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Released: 6-Apr-2023 1:05 PM EDT
How to make better consistency and availability trade-offs in networks
Intelligent Computing

Seeking to help system designers make those trade-offs, a group of researchers from the University of California, Berkeley and the Technical University of Dresden discovered a simple algebraic relationship between consistency, availability and network latency.

Newswise: University of West Florida College of Business maintains prestigious accreditation
Released: 5-Apr-2023 10:10 AM EDT
University of West Florida College of Business maintains prestigious accreditation
University of West Florida

UWF College of Business has earned re-accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, the largest and most-recognized global accrediting body for business schools that offer undergraduate and graduate degrees.

   
Released: 4-Apr-2023 8:55 AM EDT
Five personal finance concepts everyone should master
University of Delaware

Experts from the University of Delaware's Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship suggest five financial skills everyone needs to learn about and use. The experts said teaching these skills can help build responsible, financially secure citizens.

Released: 3-Apr-2023 12:45 PM EDT
UVA Darden Partners with Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative on New Case Series
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

The University of Virginia Darden School of Business Institute for Business in Society has partnered with the Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative to produce a series of case studies on topics including women in leadership, inclusion, access and opportunity.

   
Newswise: Mercy Medical Center Named One of America’s 
Most Trusted Companies by Newsweek
Released: 3-Apr-2023 10:00 AM EDT
Mercy Medical Center Named One of America’s Most Trusted Companies by Newsweek
Mercy Medical Center

Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, has been named to Newsweek’s America’s Most Trustworthy Companies 2023.

Released: 31-Mar-2023 4:40 PM EDT
A ‘power boost’ for customers is key to enhancing engagement and wellbeing, suggests study
University of Surrey

Customers who feel powerless in their relationship with a company are likely to disengage from the company and experience negative effects on their overall wellbeing, suggests new research from the University of Surrey.

   
Newswise: NYC Mayor Eric Adams Joined Top Biomedical Researchers to Usher in the Center for Engineering and Precision Medicine at Hudson Research Center at 619 West 54th Street
Released: 31-Mar-2023 11:15 AM EDT
NYC Mayor Eric Adams Joined Top Biomedical Researchers to Usher in the Center for Engineering and Precision Medicine at Hudson Research Center at 619 West 54th Street
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

The grand opening of the Center for Engineering and Precision Medicine (CEPM), a partnership between Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Icahn Mount Sinai), was held March 29, 2023 at the Hudson Research Center (HRC) at 619 West 54th Street. The center is the latest in a 10+ year partnership between RPI, a world-renowned technological research university known for its engineering, technology, and science programs, and Icahn Mount Sinai, the academic arm of the Mount Sinai Health System, which includes eight hospitals and a vast network of ambulatory practices throughout the greater New York City region.

Released: 30-Mar-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Columbia Establishes the Center for the Transition to Parenthood with Funding from the Bezos Family Foundation
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

The Center for Transition to Parenthood seeks to reinvent prenatal care, address the mental health of parents, improve the overall health of infants, and promote family well-being.

   
Newswise: The Value of Human Choice in HR Decisions
Released: 30-Mar-2023 9:35 AM EDT
The Value of Human Choice in HR Decisions
George Washington University

Human resources managers are frequently turning to artificial intelligence to help make employment decisions, leaning on recommendations from algorithms to decide who to interview and who to hire. However, a new paper underscores the necessity of maintaining human choice in these HR processes rather than relying on AI alone.

Released: 29-Mar-2023 10:30 AM EDT
Webinar: FHA Chief Risk Officer on ‘Balancing the Three Lines of Defense’ in Organizations
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

FHA Chief Risk Officer Mia Pittman will discuss "risk culture, clarity in roles and responsibilities, and distinctions between positional and personal power to the 3LoD model."

   
Released: 29-Mar-2023 10:20 AM EDT
The element of surprise: How unexpected syntax makes marketing communications more effective
American Marketing Association (AMA)

Researchers from Frankfurt School of Finance and Management published a new Journal of Marketing article that examines the role of syntactic surprise in formulating effective written messages.

Newswise: Could Changes in Fed’s Interest Rates Affect Pollution and the Environment?
Released: 28-Mar-2023 8:30 AM EDT
Could Changes in Fed’s Interest Rates Affect Pollution and the Environment?
Florida Atlantic University

Can monetary policy such as the United States Federal Reserve raising interest rates affect the environment? According to a new study, it can. Results suggest that the impact of monetary policy on pollution is basically domestic: a monetary contraction or reduction in a region reduces its own emissions, but this does not seem to spread out to other economies. However, the findings do not imply that the international economy is irrelevant to determining one region’s emissions level.

   
Newswise: Journal of Medical Internet Research | Can Artificial Intelligence Be Used to Diagnose Influenza?
Released: 28-Mar-2023 7:05 AM EDT
Journal of Medical Internet Research | Can Artificial Intelligence Be Used to Diagnose Influenza?
JMIR Publications

JMIR Publications published "Examining the Use of an Artificial Intelligence Model to Diagnose Influenza: Development and Validation Study" in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, which reported that it may be possible to diagnose influenza infection by applying deep learning to pharyngeal images given that influenza primarily infects the upper respiratory system.

