The researchers, led by Dr Julie Turner-Cobb at the University of Bath, were studying the effect of children’s temperament and behaviour on how stressful they…
The researchers, led by Dr Julie Turner-Cobb at the University of Bath, were studying the effect of children’s temperament and behaviour on how stressful they…
China’s efforts to control population growth in the present may cause problems for the county’s senior citizens in the future.This prediction comes from a…
The study is the first scientific examination of quality of life for children with speech and language difficulties (SaLD). It was carried out by the…
“For many people, their choice to buy ethical goods or services is shaped by both personal and public commitments,” says Dr Clive Barnett of the ESRC's…
In a study published this week in the online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, James Poterba of MIT, Steven Venti of…
A new booklet entitled From local to global, published today by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), examines the implications for civil society…
The Labour government’s National Childcare Strategy, aimed at encouraging mothers to return to work, has simplified childcare, benefiting the younger…
– While ethnic Norwegian boys often bully because they want to have power over their victims, immigrant boys bully because have a need for affiliation, says…
The findings contrast with the United States where book reading declined markedly during a similar period.However, the number of Brits reading newspapers and…
Celebrity entrepreneurs can sell their own products better than those stars who simply endorse those of other companies, according to business analysts writing…
The thesis written by Luis Casablanca Migueles studies fashion as “a plural phenomenon, one of the most important contemporary artistic disciplines”. He has…
Maintenance of relations with these spirits requires strict preservation of the sites that they occupy. This is the case notably for the sacred groves, where…
This process does not get rid of the existing disparities, but sets them in a different form. While the disparities are clear to see between the countries of…
For five years, the Timescapes study will track 400 ordinary people, building up a valuable database about their lives and their relationships. It will look at…
The project’s objective was to improve distribution of the country’s wealth by attracting population and economic activity to Brazil’s interior. Up to then…
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