it the key to a good work experience, or lazy management and abandonment? There are strong opinions both for and against self-management, but proper research has so far been rare.

Education Apr 29, 2021

Partnerships between researchers, policymakers and practitioners improve early childhood education

Research-practice partnerships (RPPs), long-term collaborations between researchers, policy makers and practitioners, represent an especially promising strategy for making sure that all children benefit from early childhood ...

Social Sciences Apr 29, 2021

Republicans became more vaccine hesitant as the coronavirus pandemic unfolded

Individuals who self-identify as Republicans became more skeptical of a potential COVID-19 vaccine and other inoculations, such as the flu shot, over the course of the pandemic, reveals a new study by the University of California ...

Social Sciences Apr 29, 2021

Study finds US Twitter users have strongly supported face coverings amid the pandemic

An analysis of Twitter activity between March 1 and Aug. 1, 2020, found strong support by U.S. users for wearing face coverings and that a media focus on anti-mask opinions fueled the rhetoric of those opposed, report University ...

Social Sciences Apr 29, 2021

Consumers might not return to old product choices once finances improve

When faced with job losses, a sudden drop in income, or other stormy economic conditions, consumers will likely need to shift their purchasing priorities and preferences. Those changed preferences outlast the contraction ...

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