Abstract Scarcity sharpens the conflict between short term gains and long sustainability. Psychological research documents that decision makers focus on immediate needs under scarcity use available resources more effectively. However, also borrow too much from future overall performance decreases as a consequence. Using an online experiment, we study how affects borrowing decisions in groups. W...

Abstract Water scarcity poses one of the most prominent threats to well-being smallholder farmers around world. We studied association between rural livelihood capitals (natural, human, social, financial, and physical) resilience water scarcity. Resilience was denoted by farmers’ self-reported capacity have avoided, or adapted to, Proxies for were collected from two-hundred in South Sulawesi, I...

There is scarcity of data on osteoporosis in India for the age group of 20-40 years when peak bone mass is achieved. This study aimed to assess bone mineral density (BMD) in patients in this age group with traumatic proximal femoral fractures, and to compare it with age matched controls. Thirty patients aged 20 to 40 years with traumatic proximal femoral fractures and 30 healthy volunteers with...