News tagged with candidates
CEOs hired from outside a firm are more likely to be dismissed
Sep 04, 2008 |
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A new study in Strategic Management Journal reveals that Boards of Directors commonly make mistakes in CEO appointments when they hire CEOs from outside the firm. The Board knows less than the external CEO candidates regard ...
Refining the search for new planets
Feb 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- SF State's planet hunting team is trying new avenues of investigation in the quest to discover planets beyond our solar system. At the American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting in January, ...
Political views may skew perception of skin tone, new study finds
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Political affinity could influence how some people view the skin tone of biracial political candidates, according to a new study from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, New York University ...
Identity politics: Sex, race color perceptions of Obama, Palin
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 21, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Even among young voters receptive to Barack Obama and Sarah Palin's historic candidacies, race and gender may hurt—and help—their reputations, according to new University of Michigan research.
Optimism experts handicap the presidential election with about 6 weeks remaining until Nov. 4
Sep 26, 2008 |
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With less than six weeks until the general election, a University of Pennsylvania study analyzing the relative optimism of the 2008 presidential and vice presidential candidates has found Barack Obama and John McCain to be ...
Gender is a relative term in politics, study finds
Sep 30, 2008 |
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For only the second time in presidential debate history, a female nominee will take the stage to spar with a male opponent. While Geraldine Ferraro broke new ground in 1984, it has taken 24 years for another female to be ...
Presidential candidates' television ads most negative in history
Oct 31, 2008 |
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The 2008 presidential campaign, as reflected in candidates' television spots, has been one of the most negative campaigns in history. A University of Missouri professor analyzed this year's candidates' television spots, including ...
Researchers find new molecule to block ‘Hedgehog’ signaling in cancer, development
Biology /
Jan 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have achieved a feat drug developers had thought difficult, if not impossible, discovering a compound that blocks the functioning of a key developmental protein by binding to an “undruggable” ...
Social media and presidential election: Scientists examine impact of YouTube, MySpace
Oct 31, 2008 |
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Dr. Paul Haridakis, associate professor of Communication Studies at Kent State University and a long-time scholar in the area of the impact of media on the political landscape in the U.S., is investigating the impact of hugely ...
Presidential debates are mostly positive and emphasize policy
Sep 24, 2008 |
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Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are preparing for their first presidential debate this week. William Benoit, one of the nation's leading experts on political campaigns at the University of Missouri, says ...
MU expert looks back to debate 1 and forward to the vice presidential debate
Sep 29, 2008 |
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The 2008 presidential campaign has been running for a very long time, but we have now entered another phase with the commencement of the debates. Friday night saw the first presidential debate of 2008, between John McCain ...
Strong immune response to new siRNA drugs in development may cause toxic side effects
May 20, 2009 |
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Small synthetic fragments of genetic material called small interfering RNA (siRNA) can block production of abnormal proteins; however, these exciting new drug candidates can also induce a strong immune response, causing toxic ...
Study: Voters in battleground states more ambivalent about presidential candidates
Oct 20, 2008 |
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Heavy advertising by both Democratic and Republican presidential candidates may actually make voters in battleground states more confused about which candidate to vote for, a new study suggests.
US company makes first batch of swine flu vaccine
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 24, 2009 |
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A US company that on Tuesday was awarded a 35-million-dollar contract to develop an influenza vaccine using insect cell technology has produced a first batch against (A)H1N1 flu, company boss Dan Adams said.
4 in 10 voters don't see either Obama or McCain health-care plan as better for them
Oct 02, 2008 |
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As part of the ongoing poll series, Debating Health: Election 2008, the Harvard Public Opinion Research Program at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Harris Interactive® conducted a new survey focused on how ...
