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The vast majority of parents continue to immunize their children against deadly infectious diseases. However, of late, a growing number of them in both developed and developing nations have refused vaccination forcing the World Health Organization to declare vaccine hesitancy as one of the top ten major threats to global health.
Read MoreIn the final part of this series, Devyn talks to Aanchal and Louise about synchrony in Autism Spectrum Conditions, a new side project, and disruptions to school research.
Read MoreDemocrats and Republicans are at a stalemate on police reform. On June 24, 2020 the Republican JUSTICE Act led by Tim Scott failed to pass in the Senate. On June 25, 2020, the House of Representatives passed The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
Read MoreSince April 2018, the USA and China have been engaged in a trade war. Because of the importance of these two countries in world trade, this dispute does affect not only the Chinese and American economies but also the entire world. Several studies have shown the impact of this dispute on different countries in Asia, but little was done to study the effect on the European Union (EU) member states.
Read MoreA recent special issue of the Journal of Holistic Nursing (JHN) on Spirituality offers insights into the role the spirituality plays in the health and well-being of individuals, families, communities, and populations.
Read MoreRacism is an ugly stain on humanity. How wonderful it would be if we all thought of ourselves as equal – regardless of race/ethnicity. This is obviously not the case, and for the past 400 years, people who are not white have faced untold miseries due to the colour of their skin or their ethnicity.
Read MoreShoppers Stop, India’s largest retail chain started its first modern retail store at Andheri, a suburb in Mumbai, and sold only menswear. Since its inception, it witnessed immense growth, leading to an increase in the number of outlets as well as its total workforce.
Read MoreIn this Special Issue, we proudly showcase five papers that reflect on the past and look toward the future across a number of critical issues in teacher education and special education.
Read MoreSocial media is an important and effective tool to use when promoting your research as it offers a direct way to reach your audience and provides an ideal platform to raise the profile of your journal. These tips will give you a great jumpstart in learning how to utilise social media to engage the online community in your research.
Read MoreHow do we know if a society is punitive? This might seem like an easy question to answer. Just count the number of people in prison and divide by the national population. The higher the rate, the more punitive the country.
Read MoreYears of research have shown that orphanages often expose children to serious abuse, harm, and neglect, which can impact a child’s physical and psychological development and is often much more expensive than family or community-based care.
Read MoreElectric light enabled us to conquer the night, but it has come at a significant cost to human health. Over the past 20 years, light exposure at night, and too little light during the day, has been linked to dozens of serious health disorders caused by circadian rhythm disruption
Read MoreIn this conversation with the Sussex Hive Scholars, Devyn and Louise ask Aanchal about her work on comics and nostalgia and her experience of being an international student at Sussex.
Read MoreTrauma-informed care (TIC) is critical in institutional settings to address not only the trauma of experiences that lead children to be enrolled in alternative care, such as childcare institutions (CCIs), but also the inherent trauma that comes from a child being separated from her or his family.
Read MoreBy now, most researchers and authors know about predatory publishers. As people become more aware of what to look out for with these type of predatory journals, new groups have been popping up, targeting authors with fraudulent emails in the attempts to take money, promising their paper will be published in a particular outlet.
Read MoreOrphanage trafficking, where children are recruited or transferred into residential care institutions for exploitation and profit, is regarded as an emerging form of child exploitation internationally.
Read MoreThe most recent egregious acts of racialized police brutality in the United States have increased calls for police reform, particularly “Defunding the Police.” A much-needed call given that the increasing budgets and military grade equipment in local police departments has been accompanied with rising racial inequality in arrest, brutality, and deaths. Yet, funding is not the only factor contributing to racialized policing.
Read MorePakistan’s relationship with China is usually described in the prism of national interests instigated largely by regional security architecture and economic imperatives. Arguably this narrative is justifiable in the backdrop of the emergence of Pakistan as a nascent state in search of security in a hostile neighbourhood. A good relationship with China in the given scenario soon became a rational choice for Pakistan’s political and security elite.
Read MoreSo there I was... on the 9th of June, 2020, wearing work attire for the first time in three months, sitting in front of a green screen, in a video conference with 40+ people on three continents. This culminating experience went from something I was dreading to a day that could not have been more special, and it would not have happened without a pandemic.
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