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ARCHIVED 2019-02-06, DATE APPROXIMATE · VERSION 20190206_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20190102_rev01

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+### [Time Parents Spend With Children Key to Academic Success](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190204085926.htm)
+Feb. 4, 2019 - The time parents spend with their children has a powerful effect on their educational achievement, according to a large study with a novel approach. Researchers analyzed data on children in Israel ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190204085926.htm)
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+### [Use of Synthetic Drug Flakka Rare Among High School Seniors, but Most Users Take Numerous Drugs](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190129101852.htm)
+Jan. 29, 2019 - Nearly one percent of high school seniors report using Flakka, a highly potent and potentially dangerous synthetic drug, according to a new ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190129101852.htm)
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+### [Measuring Ability of Artificial Intelligence to Learn Is Difficult](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190117092604.htm)
+Jan. 17, 2019 - Organizations looking to benefit from the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution should be cautious about putting all their eggs in one basket, a study has ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190117092604.htm)
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 ### [Nearly One in Five Tibetan Refugee Schoolchildren Has Tuberculosis Infection, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/181218115211.htm)
 Dec. 18, 2018 - In a tuberculosis screening and treatment initiative covering the entire population of Tibetan refugee schoolchildren in northern India, a team of researchers says it has found not only a startlingly ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/181218115211.htm)
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 ### [Teachers and Trump: Response to 2016 Election](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181105122435.htm)
 Nov. 5, 2018 - Teachers felt immense pressure from school leaders and families to respond in a certain way -- or not at all -- in their classrooms following the 2016 presidential election, according to new ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181105122435.htm)
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+### [Why Relationships -- Not Money -- Are the Key to Improving Schools](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181025103300.htm)
+### [Cutting Societal Alcohol Use May Prevent Alcohol Disorders Developing](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181031093329.htm)
+Oct. 25, 2018 - Strong relationships between teachers, parents and students at schools has more impact on improving student learning than does financial support, new research shows. The study found that social ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181025103300.htm)
+Oct. 31, 2018 - Society must take collective responsibility to reduce the harm caused by alcohol use disorders, an academic ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181031093329.htm)
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+### [For Some Young Adults, the 2016 US Election Was a 'Traumatic Experience'](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181022150951.htm)
+### [Suicide More Prevalent Than Homicide in US, but Most Americans Don't Know It](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181030102805.htm)
+Oct. 22, 2018 - A new study shows that for 25 percent of young adults given a psychological assessment, the 2016 US presidential election race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton caused symptoms often seen in ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181022150951.htm)
+Oct. 30, 2018 - A new study delves into public perceptions of gun violence and the leading causes of death in the United ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181030102805.htm)
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+### [Social Media for Medical Journals Operates in 'Wild West,' Needs More Support to Succeed](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181018151050.htm)
+Oct. 30, 2018 - Ninety-five percent of reviewed apps for children ages 5 and under include at least one form of advertising, a new study finds. Researchers found play was frequently interrupted by pop-up video ads, ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181030091452.htm)
+Oct. 18, 2018 - In this first study to examine social media editor roles at medical journals, researchers found that while medical journals are using social media more to extend the reach of new research, the ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181018151050.htm)
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+### [Attending the 'Best' High School May Yield Benefits and Risks for Students](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181017111000.htm)
+### [Gunshot Wounds in Children Account for $270 Million in Emergency Room and Inpatient Charges Annually](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181029164642.htm)
+Oct. 17, 2018 - Parents often go to great lengths to ensure that their children attend top schools, surrounded by high-achieving peers who often come from advantaged backgrounds. But data collected from individuals ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181017111000.htm)
+Oct. 29, 2018 - A new study of more than 75,000 teenagers and children who suffered a firearm-related injury between 2006 and 2014 pinpoints the financial burden of gunshot wounds and highlights the increasing ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181029164642.htm)
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+### [Teenaged Girls Did Not Engage in Riskier Sexual Behavior After HPV Vaccination Introduced in School](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181015084620.htm)
+### [Why Relationships -- Not Money -- Are the Key to Improving Schools](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181025103300.htm)
+Oct. 15, 2018 - Despite fears to the contrary, sexual behaviors of adolescent girls stayed the same or became safer after publicly funded school-based HPV vaccinations were introduced in British Columbia (BC), ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181015084620.htm)
+Oct. 25, 2018 - Strong relationships between teachers, parents and students at schools has more impact on improving student learning than does financial support, new research shows. The study found that social ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181025103300.htm)
