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• Extreme heat raises climate change questions, concerns
• Like it or not, Facebook and friends can be used to influence health behavior
• Employees' interests predict how they will perform on the job
• Does being an intense mother make women unhappy?
• Privacy issues: Data abuse on certain mobile apps uncovered

Extreme heat raises climate change questions, concerns Posted: 05 Jul 2012 05:49 PM PDT The recent heat wave baking much of the country has prompted many people to ask: Is this due to climate change?

Like it or not, Facebook and friends can be used to influence health behavior Posted: 05 Jul 2012 03:12 PM PDT Whether the goal is to curb smoking at a local school or to reduce the spread of sexually transmitted diseases within a community, it is important to understand the social structure of the group and the dynamics of influence at play, according to public health research.

Employees' interests predict how they will perform on the job Posted: 05 Jul 2012 12:14 PM PDT When evaluating job applicants, employers want to ensure that they choose the right person for the job. Many employers will ask prospective employees to complete extensive tests and questionnaires to get a better sense of what those employees might be like in an office setting. But new research suggests that a different factor -- employee interests -- may be a better way to predict who will perform well on the job. Employees' whose interest profiles matched their job profiles were more likely to perform better, help others in the organization, and stay with the company longer. Students whose interest profiles matched the profile of their major were more likely to remain in their program and get good grades.

Does being an intense mother make women unhappy? Posted: 05 Jul 2012 12:14 PM PDT Does being an intense mother make women unhappy? Women who believe in intensive parenting -- i.e., that women are better parents than men, that mothering should be child-centered, and that children should be considered sacred and are fulfilling to parents -- are more likely to have negative mental health outcomes, according to new research.

Privacy issues: Data abuse on certain mobile apps uncovered Posted: 05 Jul 2012 10:37 AM PDT "My smartphone knows everything about me, starting with my name, my phone number, my e-mail address, my interests, up to my current location," explains a computer science professor. "It even knows my friends quite well, as it saves their contact details, too," he says. Therefore he is not surprised that several mobile applications, also known as apps, display simple functionality up front, while in the background, they send the identification number of the device, the personal whereabouts of the user, or even the contact details of friends, colleagues and customers to a server somewhere in the internet.

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