“Sickness leaves are a multifaceted problem with consequences for the individual, the person's closest friends and relations, the employer, and society,” says…
Economist Maria Persson has studied how trade between the EU and developing countries could be increased. Over the last ten years this issue has been discussed…
The images, kolams, have an effect on people's states of mind and they mark the passage of life and the rhythm of the year.The production of the images also…
Daughters are not rejected simply due to old traditions, but also because the changes in society do not leave any room for girls, says Mattias Larsen who is…
The report is based on a consumer survey, measurements of trousers in Norway, Sweden and Finland, and in-depth interviews in Norway. The report is written by…
With age comes the ability to better regulate emotions in order to not disrupt performance on a memory-intensive task, according to a study published in the…
For the past two decades, the Internet has been used by many as an easy-to-use tool that enables the spread of information globally. Increasingly, the Web is…
But researching such theories on a large scale has never before been possible — until digital social networks came along.Noshir Contractor, the Jane S. and…
Complementary schools provide out-of-school-hours community language learning for children and young people from minority groups. They aim to develop students'…
Using national abortion figures for England and Wales from 1991 to 2007, provided by the Office of National Statistics and Department of Health, researchers at…
As a mature student Dr Jennie Parker was interested in looking at some aspect of psychology for her PhD study and it was at a lecture about dreams, given by…
The paper authors feel that this is unsurprising, as most people with dementia are being cared for by dedicated family or friends, often with little support. Dr Claudia Cooper, UCL Department of Mental Health Sciences and lead author of the study, said: “Many people think about elder abuse in terms of “lashing out” and other similar acts, but abuse as defined by government guidelines* can be as simple as shouting or swearing at the person being cared for.” …
Although capitalism has brought prosperity and increased political power to China, it has also caused the weakening of a traditional society that had…
Since it is difficult to change people’s behavior, it doesn’t help to provide training about how to behave securely. This is shown by Marcus Nohlberg in his…
Countries seeking to make massive changes in the way their economies are run, for example by privatising formerly state-run sectors, must take into account the…
Research into the attitudes of one of Europe's fastest-growing communities – the second generation of migrants – exposes the complexity of the challenges ahead…
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