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+### [Why Don't We Understand Statistics? Fixed Mindsets May Be to Blame](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181012082713.htm)
+### [For Some Young Adults, the 2016 US Election Was a 'Traumatic Experience'](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181022150951.htm)
+Oct. 12, 2018 - The first study of why people struggle to solve statistical problems reveals a preference for complicated rather than simpler, more intuitive solutions -- which often leads to failure in solving the ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181012082713.htm)
+Oct. 22, 2018 - A new study shows that for 25 percent of young adults given a psychological assessment, the 2016 US presidential election race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton caused symptoms often seen in ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181022150951.htm)
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+### [Artificial Intelligence Helps Reveal How People Process Abstract Thought](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181009115022.htm)
+### [Social Media for Medical Journals Operates in 'Wild West,' Needs More Support to Succeed](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181018151050.htm)
+Oct. 9, 2018 - As artificial intelligence becomes more sophisticated, much of the public attention has focused on how successfully these technologies can compete against humans at chess and other strategy games. A ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181009115022.htm)
+Oct. 18, 2018 - In this first study to examine social media editor roles at medical journals, researchers found that while medical journals are using social media more to extend the reach of new research, the ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181018151050.htm)
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+### [Link Between Childhood Adversity, Burnout and Depression](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181009115008.htm)
+### [Attending the 'Best' High School May Yield Benefits and Risks for Students](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181017111000.htm)
+Oct. 9, 2018 - A new study has found that undergraduate nursing students who were exposed to a higher number of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) -- such as abuse, neglect or family dysfunction -- encountered ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181009115008.htm)
+Oct. 17, 2018 - Parents often go to great lengths to ensure that their children attend top schools, surrounded by high-achieving peers who often come from advantaged backgrounds. But data collected from individuals ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181017111000.htm)
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+### [Community Efforts to Combat Childhood Obesity Can Be Effective, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181009102409.htm)
+### [Teenaged Girls Did Not Engage in Riskier Sexual Behavior After HPV Vaccination Introduced in School](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181015084620.htm)
+Oct. 9, 2018 - New research examines how broadly and successfully communities across the US implement programs and policies to prevent obesity in ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181009102409.htm)
+Oct. 15, 2018 - Despite fears to the contrary, sexual behaviors of adolescent girls stayed the same or became safer after publicly funded school-based HPV vaccinations were introduced in British Columbia (BC), ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181015084620.htm)
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+Oct. 4, 2018 - Researchers found that in teaching English learners -- students who aren't fluent in English and often come from homes where a language other than English is spoken -- the Latin roots of words ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181004110035.htm)
+### [Why Don't We Understand Statistics? Fixed Mindsets May Be to Blame](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181012082713.htm)
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+Oct. 12, 2018 - The first study of why people struggle to solve statistical problems reveals a preference for complicated rather than simpler, more intuitive solutions -- which often leads to failure in solving the ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181012082713.htm)
+### [Social Class Determines Whether Buying Experiences or Things Brings Greater Happiness](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181003134501.htm)
+Oct. 3, 2018 - What is the best way to spend money to increase your happiness? It may depend, in part, on how wealthy you are, according to new ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181003134501.htm)
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+### [Elementary School Student Support Leads to Lower High School Dropout, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181003090401.htm)
+### [Artificial Intelligence Helps Reveal How People Process Abstract Thought](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181009115022.htm)
+Oct. 3, 2018 - Elementary-school students who participated in a comprehensive support intervention in the Boston public school district had about half the odds of dropping out of high school as students not in the ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181003090401.htm)
+Oct. 9, 2018 - As artificial intelligence becomes more sophisticated, much of the public attention has focused on how successfully these technologies can compete against humans at chess and other strategy games. A ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181009115022.htm)
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+### [For Better Multiple-Choice Tests, Avoid Tricky Questions, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181003090356.htm)
+Oct. 3, 2018 - Although people often think about multiple-choice tests as tools for assessment, they can also be used to facilitate learning. A new study offers straightforward tips for constructing multiple-choice ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181003090356.htm)
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+### [One More Year of High School May Shape Waistlines Later in Life](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181002155231.htm)
+Oct. 2, 2018 - Together, genetics and years of education can influence whether or not someone becomes obese, a new study ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181002155231.htm)
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