Researchers Want To Create Safe, Inclusive Virtual Reality Hangouts For Teens
By Emma L. Barratt
The advent of the internet shifted how we socialise. Chat rooms, forums, and eventually social media platforms opened up new ways to both communicate and express ourselves. Online anonymity, for example, allowed us to be whoever we pleased to anyone with a connection — for better or worse. Psychological research followed this shift, and decades later there are troves of papers on almost every aspect of online interaction you could hope to explore.
As technology continues to march onwards, it’s brought with it increasingly accessible options for socialising in virtual reality (VR). Though VR is...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - November 30, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Developmental Social Technology Source Type: blogs
Omicron (B.1.1529) COVID variant
Last updated 1245 UK time 17th December 2021. Items added that day are flagged NEW.Research literature and scientific informationPubMedUPDATED -Both strategies amended 13th December to find Omikron.Less sensitive strategy (finding 28 items as of 13th December)More sensitive strategy - to find the two Omicron lineages, BA.1 and BA.2 as well (finds 67 items as of 13th December, but including any COVID work from UK postcodes BA1 and BA2...)PubMed COVID-19 Clinical Query (finds one relevant item as of 13th December)PreprintsCOVID preprints from medRxiv and bioRxiv (sorted by date so newest first).Twit...
Source: Browsing - November 27, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: coronavirus COVID-19 Source Type: blogs
Omicron (B.1.1529 COVID variant )
Last updated 1430 UK time 24th December 2021. Items added that day flagged NEW.Research literature and scientific informationPubMedLess sensitive strategy (finds 100 items as of 21st December - found 28 on 13th)More sensitive strategy - same as strategy above but have added Omicron lineages, BA.1 and BA.2(finds 140 items as of 21st December - found 67 on 13th. Note: results include work on any aspect of COVID from UK postcodes BA1 and BA2).PubMed COVID-19 Clinical Query Select aspect (diagnosis, treatment, etc.) from the drop down boxPreprintsCOVID preprints from medRxiv and bioRxiv (sorted...
Source: Browsing - November 27, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: coronavirus COVID-19 Source Type: blogs
Please remain calm
The world seems to be freaking out over the report of a new Covid-19 variant from South Africa. European countries are banning travel from southern Africa, financial markets are cratering, and of course it ' s all Joe Biden ' s fault. Here ' s a reasonably measured explanation from the AP. The facts are:We don ' t actually know if this variant is any more transmissible than Delta, nor whether it is any less susceptible to immunity from vaccination or previous infection.There is no evidence that it causes more severe disease.The virus constantly mutates and new variants will continue to be found. If anything, thi...
Source: Stayin' Alive - November 26, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
What to Be Thankful For
David BoazEndless war. A $28 trillion national debt. Intrusive regulation. Criminal injustice. Presidents who don ’t think the Constitution limits their powers. The rise of illiberalism on both left and right. It’s easy to point to troubling aspects of modern America, and I spend a lot of time doing that. But when a journalist asked me what freedoms we take for granted in America, I found it a good opportunity to step back and consider how America is different from much of world history — and why immigrants still flock here. If we ask how life in the United States is different from life in mo...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 24, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: David Boaz Source Type: blogs
Public Accommodation Regulation Won ’t Work For Social Media
Discussion. ” The panel, which focused on proposals to regulate the content moderation decisions made by prominent social media firms, featured a presentation by Georgetown Law Professor and Cato InstituteSenior Fellow Randy Barnett. Barnett presented an argument for social media regulation grounded in public accommodation law that I have not addressed yet. While among the most interesting arguments in favor of requiring social media firms to host more content, it fails thanks to a few conceptual flaws.Those who have been following the policy debates surrounding social media content moderation will be fami...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 23, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Matthew Feeney Source Type: blogs
What Does Africa Need Most Now: Russian Arms Sales or Good Vaccines?
Why is Russia ' s main export to Africa advanced conventional weapons at a time when other needs are so great? African leaders might think twice about aggressive Russian arms pitches and engagement of mercenaries, and prioritize measures to stem the COVID-19 pandemic and encourage economic growth. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - November 17, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: John V. Parachini; Ryan Bauer Source Type: blogs
Disposable Lives: COVID-19, Vaccines, and the Uprising
Matiangai V. S. Sirleaf (University of Maryland), Disposable Lives: COVID-19, Vaccines, and the Uprising, 121 Columbia L. Rev. Forum. (2021): Two French doctors appeared on television and publicly discussed potentially utilizing African subjects in experimental trials for a tuberculosis vaccine... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - November 12, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
COVID-19 Vaccine Patch Does Not Require Cold Chain Transport
Researchers at the University of Queensland and Vaxxas, a medtech company, announced the development of a high-density microarray patch (HD-MAP) that can deliver a COVID-19 vaccine through the skin without the need for needles. While such minimally invasive vaccine technology is to be welcomed, the major breakthrough is the temperature stability of the vaccine. The researchers were able to stabilize the formulation on the patch so that it can last for one month at room temperature and one week at 40 degrees Celsius (104 F), meaning that the new vaccine technology could help to overcome the cold chain transport hurdles.
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Source: Medgadget - November 1, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Materials Medicine Public Health Source Type: blogs
Feature Friday: Acton Children ’s Business Fair
Colleen Hroncich“Welcome to the Pop Shop!”Future entrepreneurs?With this friendly greeting, my daughters happily welcomed customers to their booth at anActon Children ’s Business Fair several years ago. The “Pop Shop” featured popcorn, popsicles, lollipops, cake pops, soda pop … you get the idea.The fair was started in Texas byActon Academy founders Jeff and Laura Sandefer to spark “a sense of wonder and entrepreneurship” in their own children. Now the largest entrepreneurship network for children in North America, the Acton Children’s Business Fair gives young entrepreneurs the chance to gain first‐...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 29, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
Friday Feature: Acton Children ’s Business Fair
Colleen Hroncich“Welcome to the Pop Shop!”Future entrepreneurs?With this friendly greeting, my daughters happily welcomed customers to their booth at anActon Children ’s Business Fair several years ago. The “Pop Shop” featured popcorn, popsicles, lollipops, cake pops, soda pop … you get the idea.The fair was started in Texas byActon Academy founders Jeff and Laura Sandefer to spark “a sense of wonder and entrepreneurship” in their own children. Now the largest entrepreneurship network for children in North America, the Acton Children’s Business Fair gives young entrepreneurs the chance to gain first‐...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 29, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
Conflicting Views of Economic Development: Mazzucato vs. Bauer
ConclusionIn herProject Syndicate article, Mazzucato argues that, “World leaders have a simple choice: continue supporting a failed economic system, or jettison the Washington Consensus for a new international social contract.”When the leaders of the G20 meet this weekend to discuss ways to increase economic resilience in dealing with the pandemic, climate change, and equity issues, they would benefit from listening to market-liberal voices, not just those who have a romantic view of the “entrepreneurial state.” As McCloskey and Mingardi remind us, “the Great Enrichment came not from the state but from liberty....
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 27, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: James A. Dorn Source Type: blogs
Case of the Week 658
This week ' s case is a thick blood film from a patient with fever and recent travel to East Africa. Diagnosis? Would you like any additional studies? (Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites)
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - October 26, 2021 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
Post-Corona Africa: Downward Spiral or Resilient Recovery?
Samuel Munzele Maimbo (University of Manchester), Xubei Luo, Post-Corona Africa: Downward Spiral or Resilient Recovery?, (GDI, Working Paper No. 054, 2021): The COVID-19 pandemic is taking a heavy toll on people ’s lives and wiping out years of progress in development.... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - October 23, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
