March, 2023

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Predictive Analytics Helps New Dropshipping Businesses Thrive

Smart Data Collective

Many different industries are growing due to the proliferation of big data. The dropshipping industry is among them. Paul Glen of IBM’s Business Analytics wrote an article titled “ The Role of Predictive Analytics in the Dropshipping Industry.” Glen shares some very important insights on the benefits of utilizing predictive analytics to optimize a dropshipping commpany.

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Bees follow linear landmarks to find their way home, just like the first pilots

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By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Scientists have shown that honeybees retain a memory of the dominant linear landscape elements in their home area like channels, roads, and boundaries. When transported to an unfamiliar area, they seek out local elements of this kind, compare their layout to the memory, and fly along them to seek their way home.

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Now More Than Ever, Social Workers Need to Continue Breaking Barriers

The New Social Worker

As we celebrate the myriad contributions of social workers worldwide, we should remember that now, more than ever, we need to be proactive about breaking barriers. We must continue to advocate for for justice on all levels.

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PHIT Students Put Their Informatics Education to Use

Health IT Buzz

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) is one of 10 ONC Public Health Informatics & Technology (PHIT) Workforce Development Program awardees across the nation that are recruiting and training the next generation of diverse public health professionals in informatics and technology skills. With a goal of graduating 300 students/trainees of diverse backgrounds over the next four years, the PHIT Program at UCI aims to modernize the nation’s public health information infrastructure and addres

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Rotavirus & Gastroenteritis: Thousands of Children Still Die From This Virus. Here’s All You Need to Know

Gideon

Rotavirus is an incredibly contagious pathogen and can infect almost anyone; however, children are most susceptible. Rotavirus is one of the leading causes of acute viral gastroenteritis (sometimes called the “stomach flu”) in children younger than five years, claiming over 500,000 lives annually and hospitalizing thousands more. Read more in our blog at gideononline.com/blog The post Rotavirus & Gastroenteritis: Thousands of Children Still Die From This Virus.

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Recognition and rewards at work

Lara Hogan's Blog

“What we recognize is what we reward.” I first heard someone say this in 2013. My leadership team was deep in a heated discussion about how to get more engineers to consider mobile web when building out new features. An absolute given now, it wasn’t then. At my organization, I was simultaneously trying to convince my fellow managers to think about how their new features might work on mobile devices and ideally, add UX improvements for the mobile experience to their roadmaps.

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Wings, not webs: Certain bugs are the winners of urbanization, impacting cities’ insect diversity

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By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Dr Marion Chatelain. Occurrence and abundance of the ‘cucumber green spider’ decreased along the rural-urban gradient. Urban spread goes hand in hand with wildlife habitat loss and fragmentation. This impacts all animals, down to the smallest. Scientists found that the level of urbanization impacts arthropod abundance, richness, and diversity, factors which likely alter the foraging behavior of bigger animals.

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Social Work Month 2023: Thank You for All You Do To Break Barriers

The New Social Worker

Let’s break barriers! March is Social Work Month. Please spend it with us at The New Social Worker. THANK you for all you do. Follow us all month (March 2023) to celebrate the social work profession and the many ways we break diifficult barriers.

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Key Strategies to Develop AI Software Cost-Effectively

Smart Data Collective

You have probably read a lot about the major changes brought on by AI technology in recent months. Many people have called 2023 “the year of AI.” Every day we hear new stories about miraculous breakthroughs caused by ChatGPT and other AI applications. For example, ChatGPT recently The Independent said that the technology is starting to show signs that it can think like humans.

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Top Five AI-Driven Digital Marketing Tools in 2023

Smart Data Collective

We have seen some massive changes with AI technology in the past year, especially in the field of marketing. While we have talked about advances in AI for years on this blog, the rest of the world is finally coming to grips with the extent of the AI revolution. This past week, a growing number of people have talked about the changes that ChatGPT 4 is brining to our lives.

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Scientists find that people use emojis to hide, as well as show, their feelings

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by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com Scientists asked 1,289 people who use emojis to respond to internet chat messages and report their feelings and emoji use. They found that more emojis were used between closer friends, that using positive emojis to express positive feelings correlated with personal wellbeing, and that positive emojis could be used to mask the expression of negative feelings.

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Embedded BI Tools Bring Huge Benefits to Business Applications

Smart Data Collective

Business intelligence has made a huge mark on the world of business. According to Fortune Business Insights, businesses spent around $24.05 billion BI solutions in 2021. However, many workplaces are still trying to figure out how to leverage business intelligence effectively. This technology offers many potential benefits, but many companies don’t fully take advantage of the opportunities it provides.

