Translating these discoveries into therapies for patients will
take more studies and more time, the scientists all said, but the revelations set a course for the future.
But proving that is what elephants are doing will
take more studies, he and others say, and preferably in wild, not captive, populations.
«Some days
it takes more studying and some plays you can pick up because you have football knowledge.
Not exact matches
Check out the findings from several
studies, which shine a light on what it
takes to achieve
more in life.
A two - month 2010
study of nearly 300 cancer patients at the Mayo Clinic found that those given 1,000 or 2,000 milligrams of ginseng each day reported feeling
more energized compared with those who
took a placebo.
There are psychometric
studies, says Helgesen, that show that women in organizations tend to be
more rewarded for being precise and correct, while men are
more rewarded for
taking risks.
And they tend to
take the process too personally: A 2013
study from the University of Oxford demonstrated that entrepreneurs are inclined to express
more emotion at the bargaining table, to their detriment.
A large, long - term
study of male smokers found that those who regularly
took Vitamin A were
more likely to get lung cancer than those who didn't.
Plus, people in the
study who
took the B3 supplements were
more likely than those
taking a placebo to develop infections, liver problems, and internal bleeding.
With a lot of offices beginning to
take the «collaborative» approach to working, noise can become a significant problem, and
studies have shown that
more noise leads to higher degrees of stress, and less productivity as a result.
Excite has no success stories to tell just yet — Khayat says it
takes at least a year to design the
study and two or
more years to evaluate it in the field.
«In one of our
studies we found that people rated masculine risk -
taking behaviors as
more risky than feminine risk -
taking behaviors, even when they were matched for how risky they were,» she says.
A University of Iowa
study found that workers who were provided with a portable pedalling device under their desk were able to concentrate better at work,
more likely to report weight loss and
take fewer sick days than co-workers who pedalled less.
A 2011
study found that people who
took a short walk outdoors returned feeling happier and
more rested than people who walked indoors.
A number of
studies have found that workers who don't
take vacations are
more likely to die of any cause.
A
study shows single CEOs
take more aggressive business risks than their married counterparts.
Levy reported that in a 2004
study of suburban rail commuters
taking the train from New Jersey to Manhattan, «Wener and his coauthor Gary Evans found that the longer their test subjects» journey was, the higher the levels of cortisol (the primary stress hormone) in their saliva, and the
more difficult they found to focus on the task of proofreading assigned them at the end of their commute.»
But as Vanderkam and a raft of experts who have
studied the issue stress, research makes clear that we tend to get
more done if we regularly
take short pit stops to relax and refresh.
Studies show that CEOs who overestimate their abilities tend to overpay for acquisitions,
take undue risks, introduce
more unsuccessful new products, and have
more volatile firm performance.
This isn't surprising when you
take into consideration
studies that show that referred candidates are
more likely to stay at a company and be
more productive.
A new
study by LinkedIn surveyed
more than 13,000 Millennial job seekers to find out what it
takes to get them to work for you, and offers some insights into the lengths some employers are going to need to go to hire the best talent from this generation.
Studies have found that working for one to two hours, then
taking a 20 - to 30 - minute break, keeps your brain fresh and enables you to accomplish
more in less time.
More than 40 percent of African - American families have student debt, generally
taking on around $ 10,295, according to a 2013
study by the Urban Institute.
A new
study from McMaster University and the University of Toronto, Scarborough, says this phenomenon, called «knowledge - hiding» is extremely common and
takes different forms in the workplace — some of which are
more harmful than others.
The last piece, for me, is to
take the advice of the former council and oversee a
study to really understand how can we bring
more innovation into our organization and replicate it.
Take for instance the findings of a recent
study by Morgan Stanley that shows
more diverse workplaces deliver better returns and less volatility.
And doing
more means
taking risks, admits Wharton's Ashley Kang, who
studied sociology as a Harvard undergrad.
Studies have found that remote workers are
more productive — 77 percent of survey respondents reported greater productivity, and a
study on work - from - home call center employees found that remote workers outperformed peers in the office because they
took shorter breaks and used less sick leave.
According to a scientist involved in the
study, anyone who
took part in
more than 28 hours of domestic or caretaking work without pay — 28 hours per week is the Australian average — would not be able to handle
more than 39 hours of paid work weekly before experiencing problems associated with poor health.
Women, especially those who regarded themselves as single during the
study, reported that they felt they were
taking more of a risk when sexting, citing that they felt there was a greater chance their messages would be made public, or that they would be rejected by the recipient.
More than 800 of these people were found to have invasive lung cancers over the
study's course, and the risk seemed to be especially associated with men who
took discrete supplements with vitamin B6 or B12.
Study participants who sat at a desk piled with papers, for instance, reported feeling
more frustrated and fatigued and
took 10 % longer to perform a simple cognitive matching test.
What we've been able to achieve, is
take the retail concept of seasons and apply it to our technology - driven brand and apply that concept to monthly collections and
more data - driven collections where we
study our clients, what they want, what they're buying, along with other general trends and come up with something unique.»
A
study by the Boston Consulting Group concluded that high - level professionals who regularly
took time off work were significantly
more productive than those who spent
more time working.
Another
study reported by The New York Times in 2008 found that men who did not
take a vacation at least once a year had a «21 percent higher risk of death from all causes and were 32 percent
more likely to die of a heart attack».
One Australian
study found that micro-breaks — that is, getting up and moving every 15 minutes — were perhaps
more valuable than
taking long breaks.
A new
study claims that attractive CEOs are
more likely to garner higher stock returns, negotiate
more lucratively and
take home bigger paychecks.
Bloom and Liang found
study participants who worked from home also put in
more hours and
took fewer sick days, thanks to not having to commute as well as the ability to start earlier in the day.
Employers are
taking mental health
more seriously after
studies showed an increase in depression and anxiety among millennials and the impact those issues have on productivity.
«We found that the
more diverse the board, the less likely [a company is willing] to
take risk,» said Ya Wen Yang, assistant professor of accounting at the Wake Forest University school of business and a co-author of the
study in question.
Last week saw the release of an interesting
study on the effectiveness of robot surgeons — and an even
more interesting
take on it by the media.
And my kids will have to
take a break from playing beer pong and foosball at their fraternities to
study just a little
more too.
Sundheim notes plenty of
studies that show men are
more likely to
take risks than women.
Investors worth
more than $ 5 million are 39 %
more likely to
take a cruise in their lifetime than those with a net worth of less than $ 100,000, according to a new
study.
In August of 2007, for example, Health Minister Tony Clement referred to one of the RCMP
studies when he told a pivotal meeting of the Canadian Medical Association, «There has been
more research done, and some of it has been questioning of the research that has already
taken place and questioning of the methodology of those associated with Insite.»
For
more information on the Curraghinalt Project,
take a look at our project summary and the results of our Feasibility
Study.
In a
study published this year that tracked Best Buy's ROWE program, researchers at the University of Minnesota found that, while it had helped reduce employee turnover, women who
took part still spent 10 hours
more on child care per week than their male flextime colleagues.
In fact, one
study cited in a recent CNBC article stated that «19 percent of millennials would
take a pay cut of
more than 12 percent to work for a firm that offers flexible hours.»
Meanwhile, the percentage of graduate students
taking out
more than $ 40,000 in loans to pay for their
studies increased from 14 percent in 2004 to 47 percent in 2012.
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