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Researchers reveal how the brain may adapt to processing complex information Human decision-making depends on the flexible processing of complex information, but how the brain may adapt processing to momentary task demands has remained unclear. In a new article published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development have now outlined several crucial neural processes revealing that our brain networks may rapidly and flexibly shift from a r...

Date Time Breaking egg barrier: A sperm story Sperm doesn’t shift into high gear in mammals just to show off, new research shows. It originally needed that extra speed to break the egg barrier. Later on, evolution enabled sperm to use its souped-up swimming to navigate tricky reproductive pathways even before reaching the egg. That is the finding of a new study led by Jean-Ju Chung, an assistant professor of cellular and molecular physiology at the Yale School of Medicine. The study appears i...

COVID-19, Coup dEtat and Poverty: Compounding Negative Shocks and Their Impact on Human Development in Myanmar Format Attachments Pandemic and political crisis could result in half of Myanmar’s population living in poverty by 2022, UNDP says The combined effects of the two crises could put over a decade of progress on poverty reduction in the country at risk Yangon – After more than a decade of hard-won gains in the fight against poverty, the number of poor people in Myanmar could double as...

The People’s United Party administration this week completed the process of presenting the budget. We at The Guardian have been perusing some aspects of the budget that are critical at this point in time. One of the glaring figures that jumped at us on our review is at page 192. Under the Ministry of Human Development, Families and Indigenous People’s Affairs, under capital III expenditure, there is literally an allocation of $0 for Social Assistance. There is also $0 allocated for COVID-19...

30 Jun 2021 DT Global is a fast-growing international development organization that focuses on improving the capability, capacity, and effectiveness of development programming in complex global environments. Working across a variety of sectors – including Economic Growth, Environment & Infrastructure, Governance, Human Development, and Stabilization & Transition - we provide world class program management, design, analysis, and monitoring and evaluation services. Built on the strengths, knowl...

Survey Details Student Experiences with Racial Microaggressions on UConn Campuses The 2020 UConn Microaggressions Survey sought to learn about instances of racial microaggression experienced by students of color The 2020 UConn Microaggressions Survey sought to learn about instances of racial microaggression experienced by students of color (Adobe Stock). Copy Link Some microaggressions are subtle, possibly unintentional – a look, a gesture, invoking a stereotype, offering ...

I remember Miss Mewborn like it was yesterday. The same goes for Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Armstrong, and Mrs. Thomas. They were my kindergarten, second, fourth, and sixth grade teachers, respectively. In eighth grade, my favorite teachers were Mr. Schmidt and Miss Coletta. The former because he taught Social Studies, my best subject, and the latter because she encouraged me to try out for our school play (my portrayal of Mr. McAfee in Bye Bye Birdie drew rave reviews, at least from my parents). Miss Co...

The turmoil in the aftermath of the military coup in Myanmar, coupled with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic could result in 25 million people -...

By Jim Shelton April 30, 2021 Share this with FacebookShare this with TwitterShare this with LinkedInShare this with EmailPrint this (© stock.adobe.com) Sperm doesn’t shift into high gear in mammals just to show off, new research shows. It originally needed that extra speed to break the egg barrier. Later on, evolution enabled sperm to use its souped-up swimming to navigate tricky reproductive pathways even before reaching the egg. That is the finding of a new study led by Jean-Ju Chung, an ...

Press Release – UN News The turmoil following the military coup in Myanmar, coupled with the impact of COVID-19 could result in up to 25 million people nearly half of the countrys population, living in poverty by early next year, a United Nations report said on Friday. That … The turmoil following the military coup in Myanmar, coupled with the impact of COVID-19 could result in up to 25 million people – nearly half of the country’s population, living in poverty by early next year, a U...