     
Released: 27-Mar-2023 1:15 PM EDT
New Research Presents Practical Strategies for Increasing Employment of Persons with Disabilities
IOS Press

The unemployment rate for persons with disabilities in the United States, particularly youth, is more than double the rate of those without a disability.

   
Newswise: 11 ways to improve airlines for customers
Released: 24-Mar-2023 5:45 PM EDT
11 ways to improve airlines for customers
University of Missouri, Columbia

The name of the game is customer satisfaction, especially in the airline industry where companies are constantly jockeying for business by promising better service than their competitors. Now a professor at the University of Missouri has used artificial intelligence to sort through thousands of customer reviews and identify where airlines are falling short.

   
Newswise: New Braintrust Seeks to Launch Era of North American Regional Competitiveness
Released: 24-Mar-2023 4:45 PM EDT
New Braintrust Seeks to Launch Era of North American Regional Competitiveness
University of California San Diego

Given the U.S.-China trade conflict and concerns over trade disruptions caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, regionalizing supply chains is at the center of the discussion in North America. Now, a new working group spearheaded by the University of California San Diego is using this opportunity to propose policy recommendations for the relocation of global production chains in North America where it's economically advantageous.

   
Released: 24-Mar-2023 1:30 PM EDT
THE LANCET: Health experts call for bold action to prioritize health over profit
Lancet

A new Series published in The Lancet describes how, although commercial entities can contribute positively to health and society, the products and practices of some commercial actors are responsible for escalating rates of avoidable ill health, planetary damage, and social and health inequity.

   
Newswise: Out of the shadows and into the Light: UniSA reopens historic haunt as new Enterprise Hub
Released: 23-Mar-2023 8:00 PM EDT
Out of the shadows and into the Light: UniSA reopens historic haunt as new Enterprise Hub
University of South Australia

From publicans and pawnbrokers to vampires and exotic dancers, Light Square has a long and colourful history of interesting residents. Now, a new breed of business will occupy the north-western corner of Light Square as UniSA unveils its new state-of-the-art enterprise and innovation facility.

   
Newswise: After hitting rural areas harder, inflation’s ongoing impact evens out
Released: 23-Mar-2023 11:40 AM EDT
After hitting rural areas harder, inflation’s ongoing impact evens out
Iowa State University

Inflation took a bigger bite of rural household budgets throughout much of 2022, but its effects were similar in rural and urban areas by the end of the year, according to a report by an Iowa State University professor. Two years of rising prices have shrunk discretionary income in rural households to less than $500 a month.

   
Released: 23-Mar-2023 10:15 AM EDT
FSU experts available to comment as Fed hikes interest rates again
Florida State University

By: Pete Reinwald | Published: March 23, 2023 | 10:02 am | SHARE: Florida State University experts are available to comment on Wednesday’s move by the Federal Reserve to raise rates by a quarter point amid recent bank failures and continued efforts to tame inflation. The move increases the benchmark federal funds rate to a target range between 4.

   
Newswise: National Black engineer awards celebrate Sandia Labs scientists
Released: 22-Mar-2023 4:35 PM EDT
National Black engineer awards celebrate Sandia Labs scientists
Sandia National Laboratories

Three Sandia National Laboratories professionals recently received 2023 Black Engineer of the Year Awards. Danielle Stephenson was lauded as a Senior Technology Fellow, Coby Davis as a Science Spectrum Trailblazer and Ned Adams as a Modern-Day Technology Leader.

   
Newswise: New Mexico veteran-owned small business nominated for Department of Energy award
Released: 22-Mar-2023 1:10 PM EDT
New Mexico veteran-owned small business nominated for Department of Energy award
Sandia National Laboratories

Pluma, LLC, has been nominated by Sandia National Laboratories as the Department of Energy’s Protégé of the Year as part of its Mentor-Protégé Program. Pluma, a general construction business started in Albuquerque, is one of five businesses Sandia accepted into the program with the mission of helping them grow with the labs’ guidance, knowledge, leadership and resources.

   
Released: 22-Mar-2023 11:50 AM EDT
Ochsner Health Spotlights Healthcare Innovation and Local Entrepreneurs During New Orleans Entrepreneur Week
Ochsner Health

Ochsner Health is a major healthcare partner of New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW), March 27-April 1. With a legacy of investing in the region, Ochsner is proud to support the growth and sustainability of innovative founders and companies in healthcare and beyond.

   
Released: 22-Mar-2023 11:05 AM EDT
The challenge of keeping an audience engaged: how language shapes attention
American Marketing Association (AMA)

Researchers from University of Pennsylvania, University or Maryland, and Emory University published a new Journal of Marketing article that examines how and why the language used in content engages readers.

