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UF Study: Body Art Shows Gender Preferences

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For college students anxious to rebel against their parents’ fashion sensibilities, getting a tattoo or piercing may be the modern-day equivalent of the 1960s-era fascination with long hair and love beads.

Filed under Research on Tuesday, November 30, 2004.

UF Survey: Florida Consumer Confidence Unaffected By Elections

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s consumer confidence was unaffected by the elections, remaining unchanged in November for the third month in a row, a sign that holiday retail sales are likely to be modest, University of Florida economists report.

Filed under Research on Tuesday, November 30, 2004.

UF study: sexual revolution began with ‘silent generation’ of ‘40s and ‘50s

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The sexual revolution did not start in the free-loving 1960s as is commonly thought, a University of Florida researcher says. It began with the “silent generation” of the 1940s and ‘50s, which as its moniker implies, didn’t talk much about sex.

Filed under Research, Family on Monday, November 29, 2004.

Tastes great! UF scientists find bacteria that improve foul-tasting water

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For thirsty consumers tired of choking down water with an earthy or musty flavor, the solution may lie within the water itself, a team of University of Florida researchers has found. The team has identified a type of bacterium that can quickly and inexpensively remove a foul-tasting, foul-smelling compound. Their findings appear in the current issue of the journal Water Research.

Filed under Research, Engineering, Environment on Tuesday, November 23, 2004.

UF study: New York leads in snowbirds moving temporarily to Florida

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The conventional wisdom is true — the person who winters in Florida before heading back North is most likely to be a New Yorker over 55, a new University of Florida study finds.

Filed under Research, Business, Aging on Monday, November 22, 2004.

UF Study: New York Leads In Snowbirds Moving Temporarily To Florida

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The conventional wisdom is true — the person who winters in Florida before heading back North is most likely to be a New Yorker over 55, a new University of Florida study finds.

Filed under Research on Monday, November 22, 2004.

Employee’s first month on the job can predict turnover, UF study shows

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Growing job discontentment and sudden negative events during an employee’s first month on the job are crucial in determining whether he or she will leave within the first two years, according to a study by a University of Florida researcher on early employee job turnover.

Filed under Research, Business on Thursday, November 18, 2004.

Study reveals women like idea of skipping periods but want more information

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Women like the idea of menstrual suppression — skipping or eliminating monthly periods — but want their health-care providers to tell them more about it, according to a report co-authored by University of Florida researchers.

Filed under Research, Health on Wednesday, November 17, 2004.

UF Researchers: Lights From Beachfront Development Harm Endangered Beach Mice

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Light from oceanfront hotels and houses is making life tougher for the endangered beach mouse, according to a University of Florida study.

Filed under Research on Wednesday, November 17, 2004.

Intruder Alert: New Method Provides Double Computer Crime-Solving Evidence

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Like an episode of "CSI: Computers," a UF researcher has developed a technique that gives digital detectives twice the forensic evidence they now have to catch all kinds of hackers, from curious teenagers to disgruntled employees to agents of foreign governments.

Filed under Research on Tuesday, November 16, 2004.