What is the best way to publish my research on COVID-19? How can I continue my PhD research while off campus? Where can I learn more about virtual teaching and learning solutions?
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The use of live animals in experiments is a controversial issue. However, there is a lack of reliable data on the scale of animal testing.
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As we commemorate the "Ethics Awareness Month," I thought it best to reflect on COVID-19 and highlight some of the ethical challenges that might need attention. With its origins in China, the virus has spread to 170 countries and territories, leaving more than 8,000 dead. It has been declared a public health emergency of international concern and there are no signs of a cure at the moment.
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There is no doubt that our feelings, especially instinctive ones like disgust, do influence our views on what is right and wrong. But feelings, like beliefs, cannot be used to justify such views.
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The term “domestic violence” includes a broad range of violent acts committed by one member of a family or household against another. It often refers to the mistreatment of a child or spouse, and includes not only physical harm but also threats and verbal, psychological, and sexual abuse.1 The relationship of the abuser to the victim is the key distinction between other assault crimes and domestic violence.
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Academia: a world of research and innovation, a field characterised by its drive to push the boundaries of knowledge. Yet in spite of this, in terms of female representation at all levels of the sector, we still have a long way to go. Despite considerable progress over the last few decades, in academia, women continue to face barriers to selection, promotion, recognition in work.
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In this special issue, the Guest Editors begin by discussing the need for research about services and supports for older adults with severe disabilities and their families. As individuals with severe disabilities are living longer lives, it is critical to closely examine needed services and supports. For the first time, individuals with severe disabilities are outliving their parents.
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Before researchers begin to use VR with older populations, it is important to consider usability, safety, and ethical issues. This is particularly important for older persons who have notable health concerns.
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To argue that one’s location in the social structure shapes one’s perception and experience is not to suggest that this relationship is self-evident. The question of how it should be understood is a matter of intense debate; not just across positionings in the social structure (gender, race, class or sexuality, in India caste) but within them also.
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Advance: a SAGE preprints community continues to garner submissions from a wide range of authors in various fields. We would like to draw attention to a preprint entitled, “Pink Purchasing: Interrogating the Soft Power of Japan's Kawaii Consumption” and authored by Dr. Lieber-Milo Shiri, who is a graduate of Human Sciences from Osaka University. Dr. Shiri’s paper was posted to Advance in February 2019 and has accumulated just over 100 downloads.
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As a PhD candidate, conference attendance is a daunting rite of passage and choosing the right presentation mode can be tricky. Many opt for poster presentations as their first conference experience, but are they really worth it?
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SAGE journal First Language celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, and this milestone offers the opportunity to look back not only on the journal’s 40 years of publishing, but also on the field of child language acquisition as a whole.
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The papers in this special symposium collection examine conflict resolution with a specific focus on workplace conflict. Although managers sometimes claim that workplace conflict is a thing of the past having been eliminated by attitude surveys, open door policies, or other complaint procedures, there is much evidence that conflict persists.
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Earlier this week, we held a webinar covering how to get published in an academic journal. A group of panelists and I held a free one-hour webinar to share our tips and tricks to increase the chances of getting accepted.
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The January/February issue of TEACHING Exceptional Children covered a very special, and underserved topic: the importance of visual and performing arts in education. Research has shown arts education can help improve cognitive, emotional, and social development for students with disabilities, among other benefits. This issue of TEC presents practical, real world applications for how teachers can better integrate arts education into their classroom.
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Globalization and liberalization have led firms from emerging markets like India to become more aggressive and opt for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) to fight the competitive battle. This study attempts to evaluate the impact of mergers and acquisitions on the returns in the short run using detailed event study methodology.
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The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University and SAGE Publishing now are accepting nominations for the 2020 SAGE-CASBS Award.
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Although commonly considered a memory related disease, nearly all people with dementia will experience distressing non-memory related symptoms such as agitation, aggression, depression and other psychiatric and behavioral symptoms. Psychiatric and behavioral symptoms of dementia not only impact the physical and mental health of those diagnosed, but also family members and caregivers. Specifically, these symptoms contribute greatly to depression and worsening emotional health in family caregivers, as well as increased care burden for caregivers and healthcare providers. Additionally, these symptoms can be extremely financially costly to individual families affected by the disease, as well as to the overarching healthcare system.
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It is necessary to create employment opportunities in cities to solve the problems related to the livelihood improvement of the slum dwellers. Job creation in the formal sectors of a developing country like India may face the challenge of resource constraints of the government. Also, in the absence of proper skill, education and knowledge of the slum dwellers, the scope of their employment opportunities in the formal sector is limited. The slum dwellers of the developing countries are mostly employed in the informal sectors
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