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Kids' sleep: check in before you switch off
(University of South Australia) The struggle to get your child to go to sleep and stay asleep is something most parents can relate to. Once the bedtime battle is over and the kids have finally nodded off, many parents tune out as well. But University of South Australia researcher Professor Kurt Lushington is calling for parents to check on their small snoozers before switching off. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 19, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Scientists adopt deep learning for multi-object tracking
(GIST (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology)) Implementing algorithms that can simultaneously track multiple objects is essential to unlock many applications, from autonomous driving to advanced public surveillance. However, it is difficult for computers to discriminate between detected objects based on their appearance. Now, researchers at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) adapted deep learning techniques in a multi-object tracking framework, overcoming short-term occlusion and achieving remarkable performance without sacrificing computational speed. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 19, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Bats in Tel Aviv enjoy the rich variety and abundance of food the city has to offer
(Tel-Aviv University) Researchers have found that when fruit bats forage in the city (Tel Aviv), they are much more exploratory and enjoy the diversity of urban life, visiting a variety of fruit trees every night and tasting as wide a variety of foods as possible. In contrast, rural bats living in Beit Guvrin focus on only one or two fruit trees every night. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 19, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

July issues of American Psychiatric Association journals
(American Psychiatric Association) The July issues of two of the American Psychiatric Association journals, The American Journal of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Services are available online. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 19, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Researcher's work with flies could be birth control boon
(University of Connecticut) When it comes to making eggs, female flies and female humans are surprisingly similar. And that could be a boon for women seeking better birth control methods, a UConn researcher reports in the July 5 issue of PNAS. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 19, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Angry politicians make angry voters, new study finds
(University of Colorado at Boulder) Political anger in the U.S. has reached a fever pitch in recent years. Now, new research shows that ordinary voters may begin to mirror the angry emotions of the politicians they read about in the news. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 19, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

When money's tight, parents talk less to kids; could this explain the word gap?
(University of California - Berkeley) Parenting deficiencies have long been blamed for the vocabulary gap between low-income children and their more affluent peers. But new research implicates the economic context in which parenting takes place -- in other words, the wealth gap. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 19, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

US$3 million grant to the University of Surrey for research into nature of time and life itself
(University of Surrey) Jim Al-Khalili and Dr. Andrea Rocco from the University of Surrey are to lead on a major US$3m ( £ 2.1m) new research project, focusing on the fundamental nature of time and its potential to reveal both scientific and philosophical insights into the quantum world - whose implications for life itself are explored in the new field of quantum biology. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 17, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Outcomes of patients treated by female vs male physicians
(JAMA Network)What The Study Did:Researchers investigated whether death, other hospital outcomes and processes of care differed between patients cared for by female and male physicians at hospitals in Canada. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 16, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Race, politics divide Americans on sports issues
(Ohio State University) Although some people may yearn for sports to be free of political or racial divisiveness, a new study shows how impossible that dream may be.Researchers found that Americans' views on two hot-button issues in sports were sharply divided by racial, ethnic and political identities. In addition, their opinions on topics unrelated to sports, like the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, also were linked to their beliefs about the two sports issues. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 16, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

New optimisation method for computational design of industrial applications
(University of Malaga) Developed by two researchers at the University of Malaga, This methodology enables the reduction of costs and time in engineering design optimisation thanks to artificial intelligence (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 16, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog -- or a fake Russian Twitter account
This study investigates how successful Russian Internet Research Agency Twitter accounts built followings that were central to their disinformation campaigns around the 2016 presidential election. Many legacy media outlets played an unwitting role, according to the findings. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 16, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

NGA funds RIT researchers to explore the limits of spectral remote sensing imaging systems
(Rochester Institute of Technology) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is funding a team of Rochester Institute of Technology imaging scientists to study the limits of spectral remote sensing imaging systems. Led by principal investigator John Kerekes, a professor in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, the team received a grant of up to $1 million to conduct fundamental research on imaging systems over the next two to five years. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 16, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Using migration data to fine-tune marketing strategies to rural Indian communities
(American Marketing Association) Migration is a major phenomenon across developing economies. Marketers and policymakers should harness the power of migrants' remittances--both economic and social--to allocate marketing resources. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 16, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Co-locating contraceptive services and opioid treatment programs may help prevent unintended pregnancy
(Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont) More than 75% of women with Opioid Use Disorder report having had an unintended pregnancy, but they are less likely to use effective contraception compared to women who do not use drugs. Results from a multi-year trial found that a two-part intervention featuring co-located contraceptive services in opioid treatment programs and financial incentives could offer an effective solution. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news