Animated Educational Videos Promote Learning Among Farmers
SciPod · Animated Educational Videos Promote Learning Among FarmersOriginal Article Reference This SciPod is a summary of the paper:doi.org/10.1080/02681102.2017.1298077About this episodeThere are up to one billion people with low literacy globally, many of whom live...
Providing Effective Pest Management Education Through Animations – Dr Julia Bello-Bravo
SciPod · Providing Effective Pest Management Education Through Animations - Dr Julia Bello-BravoOriginal Article Reference This SciPod is a summary of the paper:doi.org/10.1564/v29_apr_02 About this episodeIntegrated pest management describes effective and...
Neurodevelopmental Disorders Arising From Histone Methylation Malfunctions – Dr Shigeki Iwase, University Of Michigan
SciPod · Neurodevelopmental Disorders Arising From Histone Methylation Malfunctions - Dr Shigeki IwaseOriginal Article Reference This SciPod is a summary of the paper:https://doi.org/10.33548/SCIENTIA643 Share Episode About this episodeNeurodevelopmental...
Mapping Brain Networks To Understand Epilepsy – Dr Victoria Morgan, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
SciPod · Mapping Brain Networks To Understand Epilepsy - Dr Victoria MorganOriginal Article Reference This SciPod is a summary of the paper:https://doi.org/10.33548/SCIENTIA610 Share Episode About this episodeEpilepsy is one of the most common causes of...
Improving Patient Outcomes In Traumatic Brain Injury – Dr Jack Jallo, Thomas Jefferson University
SciPod · Improving Patient Outcomes In Traumatic Brain Injury - Dr Jack Jallo, Thomas Jefferson UniversityOriginal Article Reference This SciPod is a summary of the paper:https://doi.org/10.33548/SCIENTIA619 Share Episode About this episodeSevere traumatic...
Hookah Smoking Understanding User Perceptions And Health Risks -Professor Mary Rezk – Hanna, University Of California
SciPod · Hookah Smoking Understanding User Perceptions And Health RisksOriginal Article Reference This SciPod is a summary of the paper:https://doi.org/10.33548/SCIENTIA647 Share Episode About this episodeHookah smoking is the least regulated tobacco form. It...
Examining Behavioural Changes During COVID-19 Lockdowns – Centre for Time Use Research
SciPod · Examining Behavioural Changes During COVID-19 Lockdowns Share EpisodeIn Collaboration with Original Article Reference This SciPod is a summary of the paper ‘Using time-use diaries to track changing behavior across successive stages of COVID-19 social...
Redefining Sustainability Standards to Improve Lives and Livelihoods – Professor Maja Tampe, Esade business school
SciPod · Redefining Sustainability Standards To Improve Lives And LivelihoodsOriginal Article Reference This SciPod is a summary of the paper ‘Leveraging the Vertical: The Contested Dynamics of Sustainability Standards and Labour in Global Production Networks’, from...
Comparative Optimism about Infection and Recovery From COVID-19; Implications for Adherence with Lockdown Advice – Dr Sasha Scambler and Dr Koula Asimakopoulou, King’s College London
SciPod · Comparative Optimism about Infection and Recovery From COVID-19In Collaboration With Original Article Reference This SciPod is a summary of the open access paper ‘Comparative optimism about infection andrecovery from COVID-19; Implications for adherence with...
Exploring How Technology Enhances Inclusion and Participation in Humanities Research – Dr Anna Khlusova, Kings College London
SciPod · Exploring How Technology Enhances Inclusion and Participation in Humanities ResearchIn Collaboration with Original Article Reference This SciPod is a summary of the paper ‘Public Engagement in the Digital Environment: Opportunities and Challenges for Arts and...
Social and Political Determinants of Health in the Occupied Palestinian Territory During the COVID-19 Pandemic
SciPod · Social And Political Determinants Of Health In The Occupied Palestinian Territory During COVID - 19In Collaboration with Original Article Reference This SciPod is a summary of the paper ‘Social and political determinants of health in the occupied Palestinian...
Socioeconomic Determinants of Covid-19 Infections and Mortality: Evidence from England and Wales
SciPod · Socioeconomic Determinants Of Covid-19 Infections And Mortality: Evidence From England And WalesIn Collaboration with Original Article Reference This SciPod is a summary of the paper ‘Socioeconomic determinants of Covid-19 infections and mortality: Evidence...
Studying Meditation-related Challenges in Western Buddhism -Dr Willoughby B. Britton, Brown University
SciPod · Studying Meditation-Related Challenges In Western BuddhismOriginal Article Reference This SciPod is a summary of the paper ‘The varieties of contemplative experience: A mixed-methods study of meditation-related challenges in Western Buddhists, from the open...
China Must Act Immediately to Protect its Primate Populations from Extinction -Dr Paul Garber and Dr Alejandro Estrada
SciPod · China Must Act Immediately To Protect Its Primate Populations From ExtinctionOriginal Article Reference This SciPod is a summary of the paper ‘The primate extinction crisis in China: immediate challenges and a way forward’ in Biodiversity and Conservation....
Chick-fil-A Successes, Failures and International Expansion Challenges amid LGBTQ Protests – Dr Bertrand Guillotin, Fox School of Business at Temple University
SciPod · Chick - Fil - A Successes, Failures And International Expansion Challenges Amid LGBTQ ProtestsOriginal Article Reference This SciPod is a summary of the case study ‘Chick-fil-A: International Expansion Challenges’, available at...
