Agriculture is an industry that is facing multiple crises converging upon it at once. A serious drive to increase its sustainability and efficiency is underway, and it involves re-examining every resource and method used today. The ongoing population explosion has resulted in the agriculture industry attempting to ramp up production.
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common chronic musculoskeletal disorder in the world, with more than 500 million people affected worldwide (6% of the global population) (Hunter, March, & Chew, 2020). It is twice as common in women than men and increases in incidence with age, specifically after 60 years of
Have you ever wondered whether your parents’ or grandparents’ lived experiences had any impact on your mind and behavior? While we can’t answer this question definitively, a similar question can be addressed by studies in recent years examining the intergenerational transmission of maternal trauma. Their findings suggest that the trauma
Though we may not realize it, we rely heavily on our sense of smell to get through the day. Our ability to smell alerts us to dangers in our environment, keeps us aware of our personal hygiene, and is responsible for most of our perception of taste. For those with
In today’s continually body-conscious media, celebrities are often presented in a manner that provides narrow definitions of what beauty entails. Photos of exceptionally ‘perfect’ and impossibly attractive celebrities are all around us, from billboards to shop windows to social media such as Instagram. Why is it that the ‘latest look’
Gender dysphoria is the psychological phenomena in which an individual’s experienced gender is different from the sex they were assigned at birth. This can cause distress or impairment in important areas of functioning (Carmichael, 2021). This can be reduced through psychosocial support, therapy, and medical or surgical interventions to align
Empathy, the ability to share the feelings of another individual, plays a large role in human development and is an important feature in social behaviour and relationships. It is one type of ‘prosocial’ behaviour, meaning that the motivation for action or emotion is to benefit others, and not the self.
Despite medical advancements, inequalities remain in the healthcare industry. Marginalized communities continue to face healthcare disparities, and female cancer patients are one example. A 2015 study funded by the National Cancer Action Team and the Department of Health Cancer Policy Team in England found that female patients experienced a longer
Antimalarial (AM) treatments, such as chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), have been used to treat autoimmune disorders for over sixty years. It has been an effective treatment of autoimmune inflammatory disorders like rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) by decreasing the body’s inflammatory response. However, recent research is
As nations across the globe race to strengthen their industrial and technological sectors, it is inevitable that the environmental responsibilities become neglected, evident in the largest liquid diesel spill occurring just last May 2020 in the Arctic waters of northern Russia. While the local ecosystem has played a large role
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