The significantly low rate of HIV infection and high rate of condom use among sex workers in Kolkata, India is partially attributable to a community-led structural intervention called the Sonagachi Project which mobilizes sex workers to engage in HIV education, formation of community-based organizations and advocacy around sex work issues. This research examines how Sonagachi Project participan...

Until recently, scientists have been extremely critical of reports claiming that Yogis have learned to deliberately regulate their heartbeat, body temperature, and other internal body processes normally considered to be of an involuntary nature. Largely ignored also were reports that some subjects in deep states of hypnosis (an altered state of consciousness) could by suggestion be made to effe...

Abstract Reggaetón music is very popular among Spanish speaking young people of high school-age. Thus, we intend to examine the values (in)equality between women and men transmitted in lyrics this genre. Using a Maxqda software-assisted Thematic Analysis methodology, 65 reggaetón songs with most commercial success during 2020 have been analysed. The results suggest that commercialised continues...