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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 28-Apr-2025 07:08 ET (28-Apr-2025 11:08 GMT/UTC)

To upgrade apps, listen to users

University of Texas at Austin
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In reviewing app user feedback, new research from Texas McCombs offers insight into whom and what to listen to. It uses artificial intelligence to analyze user reviews and their influence on app updates. The results suggest when developers should rely on users for adding new features and when it’s better to follow their own ideas.

Journal: Information Systems Research

From school bully to bully pulpit: Empowering adolescents to transform schools and themselves

Cornell University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A large-scale program that enlisted students in disadvantaged middle schools to teach younger peers reduced disciplinary problems and improved academic achievement. The proof of concept can be scaled up and applied to a range of behaviors, from drug use to smartphone use to sexual activity.

Journal: American Economic Review
Funder: European Research Council, J-PAL Post-Primary Education Initiative

Investing in COVID-19 vaccination more than paid off for U.S., study finds

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The money spent to develop, test, buy and administer the first COVID-19 vaccine was more than made up for by prevented medical care and lost productivity.

Journal: Vaccine
Funder: University of Michigan

With risk on the rise, University of Ottawa-led team examines the punishing costs of TB care across the globe

University of Ottawa
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A collaborative study led by a uOttawa Faculty of Medicine team guided by an epidemiologist and health economist is sounding the alarm about the “catastrophic costs” of TB care. Summarizing current evidence, the new work says that although many countries offer free treatment for TB, many patients suffering from TB are still shelling out punishing out-of-pocket costs.

Journal: PLOS Global Public Health

Contagious quitting? New USF-led study links peer behavior to employee turnover

University of South Florida
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The study, published this month in the Journal of General Management, analyzed survey data from about 650 new employees from 32 cohorts at a global IT services firm. The surveys revealed that when some members in the cohort engage in job-seeking behaviors, a newcomer is more likely to do the same and ultimately leave the organization

Journal: Journal of General Management

New research in JNCCN finds stark disparities in treatment and survival time for people with pancreatic cancer

National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research in JNCCN from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Comprehensive Cancer Center found socially vulnerable patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer were significantly less likely to receive key components of quality care and had poorer survival.

Journal: Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

UN University: five deep changes urgently needed for a sustainable world and how to achieve them

United Nations University
Reports and Proceedings

As global crises and inequalities escalate, UN University identifies five deep, fundamental changes needed to address several of the world’s most pressing problems at their roots -- societal structures and mindsets -- to achieve effective, lasting solutions. Throughout the report, authors highlight successful sustainability initiatives worldwide.

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