"Resilience" in psychology is the positive capacity of people to cope with stress and adversity. This coping may result in the individual “bouncing back” to a previous state of normal functioning, or using the experience of exposure to adversity to produce a “steeling effect” and function better than expected (much like an inoculation gives one the capacity to cope well with future exposure to ...

In today’s world, rural areas are confronted with a spectrum of changes. These changes have multiple characters, varying from changes in ecosystem conditions to socioeconomic impacts, such as foodand financial crises. They present serious problems to rural management and largely affect future perspectives of rural areas. Rural resilience refers to the capacity of a rural region to adapt to chan...

discussion similar resilience scores in deaf and hearing participants may be due to appropriate interaction of deaf signers with family members and society. male deaf subjects were more resilient than female ones; studies should be done to examine the effects of cultural characteristics that may provide females with less communication opportunities than males. materials and methods this compara...

Recently, sensor data stream delivery system that collects sensor data periodically and delivers successively has been attracting great attention. As for this sensor data stream delivery, receivers are possible to require the same sensor data stream with different delivery cycles. Our research team proposed methods to distribute communication loads by relay nodes in the case of delivering the s...

Background note The OECD is developing guidance to support governments and development partners in integrating climate change adaptation into their development strategies. To inform the development of that guidance, the OECD is coordinating two country case studies (Ethiopia and Colombia) and an Expert Workshop on " Climate Resilience and Economic Growth in Developing Countries " that will be h...

BACKGROUND The health effects of recent economic crises differ markedly by population group. The objective of this systematic review is to examine evidence from longitudinal studies on factors influencing resilience for any health outcome or health behaviour among the general population living in countries exposed to financial crises. METHODS We systematically reviewed studies from six electr...