Improving Human Health and Wellbeing Will Protect Primate Populations – Dr Alejandro Estrada, Dr Paul Garber, and Dr Abhishek Chaudhary
SciPod · Improving Human Health And Wellbeing Will Protect Primate PopulationsOriginal Article Reference This SciPod is a summary of the paper ‘Current and future trends in socio-economic, demographic and governance factors affecting global primate conservation’ from...
The DOZE App A Unique Approach To Overcoming Sleep Problems In Young Adults – Dr Colleen Carney
SciPod · The DOZE App A Unique Approach To Overcoming Sleep Problems In Young Adults - Dr Colleen CarneyOriginal Article Reference https://doi.org/10.33548/SCIENTIA512 Share Episode About this episodePoor sleep is a common difficulty issue for teenagers and...
The Effects of Autonomy on Motivation in Different Cultures – Dr Ritu Tripathi
SciPod · The Effects Of Autonomy On Motivation In Different Cultures - Dr Ritu TripathiThis SciPod is a summary of the paper ‘Are the Motivational Effects of Autonomy-Supportive Conditions Universal? Contrasting Results Among Indians and Americans’ published in the...
Does ‘Safer Storage’ Reduce Agricultural Pesticide Self-poisoning in Rural Asia? Professor Flemming Konradsen & Professor Michael Eddleston
Original Article Reference This SciPod is a summary of the paper ‘Effectiveness of household lockable pesticide storage to reduce pesticide self-poisoning in rural Asia: a community-based, cluster-randomised controlled trial’, from The Lancet....
The Benefits of an Organic Diet on Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Children – Dr Konstantinos Makris, Cyprus University of Technology
Original Article Reference This SciPod is a summary of the paper ‘A cluster-randomized crossover trial of organic diet impact on biomarkers of exposure to pesticides and biomarkers of oxidative stress/inflammation in primary school children’ published in the open...
Understanding Brain Function, Cognition, and Emotion in Psychopathology- Professor Christine Larson, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Original Article Reference https://doi.org/10.33548/SCIENTIA406 Share Episode About this episodeMental health conditions such as anxiety disorders significantly impact on the quality of life of sufferers, their physical health and psycho-social functioning....
The Health-e Babies App for Socially Disadvantaged Women: Embracing Technology to Improve Health Literacy
Original Article Reference This SciPod is a summary of the paper ‘The Health-e Babies Appfor antenatal education: Feasibility for socially disadvantaged women’ from PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194337 Share Episode About this episode Over...
The Brain, The Body And Mathematics – Dr Korbinian Moeller, Leibniz – Institut Für Wissensmedien
Original Article Reference: https://doi.org/10.33548/SCIENTIA389 Share Episode About this episodeDr Korbinian Moeller and a team of researchers at the Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien are endeavouring to identify the cognitive and neuronal processes...
A New Model for Developing Students’ Deep-Learning Skills – Dr Yianna Vovides, Georgetown University
Original article reference: This SciPod is a summary of the paper ‘Elusive learning – using learning analytics to support reflective sensemaking of Ill-Structured ethical problems: A learner-managed dashboard solution’, from Future Internet....
The Role of Human Motivation in Achieving Organisational Sustainability – Professor Martina Blašková, University of Žilina
Original Article Reference This SciPod is a summary of the paper ‘Responsible Decision making for Sustainable Motivation’, from Sustainability, an MDPI journal. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10103393 Share Episode About this episodeTo protect planet Earth and all...
Working Together to Achieve a Better Future for the Horticultural Industry – Dr Lynda K Deeks, Dr Chantelle N Jay and Dr Laura H Vickers
Original Article Reference https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA177 Share Episode About this episodeThe production of fresh fruit and vegetables, and ornamental plants, is often taken for granted. While producing horticultural crops and plants offers many...
Statistical Methods for Small Data – Dr Rens van de Schoot, Utrecht University
Original Article Reference https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA162 Share Episode About this episodeResearchers are heavily reliant on statistical techniques that are based on large sample sizes. Therefore, attempts to gain useful information from small samples...
Learning to Forget, Extinguishing Fearful Memories – Professor Stephen Maren, Texas A&M University
Original Article Reference https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA151 Share Episode About this episodeWe often hear how impairments in learning can have a negative impact on peoples’ lives but what about problems with forgetting? The inability to forget the...
Multi-Sensory Tools for Autism – Lois Jean Brady and Matthew Guggemos, iTherapy LLC
For children with autism, communication can be a challenge. Drawing from a wealth of clinical experience, speech pathologists Lois Brady and Matthew Guggemos at iTherapy, LLC are developing innovative, engaging multi-sensory communication tools with the aim of...
The High Cost of Grade Retention – Professors Jan N. Hughes and Stephen G. West
Holding students back a year sets them up for dropping out of school. Young adults who drop out are at higher risk for social and health problems later in life. Professors Jan N. Hughes and Stephen G. West of Texas A&M University and Arizona State University,...
From Surviving to Thriving Boosting the Oral Feeding Performance of Premature Babies – CHANTAL LAU, PHD BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
The survival rates of premature babies are increasing all the time, but many struggle to develop proper oral feeding skills. This can result in longer hospital stays due to delayed development of important skills, such as swallowing and proper coordination of swallow...
Collaborating for a Cleaner Future – Dr Justyna Widera-Kalinowska, Adelphi University
The greatest challenges facing humanity over the next decades involve finding renewable sources of energy and finding ways to restore natural resources such as clean water that have been polluted by industrialisation. Dr Justyna Widera-Kalinowska of Adelphi University...