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| 04/28/2015 |
Study: Health problems, lack of access to care increase risk of delinquencyJuvenile delinquency isn't just a drain on the criminal justice system. It can affect the economy through damaged or stolen property, as well as strain the health care system because delinquency and other risky behaviors have been linked to poor heal… |
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| 01/3/2013 |
Study: Generational changes cause drop in U.S. support for school prayerThere's a saying that goes, "as long as there are tests, there will be prayer in public schools." At one time, that likely reflected a fairly uniform view about school prayer: that despite what federal law said about the practi… |
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| 09/2/2010 |
Study: Gen-Xers only half as likely than Boomers to 'lose their religion'Generation X, the set of Americans who came of age in the late 1980s and early 1990s, is often branded as a rules-rejecting, authority-questioning group. But when it comes to religion, new research has revealed that Gen-Xers (born between 1961 and 1… |
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| 11/19/2014 |
Study: Environmental regulation may have helped small hog farms endureHog farms have become fewer and larger in recent decades, even as federal and state environmental regulations governing them have become stricter. In a new study, University of Nebraska-Lincoln agricultural … |
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| 08/8/2011 |
Study: Education affects Americans' religiosity -- but not how you might thinkIt's pretty much a given that the more educated someone becomes, the more likely they are to question their religious beliefs, stop going to church and even abandon their faith entirely. Or is it? A new University of Nebraska-Lincoln study challeng… |
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| 03/9/2015 |
Study: Easing ethanol mandate could have cut corn prices during droughtBy relaxing a federal ethanol mandate, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could have counteracted the impact of the 2012 drought on corn prices, a new study by University of Nebraska-Lincoln agricultural economists concludes. The study provide… |
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| 08/13/2015 |
Study: Driver's ed significantly reduces teen crashes, ticketsA new study that followed more than 150,000 teen drivers over eight years has found that driver's education significantly reduces crashes and traffic violations among new drivers. Young drivers who have not completed driver's education are 75 percen… |
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| 04/14/2015 |
Study: Discrimination has overall health impacts on adolescentsAdolescence is hard enough, but adding discrimination to the mix can be deadly. Studies have shown that perceived discrimination among minority adolescents leads to smoking, anger, alcohol use and abuse, depression or psychological distress, but a n… |
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| 01/15/2016 |
Study: Digital distraction in class is on the riseCollege students spend more class time than ever playing with their smartphones and other digital devices, according to a new University of Nebraska-Lincoln study. Students check their phones and other digital devices in class more than 11 times a d… |
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| 02/16/2015 |
Study: Climate change leads to rapid emergence of infectious diseasesThe appearance of infectious diseases in new places and new hosts, such as West Nile virus and Ebola, is a predictable result of climate change, says a zoologist affiliated with the Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology at the University of Neb… |
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| 10/11/2012 |
Study: Childfree women feel most pressure to have kids, but stress least about itWomen who choose to be permanently childfree feel less distress about not having kids than women who are childless from infertility and other reasons, a new national study shows. At the same time, voluntarily childfree women percei… |
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| 05/13/2013 |
Study: CEOs who are good matches for firms have higher initial compensationHow much CEOs are compensated is often a subject of angst in the media and among the public. When a company's board of directors hires a new chief executive, it's often perceived that the level of compensation is not based on t… |
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| 03/24/2014 |
Study: Big government (or good neighbors) can improve your healthThe nation's left-leaning citizens might be pleased by the findings of a new University of Nebraska study that finds those who live in liberal states tend to be healthier. But conservatives could also take s… |
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| 02/3/2011 |
Study: 'Objectifying gaze' triggers conflicting outcomes for womenSomething for men to think about the next time they gawk at an attractive female co-worker: That longing stare may touch off a vicious cognitive cycle that could hurt her ability to do her job well. In a new study, researchers found that women who w… |
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| 06/11/2014 |
Study tracks changes in social status, affiliation in religionYounger generations are closing the social class gap between evangelical Protestants and mainline denominations, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln sociologist of religion has found. And in what appears to be … |
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