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Risk factors for excessive gestational weight gain among low income women receiving WIC services. This project is a collaboration between Simmons University and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and includes nine years of longitudinal data representing a large proportion...

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Examining the use and efficacy of Google Scholar and academic library websites in finding scholarly information resources. This study aims to investigate and compare the use of Google Scholar and academic library websites among academics including undergraduate students, graduate students...

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Over the summer of 2016, Professors Rong Tang and Kyong Eun Oh from the College of Organizational, Computational, and Information Sciences, together with their research assistant Alison Fisher, conducted data collection of an online diary research on mobile news behavior...

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Assistant Professor Kyong Eun Oh expresses the need to explore how people organize their personal information in everyday life. People organize their information in certain ways in their daily lives. Despite its importance and close relationship with our lives, little...

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Professor Zinnia Mukherjee's research addresses the problem of understanding the economic and environmental impact of Connecticut’s Nitrogen Credit Exchange Program. Professor Zinnia Mukherjee 's research addresses the problem of understanding the economic and environmental impact of Connecticut’s Nitrogen Credit Exchange...

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Professor of Practice Robert Coulam and Associate Professor Gary Gaumer research management opportunities in U.S. hospitals. Professor of Practice Robert Coulam and Associate Professor Gary Gaumer continue their long-standing econometric research on inequity in management opportunities in U.S. hospitals, using...

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Expanding on the 2012 project, Professor Diane Grossman's Dream Big II supports the organization and hosting of a conference. Dreaming Big II expands upon a project begun in 2012 that studied middle school girls’ and boys’ attitudes toward careers and...

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Professor Carey's research examines the effects of high fat diet on the brain. Professor Carey's research examines the effects of high fat diet on the brain. She is working on a study — with the help of a few excellent...

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Professor Naresh Agarwal attempts to include serendipity in information behavior models. Serendipitous or accidental discovery of information has often been neglected in information behavior models, which tend to focus on information seeking, a more goal-directed behavior. In a paper in...

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A greater understanding of the economic and behavioral drivers of sustainable fisheries management. Professor Zinnia Mukherjee researches the Digha-Shankarpur fishery at the south of West Bengal, India — the major fishery of the state and the primary source of livelihood...

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