Homosexuality as common in Uganda as in other countries
Uganda has one of the harshest standpoints on homosexuality in the world. Homosexual acts are prohibited by law and have previously been suggested to warrant the death penalty. However, a study from...
View ArticleFrom Oratory to Debate. Parliamentarisation of Deliberative Rhetoric in...
""Parliamentary politics marks a shift from oratory to debate in deliberative rhetoric. The book analyses how this parliamentarisation of rhetoric took place in Westminster-related writings on from...
View ArticleInaugural lecture to shed light on Ghana’s street children
14/04/2016, Professor Phil Mizen from Aston University will deliver his free inaugural lecture next month in which he will draw upon over 10 years of research exploring how children actively make their...
View ArticleNew Online Version of the Chinese Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale -- Is It...
A new study examines how well the Internet-based Chinese language version of the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (IUS)--which evaluates a person's reactions to ambiguous situations and attempts to...
View ArticleThe importance of wellbeing tourism: Destination FeelGood
A research project is helping the UK tourism industry to change the way it thinks about wellbeing tourism - giving customers what they want.
View ArticleSixty is the new sexy
Wrinkles, erectile dysfunction and vaginal dryness not withstanding – seniors also know the art of fucking, according to Professorof sexology Bente Træen.
View ArticleNew Leuphana Doctoral Programme: “Democracy under Stress“
Lüneburg. Lower Saxony’s Ministry of Science and Culture has just announced that it will award a “Georg-Christoph-Lichtenberg” scholarship to twelve of Leuphana University’s future outstanding doctoral...
View ArticleNeues Leuphana-Promotionsprogramm: „Demokratie unter Stress“
Lüneburg. In den nächsten vier Jahren werden an der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg zwölf herausragende Doktoranden mit „Georg-Christoph-Lichtenberg-Stipendien“ des Landes Niedersachsen gefördert. Das...
View ArticleSocial media beneficial for sharing and building upon patient experiences,...
University of Leicester research suggests patients often seek medical knowledge from social media platforms rather than traditional medical sources
View ArticleFrom Feeling to Reacting: A Two-way Street between Temperature Sensing, Brain...
Nagoya University deciphers how information is encoded in the nervous system during navigation. The findings provide a deeper insight into how animals respond to the environment, and open a door for...
View ArticleDutch students’ grades lower due to lack of sleep
Students who have a chronic lack of sleep have lower grades and find it harder to concentrate. Around a third of students do not feel well rested enough to be able to study properly.
View ArticleGender dimension of trafficking in human beings
Human trafficking has a gender dimension that must be addressed if the crime is to be prevented, a new study finds.
View ArticleProject to explore how children use social media to promote mental wellbeing...
University of Leicester researchers to identify the benefits and challenges of promoting mental health through social media A new project led by the University of Leicester aims to explore the role...
View ArticleChild alert systems save lives
Child alert systems for endangered missing and abducted children in Europe can help find them alive, preliminary research from the University of Portsmouth has found.
View ArticleInternational trade damages tropical nature: NUS study
Tropical countries incur annual economic losses totalling US$1.7 trillion through destruction of ecosystem services. Countries in the tropics are among the largest global exporters of key agricultural...
View ArticleWildfire map reveals countries in Europe most at risk of catastrophic fire...
An international research team has put together a map using satellite data that details the countries in Europe with the highest likelihood of experiencing wildfire damage - with large fires occurring...
View ArticleConcert hall acoustics influence the emotional impact of music
Earlier research has shown that the strongest emotional experiences by music listening may elicit shivers or goosebumps in the listener. Much weaker reactions can be detected from the variations in the...
View ArticleStudents get chance to contribute to global disaster debate
A group of Northumbria students have contributed to the United Nations’ plans to prevent future global disasters by attending an international conference in Geneva.
View ArticleFour New Research Units Established
Topics range from paleoarcheology to the perception of risk / Total of 7 million euros for the first funding period The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is establishing...
View ArticleVier neue Forschergruppen eingerichtet
Themenspektrum von Paläoarchäologie bis zu Risikowahrnehmungen / Insgesamt sieben Millionen Euro für erste Förderperiode
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