1. Using beauty as an advertising tool – does it always work? 2. The ‘smell’ of other people’s anxiety makes us take more risks 3. Shock result! Asking children and teens to promise to tell the truth actually works 4. Moving the eyes but not looking – why do we do it? 5. How skilled are London taxi drivers at learning routes through unfamiliar towns? 6. Dramatic study shows participants are aff...

This is the third of our brief statistical reports on the daily life, health and environmental conditions of families living under curfew and in fear and danger, during the latest Israeli invasion of the town of Jenin. This report excludes Jenin Refugee Camp which deserves an investigation on its own. These reports form a series covering life events during Israel’s April 2000 re-occupation of t...

Unquestionably, rural Australia is under stress with the future of many small rural towns uncertain. To begin the process of reversing these downward trends, there needs to be increased community participation and improved democratic processes at the local level, and a framework through which to manage change. The role of leadership and the creation of learning communities are essential element...

Woodlands and savannahs provide essential ecosystem functions and services to communities. On the African continent, they are widely utilized and converted to subsistence and intensive agriculture or urbanized. This study investigates changes in land cover over four administrative regions of North Eastern Namibia within the Kalahari woodland savannah biome, covering a total of 107,994 km2. Land...

“Peasant worker shortage” originated from coastal towns in Fujian in 2003. However, there are about 200,000,000 surplus labors, and about 5,000,000 new surplus labor. From an angle of economics, the author analyses the causes of this phenomenon, indicating that the problems mirrored by the shortage of farmer laborers will have negative influence upon the construction of a new type industrial st...

As Rural Development assumes a greater importance in European policy, one strategy to stimulate economic activity across a broad range of sectors is to use small towns as a focal point for economic development. This may be particularly relevant in the UK where there is increasing concern over the future vitality and viability of these towns. However, such a strategy rests on the assumption that...

Population characterizes collective behaviors of human beings. In this paper we investigate cumulative population distribution of municipalities (cities, towns, and villages) of Japan to show that each of them can be represented by a characteristic distribution function. We also introduce a numerical model for population dynamics to explain the origin of the distributions. From our analysis it ...

At an installation dinner-daitce held recently at Pine Lodge, in Black River. N. Y.. the new officers c* the Watertown chapter of the Civil Service Employees AssociatioR were installed into office by vernon Tapper, third vice president of the CSEA. Pictured are, front row from left: A. J. Donnelly. CSEA field representative; Assemblyman Dwight Dudo, of Lewis County; Charles Geweye, Chapter pres...