At the twelfth hour of the UN climate change meeting in Cancún last month, negotiators from more than 200 countries managed to prevent the collapse of the 20-year-old climatechange-negotiating process but otherwise achieved little in concrete new moves to build on the Kyoto protocol, a legal commitment to reduce carbon emissions by some industrialised countries, which expires next year. But the...

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These notes on string theory are based on a series of talks I gave during my graduate studies. As the talks, this introductory essay is intended for young students and non-string theory physicists.

The aim of this study was to propose an alternative approach to traditional knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) studies to enhance the quality of data on which educational health programmes are based. The methodology proposed and illustrated involved a triangulation of approaches derived from linguistics, cognitive science, and medical laboratory sciences. Three diarrhoeal health talks (educ...

Cancer mortality is rising at an astonishing rate on the island of Guam compared to the US. The indigenous people of Guam, the Chamorro, suffer from the highest rates of cancer death compared to other ethnic groups. To better understand some of the factors underlying these mortality rates, in-depth interviews were conducted with 11 self-identified Chamorros of Guam to explore their experiences ...

Digitalization implies the continuous adoption and use of digital technologies in social human activities. That process requires significant changes forces people to during after transformation. promotes management, optimizes public space, brings practical benefits all. The fast development is undoubtedly responsible for many positive effects on life all aspects - education, professional realiz...

Language development of infants and toddlers lays an important foundation for their later academic studies and even for the quality of their whole lives. Previous studies have shown the importance of natural home environment to young children’s language development. This study reviews the previous findings, including 1) the amount of parents’ talk to their children and the turn talking between ...

Differential diagnosis aims at distinguishing between diseases causing similar symptoms. This is exemplified by epilepsies and dissociative disorders. Recently, it has been shown that linguistic features of physician-patient talks allow for differentiating between these two diseases. Since this method relies on trained linguists, it is not suitable for daily use. In this paper, we introduce a n...