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By Dorothée Rouzet, Senior Economist, OECD Economics Department Rapid technological change – from digitalisation to artificial intelligence, 3D printing and nanomaterials – is transforming the way goods and services are produced and…

It’s 30 years since a genocide ripped through Rwandan society, leaving up to a million Tutsi and non-extremist Hutu dead. Every year in early April, the country enters a 100-day period of commemoration during which Rwandans are…

Posted on April 4th, 2024 by Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli Researchers found that acute…

In our feminist classics series, we look at influential books. Fear of Flying, Erica Jong’s 1973 blockbuster novel, begins with an ingenious opening line. There were 117 psychoanalysts on the Pan Am flight to Vienna and I’d been…

1. IntroductionAccording to the World Health Organization (WHO), vaccination prevents 2 to 3 million deaths annually, being one of the most highly cost-effective disease prevention methods . Despite the compelling evidence of its…

Based on over 2,300 testimonies from victims and witnesses, the report details measures taken by Russia to impose Russian language, citizenship, laws, court system and education curricula in the occupied areas, while at the same time…

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, March 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Onsite Property Restoration, Canada’s leading property restoration company, marks the end of winter and the official first day of spring (Tuesday, March 19) with the…

Montreal, Canada – Marjorie Villefranche has never experienced anything like it. For the past six months, the head of Maison d’Haiti (Haiti House), a community centre in Montreal’s St-Michel neighbourhood, has received a wave of…

A flooded street in Kalba last February. — KT file photo: Shihab…

1 Introduction A fall is defined as an event where a person unintentionally comes to rest on the ground or another lower level, excluding cases caused by a blow, loss of consciousness, sudden paralysis, or epilepsy (Tkacheva et al.,…

Aida, Bethlehem, occupied West Bank – Among the children playing on the street in the Aida refugee camp near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank is 10-year-old Ahmad Damaseh who dreams of becoming a doctor when he grows up. He belongs to…

Bangkok, Thailand —  Myanmar’s youth leaders are determined to avoid the military’s conscription law that could see them fight against the very resistance they are part of. The Myanmar’s People Military Service Law, which was enacted in…

Dental FearLess app. Credit: David Song/NYU Does the idea of sitting in a dental chair make your palms sweat? Or do you simply avoid…

Zeros are critical to mathematics, astronomy and engineeringCarol Yepes / Getty The human brain may have learned to comprehend the figure zero and apply it to our lives by making a primitive neural pathway more…

1. IntroductionIn early March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) a pandemic. Wayne County in southeast Michigan soon followed New York City as an epicenter in the United…

2.1. Participants and Study DesignThe study sample encompassed a population of 800 individuals aged 60 years and older randomly picked up from a representative sample of all the residents in 16 voivodeship cities (50 individuals from…

Master’s in Commercial Real Estate Alumna Conquers Her Fear of Math - Georgia State University News - Alumni, Robinson College of Business - …

1. IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic represents a global public health emergency. The outbreak led to governments around the world implementing a range of measures to curb the spread of infection, including national lockdowns,…

“People are anxious and in fear of a possible large-scale military operation,” Philippe Lazzarini said, after emerging from a briefing with Member States at UN Geneva. “If the assault takes place, the question is, ‘Where will the…

Colombo, Sri Lanka – Sixteen-year-old Ohnmar* has never experienced the joys of attending school, the excitement of playing with friends during recess or simple pleasures of life like savouring a satisfying meal. Ohnmar, a Rohingya, was…

1. IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, has had an unparalleled impact on global health systems, economies, and daily life. Despite widespread awareness of the disease and general support for…

7.2. Descriptive Statistics and CorrelationsOut of the data in Table 1, it is worth noting a strong positive correlation between alexithymia and fear of intimacy and between alexithymia and the total number of terms for negative…

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Yeonpyeong, South Korea —  When a North Korean artillery shell slammed into his house and burned it to the ground in 2010, Jung Chang-kuan thought that war had broken out again. That attack — a North Korean artillery barrage on Jung's…

Healthcare, Vol. 12, Pages 99: The Influence of Socioeconomic and Educational Factors on the Level of Anxiety and Fear of COVID-19 Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare12010099 Authors: Valle Coronado-Vázquez María del Valle…

Rosenstock, Strecher, and Becker suggested that getting people to take public health issues seriously involves “sufficient motivation (or health concern) to make health issues salient or relevant” (p. 177). The overall mean for BINT was…

1. IntroductionThe increasing use of the internet around the world has brought about a number of positive impacts, including increased access to information and educational opportunities and the development of global communication . As…

When you feel purposeless and fear, you are wasting time We always want a guarantee. We want to know for sure that if we tried to do something, we would like it; if we devoted our limited time to it, we would end up…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain How do you pronounce your "r"s towards the ends of words like Shearer, purr, nerd and pore? And what about…

That’s according to UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Regional Director Regina De Dominicis who said in a statement on Monday that bombardment was “particularly unrelenting” in the east and south of the country.The UNICEF official said the…

As rodents called agoutis avoid areas where ocelots prowl, they spread fewer of the palm seeds they eat, which could lead to a…

Sparrows on a collection of Canadian islands change their behaviour when they fear predators are nearby, and an experiment shows this…