Indeed, popular shows like “Undress the Nation” or Gok Wan’s “How to Look Good Naked” assert that underwear is a vital component of the visible appearance…
The authors of the report ‘Planning for the Ageing Countryside in Britain and Japan: City Regions and the Mobility of Older People’ are presenting their…
A recent study, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), investigated how Britain’s Bangladeshi community understand the disorders, and make…
In the design phase of an intervention study, the first issue to be decided is how to assign people to different experimental groups. There are two groups in…
“Being a consumer sometimes means fantasising and dreaming about objects, and this is boosted when we come face to face with things that arouse various…
These are the findings of a team of University of Leicester experts who have been investigating the effect of alcohol advertising on young people, which also…
In Africa, where 99% of these interventions are done illegally, the number of unsafe abortions is estimated at 4.2 million, representing one abortion for seven…
“Treasure Hunt”, the computer game for cognitive-behavioral therapy, was developed by Veronika Brezinka at the Centre for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at…
Some parts of working life have been individualised and some have not, while the degree of individualisation varies between different groups of employees, to a…
Now they are finding out how to use changes in a child’s gaze aversion to understand their educational progress. A group led by Dr Gwyneth Doherty-Sneddon at…
Carried out by Queen’s PhD student Brendan Sturgeon, the ongoing research examines the impact of anti-social behaviour on older people in Northern Ireland.Brendan said: “Society and the media tend to portray older people as being weak, fragile and alone – a stereotype that makes them ‘easy targets’ for the cowards who engage in anti-social behaviour. …
The authors of the research, which is published online this week in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, are calling on the UK government to ensure…
Aging brings a sense of peace and calm, according to a new study from the Population Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin. Starting at about…
Flirting and picking up dates at bars is a perennially topical subject. For men, the subject of picking up women is a kind of lowest common denominator. In…
Research, funded by the Economic & Social Research Council, shows that our everyday concerns about crime in England & Wales are much less frequent than…
Experts held a number of workshops for Liverpool residents aimed at identifying the positive and negative effects of the projects. The research revealed that…
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