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Mar 27, 2024

Migliorare il benessere dei dipendenti e la produttività: la psicologia comportamentale nell’industria tecnologica

Questo articolo esplorerà il ruolo cruciale della psicologia comportamentalenell’industria tecnologica e come possa essere impiegata per migliorare il benessere dei dipendenti e, di conseguenza, aumentare la produttività. . Read full article here Lingua originale: italiano. Autore: Amadeo Furlan Amadeo Furlan è membro del Senato accademico, professore e ricercatore di psicologia comportamentale presso la

Mar 19, 2024

The school route to healthier eating

When the lunch bell rings at the Sancta Maria primary school in the Belgian city of Leuven, standard packed meals aren’t on the menu for dozens of hungry children. Instead, the pupils receive freshly prepared, hot organic vegetarian fare delivered daily to the school canteen. The meals come by bicycle from nearby, purpose-built

Mar 13, 2024

Immune cells can adapt to invading pathogens, deciding whether to fight now or prepare for the next battle

Understanding the flexibility of T cell memory can lead to improved vaccines and immunotherapies. Juan Gaertner/Science Photo Library via Getty Images Kathleen Abadie, University of Washington; Elisa Clark, University of Washington, and Hao Yuan Kueh, University of Washington How does your immune system decide between fighting invading pathogens now or preparing to fight

Feb 20, 2024

Food for thought: obesity may affect the brain too

Esther Aarts has a warning for fast-food lovers around the world: such diets not only expand waistlines but also cause brain inflammation. A professor of nutritional neuroscience at Radboud University in the Netherlands, Aarts calls the double whammy an ‘obesity spiral’ that traps people in unhealthy eating habits. Trouble a head She leads

Jan 31, 2024

Neuroplasticità: sbloccare il potenziale umano con la NeuroComunicAzione per il successo organizzativo

In questo articolo, esploreremo il concetto di “NeuroComunicAzione,” un approccio innovativo che sfrutta la neuroplasticità per migliorare le competenze di comunicazione e le dinamiche organizzative. Mentre la comunicazione efficace è un pilastro fondamentale per il successo in qualsiasi contesto, l’uso intelligente della neuroplasticità può portare la comunicazione a un livello superiore. . Read

Jan 30, 2024

Clues to autism’s causes may lie in the gut

Professor Alessio Fasano is keenly aware of the challenges faced by families that have children with autism. Fasano, a gastroenterologist at Massachusetts General Hospital in the US, has several relatives and friends raising children with autism – a neurological disorder characterised by impaired social behaviour. Parallel worlds Autism symptoms usually emerge during the

Jan 29, 2024

The emergence of JN.1 is an evolutionary ‘step change’ in the COVID pandemic. Why is this significant?

ph. Lightspring/Shutterstock Suman Majumdar, Burnet Institute; Brendan Crabb, Burnet Institute; Emma Pakula, Burnet Institute, and Stuart Turville, UNSW Sydney Since it was detected in August 2023, the JN.1 variant of COVID has spread widely. It has become dominant in Australia and around the world, driving the biggest COVID wave seen in many jurisdictions

Jan 25, 2024

Digital replicas of patients can help them get healthy

In a laboratory in the Italian capital Rome, Marco Evangelos Biancolini and his team are poking patients to gauge the effectiveness of different surgical procedures. But it’s not actual people under a scalpel – it’s their digital double projected on a computer screen, each reflecting the person’s individual biochemical makeup. And it could open

Jan 24, 2024

Climate change risks triggering a spike in infectious disease outbreaks: three reasons why

Wolfgang Preiser, Stellenbosch University; Cheryl Baxter, Stellenbosch University; Houriiyah Tegally, Stellenbosch University; Monika Moir, Stellenbosch University, and Tulio de Oliveira, University of KwaZulu-Natal Climate change is our planet’s most immediate existential threat, and will likely only worsen for the foreseeable future. Among its numerous adverse effects on human health, there is strong evidence

Jan 23, 2024

What is frostbite, what are the signs and how should we treat it?

Identifying the early symptoms of cold injury could help to prevent frostbite. Victoria Jones/PA Images via Getty Images Adam Taylor, Lancaster University As countries in the northern hemisphere face a bitterly cold snap, there is serious risk of injury – and even death – from freezing weather. Thankfully, with the right preventative and

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