Category: Social Sciences
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Application of GIS and AHP for land use suitability analysis: case of Demirci district (Turkey)
Many factors must be taken into account to determine the appropriate use of land. In this regard, the appropriate land use analyses applied during the land planning have a multi-criteria structure (Mendoza, 1999). In the study, MCDM analysis and analytical hierarchy process (AHP) supported by GIS were applied. Analyses were made with Arcgis 10.2 software.…
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A New Look at Immigrants’ Outsize Contribution to Innovation in the U.S.
The United States has long touted itself as a nation built by immigrants. Yet there has never been a precise measure of immigrants’ contribution to the country’s economic and technological progress. Around the time that President Donald Trump was moving to curb employment visas for skilled foreigners, economist Rebecca Diamond and a team of researchers…
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Research is first to demonstrate major benefits across large adult population — ScienceDaily
New scientific research has found that attending live sporting events improves levels of wellbeing and reduces feelings of loneliness. Published in the journal Frontiers in Public Health, the research is the first large-scale study to examine the benefits of attending any type of live sporting event. The study, carried out by academics from Anglia Ruskin…
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How on-demand buses in Australia can transform travel and daily life for people with disabilities
Credit: Shutterstock People with disabilities arguably stand to gain the most from good public transport, but are continually excluded by transport systems that still aren’t adapted to their needs as the law requires. One in six people aged 15 and over with disability have difficulty using some or all forms of public transport. One in…
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New study investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on UFO reporting
UFO reports submitted to NUFORC. Upper panel: Weekly count of Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) reports submitted to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC), from 1/1/1994 to 12/31/2020. In general, we note that there is typically a clear seasonal effect to report counts, with reporting peaking in the summer. Lower panel: Weekly count of UFO reports…
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How written product reviews influence consumer impressions of star ratings
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When shopping online, most consumers are drawn to products with a high star rating. Not only are star ratings an easy way for past buyers to assess purchases, they also provide a visual marker that helps potential buyers quickly sort through various options. Quantitative star ratings have long been known to…
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Study highlights challenges facing transgender and non-binary workers
Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) highlights some of the challenges that transgender and non-binary staff can face at work. The study also shows how their experiences can help us to see ways in which the working context might be changed to create a more inclusive environment…
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Leaders with low self-esteem are likely to cause ‘toxic’ stress at work, research shows
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain There is a mountain of evidence to show that stress is a leading cause of common and lethal diseases, including heart attacks, diabetes, asthma, cancer, osteoporosis, anxiety, depression, insomnia, memory loss and premature aging. But how much of a role does “toxic” leadership play in workplace stress, and what are the…
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Author Correction: A cross-cohort replicable and heritable latent dimension linking behaviour to multi-featured brain structure
Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.…
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Internal capsule microstructure mediates the relationship between childhood maltreatment and PTSD following adulthood trauma exposure
Kessler RC, McLaughlin KA, Green JG, Gruber MJ, Sampson NA, Zaslavsky AM, et al. Childhood adversities and adult psychopathology in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. Br J Psychiatry J Ment Sci. 2010;197:378–85. Article Google Scholar Fitzgerald JM, DiGangi JA, Phan KL. Functional neuroanatomy of emotion and its regulation in PTSD. Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2018;26:116–28.…