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Unusual Toxoplasma parasite strain killed sea otters and could threaten other marine life

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by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image by Mr Laird Henkel, California Department of Fish and Wildlife Four sea otters that stranded in California were found to have died of an unusually severe form of toxoplasmosis, a disease caused by the microscopic parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Scientists warn that this new strain, never previously reported in aquatic animals, could potentially pose a health threat to other marine wildlife and humans.

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Sleep too much or too little and you might get sick more, scientists find

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by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image/Shutterstock.com Patients visiting their GP who reported sleeping less than six hours or more than nine were more likely to present with an infection. Patients who reported sleeping too little, or having insomnia or a chronic sleep disorder , were even more likely to need antibiotics. Scientists say that good sleep could lower our risk of infection and need for antibiotics.

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7 Products you can Build with JavaScript AI Libraries

Smart Data Collective

JavaScript has become a very important programming language since it was first developed in 1995. The programming language has become even more valuable in a world governed by artificial intelligence. A number of JavaScript programmers are developing AI applications for a variety of purposes. Va Barbosa, Ton A Ngo and their colleagues at IBM wrote an article on this topic titled An introduction to AI in Node.js.

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UK universities renew national open access deal with Frontiers 

Frontiers

Researchers from over 160 UK universities will continue to benefit from a simplified and streamlined route to open access publishing, thanks to the renewal of JISC collections’ partnership with gold open access publisher Frontiers. The initial partnership with JISC , which undertakes negotiations and licensing for digital content agreements on behalf of UK universities, was first agreed in September 2019.

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Frontiers’ Volunteers: February’s friendly competitions for good 

Frontiers

Frontons wasted no time when it came to jumping back into volunteer activities at the start of the new year, even challenging colleagues to join them in doing good with some friendly competition. This month, we talk to journal launch specialist and Sustainability Network launch team member Hannah Kulmatycki and portfolio manager and production team member Vikki Davies about the challenges to start off 2023.

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Shh! Intensive care incubators resonate sounds and risk damage to premature babies’ hearing, scientists say

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by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image/Shutterstock.com Although the effects of a noisy environment in the neonatal intensive care unit have been studied before, the effect of the incubators premature babies spend their first weeks or even months in has not. A team of scientists investigated, and found that while the incubators dampen some sounds, they amplify others, potentially damaging babies’ hearing.

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Is AI-Generated Content a Net Positive for Businesses?

Smart Data Collective

Global businesses are projected to spend over $420 billion on AI technology by 2028. One of the biggest reasons they are investing in AI is to improve their marketing strategies. You’re in the process of hiring another copywriter for your business, and you had a colleague tell you to try out AI-generated content. AI-generated content has been all the buzz lately as technology gets increasingly smarter, so it’s hard to tell when it’s appropriate and effective to use it.

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Machine learning helps researchers separate compostable from conventional plastic waste with ‘very high’ accuracy

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By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com Compostable plastics are on the rise. Despite their merits, these products, including wrappers and packaging, can contaminate conventional plastic waste in the recycling process. Now, scientists used highly sensitive imaging techniques and developed machine learning methods that can identify compostable plastics among conventional types.

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AI Is Changing the Automotive Industry Forever

Smart Data Collective

You probably have heard all about the role of ChatGPT. This tool got a lot of attention after many people realized how efficiently it can help people write content. We even wrote a post talking about ChatGPT as a content marketing tool. However, we have quickly realized that ChatGPT has benefits that go well beyond writing more efficiently. It can even be useful in the automotive industry.

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Climate crisis calls world’s top scientists to Montreux 

Frontiers

~ Experts gather in Montreux to chart a course toward sustainable future ~ World-renowned scientists and thought leaders will gather next month at the Frontiers Forum Live in Montreux, Switzerland, to address critical issues including the climate crisis, improving global health and well-being, and preserving biodiversity. In the first in-person Frontiers Forum event since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019, Frontiers has announced an exceptional line up of speakers, renowned researche

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Marketers Use AI to Take Advantage of 3D Rendering

Smart Data Collective

AI has been a highly useful technology for marketers over the past few years. However, new advances in AI continue to make drive new changes in the marketing profession. As a result, analysts anticipate that the market size for AI technology in the marketing sector will be worth nearly $108 billion by 2028. One of the ways that AI technology is shaping the marketing profession is with advances in 3D rendering.

