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Being a winner makes men more likely to cheat on their spouse, study suggests
Winning a competition really can stoke a man's ego โ to the extent that they may be more likely to cheat on their partners, a new study suggests. Researchers have found that men experience a testosterone boost when they believe they've bested another man at something, causing some to view themselves as a more valuable'sexual prospect.' And, it all boils down to the belief that they have won, as opposed to the actual effort of the task itself. The study showed that winning causes hormonal fluctuations in men that can influence their sexual behaviour and make them more likely to approach attractive women. Researchers have found that men experience a testosterone boost when they believe they've bested another man at something, causing some to view themselves as a more valuable'sexual prospect.'
A Hybrid Recommender System for Patient-Doctor Matchmaking in Primary Care
Han, Qiwei, Ji, Mengxin, de Troya, Inigo Martinez de Rituerto, Gaur, Manas, Zejnilovic, Leid
Primary care serves as patients' first point of contact with the healthcare system and is a continuing focal point of comprehensive, accessible, and community-based care [1]. More than just a gate-keeping process for specialist referrals, it has been widely recognized for its focus on caring for the longterm health of patients rather than solely for treating specific diseases or conditions. As such, primary care helps deliver more equitable health outcomes across populations and meets 80-90% of individuals' health needs throughout their lives [2]. To this end, a recent special report from the Economist stated that "good primary care is an essential precondition for a decent healthcare system" [3]. The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasized several defining features for effective and socially productive primary care, including comprehensiveness, person-centeredness, and continuity of care [4]. In particular, person-centeredness refers to the "clinical method of participatory democracy" that allows patients to participate in decisions that affect their health.
4 Critical Considerations For Implementing AI in the Banking Industry
The promises of AI are great, but understanding the considerations needed to build and implement AI within an organization is challenging. Building the right solution, leveraging the skill sets available and solving the highest-priority problems for the banking organization is the key to success. Subscribe to The Financial Brand via email for FREE!From business innovations and media headlines to TV and movies, it seems that artificial intelligence (AI) is virtually everywhere. While still in its early stages across the financial services industry, AI adoption is expected to accelerate over the next few years. And it's expected to save companies big bucks.
Online dating: Aim high, keep it brief, and be patient
Scientists say the secrets to success in online dating are to aim high, keep your message brief, and be patient. Playing "out of your league" or dating people considered more attractive than you, is a winning strategy, according to a new analysis of internet daters in the US. Men had greater success when they approached women they believed were more desirable than themselves. The new study has been published in the journal, Science Advances. Internet dating has become the dominant form for those seeking romance - it's the third most popular means of meeting a long term partner and around half of all 18-34 year olds now use dating apps.
New Study Shows Stereotypes About Online Dating Are True
You know the type: Those friends who think they've found the best way to game Tinder, insist wearing a dress instead of jeans will catch someone's attention, or that the most fruitful way to find love is by going on the Bachelor. There is so much dating lore and folk wisdom out there, but we've never really had hard data behind it--at least until now. A group of researchers recently attempted to decode the world of heterosexual online dating and found not just that women go for older men and men for younger women, but that so many Americans are seeking a partner "out of their league." On average, researchers found, both heterosexual men and women go after people who are around 25 percent more "desirable" than themselves. But, you're probably wondering, how the hell are they defining what makes someone "desirable"?
Toymaker Anki wants its robot assistant to be a pet for adults
Someday, Boris Sofman wants families to sit down and debate: cat, dog or robot? Sofman is the chief executive and founder of Anki, a robotics company that's made its mark in the toy world since launching its first product in 2013, a set of smart racing cars. It followed that product's success with a toy robot called Cozmo in 2016, which the company says is the best-selling toy on Amazon in the United States, the United Kingdom and France. A new product, Vector, launched Tuesday on Kickstarter and offers the first hint of Anki's broader consumer robotics ambitions. "Our north star . . . is to have a robot in every home," Sofman said in an interview with The Washington Post.
Dating apps fail because most people contact lonelyhearts who better looking than themselves
If you're struggling to find matches on dating apps, it may be because you're setting your sights too high. A study found the majority of online daters are seeking potential dates who are at least 25 per cent more attractive than themselves. Daters focussing on people'out of their league' may explain why a lot of messages on apps go unanswered, scientists said. The tactic might not get you as many dates as those with realistic expectations - but the study did show one in five people who use it manage to get at least one reply. If you're struggling to find matches on dating apps, it may be because you're setting your sights too high. Study coauthor Professor Elizabeth Bruch, a sociologist at the University of Michigan, said: 'I think a common complaint when people use online dating websites is they feel like they never get any replies.
Why Companies Will Need To Create An AI Culture To Achieve Success
Amidst the great debate over whether artificial intelligence (AI) will steal human jobs, there has been little discussion of how it will transform corporate cultures in new and unprecedented ways. In the era of automation, the most successful businesses will be those that redesign their working environment and workforce around harnessing the cognitive capabilities of machines in the same way that Victorian-era industry was redesigned around harnessing the physical capabilities of steam and mechanization. AI will demand a radical culture shift because it alters the relationship between machines and humans, changing machines from passive receivers of commands into informed, sentient collaborators. In doing so, it will also transform the skills that organizations seek to find and foster in human workers. Fundamentally, AI will require human workspaces to be built around powering processes, products and services with data in the same way the Machine Age saw society reconfigured around powering machines with electricity.
Artificial intelligence could revive the art of medicine
Doctors practice medicine to deliver care, not do data entry. Yet in the era of electronic medical records (EMRs), for every hour spent with a patient, physicians spend nearly two hours on paperwork. What if technology could take care of the paperwork for us? Record-keeping systems in health care were built for back-office functions, not bedside medicine. Most EMR vendors started out building products to collect payments and schedule appointments.
Google Assistant's visual smart home controls are on the way
You don't have to pick up a smart display to use touch-savvy controls in Google Assistant. Users at Droid Life and elsewhere have noticed that Google is rolling out visual smart home controls (teased back at I/O in May) to mobile devices. When you issue certain smart home commands, you'll get a handful of basic controls to fine-tune the results if they're not quite what you were looking for. You can raise the temperature on your air conditioner, or turn off a light instead of turning it down. We've asked Google if it can elaborate on the rollout.