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8.29.2008
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Reckless Spending, Not Illness or Job Loss, Causes Most Bankruptcy
Simple overspending has driven most personal bankruptcies in recent years, a change from previous decades when illness and unemployment were major factors, concludes a new study from the University ... [ More ]
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8.29.2008
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"Strip-down" Could Ease Subprime Mortgage Crisis
Nearly all debtors who file for bankruptcy under Chapter 13 are homeowners, according to researchers at the University of California, Davis, Graduate School of Management and UC San Diego.
Ning ... [ More ]
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8.29.2008
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How Temporary Help Agencies Impact the Labor Market
Temporary help agencies place nearly 3 million Americans in jobs each day -- but the temp industry's very success may embolden some managers to view all workers as impermanent, jobs scholar Vicki ... [ More ]
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8.28.2008
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Feats of Strength Begin a Lizard's Day
Male Jamaican anole lizards begin and end the day with displays of reptilian strength -- push-ups, head bobs and extensions of a colorful neck flap, or dewlap -- to defend their territory, according ... [ More ]
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8.28.2008
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Memory Trick Shows Brain Organization
A simple memory trick has helped show UC Davis researchers how an area of the brain called the perirhinal cortex can contribute to forming memories. The finding expands our understanding of how ... [ More ]
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8.28.2008
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Robots Learn to Follow
Whether driving on the highway or walking down the street, we pick up on both deliberate signals and unconscious cues to predict what other people are going to do and act accordingly. But robots ... [ More ]
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8.27.2008
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Jared Diamond to Open International Genetic Diversity Symposium
Evolutionary biologist and author Jared Diamond will present the opening keynote address for an international symposium on agricultural biodiversity, to be held Sept. 14-18 at the University of ... [ More ]
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8.25.2008
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Troubled Children Hurt Peers' Test Scores, Behavior
Troubled children hurt their classmates' math and reading scores and worsen their behavior, according to new research by economists at the University of California, Davis, and University of ... [ More ]
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8.21.2008
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Private Support for UC Davis Tops $216 Million
More than 44,000 donors supported UC Davis with nearly $216.8 million in gifts, pledges and private grants last fiscal year, marking the sixth consecutive year that philanthropic support has grown ... [ More ]
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8.18.2008
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Biracial Asian Americans and Mental Health
A new study of Chinese-Caucasian, Filipino-Caucasian, Japanese-Caucasian and Vietnamese-Caucasian individuals concludes that biracial Asian Americans are twice as likely as monoracial Asian ... [ More ]
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8.18.2008
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Suicide among Asian Americans
Asian Americans whose families experience a high degree of interpersonal conflict have a three-fold greater risk of attempting suicide when compared with Asian Americans overall, according to a new ... [ More ]
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8.18.2008
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Adults Easily Fooled by Children's False Denials
Adults are easily fooled when a child denies that an actual event took place, but do somewhat better at detecting when a child makes up information about something that never happened, according to ... [ More ]
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8.18.2008
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Soils Limited in Storing Carbon and Mitigating Global Warming, Studies Find
Soils, long known to be potential natural "sinks" or storehouses for carbon, are limited in just how much carbon they can stash away, according to two recent studies by researchers at UC Davis; ... [ More ]
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8.18.2008
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Groundbreaking Research Shows DEET Not Sweet to Mosquitoes
Spray yourself with a DEET-based insect repellent and the mosquitoes will leave you alone. But why? They flee because of their intense dislike for the smell of the chemical repellent and not because ... [ More ]
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8.18.2008
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New Book Provides Road Map for Finding the Right College
Even as the nation's high school students settle into a new academic year, the next step -- where to apply to college -- is on the minds of many. A new book by Richard C. Dorf, a professor at the ... [ More ]
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8.14.2008
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Self-esteem in Chinese Adolescents
In metropolitan China, high school students' self-esteem depends more on good relations with peers than parents, a new UC Davis study shows. But the opposite is true for younger adolescents and ... [ More ]
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8.13.2008
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UC Davis Centennial Exhibition Opens With State Fair
The University of California, Davis, launches its 100th birthday celebration this Friday, Aug. 15, at the California State Fair, with a featured exhibit on the university's contributions to science ... [ More ]
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8.13.2008
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Experts: UC Davis Centennial Exhibit
The University of California, Davis, is hosting a centennial exhibition at the California State Fair this summer to showcase the university's expertise in the sciences, arts and society. The state ... [ More ]
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8.12.2008
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New Report Shows Tahoe 2007 Was Warm and Dry, With More Clarity
UC Davis' annual Lake Tahoe health report finds that the long-term warming trend first described by UC Davis last year continues, that 2007 was the 14th driest year on record, and that clarity ... [ More ]
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8.11.2008
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Haagen-Dazs Fellow to Tackle Bee Viruses at UC Davis
Insect virus researcher Michelle Flenniken, a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of California, San Francisco, has been selected as the new ... [ More ]
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8.11.2008
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Cow Shower Study Examines Milk Production and Welfare Issues
When summer temperatures soar, humans tend to head for the lake or swimming pool, but a handful of UC Davis dairy cows are hitting the showers.
Cassandra Tucker, assistant professor and ... [ More ]
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8.11.2008
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New Book Tracks 'Seed Wars'
A new book written by UC Davis law professor Keith Aoki chronicles the expansion of intellectual property protection for plants throughout the past several decades and speculates on possible ways to ... [ More ]
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8.11.2008
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Media Calendar: Jared Diamond to Speak at International Symposium
Sept. 14-18, Sunday through Thursday -- Agricultural biodiversity -- making use of and conserving a variety of plant and animal species in commercially viable agricultural operations -- is the focus ... [ More ]
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8.5.2008
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Speaker: In Support of Animal Research
Aug. 8, Friday -- Tom Holder, founder of a group created to counter demonstrations by animal-rights activists at Oxford University, England, will talk about "Speaking of Research," a similar new ... [ More ]
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8.5.2008
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Jared Diamond to Speak at International Ag Biodiversity Symposium
Noted evolutionary biologist and author Jared Diamond will deliver the opening keynote talk during an international symposium on agricultural biodiversity at UC Davis, to be held Sept. 14-17, as ... [ More ]
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8.4.2008
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Pacific Shellfish Ready to Invade Atlantic
As the Arctic Ocean warms this century, shellfish, snails and other animals from the Pacific Ocean will resume an invasion of the northern Atlantic that was interrupted by cooling conditions three ... [ More ]
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8.1.2008
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Ties to War Dead Predict Opinion of President
Those who know someone who died in the Iraq War or 9/11 terrorist attacks are less likely to approve of President Bush's performance in office than those with no such connection, according to new ... [ More ]
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