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6 Reasons to Boost Data Security Plan in the Age of Big Data

Smart Data Collective

Our lives are being affected by big data more than ever. Therefore, it should be no surprise that the big data analytics market is projected to be worth $655 billion by 2027. However, the rise of big data has also led to greater security risks. Businesses need to bolster their data security as a result. Our Growing Dependence on Big Data Makes Data Security More Important than Ever Big data is revolutionizing the way we live our lives.

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Growing Demand for Data Science & Data Analyst Roles

Smart Data Collective

Unleash your analytical prowess in today’s most coveted professions – Data Science and Data Analytics! As companies plunge into the world of data, skilled individuals who can extract valuable insights from an ocean of information are in high demand. Join the data revolution and secure a competitive edge for businesses vying for supremacy.

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Top Tools for Your Cloud Data Security Stack in 2023

Smart Data Collective

Cloud data security is a crucial aspect of safeguarding sensitive data stored in cloud environments from unauthorized access, theft, and other security threats. This entails implementing a wide range of robust security measures that can protect cloud infrastructure, applications, and data from advanced cyber threats. Furthermore, with the widespread adoption of cloud-based solutions, the risk of cyber-attacks has increased significantly.

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Lizards at US Army installation are stress eating during flyovers

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By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Colorado checkered whiptail, Aspidoscelis neotesselata. Image credit: Carina Kusaka Scientists studied the response of an uncommon asexual lizard, the Colorado checkered whiptail, to anthropogenic noise at the military installation Fort Carson. They compared the lizard’s behavior between dates with and without flyovers by military aircraft.

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Why understanding human evolution on Earth will be absolutely essential for any future deep-space colonies to survive and thrive

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By Lee G Irons , Norfolk Institute, and Morgan A Irons , Cornell University Photo of Lee and Morgan, Credit: Lee Irons and Morgan Irons Is human migration into space inevitable? Is it based on facts, or is it based upon a belief in human exceptionalism? These are some of the questions explored by Lee and Morgan Irons in a recent article published in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences , asking whether humans’ evolutionary connection to Earth requires us to inhabit space the same way we do

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Babies’ gut microbiome not influenced by mothers’ vaginal microbiome composition

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By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com Alterations in babies’ gut microbiomes during early life are commonly associated with negative health outcomes later on, including asthma and obesity. Gut microbiome alterations are frequently attributed to how a baby is delivered (birth mode). This gave ground to practices like vaginal seeding, aiming to expose babies born via C-section to their mother’s vaginal microbiome.

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Anna Savage – The canary in the coal mine

Frontiers

Author: Natasha Inskip Dr Anna Savage is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Central Florida. She previously completed her PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Institution. Recently, Anna has taken on the role of Specialty Chief Editor within the Behavior, Evolution, and Ecology section of Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science.

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What does flattery do to our brains? Here are five Frontiers articles you won’t want to miss

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By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a global audience. But with tens of thousands of articles published each year, it’s impossible to cover all of them. Here are just five amazing papers you may have missed. What praise and flattery does to our brains Both sincere praise and flattery are rewarding in different ways, but the various effects of these types of praise are not obvious.

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SMEs Use AI-Driven Financial Software for Greater Efficiency

Smart Data Collective

AI is driving major changes in the financial world. It is estimated that Fintech companies spent over $9.5 billion on AI in 2021 , but small businesses may spend even more on AI-driven financial management software. The banking industry is among those most heavily affected by AI. Smart solutions can give banks an advantage over competitors. Some of the benefits of AI in banking include: Banks use AI bots to onboard clients and analyze borrower risk.

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Common meat-free proteins may trigger soybean and peanut allergies in some people

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by Angharad Brewer Gillham, Frontiers science writer Image/Shutterstock.com Meat-free proteins based on legumes are increasingly common. But so are allergies to soy and peanuts, which are also legumes. To find out if it’s safe for patients with these allergies to eat legume-based alternative proteins, scientists investigated how frequent cross-reactions are among people with different legume allergies.

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Misinformation website – alerting our community

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Frontiers has been listed on a misinformation website called predatoryreports.org. The website’s ownership and purpose are deliberately unclear, and the information provided both in its blog and journal listings is incorrect. The website claims to help researchers to identify trusted publishers, however, its lack of accountability, ethical oversight, committee support, or appeal process shows that its content cannot be relied upon.

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