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A new AI model predicts which short-form videos triggering suicidal thoughts in vulnerable viewers pose higher risk before they reach large audiences, which can improve user safety.

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While generative AI (GenAI) can help define viable objectives for organizational and policy decision-making, the overall quality of those objectives falls short unless humans intervene.

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A new study finds that telling consumers their returned items will be “kept out of landfills” significantly increases participation in take-back programs; telling them they may be resold? Not so much.

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Cellphone Data Illustrates Where Ohioans Stayed Home

Cellphone Data Illustrates Where Ohioans Stayed Home

Government Technology, May 18, 2020

The non-identifiable cellphone data for 16 million Americans shows patterns in where people live and how often they left their homes in February, March, April and May — before, during and after the height of the crisis.

So you Really Want to See your Friends? Here’s how to Assess the Risk

So you Really Want to See your Friends? Here’s how to Assess the Risk

Los Angeles Times, May 18, 2020

Your willpower is fraying. Mine is too.For two months we’ve been good. We’ve Zoomed. We’ve FaceTimed. We’ve waved at neighbors from across the street and behind the fence.But enough is enough. We want to see friends and family in real life.Now many of us are allowing cracks to form in our protective coronavirus fortresses, crossing our fingers while doing our best to mitigate the risk.

ANALYSIS: Of Supply Chains, Contracts & Businesses That Pivot

ANALYSIS: Of Supply Chains, Contracts & Businesses That Pivot

Bloomberg Law, May 18, 2020

Today’s pandemic economy reflects an abrupt drop in worldwide demand, as individuals move less, work less, and purchase less. In the United States, a fractured supply chain struggles to provide goods and services to immobilized regional markets. What do businesses need to come out safely on the other side? And what contract terms will provide the flexibility they need to see it through? 

Industrial Engineering Students Recognized with Department Awards

Industrial Engineering Students Recognized with Department Awards

University of Arkansas, May 18, 2020

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Department of Industrial Engineering recognizes students each spring at the Annual Industrial Engineering Student Awards Banquet. This year, the banquet was cancelled due to the ongoing situation with Coronavirus. However, that did not stop the students, faculty and staff from distributing the awards. The Department handed out its six most prestigious awards, and the Arkansas Academy of Industrial Engineering also awarded more than $155,000 in scholarships to 60 deserving students.

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