Documents on critical theory: Schweppenhäuser bequest in the Archive Centre...
The Archive Centre of the Johann Christian Senckenberg University Library has been able to expand its collection of material on critical theory thanks to the bequest of philosopher Hermann...
View ArticleDokumente zur kritischen Theorie: Schweppenhäuser-Nachlass im Archivzentrum...
Das Archivzentrum der Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg konnte seine Materialien zur kritischen Theorie um den Nachlass des Philosophen Hermann Schweppenhäuser (1928-2015) erweitern....
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Contrary to previous data, a new study finds that some health measures in postmenopausal women, such as body mass index (BMI), tend to worsen if the women marry and to improve if they divorce or...
View ArticleGround-breaking research on the side effects of therapy
While many people who suffer from depression and anxiety are helped by seeing a psychologist, others don’t get better or actually get worse. Psychological treatment can have negative side effects, like...
View ArticleIt’s Hard to Affect Policymakers with Climate Science Information
Exposure to climate models’ predictions affects policymakers and climate negotiators less than the informed general public, a paper by Valentina Bosetti and co-authors assesses. But the right...
View ArticleÈ difficile influenzare i politici con i risultati scientifici sul...
L’esposizione alle previsioni dei modelli climatici ha meno effetto su policymaker e negoziatori che su un pubblico informato, secondo un articolo di Valentina Bosetti e co-autori. Ma il giusto formato...
View ArticleThe century of material stockpiling: 23-fold increase in material stocks in...
A team of researchers led by scientists from the Institute of Social Ecology at AAU has recently presented the first global estimate of the volume of natural resources accumulated in buildings and...
View ArticleDas Jahrhundert der Material-Akkumulation: 23-fache Zunahme der...
Ein Forschungsteam unter der Leitung von Wissenschaftlern des Instituts für Soziale Ökologie legt erstmals eine Schätzung darüber vor, wie viele natürliche Ressourcen in Gebäuden und Infrastrukturen...
View ArticleInnovation in sport: breaking through the white-water
An early career researcher at BU is researching the design of kayaks, focussing on understanding how anthropometric enhancements, such as seating height within the craft, can affect the performance and...
View ArticleMobile phone and satellite data to map poverty
An international team has, for the first time, developed a way of combining anonymised data from mobile phones and satellite imagery data to create high resolution maps to measure poverty.
View ArticleSind Mehrsprachige kreativer?
Einen Einblick in das (kreative) Denken von Ein- und Mehrsprachigen bietet eine aktuell im International Journal of Bilingualism veröffentlichte Studie, die in Neuseeland durchgeführt wurde. Die...
View ArticleRadicals and Romans: insights into modern and ancient societies from...
15/02/2017, Significance of Signet Rings in Roman Britain and the Problem of Social Media and Radical Politics to be explored at Doctoral Inaugural Lectures on 15 February
View ArticleCyber Attacks Increase Stress Hormone Levels and Perceptions of Vulnerability
A new study shows that individuals exposed to a simulated cyber-terror attack had significantly increased levels of the stress hormone cortisol in their saliva compared to a control group. Following...
View ArticleTowards equal access to digital coins
Scientists at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) of the University of Luxembourg have developed an important mathematical algorithm called “Equihash”. Equihash is a...
View ArticleAre Antivirals a Cost-Effective Therapy During Severe Flu Seasons?
A new study indicates that the antiviral drug oseltamivir can reduce influenza infections and prevent deaths in a cost-saving manner under most pandemic scenarios. Investigators' analyses of phase II...
View ArticleStudy Provides Clues to the Sex Difference in Dyslexia
For reasons that are unclear, males are diagnosed with dyslexia more often than females. Researchers have now found that this may be due to males' lower average and more variable reading performance...
View ArticleGold Standard Monitoring of HCC in Patients with Cirrhosis Is Cost-Effective
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the leading cause of death in patients with cirrhosis. A new analysis indicates that following screening guidelines for HCC in cirrhotic patients is lifesaving and...
View ArticleAnalysis Uncovers Racial Bias in Fatal Shootings by Police
A recent analysis found that among 990 individuals fatally shot by US police officers in 2015, Black civilians were more than twice as likely as White civilians to have been unarmed, and civilians from...
View ArticlePaul Burstow leads new commission on mental health prevention for children...
The Rt Hon Paul Burstow, former Minister of State for Care Services, is to chair the 7th University of Birmingham policy commission. The focus of the commission is mental health promotion and illness...
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