Released: 21-Mar-2023 7:00 PM EDT
New study shapes understanding of adaptive clothing customer needs
University of Missouri, Columbia

With the growth of the niche adaptive clothing market comes new challenges for retailers, including making the process of online shopping more inclusive for people with varying degrees of disability as well as expanding the functionality and aesthetic appeal of individual garments.

   
Released: 21-Mar-2023 10:00 AM EDT
ASBMB cautions against drastic immigration fee increases
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology sent recommendations to USCIS opposing new asylum fees, calling for visa backlog removal

Newswise: JMIR Research Protocols | What is the Role of Human Decision-making in an AI–driven Future in Health?
Released: 21-Mar-2023 9:05 AM EDT
JMIR Research Protocols | What is the Role of Human Decision-making in an AI–driven Future in Health?
JMIR Publications

Australian researchers have established a set of protocols for a research project in JMIR Research Protocols that aims to explore whether humans will continue in meaningful decision-making roles in an AI-driven future.

       
Newswise: What's Behind Taylor Swift’s Continued Marketing Success?
Released: 20-Mar-2023 9:40 AM EDT
What's Behind Taylor Swift’s Continued Marketing Success?
California State University, Fullerton

Taylor Swift's career and persona are at their pinnacle from a marketing perspective.

Released: 19-Mar-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Why Nonbank Mortgage Companies Bear Close Watching Amid Recent Bank Failures
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

In the wake of the SVB and Signature Bank collapses, keep an eye on a nonbank mortgage industry that’s prone to excessive risk taking, which at some point will manifest into poor loan‐manufacturing quality resulting in extraordinary losses and another industry shakeout, writes risk management expert Clifford Rossi.

   
Released: 17-Mar-2023 12:50 PM EDT
UW study investigates how ‘vaccine shopping’ impacts rollout during pandemic
University of Washington

New research from Leela Nageswaran, assistant professor of operations management in the University of Washington Foster School of Business, considers whether individuals should be able to select their vaccine type.

   
Newswise: Bank closings signal tighter lending, disinflationary trend
Released: 17-Mar-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Bank closings signal tighter lending, disinflationary trend
University of Miami

David Andolfatto, a leading University of Miami economist, suggests that the federal rescue of two mid-tiered banks that collapsed will likely prompt other institutions to repair their balance sheets and tighten their lending practices to avoid a similar fate.

Newswise: Finance expert explains what the Silicon Valley Bank collapse means for the banking sector
Released: 17-Mar-2023 2:00 AM EDT
Finance expert explains what the Silicon Valley Bank collapse means for the banking sector
Virginia Tech

The rapid collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history, has caused ongoing worries about the stability of the nation’s banking system even as federal authorities step in to manage the crisis. Further anxieties arose with the federal takeover of cryptocurrency-focused Signature Bank — the third largest bank failure in U.

Released: 16-Mar-2023 2:25 PM EDT
Employees tend to avoid taking breaks despite high levels of stress
University of Waterloo

Heavy workloads make employees feel a greater need for a break, but new research finds they may actually discourage employees from taking breaks at work despite causing high levels of stress, fatigue, and poor performance.

   
Released: 15-Mar-2023 3:45 PM EDT
Don't keep hitting that snooze button! Get the latest research news and expert commentary on sleep here.
Newswise

It's sleep awareness week, according to the National Sleep Foundation. It’s important to understand how sleep deprivation can impact your health. Most people recognize that if they don’t get enough sleep, their mood and memory will suffer the next day.

       
Newswise: RST Professor Helps Tourism Industries Build Sustainable Financing
Released: 15-Mar-2023 3:40 PM EDT
RST Professor Helps Tourism Industries Build Sustainable Financing
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Dr. Sharon Zou at the University of Illinois is doing research on financing public park and recreation services.

   
Released: 14-Mar-2023 2:10 PM EDT
NYU Wireless at NYU Tandon School of Engineering Releases NYUSIM 4.0 to Accelerate Standardization Efforts of 6G Wireless Communications
NYU Tandon School of Engineering

NYU WIRELESS, a leading research center in wireless communications at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering, today announced the launch of NYUSIM 4.0, the world's first wireless channel simulator capable of generating real-world wireless channels above 100 GHz.

   
Newswise: This is What Happens When Your Phone is Infected with Spyware
14-Mar-2023 7:00 AM EDT
This is What Happens When Your Phone is Infected with Spyware
University of California San Diego

Smartphone spyware apps that allow people to spy on each other are not only hard to notice and detect, they also will easily leak the sensitive personal information they collect, says a team of computer scientists from New York and San Diego.

   
Released: 13-Mar-2023 1:50 PM EDT
American Society of Anesthesiologists Selects Executive Search Firm Spencer Stuart to Find Next Chief Executive Officer
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)

Today, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), announced that Spencer Stuart, a leading global executive search firm, will lead the search to hire ASA’s next Chief Executive Officer (CEO), starting in April 2023. ASA’s current CEO, Paul Pomerantz, FACHE, will retire at the end of his contract in April 2024, after 11 years of distinguished leadership at the Society.

   


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