What does Brexit tell us about Britain?
28/03/2017, As Britain gets set to trigger Article 50 and prepares to leave the European Union (EU) three Open University (OU) academics will explore the implications.
View ArticlePhilosophy & Predictive Processing – Open-Access-Sammlung frei zugänglicher...
MIND Group führt Pionierarbeit in der autonomen Publikation wissenschaftlicher Texte fort / 28 Autorinnen und Autoren tragen zu der Textsammlung Philosophy & Predictive Processing bei
View ArticleJulian Bailey once again creates a practical epic for construction lawyers
"""The second edition of Construction Law stands upon the shoulders of the giant achievement that was the first, and encourages us to look forward to many further editions which will continue to...
View ArticleStudying altruism through virtual reality
A new SISSA study explores the areas of the brain involved in the processes that lead us to help others even at the cost of our own lives, like saving a person from a building on fire…
View ArticleCollege Students’ Perception of Dietary Terms Could Help Nutrition Education
Researchers from the University of Hawaii and Brigham Young University set out to determine college students’ perception of the terms real meal, meal, and snack and how those perceptions might enable...
View ArticleCebit 2017: Software from Kaiserslautern keeps company customer contact...
Whether telephone numbers or email addresses – customer contact details are extremely important for many companies. Keeping them up to date is often very time-consuming. Graduates of the University of...
View ArticlePeople who Trust Their Doctor Tend to Feel Better
Confidence in doctors, therapists and nursing staff leads to an improvement in subjectively perceived complaints, satisfaction and quality of life in patients. This is the conclusion of a meta-analysis...
View ArticleWer seinem Arzt vertraut, fühlt sich besser
Vertrauen in Ärzte, Therapeuten und Pflegepersonal führt bei Patientinnen und Patienten zu einer Verbesserung von subjektiv wahrgenommenen Beschwerden, Zufriedenheit und Lebensqualität. Dies zeigt eine...
View ArticleTWAS, partners to meet on refugee scientists
13/03/2017 — 17/03/2017, An untold number of researchers, engineers and doctors are among the millions displaced by recent conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa. A workshop co-organised by The...
View Article3rd Global Summit of Research Institutes for Disaster Risk Reduction
19/03/2017 — 21/03/2017, 'Expanding the Platform for Bridging Science and Policy Making' Welcome to the GSRIDRR 2017! The Third Global Summit of Research Institutes for Disaster Risk Reduction:...
View ArticleVolunteers are in Better Health than Non-Volunteers
Researchers of Ghent University analysed data on volunteering, employment and health of more than 40000 European citizens. Their results, just published in PLOS ONE, show that volunteering is...
View ArticleEritrean regime trades its own nationals in a billion-dollar trafficking...
The human trafficking of Eritrean refugees is a booming business, where money is made with smuggling people, but also using violence, hostage situations and even torture. Modern communication methods...
View ArticleChildren’s daily life highly regulated
Children in Sweden and the US experience their daily life as highly structured and regulated. But while US children state that homework and long schooldays are what makes everyday life difficult,...
View ArticleSchwierige Arbeitsmarktintegration vor allem nach längerer Arbeitslosigkeit
Von allen Personen, die im Jahr 2005 neu Arbeitslosengelder bezogen haben, waren später 52% wieder nachhaltig im Erwerbsleben integriert. 31% wiesen längere Erwerbsunterbrüche oder Monatseinkommen auf,...
View ArticleSoziale Phobie: Hinweise auf genetische Ursache
Menschen mit sozialen Ängsten gehen Situationen aus dem Weg, in denen sie der Bewertung durch andere ausgesetzt sind. Häufig leben die Betroffenen zurückgezogen und halten vor allem über das Internet...
View ArticleThe New Theory of Economic “Agrowth” Contributes to the Viability of Climate...
ICTA-Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) researcher Jeroen van den Bergh publishes in Nature Climate Change a study in which he proposes a new economic theory compatible with the fight against...
View ArticleWe see through bosses who fake it
Do you think your manager is genuine, or do you think they’re faking it? The difference could be pivotal to a company’s success. Previous research has shown that suppressing your emotions can result in...
View ArticleNuevo Centro Merian en, y sobre, Latinoamérica
Las Universidades de Bielefeld y Kassel lideran el mayor proyecto de ciencias políticas, con un fondo de más de 20 millones de euros
View ArticleBBrain Awareness Week 2017
13/03/2017 — 18/03/2017, Artificial intelligence, language, time perception, nutrition, vaccines: these are some of the themes that will be covered from the 13th to 18th of March in Trieste - and for...
View ArticleNudging consumers into making better purchases online
Small changes in the website design of online shops could significantly reduce the risk of incompatible purchases by customers, concludes a recent JRC study published on 10 March in PLOS ONE. Warning...
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